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Lotus Villa is nestled in the quiet, desirable Duboka Bay, overlooking the Adriatic Sea and nearby islands. The peaceful surroundings and the spectacular Duboka Bay with its clean and clear turquoise water, makes Lotus Villa an ideal location to escape your everyday life. Returning to this place after a day full of water activities, excursions to Milna, any other historical village on Brac or one of the neighbouring islands, will make your holiday a unique experience. The property composes of a main house and a cottage and was designed for easy indoor – outdoor living. It offers two levels of luxurious family living, comprising 4 double bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a spacious dining and living area and spectacular sea -views. Close to the villa, there is also a cottage providing an additional double bedroom. Not only does Lotus villa make a wonderful holiday for a larger family or group of friends but it should also be considered as a suitable venue for special occasions.
Activities: Brac - Milna: Come and join us in September and October. Croatia's most beautiful months... Island life returns to a slower pace. Enjoy gorgeous temperatures, dive into clear sea water heated by the hot summer. A great time to experience island life. Join us and locals as we harvest the grapes in September and the olives in October. Come with us on a local wine tasting tour. A day to remember, where you get to pick your own olives, see them pressed and then take home a bottle of 'extra virgin olive oil'. And there is much more - How about an Island tour with a personal guide? - Go on a day trip to Dubrovnik? - Visit a Stone Mason artist at work? Feeling energetic? How about trekking? Stroll through nearby villages or walk to the highest point at Vidove Gora 778 m? - Or use our Kayaks for free to explore the surrounding bays? If you like more information, please contact us.
Duboka Bay: The peaceful surroundings and the spectacular Duboka Bay with its clean and clear turquoise water, make Lotus Villa an ideal location to escape your everyday life. Returning to this place after a day full of water activities, excursions to Milna, any other historical village on Brac or one of the neighbouring islands, will make your holiday a unique experience. Be assured, Lotus Villa will create a special place in your heart.
Brac: Brac is the largest of the Dalmatian Islands and easily accessible from Split. It has numerous old fishing villages, crystal clear waters, white pebble beaches and a good transport system. Because of its rich history, each place offers you a look at a little bit of the past while enjoying its natural beauty and modern day amenities. The island offers a marvellously indented coastline in all its magical colours and soothing sounds of silence. The varied and picturesque landscape, the mild climate, the homely atmosphere and the light-hearted mood of the local people will make your holiday on island Brac an unforgettable experience. Feel the real Mediterranean beauty and the unspoilt Adriatic coast. Truly the best that Croatia has to offer!
We really liked Croatia and very much your house!! The house was really nice with all the facilities you can need. We were also very happy since the weather turned out to be just fine that week. I must also say that Spike was very friendly and recommended restaurants etc.
We will for sure come back to Croatia and also recommend our friends to rent your house :-)
Thank you!
I sayed at this wonderful villa with a group of 8 friends to celebrate my 50th Birthday. We could not have wished for a better stay. The villa is simply stunning and the Island itself is extraordinary.
The villa staff were very friendly and helpful but not intrusive. On the evening of my Birthday they cooked a croation style BBQ for us with local salads that was delightful.
I would not hesitate to recomend this villa to anyone considering a stay on the island and would like to return and enjoy another stay myself.
Mark From the UK
Our family have just completed the most wonderful holiday at the Lotus Villa. Coming all the way from New Zealand it was very important to have a beautiful place to stay and not to be disappointed from viewing on the internet, so it was with great pleasure that we arrived on the island of Brac to find this amazing Villa. There was not one thing that was not perfect from the communication with the owners to the staff – nothing was too much trouble.
The house couldn't have suited us better with adults and children alike – there was something for everyone and lots of lovely spaces . The pool was wonderful , the house beautiful and the position of the Villa just stunning.
I would definitely recommend Lotus Villa to anyone that is making a trip to the beautiful Croatia – you won't be disappointed – it was an absolute highlight for us – a big thank you to the owners for sharing your beautiful piece of paradise. I would love to come again one day.
Kindest regards from New Zealand
Wonderful relaxing holiday a tranquil peace of paradise
Lotus Villa is exactly as described and shown in the pictures - beautiful! What a wonderful internet find! We must have looked at 50 properties on-line and chose this one because it looked so delightful. Everything is provided for a wonderful comfortable stay.... The house has been very thoughtfully designed... and the owner's personal style shines through.. it is so welcoming that you feel at home as soon as you arrive.
Car is necessary. We had a great long weekend, also because we could ask the stuff for almost anything, nothing was too much for them. Thank you. Family Gondy and friends
Fantasztikus napokat töltöttünk el a mesés Lotus Villában, ami teljes mértékben azt adta, amit a képeken láttunk. Rengeteg keresgélés után találtuk meg a Lotus Villát, aminél jobbat nem is találhattunk volna.Minden biztosított volt a tökéletes kényelem eléréséhez. Azonnal otthon éreztük magunkat a házban. A ház személyzete is rendkívül kedves és segít?kész volt, mindenben próbált a kedvünkre tenni. Köszönünk mindent!! a Gondy család és barátok
My family and I just returned from a beautiful relaxing vacation were we spent 4 nights in this stunning villa.
It was recommended to us by a friend and it fulfilled all are expectations and more. The location is unique, the view and the bay simply remarkable.
The staff is very friendly, knowledgeable and most importantly discreet. Thanks for the very helpful recommendations for places to eat and organizing the boat excursion to the island Hvar.
The pool is so nice. It's remote and very quiet; you can just sit back and truly relax. The kids really loved the pool, and had a fabulous time.
Also I would like to thank the staff for the lovely BBQ they prepared for us, it was very yummy!
I would love to visit again soon, and would recommend it to anyone. It was truly an unforgettable vacation!
Regards from Greece.
We spent a wonderful holiday in Lotus Villa, Brac-island. We had a group of ten persons - everybody loved our trip! What a beautiful house with great view and excellent service. We enjoyed the atmosphere of the island and Croatia as a whole, sunny days and friendly people there. Bright, warm water at the sea and beautiful small islands that we visited. What a wonderful country, we have to get there again!
The lovely fishing village of Milna is just 2.5 km away. It offers a range of cafés, restaurants, konobas, art galleries, wine shops and a local farmer market. Enjoy a good cup of coffee while watching sailing boats entering or leaving its beautiful marina. It is a real pleasure. Come and join us in September and October. Croatia's most beautiful months. Island life returns to a slower pace. Enjoy gorgeous temperatures, dive into clear sea water heated by the hot summer.
Other Activities: Kayaks for the whole family are provided free of charge, private bathing platform with sun loungers and boot mooring.
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Saison 2
24 May 2015 - 26 Jun 2015
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Letzte Freie Woche
27 Jun 2015 - 4 Jul 2015
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Saison 4
5 Jul 2015 - 21 Aug 2015
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Saison 5
22 Aug 2015 - 4 Sep 2015
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Saison 5
5 Sep 2015 - 25 Sep 2015
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
Saison 6
26 Sep 2015 - 31 Oct 2015
7 night minimum stay
for 7 nights
My Standard Rate
3 night minimum stay
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|Preise koennen sich bis zu einer verbindlichen Buchung aendern.
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Cyber Wars
In the new issue of Index on Censorship, 'Brave New Words', leading internet experts Ron Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski call for a new approach to tackling censorship online.
As cyberspace has become the arena for political activism, governments are growing more sophisticated in controlling free expression online "" from surveillance to filtering. And it's now becoming harder than ever for human rights activists to outwit the authorities. In their article 'Cyber wars', Deibert and Rohozinski call for a 'paradigm shift' and 'new techniques' to confront the new challenges to free speech.
Deibert and Rohozinski predict that censorship and surveillance will fall increasingly into the hands of private companies and warn that governments are now openly considering using computer network attacks as part of standard military doctrine:
"President Obama's cyber security review may have unwittingly set off a security spiral dilemma with its official acknowledgment that the United States has such capabilities at its disposal "" a decision that may come back to haunt the information-dependent country when other actors follow suit."
Targeted espionage is another worrying new development for companies and governments "" and Google's response to the attack on its infrastructure in January from China will have significant repercussions for western companies that do business with authoritarian regimes.
The new issue of Index on Censorship, now published by SAGE, 'Brave New Words: is technology the savior of free speech?' examines how technology has transformed the business of censorship at the same time as revolutionizing freedom of expression. Rebecca MacKinnon talks to Google about the fallout from China; Gus Hosein calls on governments to take privacy more seriously; and Wen Yunchao reveals the art of censorship in China.
Cyber wars by Ron Deibert & Rafal Rohozinski is published on Mar 24, 2010 in Brave New Words "" the latest issue of Index on Censorship (Vol.29 No.1 2010). A free copy of the article will be available for a limited period from http://www.indexoncensorship.org/magazine/current-edition/.
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Worldwide Medical Device Regulatory Updates
As medical device quality assurance and regulatory affairs professionals, it can be challenging to stay on top of changes happening in our industry. Few people have the time to read lengthy articles these days and although many online newsletters exist, they are often packed with PR releases, ads or unrelated information. That is why we started this blog for QA/RA professionals in the medical device and IVD industry. The idea is to give you short updates on quality and regulatory topics that may be of interest to you.
Substantial Medical Device Review Fee Increases at Taiwan Food and Drug Administration
Taiwan's medical device market regulator has published significant new fee increases for various aspects of their device review and approval process. The increases are set to take effect July 1, 2015.
Seven Mistakes that can Delay Your FDA 510(k) Clearance
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Health Canada has released new information regarding common issues its reviewers found over the course of 2014 and early 2015 with higher-risk Medical Device License (MDL) applications that result in additional information requests to applicants.
In Brief: Health Canada Proposes Changes to Recognized Standards for 2015
Health Canada, the Canadian medical device market regulator, has announced changes to the Therapeutic Products Directorate's List of Recognized Standards applicable to medical devices.
US FDA's GUDID Now Publicly Accessible
Medical device market regulators in the US have launched a new website to provide public access to their Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID) designed to store device labelers' information about their products.
Hong Kong Regulators Launch Voluntary Distributor Registration System
Hong Kong's Medical Device Control Office (MDCO), the region's medical device market regulator, has set up a voluntary listing and registration option for device distributors.
US FDA Identifies more than 20 PMA Devices Eligible for Reclassification to Class II
The US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has identified 21 medical device product codes as candidates for reclassification from Class III to Class II as part of a broad review of pre- and post-market data collection processes.
UDI is here: Seven Things You Need to Know
Now that US medical device regulators have begun implementing their Unique Device Identification (UDI) system, many device manufacturers are questioning how best to comply with the new requirements in the most efficient manner possible. At Emergo, we've identified seven key (and common) issues firms should consider as they undertake their UDI compliance projects.
In Brief: European Regulators Make Radio and Wireless Revisions, Update Website
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The amount of content being added to the web on a daily basis is impossible to keep up with, so we've listed some of the best resources, tools and articles we've come across recently to help you improve your skills, website and browsing experience. We also post similar links on Twitter on an ad hoc basis, so follow us to avoid missing out!
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Duplicate content and robots.txt
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Using data to drive SEO results
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Facebook's EdgeRank algorithm
If you run your own Facebook page or have ever wondered how Facebook calculates which posts you see from whom, this meaty article makes fascinating reading.
Find out top stats about your reach, followers and topics with at-a-glance diagrams from PeerIndex.
Better Facebook
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Landing page optimisation and conversion rates
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A thought-provoking article on digital sharecropping and how it can harm your website or business.
Making your business card stand out…in a good way
An old post, but crammed full of relevant and insightful from key players in the web industry (the comments are interesting too): Business Card Best Practices.
750 Words
If you've ever had trouble getting inspired, or simply want to kick-start your writing then 750 words is a great website to help you practice and fine-tune your writing skills. There are various challenges on offer, or you can just clear your head and get some words down.
Let Twitter improve your writing and editing
An insightful article on how updating Twitter can lead to better writing.
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We often hear that you have to see an Alabama Chanin garment in person to really appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship that goes into every piece. We sincerely believe that our upcoming website is the next best thing.
As our brand continues to grow, and our interests and projects become more diverse, we rely more and more on AlabamaChanin.com as a way to showcase our endeavors, share our experiences, and interact with a community that is constantly expanding.
This is a place to share our life at the Factory, or at least a sampling of it: Workshops, DIY craft, custom couture garments, cotton farming, upcycling developments, Thursday potlucks, visiting artists, and the list goes on. We wanted a site that would reflect all of the things that we are – and all of the things that you, our customers, are. We wanted a meeting place that is both welcoming and engaging and, of course, easy to use, because we know first-hand that when you have so much going on in one place, things can be a little difficult to navigate.


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We're glad that you are finding the new Individual Study Area (where the photocopy room used to be) a good place for that extra-intensive studying. Although your message was not dated, I imagine that you had the unfortunate timing of trying to study in this area while the library staff had our annual holiday party. I admit it, we may have been a little raucous, but this year's holiday party committee really outdid themselves to plan a fun event – great food, great decorations, games… man, it was awesome… oh well, I digress…
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text: Sauber manager full of praise for departing Perez 8 January, 2013 Jan.8 (GMM) Sauber's team manager has praised their former driver Sergio Perez who has signed up with McLaren for 2013 and beyond As the pundits assess McLaren's choice to replace Lewis Hamilton, Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder told Auto Motor und Sport that 22-year-old Mexican Perez should not be underestimated. "In terms of tyre management," he said, "he is a natural talent. "He has an incredibly good feeling for getting the best out of the tyres and at the same time keeping them alive. "We've seen it a few times. If everything falls into place, he literally flies." Zehnder admitted, however, that the answer is "in the stars" as to whether Perez can turn those skills into true championship-winning potential. Indeed, Auto Motor und Sport said that some at Sauber – the Swiss team that has hosted Perez since his F1 debut in 2011 – think Perez is immature, impatient, hot-headed and inconsistent. Besides his 3 podiums, Perez failed to score a single point in 13 of last year's races, including his six-race drought after news broke he was heading to McLaren in 2013. Martin Whitmarsh, his new boss, hopes Perez stays close to Jenson Button this year. "Jenson is the easiest teammate to collaborate with," said the McLaren chief. "He is honest and open and willing to help. "I hope Sergio is smart enough to recognise that he still has a lot to learn." Subbed by AJN. Content on GrandPrix247.com by: staff & contributors, Reuters syndication, GMM service, Getty Images, Formula 1 teams, sponsors & organisations.


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Veterinary Care
In the Top 10 Fastest Growing Professions
Figure 6-3: Salary Comparison, Veterinarians vs. Other Health care Professionals, 2008
Veterinarian Shortage Predicted
Table 6-1: Equine and Mixed Animal Veterinarians, 2006-2012
The AAEP
Equine Veterinarians: $2.3 billion in Direct Spending
The Role of the Equine Veterinarian
Table 6-2: The Veterinarian's Role
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Guarded Future
Products Bought Through Vets
Figure 6-4: Supplements/Medications Obtained from Your Veterinarian versus Other Retail Outlet
Marketing to Vets
Over 40% of horse owners rely on their vet for health information
Feed and Supplement marketers are not taking advantage of this phenomenon
Hoof Care
Improving Knowledge
Methods to improve your hoof-care knowledge
Table 6-4: Poll: "During the past 3 years, which of the following methods have you used to improve your hoof-care knowledge?"
Meet the Farriers
"Good Old" Backyard Horses can add up to a Billion dollars
Figure 6-5: Type of Horses Handled by Farriers
Barefoot vs. Shoes, a Hot Topic, even among Veterinarians
The Do-It-Yourself Craze Is Affecting the Equine Hoof Care Market
Barefoot year round
Table 6-5: Poll: "Excluding foals and brood mares, what percentage of horses that you provide hoof care for go barefoot year round?"
Costs of Routine Hoof Care
Figure 6-6: Charges for Hoof-Care Work, by Region
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Again this year, we are offering a reservation-only, five-course brunch on Sunday, May 10. Cost is just $32 (excluding beverage, tax, gratuity) for this menu:
- Bacon-Wrapped Smoked Dates
- Spring leaf Salad with Edible Flowers, topped with St Germain Vinaigrette
- Quiche Lorraine with Spinach & Leek Sauce
- Pork Tenderloin with a Strawberry-Rhubarb Compote, paired with Arugula Pesto Rice
- MamaLee's Sweet Potato Pie
Seatings take place from 10 am until 12:30 pm – tables fill up fast, so please contact us soon if you'd like to reserve your table 307.369.1378 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Of course, we will have MHB Bloody Marys, Iced Bellinis, Iced Mimosas, and more.
Easter Brunch
This year, we are presenting a reservation-only, five-course brunch on Sunday, April 5. Cost is just $30 (excluding beverage, tax, gratuity) for this menu:
- Traditional Southern Deviled Eggs
- Carrot-Ginger Soup
- Atlantic Shrimp Ravioli with Sauteed Lemon Asparagus
- Southern Scalloped Potatoes with Smoked Sweet Ham
- Coconut-Lemon Pound Cake with Lemon Curd
We will have seatings from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. – tables fill up fast, so please contact us ASAP if you'd like to reserve your spot (307.369.1378 or email@example.com). And of course, we will have MHB Bloody Marys, Iced Bellinis and Iced Mimosas, and maybe a few other surprises as well. Look forward to hearing from you!
Patio? Who said "Patio"?
It's the start of spring break. The weather should hit 70 degrees. Everyone is ready for some outside time. Ya know what? THE PATIO WILL BE OPEN THIS WEEKEND! Stop by after work for a cocktail and a bite, or stay for dinner! The heaters will be ready just in case… And rumor has it that Dameione is cooking up some specials (bourbon punch anyone?) for our patio-dwellers. Let's kick this season into gear!
From www.theculturetrip.com
"Mixing African, Caribbean and Cajun flavours together, the Morris House Bistro serves up low country cuisine in the great plains of Wyoming. Housed within the bungalow that once belonged to America's first female Justice of the Peace, the setting is both grand and elegant, yet welcoming at the same time. The menu is full of tasty treats including shrimps and grits, sweet peas and bacon, and filet of beef. For an extravagant meal bursting with tempting flavours, order the market street crab cakes to start and follow with the cold carrot garlic soup. For main course opt for the Atlantic shelf red snapper with a side of spicy fried okra and choose one of the desserts of the day for a sweet finish to a deliciously spicy meal."
You can see their entire listing of Cheyenne eateries by clicking here
Valentine's Day Prix Fixe Dinner
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Our waiting list for traditional seating times is lengthy, but we have a very limited number of seats available for a very late seating at 9:30 – 10:00 pm. Please contact us directly if you're interested.
- Pomegranate and mixed greens with a sugar cane vinaigrette
- Collard green fritters with warm bacon glaze
- Savory Herbed Cherry Soup
- Grilled Game Fish paired with a blood orange reduction and sauteed long beens
- Prosecco-Strawberry granite
- Grilled Filet cut with our Cherry Blend Tobacco Glaze with a rice puree with wild mushroom garnish
- Deconstructed chevre cheesecake with chocolate ganache and strawberry coulis
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~ Alas, Mardi Gras 2015 has come to an end, and so has the availability of this special menu. ~
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Morris House Bistro
Back on top!
Thanks everyone! We are once again the #1 restaurant in Cheyenne, according to Trip Advisor. We appreciate all the tremendous support y'all continue to give us. It may sound simple, but absolutely none of this is possible without the wonderful guests we have the honor of welcoming every week.
Working on a better plan…
While we work on a plan to streamline our reservation request and fulfillment system, please just call.
To request a reservation, please call 307-369-1378. If we aren't able to answer your call personally, please leave a message with all the particulars and we'll return your call as soon as possible.
Until further notice, we won't be able to accept reservation requests online via the website or via email. We're happy to field any other questions you have about special events, catering, and the like, but we won't be able to arrange dining reservations via email in any circumstance. Thanks for your patience while we develop a strategy that works best for everyone.
Thank you for your continued support.
-Morris House Bistro
We are limiting reservations, so if you are interested, please call or email us right away. We'll start at 10am and continue until around 1pm. Hope your hungry – here's the set menu for this five-course brunch:
- Dameione's Favorite Starter (he's not even telling me what it is!)
- Carrot Slaw Salad with Peaches & Creamy Bourbon Dressing
- MHB Biscuits & Homemade Sausage Gravy served with Cream-Style Eggs & Grilled Bacon Steak
- Prime Rib Grillades with Three-Cheese Grits
- Strawberry Bread Pudding with a Bourbon Huckleberry Sauce
We'll also have brunch drinks available to purchase – Mimosas, Peach Bellinis and Southern Bloody Marys…not to mention the new Frontier Kicker: Blackberry Mimosa with Jim Beam
The cost is only $30 per person – to reserve your table, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com or
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Grgich Hills Estate Wine Dinner ~ June 24, 2014
On Tuesday, June 24, we are proud to present a special Grgich Hills Estate Wine Dinner! If you've never had Grgich Hills, they are absolutely fantastic (and fairly hard to come by in Wyoming). Jacquiline Milburn of GHE is flying in to discuss each of the FIVE wines you will taste, and Dameione is pulling out all the stops for the food pairings that evening. Following an amuse bouche that's being planned, here's the rest of the menu:
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Grilled Lamb T-Bone with Strawberry Sauce, Paired with Roasted Carrots & Mint
Sautéed Blackberries with Molasses on Puff Pastry, Topped with Brie & Buttermilk Double-Whipped Cream
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- Zuppa alla Modenese: Our twist on the classic Italian soup – featuring a rich broth with mustard greens, parmigiano reggiano, & nutmeg
- Arancini: Rice ball with okra, alligator & fontina, served with a Carolina marinara
- Grapefruit, fennel & red onion salad, dressed with black olives, capers & a red wine vinaigrette
- White lasagna filled with blue crab, Atlantic shrimp & scallops, finished with an Asiago & Gorgonzola cream sauce
- Pineapple-prosecco sorbet
- Olive & cornbread encrusted smoked tenderloin of beef, served with a sautee of okra & fire-roasted tomatoes
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1/30/14 – We are overwhelmed by your positive response. The evening of February 14 is currently SOLD OUT. We're unable to accept any additional reservations, thank you.
Happy Holidays!
Let the holiday season begin! So, because of some craziness in reservations and parties already booked, this month we will only be able to take reservations over the phone (the online form will return at the end of the year). Tables are going fast for December – if you'd like to have a big party, a smaller celebration with friends or family, or a romantic dinner for two this month, we recommend that you call us sooner rather than later: 307.369.1378. Thanks!
What's up Thanksgiving weekend? Well, let me tell ya…
Thursday, Nov. 28: Closed – Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Friday, Nov. 29: Open for wine and starters, no dinner service (we call this the "Get Me Away From My Family" event) – very low-key, just a great chance to get out of the house and enjoy the Bistro.
Saturday, Nov. 30: IT'S BACK! Thanks to great input and support from all of you, we are again offering our special kick-off to the winter menu & holidays with a prix fixe seven-course dinner. We will post the menu tomorrow morning. Reservations are required for this event.
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Here's the plan for the special holiday prix fixe seven-course menu for Saturday, November 30:
1: Silky Chestnut Soup with Wild Mushroom Garnish
2: Savory Fried Artichoke Hearts with Cranberry Orange Aioli
3: Butterleaf & Radicchio Salad with Creamy Chevre & Sweet Cherry Vinaigrette, finished with Gingerbread Croutons
4: Grilled Herbed Sea Scallops with Semisweet Puree of Carrot, finished with Lemon Basil Infused Olive Oil
5: Cranberry & Ginger Sorbet
6: Allspice Short Rib with Traditional Creamy Corn Polenta
7: Eggnog Pot de Creme with MHB Peppermint Bark
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The menu may be subject to slight modifications.
Race For The Cure
The MHB team is so proud to be part of this year's Race for the Cure. Just a reminder to all participants to join us at the Bistro after the race to continue the celebration. To show our appreciation, please stop by for mini-mimosas and a light snack of fruit and homemade granola – our treat! We will start at 9am and be there until everything is gone. We truly look forward to seeing all of you!


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- By Joshua E. KeatingJoshua E. Keating is an associate editor at Foreign Policy.
If you're reading this, there's a pretty good chance that you're one of the weirdest people on Earth. Don't be insulted, though — most of your friends and acquaintances probably are too. Recent psychological research suggests that people from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic societies — WEIRD, for short — not only live differently from the vast majority of the world's population, but think differently too.
The unsettling realization for psychologists — the vast majority of whom are WEIRD themselves — is that they don't actually know much about how the rest of the world thinks. A recent study by Joseph Henrich, Steven Heine, and Ara Norenzayan at the University of British Columbia notes that in the top international journals in six fields of psychology from 2003 to 2007, 68 percent of subjects came from the United States — and a whopping 96 percent from Western, industrialized countries. In one journal, 67 percent of American subjects and 80 percent of non-American subjects were undergraduates in psychology courses.
Does this really matter? Aren't we all the same, after all? Not really, it turns out. WEIRDos tend to be more individualistic and more competitive than people from non-industrialized Asian and African societies. In tests measuring how groups of people work together, Westerners — and Americans in particular — are far more likely to look out for themselves. They even perceive space differently. When viewing the classic Müller-Lyer illusion (>–< vs. <–>), Americans are far more often and more easily fooled than Africans, possibly as a consequence of living in a world of concrete square angles rather than natural shapes.
But while undergrads in Wisconsin clearly perceive the world differently from Masai warriors or Vietnamese farmers, psychologists continue to make sweeping generalizations about how the human mind works. For example, the notion that choice is unquestionably a good thing is a very American idea, says Heine, "yet psychologists have traditionally assumed that everyone wants to go to Starbucks and choose one of 10,000 different permutations of coffee."
Of course, thanks to globalization, even poor countries are now getting exposure to the WEIRD world's culture of individualism (and getting their own Starbucks), but Heine doesn't see the gap narrowing. "American society is becoming more individualistic as well," he says. So don't worry, America: Your WEIRDness is still in a class of its own.
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I tried PureVideo again but for some reason it's just too dang choppy for MPEG-2 M2TS streams go figure that a software solution (Mainconcept) is more smooth lol!
Finally got Black Hawk Down encoded the way I want (first try it didn't detect the video as progressive >
and dropped my framerate from 23.976 to 19!!! Ugh chop-city - this is the reason I'm back to using DGIndex to verify that it's progressive), 39GB's down to 11.5GB's (AC3 only tho, no LPCM *tear*), now that's how you save space! Visually I could not tell the difference between the BR original and my re-encode. I <3 this. All I need now is a dual harpertown encoder box and I'll be in heaven hehe, using my main machine atm is teh sux.
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The city does not maintain the roads, and many residents can't afford expensive paving projects, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales said.
When we have dozens of miles of public space taken up by streets that predate the city s development rules, that the city can t maintain, we should allow neighborhoods the flexibility to create appropriate uses for these public spaces, Hales added.
Some residents have already taken the initiative to place garden plots, rest areas and other community uses in these public spaces. But those installations currently require permits.
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The city transportation bureau will be working with Portland State University students to gather input and assess how residents feel about using unimproved roads as shared community spaces.
The mayor's really excited to hear from residents on this, said Portland Bureau of Transportation spokesman Dylan Rivera. We hope they feel like it's an exciting opportunity to have the transportation bureau help them realize their visions for their neighborhoods.
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- Monday, Nov. 4, 6:30 to 8 p.m., East Portland Community Center, Poolside Room #1, 740 SE 106th Ave.
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I live on the Okeechobee waterway, Stuart, Fl...Last year the speed regulation signage changed from No Wake Manatee Zone to 25mph in marked channel. We rent dockage to local boaters and are usually pretty full, our neighbors do the same, and in all there is a concentration of about 30-35boats in a 500ft stretch of the waterway. The large sport fishing, and Motoryachts, slow down, but the 25' to 40' boats seem to slow down to 12-15knots and send rollers into the docks.
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String 30' sections of grey polypropylene line across the channel when 25-40' boats are approaching... :D
Yeah, but wrapping a line around the prop once or twice would probably cause them to slow WAY, WAY down....don'tcha think? :D
Buy an inflatable manatee and float it just below the surface. Folks'll slow down. ;)
I'd approach the elected officials at City Hall and take lots of video and ask them what were they thinking of when they changed the designation.
We have a similar problem. Talked to one of the local waterborne police about the idea of putting up our own "Manatee Zone - No Wake - 5mph" signs. The sympathetic gendarme said that while he couldn't give out any tickets, he wouldn't make us take down the signs.
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After the stress and turmoil of Hurricane Sandy, I am already looking forward to summer. (Is it too early to do that?) For now, though, I'll settle for having power, something that people in parts of New York and New Jersey aren't as fortunate to have. Perhaps we should all book a flight to visit the homie Radio Ramone in his hometown of Las Vegas, where temperatures are still in the 70's? Some may attribute the pleasant temps to the fact that Vegas is situated in the desert, but I think Ramone might have something to do with it. Just take one listen to album standout selection Kings and you might agree that the emcee's command on the mic is in part responsible for heating up Sin City. On Kings Ramone rips the The Avengers-produced track with a rugged and powerful delivery, which is paralleled nicely by M. Wonder's smooth, memorable hook. Dig this? Grab some sunscreen and ice cold lemonade and freely download your own copy of Cool Money Religion available via Audiomack.
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The 78m Malaysian registered ocean going landing craft the N.P. GLORY 4 chartered by the South African construction company Basil Read contracted to build an airstrip on St. Helena Island due for completion in 2016. This ship shuttles between Walvis Bay and the Island bringing all necessary equipment. Seen here making history as being the first ship to ever dock at Island, in this case at the Sheers in Ruperts to a makeshift jetty extending a little way from the shore. Loaded with 30 & 40 Ton Volvo articulated dump trucks, Caterpillar D9 & D6 Bulldozers.
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When mailing please remember to include a self addressed envelope (please do not use stamps on your envelope from the country that you are mailing from) and 2 US Dollars or Sterling/Euro Notes. No IRC's or Euro Coins - thank you.
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If I disappear from the air suddenly while in QSO or running a pileup it is because there has been a powercut. The Island's powerhouse (2 x 1 MW generators) is always dogged with problems.
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'Big Data' seems well on its way to becoming the next big bandwagon. However, in the scheme of things I think it's more like a Big Dead End.
Before saying why, let me first recognise where and how 'Big Data' is important.
Our society is transitioning from an 'old normal' of information scarcity to a 'new normal' where massive new data sets continue to come on stream. Just think of the volumes of data now being created in payments (the shift from cash to plastic to contactless and mobile payments systems), mobile (location data), online (search, click streams and the like), and even travel: just think how much data Oyster is collecting about Londoners' travel activities.
Clearly, there's tremendous value in mining these vast new data sets to identify trends and patterns, and in crunching different data sets together to find even more trends and patterns. All great stuff. No question.
So why claim that Big Data is actually a Big Dead End?
First, we need to beware the hype. To take just one example, Big Data does not mean that now "anything can be predicted". Yet that's what one breathless book – Super Crunchers by Ian Ayres – claimed a few years ago. That sort of hype really isn't helpful.
More important, Big Data is actually just a case of 'more of the same'. It fails to address the really big information challenges (and opportunities) that we now face. Let's unpick this a little.
Statistics and specifics
Big data is all about statistics: divining patterns and trends from large data sets. Statistics are incredibly powerful and useful for the way they challenge the assumptions and inferences naturally made by human minds – many of them faulty. As I said, that's great.
But if we look at the really big value gap faced by society nowadays, it's not the ability to crunch together vast amounts of data, but quite the opposite. It's the challenge of information logistics: of how to get exactly the right information to, and from, the right people in the right formats at the right time. This is about Very Small Data: discarding or leaving aside the 99.99% of information I don't need right now so that I can use the 0.01% of information that I do need as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Very Small Data is a different class of data to Big Data because it's about the specific content of different pieces of data – and the ability to sift this unique value from all the rest – even if it is to do something really boring and mundane such as get a local authority parking permit.
To get a parking permit, my local council tells me I need two proofs of address, a vehicle registration document, and a valid insurance certificate. All of them are highly specific bits of information. There are, for example, around 31 million cars on the road in the UK right now, but to get that parking permit the local authority is not interested in information about the other 30,999,999 cars: just the details of my one. And particular, specific information about my car needs to be linked to me personally, not the other 50 million people eligible to drive a car.
So there are two classes of data which help solve different types of problem. Big Data is statistical and deals with general trends and patterns; Very Small Data is specific and deals with getting things done: gathering the information needed to make a decision, to make an arrangement, or to get some administrative chore done. Because it's Very Small and rather mundane and specific, it doesn't seem as glamorous and important as Big Data. But it is.
In fact, this is where our economy's next big productivity breakthrough is going to come from: information logistics – getting exactly the right information to and from the right people at the right time so we can solve problems, make decisions, organise and implement things without wasting time and effort looking for the right data or sifting through and discarding the wrong data.
This is a massive operational and design challenge with only one real historical parallel: mass production. The explosion of wealth creation that defined the 20th century economy was the discovery of a highly efficient way to assemble multiple different components into products. Each product required its own set of components – and only those specific components (no more, no less). They, in turn, needed to be put together in the right order and in the right way. For this to happen, each product required its own carefully designed supply chain and assembly processes. Each assembly of components then came together to create a specific product which did a specific job. Once we had cracked this formula of 'mass production', there was no limit to the range of products we could make: fridges, cookers, microwaves, vacuum cleaners, cameras, radios, televisions, telephones, calculators, computers, motor cars, hedge trimmers, lawn mowers, hair dryers, light bulbs and so on ad infinitum.
Today, the truly gigantic economic opportunity is to do the same with information products – by which I mean the assembly and integration of many different, specific information components that are needed to get a specific job done such as renew a parking permit, or research the purchase of a new car (or fridge, or cooker), or organise a life event such as 'move home', or manage a life process such as 'manage my money'. Each one of these information jobs requires its own unique set of specific information components, which need to be assembled in the right way, and in the right order, to create a workable solution.
There are countless such putative information products out there – millions of them. But at the moment most are addressed in a highly inefficient, bespoke or DIY craft sort of way: made separately and painstakingly, one at a time. What we need for that next big breakthrough in productivity is the information logistics equivalent of the mass production assembly line: the infrastructure and supply chains necessary to bring the right information together in the right ways at the right times for the right people.
And, no matter how big, exciting and impressive Big Data is, that's one thing it cannot do because it is dealing with statistics, not specifics. Instead, all it really offers is more of the same: more data collection by the same entities leading to more data crunching. While the volumes of data now being generated may be unprecedented, Big Data is actually just a continuation of a very old trend, not something new.
The Big Blindspot
The second 'more of the same' thing about Big Data is its organisation-centric assumptions. In many (though not all) of its manifestations, Big Data is actually customer data: data about customer behaviour. This is something that organisations collect about their customers in order to do something like offer them a product or send them a message. It's all about helping organisations do more, more efficiently.
But if we think about the information logistics problems I've just mentioned, they don't only revolve around the specific needs of specific individuals (rather than general statistical trends of Big Data), they are highly personal. They're not only using personal data, they are helping the individual do something.
This is the Big Blindspot of organisation-centric thinking. It naturally assumes that all future improvement will come from helping the organisation do things better when, in fact, the biggest opportunities might lie elsewhere completely – in helping people as individuals to do things better via new types of person-centric service.
Helping people do things better locates the epicentre of new value creation outside the boundaries, and control, of the current organisational set-up. For many organisations (including those that are excited about Big Data) this doesn't (yet) compute. But that's just a function of out--dated assumptions. Once you start looking for the potential outside of the organisation-centric model, you can see it everywhere.
Big Data and Important Data
The third thing that's small about Big Data is that, even with the vast amounts of data it deals in, it's actually only skimming the surface of a deep sea of computation. There are more connections between the neurons in the brain of the average Joe than there are atoms in the universe (or so I am told). Big Data doesn't touch what's going on in peoples' heads – their motivations, their intentions, their goals, priorities and so on. All it does is collect after-the-event data about what they do once they turn these thoughts and feelings into actions – and then it's only those actions which register on some particular data gathering system.
So Big Data never goes to the source – the fountainhead of Really Big and Important Data: human beings and what they want to do right now, or plan to do in the future. Yet, thanks to all the technological revolutions that are going on right now, we are beginning to develop the ability to do just this. People are acquiring the ability to manage their own information, to input their own information and to share it with other people. This is creating an avalanche of Really Big and Important Data: Volunteered Personal Information – information about me, my priorities and circumstances and what I want to do right now.
It's this VPI that lies at the heart of all the information logistics problems we've just been talking about. Information logistics is driven by highly particularly specifications – the input of information about what a particular person needs and wants right now – rather than the post-hoc crunching of data that happens to have been collected. Using Big Data you can infer a motive or intention from a pattern, but that's never quite as good as getting the information direct from the horse's mouth.
VPI and its connection to information logistics is the Really really Big Data challenge facing our society right now. How to unleash the incredible riches of this massive data resource which, like the oil in the ground before the 20th century, has always been there but has remained inaccessible, out of reach, and untapped? This is not about data collection and crunching – its about data sharing, a completely different type of technology and infrastructure problem to the one addressed by Big Data.
Big Data or God Quest?
The fourth problem with big data is that it has a logical flaw in it. Big Data may be Very Big but it is still siloed. If you manage to collect all the location data in the world, it still misses entire universes of data dealing with other things such as transport, or purchases, or searches. And most of the data that's collected is not about the activities of the complete marketplace; only that data that can be collected by an individual company.
As Accenture point out in a recent article on Big Data, "No single organization has all of the data it needs to meet the demand for information services products; as a result, the ability to take your own information, combine it with other data and make it uniquely valuable via robust analytics will be critical to success."
The big question for any company entering the Big Data arena, Accenture concludes, is "Can we combine our data with information from others and then use sophisticated data analysis to create differentiated products?"
Ah! Please note how one of the first conclusions drawn by a proponent of Big Data is the Big Data you've got is not big enough. To really make it valuable, you need Even Bigger Data. This is a trap that CRM practitioners have already fallen into. The data you collect is useful. But it has holes which you need to fill. Which leads you to collect more data. But this data still has holes. So you need to collect even more data. Ad infinitum.
What this does is suck practitioners into a sort of God Quest: the quest for the perfect, complete and all-encompassing database: omniscience. This is not just a pipedream It's a potential black hole of time, money and resource fuelled - something to beware of, at least, and something which is avoided by the alternative route of improved information logistics.
Climbing to the Moon
The Big Data bandwagon is supposedly driven by 'evidence' – evidence that it delivers benefits yesterday's 'small data' failed to deliver. Trouble is, it's a misleading sort of evidence.
Imagine a world where every inch you got closer to the moon, you got rewarded. First, you climb the highest mountain. Then you start building skyscrapers, shouting all the while 'see, we're getting closer the moon. We have demonstrable evidence of success. Look at the rewards we are getting!'
But if you really want to get to the moon, you don't climb mountains and build skyscrapers. You build rockets. A completely different activity.
Big Data is a massive investment in building skyscrapers. It's well on its way to becoming organisations' next big displacement activity – investing huge amounts of time, money, resources and effort not addressing the biggest, most important opportunity.
Displacement activities of this sort are incredibly wasteful and damaging. By all means use big data sets for what they are good at – statistical analysis of trends. But don't bother trying to climb to the moon.
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This post expresses something I think is true and have been working on for some time. The truth may be that big data and the disciplines around it are one side of the coin. As such they have value and are needed to address a large class of problems. But the other side is equally if not more important.
One earlier example I come back to comes from "expert" or rule-based systems. We built systems that reacted to patterns - called "forward chaining" systems and some that instead worked backwards from rules and outcomes. Although each fit well for certain problem types a combination of the two was often what was needed to solve large and complex problems that were more general.
Something analogous might be right for data analysis and processing as well.
Liz Brandt
I have to say that I take a different perspective to William. I dont see so much the conflict but more the opportunity. For me both the Big Data and the precise data sit comfortably together both adding value to the other. I dont see this as a conflict but a challenge of focus: how do you focus on the need for the data to get it out there and make it useful, while also focusing on the ability to find the precise piece/s of data that unlocks even more value.
To do this do we need a shared new social / legal / market acceptance or is there more than one which will enable all aspects of value to be realized? Rule and Principles are absolutely essential as they will enable the trust in the 'system' but shared across diverse requirements seems a big ask.
William Heath
I guess there's a crunch or crossover point where bigscale statistical data is used to affect individual level outcomes: scoring for credit or insurance risk, marketing by subgroup. Or where individual level data is used to support a potentially valuable agenda that is rightly statistical rather than personal (cf the PM's recent announcement about health and education data in the wake of Tim Kelsey's work in Cabinet Office).
The different perspectives on this undoubtedly have the potential to lead to conflict.
It's quite a challenge to spell out the effectiveness/inefficiencies and the rights & wrongs of this. I know where I stand, but I dont see how we all reach a shared new social/legal/market acceptance of the right rules and principles.


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Gary Fountain
CAPITAL GAINS: Philippe Schmit's new French restaurant, PHILIPPE Restaurant and Lounge will feature casual modern French food. Photo taken at his former chef gig at bistro moderne.
And even though he's rejoining forces with Ludovic Poirier, who served as director of operations with him at bistro moderne, Schmit's PHILIPPE Restaurant and Lounge is going to blaze a new restaurant trail in Houston, the French chef said.
Set to open in early September in the same building that houses RDG + Bar Annie, PHILIPPE is being described as a casual modern French restaurant.
"It's taken a lot of patience and drive to get here, but the result will be my dream restaurant tailor-made for Houston. It's a passion project," Schmit stated in a press release.
Look for classic French techniques presented in unexpected ways; menus that champion simplicity and will appeal to diners across the spectrum.
PHILIPPE will be located at BLVD Place on Post Oak Boulevard and Ambassador Way, and will feature a two-story concept with a first floor lounge and a second floor dining room with kitchens and bars on both levels. Poirier will serve as director of operations.
We're already counting the days. Oh, and don't think we didn't notice that the chef is deliberately moving from lower-case (bistro moderne) to capital letters (PHILIPPE). We're expecting an upper-case experience, chef!