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We just transitoned our DS to a toddler bed on Friday. He used to be a great sleeper in his crib (would lay him down and w. it 15 min he was asleep. He rarely cried etc). We had to transition because he jumped out of his crib (even w.a sleep sac on).
We are really not sure what to do. The only way he will fall asleep is with us laying by his bed. I don't want to have to do this every night. It even takes 1 - 2 hours to get him to sleep w. us there! He keeps looking over the side saying " hi mommy". We tried to put a gate up and he just goes over to the gate and cries like crazy!
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Standing proudly, like a sentinal, this eco-friendly power house silently turning, almost endless motion, completely dependable, totally cost effective and no carbon footprint. What's new Claus?
Great shot and I hope that this skyline never changes.
Kind regards.---Jim
Hi Jim, this windmill, properly named "de windhond" (the greyhound), is only catching a tiny fraction of the free fuel blowing all around us. So much clean energy just vanishing into the blue sky.
My carbon footprint dropped dramatically when I quit smoking, but it was replaced by a carbohydrate footprint.
Best regards, Claus
Thanks for your enjoyable and amusing feedback Claus. I am loathe to blame you for Global Warming from your past smoking habit, As a smoker for almost 30 years, I can hardly criticise you. (I gave up the weed in 1982 and now I'm 15kg overweight)
Hello Claus:
I think this landscape is very nice, I like it!
Greetings from Chile.
Thank you for your nice comment, Erwin. The Soester Eng is a shallow hill in the middle of the village of Soest, with the mill at the highest point. The "Eng" is the commons of the village, common arable land dating from the Middle Ages. Farmers from the Eng and from miles around brought their crops to this flour-mill to be ground. Nowadays the mill is operated and maintained by volunteers.
Kind regards, Claus
Hallo Claus I sincerely hope you are well and enjoying this wonderful Season of autumn, are you gathering the fruits of nature?
I have only had a few forays to collect fungi, but not much luck this year, still, I got a few.
I guess you don't have the time for wandering about-as you have work to do!
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Finally the rain broke through our protective dome over Clark County, and some heavy but brief rain showers moved through Saturday afternoon. Some dumped 1/4 to 1/2 inch in just minutes; the frogs were happy.
Friday's weather forecast of rain during the evening commute was a bust with our county-wide rain shield. Heavy rain fell in southern Oregon and in the Puget Sound region with a few claps of thunder. Nothing here for me in Salmon Creek.
A much stronger storm moves inland from the Gulf of Alaska today with strong 40-50 mph winds along the coast and blustery 25-35 mph south winds locally. Maybe enough to snap a few limbs off. Rainfall amounts are expected to be about 1/2 to 1 inch today and tonight. A good day to zip down to the beach for a little preseason storm watching.
Fresh snow will fall on the Cascades above 6,000 feet, helping to cover all that bare rock up there. Unsettled weather remains with us until midweek, when high pressure moves overhead. If skies clear enough, overnight lows will drop to the lower 40s in the city and upper 30s in the outlying areas. This also means a couple of dry days.
It was very chilly Friday morning, with lows in the 40s and the 30s in the colder outlying areas. I could see my breath heading out the door Friday. Yes, summer is history now, folks.
It is getting cold in Alaska with many areas in the single digits and snow falling across the state. This will help storm development in the Gulf of Alaska, bringing rain to us for weeks to come.
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About PT ANEKA TAMBANG – ANTAM
PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk – Antam is a largest state-owned (BUMN) mining company in Indonesia. The Company established in 1968 with the merger of several mining companies. The Company's main products are high grade nickel ore, low grade nickel ore, ferronickel, gold, silver, and bauxite. The Company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) with the main commodities of nickel, gold, silver, and bauxite. In 2010, the Company awarded as the best SR category A (Agriculture, Plantation, Mining, & Basic Industry and Chemicals Company) from Indonesia Sustainability Reporting Award (ISRA) 2010.
Antam is a vertically integrated, export-oriented, diversified mining and metals company. With operations spread throughout the mineral-rich Indonesian archipelago, Antam undertakes all activities from exploration, excavation, processing through to marketing of nickel ore, ferronickel, gold, silver, and bauxite. The company has long term loyal blue chip customers in Europe and Asia. Due to the vastness of the company's licensed exploration areas as well as its known large holdings of high quality reserves and resources, Antam has formed several joint ventures with international partners to profitably develop geological ore bodies into profitable mines.
The company generates healthy cash flows, and has prudent capital management. The company became a limited liability state-controlled company in 1968 with the merger of several single commodity mining companies. In 1997, the company conducted an initial public offering (IPO) and listed its shares on the Indonesia Stock Exchange and 35% were sold by the government to the public, to raise money for a ferronickel expansion. In 1999, Antam listed its shares in Australia as a foreign exempt entity and then in 2002 augmented its status to the more stringent ASX Listing.
Antam's objectives are centered on increasing shareholder value. The companyf's main objective is to enhance shareholder value by lowering costs while profitably expanding operations in a sustainable manner. The strategy maintains focus on Antam's core business of nickel, gold and bauxite with a view to maximizing output in order to increase cash generation and lower unit costs. Antam plans to sustain growth through reliable expansion projects, strategic alliances, increasing quality reserves and adding value by moving away from selling raw materials and increasing processing activities. Antam will also maintain financial strength. By generating as much cash as possible Antam ensures it will have sufficient funds to repay debts, finance continued growth and pay dividends. Lowering costs means operating more efficiently and productively, as well as increasing capacity to benefit from economies of scale.
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Very nice... haven't seen these flowers around here for years, there used to be lots when I was a kid...
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Meltdown 101: 'Reverse split' reflects GM woes
It sounds like a football play or a wardrobe malfunction. But when General Motors Corp. said it may execute a "reverse split," what that really signaled was a new level of desperation for the troubled automaker.
Reverse stock splits are uncommon for large companies. GM's planned 1-for-100 reverse stock split – under which it proposes to give shareholders one share of new stock for every 100 shares they own – is even rarer.
The plan, announced late Tuesday, drew new attention to the unusual maneuver while underscoring the depths of GM's problems.
"This is a flailing response that you normally don't see in a healthy company," said Barry Ritholtz, who writes the financial blog The Big Picture and is CEO of research firm FusionIQ.
Here are some questions and answers about reverse splits and GM's situation.
Q: What is a reverse stock split?
A: It's a largely cosmetic procedure that reduces the number of shares outstanding while increasing each share's price proportionally. The maneuver doesn't affect the company's overall market value. Think of a 1-for-100 reverse split as the equivalent of getting a hundred-dollar bill back for 100 $1 bills.
Q: Why would a company do this?
A: Usually a company does it to raise the price of its outstanding shares because it thinks the price is too low to attract investors. Hedge funds and other institutional buyers generally avoid buying stocks priced at or around $1 a share. At $1.66, down 93 percent from a year ago, GM is getting dangerously close to penny-stock territory.
A 1-for-100 reverse split at the current price would peg each GM share at $166 – more than 75 percent higher than the stock's all-time high of $93.63 in April 2000. On the surface, at least, that might lure more buyers.
Of course, that $166 figure assumes that GM shares would maintain their current value, which is not at all expected. Part of the point of the reverse split is to compensate for a dramatic drop in share value that will almost certainly happen if a restructuring deal with Washington goes through.
Q: How rare is a reverse split?
A: Only 15 of the 1,600 stock splits involving Standard & Poor's 500 index members – the nation's largest companies – since 1980 have been reverses. A 1-for-100 split by a major corporation is practically unheard of. S&P analyst Howard Silverblatt said there have apparently been none in the past three decades outside of mergers and bankruptcies.
One of the most recent reverse splits was by Sun Microsystems Inc. in November 2007. The company's 1-for-4 split was intended to remove the stigma of its slumping stock price. It didn't work.
Q: Why is GM proposing to do this now?
A: It's designed to boost its stock prospects as part of the restructuring deal, in which the government would assume at least half of its debt in exchange for company shares. The better the stock fares, the better for both GM and the government.
"Typically we see a reverse stock split so the company doesn't fall out of the window where hedge funds can't buy it due to price limitations," said CEO David Kudla of Mainstay Capital Management in Grand Blanc, Mich., which advises GM employees and retirees on their investment portfolios. "But what's more at work here is just positioning itself ... to make this restructuring deal."
Q: Would GM's stock be delisted if it fell below $1 a share?
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I want to import a bunch of financial data that's in Excel into Quicken. Can I create a QIF file from Excel?
I want to import a bunch of financial data that's in Excel into Quicken. Can I create a QIF file from Excel?
There is a program that might work for you which is called the QuickAccess utility by Habeeb.
The Address Book can use formats like vCard, LDIF, or CSV to import contact data that you save or export from other applications. You can use LDIF to export addresses from Netscape and the vCard format to export from Palm Desktop, Entourage, Outlook and other applications. The text format tab-delimited and CSV format can export data from most databases.
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Portion of the Week Moses' Broken Spirit
A totally spiritual individual cannot single-handedly lead a "flesh-and-blood" nation. But similarly, heaven help a nation whose leaders wander in spiritual spheres, but cannot sense the people's distress.
Talking with his father-in-law Jethro (Numbers 10:29-32), Moses is optimistic about the Promised Land he and his people will enter within a few days. Like any professional organizational consultant, Jethro knows that the best thing for Moshe is to be back home and in his natural surroundings. After their conversation, the Torah enthusiastically describes the beginning of the Israelites' journey through the wilderness: "And they set forward from the mount of the Lord three days' journey: And the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them. And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp. And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the ten thousands of the families of Israel" (Numbers 10:33-36).
The ark of the covenant cuts a path for the Israelites, who are protected by a divine cloud. The next chapter, however, has a different character. Suddenly, the pleasant, easy journey becomes a nightmare: "And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp" (Num. 11:1).
We have taken only a few steps toward Canaan and already the grumbling has begun. Although the Torah does not specify precisely why the Israelites are complaining, we can guess: It is hot, the children are cranky, the route is unclear and the destination distant. The rabble begins complaining and this time the demand is clear: They want meat! Tired of the same bizarre, bland food descending daily from heaven, they want something substantial that they can sink their teeth into and feel on their palate: "And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Would that we were given flesh to eat? ... And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased" (Num. 11:4-10).
Moses, who only the day before saw everything through rose-colored glasses, now confronts the ugly reality of a nation of slaves hungry for meat. Whereas, in the previous passage cited, we read that "it displeased the Lord," we now learn that "Moses also was displeased." He is fed up, after a year that included the Exodus from Egypt, the Red Sea's parting, war with Amalek and the sin of the Golden Calf. His words to God about the Israelites are harsh: "And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with Thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in Thy sight, that Thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which Thou didst swear unto their fathers? Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? For they trouble me with their weeping, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. I am not able to bear all this people myself alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness" (Num. 11:11-15).
'Man of God'
A puzzling speech. In Egypt, where the Israelites suffered in bondage, Moses complained to God about their plight: "Wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with this people? Why is it that thou hast sent me?" (Exodus 5:22). Now, however, he complains about himself: "Wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with Thy servant?"
Seeking to save the Israelites after the sin of the Golden Calf, he presented God with an ultimatum: Either forgive them or "blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written" (Exod. 32:32). Now Moses asks God: "Kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness." Moses cannot tolerate the Israelites any longer; he is sick at heart. Finding it difficult to accept this straightforward interpretation of his words, our sages argued that the text, amended by scribes, was originally "Let me not see their [the Israelites'] wretchedness."
What happened to Moses? What has broken his spirit? Perhaps his crisis is connected to the divine revelation and spiritual growth he has experienced. For 40 days and 40 nights, he was miraculously bonded to holiness, rising to a spiritual level of communication with God and inevitably separating himself, to a certain extent, from his body and his bodily needs. He ceases cohabiting with his wife and sets up his tent outside the Israelite camp. From that unique experience of spiritual elevation onward, he becomes known as "the man of God" (Deuteronomy 33:1). As he prepares together with the nation for entering Canaan, he envisages a paradise. Although the Israelites' initial complaining hurts him, what breaks his spirit is the lustful demand for meat, which so starkly contrasts with his spirituality. He stands helpless before the Israelites' demand: "Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people?"
The horrifying gap between his spirituality and the Israelites' craving for meat overwhelms him, breaking his spirit. God's response is pragmatic: "Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel" (Num. 11:16). Moses' leadership must be backed by a supportive network. It is no longer enough to have the nation led by a prophet who can see distant horizons, but who cannot grasp that the pebbles in the stream are wounding the feet of the Israelites crossing it.
A totally spiritual individual cannot single-handedly lead a "flesh-and-blood" nation. Heaven help a nation whose leaders are concerned only with physical matters such as the consumption of meat, and who have no vision; similarly, heaven help a nation whose leaders wander in spiritual spheres, but cannot sense the people's distress. National leadership must include both individuals with vision and the practical minded, whose roots intertwine with those of their constituents.
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Venezuela wins 40, Guyana 38 gold medals
South American Cup Karate Championships
The first South American Cup Karate Championships which was held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall under the auspices of the International Karate Daigaku saw two exciting days of martial arts performed at the highest level from the winning Venezuelan team along with Suriname and Guyana.
Venezuela, which carted off 40 gold, 30 silver and 8 bronze medals, dominated the tournament with the Guyana Karate College (GKC) sharing the second spot with 38 gold, 29 silver and 40 bronze medals. The Association-do Shotokan Karate of Guyana earned 38 gold, 39 silver and 41 bronze medals while neighbouring Suriname ended with 10 silver and 10 bronze medals.
Proceedings on the second and final day began with the official march pass by the teams along with a feature address by Minister of Culture Youth and Sport the Dr Frank Anthony who declared the event open and later, presented the medals to the first set of winners.
Chairman of the IKD (International Karate Daigaku) Master Frank Woon-a-Tai also made remarks along with a representative of one of the sponsors, Sterling Products Limited. Spectators were entertained with a cultural presentation by Sensei Kenrick Cheeks.


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Running and writing tests¶
Good code needs tests.
A project like django CMS simply can't afford to incorporate new code that doesn't come with its own tests.
Tests provide some necessary minimum confidence: they can show the code will behave as it expected, and help identify what's going wrong if something breaks it.
Not insisting on good tests when code is committed is like letting a gang of teenagers without a driving licence borrow your car on a Friday night, even if you think they are very nice teenagers and they really promise to be careful.
We certainly do want your contributions and fixes, but we need your tests with them too. Otherwise, we'd be compromising our codebase.
So, you are going to have to include tests if you want to contribute. However, writing tests is not particularly difficult, and there are plenty of examples to crib from in the code to help you.
Running tests¶
There's more than one way to do this, but here's one to help you get started:
# create a virtual environment
virtualenv test-django-cms
# activate it
cd test-django-cms/
source bin/activate
# get django CMS from GitHub
git clone email@example.com:divio/django-cms.git
# install the dependencies for testing
# note that requirements files for other Django versions are also provided
pip install -r django-cms/test_requirements/django-1.6.txt
# run the test suite
# note that you must be in the django-cms directory when you do this,
# otherwise you'll get "Template not found" errors
cd django-cms
python manage.py test
It can take a few minutes to run. Note that the selenium tests included in the test suite require that you have Firefox installed.
When you run tests against your own new code, don't forget that it's useful to repeat them for different versions of Python and Django.
Problems running the tests¶
We are working to improve the performance and reliability of our test suite. We're aware of certain problems, but need feedback from people using a wide range of systems and configurations in order to benefit from their experience.
Please use the open issue #3684 Test suite is error-prone on our GitHub repository to report such problems.
If you can help improve the test suite, your input will be especially valuable.
OS X users¶
In some versions of OS X,
gettext needs to be installed so that it is
available to Django. If you run the tests and find that various tests in
cms.tests.frontend and
raise errors, it's likely that you have this problem.
A solution is:
brew install gettext && brew link --force gettext
(This requires the installation of Homebrew)
ERROR: test_copy_to_from_clipboard (cms.tests.frontend.PlaceholderBasicTests)¶
You may find that a single frontend test raises an error. This sometimes happens, for some users, when the entire suite is run. To work around this you can invoke the test class on its own:
manage.py test cms.PlaceholderBasicTests
and it should then run without errors.
Advanced testing options¶
manage.py test --help for full list of advanced options.
--parallel to distribute the test cases across your CPU cores.
--failed to only run the tests that failed during the last run.
--retest to run the tests using the same configuration as the last run.
--vanilla to bypass the advanced testing system and use the built-in
Django test command.
--migrate to run migrations during tests.
To use a different database, set the
DATABASE_URL environment variable to a
dj-database-url compatible value.
Using X virtual framebuffer for headless frontend testing¶
On Linux systems with X you can use X virtual framebuffer to run frontend tests headless
(without the browser window actually showing). To do so, it's recommended to use the
script to run tests.
The frontend tests have a minimum screen size to run successfully. You must
set the screen size of the virtual frame buffer to at least 1280x720x8.
You may do so using
xvfb-run -s"-screen 0 1280x720x8" ....
Writing tests¶
Contributing tests is widely regarded as a very prestigious contribution (you're making everybody's future work much easier by doing so). We'll always accept contributions of test without code, but not code without test - which should give you an idea of how important tests are.
What we need¶
We have a wide and comprehensive library of unit-tests and integration tests with good coverage.
Generally tests should be:
- Unitary (as much as possible). i.e. should test as much as possible only one function/method/class. That's the very definition of unit tests. Integration tests are interesting too obviously, but require more time to maintain since they have a higher probability of breaking.
- Short running. No hard numbers here, but if your one test doubles the time it takes for everybody to run them, it's probably an indication that you're doing it wrong.
- Easy to understand. If your test code isn't obvious, please add comments on what it's doing.


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I sent EA a very long detailed letter about the achievement. I told them we are completionist and don't care if its a 0G achievement. We want the 100%. I also linked them to the petition here on the forums. They replied and said this.
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I then loaded up the game a few days later to see if they did anything and noticed that there was no update. What I did notice though was that the
Time Played
Team Points
Team Kills
Games Played
High Score
have all been reset to 0.
I believe they just reset everything that doesn't matter. Has this happened to anyone else? I was afraid they would reset my kills but they did not.
So it looks like they did something. I will try to test if the achievement is fixed as soon as I can. If anyone else can test it too that would be great!
Edit: Just loaded up the game later and all the stats were back they way they were. Not sure what happened.
No offense, but that sounds like a pretty generic email... This game is very old and I'm guessing support for it was cut years ago (hell, if even had any in the first place! never got any post launch content). Anyway, it'd be nice if they did fix it, but I'm 99.9% sure they won't... too bad, though, this game was fun... better than the new MoH at least.
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By Marta Zaraska Scientists and laypeople alike have historically attributed political beliefs to upbringing and surroundings, yet recent research shows that our political inclinations have a large genetic component. The largest recent study of political beliefs, published in 2014 in Behavior Genetics, looked at a sample of more than 12,000 twin pairs from five countries, including the U.S. Some were identical and some fraternal; all were raised together. The study reveals that the development of political attitudes depends, on average, about 60 percent on the environment in which we grow up and live and 40 percent on our genes. "We inherit some part of how we process information, how we see the world and how we perceive threats—and these are expressed in a modern society as political attitudes," explains Peter Hatemi, who is a genetic epidemiologist at the University of Sydney and lead author of the study. The genes involved in such complex traits are difficult to pinpoint because they tend to be involved in a huge number of bodily and cognitive processes that each play a minuscule role in shaping our political attitudes. Yet a study published in 2015 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B managed to do just that, showing that genes encoding certain receptors for the neurotransmitter dopamine are associated with where we fall on the liberal-conservative axis. Among women who were highly liberal, 62 percent were carriers of certain receptor genotypes that have previously been associated with such traits as extroversion and novelty seeking. Meanwhile, among highly conservative women, the proportion was only 37.5 percent. © 2016 Scientific American
Keyword: Emotions; Genes & Behavior
Link ID: 22182 - Posted: 05.05.2016
By Jessica Lahey Before she became a neuroscientist, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang was a seventh-grade science teacher at a school outside Boston. One year, during a period of significant racial and ethnic tension at the school, she struggled to engage her students in a unit on human evolution. After days of apathy and outright resistance to Ms. Immordino-Yang's teaching, a student finally asked the question that altered her teaching — and her career path — forever: "Why are early hominids always shown with dark skin?" With that question, one that connected the abstract concepts of human evolution and the very concrete, personal experiences of racial tension in the school, her students' resistance gave way to interest. As she explained the connection between the effects of equatorial sunlight, melanin and skin color and went on to explain how evolutionary change and geography result in various human characteristics, interest blossomed into engagement, and something magical happened: Her students began to learn. Dr. Immordino-Yang's eyes light up as she recounts this story in her office at the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. Now an associate professor of education, psychology and neuroscience, she understands the reason behind her students' shift from apathy to engagement and, finally, to deep, meaningful learning. Her students learned because they became emotionally engaged in material that had personal relevance to them. Emotion is essential to learning, Dr. Immordino-Yang said, and should not be underestimated or misunderstood as a trend, or as merely the "E" in "SEL," or social-emotional learning. Emotion is where learning begins, or, as is often the case, where it ends. Put simply, "It is literally neurobiologically impossible to think deeply about things that you don't care about," she said. © 2016 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Learning & Memory; Emotions
Link ID: 22181 - Posted: 05.05.2016
By Virginia Morell After defeating other males in boxing matches and winning a territorial roost—and a bevy of females—a male Seba's short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata, pictured) might think his battles for reproductive rights are over. But the defeated males of this neotropical species have a trick up their sleeve: clandestine matings with willing females. The tactic works, and now researchers know why. Scientists studied bats in a captive colony in Switzerland, removing alpha males from their harems for 3 days, and examining their sperm—as well as that of their rivals. A previous study showed that the sneaky males have faster, longer lived sperm, which gives them a leg-up on the alpha male. Researchers had suspected this was because the sneakers produced this supersperm to compete. But the new study finds that after the 3 days of abstinence, the alpha male's sperm is as agile and vigorous as that of his rivals. Thus, the team reports today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, the sneaky males aren't generating special sperm—they just mate less, so their sperm is in better shape when it comes time to race to the egg. © 2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Keyword: Sexual Behavior; Evolution
Link ID: 22180 - Posted: 05.05.2016
By John Horgan I had to ask Anthony Bossis about bad trips. Bossis, a psychologist at New York University, belongs to an intrepid cadre of scientists reviving research into psychedelics' therapeutic potential. I say "reviving" because research on psychedelics thrived in the 1950s and 1960s before being crushed by a wave of anti-psychedelic hostility and legislation. Psychedelics such as LSD, psilocybin and mescaline are still illegal in the U.S. But over the past two decades, researchers have gradually gained permission from federal and other authorities to carry out experiments with the drugs. Together with physicians Stephen Ross and Jeffrey Guss, Bossis has tested the potential of psilocybin—the primary active ingredient of "magic mushrooms"--to alleviate anxiety and depression in cancer patients. Journalist Michael Pollan described the work of Bossis and others in The New Yorker last year. Pollan said researchers at NYU and Johns Hopkins had overseen 500 psilocybin sessions and observed "no serious adverse effects." Many subjects underwent mystical experiences, which consist of "feelings of unity, sacredness, ineffability, peace and joy," as well as the conviction that you have discovered "an objective truth about reality." Pollan's report was so upbeat that I felt obliged to push back a bit, pointing out that not all psychedelic experiences—or mystical ones--are consoling. In The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James emphasized that some mystics have "melancholic" or "diabolical" visions, in which ultimate reality appears terrifyingly alien and uncaring. Taking psychedelics in a supervised research setting doesn't entirely eliminate the risk of a bad trip. That lesson emerged from a study in the early 1990s by psychiatrist Rick Strassman, who injected dimethyltryptamine, DMT, into human volunteers. © 2016 Scientific American
Keyword: Drug Abuse; Depression
Link ID: 22179 - Posted: 05.04.2016
By Gretchen Reynolds Young rats prone to obesity are much less likely to fulfill that unhappy destiny if they run during adolescence than if they do not, according to a provocative new animal study of exercise and weight. They also were metabolically healthier, and had different gut microbes, than rats that keep the weight off by cutting back on food, the study found. The experiment was done in rodents, not people, but it does raise interesting questions about just what role exercise may play in keeping obesity at bay. For some time, many scientists, dieting gurus and I have been pointing out that exercise by itself tends to be ineffective for weight loss. Study after study has found that if overweight people start working out but do not also reduce their caloric intake, they shed little if any poundage and may gain weight. The problem, most scientists agree, is that exercise increases appetite, especially in people who are overweight, and also can cause compensatory inactivity, meaning that people move less over all on days when they exercise. Consequently, they wind up burning fewer daily calories, while also eating more. You do the math. But those discouraging studies involved weight loss. There has been much less examination of whether exercise might help to prevent weight gain in the first place and, if it does, how it compares to calorie restriction for that purpose. So for the new study, which was published last week in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, researchers at the University of Missouri in Columbia and other schools first gathered rats from a strain that has an inborn tendency to become obese, starting in adolescence. (Adolescence is also when many young people begin to add weight.) © 2016 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 22178 - Posted: 05.04.2016
By Helen Briggs BBC News The Labrador retriever, known as one of the greediest breeds of dog, is hard-wired to overeat, research suggests. The dog is more likely to become obese than other breeds partly because of its genes, scientists at Cambridge University say. The gene affected is thought to be important in controlling how the brain recognises hunger and the feeling of being full after eating. The research could help in the understanding of human obesity. "About a quarter of pet Labradors carry this gene [difference]," lead researcher Dr Eleanor Raffan told the BBC. "Although obesity is the consequence of eating more than you need and more than you burn off in exercise, actually there's some real hard-wired biology behind our drive to eat," she added. Lifestyle factors Canine obesity mirrors the human obesity epidemic, with lifestyle factors such as lack of exercise and high-calorie food both implicated - as well as genetics. As many as two in three dogs (34-59%) in rich countries are now overweight. The Labrador has the highest levels of obesity and has been shown to be more obsessed with food than other breeds. Researchers screened more than 300 Labradors kept as pets or assistance dogs for known obesity genes in the study, published in the journal Cell Metabolism. The international team found that a change in a gene known as POMC was strongly linked with weight, obesity and appetite in Labradors and Flat-Coated retrievers. In both breeds, for each copy of the gene carried, the dog was on average 2kg heavier. Other breeds of dog - from the Shih Tzu to the Great Dane - were also screened, but the genetic difference was not found. However, the variation was more common in Labradors working as assistance dogs, which the researchers say might be because these dogs are easier to train by rewarding with food. © 2016 BBC.
Keyword: Obesity; Genes & Behavior
Link ID: 22177 - Posted: 05.04.2016
By Sarah Kaplan The ancient Greeks spoke of a mythological society composed entirely of warrior women. The medieval traveler John Mandeville wrote of a place whose female rulers "never would suffer man to dwell amongst them." "Paradise Island," home of Wonder Woman, was a feminist utopia where no one with a Y chromosome was allowed. Sadly, those places only exist in fiction. But something like them does exist in the real world. It's in a wetland in rural Ohio. And it's full of salamanders. "They're pretty incredible," said Robert Denton, a biologist at Ohio State who studies an unusual group of salamander species that literally don't need men. These creatures – all female – reproduce by cloning themselves. To keep their gene pool diverse, they sometimes "steal" sperm left behind on trees and leaves by male salamanders of other species and incorporate that DNA into their offspring. Most sexually reproducing organisms have two sets of chromosomes to make up their genome – one from each parent. But one of these strange salamanders can have between two and five times that much genetic material lying in wait within her cells. It's as if they have multiple genomes to fall back on, and that's made them incredibly successful. "Polyploid" salamanders have been around some 6 million years, Denton said — far longer than most other animal species that reproduce asexually. Since a lack of diversity means having a smaller arsenal of genetic variation to fall back on when living conditions change, these groups usually go extinct relatively quickly. © 1996-2016 The Washington Post
Keyword: Sexual Behavior; Evolution
Link ID: 22176 - Posted: 05.04.2016
by Susan Milius There's nothing like a guy doing all the child care to win female favor, even among giant water bugs. Thumbnail-sized Appasus water bugs have become an exemplar species for studying paternal care. After mating, females lay eggs on a male's back and leave him to swim around for weeks tending his glued-on load. For an A. major water bug, lab tests show an egg burden can have the sweet side of attracting more females, researchers in Japan report May 4 in Royal Society Open Science. Given a choice of two males, females strongly favored, and laid more eggs on, the one already hauling around 10 eggs rather than the male that researchers had scraped eggless. Females still favored a well-egged male even when researchers offered two males that a female had already considered, but with their egg-carrying roles switched from the previous encounter. That formerly spurned suitor this time triumphed. A similar preference, though not as clear-cut, showed up in the slightly smaller and lighter A. japonicus giant water bug. "We conclude that sexual selection plays an important role in the maintenance of elaborate paternal care," says study coauthor Shin-ya Ohba of Nagasaki University. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2016
Keyword: Sexual Behavior; Evolution
Link ID: 22175 - Posted: 05.04.2016
By Emily Benson Baby birds are sometimes known to shove their siblings out of the nest to gain their parents' undivided attention, but barn owl chicks appear to be more altruistic. Scientists recorded the hissing calls of hungry and full barn owl nestlings (Tyto alba, pictured), then played the sounds back to single chicks settled in nests stocked with mice. The young owls that heard the squawks of their hungry kin delayed eating each rodent by an average of half an hour; those that heard cries indicating their invisible nest-mate was full ate the mice more quickly. The findings suggest that barn owl chicks give hungrier siblings a chance to eat first even when the nest is full of food, the researchers will report in an upcoming issue of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. So is it true altruism? Maybe not. Nestlings may share food in exchange for help with grooming or to get the first crack at a later meal, the team says, suggesting a possible ulterior motive. © 2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science
Keyword: Evolution
Link ID: 22174 - Posted: 05.04.2016
Laura Sanders Iron, says aging expert Naftali Raz, is like the Force. It can be good or bad, depending on the context. When that context is the human brain, though, scientists wrangle over whether iron is a dark force for evil or a bright source of support. Some iron is absolutely essential for the brain. On that, scientists agree. But recent studies suggest to some researchers that too much iron, and the chemical reactions that ensue, can be dangerous or deadly, especially to nerve cells in the vulnerable brain area that deteriorates with Parkinson's disease. Yet other work raises the possibility that those cells die because of lack of iron, rather than too much. "There are a lot of surprises in this field," says iron biologist Nancy Andrews of Duke University. The idea that too much iron is dangerous captivates many researchers, including analytical neurochemist Dominic Hare of the University of Technology Sydney. "All of life is a chemical reaction," he says, "so the start of disease is a chemical reaction as well." And as Raz points out, reactions involving iron are both life-sustaining and dangerous. "Iron is absolutely necessary for conducting the very fundamental business in every cell," says Raz, of Wayne State University in Detroit. It helps produce energy-storing ATP molecules. And that's a dirty job, throwing off dangerous free radicals that can cause cellular mayhem as energy is made. But those free radicals are not the most worrisome aspect of iron, Hare believes. "The reaction that is much more dangerous is the reaction you get when iron and dopamine come together," he says. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2016.
Keyword: Parkinsons
Link ID: 22173 - Posted: 05.03.2016
By Sarah Kaplan Scientists have known for a while that stereotypes warp our perceptions of things. Implicit biases — those unconscious assumptions that worm their way into our brains, without our full awareness and sometimes against our better judgment — can influence grading choices from teachers, split-second decisions by police officers and outcomes in online dating. We can't even see the world without filtering it through the lens of our assumptions, scientists say. In a study published Monday in the journal Nature Neuroscience, psychologists report that the neurons that respond to things such as sex, race and emotion are linked by stereotypes, distorting the way we perceive people's faces before that visual information even reaches our conscious brains. "The moment we actually glimpse another person ... [stereotypes] are biasing that processing in a way that conforms to our already existing expectations," said Jonathan Freeman, a psychology professor at New York University and one of the authors of the report. Responsibility lies in two far-flung regions of the brain: the orbital frontal cortex, which rests just above the eyes and is responsible for rapid visual predictions and categorizations, and the fusiform cortex, which sits in the back of the brain and is involved in recognizing faces. When Freeman and his co-author, Ryan Stolier, had 43 participants look at images of faces in a brain scanner, they noticed that neurons seemed to be firing in similar patterns in both parts of the brain, suggesting that information from each part was influencing the other.
Keyword: Attention; Emotions
Link ID: 22172 - Posted: 05.03.2016
By Jennifer Jolly Every January for the past decade, Jessica Irish of Saline, Mich., has made the same New Year's Resolution: to "cut out late night snacking and lose 30 pounds." Like millions of Americans, Ms. Irish, 31, usually makes it about two weeks. But this year is different. "I've already lost 18 pounds," she said, "and maintained my diet more consistently than ever. Even more amazing — I rarely even think about snacking at night anymore." Ms. Irish credits a new wearable device called Pavlok for doing what years of diets, weight-loss programs, expensive gyms and her own willpower could not. Whenever she takes a bite of the foods she wants to avoid, like chocolate or Cheez-Its, she uses the Pavlok to give herself a lightning-quick electric shock. "Every time I took a bite, I zapped myself," she said. "I did it five times on the first night, two times on the second night, and by the third day I didn't have any cravings anymore." As the name suggests, the $199 Pavlok, worn on the wrist, uses the classic theory of Pavlovian conditioning to create a negative association with a specific action. Next time you smoke, bite your nails or eat junk food, one tap of the device or a smartphone app will deliver a shock. The zap lasts only a fraction of a second, though the severity of the shock is up to you. It can be set between 50 volts, which feels like a strong vibration, and 450 volts, which feels like getting stung by a bee with a stinger the size of an ice pick. (By comparison, a police Taser typically releases about 50,000 volts.) Other gadgets and apps dabble in behavioral change by way of aversion therapy, such as the $49 MotivAider that is worn like a pager, or the $99 RE-vibe wristband. Both can be set to vibrate at specific intervals as a reminder of a habit to break or a goal to reach. The $80 Lumo Lift posture coach is a wearable disk that vibrates when you slouch. The $150 Spire clip-on sensor tracks physical activity and state of mind by detecting users' breathing patterns. If it detects you're stressed or anxious, it vibrates or sends a notification to your smartphone to take a deep breath. © 2016 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Learning & Memory
Link ID: 22171 - Posted: 05.03.2016
By Julia Shaw In the last couple of years memory science has really upped its game. I generally write about social processes that can change our memories, but right now I can't help but get excited that memory science is getting an incredible new toy to play with. A toy that I believe will revolutionise how we talk about, and deal with, memory. This not-so-new sounding, but totally-newly-applied, neuroscience toy is ultrasound. Ultrasound is also called sonography and is essentially a type of 'medical sonar'. It has revolutionized medicine since the 1940s, giving us the ability to look into the body in a completely safe way (without leaving icky radiation behind, like xrays). Beyond predicting whether your baby shower will be blue or pink, lesser known applications of ultrasound include the ability to essentially burn and destroy cells inside your body. As such, it has been successfully used to do surgery without making any cuts into the human body. This is a technique that has been used to remove cancerous cells while not affecting any of the surrounding tissue, and without any of the side-effects associated with other kinds of cancer treatment. This is referred to by scientist Yoav Medan as focused ultrasound. If you are unfamiliar with this, you need to watch this TED talk. Non-invasive procedures like this are the future of surgery. Non-invasive procedures are also the future of neuroscience. It is at this point that we find ourselves at the application of this astonishing science to memory research. © 2016 Scientific American
Keyword: Brain imaging; Learning & Memory
Link ID: 22170 - Posted: 05.03.2016
By Karen Weintraub The four members of Asperger's Are Us decided a long time ago that their main goal would be to amuse themselves. But after nearly a decade of laughing and writing punch lines together, Asperger's Are Us, which is probably the only comedy troupe made up of people on the autism spectrum, is on the cusp of comedic success. A documentary about the group premiered at the SXSW conference in Austin in March and was recently sold to Netflix. The troupe is also preparing for its first national tour this summer. Comedy might be a surprising choice for someone with Asperger's syndrome, since stereotypically, people with autism are generally regarded as socially awkward loners. But the four men in the group bonded at summer camp 11 years ago, when one was a counselor and the other three were campers, and are clearly great friends. An "Aspergers Are Us" performance from 2011. Talking recently via Skype, Noah Britton, the former counselor, settles giant black rabbit ears onto his head. Jack Hanke, another member of the troupe, dons his favorite sombrero – the black one he took with him to Oxford University during his recent junior year abroad – accessorized with a red sombrero on top. They slip into their usual banter when asked what they thought of the film, named for the group, which will be shown publicly for the first time on Friday at the Somerville Theater outside of Boston. "I liked the four weird guys in it," Mr. Britton said. "It was better than 'Jaws 2,' but not as good as 'Jaws 3,'" Mr. Hanke insisted. "I found it kind of annoying myself," added Ethan Finlan, another member of the group. The fourth member, who changed his first name to New Michael to distinguish himself from his father, Michael Ingemi, didn't want to join the call. © 2016 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Autism
Link ID: 22169 - Posted: 05.03.2016
By GINA KOLATA Danny Cahill stood, slightly dazed, in a blizzard of confetti as the audience screamed and his family ran on stage. He had won Season 8 of NBC's reality television show "The Biggest Loser," shedding more weight than anyone ever had on the program — an astonishing 239 pounds in seven months. When he got on the scale for all to see that evening, Dec. 8, 2009, he weighed just 191 pounds, down from 430. Dressed in a T-shirt and knee-length shorts, he was lean, athletic and as handsome as a model. "I've got my life back," he declared. "I mean, I feel like a million bucks." Mr. Cahill left the show's stage in Hollywood and flew directly to New York to start a triumphal tour of the talk shows, chatting with Jay Leno, Regis Philbin and Joy Behar. As he heard from fans all over the world, his elation knew no bounds. But in the years since, more than 100 pounds have crept back onto his 5-foot-11 frame despite his best efforts. In fact, most of that season's 16 contestants have regained much if not all the weight they lost so arduously. Some are even heavier now. Yet their experiences, while a bitter personal disappointment, have been a gift to science. A study of Season 8's contestants has yielded surprising new discoveries about the physiology of obesity that help explain why so many people struggle unsuccessfully to keep off the weight they lose. Kevin Hall, a scientist at a federal research center who admits to a weakness for reality TV, had the idea to follow the "Biggest Loser" contestants for six years after that victorious night. The project was the first to measure what happened to people over as long as six years after they had lost large amounts of weight with intensive dieting and exercise. © 2016 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Obesity
Link ID: 22168 - Posted: 05.02.2016
Patricia Neighmond Hoping to keep your mental edge as you get older? Look after your heart, a recent analysis suggests, and your brain will benefit, too. A research team led by Hannah Gardener, an epidemiologist at the University of Miami, analyzed a subset of data from the Northern Manhattan Study, a large, ongoing study of risk factors for stroke among whites, blacks and Hispanics living in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. The scientists wanted to see how people in their 60s and 70s would do on repeated tests of memory and mental acuity six years later — and, specifically, what sort of subtle differences a heart-healthy lifestyle might make to the brain, beyond the prevention of strokes. Their findings appear in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association. In this particular study, the researchers started with more than a thousand people who'd had their cardiovascular health assessed using measures that the American Heart Association has dubbed Life's Simple 7. These seven factors known to benefit the heart and blood vessels include maintaining a normal body weight and good nutrition, not smoking, getting exercise regularly and keeping blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels under control. To measure thinking skills, Gardener's team used a variety of tests of memory, judgement, the ability to plan, mental quickness and other sorts of problem solving. The results were striking: Across all demographic groups, the people who had higher scores on the measures of cardiovascular health did better on the mental tests than those who scored low. © 2016 npr
Keyword: Alzheimers
Link ID: 22167 - Posted: 05.02.2016
By Scott Barry Kaufman "Just because a diagnosis [of ADHD] can be made does not take away from the great traits we love about Calvin and his imaginary tiger friend, Hobbes. In fact, we actually love Calvin BECAUSE of his ADHD traits. Calvin's imagination, creativity, energy, lack of attention, and view of the world are the gifts that Mr. Watterson gave to this character." -- The Dragonfly Forest In his 2004 book "Creativity is Forever", Gary Davis reviewed the creativity literature from 1961 to 2003 and identified 22 reoccurring personality traits of creative people. This included 16 "positive" traits (e.g., independent, risk-taking, high energy, curiosity, humor, artistic, emotional) and 6 "negative" traits (e.g., impulsive, hyperactive, argumentative). In her own review of the creativity literature, Bonnie Cramond found that many of these same traits overlap to a substantial degree with behavioral descriptions of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)-- including higher levels of spontaneous idea generation, mind wandering, daydreaming, sensation seeking, energy, and impulsivity. Research since then has supported the notion that people with ADHD characteristics are more likely to reach higher levels of creative thought and achievement than people without these characteristics (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). Recent research by Darya Zabelina and colleagues have found that real-life creative achievement is associated with the ability to broaden attention and have a "leaky" mental filter-- something in which people with ADHD excel. © 2016 Scientific American
Keyword: ADHD
Link ID: 22166 - Posted: 05.02.2016
Symptoms of depression that steadily increase over time in older age could indicate early signs of dementia, scientists have said. Other patterns of symptoms, such as chronic depression, appear not to be linked, a study found. Dutch researchers looked at different ways depression in older adults progressed over time and how this related to any risk. They concluded worsening depression may signal the condition is taking hold. The research, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, followed more than 3,000 adults aged 55 and over living in the Netherlands. All had depression but no symptoms of dementia at the start of the study. Dr M Arfan Ikram of the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam said depressive symptoms that gradually increase over time appear to be a better predictor of dementia later in life than other paths of depression. "There are a number of potential explanations, including that depression and dementia may both be symptoms of a common underlying cause, or that increasing depressive symptoms are on the starting end of a dementia continuum in older adults," he said. Only the group whose symptoms of depression increased over time were found to be at increased risk of dementia - about one in five of people (55 out of 255) in this group developed dementia. Others who had symptoms that waxed and waned or stayed the same were not at increased risk. For example, in those who experienced low but stable levels of depression, around 10% went on to develop dementia. The exact nature of depression on dementia risk remains unknown. © 2016 BBC
Keyword: Depression; Alzheimers
Link ID: 22165 - Posted: 05.02.2016
By ERICA GOODE Horses snooze in their stalls. Fish take their 40 winks floating in place. Dogs can doze anywhere, anytime. And even the lowly worm nods off now and then. All animals, most scientists agree, engage in some form of sleep. But the stages of sleep that characterize human slumber had until now been documented only in mammals and birds. A team of researchers in Germany announced in a report published on Thursday, however, that they had found evidence of similar sleep stages in a lizard: specifically, the bearded dragon, or Pogona vitticeps, a reptile native to Australia and popular with pet owners. Recordings from electrodes implanted in the lizards' brains showed patterns of electrical activity that resembled what is known as slow-wave sleep and another pattern resembling rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep, a stage of deep slumber associated with brain activity similar to that of waking. Some researchers had argued that these stages were of relatively recent origin in evolutionary terms because they had not been found in more primitive animals like amphibians, fish, reptiles other than birds, and other creatures with backbones. But the new finding, said Gilles Laurent, director of the department of neural systems at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and the principal author of the study, "increases the probability that sleep evolved in all these animals from a common ancestor." He added that it also raised the possibility that staged sleep evolved even earlier and that some version of it might exist in animals like amphibians or fish. The report appeared in Thursday's issue of the journal Science. Other researchers said the study could help scientists understand more about the purpose and mechanisms of sleep. But the finding, they added, is bound to generate more controversy about whether the resting state of primitive animals is really the same as sleep, and whether the brain activity seen in a lizard can be compared to that in mammals. © 2016 The New York Times Company
Keyword: Sleep; Evolution
Link ID: 22164 - Posted: 04.30.2016
Tina Hesman Saey To rewrite an Alanis Morissette song, the brain has a funny way of waking you up (and putting you to sleep). Isn't it ionic? Some scientists think so. Changes in ion concentrations, not nerve cell activity, switch the brain from asleep to awake and back again, researchers report in the April 29 Science. Scientists knew that levels of potassium, calcium and magnesium ions bathing brain cells changed during sleep and wakefulness. But they thought neurons — electrically active cells responsible for most of the brain's processing power — drove those changes. Instead, the study suggests, neurons aren't the only sandmen or roosters in the brain. "Neuromodulator" brain chemicals, which pace neuron activity, can bypass neurons altogether to directly wake the brain or lull it to sleep by changing ion concentrations. Scientists hadn't found this direct connection between ions and sleep and wake before because they were mostly focused on what neurons were doing, says neuroscientist Maiken Nedergaard, who led the study. She got interested in sleep after her lab at the University of Rochester in New York found a drainage system that washes the brain during sleep (SN: 11/16/13, p. 7).When measuring changes in the fluid between brain cells, Nedergaard and colleagues realized that ion changes followed predictable patterns: Potassium ion levels are high when mice (and presumably people) are awake, and drop during sleep. Calcium and magnesium ions follow the opposite pattern; they are higher during sleep and lower when mice are awake. © Society for Science & the Public 2000 - 2016
Keyword: Sleep
Link ID: 22163 - Posted: 04.30.2016


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Middletown Springs school budget revote set for TuesdayBy Josh O'Gorman
Staff Writer | April 29,2013MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS - Residents will return to the polls Tuesday to vote on proposed school budget.
Residents can vote from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Middletown Springs Firehouse on a proposed budget of $1,994,899 for fiscal year 2013-14. The budget is an increase of $58,276, or 3 percent, compared to the current budget of $1,936,623.
On Town Meeting Day and by a four-vote margin, voters defeated a proposed budget of $1,998,890, which was an increase of $62,267, or 3.2-percent.
Despite the increase in the budget, the tax rate is projected to drop 2 cents, from $1.64 to $1.62, due in part to the town's common level of appraisal rising from 91.2 percent to 95.85 percent.
For more information, visit the school's website, www.middletownsprings.org, or the town's website, middletownsprings.vt.gov.MORE IN This Just InThe Shumlin administration and legislative leaders are questioning aspects of a renewable energy... Full StoryBENNINGTON The owner of a Pownal GMC dealership was fined $1,000 on Friday after pleading... Full StoryBENNINGTON A local man is being held in the Rutland jail after two people said he brandished a... Full Story
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Get an overview of this hotelLuxury bed & breakfast in Horohoro with free breakfast
A luxury stay in Horohoro awaits you at Astelia Lodge. You'll be 14.7 km (9.2 mi) from Te Puia New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute and 15.1 km (9.4 mi) from Rotorua Golf Club. Highlights at this B&B include free daily breakfast, free self parking, and in-room kitchenettes.
You can enjoy LCD TVs with satellite channels, and all 2 individually furnished rooms feature free WiFi, furnished patios, and coffee/tea makers. In-room dining is convenient with amenities like kitchenettes and room service. Premium bedding and free toiletries are nice touches to enhance your stay. Refrigerators, free local calls, and hair dryers are also available.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Astelia Lodge536 Apirana Road Horohoro 3070
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This luxury bed & breakfast also offers tour/ticket assistance, barbecue grills, and a picnic area. Complimentary self parking is available on site. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
Astelia Lodge is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 2
- Number of floors - 1
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Free breakfast
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Computer station
- Laundry facilities
- Picnic area
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2007
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Kitchenette
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Furnished patio
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Individually furnished
Where to Eat
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 10:30 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Activities
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Free bicycles on site
- Mountain biking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Boat tours nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at 10 AM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
- Pets not allowed
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Debit cards not accepted
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Hotel Name
- Astelia Horohoro
- Astelia Lodge
- Astelia Lodge Horohoro
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Children 12 years old and younger are not permitted at this property. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
National Rating
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Weekly Brief: Rakoff Orders Gupta To Pay Goldman Sachs' Legal Fees
Major news for the extended Blackstone & private equity family yesterday, as federal authorities arrested Wall Street exec Andrew Caspersen on charges of securities and wire fraud in what they're labeling a "'brazen' scheme...more
The Commission filed another group of settled actions under its initiative regarding municipal bond underwriters. This time a group of fourteen actions were filed. Each centered largely on claims that the underwriter failed...more
Despite an annual growth figure (2.4%) that matched 2014, 2015's anemic Q4 economic figures (a mere .7% growth) is adding yet more fuel to the fire of those concerned about the ability of the US economy to withstand global...more
Goldman Sachs is ready to close a major lingering chapter of financial-crisis-era litigation, announcing yesterday that it's agreed to a civil settlement of $5 billion to resolve claims related to its "marketing and selling...more
The Commission resolved actions with SAC Capital founder Steven Cohen and the former Chairman of Dewey & Leboeuf in addition to filing settled actions against Goldman Sachs and State Street. The agency also filed another...more
So much for 2 days of optimism. Stocks took another dive yesterday, well into correction territory – NYTimes...
Care to guess what that meant in Asia today (and Europe, for that matter)? – WSJ...
Goldman Sachs is...more
SEC to Permit Capital Raising Through Crowdfunding: The Securities and Exchange Commission finalized rules that will permit eligible companies to raise money through Internet offerings of their securities—a practice known as...more
Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a resolution with Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon) for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). This was the first enforcement...more
The Ninth Circuit upheld a conviction for illegal tipping, following Dirks but raising doubt regarding its adherence to Newman in an opinion authored by Judge Rakoff, sitting by designation.
The Commission filed settled...more
China Regulator Issues Final Interim Measures Governing Overseas Access to Its Futures Markets -
The China Securities Regulatory Commission issued final interim measures to permit trading by overseas investors on...more
The SEC filed another action based on its market access rule. This time the Respondent is Goldman, Sachs & Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. In the Matter of Goldman, Sachs & Co., Adm. Proc. File...more
NYDFS Issues BitLicense Framework for Regulating Virtual Currency Firms -
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued final regulations requiring a so-called "BitLicense" and establishing minimum...more
SEC Proposes Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies -
On February 9, the SEC issued proposed rules that are intended to enhance disclosure of company hedging policies for directors and employees, as mandated by...more
In a lengthy opinion issued yesterday, Justice Kathleen M. Banke explains naked short selling, describes the mechanics of executing and clearing stock trades, describes the SEC's Regulation SHO, and recounts the SEC's...more
CFTC Staff Authorizes University to Offer Election and Economic Indicator Binary Options Without Registration as an Execution Facility:
The Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...more
On October 27, the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Trading and Markets (Division) issued no-action relief to Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing (GSEC) relating to the close-out requirements of Rule 204. In...more
In a holiday shortened week, dark pools were again a focus for regulators. This week FINRA sanctioned Goldman Sachs in connection with the operation of its dark pool....more
On March 12, the Honorable Katharine B. Forrest of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered Fabrice Tourre, a former Goldman Sachs trader convicted of violation of federal securities...more
The Supreme Court agreed to hear another securities class action case next term. The issue to be considered is whether tolling applies to a statute of repose, Securities Act Section 13....more
This issue of the Credit Crunch Digest focuses on new fines and criminal charges in Libor-related cases; the staggering potential costs of resolving lawsuits filed by regulators against the major banks; a settlement in the...more
European Parliament Committee Publishes Opinion on Money Laundering Directive 4 -
On January 7, the European Parliament published an opinion, written by its Committee on Legal Affairs (or JURI) relating to the...more
Many economists consider the 2008 economic meltdown the worst financial crisis in the U.S. since the 1930's Great Depression. The threat of the total collapse of large financial institutions and key businesses, a devastated...more
It seems that some of the nation's largest public company banks must be avid readers of this blog and have taken to heart our 2013 prediction that the SEC would require greater disclosure related to data security risks and...more
On Monday, February 25, Goldman Sachs won its bid to force former director Rajat K. Gupta to pay legal fees it incurred while investigating Gupta's insider trading activities. In October 2012, Gupta was sentenced to two years...more
In the latest development in an SEC lawsuit filed Friday, February 15, U.S. District Judge Rakoff extended a freeze on a Swiss Goldman Sachs account linked to possible insider trading in H.J. Heinz Company call options. The...more
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The ASU football team takes on Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship game on Saturday at 5:45 p.m. in Tempe. The winner earns a spot in the Rose Bowl. We take a look at the Cardinal.Look back: ASU vs. Stanford - Sept. 21, 2013 | BCS picture: Where ASU & Stanford now stand | ASU All Access: Players on Stanford, Rose Bowl | Graham on D.J. Foster, in-state recruiting
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Today, advertising is a matrix of communication. The ability to share a single brand message across all platforms is critical to success.Branding, Advertising, Creative Direction2012
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel wanted to attract a younger market but faced the perception of being more relevant to the target's parents. By designing a message that illustrated The Ritz-Carlton's unique ability to appeal to the individual, the hotel experienced a 110% increase in room nights.Advertising2012
The Purification was an effort by Taos Ski Valley, a family-run ski resort in northern New Mexico, to purify skiing, bringing it back to its roots and away from the glitz and glam that had taken over so many ski areas. This effort solidified Taos' position as the home for pure skiers.Advertising2012
The New Mexico franchise of The Onion needed advertisers and subscribers. This small budget execution worked for both print and web applications.Advertising2012
Promotional work for Porsche of Albuquerque to introduce the new 500 hp Porsche CayenneAdvertising2012
Blake's Lotaburger is a fast food chain in New Mexico with a cult-like following.Advertising2013
A not subtle reminder to make people aware of an important issue.Advertising2012
Taos Ski Valley was a "ski only" resorted that wanted to appeal to a younger market who generally snowboarded. By appealing to their style of humor we persuaded them to take the double blacks the old-fashioned way.Advertising2012
All World Travel needed a campaign highlighting one of its specialties: Italy. Tough gig, but someone has to do it.Advertising2012
How do you make a radio station appeal to teens? Show how parents don't get the music it playsAdvertising2012
THE NEW ORLEANS PROJECT was a grass roots effort to create awareness that New Orleans hasn't recovered from Hurricane Katrina. The work was inspired by Stan Strembicki who photographed the decay scattered throughout the city. Promoted through donated media, the campaign drove traffic to a website (TheNewOrleansProject.org) to connect citizens to organizations rebuilding the city.Advertising2012
Slipstream, a Boulder, Colorado auto shop specializing in custom restoration, wanted to show there is no job to hard. A few "before" photos made a nice platform to prove the point.Advertising2012
Pimentel & Sons are quite possibly the only ones in the world who still make guitars completely by hand.Advertising2012
Atlanta Film Festival features the world's greatest independent films. Great films change people. We thought it only fitting that a local should share how it changed him.Advertising, Film, Writing2014
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