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Milwaukee® M12™ RealTree Xtra® Camo Heated Jacket: Redesigned for optimal heat retention to keep the outdoorsman in the woods longer, the Milwaukee® M12™ Cordless Camo Heated Jacket integrates (5) carbon fiber heating elements and advanced fabric-layering technology to distribute and maintain heat across core body areas. For added versatility, two distinct heat zones (back and chest, lower pockets) can be adjusted independently to provide the right amount of heat for any situation. A rugged wind and water resistant shell keeps weather out while improved insulation and a thermal fleece lining hold heat close to the body and reduce the number of layers needed. Featuring specialnoise-reducing fabric and the Realtree Xtra® Camo pattern, the jacket provides up to 6 hours of continuous heat per battery charge to withstand the harshest outdoor conditions while blending in with the natural colors of the fall, winter and early spring.
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- Machine Washable and Dryable
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- Premium Milled Cowhide 1.2-1.3mm with Full Sleeve Zip Out Thermal Liner
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Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
November 19, 2012
Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield's participated in a graduation at the International Law Enforcement Training Academy (ILEA) in Roswell, New Mexico. More than 30 students from Botswana, Tanzania, and Zambia graduated from a four-week long ILEA program focusing on transnational organized crime and criminal justice topics.
[This is a mobile copy of Photos: ILEA Graduation in Roswell, New Mexico]
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About Us
Mandate | Vision/Mission | Quality
Policy | Services
Major Policy Thrusts | NWPC Policy Guidelines No.01 Series of 2005
The Commission | Organizational Structure | Key OfficersCreation
In July 1989, the Philippine Congress enacted into law Republic Act No. 6727, also known as the "Wage Rationalization Act."
The Act established a new mechanism for minimum wage determination through the creation of the National Wages and Productivty Commission ( NWPC) and the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) in all regions of the country.
The NWPC is an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Justly remunerated and productive Filipino workforce in globally competitive enterprises.
Set minimum wage that protects workers' welfare.
Promote enterprise and workers' productivity
The NWPC is committed to:
- Provide quality service to the workers and enterprises on wages, incomes and productivity through policy and program development and implementation.
- Comply with all applicable legal requirements
- Continually improve all processes and systems to meet requirements of relevant interested parties; and
- Enhance the competencies of its talents.
Performing one's duties and responsibilities according to the work ethics in public service.
Acting with a sense of urgency and providing timely, relevant and pioneering solutions to ensure quality service to internal and external clients.
Working with determination and dedicationto exceed clients' expectation.
Ensuring open government initiatives and upholding the values of tripartism, participation and partnership.
Generating and translating ideas into goods or services that create value.
Cultivating synergy with the organization and among partners and stakeholders towards a common goal.
NWPC is a key policy making body on wages, incomes and productivity, mandated under RA 6727 or the Wage Rationalization Act (1989) and RA 6971 or the Productivity Incentives Act of 1990 to:
- Determine minimum wages at the regional,provincial and/or industry levels; and
- Promote productivity improvement and gainsharing schemes, particularly among micro, small and medium enterprises.
NWPC formulates policies and guidelines on wages, incomes and productivity and exercises technical and administrative supervision over the RTWPBs.
With 17 RTWPBs (including ARMM) responsible for setting minimum wages and promoting productivity improvement programs.
The NWPC and RTWPBs provide the following services on wages, incomes, and productivity:
Research and Policy
- Advise the President and Congress on matters relating to wages, incomes, and productivity
- Determine and fix minimum wage rates at the regional,provincial, and industry levels
- Undertake researches and studies on wages and productivity
- Formulate policies and guidelines on wages, incomes, and productivity
Training and Consulting
Information and Publication
- Provide training courses on quality and productivity (Q&P) improvement for company owners, managers, supervisors, and workers of qualified small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
- Extend firm level consulting and technical assistance on the actual implementation of Q&P improvement projects for beneficiary-SMEs.
- Promote gainsharing schemes at the firm level.
- Render information services in the areas of wages, incomes, and productivity to walk-in and phone -in clients, as well as through the NWPC website and library.
- Disseminate publication and information materials on minimum wages and Q&P improvement and gainsharing.
- Conduct wage clinics or one-on-one consultation with clients on wage related concerns.
- Policy/guidelines/standards formulation on wages and productivity
- Implement the two-tier wage system (2TWS) along the objectives of adequate protection to income of vulnerable workers and improved productivity and competitiveness within a total incomes policy framework. Floor or minimum wage shall continue to be set by the RTWPBs . Encourage grant of productivity or performance-based pay in accordance with prescribed guidelines;
- Conduct facility evaluation and time-and-motion studies/work improvement in support of wage fixing and productivity improvement mandate;
- Revisit the relevance of wage policy in light of emerging market conditions and occurrence of natural and man-made calamities; and
- Enhance research and data-base development function towards greater focus on the 2nd tier of 2TWS (industry studies, incentives/gain-sharing schemes)
- Technical assistance and advocacy services on wages and productivity
- Intensify capacity building program on productivity by engaging the assistance of a Singapore-based university for the conduct of a campus-training on productivity, innovation and enterprise development;
- Adopt a supply chain approach in the implementation of Service Quality Training Program for the Tourism Industry and Green ME Program;
- Provide training and technical assistance on productivity improvement to DOLE officers and staff relative to:
- New Labor Standards Enforcement Framework (LSEF), towards greater focus on productivity and competitiveness of MSMEs;
- Better implementation of Convergence programs (NCMB, OSHC)
- Sustainability of DOLE's livelihood programs (DILP) ;
- Initiate the creation of a multi-agency pool of well-trained and competent productivity specialists within DOLE through a sustained capacity building program on productivity relative to the above programs;
- Adopt more effective communication strategies towards boosting public awareness and securing support on NWPC programs, policies and services on wages, incomes and productivity;
- Document/showcase re-entry plans/actions plans relative to Phase 1 (e.g.. Lets Talk Productivity) and popularize/disseminate gain-sharing schemes
- Intensify networking and strategic alliances on wages, incomes and productivity, both local and international levels.
- Management Services
- Strengthen program management for better and more efficient public service through improved planning process and information services;
- Ensure compliance to Transparency Seal and other anti-corruption measures;
- Recognize and reward exemplary performance and bright ideas of officers and staff;
- Promote employees' safety and welfare by undertaking programs on health maintenance, sports, cultural activities and through the implementation of the CNA.
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Labor and Employment
NWPC Policy Guidelines
No. 01
Series of 2005
Pursuant to Article 121 b and c of the Labor Code as amended by Section 3 of Republic Act No. 6727, the National Wages and Productivity Commission hereby adopts the following policy directions and program thrusts to govern the proceedings in the Commission and the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards in the determination of minimum wages and the promotion of productivity improvement and gain sharing in the regions:
Section 1. The Commission and the Regional Boards shall continue the policy of minimum wage determination pursuant to Republic Act No. 6727 or the Wage Rationalization Act issued in July 1989.
Section 2. In this context, the minimum wage rates to be set by the Regional Boards shall be rooted on the basic concept of providing workers with "safety net" protection against unduly low wages. Said minimum wage rates shall be confined as much as possible to protecting the lowest paid workers from the vagaries of the labor market. Furthermore, the use of the salary ceiling and across-the-board methods in adjusting minimum wages shall be discouraged.
Section 3. The determination of wages above the minimum shall be left to collective bargaining in the organized sector or employer-employee negotiations in the unorganized sector. The minimum wage levels to be set by the Regional Boards may serve the purpose of providing workers and employers with a reference figure as their guide in salary and wage negotiations. Payment of wages above the minimum may be also based on productivity and/or performance of the enterprise.
Section 4. Following the safety net approach, the present minimum wage structures shall be simplified. Existing differentials based on such factors as employment size, level of capitalization, amount of gross sales, hospital bed capacity, hiring date and population size, shall be discouraged. Thus, wage differentiation shall be based on such broad classifications as non-agriculture, agriculture and retail/service establishments employing not more than 10 workers.
Section 5. The Regional Boards shall continue to implement the existing policy on exemption as embodied in NWPC Guidelines No. 1, series of 1996 (Rules of Exemption from Compliance with Mandated Wage/COLA Increases Granted by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards), until such time that the Commission shall have reviewed and revised the Rules on Exemption in order to make the same more relevant to the requirements of the tripartite sectors.
Section 6. In response to the requirements for business flexibility and emerging global trends, the Regional Boards are encouraged to consult with employers and workers groups in selected industries in order to forge tripartite consensus on wages and wage-related benefits, and on improving the productivity and competitiveness of business enterprises. To this end, the Regional Boards may issue wage advisories to serve as a guide to the parties in drawing up their wage proposals, subject to guidelines to be issued by the Commission.
Section 7. In order to boost the adoption of productivity improvement programs and gain sharing schemes at the enterprise level, the Commission and the Regional Boards shall provide the necessary information and extend technical assistance to micro, small and medium enterprises that may want to set up its ISTIV-Productivity Awareness Program (ISTIV-PAP). Business enterprises may share in the cost of training and consultancy services on ISTIV-PAP and other productivity technologies, subject to applicable existing rules and regulations.
Section 8. With the overriding commitment to provide workers and their families the means to improve their standard of living, and recognizing that such cannot be attained by increasing wages alone, the Commission shall adopt a total income approach in wage policy formulation. Thus, it shall advocate for the provision of adequate social services in such areas as education, health care, housing and transportation and the formulation of sound pricing and taxation policies that enhance incomes and standards of living.
Section 9. This Guidelines shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Manila, Philippines, 07 December 2005.
(Sgd) LUZVIMINDA G. PADILLA
Undersecretary - DOLE
Chairperson-Designate, NWPC
(Sgd) AUGUSTO B. SANTOS
Acting Director General - NEDA
Vice-Chairperson, NWPC
(Sgd) DAVID L. DIWA (Sgd) FRANCISCO F. FLORO
Member, Labor Sector Member, Employer Sector
(Sgd) CEDRIC R. BAGTAS (Sgd) EDUARDO T. RONDAIN
Member, Labor Sector Member, Employer Sector
(Sgd)REBECCA J. CALZADO
Officer-in-Charge, NWPC
The NWPC is composed of the following:
- Secretary of Labor and Employment-ex-officio Chairman;
- Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) as ex-officio Vice Chairman;
- Two representatives each from the worker and employer sectors (appointed by the President for a term of five years) as Members; and
- Executive Director of the NWPC Secretariat-ex officio member.
The Commission is assisted by its secretariat.
Each RTWPB is composed of the following:
- DOLE Regional Director as ex-officio Chairman;
- Regional Directors of the NEDA and Department of Trade and Industry as ex-officio Vice Chairmen; and
- Two representatives each from the worker and employer sectors (appointed by the President for a term of five years) as Members.
The boards are assisted by their respective secretariat.


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Garrett Fuller pens his latest World of WarCraft editorial as he considers what people may do in the upcoming expansion pack "The Burning Crusade".
| No release date has been announced. There will be a level cap boost to 70. There is a Horde race. The Alliance race has yet to be seen. There will be new instance dungeons. There will be new raid dungeons. There will be a new zone with flying mounts and quests. All this sounds nice and good, well actually not all of it. In this editorial I want to try and bring up some questions about what The Burning Crusade will mean for five million players.
That is right, five million! Congratulations Blizzard on the largest selling MMORPG to date! In doing more research on this game I am most surprised at the sheer amount of people who play. From executives and celebrities to my friend's twelve year old son (who still beats me in duels), it seems like everyone plays this game. Is everyone happy with the content and game-play of Warcraft? Some yes, some no, we have all had a lot of things to say about the design of the game and its flaws. The biggest question players have is what will The Burning Crusade bring?
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So I was always curious about this.
Warranties are generally worded in a way thats pretty broad. I mean, what company wants to have a warranty that can cover almost anything right?
So the cannondale lifetime warranty for the frame is intriguing. On the other hand, it doesn't really cover wear and tear.
Exactly what does the lifetime warranty cover then? I always thought wear and tear went hand in hand with a crack in the frame. The harder you right, the more susceptible it is to developing a weakness somewhere and eventually cracking.
I am trying to understand clearly on what types of damages and methods they were obtained would Cdale replace/warranty the frame.
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In 2008, Lydia joined GDMPC to gain access to financial services to help improve her living situation and ability to engage in business activities. Having fully repaid a previous loan of 6000 PHP from GDMPC, she is requesting a new loan, her third, of 8000 PHP to repair a transport vehicle used in the business. Lydia plans to put the additional revenue generated from the business toward improving the general living conditions of her family.
About GDMPC:
GDMPC is one of the most progressive cooperatives in Mindanao, Philippines.
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About GDMPCGata Daku Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GDMPC) was founded in 1992 by 32 farmer-members to empower people by providing livelihood opportunities and other support services. Today, it has over 15,000 members located in upland, lowland and coastal regions of the Philippines, and offers credit, savings, education, and various social services.
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- Repayment Term
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- Repayment Schedule
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These are some of the events that have recently been held in and around Glastonbury and publicised by Pilgrims.
Past Local Events
PRC Talk 'An Appreciation of Colin Wilson – philosopher, critic and novelist'
Colin Wilson (1931 – 2013) was a prolific English writer who first came to prominence as a philosopher and novelist also writing widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal. Wilson called his philosophy "new existentialism"; or "phenomenological existentialism"
PRC talk – 'Dowsing the Earth Energies' with Sig Lonegren
The Earth Energies are analogous to Planet's meridians, and standing stones are huge acupuncture needles. Sig's Hypothesis Number One states that even if they were trained by the same teacher, it is quite probable that no two dowsers, when dowsing for intangible targets in Sacred Space, will ever find the same things.
Tony tells the story known as 'The Bock Saga'
Tony tells the story known as The Bock Saga, an incredible Sa-Ga laid down for generations that the origin of man began in Scandinavia. Powered by a sacred ring of power whose theme reflects across history. The Sa-Ga is based largely on the teaching of sounds, which must be heard and experienced and has therefore been passed down orally from generation to generation.
PRC talk – 'Merlin, Madness and the Healing of the Soul'
Presented by: Ian Rees This talk will focus on the figure of Merlin drawing upon the older traditions from the Black Book of Carmarthen and the Vita Merlini of Geoffrey of Monmouth. These older stories conceal and reveal a powerful approach to the disturbed aspects of our soul and how to find balance in a fragmented Read more …
SPIRITUAL CARE CONFERENCE Education, Community & Well-Being
A new approach to spirituality is emerging that is INCLUSIVE and honours the HEART-CENTRED essence of all spiritual approaches but stands FREE of dogma and institution.
The host of interesting and inspiring speakers includes William Bloom, Sister Jayanti, David MacGeoch, Anna Lubelska and many others.
Megalithomania 2013
The dates of the next Glastonbury Megalithomania conference will be 18th and 19th May 2013, with speakers including Robert Schoch, Andrew Collins, Michael Glickman, Gary Biltcliffe, Maria Wheatley, Hugh Newman, Glenn & Cameron Broughton and more to be announced.
"Glastonbury and Rome"
This talk by Tim Hopkinson-Ball explores the historical, spiritual and legendary ties that bind Glastonbury and the Eternal City, and suggests why Glastonbury was dubbed 'Roma Secunda' — a 'Second Rome'.
The Jesus Tradition as a Way of Mystery
Led by Simon Small, a series of 8 monthly talks. Talk 8: 'The Power of Ritual'
Each session will consist of a talk, a related experiential practice, followed by opportunity for questions and discussion.
"Glastonbury's 7thC Saxon glass furnaces"
Cheryl Green details more of the results of the University of Reading's Glastonbury Abbey Excavation Archive Project, together with a critical appraisal of the archaeological evidence for other Saxon remains purportedly found on site.
The Jesus Tradition as a Way of Mystery
Led by Simon Small, a series of 8 monthly talks. Talk 7: 'Emotion & Stillness'
Each session will consist of a talk, a related experiential practice, followed by opportunity for questions and discussion.


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How much Gatorade?
Not sure if they are the same or not, I did Gatorade. I made a HUGE mistake and drank way too much of it and didn't eat enough while drinking it...OMG, terrible stomach ache! I drank a lot leading up to my retrieval as they told me to do. My doctor scared me because she said if I didn't drink enough I could get blood clots, so I of course didn't want that to happen so I chugged Gatorade for several days prior to my retrieval. Well I ended up giving myself basically a bowel prep (something you do before a colonoscopy)...that was what she said I did. I got very, very sick after my retrieval on my stomach, and that's when I told her I had been drinking a lot of Gatorade. She asked if I had been eating much, well no, I hadn't because who can when they are sick on their stomach! She said I had to eat, even if it was nothing but crackers. So once I started doing that I got better.
So just be careful on how much you drink, I think 32 oz is plenty per day...just eat too :)
Good luck!
That's just what I think after doing some reading when I started my ivf journey. I think avoiding bpa had a part (maybe minor, but definitely a part) of an extremely successful cycle. Out of one round, we got 8 highly graded embryos and transferred 2. Currently 29 weeks preggers with twin girls and still steering clear of bpa!
Kellym180- how much coconut water did you drink/day? It sucks for us our water is not drinkable! So we drink bottled water all day long ! We even have a water softener and it's still gross!
My sister-in-law was told to drink gatorade and eat salty foods and she wound up with severe OHSS. My doctor has me stay away from salty and spicy food and limit my fluid intake and I have had 2 retrievals with no problems. I just had 30 eggs retrieved on Friday and today I was checked because they were going to do a 3 day transfer and I am fine. Obviously, my ovaries a swollen because they retrieved so many but no problems. My embies took a turn for the better and now they will be transferred on Wed. I am just very curious as to why so many doctors tell their patients to drink Gatorade.
Jammie-I don't remember exactly, I just drank it consistently throughout the day. I also ate lots of protein and pineapple.
Google BPA and IVF, and you find what I'm talking about. There still needs to be more research, but it's what they've started finding. BPA is illegal in most countries when manufacturing plastic, cans and so on. We just recently made it illegal in the storage of baby formula cans, but that's it. If someone told me that standing on my right foot for two hours every Tuesday would give me a better cycle and it had some validity, I'd do it, lol.
I don't know hy so many doctors are Gatorade pushers. I'd just stay hydrated, and eat a healthy diet. In my opinion Gatorade isn't healthy, it's loaded with sodium, sugar and artificial coloring. How can that be good for you or your embies?
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I'm wondering if It would be best to just make the switch for my 15.5 month olds to have some consistency to their schedule, and never go back. Or, is there a benefit to doing 2 naps on one day, and 1 the next. I understand the need for flexibility but sometimes I wonder if switching the number of naps on a day to day basis is even more confusing for them and makes bedtime too inconsistent.
Did you switch to 1 nap cold turkey?
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I pretty much never looked back. Once we did one nap he stopped accepting the shorter 2 nap WT.
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With both my boys I did it cold turkey. They were 15 and 16 months. Yds took a long time to make it past a 4.5-5 hrs before nap schedule. YDS did awesome and already does 6 hrs before nap and I pd for bed 4.5 hrs after waking from nap. I'd go cold turkey for sure unless LO gets a crazy cold and you have to go back to 2 naps for a few days.
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ODS is the one who took a long time. Sorry. He napped 11-2 for 6 months. He was 2 before he could handle a 1 pm nap. YDS transitioned awesome. He already naps 12:30-2:30/3
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I tried one nap at 11.5 months when our 2-nap schedule was going to hell, but it didn't work (OT, NWs and EWUs). Went back to our crippled 2-nap schedule, tried one nap again at 13 months and it's been working great. I didn't go back to 2 naps. We have been on one nap for almost a month how.
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Went to one nap and didn't look back. Tried a few days of 2 naps but DS wasn't going for it.
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I read that it is normal for 11.5-12 month olds to still take 2 naps a day for 1-1.5 hour each nap but my little guy has been going from 2 to 1 nap a day on his own for about the last 2 weeks (not everyday). He naps for about 2 hours on average when he naps and he sleeps for about 11 hours a night. He is turning one next week. Should I not be worried????
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|Steven Slater, JetBlue's angry flight attendant
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TheStreet) -- At some level, a lot of people hate their jobs and hope for a dramatic, take-this-job-and-shove-it grand finale, even in this economy. It is in this context that we must view the improbable glorification of suspended JetBlue (JBLU - Get Report) flight attendant Steven Slater. Slater got mad at a rude passenger, voiced some profanities over the intercom as passengers were disembarking, activated an evacuation chute, then grabbed a beer and slid to the end of his job.NEW YORK (
A slide down an evacuation chute takes maybe two seconds. At the top of the chute, Slate was a guy leaving work before his shift had ended, under not exactly the best of circumstances. By the time he reached the bottom, he was proclaimed a hero by all manner of media and by tens of thousands of people empowered by Facebook to voice their support. It's difficult to imagine why -- even in our sit-on-your-butt-at-the-computer-all-day, compulsively-attuned-to-exotic-tools-of-communications world -- we should make a hero of a person who came to our attention because he publicly swore, needlessly deployed an evacuation chute and stole a can of beer. Swearing is fine in the right circumstances, but not in the wrong circumstances, which -- here I will reveal that I am a parent -- ought to include primetime television, PG movies and radio broadcasts. We could add rap, but this "music" genre is so totally off the cliff that the effort would be pointless. As far as needlessly deploying an evacuation chute, at best it costs money and delays flight operations, inconveniencing passengers. At worst, it can seriously injure a ground worker, especially if it occurs while a plane is awaiting cargo movements and fueling. The chute deploys with a force of 3,000 pounds per square inch. There is not a single person in the airline industry who has not heard of at least one stupidity-triggered fatal incident involving a ground worker. Now let us briefly reconstruct what happened to Steven Slater on Monday, after JetBlue flight 1052 landed at New York Kennedy. According to the Associated Press, Slater's attorney said his client was drawn into a fight between two female passengers over space in the overhead bins as the Pittsburgh-to-New York flight was awaiting takeoff. One or both of the women was asked to gate-check her bag. Also, while in Pittsburgh, Slater was hit in the head.
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Rob Gronkowski missed five weeks earlier this season after breaking his forearm blocking an extra point against the Colts. He finally returned in Week 17 to limited action. In the first quarter of today's game, Gronkowski landed on that same arm (which has heavily wrapped) hauling in a deep pass from Tom Brady that landed out of bounds. He never returned and the news isn't good.Boston Herald:Tight end Rob Gronkowski has broken his left forearm again, and he'll need season-ending surgery, according to a source.Pretty terrible news to come out on Gronkowski. Granted the Patriots have handled the Houston Texans this far, they also only lost one game without Rob Gronkowski. Still, he is a key cog in the Patriots offense and his absence could be a huge factor in the coming games should the Patriots hold on against the Texans.
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Anyway, yes he is small, all around. I'd love ideas you guys have. He is on Elecare Jr. He also eats stage 2-3 baby foods. He has motor weakness and fatigue and is dev delayed due to his muscle issues. Struggles with eating solid foods, is crawling but not standing or walking, has problems with strength and gets tired very easily. He is not delayed otherwise. Socially, cognitively right on target. He gets PT, OT and speech through Early Intervention since 10 months old.
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Lol... That was mine.. What about y'all do you remember your first date
Who remembers their first date with DH,DF, or SO
Lol... That was mine.. What about y'all do you remember your first date
Mommy to Chloe and expecting my little devil baby 2/9/13
Today is our one year anniversary, so I remember very well! We were supposed to go to a nice restaurant but when we got there it was closed due to personal reasons. We went next door and it was this place where everything seemed to come from the microwave. Had it been anybody else I would have been seriously underwhelmed but by that time we'd been mailing each other so much I was already head over heels.
After dinner we went to this underground cafe, really nice and just talked. Then a stroll next to the river and more talking at my place. He didn't kiss me until right before he left at 3 am. Three months later we bought a house together and today I'm just 20 weeks along. It's been a great year, but if someone had told me this last year, I'd have thought they were insane!
As for dates, I think it was quite a while before we went on a date just the two of us. He always came and picked me and my daughter up and we would go for drives or go out to eat.
She was about two months old and she went everywhere we did from the start. I remember sitting on the beach with them one night, on one of our excursions and I told him something along the lines of "sorry we don't get a lot of time to ourselves" and he told me "don't even try to apologize, she's just one more plus to this equation"
I think I probably fell in love with him then.
Our first "real" date, I can't remember. It was all the ones before it that mattered :)
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Mommy to Chloe and expecting my little devil baby 2/9/13
We remained best friends ever sense, we would do everything together.. Two peas in a pod.. We had ups and downs because he always wanted to date me and I didn't want to mess up our friend ship, one day he fell on his longboard and had a head injury with some bleeding on the brain.. He was in ICU.. I left work right then rushed up to the hospital, I spent all night there realizing I loved him way more than a friend.. We eventually ended up cuddling right there I'm the hospital bed.. And 2 days later when he was out of ICU and in a recovery room we actually had sex for the first time lol (and it was literally his first time) So I guess you can say the first 3yrs of our friendship was a big date where more than once we went and watched the sun set at the beach, or grabbed sushi and fed each other all as friends not realizing that we should have started dating long before we did.
Now we have been married for a few years and have a nearly 2yr old daughter and another princess on the way.. He is my world
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Dear Heloise: I have a great hint if multiple members of your family like to read the same magazines, but you have trouble remembering where you left off.
My fiance, Mike, and I tried traditional bookmarks, but they fall out too easily, so we came up with this idea:
As soon as a new magazine arrives in the mail, I take a square self-sticky note and cut it in half. With the sticky part attached to the magazine, I write my name on one half of the sticky note and Mike's on the other half. I use the note to mark the last page I have read.
No more confusion. As an added bonus, we know when the magazine has been read completely because the other person's sticky note has been removed.
Now I can pass it on to someone else. And if I want to save an article, I can rip it out once Mike's sticky note is past the article I want. - Valerie T. and Mike L. in Saltsburg, Pa.
Dear Heloise: My 8-year-old son, Matt, brings a peanut-butter sandwich on wheat bread (no crust) to school every day.
Each morning, I cut the crust and put the crust in a freezer bag in the freezer. Once I get a full bag, I take out my blender and blend the frozen crusts into a fine bread crumb, put it in a small container and keep it frozen until I need it. I use it to bread chicken and pork chops, and in homemade meatballs.
My family likes it better than store-bought bread crumbs, and since it's wheat bread, it has a nice flavor and is healthier. - Karen Slusark, Jefferson Township, N.J.
Dear Heloise: We all face the prospect of buying expensive gifts for people. Many times you don't even get a thank-you note.
Wedding gifts go to people who don't even stay married for a year. I finally found a way to temper my resentment at such obligations.
Every time I have to buy such a gift, I buy a little present for myself as well. After 40 years of marriage, my own towels are pretty ragged. So, I buy myself a nice set of towels or a new sheet.
We oldsters deserve to have something pretty and new. Even a new potholder or dish towel will give you a big psychological boost. You deserve something nice! - T.F. from Winchester, Va.
Dear Heloise: I ran out of tape while wrapping gifts, and in my search of all my craft-supply drawers, I came upon a glue stick and a leftover bottle of hobby glue. I was surprised how many gifts I could wrap with a swipe of the glue. I found these tools handy and a good replacement for tape. - Sandy, Houston
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Margaret Bowland v. The United States of America
When Margaret Bowland entered one of her portraits into the Smithsonian's annual portrait contest, it seemed the worst that could happen was that she might lose. She did far better than that: In the National Portrait Gallery's 2009 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Bowland's submission, a 2008 figurative painting called Murakami Wedding, won the People's Choice award. But that was before the National Portrait Gallery stole her painting—or so Bowland alleges. On Jan. 20, she filed suit against the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian Institution, and the United States of America.
The story begins in 2008, back before things went south between Bowland and Santa Fe–based art dealer Klaudia Marr—a third party who is not named as a defendant in the case. Marr was showing the painting at her eponymous Santa Fe gallery in 2008 when it came to light that it had been accepted in the National Portrait Gallery's annual portrait competition. The museum picked up the painting at Marr's gallery following the show's run.
A few things happened over the course of the painting's sojourn in Washington, according to both Bowland and Marr, with whom I spoke in October 2010, when Bowland's allegations first surfaced. During the competition's run, Bowland broke off her relationship with Marr, she said. And at the same time, Marr sold Bowland's painting, according to Marr. They disagree fiercely over who it belongs to. The only thing that's not in question is who has it. If possession is nine-tenths of the law, then its owner is Santa Fe–based collector David Naylor.
Back in September 2010, when the National Portrait Gallery looked to return the painting to Bowland, museum registrars weren't able to reach her. Bowland says the museum tried to contact her using an old email address that she no longer checked. So the museum reached out to Marr, who directed the museum to send the painting to Naylor—the collector to whom she had sold the painting. In her legal filing, Bowland claims she has never received payment for the painting.
So why isn't this the case of Margaret Bowland v. Klaudia Marr? That's the question vexing Artinfo's Julia Halperin, who asks what this has to do with the rest of the United States. But if the feisty comments section below Halperin's story are any indication, there are any number of painting fans ready to file an amicus brief on Bowland's behalf.
"Margaret Bowland is one of the best painters working today in America," writes commenter Richie Fine. "For the readers that are not familiar with Margaret Bowlands work—they are stupendous! They belong in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," writes commenter Carolyn Kramer. Many more of the comments are directed at Halperin. ("Julia Halperin = idiot," writes Kramer. Not content to merely demean Halperin, she writes a followup comment: "Dear Mr. [Andrew] Goldstein, I would like to call for the immediate resignation and firing of Julia Halperin, your assistant Editor.")
D.C. art blogger Lenny Campello weighed in in the comments: "This is easily one of the most offensive pieces of drive-by, personal attack writing that I have ever read, and I am not only shocked at what I have read here, but surprised that the author's editor did not see the disturbing consequences of taking unnecessary and brutal personal attacks on the artist."
(Perhaps he meant this comment from Halperin: "We're not sure what's more shocking here: that the painting in question was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, that it won the People's Choice Award in the museum's 2010 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, or that someone actually purchased it.")
News-bloggers and art critics say things like that all the time. What's so bad about Halperin's comments? That has to do with what makes Bowland's painting a People's Choice in the first place.
Fans of painters—still life-rendering, live model-drawing, nude figure-representing artists—sometimes cop a Nixonian pose. They appear beset on all sides by barbarians, in the form of performances, installations, and interventions. The Julia Halperins of the world represent a threat to this silent majority, the fans of art who still put a premium on beauty. They adore paintings like Bowland's and feel baffled that critics often give this work short shrift. (The New Criterion is the leading publication for this lonely voice in the wilderness.) Their victimhood status makes the difference between a fan of a painter and a fan of a painter who is willing to savage a writer who questions the painter.
So when a figurative series by a North Carolina–born white artist that features black girls in white-face paint strikes Halperin as self-evidently "unsettling," it puts fans of the traditional on the defensive. Bowland's supporters don't see crypto-racism or anything like a blinkered approach to race issues. Fans of this kind of work see art cultivated through talent and training, not conceptual trickery—art whose quality can be measured, in place of art whose meaning must be guessed at.
What does any of this mean for the National Portrait Gallery? Fans of traditional painting—call them Wyethians—are probably the museum's biggest constituency. After all, the National Portrait Gallery is devoted solely to artworks that look like famous people. It's a conservative institution, in that it mostly emphasizes subject over artist or artwork and caters to accessibility. For example, in its museum wall text, the National Portrait Gallery makes it a practice to retitle artworks so their meaning is utterly unambiguous. Bowland's Murakami Wedding was rechristened Portrait of Kenyatta and Brianna at the museum.
And so the conflict between Bowland and the National Portrait Gallery might be less interesting than the potential conflict between Bowland's supporters and the National Portrait Gallery. Observers have, after all, seen what a few thousand phone calls can do to a body, and Bowland's work appears to attract the right temperament for manufactured outrage. ("Ms Halperin has no place being associated with Artinfo. Shame on her and shame on you for printing her article.")
Fortunately for the museum, they have been spared the headache. It doesn't seem that Bowland's bad turn has embittered her fans against the National Portrait Gallery—not with someone like Julia Halperin to beat up on instead.


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arj-89 Nov 25, 2012 11:37 PM
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Thank u all ..
It was nice getting help from some experts
But since all of the solutions didn't work, no matter how many time I tried them. I choose the oldest one.
I recovered all the photos that I delete from my Mac over time -which are 200,000 pictures, & I only lost 22,000 pictures- ..
Anyway thank u all ...
jpbuse Nov 26, 2012 10:00 PM
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Sorry to hear you lost so many pictures. 22k is a LOT of photos to lose. I am chiming in here because I had the same issue w/ my wife's computer. She was on 10.7.x w/ iPhoto. I did a fresh install of Lion, moved over iPhoto, updated, etc. All was good. Then went to Mtn Lion, checked iPhoto and all was good. A few days later she imports photos from her camera to iPhoto and again all is good. A couple days after that, we open iPhoto and it starts complaining about missing photos. I tripled checked and the maters were GONE. Some of the thumbs and previews were there but the masters are gone. No backup of them either. I tried everything but nothing work. I gave up, went back to Lion and put back her old iPhoto. All was good... until today when iPhoto crashes on startup I think it's time to look into Picasa or something (anything) else unfortunately. I lost photos too but not 22k. Maybe 100 or so but they were priceles regardless.
Paco Dec 31, 2012 10:31 AM
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This may not work for you if you have no Time Machine backup. My iPhoto Library became corrupted when I saved an edited photo from Photoshop Elements 9. I had a back up in Time Machine but TM would not let me restore from an earlier backup when I selected the iPhoto Library in my Pictures folder. It tried to copy the file but quit and said I did not have permission to complete the procedure. I then went back into TM and instead selected my ~Pictures folder and clicked Restore and TM was able to restore the entire folder successfully.
Eric Jerome Jan 16, 2013 6:50 PM
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I am running OSX 10.8.2 on an Imac (3.4 Ghz Intel Core i7) when I did a software update and chose "iPhoto 11" version 9.4.2 (710.42) all of a sudden my entire iphoto library and all photos are gone.
I am a very savvy Mac user of 22 year and a programmer.
There is no longer an iphoto library here:
user > Pictures > iPhoto Library
All my original photos are missing as well. They are completed gone from my harddrive.
There is nothing to backup and nothing to restore.
This is a complete nightmare. I had 10,000+ photos that are completely wiped off my harddrive.
There is definitely something going on here with this new update. The software itself had to have completely erased all of my photos off my hard drive.
Believe me I have NOT moved the folder or accidently moved it to the trash.
My library and all pictures were on my drive then after update to iPhoto ALL GONE.
This really is happening. CAn someone at APPLE please enlighten us to what the heck is goign on here???????
Paco Jan 16, 2013 8:32 PM
in response to Eric Jerome
Sorry about your situation. Are you using Time Machine to back up to an external hard drive? If so you may be able to recover your photos as I did.
I just realized that this thread has been marked as question answered. It may be a good idea to start a new thread of your own as it will attract more attention. The help in this forum comes not from Apple but from volunteers that read our questions and try their best to help you out.
LarryHN Jan 16, 2013 8:32 PM
in response to Eric Jerome
1 - Apple does not answer here - as noted in the TOU you agreed to
2 - as a "very savvy" user and a programmer I'm sure you have a great backup - time to restore it from before the problem


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Paul McCartney will kick off a world tour in Warsaw on June 22, four days after he turns 71, the former Beatle's official website annouced Wednesday.
McCartney's appearance at the National Stadium will be his first-ever show in Poland, said www.paulmccartney.com, adding that his "Out There!" tour would feature music from his entire career.
McCartney will also perform in Vienna on June 27, the website said, with confirmed dates for concerts in other cities to be announced "in the coming weeks."
Organizers of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, on June 13-16 have previously announced that McCartney would be among its top attractions this year.


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Kirkland cloud rap purveyors Kung Foo Grip have a new nine-track album out called Growing Up in the Future. It features production by like-minded artists Keyboard Kid, Giorgio Momurda, and others who keep with their consciously detached vibe. Emcees Greg Cypher and Eff Is H continue to spit rhymes with an urgency that commands attention, and have only honed their skills. They've also contracted some prime vocal assistance in Kirk Huffman (Wild Orchid Children, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground), Jarv Dee, and Kris Kassanova. The release is solid, and KFG continues to level-up.
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Art Vandelay premiered a deliciously creepy new split video on Vice's website for "Eye 8 the Crow" and "So What?", which are two tracks from the duo's outstanding upcoming (April 2nd) third release, Eye 8 The Crow. Directed by Vandelay emcee Ricky Pharoe, the video features some light butterfly knife torture in its first half, and woozy low-color, inner city/outer galaxy transitions in the second. Producer Mack Formway continues to push his craft with well-treated loops, large-scale drums, and appropriate Danny Brown drops. Big things on the horizon for Vandelay, says I.
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Last week, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis hit the Ellen show for the second time, and performed their NOW-PLATINUM song "Thrift Shop." Some thoughts: great entrance; beat is nice crispy as always; first verse is cool, second is meh; the jean jacket is an excellent touch. Painted by local artist Derek Erdman - who also pens wonderfully snappy Line Out posts - the jacket appears to take DeGeneres by surprise, and she professes her love for the two. Cue smiles all around.


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Dr Manuel Barcia is Deputy Director at the Institute for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Leeds.
We have been treated to a genuine surprise with the election of Argentinian Cardinal Jose Mario Bergoglio to the vacant papal seat left by the resignation of his predecessor, the now Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. Few would have guessed that Bergoglio was going to steal the limelight in what appeared to be, for those in the know, more of a contest between cardinals from other parts of the world. Even from the Latin American perspective, the faithful had their hopes pinned mostly on the archbishop of Sao Paulo, Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, as the Brazilian press so clearly pointed out repeatedly before the conclave.
The new pope has his baggage; there's no question about that. Nevertheless, and taking the risk of upsetting many of my liberal
The new pope has his baggage; there's no question about that. Nevertheless, and taking the risk of upsetting many of my liberal and progressive colleagues and friends, before the election took place I could not think of a better option for the papacy than him. I did play the interactive "Choose your own Pope" pontificator published by the Guardian, and bar Cardinal Roger Mahoney, who incidentally has been at the centre of a child abuse scandal in his own diocese accused of covering up, no other cardinal seemed more progressive, or to put it better, less conservative, than Bergoglio.
Now, let's face facts. We cannot expect any of these princes of the Church - as cardinals are often called - to jump out of their traditional wagon of anti-abortion, anti-gay and anti-contraception principles. After all, every single one of them got to where they are thanks to the previous two popes, both holders of solid conservative pedigrees.
Having said that, Pope Francis already has given many of us a glimmer of hope that even within his moderate conservatism, he is different from his two predecessors. As a matter of fact, old Catholics are already comparing him to the jolly John XXIII, the last real reformer of the Catholic Church, and responsible for the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s.
Pope Francis is full of charisma and we certainly cannot blame him for failing to smile. His myth is in itself full of interesting facts; from the wacky story of the girl who refused to marry him when they were 12, to the misunderstandings he has created by suddenly wondering towards the crowds or by making direct phone calls that resulted in people thinking he was carrying out a prank. Of course, anyone who has had the opportunity to live in a country that produced the likes of Jorge Porcel, Alberto Olmedo and Les Luthiers would find it hard not to develop a fine sense of humour.
And it is this Argentinian, Latin American origin what makes the new pope truly different and what make many of us wonder what will be his impact on Latin America? Will he become an icon like Ernesto Guevara, Diego Armando Maradona, or Lionel Messi? Or will his past overrule his present and his future, limiting the scope of his contribution to the region?
Skeletons in the holy closet
The past of Pope Francis, with reason or not, cannot be separated from the brutal dictatorship established after the military coup of 1976 in Argentina that ousted Isabel Peron from power. This was not your run-of-the-mill dictatorship, no. This was a ferocious one, best remembered by the more than 30,000 people who were killed or disappeared during General Jorge Rafael Videla's rule and that of his successors.
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When all this happened Pope Francis was there, then the Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Argentina. Not surprisingly, and neither for first time Pope Francis has found himself facing accusations of collaboration with the military junta, and of failing to protect, and in some cases of denouncing his own priests.
In all truth, none of these accusations was ever proven. Nonetheless, his association with the governments of Videla and his successors, his enmity towards the Liberation Theology movement, and the manifest fact that he failed to denounce in unequivocal terms the crimes that were happening under his own eyes, do not exonerate him from responsibility altogether. I'm afraid that the jury will stay out on this one.
A horizon of hope for Latin America?
From a purely pragmatic point of view, though, it is not the past what matters but the present and the future. Today, Latin America is one of the fastest-growing economic regions in the world. A political tussle between some radical governments considered by many to be left-wing, and other conservative ones heavily inspired by the classic neoliberal economic model first implemented in the area by Pinochet and the Chicago Boys, have turned the continent into a battlefield for political ideas and ideologies.
From the forthcoming presidential elections in Venezuela, to the conflict of the Falklands, not forgetting some more mundane popular events like the also forthcoming Football World Cup and Olympic Games in Brazil, Latin America seems to be permanently in the news.
A Latin American pope is nothing but a new addition to this already colourful mosaic. Latin America has the largest number of Catholics in the world and they, and the rest of their non-Catholic neighbours, need the new pope to speak out for them.
It is not enough to encourage people to take care of each other, to walk together, or to protect the environment, as Pope Francis has argued in his first mass as the leader of his Church. It is actions - not words - that are desperately needed in the world we live in. As Pope Francis set his sights upon the continent where he was born, poverty and inequality continue to be a core problem in almost every country in the region, and that in spite of huge improvements over the past few years.
Equally, threats to the environment are on the rise, from the badly-advised decision of exploiting the Yasuni oil reserves in the middle of the Amazon forest in Ecuador, or the open air mining project of Minas Conga in Peru, to the construction of the giant and potentially destructive Belo Monte Dam in Brazil, the vast natural reserves and lush forests of the continent, and their inhabitants' lives are under threat, and I must add here, not always from predatory and opportunistic capitalist multinational corporations, but from some of the most "progressive" governments of the region as well.
Obviously Pope Francis won't be able to satisfy everybody's needs, but that doesn't mean that we cannot work together to leave a richer and happier place to live to our children, where poverty is not automatically equated to failure, and where compassion actually means something. Pope Francis has more than a smile and encouraging words to help this cause; we can only hope he will deliver.
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Baseball Hello: Tommy Henry
Adding to an already impressive group of commitments in the 2016 class, Erik Bakich and his staff received more good news today in the form of a pledge from Tommy Henry, a 6-3, 160-lb. left-handed pitcher out of Portage Northern H.S. in Portage, Michigan (located near Kalamazoo). Only about two weeks ago, Prep Baseball Report posted an update on his recruitment, mentioning that in his sophomore season of high school he posted a 7-1 record with a 0.85 ERA in 53 innings pitched, with 72 strikeouts and 18 walks. Here's their scouting report on him:
Already ranked 5th in the 2016 rankings Tommy has a very projectable frame at 6'3 160 pound prospect with plenty of room to fill out and add velocity. Arm works easily and very clean to go along with smooth mechanics. Currently throws 81-83 mph but throws with late life down in the zone. Very projectable player who will only get better as time goes on.
As noted, PBR has Henry ranked #5 in the state of Michigan. He's #40 in their overall rankings, which currently cover ten states. Regarding his recruitment, the PBR article noted that he had visited "Michigan, Western Michigan, Miami (OH), Cincinnati, and Duke University and has been in contact with Michigan State, Wichita State, Indiana State, and Stanford."
Also of note is that Henry is a teammate at Portage Northern of Ben Keizer, another southpaw pitcher who committed to Michigan in February for the 2015 class.
Here's a summary of the 2016 class to date, with PBR rankings indicated. Note that Michigan now has commitments from three of the top six in-state prospects and four of PBR's overall top 50.
- Christian Bullock 6-0 1B/LHP/OF, #44 in IL, #141 overall (Hello post)
- Dominic Clementi 6-2 LHP, #6 in WI, #30 overall (Hello post)
- Tommy Henry 6-3 LHP, #5 in MI, #40 overall
- Karl Kauffmann 6-1 RHP, #1 in MI, #13 overall (Hello post)
- Jack Weisenburger 6-2 RHP, #6 in MI, #41 overall (Hello post)
There's a long way to go, but at this point this is likely the top 2016 class in the Big Ten.
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Commenting on Jeter may qualify as only a little OT, but how about opening the ASG with a double? What an incredible talent.
And the d-bag yelling "over-rated" in a quiet stadium should have multiple beers poured on his head. So much for Minnesota nice.
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Overpriced for the amenities offered
Very nice hotel. I like the green option, reuse towels and bedding, rather than daily laundering. But, if you put out the signs and the guest hangs the towels, the cleaning staff has to be trained on how to follow the directions if the hotel wants to save money and consumables.
This hotel was in the perfect location for all of what we needed. I would recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a clean, friendly, and affordable hotel.
It was a clean hotel located in a good area.
Very clean, moderate price, great suite, and beautiful grounds.