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Them Brainwash Days, Those Heartache Nights by Evan La Londe exhibits at White Gallery August 2-29, 2012, with an opening reception set for August 2, 2012, from 5 to 8pm. White Gallery is located at PSU Smith Hall, Second Floor, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR.
There's a restlessness now, it comes from not knowing. Yet not knowing lets you dream, for better or worse. Maybe that's the charm of the transitory, the provisional; it doesn't require any sort of commitment, you move on. Because you aren't pinned down, you can resist any sort of routine and find more space for dreaming. I suppose it's a way to be present.
But where's the order, the certainty? George Spencer Brown, a brilliant mathematician and philosopher who pioneered The Laws of Form, once wrote that while looking at a picture plane: the moment a frame is noticed, it's also crossed. Without oversimplifying this, or summarizing his thinking here, let's just say he was looking for some truth and found it, or what he believed it to be.
These images are full of ghosts, things I cannot name. Shadows reach back to the objects that threw them, but also to something else. The thing is, these shadows didn't come from light; they're painted, so they aren't illuminations in the usual sense. Maybe they're more like reflections, like moonlight. I discover them as I stumble through the dark.
Evan La Londe is an artist working and living in Portland, Oregon. He holds an MFA from Portland State University, and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He co-directEd Gallery 2219, an independent exhibition space in Baltimore from 2008-2010. His work has been exhibited at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; Los Angeles, Swell Gallery, San Francisco; Place Gallery, Portland; and School 33; Baltimore, among others.
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When a team signs a new leadoff hitter and two middle of the order guys, it can be easy to forget about the bottom half of the lineup threat.
Alfonso Soriano may be 38 years old this season, but he'll still put up his normal statistics—good and bad. Soriano is a 30 home run, 100 RBI guy, and has the potential to put those numbers up this season. After the signing of Carlos Beltran, it was evident that Soriano would primarily fill the Designated Hitter Role, and backup Outfielder.
Soriano, a right-handed hitter will likely see most of his At Bats against lefties, but has still be productive against right handers. In 2013 he launched 13 of his 34 home runs while facing right-handers.
With Derek Jeter turning 40 in June, Soriano could lose playing time at DH to Jeter. The Yankees will want to give Jeter a "half day" and DH him. In 2012, Jeter's last full season he started 25 of his 150 games at DH. Nevertheless, Soriano will see his fair share of time as the team's DH.
Looking beyond Soriano's power numbers is where one will find flaws within his offensive game that will cause him to lose playing time.
First, his career strikeout percentage is 21.2 percent, which according to Fangraphs.com is below average compared to the league. Soriano has always been known to have a long swing, causing him to strikeout frequently. His strikeout percentage is much higher than his middle of the order teammates, Brian McCann (14.5 percent), Carlos Beltran (15.9 percent) and Mark Teixeira (17.2 percent).
McCann, Teixeira, and Beltran have a combined career On Base Percentage of .359. They will all be batting in front of Soriano, which opens up more RBI situations for him. Batting lower in the lineup can help his offensive production and result in him driving in more runs.
Another aspect of Soriano's game that needs improvement is his plate discipline. In 2013 he swung at 43.3 percent of pitches outside of the strike zone. The league average is around 30 percent. Out of those pitches he swung at outside the zone, he only made contact with 57.9 percent of them. This can explain why Soriano only sees about three pitchers per plate appearance, and why he only walked 5.8 percent of the time last year. In order for him to be more productive at the plate he must learn to extend at bats by taking pitches, and waiting for the right one.
Through 581 At Bats in 2013, Soriano only saw a 3-0 and 3-1 count 25 times. In those 25 ABs he had 10 hits resulting in a .400 Batting Average. When in this situation, Soriano, like many others, takes advantage of the hitter's count and delivers.
Getting on base more would increase Soriano's value to the Yankees, and would result in more playing time. He has always relied on power, but as he ages he should be looking to get on base more. In 151 games last season, his On Base Percentage was .302, about 20 points below the league average. Through 15 spring training games, his OBP is .317, an improvement—but it's still not where he should be.
Soriano will usually be in the six hole in the lineup, which means he won't have much protection as he did in the beginning of his career. This might help Soriano in a way. Teams know that he is a power threat and will potentially pitch around his to face guys like Kelly Johnson, Brian Roberts and Brett Gardner. This is an opportunity for him to take pitches and look for a good pitch to drive. This shows the Yankees' lineup depth, and how not many teams have a player being pitched around who bats sixth.
Weighted Runs Created+(wRC+) is a sabermetric statistic that according to Fangraphs.com," Attempts to quantify a player's total offensive value and measure it by runs." The league average for wRC+ is 100 and in 2013 Soriano had 109, and 112 on his career.
After trying to break down Alfonso Soriano from all different aspects and statistics, it can be said that he's very important to the Yankees' lineup. The Yankees are one of few teams that can possibly get 30 home runs out of their sixth hitter, but Soriano has things he can work on to further transform his game. It'd be nice to see a 38 year old fix flaws in his offense and end his career on a high note.


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Tony Chiroldes Returns to In The Heights in Pittsburgh Staging of Tony-Winning Musical
By Carey Purcell
Front Porch Theatricals and Carrnivale Theatrics have announced the cast for their upcoming production of In The Heights.
Performances of the Tony Award-winning musical begin Aug. 23 and continue through Sept. 1 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Directed by Carrnivale Theatrics co-founder Justin Fortunato, the cast of 25 will feature Tony Chiroldes in the role of Kevin Rosario, which he performed on Broadway.
Fortunato described the production as "something that fits perfectly with the types of productions we put on — pulling mostly from the incredible actors in Pittsburgh and putting on a show that promotes community as much as we do."
The creative team of In The Heights includes musical director Bob Neumeyer, set designer Tony Ferrieri, lighting designer Andy Ostrowski and sound designer Dave Bjornson.
Lin Manuel-Miranda's musical about a tight-knit community in Washington Heights ran for six months Off-Broadway in 2007 and began previews on Broadway Feb. 14, 2008. The musical opened on Broadway March 9, 2008, and recouped its $10 million investment in ten months. It concluded its Broadway run Jan. 9, 2011, after 1,185 performances.
In The Heights earned Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Original Score, as well as Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations (Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman). The show was also a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Democracy Now host Amy Goodman appeared on Up with Chris Hayes Saturday morning to discuss the upcoming United Nations' Convention on Climate Change in Durbin, South Africa.
Goodman targeted the United States' failure to lead on climate change as the top theme of this year's convention.
"This is not just the fiction of the future, we are experiencing more extreme weather all over the world," she said. "The Pentagon understood this, under George Bush in a report that was suppressed and finally let out. The Pentagon said, 'This is one of the gravest threats to us, far worse than terrorism.'"
"And so people are gathered here in Durbin, South Africa to take this on, and they are deeply disappointed at the role of the United States right now."
Goodman went on to mention the letter 16 different environmental organizations sent to Hillary Clinton this week condemning President Barack Obama for not following through on his 2008 pledge to 'vigorously' fight climate change. The groups felt that instead of "being a leader", the United States is becoming "the biggest obstacle to climate change" in their perspective.
Hayes brought up the important role that China also plays on climate change, something Goodman acknowledged. But she kept the pressure on the Obama Administration.
"Still, the United States is the largest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, even more than China," she said. "Now China definitely has to regulate its emissions as well. But that does not pre-empt a discussion as the U.S. being a leader as President Obama promised."
"The U.S., because it is the major greenhouse gas emitter per capita, larger than China, must be the leader here, even when it comes to our own country. It's not about being altruistic to the rest of the world. We're taking about freak and extreme weather like we have never seen before in our country that cost millions of dollars in damages."
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Catherine Taber: Me, too!
N.B.: Were you a Star Wars fan before you got involved with Star Wars: Clone Wars?
Catherine Taber: I was a Star Wars fan. And actually, my very first voiceover job was Star Wars related (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game). I have a lot of Star Wars stuff. I often laugh and say, well, if everything in my career from here on out is Star Wars, I'd be okay with that.
N.B.: That's how it goes for a lot of people who get involved with Star Wars.
Catherine Taber: Definitely, and a lot of the people working on the show are big fans, so it makes the whole thing a lot of fun. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was actually my second audition for voiceover, ever, and when I actually got the job, my agent, Sandy, said, "When you go into work, don't tell them it's your first job." It ended up going well, so she let the cat out of the bag.
N.B.: You've been in other Star Wars video games since then.
Catherine Taber: Yes, let's see, what am I working on right now... Obviously I'm doing stuff that's related to Star Wars: Clone Wars. Then lots of other video games as well. There's some stuff coming in the future, too.
N.B.: Did the video game lead to getting the job on Clone Wars?
Catherine Taber: No, it had nothing to do with it. What was funny was that Force Unleashed, which is the game that's coming out about the same time [as Clone Wars], I was doing the voice of Princess Leia for that, and they did not even know, at the time, that I was doing Padme [for Clone Wars]. So it's a mother and daughter thing, which is pretty cool for me. The different departments [at Lucasfilm], they talk but they're really pretty separate. LucasArts, the game department, is separate from Lucasfilm animation. There is some overlap, but not as much as you might imagine. They ended up finding out. (Laughs.)
N.B.: Have you seen the final cut of the film?
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N.B.: The trailers look great. How do you feel about it?
Catherine Taber: I'm thrilled. And I've gotten to see some episodes, too, and I'm so proud of what we've done and it's really in the vein of the classic Star Wars that a lot of people like. It has all of the action, but it also has some humor, and it's just really fun.
N.B.: Are you ready for the attention of rabid Star Wars fans?
Catherine Taber: People ask that, and they tell me it's going to happen. I have fans who I get really great letters from, and I've met some at Comic Con last year. But Star Wars fans, in my experience, are so nice, so I think it would be exciting.
N.B.: Speaking from one fan to another, I'd say that Star Wars fans are fairly respectful.
Catherine Taber: Absolutely, and they just really love Star Wars. I'd say the only problem you run into, working on Star Wars stuff, is that Lucas is very good at the way they release information that they want to release. You want to be able to talk about everything, and you can't. That's what's really exciting, to share what it's about and what happens and that kind of stuff. It will be even more fun after Clone Wars is actually out there.
N.B.: Does the film directly segue into the TV series?
Catherine Taber: Yes, it does, but they've also said that each of the episodes is designed to be a mini-movie in and of itself. You could tune in, and really enjoy it that week, or you can hopefully be one of the people, like I will be, who watches it every week. The movie definitely, and I know that this is already printed so I know I can say it, will be introducing the exciting new character of Ahsoka Tano, who people are just going to love.
N.B.: And she's the young Padawan?
Catherine Taber: Exactly.
N.B.: What was your day-to-day experience, working on Clone Wars?
Catherine Taber: Usually, what they try to do, is have as many of the characters as possible. It's not always possible to have everyone there because someone may be off doing a movie, and some people don't live here, but they have as much of the cast there as possible, and we actually go through the script as if it were a radio serial that we were doing live. It's so much fun that way. It really just makes the performances that much fuller, when you have the people next to you. If it's a heated argument scene, or one of those scenes where it really helps to have the other person there. The person playing the other character often times brings something different than anyone else can imagine. It really just brings a magic and energy to it. It's also, for the actor, so much more fun. I come from an on-camera background where you're really working with the other actors, you get to look in their eyes. For me, it's the greatest job in the world when you're with other actors. Some of the people on this show are legends, such amazing actors, that I learn a lot just being in the same room with them.


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3:27pm Wednesday 30th April 2014 in Sport By Alan Feldberg
A COMPOSITE Wycombe Phoenix Harriers and Chiltern Harriers athletics team arrived on the scene with a bang last weekend as they won their first meet as a coalition club.
South Bucks Athletics, comprising the best athletes from Phoenix and Chiltern, stormed to victory against seven other clubs in the first round of the Youth Development League.
Coach Steve Perkin said: "We had a few preliminary discussions and all the athletes and coaches already knew each other. But the two clubs haven't merged, it's just for this league.
"At previous meetings both clubs would go with about 25 athletes and we wouldn't cover a great deal of the slots. Now we're taking 50 athletes, so we haven't just got good athletes, but a lot of them.
"We expected a few teething problems but we've been surprised how well it's gone and we did very well on Sunday. We're quite optimistic for the remaining three meetings."
South Bucks are competing in the North 2 of the Southern Section this season.
Promotion to North 1 is the aim and the composite club made the best possible start at Perivale.
They powered to 795 points, more than 200 points clear of second placed Guildford & Godalming, with St Albans third.
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Designer Shelley Rodner works with a narrow footprint of a screened porch to create a functional and inviting outdoor living room. Inspired by surrounding nature, she chooses neutral, textural fabrics, as well as a modern botanical sisal rug.
The overall narrow footprint and design of the screened porch made it a challenge to create a pleasing, functional floor plan.
The clients requested this space to have multiple functions and perform double duty for having meals and a comfortable place to relax. By creating two separate cluster groups for dining and conversation, we successfully accomplished this.
I'm pleased to say that we didn't have any surprises along the way. The one area that needed some adjustment at the end was the need for additional non-hardwired lighting. The home sits on a wooded lot and their trees create a bit of shade. Several stylish table lamps suitable for the outdoors were added, which solved this concern.
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The homeowners wanted to incorporate a bit of nature into the fabrics selected. They were concerned about using a design such as a floral that might be so trendy they would quickly tire of it. Soft neutrals were selected for all the seating areas and a fabulous sisal rug with botanic design was added that gave them the look they desired. The rug provided just the right touch of the outdoors with its tree form leaf pattern. In addition, the homeowners could easily switch the rug at a minimal cost if they desired a different look.
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Poll results released Wednesday showed that a majority of businesses seeking credit requested less than $100,000, but the companies that applied for more than that had a much better approval rate: 60 percent versus 46 percent.
Furthermore, nearly two-thirds of those whose credit applications were approved received the entire amount they requested.
The survey, which elicited 1,548 responses between Oct. 10 and the end of the year, also found that more than one in four firms that applied for loans applied for expansion capital, which was up from previous surveys.
Results indicate "a good credit market for experienced and profitable firms and a generally positive business outlook for the first half of 2014," says the New York Fed, which polled businesses in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
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Andrea Lombeyda, 14, right, from Academy I middle school, and Swayam Kumar, 7, center, from School 8, are two students who won a contest earlier this year to be deputy mayors for a day. Here, Kumar looks up at the stained glass dome as Mayor Steve Fulop and Councilman at large Daniel Rivera take them inside the council chambers. They were joined by Lombeyda's mother, Sandra Sanchez. Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal


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Arsenal have finally confirmed their purchase of 27-year-old Spainish international Santi Cazorla from struggling Malaga. Murmurings over a deal first started when details of Malaga's worsening financial situation emerged, and with the exodus from the La Liga club now in full force (striker Salomon Rondon has already gone to Rubin Kazan) Cazorla has emerged as a member of Arsene Wenger's north London revolution, joining fellow new signings Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud at the Emirates.
Widely considered one of the best non-Clasico talents in La Liga, Cazorla had a superb season with Malaga following his €19M transfer from Villarreal. He'll fit into the Arsenal lineup immediately as an attacking midfielder, and is very capable of playing wide as well. He's not a long-term buy at 27, but for a reported fee of €15M he certainly helps the Gunners in the here and now, and if they can somehow retain Robin van Persie and acquire the supposedly-available Nuri Sahin from Real Madrid, they'll be a force to be reckoned with in the Premier League next season.
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Sunday, 14 Oct 2007 05:31 PM
By Jon VanZile
A nine-term Republican congressman from California is in danger of losing his seat -- long considered 'safe' -- in a primary battle with an Iraq war veteran.
John Doolittle, who has been in office since 1991, represents a largely rural district in northern California that stretches from the Oregon border to just north of Sacramento. But his association with the Jack Abramoff bribery scandal has put his seat into play.
In September, Doolittle was served a Justice Department subpoena for 11 years of records as part of the Abramoff investigation. Two of his staffers have already testified in front of a federal grand jury, and his house in Virginia was raided earlier this year by the FBI in connection with the Abramoff probe.
Doolittle has estimated that he received about $50,000 from lobbyist Abramoff clients, mostly Indian tribes, and Abramoff hired a consulting firm owned by Doolittleís wife.
While Doolittle has vowed to fight the Justice Department subpoena, there is good reason to worry that he might not be able hold onto his seat.
Unseating Doolittle in the primary has attracted the quiet support of national GOP figures, according to Republican candidate Eric Egland, a counterterrorism consultant and intelligence officer in the military reserves. Egland has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan and founded the Troops Need You program, which hooks up U.S. donors with battalions overseas to provide equipment they need.
"What's been amazing in this race is how top professionals have reached out to me," said Egland, 37. "My opponent has gotten himself into a lot of trouble and he's become a face of Republican scandal nationwide. I'm getting support from party faithful."
Egland delivered a keynote address at the National Federation of Republican Women conference in Palm Springs in September.
Doolittle also faces a primary challenge from Mike Holmes, mayor of Auburn, Calif., who lost to Doolittle in the 2006 primary. Holmes retired from the Navy in 1994 and worked in education and government after returning to Auburn. Other candidates are also said to considering a run for the GOP nod.
So far, Doolittle's campaign has focused its energy on defeating Democratic challenger Charlie Brown in the general election, rather than on an intra-party primary battle. In a September telephone news conference, Doolittle announced, "I will not step aside. I am running again. Period."
In 2006, Brown ran an under-funded campaign yet came within three points of unseating the long-time incumbent amid widespread national Republican losses. Now that Brown is running again, a September 2007 poll conducted by the Republican polling firm of Wilson Research Strategies found that he would trounce Doolittle by 20 points.
Despite the trouble surrounding his campaign, Doolittle insisted it was a mistake to draw comparisons between 2006 and 2008.
"I believe this next election is going to be entirely different," he said. "You're going to have everyone with an ounce of conservative blood or Republican blood in their veins turn out to make sure Hillary Clinton does not become the next president of the United States."
But the scandal issue remains sensitive among Republicans. Exit polling after the 2006 Congressional elections showed that scandal and dissatisfaction over the Iraq war were top concerns among voters, who handed control of both the House and Senate to Democrats. Karl Rove publicly blamed the GOP's losses on scandal.
"People know if we don't clean our own house regarding scandal-ridden incumbents, the Democrats will clean our clocks," Egland says. "We'll put a far-left voice in Washington."
According to Egland, Doolittle is hoping for a crowded Republican primary slate because he is more likely to win if the protest vote is split among Republican challengers ñ leaving it up to the general election to decide if he can overcome the taint of scandal that surrounds his office.
Democrat Brown promises to be a formidable candidate the second time around, even in this Republican-leaning 4th congressional district. As of June 2007, he had raised more money than Doolittle and generated local and national interest in his campaign.
According to Brown, the election will hinge on several issues, including the Iraq war, which remains unpopular and continues to drag down approval ratings of both President Bush and the Democratic-led Congress.
"Nationally, we have the war, health care and the economy," Brown says. "Locally, the economy is an issue, which includes the forests and managing the environment so people can make a living and still attract tourists."
Brown is an unlikely Democratic -- he was a Republican for most of his life, and his mother was an officer in the Iowa Republican Party. He served in Saudi Arabia and his son has done four tours of duty in Iraq.
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comfortable bed and great service
August 19, 2014
slept like a log and had every question answered to their fullest. A great experience
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One of my favorite hotels
August 19, 2014
This is an excellent property and one of my favorite hotels to stay in. The staff are most helpful, the rooms are well appointed and decorated. This hotel is also conveniently located within walking distance to almost everywhere in the downtown core. I stayed here several times now and I love it.
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Great View, Comfortable Stay
August 18, 2014
The room had a great view of the city and the bed was very comfortable. I really enjoyed the sleep aromatherapy kit they included.
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August 18, 2014
I asked the hotel concierge about the local ferry schedule to a nearby island. As we were heading out for dinner I didn't want to carry the information around town all night, so I told her I would check later. She asked for my room number and said she would have all the info in a package at the front desk when we got back that night. Sure enough all the info I needed was waiting me. Nicely done.
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Great room with a view
August 15, 2014
If staying in Seattle, I'd recommend this hotel. I came for a vacation with my wife and we stayed at this Crowne Plaza along with another hotel in town, similarly priced but the Crowne was much nicer and easier to get around town from.
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good starting point
August 15, 2014
close proximity to many happening in Seattle. Very lousy on the parking situation, as you have to use the valet and no help for hourly parking.
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Consistent and reliable
August 14, 2014
I make a yearly business/leisure trip to Seattle and have been consistently pleased every time I stay at this Crowne Plaza. They were able to honor my room requests; greeted me as a platinum member; gave me a clean and comfortable room; and made my stay easy and problem free. This is no easy task for the staff and managers as this is a very busy hotel. Yet, they were able to keep the service friendly and personal. You can't beat this location and I look forward visiting this Crowne again, next year.
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Above Expectations/Amazing!!
August 14, 2014
My husband travels extensively for work spending many nights per year in hotels; preferred is always Crowne Plaza's, becasue of this my family and I have been very fortunate to have traveled the country as well as Europe. We have stayed in many hotels and dealt with concierges all over, some don't know as much about area as we do.
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Treated Like Royalty
August 14, 2014
We traveled from Indiana to Seattle, WA for our nephew's wedding. He and his fiance' chose Crowne Plaza to house their out of town guest. The first impression on our arrival was for an older building, the hotel looked pretty grand. We stepped into the lobby and it was first class from start to finish. The front desk was effiiciant and checked us in quickly. Weneeded directions to the Seattle Center where the bride and groom were having a meet and greet and the staff offered to call for a ride for us when we were ready but we wanted to experience of walking to the monorail so they gave us directions. The elevators seemed to be slow, so it took some time to get to the 34th floor but this is an older building and we were patient. Our room was lovely! The beds were comfortable, the room was always clean and welcoming every evening when we returned to our room. We particularly enjoyed the continental breakfasts on the 32nd floor and the staff member named Tammie who worked the breakfast room was absolutely charming. On our last morning , we met the bride and groom and all their guests who could join them for breakfast in the hotel restaurant. We so enjoyed the fresh made omelets! The staff was marvelous. I will definitely check into staying at another Crowne Plaza Hotel or affiliate in the future.
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Yet, another great stay!
August 13, 2014
This was my third stay at The Crowne Plaza this year. It never disappoints! I was checked in by a very nice young man (whose name unfortunately escapes me), who recognized me as a returning IHG Rewards customer. I was upgraded to a corner room, club level. I loved my room--nicely appointed with a beautiful view of downtown. Service is the key here, from the housekeeping (room was spotless every day), to the bellman, to the food service personnel. I am always amazed how quiet the rooms are despite the fact this hotel is huge! I never rent a car, as I can walk or take public transportation pretty much anywhere I need to go. There are great employees working behind the scenes, particularly Ray and Kirk. Cristy, the GM, runs a great hotel. She gets it! I look forward to my next visit in December.
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Extraordinary Service
August 13, 2014
Although the hotel in general meets high standards, what separated the Crowne Plaza Seattle from other hotels we have used was the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff, particularly a concierge who labored with extraordinary diligence to resolve a problem for us (Note: The problem was not related to the accommodations, but rather involved a critical item we had forgotten to pack). If I ever return to Seattle, I wouldn't even look at any other hotels.
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Great Place to get Business Done in Seattle
August 11, 2014
I stay at this property more than 100 nights a year. They are always attentive and provide exceptional guest service. The property is centrally located in downtown and it has easy access to the Link light rail which provides direct access to SEA-Tac Int'l Airport. As a tip, spend the $2.75 and walk a couple of blocks instead of $45 on a cab from the airport.
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I have a list of strings. For each string in that list, I want to prepend another string. I wrote a method to do it, but I was wondering if there was something already in .NET I could use to do this. It seems like something that could be built in, but I was not able to find anything.
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Private Function PrependToAllInList(ByRef inputList As List(Of String), ByRef prependString As String) As List(Of String)
Dim returnList As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)
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Psychologists from Middlesex University and the University of Surrey found that when presented with descriptions of women taken from lads' mags, and comments about women made by convicted rapists, most people who took part in the study could not distinguish the source of the quotes. When taken out of context it seems the words used in men's magazines can be interpreted very darkly.
The research due to be published in the British Journal of Psychology also revealed that most men who took part identified themselves more with the language expressed by the convicted rapists rather than that of the lad's mags.
With most young men reading this material as part of their journey into manhood, these findings make for worrying reading.
Psychologists presented men between the ages of 18 and 46 with a range of statements taken from magazines and from convicted rapists, giving the men the source of the quotes in only some cases.
Incredibly men identified more with the comments made by rapists than the quotes made in lads' mags, but when told which quotes were from lads' mags they identified more with these, despite some being incorrectly attributed and actually being from rapists.
The researchers also asked a separate group of women and men aged between 19 and 30 to rank the quotes on how derogatory they were, and to try to identify the source of the quotes.
Men and women rated the quotes from lads' mags as somewhat more derogatory, but generally couldn't categorise the quotes more accurately than if guessing.
Dr Miranda Horvath and Dr Peter Hegarty from Middlesex University argue that lads' mags could normalise hostile sexism, by making it seem more acceptable when its source is a popular magazine.
Dr Horvath, lead researcher from Middlesex University, said: "We were surprised that participants identified more with the rapists' quotes, and we are concerned that the legitimisation strategies that rapists deploy when they talk about women are more familiar to these young men than we had anticipated."
Due to concerns about their content, from February this year many major supermarket chains and petrol stations in the United Kingdom agreed to place lads' mags on the top shelf, out of the eye line of children and some have installed modesty boards to hide front cover images.
But the measures to protect children do not address the concerns born out by the findings of the research and Miranda Horvath, is concerned that lads' magazine editors are not working hard enough to moderate the content of their magazines.
She says: "A lot of debate around the regulation of lads' mags has been to do with how they affect children but less has been said about the influence they have on their intended audience of young men and the women with whom those men socialise."
"These magazines support the legitimisation of sexist attitudes and behaviours and need to be more responsible about their portrayal of women, both in words and images. They give the appearance that sexism is acceptable and normal - when really it should be rejected and challenged.
"Rapists try to justify their actions, suggesting that women lead men on, or want sex even when they say no. There is clearly something wrong when people feel the sort of language used in a lads' mag could have come from a convicted rapist."
What do you think? Are you happy for your man to read lads' mags? Is the language mostly harmless banter and is this study scaremongering? Or is there a genuine need for address these issues?
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