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Topics: Delivery of Care, Politics, Health Reform
Sep 03, 2009
In today's headlines, President Obama announces that he will address a joint session of Congress next week in an effort to regain control of the health care reform debate.
Obama's Health Care Dilemma Evokes Memories Of 1974 As soaring health care costs threatened to push medical care out of reach for many families, the president offered an ambitious new plan to curb the growth in spending and extend health coverage to every American. But he faced fierce opposition from Capitol Hill. Sound like the current political wrangling? Well, that was 1974 and the president was Richard M. Nixon (Kaiser Health News).
Obama Relaunches Health Bid President Barack Obama will address a joint session of Congress next Wednesday, pressing lawmakers to accept new formulas for a politically charged overhaul of the health-care system (The Wall Street Journal).
Obama Aides Aim To Simplify And Scale Back Health Bills President Obama plans to address a joint session of Congress next week in an effort to rally support for health care legislation as White House officials look for ways to simplify and scale back the major Democratic bills, lower the cost and drop contentious but nonessential elements (The New York Times).
President To Flesh Out His Vision In Speech After spending weeks on the defensive in the fight over his top legislative priority, President Obama will attempt to regain the initiative in the health-care debate with an address to a joint session of Congress next Wednesday night (The Washington Post).
Obama's Speech: High Risk, High Reward Whenever Barack Obama has faced political crisis, he's rescued himself with a big, sweeping, earth-shifter of a speech. But if soaring oratory has often been Obama's saving grace, the health care reform address he's scheduled to deliver to a joint session of Congress next week is his riskiest effort to date – a high-reward gamble with significant potential downsides (Politico).
Obama's Big Gamble On Healthcare Debate President Obama's announcement that he will take his case for revamping healthcare before a joint session of Congress next week reflects a decision to go "all in" politically, laying his prestige on the line for the defining domestic issue of his young presidency (Los Angeles Times).
With Speech, Obama Aims To Retake Control Of Healthcare After a rocky August, President Obama is hitting the reset button on healthcare strategy (The Christian Science Monitor).
Wrong Turns: How Obama's Health-Care Push Went Astray Two overarching problems have bedeviled the Democrats' health-care push. One is the difficulty of persuading people who already have health insurance that the plan offers something for them. Polls suggest many Americans are happy with the coverage they have (The Wall Street Journal).
What A Difference An Election Makes: GOP Now Likes Polls Republicans are using ammunition they scorned for years to attack President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul: polls (McClatchy).
Democrats Go On The Road To Revive Health Care Push The 11-city tour to rally the faithful for President Obama's health care plan has been tapping the party's inner Hamlet. How much should liberal Democrats compromise with Republicans, and with moderates in their own ranks? How strongly should they cling to the notion of a public-option health provider? And perhaps most importantly, can people like Ilene Weiss be roused, as she was during Mr. Obama's campaign for the White House last year, to get out and volunteer? (The New York Times).
Conservatives See Need For Serious Health Debate The roiling debate over health care this summer has included a host of accusations from opponents of the plan that have been so specious that many in the mainstream news media have flatly labeled them false (The New York Times).
Minnesota Experiment Puts Patient Health First In the health care debate, many agree that the payment system for doctors and hospitals doesn't work. They're paid for each procedure they perform, giving them a perverse incentive to perform more (NPR).
Records Of Health Worker Misdeeds Kept Secret Twenty-two years ago, the federal government started keeping a list of nurses, nurse aides, pharmacists and pharmacy aides who've been disciplined by state licensing boards. It's called the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (NPR).
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Hello Help-Portrait International! We are now up and running in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Organization has started and we are dangerously close to booking our venue for the December 6th event. More info soon...
Added by Andy Hamilton on October 6, 2014 at 6:01pm — No Comments
Hey everybody!
My team and myself are diligently working to make this event even brighter than last year.
In Help-Portrait 2013, we served over 230 participants
In Help-Portrait Omy 2014, we served over 20 participants
In Help-Portrait…
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The first event for us in Belo Horizonte was a great success. We visited the Lar Frei Zacarias retirement home and spent a couple of hours visiting and photographing the residents. The added bonus is that they have a family day at the end of June and would like to make a display of the photos!
Big thanks to my buddy (assistant) Maria for all of her help and the "assistant social" Patricia for all her help co-ordinating the ladies.
Very happy to be part of this…Continue
Added by Don Rayment on June 3, 2014 at 10:21pm — 2 Comments
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Truth being told, I had the intention to put together an event locally since the very first time Jeremy Cowart called photographers around the globe to join, yet, due to my deep procastination skill, I didn't until some inspiration was given from Marcos Valdes, who, as far as I know is the only Mexican photographer participating in the country.
So i kikcked my ass off the chair and thought on who might find their free portraits valuable and then I ran into this non profit…Continue
Added by Raul Perez Amezquita on January 25, 2014 at 2:38pm — 1 Comment
We've had an excellent day past december 7th. About 150 portraits were printed and framed.
Mostly family portraits (including a dog). Also some friendships were established.
I guess that appr. 440 people have visited us that day.
Thank you all for your help across the globe.
This december we'll definitely be a part of Help Portrait again.
Here is the link to our video on Youtube.…Continue
Added by Edward on January 8, 2014 at 4:05am — No Comments
This year was my first year putting on a Help Portrait event. This event was usually done in the past by another local photographer but he was unable to take it on this year so i volunteered to do it. This gave me 3 weeks to plan, organize, put on our event and i was over whelmed by how much the community came together to pull it off.
We were able to get a bunch of sponsors for the event, 13 photographers, 6 hair and make up stylists, and 11 volunteers to be hosts and 3…
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I'd like to thank all the volunteers at the Help - Portrait shoot yesterday at The Fairmont in Manassas, Va.
We had 20 volunteers and shot 33 portraits.
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The portraits will be give to adoptive parents. They love them!
Or will be kept on file as treasures.
It was wonderful to see the reaction of babies when they saw their pictures.
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We photography 8 people.
Thanks the crew
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Help-Portrait 2013
رساله المشروع :-
اسسها المصور المشهور Jeremy Cowart
Help-Portrait هو مجموعة من المصورين يجتمعون معا من انحاء العالم على هدف واحد وهو " عمل الخير " ليستخدموا مهاراتهم فى التصوير لكل من يمكن ان تسعده الصورة و ردها لمجتمعهم المحلى
فى ديسمبر ,,سيجول المصورين حول العالم وهم يحملون كاميراتهم ,و ايجاد المحتاجين و أخذ صور لهم ثم يتم طباعة الصور و تسليمها لهم .…
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My students and I photographed 8 women at a wonderful place called The Jennifer House in Rochester, NY. The women live their as part of a re-entry program to start fresh and have a successful life after release from incarceration. Eleven photo students and 3 Cosmetology students did styling and photos for the 8 women and we are returning in about a week to do family photos for them. What a great day!
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Here we all are, a year later and a year wiser. Just a few days away now for the Barrie event (Ontario, Canada)...
Its been an interesting year for the HP group here, our main financial sponsor stepped down as did our cosmetics sponsor. Over the past weeks, we acquired new ones, thanks to people on the HP Barrie team stepping up and going that extra mile for us and asking their companies to help.
So many many people to thank for making this years event become a…Continue
Added by Christopher O Driscoll on December 4, 2013 at 11:18pm — No Comments
We've got everything lined up.
Alayne and the Tillsonburg Photography Club with volunteers are ready to go!
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The CPA event went great and a big THANK-YOU to all who came out. We learned of a few bug before Saturday, so that was fantastic. Here's a shot of one of the clients: Best of luck to everyone holding an event this…Continue
Added by Bruce A Johnson on December 1, 2013 at 1:40pm — No Comments
Fantastic turnout today and a Rider Win Woo Hooo.
I will write an update tomorrow.
For those of you that entered your name on the computer at the meeting for shirts, I messed up saving the file. So if you did add your name today, PLEASE email me your name, size and quantity ASAP.
( firstname.lastname@example.com )
I apologize for the inconvenience, I would love to blame the computer........
Here are the names I have…
Added by Bruce A Johnson on November 17, 2013 at 11:19pm — No Comments
Hello everyone!!
Need some quick info from all those coming out to help either Nov. 30th or for the BIG event on Dec 7th.
I am going to try and get some shirts ordered ASAP and need a rough count.
So if your coming and want a t-shirt (cost recovery) PLEASE let me know how many ASAP.
email ' b,johnson AT sasktel.net
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Reserve Release Dinner Photo Gallery
Posted Tue, October 14, 2014 in All Posts, Wine Events
Enjoy these photos from Photographer Jeremy Wade of the Reserve Release Dinner with Luisa & Maria Ponzi on Saturday, October 4th. The five-course dinner menu, prepared by critically-acclaimed chef Vitaley Paley of Imperial Restaurant and Paley's Place in downtown Portland, paired perfectly alongside the exquisite 2012 Ponzi Reserve and Single Vineyard cuvées.
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Florida Gators 79, UCLA Bruins 68
Jordan Adams (UCLA) – 17 points
Travis Wear (UCLA) – 14 points
Michael Frazier II (Florida) – 19 points
You can't fault UCLA for not trying in their regional semifinal game in Memphis on Thursday night.
For three-fourths of the contest with top-seeded and top-ranked Florida, the Bruins hung right in there with the Gators as the game was tied with roughly ten minutes to go.
It was those last ten minutes, however, that ultimately killed UCLA and ended their season as while they didn't play terribly, Billy Donovan's SEC champions asserted themselves in their pressure defense and in the perimeter game while Steve Alford's band of Bruins didn't shoot well enough and made too many mistakes.
Their shooting just 17% from the three-point line, making just three shots from behind the arc, was a huge factor in this Sweet Sixteen match.
While Frazier, who led the SEC in threes, made more shots from there – five – than the entire Bruins squad, was likewise a major factor in Florida's 79-68 defeat of UCLA at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN.
As was the battle of the boards, which the Gators won 35-29.
Scottie Wilbekin, the SEC's Most Valuable Player in both the regular season and their conference tournament, was another key factor as the point guard scored ten of his 13 points in the second half.
The moment that I knew that Florida was going to win happened with 2:35 left in the game when Wilbekin, while heavily covered, threw up a shot from nine feet out that banked high off the glass and went in.
That's when I thought, "It's over. We lost."
Which grew more prevalent when the Bruins badly missed four three-point attempts over a two minute, 12 second span, selling their fate for this season and propelling the Gators (35-2) into the Elite Eight, where they will meet uber-Cinderella Dayton on Saturday.
Worst of all, this latest Florida win was their fourth – all in the postseason – over UCLA in the past nine years as these Gators continued to be the Bruins' official Achilles' heel.
Norman Powell picked the worst time to have an off night as he made three of eight shots and nearly fouled out.
Kyle Anderson, though he led everyone with his nine rebounds, could have done much better as he was only four-for-11 from the floor and picked up two quick fouls early in the game, which forced Alford to put him on the bench and which Florida took advantage of as they went on a run that gave them a solid lead.
Mind you, the effort was certainly there as while watching the game on TV, I remembered a scene from the hit movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
It was when Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) told Katie Leung, who played his crush Cho Chang, after she mentioned how if Cedric Diggory, played by a guy who would go on to become Edward Cullen from the Twilight films, Robert Pattinson, knew the magic that Harry was teaching her, he wouldn't have died the previous year in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire:
"Cedric did know this stuff; he was really good. It was just, Voldemort was better."
Now I don't necessarily think that UCLA was really good on Thursday, though they weren't bad and did give an excellent effort.
But the Gators, who won their 29th straight game, the best in school history, were most definitely better than the Bruins, who finished the season at 28-9 and, because they didn't quit, have nothing to be ashamed of.
As for the future of this team and this program, namely who will leave for the NBA early (besides Anderson, who is virtually a lock to go) among other things…
You'll have to find out what my views on that are on Monday, when my official review of the season appears on this site.


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A CSX Transportation train bound from Parkersburg to Huntington has hit a semi-tractor trailer on route 2 near Kyle Lane in Cabell County. This happened around 7:30am. All roads remain open.
The driver was taken to St. Mary's to be check out. His Identity and condition is not known at this time.
One of our e-reporters just sent us pictures of the accident site.
Pictures submitted by Kerry Conley.
The tractor trailer was on its way to get a load of lime stone. The train hit the trailer only sending it 13 car lengths down the tracks. It appears that the driver was trying to beat the train. However, He says he did not see the train. The train was traveling at 10 miles and hour.
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|Welcome Song (?on his birthday) for James II, 1686
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|Ode for performance at Mr Maidwell's School, 1689
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|Wedding Ode for Prince George & Princess Anne,1683
Symphony [2'36]
From between 1680 and 1695 twenty-four of Purcell's Odes and Welcome Songs survive: four celebrate St Cecilia's day, six are for the welcome of royalty, three are for the birthday of King James II, six celebrate the birthdays of Queen Mary from 1689 to 1694, and the remainder are 'one-offs' for a royal wedding, the Yorkshire Feast, the birthday of the Duke of Gloucester, the Centenary of Trinity College Dublin, and one for a performance 'at Mr Maidwell's School'. Of these twenty-four only a handful receive regular performances today, and the remainder, full of wonderfully inventive music, are usually and unjustly ignored. Besides its musical and historical importance as the first recording of all Purcell's Odes and Welcome Songs, the eight discs in The King's Consort's series on Hyperion have an added interest for the scholar as the Odes cover almost all the period of Purcell's activity as an established composer; his first Ode, for the welcome of Charles II, dates from 1680, and his last (that for the six-year-old Duke of Gloucester) was written just a few months before the composer's untimely death in 1695.
Like the forty or so plays for which Purcell provided incidental music and songs, many of the libretti for the Odes are undistinguished. These texts accounted, in part at least, for the Odes' neglect in the twentieth century. Purcell himself appears to have been less concerned by the texts he was given, consistently turning out music of astonishing imagination and high quality and frequently reserving his finest music for some of the least distinguished words. Seventeenth century audiences were perhaps not so preoccupied by texts as their modern counterparts—Purcell's ravishing music must have been more than adequate compensation for poor poetry—and John Dryden, translating Virgil in 1697 backs this up: 'The tune I still retain, but not the words.' There was in any case a conventionally obsequious attitude to royalty, and Purcell's music always wins, as the satirist Thomas Brown summed up:
For where the Author's scanty words have failed,
Records of payments made to instrumentalists and singers for special occasions show the forces (and indeed the actual venues) utilized to have been surprisingly small. The 'vingt-quatre violons', modelled on the French version, were almost never at that strength by the 1690s, with the English musical establishment firmly in decline following the royal realization that music did not make money. All but the largest of Purcell's Odes (notably Come ye sons of Art and Hail! bright Cecilia) seem to have been intended for performance by up to a dozen instrumentalists and a double quartet of singers, who between them covered all the solos and joined forces for the choruses. We believe therefore that the ensemble recorded here parallels the number of performers that took part in seventeenth-century performances.
Ye tuneful Muses was written in 1686, most probably to celebrate the return of the Court from Windsor to Whitehall on 1 October. As the birthday of King James II fell on 14 October some scholars have suggested it is possible that the celebrations were combined, for the diarist Luttrell recorded that the birthday was 'observed with great solemnity … the day concluded with ringing of bells, bonefires and a ball at Court', but there is little in the text to suggest this was so. That anonymous author did however provide Purcell with a good libretto, full of variety and vivid material for compositional inspiration, especially in its references to music and musical instruments and, as ever, Purcell did not fail.
The fine opening Symphony is in the conventional two-section French style (which had itself originated in Italy), with the opening dotted section followed by a faster imitative triple-time movement. Two basses follow this with a rich duet, full of word-painting, linked to the first chorus by a short string ritornello. The section 'Be lively then and gay' is ingeniously based on the popular song 'Hey boys, up go we', and Purcell used its tune (to be found in The Dancing Master, 16th edition, 1686) first as the bass to the tenor solo, then as a counterpoint in the violins to the chorus, and then again as the bass to the dancing string ritornello which concludes the section. It is not known who was the bass singer for 'In his just praise' but he must have had a remarkable range of over two octaves which Purcell exploited to the full. The composer's good humour continues, for in the next section the upper strings furiously play on all four of their open strings in response to the chorus's exhortation 'Tune all your strings'. The musical allegories continue in 'From the rattling of drums and the trumpet's loud sounds' before we enter into a more gentle section 'To music's softer but yet kind and pleasing melody' which is accompanied by two recorders. This leads into the jewel of the Ode 'With him he brings', sung at the first performance by the famous countertenor (and fine composer) William Turner. Over a wonderful four-bar ground bass the Queen's beauty is praised, with especially delightful writing for 'There beauty its whole artillery tries', before the ground bass modulates up a fifth, and Purcell provides (as he does in so many of the Odes) a delicious string ritornello. The soprano duet 'Happy in a mutual love' which follows is delightful too, and the work ends with a lilting solo and elegantly harmonized chorus 'Whilst in music and verse'.
In 1689 Purcell was commissioned to write works by two London schools. The more famous of these commissions resulted in Dido and Aeneas, first performed at Josias Priest's School for Young Ladies in Chelsea, but at around the same time (perhaps keeping up with his competitors) the schoolteacher Mr Maidwell commissioned the music to the Ode Celestial music did the gods inspire, which was performed at his school on 5 August. The librettist is unknown, simply credited in the score with 'the words by one of his scholars', but certainly appears to have had a firm grounding in Greek and Roman mythology—and produced verse that was better than some written by more distinguished names of the time.
Purcell took the Symphony for the Ode directly from his 1685 coronation anthem My heart is inditing: such re-use of material was comparatively rare with Purcell and suggests that there may have been some haste in the composition. The solo bass at 'Celestial music' is accompanied by imitative strings who lead into a chorus which blossoms wonderfully at 'Whom sacred music calls her Deity'. 'Her charming strains' is evocatively scored over a four-bar ground bass for the other-worldly combination of countertenor and two recorders and the instruments are provided with an elegant playout. 'Thus Virgil's Genius' is also set on a ground and is given to a soprano soloist, followed by the duet 'Whilst music did improve Amphion's song' and a string ritornello, both based on the rhythmic motif of a Scotch snap. 'When Orpheus sang' is a minature masterpiece in which, once again, the theme of music inspires Purcell to produce a movement of startling originality: the countertenor weaves a florid line over a hypnotic chordal accompaniment illustrating Orpheus and his lyre subduing nature and even cruel Pluto. Closing the work is a trio (with suitably rich harmony for the word 'ravish'd') which is then taken up by the chorus and enlarged with virtuoso breaks for the first violin.
On 28 July 1683 the Bishop of London presided at St James' in the marriage of Prince George of Denmark to King Charles's niece, 'Lady Ann' (later Queen Anne). On 19 July Luttrell had recorded that 'in the afternoon, Prince George, brother to the King of Denmark, arrived at Whitehall, and was kindly received by their majesties and their royal highnesses, being come to make his address to the Lady Ann, daughter to his royal highness'. We do not know for certain if Purcell's Ode From hardy Climes and dangerous Toils of War was performed to the newly wed couple at their marriage celebrations, but the work is one of his finest early Odes, full of wonderful string ritornelli and fine vocal writing.
The Symphony is one of the composer's best, simultaneously joyful yet wistful in the way that only Purcell's early string writing can be, wonderfully inventive and delightfully unpredictable. Once again a solo bass introduces the voices with an extended solo covering a wide vocal range before the chorus enter. This chorus leads into the first of several splendid string ritornelli. Next a solo tenor has some glorious writing for 'As Fame, great Sir', especially at 'The wonders you have since possessed', and this is followed by an equally fine duet for sopranos. The solo bass introduces the chorus 'Wake then, my Muse' which is concluded by another ravishing string ritornello. However the best is yet to come. Here it is the tenor who is presented with one of Purcell's finest and most inspired ground bass solos in 'The Sparrow and the gentle Dove': the singer's lyrical melody is capped by a string ritornello of quite melting beauty. A short trio and another wistful ritornello lead into the final chorus 'Hence without Scheme' where the soprano soloist alternates with the full ensemble.
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Although this cruise is not classified as expeditionary, on some days we will offer excursions which will involve the use of Zodiacs to view the coastline and wildlife. With the exception of Corvo where Zodiacs are used to reach the island, the MS Island Sky is scheduled to dock at each island.
Our much loved MS Island Sky is one of the finest small ships in the world. With a maximum passenger capacity of only 114, a vessel of her size is capable of carrying many more but instead the MS Island Sky has the benefit of unusually large suites, luxuriously appointed public areas and spacious outside decks.
Onboard there is a high ratio of crew to passengers. Our friendly crew of 75 are mainly Filipino and Eastern European and our Scandinavian captains are experienced mariners, having been in service aboard large 2000 plus passenger vessels and who now prefer a less frantic life aboard a small ship. If, like them and us, you prefer a more peaceful life at sea, you will find the MS Island Sky the perfect ship. When choosing the vessel for your next voyage of discovery, you can select a ship with endless entertainment and impersonal service or come with us where peace, high quality service and attention to detail are the order of the day. We promise there will be no organised entertainment, fancy dress, deck games or any of the usual big ship experiences. The atmosphere on board is more akin to a private yacht or country hotel. A little music in the lounge or bar after dinner, guest speakers, informative port briefings from our Cruise Director and of course good food which may be enjoyed leisurely in the attractive dining room. After a day ashore you will return to the comfort and peace of a well run and exceedingly comfortable ship.
Your SuiteOnboard there are 57 exceptionally spacious and well designed suites. All feature a sitting room area and some have private balconies. The feeling of luxury is enhanced by the wood panelling and brass, which predominates throughout the vessel conveying the atmosphere of a private yacht. The passenger accommodation is arranged over five decks and all suites have outside views. Each affords considerable comfort with en-suite bathroom featuring marble-topped vanity unit with sink and walk-in shower, large wardrobes, dressing table with large mirror and stool and excellent storage. There is a mini-fridge, flat screen television with inbuilt DVD/CD player and a telephone in each suite. Bottled water, towelling dressing gowns and slippers are also provided for your comfort. Other facilities include a programmable electronic safe, hairdryer, assorted Molton Brown toiletries and individually controlled air-conditioning and heating. The suites on each deck have their own colour theme. Soft hues and blended tones enhance the traditional maritime style making the passenger accommodation an inviting and relaxing place to be.
Your SpaceThe spacious and finely decorated public rooms include a large lounge on the Columbus Deck featuring a selection of seating options from individual armchairs and sofas to side cushioned benches. Daily briefings given by the Cruise Director and talks from Guest Speakers and Expedition staff take place in the lounge which is fitted with the highest standard of presentation equipment including multiple screens. For your convenience, it is also possible to enjoy the onboard lectures from the comfort of your suite.
In addition to the main Lounge on the Columbus Deck, there is also The Club, located on the Marco Polo Deck which features the main bar where the onboard pianist plays periodically throughout the day. The Club also features a 24-hour tea and coffee station. Towards the aft of the ship on the Marco Polo Deck is the Library. Well stocked with reference books pertaining to the destinations the vessel is visiting and a selection of essential reads, you will not find yourself short of excellent literature onboard. A selection of games and two computers complete with internet access can also be found in the Library. Daily newspapers and magazines are also placed in the library depending on local availability.
The main dining room which can seat all guests at one sitting is located on the Magellan Deck and outside there is a rear Lido deck located on the Erikson Deck, complete with deck tables and chairs where meals are served in warm weather under shade. Further to this on the top Explorer Deck there is a observation area complete with sun loungers ideal for sun bathing, relaxing with a book or catching up with fellow travellers. There is also a small hairdressers onboard with appointments made on request. For your comfort, there is also a clinic with doctor onboard and a lift which serves all decks.
As is the joy of small ship cruising, you will be able to visit the Captain and Officers on the Bridge to check the progress of the vessel (subject to weather conditions).
Your DiningIt is quite a task to create a dining experience as exquisite as that found onboard the MS Island Sky when you are cruising in far-flung corners of the globe, indeed it takes a team of highly talented chefs to deliver fresh, varied dishes no matter where you are at sea. Fortunately, our catering teams are well adapted to the world of small ship cruising where no two days are the same and the menus are often scheduled and tailored around the days excursions.
With only one sitting and a maximum of just over 100 passengers, the cuisine onboard the Island Sky is of a consistent superior quality that befits such vessels. Where possible and when it meets their high standards, our accomplished chefs will obtain local produce in markets or buy the catch of the day from a passing fishing boat. Such purchases enhance the well stocked larders and enable the chefs onboard to exhibit their exotic culinary skills and bring a local touch to the varied menus, emphasising the international expertise of the chefs onboard. Afternoon tea and pre-dinner canapes take place every day in either the comfort of the Lounge or out on the Lido deck when the weather is favourable. Tea and coffee are also available 24 hours a day. Special diets can be catered for with sufficient notice. In keeping with the informal atmosphere onboard, when dining you are able to choose your seating arrangements at your leisure. Whether that be joining a table of four to six other like minded passengers outside on the Lido deck in the evenings sunshine or whether you prefer to enjoy meals in the à la carte restaurant.
For those travelling alone, our onboard friendly restaurant staff will take care to ensure you are seated with other like minded travellers. In the main elegant dining room, breakfast is served buffet-style, with certain items cooked to order on request. Lunch and dinner are an à la carte five course affair, with the menu reflecting the daily catch or local delicacies. To enhance your dining experience even further a selection of wines are included with both meals and there is also a comprehensive wine list with more than fifty new and old world wines from which to choose.
The onboard catering and restaurant staff are experienced at sea and enthuse a passion for superb service. Whether it be ensuring you have an outdoor blanket as you enjoy the crisp sea breeze on the Lido deck or sharing their knowledge of the characteristics of the days wine selections, you will experience a service onboard like no other.
Our All Inclusive PolicyUnlike many other cruise vessels, onboard the MS Island Sky you do not need to worry about tipping staff as we have included this in your holiday price. In addition we tip all our guides and drivers along the way, thereby taking away the hassle of always having to remember to have some small change with you. We also include excursions and drinks with meals onboard
For Your Comfort, Security & SafetyIsland Sky is equipped with the latest safety, navigation and communications equipment along with roll stabilizers to minimize the ships motion. During your voyage you will have the opportunity to visit the Captain and Officers on the Bridge to check the vessels progress by charts and learn more about your journey. There is also a dedicated channel on your television in your suite showing the routing of the vessel along with technical information and estimated times of arrival and departure from port. Onboard you will also find a clinic and doctor and a lift that serves all decks. Smoking onboard is restricted to deck 4 aft.
Life Onboard If large resort-style vessels accommodating many thousands of passengers are your ideal, then our ship is not for you as you will not find endless entertainment, round the clock buffets and the people management which is so much a part of todays big ship onboard style. However, if like us you prefer a more peaceful life at sea you will find our flagships the perfect vessels.
When choosing your next voyage the choice of vessels is astounding. You can select a ship carrying in excess of 3000 passengers with impersonal service or join us aboard the MS Island Sky where peace, high quality service and attention to detail are the order of the day. We promise there will be no organised entertainment, fancy dress, deck games or any of the usual big ship experiences. Instead, onboard the MS Island Sky, the atmosphere is warm and convivial and more akin to a private yacht or country hotel in which you can learn more about the wonders of nature, culture and ancient civilisations in the company of like-minded people. A little music in the lounge or bar after dinner, Guest Speakers and informative port briefings from our Expedition Leader and of course good food, all contribute to make any voyage aboard this wonderful vessel a memorable and joyful experience. After a day ashore you will return to the comfort and peace of an exceedingly comfortable ship.
The daily programme onboard is in the capable hands of our Cruise Director or Expedition Leader and staff who coordinate with the Captain and Officers to make the most of each day. Briefings and talks will be provided throughout the voyage together with a Daily Programme that is distributed every evening to your suite outlining the next days activities. Dress onboard is casual and relaxed and there will be no black tie evenings. During the voyage there will be an evening or two when a jacket and tie are requested.


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From new ride announcements, construction reports and the latest rumors: Screamscape always has something new to report.
News & Rumors
CEDAR POINTSandusky, Ohio (Abbreviation: CP)Cedar Fair Entertainment
Park News - (10/15/14) The latest update to the Cedar Point blog goes into detail about the ongoing massive refurbishment taking place at the Hotel Breakers that will see the famous resort hotel reopen in 2015. Pictures taken inside the Breakers show that they've stripped down the hotel to the bare wood framework and completely rebuilding it from the inside out in order to preserve this famous icon for years to come, while bringing it up to the standards of today's guests. (9/17/14) Time to play Good News / Bad News: Good News – Cedar Point made an announcement yesterday… Bad News – It wasn't the announcement about Mantis or Rougarou or anything else you were hoping for. Good News – The Point has come to an agreement with LeBron James that wont actually involve renaming any of their coasters something as silly as "King James". Instead the park has established a long-term partnership with the LeBron James Family Foundation that will involve hosting an event at the park for the kids actively involved in the foundation's "Wheels for Education" program and Akron I PROMISE Network for a day of fun at the park. The park's First Ride auction in the Spring of 2015 will also see 100% of the proceeds go to the LeBron James Family Foundation. Result: While there is always disappointment when the park teases a big announcement that isn't what we expect it to be, the end result here is win-win… the park isn't stuck with a coaster with a silly name, and any benefit to help kids get a better life is always a good thing. Really the only losers here would be the Red Cross, who was previously the benefactor of the park's First Ride auctions. Speaking of which… they did say there was a First Ride auction coming in Spring 2015… which means something NEW is still coming and that big announcement I know you are all craving is still lying in wait for us just around the corner… so stay tuned! (9/16/14) Cedar Point has announced that they will make a big announcement on Tuesday (today) at 11am. According to the Twitter post, "It's BIGGER. It's BETTER! It's our news on @KingJames". So this sounds like it could be the rumored announcement regarding the transformation of Mantis into something new… and named after LeBron James. (9/2/14) BREAKING - The rumors appear to be true. Cedar Point's latest announcement says that MANTIS will get "squashed" on October 19th.
2015 - Rougarou - Confirmed - (10/24/14) Well Cedar Point fans… Mantis has officially closed… kicked the bucket… shuffled off this mortal coil! While the conversion and rebirth of the attraction as Rougarou next year is well under way, the trains have already been removed and I know some of you are already wondering what will become of them. It seems many of the generic parts can be saved and reused as replacement parts for other B&M trains, while the front end of one train will actually be donated to the National Roller Coaster Museum. In the meantime, check out a new video from the park called the Rougarou Files added below.
2014/2015 - Hotel Breakers Refurbishment - Confirmed - (10/15/14) The latest update to the Cedar Point blog goes into detail about the ongoing massive refurbishment taking place at the Hotel Breakers that will see the famous resort hotel reopen in 2015. Pictures taken inside the Breakers show that they've stripped down the hotel to the bare wood framework and completely rebuilding it from the inside out in order to preserve this famous icon for years to come, while bringing it up to the standards of today's guests. (12/5/13) Cedar Point has begun this winter's renovation work at the Hotel Breakers, part of a 3 year, $60 million plan to renovate the historic park hotel. The first half of the project, which has just begun, will see the exterior of the hotel repaired and replaced, including adding a new roof and all new paint. Next winter the restoration work will move indoors. (8/28/13) Hotel Breakers will complete the first year of a 2-Year Renovation plan by 2014, with the first year focused entirely on upgrading the outside of the hotel. Year two will focus on upgrading the interior. (12/3/12) Cedar Point confirmed that they will spent around $60 million over the next three years to update, improve and restore the park's on site hotel properties in an effort to lure more guests into multi-day stays at The Point as a destination resort location. Much like his experience with Disney, Matt Ouimet reported that they would be looking at offering a similar "Good, Better, Best" level of resort offerings to cater to families with different budgets.
Track Record
Cedar PointSandusky, OhioCedar Fair Entertainment
Abbreviation: CPTickets: as of 10/17/12Adults (48" or over): $58.99Child (under 48"): $29.99Parking: $15.00Open: Seasonal May - Oct.Fun Facts - During 2012 season The Point removed two coasters: Wildcat was removed entirely in May before the park opened for the season and Disaster Transport closed on July 29th. - The Space Spiral was also closed after Labor Day 2012, and demolished with explosives, dropping the tower like a massive tree onto the nearby beach.Newest Developments:2014 - Pipe Scream / Lake Erie Eagles2013 - Gatekeeper2012 - Dinosaurs Alive & Dragster H202011 - Windseeker2010 - Shoot the Rapids2009 - Starlight Experience2008 - Planet Snoopy and Skyscraper2007 - Maverick2006 - Skyhawk2005 - maXairSAT MAP: Flash Earth or Live Search
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Commercial vehicle decals and plates
The City of Vancouver has two types of commercial vehicle permits:
- BC municipal decal
- Commercial permit plate
Licensed commercial vehicles can:
- Stop in commercial loading zones and lanes for up to 30 minutes to load or unload materials
- Stop in passenger zones for up to 30 minutes (until 12 noon only) while loading or unloading materials and commodities
- Use a metered parking space without paying on any day up to 10:30am, excluding 7:00am to 9:30am rush hour zones
Renew your plate and decal annually
Decals and plates can be renewed for the following year on 1 November.
Decals are valid in participating municipalities throughout British Columbia.
Apply for a plate and decal
Does your vehicle qualify?
For a vehicle to be licensed as a commercial vehicle, it must be used for the collection or delivery of goods, wares, merchandise, or other commodities in the ordinary course of business.
Vehicles used by businesses for administrative or sales-related tasks are not eligible to be licensed commercially.
The permits you need depend on your vehicle's signage
|If your vehicle has:
|It needs:
Permanent signage that:
Note: Magnetic signage is unsuitable.
No signage
Apply with supporting documents
Up to five vehicles
Apply at the Development and Building Services Centre in person.
Bring current ICBC vehicle registration and insurance documents that show the vehicle is being used for commercial or business use.
More than five vehicles
Prepare your application by completing the Commercial Vehicle Fleet Form, below.
- Commercial Vehicle Fleet Form (169 KB)
Apply with the completed form and photocopies of current ICBC registration and insurance documents for all vehicles:
- By fax to 604-871-6394 (give a contact name and phone number on your fax cover sheet or form)
- In person to the Development and Building Services Centre
We will contact you when your decals and commercial permit plates are ready for pickup.
It takes up to one week to process your application
Processing time for commercial vehicle decal and permit plate applications:
- Up to five vehicles: immediately
- More than five vehicles: approximately one week
How to pay
Once your permits are approved, pick up your permits, and pay in person. You may pay by:
- Cash
- Cheque or money order (payable to the City of Vancouver)
- Debit
- Credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express)
Display your permit correctly
- Decal: Affix the BC municipal decal on your windshield
- Plate: Securely fasten the commercial permit plate to the front of your vehicle, or display it on your dashboard


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Workshop Number: CC-F-100
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Recently, some educational reformers have claimed that grades and homework undermine students interest in learning. Could we help community college students succeed more by giving less homework and fewer grades? This session will explore the aforementioned question by reviewing the claims, examining the research supporting the claims and exploring practical applications for community college settings.


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The Money Blog Experiment
Posted by The Curator on Fri Mar 04, 2005
The Blog Experimenter, as he calls himself, is a "30-something guy living in the midwest United States." His experiment is to create a blog, put Google Ads on it, and see how much money he can make off the venture. Except he's really created two blogs. The first one is 'the money blog', which is the blog that is the subject of the experiment. The second is the 'blog money experiment', on which he chronicles his efforts to make money with the google-ad-driven 'money blog'. He doesn't tell you what the url of the money blog is, or what subject it covers. And from what he says, it doesn't appear to be attracting much of a following. His…
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An Interview with Hiroshi Yamauchi
Posted by The Curator on Fri Jan 07, 2005
An interview with Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of Nintendo, has been doing the rounds. It's supposedly published in the February issue of Wired. The interview is quite colorful, to say the least. For instance, at one point Yamauchi claims that during a meeting with Microsoft's Steve Ballmer he said to him, 'hey, Ballmer, why don't you suck my tiny yellow balls.' This was his response to Microsoft's offer to buy Nintendo. The quotation is offered up in bold letters in the sidebar, so there's no chance you'll miss it. There's also some other equally outrageous stuff. Is any of it real? No. It's a fake interview and a fake Wired…
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Salvation Army Gold Coin Mystery
Posted by The Curator on Wed Dec 22, 2004
A coin dropped into a Salvation Army kettle last week in Naperville has made headlines. It was a $400 gold coin wrapped in a $1 million bill (the $1 million bill was fake). This brings up the mystery of just who's behind this tradition of dropping gold coins into Salvation Army kettles. Apparently the tradition dates back to 1982, when a gold coin was dropped into a kettle in a Chicago suburb. Gold coins have shown up in kettles in many states ever since then. Some think the coins are donated by people who benefitted from the charity in the past. But others suspect it may all be a publicity stunt engineered by the Salvation Army…
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Overpriced Amazon Items
Posted by The Curator on Tue Dec 14, 2004
How much would you pay for a one-page pdf file discussing the delayed launch of Sony's PlayStation Portable in North America? What about $750. That's the price it's going for on Amazon. But maybe it's worth it, because it has received quite a few five-star reviews. For instance, D.C. McKinney says that it's "Definately a good read and well worth the price of admission! This gem of a find is a must for anyone with even the slightest bit of interest in delays in the world of Sony Electronics." (for some reason I suspect that some of the reviews are tongue-in-cheek). But if you do download the pamphlet and enjoy it, then you might want to check out…
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End of World Causes Bank Failure
Posted by The Curator on Wed Dec 08, 2004
Numerous bad loans to a polygamist sect that believes the end of the world is nigh has caused the 99-year-old Bank of Ephraim in Utah to go under. The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (a small Mormon sect a small splinter sect of the Mormon church, unaffiliated with the main church) was spending money like the end of the world was around the corner... because they thought the end of the world actually was around the corner. And happily funding this spending spree was the Bank of Ephraim. They approved loans for one bizarre project after another: a watermelon farm that didn't grow watermelons, a construction company that made a loss on everything it sold…
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ATM Dispenses Fake Cash
Posted by The Curator on Sun Dec 05, 2004
When customers of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce tried to withdraw cash from the bank's ATM, instead of money they received "colorful bills used as incentives at Canadian Tire Corp. hardware stores." So what do you do if an ATM gives you funny money instead of real bills? An article in the Charlotte Observer (requires obnoxious registration) gives this advice: "Don't walk or drive away from the teller window without checking the money first... Once you leave the teller, fake bills are your responsibility. If you're at an ATM, go into the bank and ask for a replacement... If the bank's closed, you're likely out of luck." Of course, if you do find yourself stuck…
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BBC Falls for Bhopal Hoax
Posted by The Curator on Sat Dec 04, 2004
The hoaxing of the BBC has now been all over the news. In case you haven't heard, on Friday the BBC broadcast an interview with a man claiming to be a representative of Dow Chemical, Jude Finisterra (is the guy's last name supposed to mean 'the end of the world'?). During the interview the man said that Dow had decided to accept full responsibility for the chemical disaster that killed thousands of people in Bhopal twenty years ago, and in addition it would pay $12 billion in compensation to the victims. The BBC broadcast the interview twice, causing Dow's stock value to promptly drop. Later that same day it became clear that the man wasn't a representative of…
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Top 15 Most Bizarre Reasons for Calling in Sick
Posted by The Curator on Wed Oct 20, 2004
According to this press release from Career Builder, over one-third of U.S. workers take fake sickies (sick days when they're not really sick). Personally I think that number is too low. The real number should be closer to 90 or 100 percent, because I don't know anyone who hasn't taken a fake sick day at some point. But then again, maybe all my friends and family members are slackers. The same press release also offers the 15 most bizarre reasons that people have offered for taking a sick day: "I was sprayed by a skunk." "I tripped over my dog and was knocked unconscious." "My bus broke down and was held…
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Phony Sold Signs
Posted by The Curator on Wed Aug 04, 2004
A British Real Estate Agency has been fined for placing phony 'sold' signs up outside the houses of its own employees. It's not quite clear to me what they gained by doing this. I assume it made them look like they were doing more business than they actually were. Still, it's odd to think that as you drive around a neighborhood and see all those 'for sale' and 'sold' signs, that the signs might bear no relationship to reality at all.
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Weird Subscription Services
Posted by The Curator on Mon Aug 02, 2004
I recently joined Netflix, and I'm enjoying it so far. It makes sense to rent dvds via the web (though scratched dvds are a real headache). But when I came across Bag, Borrow, or Steal, which delivers a constant stream of designer handbags to your door, I thought it was a joke. It's obviously not, which just goes to show how out of touch I am with the world of fashion. I also was a bit skeptical about the Blacksocks service. Blacksocks describes itself as the "inventor of the revolutionary sockscription." At first I thought subscribers were meant to send back their used socks before they got another new pair (which is why I couldn't believe…
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Expensive Counterfeits
Posted by The Curator on Tue Jul 27, 2004
Why would anyone counterfeit money if the cost of making the counterfeits was more than the money itself? That's the question Japanese police are puzzling over. Since profit can't be a motive "police suspect a techno-maniac is involved." Well, either that or a really stupid criminal.
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Outsource Your Own Job
Posted by The Curator on Tue Jul 13, 2004
Either this is a bizarre new scam, or the Times of India has fallen for a tall tale. It claims that the hot new trend among programmers is to outsource their own jobs to India. As the article explains: "Says a programmer on Slashdot.org who outsourced his job: 'About a year ago I hired a developer in India to do my job. I pay him $12,000 out of the $67,000 I get. He's happy to have the work. I'm happy that I have to work only 90 minutes a day just supervising the code. My employer thinks I'm telecommuting. Now I'm considering getting a second job and doing the same thing.'" Sounds like a great scheme... unless your…
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Christian Debt Removers
Posted by The Curator on Wed May 26, 2004
I got spammed today by Christian Debt Removers, an organization which advertises itself as a debt elimination service "based on Christian principles." Whatever that means... your guess is as good as mine. The only thing I could figure out was that they've slapped a few proverbs up on their site and this somehow makes them 'Christian.' Of course, the one Christian phrase that's conspicuously absent from their site is the line from the Lord's Prayer: "forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors." But somehow I suspect that, whatever principles they might claim they hold, they draw the line at debt forgiveness. Anyway, I was about to write…
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Get That Degree You Want, Now
Posted by The Curator on Fri May 07, 2004
I had come to think I was never going to get my Ph.D., but I shouldn't have been so pessimistic. All I need to do is lower my standards a bit and sign up for one of those PhDs that Saint Regis University is practically giving away. A Georgia math teacher did, and she got a $16,000 pay raise. Or you could save even more money and get any degree you want, from any institution of higher learning, from BogusPhD.com.
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Tax Refund for a Princess
Posted by The Curator on Tue Apr 27, 2004
If you're going to cheat on your tax forms, you might as well do it big, like this university cafeteria worker did. She claimed to be a Hawaiian princess and managed to get a $2.1 million refund from the IRS. The only thing is, she really believes she is a Hawaiian princess. Her defense lawyer argues that she suffers from an "irrational insistence upon an identity that is not her own." Maybe she's the second coming of Princess Caraboo.
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Houston Texans Rookie LB Sam Montgomery reported to camp in terrible shape. He was placed on the Non-Football Injury list to start out training camp because of his poor conditioning.
This is the same linebacker that said he didn't always play hard during the NFL Combine. That was a stupid move and now he comes into shape a mess? The red flags are flying.
J.J. Watt said that he spoke to the rookie and that he will get things right. Watt is taking the lead on this and I believe that if Montgomery slacks off, then Watt will find a way to get him motivated. That is the type of attitude that you want from the leader on the defense.
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