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Rated 3.4 out of 5 by 300 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Bobby66 Outstanding hotel in great location We have been coming to Fox Chase Cancer Center since 2001; staying at this hotel dozens of times. Always has just the right staff who bend over backwards to make you feel comfortable. Would not stay any other hotel when come to Phila including sporting events in South Phila...only 15 minute drive to stadiums and airport. January 1, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by cella0524 my room was unsatisfactory my husband and I check in are room on Christmas eve for one night and the room was cold the heat did not work at all the television had a split screen on all the channels and we still got charged for the room. Mr. Edwin Ortiz can up to my room to try to fix the heat and he stayed in the room for a while and seen that the heat was not working and the television wasn't too. but by that time it was time for us the check out. I stayed the before the day before I got married and it was nice but I feel like I should not have been charged for this night December 28, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cascobay7 Wonderful experience We only stayed one night for a family wedding, but the Four Points Sheraton provided just what we needed: comfort and convenience. Staff was courteous and helpful, facilities comfortable and the fitness center a plus. My only suggestion would be more staff on the bar for the late night after wedding crowd. December 23, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Rand531 outdated Overall, the hotel is outdated for business travel expectations. The appearance is drab and somber. The HVAC in the room did not work as set and the shower sputtered lukewarm water December 17, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Ninamarie1081 Dirty I really upset about my stay here.. And feel like I wasted my 7,000 points for nothing.. I work to hard for those and now I don't have them it it was so dirty I had to clean it myself and when I ask staff to clean then sent someone up and then didn't do anything and then I was woke up 6am in morning .. I will never stay here again December 5, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Roxanna Most important part of my stay, excellent customer service/staff. Staff was wonderful! Great customer service. November 17, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Aussie23 Hotel Room Cleanliness/Maintenance Air Conditioner did not work and I advise the front desk on Tuesday morning and there was no change when I returned on Tuesday. Carpet was not cleaned until Thursday (I ate in my room on Monday night and dropped crumbs on the floor by the sofa) and they remained until Thursday evening. Thursday evening I had no towels and went i called for towels, i was brought one of each towel size. This hotel is literally minutes from where I work so it is very handy and I keep coming back because of the Front Desk Staff/Dining Room & Bar Staff. November 16, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by kemmer12 Room 506 Spent the night 11/12/13. Cold room temp 61 degrees. Heat not working properly. Desk did ask if we would like someone to fix it in the middle of the night. Told them no thanks. November 14, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Shar123 Great Hotel I always have a good time staying here. November 11, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by RD123 met my needs good hotel awful location except for business Dee at the lounge was very friendly and great service !! Staff was very friendly !! November 8, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by tloandmfo Needs improvements for handicap accessible guests Every time I have stayed at this hotel I have asked for an accessible room and a room with a recliner. I have gotten an accessible room once out of 4 or 5 times. I was told to call in advance and request a room with a recliner since I can not lay down to sleep. A recliner is a big request at this hotel I am told. I have called 3 weeks in advance for a reservation and requested an accessible room with a recliner and as I stated above have not received this request. I was told by one front desk clerk that the hotel only has 2 recliners for the entire hotel. I was told by another front desk clerk that she didn't know they had any recliners. This hotel is listed as the first hotel on the Fox Chase Cancer Center site for patients and I was told a recliner is requested very often at this hotel. If this is the case why does the hotel not carry more recliners to meet the needs of their guests. I am going to put in a comment to Fox Chase to have this hotel knocked down from number one on the list since they can not meet the needs of their guests. It is a shame because this hotel is very close and convenient to the hospital. I will be canceling my reservations I have with this hotel and going somewhere else that can meet my needs so I can try to get some sleep in a hotel. Isn't that the reason we have hotels?? So we can get a good nights sleep away from home. It is bad enough that the guests at this hotel are cancer patients and are uncomfortable to begin with for the most part and they still have to deal with unacceptable accommodations. November 5, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by JMTM2 Staff are great but hotel needs updating The hotel is not in the best area of Philadelphia, but the staff's friendliness and professionalism make up for that. The hotel is BADLY in need of updating. The room has the flatscreen and newer sink and shower but the but the furniture in the lobby and throughout the hotel is shabby -- not a good impression! November 4, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Koast2Koast Average Was very eager to see inside the hotel. immediate lobby area is nice and clean, room was average...neat and clean, what you'd expect. Staff were nice, room average but too pricey for average accommodations. Was impressed with SPG Member gift bag and complimentary water, Thanks! November 3, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by DrSteve Good Place If Housekeeping Pays Attention I often go to Philadelphia to see family and I always stay at the Four Points by Sheraton. It is convenient and a decent hotel. If housekeeping would be a little more attentive, it would be better. Checked in at 3 AM on the 12th of October. Nice, easy check in, and given a nice room. Up early and took nice shower and made coffee that is complimentary in the room. Came back Friday night at 11 PM and room made up, but didn't notice until Saturday morning that neither the coffee nor the cups were replaced. Let a not for housekeeping and that night found the coffee restocked, but the towels were just thrown onto the back of the toilet instead of being put away. Sloppy work! Will I stay here again? Yes, since the convenience. But housekeeping staff could be a little more attentive and professional. October 14, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by grammie0527 hotel is a great location had a very good evening here except the toilet ran all night...we had to get up every 5 minutes to hit the handle to have it stop..other than that it was a very nice stay October 14, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Family34 October Stay Room 532 had a loud buzzing noise from outside. Suspect it was the bathroom ventilation system. Moved room and no noise. Staff very friendly and accommodating. Overall a fine stay October 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Gee1112 Comfortable Had an excellent stay. Staff is pleasant and accommodating. October 11, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by 1DisappointedVisitor Worse than previous visits ! having been here previously I expected no problems. upon entering our room we found the a/c set at 63* with the fan set on vs auto. REALLY, in October . staff apparently missed that on the last cleaning of the room. our king size bed had a pad under the sheet that was wrinkling and lumpy and the sheet wasn't large enough , i woke in the middle of the night to feel my hand on the mattress. our refrigerator was not working properly , we put cold drinks from a cooler in the fridge section and 2 ice blocks in the freezer section. the next morning our ice blocks were soft and the drinks were barely cool. there is no in room safe for your valuables. also there a no extra outlets for phones, I had to charge mine in the bathroom, not a place you want to leave your phone overnight. October 7, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Gemini61 Home away from home I'm in Philly going to the Cancer Treatment Center of America. Made a change to 4 points because it was closer to things I could walk to if I wanted. Hotel met more than my expectations. I was completely satisfied and found everyone to be friendly, polite, and accommodating. Nice to be within walking distance of things and have a variety of places to go eat if I wanted to or shop. They give you a list of places and the distance from the hotel and offer a shuttle. Thought that was great. Nice having a microwave in the room. October 4, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Karen3113 Stayed for wedding The hotel was nice. The only thing that bothered me was the air conditioner in our room was very loud September 16, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Completelyhis This hotel has roaches! We decided to stay overnight after a long day of visiting with relatives. Well, to our surprise our room had a baby roach crawling down the wall. It freaked us out! We immediately called guest services who sent the manager to our room. The manager was very nice and apologetic and offered to remove the night's stay from our bill and also gave us breakfast coupons. As if this wasn't enough, we also discovered some brown stains on the white comforter. Needless to say, we will never stay at this hotel again. September 8, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by CasperR Nice and quiet Great place to relax and concentrate on what I was there for..... September 4, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by KKay48 Hotel needs improvement This hotel needs improvement. We had Dirty sheets, not sure if they had been changed and air conditioner was leaking So the carpet was wet near unit it also was Too noisy. The carpets in the hallways Needed to be cleaned. It's a fairly nice hotel Just needs to be improved. September 3, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by gregnet19 great staff We take the kids to sesame place every year and always stay here. The restaurant staff are very knowledgeable and friendly. And Dee, the bartender, is awesome!! Such a pleasure to chat with her. Keep up the good work and we'll see you next year. August 29, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Robin3 Clean, safe and excellent customer service Dated decor. Room and facilities need updating. However the hotel staff friendliness, customer service and overall cleanliness of room were excellent. Food was sub-par, better off getting a burger at Five Guys next door instead of the Cobblestone restaurant located within the hotel. August 22, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Applebuum Hotel a joke The bathroom toilet was not working. The tv was very staticky like there were no cable. We had to move into another bedroom very late that night to a whole another floor. The other room reeked of smoke and the phone was not working. It would not stayed charged I had to talk on speaker the whole two nights. Along with getting my reservation messed up three times by staff. Then the last person who made the correction to my reservation stated breakfast was included to find out it wasn't. Never againnnnnnnn will I stay and have told 3 people not to already. August 19, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Riverrrats Older hotel with little updates Front desk staff was very friendly and helpful. Rooms need renovations, older a/c units and furniture, carpet stained and old, but restrooms were clean and refurbished. Hotel close to restaurants and shops. August 18, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by nanapop50 nanapop50 Your billing arrangement sucks! We originally reserved for 2 nights on our AARP discount of $106. per night for our 50th anniversary. We had to reduce our stay to one night and was charged $235. for ONE night. We're senior citizens age 73 and 78 and can't afford such prices. We gave plenty of time for you to rent the room to someone else and still have us pay $106. for the one night as per the original reservation. I still think we should be charged $106. and not $235. We were robbed!!! August 12, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Rob23 Nice Stay This was my second stay at this particular property. I stayed here 4 years ago for a wedding. The property was very consistent over both stays. It is a clean, nice, comfortable property. Upon check in, my SPG recognition was given. I thought the nice welcome bag with water and chips, is an extremely nice touch because it has you entering the property on a very good and optimistic note. I only stayed one night and was hardly at the property so I didn't get to experience any of the hotel outlets. Overall, I was pleased with my stay and will stay here again, if I am in the area. August 12, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Elva Horrible facilities TV remote did not work until the last day. One of the lights in bathroom over sink out CEILING over the bathtub starting leaking profusely at 11 PM Some of the furniture was dusty. 2 paper cups for coffee/tea per room. Had to ask for more. Staff tried hard to fix problems but you have serious maintenance problems July 30, 2013


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I heard about the story of an inmate in Charleston who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. That is a very serious disease. Lanie Black and lawmakers in Jefferson City should pass a law that every time a person goes to prison, they should be tested for TB. The people who work in the state prisons and jails need to be tested too. You certainly have my tax money for that. It should be a top priority for lawmakers and the people who run the prisons.
I live in Chaffee and we have had three officers to resign in the past 30 days. Prior to that, two female employees who worked in the department were either fired or quit. Nobody seems to know why this is taking place. Maybe you can help us. Can you also look into our water system here? We have muddy water that is terrible and it's almost unbelievable.
Does anyone know the proper way to pull over for an ambulance on the road? I have been on Main Street and the ambulance went the other direction as people on my side of the street were pulling over, which seemed to cause more problems than it helped. What is the proper way for cars to pull over when an ambulance is coming in the other direction?
We called South Scott County Ambulance Service in Sikeston and the Missouri State Highway Patrol with your question: The law states that motorists are to slow down, pull over as far to the right as possible and stop for any emergency vehicle with siren and/or lights activated. Drivers don't have any way to know if the ambulance is planning to turn onto another street or stop or exactly what the plans are. You cannot anticipate what the ambulance driver is going to do, which is why the law tells motorists to pull to the right and stop if at all possible. All drivers have the responsibility to be aware and attentive.
Looking for a song
Does anybody know the song, "I'm Tying the Leaves?" I used to sing it when I was a child.
Here are the words to "The Leaves Mustn't Fall (I'm Tying the Leaves) by Moon Mullican, which we found on the Internet: The Leaves Mustn't Fall: (first verse) The autumn leaves were falling and the snow was soon to come. As I was walking down a lonely road, I saw a little fellow who was sitting all alone catching leaves as they began to fall. (Chorus) The leaves mustn't fall, oh no they mustn't fall. I'm tying the leaves so they will stay. I've lost my mom and dad, now sister's all I have. Don't let the falling leaves take her away. (Second verse:) My sister's only seven, and she's sure a pretty thing, as pretty as a picture on the wall. The doctor came this summer and he said that she would die when the autumn leaves had turned and start to fall. (Third verse:) So won't you help me mister? Won't you help me tie the leaves? We'll tie them to the branches good and strong. So come now, we must hurry so we can keep my sister here and show the doctor man that he was wrong.
The dogs are taking Grant City over. There are a bunch of them there (I don't know if they belong there or not). I came around a corner and almost hit two of them. Can somebody pick them up or something?
Call the Scott County Sheriff's Department at 471-3530.
I'm calling about "Don't spank" in the Feb. 1 Standard Democrat. I agree that there is a respect issue that should be given to all children. I also agree that if children don't abide by what their parents are trying to teach them, then they need some form of correction and I'm all for old-fashioned spanking. Children need to learn to respect their parents as well.
I don't believe in beating your kids, but if they're going to run out the road or something and you don't do anything and they hurt themselves, they need to be taught not to do those kinds of things. There is nothing wrong with a little smack on the rear.
The dictionary defines spanking as "to punish by striking the buttocks with an open hand." It does not say to strike in anger or to use an object such as a paddle, belt or wooden spoon.

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Brightly sunlit and featuring wooden flooring, the apartment includes a comfortable double bedroom containing 2 double beds. The living room offers a relaxing atmosphere and incorporates a dining table and a desk area. A compact kitchen is included.
Known as the 'crossroads of the world', the renowned Times Square is a 25-minute journey using New York Subway. The Gothic-style St. Patrick's Cathedral is also 25 minutes' away using New York Subway. The LaGuardia Airport is 30 minutes' away by bus.
The Elmhurst district is home to a flourishing Chinatown as well as 2 large shopping malls and many lively pubs and restaurants.
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Stayed here with two friends for nine nights. Couldn't ask for anything better. With a fully equipped kitchen and bathroom to start off your day. Close to the subway station and convenience stores.
And you could always easily contact Jason, if any problem should occur.
Should I come back to N.Y., I would choose this place again.
The apartment was perfect! Everything was clean and looked even better in real than it did in the photos.
The keyless entry makes entering and leaving the apartment very easy without having to worry about losing a key.
The subway station is pretty much around the corner. The walk takes less than 5 minutes. From there, several trains take you to Manhatten in about 20 minutes. The ride from and to JFK Airport takes about 30 minutes.
Jason was a great host, he was waiting for us as we arrived and helped us carry our suitcases. He even had bottled water waiting for us in the refrigerator.
We will definitely come back. Thank you, Jason!
We have very much enjoyed our stay with Jason. The apartment is spacious and fully equipped, including a LCD screen and computer, while the bathroom was clean and has a nice shower. The location is very near the Elmhurst Av subway station, with fast connections to Manhattan (20 minutes) and the neighborhood is friendly with several very nice places to enjoy Asian food. Finally, Jason took very good care of us during our stay.
It was a very spacious apartment, very clean and everything available
what you need. Jason is a very nice and helpful host.
The location is also ideal, it is a 2 minute walk to the subway station ElmhurstAv.
I can only recommend the apartment.
Es war eine sehr geräumiges Appartement , sehr sauber und alles vorhanden
was man benötigt. Jason ist ein sehr netter und auch hilfsbereiter Gastgeber.
Auch die Lage ist ideal , es sind 2 Gehminuten zur U-Bahn Station ElmhurstAv.
Ich kann das Appartement nur weiterempfehlen.
We were with the family in the apartment 2 adults 2 children 19 and 14 years. Contact with Jason was very nice, the connection to the Metro was fine.
Man is in about 30 minutes to Times Square. All shops are in close vicinity, also plenty of restaurants. The nearby railway is a bit noisy when the whole day in New York, however, was on the road, listening to man at night anyway nothing and fast asleep.
Wir waren mit der Familie in der Ferienwohnung 2 Erwachsene 2 Kinder 19 und 14 Jahre. Der Kontakt zu Jason war sehr nett, die Anbindung zur Metro war bestens.
Mann ist in ca. 30 min am Times Square. Alle Einkaufsmöglichkeiten sind im nahem Umfeld, auch genügend Restaurants. Die nahegelegenen Bahn ist ein wenig laut, wenn man aber den ganzen Tag in New York unterwegs war, hört Mann nachts sowieso nichts und schläft tief und fest.
We had a wonderful stay in NY. The loft is very quiet (lovely when coming from Manhattan returns :-)) and very clean. Jason gave us a really nice and showed us everything we needed for a pleasant stay. All in all, highly recommended!
Wir hatten einen wunderbaren Aufenthalt in NY. Das Loft ist sehr ruhig gelegen (herrlich, wenn man aus Manhattan zurückkehrt :-)) und sehr sauber. Jason hat uns wirklich nett empfangen und uns alles gezeigt, was wir für einen angenehmen Aufenthalt benötigten. Alles in allem sehr zu empfehlen!
The apartment is located near the lively Broadway street with a lot of Asian shops and restaurants. It is close to a rail with little traffic. Moreover some airplanes taken off from LGA across the sky over the area. Nevertheless Cornish Avenue is a quiet and safe street and we slept comfortably.
The "local trains" subway is near, about 3 minutes walk and from there you can arrive at Times Square in about 30 minutes. Alternatively, to reach Manhattan more quickly, 2 bus stops away (by Q53 bus) there is Jackson-Roosevelt metro station where many "express trains" stop.
The apartment was clean and looked larger than on the photos. It is very well equipped: kitchen with all accessories, bathroom with tub shower combo and hairdryer, bedroom with air conditioner and big and comfortable beds, living room with air conditioner, a big LCD tv and a PC. A good wifi connection is available.
Unfortunately we haven't meet Jason but he was always reachable if needed. He allowed late checkout and he called and scheduled a taxi for us.
Thanks again Jason!
Jason was a very nice host. The appartment was 30 minutes from Times square by using subway, several grocery stores were in the area. The area is quite and safe. Next time I would chose Jason´s apartment again. Thanks
Everything as expected and perfect. Processing super, supervision by Jason and optimal contact with him.
Delighted again
Alles wie erwartet und perfekt. Abwicklung super, Betreuung durch Jason und Kontakt mit ihm optimal.
Machen wir gerne wieder
Everything was great! Contact with Jason worked perfectly. The apartment has a good air conditioning, which in summer you definitely braucht.Es was clean and ruhig.Alles super in everything !!
Es war alles super! Kontakt mit Jason hat einwandfrei funktioniert. Die Wohnung hat eine gute Klimaanlage,was man im Sommer definitiv braucht.Es war sauber und ruhig.Alles in allem super!!
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* For you fantasy ballers out there who like some humor mixed in with good information, you have to check out Matthew Berry's article on espn.com. Por ejemplo, he drops this science on you:
"Using ESPN standard scoring, only LaDainian Tomlinson, Steven Jackson, Larry Johnson, Frank Gore and Willie Parker had more total fantasy points last season than Brian Westbrook. Use point-per-reception scoring, and Fast Willie falls off the list."
* Rams fans and fantasy owners around the country can't be happy to hear Torry Holt say that he is at 70-80% right now and that he might have to play hurt throughout the season. Since the top two WRs after Holt are Ike Bruce (49 years old) and Drew Bennett (white), there might be room for concern.
Note: Yes, since I'm white I'm allowed to make fun of a WR for being white. I'm protected within the racial joking/stereotypes guidelines.
* And speaking of good information, I think that some of the best commentators out there (and some of the worst) come from college football. I know the guy is mainstream and all, and I'm not afraid to give some love to the indies, but Kirk Herbstreit always brings the goods when he's on. Well, this time he's doing it on the interweb with 7th Annual Herbie Awards….. schoolhouse foolz.
** Alert ** Chris Chancellor will be hosting the fantasy football chat tomorrow at 3 PM. Go to chron.com at 3 PM to click the link to get into the chat.
For some of you, this video might be old news, but I don't catch SNL as much anymore since it sucks most of the time. Funny stuff from last year, I believe (thanks to Sexy Wexy for the heads-up)


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America's Newcomers
John R. Logan
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June 18, 2003
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The American metropolis is once again
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Gorgeous chalet hotel - spacious well decorated rooms.
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This property was outstanding! The recently remodeled room was gorgeous, and the kids had a blast in the indoor/outdoor pool. All of the rooms are equipped with large new 3D LED HDTVs and Blu-Ray players. The front desk has Blu Ray movies and 3D glasses available for checkout. The 3D didn't really work, but that's lame TV tech, not the hotel's fault. There were 2 minor issues with the room, but neither was a big deal. 1. The fireplace wouldn't turn on. It's possible that it was smart enough not to turn on while the AC was running (it was 75 degrees outside, and the room was quite a bit warmer), so who knows of that's valid or not. We didn't need the heat, the kids just wanted to see it. 2. The Rainshower in the bathroom wasn't working great. The seal was obviously coming loose in the shower head, as a lot of the water was pouring out of the seams. Overall a great place to stay though.
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Our stay is wonderful. The only negative comment I have is the smoke odor from the guests who smoke near the entry way. I suggest a no smoking sign within the entry. It is a beautiful setting, welcoming love all the animal figurines but the smell smoke takes away from it.
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Historical Traveler Reviews The Lodge At Jackson Hole
"The Lodge" Gimme a break!
Spent two nights at the Lodge at Jackson Hole, a pretentious sounding name for a Best Western. That should have tipped me to the prevailing attitudes of some of the staff I encountered who were working during the 48 hours we were in Jackson.
We booked this room many months ago via Travelocity; I had looked into booking a room via Hotwire and Priceline but no bargains are to be had in this neck of the woods in the month of August. Ended up paying about $200/night plus tax for a "suite", which included a nicely sized jacuzzi tub and a mini-kitchenette (refrigerator, sink, microwave). The room itself and the other facilities (pool, sauna, jacuzzi, breakfast lounge) at this hotel were pretty nice, but I've stayed in nicer places for half the price in other resort/destination towns where Priceline or Hotwire have had listings.
Anyways, the only glaring problem with this facility was with the hired hands. The air of haughtiness at the front desk on check in was rather pronounced; I don't believe the girl processing my check in actually made eye contact with me during the process, and when I asked a question about local directions she stated that she couldn't help me. No one else was waiting to check in, but the feeling was one of being rushed through.
During our stay we called housekeeping for extra towels and they never arrived; I made a trip down to the pool area where towels are made available and grabbed a few of those myself.
Another trip to the pool area later on to visit the sauna, but I couldn't find the sauna...I asked the bellman (who happened to be there) where the sauna was located, and he had a disdainful look as he pointed to a door that was just about directly behind me. Never said a word. He obviously didn't want to be spending any part of his summer answering dumb questions at the Lodge at Jackson Hole.
In the breakfast lounge area there is a nice continental breakfast daily; this is really a nice little set up. Our first morning I made an advance run to get ourselves a first cup of coffee, but the urn was empty. The food attendant saw me working the spigot and receiving only a dribble of coffee, then turned and walked away. I waited a few minutes, thinking he was going to get more coffee. He didn't return. I finally got another persons attention and in a few minutes the coffee was refilled.
The day of departure I had planned on getting out of town very early, and left a wake up call for 6 a.m. Although there was an alarm clock in the room, I didn't set it because I wake up to those things all year long, and a courtesy call from the desk is one of the services I do occasionally use when travelling.
My wife was the first to wake up at 6:45; as we rushed out the front door or the hotel she mentioned to the (same) girl at the desk that our wake up call had never arrived, and received a blank look and a shrug in return. No apology.
Jackson is a money town, but come on. This ain't the Ritz, it's a Best Western. It costs a small fortune to stay in this nice "lodge", maybe better customer relation skills could be included in the package.
It was okay...
The room was very pleasant...large and bright, and we had a decent view of the mountains. Everything was clean and well kept.
The best word we could come up with to describe the service was "perfunctory"... no one went out of their way to be cheerful or pleasant.
The food was plentiful but uninspired...scrambled eggs every single day...would have liked to see some pancakes or french toast. We tried the dinner buffet one night, and it was fine, just nothing spectacular.
Interesting to note that some folks said the pool was warm... the water was frigid when we were there. The spas were alternatively over- or under-heated. My children love to swim, and they were somewhat disappointed in the pool due to the temperature. And forget trying to get pool towels. We just used our room towels after the first try.
I would definitely try somewhere else the next time.
Looks good
Nice room, poor breakfast, slow housekeeping ,unresponsive to complaints.
A good place to stay
We just returned from a week in Jackson Hole. We stayed at the B.W. Lodge on our last night after experiencing some problems at other hotels. This hotel is nice looking on the outside, its close to everything, and the rooms were large and comfortable. There are some bad places in Jackson Hole...at least this Best Western is available. (Do not confuse the Best Western Lodge with the Best Western Inn in Teton Village....the Inn is terrible). I got the best rate using Hotels for this hotel. ($25 cheaper than calling the hotel directly just hours before needing a room for the night). The pool was cold but large and they have two hot tubs. A continental breakfast is included. I would pick this place again.
Great place to base
We enjoyed this clean spacious hotel very much. The indoor/outdoor pool was very warm and large. Nearby hot tub was welcome at the end of the day. Room was clean with coffee maker, microwave, frig; beds very comfortable. They had a laundry room but 3 of the 4 washers were out of service at the time.
Right on free bus shuttle line to downtown, with several restaurants w/i a few blocks' walking distance. Very nice service people which I did not expect from a Best Western. Breakfast was just ok - scrambled egg buffet, toast, cereal, etc. I would return to the Lodge.
Pleasant Stay
This was our second summertime trip to this lodge. The rooms are large, clean, and well-decorated. The bathrooms are large with marble-stone floors. The pools were wonderfully warm and uncrowded during both of our trips. The only negative is that this lodge is located in an industrial/business park. Both of our stays included views of the back doors of a strip mall. But if you don't spend a lot of time at your hotel window, it doesn't matter, because the facility is so pleasant.
Great Place
Stayed here for a few days last summer on our trip out west. Was the best place we stayed. Clean, beautiful room, great breakfast, and a helpful staff. Would highly recommend and will stay there again on another trip.
WONDERFUL place to stay!!! Had a king room with jacuzzi tub, working fireplace, and comfy bed. Close to downtown and skiing. The hotel was clean with a great atmosphere and desk staff.
Absolutely the Best
I 100% recommend this hotel - it has TONS of extras!!! It is very clean and is beautifully furnished. The rooms are roomy and have 1/2 kitchens: small refridgerators and a microwave, as well as cups, utensils, etc. The "suites" are a king bed with a full sofa bed with down comforters. The best part, every room comes with a fireplace and the king rooms come with large, whirlpool tubs. A full HOT breakfast, open until 10am. The swimming pool is large and is indoor/outdoor, even in winter. Also has 2 hottubs, indoor and outdoor. Is 20-30 minutes of most major skiing resorts, and minutes from downtown, with restaurants within walking distance. Would be good for business, couples or families. It is somewhat more expensive than moderate hotels, but much less expensive than the local resorts. This is a great value for the price.
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We stayed there September 2002. This is a beautiful hotel! It is a little more expensive but the accomadations are great, the hotel itself is beautiful and the rooms are a dream (private jacuzzi). Service and staff were good and everything was very clean. We really recommend this hotel!
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Final results from the vote six weeks ago gave 68 National Assembly seats to Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party and 55 to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. The opposition says it would have won the majority of seats had the election been fair.
The opposition is demanding that an independent committee look into claims of voter disenfranchisement and vote tampering in the July 28 election. The new parliament is supposed to be seated within 60 days of the election.
However, the government-appointed National Election Committee has rejected the demand, and Hun Sen has made it clear he intends to take office and continue his 28 years in power.
But the 55 seats won by the opposition represents a sharp improvement on the 29 it held in the last assembly, and its strong performance—also reflected in a close popular vote—came as a surprise. The party has suggested its lawmakers may boycott the assembly sessions in protest at the failure to investigate its claims of unfairness.
Opposition leaders have stressed that demonstrations will be peaceful, amid concerns about violence raised by the government's deployment of troops and armored vehicles to the capital days after the election.
The government, through sympathetic media outlets, had played up fears of violence in an obvious effort to discourage protests.
Saturday's demonstration was peaceful, with opposition supporters holding up signs with messages such as "My Vote, My nation" and "There is justice, there is peace."
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told the crowd that the Cambodian people have suffered from a culture of violence for 40 years, and that should end now.
Cambodia plunged into civil war in 1970, and experienced the holocaust of Khmer Rouge rule in the late 1970s, when an estimated 1.7 million people died as a result of their radical communist policies. Under Hun Sen, a culture of violence and intimidation of the poor and powerless has been widespread.
In recent years, land grabbing by government cronies has led to forced evictions, sometimes accompanied by deadly violence. The issue has caused popular resentment, to the political benefit of the opposition.
"Today, Cambodia is opening a new page, the page of ending the culture of violence," Sam Rainsy said, with the crowd echoing his words with a cheer of "End violence."


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JP Morgan Chase & Co., New York, NY; Notice of Termination of Investigation
Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed on July 21, 2009, by a One-Stop Operator/Partner on behalf of workers of JP Morgan Chase Co., New York, New York.
The petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn. Accordingly, the investigation has been terminated.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of August 2009.
Richard Church
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-20474 Filed 8-25-09; 8:45 am]


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AVON PARK — The bottom line for seven of the eight school board candidates: they endorsed the half-cent sales tax on the November ballot, but they weren't warm for the Common Core standards, known in Florida as the Florida Standards.
Incumbent Ronnie Jackson could not attend.
William "Tres" Stephenson broke the ice on the tax question, which voters will decide on Nov. 6: whether to approve a new tax that would pay for technology and computers, school buses, classroom construction, maintenance, and safety and security.
"We need better financing," said Stephenson, who advocated for a police officer "on campus at all times... But I'm concerned it's not going to be pushed through."
The school district "hasn't bought a school bus in five years. It's the fairest tax, and I hope it will be supported in November," said Stephenson, who graduated school here. He has one daughter at Florida State University and another who is a high school senior. He is the president and general manager of Sebring International Raceway, which is owned by NASCAR.
Later in the two-hour forum, moderator Tina Gottus asked the tax question of all candidates: "If the half-cent sales tax proposal doesn't pass, how will you meet the shortfall in capital needs?"
"I hope that doesn't happen," said Jill Compton, who was appointed by the governor to the board earlier this year after Andy Tuck resigned to take a state school board seat. But if the tax doesn't pass, she said, school board members will do what they must with the current property tax.
"Do we need the half cent sales tax?" Clinton Culverhouse asked. "Yes we do. We need more than a half-cent sales tax." An Avon Park firefighter, he has a daughter who will start middle school and a son who will start second grade this fall.
"The school board has the financial responsibility to make sure our schools are kept up," Pep Hutchinson said. When the last tax proposed was defeated by the voters, "the school board borrowed $52 million. If it doesn't pass, then we focus on construction. Some of our schools are embarrassing... We don't need buses." A self-described conservative, he has taught as a substitute, taught in a charter school, volunteered 1,000 hours to the school system, followed school issues through three legislative sessions, and donated more than 14,000 notebooks and pencils to students.
His mother teaches at Avon Elementary, said Trevor Murphy, and when it rains, "her classroom gets flooded. That's something that can't continue happening. This tax is a great way for us to spread the burden... among property owners and tourists. We need to view this as an opportunity to further invest in our children." Murphy is a Highlands County native who has no children of his own, but four generations of his family live here. He started Murphy Ag Solutions, an agriculture supply company, in 2009.
"We must have dry classrooms, fire alarms, etc.," said Charlene Edwards. "We have to make sure all the health and safety items are corrected, then we put the rest on a prioritized list." She has held positions on the boards of Healthy Start Coalition of Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties, the Early Learning Coalition, the SFSC Advisory Committee for Early Childhood, and the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts.
"The half-cent sales tax is a no-brainer if the trust of the community is there," said Aljoe Hinson, an Avon Park native who has served on the city council and spent a career coaching sports and teaching math.
Asked by Gottus if they support Florida's version of the Common Core standards adopted in 44 states, no candidate answered directly.
"The teachers need to comfortable," said Hinson. "I don't think they are comfortable, and that's an issue. If you leave it up to the teachers, they can do what they need to do. I was taught by teachers who didn't have all these rules, and I think I turned out pretty good. Tell them what to teach, not how to teach."
"A lot of people have issues with Common Core," Compton said, "but this is the current yardstick we are being measured by. We are in control of the curriculum at the local level." She is a Lake Placid graduate, mother of twins, and a real estate agent.
"The biggest issue is accountability," Culverhouse said. "We must hold every individual to a higher standard."
"There's a bigger problem," Hutchinson said. Over a lifetime, a high school graduate will earn $500,000 more than a dropout, who will absorb $140,000 from the system. "The graduation rate is very important. How do we get to improve that?"
"Florida's Common Core standards are promoting critical thinking," Murphy said. Information is readily accessible to everyone via the Internet. "What are you going to do with it? That's where critical thinking comes in."
How will the board implement Common Core successfully, Edwards asked? "We need to address the achievement gap. It begins in the home, with the parent. We need to engage parents early and often, and make sure they are partners with our school system."
"The federal government shouldn't have been involved at all," Stephenson said. "As with most of the standards, it is not a perfect set of standards, but I will follow them if elected."
"I teach the curriculum," said Compton. "I do not teach Common Core."
Have they disagreed with previous school board decisions?
"I wish (Superintendent Wally) Cox had involved the business community in the tax referendum," Stephenson said. "Bullying is a serious problem. It should be handled more consistently from the schools."
"When a school board member is sitting up there and thinking about budget," Edwards said, "I don't think they're thinking, 'How does this affect the student?'"
"When someone brings an issue before the school board, the school board should have the courage to listen, and not make their minds up before the meeting," Hinson said. "And this moving of the principals, and moving of the teachers. My nephew has had four different principals."
School board candidates
District 1
Charlene Edwards
Aljoe Hinson
Ronnie Jackson
District 5
Jill Compton
Clinton Culverhouse
Pep Hutchinson
Trevor Murphy
Tres Stephenson


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ST. MARYS, W.Va. - The unbeaten, and unscored upon, St. Marys team from 1963 were on hand for Friday night's home opener for the Blue Devils. And, what better way to honor that team than for this year's version of the purple and gold to keep its slate (3-0) clean with a 49-20 victory over Little Kanawha Conference rival Parkersburg Catholic at Imlay Field.
Junior Jeremy Pratt led a St. Marys' rushing attack, that piled up 353 yards on 46 carries, with 147 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries to power the Pleasant Countians to the victory. Senior Noah Spitzer added 82 yards on 16 carries and junior quarterback Michael Stout completed 4-of-9 attempts for 132 yards-one going to Spitzer for 49 yards and the game's first six points.
Parkersburg Catholic, now 2-1, was led by Peyton Sturm's 238 passing yards on 14-of-27 with one interception. Junior wide receiver Jake Boice was the recipient of eight of those completions for 126 yards and two scores.
St. Marys needed only three plays, and a little bit of luck, to tally the first score. After forcing the Crusaders to punt on fourth-and-8 from the PC 30, the Blue Devils began their first drive of the day at the PC 49.
A two-yard run by Spitzer was followed by a two-yard loss by David Gray. Facing a third-and-10, the Blue Devils' Stout dropped back and lofted a pass toward junior Addison O'Brien.
However, the ball slipped off of his outstretched fingers and, for a moment, appeared to be the end of the hosts' drive.
Fact Box
St. Marys 49, Parkersburg Catholic 20
St. Marys (3-0) 13 13 8 15 -49
SM: Noah Spitzer 49 pass from Michael Stout (kick failed), 9:43, 1st
SM: Stout 62 run (Garrett Furr kick), 6:06, 1st
SM: Jeremy Pratt 59 run (kick failed), 8:57, 2nd
PC: Kyle Bronski 32 pass from Peyton Sturm (Peter Keiser kick), 8:05, 2nd
SM: Spitzer 1 run (Furr kick), 4:14, 2nd
PC: Jake Boice 7 pass from Sturm (kick failed), 0 , 2nd
PC: Boice 50 pass from Sturm (Keiser kick), 3:56, 3rd
SM: Pratt 13 run (Spitzer run), 1:15, 3rd
SM: Michael Stout1 run (Pratt run), 10:15, 4th
SM: Pratt 27 run (Furr kick), 8:04, 4th
Team stats
PCHS: First downs: 12. Rushes-yards: 26-19. Passing yards: 238. Total yards: 257. Passing: 14-27-1. Fumbles-lost: 3-2. Penalties: 5-35. Punts: 5-35.8
StM: First downs: 20. Rushes-yards: 46-353. Passing yards: 132. Total yards: 485. Passing: 4-9-0. Fumbles-lost 2-0. Penalties: 9-102. Punts: 3-33.3
Individual stats
PCHS: Rushing: Peyton 14-16. Passing: Sturm 14-27-1, 38 yards. Receivers: Jake Boice 8-126, Nick Roedersheimer 2-39
St. Marys: Rushing: Noah Spitzer 16-82, Jeremy Pratt 8-147, Michael Stout 7-52, Corey Stewart 6-41
Next game: Tyler Consolidated at St. Marys, 7 p.m. Thursday; Parkersburg Catholic at Calhoun County, Friday
But, the ball stayed in the air and into the arms of Spitzer who took the ball the final 40 yards to put the Blue Devils in the lead for good. Garrett Furr's point after was successful to make the score 7-0 with 9:43 remaining in the first quarter.
The hosts would need the same number of plays (3) to up the score to 13-0 when Stout broke loose for a 62-yard touchdown with 6:06 still remaining in the quarter. Those would be the final points of the frame, but not the half.
St. Marys' third possession of the game ended with its third six-pointer. This time Pratt culminated a 7-play, 95-yard drive with a 59-yard scoring run with 8:57 left before the intermission. The drive was set up by a fumble recovery at the Blue Devils' five yard line on a fourth-and-goal for PC.
The Crusaders finally lit up the scoreboard on their next drive when Sturm hit senior fullback Kyle Bronski with a screen pass at the SM 35. The 245-pounder broke several tackles and raced the final 10 yards to paydirt to pull the visitors back to within two scores, 19-7.
Both teams would add scores before the half ended with Spitzer scoring from one yard out at the 4:14 mark and PC's Boice hauling in a Sturm pass with no time left from 7-yards out to make the score 26-13.
Parkersburg Catholic was far from finished, however, as the Crusaders pulled to within six, 26-20, when Sturm connected with Boice on a 50-yard bomb on the Crusaders' second possession of the half. Peter Keiser added the PAT.
That would be as close as the guests would get as St. Marys went to its favorite weapon-the run-to salt the game away on touchdown runs of 13 and 27 yards by Pratt and Stout's 1-yard quarterback sneak.
St. Marys returns to action on Thursday when winless Tyler Consolidated pays a visit for a 7 p.m. start. Parkersburg Catholic will look to rebound from its first loss of the season on Friday at Calhoun County.


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NEW DELHI: As recent revelations have shown, many gained from coal blocks by selling stakes in their companies. But a few gained by simply making and selling power at high prices.
A case in point is Jindal Power Limited (JPL), a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power Limited ( JSPL), owned by Congress MP Naveen Jindal.


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Riding the momentum of three consecutive sizeable shutout victories, the Lions of East Mississippi Community College have moved up two notches to No. 3 nationally in this week's NJCAA Top 20 national poll.
Preparing for Saturday's 2 p.m. Homecoming contest against MACJC North Division foe Coahoma Community College, head coach Buddy Stephens' 4-0 EMCC Lions received 127 voting points this week to trail only second-ranked and reigning NJCAA national champion Iowa Western Community College (135 pts) as well as current No. 1 Navarro (Texas) College (138 pts). Navarro and IWCC divided this week's nine first-place votes by a 6-3 margin.
With five schools from the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges ranked among this week's NJCAA's Top 10, reigning MACJC state champion Copiah-Lincoln Community College and Georgia Military College fill out the current Top 5. Nassau (NY) Community College stands in the No. 6 position, followed by Itawamba, Tyler (TX), Jones County and former No. 1 Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Next week (Oct. 1), the NJCAA's Football Computer Rankings (FCR) will go into effect for the first time this season. In its second season of adding a data-based component to the weekly rankings, the FCR accounts for 33 percent of the rankings with the remaining 67 percent coming from a nine-member NJCAA football poll voting panel consisting of seven identified panel directors and two at-large coach representatives from two conferences rotating on an annual basis.
Having ascended to the No. 1 spot nationally in this week's JCGridiron.com Dirty 30 team rankings, the EMCC Lions continue to top the NJCAA team statistical leaders on both sides of the football by scoring an average of 61.8 points offensively and only allowing a paltry 1.5 points per game on defense. Including a current string of dominant shutout victories over East Central (59-0), Southwest Mississippi (69-0) and Mississippi Delta (70-0), East Mississippi has outscored its 2013 opposition by a mind-boggling 247-6 margin. The only points surrendered by the Lions to date this season came via a third-quarter rushing touchdown in their season-opening 49-6 win at Pearl River.
Now 48-10 (.828) overall and 28-3 (.903) in division play under Stephens' guidance, the EMCC Lions have been ranked in the NJCAA's Top 20 during 46 of the composite 59 weekly rankings dating back to the start of the 2008 season. Their ongoing streak of being ranked presently stands at 26 consecutive weeks spanning back to the kickoff of the Lions' 2011 NJCAA national championship season. Over the past three seasons (2011-13), EMCC has spent 24 weeks ranked in the NJCAA's Top 10 with 21 of those weeks positioned among the Top 5 nationally.


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Monthly Archives: December, 2005
You guys hate me
Why? Cause I'm changing the layout up… again. It's going to be better than ever before, I PROMISE you… and then I'll leave it alone for a while.
For my, errmm, four faithful readers. I have to get more people to read! HA.
So be on the lookout. OH yes, and I'm back!! And on the last [...]
Okay. So.
Yeah. Moving. Dad's off work tomorrow so the real moving begins. Friday our internet gets transferred, but it won't be back on until Tuesday, and I don't know how long it will take Dad to run the lines… so this is my farewell for just a while.
Happy Hanukkah to you all, and leave me lots [...]
Book Survey
Bolding all of the books that I've read. I'm bored, okay?
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA [...]
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Okay, seriously! But we are almost done painting. Only the trim in the hallway and a couple of doors! And the carport is almost all of the way done, and we're ready to go crazy first thing tomorrow morning, getting everything moved in. Hooray! It'll take us a week, but I [...]
Guys? I need prayer.
I really really need prayer right now. For more financial reasons than I care to think about, and also because of being too busy to try and rectify that, it looks like once again, I'm not off to college just yet. It looks like it's going to have to wait until the Fall 06 semester [...]


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- Google+ Contest Page
Get the latest news about the Graph Drawing contest at the contest's new Google+ page!
- Results for 2013
The results for the GD contest 2013 are now online. Congratulations to all the winners.
What is Graph Drawing
Graph Drawing is the art to produce a picture of a graph. A graph is a mathematical model of entities and relationships, or objects and connections, or vertices and links, or nodes and edges. Graphs and its graph theory have a wide range of applications, many of which require visual representation of graphs.
Graph drawing is the mathematical theory how to produce a diagram, that is, how to calculate coordinates fully or semi-automatic from the topology of a graph. The derived diagram should be aesthetically pleasing (balanced, symmetric, avoiding overlaps and crossings) and should follow the layout conventions of the corresponding application domain (telecom networks, flow charts, UML diagrams, and so on).
There is an annual conference, the Symposium on Graph Drawing, together with an annual Graph Drawing Contest. The purpose of the contest is to monitor and challenge the current state of the graph-drawing technology and to stimulate new research directions for graph layout algorithm. Information about past and current contests can be found on this site, while information about past and current conferences can be found on http://www.graphdrawing.org (see here).


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NO!SPEC looking for craigslist authorNO!SPEC Campaign January 25th, 2007
I should have titled this post "it's all in a title" or some such, but we're earnestly looking for the author of this craigslist piece.
I'm not sure for how long, but there's a wonderfully written article repeatedly being posted on craigslist. At the bottom of the article is "Please copy and repost daily so that our profession may be respected." So someone posts it, it gets taken off, then reposted again.
On one of the up moments, Calvin Lee grabbed it. After trying to discover who wrote the piece (by contacting one of those reposting), Cal shared it on the HOWmag forum with the title Craigslist: Love This Guy!
Steph Doyle posted it on his blog with I Wish I Had Written This! Well, I couldn't think of a better way to say it (and I'm always rushed), so I used Steph's when posting on NO!SPEC.
Jeff Andrews picked it up for one of his blogs, Adventures in Blogging, and gave it the title Free Graphic Design, which means that ORblogs also picked it up.
position : relative posted with Craig's Pissed.
Cal then alerted mediabistro.com when the article was reposted on craigslist. Mediabistro.com chose the title Wanted: You To Feel Really Dumb About Doing Spec Work.
Sooner or later, hopefully, we'll discover who the writer is.
Below is the piece in full. If you are the author, please contact NO!SPEC. We'd love to talk.
Edit: The author is Dave D'Esposito of ArtMonkey Studios, Inc.
Craigslist: Love This Guy! I Wish I Had Written This! Free Graphic Design. Craig's Pissed. Wanted: You To Feel Really Dumb About Doing Spec Work.
Every day, there are more and more CL posts seeking 'artists' for everything from auto graphics to comic books to corporate logo designs. More people are finding themselves in need of some form of illustrative service.
But what they're NOT doing, unfortunately, is realizing how rare someone with these particular talents can be.
To those who are 'seeking artists', let me ask you; How many people do you know, personally, with the talent and skill to perform the services you need? A dozen? Five? One? None?
More than likely, you don't know any. Otherwise, you wouldn't be posting on craigslist to find them.
And this is not really a surprise.
In this country, there are almost twice as many neurosurgeons as there are professional illustrators. There are eleven times as many certified mechanics. There are SEVENTY times as many people in the IT field.
So, given that they are less rare, and therefore less in demand, would it make sense to ask your mechanic to work on your car for free? Would you look him in the eye, with a straight face, and tell him that his compensation would be the ability to have his work shown to others as you drive down the street?
Would you offer a neurosurgeon the 'opportunity' to add your name to his resume as payment for removing that pesky tumor? (Maybe you could offer him 'a few bucks' for 'materials'. What a deal!)
Would you be able to seriously even CONSIDER offering your web hosting service the chance to have people see their work, by viewing your website, as their payment for hosting you?
If you answered 'yes' to ANY of the above, you're obviously insane. If you answered 'no', then kudos to you for living in the real world.
But then tell me, why would you think it is okay to live out the same, delusional, ridiculous fantasy when seeking someone whose abilities are even less in supply than these folks?
Graphic artists, illustrators, painters, etc., are skilled tradesmen. As such, to consider them as, or deal with them as, anything less than professionals fully deserving of your respect is both insulting and a bad reflection on you as a sane, reasonable person. In short, it makes you look like a twit.
A few things you need to know;
1. It is not a 'great opportunity' for an artist to have his work seen on your car/'zine/website/bedroom wall, etc. It IS a 'great opportunity' for YOU to have their work there.
2. It is not clever to seek a 'student' or 'beginner' in an attempt to get work for free. It's ignorant and insulting. They may be 'students', but that does not mean they don't deserve to be paid for their hard work. You were a 'student' once, too. Would you have taken that job at McDonalds with no pay, because you were learning essential job skills for the real world? Yes, your proposition it JUST as stupid.
3. The chance to have their name on something that is going to be seen by other people, whether it's one or one million, is NOT a valid enticement. Neither is the right to add that work to their 'portfolio'. They get to do those things ANYWAY, after being paid as they should. It's not compensation. It's their right, and it's a given.
4. Stop thinking that you're giving them some great chance to work. Once they skip over your silly ad, as they should, the next ad is usually for someone who lives in the real world, and as such, will pay them. There are far more jobs needing these skills than there are people who possess these skills.
5. Students DO need 'experience'. But they do NOT need to get it by giving their work away. In fact, this does not even offer them the experience they need. Anyone who will not/can not pay them is obviously the type of person or business they should be ashamed to have on their resume anyway. Do you think professional contractors list the 'experience' they got while nailing down a loose step at their grandmother's house when they were seventeen?
If you your company or gig was worth listing as desired experience, it would be able to pay for the services it received. The only experience they will get doing free work for you is a lesson learned in what kinds of scrubs they should not lower themselves to deal with.
6. (This one is FOR the artists out there, please pay attention.) Some will ask you to 'submit work for consideration'. They may even be posing as some sort of 'contest'. These are almost always scams. They will take the work submitted by many artists seeking to win the 'contest', or be 'chosen' for the gig, and find what they like most. They will then usually have someone who works for them, or someone who works incredibly cheap because they have no originality or talent of their own, reproduce that same work, or even just make slight modifications to it, and claim it as their own. You will NOT be paid, you will NOT win the contest. The only people who win, here, are the underhanded folks who run these ads. This is speculative, or 'spec', work. It's risky at best, and a complete scam at worst. I urge you to avoid it, completely. For more information on this subject, please visit www.no-spec.com.
So to artists/designers/illustrators looking for work, do everyone a favor, ESPECIALLY yourselves, and avoid people who do not intend to pay you. Whether they are 'spec' gigs, or just some guy who wants a free mural on his living room walls. They need you. You do NOT need them.
And for those who are looking for someone to do work for free, please wake up and join the real world. The only thing you're accomplishing is to insult those with the skills you need. Get a clue.
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I see this on the copywriting creative side, too. I had one copywriting student do a spec assignment for a well-known alternative health ecommerce site. The project was a 5-7 screen promo for enamel cookware. There was hours of research involved, lots of requirements. (I always advise my students NOT to do spec work, but we treated it as a student project.) After several more hours writing and revising, she turned it in. They liked it, wanted a few revisions. Payment offered? $250. (I get more for writing a single postcard promotion.) She decided NOT to sell the work to them. (As my grandmother used to say, "Better I should set it on fire than let them use it for that stingy price.) With your permission, here's a post I did on the subject months ago for No-Spec, http://copywritingmaven.typepad.com/the_copywriting_maven/2006/06/why_i_dont_work.html
Great Post. So true.
Excellent post. Craigslist is a typical place where morons and scumbags are looking for suckers to do often sophisticated and complex work for peanuts or some kind of future compensation.
If I were the prime minister (I'm in Canada), I would declare permanent hunting season on the idiots with these lunatic demands. At least we would make the world a better place. Paraphrasing the Men in Black movie's slogan, "Protecting professionals from the business scum of the universe"
The other things is when they say they want to see a portfolio. if they're not designers (that's why they need one) how can they judge something they know nothing about? As you've said, it's a kind of rip-off.
Roberta, I love your grandma's advice.
It's a bit of a catch 22 for the graphic artist.
This article does ask "how many people do you know" and in that case, I too could reply that within my social circle, the answer is zero.
But the graphic artist is a business owner… selling their services. Their service certainly should be respected and their talents appropriately rewarded.
Even though I don't know a "personal friend of mine" with graphic design talents (actually I do know one, but that's not the point), I would still have the research abilities to seek out thousands online (such as the various graphic artist freelance networks).
That there becomes the obstacle for the graphic artist: global competition.
Someone in India or Malaysia may be a lot more inclined to do a typical $200-$300 quick art design (in terms of North American standards) but do it for $20-$30.
Those who are looking for free work or using the "you'll gain exposure" hook should indeed be slapped. But I think such service professionals (graphic designers) have to realize that they are competing in a global market.
If I post a job for a graphic artist and have a reply from Jimmy American and he says he'll do it for $300 and provides samples of his work but I get someone with an equally high quality portfolio, somewhere in a distant land, willing to do it for $40… who would I give the assignment to? Who would YOU give the assignment to?
Um, Thanks but No
As annoying as it is to find those ads on Craigslist, it's important to remember that we designers/illustrators are often complicit in our own abuse – if only in agreeing to spec work or underpricing a project out of desperation. Soem of us suffer from a simple lack of understanding how our work actually increases our clients' profits. I started out designing logotypes for $300; now I wouldn't consider doing one for less than $3,000. And guess what? Fewer clients balk at my prices now then they did when I was dirt cheap. The "Rolex' factor can actually convince clients that the more expensive designer is better – and hence worth the extra money!


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Court documents indicate a civilian shipyard worker accused of setting a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine has been offered a proposal to resolve his case without a trial.
Casey James Fury of Portsmouth, N.H., faces two counts of arson at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
Lawyers have been meeting to discuss a potential resolution of the trial without the need for a grand jury indictment. Fury's lawyer said in court papers that both sides have made "significant progress" and asked the judge to delay the deadline that prosecutors must bring forward an indictment.
Prosecutors say the 24-year-old Fury confessed to setting a fire inside the USS Miami on May 23 and setting a second blaze outside the sub on June 16.


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Neuroblastoma families and their supporters across the country are fundraising under the umbrella of The James Fund. Together we have raised over $4.5 Million for neuroblastoma research, globally. Our research successes have brought in another $4.5 Million in matching funds from other agencies.
Fundraising is a really great thing to do. It teaches young people skills, it teaches kids to give, it makes us feel good about ourselves, it helps others, and it gives those whose family has been affected by cancer something productive to do. It helps the neuroblastoma community to empower itself.
We would be honoured to help you create a fundraising event and, depending on the circumstances of your event, are often able to offer:
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Her boobs just seem out of proportion if you compared these 2 photo. The first photo has normal size but the second one is extremely big.
I'm might sure if anyone else caught this or not.
In other words, I just finshed buying suicide squad today and the book was great
Harley Quinn is crazy,funny which I liked
The book has a great story line and maybe was a little bit predictable but It was still very well written
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State board approves biology books; orders factual checks on two
AUSTIN – State Board of Education members late Thursday tentatively approved new high school science books that include full coverage of evolution without the disclaimers that had been sought by social conservatives and other critics of Charles Darwin's theory.
Board members approved 18 biology textbooks and e-books that will be used for eight years in Texas high schools beginning in the fall of 2014. Those materials were among more than 400 books adopted by the board for math, science and technology at all grade levels.
But two of the books – a printed and digital version of a biology book by Pearson Education – were approved contingent on a panel of science experts reviewing 20 alleged errors in evolution coverage that were cited by a textbook reviewer who has creationist views and is a Darwin critic.
If the alleged errors are dismissed, the books will remain the state's recommended textbook list. If the errors have foundation, the Pearson books will go back to the board in January and the publisher will be asked to make corrections and possibly pay a fine.
Pearson officials have disputed the alleged errors and several board members said they expect the errors to be tossed out by the review team. They noted that the books were found by the Texas Education Agency to cover 100 percent of the material required in the
state's curriculum standards for biology.
"This (textbook adoption) process has been hijacked and this book is being held hostage" because of one critic, said board member Thomas Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant, who expects the book to remain on the recommended list. Ratliff said versions of the textbook are already used in nearly half the classrooms in the nation.
Social conservatives complained that some of the books approved Thursday gave uncritical treatment of Darwin's explanations for how humans and other living things evolved on Earth.
They said the books will not teach students about the many flaws in Darwin's theory, in violation of curriculum standards that were adopted by the education board four years ago. Among those who criticized the board's vote on Thursday was the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, which has promoted the idea of "Intelligent Design" rather than evolution to explain life on Earth.
Science education groups, on the other hand, gave most of the books high marks, particularly their coverage of evolution.
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In LINQ, queries have two different behaviors of execution: immediate and deferred. In this article, we will take a quick overview of how Deferred query execution and Immediate Query Execution works in LINQ
When building web sites we has developers or designers have to take into consideration all the different types of devices that can be used to access the web sites we create. Not just PC or Mac with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Jaws, or any other browser. But also mobile devices, like iPhones, iTouch, Nintendo Wii.
Especially in recent years, after the launch of the iPhone, accessing online information through a mobile device has become more common. This is something that is going to increase even more in the next few years.
Below I've listed some resources for creating a mobile version of a web site that I hope you'll find useful.
Welcome to Part 1 of a two-part tutorial on building complete mobile web applications in JavaScript using DocumentCloud's Backbone.js, jQuery Mobile and LABjs.
In Part 1, I'll be covering a complete run-down of Backbone 0.5.2's models, views, collections and routers but also taking you through options for correctly namespacing your Backbone application. I'll also give you some tips including what scaffolding tool that can save time setting up your initial application, the ideal number of routers to use and more.
jQuery supports a large subset of selectors defined by the CSS3 Selectors draft standard. Additionally it also contains some very useful pseudo classes (similar to :first-child, :hover etc). Due to its extensible framework, the best part is that jQuery lets you create and define your own custom selectors with ease. In this article, we will learn how to create our own custom selector that identifies all the mailto: links on a page.
It is a common predicament: You have an HTML fragment with a table, list or dictionary in it, generated from some data, and you have to render it in such a way that the data is easy to read, and the information presented in such a way as to prevent misunderstandings: However, you can't alter the HTML source in order to add CSS classes to individual elements. We'll take a couple of practical examples to show how you can solve this sort of problem.
Quartz.NET is a full-featured, open source job scheduling system that can be used from smallest apps to large scale enterprise systems.
As a developer who has been developing data oriented .NET applications for over a decade now, I have become a strong believer of the fact that a developer's knowledge is incomplete, without having knowledge of the database and network he/she is interacting with. In this article, I will be sharing 25 T-SQL Scripts and Tutorials from my blog that I feel would be useful for a developer creating .NET Centric Database Solutions.
It is never a good idea to let your users be the ones to tell you of database server outages. It is far better to be able to spot potential problems by being alerted for the most relevant conditions on your servers at the best threshold. This will take time and patience, but the reward will be an alerting system which allows you to deal more effectively with issues before they involve system down-time
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In January there was an announcement made during Sunday morning worship at Crestview Baptist Church that if anyone was interested in going to Alaska on a mission trip to stay after church. A large group of people stayed.
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GREAT FALLS – It has been six months since Ashley Whittle was seriously injured in an industrial accident, and for 24-year-old Whittle, it's a day she'll never forget.
Whittle had worked at Morcon, a manufacturer of paper products, for almost four months when the unexpected happened. She was still in training and her job was to pack and box products made at the facility.
Whittle's long, dark hair fell to the middle of her back so she kept it pulled up in a ponytail at work.
The late 1930's were the heyday of the Saturday morning cowboy picture shows.
Just when I was getting big enough to walk from Chesterfield Avenue to the Imperial Theater on Main Street all by myself, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, changing things forever.
Our Western heroes of the silver screen were known as much by their attire as their looks.
All the fellas had their favorites.
Mine was clean-cut Hopalong Cassidy, who in real life was William Boyd.
LAKE CITY, Fla. – Sixty-one years after being wounded in the Korean War, former Lancaster resident David Hinson was awarded the Purple Heart during a ceremony at the Veterans Medical Center in Lake City, Fla., on June 30.
Hinson was told the event was a pre-Fourth of July celebration. When he realized the true reason behind the gathering, it nearly knocked him off his feet.
"It kind of surprised me," Hinson said. "I felt like fainting. I could hardly stand on my feet."
Today, I've got six ways for you to get in great shape, right now. All are time-tested and proven.
Read on to see which ones will work best for you.
It has been said that the first sign of getting old is a strong desire to re-live the past. Apparently, I'm getting old. I've been remembering eating homemade ice cream, on the front porch with my grandfather.
My grandfather was a master of homemade ice cream. The process started in the early afternoon. The custard would be mixed, the peaches peeled and added. Then the ice cream custard would retire to the "icebox" to chill. A quick trip to town for a bag of ice and it was time for the ritual.
A living piece of Lancaster County Boy Scout history returned to his roots Friday, July 13. Lancaster native William W. Funderburk, the first African-American to become an Eagle Scout here, talked about his history with the Scouts that day at Lindsay Pettus' office in downtown Lancaster.
Even after all these years, Funderburk, 80, holds the Boy Scouts dear to his heart.
Money management is one skill that can be difficult for young adults to master as they head off on their own. But no matter what stage of life - whether they're entering college or the work force - every young adult should learn how to handle their money.
Establish a Budget
Perhaps no tree is more beloved by South Carolinians than the Palmetto palm whose ubiquitous image waves from our flag and adorns automobiles, apparel and an endless array of novelty items.
Frank Hartley and his wife Betty may be best known locally for running Hartley's Appliance on South Main Street in Lancaster for 30 years. Some residents and newcomers may not know, however, that Frank Hartley has been playing country and bluegrass music for more than 50 years; a talent that landed him on stage at Carnegie Hall in 1984.
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FILE - This undated file photo released by The Carlyle Group shows David M. Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group equity firm. A $10 million gift from a Washington philanthropist is poised to transform Monticello by helping visitors see the full plantation, including its history with slavery. Rubenstein, the co-CEO of The Carlyle Group private equity firm, is announcing one of the largest gifts ever for Monticello. It will fund the reconstruction of Mulberry Row, the community where slaves and workers


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Sanctions against Venezuela: Colossal hypocrisy
Venezuela and its allies have reacted strongly to what they call an attack on Venezuela's national sovereignty.
Lessons from Chile on September 11
In his farewell message while waiting for his death, President Allende explained what was happening: "Foreign capital and imperialism, united with reactionary elements, created the climate."
U.S. use of sanctions could spur dollar's decline
The recent round of sanctions aimed at Moscow over the crisis in the Ukraine could backfire by accelerating a move away from the dollar as the world's reserve currency.
Guatemalan children at U.S. border there because of U.S. backed genocide
The arms used in this genocide were supplied to the Guatemalan military by successive U.S. administrations beginning with that of Ronald Reagan.
Ending violence must be our passion
We can barely turn in any direction without encountering violence of one kind or another. It is a pervasive presence in our lives and the lives of people worldwide.
Ukraine, "Morning Joe," and the new Cold War
Over the past few weeks the American people have been served up a steady stream of words and images by the major media about the conflict in the Ukraine.
Turn away from death and destruction
Our government bears a heavy responsibility for all these horrors; it's time to push for peace and for a humane foreign policy that puts people before profits.
CPUSA sends protest letter to President Obama on Ukraine
The letter is regarding the political and violent attacks in the Ukraine by the Right Sector against the Communist Party of the Ukraine, the Ukrainian Jewish communities and other minorities and progressives.
Ukraine, U.S., and big bad Putin: Who's the bully?
U.S.-Russia relations took a dangerous turn over Ukraine and Crimea. This is a very troubling development. If it continues in the present direction, the result will be damaging on a range of issue,
Straight talk on the U.S. and Ukraine
It's been interesting to observe the large numbers of people who suddenly think they're experts on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine - both those on the left and the right.


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Bernard Bronner (from left), CEO of Bronner Bros., and his wife, Sheila Bronner, publisher of Upscale Magazine, stand with George Fraser, CEO of FraserNET at the PowerNetworking Awards Conference in Atlanta on June 10. Sheila Bronner was honored as a "Phenomenal Woman" for her support of FraserNet for more than 10 years. The PowerNetworking Conference was held June 9-11 at the downtown Marriott Marquis.
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Irma Bruun Hodne was born in Oslo in 1919. She studied at the State School of Handicrafts and Design (1939-42) and the Norwegian Art Academy (1946-9). In 1952 she was a visiting artist at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen.
Irma Bruun Hodne had her first major showing in Oslo at the prestigious, juried Autumn Exhibition in 1952. She also exhibited that year at the Stavanger Art Association, and in 1954 at the West Coast Exhibit. She has had solo exhibitions in Bergen, Brandbu, Haugesund, Klepp, Lillehammer, Oslo, Stavanger, Stord, and Ålesund.
She is a member of the Norwegian Artist Association (BKF and NBK), and the Norwegian Sculptors' Association; and has been on the board of art institutions, been a jury member of the West Coast exhibitions, as well as an art consultant in municipal building projects.
Irma Bruun Hodne's sculpture and monumental decoration has been purchased by the Rogaland Art Museum, the Norwegian Cultural Council, Stavanger, Bryne and Haugesund museums or municipalities, and Stavanger Aftenblad. Her sculptures stud city parks, and have been purchased by several Stavanger schools, the regional hospital, and Mosheim home for the aged.
"I find myself inspired in the small things in life," she says of her work. "When I look around me, and think of the greatness in small things, and the diversity of life, I feel, as a Christian, that there is a place for everyone in our world. Sculpting and creating works of art give me great joy, and I want to convey a sense that there is a lot of goodness in the world, that can be shared, through art."


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With only a few hours until the 2014 Fashion Show gets underway, the ladies of Victoria's Secret gathered backstage at Earl's Court in London on Tuesday (December 2).
Kicking off the week with a boost of girl power, the Victoria's Secret Angels showed up at the lingerie brand's Marylebone retail shop for a fun-filled photocall this morning (December 1).
It was the perfect evening for some NBA action and Kim Kardashian and Kanye West showed up at the Los Angeles Lakers vs Houston Rockets game last night (October 28).
Enjoying premium courtside seats, the "Love Lockdown" rapper kept his lovely "Disaster Movie" actress wife close as the home team lost to the visiting Rockets with a final score of 108-90.
He's one of the luckiest guys in the world and Adam Levine gives fans an inside look at his red hot romance with wife Behati Prinsloo in the new "Animals" video from Maroon 5.
Directed by Samuel Bayer ("A Nightmare on Elm Street"), the clip finds Levine working behind the counter at a butcher shop while Behati comes in to pick up some meat.
Doing what she does best, Behati Prinsloo showed up at Point Dume for a SoCal-themed modeling project on Thursday (September 18).
The Nambian stunner smiled from ear to ear as she worked her magic in the passenger seat of a Chevy convertible as the Malibu sun shined down on her.
Enjoying the perks of being newlyweds, Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo stepped out together in New York City on Tuesday (September 2).
The Victoria's Secret model looked simply darling in a grungy ensemble as she shared a huge smile with her hunky hubby.
They've been busy enjoying a big dose of newlywed bliss, and Adam Levine and Behati Prinsloo have finally shared a snapshot of themselves as husband and wife.
On Monday (August 4) the "Harder to Breathe" hunk posted a sexy selfie with his gorgeous wife along with the caption, "There is a strong situation going on here."
As a Victoria's Secret veteran, Behati Prinsloo knows the ins and outs of the industry, including how to keep calm in front of a crowd.
She told Net-a-Porter's online fashion magazine The Edit that it took some time to get used to prancing around in her unmentionables.