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There's a new LED video wall in town, and it belongs to Scharff Weisberg. The New York City company has taken delivery of a significant package of Barco ILite 6 XP (I6) LED panels, the industry standard for high-resolution indoor LED video. Scharff Weisberg is the only company in the New York City area offering large-venue LED panels.
"We're excited to have this very bright and thin LED in inventory," comments Scharff Weisberg's Peter Scharff. "This is an industry standard product previously unavailable from a local New York vendor that compliments the wide range of video projection technology we offer. The addition of high-resolution LED video gives clients one more reason to work with us, whether in New York or anywhere else."
With its 6mm resolution, 14-bit processing power, level two (LED level) calibration, and enhanced software algorithms, I6 delivers unbeatable light output, unsurpassed color depth and uniformity, and vastly-improved gray scales. The tight resolution makes the I6 perfect for smaller image sizes, even at close viewing distances.
I6 is source compatible with a full range of sources, including HD SDI enabling users to deliver full native, non-compressed HD content (such as 720p, 1080i, 1080p).
Scharff Weisberg is no stranger to the power of LED displays, being the first to bring G-LEC to the United States. G-LEC was used on many projects, including Sting and Nickelback tours. The company also designed LED video systems for the most recent Republican National Convention (specifying a 300-tile video wall), designed and spec'd an LED wall at Mayor Michael Bloomberg's NYC headquarters comprising hundreds of tiles, and designed the London Sinatra show, which features an innovative LED system. "Now, we are expanding that expertise to our rental and staging operation, and will be able to offer these solutions for a great number of projects," concludes Scharff.


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Geneva. Enjoy classic American cuisine with European flair in our cozy breakfast restaurant. In the afternoon and evening hours, this elegant setting transforms into a comfortable and charming venue for a private lunch or dinner of up to 140 guests.
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INDIANAPOLIS — On July 13, the second annual Treasure Hunt features an antiques market at Indiana Landmarks' campus accompanied by yard sales throughout the Old Northside. The free event, which is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., also includes a scavenger hunt, walking tours, entertainment, food trucks, and homemade ice cream.
At the Indiana Landmarks Center, 1201 Central Ave., and Morris-Butler House, 1204 N. Park Ave., more than 40 dealers in antiques, collectibles, and architectural salvage will set up booths on the parking lot and lawn. Visitors will find music on the plaza and an art show in the gallery of the repurposed 19th-century church.
Treasure Hunt includes yard sales throughout the Old Northside Historic District, including the big annual rummage sale at All Saints Episcopal Church at 16th and Central. Visitors can pick up a printed map showing yard sale locations at Indiana Landmarks Center.
In its own booth, Indiana Landmarks will sell donated antiques, with proceeds benefitting the nonprofit preservation organization's work throughout the state. To donate an item, check the website www.indianalandmarks.org for six drop-off dates beginning April 10.
The Old Northside district runs from Interstate 65 on the south to 16th Street on the north, and from Pennsylvania to Bellefontaine.


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GED class, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Central Christian Church, N.W. First and VanTrees streets.
Bible study, 7 p.m., The Storehouse, 111 W. Main St.
In house meeting, Lighthouse Recovery, at both men's and women's facilities, 7 p.m.
Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Christ United Methodist Church, 104 N. Meridian St.
Eagles bingo, doors open at 6 p.m.
Washington Community Schools board, meet, following 5 p.m. executive session.
Al-Anon, 8 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church basement, 110 N.E. Second St.
Alcoholics Anonymous of Loogootee, 8 p.m., Senior Citizens Building of Loogootee.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church basement, 110 N.E. Second St.
Lighthouse evangelistic meeting and worship service, for women, 7 p.m., 311 E. Main St., for men, 7 p.m., 1276E 250N.
Neat Feet Clinic, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Senior and Family Services. Appointment only, 254-8855.


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Magnetic Island National Park
Arthur Bay, Magnetic Island. Photo courtesy of Tourism Queensland.
The Aboriginal Traditional Owners, the Wulgurukaba, or the 'canoe people', welcome you to Yunbenun (Magnetic Island).
About 8 km north-east of Townsville, within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
What's special
Rocky granite headlands and towering hoop pines stand sentinel over tranquil sandy bays on this rugged, mountainous island covered with open eucalypt woodlands and surrounded by coral reefs.
Useful links
- Magnetic Island National Park walking track map
- Townsville Region national parks, conservation parks and State forests visitor guide
- Great Barrier Reef zoning information and maps
- Public moorings and anchoring
- Vehicles prohibited on tidal lands
- Species lists
Nearby parks
- Bowling Green Bay National Park
- Cape Pallarenda Conservation Park
- Jourama Falls, Paluma Range National Park
- Mount Spec, Paluma Range National Park
- Orpheus Island National Park
- Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
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reviews for: listing #18422 - Whidbey Island, Washington House rental
- bedrooms 3
- pool no
- type House
- baths 3
- hot tub no
- community Mutiny Bay
- sleeps 8
- pets allowed yes
rates (USD)
$2,600 - $3,850 /wk
$3,750 - $13,500 /mth
Better than the Pictures
Review submitted: August 25, 2009 Date of arrival: August 13, 2009
The house and property could not have been more beautiful. The owners were wonderful to work with and the whole experience was great. My family, adults and children- had a wonderful vacation there. The children want to decorate their bedrooms just like the kids' room at the house. The kitchen had every convenience.
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway
Owners response:
Nana P.
Thankyou for your kinds words. Having grandchildren ourselves we truely want to create special memories for them to pass down. We believe "family times" like the one you just had last a lifetime and love being a part of that. For that reason, "Three Generational
Families" like yourselves are our favorites and that is why we try to cater to all ages.
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Helpful votes: 3 / 3
Review submitted: June 25, 2013 Date of arrival: June 16, 2013
This property was perfect in every way for our three generation family. The water view was stunning, the beach perfect for playing and strolling, and the house couldn't have been more comfortable. From the welcome basket to the lavender sachets on the pillows to the well equipped kitchen, the attention to details throughout the house was remarkable. We would recommend this property to anyone hoping for a truly memorable vacation and we certainly plan to come again.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, families with young children, people with disabilities, families with teenagers, girls getaway, romantic getaway
Owners response:
It is such a pleasure having "guests" like yourselves that enjoy our home as much as we do. Thank you very much for staying with us.
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Helpful votes: 0 / 0
Great house, fantastic view and outstanding owners
Review submitted: January 4, 2013 Date of arrival: August 13, 2012
For several years now, we have chosen vacation rentals for our summer vacations. We have rented good properties in the east coast, west coast and even abroad. In general, we always had a good experience. After renting dozens of properties over the years, this property in particular stands out. It is a great house to spend time with family and friends and you can enjoy the fantastic view from just about anywhere in the house. The owners keep it very well stocked and very clean, and there is plenty of room for different "groups" to enjoy the house (i.e., kids playing outside, adults enjoying wine on the deck, someone reading a great book by the living room, others collecting shells by the beach, etc.). You never feel that you are on top of each other. The best thing about this property is the fantastic view of the beach and the mountains! It is just stunning and second to none! The description and pictures of the house just don't do justice; once you get there you'll realize how much more beautiful it really is.
A great vacation starts before you leave home and ends when you get back home, and Marlene (the owner) makes that experience possible... always helpful, answering all your questions, providing detail instructions, giving recommendations and most importantly making sure that you truly enjoy everything her property has to offer.
We look forward to the opportunity to stay in this property again.
Owners response:
What a wonderful way to start the day; reading your very kind words. We love sharing our home with people that enjoy it as much as we do.
"Three generational" trips are our family's favorite and I get excited imagining this of others doing the same at our home. It's warming to know our guests are "creating memories".
I will look forward to working with you another time.
Thank you!
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Loved this house and location!
Review submitted: April 29, 2012 Date of arrival: April 19, 2012
My husband and I rented this house for three days with another couple and we each brought or 16 month old sons with us. We absolutely loved it! The location was perfect and we really enjoyed the big grassy lawn, especially with the toddlers. They played on the lawn (and stayed clean :)) but also loved playing in the sand. The house was much larger than we expected and was very comfortable. The owner was so nice and helpful throughout our renting experience. We liked this place so much that we are going back in a month!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, people with disabilities, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Helpful votes: 0 / 0
Mutiny Bay House
Review submitted: October 18, 2011 Date of arrival: October 4, 2011
This was an excellent rental house for the cliff views of Mutiny Bay, watching Puget Sound boat traffic, and the Olympic Mountains on clear days. I think we saw some sea otters. The house accommodations were great with oversized rooms and beautiful local paintings. We had a grand time on this second visit to the house either relaxing inside or going sight seeing along the island and nearby Olympic Mountain's Hurricane Ridge. I did try a little late season salmon beach fishing which is my favorite pastime.
Kevin H.
Recommended for: sight seeing
Owners response: Ken: What a treat to have you return to Mutiny Bay from Texas for a second time. We loved sharing our home with you again and hope next time a salmon bites. Thank you for your kind words. Sincerely, Marlene Frost
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Helpful votes: 0 / 0
Fantastic Family Vacation Spot!
Review submitted: June 14, 2011 Date of arrival: June 10, 2011
We just stayed at this awesome property and cannot say enough good things about it. First off, the owner is a pleasure to work with. She is very responsive and attentive in the whole setup process. The house itself is incredibly comfortable. We went with four adults and four children and there was ample room for sleeping and spreading out. The great room has an awesome fireplace with a wood burning stove and it was quite cozy at night to have a fire going. By day, the access to the beach and sprawling lawns are incredible fun for the kids. The house is fully stocked--toys for kids, a chef's kitchen with nearly everything you could imagine needing to cook real means (we even baked and had everything we needed right there). Plenty of plates and tablewear and serving pieces to really feel at home. I'm sure we will be heading back!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, romantic getaway
Owners response: Wow!! What a thrill it is to have such wonderful guests like you enjoy our home. It makes sharing our home so much fun. Thank you for your kind words and of course we will look forward to having you again.
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Helpful votes: 0 / 0
Wonderful Stay at this Beautiful Home
Review submitted: September 27, 2010 Date of arrival: September 19, 2010
We just returned from an amazing time at Mutiny Bay. This gorgeous home has all the amenities you'd ever want, plus some! We loved relaxing on the deck in the early evening with a glass of wine watching cruise ships pass by... early morning beach-walks... lunch beside the glorious flower gardens... and evening bonfires. We highly recommend this wonderful experience to others. Thank you Marlene and Ron for a special time at your magical home.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, age 55+, families with young children, people with disabilities, families with teenagers, girls getaway, pet-friendly, sight seeing, romantic getaway
Owners response:
Thank you Kate:
This is such a wonderful compliment coming from a vacation owner like yourself. I truely value your comments and look forward to working with you again sometime.
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Helpful votes: 0 / 0
A Slice of Heaven!
Review submitted: August 21, 2010 Date of arrival: August 7, 2010
We just got home from a 10 day stay at Mutiny Tides and my entire family is sad we had to come home. We had more than a vacation at this beautiful house -- it was a welcome retreat from the crazy suburban lifestyle we lead. The house is picture perfect, exceptionally clean, exceptionally well-appointed, thoughtful in every regard. The setting is as beautiful as I've ever seen -- gorgeous Olympic mountains to the southwest, Cascades to the southeast (plenty of opportunity to see the famous Baker and Rainier Mountains) bald eagles flying overhead, loads of deer and rabbits and sea creatures of all kinds. Clamming at low tide with the kids was a highlight, as was relaxing and swimming every day at the private beach. We made great use of the firepit by night for s'mores and conversation. If you are considering a beach vacation, this is the place to go!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
Owners response:
We enjoyed working with you as much as you enjoyed The MutinyBay House. Thank you again for choosing our "slice of heaven" for your vacation.
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Helpful votes: 1 / 1
Mutiny Bay was so Beautiful
Review submitted: August 9, 2010 Date of arrival: July 30, 2010
We have no rreturned from a truly wonderful week at your gorgeous home. We could not have been happier with the week. We loved Whidbey Island - the first time we've really explored it despite being in Seattle 30 plus years. We think you have the best spot, if not the very best home, on Whidbey. Mutiny Bay was so beautiful.
We even got to see the owls one night (two of them) calling to each other as we sat on the deck.
I hope you find everything in order and I just want to thank you again for sharing this lovely home.
We sincerely do hope to some day return again.
Thank you,
Linda C.
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Helpful votes: 1 / 1
Review submitted: July 16, 2010 Date of arrival: December 29, 2009
What a wonderful place th share the holidays with family. Your home is large and yet was so cozy around the warm rock fireplace. We will never forget this Christmas. We have loved watching the winters storms.
Thankyou and we hope to return again.
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Helpful votes: 1 / 1
Review submitted: July 16, 2010 Date of arrival: July 9, 2010
Thankyou for sharing your lovely home. We have been staying at homes on Whidbey for the last ten years and all the family agreed that your home was the highlight. We will return again.
We are making plans for next year, will you be renting again?
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Helpful votes: 1 / 1
Guestbook Comment
Review submitted: March 27, 2009 Date of arrival: March 1, 2009
We have had the opportunity to stay at this beach house several times. We go back because we love to be there. We can totally relax when we're there or we can have the children and grand children come and enjoy great "family" time. There is plenty of room/beds for all of us.
There are so many different things to do for adults and children. Walk on the beach and search for "treasures." Enjoy the wild life. Relax on the deck while enjoying the incredible views of the water and mountains. Or,if its cold outside, stay inside the beautiful great room, start a fire, watch a movie, play games, or read (movies, games & books are provided). And you still have the great view!
The beach house is so well stocked with everything you might want or need. Just bring your clothes, relax, and have a great time! We always do!!
Thank you Marlene, for making our visits to your beach house such a wonderful experience!!
Debbie & Dave
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Helpful votes: 2 / 2
Guestbook Comment
Review submitted: February 9, 2009 Date of arrival: February 1, 2009
Comment Text: Comment Text: My husband and I have enjoyed several relaxing stays at Mutiny Tides and we look forward to returning. The privacy is wonderful, the view and beach always rejuvenates us and the home is so comfortable and offers absolutely everything we could want. The cleanliness is beyond reproach. The best vacations we've had have been at Mutiny Tides. Last time, in the off-season, we took our children and grandchildren and it was a fantastic time for all of us. The spacious family room allowed us all to be together while enjoying different activities. Yet the bedrooms and baths offered plenty of privacy and comfort for all of us. My grandchildren loved the children's room and the closet of toys. The beach lured us all, night and day. We still talk about watching the cruise ships in the evening. Now, they all want to go back this summer. What a fabulous and completely comfortable and clean home. We always want to go out for dinner but we can never drag ourselves from the house because of the view and the kitchen amenities!
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Guestbook Comment
Review submitted: January 15, 2009 Date of arrival: January 1, 2009
Marlene was an ABSOLUTE joy to work with over email/phone! I proposed to my girlfriend on the beach right outside their cabin (maybe 30 steps...) and its ecological milieu was beyond refreshing and stupendous. The cabin itself was 'microbiology lab standards' clean. Upon entering, pleasant neutral colors with a warm ambience from the surrounding décor filled my sense of being. Immediately, one can tell that quality materials were used when considering everything from flooring materials to linens. The pictures do not do this beach cabin justice! The view from their living room/kitchen/deck will allow you to drift asleep in its dreamy magnificence. The owners truly believe in providing the best possible, well-rounded renting experience one can pay for. My family has been around rentals our entire life and this couple provides the COMPLETE package. Do not hesitate to rent this beach cabin as it provides for a great relaxing getaway! Just imagine the pure crisp air right off of the Puget Sound while relaxing on their beautiful huge porch; you'll then realize that later in life you will either have to buy something similar or return as a valued guest. Marlene and her husband due to their professional experiences, provide that detailed experience that one wishes for with ALL rental experiences! Their location focuses on the beauty, serenity and rural feel that our everyday life can't provide so enjoy their exquisite beachfront cabin. Allow the beautiful Puget Sound showcasing the Cascade Mountains with Eagles flying majestically in the background and deer roaming the property to engulf your sense of reality; contact Marlene NOW!!!
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Helpful votes: 3 / 3
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Dawson Community College will hold its 68th commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15th, at 10 a.m.. The ceremony will take place in the Toepke Center Gymnasium on the Dawson Community College campus. One hundred students will graduate with a vocational certificate or an AA, AS or AAS degree. A reception will follow in the Toepke Center, with refreshments provided by the AAUW.
This years speaker will be DCC President Emeritus Don Kettner, Chairman of the Montana Board of Veteran Affairs. Raised in Beach, North Dakota, Kettner has dedicated his life to public service. He served in the military as a Marine from 1951-1952, and then as an educator and administrator. Kettner's affiliation with Dawson Community College began in the early 1960's when he was an instructor. He also served as the athletic director for a time and then as DCC President from 1981-1999. He finished his tenure at Dawson Community College as President Emeritus - an honorary title bestowed upon him as recognition for his exemplary service.
President Emeritus Don Kettner last spoke at a DCC commencement ten years ago. The college staff, faculty and administration are pleased that he has agreed to come back a second time and favor our 2009 graduates with his wealth of experience. More than ever, this graduating class leaves our halls with great challenges, whether they commit to continued educational goals or pursue immediate employment in the workforce. As we say "good-bye" to our graduates we also say "welcome" to them as the newest class of alumni.


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New \"Players\" AFL Jerseys in the store
Every year, the AFL puts a new generic jersey in their online store. In 2005, the jersey had a blank nameplate with the #5, now in 2006 with the #6 and they will continue this for every year next year being #7. Fans of the Arena Football League want jerseys in the store with actual player\'s names on the back with their numbers. Key players like Damien Harrell and John Dutton would be in the Crush section and Tony Graziani and Sean Scott in the Soul section. This would increase sales greatly as these types of jerseys are under heavy request. The closest the store has ever been to this sort of thing was back in 2003 where the Crush had a John Elway jersey in their section of the store. A few teams had jerseys in the online that year, but most didn\'t. WE WANT THESE JERSEYS!
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April 21, 2009, 12:04 AM
By Nicholas Montemarano
Even after I stopped going to work, I continued to receive a monthly paycheck, and every so often someone I did not know but who seemed to know me would come to my home, dress me in a suit, and take me to some company function or other at which company bigwigs would give speeches during which I was made to stand and everyone would look at me and applaud, and then they, too, would stand, and everyone would raise their glasses to me, but by this point, I would lose my hearing. I would see their mouths moving and their hands clapping but could hear no sounds.
I became quiet. Reclusive, some people said. I spoke very little to the people I knew, including my wife and daughter, and tried to avoid those people whobecause they had heard about me on the newsbelieved they knew me. I felt most comfortable around people who, because they must not have watched TV or listened to the radio or read newspapers or magazines, had heard nothing about the November Fifteen. (Even now it pains me to write this phrase.)
It was around this time, too, that laughter began to kill me. My daughter, then almost twelve, would be watching one of her favorite TV showsa show, from what I could tell, about a group of girls in boarding school going through all sorts of dramas, most of which involved boysand every half minute or so, I would hear something that sounded like what someone coughing inside your head might sound like. I would look up from my lists and see my daughter sitting on the floor, very close to the TV, and her smile seemed frozen on her face. She never asked me what I was writing; I never showed her. SometimesI am almost too ashamed to admit thisI left my lists where I thought she would find them; I wanted her to know what I knew. I looked for my daughter's finger smudgessweat or the chocolate syrup she liked to put on the ice cream she liked to eat every day after schoolbut the lists never seemed to have been touched. I began to have the feeling that I was slipping away from things, that the distance between me and my daughter and my wifebetween me and everything, reallywas becoming too great to return from. I did not know where I was slipping away to, but it felt as though I was slipping away to death, or something close to death. Once, I tried to engage my daughter in a discussion about her favorite TV show, even though just thinking about this show caused me great anxiety. I asked her which was her favorite character (I guess this season I like Josie) and why (She's just so cool, plus she has the best hair) and what was happening to Josie lately (Her boyfriend broke up with her even though he loves her) and what did she think of the laugh track? (The what?) What did she think of the fact that no one was really laughing at the show? It was just a recording of people laughing at something else. (So what.) Didn't it bother her at all that the laughter was fake? (No, why should I care, and besides, there's another show about the first girls in what used to be an all-boys high school, and the show is pretty funny, but they don't use the laugh thing, and the show's not as funny.)
"I'm sorry," I said, and she said, "What for?" and I said, "I don't know. I guess I haven't been feeling so well lately and maybe I shouldn't be"
"Okay," she said, "show's back on."
My daughter was watching this show when the police came to get me, and though she showed some concern, she could not help glancing at the TV as they questioned me.
They wanted to know what I knew about Greg November. They told me it was in my best interest to cooperate. "Tell them what they want to know," my wife said. No one seemed to hear or understand me when I said, "I don't know anything," which was the answer I gave to most questions they asked.
"We're going to have to bring you in," they told me.
"What for?"
"We need to ask you some questions."
"But you just asked me questions."
"Please come with us, sir."
"Are you arresting me?"
"If you would just come with us."
"Where are you taking me?"
"We'll have you back as soon as you answer our questions."
"I told you, I don't know anything."
"Maybe you should go with them," my wife said. "The information you have might save someone else's life."
"Yes," I said, "and then we can have a parade in my honor."
"Honey," my wife said.
My daughter said, "I don't want you to be arrested. What if my friends see you with handcuffs around your wrists?"
"Please, sir," one of the officers said, and so I went with them.
They took me to the police station and then to a desk where one man sat with me and asked me questionswhere and when I was born, the names of my parents, where I was employed, was I married, did I have any childrenand then to a room way in the back of the station with a cage in the corner and bars over the windows and a mirror I knew was really a window through which they could watch me.
A man came into the room and sat across from me and smoked a cigarette and kept fingering his gray mustache and said nothing, and then he left.
A few hours later, a different manthis one younger and with his hair combed back and wet as if he had just taken a showercame into the room and sat across from me and looked at me until I looked away. I was given neither food nor water, nor was I asked if I wanted anything or if I needed to use the bathroom.
Late that nightit had been dark outside for quite some timethe two men came back and stood behind me. The older man asked me if I thought I was special.
"Excuse me?"
"Do you think you're some kind of hero?"
"No," I said.
"Do you think you can refuse to cooperate with us just because someone gave you a parade?"
"I'm not sure what you want from me."
"Tell us what you know about Greg November."
"I don't know anything about him."
"Why are you protecting him?" the younger man said. "What does he have on you?"
"I'd like to sleep," I said.
"Tell us what you know," the older man said.
I put my arms on the table in front of me and laid my head on my arms. The younger man pulled up my head. I put my head on my arms again. The older man turned over the table and kicked it to the corner of the room. I lay on my back on the floor and closed my eyes. They pulled me to my feet and walked me to the window. They handcuffed my wrists behind my back and then handcuffed the handcuffs to the bars over the window so that it was impossible for me to lie on the floor or even squat. The pain was so excruciating, I was sure my arms would break.
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Condo conversion compromise in the works despite Realtors' resistance
[UPDATED BELOW] Negotiations between tenant advocates and real estate interests (including the political advocacy group Plan C) over the controversial condo lottery bypass legislation haven't gone well or found common ground. But sources tell the Guardian that Sup. Jane Kim and Board President David Chiu, who has been mediating the dispute, are preparing to introduce compromise amendments that have the support of the San Francisco Tenants Union and other tenant advocates if a deal can't be worked out with real estate interests.
Details are still being hammered out with advocates and the City Attorney's Office, so the hearing scheduled for this Monday at the Land Use and Economic Development Committee will likely be postponed until March 25. But the basic deal is to allow the roughly 2,000 tenancies-in-common now seeking to convert into condos to do so in exchange for a long moratorium on new condo conversions, possibly indexed to construction of new affordable housing for the renters who comprise nearly two-thirds of San Franciscans.
The original legislation by Sups. Mark Farrell and Scott Wiener is being strongly backed by both current TIC owners who want the ability to refinance and Plan C and other real estate interests that want to continue converting ever more rent-controlled apartments into condos, rather than abiding the city's current limit of 200 per year, awarded through a lottery system. The SFTU has strenuously resisted opening up those flood gates, but it's open to clearing out the backlog in exchange to shutting the gates for awhile (see my story in this week's Guardian for more on the political dynamics surrounding this issue).
"We're hopeful that a majority of the board will support amendments which will significantly protect tenants and which will allow a version of the Wiener-Farrell legislation to be approved," SFTU head Ted Gullicksen told us.
Progressives on the board oppose the legislation as currently written, and the swing votes are thought to be Sups. London Breed (which Plan C supported in the last election in exchange for what it says was her promise to support more condo conversions, an assurance she denies making), Norman Yee (who was brought into the Chiu-mediated negotiations), and Malia Cohen, with just one of them needed to force changes to the legislation.
But the real estate interests – including Plan C, the Association of Realtors (whose government affairs director we left a message for and are waiting to hear back from, and we'll update below if/when we do), San Francisco Apartment Association, and other downtown-based groups – who are pushing for more condo conversions are likely to strongly resist the amendments. They simply want more rent-controlled apartments turned into condos they can sell, period.
Their perspective is reflected in SF Apartment Magazine, put out by the San Francisco Apartment Association, which every month offers advice to real estate investors and apartment building owners on various ways to buy apartment buildings, evict tenants or increase their rents, and convert the buildings to TICs or condos.
It runs a regular column called "TIC Corner" with the latest tricks for financing acquisitions and getting rid of those pesky tenants. In the November 2012 issue, for example, attorney D. Andrew Sirkin wrote excitedly about a new Securities and Exchange Commission rule that will now allow owners to advertise the sale of apartment buildings as TIC/condo investments, which he said "will dramatically ease the regulatory burden for real estate entrepreneurs wishing to raise money for apartment acquisitions and make it much easier to find investors."
Another feature story in the magazine, "The ABCs of OMIs," teaches these investors all the tricks for evicting tenants from their buildings, while "Roommate Roulette" offers advice to owners of rent-controlled buildings for keeping new roommates of existing tenants off the lease so they can charge market rate rents as soon as possible.
And, of course, the magazine is filled with ads for San Francisco apartment buildings that are for sale and just waiting to be cleared of tenants and turned into amazing real estate investment opportunities. Gullicksen says it is this mentality, applied to what even Mayor Ed Lee has called the city's "precious few rent-controlled apartments," that has animated the opposition to the Wiener-Farrell legislation. SFTU had planned a rally for Monday called "Stop Rent Control Attack," which has now been postponed until March 25.
UPDATE 3/11: Sup. Wiener got back to us and said, "I hope we can move to a compromise and I don't want to prejudge that compromise." Asked about the concept of approving TICs in the pipeline in exchange for halting on all condo conversions for some number of years, he said, "It's definitely something to explore, a pause in the lottery, and I'm open to that. But the devil is in the details."
it does not increase by one single unit either the number of TIC's that would have eventually gone condo anyway OR leads to any eviction of any existing tenant.
This simply helps those former tenants who bought a TIC to continue to make them an affordable option.
Nor does it encourage Ellis evictions since they are barred from going condo anyway.
A "freeze" on condo conversions for buildings with more than 2 units is fine as long as it only applies to those who would in any event have had to wait for conversion.
Louis, where they had a son. They talked some of settling in St. Louis. Doc Marlowe told them they ought to buy a nice auto cheap and drive out, instead of going by train — it wouldn't cost much and they could see the country, give themselves a treat. Now, he knew where they could pick up just such a car.
Whenever articles regarding rent control come up, I like to post Paul Krugman's views on the subject:
"Almost every freshman-level textbook contains a case study on rent control, using its known adverse side effects to illustrate the principles of supply and demand. Sky-high rents on uncontrolled apartments, because desperate renters have nowhere to go -- and the absence of new apartment construction, despite those high rents, because landlords fear that controls will be extended? Predictable. Bitter relations between tenants and landlords, with an arms race between ever-more ingenious strategies to force tenants out -- what yesterday's article oddly described as ''free-market horror stories'' -- and constantly proliferating regulations designed to block those strategies? Predictable."
conclusions, i.e. that rent control hurts renters by restricting supply, elevating rents and causing a spike in evictions for any, every or no cause.
It's possible that some States with rent-control in their cities do not have the equivalent of the Ellic Act, but CA had the presence of mind to allow any landlord facing hardship to quit the business and change the use of the building REGARDLESS of any local laws to the contrary.
There is a God and he is good.
then it must be right.
with Cato's analysis.
that most economists missed the last housing bubble.
Down with stupidity!!!
Power to the thoughtful!!!
facrts, evidence or proof to sustain your position which, as is clearly evident, is based solely on attacking others whom you cannot hope to refute.
opinion in this case was incompetent.
control the rents of vacant units (a futile aim anyway) suffers from the same flaws that Krugmann, Cato and many other respected sources have repeatedly demonstrated.
It may interest readers to know that our beloved Ellis Act was a direct product of vacancy control from before it was outlawed. So SF renters are still suffering from the time when vacancy control was legal, in Berkeley and Santa Monica.
In any event, SF voters always rejected attempts to introduce vacancy control here, so it's a non-issue anyway, except of course for the Ellis issue cited above.
The Cato Institute:
Run by it's founders, the extreme right-wing Koch Billionaires, and their cronies, The Cato Institute is A "libertarian" quasi-academic think-tank which acts as a mouthpiece for the globalism, corporatism, and neoliberalism of its corporate and conservative funders. Cato is an astroturf organization: there is no significant participation by the tiny libertarian minority. They do not fund it or affect its goals. It is a creature of corporations and foundations.
The major purpose of the Cato Institute is to provide propaganda and soundbites for conservative and libertarian politicians and journalists that is conveniently free of reference to funders such as tobacco, fossil fuel, investment, media, medical, and other regulated industries.
Cato is one of the most blatant examples of "simulated rationality", as described in Phil Agre's The Crisis of Public Reason. Arguments need only be plausibly rational to an uninformed listener. Only a tiny percentage will notice that they are being misled. That's all that's needed to manage public opinion.
I know I've won the debate.
I'm thinking maybe that comment was referencing the God comment from the other right wing nut-job. But please enjoy your aura of smug just the same.
There are no right-wingers here - just left-wingers and moderates.
Yes, Commish, that's what he wrote 13 years ago in a wonky column on the role of economists in society. And here's what he wrote in 2008 -- even before the banking system collapsed and showed the full downside of encouraging too much home ownership -- on the more direct issue of renting versus homeownership:
"But homeownership isn't for everyone. In fact, given the way U.S. policy favors owning over renting, you can make a good case that America already has too many homeowners....
All I'm suggesting is that we drop the obsession with ownership, and try to level the playing field that, at the moment, is hugely tilted against renting.
And while we're at it, let's try to open our minds to the possibility that those who choose to rent rather than buy can still share in the American dream — and still have a stake in the nation's future."
that would inevitably hurt your colleagues like Tim and Bruce who own RE?
As long as it benefits a renter like you?
This isn't even about punitive taxes, it's just about protecting the declining stock of rental housing. I'd just like to see a level playing field rather than policies that discriminate against renters, from writing mortgages off one's taxes to the variety of tools used to undermine San Francisco's voter-approved rent control law.
voter-approved, such as the Costa-Hawkins and Ellis Act's which, although not put to the CA voters, was voted in by those who we elect to look after the interests of all of us.
No, they were approved by center-right politicians sponsored by the property owners and corporations who put them in office. There's nothing democratic about San Francisco's voter-approved rent control law being undermined by the representatives of voters in conservative counties.
Te problem with the rental stock in SF is ht there are insufficint units. Condos are the best types of units, becquse you rent directly from an owner, instead of a useless building management company. If only more condos would be built in the Bayview, Soma, etc, then there would be more options fir renters!
Everyone is absolutely free to choose to rent, but they do not have the right to lifelong possession of a rented property. Nor do they participate in increased equity as their neighborhoods increase in value. In most instances, renting is not a viable long term plan. Politicians and journalists shouldn't create the false impression that it is.
achieved that as much by the ownership of real estate as they did by working hard at their job. It's just the way it is - between the leverage that a mortgage furnishes, the tax breaks available, and the fact that you have to live somewhere anyway, buying a home is the passport to affluence for the average American.
So yeah, rent if you want, and I will take your money. And then take it and take it and take it. But why would you ever put up with that, especially knowing you could be Ellis'ed or evicted at any time?
People are also free to buy condos in San Francisco, but they have no right to buy a rent-controlled apartment and turn it into a condo. And for San Franciscans who make 120 percent or median income and below (aka, the vast majority of city residents), renting is the only viable long term plan that we have. Real estate is just too expensive for us to buy a home here and it always will be. Realtors and conservatives shouldn't create the false impression that we can somehow buy into this housing market.
then apply to condo covert it. That happens all the time, and I have done it twice myself.
And if SF RE is too expensive for you to buy, in the same way that it is too expensive for me to buy in parts of Manhattan, London, LA and elsewhere, then do you hear me whining about it? No. Instead, I buy where I can afford it.
In my case, that happens to be SF altho not the nicest part. In your case, it may mean buying in Oakland, Richmond or Daly city which are, effectively, just other parts of our urban area.
You have a right to shelter. You have no right to live in a place that exceeds your ability to afford it. Not everyone can afford to live in the world's favorite city.
It sounds to me like these days, the investments that are wanted are at a much shorter term and possibly riskier pay off? Rather than those good solid old faithfuls that will keep on bringing in the dividends. I do not know, but while i think about it, this seems to be the consensus. I remember when there were much less international investors that owned large swaths of the city but smaller groups or single landlords that owned a few or even a single building.
Back then, people wanted to buy a RENTAL unit for an investment. The folks that purchased property before 1999, got it at a realistic and reasonable price which would now be seen as obscene. If they owned a multi-unit -investment property, and hired a property management firm to run it, they would bring in regular income and profit which often, they would put towards acquiring another additional propertie(s). These not only brought in monthly income which often would pay their mortgage payment for the LL's house but also income on top of that.
My last probably 11 or so apartments were owned by physical people that often lived right here in the bay or the city somewhere.
Can someone explain to me why now the investment of a rental property is such an unattractive investment? ESPECIALLY when the cost of rent is THIS INSANELY high?? I understand the whole thing with having to evict someone and the cost associated with that, but that could not be any more expensive than if you were one of these houses on 15th ave that just got flooded. You could have a bad situation at any time but that should be what insurance and savings are for. Sometimes it takes money to make money.
Also, if these apt. associations want to invest in a condo, then BUY A CONDO!!! You dont want to because you want to (...greed*...) get a cheap deal which is partly why TIC's are so attractive to purchase. If someone can not afford a condo, then, maybe this is not the investment you are looking for. Just like if you can not afford to wait for your condo conversion lottery number to get picked, then you probably should not invest in real estate in San Francisco.
No. See the problem here is the only thing that is fueling the Real Estate assoc. side is pure and simple GREED. They want to make as much money off the backs of as many people doing the least amount of work that they possibly can squeek by doing.
If the citizens and residents of San Francisco allow the corporate commerce side of this fight to win... We ALL need to LOOK OUT because if they see a way to profit off of ANY OF US, they will! They do not care about the resident or the community or the heart of a city. They care about putting as many of those greenbacks in their back pocket as quickly and as egregiously as possible and no one is safe.
You may be rich and be able to afford it when it is your turn, but it wont be fun and it will be draining and these people who live thousands of miles away will be rolling in your cash with a huge smile on their faces and in their minds they see the word "sucker"!
short-term flips of multi-unit buildings, ideally with Ellis evictions or payoffs, than there is in buying a building as a long-term investment.
Why? Because of rent control, which punishes those long-term investors with sub-inflation returns, but rewards the evictors and flippers with quick profits.
In places like Phoenix, Vegas, Dallas and Houston, there are lots of investors in rentals. In SF, because of rent control, the economic imperative is to buy, evict, flip and walk away.
It's called the law of unintended consequences - rent control harms renters.
There is strong economic incentive to convert rentals into ownership units. It is more than greed, it is demand. People in SF want to own their homes and have the means to do so.
self-respect wants to live in a rent-controlled hovel. They want to build equity and have pride of ownership.
The Ellis Act essentially arbitrages the distinction that you draw. and once rent control goes away, Ellis'ed buildings will then be allowed to go condo, and this whole unfortunate policy mistake will be a mere historical footnote.
And nobody will cry a tear.
You had no right to convert those apartments into condos, that was a privilege and it's a privilege that can be taken away on any given Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors.
go out of the rental business and change the use of those units to owner occupation via a TIC structure.
Whether TIC's can be converted to condo's is another matter, but the voters have always maintained that right should exists, merely controlled.
The only time a CA municipality tried to force landlords to rent out units against their will, in Santa Monica, it ended up with the Ellis Act..
Stop selling people short.
People of average income can and do buy homes in SF. It takes planning, lifestyle adjustments, and compromise. A greater effort of assisting first time home ownership by the local government will open even more possibilities.
I know many people who have worked and saved hard, and been very patient, and then finally bought a place in SF. It's hard but it's possible.
Progressive apologists want people to feel helpless so that they will support confiscatory policies like rent control which set classes of San Franciscans against each other.
These naysayers actually worship victimhood because that is the groundswell of their support for the politics of envy.
I work hard and I save hard. Confiscatory is what the landlords want to charge for rent. You don't really give a crap about confiscatory policies, as long as the rich are the ones doing the confiscating. You don't give a damn about class warfare as long as your class is winning. Thank god we have rent control to prevent landlords from charging confiscatory rents.
then nobody will pay it.
What you are really complaining about is that the market rents in SF exceed your ability to pay them. That's a crying shame but just goes to show that maybe you are living in a place that you cannot afford.
So, I cannot afford Aspen and you cannot afford SF. Just the way it is.
because if it is too much, then no one will rent their properties. And yet the landlord business is booming.
What you're really complaining about is that the people have put some reasonable limits on your ability to shake down tenants. That's a crying shame but it just goes to show that maybe you've decided to set up your landlord business in the wrong place.
Maybe you should move to the central valley where there is no rent control, but in San Francisco that's the way it is.
Act evictions. We see hundreds.
Doesn't mean the law is confiscatory. Just means some people are greedy.
by definition, otherwise they'd be stopped from doing it.
The Ellis act can seem unjust to some, but it is the law of California.
there was a widespread perception both that rent control was confiscatory and that many tenants were becoming very greedy.
The lie supports the notion that industry- and lobbiest- bought politicians serve the constituencies that they are supposed to represent. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The "widespread perception" is simply the perception that Randites want to promote to cover for the fact that the system is completely disfunctional.
It was clearly the will of the people.
That does not mean it was "the will of the people" went he crazily attempted to dump all of Social Security on the double-zero of Wall Street's roulette wheel.
But Obama will have to cut social security anyway, so you will get your wish, again by someone who we the people elected.
service (housing) for less than the market rate.
Landlords do not want more than the market rate and, indeed, could never get that anyway. Rents are what they are because of high property prices. You should not expect to rent cheaply a place that is worth a million.
We've been through this before. It's all about how you define the concept of "worth."
Some claim that something is "worth" whatever the "market" says it is. Of course the "market" doesn't decide anything. The market has no reason and no compassion. What they're really arguing for is that there be no rules at all. They're arguing that people can charge whatever the hell they please and take advantage of people with confiscatory prices, simply because there's a very unequal distribution of some product or service. Well, actually they do want one rule in place. What eventually happens is that under these conditions, those who don't have, will seek to take from the pigs who are hoarding and gouging, and they want the law to protect them from the masses by force.
Others, like me, say that's just wrong. There should be human intervention based on reason and compassion to regulate prices to ensure fairness. That's otherwise known as civilized society. The facile retort is always the same: "Well who decides fair? The government?" they snort. Yeah, well an elected government is better than no one at all. You're never going to have a perfect system that 100% of people can agree is fair. But you're sure as hell going to get a lot closer to fairness if you try, than if you make no attempt at all and leave it to the law of the jungle.
take the fifth highest offer for your vehicle because you feel "compassion" for that buyer, even though it costs you hundreds or thousands of dollars?
No you do not.
So why ask me to do that when I rent out a home?
Anyway, I do not deicde what rent my tenants will pay. THEY decide. If I ask too much, nobody will bite. Tenants choose the rent they will pay; I am merely a passive recipient of whatever amount they deem reasonable to pay.
anything and everything, but the voters do not support price controls almost without exception. There is some control over utility prices but, other than that, we see little price control in the US, and not even so much in Quasi-socialist Europe.
And no, the people will not rise up and seize the assets of the rich. tHey make have taken the landlrods out into the street and shot them during the Russian revolution. But Americans are too fat and happy to ever do that here.
So just keep eating burger, fries and coke, and make sure your rent check is on time next month.
At some point, you trolls say things that you know aren't true, that you know are irrelevant, just to have a snappy retort... and at that point it's plain to see that now we're just descending into demagoguery.
The key ingredient here is scarcity. Where there's no scarcity, such as in the used car market (AFAIK), there's no need for price controls. The market may function just fine. But where there's scarcity and people seek to take advantage of others and have that opportunity, then it is appropriate. But you know that. I know that. So go ahead, have the last word if you need to (because I know you do).
anyone pay more for one thing over another?
It is ALWAYS about the balance of supply and demand being eqiualized through price.
Price controls have never worked, outside of wartime.
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Randall began by telling us all something that we already knew and that being that we are all overworked, over-messaged, and under-engaged at work. We are overwhelmed. Utilizing technology at work is critical if we are to evolve – especially with the techies who grew up on games. "These kids that grew up on SIMS and other games are our current workforce who are expecting to use technology EVERY DAY at work" says Randall. "And we need to be changing with technology in order to keep them engaged and keep our communication methods going forward in a technological world."
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- 3 billion hours of game play a week are going on, with $60 billion in game sales
Where is this game play happening? – 40% are playing games at work. (Saatchi Gaming Study)
Here is my video interview with Randall after his session:
Randall makes a valid point. If our employees are already participating in games at work, why aren't we using this same strategy to train and engage our employees?
It is predicted that during 2012 20% of Global 2000 organizations will deploy a gamified application. By 2014 the number will rise to 70%. Those are outrageous stats, IMHO.
Understanding how to apply game mechanics is critical to increase engagement with customers and employees and to motivate positive behavioral changes – and is critical to our success.
Check out BrandGames and find out how you can incorporate gaming into your engagement and training initiatives.
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Spacious Luxury Townhome at Base of Winter Park in Winter Park
- bedrooms 4
- baths 3
- sleeps 10
- pool no
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Townhome
- community Trademark
rates (USD)
/ night
vacation rental description
Enjoy a memorable vacation in our premium 4 bedroom/3 bath townhome in the gated community of Trademark. Located just a quarter mile from the base of the mountain, and steps from the free shuttle bus route, enjoy the mountain or the local attractions in minutes.
The main-floor living area has a two-story river rock fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows. A 52" HD flat screen television with surround sound, plus a Bose Ipod system add to the entertainment value of this area. The first floor has a second entertainment area -- television, DVD/VHS, over-sized bean bags, games/puzzles....perfect for the younger generation, and all with the coziness of radiant floor heating.
The kitchen has granite countertops and all the necessities for meal preparation, while the dining area has an over-sized table with plenty of seating for all.
The over-sized Master Suite with king-sized bed, cozy reading area, jet tub, and balcony add to the enjoyment of this fantastic location. Two additional guest rooms feature queen beds and all the amenities. A separate bunk room holds two sets of bunk beds, for the younger set's sleep accommodations.
Enjoy the views of Winter Park & Mary Jane by day, or see the snowcats at work by night, from the oversized outdoor hot-tub, just steps from the unit. The Fraser River is equally as close for your snowshoeing/walking/biking/nature-viewing pleasures.
There's plenty of room for winter/summer gear storage with in-house lockers and ski rack. Home has an attached and private one-car garage with additional parking available. Washer and dryer are in the unit.
Enjoy our home for your Colorado mountain memories!
vacation rental location
property availability
- dates with deals
- unavailable dates
Last modified on 08-31-2014 at 7:35 AM.
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Kelly Kisling 720-633-6237
townhome rental amenities
On-site hot tub for relaxation after the day's activities.
Washer and dryer in the unit.
Ski storage and lockers in unit.
One-car private garage with additional parking available.
Full kitchen with microwave, oven, dishwasher, coffee machine, espresso machine, coffee grinder,
and blender. Place settings for twelve, dishes and utensils all provided.
Gas fireplace in living room.
Cable tv with DVD and VCR.
Outdoor deck with mountain views, patio furniture and gas grill.
Hairdryers in bathrooms. Towels and linens provided.
activities and attractions in Winter Park Colorado
World-class skiing at Winter Park and Mary Jane is within walking distance of our home. Other
winter sports, including snow-mobiling are available locally. A tubing hill, with a poma lift is
open during the winter season and provides for fun and entertaining times. A skating rink at the
Base Village is near completion, next door to the Starbucks. Watch the younger ones skate with a
Starbucks in hand! The Fraser River Trail is steps from our home and extends through Winter Park and
the neighboring town of Fraser without crossing any streets or thoroughfares. This trail is perfect
for walking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and wildlife viewing. Moose and beavers are
regularly sighted in the area! Restaurants and shops (including equipment rentals) are within
walking distrance. Other shops (including a grocery store), movie theater and other restaurants and
entertainment, are a 5-minute drive into Winter Park. Summer activities are as abundant as the
winter sports, as mountain biking, outdoor concerts, wine tasting and home tours are regularly
scheduled events.
vacation rental rates
Off Season (7/1/14-11/15/14)...............$300/night
Early Season (11/16/14-12/15/14).........$400/night
Holiday (12/16/14-1/7/15).....................$600/night
January Ski Fest (1/8/15-1/31/15)..........$400/night
February Prime Skiing (2/1/15-2/28/15)...$400/night
Spring Celebration (3/1/15-3/31/15)........$450/night
Late Season (4/1/15-4/30/15).................$400/night
Off-Season/Summer (5/1/15-11/15/15)....$300/night
Early Season (11/16/15-12/15/15)...........$400/night
Kelly Kisling 720-633-6237
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Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra
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Grammy Nominated Ottmar Liebert has become one of the most successful instrumental artists of the past decade, thrilling audiences throughout the world and releasing a catalog of classic recordings. By 1989, he had founded the first incarnation of his band Luna Negra. Nouveau Flamenco began life as a self-produced local release called Marita: Shadows and Storms, copies of which local Indian artist Frank Howell distributed in his art galleries. When the record found its way to radio stations and began generating a buzz among programmers and an unprecedented response among listeners, Higher Octave Music picked it up and released a fully remastered version.


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I want to know if there is anyone who works or worked at the gym knows if the scales at the gym are tampered with. My scale at home is usally says something different than the one at the gym. I would weigh myself right before i go to the gym....anybody know?
its very rare that two different sets of scales agree on the weight. All scales have a margin of error. Unless the scales in your gym are telling you you are 5lbs lighter than at home, I would expect there to be perhaps a 1 lb discrepancey between any scales, plus or minus.
It also depends on how old and well used your scales at home are?
The scales at the gym will be calabrated on a regular basis, your ones at home will not have been since they were made.
"If you are going through hell, keep going."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Very good pointOriginally Posted by Giddo
Your weight also fluctuates during the day.
If I step on a scale in the morning before I eat, I'm 222. If I step on a scale at 6:30pm in the gym, I might be 227.
Don't worry about it.
Squats work better than supplements.
"You know, if I thought like that, I'd never put more than one plate on the bar for anything, I'd never use bands or chains, I'd never squat to parallel or below, and I'd never let out the slightest grunt when I lift. At some point in your lifting career (assuming you're planning on getting reasonably strong and big), you're going to have to accept that most people think you are some kind of freak." -Sensei
"You're wrong, and I have a completely irrelevant pubmed abstract that may or may not say so." - Belial
I has a blog.
I has a facebook.
yeah i agree with paul, but also id put more faith in the gym scales than the one at home
Why live if one can not Deadlift?- John Paul Sigmasson
Accept that which is useful and reject what is not- Bruce Lee
Reason and Logic trump religion- Me
Restriction of education, Censorship of knowledge, and Proliferation of religion helps keep the masses tamed- Me
"Money does not fix everything, Smart fixes everything"
Everyone knows the mirrors at the gym are rigged, not the scales. Its a vast fitness industry conspiracy. I'm sure the free weight section mirrors stretch your image sideways so you look wider, and the cardio section mirrors stretch your reflection up and down, so you look skinny.
haha...yeah i noticed that about the mirrors. I think i was thinking about the scales because I saw Dodgeball a week or so ago and they mention something about rigging the scales. Werent sure or not if they actually did it. Thanks for the replies


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|Walls gears up for Gladiator Challenge
|Monday, March 18, 2013 8:29 AM
DELPHOS — Professional boxer Mike Tyson once said, "I'm scared every time I go into the ring but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'let's go'."
"The anxieties before a fight, everyone gets them; it's just how you handle them," he said. "You're always going to be nervous and scared, always thinking in the back of your mind 'what if something bad happens?' or 'what if it's all for nothing?' You've just got to block that out and get through it, just like in everyday life."
Walls' MMA career has taken him all over Ohio as well as to several other states but on March 24, he will head to San Jacinto, Calif., to compete in Gladiator Challenge at the Soboba Casino Outdoor Arena. With his big fight looming, Walls looks back to how he got here.
"I've been fighting since 2009. I got into it mainly as a means to improve myself physically and mentally," he said. "My stepbrother Craig Wreede and I started out taking private lessons with Shane Lear up at Lear's Martial Arts and then about six months later, I entered a fight just to see if I had what it takes. I had a decent amateur career with a record of 7-5. This fight in California will be my 14th fight and I know nothing about my opponent. A lot of highly-paid professionals started out in Gladiator Challenge, so this could be a big break for me if things go well. That is the ultimate goal; to get into one of the big organizations like UFC or Bellator. It's why I'm doing this."
Walls, who was a wrestler in high school, says his favorite part of fighting is the training leading up to it.
"You've got to love training to do this. I love pushing myself, seeing what my limits are and seeing how I can push past them for next time and get better," he said. "I weighed 315 when I got out of high school and now, just walking around I usually weigh between 225-235 but I drop down to 205 when I fight. Some people think that's crazy but it's not like I'm 6'5" with an 80-inch reach. I don't fight heavyweight. My goal is to start fighting at 185 and that's going to require a lot of work. Even to get down to 205 makes me feel great but we'll see if I can manipulate my body even further. It's not just about fighting, I love the discipline that's involved. I have to watch what I eat, how I train, what I do with my spare time. It's given me a goal, something to work towards. It holds me accountable."
In order to attain his goals, Walls keeps to a disciplined schedule, rising at 7 a.m. daily to start training. From 8-9 a.m. during the week he trains with Lear at Lear's Martial Arts and on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, he travels to St. Mary's to train with Jody Poff. On the weekends, he squeezes in any extra training he can.
MMA has grown in popularity over the years and is now just as regulated as boxing with rules, equipment, blood tests and medical evaluations. While many still view it as a barbaric sport, Walls says it's all about the competition.
"It's not that I have any malice towards my opponent, it's comparable to wrestling in the sense that it's all about the competition," he said. "It's about how one prepares themselves to be better than the next person. Every loss is a mistake you can learn from. The one-on-one competition is great, because if there are any mistakes made, they're my mistakes.
"It's a tough sport. Thankfully I'm at a point where I train with a lot of guys who have that sense of commitment who want to be there every day. There are some haters, sure, but oddly enough we fighters get along pretty well."
In addition to his MMA career, Walls is a manager at Elida Health Foods and coaches wrestling for his alma mater, Delphos Jefferson.
"It's nice because during the day I work in a health-oriented business, so everything I do ties in together and that helps me in all aspects," he said.
Even though he ultimately faces his fights alone, Walls says he wouldn't be where he is without the people standing behind him.
"There are a lot of people who have helped me get to this point, like Shane Lear who's been helping me since day one. Then there's Jody Poff and all the guys I train with," he said. "Zach Metzner has done a lot for me too, as well as Jeff Schwieterman. Without guys like that I probably wouldn't be where I am today, or as successful as I am. I also need to thank my family and friends have also been very supportive.
"I owe a special thanks to my wife, Niki. I'm away from home quite a bit, so she takes care of a lot of the house work that I neglect and she does an amazing job getting my licenses and my sponsorship things together, she's almost like my manager."
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Toughbook 52
- Windows® 7 Professional
- 15.4" ultra high-resolution 1920 x 1200 display
- Discrete graphics
- Semi-rugged
The Panasonic Toughbook® 52 Windows® 7 notebook delivers the power of a desktop in a semi-rugged design that provides the flexibility to work anywhere. With a shock-mounted flex-connect hard drive, magnesium alloy casing, and spill-resistant keyboard and touchpad, it stands up to the bumps and bruises of a day on-the-go. The 15.4" high resolution widescreen and dedicated graphics makes the Toughbook 52 perfect for group presentations or videos. Offering increased security and remote management, powered by an 3rd gen Intel Core™ i5 vPro™ processor, the Toughbook 52 is the ultimate business tool.
Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Core, Intel vPro, Core Inside and vPro Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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LAPTOP Magazine: Editors' Choice Award January 2008
The Panasonic Toughbook 52 was honored with LAPTOP Magazine's Ultimate Choice Award in summer 2008. After testing and evaluating a range of mobile technology products, LAPTOP chose the Toughbook based upon its design, ease of use, features, performance and overall value. LAPTOP provides information, advice and insights that enable readers to thrive in a wireless world. LAPTOP serves as a leading source of mobile technology information and the essential guide for both mobile professionals and tech-savvy consumers who want to make informed buying decisions and stay connected and entertained on the go.
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was chosen for the RoadStar Most Valuable Product award. The Toughbook 52 was selected
for its unique combination of features, including the spill resistant keyboard,
widescreen, flexible internal connectors, and shock-mounted hard drive.
RoadStar's Most Valuable Products awards showcase the editors' picks of the best new product introductions of the year. The winners were selected from hundreds of new product articles appearing in the magazine, at www.truckinginfo.com and in the Internet-delivered New Product News magazine. They were judged on their ability to make a driver's life safer, more comfortable or more convenient.
PC Magazine: Editor's Choice Award for Best Product Performance October 2007
The Toughbook 52 is equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 or T7300 processor running at 1.8 and 2.0 GHz, respectively, and 1GB of RAM (upgradable to 4GB).Storage comes by of an 80GB or 120GB hard drive, and video is driven by an ATI X2300 M71-M or Intel GMA X3100 graphics chip. The system has a built-in DVD burner, four USB ports, a FireWire port, and ExpressCard and PC Card Slots. A SmartCard slot provides an added layer of security. The system comes with an 802.11a/b/g Wi-fi adapter and can be outfitted with Bluetooth 2.0 and Verizon Wireless mobile broadband (EV-DO) options to provide all the wireless connectivity you'll need.LEARN MORE
VARBusiness: Tech Innovator Award in Portable PCs category October 2007
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ENERGY STAR Qualification
ENERGY STAR, a joint program between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy, offers voluntary qualification for products that are energy efficient. The ENERGY STAR program sets high standards designed to save energy, save money and help protect the environment for future generations. Panasonic is one of nearly 20,000 organizations that have become ENERGY STAR partners, all working to promote, sell, or improve products, homes, and buildings that use less energy and qualify for the ENERGY STAR. Panasonic's commitment to ENERGY STAR initiatives and other environmental programs have resulted in all Toughbook® computers earning the ENERGY STAR.
ENERGY STAR for computers raises the efficiency bar dramatically. ENERGY STAR establishes efficiency requirements for all modes of a product's operation, which ensures energy savings when a product is active and running basic applications, as well as in low power modes. Qualifying products must also include an internal power supply that is at least 80 percent efficient. Only the most energy-efficient products, including all Toughbook computers have qualified for the new specification. If all computers sold in the US meet ENERGY STAR requirements, the savings in energy costs will grow to more than $1.5 billion each year, reducing greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 2 million vehicles.
EPEAT Certification
EPEAT is an easy-to-use, online tool to help purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select products based on their environmental attributes. EPEAT also provides a clear and consistent set of performance criteria for the design of products, and provides an opportunity for manufacturers to secure market recognition for their efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its products.
EPEAT evaluates electronic products according to three tiers of environmental performance — Bronze, Silver and Gold. There are 51 total environmental criteria: 23 required criteria and 28 optional criteria. A Bronze-rated product meets all 23 required criteria. A Silver-rated product meets all 23 required criteria plus at least 50% of the optional criteria. A Gold-rated product meets all 23 required criteria and at least 75% of the optional criteria. All Toughbook computer models are EPEAT gold certified, ensuring the highest level of environmental performance.
ISO Certification
Since 1996, all Panasonic manufacturing plants worldwide—including the factory in Kobe, Japan—have achieved ISO 14001 registration and implemented the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System. The Kobe factory has also been certified for ISO 9001, an international standard for quality management systems that enhance product quality assurance and customer satisfaction.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international federation promoting the development of international manufacturing, trade, and communication standards. ISO 14000, a series of standards, provides the framework for managing the environmental impacts of an organization.
The ISO 14001 international standard established a systematic approach that organizations can use to minimize or prevent environmental impacts and risks. This approach, known as an Environmental Management System or EMS, requires the organization to establish an environmental control policy, educate employees about procedures and continually monitor environmental performance.
RoHS Compliance
For manufacturers of electronic equipment, the main impact of RoHS is that only lead-free products can be sold in Europe. Panasonic has therefore shifted to lead-free solder. By selling RoHS-compliant products in all countries, not just Europe, Panasonic helps eliminate hazardous electronic waste materials from landfills and waste dumps around the world.
Section 508 Standards
Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. Electronic and information technology procured by Federal agencies must meet Section 508's requirements for accessibility.
Toughbook® mobile computers have long been designed and manufactured with access-friendly features, such as touchscreens and the ability to be mounted on wheelchairs. In addition, Panasonic works closely with Microsoft to ensure that Toughbook computers can take full advantage of the accessibility features built into Windows®. Panasonic continually endeavors to make all its products more accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. In fact, Panasonic worked with ITIC (Information Technology Industry Council) in developing the Section 508 "Buy Accessible" template, and also actively participates in the GSA (General Services Administration) sponsored Accessibility Forum.
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