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To put not only your opponents but teammates under the knife you must perform Valentine's Level 5 Blockbuster Move called the Forbidden Procedure: Rebirth Ex Machina on a team mate and opponent(at the same time) around 30 times. This Blockbuster is unique because it can revive a downed teammate and cause damage on nearby opponents. Although, this can be unlocked in any Single Player mode, it would require far too much luck and time so you'll want to go for this achievement in 2 Player Versus against your second controller.
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Make sure you are standing right next to your fallen partner when reviving her or else the Blockbuster may miss. Also, make sure it makes contact with your opponent as well. You can use the Sparring Mode trick mentioned in the Roadmap to get Valentine's Special Meter up to 5 so that you can continue to do the Forbidden Procedure without having to manually get your meter up.
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I'm a 50 year-old man, who unbeknownst to me developed DVT about (4) weeks ago. While I was stacking timber sideways, I immediately felt sharp pain and had swelling below calf, behind knee and at the top of my hamstring. After a couple of weeks, I had a dull sensation in left thigh. Then, swelling of ankle developed as well. I ignored the symptoms until just recently. Treatment is including two injections daily and warfarin.
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The day after a total knee replacement surgery, they got me up to walk using a walker. I was doing well and just got very weak while walking. I turned my walker around and passed out. I woke up in my room with doctors and nurses working on me. I spent two days in ICU. The blood clot went from my left leg to my right lung. I was very LUCKY that the clot didn't block and vein or artery. I have to be on blood thinner medicine for 6months, and I have to have blood checked twice a week for 6months.
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My 69 year old husband, in the past 5 years, has had a total of 3 stents for heart blockages and has a pacemaker/defibrillator. He is diabetic and just recently has been on insulin. He was introduced to Coumadin when his pacemaker was implanted because he also had/has a blood clot in the front of his heart. Two weeks ago he started having really bad nightly leg cramps. He went to his personal doctor and was instructed to have an ultra sound of his leg. That was one week ago Thursday. He was immediately transported to the hospital because it was discovered that he had a clot that ran the entire length of his leg. He underwent a procedure where a filter was placed in the artery below his heart.
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I was at work and moving a motor in a box about 80lbs and started breathing hard, and began stacking small oxygen bottles on a shelf on my knees and felt as if the atmosphere was bad and I felt like I was about to pass out. I crawled outside to get fresh air and began panting as if I had sprinted a marathon and passed out again. I pulled out my cell phone and as soon as I could catch breath called 911 and soon an ambulance arrived and found my oxygen level at 84% and put me on oxygen and transported me to the hospital. ER Doctor couldn't find anything wrong and as I informed him I thought I might have breathed a chemical... He then had me walk around ER with nurse and monitor my oxygen level (96) and as I started walking I felt it harder and harder to breath and was put back on oxygen. The ER doc sent me to have a CT scan and they found both lungs with blood clots (pulmonary embolism) from my deep vein thrombosis (DVT). When being asked about recent trauma or long plane trip - forgot I had banged my shin in a slip on recent snow storm on curb and leg was red and swollen (leg trauma) even then it was considered rare. I also forgot that 24 years earlier I had a vein stripping on my leg and when I left the hospital also had a blood clot.
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My ordeal happened back in October 2009 I woke up to my leg being swollen from the top of my hip to the bottom of my left foot. At first the pain was mild. It was only a tingly numb feeling as if it had fallen asleep. I called my fiance and he insisted that I go to the ER, but I didn't have insurance so I wanted to wait to let him see what he thought about it because maybe it could have been a spider bite. Well, when he came by he couldn't get me to the ER fast enough. He said it looked very scary plus by now the pain had kicked in and I was ready as well to see what in the world was happening to me. When I got there in triage, I weighed 20 pounds more than normal. That was another red flag in my opinion. When the doctors saw the size of my leg they ordered an ultrasound where they found the DVT and admitted me into the hospital where I stayed for a week.
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I am having a difficult time finding others who have had DVT's in the subclavian (chest area) to share stories with. I have had two now, one on each side of my chest, and they have gone into my arms. I was only about 45 years old with the first one to get diagnosed. It has taken a long time to find due to symptoms. Now after the second one I am on 7.5 mg Warfarin daily. Keeping within the INR range has been difficult lately, but I am going in to see if something is now happening in my leg.
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Anyone with a dime invested knows about the emotional aspect
offinancial markets .
A recent investor behavior study by research firm Dalbar shows
that the averageequity investor has seen a return of just 2.3%
annually over the past 20 years, underperforming the S&P 500
by an annual average of 4.3%.
The culprit? About half of the shortfall in returns -- 45% to
55% -- is due to psychologicalfactors like fear of loss and
following the herd, according to the study. Individual investors
are notorious for emotionalinvesting likeirrational exuberance
orpanic selling . In fact, in 2012, investors trying to time
themarket guessed right just 42% of the time -- worse odds than a
coin flip.
But investing inbonds is different, right? Many investors
followstocks passionately while thefixed-income portion of their
portfolio sits there collecting dust. The same Dalbar study shows
that the average fixed-income investor has underperformed the
aggregatebond index by an annualized 5.6% over the past 20
That's where Bill Gross, the "bond king," comes in.
Bill Gross' Bio
Bill Gross graduated from Duke University with a degree in
psychology in 1966. After serving in the Navy, he received an MBA
at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. In an interesting
twist, Gross played blackjack professionally in Las Vegas before
joining Pacific Mutual Life as aninvestment analyst and earning
his charteredfinancial analyst designation.
Back then, the bond market was a place forbuy-and-hold and
used exclusively as a lower-risk alternative to stocks. Investors
didn't expect their bond portfolios to return much, but the
returns were safe from the ups and downs ofWall Street .
In 1971, Gross, along with Bill Podlich and Jim Muzzy,
persuaded Pacific Mutual to let them actively manage thebond fund
in a separate account and formed the PacificInvestment Management
Co. PIMCO has grown to over $2 trillion in assets under
management and is the world's largest bond investor.
The PIMCO Total ReturnFund , which Gross has managed since
1987, has returned an annualized 8.3% over that period,
consistently beating both bond and equity indexes, and earned
Gross Morningstar'sFund Manager of the Decade for 2000-2009. The
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Bill Gross' Investment Strategy
Unlike many who have achieved the rank of guru in the investment
community, Gross' fame isn't due to a handful of notable bets but
a long track record of success. Gross has used his keen strategic
ability to beat the market for almost three decades.
Gross' success revolves around developing a three- to
five-year secular outlook and then structuring the portfolio to
take advantage of short-term mispricings. For example, theeconomy
's inability to strongly respond to the Federal Reserve's
four-year attack on interest rates and attempts atquantitative
easing (QE) has led Gross to predict that a "new normal"will
persist in lower than expected returns and volatility over the
foreseeable future. This has prompted him to shift his portfolio
to higher-quality bonds with shortermaturities that won't react
as negatively to increases in rates orinflation .
On top of this secular outlook, Gross tactically shifts the
portfolio to sectors that he thinks have gotten too cheap or too
Bill Gross' Portfolio: What's He Holding Now?
Gross has made it known exactly what kind of danger bond
investors are in. Recently (on April 29, to be exact), he called
an end to the 30-year bondbull market but said thebear market
might not yet be among us.
Gross writes a monthly newsletter that explains how his
total return fund is adjusting its positions, along with what has
added to or detracted from its recent performance. With his
long-term view of weak markets and central bank-manipulated
yields, Gross is seeking bond returns in quality names with
shortmaturity .
PIMCO Total Return ETF's Top 10 Holdings
He has increased his exposure to emerging-marketgovernment
bonds issued in the local currencies, for two reasons. First, the
bonds pay higher yields because of the perceived risk though many
of these large countries have a stronger financial position that
their heavily indebted developed peers. Second, the bonds also
benefit the dollar-based investor asthe Fed continues to
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risks. This means these currencies should do better against the
dollar for the foreseeable future.
Action to Take -->
Investors who want to follow Bill Gross should consider two
To mirror Gross' move into emerging-market bonds, consider an ETF
like the
WisdomTreeEmerging Markets Local Debt Fund (
, which holds the localcurrency debt of 15 countries with 41% in
Asian markets, 30% in Latin America and 27% in Europe, Middle
East and African countries. Most of the debt is BBB or A-rated,
and the fund pays a 4%dividend yield .
Gross has recently increased the Treasury holdings in his
portfolio as he has become more vocal on the effect of the Fed's
rate policy andQE program. Investors could follow this move with
iShares Barclays 20-year Treasury Fund (
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With six new faces, the Zags, who typically run a multitude of sets, need to keep things simple early in the season.
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Gonzaga's best teams have featured solid play down low, from Casey Calvary to Cory Violette to Ronny Turiaf. Without such a player, they've recently gotten away from that, but Robert Sacre should help pound inside.
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The Zags have long believed Steven Gray, the junior from Bainbridge, is a star in the making. This would be a good time to emerge.
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The early-season schedule is more demanding than a young team needs. The Zags probably will be schooled some early, but they need to grow from it.
Schedule highlights
• Ready or not, Gonzaga travels to second-ranked Michigan State for a game Tuesday.
• Wake Forest, without NBA draftee Jeff Teague but still featuring forward Al-Farouq Aminu, visits the Kennel as the first part of a four-year deal Dec. 5.
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Faculty Associates
The research and academic agenda of the Center for U.S.-Latin American Initiatives is enriched and strengthen by its Faculty Associates, who analyze and research about U.S. – Latin American affairs from the social science, arts, and humanities perspectives, publishing internationally and lecturing UT Dallas students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Faculty Associates provide the experience, ideas, and energy needed to ensure that the Center's seminars, conferences, lecture series, and publications are of the highest quality. They often lecture in Latin American to students and provide training to Latin American public officials in making policy decisions from a leadership perspective.
Dr. Brian J.L. Berry is Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor and Professor of Political Economy at the University of Texas at Dallas. He received his B.Sc. (Economics) degree at University College, London in 1955, the M.A. in geography from the University of Washington in 1956 and the Ph.D. in 1958. He was a faculty member at the University of Chicago (1958-1976), at Harvard (1976-1981), and a dean at Carnegie-Mellon (1981-1986), joining UTD in 1986. In the 1960s his urban and regional research sparked geography's "quantitative revolution" and made him the most-cited geographer for more than 25 years. Subsequently, his inquiries have extended from urban ecology to geographic information systems, from growth center theory to the concept of counterurbanization, and, most recently, have focussed on long-wave macroeconomic/historical processes. The author of more than 450 books and articles, he has attempted to bridge theory and practice via involvement in urban and regional development activities in both advanced and developing countries. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1975, is a fellow of the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and received the Victoria Medal from the Royal Geographical Society in 1988. In 1999 he became the first geographer to serve as a member of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Berry has lectured on technology and development to cabinet members of State and Federal governments in Mexico.
Dr. Richard R. Brettell leads the stand-alone Institute as the Founding Director of the Edith O'Donnell Institute of Art History. Dr. Brettell obtained his bachelor, master, and Ph. D. degrees on art from Yale University. He was Searle Curator of European Painting at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1980 to 1988 and McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art from 1988 to 1992, where he raised funds for an built the Hamon Building and directed the permanent installation of its Museum of the Americas. Dr. Brettell was consultant for the project of the new Museum of Natural History of Dallas and served as the Founding American Director of the French Regional and American Museums Exchange (FRAME) from 1998-2010. He holds the Margaret M. McDermott Distinguished Chair of Art and Aesthetic Studies in the School of Arts and Humanities at UT Dallas, where he is teaching.
Monica Brussolo is Senior Lecturer at the Jindal School of Management of The University of Texas at Dallas where she obtained her Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Economy and a Master degree in Economics. She also holds an MBA from Texas A&M International University. Her main research interest lies on regional economic development and its spatial analysis. She has focused her work on examining inequality for diverse demographic groups, its determinants and the implications for social domestic policy in the Mexican context. She is interested on education and labor outcomes for disadvantaged social groups, and the effects of Latin American migration on segmented job markets for the American border region. She has collaborated with different levels of the Mexican government in the definition and implementation of their economic strategic plans. She has taught courses of Corporate and International Finance, Management, Project Management, Applied Statistics, Quantitative Business Analysis, and Economics at UTD, Collin College and the State University of Tamaulipas (UAT). At her alma mater (UAT), she earned bachelor degrees in Management and in Public Accounting. She was assistant director of Institutional Research at the Collin College before joining JSOM.
Alvaro A. Cárdenas is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. He holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a B.S. from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia with a major in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. Before joining UT Dallas he was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, and a research staff at Fujitsu Laboratories of America in California.
His research interests focus on computer security, cyber-physical systems, network intrusion detection, and wireless networks. He has contributed to NIST documents on cloud computing security and smart grid security, an RFC wireless standard from the IETF and several patents. He has also received numerous awards for his research including a best paper award from the U.S. Army Research Office, and a graduate school fellowship from the University of Maryland.
Dr. Maria A. Engen received her B.A. (Suma Cum Laude) from the Instituto Isabel La Catolica, Madrid, Spain and two Master Degrees, one from University of Madrid, Spain and the other from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Engen received her Ph.D. in the Humanities from the University of Madrid. Her dissertation was titled "The Development of Historical Writing in California." Dr. Engen is Senior Lecturer of Spanish at The University of Texas at Dallas. Also, Dr. Engen was Senior Lecturer at the University of Missouri at Kansas City,Missouri, and Adjunct Instructor of Spanish at the Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS. Dr Engen received a Fulbright Fellowship and the Panama Pacific International Exposition Memorial Fellowship from University of California at Berkeley. She had provided Spanish Language consulting services such as translations and seminars to Cable Video, Inc., Kansas City; Black and Veach, Inc., Overland Park, KS; Rockwell International, Dallas, TX; Texas Instruments, Richardson, TX; Otis Engineering, Dallas, TX. Dr. Engen is member of Spanish Heritage Association (SHA), American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP).
Charles Hatfield received the Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from The Johns Hopkins University in 2007, and is currently an assistant professor of Latin American literature and translation studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. His work deals with nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American literary and intellectual history. Hatfield has lived and traveled extensively in Cuba; his publications on Cuban topics include "The Limits of 'Nuestra America,'" on Jose Marti's foundational essay, "Nuestra America," and When Night Is Darkest: Selected Poems, a bilingual edition of poems by the Cuban poet, ethnographer, and novelist Miguel Barnet.
Professor George Henson is a senior lecturer in Spanish at The University of Texas at Dallas and translator of contemporary Latin American literature. His translations include some of Mexico's most prominent writers, among them Elena Poniatowska, Sergio Pitol, Juan Villoro, Luis Jorge Boone, and Alberto Chimal. In 2012, he published translations of Poniatowska's The Heart of the Artichoke and Boone's The Cannibal Night, and his translation of Pitol's The Art of Flight is scheduled to be released in 2014. A frequent contributor to World Literature Today, Professor Henson's translations have also appeared in The Literary Review, Words without Borders, and The Kenyon Review. In addition to his work as a translator, he is a frequent presenter at conferences and symposia throughout the United States on topics related to Latin American literature and translation theory. He holds degrees in Spanish from Middlebury College and the University of Oklahoma and is currently completing a Ph.D. in literary and translation studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Rodolfo Hernandez Guerrero is Director of International Partnership Development (IPD) and Senior Advisor to the Center for U.S. – Latin America Initiatives (CUSLAI) at The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas). The IPD offers UT Dallas' constituencies methods and opportunities to engage in strategic and comprehensive international partnerships, including sponsored student programs. Dr. Hernandez Guerrero led CUSLAI (former Center for U.S. – Mexico Studies) from 2001 to 2014 and the UT Dallas Office of International Education from 2005 to 2014. Dr. Hernandez Guerrero holds a B.A. in International Studies from the National University of Mexico (UNAM), a M.A. in Political Science from the Southern Oregon University, a M.S. in Applied Economics, and a Ph.D. in Political Economy from UT Dallas. He teaches courses on U.S. – Mexico Affairs, Contemporary Politics of Mexico, Mexican Political System, and Mexican Economics. Prior to his current position at UT Dallas, he worked as researcher at the Latin American Institute of Economics, Social, and Communication Studies (ILEESCO), the Permanent Conference of Public Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPAL), and the Secretariat of the NAFTA Labor Commission. Dr. Hernandez Guerrero has published in specialized journals and newspapers and participated in news and documentary T.V. and radio programs in Mexico, the United States, Argentina, Portugal, United Kingdom, and Australia. Dr. Hernandez Guerrero is the Secretary of the Board of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA).
Dr. Jennifer Holmes is Professor of Public Policy, Political Economy and Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Her major area of research is political violence, terrorism, and political development with an emphasis on Latin America and Southern Europe. In addition to publishing numerous articles, she is the author of Terrorism and Democratic Stability (Manchester University Press, 2001, Transaction 2006), Terrorism and Democratic Stability Revisited (Manchester University Press, 2008), and coauthor of Guns, Drugs, and Development in Colombia (University of Texas Press, 2008) and Immigration Judges and U.S. Asylum Policy (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015). She is also the editor of New Approaches to Comparative Politics: Insights from Political Theory Lexington Books 2003, 2008 and coeditor of Latin American Democracy: Endangered Species or Emerging Reality (Routledge 2008, 2015).
Alex R. Piquero is Ashbel Smith Professor in the Program in Criminology in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, Adjunct Professor Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice, and Governance, Griffith University, Faculty Affiliate, Center for Violence and Injury Prevention George Warren Brown School of Social Work Washington University in St. Louis, and Co-Editor of the Journal of Quantitative Criminology. Prior to arriving at UT-Dallas, he was on the faculties of Florida State University, University of Maryland, John Jay College of Criminal Justice/City University of New York, University of Florida, Northeastern University, and Temple University. He has published over 240 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of criminal careers, crime prevention, criminological theory, and quantitative research methods, and has collaborated on several books including Key Issues in Criminal Careers Research: New Analyses from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (Cambridge University Press, co-authored with David P. Farrington and Alfred Blumstein) and Handbook of Quantitative Criminology (Springer, co-edited by David Weisburd). His work has been cited over 10,000 times and he has been ranked as the #1 criminologist in the world since 1996 in terms of scholarly publications in elite criminology/criminal justice journals. In addition to his membership on over a dozen editorial boards of journals in criminology and sociology, he has also served as Executive Counselor with the American Society of Criminology, Member of the National Academy of Sciences Panel Evaluating the National Institute of Justice, Member of the Racial Democracy, Crime and Justice Network at Ohio State University, and Member of the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on Adolescent Development & Juvenile Justice. Professor Piquero has given congressional testimony on evidence-based crime prevention practices in the area of early-family/parent training programs, and has provided counsel and support to several local, state, national, and international criminal justice agencies. Professor Piquero is past recipient of the American Society of Criminology's Young Scholar and E-Mail Mentor of the Year Awards, Fellow of both the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and has also received numerous teaching awards including the University of Florida's College of Arts & Sciences Teacher of the Year Award and the University of Maryland's Top Terp Teaching Award, and was recently awarded the University of Texas at Dallas Diversity Award.
Rene Prieto is a specialist in 19th and 20th century literature and humanities. He is fluent in five languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French and Chinese. Before coming to UT Dallas in 2012, he was a professor of literature at both Vanderbilt University and Southern Methodist University, a visiting professor at Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan and The University of Virginia, and an assistant professor at Middlebury College.
Prieto received all of his undergraduate training in Italy and France, and did the major part of his graduate work at Stanford University. His interests include 19th and 20th century European and Latin American narrative (including body, gender and sexuality), literary theory, and Indigenismo. His current research deals with the ethical and political dimensions of love in 20th century Latin American literature.
Prieto hopes to work closely with museums in the Dallas-Fort Worth area as well as with the Dallas Opera, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and TITAS to showcase the bond between literature and the arts. He intends to show how this bond stretches well beyond the confines of the classroom and is, in fact, the very backbone of today's global culture. He has published more than 40 articles and reviews, and was co-editor of The Handbook of the Library of Congress (Central American literature section) for eight years, as well as on the editorial board of the Latin American Literature Journal. He has received three grants and fellowships from the National Endownment for the Humanities, and one from the Guggenheim Foundation. Prieto has published three books, and is completing work on a fourth, Blood Ties, an analysis of the father's role in 19th and 20th century foundational fictions of Latin America.
Dr. Manuel Quevedo-Lopez is currently an associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. He received his PhD in Materials Science at The University of North Texas (2002). In 2002 he joined Texas Instruments Silicon Technology Development Group as Member of Technical Staff (MTS). While at Texas Instruments he was appointed SEMATECH assignee from 2004-2006. At TI and SEMATECH he worked extensively in advanced gate stack materials for Si-based technology. In April 2007 He joined the University of Texas as Dallas as Research Professor and in September 2010 was appointed Associate Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Department in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. Prof. Quevedo has authored or co-authored over 130 publications in peer reviewed journals and holds 10 US patents. In 2012 He received the UT-Dallas Faculty Diversity award and has ongoing collaborations with Mexico, Brazil and Colombia that includes student and faculty exchange. Dr. Quevedo established a dual PhD program in Materials Science between Mexico and UT-Dallas. He is associate Editor for the Journal of Electronics Materials and a member of the Materials Research Society, AVS and IEEE. His interests include materials and devices for flexible electronics, flexible non-volatile memory, large area sensors and novel nanostructured semiconductor, dielectrics and contacts for TFT and Energy applications.
Stephen G. Rabe is a professor of history and Ashbel Smith Professor at The University of Texas at Dallas. He has written or edited ten books, including John F. Kennedy: World Leader (2010) and The Killing Zone: The United States Wages Cold War in Latin America (2011). Rabe has taught or lectured in nineteen countries, conducting seminars on modern U.S. history in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador. He has also served as the Mary Ball Washington Professor of American History at University College, Dublin in Ireland and the Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
Dr. Miguel Razo was born in Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico. He obtained his B.S. in Communications and Electronic Engineering and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Guanajuato, Mexico, in 2001 and 2002 respectively. He worked as professor in the Communications and Electronics department, teaching undergraduate level courses, and served as a committee member for the creation ofthe B.S. in Computer Science, as well as software architect for government and private industry projects.
In January 2005 through the support of the agreement between The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT), he started his graduate studies at UTD, where he earned his M.S. in Telecommunications Engineering in 2006 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2009. He worked as Research Assistant from 2007 to 2009, and is currently a Research Associate, at the OpNeAR (Open Networking Advance Research) Laboratory and Senior Lecturer within the Computer Science Department at the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science.
He has collaborated in design and implementation of softwareprototypes for telecom industry.
His research interests include network planning, fault protection, telecommunication software design, protocol design and network modeling, emulation and simulation.
Danieli Rodrigues received her BS Degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil in 2005. She then joined the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Syracuse University, Syracuse – NY, receiving her MS in 2007 and PhD in 2010. Her graduate studies focused on Orthopedics research, primarily working on the characterization of corrosion and failure mechanisms of retrieved modular hip implants, and development of acrylic two-solution bone cements for the treatment of spinal compression fractures. From 2010-2012, Dr. Rodrigues worked as Senior Research Engineer in the Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Research Department at Zimmer Inc, Warsaw – IN. As a Research Engineer with the medical device industry, she developed test methods for performance verification of new designs of hip and knee implants and related surgical instrumentation. Dr. Rodrigues joined the Department of Bioengineering at UT Dallas as an assistant professor in July 2012 and is currently the principal investigator in the Orthopedic Biomaterials Laboratory.
Dr. Fabiano Rodrigues is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Physics and William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences at UT Dallas. He received a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Brazil (2000), and M.Sc. in Space Physics from the Brazilian Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (2003). He then worked as a Research Associate at The University of Nottingham, UK before moving to United States to work on his PhD. Dr. Rodrigues received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University in 2008. Before joining UT Dallas in 2012, he worked as a research engineer for Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates – ASTRA where he was involved in various atmospheric- and space-related research projects sponsored by NSF, NASA, and AFOSR. Dr. Rodrigues's research focuses on fundamental and applied studies of the Earth's upper atmosphere and geospace, particularly at low latitudes. As a result of his research interests, Dr. Rodrigues has been collaborating very closely with research groups in South America and Puerto Rico.
Mario A. Rotea graduated with a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Rosario in 1983. He received the master's degree in electrical engineering in 1988 and the Ph.D. in control science and dynamical systems in 1990 from the University of Minnesota. He is currently a professor and head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he holds the Erik Jonsson Chair in the School of Engineering and Computer Science. In 1990, Dr. Rotea began his academic career at Purdue University, West Lafayette, where he was a professor of aeronautics and astronautics. From 2007 to 2009, he was a professor and the department head of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. During his tenure with Purdue University, Dr. Rotea managed the Control Systems program at the National Science Foundation (2005-2007), and worked as senior research engineer for the United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford, Connecticut (1997-1998).
Dr. Rotea is a Fellow of the IEEE for contributions to robust and optimal control of multivariable systems. He authored or co-authored over 120 archival and conference publications. He has developed, and transitioned to industry, control systems to mitigate noise and vibrations in mechanical and aerospace systems. His current research interests are in monitoring and control of energy systems.
Dr. Rotea is the inaugural department head of mechanical engineering at UT Dallas. Under his leadership, the department has grown from 10 enrolled students in 2008 to more than 600 enrolled students in 2013, has started the PhD degree program in mechanical engineering, and has earned ABET accreditation for the BS degree program in mechanical engineering.
Dr. Rainer Schulte is a translator, poet, playwright, essayist, and critic of contemporary international literature. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan. He studied philosophy for several years at the Gutenberg University in Mainz and was a student in the master class for piano at the Music Academy in Darmstadt. His language background includes studies in Mexico, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany. He has translated works of contemporary poets and writers from German, French, and Spanish. He has edited several anthologies of contemporary international literature and written numerous studies on the craft and theory of literary translation. He is the director of The Center for Translation Studies and the editor of Translation Review, which he founded in 1978. He is the co-founder of the American Literary Translators Association. (ALTA), whose national office is located in the Center for Translation Studies. He is a Professor of Arts and Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and the holder of the Katherine R. Cecil Professorship in Foreign Languages. Furthermore, he has been instrumental in developing Translation Workshops for the art and craft of literary translation.
Dr. Rubia Valente is a Research Associate at the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences. She received her B.A. in International Relations from Southern Methodist University, and her Master degree in International Political Economy and Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Economy from the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Her research interests reside in using quantitative methods to examine economic and social development issues, with a special focus in Latin America and Brazil. Her main interest lies in the socioeconomic inequalities due to race, class and gender in the context of social, political, and religious institutions. She also studies happiness (a.k.a., well-being, quality of life, life satisfaction), and is interested in social movements and political protests. Dr. Valente is the faculty advisor of IGNITE- a UTD student organization that inspires and unites young women to overcome the barriers that prevent them from seeking elected office. Dr. Valente has published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals such as the Latin American Research Review, Geographical Review, Cities, Journal of Happiness Studies, Race Ethnicity and Education, PentecoStudies and PNEUMA.
Nicholas Vargas is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas. He holds B.A. degrees sociology and criminal justice from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, an M.A. in sociology from the University of Florida, Gainesville, and a Ph.D. in sociology from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (2013). His research focuses on status distinctions that operate as bases of social inequality and social inclusion/exclusion in the U.S., comprising race and ethnicity, and religion. He is currently researching Latina/o racial classification in the U.S., and variation in Latina/o-Americans' political attitudes and social networks as they relate to immigration status and visual markers of racialization including skin-tone and other physical characteristics. He is also researching topics related to racial contestation, the experience whereby one's personal racial identity does not match how they are perceived racially by others. Dr. Vargas' peer-reviewed research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including Ethnic and Racial Studies, Social Science Research, Du Bois Review, Sociological Perspectives, and Sociology of Religion, among others.
Alejandro Zentner is an Associate Professor of Managerial Economics at the Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas. He holds a BA in Economics from Universidad de la Plata in Argentina, an MS in Economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina, and a master and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. Professor Zentner's research focuses on the media and entertainment markets. He has examined cross-media substitution, firm and consumer behavior in online markets, file-sharing impacts on sales of music and movies, and structure and competition in media and entertainment markets.


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Mar 21, 2013 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- Chairman Sanders and members of the Committee, thank you for your invitation to discuss the Vermont Veterans Outreach Program. My name is Andre Wing, I have been the Vermont Veterans Outreach team leader since April 2010. In that time, my team has conducted "needs asssement"surveys with over 4300 veterans to discuss their needs and the needs of their families.
Before I begin, let me say that my testimony today reflects my personal views and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the Administration.
The Vermont Veterans Outreach Program has evolved and expanded beyond its original 2007 mandate of helping OIF/OEF service members. We now also assist service members from other war-time conflicts.
One of the reasons the Vermont Veterans Outreach program has been so successful is our grassroots, "sliding our feet under their kitchen tables" way of doing business. We are the ones going to the veterans' home and working with them to find what they really need. The issues range from health care, emotional support, disability benefits, homelessness, employment, or financial assistance.
One of the most innovative components of our Veterans Outreach program is the VAMC liaison we established to help veterans navigate the VA system. Our liaison is located at the White River Junction Welcome Center which is the entry point into the VA system for Vermont. Our outreach specialists will often use this resource to establish a "soft" handoff to someone who understands how to navigate the VA system effectively. The liaison also works with many "walk-ins" which are typically active duty veterans who come on their own not realizing how overwhelming the process could be.
In addition, the liaison attends the VA Patient Centered Care Committee which discusses ways to improve relationships with the veterans and how best to implement any changes recommended. Having the liaison attend these meetings helps our Veterans Outreach team learn of new initiatives the VA is implementing, as well as improve communication between the specialists out in the field and the VA.
We have increased awareness of the Vermont Outreach Program working through one of our community partners, VT 211, and our own 24/7 phone service. Calls will often come through these two services and allows us to act upon each situation in a very timely manner. Our outreach specialists established relationships with our Vermont State Police to go out with them to make "wellness calls" to assess a situation with a veteran and call upon professional services as needed.
I have established a strong rapport with the local OEF/OIF/OND Program Manager. This relationship has helped my team capture returning veterans that may have fallen through the cracks. An example of this would be that I received a call from a mother in Florida that works for Cabot Cheese. Her son, an OIF veteran was struggling in Florida with substance abuse and PTSD. She flew him to Vermont where we picked him up at the airport, brought him to the VAMC in WRJ, where he was enrolled in the 6 week Intensive Outpatient Program. My team also helped with an issue with a disability claim. The veteran completed the program successfully and is a contributing member of his community, now in Colorado. Without this kind of partnership from the program manager, who facilitated care in Vermont, this veteran may not be here today. As a matter of fact, the mother told me that my team saved his life.
We are a very rural state that does not have any active duty military installations. Nor do we have an established public transportation infrastructure outside our largest county, Chittenden County.
For that reason, our Outreach Specialists transports our veterans to the White River Junction VA Medical Center, or the CBOCs throughout Vermont for their first couple of visits. While this "windshield time" reduced the time available to contact other veterans, Outreach Team members have noted that this drive time is, in reality, a short decompression period for the service member. Faced with the decision between helping a soldier right in front of them and those yet to be contacted, the Outreach Specialist always tends to the more immediate need. The person-to-person time spent by our Outreach Specialists with each individual service member and/or their family is a very important component of the program. . In the past many veterans would miss their appointments or didn't bother enrolling because they could not afford the travel and/or didn't have transportation and thereby jeopardizing their health or access to benefits.
A critical piece of our success is our follow-up with the service members .Our outreach specialists often meet with CBOC counselors and the service member to go over the follow-up plan needed for the veteran. It might be to make sure they show up for their follow up appointments at the VA, or getting them linked with a community partner such as Veterans, Inc. for financial help or with ESGR/DOL for employment issues. The bottom line is we establish a relationship with these veterans and their families and we have the resources, skills and tenacity needed to make sure our veterans, from all combat conflicts, get the services they deserve.
Our hope is to continue this work until every service member and their family that needs help, gets help. Thank you for this opportunity to discuss Vermont's outreach program and I look forward to answering any questions you may have.
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Joseph "Joss" Hill Whedon (born 23 June 1964) is an American screenwriter, film and television director, film and television producer, comic book author, composer and actor whose works have emphasized themes of feminism, anti-authoritarianism, existentialism and absurdism.
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- The first thing I ever thought of when I thought of Buffy, the movie, was the little...blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed, in every horror movie. The idea of Buffy was to subvert that idea, that image, and create someone who was a hero where she had always been a victim. That element of surprise … genre-busting is very much at the heart of both the movie and the series.
- I think there's a lot of people out there who say we must not have horror in any form, we must not say scary things to children because it will make them evil and disturbed... That offends me deeply, because the world is a scary and horrifying place, and everyone's going to get old and die, if they're that lucky. To set children up to think that everything is sunshine and roses is doing them a great disservice. Children need horror because there are things they don't understand. It helps them to codify it if it is mythologized, if it's put into the context of a story, whether the story has a happy ending or not. If it scares them and shows them a little bit of the dark side of the world that is there and always will be, it's helping them out when they have to face it as adults.
- Said to Michael Silverberg of NPR; quote featured in the Buffy Monster Book (2000)
- I believe we are the only sentient beings in the universe, and I believe that 500 years from now, we will still be the only sentient beings around.
- Post-Gazette.com, "Whedon creates space cowboys in 'Firefly'" (22 July 2002) [1]
- I'm working on Buffy: Deep Space Nine. It will be dark and badly received.
- Entertainment Weekly Angel TV Preview, published in issue #727-728 (12 September 2003)
- You can either watch TV or you can make TV.
- Underground Online, interview by Michael Patrick Sullivan
- Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.
- The network called up and said 'We piggybacked you on the deal for another show,' I'm like 'Okay, so what you're saying to my writers is that they weren't picked up when they thought they were and now that they are it was because of something that has nothing to do with them. Okay. Great. Stop calling'.
- Underground Online, interview by Michael Patrick Sullivan
- Note: This is in reference to the WB network announcing that Angel had been confirmed for a full fifth season of 22 episodes, when Mutant Enemy Productions had already assumed that to be so.
- My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer... and there are flying cars.
- TV Guide (27 December – 2 January 2004), and Foreword to Fray
- The English Language is my bitch. Or I don't speak it very well. Whatever.
- . "David Greenwalt's 'Profit' coming to DVD in 2005". Whedonesque.com (31 December 2004). Retrieved on 2008-08-29.
- Let freedom ring, unless it's on vibrate.
- . "More X-Men 3 rumors". Whedonesque.com (21 October 2004). Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
- Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones.
- Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season Reviewed by Joss Whedon[3]
- I don't actually have anything against anybody, unless their belief precludes everybody else's. … I am an atheist and an absurdist and I have been for many years. I've actually taken a huge amount of flack for that.
- "Joss Whedon: Atheist & Absurdist", comments made in a Q&A-session in Australia, while promoting his movie Serenity (2005)
- This show isn't about the people who made history; it's about the people history stepped on.
- Every story needs a monster. In the stories of the old west it was the Apaches. I used that example by saying that anyone who goes out into space and goes mad can become a monster.
- The idea of changing culture is important to me, and it can only be done in a popular medium.
- We Don't Say Indian (2005)
- I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the presence of any grander scheme.
- "Joss Whedon: Atheist & Absurdist", comments made in a Q&A-session in Australia, while promoting his movie Serenity (2005)
- Stay crunchy, even in milk.
- Very occasionally, if you really pay attention, life doesn't suck.
- From the liner notes to the "cast album" for Once More, with Feeling. [4]
- If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do.
- I know there's been some debate about the DVD art. Just remember it's what's INside that counts, as I used to remind girls in high school constantly. CONSTANTLY — until I realized that I was empty inside. Empty and homely. Man, that's a rough combo.
- The actors can make up their dialogue. I'm bushed, and they're all funny, and the hell with it. Maybe I'll give them a premise to work off of, like "You're all in trouble" or "Wash has a thing". They could maybe light it too.
- People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy.
- The thing with the comics is that you have license to go down every alley your brain can think of. Willow's been on a mystical walkabout, you can actually show that. Instead of, "Well, she can talk about it in the magic shop for seven pages, because that's the money we got." You can pursue every thread, emotionally and visually, in a way that you just can't on TV. But on TV, you're on TV. There's actors, the people who created the characters with you, that everybody loves. Oh, and also, the paychecks don't make your family laugh.
- The hard part about writing comics is creating juice. Let's say I'm trying to create a love interest for Buffy. People are like, "It's Angel!" "It's Spike!" Some people are saying it's Riley, possibly. Not many. I think that's above Andrew, actually, in the poll. But to create somebody in the comic who has anything like the juice of somebody who was on the show, that's an insane challenge. It's going to be really tough. That goes for the Big Bad, as well. A villain that people care about, who they've only seen as a drawing, is, again, a challenge.
- Although now, my favorite subgenre, thanks to Drew Goddard, is the Final Fantasy VIII interstitial videos cut up to music by Evanescence. I think that's the movie I want to make.
- Well, they did Alien Vs. Predator, so that already happened. And once he's versed a Predator, it's hard to get people juiced to go back. Not impossible, by the way, and I even kind of liked Alien Vs. Predator. But that's already kind of been capped by others.
- It bit me in particular with X-Men, where I was treated sort of shoddily. I was in England, very tired, and some fanzine asked a question, and I went kind of off. Well, of course, that fanzine was a web fanzine, I didn't know about this web thing. I hadn't really gleaned the fact that there wasn't such a thing as a guy with a photocopier handing out sheets of paper anymore. Everything I said got to the Fox executives before I went to bed that night. They were pissed, and they were right. That's not what you do. I kind of treat moviemaking and TV like the Army, and I kind of always have. Whoever is in charge, is in charge, and if they're going to march you up a hill and get you all killed, that's what you do. You march up that hill. You have to respect that, you have to respect that chain of command. I've done it under directors I believed in, I've done it under directors I didn't believe in. I've done it with executives and on projects.
- Joss Whedon [5] (2007)
- People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.
- SENTINEL: Is dead Buffy actually a robot?
- Joss: Um, no. Dead Buffy's a Buffy. But a dead one.
- From the Orlando Sentinel, May 24, 2001
- Get out of my BRAIN!
- From "The Green Clan" on Serenity (film)
- The greatest expression of rebellion is joy.
- Acceptance speech for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog at the Creative Art Emmys
- There is nothing more painful in the world than Aly when she makes her big eyes. She makes her big hurt eyes, there's nothing you can do. She just kills you.
- Joss Whedon, commentary for Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode 2-14 "Innocence"
- I think that people need two kinds of fulfillment — one in which you give and one in which you hold back. Part of fulfillment is need, is longing, is being unfulfilled, that's the nature of tragedy and a lot of drama. Very often, what the fans want, they get. But very often, what they want, they can't quite have, because we want them to feel the way our characters felt...
- . "Joss Whedon on life, love, and leaving 'Buffy' behind". Stanford Daily (May 16, 2003). Retrieved on 2009-04-03.
- Q: So, why do you write these strong female characters?
A: Because you're still asking me that question.
- . "American Rhetoric: Joss Whedon - Equality Now Address". American Rhetoric (May 15, 2006). Retrieved on 2009-07-20.
- I have had a dream my whole life... and it was not this good.
- On being attached to direct The Avengers at the San Diego Comic-Con 2010
- All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet — it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.
- If I ever did a rom-com, it'd be about an orgy. I cannot do anything except ensemble-pieces. It's awful!
- Hello, I'm the writer and director. Now take your clothes off and get on top of Morena.


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I started coding in 1984 when it wasn't cool to be a geek – especially for a girl. In 1987 I went online with a 300 baud modem and a local BBS and people thought I was crazy.
But doing that did two things for me: connected me to people and helped me tell/find stories. Over twenty-five years later, the code and speed has changed but my reason for being part of this online world hasn't: the power of creating content and community.
I was one of the first personal bloggers, creating a writing site in 1995 called, alex the girl. Girl at Play was created in 2001 when I left a corporate career to be a creative entrepreneur. This site chronicled that three-year journey and then the journey back to consulting for companies to help them with content, community and social media.
You've seen my work everywhere. You just don't know it. I don't work for fame. I work because I love to build things that inspire others.
I truly believe in creating great content/community/brands that help people live great offline lives. So I work with brands and people that want to do good. I can't market an oil spill or create community around fried chicken.
I work with companies that need to do something with content or social media but aren't sure where to start. So they usually start with me.
To do great things, to make a real difference, is what drives me. I love what I do, and I do a lot. I'm learning how to take Sunday's off. It's hard.
I love design, UX, community, content, doing good, adventure, building, storytelling + putting it all together. Also ponies.
My passion projects include Anywhere Everywhere, Hygge House and alex the girl.
I've lived in England, Ireland, France, Canada, Singapore and New Zealand. I immigrated to America in 1999 and have lived all over it since – Franklin TN, Bowling Green KY, Seattle WA, Austin TX, Philadelphia PA, San Francisco CA, San Diego CA and currently in Santa Monica CA.
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Burj Al Arab Goes for the Gold iPad
May 21, 2013
By: K. Clare Johnson
Think a gold credit card is impressive? Not anymore. Burj Al Arab, the super-luxury hotel in Dubai, has introduced the latest status symbol for luxury travelers: The gold iPad.
Guest at Burj Al Arab often arrive one of the world's largest chauffeur-driven fleets of Rolls Royce's or by a dedicated helicopter transfer service. After check-in, the 24-karat iPad, which is worth approximately $10,000, is yours to play the world's most expensive game of Angry Birds on. Or, guests can use the virtual concierge program that comes loaded on the gadget to take advantage of the hotel's many bespoke services. The hotel introduced a similar amenity back in October 2012, with a 24-carat rose gold iPad that was designed as part of its Breast Cancer Awareness month program.
Sadly, the iPad, much like a room key, has to be returned to the front desk upon check-out. Although you can purchase your own in the hotel's boutique, along with a gold iPad minii and a gold iPhone5.
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Image of the Day: Dusit Thani Dubai
May 12, 2013
By: K. Clare Johnson
Dusit Thani Dubai is known for capturing the essence of Thailand in the vibrant center of Dubai's Business District.
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Starwood to Debut Luxury W Hotels in Israel in 2015
April 16, 2013
By: Five Star Alliance
Today Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced that it will debut the W brand in Israel in 2015 with the opening of W Tel Aviv - Jaffa and The Residences at W Tel Aviv - Jaffa. The first hotel will be set inside a historic 19th century heritage building in the revitalized ancient port neighborhood of Jaffa. The W Tel Aviv - Jaffa is being designed by acclaimed British architect John Pawson along with Ramy Gill Architects and Urban Designers, who has also designed the new Jaffa port.
W Tel Aviv - Jaffa will provide a cutting-edge lifestyle experience, featuring 125 stylish guest rooms and suites, including one Extreme WOW Suite (W's interpretation of the Presidential Suite), as well as panoramic views of the Mediterranean coast.
The hotel will offer a signature restaurant, a destination bar and W Living Room (W's take on the traditional hotel lobby). Other luxury leisure facilities include an Away Spa, SWEAT state-of-the-art fitness, and a glamorous outdoor WET pool deck. Guests can also expect the W brand's signature Whatever/Whenever service philosophy, providing guests whatever they want, whenever they want it. The hotel will also offer a full-service, 24-hour WIRED business centre.
This project will also feature 38 W-branded Residences at W Tel Aviv - Jaffa, which will come with a private entrance. Featuring luxurious apartments ranging from 70 to 400 square metres, the six-story Residences at W Tel Aviv - Jaffa will be built alongside the heritage building in which the hotel is housed. Residents will enjoy access to the facilities at W Tel Aviv - Jaffa, including signature W offerings and services.
With more than 4,000 years of history, Jaffa is south of the main city centre of Tel Aviv and is undergoing a meticulous revitalisation project, including multi-million dollar investments in infrastructure and an extended sea promenade. W Tel Aviv - Jaffa and The Residences at W Tel Aviv - Jaffa will serve as the centrepiece of the redevelopment of the ancient port city. Spanning over 20,000 square metres, this landmark project is located within close proximity to the newly renovated Jaffa port, the pristine beach, as well as fashionable boutiques, charming sidewalk cafes and stylish nightlife destinations.
With 44 hotels and retreats open, W is on track to reach more than 60 hotels by the end of 2015, expanding its presence in the most sought-after markets from Milan to Bogota, Muscat to Beijing, Shanghai to Abu Dhabi and beyond.
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The Summer Houses of Dar Al Masyaf at Madinat Jumeirah
March 12, 2013
By: Five Star Alliance
Dar Al Masyaf is one of the three properties of Madinat Jumeirah Resort. Literally translated, Dar Al Masyaf means summer houses and the property features 29 summer houses comprising 283 rooms and suites with private balconies or terrace areas.
Beautifully appointed, all 283 rooms and suites portray an Arabian theme in keeping with the overall style of the resort. An integrated design means that guests can take either one room or even an entire summer house. Designed for the guest who seeks added privacy within intimate enclaves yet with easy access to all Madinat Jumeirah resort facilities, the summer houses of Dar Al Masyaf are an ideal refuge. Offering two house types (Gulf and Arabian), each with luxurious guest rooms and suites, the Gulf summer houses offer superb access to the beach and all houses benefit from privileged locations within the resort.
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Image of the Day: Hillside Beach Club
February 15, 2013
By: K. Clare Johnson
Located in the Aegean coast of Turkey, in Fethiye, Hillside Beach Club was voted TripAdvisor 2012 Travelers' Choice Award winner, one of top 25 All-Inclusive Resorts in Europe.
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Image of the Day: Sumahan on the Water
February 9, 2013
By: K. Clare Johnson
Sumahan on the Water, a newly restored nineteenth century Ottoman distillery opened its doors as a hotel in May 2005.
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Image of the Day: The St Regis Doha
January 25, 2013
By: K. Clare Johnson
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.-Martin Buber
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The Top 15 Luxury Hotel Locations in 2012: #3 Dubai
December 29, 2012
By: K. Clare Johnson
In the final days of 2012, Five Star Alliance is counting down the Top 15 Luxury Hotels and Resort Destinations Worldwide, as decided by you, our luxury travelers! Be sure to check in with us daily to keep up with our countdown and explore a few of the absolute best and most luxurious hotels in the world for your future travels!
As of this writing, Five Star Alliance has 64 luxury resorts in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. One of the seven Arab emirates, Dubai is one of the richest places in the world.
What makes our guests love Dubai?
-Seemingly endless clean beaches, amazing accommodations, gourmet dining, and tons of nightlife make Dubai desirable.
-Unusual spectator sports like Camel racing. Sports are big in Dubai, visitors can enjoy world-class tennis, horse racing, rally car racing, power boatting, rugby and sailing.
-Shopping is big business in Dubai. The very popular Dubai Shopping Festival takes place from January to February.
-October to April is the peak tourist season in Dubai. Temperatures tend to be from the upper 70s to the low 90s during this time period.
Where to Stay?
-For a Valentine's Day getaway, Dusit Thani Dubai has nightly rates from 676AED. Nightly rates from 1360AED are available at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray. For a real splurge, try Kempinski Hotel and Residences Palm Jumeirah (pictured) with nightly rates starting at 1920AED.
Did you know?
-In 1991 there was 1 high rise in Dubai. Now there are more than 400.
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The Top 30 Luxury Hotels in 2012: Honorable Mention Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul
December 21, 2012
By: Shannon Sullivan
In the last month of 2012, Five Star Alliance is counting down the Top 30 Luxury Hotels and Resorts worldwide, as decided by you, our luxury travelers! But there were a few more hotels we absolutely had to mention. Be sure to check in with us daily to keep up with our countdown and explore a few of the absolute best and most luxurious hotels in the world for your future travels!
Here are a few fun facts about Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul:
-Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, once the residence of the last Ottoman Sultans, has been restored to its former glory and is the only luxury hotel on the European shores of the Bosphorus.
-The architectural grandeur of the palace is blended with the modern comfort of a deluxe hotel
-Resort ambience in the center of the city with 315 rooms.
-Within walking distance of the Hotel is the harbor side district of Ortakoy, a fascinating area full of seafood restaurants, specialty antique, ceramic and jewelry shops.
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The Brand New Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach opening in 2014
June 22, 2012
By: Five Star Alliance
Four Seasons has announced its first property in the United Arab Emirates within Dubai Festival City. Located at the northern end of Jumeirah Beach Road, away from the city's other resorts clustered in the Palm Jumeirah area, the Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach has broken ground on a 11-acre (4.45 hectare) natural waterfront site. Expected to open by mid 2014 the Four Seasons in Dubai features the following:
- At least 3 restaurants and poolside dining
- World class Spa
- Indoor and outdoor pools
- Tennis Courts
- Private Beach Club with exclusive access to 270 metres (886 feet) of beach fronting the Arabian Gulf
- Ultra-exclusive residential apartments
- 140,000sqm of floor area across a 33 storey hotel tower and garden suites, a 41 storey residential tower and garden villas, recreation facilities, and a range of food and beverage options
- With 237 rooms, including 49 suites, the Resort will target an almost equal mix of leisure and business guests
- A distinct leaning towards a residential style product while offering business guests the famous Four Seasons personalized support and service
- Function spaces with beachfront access including a 600 square metre ballroom and five meeting rooms.
- Design and achitecture by WATG, with interior design by San Fransisco based BAMO
Dubai Festival City currently features 4 hotels, the 316 room Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City, 3 InterContinental hotels and residences, as well as the future 330 room W Dubai Festival City.
Pictured is the InterContinental Dubai Festival City.


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New Findings Closing Gaps in Global Warming Research
Byline: Bob Doppelt For The Register-Guard
A buddy recently asked if the effects of global warming could be seen today. Yes, I told him. Scientific studies showing the consequences and trajectory of global warming cross my desk almost weekly. Each tends to eliminate gaps in the science. They also reaffirm the proper course of action.
Research published in May, for example, showed that since 1970 the temperature of the upper troposphere - the region 7.5 to 10 miles above Earth's surface - has been rising by about 0.65 degrees Centigrade per decade. This is consistent with most climate change models.
Skeptics had previously challenged the validity of these computer models because data gathered by satellites and high-flying weather balloons showed little or no tropospheric temperature increases. This problem is now resolved.
Then, scientists working aboard an Oregon State University research vessel published findings showing that greenhouse gases are turning the waters off the West Coast, including Oregon, acidic enough to dissolve the shells of sea creatures decades earlier than scientists had expected. These findings have potentially catastrophic consequences for marine life, including fisheries, from Canada to Mexico.
Worse, the team said that future ocean acidification, along with the loss of key links in the marine food chain, will likely increase as atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases rise. The researchers also said there is a strong correlation between the recent ocean dead zones off the Northwest coast and increasing acidification.
Another June study found that the world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster than previously thought due to increased carbon dioxide levels. Higher ocean temperatures have expanded the volume of water, contributing to a 0.53 millimeter-per-year rise in sea levels that is submerging small island nations and threatening to wreak havoc in low-lying heavily populated regions around the globe.
Until now, according to researchers, there has been a gap between the sea level rise projections of computer-based climate models and the observations of scientists gathering data from the oceans. As with tropospheric warming, skeptics have used this gap to discount global warming. The new study is the first to reconcile these factors. Another gap has been filled.
To top that off, also in June, the U.S. government's Climate Change Science Program released the first comprehensive analysis of observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes in North America. The report said, "global warming of the past 50 years is due primarily to human-induced increases in heat-trapping gases" and that "many types of extreme weather and climate event changes have been observed during this time period."
Droughts, heavy downpours, excessive heat and intense hurricanes are likely to become more commonplace as global warming unfolds, according to the study. …


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Eight writers from western Colorado share a variety of poems, non-fiction and stories for your enjoyment. They are retired forest service, airplane pilot, teachers, artists, Saab mechanic, etc., and have a variety of other skills and experiences to share. They meet regularly to critique and share, and publish a compilation of some of their work every year.
After 30 years of teaching public education, I moved to the western slope of Colorado to paint, write, and enjoy the out of doors. I have a masters degree in art education. I have published articles and poetry, and won awards in art and writing. I teach, paint and otherwise pretend that I am not retired. The anthology is a composite of work by the critique group in which I participate. They are inspiring, critical, and spread humor within their criticism. They are diverse, amazing, and enthusiastic. You can see that in their work. We share an intense love of words.
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