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One of our Four beautiful Sunset Beach Condos, The Seabreeze on Sunset Beach, to quote a recent guest, is "a cozy, comfortable, perfectly placed condo, right on the beach that we hope to return to soon." We offer many amenities that other rentals do not, such as snorkel gear, beach items, a seaside charcoal grill, even shampoo and coffee.
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Cheryl Wooden purchased this condo in 2008
The West End of St Croix has the calmest water and of course the BEST sunsets. St Croix's West End is very undeveloped but has everything you need and much of it is within walking distance to our condo. Of course being right on the Beach( 20 feet away) made our choice at Sunset Beach an easy one.
Enjoying Morning cups of coffee on the condo's gallery(porch) is probably the most relaxing time (Sunsets are a close second). Watching the shore birds or a pelican diving just feet away. Hummingbirds are abundant and visit our the feeders and flowers just feet away. You can walk the beach and find great shells and a variety of sea glass as well as coral and other marine items of interest. Some mornings you can watch the cruise ships dock at the pier in Frederiksted. You can walk to town in 12 minutes. A very relaxing (not many people) place to be.
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Sending me that web site from Sunset Beach Condos was the best thing you ever did! I contacted them last September and made arrangements to go down to St Croix Feb 5 thru Feb. 11. Which we did.
The place is awesome. Post card sunsets every night. Snorkeling right out the back door (literally - the beach is 20 feet away). Breakfast on the porch in the morning with the birds - then a walk on the beach looking for shells and sea glass. St. Croix is one of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and was purchased in 1917. Columbus discovered it on his second voyage to the new world. Only 23 miles long and mainly settled by the Dutch in the 1700's with sugar and cotton plantations. Much of the current population is descended from slaves. Largest town (and capitol) is Christiansted. Next town down is Fredericksted on the west end, which is where we stayed. A 12 minute walk on the beach into town from the condo - or a five minute Jeep ride. We rented a nice new Jeep Wrangler for the week. Came in handy getting lost in the rain forest. Both towns have cool forts to explore and we drove to the fartherest EAST point in the United States (and territories) - Point Udall. Beautiful beach and sea views. Everything down there is about half speed from up here. Which is great for a week. I should have stayed.
They were the consummate hosts, lots of emails and phone calls making sure things were just so. I would seriously consider going back - something I rarely do as there are so many undiscovered destinations.
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This was our fourth consecutive stay at the Seabreeze. The recent improvements and upgrades to the condo enhanced our enjoyment even more. We love the ability to walk right out of the condo for snorkeling. The location of the condo on the laid-back side of the island is most appealing to us--peaceful but accessible to restaurants, beach bars, food stores, and other attractions. We look forward to coming back again next year.
The Seabreeze Condo is my piece of heaven on earth!!!! This is our 4th year coming to our little pink condo. The condo is right on the water. I can't get enough of this place.. The owners Cheryl and Deb went far and beyond to make everything perfect for our stay. Their two of the sweetest ladies I've ever might. Pack light, all you need to bring is shorts,t-shirts and a bathing suit, They supply the rest. My husband and I are already planning our 2015 trip to our pink condo. Thank you Cheryl and
We had a great time staying at this wonderful condo right on the water.
The convenience of having your own beach, comfortable bed, cozy apartment and close proximity to one of the best beaches and restaurants on the island made Cheryl's place a perfect choice for us.
The rental unit was clean, consistent with the description, and had all kind of supplies that you would ever want.
We will certainly be renting it again and plan on spending more time on the Rainbow beach near Rhythms restaurant.
We stayed at Seabreeze from Sept 27-October 4, 2014. We really enjoyed our stay. The condo has everything you need to have a nice relaxing vacation. Cheryl did a great job making sure that our stay was as relaxing and enjoyable as possible. She checked in to see that we had everything we needed and provided advice on where to eat, snorkel and enjoy the island. The condo has most of the conveniences of home, a nice, comfortable bed, and a spectacular view of the Caribbean waters and the gorgeous sunset. This was our second time to St Croix, and we savored every moment. Given that our time was in the off season, we had less places to choose from to go out to eat. We enjoyed all the restaurants we tried on the West end including Rhythms at Rainbow Beach (convenient short walk), Pier 69, Turtle's Deli, and Polly's at the Pier. The snorkeling and diving in St Croix is spectacular! There is good snorkeling out front, but amazing snorkeling at the Frederiksted Pier, Tamarind, and Cane Bay. During our snorkels, we encountered multiple turtles, barracuda, a huge school of bait fish at the pier, a spotted eagle ray, an octopus, and many types of coral and fish. We dove with St Croix Ultimate Bluewater Advenventures (http://www.stcroixscuba.com/) and they took great care of us. We were even blessed to encounter wild dolphins during our surface interval at the three shallow wrecks at Butler Bay. The dives had a little bit of everything including a black tip reef shark, multiple turtles, rays, and healthy soft and hard corals. We hope to return again soon!
My husband and I enjoyed two weeks at this wonderful vacation rental. The Seabreeze was very clean and has pretty much everything you could need. We used the kitchen and enjoyed a peaceful breakfast on the deck everyday. The view was beautiful and the beach was amazing! The water was very calm and wonderful for snorkeling and swimming. We spotted an octopus, squid, rays and many colorful fish while snorkeling. The best spot to watch the sunset was right on our deck. We met Cheryl and she was very nice and made sure we had everything we needed during our stay. The only thing missing that would have made it even better was a washer and dryer. An additional note was that on Sundays in the afternoon the road directly behind the Seabreeze was a bit noisy with all the traffic driving up and down the waterfront. The cars stop driving the waterfront at sunset so it did not affect our sleep, it was just unexpected and noticeable in the afternoon. The location of the Seabreeze was superb. It is close to Fredricksted, the rain forest, Whim Plantation, Saint George Village Botanical Gardens, all of which were worth visiting, also the Cruzan Rum factory which is only a few extra miles away. We did a lot of scuba diving with N2theBlue dive shop downtown Fredricksted and would highly recommend them. We would happily stay at the Seabreeze again and would recommend it to anyone wanting to enjoy a lovely beach and beautiful sunsets.
Jenny and Mike
Our stay at the Seabreeze was fantastic, most comforting. Cheryl went above and beyond to make sure our stay was as pleasant as possible. Upon our arrival, on labor day weekend, we learned our credit card company denied our car rental because they classified St Croix as international, we had to wait until Tuesday, 9/2 , to get it resolved.Having no car to get food , Cheryl jumped in and took us food shopping. The condo was not only clean and comfortable, but many amenities were included, ie, snorkel gear. Cheryl was always available to answer any question we had and took a genuine interest in assuring our stay was what we expected. I would not hesitate to refer SeaBreeze to friends or family..
A short 15 minute drive from the airport our condo is just north of Frederiksted only 50 ft from the Ocean with nice snorkeling and swimming.. We are on the Islands West end which has the calmest water.. A short drive to the rain forest, horse back riding and light house hike or a 12 minute walk to town and the cruise ship pier and historic fort. The SeaBreeze is an easy walk to 2 beach bar/rest.s (Rythems at Rainbow beach)
Other Activities: Basketball court, Boating, Wildlife viewing, Shopping, Kayaking, Parasailing
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As of May 28, 2014, this shopping center is owned by Washington Prime Group, Inc. which is a publicly traded REIT (NYSE: WPG) that owns and manages 98 regional shopping centers & community lifestyle centers across the U.S.
Waterford Lakes Town Center offers easy access to popular stores, including Super Target, Bed, Bath & Beyond, ROSS Dress for Less, Best Buy and T.J. Maxx. Waterford Lakes is home to more than 100 specialty shops, a variety of restaurants, and ongoing entertainment in a park-like, open-air shopping environment. You'll find lakes, fountains, and lush landscaping throughout the center, providing you with a calm, welcoming shopping environment. Also, at this location, we have many exciting dining options from sit down places such as California Pizza Kitchen and Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant to grab and go choices such as Fresh To Order and Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Make your visit complete by taking in a movie at the Regal Cinemas 20 theater. Conveniently located off SR-408 at Alafaya Trail in East Orlando, Waterford Lakes serves the nearby communities of Orlando, Winter Park, Oviedo and Titusville. So, from the entire team at Waterford Lakes Town Center, we hope that you will visit us soon!FEATURED STORES
T.J. Maxx, Best Buy, Victoria's Secret, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Buckle, Sunglass Hut, Super Target, Massage Envy, Ulta Salon & Cosmetics
Wireless (Wi-Fi) Internet
We offer free wireless internet to our shoppers at this Simon mall. Any shopper with a Wi-Fi enabled laptop, tablet or smartphone can easily log onto the Wi-Fi network. All shoppers have to do is open their web browser or select "Simon WiFi" (the SSID name) from their available list of wireless networks to get to the Simon Malls Wi-Fi landing page. All shoppers that choose to use the Wi-Fi network at this mall must agree to Simon Wi-Fi Terms & Conditions of Use prior to using this free service. If there are any issues or questions, shoppers and tenants should contact the Wi-Fi network technical support hotline at (888) 726-5930 for assistance.
Foreign Currency Online Ordering with Travelex
Order your travel money online for convenient home delivery. Did you know that some Simon mall locations also include retail Travelex stores for your convenience. Travelex is the world's largest retail foreign currency exchange specialist, with over 1000 stores around the world. We can provide you with over 75 foreign currencies as well as a Cash Passport that can be pre-loaded with either Pounds or Euros and includes chip & PIN technology, a must when traveling in Europe. To get started, visit Travelex now.
Simon Giftcard®
Give the gift of shopping with a Simon Giftcard, available at the Property Management Office in denominations ranging from $20 to $500. There are no fees after purchase and the funds do not expire. The Simon Giftcard can be used anywhere Visa or American Express are accepted. See cardholder agreement for complete terms and conditions.
ATMs area available in the front parking lot area of Regal Cinema (Travelex ATM), at Chase Bank and Orlando Federal Credit Union.
Coca-Cola Vending
Thirsty for a Coke? Try a great Coca-Cola product from one of our Coca-Cola vending machines located throughout the center. Coca-Cola vending machines are located on property at the following locations:

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Faxes and Copies availabe at our Office Max ( 407-482-3242) and Fedex (407-658-9518) stores located in the town center. Fees apply. See store for details .
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The Simon Malls Mobile App can help you find your favorite stores, dining and entertainment options at the Simon Mall nearest you. You'll also be able to check out the latest deals and events available at your favorite mall right from your phone. And there are many more features designed to enhance your shopping experience including mall maps & gift card balance check. Download the free app from the App Store℠ for iOS powered devices or from Google Play™ for Android powered devices today. iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google Inc.
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Lost and Found assistance is available at the Property Management Office
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Escort visitors and tenants anytime upon request.

Plus, all Waterford Lakes Town Center Security Officers are trained in CPR and basic first aid.

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My son is a rocker. Long hair, tall and skinny, a bit on the pale side, and a beast with a guitar. He's only twelve, and as far as we know, he's steered clear of the, eh hem, unsavory things sometimes involved with rock and roll. But the issue of piercings has come up in conversation. "Not that I'd want to do it yet, but where do you think it would look best?" My goodness. Between panic attacks about what he's doing during a jam session and having to listen to Metallica speed-metal riffs blasting throughout the house, it's no wonder I'm going gray.
Anyway, to stomp out the conversation about piercing his eyebrow, I told him he was allergic to so many things that he's probably allergic to metal, too. That his eyebrow would burst open with blisters and he'd look like the Phantom of the Opera. That kind of squashed his enthusiasm--at least for now.
Do you have or know anyone with a metal allergy? I know it can be a real problem. As a jewelry maker and a jewelry wearer it's obviously a big problem, but some people can be so allergic they react to basic things like soil, cement, ocean water, and leather, let alone zippers, buttons, and dental fillings! I'm sure it's a constant pain in the ***.
After making the "your skin will bubble like a pizza" comment to my son, I actually got curious and read up a little on metal allergies. I was surprised to learn that it's right behind poison ivy as a culprit to contact dermatitis, so it's more common than I thought. Nickel and cobalt are among the most common problem makers, and they are found in just about all of the metal beads and findings readily available to beaders.
Where does he get it?
Take note:
So what to do? I'm not a doctor (nor play one on TV), but here are some tips that might help:
Do you have any other tips for metal allergy-suffering Beading Daily readers? Write in! In the meantime, I better go downstairs and yell for the bazillionth time, "TURN IT DOWWWN!"
Jean Campbell writes about beading and life every Wednesday on Beading Daily. If you have comments or questions for Jean, please post them on the website. Thanks!
There are so many posts here about allergies. I too suffer from metal allergies. I wanted to tell you about the success I found with a jewelry coating. I used to use clear nail polish to coat my jewelry but it would chip off soon after. I bought this coating off the internet for 60$ for one bottle. One is supposed to coat all of the jewelry you own. I tried it on my earrings, etc and it is amazing. I haven't suffered from any reactions and it has been months since I coated it. It is a Japanese product but they can ship anywhere. Here is their website: www.glassskin.net
Good luck everyone! And I hope this works for you as well as it did for me.
Or you could try something new and different that doesn't have metal like my adjustable crocheted ladder ribbon necklaces: www.cjscrochetednecklaces.com
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You CAN and WILL do it! My Weight Watchers® leader is always saying we CAN and WILL do it! It has become my mantra to achieving my goals. Every time I achieve a milestone it is reinforced. Every time my self esteem dwindles it helps me realize my worth. When I fail it makes me pick myself back up and try again. Those six tiny words have great meaning. Let's examine this phrase in depth.
You - You have the control over your life and your goals. No one can keep you from succeeding except yourself. You choose your own path in life. You choose how you are going to feel. No one can make you feel anything. You can look at things positively or negatively. It is your choice. You decide how you will react in situations. Don't waste your time blaming others, you are responsible for you!
CAN - You have the ability to succeed! Ask yourself, what is holding you back? If it is lack of knowledge then do your research, study and learn how to accomplish your task. If your own feelings of self worth are in your way examine why you think you can't. Have faith in yourself. Surround yourself with positive people and influences. Find the support from others to gain the feeling of confidence. Read this blog, it has many articles to give you motivation and knowledge on how to achieve your goals to a happier and healthier lifestyle. Find the tools you need to make it happen. This could be joining a support group like Weight Watchers® or merely buying a scale or a pedometer to track your progress. You do have the ability to succeed.
And - Now you know you have the ability but it also takes action.
WILL - Visualize yourself as being successful. Think of yourself as already achieving your goals. See yourself as being thin and healthy. Have faith and believe. "I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." Matthew 17:20
Do - It takes action! How are you going to achieve your goal? What steps do you have to take in order to be successful? You must be active and exercise. You must eat a healthy diet. You cannot sit back and do nothing and expect results. It takes work. You must actively pursue your goals. Keep them in mind when you go to a restaurant to eat. Make healthy choices at the grocery store. Make time available to plan and track your progress. Stop making excuses!
It - Only two letters but probably the most important of all. Name it; write it down! You must see your target to reach it. Create both short term and long term realistic goals. Do not think you will achieve success overnight. Your goals must be realistic. What is your motivation? Why do you want to achieve success? What will be the benefits to you once you have achieved your goals? List them and keep them where you can easily reference them as you need motivation. Give yourself the motivation and define your goals, IT.
When I was managing other people I realized I could give my employees the tools and the knowledge but without the motivation to do a good job my employees could not succeed. Although I have talked about goals of weight loss and living a healthy lifestyle, these six little words hold true to all of your goals in life. Have faith. You CAN and WILL do it!
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Mac Medic (firstname.lastname@example.com) Jul 7, 2009 10:50 PM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to theycallmefreddyMonitor your CPU and memory usage in your Activity Monitor. If some process is using excessive amounts of CPU power and/or your memory is getting low, this could slow things down.
Also, how full is your hard drive?
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theycallmefreddy Jul 7, 2009 11:01 PM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to Mac Medic (firstname.lastname@example.com)I have actually started using the Activity Monitor since I posted. I have 326.1GB free of the 465.8GB total available on the drive.
BrerBear Jul 8, 2009 9:48 AM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to theycallmefreddyDo you have the 500 GB 7200 RPM drive option? If so you may be experiencing the hard drive lag:
theycallmefreddy Jul 8, 2009 12:45 PM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to BrerBearI broke down and called Apple. They said the the noise I am hearing is just the drive head parking. They are looking into it further because they think the drive is parking while I am using it, causing the lag. I will update when I hear more.
lindemeyer Jul 8, 2009 12:59 PM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to theycallmefreddyseems i have the same problem on a brand new mbp 13".
it lags in safari and when i play movies, i get the beachball thing for some seconds and the its all back to normal.
i get the same problem when i move the mbp around not very fast and i hear some sound from the harddrive but i can´t say what it is.
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mightyjlr Jul 8, 2009 1:59 PM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to theycallmefreddyI have the same problem on a brand new Unibody 17". I have the 500GB 5400RPM hard drive and 4GB of RAM. With the hangs and the lag this computer feels SIGNIFICANTLY slower than my previous ~2.5 year old 17" MacBook Pro which had a 160GB 7200 RPM hard drive. Unfortunately I dropped that computer and it broke, otherwise I would return this and go back to using my old one. The hanging happens constantly and really affects my use of the computer. Videos stutter and don't play smoothly and safari hangs for a few seconds all the time. What could be causing this? If the performance of this hd is so bad I'm going to go out and buy an SSD... I really don't think the hd is the problem though. I hope this issue gets resolved soon.
theycallmefreddy Jul 8, 2009 2:48 PM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to lindemeyerI know the sound my drive is making is the sound of the head parking as to save power. The only problem is my MBP is parking when it shouldn't be. Again, I'll respond when I hear back from the Apple folks.
mightyjlr Jul 8, 2009 6:14 PM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to theycallmefreddyI don't hear the sound you're talking about. I did an xbench test and got these results:
Disk Test 45.02
Sequential 78.38
Uncached Write 116.13 71.30 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 56.44 31.94 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 58.22 17.04 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 132.81 66.75 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 31.58
Uncached Write 12.04 1.27 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 67.10 21.48 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 54.23 0.38 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 97.61 18.11 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Are these numbers normal? Even as I was writing this post Safari hung for 10 seconds with the beach ball. I'm leaving to go out of the country tomorrow for work for 10 days and using this computer is close to unbearable. Ugh.
theycallmefreddy Jul 8, 2009 11:33 PM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to mightyjlrI'm not sure If those numbers are correct. Are you running the current 10.5.7? I did more research and found out that the noise I am hearing is in fact the drive going to "Sleep" and parking the heads. I also found it mostly parks when its moved, to prevent damage to the disk. When your computer lags does it happen when your using it at a desk or when you have it in your lap? Personally I am waiting for Apple to get back to me but I find that if I keep it on a desk more often than not it works without the lag. What drive do you have?
R_H Jul 9, 2009 12:21 AM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to theycallmefreddyYES! Finally a thread on this. I've been experiencing this on my uMBP 17 since I got it in early 2009. At first I thought it was the 500GB 7200 Seagate drive, but I still have these pauses even after I swapped in a Hitachi 500GB 5400 HDD.
It's really infuriating. Sometimes it's just a few apps, sometimes it's the entire system, including the clock in the Menu Bar. Had it to the Genius bar where they ran hardware tests, but they found nothing.
There's something squirrelly about these new MBPs. Could it be the nVidia chipsets?
Whatever it is, Apple, you need to fix this ASAP!
mightyjlr Jul 9, 2009 12:51 AM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to theycallmefreddyIt happens whether or not I'm on a plug or battery power. I have the Hitachi 500 GB 5400 RPM drive. I have just installed Windows 7 with Boot Camp and in 4 hours of use there is absolutely no lag or any of the problems I am experiencing with OSX... this is the first Mac I've had with any problem like this and I switched in 2001 with the Ti PowerBook. I think it must be a software problem at this point.
R_H Jul 9, 2009 11:54 AM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to mightyjlrPart of my backup routine includes making a clone of the drive. When I run this exact clone on my older 15" 2.33 GHz MBP, it doesn't have any issues with pausing, hiccups or freezing. In many ways, it seems faster than this new MBP.
I don't think it's the OS, it's got to be the hardware.
bliekp Jul 9, 2009 12:45 PM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to theycallmefreddyI have the exact same issues with the latest 15" model. Drives me nuts. Somehow it is not so bad though the last week or so.... (knocks on wood..)
Here is my thread, created in the 'old macbook' by accident: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9795272#9795272
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Gabberwocky Jul 11, 2009 1:23 AM
Re: New 17" MBP Hangs in response to theycallmefreddyGot the exact same problem on my MBP : iTunes is playing away when I hear "grind grind grind" - 3 writing to disk grinds, repeated while the beach ball spins for a while - and the music STOPS; the grind is like the sound that tells PC owners they need more RAM to handle Vista. I've got 2.someodd Gigs of RAM in the MBP, but I'm using the MB because the hang is just too horrendous on my MBP!! Considering the # of people with this issue, lets hope we can get a troubleshooting process for this one. I just uninstalled PostGreSQL8 and I guess am going to uninstall other back-end stuff until I find out what the deevil is using my MBP to grind coffee beans. Kindof a pain because I need to demonstrate a new Drupal site to a client over the weekend.
Thanks in advance for any help or ideas. I'll let y'all know if I find a back-end culprit.


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First we had to negotiate ourselves out of the car park and into the Aires car park, which we did with much miming and sign language, our French not being as good as our poor German. Clermont-Ferrand, we discovered, is Michelin tyre city. The head office and an enormous factory were situated just next to our camp spot. Set off by tram into Clemont-Ferrand town to find a dentist to mend my broken tooth. After extremely helpful staff at Tourist Info ...
One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure
... like they might cause trouble at any moment. We were invited to join games of soccer and table tennis and we fit right in at the local summer festival, Sable Show.
Our apartment was on the ground floor and the windows opened to Place St. Joseph's weekly farmers' market. Passersby would peek in and say hello or comment on our "bel appartement'. The friends Caleb made would knock on the glass to see if he could come out to play. We established a ...
Tennis Anyone
... of soccer. We used a real ball - boy it is hard to kick and stop a shot. A lot bigger than the ball Caleb and I are used to using. Caleb and Christine then went over for a final visit and ping pong with the group at Kassim's complex. For the third time we had our salmon wrapped fish dinner. Still awesome. Mmm.... Got mostly packed up for our next ...
Museum Trip and Sandball Tournament
Caleb went on an outing with 10 or so other kids to the Museum Le Coq. He learned about minerals, birds and lots more. It was organized by the Sable Show people. Evening time was Sandball for the adults. A guy was wearing a Montreal Canadians T-shirt sober named our team The Canadians!!! Sandball consists of teams if five and you throw a small rubber ball back and forth and shoot on a big net with a goalie. You get one point for a ...
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By Simon Williams
Norton AntiVirus, if not the first, was one of the very early anti-malware products and, as a core part of Symantec's software portfolio, Norton Internet Security is still one of the leading applications in the Internet Security Suites field.
Norton Internet Security 2012 offers anti-virus, identity protection, parental control and system rescue. There's a software firewall and spam and phishing prevention, too. Installation is reasonably painless, though it wouldn't proceed until we'd uninstalled Iolo's System Mechanic, so if you value that maintenance software (other utilities we weren't running might also prove incompatible), you'll need to look outside of Norton Internet Security 2012 for your internet security.
The clash appears to be down to the SONAR 4 Behavioural Protection, which looks for suspicious behaviour by processes on you PC and, if it finds enough evidence, prevents those processes taking place. Other legitimate software which works behind the scenes can be confused with malicious programs, so is best not run alongside Norton Internet Security 2012 and the SONAR engine.
The main interface of Norton Internet Security 2012 has had an overhaul and continues to be very easy to use. The most popular options – Scan, LiveUpdate and Advanced settings – have been given more prominence and setting screens are mainly devoted to slide switches, which are very easy to work with.
See also: Group test: what's the best security software?
There's a useful performance display which shows CPU and memory usage by Norton and other processes and a timeline of threat detections and resolutions. This is the kind of feedback few other IS products offer, but it's a shame the Norton window can't be pushed up to full screen. Things like these graphs and the global malware activity map are little more than window dressing – the map is too small to identify specific places.
Another irritation is that scans aren't represented with a progress meter, so it's hard to tell how long they're likely to take. But our tests show Norton IS 2012 runs fast. The 50GB file scan took 27:08, but that was for 175,621 files, giving an average scan rate of 108 files per second. This is the fastest we've recorded on this test, though by default the program tested 10 times as many files as its rivals, which may be over-exhaustive.
Symantec claims Norton IS 2012 has a smaller footprint than before and this is born out by our copy tests. With the program running in the background, the 1GB copy took 50 secs, close to the other IS suites we've looked at recently. With a scan running, it took 1:15, pretty much in the middle of the times taken by its competitors.
AV-Test evaluated the latest engine and scored it 14.5/18; a very good score. Breaking that down, Norton scored 5.5/6 for protection, missing only 2 percent of all the malware thrown at it in two months, while it also scored well above the industry average at repairing infected systems, gaining 5/6.
It dropped to 4/6 in usability, mainly due to a few false positives. In comparison with Norton 360, you don't get backup and restore, nor PC tuneup, so you should consider whether you need those functions before saving around £10 by going for Norton Internet Security. Visit: Security Advisor
Norton Internet Security 2012 is probably the best known of all Internet Security products and Symantec has stood the test of time by constantly improving its product with useful extras, both in its core engine and in the way it reports what it has been up to. The latest version is commendably light on resources and does what it sets out to do quickly and efficiently.


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The Sewell Minideck USB to DVI/VGA display adapter is like an external video card you connect to your system, adding an extra monitor (supporting native resolutions of screens up to 24") to your desktop through a single USB port.
Once you have multiple monitors connected to your computer system, you will be able to use them in 'extended desktop mode' which means you can use all screens like one contiguous screen, or 'mirror mode' which shows the same image on both screens at all times.
Resolution Improvements From Past Models
The main improvement from past models is its new resolution capabilities. The Minideck can support up to 1920 x 1200 (native 24" resolution), 1920 x 1080 (1080p: Full HD for HDTVs), and 2048 x 1152.
How This Works
Installation is as easy as using the included CD to install the DisplayLink driver (or downloading the driver if you have a Mac), and connecting the USB and video cables.
Every Minideck comes with a DVI to VGA adapter so you can use a VGA monitor, and a DVI to HDMI adapter so you can go straight to your HDTV with beautiful 1080p. This is possible due to the Minideck's DVI-I (Analog and Digital integrated video) output. You will also need a separate audio cable to run from your computer to your TV's RCA audio inputs if you are planning on watching video with sound.
You can connect up to 6 Minidecks to your system to connect up to six displays to your computer. You can set screens to 'mirror mode' or 'extended desktop mode.'
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In a lapse from its usual weekly practice of publishing something really good and interesting, Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture today posted a brief and insubstantial piece by the lamentable Daniel Peterson:
The good news, though, is that his negligible little essay constitutes the "Introduction" to the fourth (4th) volume of Interpreter, and thus, in the system followed by the folks at The Interpreter Foundation, signifies that the publication of Volume 5 will commence a week from today.
That's no small achievement for an undertaking that began only on 3 August 2012, with a budget of precisely $0.00.
Volume four will be available very soon in various digital formats and for print on demand. And did you know that there are also audio versions of Interpreter articles?


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A new book titled "Billabong Boy" has just been released. It is the story of Arron Wood and the things he overcame to become Australia's leader in environmental education for children.
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On the 1st of June in South Korea governments gave the go ahead for the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
As another World Environment (5th June) has come and gone what can you do? Give nature a voice!
This week we show you the biggest freshwater eel you have ever seen. We have added more important pages from the old site, including the dissection of a Bluespotted Flathead. Many of the fieldwork pages have also been added. We are working flat out because Rebecca, our champion web helper is only with us until the end of June!
Mark McGrouther,
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11 Jun 2010
After a few wrong turns and a call to the school office I finally arrived at Deniliquin South Public School.
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10 Jun 2010
Just a short drive on a long straight road north of Deniliquin I arrived at Conargo Public School.
Bunnaloo Public school was the next stop on my regional NSW trip. Travelling through the Riverina Bunnaloo is about 60knm west of Deniliquin.
We're using it for business, we've found it useful in the classroom, we've followed Twitter streams at conferences. Can we use Twitter as an audience research tool?
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10 Jun 2010
Is there a place for museums and Wikipedia? Yes, according to the British Museum.
Day 5 of my regional NSW trip has brought me to Buronga Public School on the mighty Murray River across the river from Mildura.
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MANILA, Philippines—There is no need for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to flock to the "tent city" outside the Philippine consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, amid the approaching crackdown against migrant laborers without work permits, Vice President Jejomar Binay said on Friday.
"You don't need to go there just so you can be helped by our consulate. It's enough that you get in touch with the authorities and submit the necessary documents they are asking," Binay, who is also presidential adviser on OFW affairs, said in a statement.
The crackdown operations began on March 8, following the implementation of the "Saudization" policy (nitaqat), which required Saudi private firms to allot job slots to Saudi nationals. On April 6, however, the Saudi government delayed the deportations of displaced and undocumented workers for three months.
Many OFWs, however, were apprehensive about not being able to leave Saudi Arabia in time and have camped outside the consulate to demand their immediate repatriation. A few even brought along their children.
Binay said the consulate already had several dialogues with the camped OFWs and that consular officials just needed to look into each of the cases individually to enable them to provide the appropriate assistance.
"They are separating those with problems and those without problems. Those without problems [in their work papers] were told by the consulate not to worry but still they are insistent in being repatriated as soon as possible," he added.
The Vice President said the consulate, which has already received information from 703 of the campers, was preparing a matrix showing the names, passport number, iqama number, information about their employers and other necessary information for submission to the Saudi foreign ministry.
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A senior executive, who had previously brought a suit against his former employer in 2012, has filed a new case seeking a court declaration that Article 12 of the Constitution which guarantees all persons equal protection of the law will also apply to gay men. Article 12(2) currently states that "…there shall be no discrimination against citizens of Singapore on the ground only of religion, race, descent or place of birth in any law…"
Last year, Wee Kim San Lawrence Bernard brought a suit against his former employer Robinsons, a well-known chain store in Singapore, alleging he was harassed into leaving his job because he is gay and discriminated against on the grounds of his sexual orientation.
Today, Wee, who is represented by human rights lawyer M Ravi, made an application to the High Court for a declaration that the Constitution of Singapore prohibits discrimination against homosexual men on account of their sexual orientation in the course of employment.
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Secularism, priorities, Islam, and Waleed Aly
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What follows here after some introductory paragraphs repeats almost verbatim a post that I published over on my personal blog back in 2007. Now, my thinking has moved on a little bit since then, and you will see a slightly different formulation and emphasis in Freedom of Religion and the Secular State: I am less enthusiastic, for example, about the word "religionist" than I once was, and I would no longer be so quick to dismiss the word "Islamophobia" as merely stupid (I discuss the issue of "Islamophobia" in the book). But what I have to say in the 2007 post, responding to some views of Australian moderate/liberal (I guess) Muslim author Waleed Aly, still strikes me as about right and as fairly clear. Aly questions why we should want a separation of church (or mosque) and state, and is sceptical that there is any basis for such a principle in modern democracies. Should we agree with him?
In developing his views, Aly uses arguments that should, I think, cause us concern. But reflection on this also raises more general questions about the priorities and motivations of secularists. In researching Freedom of Religion and the Secular State, I was struck by how many supporters of a church/state separation do not share my suspicion of using state power to enforce religious morality. For me, this is a priority – indeed, a higher priority than some other concerns that perhaps are clearer examples of church/state entanglement but are less oppressive (I have in mind, for example, the established churches of Europe). For some of us, at least, the greatest fear in contemporary circumstances is not that we will be required to put up with or take part in religious ceremonies and the like; rather, it is that politicians who are able to command electoral support will bring their religions' doctrines, particularly those doctrines relating to canons of conduct, to the table of ordinary politics, and attempt to impose them on an unwilling minority.
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"Sometimes I live in the country,
Sometimes I live in the town;
Sometimes I get a great notion
To jump in the river ... an' drown."
Good Night Irene --- Ledbetter & Lomax
(Performed once by the Grateful Dead, 12/31/83)
This quote from a song begins Kesey's classic and provides the title of his book. The central character in the work could be said to be the river the Wakonda Auga that flows down from the Cascades to meet the Pacific Ocean in Oregon. The setting is 1950s Oregon in a small logging town on the coast. It is said we write best about things we know and this is what Kesey knew best -- perhaps not this little fictional logging town but others like it and the detail he goes into makes this very evident, from the descriptions of native flora and fauna to the endless rain of Oregon winters to the honking of great masses of Canadian geese migrating south so loud they allow no sleep. Then again the central character could be Hank Stamper, Lee Stamper or the father of the whole Stamper brood, Henry. Or perhaps just the damn Stampers in general who have put the whole town out of the logging business with a strike-breaking contract that is to be fulfilled with only the Stamper clan.
I first read this book when I was 18 and have just reread it at the age of 53. It is amazing what the perspective of age can bring to a work of this breadth and magnitude. Back then I knew this was a great work but I couldn't really appreciate what it was about. Now I have more of a handle but not one hundred percent comprehension. I think that would come from a college professor or serious NY Times literary critic. By no means is it a perfect work. It was only Kesey's second book and one wonders how the editors at Viking could have left such devices as Kesey's blatant recapping of the plot in the middle of the book,in case the reader has missed his very subtle hints of an incestuous relationship. Another annoying literary device is his switching between his characters first person point-of-view without even a double spacing between paragraphs. Yet these things do not take away from the greatness of this work. They merely lend it eccentric hints.
There are several plot lines going on here. The one that makes this an American classic of the 1900s is that of the rugged individualist (Henry Stamper) and his "Never Give An Inch" attitude toward life. He works hard and plays hard and is larger than life and knows his business of logging, a very dangerous profession. This time period of the 1950s is when unions were perhaps at their peak strength and were striking for a six hour work day for eight hours of pay. Henry Stamper sees his opening and signs a contract to provide logs to the main West Coast timber industry corporation, fictionally named Wakonda Pacific instead of the great robber barron timber corporations that raped that part of the world. Anyone who has, as I have in Mendocino County, walked through a clear-cut knows how the land is trashed. This has the effect of putting all his neighbors and friends out of work and is creating some really harsh conditions for his family. His son Hank, the All-America athlete in everything in high school (and the strongest son-of-a-bitch in the county) sums up the the family attitude to a union official who challenges him on his ethics and relationships and loyalties to his friends and neighbors: "Listen... listen to me Mister. I'm just as concerned as the next guy, just as loyal. But if...the Woodworker's Union or anybody-- gets into it with me, then I'm for me! When the chips are down, I'm my own patriot. I don't give a goddam the other guy is my own brother..." Draeger (the union official) smiled sadly. "And what of self-sacrifice. If you really believed what you say about yourself... you would be in for some pretty selfish loyalty--" "Call it whatever you want, that's the way I intend to play it. You can tell my good friends and neighbors Hank Stamper is as heartless as a stone if you want. You can tell them I care just as much about them as they did about me..." This is a timeless theme and central to the core of our hearts and souls and Kesey has his finger right on the pulse of it all in this book.
Another theme is brother against brother. Lee is the wayward son who left with his elitist mother who wanted no part of the Stamper mentality and wanted her son to be educated at an Ivy league school. As a child Lee has seen his mother being diddled by his half-brother Hank through a knothole between their rooms and has carried around his rage all these years. When the Stampers need another of their own to fulfill the contract they ask him to come help out. With thoughts of revenge, he readily accepts and works hard and eventually ends up diddling Hank's wife while his brother watches from a knothole in the adjacent room, the same one he used to use.
So these are the three central themes. The suspense builds as various dramas leave the Stampers shorthanded and working against the winter rains to fulfill their contract. There are of course many other side characters of small-town life along the way and Kesey paints them in eloquently with his words. All through this drama the Wakonda Auga river runs through it. This is a great work of fiction by an American author who wrote too few books, much as Jerry Garcia sang too few songs. Put it on your list of books to read. You'll be glad you did.
Most people know this is Kesey's most critically acclaimed, seminal work. It is my holiday read but looks as if I'll finish it as quickly as the author of the forward did.
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"Look... Reality is greater than the sum of it's parts, also a damn site holier. And the lives of such stuff as dreams are made of may be rounded with a sleep but they are not tied neatly with a red bow. Truth doesn't run on time like a commuter train, though time may run on truth. And The Scenes Gone By an The Scenes To Come flow blending together in the sea-green deep while Now spreads in circles on the surface. So don't sweat it. For focus simply move a few inches back or forward. And once more...look"
Awesome! Kesey wrote this in 1964, well after experimenting with acid. He didn't write another thing for 20 years and never achieved the greatness of this book. A cliche, I know, but this is one of the most important works of an American author in that century.
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I really loved this memoir of a young woman hiking the Pacific Crest Trial alone. She's not a Deadhead, but maybe similar in spirit. She does mention hearing of Jerry's passing during the hike and attending a memorial. And to think I have a backpack in my closet I only used once about 10 years ago.....:(
into some things, and perhaps not enough into others. And altogether too many street signs. Wish I had time for books, too.
Tom Clancy in all his slow-paced, ascerbic bestas Jack Harris.
I guess you could say my New Year's resolution was to finish all the books I've started and put down over the years. Somehow I'm able to pick up a book after not reading it for an extended period of time and instantly recall everything that's gone on. Anyway, my current task is finishing "The Iliad," which I put down back in '05. It's a hefty read, though, and has been tough to get through as my time to read is limited (my wife and I are expecting our first little bundle of joy and future Deadhead).
As for whether or not I'd recommend "The Iliad," that's a definite YES. While it's extremely dated as a topical story, it's a mesmerizing read and is thoroughly captivating to the imagination. My only regret is not having the time to sit down and finish it all in one sitting.
Manzanar, very important book.
Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston was seven years old when her family was rounded up and shipped off to the Manzanar internment camp in California for the duration of WWII. This fall semester, I'll be teaching this text in a developmental writing class, along with March to Freedom by Edith Singer, who was sixteen years old when her family was rounded up and shipped off to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during WWII.


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Dandis doesnt sell Iranian books because Iranians don't speak Arabic - they speak Farsi.
If selected for publication, it will appear as soon as possible on Haaretz.com.
The title is the "Jerusalem International Book Fair." For years, the emphasis was justifiably placed on Jerusalem. What better place to hold a book fair than the eternal capital of the People of the Book? The fact that other peoples consider Jerusalem their Holy Grail (like Muslims, for whom the Koran defines the Jews as the "People of the Book") has not hindered the fair's success: It merely provided a background for fascinating arguments throughout the 23 years of the fair's history, and a consensus that there is no place for violence when people are discussing books.
The fair's international flavor is expressed by booths presenting books of foreign publishers, manned by the staff of the importers, Steimatzky and Academon. Some national collective stands depend on the participating countries' enthusiasm (variable). Everyone talks about books. People come to see books, and they come because of books.
Talking about books appears to be apolitical. Politics are restrained in official ceremonies: Shimon Peres quotes Jerusalem Prize winner Leszek Kolakowski's "Conversations with the Devil" and suggests that Jerusalem should be saved from the devil by means of books. In a taped address, the prize winner himself speaks of the difference between patriotism and ethnic hatred, and the need to delegitimize hatred.
Politics are more apparent in the daily life of the fair, in words and in deeds: Israeli and Palestinian literati and filmmakers, Arabs and Jews, meet south of Jerusalem at Tantur (an ecumenical institute) "to talk about it." That's what one does at international meetings: Listen to things that are sometimes hard to hear, and talk about it.
One booth in Arabic
There is one booth of books in Arabic at the fair, representing the Dandis Bookshop in Hebron. Sameh Dandis, the son of the owner, smiles graciously as he mans the booth. The family store in Hebron features 23,000 titles, he explains, most of them printed in Arab nations. In the last year and a half, the family firm has been prevented from importing books printed in Syria and Lebanon.
"Who prevents it?" I ask. "They," he answers, forming quotation marks with his fingers. They do not import books from Iran, he quips, because, "there aren't any."
Hebrew University faculty members buy books from Dandis. When the firm exhibited in Ramallah, two years ago, the aisles in front of its booth were full. Dandis is disappointed by a lack of buyers in Jerusalem, despite larger attendance at the fair than in previous years.
A month and a half ago, the shop lacked a permit to attend the fair. "Who wouldn't give you a permit?" I ask. "You," he smiles. On the first night of the fair, he slept in the hotel next to Binyanei Ha'uma (officially the Jerusalem International Convention Center). On the second night, he slept in his home in Hebron to avoid growing accustomed to comfort. On the return trip to Jerusalem, on Tuesday, he waited at the roadblock for a few hours, but finally arrived. I bought two English-language books from him, both printed in Egypt. One features animals in the Koran, who tell their own stories, and the other presents the contented testimonies of Western women who have converted to Islam. I paid NIS 28.
A French journey
What blurs the lines between Jerusalem, internationalism and the books is the fact that it is a "fair."
A fair is a colorful, happy place in which many things happen, all at once. The books, the politics and the ceremonies are the fair's showcase. The fair, and the many fairs within the fair, take place simultaneously. You're lucky to get a piece of the action. If not, you may never know that the fair took place, even if you were nearby. For example, Jean Rouaud, author of the book "Fields of Glory" (published in Hebrew by Hasifria Hahadasha), was interviewed by Michal Govrin before an audience of Francophones and Francophiles in the literary coffee shop located between two flights of stairs in Binyanei Ha'uma.
Govrin, who heroically interviewed and translated in French and Hebrew, begins with Rouaud's book, in which he returned to his parents' home, a village subjected to two world wars. At first, it appears to be a story about the "major" history of the war and the "minor" history of the village, something which Govrin readily identifies with from her Jewish perspective.
It quickly becomes clear that this is a practical, cultural and political matter. Rouaud says that, next year, he and his friend Michel Leuvrey intend to bring the major French book and film festival Etonnants Voyageurs (Fantastic Voyagers) to Tel Aviv. The festival, which began in Saint-Malo and continued in a variety of locations around the world, is an international celebration of books that depict journeys, in the literal and figurative senses of the word.
Why Tel Aviv? Because Rouaud and his friend protest the French anti-Semitism concealed behind attacks against the State of Israel. They say that by displaying their concern and fondness for Israel, they are confronting a trend in their nation, as writers should.
Who will these fantastic writers come to, in Tel Aviv? To those who live in Tel Aviv and speak Hebrew, or to those who have difficulty coming to Tel Aviv and do not speak Hebrew on a daily basis? If they want to come, they will. If they don't - Who? Them? Us? - they won't come.
Schulim Vogelmann of Florence will be there. He is the son of a publishing family, born in 1978. He completed Jewish day school, in Florence, with the eight other last students to attend the school. Then, he decided to search for his Jewish roots. He came to Israel, studied Hebrew, became a citizen, completed abbreviated service in the Israel Defense Forces, made friends and returned to run the family publishing house, La Giuntina.
The Vogelmanns have already published Italian translations of Haim Be'er's "The Pure Element of Time" and Yehoshua Kenaz's "The Great Woman of the Dreams" and Benny Barbash's "My First Sony." Avirama Golan's "The Ravens" is currently being translated.
Kenaz, Barbash and Golan attended the launch party of Schulim Vogelmann's autobiographical book, "Mentre la citta' bruciava" (While the City Burned). Vogelmann wrote the book in honor of the grandfather he never knew, who always said that when he wrote his autobiography, it would begin with "I was born in a train car while the city burned."
Late at night in the bar
The truly important fair is the one seen only by editors and young publishers from around the world who attend the fair in the context of a program that is virtually hidden to the wider public. Here, they meet, talk shop, exchange texts and details in a relaxed atmosphere. Late at night, in the American Colony hotel bar, publishers Heloise d'Ormesson and Gilles Solal-Cohan, who are a couple, speak passionately to Jonathan Burnham (of HarperCollins, New York) about Spanish writer Lucia Echeverria, whom they publish in French. Their enthusiasm is not derived from a desire to sell - they don't own world rights to the book.
Burnham's recent $1 million plus purchase of Jonathan Littlell's book about a Nazi soldier, written in first person, rocked the publishing industry. Littell's agent, Andrew Nurnberg, passes by as they speak. Passion and millions of dollars were the subjects of the editors' and young publishers' seminar, which was held yesterday.
Martin Levin, who began working as a publisher in 1950, and left to work on the legal aspect of mergers in this field, told the young editors about his own mistakes: He refused to bet on Ian Fleming in a timely fashion (because who would bet on a dead author?) and on Martha Stewart (because she was merely his lawyer's wife, who wanted to publish a coffee-table book about food and lifestyle). On the other hand, after Erica Jong's "Fear of Flying" failed in an edition whose cover carried only her name and the title, he published the book with the zipper on the cover.
Larry Kirschbaum spoke of his errors. He was not too anxious to publish Madonna's book, and agreed to publish a book by O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, who discovered God some time after she signed the contract and before the book was released. As a result of her new piety, the book lacked some of the anticipated juice.
Kirschbaum spoke about a world subject to the threat of militarism. (In his view, this derives from Islamic fundamentalists, and Israel and the Western world are unfortunately being dragged along.) He advised young publishers to hang on to their passion and belief in books - not for the sake of profit, but to assure the publication of what they believe to be worthy titles.
Outreach to young editors and publishers is the most important aspect of the fair, and it does not make headlines. If something comes out of these efforts, it will only be witnessed in a number of years. Thus, it is important to find a way to involve Israeli publishers in this project, and not just for the sake of meeting obligations. If young publishers from abroad continue to come here only to experience Israel and meet among themselves (they can also do the latter abroad), Hebrew books will not gain what they could from the fair.
The entire fair is based on passion: As long as the fair's director, Zev Birger, who was justifiably greeted by applause at every opportunity, continues to be enthusiastic, the fair will exist as a showcase for booths and books (which in some cases were a necessary pretense). Birger, 80, should live to be 120, in his serene, charming manner. But without profound thought regarding long-term planning, while public budgets continue to dwindle, this fair may take a different path.
Fantastic voyagers will continue to come, and books will continue to be released. But the nature of fairs is to come into town, make people happy and leave. We will remember how lovely and important this fair was only when the next one appears - if at all.


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A federal administrative law judge in Baltimore has given preliminary approval to a $6.6 million settlement for more than 570 current and former Social Security Administration employees with disabilities.
Feds Open New Data Center In Western Maryland
The Social Security Administration is opening a new national data center near Frederick.
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