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Sugar Land (SW Houston) here... no pc in the car just yet. it's amazing how having a kid siphons away all your free time (and money!)
i have the parts collected, just sitting in my office... i just need to load software, mount everything and wire it in. you could say i haven't even started, but i DID install w3bm4ster's turn-on module (well, my version of it) into a laptop docking station. really all i need to do is load up the laptop, mount the dock in the car and drive... i'm not sure i'll have a display though - i don't have gps, and don't need/want to watch dvd/divx/etc in the car. I don't want to build K.I.T.T., just K.I.S.S. :D

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The Clintons May Be Facing Whitewater II 2nd Case Involves Illinois S&l
William Gaines 1994, Chicago Tribune, St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR appointed to scrutinize the business dealings of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton will focus on their role in an Ozark land development called Whitewater.
But another case buried deep in court records could prove equally troubling to them - particularly if special prosecutor Robert Fiske makes good on his pledge to publish a report on the Clintons' political and business relationships when he was governor of Arkansas in the 1980s.
The matter involves a court case that Mrs. Clinton helped settle when she was a high-powered lawyer in Little Rock, and the government was trying to sort out the problems of a bankrupt Illinois savings and loan.
The case suggests that she, as a private lawyer, had a glaring conflict of interest. As an attorney for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., she helped negotiate an out-of-court settlement that ended the government's suit against a family friend and an influential benefactor of her husband.
But the political problems the case could pose for the president and his wife may go far beyond the narrow questions about Mrs. Clinton's conduct as a lawyer.
As in Whitewater, the Illinois case places the Clintons once again in an association with a wheeler-dealer who had strong personal ties to the Clintons and even stronger financial ties to the Clinton administration in Little Rock.
In Whitewater, the trouble stems from the Clintons' business relationship with James McDougal, the guiding force behind Madison Guaranty, an Arkansas savings and loan that went broke and cost taxpayers more than $80 million. Special prosecutor Fiske will examine whether Clinton or his gubernatorial campaign benefited from McDougal's favorable treatment by a state agency in Arkansas when Clinton was governor.
In the Illinois case, the problem stems from the Clintons' friendship with Dan Lasater, a convicted felon whose high-flying bond trading firm played a hand in the troubles of several savings and loans, including First American Savings and Loan Association. The S&L in Oak Brook, Ill., was headed by another politician, Dan Walker, who was governor of Illinois from 1973 to 1977.
The case begins in 1979 at the Oaklawn Park race track in Hot Springs, Ark. Clinton's c mother, Virginia Kelley, had a passion for thoroughbred horse racing, and her box at the track was next to Lasater's.
He met Kelley and Clinton's half-brother, Roger Clinton, at the racetrack. The racetrack friendship soon blossomed into an introduction to Bill Clinton, who was trying to regain the governor's mansion after losing an election in 1980.
By early 1983, Lasater had given Roger Clinton a job at his Florida horse farm; Bill Clinton had reclaimed the governor's mansion; and Lasater's bond firm had been added to a list of brokerage firms eligible to underwrite state bond issues, a classification that generated millions of dollars in business for his firm, according to published reports.
Over the next two years, the ties between Lasater and the Clintons grew stronger. The Clintons benefited from the relationship, as Lasater:
Contributed money to the governor's campaign.
Lent Roger Clinton $8,000 to pay off a drug debt.
Sponsored fund-raising parties at his offices.
Made his private plane available to the governor for campaign jaunts.
Encouraged his staff to donate to the governor's campaign, promising higher commissions to compensate for the donations, according to published reports.
At one point in 1985, Lasater also made his plane available to squire celebrities to a charity function organized by Hillary Clinton.
He benefited from the closer ties, too. In the summer of 1985, Bill Clinton successfully lobbied the Arkansas Legislature to approve a contract for Lasater to sell $30.2 million in bonds for the new state police radio system. …


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Texas 43, Texas Tech 40 (November 15, 2003 in Austin): Chance Mock came off the bench with two minutes left Saturday night to replace Vince Young and lead No. 6 Texas to a wild win. Mock's 9-yard touchdown pass to B.J. Johnson with 46 seconds left kept the Longhorns alive. B.J. Symons, who passed for 365 yards and three touchdowns, drove the Red Raiders to the Texas 31 with 5 seconds left. Keith Toogood (pictured), who had two extra points blocked because of low kicks, got plenty of height on his final attempt but missed wide left on a 48-yard field goal as time expired. (AP)
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A new type of gene therapy can treat hearing loss by regenerating sensory hair cells, a new US study suggests. Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine indicate that a gene called Atoh1 could induce the formation of extra-sensory hair cells, which are responsible for producing electrical signals in response to vibrations within the inner ear. According to the findings published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the extra hair cells, connected with neurons, produce electrical signals like normal hair cells. "We've shown that hair cell regeneration is possible in principle," said the associate professor of cell biology at Emory University School of Medicine, Ping Chen. In this regard, the team engineered mice to turn on the Atoh1 gene in response to the antibiotic doxycycline. The mice had the Atoh1 gene turned on in specific cells along the lining of the inner ear, called the cochlear epithelium. Young mice given doxycycline for two days had extra sensory hair cells, particularly in places where the cochlear hair cells usually appear. The research revealed that the extra hair cells could generate electrical signals, although those signals were not as strong as that produced by mature hair cells. FGP/PKH


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WASHINGTON -- It may be Washington's ultimate burnout job.
Presidential press secretaries get to consult regularly with the most powerful man on the planet, travel to exotic locales on Air Force One and become the most visible representative of the White House after the president himself.
But the job takes a toll. Jay Carney, President Barack Obama's press secretary, seemed to acknowledge as much Friday when he announced he would be stepping down after 40 months.
As press secretaries go, Carney, 49, was practically an iron man. President George W. Bush had four press secretaries during his two terms; President Clinton had five. Obama is on his third, after Carney's deputy, Josh Earnest, 39, was named his successor. The last person to last two full terms as press secretary was President Dwight Eisenhower's spokesman, James Hagerty.
"The grueling part isn't just the hours, which are bad, it's that your mind never gets a rest," said Ari Fleischer, George W. Bush's first press secretary. "You're always war gaming. It's constant intellectual chess. You're thinking of the next question that the press is going to ask, and that leads to the next question and the next question et cetera, et cetera."
Fleischer, who served 31 months during an intense period spanning the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the start of the Iraq war, grew weary of being in the middle of the tug-of-war between the news media and the administration.
Carney, who hasn't announced his plans, received praise from his boss ("I'm going to continue to rely on him as a friend and adviser," Obama said), but more mixed assessments from reporters.
"He was intensely proud of having been a journalist and never forgot the days when he sat in one of the seats in the briefing room," said National Journal's George Condon, a longtime White House reporter. "I believe that he fought behind the scenes for more openness."
Steve Thomma, a veteran White House reporter for McClatchy newspapers and the president of the White House Correspondents Association, had a more impassioned assessment.
"This White House has not only failed to become more transparent, it has in many ways become less transparent," Thomma said. "Notably, it's kept journalists out of events that later are publicized by White House photos or videos. That trend started before Carney. We have made some small progress with him, but not enough."
Without singling out Carney, former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson called the White House "the most secretive" she had ever dealt with in a January TV interview with Al Jazeera America.
Peter Baker, a New York Times White House correspondent, said Carney was "a zealous advocate for his boss, and he didn't hesitate to push back against his former colleagues just because he once sat where we sit."


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A week ago, I did something very brave. I engaged in a customer service chat with Comcast, my cable and internet access provider. Why was this brave? Because Comcast is known for spectacularly bad customer service:
- In MSN Money's 2010 Customer Service Hall of Shame, Comcast was number 3 of the "10 companies we love to hate," and the Consumerist named Comcast Worst Company In America 2010.
- The 2006 classic YouTube video: A Comcast Technician Sleeping on my Couch (1,542,556 views)
I was chatting with Comcast because my cable service was still out one week after a 3-day power outage. I had web access but no TV. I'd had no luck getting through to Comcast by phone or e-mail, so I figured I'd give chat a try.
Overall, the chat experience was OK. It took a long time, more than 30 minutes from start to finish. Some of that time was spent waiting in the queue before the chat started, and some was spent running the stairs between my office and living room and doing various things to my cable box to try to get it working. The customer service agent (or "analyst Dean") was pleasant enough. Dean's solution to my problem didn't work, so it's difficult to consider the chat a true success.
But I did take a critical look at the chat transcript and can offer some tips on writing customer service chat:
- Avoid glib empathy. Before I even had a chance to explain to Dean what my problem was, he fell all over himself apologizing for it: "... I understand the trouble that this has caused you and I want you to know how sorry I am for the inconvenience. As your service representative today, I want you to know that your satisfaction is of my topmost priority..." These scripted empathy statements sound insincere. If he had empathized only half as much, he would have sounded twice as genuine.
- Don't pitch offers to customers who need help. After asking for 1-2 minutes to pull up account information (which I'd already provided), Dean launched into this marketing pitch: "... Are you a big movie and TV fan? Comcast now has the best free online streaming and extensive video collection of television shows, movies, trailers and clips online. For you to experience this great entertainment site please visit..." I firmly told him not to provide marketing information during the chat, but he and the scripts he's given to work with could not resist. Near the end of the chat, this upsell slipped in: "... Do you want to watch full TV shows and movies online? Go to ... "
- Respond directly to what the customer writes. The benefit of chat, for customers and companies alike, is its two-way quality. The agent should always respond to the customer, even if a time lag or a script briefly gets in the way. Dean did a good job of this. When I asked how to schedule a service call, he responded concisely: "You can chat back or call 1-800-XXX-XXXX."
- Don't sweat the small stuff (like an occasional grammar or spelling error). While I can't excuse typos or mistakes that impede understanding, I can forgive the agent's occasional errors during a live chat. As a customer, I'm more interested in getting a correct answer or a solution to my problem than I am in copyediting the chat. Even as a "connoisseur of fine writing," I'm not bothered by minor errors in chat because I realize that the agent is probably multitasking wildly: chatting with more than one customer at a time, inserting scripts, offering links, troubleshooting, even taking control of the customer's browser. Dean made some errors. He wrote "I am glad I was able to assist you you today" and "Every information on what we have done is noted in your account..." But these errors did not alter the overall quality of the chat.
If you'd like, you can review the transcript of my chat with Comcast.
I'm interested in your experiences with customer service chat. Which companies do it well? Poorly? In your opinion, what is a well-written chat? Post a comment or e-mail me your thoughts.
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This is awesome. I wish more people would provide such substantive criticism of sales and customer service chats. Unfortunately, a lot of criticisms I read online are transcripts of people berating reps for being nonnative English speakers for minor grammar errors in an attempt to be humorous. I wonder how much of the empathy run amok is due to cultural difference among the chatters and their management and US consumers. In the US, we tend to just apologize quickly and fix the problem, rather than continue to apologize just because someone is upset. I wonder if before they started to work in their current positions how often they had members of upper classes yelling at them while expecting them to perform, you know? In any case, additional cultural training and better scripting would surely help. I would think that with chat taking off as a more frequently used customer service platform that these chat centers will be paying more attention to the importance of writing skills in the coming year, and hope that posts like yours are helpful in that endeavor. Thanks!
Posted by: Terri Williams | March 26, 2011 at 04:57:48pm
Hello, Terri - Thanks for your thoughtful comments. Your reflections on the role of culture in customer service communication are right on. I think we both agree that the agent needs training so she's able to pick up on the cultural clues in the customer's chat and deliver written service that's culturally "transparent," if possible. Thanks for weighing in!
Posted by: Leslie O'Flahavan | April 14, 2011 at 12:54:15pm
Hi Leslie, Iam a Technical Analyst who tend to resolve issues for a enterprise support (employees working in MNCs). I just found this page while googling down for some best empathy statements. I hope there is some difference in statements we use for End user and techy employee who work in a organisation. I will be happy if you suggest some good notes i can use while chatting with them..Kindly email me if possible.. Thanks in Advance, Pranesh.
Posted by: Pranesh | January 26, 2013 at 08:35:52am
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With the shift to intellectual before emotionally stimulating art in the postmodern era, I would dare say artists aren't quite the sensitive and emotional Van Gogh types we expect any longer. Actually, I read something about the oldest woman in the world meeting Van Gogh and commenting on the fact he wasn't a very nice guy. Maybe we read too much into the person through his or her work.
The best art, whether we like it or not, is often a reaction to the times - 'fighting fire with fire' might be the best way to describe modern art. Fashionable cynicism has been in for a while (i.e. Andreas Gursky). I'm convinced we're on the verge of a revolution however and the coldly intellectual art in abundance is even starting to rub critics the wrong way.
My contemporary photography hero is the landscape photographer David Ward, who in his writing talks about a 'return to beauty'. As a 'sensitive artist' myself, I'm moved and inspired by such an ideal. He believes that an aversion to beauty and emotion in contemporary art is dangerous and the farther removed we are from these things (which inspire us to create in the first place) results in sterile art. I don't think we can say much about the artist's basic humanity by looking at their work, but we can certainly get an insight into their state of mind while they created it. My fear is that for our most celebrated artists, their work comes from a bitter and cynical place and this is something average Joe responds to today, quite frighteningly. Perhaps this results in all the wrong people being inspired to become artists and eventually we might lose sight of art as a representation of the human spirit - which I believe, is fundamentally good, devoid of cynical ideas and concerned with emotion.
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ABSTRACT: In Xenopus, the establishment of the anteroposterior axis involves two key signalling pathways, canonical Wnt and Nodal-related TGFbeta. There are also a number of transcription factors that feedback upon these pathways. The homeodomain protein Hex, an early marker of anterior positional information, acts as a transcriptional repressor, suppressing induction and propagation of the Spemman organiser while specifying anterior identity. We show that Hex promotes anterior identity by amplifying the activity of canonical Wnt signalling. Hex exerts this activity by inhibiting the expression of Tle4, a member of the Groucho family of transcriptional co-repressors that we identified as a Hex target in embryonic stem (ES) cells and Xenopus embryos. This Hex-mediated enhancement of Wnt signalling results in the upregulation of the Nieuwkoop centre genes Siamois and Xnr3, and the subsequent increased expression of the anterior endodermal marker Cerberus and other mesendodermal genes downstream of Wnt signalling. We also identified Nodal as a Hex target in ES cells. We demonstrate that in Xenopus, the Nodal-related genes Xnr1 and Xnr2, but not Xnr5 and Xnr6, are regulated directly by Hex. The identification of Nodal-related genes as Hex targets explains the ability of Hex to suppress induction and propagation of the organiser. Together, these results support a model in which Hex acts early in development to reinforce a Wnt-mediated, Nieuwkoop-like signal to induce anterior endoderm, and later in this tissue to block further propagation of Nodal-related signals. The ability of Hex to regulate the same targets in both Xenopus and mouse implies this model is conserved.Development 10/2006; 133(18):3709-22. DOI:10.1242/dev.02516 · 6.46 Impact Factor
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financial/corporate/religious, doing their things to keep gold metal and gold stocks down the last few years ever since QE 2 started late 2010. That will suceed till QE money printing is proven not to work and not to turn the US and world economy around. Then we get the coveted bubble in gold and silver metals and their stocks.
However the bigger problem now is what is going on in Mali nation north of Burkina Faso nation where SMF is. However that is being contained by French forces and now British, Canadian and US forces or assets are coming into the area. A line is drawn in the sand and so far Burkina Faso nation that SMF is in is spared the islam rebels advances.
The biggest biggest problem is the west's financial/corporate/religious cabal of forces, that has been messing up the US and world economy the last 13 years and keeping down the gold metal and gold stocks, always has an ace up its sleave even when they can't continue their criminal tricks anymore and gold metal and gold stocks go on a terror upwards. And that is world war probably originating and centered in the middle east to distract the enemy and problems from them, who we should be going after, to the poor muslims who are just doing what US xtians did against Britain's monarchy and other european imperial monarchies 240 years ago around 1976 and US revolution of independence.
Guess who were called terrorists and backwards religionists then? The US fortunately won then but have become the bad guys or at least the financial/corporate/religious elites of the US and west have. It's unlikely muslims and even the US people and world's people will win now. We will have to be awfully, awfully lucky to escape world religious empire from the new vatican monster, out of israel this time.
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Remember that iconic photo of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the White House Situation Room watching the raid in Pakistan which killed Osama bin Laden? (Top photo!) Well, a conservative Hasidic Jewish newspaper in Brooklyn for Hasids completely edited Hillary Clinton and the other woman in the Situation Room out of the photo. They're gone entirely! It's a Situation Room full of dudes.
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It's been a pretty safe bet that Nike Sportswear will drop solid outerwear pieces every year as temperatures drop. But after last winter – with the overwhelming (ubiquitous) presence of The Destroyer jacket, and all of it's countless iterations – plus the relatively high profile of the FFF collection – it's good to see that the design team at NSW is keeping things fresh for 2011/12. Case in point: the Sideline jacket. Based around a non-intrusive light tobacco twill exterior fabric, the jacket relies on a mashup of subtle styling cues, but which together don't seem contrived. Notable is the short standing collar, fleece lined, with a two-button flap. Double-snap pouch pockets and snap cuffs keep things a bit heritage, while an asymmetrical front zip, and a host of integrated welt pockets – including an iPod/MP3 chest pocket – give the piece contemporary appeal. It's all backed up by Dri-Fit composition, with taped seam construction, giving the Sideline respectable foul weather credentials as well. Overall, it's a piece that blends proprietary Nike technology and quality into a stylish package – which is exactly what makes NSW a perennial success. Check out a full gallery after the jump, and purchase at Caliroots.
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VIBRANT P. REDDY is Senior Fellow for criminal justice issues at the Charles Koch Institute. Previously, Reddy was the Senior Policy Analyst for both Right on Crime and the Texas Public Policy Foundation's Center for Effective Justice. He has authored several reports on criminal justice policy and is a frequent speaker and media commentator on the topic. Reddy has worked as a research assistant at The Cato Institute, as a law clerk to the Honorable Gina M. Benavides of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals of Texas, and as an attorney in private practice, focusing on trial and appellate litigation. Reddy graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Plan II Honors, Economics, and History, and he earned his law degree at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and of the State Bar's Appellate Section and Criminal Justice Section.


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Villa with pool on lake
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Villa / 3 bedrooms / sleeps 6 Home 10630
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Villa / 3 bedrooms / sleeps 6
|Key Info
Welcome to our beautifully appointed pool home. We have spared no costs on home comforts. Our guests simply love it, especially the views of the lake and it's wildlife. The house is beautifully furnished, right down to a leather recliner and digital TV (we have Premiership soccer channel). We take pride in communicating regularly beforehand with guests and our neighbor acts as our housewatcher which guests find convenient. Please read the review below in the guest book.
The master bedroom has a king sized bed and looks onto the lake. The master bathroom has twin wash basins, a bath and walk in shower. All bedrooms have walk in closets. The second bedroom has a queen sized bed and a full bathroom. The third bedroom has two single beds. From the living room you can enjoy unrestricted views of the lake and fountain.
Our pool (electrically heated) area looks onto the lake and has a southern exposure for lots of sun hours. This makes for fantastic outdoor dining. All rooms, even the pool area, have fans. The dining room and pool dining area have room for six people. We rarely eat indoors. SORRY, NO PETS AND NO SMOKING.
Enjoy walking in downtown Naples or visiting the chique restaurants and art galleries of 5th Avenue and 3rd Street.There are nine public/ semi private golf courses within 10 minutes drive from our house. There's absolutely no shortage of supermarkets or restaurants within minutes from our location. The fabulous Miromar Outlets shopping mall is less than a mile away and the recently completed shopping/dining at Coconut point and Gulf Coast Town Centre are 10 minutes drive away. Check out the new Mercato shopping and dining experience. US. 41 is a mile away and has many upscale as well as family restaurants. There are 3 very nice restaurants within 10 minutes walking distance. The beach is 20 minutes drive and Fort Myers airport only 15 minutes.
The house is equiped with WiFi which is free of charge.
|Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms
|3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 En suites
|Nearest beach
|Bonita Beach/ Ft. Myers Beach 10 km
|Will consider
|Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car essential
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Ft. Myers 15 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Internet access, DVD player
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Shared outdoor pool (heated)
|Central heating, Air conditioning, TV, Telephone, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|Double beds (2), Single beds (2), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Shared outdoor pool (heated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ, Bicycles available, Private fishing lake or river
|Secure parking, Suitable for people with restricted mobility, Not suitable for wheelchair users
|Further details outdoors
Our house is located in a gated community with 24 hour security on duty. We have 2 bicycles for our guests use. There are lots of good cycling routes around the local communities and golf courses. If you are golfers we'll gladly advise which golf courses to play.
|Further details
We do not rent to under 30's unless accompanied by parents. We have no problem if children are staying with their parents in the house but like to know the children's' ages beforehand. We appreciate it if guests can let us know the ages of ant children accompanying them.
The Southwest Gulf Coast region
The average winter temperature (November-March) is 24 degrees. This goes up to about 28-30 in the summer months. The south west Florida region has become very popular in the last 15 years. South Florida enjoys winter temperatures around 5-7 degrees warmer than central Florida. Residential areas are immaculately maintained all the way down to the professional landscaping along the main roads. High class shops and art galleries can be found in the "old town" area of downtown Naples. The Naples beach and pier are definitely worth a visit. Visitors enjoy walking along the pier and watching the Pelicans and Dolphins. One mile from our house is the outdoors outlet mall- Miromar Outlets. Coconut Point and Gulf Coast Town centre shopping and dining are 5 minutes away.
If you're interested in a nature walk visit Corkscrew swamp. There's a 3 mile boardwalk through mangroves, wetlands and savannah landscapes. What's great fun is an air boat ride in the Everglades. You'll see Alligators close up and the birdlife is amazing.
Sanibel and Captiva Islands are 40 minutes away. They are both nature reserves which have beautiful, white beaches. South west Florida has no fun parks to offer. It's a more restful area than Central Florida. People visit the area for the beaches, golf, water sports and fantastic shopping/dining experiences.
Fishing trips on Naples Bay or on the Gulf of Mexico can be booked from Tin City in Naples. Be warned- even on a calm day the Gulf can be a little choppy! Personally, I find the fishing trip on Naples Bay more relaxing. Tin City is definitely worth a visit. It's set up for tourists but has some very interesting shops and good dining.
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31 Jul 2015
"Our Home Away from Home"
This is our 2nd time renting this home in Estero. We enjoyed everything about the rental. The gated community, private pool, peaceful view of a fountain, and clean neighborhood to go for early morning and late evening walks. Prime location close to Miramar Outlet Mall, I-75, and easy access to many cities such as Naples, Fort Myers, and Bonita Springs. Sorry to go back home. Can't wait to come again.
15 Jan 2015
"Just what we were looking for.....what was on the label was in the box."
Apartment is well located, extremely comfortable, very clean and easy to live in. It was so simple to live there, and no hassle with leaving.
6 Jan 2014
"Great quiet house with nice terrace/view and pool; well equipped"
We enjoyed very much our stay in this house (2,5 weeks). Great location to visit places of interest such as Naples and great golf courses. We were two couples, and there is plenty of privacy. By the way: there is a third bedroom. Everything you need is there. We enjoyed very much the pool, as well as the sun....
6 Jan 2014
"Great location for golfers"
This beautiful villa is located close to great golf facilities (like Stoneybrook & Old Corkscrew) and only 5 minutes from Miromar Outlet. Inside the community our teenagers found gym, pool and a basket court. The house had everything you need so our vacation was close to perfect.
23 Nov 2011
"Super villa in excellent location"
Having visited Fort Myers several times in the past to visit friends, we decided that wanted a location closer to Naples with good access to the beach resorts of Bonita and Sanibal. This villa was perfect, as it was located less than five minutes from the main transport routes of the area. An ideal spot to explore the South West region of Florida. There is great shopping and dining close by in Estero and Bonita Springs, with Naples and Fort Myers only a twenty minute drive away. Being in a small gated community, with the pool overlooking a lake also gave a great sense of well being. The villa was an ideal size for the four of us and well presented, with an eye to quality. We all felt very relaxed from the moment we arrived. Watching live English premiership football in the morning was an added bonus. The communication from Adrian prior to our stay had been excellent and everything aspect of our visit exceeded our expectation. Should we visit the area again, I would certainly consider staying here again.
29 Apr 2011
"Brilliant Villa"
Had a fantastic stay at this villa, very clean, all home comforts, fox sports on the tv, near to shopping mall, 20 mins to beautiful beaches, would definately rent this villa again.....highly recommended...............thanks again Adrian
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Mayor Daley's Evolution Turned Foes Into Fans: Albert R. Hunt
The coalition of Richard-M.-Daley-is-the-greatest-mayor-ever includes Rick Garcia, Marca Bristo and Abner Mikva. That may not seem like such a big deal as they're all Chicagoans, where Daley has been mayor for 21 years.
Last week he announced he won't seek re-election next year after serving longer than his legendary father, Richard J. Daley, who ran the most powerful political machine in the U.S. What's interesting about the accolades heaped on the current 68-year-old Mayor Daley by these three is the history.
In the early 1990s, Garcia, an official at Equality Illinois, a leading gay and lesbian rights organization, was arrested for protesting in the mayor's office; later, angry about the city's policies on gays and lesbians, he shouted down the mayor at a luncheon.
Today, he says: "Mayor Daley is the very best on gay and lesbian issues in the entire country. We have unbelievable access and he has been supportive of anything we've asked."
Garcia and others say Daley changed as he learned more about issues ranging from AIDS funding to discrimination. "He told me once, 'We will not allow homophobes to run the city of Chicago,'" Garcia says.
Marca Bristo, who runs Access Living, the leading organization in Chicago for people with disabilities, is equally effusive: "I don't know of any other mayor who has made disabilities such a personal cause." In transportation, employment, voting machines and his aggressive cabinet-level department, the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, Daley has been a constant champion for this community, she says.
'One of the Best Mayors'
Abner Mikva is a longtime leading Illinois Democrat who calls Daley "one of the best mayors in the history of America."
This is the same Ab Mikva who was a leader of political change more than a half-century ago. Mikva, who rose to prominence in Congress, as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, as President Bill Clinton's White House counsel and as a mentor to Barack Obama, clashed repeatedly with the first Mayor Daley. It was so ferocious that Daley redistricted him out of his Chicago congressional seat. "Rich," he says of today's mayor, "has avoided the pitfalls of the old man."
This isn't his father's coalition. The old Daley machine included labor, business, white ethnic ward leaders and black machine politicians. This Mayor Daley has some of those, including business, while adding more elements important to governing.
Racial Divide
His laudable accomplishments start with race. When he first elected in 1989, Chicago was bitterly polarized racially; aldermen packed heat at city council meetings, dubbed "council wars." Mayor Daley today has considerable support from the black and Hispanic communities.
In 1995, he was one of the first big city mayors to take over the schools, among the worst in the U.S. He introduced tougher standards and accountability, and while there's a long way to go, the system has improved. "The city can't work and keep a middle class without decent schools," is an article of faith for the mayor. Two of the foremost leaders in the education-reform movement, Paul Vallas, now the head of the New Orleans school system, and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, were Daley appointees.
Daley created the 25-acre glittering Millennium Park that, with its fountains, art and gardens, is one of the spectacular urban public spaces. He wins praise from environmentalists and the arts community. Downtown Chicago is alive, neighborhoods have been improved, and he tore down some of the dreadful, crime-ravaged high-rise public-housing units.
Global Leader
He became a global urban leader. The annual Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum at the University of Illinois at Chicago attracts mayors, city planners and academics from around the world.
I first met Rich Daley, in passing, at a Democratic ward dinner in 1976, when he was a state senator. He seemed like a hack.
Watching him evolve as mayor disabused me of that notion. He gave new meaning to hands-on. I once ran a small foundation that was helping inner-city schools start newspapers, and I asked his brother, then-Commerce Secretary Bill Daley, for a low-level contact at the Chicago school system to help find possible candidates. Early the next morning, my office phone rang. "I've got just the school for you; it's struggling and this could help," Mayor Daley said. Shortly afterward, there was a school newspaper there.
Tradition of Corruption
To be sure, after more than two decades, there are glaring blemishes. While personally honest, the mayor has tolerated too much corruption, a Chicago tradition. He can be as capricious as his father; when there was opposition to his plan to transform the dilapidated Meigs airfield, in downtown Chicago, he unilaterally sent in bulldozers at midnight. His privatization of parking meters has been a disaster.
And like many other state and local government, Chicago is in a fiscal pickle. The city faces a deficit of as much as $655 million on its $3.4 billion budget for fiscal 2011, and unfunded pension liabilities, by some estimates, exceed $14 billion.
The Daley contributions and imprimatur on this great city are much more enduring. Whatever its problems, Chicago is a vibrant city, with an involved business community and most elements of society, from blacks to Hispanics to gays to those with disabilities, with a greater voice and a greater stake.
His charming wife, Maggie, who courageously has battled cancer for eight years, has been an important partner and, insiders say, has softened her husband.
"Daley has been such an inclusive mayor," Mikva says. "He's loved the job, and while his methods weren't always as smooth as silk, his accomplishments are."
(Albert R. Hunt is the executive editor for Washington at Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own.)


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This year have been a bit challenging. There are moments of disappointments and frustrations. But, the important thing is I have lessons which I will surely keep.
On Friendship:
I do not have to be a recluse after all. I have learned that though I had friends who I grown out of , I have friends which I can count on. They taught me these things:
1. It is okay to commit mistakes.
2. Let go of petty and negative feelings.
3. There are people who love me, and will help me at my lowest moments.
On family
No matter what happens, your family knows what is best for you. They are the ones who will defend you. And they did this recently (I won't give more details )
I love them.
On Faith
"… sharing a common interest does not guarantee reciprocated goodwill." -p.j.m.
I regret trusting several people this year. I even made a major decision because of the confidence I had to certain people, whom I shared the same belief with. I was wrong.
On the upside, there are still those individuals who stood up to their faith, prayed, and encouraged me.
1. Religious or not, the goodness of a person is yet to be proven.
2. It is okay to doubt and question as long as you know what you are stand is.
3. Like the prodigal son, though I have gone astray (many times), God is still willing to welcome, embrace, and to fix me.
On Love
I have met someone who I liked (Yes, people I am human xD). Though I had feelings for the said person, I did not court her. Sometimes, I feel sorry about it. But, the truths is I have a lot of growing up to do. I have to wait.
On my Abilities
I discovered my lack of self confidence have hindered me from improving myself. With practice, my skills were enhanced a bit. I was given a chance to write and sing my heart out.
I am still grateful for everything that happened in 2014, be it good or bad. Life is not supposed to be picture perfect right? So, I will just enjoy it with my family, friends, bffs, and people who supported me.


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I just re-watched it (go CBS/IMDB!) And it does look like there is no wall on the right if you look at it carefully in JTB. But, like Mytran noted, the camera doesn't pull further back and the closeup of McCoy just shows a wall behind him. Now you could say that the vertical strip behind him indicates that it is moving away from him and not part of the corridor seen in TIS, but for my purposes I'm going with the structure for the corridor+foyer is the same in both JTB and TIS. Cosmetically, they can be different and I'm okay with that
Just to throw another twist into it...
The foyer, angle of the pressure door wall and what is behind it is radically different in "The Doomsday Machine". As soon as I can get a screencap I'll post it up.
Based on the current info you guys have and what I've seen so far:
JTB and TIS = same foyer to go to hangar deck below flight deck.
LTBYLBF = turbolift next to foyer, most likely on the flight deck level. I'm reasoning this because when the door opens to the hangar deck it is green lit which corresponds to Kirk pointing to a green lit flight deck in "The Conscience of the King".
DM = same corridor stucture as TIS, but the foyer is completely different. My particular concept of the shuttlebay does have room for a deck between the hangar deck and flight deck, so I'm going to shove this mystery deck right there
Mytran wrote:
Well we see the alcove in both episodes, we just don't see what it's connected to in JTB. Sarek and co. walk through the triangular door frame and don't go any further (cos they stop to talk to Kirk), but we don't see anything to contradict TIS. It's also the way that Kirk
et al
entered the scene. And if that route doesn't lead to a corridor, where
it go?
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It can be a confusing and overwhelming to be in need of car repairs if you don't know much about them.
Don't underestimate how important it is to keep an emergency car kit for granted. This kit should include specific tools for charging your battery, jumper cables, and an empty container that is appropriate for re-fueling your gas tank.
It is not a waste of money to own a battery charger for your vehicle. Dead batteries are a very common problem for all car owners. Not only will you be able to charge up your battery, you can also help others whose battery has broken down. Learn to locate the points where you should connect the battery charger on your car.
Use the Internet to find reviews on an auto body shop reviews. This can give you a good idea about their customer service abilities and what experience you might have yourself. You can find an auto repair shop that you are comfortable enough with to fix your car.
Look for signs that your mechanic isn't very good. If you're receiving double-talk when you ask them a question, you may not be dealing with the best person. You want to be able to trust the person doing your repairs, so don't be afraid to choose another one.
Never forget about your windshield wiper blades. You may need new windshield wipers if they are making noises and leaving streaks on the glass.
Look for online reviews of different local auto shops. This will speak volumes about their customer service abilities and their skill in solving issues. The knowledge can be very helpful when it comes time to make a final decision on which place to go to with your car.
Ask about labor rates or prices before hiring a shop. Some repair shops display their rates, so read carefully and ask questions if you don't understand something. You have a right to know what you're being billed. Some mechanics bill you an estimate for estimated labor times established by the manufacturers they work with. Some minor repairs might be considered as an all day jobs according to the manufacturer.
Look at all lights on your dashboard and learn what each one signifies. These lights give you a good indication of when something is wrong with your car. Ignoring those for extended periods of time will only make the problem much worse than it already is.
It is important to have your regularly scheduled oil changed regularly. You should regularly to keep your vehicle runs smoothly.If you don't change it, your car may not last as long as it could.
If your headlights seem dim, they might just be dirty. The lights can become coated with road grease and dirt, which will prevent the maximum amount of light from shining. A good quality glass cleaner will help to clean them right up.
Be sure that the mechanic you choose is properly certified. You might want to see that he or she has credentials indicating that they have received approval from the NIAE. This means that the quality of your repair will be up to par.
The anxiety that comes with vehicle breakdowns is dreadful. If you do not fully understand auto repairs, you could have difficulties knowing how to get your car repaired right. This article has, hopefully, helped you better prepare for those future car repair issues.


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By Kimberly Chun
More music – you got it, SF. Just 'cause you're you. Here are a few worthy shows that didn't make the jam-packed issue. (Psst, pass the tissue.)
Clip'd Beaks
The sometime SF-ers share their latest visions. With Boys IV Men, Vice Cooler, and Emily Hoof. Wed/29, 9 p.m., $5. Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, SF. (415) 552-7788.
The Donkeys
Balking? The Dead Oceans combo from San Diego responds to the healing powers of Beach Boys-style harmonies. With Magnolia Electric Company, Val Esway, and El Mirage. Wed/29, 9 p.m., $12. Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., SF. (415) 621-4455.
Mark Matos and Os Beaches
Gentle folk-rock ripples from the SF native eco warrior. With Frank Fairfield, Mira Cook, and Nate Grace. Wed/29, 9 p.m., $7. Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk, SF. (415) 923-0923.
N.E.R.D. and Clipse
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Score-wise, it doesn't look like these are hurting, based on that it isn't listed as a negative reason and lacking a red flag. While it does happen that lenders miscode the inquiry, I can't envision that all 9 are miscoded (well, 8 of 9).
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Recommendations wanted for learning to dive in Thailand
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Hi all,
I'm going to be in Southeast Asia for five months from August onwards. I want to do a PADI open water course in Thailand and have heard that Koa Samui is one of the best places to learn?
Recommendations for locations and dive companies would be greatly received.
Many thanks,
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Hi G,
Ko Samui isn't so good, primarily because it is a longish way from most of the dive sites in the area. You're better off to use Ko Tao as a base. See this story that summarises the options in the area.
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plenty of great spots in thailand depending on which island you want to head to. koh chang on the east coast koh lanta on the west coast similans, koh tao in the gulf all have there positives.one point is i like to try and dive at 5 star idc centres as they have the highest accreditation and usually the best safety records and equipment.remember dive shops come and go and some gear looks a bit tatty so wise to check your dive shop out before commiting to a course.have fun
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Many thanks for the information guys, much appreciated.
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Ko Tao is hands-down Thailand's dive Mecca. It has the most options and prices to suit everyone. Diving on the west coast (Similan) is great, too - but significantly pricier.
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it's actually doesnt matter where you do the diving course, some instruktors are good and some are just interested on your money... its everywere the same. and a course it a course so dont expect that you see so much, you can do fundives after your open water to explore the underwaterworld. in the course you hopefully lean more that you see!!
many whishes and have fun!
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You should be there by now Gazzshaw. How about a trip/dive report. I'm going to Koh Tao to do some diving courses in Jan '10, I'm really interested in other peoples experiences.
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From my own experience I can recommend you diving in the Similans. I went there in 2008 diving with the Sea Bees, which have branches in Phuket and Khao Lak. Instructions, equipment and sealife were great.
Have fun...
Take only pictures, leave only bubbles...
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Would appreciate a tip.......
Going to be in the Krabi area about a week before Chirstmas.
Best to book on line before or get sorted once there?
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davipinks-- depends on where in the Krabi area you are considering -- and how flexible you are on accommodation. A general round-up on the "should I book" dilemma is here: http://www.travelfish.org/feature/101
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The cheapest place to learn to dive in Thailand is Ko Tao open water course 9800B (in August 2009) as opposed to it's next door neigbour Ko Phangan at 12500B and there are more site's. I desided to go with MasterDivers, who were fantastic, enthusiastic and paitent. Some places will offer accomodation for the duration of the course included in the cost. However as to what you get, can vairy wildly regarding habitability (from what I have been told by people I have met on the way).
I am also going to Krabi, but going straight to Ko Lanta for some apparently fantastic diving, recomended to me by MasterDivers.
As far as booking goes, it's reasuring to know that you have somewhere to stay after a long trip to get there, especially as has been suggested if your going to be arriving late, or in the small hours in the morning. Personally I have only ever booked if I know I'm arriving at 1am etc, and then only for a day or two. This gives you the chance to look for other accomodation the following day should it not be what you expect.
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Biking cross the USA this summer:
A. Stilettos?
B. Platforms?
C. Motorcycle boots?
Biking cross the USA this summer:
A. Stilettos?
B. Platforms?
C. Motorcycle boots?
Left foot: stiletto
Right foot: I'd go for a lunar boot but since it does not seem to be one of the options, I'd go with the motorcycle boot.
About high heel shoes... It reminds me of the begining of that I don't wanna grow up video clip by Tom Waits (I used to watch MTV as a teenager). He was dressed in a devil costume with stiletto shoes and was riding a tricycle.
Waits is a real sicko - that's probably why I like him so much.
Then his 'Broken Bicycle' song is for you!Originally Posted by jamawani
Broken bicycle,
Old busted chains,
With busted handle bars
Out in the rain.
Somebody must
Have an orphanage for
All these things that nobody
Wants any more
September's reminding July
It's time to be saying good-bye.
Summer is gone,
Our love will remain.
Like old broken bicycles
Out in the rain.
Broken Bicycles,
Don't tell my folks;
There's all those playing cards
Pinned to the spokes,
Laid down like skeletons
Out on the lawn.
The wheels won't turn
When the other has gone.
The seasons can turn on a dime,
Somehow I forget every time;
For all the things that you've given me
Will always stay
Broken, but I'll never throw them away.
Tom Waits
PS - Thanks, Magictofu !!
man, a formal-dress x-usa tour would be so awesome. riding in the cocktail dress and stopping in fancy restaurants. whoa.
Do you have a rough draft for your route yet? (i'll have to live vicariously through you till I can go again ) John
Hi jamawani, regardless of your footware selection, I'm sure you will have fun! But just to make sure, try out one of these.
Greg White
What fine shoes!!!!
Even more fine with a bike pedal clip bolted to the bottom, though not a stable dance shoe with that modification. If your biking across this fine country takes you through the hills of Kentucky, give me a ring.
Very nice - are those spd compatible and did Elvis ever use them for bicycling. T
If you intend to ride a V-twin bike, you obviously should choose the strappy number on the right. If your intent is to ride on the back, choose the c.f.m.p.'s on the left. If you want to be beaten and left crying in a ditch in Alabama (apologies to y'all down there), go for the plats.
Oh dear oh dear, choices choices but they all depend on the outfit? The shoes finish the clothes, if you're all dressed in bad girl black leather-- go for the boots. It will yell I'm too good for you. If a mini-skirt with a tank will be worn then wear the stillettos to make it all quite fun. However, if pearls are involved in the plans for any outfit then choose the platforms, it would be the best choice.
Greg - It's been a long time, but I did buy me some white shoes for a night out on the town in Louisville one spring a number of years back. And when I say "Night Out" - I mean until the sun comes up.
And I've done a lot of touring in Kentucky - from Hickman to Majestic - from Bugtussle to Rabbit Hash - but I won't be riding in Kentucky this year. My cross-country jigs tend to be south to north rather than of the more usual east to west or west to east variety. There are some really sweetroads in Kentucky - not necessarily on the TransAm.
John - Well - my route is a lot of dirt in Nevada. I really want to visit Belmont, Hot Creek, the Lunar Crater, and the Quinn Canyon Wilderness. Also I have a backcountry permit for the Deer Creek area off the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Miles of dirt riding on the Kanab Plateau then a 9 miles hike down into some of the most glorious country imaginable.
Not sure thereafter. I swore last year that I'd do southern BC rather than another trip in northern bc (Rain!!) - but since the Queen of the North sank, I'm thinking about northern BC again. I'm a big believer in biking and hiking. I think you should take time to smell the cactus - just not get you nose too close.
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On a fresh Kickstart2 install, I installed the Coupon + Coupon fixed amount module.
I created a coupon "TEST1" that gives 20€ discount on an order (basic usage)
On the order creation ui (admin/commerce/orders/add), I added a line item with a product for 25€.
Then I added the TEST1 coupon code in the autocomplete field under the Coupon fieldset.
As a result, the coupon usage count is updated correctly in the Coupon admin UI, but the order total amount didn't change (It should be 25€ - 20€ = 5€, while it's still 5€).
So here's the question / issue :
- Is it the intended behavior ? (let an admin "attach" a coupon code to an order but no applying it automatically)
- Is it a bug ? (When an admin enters a coupon code in the order edition ui, the coupon should be automatically applied to the order)
Many thanks !
Comment #1jessepinho CreditAttribution: jessepinho commented
I'm having the same issue. It seems that the problem may be that, while the commerce_coupon_order_reference field is getting filled out (because you're adding "the TEST1 coupon code in the autocomplete field under the Coupon fieldset," as you wrote above), the commerce_coupon_reference field (i.e., the field attached to coupon line items) is NOT being filled out, because there's no way to do this when adding a coupon line item via the admin item. Please advise as to how this can be fixed!
Comment #2jessepinho CreditAttribution: jessepinho commented
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Marking this as a bug report, as adding a coupon via the admin UI should result in the order being discounted by the coupon amount.
Comment #3jessepinho CreditAttribution: jessepinho commented
I'm currently working on a pretty complicated Rules rule to make this work properly. It'd be pretty simple—just add a coupon line item before an order is saved, if the coupon order reference field is populated—except that, on additional saves, additional coupon line items are added to the order. Trying to figure this out.
Comment #4pcambra CreditAttribution: pcambra commented
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I'm not sure what's the problem here, just tried to reproduce this and the behavior is what I'd expect, I add the coupon in the admin ui of orders and it refreshes correctly.
Comment #5amillionmonkeys CreditAttribution: amillionmonkeys commented
I'm having this same issue. When adding a coupon using the admin UI, no line item is added. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Comment #6flo81 CreditAttribution: flo81 commented
I'm having a similar problem with Commerce Discount : when creating an order with admin UI my discount rules are not applied.
IMHO the problem is that the "Calculate a product sell price" doesn't fire when saving an order with the admin UI, so Discount or Coupon rules are not called.
Comment #7markbannister CreditAttribution: markbannister commented
Same issue. This seems fairly critical to me......
Comment #8markbannister CreditAttribution: markbannister commented
In order to get the rule to fire you must set the order status to "Checkout: Checkout" and then save the order.
Never mind -- sorry can't duplicate this -- may have been confused.
The rules do fire, you can see that in the rules log and they do seem to evaluate to true (if I understand the log correctly)
OK, got it, sorry again, Order must be in status Checkout: Checkout and order owned by an administrator.
Comment #9markbannister CreditAttribution: markbannister commented
Been looking at the rules evaluation log, and it looks to me as if the rules are evaluating to true. (I'm assuming the log is appended to...anyone know how to clear it?)
Steps, create an order in admin ui.
make it's status checkout, add a valid coupon, save the order.
The coupon is not applied but I see this at the end of the log (actually it's in there multiple times but again I don't know how to clear it)
Reacting on event Apply a discount to a given order.
0 ms Reacting on event Apply a discount to a given order.
0.104 ms Evaluating conditions of rule Lobster Dinner Coupon. [edit]
" Executing and Conditions for Discount coupon coupons. [edit]
0 ms Executing and Conditions for Discount coupon coupons.
0.178 ms The condition data_is evaluated to TRUE [edit]
" Executing and AND.
0 ms Executing and AND.
0.494 ms The condition commerce_coupon_usage_evaluate_usage evaluated to TRUE
0.501 ms AND evaluated to TRUE.
0.509 ms Finished executing of and AND.
0.913 ms The condition commerce_coupon_evaluate_coupon_inline_conditions_rule evaluated to TRUE [edit]
0.978 ms The condition commerce_coupon_current_user_may_redeem evaluated to TRUE [edit]
0.983 ms AND evaluated to TRUE.
0.995 ms Finished executing of and Conditions for Discount coupon coupons.
2.236 ms The condition commerce_coupon_discount_coupon_codes_exist_on_order evaluated to TRUE [edit]
3.188 ms The condition commerce_discount_date_condition evaluated to TRUE [edit]
3.505 ms The condition commerce_order_compare_order_amount evaluated to TRUE [edit]
3.512 ms AND evaluated to TRUE.
" Rule Lobster Dinner Coupon fires. [edit]
0 ms Rule Lobster Dinner Coupon fires.
0.05 ms Evaluating the action commerce_discount_fixed_amount. [edit]
13.443 ms Rule Lobster Dinner Coupon has fired.
16.974 ms Finished reacting on event Apply a discount to a given order.
Now, I edit the order again, change the user to an admin, more logging data added (identical to the text above) but the coupon is applied properly.
I've tried setting every permission I can find that looks pertinent.
Comment #10markbannister CreditAttribution: markbannister commented
I'm getting bad about this, sorry, but everything I posted in #9 is wrong.
The rule DOES not evaluate if the order is not owned by the current user.
When in the Admin manage order ui (admin/commerce/orders) the rule will fire for every order with status, checkout, owned by the currently logged in user, and having a coupon.
They evaluate at every reload of the Admin manager order page. (WAD?)
Create a several orders in the admin order page, add items, add coupon, set status to checkout, set owner to a different admin user (admin2)
None of the coupons will be applied and the coupon rule will not evaluate (I added a status message to the rule to show the order ID and coupon and discount used)
Log out.
Log back in as admin2, go to the manage orders page, the coupons will be applied to all orders owned by admin2, in checkout.
If you added a status message (that repeats) you will see displayed all the orders ID's that are evaluated.
Comment #11szczesuil CreditAttribution: szczesuil commented
Hi, I've run up against the same wall. I need to apply coupons while logged in as an admin, placing orders for new or returning customers.
markbannister has it right (although I use masquarade).
There is a reference to a Redeem Coupon permission in the 2.x dev version. I'm assuming this added permission would solve this problem. However, there look like there are too many 2.x dev issues to go that path right now.
Has anyone else come up with a solution to redeeming coupons on orders placed when a customer phones in an order?