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Recent Rate: $35 6/2013
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Review Count: 95States Visited: 29Helpful Reviews: 2
Date of Stay: June, 2013 - $35.00
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New name is Seascape RV Park. Don't let the picture fool you, they are surrounded by a first class campground. This one is small, but on the same walking distance and the same beach of Pacific City. They have big pull throughs, 62 ft long, but just 18 ft width. Gravel/little grass. The back ups are filled with long stayers (older campers. Wi-Fi is free, not so fast. Cable was snowy. Very quiet day and night. Great for a couple of days and much cheaper than the neighbours. Good Sam discount. Needs a little TLC. When in the neighborhood, we will stay here again. We camped at Tomichi Village RV Park in a Fifth Wheel.
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Review Count: 5States Visited: 3Helpful Reviews: 0
Date of Stay: July, 2010 - $33.00
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I think the name for this RV park may have changed to Seascape RV Park, it has the same address and phone number. We had no problems with the people running the park. In fact the lady that posted such a negative review never even stayed here and I noticed the same type review on other sites, but again, she never stayed there, only bad-mouthed the RV park. The park was an older park but it was friendly to dogs and in a perfect spot, right across the road from Cape Kiwanda. Our family was having a reunion and it was the best way to bring our dogs. The bathrooms were rather old and the shower had a sign saying the price was $1.00 for guests and $2.00 for non-guests. We used our own shower. The bunny population was minimal and our dogs (miniature schnauzers) were attracted to them. There was a section to walk your dogs and a scooper provided to clean up after your dog. There was a playground area for kids but not many activities. There was a laundromat in the main building. We enjoyed The Pelican Pub & Brewery right across the road. The fireworks the night before July 4th were unbelievable. In fact when the professional ones started we had a hard time paying attention since we were so distracted by the "amateur" ones. The beach was very clean and we enjoyed exploring the tidal pools. We camped at Tomichi Village RV Park in a Travel Trailer.
Review Count: 6States Visited: 2Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: August, 2008 - $25.00
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I am a 34 year old female and this woman in charge of the RV park treated me the rudest and worst I have ever been treated! I tried to enter the park to take a look and get info. She stopped my husband and I along with our two young children both in strollers as we were just entering. She rudely told us to stop at the yellow line and not to pass it. This park is for registered guests only. My husband asked if she had any info on her park. She replied yes if we have openings. We asked repeatedly if we could get info to stay and she just repeated that the park was for registered guests and we could not pass the yellow line. We also asked if we could look at the park and she replied yes from behind the yellow line as if we were criminals. I guess this is a huge clue not to stay at this RV park unless you want to be treated like crap for asking for park info. We camped at Tomichi Village RV Park in a Motorhome.
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Date of Stay: February, 2008 - $25.00
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This small park is located directly next to the larger, more impressive, RV resort and campground. It's actually closer to the beach, and is definitely a lot quieter! It doesn't have any amenities, and the lower price reflects that. The park itself was clean, the long-term "leaseholders" were friendly, the Pacific City bunny rabbits are here too and are just a joy to watch and hand feed! There is a tiny 'playground,' really just one swing set. Paved roads, fairly level gravel spots. NO trees at all, although that may be due to storms earlier this season. On-site laundry with many machines, including double/triple and quadruple load washers, and dryers that really really work!! (And just 25 cents for a 10 minute dry cycle that got a load of laundry dry for me!) Two major complaints. The bathroom and shower were not evaluated, because they are always locked and available only during daytime hours: with permission of the owners. The reason, and I quote, "It is too much of a hassle to have to unlock them for someone, and to have to listen to people taking a shower, because they are attached to our home. Plus, it was a pain to have to clean them." Even if you have a self-contained motorhome, which I thankfully do, it is nice to sometimes be able to take a LONG hot shower in a stall with elbow room! Second complaint: the owners themselves. Actually, I guess there are just resident managers. The husband isn't so bad, he's kind of friendly and nice to talk to. But the wife: my goodness she is something else!!! She scampers around, every time someone drives in to the park to use the public laundry or just to "take a look," she is there questioning them. She cackles when she laughs, usually at inappropriate times. She is just plain RUDE to try to talk to, and says awful things about previous/current campers! I had spoken to her several times about staying here for a few months, and she was nice and friendly (although still quite odd). Then, when I arrived with my motorhome and my dogs, she became a totally different woman, practically screeching, "You didn't tell me you have dogs. Well, you better watch it!" I'm a grown, responsible woman. I've been a Registered Nurse for years, on many non-profit boards, I have lived in the "nicest" neighborhoods, etc. But, she treats everyone as though they have the potential to be either criminals or vagrants. She actually YELLED at me (from across the campground!) to "Stay out of other campsites!!!" when I chased a piece of litter (not even mine!) to pick it up from mere inches off the paved road to take it to the sole dumpster. She peeks inside that dumpster every time a camper places anything inside, as though to be sure she approves of what they have disposed of. When she walked me to my campsite (as though I couldn't find it myself, when this is a small place with no trees or hills, and each site is clearly marked), she stood in the center of the site, exactly in my blind spot and literally screamed direction to me! No wonder I ended up crooked!! (I later re-backed into the space, straight and about 15 feet further forward than she insisted I park!) For a "place to sleep" for a couple of nights, only yards from the beautiful Cape Kiwanda State Park beach, right on the 3 Capes Loop Scenic Byway, it's worth a stop. Just remember to NOT GIGGLE when the owner cackles like the Wicked Witch of the West!!! We camped at Tomichi Village RV Park in a Motorhome.
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By LIM CHIA YING
The gated and guarded community concept has been finally implemented for the residents of USJ 11/3 in Subang Jaya.
According to USJ 11/3 pro tem committee chairman Ng Peng Hin, the security scheme was launched last Saturday.
In addition to the security guards, boom gates, guardhouses and drum gates were put up at entry and exit roads of the neighbourhood.
Ng said the pro tem committee had obtained the consent of more than 70% of the residents staying in houses along the different roads of 11/3 to implement the gated and guarded concept.
"Right now, we have over 70% of households consenting to the scheme. We expect more to endorse it," Ng said during the launching ceremony at one of the guardhouses.
"The Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) has also informed us that it has no objection when we applied for permission to implement the scheme," he said.
There are six entry and exit roads leading into the neighbourhood.
Ng said two entry-exit roads would stay open round-the-clock for residents whose vehicles had stickers while visitors would have to register their names at the guardhouse.
Three entry-exit roads will only be open at designated hours, between 6am to 9am and between 5pm and 8pm.
He said the final entry-exit point at USJ 11/3C would be closed permanently.
Asked if this would go down well with the public and other neighbouring residents, Ng said the pro tem committee could not satisfy everyone.
"We are doing it for our own community due to the high crime rate here.
"As for parents who send and pick up their children from kindergartens in this neighbourhood, they will be given a service pass," Ng said.
"Newspaper vendors and mobile vegetable sellers are allowed to come in freely," he said.
Currently, each paying household contributes RM50 a month and is given three stickers to display on the cars.
The non-paying households are still given a sticker each.
Also present at the launch was Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh, USJ Residents Association vice-president Melvin Lee and several police officers.
Yeoh said in her speech that she hoped the residents would give their cooperation to the pro tem committee.
"A lot of hard work is involved to get this concept started. I've come across many disputes among residents associations that is hindering the progress of community efforts," she said.
Yeoh said she had also enclosed a letter of support for the pro tem committee in its application to the Registry of Societies (ROS) to be registered as a residents association.
Lee told those present about his personal traumatic experience as a victim of a break-in when his home was ransacked while he was away during the festive period.
"As a victim myself, I can personally relate to how traumatic the experience is when people break into your home," Lee said.
"This was why the USJ 5 community, where I am from, started our own patrolling and later paid security.
"Now it is an entirely enclosed neighbourhood," he said.
"I support this because it was initiated out of necessity. You must not wait for something to happen to you before you do something," Lee said.
"More than just gated and guarded, as residents, we should get closer, work together, know our neighbours better, and look out for each other," he said.
Meanwhile, business operators in the neighbourhood and residents from neighbouring areas have expressed unhappiness over the gated scheme.
A business owner, whose restaurant has been around for more than five years, said he had no objection to the concept but it should be implemented tactfully.
"I was not informed about this although I had been asking the committee over and again if the closure of roads will affect our business," he said.
"We are not condemning the scheme, just that as business operators, we should also be given due consideration.
"What I'm concerned now is the safety of road junctions, and that our customers take a longer route to come and eat. This would affect our business," he said.
A resident staying in neighbouring USJ 11/4 thinks that complaints will come sooner or later if things are not rectified as inconvenience is being caused.
Ng had said earlier that some exits had to be closed to control expenses of hiring patrolling guards.
"I'm aware of the objections because people like free-flow convenience.
"I hope everyone can be patient and understand the importance of security," he said.
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LONDON (CNI)--Finnish chemicals group Kemira said Friday it has agreed to sell its fine chemicals business to European venture capital company 3i for over Euro70m ($85m).
The fine chemicals business, which has production facilities in Kokkola, western Finland, had sales last year of about Euro50m. It employs about 170 people at three locations in Finland, Kokkola, Espoo and Helsinki.
Part of the Kemira's industrial chemicals division, the business produces fine chemicals for industrial uses, mostly for the agriculture and pharmaceutical businesses.
Kemira put the fine chemicals unit up for sale earlier this year after confirming that it was no longer considered a core business.
Its sale, which is subject to regulatory approval, is part of Kemira's strategy of focusing on four core businesses through organic growth and acquisitions. Kemira's growth areas are: pulp and paper chemicals, water treatment chemicals, industrial chemicals, and paints and coatings.
The strategy has also led to the sale, also announced today, of Kemira's engineering activities to PIC Engineering, part of the Swedish SWECO group.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan, and deputy governors S S Mundra and R Gandhi will address the employees of the central bank on Tuesday (August 19) to discuss and get a consensus on their restructuring plan amid growing opposition from various quarters.
The unions are strongly opposing the restructuring plans as it involves lateral hires and setting up a post of chief operating officer (COO) who may assume powers of a deputy governor.
A member of the RBI officers' association told dna, "We strongly oppose plans of an organisation revamp as it will hamper promotions, and one more officer almost in the rank of deputy governor will reduce the representation of RBI officers among the deputy governors. This is the first time there is so much of discontent within the organisation. We will not compromise on our stand of allowing outsiders to enter the rank and file of RBI."
RBI has four unions including officers and workmen with a membership of 17,000 employees. All the four unions come under the United Forum of RBI Officers and Employees. The executive directors, deputy governors and the RBI governor are not members of any of the unions.
Rajan is going to face a tough battle with unions, and the ministry, which, according to the unions, does not agree with the entire process.
If indeed Rajan is able to bring about the organisational changes, RBI may able to induct professionals like Nachiket Mor who can help the central bank in its financial inclusion plan. Mor was a senior banker with ICICI Bank before leaving the lender to work in the social sector.
The unions also allege that lateral hire to the post of chief general manager is also being contemplated, and it will hamper the promotions of the existing staff.
"The name of Prachi Mishra, a senior economist with the IMF who was also in the team of Raghuram Rajan when he was the chief economist, government of India before coming to RBI, is also doing the rounds," said a union member who did not wished to be quoted.
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Once again, this article, and that about the removal of funding from the Global Lead Advice and Support Service (GLASS) group, shows the inherent conflict of interest within our governments, state and federal.
All they can see is jobs and taxes and otherwise sources of income from the lead mining industry. And, of course, not having the gumption to take them on. It is far easier for them to bully their health and environment departments, that to do what is right!
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TDWI Research announced the release of its newest Best Practices Report, Data Visualization and Discovery for Better Business Decisions. This original, survey-based research focuses on how organizations can best use data visualization, visual analytics, and data discovery to enhance decision making, expand collaboration, and improve operational execution.
"Reports and scorecards aren't eye candy. Data visualization is critical to fulfilling widely held goals for expanding an organization's analytics culture and driving smarter decisions with data, not hunches," said David Stodder, author of the report. "Not every business intelligence user is a data scientist. It's important to apply the best practices we've learned to today's tools and technologies to make the best use of data and reduce an organization's time to insight," Stodder explains.
Data visualization can contribute significantly to the interpretation and sharing of insight from analytics so that even nontechnical subject matter experts can perform self-directed data discovery.
As this report points out, organizations should examine how they match visualization technologies and practices to user requirements. A key element of this strategy is data interaction—users need broad capabilities for manipulating data, from drill-down features to slice-and-dice functionality.
New technologies, such as the availability of geospatial information, are also making an impact. "Although using maps to enhance corporate data (and vice versa) is not yet widespread, organizations in a growing number of industries are interested in geospatial analysis in addition to their visualization repertoire," according to the report. Visual representations are also growing; witness the increasing popularity of infographics, for example.
Operational efficiency is the top benefit organizations seek from data visualization, according to the report. Stodder notes that "organizations seek to implement data visualization and discovery to reduce the time users lose when they have difficulty accessing, reporting, and analyzing data."
Data visualization technologies are popular—88% of those surveyed have implemented or intend to implement display, snapshot reporting, and/or scorecards, and 78% have or will implement visual data discovery and analysis.
About the Report:
This report is designed to accelerate users' understanding of how organizations can make effective use of data visualization technologies and gain a single version of the truth. The report includes real-world use cases to demonstrate how organizations are enjoying the benefits of visual discovery, from rapidly growing their business to improving insights and enhancing collaboration.
Report Highlights:
- Use: Data visualization is a vital centerpiece of an organization's performance management. According to survey analysis, organizations use data visualizations to define and measure key performance indicators and for monitoring activities and receiving alerts.
- Developers: In nearly two-thirds of organizations, IT personnel develop and deploy charts, graphs, maps, and other visualizations for users. Just over half (54%) of respondents said business analysts are the second most prevalent developers.
- Data sources: BI reporting and OLAP cubes, spreadsheets, and analytic databases are the most important data sources for visual analysis and data discovery. The physical location of data access for users' visual analysis and discovery is on a database or file on disk, according to 76% of respondents.
- Dashboards: TDWI Research finds that dashboards are not as ubiquitous as they might seem. Only half of survey respondents said that one-quarter or less of users in their organizations implement dashboards.
- Barriers: The greatest perceived barrier centers on whether employees have adequate knowledge and skills to make effective use of visualization and discovery tools.
This research was sponsored by Adaptive Planning, ADVIZOR Solutions, Esri, Pentaho, SAS, and Tableau Software.
About the Author
David Stodder is director of TDWI Research for business intelligence. He focuses on providing research-based insight and best practices for organizations implementing BI, analytics, performance management, data discovery, data visualization, and related technologies and methods. He is the author of TDWI Best Practices Reports on mobile BI, customer analytics in the age of social media, and BI/DW agility, as well as TDWI Checklist Reports on data discovery and information management. He has chaired TDWI conferences on BI and big data analytics. Stodder has provided thought leadership on BI, information management, and IT management for over two decades. He has served as vice president and research director with Ventana Research and was founding chief editor of Intelligent Enterprise, where he served as editorial director for nine years. You can reach him at dstodder(at)tdwi(dot)org, on Twitter @dbstodder, and on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/davidstodder.
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TDWI, a division of 1105 Media, Inc., is the premier provider of in-depth, high-quality education and research in the business intelligence and data warehousing industry. TDWI is dedicated to educating business and information technology professionals about the best practices, strategies, techniques, and tools required to successfully design, build, maintain, and enhance business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. TDWI also fosters the advancement of business intelligence and data warehousing research and contributes to knowledge transfer and the professional development of its members. TDWI offers a worldwide membership program, five major educational conferences, topical educational seminars, role-based training, on-site courses, certification, solution provider partnerships, an awards program for best practices, live Webinars, resourceful publications, and an in-depth research program. For more information, visit tdwi.org or follow us on Twitter @TDWI.
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If you are dating someone, which day do you use for your anniversary?
If you are in a relationship (not married, just dating), how do you determine your anniversary date? Do you go with the day that you first met? The day of your first date? The day you became exclusive?
Good spot for a blind date in SF near BART?
Good spot for a blind date in SF near BART? [more inside]
Help me get a second and third (and beyond) date!
What am I doing wrong on the first and second date? [more inside]
Magical DST Formula, or just funky math?
Please help explain why this formula works. [more inside]
How to go about asking sister's former friend on a date?
I come fellow MeFites to ask for dating advice today. It's like my back in time question in the past, only I actually know this girl and I didn't randomly see her through a 8th degree connection in a church somewhere, lol. [more inside]
Excel date arithmetic problem
MS Excel Question: If I have a column with a range of dates in it, is there a formula that will tell me how many years ago that date was from today? [more inside]
How do I modify this script so I can change the time also?
How can I modify this countdown script to be able to set the time, not just the date? [more inside]
Javascript if date within range
Javascript: If date is between date range, output this, else output this. [more inside]
Why the long Use By date on chicken?
I've read that raw chicken should be kept in the refrigerator for only 2 or 3 days before using. So why is the "Use By" date on the chicken sold at my local supermarket 6 days from now? [more inside]
date restaurants in san francisco?
Last minute date filter: Need a good restaurant in San Francisco for a couple of twenty-somethings. [more inside]
Where can we go, what can we do? London!!
What can I do this Saturday during the day and evening in London? Any ideas welcome, but looking for fun, lighthearted activities, or tips on cool places to stroll, eat, drink and chat. [more inside]
Hoes before bros?
Does "Hoes before bros" apply if the "Ho" is married? My married friend intruduced me to another single friend of hers and we hit it off. Married friend wants me not to go for the guy 'cos SHE has feelings for him. I say I can go for him 'cos she is married and all I want is to make out with him and see where it goes. [more inside]
How do I set the correct time on my Accurist watch?
I have an Accurist chronograph watch that I bought about 5 years ago and every so often it insists that the date is invalid and jumps forwards one month and one day. Before I dump it in the bin and buy a decent watch, can you help me set it correctly? [more inside]
Do guys really mean "just be friends?"
I'm in my early 20's and asked a guy in my cooking class to hang out via email. The guy said we could but added, "I want to be clear that if we do hang out it will only be as friends." Does this mean I am on the "would not hit it" list? An internet profile say's he's into girls, single and looking for "friendship."
How do I make an OpenOffice spreadsheet display a cell in bold if the date in the cell is in the past?
How do I make an OpenOffice spreadsheet display a cell in bold if the date in the cell is in the past? [more inside]
Help me talk to my wife
Conversation starters needed for married couple's date night. The wife is a bit introverted and needs some prodding to get a conversation started... if it doesn't include career, kids or family. [more inside]
Philly quick and fun activities?
new-to-Philly-filter: Casual, short dating activity--no food, coffee, or alcohol? [more inside]
Why does the posse show up on a date?
Why does she invite her ex or friends to everything we do? What's my next move? [more inside]
Ask me out, please.
I'm looking for ways to inspire my spouse to ask me out. [more inside]
My German car is ruining my perfect American Date
I would like to go to the drive in on a date in my Audi. The problem? The persistent beep that happens with the key engaged and the seatbelt unfastened. Help me conquer this inconvenience so I can get lucky in one of the classic American dating pastimes. [more inside]
What is the best paid dating website with ACTUAL results?
What is the best paid dating website with ACTUAL results? [more inside]
interpolating dates in SQL query
In a SQL query that returns totals by date, how to interpolate dates where there are no results? [more inside]
I'm just not into you.
Datingfilter: I went out on a date, in the end, I wasn't into the person. They're really into me. How do I let this person down without hurting them? [more inside]
Meeting Singles in NYC
What is the Best NYC Locations to Meet Singles? [more inside]
Fun date outings for a native NYCer?
Please suggest fun date outings in Manhattan for a transplant and a New York City native. [more inside]
three months of iCal data missing
iCal disaster. All records before a certain date are gone. This is true -- and the date in question is the same in each case -- for all my daily iCal backups over the last 30 days. I urgently need to recover these records if possible. [more inside]
Copy/Paste with File Time Intact
How do I copy a large number of files in Windows XP without changing the date created/modified? [more inside]
Now for a FarAway() function, and we can code up a fairytale!
How do I convert RSS feed timestamps to relative timestamps or "time ago", for example: "12 minutes ago?" [more inside]
Blogging from the future - forcing wordpress to show future dates
How can I get wordpress to show a post as though it had been published in the future? [more inside]
Club soda is a drink, too, isn't it?
Due to health reasons, I cannot drink alcohol. However, I still want to ask girls out for drinks because it's a good first date. What to do? [more inside]
Help me find an online reminder
I need an online reminder which will send me an email reminder for one task one 4 different dates: tomorrow, after 7 days, after 15 days and after 30 days. I tried Remember the Milk, but it seems it only works with one date.
What's the significance of a New Year's Eve date?
What's the significance of having a New Year's Eve date? Is it really the Big Deal I've been lead to believe it is, or is it more of a convenience come time for the midnight kiss? [more inside]
Just Say "No" to Merging
I'm freshly sprung on a new cutie. How do I take it slow? [more inside]
Is having a crush too much to expect?
Is it reasonable to not pursue 2nd dates unless you're infatuated? I've gone on several dates recently. While I've encountered several intelligent, nice, and not particularly ugly prospects, I haven't been thrilled, excited, infatuated, enamoured (and I'm certainly capable of that feeling). As a result, I haven't followed up. Is mine an immature or unrealistic expectation?
Parental Unit Date Night in Chicago?
My sister and brother-in-law moved to greater Chicago (Lake Forest) about a month ago with my 3-year-old niece. Need ideas for a night out for them when I go visit at Christmas. [more inside]
crazyblinddate is crazy, yes?
Does anyone have any experience with crazyblinddate.com, from the okcupid people? [more inside]
Right Place, Wrong Time
I have a set of dates/times in a MS SQL table that lack a timezone offset. I want to convert them to UTC, but I have to be mindful of Daylight Time for each of these dates (they're in the future). How can I convert them to UTC correctly? [more inside]
Fun date night for married couple
Got a fun 'date night' idea for a married couple? [more inside]
Coffee of DOOM
Ok, so I invited the girl I'm interested in to coffee... she said yes... we have a time... Help me make it not a total disaster. [more inside]
My Wordpress install is stuck in October
PHP/HTML/etc. gurus: A strange date-related glitch has me totally buffaloed. [more inside]
Laughing off a pear-shaped date
I had a date tonight, a first date, and my date didn't show up. How do I get across the message that it's not a problem? [more inside]
Please help me find things to do on dates in the Nyack, NY area
Please help me find things to do on dates in the Nyack, NY area [more inside]
Restaurant recommendation (Columbia, SC)?
Can you recommend a romantic restaurant in Columbia, SC for a birthday dinner-date? [more inside]
date things to due in Houston the weekend of September 14. [more inside]
I just want a good time...
DATETIME, TIMESTAMP, TIME, DATE. Which should I use for general-purpose date storage in a recent MySQL version? [more inside]
'Date Created' -> 'Date Modified'
I have Mac OS X, with its Unix underpinnings. I have a number of text files through which I did a search-and-replace. Unfortunately, that altered all of the timestamps on the files. I'm trying to restore things via the "Date Created" info. [more inside]
Why does laser toner have an expiry date?
Why does laser toner have an expiry date? My laser toner cartridge finally ran "dry" after 8 years of use (same cartridge) and the replacement refill that I purchased has an expiry date which is listed as a little over year from now. I also believe that most new cartridges also have an expiry date but since mine lasted for so long, I don't understand the purpose of having an expiry date.
So does this guy like me or what?
So how do I find out what this guy is thinking about me and our series of quasi-dates without actually, you know, having to ASK him. Am I missing something here? (Much more inside.) [more inside]
Wine and cheese date
Girl I've been dating for a while likes wine and she likes cheese. Therefore, wine+cheese+Metafilter=awesome date. [more inside]
Rare possible match (dating), but how to ask out?
AskingOutFilter: I've heard of a potential match from a third party.. how might I go about acquiring her contact details (or other info) in an uncreepy way? [more inside]


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Making Sense of #NoEstimates
A couple of years ago, the Twitter hashtag #NoEstimates appeared. Its purpose was to start a discussion about alternatives to estimations, but the idea of a project without explicit estimates is odd to most people in software development. However, if you start exploring it, you may find better sources of information to rely on.
Gil Zilberfeld
February 25, 2015
Does Agile Work outside Software?
People will ask, "Can you use agile outside software development? In real business, not just in software teams?" Most experienced agile practitioners will instinctively want to shout, "Yes! Of course!" But intuition apart, where is the evidence? Allan Kelly found some examples and shares how agile works in environments outside software.
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January 7, 2015
'Tis the Season for Annual Planning: How to Have a Jollier Experience This Year
One of the primary goals of annual planning is to translate aspirational strategic plans into realistic execution plans. Sadly, rather than delivering plans we can all feel good about and believe in, too often it leaves us depressed about the work ahead of us. This article shares five practical principles to remove the emotions associated with annual planning.
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December 17, 2014
Five Common Pitfalls When Organizations Neglect Agile Values
As agile development has erupted over the software landscape, its core philosophy often has been neglected as organizations hurry to implement cherry-picked practices in the name of pragmatism. By avoiding these five common pitfalls, companies can better realize the true benefits of agile: high productivity, great software quality, and happy customers.
Victor Szalvay
December 10, 2014
Team Assembly and Its Impact on Value and Innovation
Simply putting a handful of developers together and calling it a "team" doesn't cut it. There's a better, more analytical approach to team assembly that results in more cohesive teams, faster ramp-up times to peak velocity, and improved innovation, business outcomes, and value.
Michael Rosenbaum
November 19, 2014
Agile: Don't Worry, It's Natural
Although the idea of repeatedly exercising the full development lifecycle on smaller chunks of the requirements is newer to the software industry, it isn't at all new to many other aspects of life and nature. We have been agile practitioners for quite some time, and the software development industry is just catching up. John Ryskowski addresses a few examples.
John Ryskowski
October 22, 2014
Mitigating Team Hazards without a Typical Scrum Product Owner
A good product owner should be collaborative, responsible, authorized, committed, and knowledgeable. But what do you do if yours doesn't exemplify these characteristics? This article aims to showcase mitigation plans that can be effective for overcoming Scrum violations due to the fact that you're not working with a typical product owner.
Rajeev Gupta
October 15, 2014
Overcoming Resistance to an Agile Process Rollout
Many engineering leaders and agile coaches believe that transitioning to agile is simply a matter of process training and expert advice. But frequently, it means that deeply ingrained habits need to be changed. This article identifies eight steps that address the wider organizational shifts implied by agile and will help create buy-in from your team.
Jonathan Levene
October 8, 2014
Management Myth 33: We Need a Quick Fix or a Silver Bullet
A new approach to projects or a new tool is not a quick fix or a silver bullet. Too often, you have ingrained, systemic problems that require a cultural change. That doesn't mean a new approach or a new tool won't help. It can. But you also need to adjust the environment that caused the problems in the first place.
Johanna Rothman
September 16, 2014
How Women Can Help Build Better Agile Teams
The IT industry is dominated by men. But you shouldn't hire more women just to lessen the gender gap. The ultimate goal is better teams, and it just so happens that hiring more women tends to help build better teams anyway. Companies should reexamine what traits they value in job candidates.
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14.04.07 - By Miguel Velasco, Photos by David Martin Warr, DKP - Nikolay Valuev (46-1, 34 KOs) was given what I consider to be a raw decision tonight in Germany, losing by 12-round majority decision to challenger Ruslan Chagaev (23-0-1, 17 KOs), in a fight that Valuev appeared to easily dominate for the entire boxing bout. Aside from a few slow rounds at the beginning of the fight, when Valuev appeared to be getting warmed up, he turned it up a notch starting in the 3rd round, and controlled the action with his jab/right cross combination, easily outworking the shorter Chagaev the rest of the way. The judges, however, saw it different, awarding the majority decision to Chagaev by the scores 114-114, 117-111, and 115-113.
I personally had Valuev winning nine rounds to three, and cruising to an easy decision over the short Uzbek fighter, giving him a boxing lesson in the use of the jab in the process. In the first four rounds, Chagaev, rarely landed at all, and the few that he did land, were more of a desparate type. He was often wild with his punches, looking like a cross between Axel Schultz and Arthur Abraham, though not as skilled as either of them. As for his power, he really showed next to zero against Valuev, particularly in the early rounds when he was mostly moving from side to side along the ropes and trying to stay away from Valuev. Chagaev basically stayed completely away from Valuev for the first four rounds, which is why I gave the those rounds to Valuev.
In round five, Chagaev landed well, catching Valuev with a number of left hands, a lot of them coming consecutively. To me, it looked like Valuev was taking this round off, perhaps figuring that he had won the first four and that he could afford to ease off his smaller opponent. I gave this round to Chagaev, the first round that he did enough to win it on my scorecards.
In the 6th round, Valuev came out strong and landed a four right hands in the first minute, many of them catching Chagaev clean as he attempted to charge in on the inside and snapping his head back violently. As the round was nearing an end, Chagaev head butted Valuev on one of his many charging attacks. However, no cuts or blood resulted. Valuev finished the round with a right to the head and a hook to the midsection as the bell sounded. A clear round for Valuev.
In the 7th round, Chagaev connected well on the inside, beating Valuev to the punch repeatedly. With his shorter arms, Chagaev had the clear advantage when they got in close, and unfortunately for Valuev, he let Chagaev get inside way too often in this round. I gave this round to Chagaev.
In rounds 8-11, it was all Valuev with him retaking control of the fight and outworking Chagaev, mainly using his jab, mixed with an occasional right hand. Chagaev didn't help himself in these rounds due to his constant circling and staying near the ropes, where his posture was mostly that of a defensive fighter. He was able to land every now and then, but he wasn't taking the fight to Valuev, like challengers are supposed to and he was being badly outworked by Valuev in each of these rounds.
In the 12th round, Valuev looked and fought like he was completely exhausted, missing many of his punches and lumbering around in a kind of listless manner. Seeing how tired Valuev was, Chagaev was able to come forward for the first time in the fight and assume the offensive role. He landed a number of excellent left hands during this round, though nothing that I would consider a really powerful shot by any means. In the last 30 seconds, Valuev seemed to get some of his stamina back, as he was able to tag Chagaev with three rights with the clock running down, each of which snapped Chagaev's head back badly. However, Chagaev did enough in the round to win it due to his early work with his left hand.
There you have it, nine rounds to three for Valuev. I gave Chagaev the 5th, 7th and 12th rounds. In the other rounds, Chagaev was badly outworked and his constant running took away any chance he would have to win the fight. However, the German crowd was clearly for Chagaev, and it showed from the very start, as they screamed any time he threw a punch, and would be oddly silent whenever Valuev landed, which was often. I must say, I've never seen a challenger win a fight doing so little, like I did with Chagaev. It was as if the roles were upside down, with Chagaev the champion and poor Valuev the challenger, trying to press the attack on the reluctant champion. It was pitiful, just pitiful, almost a carbon copy of two other bad decisions I've seen coming from Germany in recent times with the Abraham-Miranda and the Maske-Hill fight, only this was even worse considering the lopsided scores that were awarded to Chagaev.
When I heard those scores, I knew that Valuev never really had a chance to begin with and nothing short of a knockout would have won it on this night. Just disgusting. I can't say much for Chagaev, not after this. Though, in fairness to him, I didn't think much of his skills before this fight, having seen him fight on several occasions against Sprott, John Ruiz and Rob Calloway. He mostly looks to be a journeyman type fighter to me, with little size, skills, power or hand speed. His nickname, "The White Tyson," I've always thought was made in jest, a joke on him, perhaps, one that he was slow to realize.
What's next for Chagaev? Well, I seriously doubt he'll be giving Valuev a rematch, probably knowing that he'd have a tough time getting lucky two times in a row with the judges' scoring. Seriously, I see him fighting mainly in Germany, being spoon fed easy opposition as long as possible, knowing that if Chagaev is matched up with a tough opponent in the top 10, someone like Rahman, Travis Walker, or Dimitrenko, he'd lose badly. Against someone like Wladimir Klitschko, forget it, Chagaev with his slow punches, short size and weak power, he'd be quickly obliterated in the first three rounds of the fight. So you can forget a unification bout because it isn't going to happen, especially with Wladimir Klitschko. That's my prediction. Naturally, they'll keep Chagaev matched up soft, allowing him to fight the bottom feeders in the division, that way he won't get his precious title taken from him immediately.
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Dates for the 2015 Jingle Cross
We are pleased to announce that the 2015 UCI Jingle Cross will be held December 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2015. We had to move to this weekend as our only option to avoid World Cup weekends and University of Iowa football conflicts. We will be adding even MORE Jingle Cross Overall Championship Jerseys to just about all USAC categories! So come to Iowa City and see why the everyone descends to the most unique cyclocross event in the world! It's the first and best Christmas party of the year! It's the Jingle Cross - Cyclocross Holiday-Style!
The following nine categories will have an Overall Champion with jersey presentation and top 3 called to the podium! Be sure to sign up for all 3 days!
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- Men 35+
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- Women Cat 3
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- We are working on adding a third day for Juniors and Women 35+ in order to offer an overall for them too...so stand by!
- Cat 2 M and Cat 2 W: A championship jersey for Cat 2 riders will not be offered. We recommend these riders race UCI for more accolades.
Registration for the 2015 UCI Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross will open in August 2015. More information will be up July 1st, 2015.
UCI staging is per UCI protocol: Points followed by randomization
The method to stage the USAC cross races is highly controversial. The biggest concern we all have is safety. Both the USACycling.com and cyclocrossresults.com ranking systems are good attempts at solving these important safety concerns. Both systems have great potential but have been equally praisied and criticized because regional biases are evident. We heard ll kinds of complaints when we prooposed using one system or the other. As a Midwest race, we are caught in the middle...literally. The bottom line is that people complain no matter what we do. We will keep you updated and continue to monitor the ranking systems as they mature and we praise the hard working individuals that are sending countless hours developing these systems. We do not like using order of registration either but it solved numerous problems including neutralized the two arguing parties over the two ranking systems. In the end, it worked satisfactorily and the top riders still made it to the front. Just as an FYI and not to imply it will be done again, here was our 2014 staging:
- Friday was by order of registration only.
- Saturday was by top 16 from Friday followed by order of registration
- Sunday was by top 16 from Saturday followed by order of registration.
- Exception: Juniors and Women's 35+ that did not race Friday was by order of registration for Saturday, Sunday was by top 16 from Saturday followed by order of registration.


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Not so very long ago Phuket was an undiscovered paradise, an Eden on the Andaman Sea. Today it's one of the world's most popular destinations, and while there are some remarkable resorts, that sense of Phuket as a remote escape is a thing of the past.
You don't have to go far to get that feeling back, though. Half an hour south from Phuket by speedboat is Racha Yai island, home to The Racha, a complex of seventy gleaming white modernist villas on a hillside above a soft sandy beach on a secluded cove.
There's little in the way of jungle island kitsch here — the interiors are as urbane as any city hotel, polished white surfaces positively sparkling, with crisp contemporary furnishings and dark wood accents. Each comes with a private terrace to enjoy the view of the bay (best seen at sunset) and an indoor-outdoor bathroom complete with open-air shower. The low-lying villas are a stone's throw from the pristine white sand beach, while those higher up the hill boast superior views and private plunge pools.
A palatial spa complex offers a bewildering array of treatments, and the dive center outfits and instructs guests in preparation for exploring the island's coral-reef fringe. Out here on Racha Yai there's no town center to explore — surely a selling point rather than a limitation — but the hotel's bar and two restaurants are more than up to the task, serving Thai and Italian cuisine in a stylish setting against the backdrop of the waters of Batok Bay.
Please note: To access the island where The Racha is located, clients must comply with a strict speedboat schedule. When booking, please contact Tablet Hotels Customer Service for information.
- Complimentary upgrade upon hotel check-in, based upon availability
- Spa voucher worth $50 US
- Complimentary fruit plate, refreshed during the course of stay
- Bottle of wine in room
- 70 Rooms
- Style: Modern Design
- Atmosphere: Quiet
- 21 Guest Reviews
- The Racha
- 42/12-13 Moo 5
- Rawai Muang, Phuket, Thailand
Hotel amenities and services
- 24 hour concierge
- 24 hour gym
- Babysitting (on request)
- Bar
- Beauty salon
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Boardroom
- Central air conditioning
- Free parking
- Free wi-fi
- Jacuzzi
- Lounge
- Multi-lingual staff
- No pets allowed
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Sauna
- Spa
- Yoga
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21 Guest Reviews
All reviews are from Tablet guests with verified stays.
- Simone
- Stayed October 2010
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
Food was amazing and surprisingly reasonably priced. The beach was lovely..beautiful White sand and turquoise water. Also, the staff were all very friendly. The resort was very well maintained. Finally, I loved all the little things they done like asking me to select a scent for the room, the gifts they left on our pillows when they'd prepared the room for sleeping
What the hotel could do better:
I would had preferred the restaurants to offer a lot more local cuisines. I found the menus to be very westernised at times.
The hotel charged service and tax for the price of the room and I wasn't aware that would be the case. Other Thai hotels I've stayed at did not so, our stay ended up bring fairly pricey.
- Nur
- Stayed May 2010
- Rating: Excellent
What I liked:
I have to leave another review as my previous review was not very satisfactory. I returned to the Racha with my extended family this June and was pleased to find a marked improvement in the quality of service. The Racha has lived up to its SLH and Tablet Hotel brands with its impeccable service. Notable service touch-points include warm welcome and briefing on the luxury speedboat, welcome drinks, daily F&B and spa vouchers, poolside service which include mist sprays and iced lollies.
We had a wonderful time at The Racha, relaxing in the pools and enjoying the lovely Batok Bay. The sunsets are amazing and there's lots to do to keep us out of the room. But when we get tired, the rooms are beautiful to return to. The men in our family also loved the in-house DVD system. For me, I love the lemongrass scented burner and sweet island-themed gifts at turndown service. We will be back The Racha!
Special thanks to Mr Gerard the GM too for making this a memorable stay for my parents, celebrating their 30th anniversary, thank you Sir!
What the hotel could do better:
Almost nothing, had a wonderful stay!
One small suggestion for famiies with small children: Perhaps you can have a small kids club where you offer sandcastle equipment for loan, some children activities and even babysitting service for when parents want to go for a trek or snorkel off the lovely beaches.
- Luqman
- Stayed May 2010
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
Stylish, quiet, great view, attention to details in the room (outdoor shower, ipod dock, turndown service).
What the hotel could do better:
While I loved The Racha, the hotel was obviously short-staffed. For both days, we received poor service at breakfast, with no one asking us if we wanted tea/coffee, in spite of there being not many other guests. Egg station was slow (only 1 staff), tables were cleared slowly, and there were flies and a dead cockcroach on the floor the second morning we were there. Only two staff serving the entire restaurant that morning, so we didnt blame them.
For the rest of the stay, service touch-points were also missing. No one offered us pool towels at the pool, pool lounges were not cleared promptly, and it takes us a long time to get any staff attention at the reception bar. This lack of customer service, esp at an SLH / Tablet Hotel, really let us down. Good thing the rest of the resort experience made up for it.
One other thing, we are Muslim guests and were quite disappointed that The Racha did not bother to separate the pork from the other meat items at breakfast (which we assume are halal since the island is a Muslim island). There were also alot of pork items (fried rice with pork etc) and so we didnt have a very pleasant time picking out what we could eat and what we couldnt. Therefore it would be tough for us to recommend this hotel to our friends from the Middle East.


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Lt. Curtis Wilson with the Richland County Sheriff's Department said 51-year-old Lyle Patrick Burnett entered a bank in the 9000 block of Two Notch Road just before 11 a.m. but something caused him to flee. Law enforcement was given an alert and initiated pursuit.
"We alerted agencies ahead of us, such as Irmo and Newberry, and alerted the S.C. Highway Patrol," Wilson said.
Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said his deputies were able to position themselves and secure I-26 to keep Burnett from leaving the highway.
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According to the NCSO, the section of I-26 westbound near S.C. 219 was closed so deputies could position themselves on exit ramps with tire deflation devices.
"The deputy closest to the suspect near S.C. Highway 773 correctly decided not to deploy the devices there due to heavy traffic at that time," Foster said.
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Loved it!
My husband and I stayed at the Holiday Inn Sunspree October 21 & 22 before we boarded the Carnival Conquest out of Galveston. I don't understand what people are complaining about. The hotel was very clean; the staff at the hotel and the bar was excellent. We didn't get the chance to swim in the pool, however, it was beautiful. I think that they should offer free shuttles to the pier and/or free continental breakfast like most of the other hotels here.
We can't wait to return to Galveston. We have been on 4 cruises and visited many islands and Galveston is our favorite. There is something for everyone here. The next time we travel it will be with our two young children to Galveston and we will be staying at the Holiday Inn Sunspree.
The nicest people, the best food and the best service are in Texas.
Not a Resort, even though it's in the name
After doing a lot of research online, we booked at the Holiday Inn Sunspree, even though we couldn't find any photos online because it is new. We were told we could have a smoking room, with a view, as high up as was available when we checked in, for $170 per night. Thinking it would have amenities like a resort and larger rooms, we booked it.
When we got there, a man in line ahead of me asked for room rates and was told $129. I asked if all rooms were the same, and they said yes, and after arguing with them about my rate, they changed it to $129. Then we found out that all smoking rooms are on the 2nd floor, so we had a view of the thatched roof building in front of the hotel and some of the beach across the highway.
It was clean though, and the breakfast room service was good, but the restaurant was not open for lunch and there was a very limited dinner menu.
For the price, we will go somewhere else next time.
Great hotel - best on the island!
Stayed at the hotel August 20 - 24. Beautiful property with really nice pool and bar. I do not understand the previous review as I was there at the same time and found the service and facilities excellent. I guess some people cant be pleased...
Property is gorgeous, views were unparallelled and the food was great. Best Hotel for the money on the island without doubt!
Can't wait to come back
I can't wait to get back to the Holiday Inn Sunspree in Galveston, Texas! My husband and I brought our son down to play at the beach. He's 2 years old and we wanted to stay in a family friendly enviornment. Imagine our surprise when we walked in to find "Krabby Korner", it's a small section of the lobby dedicated to children. They had Spongebob everywhere and a TV playing nickolodeon shows. The price was right for all they offered. A beautiful restaurant and of course kids eat free, Game room, gift shoppe, laundry facilities and I hear a billiard room! They even offered supervised kids activities.
The pool and swim up bar were incredible. A young man working the pool area greeted us almost immediatley and offered us towels. After a couple of tasty "adult bevrerages", we went back to our room put my son to sleep and just sat on the balcony enjoying the view. All of the rooms seem to face directly out to the Gulf and I think it is probably the nicest view on the Island (even over the San Luis).
It is a resort and I think that overall it lives up to the billing. Staff was extremley nice and really made friends with my son.
I recommend this resort to everyone and can't wait to come back.
Probably won't go back.
The service was extremely poor with the exception of the 2 girls at the front desk on Thursday and Friday. (8/19/05 & 8/20/05). The worst service was trying to get service from the poolside bar. It appeared the employees were pre-occupied with friends intead of the guest. We got tired of waiting for service and left. We had reservations for 4 nights. Stayed 1 night and cancelled the rest. In my opinion, this would be a $70-$90 per room motel
instead of $150 or higher. I was mislead thinking this was a better hotel than it really was. Waterfall in the pool over the bar was not impressive. This hotel
does however, have potential if the prices were lower, better service, & employees were friendlier.
Was not satisfied
We stayed here for 4 nights over the July 4th weekend. The room we were in was so HOT. I know it was not only our room because we talked to other people on our floor while we waited for the SLOW elevator. We noticed hot air blowing in from under the patio and front door so we rolled up towels and put under the doors. This helped. The doors had big gaps between the frame and weather stripping. We asked at the front desk for a fan but was told they didn't have any so we went and bought one ourselves. The view from the patio was limited to a small portion of the beach because of the business meeting building. The room was clean and nicely decorated.
The trash bin was an eye sore with all the trash piled up.
I did like the gated security parking lot.
The swim up pool bar was the best thing the hotel had to offer. I don't think I will stay at this hotel again.
Enjoyed our stay, a few problems
We stayed at the Sunspree for 4 nights, July 13 - July 17, and overall thought it was very nice. We had a first floor kids suite, which I thought was great. The kids had a small separate room with bunk beds, tv with DVD player & vcr, and I had a queen size bed in the main bedroom area. There was also a small table and two chairs, small fridge and coffeemaker. The first floor kids suites don't have a balcony or patio, so it was difficult at times to find places to hang all of our wet beach towels, but still would rather be on the first floor than above. The hotel only has one elevator, which isn't air conditioned, so whenever we went to an upper floor to get ice or to the fitness center, we had to wait a long time, and then ride in a hot elevator. If I had been on an upper floor, that would have driven me crazy. Anyway, the kids suite rate was avg. about $170 per night ($144 on weekdays, 188 on Fri/Sat), and the Hilton wanted $400 per night for their kids suite for the same time frame, so I thought it was a pretty good deal.
The pool and swimup bar were great, and the little restaurant by the pool was also good. The shrimp po'boy sandwich was very good. The service was slow during the week, but seemed much quicker on Saturday, looked like they had more wait staff on the weekend. We ate breakfast at the hotel restaurant (inside) every day, and it was good, and fairly reasonable. Not as cheap as McDonalds, but cheaper than Denny's.
It rained several times while we were there and the hotel roof leaked alot in the lobby area, making the marble floors very slick. I'm not sure that shiny slick marble tile was a good choice for the lobby of a beach hotel, but it was pretty. Also, I wished they had some kind of shower outside so people could wash off the sand before coming in, or at least out by the pool. The pool had a lot of sand in it. Maybe they'll add that later.
The fitness center had 2 treadmills and a bike, but I was the only one in there each time I went, so it was very nice.
Overall, the hotel is very pretty, and was a good value, I felt. I would stay there again, if I wanted a kids suite. We loved Galveston, enjoyed the beach (in between rainfalls), and really had a good time.
We'll go back to the Sunspree!
Just returned from Texas; spent 2 nights at the new Sunspree and can't wait to go back. The good:
1) all rooms face the gulf. The 2nd through 5th floors all have private, furnished balconies. (If you have a kids suite with the bunk beds you will be on the 1st floor with no balcony. You will face the parking lot or the pool.) The decor was very nice and certainly had an "island" feel. The bathrooms are beautiful, with large glass enclosed showers.
2) the pool is glorious. Approx. 3 to 4 feet in depth for the entire pool, so very safe for the kids. There is a swim-up bar, with 2 waterfalls and you can order drinks (of the alcoholic kind) and refreshments for the kids as well. I wouldn't suggest ordering food at the pool (see below).
3) food at the hotel restaurant is good, but slow (see below).
4) great access to the beach. Just cross the street, down the stairs, and you're there. It was certainly as nice a beach area as we saw anywhere on the island. Umbrella and chair rentals were available, and the surf was safe and fun.
5) had an evening movie at poolside which was a blast. Kids hung out in the water and watched "Spongebob" and we sat poolside with Pina Coladas. It was a wonderful last night there.
6) plenty of safe, secure parking behind the hotel.
7) the pool closed at 10:00 pm, so for those of us going to bed at that hour it was very quiet. In fact, even thought the pool bar area also opens streetside to non-hotel guests, it never disturbed us, even the night of the 4th of July. They play great island themed music, and the folks at the bar seemed to be having a great time. But never once did noise of any kind bother us.
The bad is simply: it's a new place, and had only been open a couple of weeks when we arrived. You might expect some glitches:
1) no ice in any ice machines the day we arrived. (Not too big a problem; we made ice in the in-room 'frig.) The ice machines had plenty of ice the next couple of days. Not a problem, just a glitch.
2) dumpster (and yes, I mean ONE dumpster) in the back was never emptied while we were there and bags, and bags, and bags of trash piled up in that area. I really think that was a glitch they were going to work out quickly.
3) food servers were lacking. The one we had was terrific, but he had to serve the entire restaurant. This is an example of why we avoid hotel restaurants. However, the food (breakfast) was good.
Long story longer, we will return to the Sunspree for 1)the wonderful rooms and balconies 2) the fabulous pool and bar and 3) the perfect location and affordable rate. Even with the glitches, it was a wonderful stay.
Major problems
We stayed at the Holiday Sunspree resort for 4 nights from June 30 - July 4. We went mainly for work reasons and was able to get the rooms for $80 a night which I know we should not complain, but one of our rooms was so HOT all the time we had to actually go purchase a fan just so we could sleep a little more comfortably. There were several other people either in the halls or at the front desk complaining of the heat. The elevators did not work at times during our stay, there were no phone books in the rooms, our closet door fell off the hinges several times and we had a room that only had a shower with the shower curtain too high so the entire bathroom floor got soaked everytime we showered. We reported all these problems (more than once) to the front desk and not one of them was taken care of. There is also no complimentary transportation as they indicate on their website.
In my opinion, the pool and swim up bar is the only thing going for this hotel.
Holiday Inn has a 100% satisfaction, but that is not honored at this location if you are paying a discounted rate. So in my opinion, even $80 a night is way too much to pay for a room that is so hot you can't sleep.
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12/9 – Foundational Series for Line Staff: Promoting Physically Safe Spaces
In this workshop, participants will learn how to spot safety hazards and make appropriate changes to keep youth safe; understand safety procedures for indoor and outdoor environments, such as fire drills, evacuations, field trips and travel, and inter-agency communication; and gain a better understanding of effective communication and emergency response systems with program stakeholders, including parents, agency headquarters, and if school-based, designated building administrators. Participants will review School Age Child Care (SACC) regulations related to safety and understand what their site's safety plan should include.
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