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PARIS—I've been waiting all year for this. No, I don't mean the Super Bowl, the 43rd edition of the big game this Sunday being contested by the NFC's Arizona Cardinals and the AFC's (and Mlle Trotter's) Pittsburgh Steelers. The local broadcast on France 2 is at 12:20am Monday morning, Paris time. I'm expecting the commentary to be … intéressant.
Nor do I mean the opportunity to make silly wagers on various and sundry wacky outcomes of said game via the Las Vegas Hilton's inspired proposition wager list. I mean, I am excited about the wagering possibilities. Don't get me wrong.
But here's what I've been waiting for ALL YEAR, yearning for, aching for: the chance to recycle Sportstrotter column ideas… (more…)
In the first of our considerations of Matt Groening's Life in Hell comic strip, Four-Colour Words looked at the inclusion of Groening's work in the latest volume of the well-respected comics anthology Kramers Ergot. His presence in those pages, we saw, encourages a novel understanding of his place in contemporary cartooning, while his contribution itself points toward his work's strengths and its difficulties, which often amount to the same thing. For this installment of our week-long look at Hell, we'll see how Groening's strips, like his anthology contribution, are often easy to gloss, but trying to read: like, that Kramers page may look busy and crowded on your computer screen, but matters don't change much even when printed in the tombstone-sized book itself.
Remarkably, Groening is one of the few cartoonists in that volume who doesn't approach the enlarged 16×21 inch canvas any differently than he would his regular work—any one of his strips, any week, at any size, could look just as impenetrable. This kind of sheer density is compelling, in an OCD kind of way, but the repetition and tedium of it all rarely yields any real yuks. To be fair, that's sort of the point—what should we expect from a book called Work Is Hell other than a mind-numbing belabouring of the point that, well, work is indeed tedious, repetitive hell—but what lets Groening get away with it is how stylish his densely-packed work can be. (more…)
I haven't had any death threats causing me to quit the social web. Nor have I been able to resist following brand new celebrity twitterers Demi Moore and Soleil Moon Frye. But that isn't the worst news of the week: No matter what I do, I cannot get over being personally attacked by Twitter late last year.
You see, they took away my free SMS Twitter updates. They made me into a second-class Twitter citizen. I was ousted from the lifestream and became a treader of murky Twitter backwash instead.
But I have foiled you now Twitter! (more…)
Have you paused lately to consider how extraordinary it is that our bodies can turn sunlight into bone? Vancouver's winter cloud blanket has prompted some nostalgic investigation into the process by which that takes place (or would if I were living somewhere else), with some surprising results.
Very roughly speaking, the magic begins when ultraviolet light waves strike our epidermis, where they become vitamin D through a process that's about as well understood as photosynthesis in plants – ie, not really at all. We'll gloss over that elephant in the room, since we must, and follow vitamin D as makes its way to the kidneys, where it's transformed (much more transparently) into something known as 1,25(OH)2D. That little compound then helps calcium do its thing, and voila – bones develop in children, stay dense in adults, and nobody comes down with rickets. (more…)
PARIS—And so what if I hate winners?
Does that make me a bad sports fan? A good fan? A bad person? A good person? Who knows. Mostly I think it just makes me a monumentally confused person.
I'll admit it. All things being equal, all loyalties and betting interests aside, I'm cheering for the underdog.
I have two unconditional sports loyalties: the Canucks and the Blue Jays. You can add any Canadian team or individual competing internationally to that list. And that's about it. In matters sporting, I'm an Aristotelian communitarian first, a Millsian utilitarian second. Because when the big dog wins, a couple of people are happy. When the little dog wins, it gives millions of little dogs around the world hope. (more…)
Thanks to a couple of other comic artists I admire stumping on his behalf, lately I've been revisiting and reconsidering Matt Groening's cartoons. Not his television cartoons, mind you, but his pen-and-ink ones, which feature a rotating cast of doomed and bickering rabbits and have been appearing in alternative papers since the early '80s under the name Life in Hell.
I've gone back to The Simpsons, too, but the episodes I've rewatched have for the most part confirmed my earlier opinion of the show as complacent, predictable in its unpredictability, far from pointed in its social commentary, and comforting and permissive where it wants to come off as damning and critical. I had feared I would find the same schmaltzy problems in Groening's comics work. It seems that, in the years since Toronto's NOW ceased publishing the strip, and in the absence of any online presence or new print collections, I'd allowed Life in Hell to become unduly blackened by the Simpsons associations sullying my recollection of it.
I'd also started accepting much of the received wisdom I'd hear about the strip — that it lost its bite after Groening went commercial (it didn't), that it looked xeroxed or repetitive or lazy or favoured text over art (well, it does, but those aren't bad things), and that regular characters Akbar and Jeff kind of suck (um, okay, so they kind of do). But talking recently with Lynda Barry, and reading Sammy Harkham's latest volume of Kramers Ergot, had me ready to approach Groening's work from more sympathetic, less dogmatic directions. Reading Life in Hell in the specific contexts those two cartoonists provide, I've been rediscovering an incisive, authentically bilious strip carried off in distinctive visual shorthand. I value the strip not a little, and have ended up with not a little to say about it: this will be the first of three posts I'll devote to Life in Hell over the next week or so. This time out, we'll start with my latest "in" to Groening's work—namely, his Kramers Ergot page. (more…)
In the spirit of existential angst now gripping the journalism industry, I paid a recent visit to the future of our trade. The route there took me through Vancouver's downtown east side, a colorful, Dickensian neighborhood known chiefly for the homelessness on display at street level. Is this it, I wondered, picturing the New York Times' Sulzberger family huddled on the sidewalk, begging Carlos Slim for a quarter billion dollars – but no, not yet it wasn't. The future was inside an office high rise, four floors up and named after a fish.
The Tyee is an online magazine dedicated to investigative journalism of the kind we're seeing less and less of on paper. It focuses primarily on issues facing BC, but many of the stories it breaks are geographically diffuse (ever heard of the 100-mile diet?), making it one of the premier news-gathering institutions in the country. (more…)
At the end of last year, I traveled into the rural Wakiso district in Uganda with a team of police officers, to watch them destroy several acres of marijuana. The plants were slashed with machetes, put in three-metre high piles, and then set on fire. (more…)
I recently travelled north to the Mongolian border and south to Guangzhou and Macao, working on separate stories about human trafficking and China's African population. Over the next few weeks I'll be writing some short postcards from each of the cities, since I think they provide interesting snapshots of China today. This one is about Guangzhou, where the African community, China's largest, is at a breaking point.
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In Guangzhou, you can buy anything. On the chaotic streets of the old city there are stores selling over–sized stuffed animals, Christmas decorations, plastic trees, neon signage, bulk candy, and elastics. There are separate shops for plastic, paper, and reusable bags. Stationary. Wigs. Sneakers. Scooters. Jay-Z t–shirts. Whatever you could possibly want, it's available here. Guangdong province – the "world's factory" – is home to 28,000 industrial firms, including 15,000 overseas–funded business. It makes 75% of the world's toys and 90% of its Christmas decorations (in a country that doesn't celebrate it). In Guangzhou, the provincial capital, it's all available for purchase, direct from the source. (more…)
In January 2005, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Nicholas Negroponte announced the One Laptop Per Child project, with the stated goal of giving every poor child in the world a "rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning."
Last week OLPC laid off half of its staff. Sales of its XO Laptop to developing nations are far, far below initial projections in the millions; in the third quarter of 2008 it shipped a mere 130,000 units, a trivial 2.3% of the world's low-cost, small-screen "netbook" laptops. Meanwhile, the income from their 2008 "Give One Get One Free" drive dropped 93% from 2007. What went wrong? Any number of things, including bad timing, production delays, poor management, and superior competition. But if you ask me – and I feel bad writing this, given all the hard work and good intentions that went into One Laptop Per Child – its fundamental problems are twofold:
So-called citizen journalists broke The Miracle on the Hudson aka Canadian Geese: Terror In The Skies! on Twitter. A Floridian on one of the tour boats posted the first picture of the rescue. It was a crappy picture and he was more excited about being able to be a journalist on his iphone than communicating important details. To quote jkrums: "Crazy."
I am not inured to the exuberance epidemic sweeping popular culture about social media. This week Hoda and Kathy Lee got on Facebook and are beside themselves about it. If you pitch investors and drop the Twitter-bomb the economic depression we're in get's blown to bits and money rains down. But does socializing media and creating a different way to communicate that is more immediate make all of us in the world into citizen journalists?
Calling twitterers journalists is the usual boogeyman for paid journalists. Understandable because as our print news goes out of print and careers are lost the final hurrah of old-fashioned journalists will be bloody and moaning. But I'll call anyone a journalist. Even my dog. (more…)
A local saying lists three things Jeju is famous for: wind, stone and women. The island certainly has all three in abundance — the wind, in particular, is strong enough to tear off your scalp. In truth, though, the thing Jeju is most known for in Korea is tangerines (also known as Mandarin oranges). Winter marks the beginning of tangerine season, and these days it's hard to drive a kilometre without passing an orchard tucked behind low stone walls, blazing with thousands of bright orange globes.
I once laughed outright at a hapless young American who'd purchased tangerines at the grocery store, and although I'll admit it wasn't very nice, my mirth was justified; in tangerine season, almost every social or commercial transaction conducted on Jeju commences or concludes with a gratis exchange of the juicy little devils. Taxi drivers hand them to you as you climb into their cabs; buckets of them sit out in the staff rooms at school; waiters bring trays of them as dessert; and any kind of major purchase — a jacket, say, or a torque wrench — will just as likely as not be augmented with a couple shopping bags bulging with fruit. It's a friendly time of year, when Jejuites are visibly proud of the island's most valuable and abundant crop, and the heaps of tangerines making the rounds seem to contain the very nectar of goodwill within their dappled, vivid skins. (more…)


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Police: Muskogee veteran shoots home intruder
A disabled, elderly war veteran shot an intruder trying to break into his Muskogee home.
Officers found the injured suspect near Lloyd Macarty's home.
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"When he hit that door, that's when I shot through the door," said Macarty. "He went a hollering and screaming, and I could hear him going clear down the street, hollering."
Police said the suspect will face first-degree burglary charges.
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Charles E. Fipke
Charles Edgar (Chuck) Fipke (born 1946) is a prospector who discovered the existence of diamonds around Lac de Gras in Canada's Northwest Territories. He is now a multimillionaire diamond magnate.
Fipke was born in Edmonton, Alberta. In 1970, he graduated from University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Geology.
Fipke, called, "Stumpy" and "Captain Chaos" by employees, had made finding diamonds in the north of Canada his singular goal since their discovery in late 1970s. A joint venture between Fipke's Dia Met Minerals and BHP-Utah in the 1980s and 1990s culminated in the establishment of Canada's first diamond mine, Ekati Diamond Mine, in 1998. Fipke and partner Stu Blusson each own 10% of Ekati.
Fipke was divorced by his wife Marlene, who had been with him since he began searching for the diamonds. This divorce at the time was Canada's largest divorce settlement with her portion of the assets estimated to be approximately C$123.1 million.[1]
In 2006, Fipke donated C$6 million to the University of British Columbia to support the creation of a centre for innovative research.[2]
Fipke breeds and races Thoroughbred racehorses. Tale of Ekati, named for his diamond mine, is his most successful horse. His horse Golden Soul, which was a longshot in the 2013 Kentucky Derby, finished second and had a payout more than three times higher than the winner Orb (38.60 vs. 12.80).[3]
Fipke's history is a significant portion of the plot line in the book "Bones are Forever" by Kathy Reichs. The book is also the inspiration for the long-running United States television series "Bones".[citation needed]
- ^ Doug Ashbury (2000-02-28). "Diamond divorce". Northern News Services. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
As a result of a divorce settlement, Mrs. Fipke, wife of geologist Chuck Fipke, will control about 21 per cent of Kelowna-based Dia Met Minerals. As of Thursday morning, the stake was worth $123.1 million.
- ^ Charles E. Fipke Foundation Gives $6 Million
- ^ http://www.ultimatecapper.com/kentucky-derby-payouts.htm
Further reading[edit]
- Kevin Krajick, Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic. 2001, Freeman/Henry Holt, ISBN 0-7167-4026-5. Review at the Wayback Machine (archived February 12, 2002) at Smithsonian Magazine
- Kathy Reichs, Bones are Forever 2012, Scribner, ISBN 978-1-4391-0243-5.


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Posted By Willie Simpson On November 14, 2012 @ 4:00 pm In News & Features | No Comments
This is a heads up for people whose jobs and livelihoods were affected by Hurricane Sandy. If you lost your job due to the Hurricane Sandy disaster, the State of New York is offering emergency unemployment assistance to those who qualify.
According to the press release from Governor Cuomo,
This assistance will supplement New York's existing unemployment insurance system and will expand eligibility to include individuals who might otherwise not be covered. The United States Department of Labor has committed to providing additional assistance if needed. "The physical destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy has been terrible, and the resulting job losses can be even more painful for New Yorkers," Governor Cuomo said. "These federal funds will quickly provide financial assistance to those whose livelihoods have been upended. I urge impacted New Yorkers to apply as soon as possible." Department of Labor staff will be deployed to hard-hit communities to help register impacted New Yorkers for Disaster Unemployment Assistance in person. Anyone unemployed due to Hurricane Sandy is immediately eligible and can submit a claim to the Department of Labor. The criterion for collecting disaster assistance is broader than for collecting regular unemployment benefits. Specifically, an individual can collect disaster assistance in any of the following cases:
- Injured in the disaster and unable to work, whether the person is an employee or self-employed.
- Workplace is damaged, or destroyed, or the person cannot work because of the disaster.
- Transportation to work is not available because of the disaster.
- Cannot get to work because must travel through the affected area, which is impossible due to disaster.
- Planned to begin working, but cannot because of the disaster.
- Derived most of income from areas affected by the disaster, and business is closed or inoperable because of the disaster.
For more information, you can check out Governor Cuomo's full press release announcement [2], and the Department of Labor's special page [3] with information on how to apply and start collecting unemployment assistance for those who qualify.
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Members of the U.N. Security Council in a Thursday closed-door session reportedly rebuked North Korea for its test earlier this week of two ballistic missiles.
Each representative at the powerful 15-member U.N. body condemned the firing of the Rodong medium-range missiles "as a violation of Security Council resolution[s]," Luxembourg diplomat Sylvie Lucas, the current rotating president of the council, said after the meeting was done, Reuters reported.
Multiple council envoys said further discussions probably would be held next week on potential new measures against North Korea. An unidentified Western diplomat told the news service it would "be an appropriate response" to broaden the number of North Korean entities under U.N. sanctions.
Whether the council decides to expand the sanctions list will depend largely on China's willingness to go along. Beijing on a number of previous occasions has protected North Korea from Security Council punishments.
Meanwhile, U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno on Tuesday told a congressional hearing that the service was "looking at the options" for maintaining deployment of an antimissile system in Guam that could counter intermediate-range ballistic missile strikes, the Pacific Daily News reported.
The Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system was deployed to the U.S. island territory in spring 2013 during a period of heightened nuclear tensions with North Korea.
Separately, South Korea, Japan, and the United States have agreed to hold two separate trilateral meetings in April to focus on improving cooperation in responses to North Korea, the Yonhap News Agency reported. One meeting is to involve high-ranking defense officials from the three countries. The other session is expected to involve the nations' senior negotiators assigned to a stalled multinational process on North Korean denuclearization.
Elsewhere, South Korean President Park Geun-hye in a high-profile speech on Friday said Seoul was prepared to supply North Korea with significant economic assistance, if Pyongyang would agree to surrender its nuclear-weapons program, Reuters separately reported.
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A little bit of paradisefrom A TripAdvisor Member
Paradisefrom A TripAdvisor Member
There is a childrens club so we could get a few hours to ourselves each day.
The resort is relatively new so some of the planting is not very advanced but the landscaped pools are wonderfully relaxing.
One of the things that we realy liked is there is very little to do in Taba other than excursions. Currently there are no retail outlets, bars or clubs other than the ones in the hotels.
The night entertainment is "sparce" however after a day of lying by the pool relaxing or snorkling off the hotel beach on the coral reef that suited us just fine.
The hotel beach was the best one in Taba heights, although it does get a little rocky by the sea.
We will definetely return again this year and would recommend to anyone, I just hope that this place does not develop too quickly.
Red Sea Delightsfrom kartyr
The Marriott was a good choice, as the spa is lovely - the jacuzzi, steam room, sauna and gym are all free. Also, the loungers are all free, contrary to what the tour operator told us. Food was pretty good, although by the end of the week we were a bit bored.
The downside of the holiday is that the tours are all very expensive, plus as there arent any local shops, you are rather held to ransom by the hotels when it comes to drinks and snacks.
windyfrom ItalyloverSussex_UK
St Katherine's monastery good but crowded.
A relaxing holiday with great snorkelling off the jetty at the Hyatt.
Great snorkellingfrom apkinguk
We also went out for a trek in the Sinai desert.. Blimey, not for the faint hearted! Extreme heat and having to squeeze through tiny spaces not to mention a long, wild jeep ride with no seat belts! Quite an adventure if you are up for it- However avoid having to go to the awful hard sell papyrus and jewellery shops with your guide (who gets commission) on the way back.. horrendous.
We would go back, it's a great, hot week away with fantastic snorkelling.. total relaxation
Resort, Taba Heightsfrom higrade
Guests " Adults aged 46 & 21
We booked a winter break in the hotel intent upon catching a few rays of sunshine & snorkeling. As this was our 4th trip to Egypt we believed that we knew what to expect.
On arrival we were impressed by the efficient & rapid check in procedure. We were quickly directed to our room which was spacious, well appointed and beautifully clean.
Hotel gardens are well tended with a wide array of local vegitation. There is some building work going on adjacent to the hotel but we didnt find the noise at all intrusive. Adjacent to the beach is a huge swimming pool with a water slide and plenty of free sun loungers and pool towels. Sadly when we visited (first week in Feb 2005) the pool was very cold and had various bits of rubbish floating around- which didnt exactly encourage us to swim there!!
The beach is slightly better but is man made. The sea is clear and relatively shallow. There are plenty of sun loungers and parasols. The shore line is VERY rocky - you will need your beach shoes - take them with you because there is no-where to buy any in resort. Also if you are looking for great reefs go to Sharm - the man made beach has polluted the corals at Taba and many have died back. The fish are still as fabulous but fewer in number.
We would recommend a visit at least once to the hotel Spa. It is great, providing massages, saunas etc (around £30 sterling for a Thai massage)
We were aware that Taba was quiet (that was what we went for) however we had not anticipated that it would be quite so desolate. There is absolutely nothing around the hotel except the Sinai mountains, 3 other hotels and the sea. No shops, no bars (except for a small bar at Water World approx 30 minutes walk down the beach and a tiny shop at the Esso garage 30 minutes walk towards the mountains) As a result every night was spent within the hotel. Drinks are relatively expensive (for Egypt) in the hotel at around £3 for a half litre of the local brew Sakara. However I can recommend two of the bars - the Lobby Bar (which had a happy hour each night) and the Grotto which looked a bit like a cave. Staff waiting in both of these venues were efficient & very friendly.
The dining experience in the Andalus Resturant was another matter. The meals are all self service buffet style - and depending upon the time of dining can be a bit like a saturday afternoon in a busy produce market. We found that the tables were regularly grubby from the previous diner/lacking in the necessary equipment to actually eat the meal(forks/knives/spoons/glasses etc) The wine service was either so slow that the wine arrived when we got to the desert course or didnt arrive at all. By the middle of the week we were so fed up with the pathetic service that began to take our drinks into the resturant with us.
We frequently resorted to room service ("At you service"). The food was available 24 hours a day and was always freshly prepared and delivered speedilly to the room. We found the service to be excellent value for money & an efficient alternative for dining.
Would we return to the Marriott? No.
Bliss!!from A TripAdvisor Member
Visited January 2005 & initially concerned by earlier reviews regarding food & illness ... absolutely nothing to worry about, presuming negative reviews were made by those expecting fish & chips or roast dinners.
All food is varied, freshly prepared with many regional dishes.... if you are expecting British grub you will be disappointed but if, like our family, you have varied & adventurous tastes then you will be more than satisfied. None in our party suffered tummy upsets either, though it is a good idea to ensure you bring medications with you just incase.
The hotel itself is very tranquil, beach is glorious.... just a great place to chill & unwind. Definitely take a few trips to surrounding areas as there is little to do apart from sunbathe, swim, dive & read. Massage at the spa is fantastic & highly recommended.
Weather was great for January, very windy but hot enough for a good tan. Good idea if you have children with you to take your own table tennis & tennis equipment.
Avoid the influx of Israelis on Friday & Saturdays by taking a day trip. Unfortunately they can be very rude & arrogant with little respect for anyone
Cairo is a must, stay overnight & enjoy real Egypt on the 5 hour journey there. Biro pens are really useful for tipping within Cairo Please tip the staff at hotel (just a couple of dollars can go a long way) We tipped our room cleaner at the end of our holiday, a generous tip. We felt it is par course to tip in Egypt, so long as a good service was provided.
Marriott Taba Heights is a wonderful hotel, quiet, tranquil & spiritual area ..... we will return again!
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Taba Heights is within sight of three other countries, Israel, Jordan and Saudi. It is a beautiful location and the hotels enjoy a backdrop of stunning mountains. There is another development hotel adjacent to the Marriott but this is far enough away from the hotel not to be a problem and progress is slow anyway. Towards the mountains behind the hotel a plaza has been built which is going to house offices and shops, we understand this is not yet fully open.
the other hotels up the beach have their own culture and flavour but we concluded that the Marriott was best for us after an ispection and a meal at the one of the others.
You will enjoy seeing the two camels on the beach and you can negotiate a ride for around LSD 30.00 or so. The Bedouin also sell trinkets off the beach but they are not too pushy or intrusive. It is comforting to see security guards keep out any unwanted visitors to the hotels 24 x 7.
Personally we found the snorkelling not as good as Marsa Alam in Egypt (where we went in 2003) and the water was very cold (hey it was December) so we did not go in as much for those two reasons. However, the hotel is extremely pleasant and has a wonderful Grotto restaurant near the beach and you can be entertained by belly and traditional dancers at night and smoke a Sheesha, during the day you can enjoy a very pleasant and enjoyable lunch at very reasonable prices. I recommend you pay the additional $30 per head for the Bedouin dinner experience on a Tuesday evening in the Grotto - worth every dollar. The waiters are a lot of fun and will come to the beach or poolside to take orders for coffee, drinks or lunch etc (remember to tip them).
The weather was a disappointment at first due to the wind often bringing in cloud which of course blocked out the sun and reduced the temperatures considerably. Some days were just cold because of the wind itself, we actually had rain one day we were there. The second week however was glorious and the sun was almost too hot to sit out in at noon.
The Marriott hotel is a delight, not least because of its layout and style but mainly because of its friendliness and desire to please among the staff. The rooms are very nice though we opted for an upgrade after the first week to one of the best blocks (400) with a sea view.
We stayed for two weeks over the Christmas period to avoid the ususal nonsense, rush and panic back home. We certainly made the right choice though unfortunately we were constantly reminded of Christmas and New Year by the eager to please staff of the hotel who would not have understand our desire to leave it all behind.
On New Years eve, the Marriott (as did all the hotels) put on the most amazing new years eve gala dinner in a marquee complete with entertainment (we were not charged extra for this event). It has to be said that the job the hotel staff and chef's did was truly magnificent and would be difficult to give justice to in the this review, it was simply excellent and visually amazing, complete with ice and vegetable sculptures!
We found the combination of Peltours arrangements, transfers and general looking after us, unobtrusive and enjoyable. We would definately use Peltours again.
We found the idea of having to pay supplements to attend Chrsitmas Eve or Christmas Day dinners unattractive especially at $50 and $60 a head (particularly as we had already paid for half board), so we gave these a miss and opted for the standard buffet.
The buffet restaurant (I don't like buffet's anyway) is fine but gets a little monotonous after a week. The Italian A La Carte (Tuscany) restaurant was exceptional for a quiet romantic meal and would put most quality restaurants in the UK to shame in terms of service, quality and standards.
One must understand the culture and incomes in Egypt, Tipping from our point of view was a must, the staff work very hard are very servant like in their attitude and genuinely desire to please. LSD 5.00 (Five Egypitian pounds) is only 40 or 50 pence for us but for them is a significant amount of money. Alternatively, you can tip with USD ($)'s which were equivalent to LSD 6.00 whilst we were there. The guys that transport you bags, clean your room or wait on you all deserve tips and we were careful to follow this through throughout our two weeks there. Be prepared for an ajustment to your political correctness. Going to these resorts seems like going back twenty or thirty years in terms of safety and protection for your children. What is politically correct in England does not appear to be so in Egypt. we noticed that the hotel staff especially the waiters all made a fuss of children and made friends with them, they often played with them, picked them up and generally gave the children and insight into an alternative way of behaving and operating. I understand that in this day and age one could not be so liberal with their children in the UK.
We would definately go back to Taba and to the Marriott in the future.
The staff of the hotel were wonderful and 90% of them celebrated us as valuable customers. Special mention goes to Sayeed on the front desk and Accram and Ahmed who took us on the Jeep safari to the coloured canyon.
We also went on a day trip (mini pilgrimage) to Jerusalem hosted by Mickey in Isreal (organised by Peltours at the hotel). Recommend this trip if you have always wanted to go to Israel. We opted not to do the five hour journey to Cairo but may do that on a future trip. I recommend also the JeeP Safari to the coloured canyon but you should be reasonably fit to achive this as there is some walking, climbing and difficult places to manouver through on foot through the canyon. If you are in luck like us you will be met at the other end of the canyon by a small group of Bedouin who will provide tea, coffee and coke or a 'CAMEL RIDE' - wonderful.
Do be aware you will not get Costa or Starbucks coffee in Egypt, you will either have to have instant Nescafe or the strong muddy (but enjoyable) Turkish or Egyptian coffee in most of the restaurants. You will also not be able to get a decent bottle of wine there under three hundred Egyptian pounds, Take my advice and pick up a wine box from Gatwick or Manchester and keep it in your room as we did!
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its a lovely relaxing holiday, beautiful beach, and lovely reef. take snorkle and sea shoes!! shoes are a must in the sea!!! the current does get pretty strong as well around the reefs.
room service and the mini bar in the room are CHEAP!! you can get a great sandwich and fries for about £3. and cans of drink all about 90p, they stock up the bar everyday so its very handy if you want that cold drink., choclate crisps, nuts, this is your only shop!! your mini bar.. you can buy 12, 1 litre bottles of water from reception for £10 a box, they fit in the mini bar 2 at a time if you empty out all the other stuff.. they have happy hours which you can buy beer buy one get one free.. its about £2 for a beer. 2 for £2 not bad!!
get a bottle or 2 at the airport to take with you. theres a quite a few trips, but because we were only there for a week we didnt go on any, just chilled, but we did go to the diving centre...there is a mini bus hourly.. and theres a great cafe at the place that does great steaks for about £3.
the one thing i DIDNT like about the hotel was that all the waiters wanted to charge all the trips and drinks to your room, and at the end of the hoilday it wasnt right and took me about 2 hours to sort.. so if you can, try and pay cash all the time... everything was in egyptian pounds in the hotel... but at driving center you pay in american $... no need to take both thou they convert it... its just hard to work out how much is what all the time.
the hotel is huge and at night all there is to do is walk around the grounds... its in the middle of nowhere so no walking out of the hotel at night, i found the food great.. abit shamey but very well presented and some of the best breads and deserts ive ever tasted. i surpose if your a meat and two veg man looking for your roast beef and yorkshires then you wont like the food! all in all, i would go back, but in a few years time when more developed, i just love the weather and the warm sea and the fish!! the huge colourful fish... and the trip you must go on is the snorkling trip on the gallon.. what a wonderful day.. saw tuna and turtles on the way home.. anything else you need to know email@example.com
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happy hour make the most of the happy hours as I describe in the reviews.
snorkellling goto the hyatt jetty, the reef aroung there is amazing clear, a wonderful variety of sealife, you'll not want to get out of the sea !
Don't shop in Hotel shops! Example: £3.00 for a packet of rolling papers (for you smokers). Yes that is the blue papers you roll a cigarette with! I don't mind the bartering but being ripped off is not barter its taking the pis*. If yoiu want to avoid these sharks then step outside onto the blue (FREE) mini bus that will take you to three coners (up the hill) and there are loads of shops and s good supermarket with prices that compare well to UK. Food, water, cigs and booze is SO MUCH CHEAPER THERE! Now if you want to get all this stuff around hotel sercurity...(they don't like you getting your stuff cheaper than they want to sell it on site to you) its easy...When you have done your shopping jump on the blue mini bus again and get off at the SOFITEL beach entrance stop. Walk onto the beach, turn right and walk down to your hotel (1,000 yrds) and dump all your cheap goddies in your room!...JOB DONE!
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Summary of the Significant Provisions of the AgJobs Act
A summary of the significant provisions of the bipartisan agricultural reform bill—the Agricultural Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Security (AgJobs) Act. Sponsors include Senators Larry Craig (R-ID) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Representatives Chris Cannon (R-UT) and Howard Berman (D-CA).
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Chart Comparing Current H-2A Program with the New AgJOBS Act of 2003
Chart comparing the current H-2A program with the new AgJobs Act of 2003.
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Summary of the L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2003
AILA's section-by-section analysis of the L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2003 (S. 1635).
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USA Jobs Protection Act of 2003 Introduced in House and Senate
Rep. Johnson (D-CT) introduced H.R. 2849, a bill that would substantially alter the L and H-1B visa programs. Sen. Dodd (D-CT) introduced S. 1452, the Senate companion bill. A brief summary of the bill is included in addition to the text.
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DREAM Act, with Weakening Provisions, Voted Out of Full Senate Judiciary Committee
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Summary of H.R. 2702, the L-1 Nonimmigrant Reform Act
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Senator Cornyn Introduces Guest Worker Legislation
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Justice Department Drafts Expanded PATRIOT Act
Recently leaked draft legislation from the Justice Department would expand the USA PATRIOT Act and would grant government authorities unprecedented powers.
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Section-by-Section Summary of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
AILA's section-by-section summary of the immigration-related provisions of the Homeland Security Information Sharing Act of 2002 (H.R. 5710), as passed by the House on 11/13/02.
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Border Student Commuter Act of 2002
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DOJ Authorization Legislation Includes Immigration Provisions
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Earned Adjustment Legislation Introduced in Congress
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House and Senate Action on Immigration and Homeland Security
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Text of the 'SAFER' Act (H.R. 5013)
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House Approves Legislation to Extend Waiver Program for Foreign Physicians
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Senate Judiciary Passes Student Adjustment
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List of Immigration-Related Bills Introduced in the 107th Congress
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AILA Section-by-Section Summary of USA Patriot Act of 2001
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H.R. 1885: Section 245(i) Extension
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I am enough. Just for today I will do the best I can and make the most of what I get. I will be optimistic and hopeful. I will not dwell on yesterday but do the best I can today. I am not perfect but I am enough.
It's been a crazy week for me. I've been working all week and will not be getting a break. But, like someone told me yesterday "sometimes you have to do what you have to do! That is so true. So I will do what I have to do and do it to the best of my ability. I have decided that I will stick working for my aunt out until August or September when my uncle has more time to help her. Then I feel it is in my best interest to leave. It causes me so much stress being around her I just feel like I'm not as productive as I want to be. I've made a decision to take care of myself and do what is best for me. Not to be selfish but I need to take care of myself. I am scared of making a change this was not an easy decision but it's what I feel is in my best interest. Tomorrow I will be having lunch with my friend and I can't wait to let you know how it goes.
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Hey, its MGB from Spikeybits here and over the weekend I did a review on the new Forge World Imperial Armour (Armor) Apocalypse book (the fourth of its kind in five years lol, fifth if you count Aeronautica), which contains updates to most of Forge World's line of super heavy, and 40k relevant models.
Overall it's a great looking book with all the bells and whistles you would expect from a FW publication, great pictures, stunning graphics, and brief back story on each unit.
The book itself is broken down into sections by faction which updates the units over to 6th edition, or categorizes them by Super Heavy unit type (formation, walker, etc..) and a campaign section for using superheavies in the infamous Vraks Warzone setting.
They also included some of the Independent Characters from the Vraks series in that section as well for use in games of 40k. Feel no Pain, Furious Charge, Typhus Zombies? Yes please!
The rules for most units are very similar to the old ones, but they made some noticeable changes to some units like the Lucius Pattern Drop Pod, the Storm Eagle, and both Chaos Titans for starters.
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I would 100% recommend this book for anyone playing Apocalypse games, or as some of the units in here are stamped "40k Approved", for your normal games as well.
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RYB Denim, a fledgling company who hopes to make denim bicycle jeans for ladies, is tapping into the intrinsic need of having comfortable, fashionable & functional active-wear for the growing market of female cyclists. I managed to snag this interview with Chandel Bodner recently:
So who is RYB Denim, and how did you come about?
RYB Denim, Ride Your Bike Denim, is me, Chandel Bodner, designer and founder, and Steve Sal Debus, admin and marketing. We play polo together in Toronto. Not long after I returned here in May, Steve and I quickly realized that our personal strengths and experiences complimented each others in a way that would really make this project a success. Passionate about business and marketing, Steve wanted to explore more crowd-funding platforms, and I wanted to create and distribute the jeans I'd been designing and considering for years. It was the perfect storm to get this going, and to get it done quickly, with confidence, and with quality.
We are also a part of a community of cyclists the world over and they are also all RYB Denim. We've been fortunate enough to look to our friends, family, and community for support in getting this project off the ground. We've worked with great industry professionals, videographers, photographers, cycling enthusiasts, and more.
What was the moment you realized this was really going to happen?
Why is it different than what people can already get? What are some of the things that make your bicycle clothing more awesome?
Besides off the above issues being taken care of, we added cycling specific features, like a u-lock holder, reinforced belt loops, and reflective piping.
Why Denim specifically? Any plans to expand from there?
There are apparel products for cycling that are specifically made for women, there are none that are jeans. That's why denim specifically. Our expansion plans keep us in the denim world, for now, but we would like to release more styles, colors, and other pieces, like jackets and shorts. It really all depends on the success of our indiegogo campaign.
Why women specific?
There are options for men already, and none for women. Being that I am one, it seemed natural to me to answer my own problems first and see who else was having them around me. It just grew from there. It helps that I moved around to a few major North American cities and really got to see first hand how many women are truly on the road riding their bikes every day. It was empowering and inspiring.
Are you marketing this product for polo players specifically, or bike riders in general?
They are marketed for any female that rides a bike, but they are also great for motorcyclist's and even horseback riders. Our community of bike polo has been a great way to learn and develop the product, test it!, and share the information and has helped us promote greatly [and we thank you so much!], but I wouldn't say that's where it ends. We've been cycling for more years than we've played bike polo for, so the whole of the cycling community is where we focus our marketing.
We just recently sponsored the first ever ladies only bench-style bike polo event at a World Championships. The International Ladies Bench Event on October 20th was the finale to the 5 day Hardcourt Bike Polo World Championships. The winning team's players, there are 8 teams of 6 or 7 players each, will receive a pair of RYB Denim jeans in their size at the end of our campaign.
What kind of price point are we going to see with your products? I'm assuming a bit more expensive given the attention paid to producing them, but what's a ballpark figure?
We have a MSRP [manufacturer's suggested retail price] of $149 CAD. We are only selling through our online crowd-funded campaign on Indiegogo.com at the moment. They are $129 CAD there. There are other perks/rewards/products available for the campaign only as well. Items that might entice other supporters, at varying contribution levels.
How can readers learn more about what RYB is up to?
Well, right now RYB Denim is a concept that Steve and I have invest time and money into to get off the ground, but we are unable to do this without relying on the support of the cycling community, that is why we launched a crowd-funded campaign, www.indiegogo.com/projects/
What's next?
Today, the counter says we have just over 24 days to reach our goal. Next we make sure the world of female cyclist's knows about us! Steve has some marketing strategies up his sleeve, and we've got some more promoting to do.
We have another Toronto-local fitting and try-on evening. In November we're taking RYB Denim to the Philly Bike Expo and while we're down there we thought we'd do a New York pop-up fitting night, Montreal, and Ottawa! That feels like just the tip of the iceberg! It's going to be a busy 37 days!


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Thursday, September 9, 2010
Family Dog
This was a fun one to do. The topic was family dog. I learned that since I have Photoshop Elements, I don't have access to the pen tool...might be time for an upgrade in the near future.
If you have time you should check out the contest and enter or vote. Fun! :)
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Veryyyyy sweet, Christie! I didn't even get a chance to vote that day (forgot about the time change). Great that you're doing the sketchoholic contests..I've tried it two times now and plan to do so again. : )
- September 21, 2010 at 9:01 AM
I really like this one! A perfect winter scene!
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Paulina married Thomas Alcocke on 28 Sep 1640 in St. Edward's, Cambridge, England. Thomas was born in Over, Nr Cambridge
http://overvillage.co.uk/ for the story of Over
(see paulina daughter of thomas the red (?)}
Thomas Alcock, of Over, in Eliens dioc., & Paulina Peape, of Huntington, lic. 28 Sep 1640
not listed in family tree in the unequalled self
"Here I met Tom Alcock, one that went to school with me at Huntingdon, but I had not seen him these sixteen year"
Sam calls cozen.
Thursday 15 March 1659/60
Does not seem to be married to a Pauline. {as ref above]then there is another Alcock that his fathers wants Sam to get into the Navy as a ships carpenter
24th june 62
The one april 7th is a resident of Chatham
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Pepys's 'cousin';presumably grandson of Elizabeth Pepys of Cottenham who married Henry Alcock of Rampton, Cambs., in 1593. A Grisel Alcock, widow, was living in Brampton, Hunts., in 1666.
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