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Historical Traveler Reviews NH Carlton Amsterdam
Above Average European Hotel
I personally enjoyed the Hotel Jolly Ccarlton! From the minute I checked in the staff was courteous and proffesinal. I found the rate on line for $92.00 U.S. dolars in July at the last minute. I had been traveling around Europe so I expeienced some very small and bad hotel rooms. When I walked into my room at the Hotel Jolly Carlton I was suprised to see a nice size room with 2 double beds , a table with 2 chairs and a nice view of the street below. The bathroom was very nice with hair dryer, marble shower, with lots of bath soaps. The hotel is perfectly located right in the middle of the city (next to the flower market) and tram stations half a block away. I did not eat in the hotel because the menus were a bit pricey, but just outside the hotel you have a selection of 20 resteraunts. The next time I am in Amsterdam this is where I want to stay. I hope this review is helpful to you.
Not what we expected
Very dissapointed. We expected 4 start delux hotel for what we paid. I would give no more that 3 stars. Very, very small room with dirty carpet and mildew in the bathroom. Breaskfast was good but I suggest to eat outside and try some different food every day, especially variety of pancakes. Front deck was helpful, but wake up calls, we requested twice, were 30 minutes earlier. I wouldn't stay here again.
OK, but some problem at the check in time
The hotel itself is OK, but overprized. Definitely not 4 stars, may be 3.5 or 3. We booked this hotel more then 2 months in advance and it was fully paid at the time of booking. On our arrival we've got the ugliest room possible: noisy (by the elevator) and the worst view ( to the concrete wall). We asked for another room and were rejected. We're told that no rooms are available. That's giving we arrived early morning and waited until 14:00 p.m. to get the room. After asking for a manager, the three more rooms were show to us. Finally we managed to get an OK room, quiet with god view, but on the smoking floor. We feel that we overpaid a lot. There are many mach nicer and hotel in Amsterdam. Advice: Do your search before booking.
Great Hotel, Perfect location
We had already booked to spend 4 nights at the hotel for an Easter break when I came across the above reviews. I became rather concerned about what we might be letting ourselves in for from the 'terrible' gradings but needn't have worried at all. By chance we did arrive a bit earlier than check-in time but we had no problem being assigned a room. On walking in we were both very impressed - a good sized room, spotlessly clean, and the bathroom appeared to have been recently refurbished. The bedlinen was changed daily, towels were plentiful and soft. 'Goodnight chocolates' were left by the bedside. Best of all, the room overlooked the Floating Flower Market, and was in an ideal central location. We did not dine in either of the hotel's evening restaurants, but the breakfast buffet was superb, and despite the hotel being full and breakfast busy, staff kept everything refilled. All the staff we met were pleasant and helpful, and if we should return to Amsterdam on another occasion, this is where I would want to stay!
Just Plain Bad Hotel
This Hotel has a good location - and that is about it. We stayed there in June, 2002 for 7 nights. We arrived early in the morning, and asked for an early check-in (we had been traveling for the past 20 hours). The front desk was mobbed with Italian tour groups checking out, but when we finally got to the desk, they said that they would give us the next available room. We ended up getting "bumped" from the list by noiser, more irate guests than ourselves, and finally checked in around 2:30.The room was so small that there was essentially only room for the double bed. (not really a big deal if that was the only problem). The staff was amzingly rude, almost to the point of being comical. At one point, a staff member and her trainee rolled their eyes at each other when I asked for assistance in using the telephone in the lobby (it turned out to be broken).An example of how this hotel treats its guest is the towel status assigned to various rooms. We had an internet deal (140 EU/night). Our towels were so worn and threadbare, they were not usable for anything but rags. The same towels, only less than 10 years old and still relatively plush were reserved for higher status guests. We learned to pilfer usable towels from the housekeeping store-room during the day.The beakfast was included in the price of the room, but after one breakfast, we found more attractive places to eat.In a city full of hotels, there is no reason to abuse yourself by staying at this one.
Over-Rated !!
Stayed here in 2/03, Somewhat disappointed. The rooms were outdated, and small, Definately in need of cleaning carpets. Tacky in general. The hotel has internet access in the Business center - Good Luck, You need a special card/ equipment. Approx. $10.00 for 20 min.The hotel does not have a pool or fitness facilities. The only thing decent about this place is the location. 15min walk to the Red Light District. Coffee shop very close, Flower mkt. (if you're into that), and a Dirty little Irish pub directly accross the street. Tons of nice restaurants near-by also. Over-all I'd look else-where. "Amsterdam Rules"
Tacky design
I was not expecting much from this hotel but was still very disappointed. To put it bluntly, this place is a dump. The rooms are extremely small and the furniture has a dilapidated 70-s look. A desk in plastic finish spans the width of the whole wall and an weird triangular mirror decorates the wall. Cleanliness is an issue here. The dreary-looking bed comforters need some dry-cleaning and the carpets are full of dirty spots. The pillows felt like bags of cement. The bathroom was ok, though my bath got clogged and I was nearly scalded a couple of times by sudden temperature changes in the shower. The business center has Internet access but during my visit the hotel was out of the Internet cards you need to access it (luckily, an Internet cafe was around the corner). On the positive side, the hotel is conveniently located close to the Dam Square and Rembrandtplein. There is also a KLM shuttle bus stopping at the hotel. My daily rate was 110 EUR +tax (including breakfast and 1 dinner at the hotel's Italian restaurant). I would not recommend this hotel (other than for its location) but if you choose to stay here, expect Motel 6-type room ameninities (save for cable TV).
Excellent Hotel, spacious rooms and close enough to the city centre.
Excellent hotel which is located next to the floating flower market and is close enough to all amenities. The staff were helpful and courteous. They also have a good shuttle service from the Hotel to the Airport as all good hotels do.
Not as grand as we'd hoped
Stayed in the Jolly Carlton for 4 days this January. We were in a standard room which was very small and to be honest compared with most 3 star hotels we've stayed in. The room was in need of decoration and updating, though the 'public' areas of the hotel were very impressive. The location is fantastic and we had a brilliant view from our balcony on the 6th floor. We were a wee bit disappointed and would only stay here again if we got a good deal.
Lovely Hotel
My 11 year old son and I toured 10 European countries in August 2001. This was one of our favorite hotels. We had a deluxe twin room. It was done in cherry wood with grey, tan and dark green. The bathroom was grey marble and awesome. Like most hotels in Europe, no shower curtain. There were nice extras like slippers, a bathrobe, soap, shampoo, bath salts,etc. We had a front roon so the view was nice and we could see a lot of night activity. The halls are a little dark but still pleasant. We ate in the restaurant twice and the food was very good as was the service. The location is excellent, close to the floating flower market. Our opinion....very nice hotel and great check-in service.
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London - Calais - Belgium - Amsterdam
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USPKenya is a membership organization whose major objective is to promote and advocate for the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities in Kenya (mental health conditions).
The organization is affiliated with the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (www.wnsup.net) and its African affiliate the Pan-African Network of People with Psychosocial Disabilities (PANPEP – formerly PANUSP or Pan African Network of Users and Suvivors of Psychiatry - www.panusp.org).
USPKenya was registered in 2007 in Kenya under ACT NO. 19 of 1990 Section 10 of the Non-Governmental Organisations Co-ordination Act as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) with a scope of operation in four major regions namely Nairobi, Kiambu, Nyeri, and Nakuru with plans to devolve all its programs to all the 47counties in Kenya once capacity has been built.
USPKenya operates from our office at Kangemi in the outskirts of Nairobi, Off Waiyaki Way, within the PCEA Church Kangemi compound.

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(1) Any business entity, including a sole proprietorship, offering architecture services in Washington state must register with the board, regardless of its business structure. A business entity shall file with the board a list of individuals registered under this chapter as responsible for the practice of architecture by the business entity in this state and provides that full authority to make all final architectural decisions on behalf of the business entity with respect to work performed by the business entity in this state. Further, the person having the practice of architecture in his/her charge is himself/herself a general partner (if a partnership or limited liability partnership), or a manager (if a limited liability company), or a director (if a business corporation or professional service corporation) and is registered to practice architecture in this state. (2) The business entity shall furnish the board with such information about its organization and activities as the board shall require by rule. (3) Upon the filing with the board of the application for certificate of authorization, the certified copy of the resolution, and the information specified in subsection (1) of this section, the board shall authorize the director to issue to the business entity a certificate of authorization to practice architecture in this state. (4) Any business entity practicing or offering to practice architecture, whether or not it is authorized to practice architecture under this chapter, shall be jointly and severally responsible to the same degree as an individual registered architect and shall conduct their business without misconduct or malpractice in the practice of architecture as defined in this chapter. (5) Any business entity that has been certified under this chapter and has engaged in the practice of architecture may have its certificate of authorization either suspended or revoked by the board if, after a proper hearing, the board finds that the business entity has committed misconduct or malpractice under RCW 18.08.440 or 18.235.130. In such a case, any individual architect registered under this chapter who is involved in such misconduct or malpractice is also subject to disciplinary measures provided in this chapter and RCW 18.235.110. (6) For each certificate of authorization issued under this section there shall be paid a certification fee and an annual certification renewal fee as prescribed by the director under RCW 43.24.086.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Pilot Therapeutics Inc., a Nutritional Therapeutics Innovation Company, today announced the appointment of Ross Consaul as CEO and Keith Wakeman as President.
"Pilot has always had promising technology and patents in the food, medical food and dietary supplement areas with over 60 issued and pending patents. These new additions will unlock the potential to rapidly move our world class technologies and IP to the marketplace," said Dr. Floyd "Ski" Chilton, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Pilot Therapeutics Inc.
Ross joins Pilot with over 20 years experience leading New Ventures, R&D, and New Product Development for large and small companies including Bayer, Kellogg, Pizza Hut and Kashi. He was most recently Nutrition General Manager for Bayer BioScience where he was responsible for identifying and creating new health and nutrition businesses for Bayer.
Keith brings over 20 years of management experience in the food and nutrition industry leading Marketing, Innovation and New Ventures organizations for major companies including Kellogg, Keebler and Nabisco. He was most recently President of Cherry Street Innovation LLC, an innovation company he founded to identify and develop new growth platforms through new ventures and brand innovation.
Former President Scott Derks will remain with Pilot as Vice President, Operations.
"Collectively, Ross and Keith have created new businesses generating nearly $3 billion revenue and bring tremendous experience in health and nutrition. We are delighted to welcome them to our team," said Chilton.
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What's New on Netflix
Netflix is the home of entertainment when it comes to hottest new seasons. Bringing us versatile variety to choose from, Netflix always has something new, something exciting to offer. That's why Netflix is one of the most readily accessed streaming platforms around the globe.
Preferred by millions around the globe, Netflix brings something new every month. From the collection of movies to the hottest shows, Netflix brings the best. This July, some of the most amazing new seasons shall be added to Netflix archives. So, get ready for the whole new experience on Netflix this July.
Accessing Netflix Outside the US
There are a few regions outside the US from where you can access Netflix without any hassle. The users in those respective regions are authorized to access Netflix without any restriction. Yes! There are restrictions imposed on Netflix's access. Netflix holds geo-restricted content. This means that you can't access Netflix outside the US or a few other authorized regions.
Top 5 Seasons on Netflix This July
Netflix brings new shows every month along with some really awesome movie archives. Here are top 5 shows to look forward on Netflix this July.
#5 – Baby Daddy: Season 3
Men will always be men. They're never ready for a responsibility. But, what if the responsibility is waiting at your doorstep? Baby Daddy depicts the similar story. The TV series tells the story of a 20 year old bartender who discovers that he has become a parent. Unfortunately, he learns it the hard way as his ex-girlfriend leaves the baby at his doorstep.
Baby Daddy: Season 3 will be available on Netflix this July. If you like a good Comedy/Drama, this show is highly recommended for you.
#4 – Lost Girl: Season 4
Lost Girl is the story of a supernatural being called succubus. Succubus survives and feeds on human energy which often leads to chaotic results and fatal outcomes. Despite a rigid hierarchy imposed by her clan, Bo decides to seek her own fate. She tirelessly searches for her origins and refuses to abide by the rules imposed upon her.
Lost Girl: Season 4 will be available on Netflix this July. If you like Horror, Crime and Sci-Fi amalgamation then this show is a must watch.
#3 – Knights of Sidonia: Season 1
Earth has been destroyed thousands of years ago. A chaos brought our plant to destruction when it was invaded by massively large aliens called Gauna. They destroyed our planet and mankind along with it. Those who survived, now live on massive spaceships.
Sidonia is the name of one of those ships, guarded by gigantic armed robots called Guardians. Catch Knights of Sidonia: Season 1 this July on Netflix.
#2 – Hemlock Grove: Season 2
Hemlock Grove depicts the story of a chase to find a brutal killer responsible for killing a teenage girl. Along with all mainstream hurdles faced while investigating a mysterious murder, this case accompanies some extra twists and turns.
The investigation for a murder is to be conducted in a town where everyone has a dirty little secret. And they will go to any extreme to keep that secret buried. This expands the circle of the usual suspects, making it difficult for the mystery to be solved.
Hemlock Grove: Season 2 will be available on Netflix this July. This season is highly recommended to those who love thriller.
#1 – Hell on Wheels: Season 3
This season tells the story of Cullen Bohannon, a former soldier who seeks revenge on the killers of his wife. The search brings him to the biggest projects in the history of the United States. He finds a railroad that connected the east and the west in the days of war in 1860s. To explore more twists and turns in the story, catch Hell on Wheels: Season 3 this July on Netflix.
A VPN May Come in Handy
Whenever you try to access Netflix outside the US, your digital identity is scanned for verification of your location. Your digital identity here is represented by your IP address. Netflix denies its access the moment a foreign IP is detected. Foreign IP here refers to regions where viewers are not authorized to access Netflix.
The best solution for this concern is masking real IP address. Masking real IP is the process through which the system hides your original IP and replaces it with a random IP of any other region. Since your prime concern is to access Netflix here then I guess you would prefer a US IP address.
A VPN is a recommendable option in this regard. With a VPN, you can easily mask your real IP and use a random IP as a camouflage. Now, you can easily access Netflix without any restriction or hassle.
There are many other cheaper alternatives to get the job done. However, a VPN is the most secure approach to be considered here. Therefore, a VPN is the recommended tool to unblock Netflix outside the US. To facilitate your purchase decision, here are some of the renowned and frequently bought VPNs by users around the globe:
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Editors' picks
Strictly or X Factor?
As the BBC and ITV crowd-pullers go head to head, which will you be watching on Saturday nights?
What would you cut at the BBC?
The BBC Trust has called for a review of the corporation's activities, prompting the traditional parlour game of What Would You Do With the BBC?
Stephen Farrell rescue again exposed first casualty of war
Journalists such as Farrell should be encouraged to work separately from the army to report the genuine views of Afghans
England's next game could hit the net
England's next game against the Ukraine could be screened on the internet, on a PPV basis, for the first time
Media news & features p2
Advertising agencies evolving into one-stop shops
A new breed of agency is not just making ads, but creating ready meals, signing bands and blurring the boundaries. By Stephen Armstrong
Media Monkey's Diary
Read Monkey's diary from the Monday section
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Phoney roots are tragic | Welcome back Anne | Viewers won't wait | Hardly Peel principles | Hack novelists to note
Benrik Pitch: Alcohol advertisers should boycott hospital dramas
Terry Wogan's exit is big, but there'll be no Hairy Cornflake incident
New direction required at the top of television
Emily Bell: The coming election year will see big changes in television, not least in the leadership of broadcasters Channel 4 and ITV
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Sam Baker: 'Rabid consumption has changed'
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ABCs: sun shines on Wapping while Independent's gloom deepens
News International's August and year-on-year sales were good, but most national newspapers faced shocking declines
Let's build an ecosystem around hyperlocal bloggers
The future of local news can be secured if we embrace blogging and put it at the centre of a new journalism network, says Jeff Jarvis


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Experience sleek modern design in one of the world's oldest cities with a 4-star Rome hotel deal for $116 (€87) per night including tax.
For stays through March, the Ripa Hotel is offering as much as 45% in savings with a guaranteed upgrade to an Executive Room, daily breakfast for two and complimentary early check-in at 10 a.m. and late checkout at 2 p.m.
The hotel is in the historical district of Trastevere, at the heart of the city. Walk to a myriad of shops, lively bars and restaurants or take public transport to top city attractions such as the Pantheon, the Piazza Venezia and the Colosseum.
Guests can enjoy a mix of Mediterranean and Italian cuisine in the hotel at the Riparte Cafè.
Not available on: Dec. 9-10, 30-31; Jan. 1, 9-10, 28-31
Note: A minimum stay of two nights is required. A city tax of $4 (3€) per person per night is payable upon arrival.
Travelzoo Tip: Triple Rooms are available for $144 (€107€), regularly $239.
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Vacation: True R&R comes from nature, local traditions, meditation, love—not cable TV, minibar & other entertainment.
First Vacation Ever:
A different kind of vacation: one that doesn't tire us out, but rejuvenates us from the outside, in, waking us up.
Vacation isn't about TV and busy entertainment within a sterile walled-off hotel: it's about community, adventure, learning about local culture, reconnecting back to oneself. ~ ed.
Going on my first vacation. As a Buddhist, less is more: true R&R comes from nature, local traditions, meditation, love.
What, what? Speedy, busy, tireless, tired Mister elephant is taking a working vacation to Hawaii.
I've never been over an ocean. Other than Halifax (where my ma lives), and Montreal, and Quebec City, and a half mile over into Nogales (where I ate too much, smoked a Cuban cigar, drank a Mexican Coke) I've never been out of the US. I've just worked and worked and worked: I've never been particularly motivated to take time off—I love what I do and believe in enjoying simple service—and I've always felt a bit uncomfortable with the privilege involved in taking care of myself (it took me, say, 30 years before I got my first massage).
I'm going with my longtime friend Melanie Freeman, of huge wonderful Black Swan Yoga, and she and I will share up some videos of our stay, as well as a review.
elephant goes to Lumeria Maui.
We'll report back with a review, and videos.
For my first vacation ever I wanted a few things:
1) nothing. I don't need bells and whistles. I don't want or need TVs or entertainment.
2) I do want luxury—I want to be able to relax, and renew. But I mainly want nature, simplicity, daily yoga, organic local food, and water. And love. I basically need to sleep, rest, recover, and, hopefully, cry. I haven't cried in, like, nearly two years. Don't make fun of me.
Videos of this new, yet historic, connected-to-the-place-people-spirit of Hawaii, luxurious yet simple eco yoga resort (where elephant may hold future yoga retreats):
Opening Ceremony featuring the founder, Xorin:
A tour with Xorin:
A different kind of vacation: community, organic local garden, meditation, yoga, healing, Hawaiian culture. Reconnecting back to oneself. Recalibrate. Well-done video:
Another tour:
I chose Lumeria, instead of various other retreats, because of my longtime friendship with Craig King, one of elephant magazine's first columnists. Craig now lives and chefs at Lumeria. After months of calls and texts and patient emails (he must have known I was finally able and interested) we just bought out tickets today.
More on Craig:
Dining Philosophy
Here at Lumeria Maui, we believe that healing the human body and soul begins with our connection to the earth and the love that is present while growing and preparing food. These crucial elements promote transformation for each other and the world. Our nutritional alchemist, Chef Ben Diamond, has designed our menu with the freshest and finest quality seasonal ingredients—all harvested from the bounty of our organic gardens and other local farms.
Harvest, our farm-to-table dining café, provides a rich journey of awakening the senses of taste and smell and providing nutritional, emotional and physical wellness. Each of the meals presented are visually artful and provide a balanced blend of natural nutrient-rich foods.
Additionally, our master cleanse chef, Craig King, offers the Lumeria Glow Cleanse for those on a cleansing journey. We understand the importance of periodically detoxifying the body and have designed this program to sustain you as you cleanse.
More Information on the Lumeria Glow Cleanse
Included in your stay is complimentary Lumeria coffee and tea service, fresh juice, organic fruit, yogurt and granola, available from 7 to 9 a.m. in the café.
Retreats and property buy-outs please call for a full menu of dining services.
Bonus: I love history, you may too:
Property History
Designed by Honolulu-based architect, H.R. Kerr, our property holds its own unique heritage: The once Fred C. Baldwin Memorial Home was built in 1909 by the Baldwin sugar cane family. They used it to house aging plantation laborers who had dedicated much of their lives to work the cane fields. Since the early 1900s, the property and buildings were used for a range of purposes: At the beginning of World War II, it was commissioned by the military for housing. By the 1950s and 1960s the site was repurposed again as additional dormitory housing for the nearby Mauna Olu Women's College, and most recently, it was used as a dormitory for Maui Land and Pineapple workers.
Inspired by the history and the rare courtyard design, Xorin Balbes fell instantly in love with the authentic feeling of the property, its location on the island and the remarkable buildings it possessed. Today, the property is listed in The National Registry of Historic Places and is one of the largest historic renovations on the island of Maui. By honoring the past while implementing innovative designs, Lumeria Maui has been born.
The Maui and Los Angeles-based architecture and design firm, Templehome (www.templehome.net) orchestrated the entire restoration, interior design and landscape design.
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11 Responses to "Vacation: True R&R comes from nature, local traditions, meditation, love—not cable TV, minibar & other entertainment."
Just intro'd on FB to: Culture, Family, Food, Green, Health & Wellness, Love, I'm Not Spiritual, Work & Yoga.
I'd sit in the middle of that meditaiton spot all day and pay the guy extra to bring me breakfast, lunch, and dinner every few hours.
An esoteric history, FYI:
"Lemuria was supposed to be the first large civilization of man, according to Kryon and other spiritual historians. It lasted for many thousands of years, mainly due to their isolation. Lemuria was located around, and on, the largest mountain on Earth – the largest not in altitude, but as measured from the bottom to the top. That's Hawaii. It's one mountain, currently situated on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, which has various peaks protruding from the water and are known as the Hawaiian Islands."
"Lemuria was created in Hawaii to become the oldest, most long-lived, and most harmonious single civilization on the planet (100,000 yrs ago to about 15,000 yrs ago)… when the waters started to rise (when the ice started melting) many of the Lemurians of Hawaii became seafaring and followed the currents directly to (you guessed it) New Zealand… Although Australia and the Aborigines were far closer, the currents didn't support an easy access to New Zealand, so the Hawaiian Lemurians were the ones who became the indigenous of that South Pacific nation, and became the Maori of New Zealand."
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Come to Wednesday 9:30 AM yoga class at Lumeria!!! One of the best teachers/ classes on Maui!
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[…] she's helping me feel like I can board a flight for what is (seriously, embarassingly) my first vacation of my life. I've never been over an ocean. Never been by one, unless you count Boston, NYC, LA, NJ, […]
Wow. Thanks Dave, that's a bit of information that is kind of stunning. 100,000 years ago? I mean, that is way beyond the BC's that I can even imagine. Did mankind exist then?
Just what I need to getaway from work related stress. I'm going on leave this fall and that place is the perfect sense for me. find out more about New Zealand.
You got that right. True R and R means getting away from it all. For me, that usually means long hawaii cruises.


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I've been concerned about the industrial compound bisphenol A (BPA) ever since I first read about it, and have been chronically frustrated by its potential harm and prevalence in our environment–most specifically in our food, and hence, our bodies. More than 100 peer-reviewed studies have found BPA to be toxic at low doses. BPA is a synthetic estrogen and commonly used to strengthen plastic and line food cans. As Nicholas D. Kristof points out in an Op-Ed in The New York Times on Sunday, scientists have linked it, though not conclusively, to everything from breast cancer to obesity, from attention deficit disorder to genital abnormalities in boys and girls alike.
Anyway. It's easy to slip into the (wishful) thinking that the FDA is protecting us from toxic threats like this, and that we probably, hopefully, aren't getting enough of these chemicals to have much of an effect. But now comes Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans. The findings? Almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested contain some BPA. The canned organic foods they tested did not always have lower BPA levels than nonorganic brands of similar foods analyzed. And, this was crushing to me, they even found the chemical in some products in cans that were labeled "BPA-free."
The site reports that a 165-pound adult eating one serving of canned green beans from the test sample, could ingest about 80 times more BPA than their experts' recommended upper daily limit. Children eating multiple servings per day of canned foods with BPA levels comparable to the ones they found in some tested products could get a dose of BPA approaching levels that have caused adverse effects in several animal studies.
The FDA says it isn't a threat, but body burden studies show that BPA was detected in 95 percent of the people included in one sampling–it's obviously getting to us somehow. Perhaps most telling is that in Japan major manufacturers voluntarily changed their can linings in 1997 to cut or eliminate the use of BPA because of concerns about health effects. A 2003 Japanese study found that the levels of the chemical in subjects' urine dropped by 50 percent after the change in cans was made. Time to kick the cans!
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Is JXTA dead?
Hello JXTA Community,
When the next jxta-java version released?
Has been more than a year did not release a new version, and there is no news.
Will JXTA die?
I'm trying to reanimate JXTA for OSGI. Help is welcome!
See: http://www.dzone.com/links/jxse_and_equinox_tutorial_part_1.html
2.6 beta 2 has been released. If you are optimistic it is alive, if you are not, call it living dead... but it is still moving...
There are some people, who still believe in the potential of JXTA.
It is important to question.
Especially in these difficult times for Sun, and deficiencies in the dev. java.net
It will not be easier to start over?
And re-implement the protocols from the scratch in, Apache web site :-)
Why JXTA Failed ?
Best regards
i have heard lots of performace issues regarding jxta under benchmarking and that there isnt a standard benchmark developed. i have also heard lots of great things regarding its protocol suite. im sorta confused as to the practical functionailty of the jtax protocol suite under a heavy load in a wan enviroment. can anyone direct me to stable ground.
If JXTA is not dead can anyone point me to a non-trivial/non-academic system that actually uses JXTA? And don't point me to the Boeing JXTA/C project because that thing is a mess!
Ok...Hmmm...the Java Store link is just a pointer to a place to the Java Warehouse and the Shoals link is a framework. The Shoals link does contain information on companies that use Shoals (which appears to use JXTA...although I haven't read the full docs on it) but it doesn't really say how they are being used.
What I really want to see is a mature deployed commercial/government system that uses JXTA as the primary means for service discovery. The Shoals link may have it there and I just haven't found it.
Shoal is a clustering and messaging framework which utilizes JXTA for cluster formation (discovery), monitoring, failover, and across cluster addressing and messaging.
Shoal is the cluster foundation for GlassFish and SailFin. Both products are widely used commercially and by governments.
The JavaStore utilizes GlassFish and specifically Shoal for elastic scaling load balancing of the back-end infrastructure. It uses the ClusterView to create a load balance map and a failover strategy, and the cross cluster messaging to trigger cache refreshes.
"Both products are widely used commercially and by governments."
How so and where?
I have used it for a telecom giant, Boeing, and several startups. I am currently using it for a board game that is ever closer to release. Yes, there are issues, but it is indeed the only thing I have found that lets me do what I need. I am certainly one of the more vocal critics, but it is very viable despite the flaws.
oneDrum are using for distributed collaboration and currently investing in performance and scalability improvements of the JXSE implementation. We aim to take the implementation to a level limited by the physical resources of the machine running on i.e. Number of sockets available on the machine.
We are in private beta with the software at present.
collanos also uses.
hi p2picq
what are you planning to use JXTA for and you can help decide if there is experience in this are in the community and give you confidence to use.
Hi boylejohnr,
Thanks for your reply. I am using jxta to develop the software about im and resource shared. Jxta far behind the development of bittorrent.
I hope to be able to see the roadmap of the jxta, or else i can not understand the development state of the jxta.
I am a supporter of jxta, but I am very disappointed about the development of jxta .
Following the investigation...to find an acceptable answer.
The issue is not new.
Thread: Is jxta going to be a dead cat :
It seems, there are people who work on projects that use JXTA, but do not want to disclose. Distributed algorithms are expensive. Be carefull with plagiarism :-)
Sixearch: Social Web search via adaptive peers :
In jxta, there are different aspects and we are not obliged to use them all.
-Communication(Pipes, BidiPipes, JxtaSockets...use java Sockets)
-Groups (membership...use it is good)
-Discovery ( you can use centralised discovery, for efficiency)
-Through firewalls (work in local area network)
-Sécurity (thanks to bouncycastle.org )
Jxta is not dead. The proof, i use it !
I started JXTA on 25 February 2001.
So I try to understand, why the last 8 years there is no killer application JXTA.
I use evry day, for my work, this tool : http://www.collanos.com/
Actually, I already know this new book.
Which the exemples, is a very good thing for the JXTA community.
Another book :
History :
Joy keynotes the O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer Conference Thursday, February 15, "From UNIX to Java to XML to Peer-to-Peer."
O'Reilly openp2p.com escorting a JXTA project, but then changed course towards the WEB2.0. The solution for the JXTA project is perhaps closer to the WEB2.0 see why not WEB3.0 . Perhaps that Oreilly would be more interested.
From the beginning, not everyone is excited:
They will talk about JXTA in this Expo (Web 2.0 ExpoWeb 2.0 Expo) ?
Web 2.0 ExpoWeb 2.0 Expo
March 31-April 3, 2009
San Francisco, CA
Spring of 2002 :
JXTA Protocols were submitted as a draft-rfc to bootstrap the process leading to an IETF P2P Working Group. But IRTF P2P RG begin 2003.
But IETF formalized in 2002-2004 Jabber (XMPP), why ?
JXTA and Grid computing appears to compromise.
The JXTA way to Grid: a dead end?
Performance scalability of the JXTA P2P framework :
From work of project : http://juxmem.gforge.inria.fr/
InfraSearch (a.k.a. gonesilent.com) was acquired by Sun Microsystems in February to become part of Sun's JXTA (Juxtapose) project :
Can we use JXTA for distributed search ?
Some conclusions, after 8 years of JXTA :
We need something like jxta.
And if the solution was in Social network :
To make progress, look at what are the other projects.
Tapestry,Chimera , FreePastry , Pastry , Chord, CAN , Jabber , XtremWeb , confiit , Freenet , Gnutella Groove Network , PtPTL , Windows P2P , JGroups
Xpeer , GNUnet , Bamboo , OpenDHT , P2PS , JAIN SIP ...
Best regards !
JXTA does not die as long as there are people to use it.
There is 8 years of JXTA !!!
JXTA is a HOPE and is normal to have some deceptions.
I beleive in the ideas and the work of JXTA community.
BUT, for a developer who hopes to use JXTA in applications.And who closely follows what happens in the project jxta.
he asked himself legitimate questions :
If JXTA is not dead :
1-Why the 6 books about JXTA, is finish in 2002. A principal exemple is one reference JXTA in a Nutshell O'Reilly?
2-Why there is a lot of vapor projects that are ended, or aborted?
3-Why the change from the site jxta.org to dev.java.net ?
4-Why Sun dont use himself JXTA in Sun's Java Enterprise System, a bundle of server software formerly called Sun ONE or its N1 system for managing data centers ?
See : Sun Microsystems Inc. says its Jxta technology for peer-to-peer computing is gathering steam and may SOON make its way into some of its own products.
5-Why GlassFish V3 Prelude dont use JXTA Shoal yet ?
5-Why there is a lot of links in the site of project that does not found (for exemple Planet JXTA) ?
6- Do Bill Joy use JXTA in his projects ?
7- Why there is no more publications about JXTA ?
8- Why project JXME proxyless is not very clear (the version is JXME 2.1.3 (Giza) or 2.5)?
23- January 2008 : JXME 2.5 Edge protocols binding for CLDC/MIDP 2.0 open sourced ?
Some responses :
1- The algorithmes Or the Reference Implementation are not efficient and too difficult.
2- The project JXTA dont benefit of the bad reputetion of P2P (no economique model,security,violate the Copyright Law).
3- Sun do not put means in the project JXTA, like IBM with Eclipse.
4- There is a problem with organisation, and no resources to work in projects (but at the beginning of the project there was resources).
5- JXTA need more documention updated.
6- JXTA need to be more easy to use by the developers.
7- The distributed systems is very very very complicated.And there is not a lot of talents to resolve the problems.
Some people say good things about JXTA-C, effect of Boeing project ?
We need JXTA, for the distributed systems. So we hope that JXTA goes continue to progress.
Hi Richard,
I have published a recent book about JXTA last year: see www.practicaljxta.com.
The next JXSE release is being planned/coordinated by Fabrice DiMeglio. A firm date for the next release hasn't been chosen yet I don't believe.
There is still active work such as the ContentService being developed as well as optimizations and bug fixes of the existing functionality. Neither JXTA nor JXSE is dead or dying. The focus and approach of the project has changed significantly as the software stack has matured. Most users are content with the current 2.5 release and cherry pick only the bug fixes that impact their use.
Producing a formal release is a lot of work and unfortunately no community members have been able devote the time. Fabrice has bravely volunteered to help coordinate the next release but he can certainly use the assistance of any other community members who would like to participate.
Can you tell Fabrice I can help with the next release?
(Charles L. Perkins, Virtual Rendezvous)
It is not dead as far as I know, I talked to Bernard T. recently about the JXTA/C Boeing project and it is ongoing, and fold back its changes into the Java JXTA project.
Look around for more on the C version of JXTA if you want the latest changes and are willing to switch to C.
The question is, what changes? Nobody is really talking about what is going on and what the plans are. It would be nice, because we could use this to help the Java version.


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NEW loan defender Shane O'Connor is hoping to put himself in the shop window to engineer a move away from Ipswich Town.
The 21-year-old left-back arrived at Vale from Portman Road last week after failing to make a first-team appearance for the Championship side in 10 months.
The Irishman, whose loan deal runs until January 3, admits he is on borrowed time at Town, with his current deal set to expire in the summer.
"I've come here to sell myself to other clubs and get myself another permanent deal," said O'Connor.
"My time at Ipswich is coming to an end and I've got a chance to show people what I can do because I've fallen out of the spotlight."
O'Connor has made 22 appearances for Ipswich, but has fallen down the pecking order since Paul Jewell succeeded Roy Keane as manager last January.
O'Connor's last Ipswich outing was later that month in their 3-0 Carling Cup second-leg defeat at Arsenal.
"I'm looking at my loan move as a trial – trying to impress the management team and players here," added O'Connor, who could play in Vale reserves' home Central League Cup game against Chesterfield today (2pm).
"If all goes well I would 100 per cent sign here in January. This is a club with aspirations to get promoted. I am looking to sell myself to Vale first and foremost as they have given me the chance."
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 What is the "REAL" stretched diameter of this item? If it, in fact, stretches to 12 inches it should be Model 104-which, for me, has been hard to find. Most stretched diameters are 8.5 inches.

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 This item does stretch 12".
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An fMRI Study of Attention and Effort After Concussion
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Approximately 1.1 million people a year suffer a mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), or concussion, in the United States. Although most MTBI patients fully recover, as many as 28% have physical, cognitive, and/or emotional symptoms up to 6 months post-injury. When symptoms persist past three months, it is known as post-concussion syndrome (PCS). The cause of PCS is unknown, as structural neuroimaging and neuropsychological (NP) testing results are often normal. However, recent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research in concussed adults showed differences in brain activity compared to controls on working memory tasks, despite normal structural MRI and neuropsychological findings. We propose improving this research by assessing brain activation patterns during simple versus complex attention and working memory tasks in 10 concussed adults via fMRI. This will be the first study to examine brain activation patterns associated with the degree of effort applied to testing, a factor known to confound interpretation of NP test performance. Validated computerized measures of selective attention (Modified Stroop Interference Task), working memory (n-back), and effort (Green's Medical Symptom Validity Test; MSVT) will be used. Ten paid controls will be used for comparative purposes. We hypothesize that concussed patients will show less brain activation than controls on complex versus simple working memory tasks and that activation patterns in concussed patients will generally be lower in those with suboptimal effort. We will also characterize self-reported emotional and physical symptoms in the PCS patients, which has not been done in prior fMRI research with this population.
Post Concussive Syndrome
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|An fMRI Study of Selective Attention, Working Memory, and Effort After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Community sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Mild TBI (based on criteria of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine)
- Aged 18 to 60
- History of non-penetrating head injury
- Obtaining medical assistance (e.g., personal physician, Emergency Room) within 24 hours post-injury
Exclusion Criteria:
- No prior history of prior post-concussion syndrome (i.e, uncomplicated mild TBI)
- Moderate to severe TBI
- Substance dependence
- Learning disorder
- Attention-deficit disorder
- Mental retardation
- Severe psychiatric disorder requiring hospitalization
- Previous central nervous system disease
- Absence of neurosurgery
- No evidence of alcohol/drug use related to the injury
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00653029
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|SUNY Upstate Medical University
|Syracuse, New York, United States, 13201
|Principal Investigator:
|Dominic A Carone, PhD
|State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
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|Responsible Party:
|Dominic A. Carone, SUNY Upstate Medical University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00653029 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 1, 2008
|Last Updated:
|December 1, 2008
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by State University of New York - Upstate Medical University:
Post concussion syndrome
Mild traumatic brain injury
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Brain Concussion
Post-Concussion Syndrome
Brain Diseases
Brain Injuries
Central Nervous System Diseases
Craniocerebral Trauma
Head Injuries, Closed
Nervous System Diseases
Trauma, Nervous System
Wounds and Injuries
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Before I re-discovered running, I was a weekend duffer (i.e., golfer), diligently out in the Sunday predawn to be ready when the course opened. I was absolutely horrible, despite having what most observers agreed was a "good swing". I didn't enjoy the game that much, though there was usually that one decent shot late in a round that kept the hope springing eternally. I'd hit the driving range diligently, read a bit on the sport – all the things I now do with running – but there was zero progress on dropping my embarrassing (even incalculable) handicap.
A few (OK, it was a dozen or so) years ago, my wife gave me a week of golf school in Las Vegas for a birthday present. I received an overwhelming amount of instruction that week and with all these new thoughts, I figured there was zero probability that I wouldn't get better. How wrong I was.
See the one piece of advice, given too late in the week, that I always had trouble following was this – allow yourself only one "swing thought". In other words, you couldn't think first about your stance, then about your grip, then about your backswing, then about your extension, then about your follow-through. You had to focus on getting only one of those right each time you stepped up to the ball. Your mind can't shift focus that quickly, and you get flustered, with disastrous results.
Of course, with a very active mind, I could not adhere to that policy – I overthought every swing. I'm not sure I played another round, other than for business purposes, after golf school – my game got even worse. Maybe it was a good investment by my wife – spending a few hundred dollars on golf school (we were going to Las Vegas anyway) to get me to give up the game. It's scary how well she knows me.
I find myself gravitating back towards the "one thought" idea as a runner. There is so much advice and "new thinking" out there on running form that it is becoming like a golf swing. You can easily be overwhelmed while trying to incorporate all of the good thoughts included in this post on proper running form, for example. You may even end up worse off – just like my golf game.
This is why I try to focus on only one element each time out, and preferably for a sufficient period of time that it becomes natural. Right now, for example, I'm focusing on my arm swing, thinking "hands through hips" in order to minimize the tendency of my arms to cross my midline.
But even this is not enough, there are certain types of thoughts that work and can help drive gains, and there are other thoughts that – well, you might as well just be listening to your iPod and zoning out. So there are a couple of corollaries to this one-thought policy.
- Think positive thoughts – this is another place where the golf analogy is illustrative. What do you think happens to the golfer who thinks, "don't hook this one"? Nine times out of ten, they hook it – the body ignores the "don't" and hears the "hook this one", and that becomes the visual, and the fate of the shot is sealed. The same thing is true for running – don't swing your arms across the body becomes a tendency to do just that. So focus your thought on doing the right thing, not on "not doing" the wrong thing.
- Think simple thoughts – you need to keep in mind that some elements of your form are an "output," not an "input". You can't directly control "outputs", you can only control the "inputs" that impact them. Landing on your midfoot/forefoot is an example – you can't go from being a heel-striker (not that there's anything wrong with that, in many cases) to a midfoot striker just by thinking about doing so. You need to work through a progression, at the least, and you may need to develop the right balance of strength in your glutes, quads, hips, and everything else in the kinetic chain to let this happen. Focus first on cadence, for example – quick steps. The focus on standing tall, once cadence comes naturally, and so on.
- Think visually – your mind needs to translate the words into what success looks (or feels) like. "Quick steps" doesn't mean anything unless you can picture your legs turning over quickly. "Hands through hips" is just a phrase without having the visualization. Eventually, more complex thoughts like landing on your midfoot become possible as the other elements come naturally and your vision evolves from a sounder base.
In today's world, the desire for instant gratification is prevalent; everything is available on demand. This makes it tempting to seek the shortcuts to better running form. And the temptation to multi-task – to divide your attention among multiple priorities at once – is irresistible at times. Multi-tasking doesn't work, and running is not a sport that lends itself to instant gratification.
If you feel like you need to work on your form to improve your performance or resist injuries, there are no shortcuts. Minimal shoes won't do the trick by themselves. Willing your way to landing with less impact force won't yield results. Like most things about running, you gain through a progression, of strength and of thinking. Take your thinking one step at a time, focus on the task at hand each time you head out, and you'll eventually grow by leaps and bounds.


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Elizabeth Gilbert will make her first lecture appearance in Boulder at Macky Auditorium on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 3:00 PM.
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Ms. Gilbert will speak about her journey before and after the publication of Eat, Pray, Love, her follow-up book, Committed and share her thoughts on the creative process. Her delivery has been called "warm, witty, insightful and full of joy." The presentation will include an audience Q&A. Boulder Books will have her works available for purchase on site.
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