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B&B DolceVita
Dolce Vita is a bed and breakfast of high quality, situated in the heart of Cefalu, near the beach and surrounded by the marvelous and typical architecture of the town. We realised something special for our guests. Not only a place where to sleep, but a place to live, where you can take sun in total relaxation in the terrace in front of the sea and with fantastic view. You will admire a breathtaking view of the crystal clear water and of the coast! We opened five years ago and we are recommended by the most famous travellers guides of the world! We will be happy to welcome you and you will experience our hospitality and a magic and unforgettable stay. Come and visit us: you will never forget your holiday in Sicily!
We speak English and French. During the summer time we organize excursions in the best places in Sicily and his Islands, boat trip and fishing trip, sports like windsurf, paraglide, kite surf, golf, diving. We can also offer a private transfer from and to the airport for you, but only on request, at an extra charge. The B&B is close also to restaurants and shops and offers also discounts for them, also for a "lido". A free parking is located 500 metres away.
The typical italian breakfast is served at a nearby cafe' in the square.
Rooms: 5.
Our b&b has no smoking rooms.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
B&B Facilities & Policies
- Air Conditioning
- Airport Transfers
- Cable TV
- Cots available
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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From the train station 10 minutes walking directon old center following Via Bordonaro nr 8 -
From the airport following indication Motorway A20 direction Messina go out in Cefalu and drive to the harbour-parking at the lighthouse and walking to the via Bordonaro nr 8
Please inform us about your arrival time. Dolce Vita b&b doesn' t have an elevator.
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POTTSBORO, TX -- A family's garage went up in flames just before 4:00 Saturday afternoon.
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What's worth watching, and what might not be, in prime time on Thanksgiving.
Fox, Thursday, 9 ET/PT
What you expect from TV on Thanksgiving are parades, football, marathons and repeats of holiday specials like A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (ABC, 8 ET/PT). What you don't expect is a new episode of a scripted network series, but that's what you're getting from Glee, which explores the love triangle among Marley, Jake and Ryder, and sends Blaine into battle with the Warblers. Whether that turns out to be a wise ratings idea remains to be seen.
TRANSCRIPT: Miss Monday's chat? Catch up here
NOVEMBER SWEEPS GUIDE: What's worth watching?
Michael Jackson: Bad 25
ABC, Thursday, 9:30 ET/PT
ABC offers the broadcast premiere of Spike Lee's well-reviewed movie about the making of the music videos tied to Michael Jackson's album Bad. What we're shown is Jackson at the peak of his fame and just off the peak of his creative powers — and the film is a reminder that we once cherished him for his star power and talent, before he became a figure of tabloid fun. It should also serve as a lesson to some of the contestants remaining after Thursday's X-Factor results show: This is what it means to be an artist, a term your judges throw around too freely, and this is the toll fame can take.
Blazing Saddles
VH1 Classic, Thursday, 8 ET/PT
The best movie Thanksgiving night is clearly The Godfather over on AMC (8 ET/PT), but that's not exactly the kind of movie you want to sit around with your kids and watch after dinner. So let's go with Mel Brooks' classic and still hilarious Western spoof, one of those rare comedies that gives crude a good name.


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Advanced Style On The Go In Italy: A Colorful Summer
9 comments:
- Debra Rapoport said...
Love the bolts of fabric as a collage of pattered color. I owuld want to wear all of then together!The flowing soft fabrics look perfect for the summer weather! Great to get a hit of Italy. Warms my heart!
- July 26, 2010 at 6:54 AM
E guarda le donne, que belissimo sone!
Italiani - sempre fanno bella figura.
Have fun in lovely Italy, Ari.
- July 26, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- Brownie said...
Bella bella!
I especially like the look of the chic woman in black and white. Stunning!
- July 26, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Forest City Fashionista said...
I love all the gloves in the beautiful ice-cream colours! I wish women still wore them in North America as an accessory, instead of just to keep their hands warm.
- July 26, 2010 at 8:04 PM
- All Dressed Up said...
wished the grannys here dresses like this!
- July 27, 2010 at 12:12 AM
- mispapelicos said...
Women in Italy look like the ones in Spain, quite extraordinary and lovely.
Thanks for the post.
Now in Berlin
- July 27, 2010 at 3:58 AM
- Beckerman Girls said...
How fabulous! They look so amazing and pulled together gorgeous!
Those gloves are amazing colors wish I could have them all!
xo Beckerman Girls
- July 28, 2010 at 6:15 PM
- Rosina at Middle Ageless said...
Love the polka-dot lady!
- July 28, 2010 at 11:07 PM
Oh!The first lady, in the retro-style fabric with the black shoulder bag!! Fabulous!!
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Raalte's Faithful Chronicler
It has been a joy this past year, having been relieved of administrative work as director, to be able to devote myself to my research projects. My major project was, and continues to be, annotating the ninety-five letters written by Dr. Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland and the Holland Academy, to Dr. Philip Phelps Jr., the first president of Hope College.
The letters are
dated from 1857 to 1875 and contain a wealth of information about the
early years of Hope College, the Reformed Church in America, and life
in Holland, Michigan. Annotation is time consuming, but I hope to finish
the first draft this academic year. I continue to search for documents
to add to my Van Raalte files. This past year I inventoried at least
one hundred more so that my files now contain over 1,850 copies of
documents written by Van Raalte or relating to him. Nella Kennedy,
a translator at the Institute, devotes the majority of her time to
translating the documents in Dutch.
Dr. William Kennedy continues the very labor intensive work of editing and annotating the minutes of the Classis of Holland 1858 to 1876. We hope in time to publish his work to make it readily available to others. The minutes for these years are valuable to a basic understanding of the religious history of the Holland Colony and of the Dutch colonies in Illinois and Wisconsin in the mid-nineteenth century. Among the many minor projects I am involved in on a day-to-day basis is the continual addition of newspaper clippings to the files of the Institute for in-house research. Both the Holland Sentinel and the Grand Rapids Press often publish articles related to Holland history or local history. In addition, I have assisted others in their historical research—Rev. Michael de Vries and Dr. Harry Boonstra for their history of the Pillar Christian Reformed Church from its founding in 1847 to 1897 and Dr. James Kennedy and Dr. Carol Simon for their religious history of Hope College.
It is a pleasure to be a part of the Van Raalte Institute, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary January 2004.


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RECALL: 1.8 million pounds of ground beef from Wolverine Packing Company
DETROIT (AP) - Officials say a Detroit-based business is recalling about 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products sold for restaurant use in four states that may be contaminated with the bacteria E. coli.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Monday that affected Wolverine Packing Co. products were produced between March 31 and April 18. They were shipped to distributors in Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service says 11 illnesses have been identified.
The products bear the establishment number "EST. 2574B" and will have a production date code in the format "Packing Nos: MM DD 14" between "03 31 14" and "04 18 14."
E. coli can cause severe cramps, nausea and diarrhea, as well as other complications.
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The Library of Michigan has recently announced the "2015 Michigan Notable Books." This is a list of 20 titles, published during 2014, which are about or set in Michigan or the Great Lakes region, or are written by a Michigan author.
Titles include fiction and nonfiction for a wide variety of readers. All are selected with the intention of paying tribute and drawing attention to people, places, and things that relate to Michigan.
Again this year, several of the books have a Detroit theme or focus. I've read Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and have recommended it widely. It was on my "best of" list for 2014.
Nice to see Derek Jeter on the list with his middle-grade story, The Contract.
As usual, after seeing this list, I've added several titles to my list of "books to read sometime," especially those about Detroit. I think it is important for all of us to understand and appreciate Detroit's history and current challenges.
I'm behind – I just read that October was National Reading Group Month. Oh well.
We are pleased to offer many services for readers, including book groups, in support of our priority of "reading, viewing, and listening for pleasure."
Our primary service for book groups is Book Club in a Bag: ten copies of the same book in one easy-to-carry bag, along with a reading group guide. We have a substantial list of titles and are always open to suggestions of new titles to add.
The new books lists and Staff Picks on our website are good reading suggestions for book groups or individuals. Our staff are sharing their favorites of 2014 with new lists being added frequently.
And finally, we hope the recently rearranged rotunda at Central and the new displays will make browsing new titles easier. Of course good reads aren't just new books; browse the stacks too or ask our staff for suggestions.
I like book lists... "best of" and favorites from reviewers, friends, and our staff. I always add more titles to my "list of books-to-read-sometime."
Here is another one: 2014 Michigan Notable Books
This list is announced each year by the Library of Michigan. The twenty books focusing on the state, notable residents, and events in our state's history are selected by a committee of folks from libraries, bookstores and related organizations.
I've read a few of these books and have added a few more to my list.
Most librarians like to read, compile, and share book lists. We seek them out, we check off the ones we've read, and add still more titles to our ever growing list of books we want to read.
Of course there are many annual lists and best of lists in all different categories, but there are also subject lists that are timely. I want to share two that are vastly different but both timely.
The young adult division of the American Library Association has compiled a list of basketball books to support March Madness. There are some good suggestions to help extend the college basketball season.
To mark the ten year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, The Washington Post has compiled its list: "10 Years of the Iraq War: 10 Great Books." They write that "like all wars, this one has produced a library of great books."
Do you have any to add to either list?
The awards and "best of" season continues in the entertainment and publishing fields. The Library of Michigan just announced the "2013 Michigan Notable Books."
This designation began in 1991. Each year 20 books published during the previous year are featured. The books are about, or set in Michigan or the Great Lakes region, or are written by a native or resident of our state. Fiction and nonfiction titles with a wide appeal on an array of topics are selected.
In the news release announcing this year's choices, our state librarian, Nancy Robertson, wrote that "this program successfully shines the spotlight on the number of talented writers and illustrators we have in Michigan; these books help tell Michigan's story."
By coincidence, I happened to be reading Detroit City Is the Place to Be, one of this year's selections. I've also added several titles to my ever-growing list of books I'd like to read.
I hope your reading year is off to a good start; mine is.
My Ideal Bookshelf was recently published. We have it in our collection, although it is checked out and I haven't yet seen it. I have read about it, however.
The premise is that the books we keep, let alone read, say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. The author asked dozens of cultural figures – authors, filmmakers, chefs, architects – to select a small bookshelf worth of books to represent themselves.
What books would you select if you had been asked? I'm still pondering this for myself. As I look around my bookshelves at home, I see favorite novels, biographies of presidents especially Lincoln, memoirs by women, some autographed children's books. I'm not sure these are the ones I would select to say who I am but for various reasons and at various times, those are the books I have chosen to have on my shelves.
What's on your shelf that says who you are? If you can't select the entire shelf, how about one title?
I like lists, especially lists of books. The Library of Congress recently selected a list of 88 books they judge to have shaped America. All the titles are by American authors; Benjamin Franklin is the only author with multiple titles on the list…..he has three.
The list includes a wide variety of titles and has generated some interesting online comments: thin on books from the 60s; what, no John Updike or Maya Angelou; few writers of color.
The books are on display at the Library of Congress through September. They also have an online survey on their website.
What do you think of the list? What's missing or shouldn't be included?
Many "best of" and "book winners" are announced at year-end so announcing winners at this time of year caught my attention and is probably a good marketing strategy.
The American Booksellers Association recently announced the winners of the "2012 Indies Choice Book Awards" with the following description: "after a month of voting by the owners and staff at independent bookstores across the county, we have an outstanding list of winners that reflects the types of books independent bookstores champion best."
And the winners are….
The full list of winners, 2012 Honor Award recipients, and Most Engaging Author Awards designees are listed on their website.
Readers can support independent booksellers by purchasing these titles or any books, of course, or borrowing them from the library. Independent booksellers and public libraries are good partners in promoting books and reading.
The "best of" lists are out in full force. Along with these lists, nominations for awards for 2011 books, music, and movies are also being announced.
Many KPL staff are sharing their favorite books, movies, and music from the year to support our priority of "reading, viewing, and listening for pleasure." Our lists, along with ones from previous years, are on our website.
I freely admit I am not current on music or movies, but I think I am current on books until I see these lists. I realize how many titles I haven't even heard of that are staff favorites. I've also learned whose reading interests are similar to mine – I've likely to enjoy the book if it is on their list.
What was your favorite from the year?….a new book, an older one you had missed….doesn't matter. Please share!
I hope the new year provides time and opportunity for reading, viewing, and listening for pleasure for you. Best wishes.
As year-end approaches, almost every publication has its "best of" list. Lists of best books, movies, and music, at least in some editor's or reviewer's opinion, are especially popular. When I see such list of books, I immediately want to begin checking off those I have read and adding those I haven't read and sound good to my "list of books to read sometime."
Some lists are divided by genre….travel , romance, historical fiction, mysteries….and on and on. Library staff are working on our lists to share. We are dividing ours by format: books, movies, and music to match our strategic priority of "reading, viewing, and listening for pleasure." We want to share with you what we liked, no matter what the reviewers or critics might have said about the title.
Our lists are due December 5 so look for our "best of the year" shortly thereafter on our website. In the meantime, you can review our favorites from past years. When you see our lists, please share yours on one of our blogs.
I hope it has been a good year of reading, viewing, and listening for pleasure for you. As always, I've added more titles to my list than I read ; it gets longer each year. I need more reading time in 2012!
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KSDK) - The Madison County State's Attorney's Office charged a 24-year-old Godfrey man for allegedly crashing a vehicle into a home, resulting in the death of somebody inside that home.
According to Captain T. Mike Dixon, chief of detectives for the Madison County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to the 200 block of Mercury Drive on January 13 just after 10:40 p.m. As deputies arrived at the scene, dispatchers were receiving calls about a vehicle crashing into a home in the 100 block of Saturn Drive. The two streets are in the same neighborhood.
Dixon said deputies learned a disturbance at the first residence involving family members led to the accident on Saturn Drive. The suspect, identified as Jacob Fickle, allegedly started the disturbance and took a family member's car keys. He drove off but crashed into the home on Saturn. Fickle then ran off on foot but was apprehended around 11:25 p.m. in the parking lot of Beer Barrel Pub in the 7200 block of Montclaire Avenue.
A 73-year-old man inside the home on Saturn Drive, identified as Marlin Bushnell, was pronounced dead at the scene from injuries sustained when the car crashed in the home.
Jacob Fickle was charged with leaving the scene of a traffic accident resulting in a fatality, as well as two misdemeanor charges of domestic battery in connection with the original disturbance. Police also cited Fickle for driving with a revoked license and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
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Giardino Mountain couldn't exist anywhere but Champfèr, the Swiss Alpine village a five-minute stroll away from St. Moritz. From the hotel's exclusive mountain lounge, which offers views some 2,128 meters above sea level, to the inspiring sgraffito by local artist Steivan Könz, the hotel has been renovated and designed with an innate respect for its mountain setting. Hands-on hoteliers Daniela and Philippe Frutiger used local stone and fine parquets throughout the hotel, which was restored and remodeled to provide soul-nourishing spaces, including a tranquil, state-of-the-art wellness spa. Earthy tones give the 78 rooms and suites a feeling of warmth and coziness. In the restaurants, one of which is run by Rolf Fliegauf, regional products are combined with flair and imagination. The hotel's ethos is to offer a relaxed atmosphere with attentive service. And thanks to the point-to-point connections offered by Giardino Group's private airline, this often begins before check-in.
Typically Engadine
Just as its alpine setting is a delicate balance of the elements, so the Giardino Mountain balances modernity and heritage. The hotel stands in the building of the former Chesa Guardalej hotel. It has undergone an extensive transformation, preserving the local Engadine architecture and fusing it with clean interior design. From the outside, the hotel has a typical Engadine appearance: thick parchment-colored walls keep out the cold mountain air, while the small recessed windows let in acres of natural light. One of the most famous hallmarks of the Engadine style is sgraffito, an engraving technique where decoration is carved into plaster walls.
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A modern take on alpine interiors
Within the whitewashed lobby there is a sophisticated mix of neutral tones and woods. Here, vibrant fuchsia and lime velvets add a touch of unexpected flamboyance. The spectacular floral chandelier, framed by a simple white corridor, brings to mind a huge bouquet of wild flowers cascading down a snowy mountain. In the 78 bedrooms and suites, earthy colors, tactile fabrics and the clever use of natural wood provide guests with additional warmth.
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The lives of Daniela and Philippe Frutiger have been connected to the Giardino Hotel Group ever since they met at its first property in Ascona in 1994. Together they repositioned and expanded the Swiss hotel brand into a successful business encompassing three hotels and a beauty and cosmetics line, dipìù. Philippe trained as a cook before learning the ropes of the hotel business in his native Switzerland and abroad. His wife Daniela, originally from southern Germany, is a trained beautician and pharmacist, and presides over interior design and spa operations. The Frutigers' key values - quality of life, sustainability and service leadership - are exhibited throughout their properties in a fresh interpretation of luxury for the modern traveler.
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin Announces Latest Schedule
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin announced the final additions to the schedule of runway shows, presentations and special events throughout the city from January 15 – 18, 2013, showcasing the trends for fall/winter 2013. The week will now include showcases from 3Zehn, Africa Fashion Day Berlin (Adama Paris, Nomi by Naomi, Romero Bryan), Dawid Tomaszewski, Hien Le and Patrick Mohr meets Reebok Classic.
Running concurrently with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin are the several industry trade shows, fairs and events to further support the alignment of content and commerce of fashion in the city. More information on Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin and the complete schedule of shows can be found at berlin.mbfashionweek.com.
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Some spend a lifetime collecting ornaments. So why bring them out for traditional tree trimming only? Stylist, author, and Rue Living Inspirer Matthew Mead incorporates these delicate pieces into holiday gifts, place settings, and around-the-house décor.
For Gift Giving
"Embellish packages, gift bags, or wrapped bottles of wine or seasoned oils with a decorative ornament. These chandelier-style drop ornaments dress up any package with sophisticated style that the recipient can add to their own collection."
As Table Favors
"Make your holiday table more engaging with this glittery butterfly ornament. Roll and tie your dinner napkin with ribbon and attach the ornament with gold cord. Place one at each place setting as a gift for your yuletide dinner guests."
For Decorative Vignettes
"To decorate side tables and entryways, gather vintage bottles and decanters on a silver tray, fill with a dusting of faux snow, and top the bottles with glass spire- and star-style ornaments. Surround with flickering votive candles for a sparkling display."
Find these eye-catchers at our Dress Up the Tree: Designer Ornaments Boutique on Saturday, November 16, at 3PM ET.
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Treat Mom to a sumptuous brunch on her special day at Atlantic's Edge.
Enjoy delicous assortment of brunch foods including omlette station, bottomless mimosas or bellinis, artisanal meats and fromage, seafood and much more.
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Five-day Weather Forecast for Scranton, PA
Tornado touching down near Ninnekah, Oklahoma, that damaged multiple mobile homes. Thankfully no one was injured.
Insane Meso mist in intense wrap-around winds while storm chaser Reed Timmer chased the storm hook with large tornado on the ground to the East.
A waterspout formed on Lake Berryessa on April 27. Charlie Postlethwait captured this footage after severe storms brought a day of unsettled weather to northern California.
A tornado touched down in western Omaha, Nebraska, on April 27. This sped-up footage shows the rotation of a cloud in the area.
A line of thunderstorms put a light show on over the Las Vegas area on April 27. This video shows the lightning show over Paradise, south of Las Vegas.
Extreme meteorologist Reed Timmer reports in Floydada, Texas, with the tornado threat to ramp up as the evening progresses.
Dramatic video of lightning striking a plane flying near London's Heathrow Airport. At least three planes flying over London were hit by lightning on April 27. British Airways said the plane landed safely.
A dust devil whirling through Mauna Kea Beach, Hawaii, on April 27, spins umbrellas in the air and sends beachgoers running for cover.
On April 17, an active region on the sun's right side released a mid-level solar flare. This solar flare caused moderate radio blackouts.
A man was sitting in his back garden in Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury on April 17, when he noticed a bee going in and out of a hole in the house wall. See what happens when he puts a nail in the wall while the bee is inside.


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Today is a big one in rock-'n'-roll history: On this day in 1969 guitar genius Jimi Hendrix electrified the final day at Woodstock. While there are plenty of wineries near Woodstock, N.Y., today, somehow we just feel as though we should skip the wine and drink something a little more appropriate to the day's importance. Gain experience, if you will.
After work today, we're popping the caps off a few bottles of Purple Haze by Louisiana brewery Abita. As much as we love wine and advocate its consumption every day, drinking a beer or two in honor of the greatest-ever guitar player's unforgettable performance 41 years ago is perfectly acceptable. Moreover, Purple Haze can be considered a wine drinker's beer.
As a wheat beer it's a little lighter and more refreshing than your average brew. And with raspberries added to the process, Purple Haze has a light, sweet fruit flavor that's not far off from what you find in the brighter red wines such as Gamay and Pinot Noir. You can locate it here.
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President Jakaya Kikwete has said the government is in the process of reviewing the current Tax Exemptions Act in order to increase revenue collections and improve workers' welfare.
The President said that reductions in tax exemptions which increased to 1.05trn/- in the 2010/2011 fiscal year would help to boost Tanzania Revenue Authority's (TRA) annual collections currently standing at 5.2 trn/-.
He made the remarks yesterday when addressing workers and Tanzanians during celebrations to mark the World's Workers' Day held at Mkwakwani grounds in Tanga City.
This year's theme was 'Low Salary, High Tax and Price Hike: A Big Blow to Workers'.
According to reports by the Controller and Auditor Generals (CAG) and parliamentary committees tabled in the just ended Parliament, granted tax exemptions increased from 680.7bn/- in 2009/2010 to 1. 016trn/- in 2010/2011, which is equivalent to 18 percent of the country's actual revenue collections.
Elaborating, he said that despite some discrepancies, TRA has always surpassed its collection targets every year. He said when he came to power, the authority was colleting 1.9trn/- but now it rakes in 5.2trn/- per annum.
He said the government's plan is to spend 3.2trn/- out of 6.7trn/- from its internal sources for salaries.
Tax exemption would also result in the reduction of income tax for workers, he said, adding that some measures have already been taken whereby in 2007/2008 income tax was reduced to 15 percent from 18 percent and in 2011/2012 from 15 percent to the current 14 percent.
Kikwete said the government is very much concerned on the low salaries paid to both public servants and those in the private sector, promising that it would work on the matter in accordance to the actual revenue collected.
He however, applauded the lawmakers for the job well done during the last meeting whereas saying they did justice when discussing the CAG report for 2009/2010. He said the government is working on their recommendations.
President Kikwete said the report has revealed disbursement of public funds by ministries and district councils, adding that whoever feels that the CAG report is unfair should appeal to the High Court.
"We gave powers to the CAG because we wanted every Tanzanian to enjoy the national cake," he noted.
CAG has been given powers to immediately take legal measures against officials proved to have embezzled public funds, he said, adding that he can recommend for the police and Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) to investigate the culprits even before the report is tabled in Parliament.
Kikwete said that his government has taken measures to improve the National Audit Office so as to ensure proper auditing of public fund expenditures. He said so far over 378 auditors have been employed and allocated to different districts countrywide.
On employment, The President said that the problem has been growing globally, adding that in Tanzania 12 percent of youths are not employed.
To tackle the problem, he said the government has decided to form employment promotion committees at the ministry and district levels, starting with six ministries.
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As for the districts, he said, the government has instigated pilot projects for employment promotions through establishment of special employment desks.
The President also called upon Tanzanians to turn up in big numbers in airing their views to the constitutional commission towards getting the country's new fundamental law.
The timetable for people to air their views will be issued soon by the constitutional committee which officially started its work yesterday, he said.
Meanwhile, the Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA) secretary general, Nicholous Mgaya said workers were expecting to get the new basic salary of 350,000/- starting the next financial year.
"It is our hope that the basic salary would be increased when the government tables its budget for the 2012/2013 financial year next month," Mgaya said.
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In GTA 1, San Andreas is a city, the third of the 3 cities in the game (Liberty City, Vice City, San Andreas).
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The version of San Andreas featured in GTA San Andreas takes the appearence of a full American state which encompases the cities (Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas), the counties (Whetstone, Flint County, Tierra Robada, Bone County and Red County), and the villages (Angel Pine, Fort Carson, El Quebrados, Las Barrancas, Las Payasadas, Las Brujas ghost town, Palomino Creek, Blueberry, Montgomery and Dillimore). It is the largest map in the GTA III Era.
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The technique surely is interesting. However, the city layout seems very very very square to me, too much even for a planned city.
The map is coming along nicely. I think it will be a very good piece when it is done. I'm confident in the project, especially the map part of it. I will have to develop the story and add detail where needed when I am close enough to completing the map to know what is where. Right now I only know where major structures will be. The Upper Left is going to be an arcane university, whose curriculum will be based on my grinoire I wrote for real life use. The whole city will be centered around an the mythilogical, so it's like Hogwarts set into a college town like setting. It's kind of like UC Davis in California. I'm still not sure if I can include this town in someone elses fantasy world, or if it will have to stand alone. The history I thus wrote is good enough for it's own campaign settings if I produce enough detail and make some sort of game machanics.
This is the whole map as it stands now. I'm guessing 30-40% of the map is filled with houses. I'm still working on floorplans to the businesses, factories, schools and so on.
This is the downtown square, which has a park which I plan to design further to have benches and a band stand.
Here's a neighborhood park with a public temple. The town will have a lot of structures dedicated to magic and rituals.
The technique surely is interesting. However, the city layout seems very very very square to me, too much even for a planned city.
I don't mean to infer that this map depicts an oriental city (though the names Shikodu / Zigoto have a distinct Japanese flavor to them), but larger cities in feudal Japan, Korea, China, and SE Asia feature very square or rectangular city layouts with grids of canals and streets defining the geometry, unlike any city in the west (Rome included). While towns and villages tend to follow the geography of the terrain, urban planning in the orient defies the geology with determined geometry. It depends in what part of the world and when, as to how the city layout reflects reality or not.
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The map is for a culture I designed which has Japanese flavors to it. The style I intended for the city itself is based on 1880's company towns in the United States. The society that lives in my city is a custom made one with a mixture of cultural influences. I have made part of the language using a system that combines lettlers, but it's too complex to describe easily. Many of the words sound Japanese when I started putting root words together and began to make the language for the society my maps are for.
Interesting! I was in Kuau'i, Hawaii almost 10 years ago and among the local residents, they speak 'pigeon English', which is a conglomeration of English, Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Philipine, Portugeuse (maybe more) - you can't learn the language unless you're born there, as they won't teach it to outsiders (almost like a secret cant). It came about because of (similar to your game setup) plantation towns, each with a unique population of immigrant laborers and their own language/culture. As the union movement in the 19th century came about, revolts among the 'walled' plantation towns broke out and the separate immigrant populations mingled, united against the oppressive plantation owners. 'Pigeon English' came about due to these revolts.
I created the original hand-drawn map for the city of Kasai, capital of Minkai, in Jade Regent #6: The Empty Throne for their crossing the north pole to Japan adventure path, as a commission for Paizo Publishing. The map includes a grid of canals, like a major oriental city would. F. Wesley Schneider (managing editor of Paizo at the time, now he's more) seemed shocked to see the square grid on the early version of the city design. I sent him photos of 19th century Kyoto, links to pre-20th century maps of Japanese cities (some 15th century maps), and reliable sites justifying my intended direction. In order to please his more 'less structured design' wants, I made the roads paralleling the canals long straight ones, but the interior streets wound around terrain features - and create more interesting urban landscape. I capitulated.
I used to just make maps for my own games, but I run a graphics shop and after printing a large format campaign map, I realized that might work as a business and built a website to do that (back in 2007, about the same time I joined the CG). After having participated in many monthly challenges and winning a few, I got more interested in creating maps than printing them. Through the CG I hooked with some small publishers including Dog House Rulez and designed some 3.5 maps, and have since been commissioned for many maps, including the Paizo job.
Because I'm half Japanese, I've always been interested in Japanese history, culture, folkore and ghost story tradition. So I've since published 13 publications through Rite Publishing for PFRPG, a setting of Japanese horror called Kaidan. Although it is a fictitious setting, not Japan, it is an archipelago of islands built along the lines of imperial/shogunate Japan in the 13th to 15th century - pre-Sengoku period, with a heavy emphasis on yokai as horror aspects, plenty of yurei ghosts and oni demons. It's influenced by Ravenloft, but features a very twisted and demented form of reincarnation that sets it apart from other D&Desque settings - very esoteric in some ways. It's based on the Buddhist Wheel of Life construct (where unenlightened souls reincarnate; now considered 'states of mind') crossed with the Japanese social caste system, using a karma score that determines what caste you were born in, and which you'll be in the next life.
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I've got enough of the residential area to figure out more about Shikodu's neighborhoods. There's five main neighborhoods in the city's core. I do plan to add subdivisions outside my map and some of the farms around the city. I think this map has potential to become a really great city. I've taken new pics of the map's progress. I'm getting close to having to work on the buildings with a single location. I've about finished the cookie cutter structures like row houses and such.
Here's a map that shows the neighborhood boundaries.
This is a couple of close ups of University Hill. The large open space that I set aside for the school is becoming clear. The neighborhood is home to a lot of professors and students. The second map shows detail of the around the schools shopping area.
The last two are of the downtown area called Zigoto Square and Zigoto Subdivision, which has the city's industrial areas.
I'm getting to the slow part of the map making. I'm starting to work on the buildings that appear only once in my city. This is going to be a slow project. I'm going to have a good shot taken of the map in a week or so.
I borrowed a friend's camera to get a really good photo of the map. It's coming along. I've only got 20 middle class homes to draw and I'm working on the upper middle class and starting to work on the floor plans for the commercial areas. I, done a rough estimate of the population. I might top off at 15,000 to 18,000 on the map I have now. I do plan to map the suburbs that extend beyond the current project.
*WARNING* large image about 14 mega pixels.
Work on the map is going to have to wait until I move from my current location. I'm putting this project on hold until I can get out of Public housing. Rent hikes at my building will cost me the internet in the next few months. I'm not going to be updating this project anymore because I can't work on it in the current state of my living conditions.
I haven't been feeling all the well since the mold problems, I haven't been drawing on the paper map. I have been working on the computerized floor plans. I have done a lot on the Sacred School, which is the second major employer for my city. I'm going to start working on the main industry, which is iron refining and other related metal crafts. I'll share the floor plans for the Sacred Schools main quad buildings. I still haven't gotten inspired by my muses to the do the cafeteria. I'm happy with how the school is turning out.


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The chief told the board Wednesday morning the department will have to make due with 65 fewer officers, because of a $2 million budget shortfall.
"All of us would prefer to have 65 officers and not take the chance of making us less safe, but we are in the process of making sure that we look at ways in which we could adjust what we're doing to compensate for a loss off officers," Chief Isom said.
NewsChannel 5 had reported the officers were being laid off. However, police spokeswoman Erica Van Ross said the department will eliminate the positions through a process called "attrition," not via layoffs.
This particular round of attrition would require cancelling the next three scheduled police academy classes. This means as current officers retire or quit, they would not be replaced.
"I'm hoping that it doesn't have to come to be, but we are going to have to look at things that's for sure," said Thomas Walsh from the St. Louis Police Officers Association. "The department will have to look and make a recommendation. I'm not privileged to what those recommendations have been yet."
Chief Isom said the job eliminations are just a possibility and the department will talk to communities, the mayor's office and the Board of Police Commissioners.


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The children are the forgotten souls, street kids, left to fend for themselves in Jaipur, India. Vol State students Dana Vick and Tina Newman of Gallatin met them during a travel study visit to the Taabar Center in 2010. The experience changed their lives.
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"The main goal is to get them reunited with their parents," said Newman. "But many of them have to stay there until that happens. It's just like the movie "Slumdog Millionaire", but a whole lot worse."
Even while still in India, the two students discussed ways they could help Taabar. They came back to Tennessee with a plan for action. That work has gone to new levels this spring. They formed a non-profit group called Taabar 2, bringing in not only other Vol State students, but people from across the area. The goal of the group is to raise awareness and funds to help the center.
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Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, August 1999. Source: Michael Gabler
Mono Lake is a hypersaline lacustrine water body located in the Great Basin of the western USA.
Satellite view of Mono Lake, Mono County, CA. Source: NASA
The lake is situated at the western base of the southern Sierra Mountains, and is unusually rich in a host of diverse minerals.
This lake has experienced significant drawdown in lake levels and secondary salinization due to the rapidly expanding population in Southern California; however, conservation steps have been taken to limit future water extraction, in order to protect the lake ecology.
With elevated pH level and a rich assortment of dissolved minerals, Mono Lake comprises a highly productive aquatic ecosystem, albeit of limited biodiversity. As a well defined stable basin, Mono Lake is arguably one ot the oldest lakes in North America.
Terrestrial margins of the lake are comprised chiefly of a sagebrush scrub plant community. In 2009, a novel life form was discovered in Mono Lake, consisting of a bacterium that is able to metabolize and incorporate arsenic as an essential building component of its cellular structure.
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Mono Lake is thought to be one of the oldest lacustrine bodies in North America, and is judged to have existed for at least 760,000 years. The rich variety of dissolved mineral salts derive from leaching of chemicals from the surrounding and lakebed rocks. The ions plentiful in Lake Mono include not only sodium, chloride, potassium and carbonate, but also calcium, strontium, sulfate, iodide, arsenate, tungstenate, fluorate and boride. The pH level of Mono Lake is quite high, with these basic waters realizing pH values of approximately ten.
|Historic Mono Lake elevation. Source: Hopkins and Kavounas (2002)
Tributary rivers to Mono Lake include Rush Creek, Lee Vining Creek, and Mill Creek. It was diversion of these freshwater inflows by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in 1941 for consumption over 330 miles (540 km) south, that caused the 1941-1982 decline in Mono Lake levels. Subsequent to massive lake drawdowns, water levels dropped precipitously, reaching a minimum in 1982.
Since that time a program of lake restoration has brought the lake volume to 60 percent of its 1941 volume, with an ultimate target of realizing 70 percent of the 1941 baseline. In the period of lake shrinkage, salinity rose from 50,000 to 90,000 milligrams per kilogram. One of the consequences of lake volume decline was the observed formation of gaylussite (a rare sodium-calcium carbonate) crystals in the deeper water areas; this formation was due to elevated pH and sodium concentrations arising in the smaller volume lake.
An unintentional, consequence of ending the water diversions was the creation of meromixis. During the period of intense water diversions the lake was monomictic, implying that at least once annually the deeper waters mixed with the upper layers, conveying nutrients and oxygen to the bottommost layers. In meromixis, deep layers do not become thoroughly mixed, so that deeper layers are more saline than the water near the surface, and are typically almost devoid of oxygen. As a result, changing from monomixis to meromixis significantly alters the lake ecology.
Mono Lake is a nitrogen limited lake, such that the production of ammonium and its vertical mixing are instrumental in controlling algal growth. Turbidity measured by the Secchi Disk method ranges from a value of 0.5 to 1.0 meters in the winter up to eight to twelve meters at the summer high, with the variation due to phytoplankton density.
Basin Formation
Within the most recent five million years, the endorheic Mono Basin was formed via basin and range crustal stretching, admixed with volcanic activity, combined with faulting along the western Sierra Mountains base. About five million years before present (b.p.), the Sierra Nevada was merely an eroded low lying range of hill topography, with no trace yet of the Mono Basin or Owens Valley. From 4.5 to 2.5 million years b.p., massive amounts of basalt were extruded from present day Cowtrack Mountain. Subsequent volcanic eruptions carried on from 3.8 million to 250,000 b.p. These events transpired chiefly northwest of Mono Basin and produced Cedar Hill, Aurora Crater and Mount Hicks.
Holocene shorelines of Mono Lake. Source: Scott Stine, Sierra Nature Notes
The actual realization of the Mono Basin is thought to have come about approximately 760,000 years b.p., at the approximate time of the Long Valley eruption. Sediments beneath the ash layer suggest that Mono Lake may be a relict of a very sizable prior lake that once covered a large part of present day southeastern California, Nevada and western Utah. Conspicuous ancient shorelines of that prehistoric mega-lake are visible today above Lee Vining, California and along higher ground to the northeast of Mono Lake.
Volcanism proceeds currently in the local area, with the most recent eruption having been witnessed about 1660 AD; that event produced Paoha Island now present in the lake. A correlative outcome of this most recent volcanic event was the Panum Crater along the shoreline of Mono Lake, a formation consisting of a rhyolite lava dome and cinder cone.
Lake Ecology
Female Wilson's phalarope, notable migratory
bird at Mono Lake. @ Dominic Sheronyt With the high pH and mineral concentrations, Mono Lake supports no fish life; however, there is a highly productive ecological system, with algae, brine shrimp (Artemia monica) and brine flies (Ephydra hians) being anchors of the food chain, all supporting avian species, higher trophic level feeders.
Artemia monica is the only macrozooplankter in Mono Lake, with first generation individuals hatching from overwintering cysts. This species exerts a strong grazing pressure on phytoplankton, and is an important regenerator of ammonium. Furthermore, A. monica is a key food source for over one million Black-eared grebes in the autumn, as well as many other avian species. Pioneering microbiology research in the 1930s by Benjamin Elazari-Volcani identified the presence of the phytoflagellate Dunleilla viridis.
The lake is a major breeding site for the California gull (Larus californica) and a critical stopover feeding place for Black-eared grebes (Podiceps nigricollis). Furthermore, significant populations of Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) feed here along their migration routes. Other migratory shorebirds resting and feeding at Mono Lake are American avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) and Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus).
Extremophile Life
GFAJ-1 bacterium known to metabolize arsenic.
Like all hypersaline and high pH water bodies, Mono Lake is a habitat for a number of extremophile organisms, e.g. taxa which are able to out-compete other biota due to their ability to permform metabolic functions in an environment which has high concentrations of salts and;or highly basic (low hydrion concentrations) waters. As is the case in most such extreme environments, the majority of its extremophiles have not yet been identified, due to the fact that most are microscopic organisms, such as bacteria or archaea.
Mono Lake contains a rod-shaped extremophile bacterium GFAJ-1 that can metabolize the chemical element arsenic. This discovery by NASA has significant implications for the likelihood of finding other lifeforms on planetary bodies with substantially different chemical compostion from the Earth. All life on Earth has been historically viewed as containing essential atomic elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur in cellular construction. The occurrence of bacterium GFAJ-1 is a departure from this classical thought, since arsenic has replaced the usual valence role of phosphorus in the new bacterium.
Tufa Towers
Tufa columns emergent in Mono Lake. Source. Mila Zinkova
The most iconic visual feature of Lake Mono are tufa towers formed by underwater springs rich in ionized calcium; these calcium rich waters mix with high carbonate lake waters, producing deposition of calcium carbonate. Since the formation only occurs underwater, the emergent towers testify to the decline in surface level since 1941, the date when massive water diversions to the rapidly expanding human population of Southern Calfornia commenced.
Terrestrial Ecology and Soils
The Mono Basin lies in an ecoregion termed the Central Basin and Range (designated by the U.S. EPA as ecoregion 13 of North America); the entirety is composed of northerly trending fault-block ranges and intervening drier basins. The principal plant community is sagebrush scrub. Valleys, lower slopes, and alluvial fans are either shrub- and grass-covered, or shrub-covered. In general this ecoregion is drier than the Sierra Nevada, cooler than the Mojave Basin and Range, and warmer and drier than the Northern Basin and Range. Soils grade upslope from Aridisols or Entisols to Mollisols. The chief land use is primarily used for grazing, but major extents are essentially open space or wilderness.
Prominent plants include Single-leaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla), Antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), Littleleaf horsebrush (Tetradymia glabrata), Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) and Desert peach (Prunus andersonii). Fauna present include sage grouse, kangaroo rats, mule deer, black-tailed jackrabbits, coyotes and mountain lion.
Nellie Charlie, early 20th c Paiute basketmaker. Creative Commons
The Native American Kutzadika'a people consumed not only migrating birds visiting the lake, but also larvae of the brine flies that live in the lake. This tribe, a band of the Northern Paiute, chose the Mono Lake area in spite of its harsh climate, because of the high biomass productivity of the lake ecosystem. The word Mono derives from Monachi, a Yokut term for the tribes that lived on both the east and western side of the Sierra Mountain range. The Kutzadika'a people lived on the western Sierra, although tribes in these desolate areas of the Great Basin are known to have engaged in trade with tribes such as the Chumash as far away as the California coast.
In the prehistoric era the adjacent Owens Valley was inhabited by the Panamint tribe at the southern end of the Owens Basin; however, at this time the Mono tribe occupied the north and central parts of the Owens Basin.
- Craig Bethke. 1996. Geochemical reaction modeling: concepts and applications. Oxford University Press. 397 pages
- Geoffrey Rayner Canham and Tina Overton. 2003.Descriptive inorganic chemistry. Macmillan. 569 pages
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Los Osos Back Bay. Megalithic Portal. editor Andy Burnham
- R.Jellison, J.Romero, J.M.Melack. 1998. The onset of meromixis in Mono Lake: unintended consequences of reducing water diversions. Limnology and Oceanograph pp.704–11 issue 4, volume 3
- Sven Erik Jørgensen. 2009. Ecosystem Ecology. Academic Press (Google eBook) 521 pages
- James Morgan. 2009. Alien life 'may exist among us': Mono Lake in the US is home to arsenic-fuelled microbes. BBC News
- National Research Council (U.S.) 1987. The Mono Basin ecosystem: effects of changing lake level. Mono Basin Ecosystem Study Committee, National Academies Press. 272 pages
- Jason Palmer. 2010. Arsenic-loving bacteria may help in hunt for alien life. BBC News December 2, 2010 11886943 BBC News
- Timothy Tierney. 2000. Geology of the Mono Basin. Kutsavi Press, Mono Lake Committee, Lee Vining, California ISBN 0-939716-08-9
- Francis Farquhar. 1926. Place Names of the High Sierra. Sierra Club, San Francisco
- Heidi Hopkins and Peter Kavounas, 2002, The Mono Lake Case: From Contention to Collaboration, Proceedings of International Symposium on Building Partnerships between Citizens and Local governments for Sustainable Lake Management


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Anyway, ReThink is a pretty cool T-Shirt company that exclusively licenses designs from college students around the country.
Rethink Clothing is a fresh company with intentions of mixing up the clothing world. The premise is simple, great shirts from college designers. Yeah, that is right college designers. Not only are they from colleges across the nation, the profits go to college artists or any college or grad student who submits a great design. Rethink is in the opening phases and is currently looking for designs/artists.
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