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The death of Al Quds Day in Iran?
Late last month at the end of the holy Islamic holiday of Ramadan, the Iranian government rolled out their 30 year old traditional national holiday called "Al Quds Day". Filled with hateful anti-Semitic propaganda, the entire day through out Iran is typically dedicated to bashing Israel as well as the United States for their "crimes against the innocent Palestinian people". Yet this year, the tables were suddenly turned against the Iranian regime when the hundreds of thousands of protestors in the streets did not join in the hate rhetoric against Israel and the U.S. as originally planned.
As a journalist fluent in the Persian language, I witnessed history in the making while watching videos on youtube.com of hundreds of thousands of young Iranian protestors who filled the streets of Tehran on Al Quds Day not to chant "death to Israel and America", but instead chanting "death to Russia and death to China" during their demonstrations. One may wonder what young Iranians suddenly have against Russia and China when their own government has long been calling for the annihilation of Israel and America? The answer to this perplexing question is very clear— young Iranians have cleverly found a way to express their displeasure with their own government by hijacking the state-run holiday of Al Quds Day! Iranian student opposition members I recently interviewed via telephone informed me that they chanted "death to Russia and death to China" because these two countries have been the only major economic and political forces in the world keeping the teetering repressive Iranian regime in power during the last 15 years. Likewise Russian and Chinese military advisors have provided weapons and training to Iranian government thugs who have cracked down on student protestors recently in the streets. But Al Quds Day was not only used this year by student protestors to speak out against Russia and China, but for the larger purpose of sending the regime in Tehran the larger message that the majority of Iranians living in the country were unhappy with their government. Average Iranians want greater freedoms with a real democratic government that truly represents and addresses their needs.
For a month and half before this year's Al Quds Day, during Iran's traditional Friday prayers (also known as Namaz-e-Jomay), where Iranian Shiites have prayed in mass numbers together, the first signs of student opposition groups post-election vocal displeasure with the government began. Traditionally since the start of Iran's revolution in 1979, a government appointed "propaganda cheerleader" has stood in front of praying crowds and chanted "death to Israel and death to America" and the crowds have always responded back with the same chant. Yet this year when the propaganda cheerleader shouted the same chant, the crowds surprisingly responded with chants of "death to Russia and death to China". A youtube.com video shot during one Friday prayer secession also showed a large number of both young adult Iranian males and females dressed in Western garb, sitting next to each other during the Friday prayers in the streets and wearing their shoes! All three of these things are not only religiously taboo but in clear violation of Iran's radical Islamic laws that call for women and men to sit separately during prayers, not to wear Western garb and to remove their shoes before praying. These recent trends by young Iranians are simply incomprehensible to average Iranians over the age of 30 living in Iran. Most older Iranians in Iran have long been kept in check by their repressive government that has chocked personal freedoms in the country and shoved radical Islamic theology down the population's throat.
Yet now, unlike in past years, it seems as if the Iranian government is slowly loosing its grip of controlling the young masses with their propaganda and violent crackdowns on dissidents. The hundreds of thousands of young protestors in the streets and the millions of young Iranians under the age of 30 in country clearly out number official police or military forces. Plus savvy young Iranians have finally learned to beat the current Iranian regime's system by manipulating it to their benefit. A clear example of this method of "fighting the system" from within was made clear to me by one student protestor I recently interviewed via telephone from Iran. She told me that when an Iranian Shiite mullah demanded that she remove her shoes during the traditional Friday prayers, she cleverly retorted; "did the late Ayatollah Khomeini not release an edict during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s that soldiers fighting in the front lines did not have to remove their boots for prayers? Well then, if I am following the Ayatollah's edict, why do you have a problem with me?" This clever approach by young people in Iran reveals that they are exposing the hypocrisy of their own government and have slowly engaged in a non-violent civil disobedience campaign similar to those carried out by Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to fight their oppressive system from within.
Another interesting phenomenon of the Al Quds Day counter-protests by student opposition groups in Iran is that they are voicing their anger with their government's squandering of billions of petro-dollars to funds terrorist groups like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. Finally, young Iranians in Iran are waking up and furious at the fact that their regime spends all these funds to help fuel hate, violence and destruction elsewhere in the world when the same funds could more wisely be spent to improve the lives of average folks living in Iran. One youtube.com video I recently watched from Iran showed thousands of young Iranian protestors in Tehran chanting in unison "Not Lebanon! Not Gaza! We will sacrifice our lives only for Iran!" These average Iranians are furious at the fact that their government has spent billions of petro-dollars to help rebuild roads, bridges and other infrastructure of Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon following the 2006 war that that terrorist group had with Israel, when all the while major southwestern cities like Khorramshar in Iran have still not been rebuilt by the regime 21 years after the Iran-Iraq war! It's no wonder average Iranians today are not participating in Al Quds Day for "Palestinian suffering" when they have double digit unemployment, double digit inflation and lack basic foods available to them at home. The inability to make ends meet has left people in Iran to take extreme measures in order to survive with many women resorting to prostitution in order to feed their families and men to even sell their organs in order to pay their bills! Another Iranian student opposition leader I spoke to recently said; "we realize the true hypocrisy of the Iranian government officials because they claim they are defending an 'oppressed Palestinian' people in Gaza when their own thugs oppress and kill fellow Iranians living here in Iran!"
What policy advisors in Washington D.C. and media pundits in the U.S. do not seem to realize is that the "Green Movement" that began with the "reformists" candidates in Iran like Mousavi, Kharoubi and Rafsanjani during the recently July elections has now escalated and transformed within the last two months. Student protestors in Iran are no longer listening to these "reformists" nor following the direction of these party leaders. Protestors have moved on and are quietly forming the beginnings of a more powerful movement for regime change in Iran through civil disobedience. Protestors are waking up to the reality that these "reformists" are just a part of the same apparatus and regime of the hardliners like Khamenei who want to keep the status quo instead of granting greater freedoms to average Iranians. Again, a prime example of this new "Green movement" transformation came during the recent Al Quds Day when thousands of protestors on the streets chanted "Rafsanjani, if you continue to keep silent you are a traitor!" For anyone just a year ago to utter such words in public would be grounds for their immediate execution by hanging for speaking treasonous words. Today the masses are shouting these slogans because they are simply fed up with the way the Iranian government officials have destroyed their lives. Ultimately what has transpired this past Al Quds Day may be the last if not one of the last of its kind in Iran as a new movement for greater democracy and freedom gains momentum in that country.
(This video posted on youtube.com from Iran shows the counter-Al Quds Day protests in the streets of Tehran).
(Another youtube.com video showing counter-Al Quds Day protests in Iran).
(Youtube.com video showing protestors during counter-Al Quds Day protests in the city of Esfahan).
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Tunes by Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, others to be removed from websites
BEIJING — Lady Gaga is a threat to China's "national cultural security," according to the censors at the country's Ministry of Culture.
As part of the "regulation of management of Internet culture," music download sites have been told to remove around 100 songs, including 20 foreign songs, or face the consequences, with Lady Gaga leading the list of censored artists with six of her latest album songs, including "Judas."
Fearful of the spread of Middle East-style protests against authoritarian rule, and of any destabilizing influences ahead of a change of leadership next year, Beijing has been laying down the law online.
The songs on the list had never been submitted for official censorship, the ministry said.
Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night" and "E.T.," featuring Kanye West, are also censored, and three songs by Natalie Walker.
Four songs by Simple Plan are in the list, as is, somewhat obscurely, the Backstreet Boys' oldie "I Want It That Way."
The ministry reserves most of its ire for suspect Cantopop from Hong Kong and Mandarin Pop from Taiwan. The campaign is an ongoing one. In January and again in March, the ministry ordered 200 songs to be taken off.
There has been a much sharper focus on foreign music since Icelandic singer Bjork shouted "Tibet! Tibet!" at the end of her song "Declare Independence" at a 2008 concert in Shanghai.
The post said that all the music listed must be deleted from the Internet by Sept. 15 otherwise the providers will be punished.
The latest victim appears to be the microblogging site Weibo, which is hugely popular in a country where Twitter and Facebook are banned.
It has 200 million users.
Weibo's operator, Sina, a private company, is cracking down on "the spread of false rumors" after the Communist Party told web companies to tighten control over information online. Sina has set up a channel called "Weibo Refutes Rumors" to spread denials of "false" information.


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DescriptionSize range: Length 1.0–5.0mm; width 0.6–4.0mm; Body: ovoid to elongate, sides broadly rounded to sub- or fully parallel, convex to very strongly flattened; color rufescent to frequently piceous or metallic; glabrous or rarely finely setose. Head: frons convex, flat, or deeply depressed, frontal stria usually present along inner margin of eyes, variably interrupted or obsolete across front, frons and epistoma frequently separated by weak to strong transverse carina; supraorbital stria present or absent; epistoma depressed to flat or convex, frequently swollen along apical margin, apical margin usually straight; labrum usually much wider than long, up to 4× or more, usually emarginate apically, but may be straight, bisinuate, or weakly produced; antennal scape usually short, stout, only weakly expanded to apex (Fig. 1A), may be longer, and/or expanded apically; antennal club generally completely tomentose, though rarely glabrous basally, annuli absent, but with 4 characteristic sensory slits on upper and lower surfaces (Fig. 1B), rarely with additional subapical sensorial patch (Fig. 54E); submentum angulate at base, truncate to projecting along distal margin, with few simple setae; gular sutures finely impressed, extending anterolaterad, uninterrupted to basal corner of buccal cavity; mentum subquadrate, sides weakly convergent, apical margin truncate to weakly emarginate, bearing few simple setae; labium with palpifers prominent, palpi with three palpomeres, the basalmost very short, the distal two with short, scattered setae; maxilla with cardo short, transverse, glabrous, stipes triangular, bearing few simple setae, palpi with four palpomeres, the basalmost very short; mandibles (Figs 1A, 3A, 28C) generally each with basal tooth, may be blunt or strong and acute, mandible frequently furrowed along lower, outer edge, may have ventral (mesal) pore and associated (presumed) secretory channel (Fig. 1C). Pronotum: sides parallel to convergent apically; marginal stria usually present and continuous around lateral and anterior margins; lateral submarginal stria present or absent; anterior corners nearly always weakly depressed (Fig. 1D); prescutellar impression absent; disk with single pair of anterior marginal gland openings, usually located close to anterior margin, behind eye on each side, discal punctation highly varied. Elytra: with 2–3 epipleural striae, outer subhumeral stria rarely present, inner subhumeral stria frequently present, often restricted to short basal fragment, dorsal striae 1-5 and sutural stria highly varied, variously abbreviated from base or apex or entirely absent; elytral disk nearly always with distinct secondary punctures in apical half or less (Fig. 1E). Prosternum: prosternal keel varied in width, often quite broad in depressed species, basal margin varied from emarginate to truncate, rarely outwardly arcuate; carinal striae generally present, usually complete, free, rarely abbreviated anteriorly, united or obsolete; prosternal lobe short to moderate in length, apical margin subtruncate to broadly arcuate, rarely bisinuate; marginal stria of prosternal lobe usually distinct across middle, variably obsolete at sides. Mesoventrite: anterior mesoventral margin ranging from distinctly emarginate to distinctly projecting, marginal stria complete to absent, rarely with secondary submarginal stria; mesometaventral stria usually present, most frequently arched forward onto mesoventrite, may in some cases partially displace or completely replace marginal mesoventral stria. Metaventrite: Anterior margin, i.e., mesometaventral suture, frequently arched forward (mirrored in most, but not all cases, in mesometaventral stria), inner lateral metaventral stria generally present, extending from near inner corner of mesocoxa toward metacoxa, or toward posterior corner of metepisternum in the most depressed species, variably sinuate or abbreviated apically; outer lateral metaventral stria present or absent; metaventral disk usually coarsely punctate at sides, impunctate at middle. Abdomen: 1st abdominal ventrite with one or two lateral striae along inner edge of metacoxa, disk usually impunctate at middle, but with conspicuous median punctures in various species; abdominal ventrites 2-5 usually punctate at sides, rarely with dense punctures extending across middle of disk (Fig. 43F). Propygidium often with basal transverse stria (Fig. 5E), disk variably punctate sexually dimorphic in one species; single pair of propygidial gland openings usually conspicuous (Fig. 1F), situated on each side variably near basal margin; pygidium never with apical marginal stria, usually densely punctate, very rarely sexually dimorphic, with male's setose or otherwise modified; both sexes bearing pygidial trichomes in one species.Legs: Protibia usually rather narrow, with 0-5 unevenly spaced marginal teeth (Fig. 2A), the outer margin nearly always finely serrulate along entire length (Fig. 2A); protibial spurs present, usually short, weakly curved; mesotibia usually with 1-2 weak marginal spines (Fig. 2B), rarely lacking spines; metatibia rarely with any marginal spines (Fig. 2C), generally smooth, with outer apical corner slightly prolonged; tarsi not obviously dimorphic, tarsomeres 1-4 short, usually bearing only single pair of apical setae, tarsomere 5 about as long as 2-4 together, usually weakly dorsoventrally curved (Fig. 2D); tarsal claws simple, separate. Male genitalia:Accessory sclerites absent. T8 generally short, broad, with basal rim strongly sclerotized, basolateral edge extending beneath to inner corner of ventrolateral apodeme; ventrolateral apodeme usually acute, with distal portion strongly reduced, T8 usually broadly open beneath; basal emargination very shallow to moderately deep; basal membrane attachment line rarely evident, usually intersecting basal emargination; distal margin weakly sclerotized, poorly defined, usually vaguely emarginate. S8 articulated at basal corners with ventrolateral apodemes of T8, apical guides weakly developed, halves separate or fused; if separate, halves usually strongly divergent from base, with apices narrow, often rounded, bare to conspicuously setose; if halves of S8 fused, apical margin usually weakly emarginate, frequently with apicoventral velar membrane, bare to conspicuously setose. T9 usually divided, rarely united, with basal apodemes long and slender to short and broad; ventrolateral apodemes weak to strong, opposing or recurved basad, very rarely fused beneath; distal apices usually weakly opposed, subacute to truncate; subapical seta often present on sides. T10 entire, weakly sclerotized, apical margin rounded to weakly emarginate. S9 usually desclerotized along midline, rarely entirely divided; stem very narrow to moderately broad, frequently with ventral keel along much of length; stem rarely absent, with entire T9 short, subcordate; head of S9 usually broad, acute apicolaterally, with apical margin shallowly emarginate to sinuate; tegmen relatively simple, shallowly incised apically, parallel-sided to tapered apically, lacking medioventral tooth or process; median lobe narrow, simple, in a few species associated with small, articulated apical denticulate plates (Fig. 41O); basal piece usually short, with superficial membrane attachment line and oval, asymmetrical basal foramen. Female genitalia: T8 forming a single plate, apical margin usually emarginate; S8 entire or with median plate isolated, with basal baculi detached, articulated with sternites, basally subparallel; S9 usually present, elongate; median coxite articulation present; valviferae paddle-shaped; coxites varied in shape, subquadrate to elongate, with 2-5 apical marginal teeth, with distinct, articulated apical stylus; bursa copulatrix usually completely membraneous, rarely with small sclerotizations of bursal wall; generally with single, bulbous, weakly sclerotized spermatheca, inserted near or at apex of bursa copulatrix; single, basically thin and elongate spermathecal gland present, generally attached near midpoint of spermatheca.


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There's nothing worse than spending a good amount of time curling your hair only to have it all return to it's natural straightness within a few hours. If you have hair that just doesn't seem to want to hold a curl – get those tresses to cooperate. Here's how, according to Glamour magazine.
Use a volumizing product all over your hair before you blowdry. Although you want the most lift at your roots, these products contain proteins which help your hair hold its shape. Try using Leonor Greyl – Condition Naturelle (Protects, untangles & adds volumn while blowdrying), which will protect your hair from the heat and provide hold for your styling.
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Lower prices and increased take-up of wireless internet use are two factors behind the trend. The number of laptops versus desktops sold by the chain between April and May this year stood at 55 per cent compared with 45 per cent a year ago.
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This week on Post-Standard TV
Above, post-game interviews from the historic six-overtime game.
The Post-Standard's tournament coverage goes video as sportswriters Mike Waters and Donna Ditota provide in-depth interviews with Syracuse University basketball players, coaches and opponents. Catch the latest videos at videos.syracuse.com/post-standard .
The nation's courts are ruling on your childhood
In Blue Ash, Ohio, an 89-year-old woman who was arrested for refusing to return a neighbor kid's football has dropped her lawsuit against the boy's parents.
Edna Jester sued her next-door neighbors in December, claiming she suffered emotional distress because footballs and other playthings belonging to them keep landing in her yard.
In October, Jester she the neighbor boy's football and wouldn't give it back. She was taken to a police station charged with petty theft.
The prosecutor later dropped the case.
In Cincinnati, Ohio, a Yale University student from Ohio has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million from US Airways for a video game console he says was taken from his luggage.
Jesse Maiman, 21, alleges that during a flight from New Haven, Conn., to Cincinnati in December, his Xbox 360 with a specialized hard drive disappeared from his luggage.
Maiman says he got what he called "an unconscionable run-around" from the airline and is asking $1,700 for the loss of the gaming system and for the maximum damages allowable, or $1 million.
A US Airways spokeswoman said the airline was unaware of the suit but noted that the government limits liability for lost luggage to $3,300 per bag.
In Santa Ana, Calif., the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that a contract written in blood between two Korean businessmen is unenforceable.
In October 2004, Jinsoo Kim and his friend Stephen Son were out drinking at a sushi restaurant and karaoke bar when Son asked the waiter for a safety pin, pricked his finger and wrote the contract on a piece of paper -- in blood and in Korean characters.
Under the deal, Son promised to repay Kim roughly $170,000 for money Kim lost investing in Son's companies.
The translated note read: "Sir, please forgive me. Because of my deeds you have suffered financially. I will repay you to the best of my ability."
But a judge -- and now the appeals court -- said the claim was invalid.
"We conclude the trial court properly decided Kim's lawsuit was based entirely on a gratuitous unenforceable promise," the appeals court ruled.
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Ed Mathews: HMS Bounty captain well known in Erie
Many people in Erie were familiar with the HMS Bounty and its captain, Robin Walbridge, who worked on the U.S. Brig Niagara in 1990. The Bounty, which sailed into Erie in 2010 for a tall ships festival, sank Monday during Hurricane Sandy, and Walbridge, 63, was swept overboard. The Coast Guard was still searching for his body. We understand Walbridge was well respected during his time in Erie. ... Damage in Cleveland from the big storm shows how fortunate we were in Erie. Waves crashed against the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame building, breaking away parts of the building. In Erie, it seemed the entire community took no chances with the storm, as schools and many businesses around town closed. ... Increased spending by Mitt Romney's campaign in the final days on ads in Pennsylvania and Minnesota could mean that he is closing the gap with President Barack Obama, It might also indicate that he still has a lot of money left. ... Notre Dame is hoping its winning streak continues Saturday when the Fighting Irish host the Pitt Panthers in South Bend. Notre Dame is a 16.5-point favorite, but Pitt has been playing better. ... Groupie Doll, the mare that won two major stakes races at Presque Isle Downs, is set to race in the Breeders Cup this weekend. It shows what a high quality of thoroughbreds race at Erie's track. ... Nick Scott, Sr. and his wife, Kim, had a chance to see the new James Bond movie, "Skyfall," when they were in London recently for a wedding. The movie is due to be released here on Nov. 9. Scott always makes it a point to check out water parks wherever he goes, and he saw indoor water parks in England and Ireland. ... We offer our sympathy to the family of Ed Konkol. 86, who died Monday. Ed was well known as a football and basketball official for 32 years. ... Today is All Saints Day, which is a holy day of obligation in the Catholic Church. ... Angie Palermo reminded us what a great athlete Peg Speros, who passed away Oct. 16, had been. Peg was a key member of the Erie Skippers, a women's fast-pitch softball team that won multiple Class AAA state championships. For her towering home runs and effortless powerful swing, Peg became known as the Babe Ruth of women's fast-pitch softball. ... Repairing the damage in cities up and down the East Coast will likely cost in the tens of billions of dollars. We wonder if it will drive the cost of insurance up for everyone. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo looked stricken as he surveyed the tons of water in Manhattan's subway system. ... The polls keep showing the presidential race as extremely tight, and it's possible that the outcome won't be decided on election day. The effect of Hurricane Sandy is also being debated.


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A very nice lady (Marcie) from Surf City News came out and did this feature on our Halloween Scene. I'm the odd one in the middle😉
I eluded to this being the final "Biggie" as I am covered in bruises and almost lost an eye this year. That tetanus shot wasn't great either… but the look on the Doctors face was priceless.
I would not have traded these last 18 years for anything. We've tried our best to spread magic to all the wonderful trick-or-treators and hopefully made an impression on one of them to carry on the torch (or crown). I will always favor Halloween over any holiday. I will always celebrate with some madness that evolves from my head. But I'll do it in a style that's safe to my body parts. I may try to trick or treat next year. Hey, and maybe by golf cart!
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Holocaust Claims head meets British critics
The executive head of the leading Holocaust restitution organisation, the Claims Conference, defended its record when he faced some of its critics in London on Monday.
Greg Schneider, executive vice-president of the New York-based body, addressed an audience of 150, including many survivors, at the invitation of the Anglo-Jewish Association, one of four British groups on its board.
Recent controversy has focused on two particular issues: grants given to education rather than the welfare of Holocaust survivors, and compensation for Jewish properties in East Germany seized by the Nazis.
After 1992, properties where no heir was found passed into the hands of the Claims Conference, which uses the proceeds for home care for Holocaust survivors and Holocaust education.
But last year an independent report by QC Jeffrey Gruder, commissioned by the Board of Deputies, criticised the Conference for not doing enough to help potential heirs locate their assets and called on it to republish a list of properties. Challenging Mr Schneider, Martin Stern, a longstanding critic, said: "It is not your money. You are holding 5,000 properties belonging to Jews of German origin".
But Mr Schneider disputed the figure, and said that the Conference had repeatedly extended the deadline for potential heirs to make a claim.
On education grants, he said, there had been "heated" internal debate within the Conference but that they amounted to just £11.5 million a year.
Survivor Hermann Hirschberger – due to receive his MBE yesterday for helping former refugees with compensation claims – took issue with money going to education.
"Who gave you permission?" he said. "Was not your most important and sacred duty to pay it to the survivors and people who suffered?"
But Auschwitz survivor Freddy Knoller supported the allocations. "The greatest fear we have is that the Holocaust might be forgotten when we are not available any more to speak in schools," he said. "Education must be continued."
After a meeting with Greg Schneider, Board vice-president Paul Edlin said: "We are encouraged by what we have heard, Greg and his colleagues are now listening to the points we have raised and will seek to address them."


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Does Extending Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence from an Australian Experiment
Ryan Kellogg
University of California, Berkeley
Hendrik Wolff
University of Washington - Department of Economics; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
March 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2704
Several countries are considering extending Daylight Saving Time (DST) in order to conserve energy, and the U.S. will extend DST by one month beginning in 2007. However, projections that these extensions will reduce electricity consumption rely on extrapolations and simulations rather than empirical evidence. This paper, in contrast, examines a quasi-experiment in which parts of Australia extended DST in 2000 to facilitate the Sydney Olympics. Using detailed panel data and a triple differences specification, we show that the extension did not conserve electricity, and that a prominent simulation model overstates electricity savings when it is applied to Australia.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Panorama Hotel Lech
Disgusting Hotel and Horrible Ripoff
This hotel is one of those rare gems which belongs in the "no star" category. We made the mistake of ignoring all the reviews on Tripadvisor, thinking that people were just exaggerating and that the hotel couldn't be that bad. Boy were we wrong! In retrospect the right thing to do was to stay in Port of Spain. Even the locals have a bad image of Bel Air. My sister was promptly informed by the tourist information desk at Piarco Airport not to stay there and a gentleman who overheard her conversation with the agent told her he would "absolutely never" stay there, especially with small children.
The room had a funky musty smell that permeated everything as if the place had not been aired out in weeks. The pillows and sheets also reeked of BO and I had a sneaking suspicion that it was the result of decades of caked on funk. The furniture was from the 70's including white plastic lawn furniture for the table. The TV was nice though there was no cable or satellite so we only picked up one local channel. Seriously, the impression I had of this room was of an inner-city place that rented by the hour. It didn't even have real windows but rather frosted shutters! And the most awful aspect of this whole thing was that we paid $107US for it!!! In the US or Canada a hotel room like this would have gone for at most $30US.
Though the room and appearance of this hotel leaves much to be desired I will say that the service was actually pretty decent. It was efficient and the staff seemed to have much experience in dealing with overnight travellers with early morning connections. The waiter in the restaurant was quite friendly too. It was a stark contrast from the actual accommodations.
Where is the standard?
I stayed there because its convenient as I was told ,and as someone mentioned you can avoid Port spain traffic and be early at the airport because its practically there, but..
sheets, pillows, Air conditioning without control, no remote for Tv which by the buy catchs only one channel.. welcome to a very low standard
please do not fall on the trap of their photos, it is really bad!!!
My God! It's definitely the worst hotel I've ever visited
This hotel is terrible. Unfortunately, I have had to stay there on a number of occasions to facilitate an early morning departure. The rates are high, the service is terrible. It hasn't been redecorated since the seventies, the A/Cs are archaic, the beds unconfortable, the bed linens tacky, the pillows lumpy and smelly, and not to mention the buffet which is many times cold. They really, really need to do something about their standards urgently.
Avoid it if at all possible
The architectural drawings of the planned new hotel posted in the main lounge (which look like they've been there for years), only serve to magnify the bare-bones rooms and run-down quarters. I have never stayed in a worse hotel (and been soaked about $100 US with taxes), and I've been a world traveler (on a budget) for years. There was a double bed in the room and a night stand, and that was it. The bathroom was so uninviting I never showered there (was there only one night), and rarely used the facilities. Two other couples who had stayed overnight there the next night, shared similar stories when I met them the next day on the same live-aboard dive boat. Though its very close to the airport (in fact, all rooms open out to a smelly [airline fuel] view of the airport runway with jet planes just a stone's throw away), you would better to find a hotel in Port of Spain, about a $20 taxi ride away.
I wish I slept in the airport.
This place was awful. For more the $100 for two people, we had dingy sheets, a scuzzy bathroom, a rickety old a.c., and planes shaking everything all night. The airport benches would have been uncomfortable, but cheaper and cleaner than the rooms here. Its much better to stay at a guesthouse or find a hotel in Port of Spain. The tour books don't say anything about the place being so bad, so we thought it might be okay, but it truly is a waste of $ and made us worried about the rest of the hotels we had booked for our trip in Tobago, (although the others were a joy). Don't begin or end your holiday here just because its close to the airport!
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I was born in Tobago, but have lived in the US all but 4 of my 31 years of my life. I started going back home at least once a year since 1998 to visit my relatives and just to connect with my heritage. I don't have to stay in the hotels when I go to Tobago, but do have to overnight it in Trinidad. I always stay near the airport because I usually take the first flight out of Trinidad on the Tobago Express the morning after I arrive in Trinidad. In 2000 I made reservations via the internet to stay at Bel Air International Airport. My decesion was based solely on the appearance that I saw online, and the attractions that were offered (i.e. wake up call, pool, continental breakfast, etc.). Let's just say, when the car pulled up to the front door, I wanted to tell the driver take me back to the airport. It was a complete mess there. A good case of false advertisement at it's best.
Because I had to pay in full in order to make the reservation, I was stuck. I decided to take the loss and stay at a relatives house near Trincity instead.
Avoid at all costs
Worst hotel I ever stayed in, and it has left scars on my soul even though it was only for one night. For 103 us-dollars I got this: Dirty sheets with stains and pubic hairs, broken AC from the sixties and rotten roof that was practically falling in (actually the whole building seems to be made out of cardboard). Cold coffee in the morning for wich they will charge you a vast amount of money. Did�nt see any roaches though, I guess they�re standards a little higher than this...
Good for one night
We had to stay there because we missed a connecting flight. It is not bad but It is only a place to stay if you have to and no more than one night. One good thing is that it's near the airport so you avoid the long ride to Port of Spain. Ask for a room in the building, not by the pool (those are the ones with roaches...)
Roach motel
My experience in this hotel was lousy. besides hotel guests, they have roaches as their guest as well.
its a disgrace to call this hotel "belair"
The worst airport hotel...
I had the misfortune to pick this hotel and stay there in April. For what they charge they have a really lousy hotel. The only experience worse than this was staying at the Transit Hotel in Sheremetyvo,, Moscow.
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- Scary then nice....
- Not a lot of choices in T'dad
Radisson Hotel TrinidadWrightson Road & London Street, Port of Spain | 3 star hotelfrom $152
Hyatt Regency TrinidadNo 1 Wrightson Road, Port of Spain | 5 star hotelfrom $213
The Carlton SavannahCoblentz Ave, Port of Spain | 4 star hotelfrom $138
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Courtyard By Marriott Port Of SpainInvaders Bay, Audrey Jeffers Highway, Port of Spain | 3 star hotelfrom $179
- Cozy place! Very clean and…
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- Gimme shelter.
- Fine for transit nights
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Cascadia Hotel & Conference CenterAriapita Road 67, Port of Spain | 3 star hotelfrom $72
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The Royal Hotel46-54 Royal Road, Trinidad | Hotel$169 average
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
17 Lessons from '80s Movies to Take Back to School
Originally posted 08/23/2016 03:20PM
The films of the 1980s were ripe with electric guitars, new wave style and heavy-handed moralizing. Lessons were learned, obstacles surmounted, montages cut and forced upon audiences with reckless abandon. We laughed, we loved and most importantly, we learned.
21 Things You Might Not Have Known About Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Originally posted 06/11/2016 06:25PM
John Hughes' iconic Ferris Bueller's Day Off turns 30 Saturday. The film, which has become a beloved totem of teenage rebellion and a wonderful 1980s time capsule, is also an ode to Chicago – a teenage Hughes moved around the city's suburbs with his family.
The Ultimate Ferris Bueller Travel Guide to Chicago
Originally posted 06/10/2016 06:00PM
In honor of the film's 20th anniversary, plan a trip to the Windy City on the Bueller itinerary – no ditch day required
Jennifer Grey on Her Dad Joel Grey's Coming Out: 'I Feel Very Happy' for Him
Originally posted 01/30/2015 07:05PM
Now that her father Joel Grey has publicly revealed in this week's PEOPLE that he's a gay man, his daughter, Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller's Day Off actress Jennifer Grey, gives him her full support and love.
Charlie Sheen to Reprise His Iconic Ferris Bueller's Day Off Role on The Goldbergs (PHOTOS)
Originally posted 12/17/2014 11:00AM
Charlie Sheen is reprising the role that made him a household name!
No, not that one. (Not yet, anyway.)
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that Sheen, 49, will be paying homage to his "Boy in the Police Station" character from the 1986 classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off in an upcoming episode of ABC's The Goldbergs.
Sheen is reprising the role nearly 30 years after the leather-jacketed bad boy was told by Bueller's sister, Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), to "blow [himself]".
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Glass House Sold for $1 Million
Originally posted 06/10/2014 04:20AM
Did you make any million-dollar purchases recently? Well, go ahead and kick yourself if you did, because for more or less that same amount, you could've had Cameron Frye's super cool glass house from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Matthew Broderick Calls Ferris Bueller-Themed Ad 'Amusing'
Originally posted 01/31/2012 03:30PM
Honda's Ferris Bueller's Day Off-inspired Super Bowl ad was an Internet sensation – but the commercial's star Matthew Broderick didn't initially jump at the chance to reinvent his classic '80s film.
"It took a little, uh, thinking about it," Broderick, 49, told New York's Vulture blog. "It took a little time."
But eventually, the actor said he "ended up thinking it might be amusing."
Part of the decision came from knowing that The Hangover's Todd Phillips – whom Broderick calls "a good director" – was in charge of the two and a half-minute skit, which contains more than 24 references to the original movie.
Matthew Broderick Brings Back Ferris Bueller for Honda's Super Bowl Ad
Originally posted 01/30/2012 09:55AM
Twenty-six years later, it's time for Ferris Bueller to take another day off.
In what's quickly becoming the most talked-out Super Bowl commercial of the year – a week before it even airs – Matthew Broderick will bring back his old Ferris Bueller character in a new ad for Honda this Sunday night during the NBC telecast.
Auto blog Jalopnik revealed the source of a teaser ad last Friday. So, Honda decided to release the extended version of the commercial online on Monday – and it's a two-minute-plus homage to Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the original 1986 film, with Broderick this time calling in sick to a film shoot and enjoying another day of slacking instead.
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Research: Kidney stones on rise, climate change could make it worse
Theory: Patients get dehydrated, urine volume decreases, mineral buildup forms stonesUPDATED 6:31 PM EDT Aug 13, 2014
Researchers say that kidney stones are on the rise - and climate change could make it worse.Video Transcript
TONIGHT FROM THE '8 ON YOUR SIDE' TEAM. KIDNEY STONES ARE ON THE RISE, ESPECIALLY AMONG CHILDREN. AS MEDICAL REPORTER SUSAN SHAPIRO SOME EXPERTS SAY CLIMATE CHANGE COULD MAKE IT WORSE. 3 TAYLOR RIGGINS HAD A HEALTH PROBLEM YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT IN A SIX YEAR OLD...KIDNEY STONES. THEY ARE PEPPLES OF MINERALS AND SALT.15:03 TAYLOR RIGGINS/LEESPORT: I was a little scared TAYLOR WAS SICK AND IN PAIN FOR MONTHS BEFORE SHE GOT THE PROPER DIAGNOSIS. 01:50 MARIAN RIGGINS/TAYLOR'S MOM: She was very lethargic all the time she was very sleepy she was just not my child22:04 SUSAN SHAPIRO/NEWS 8: Taylor had surgery here at Childrens' Hospital of Philadelphia. Doctors removed a six millimeter kidney stone that's about the size of the top of my pen or the top of this push pin10:20 DR. GREGORY TASIAN/PEDIATRIC UROLOGIST: If you can look right here this white spherical area that's where stone was lodgedDR. GREGORY TASIAN SAYS TAYLOR'S CASE IS NOT UNUSUAL. KIDNEY STONES ARE ON THE RISE AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. THERE COULD BE A VARIETY OF FACTORS..INCLUDING DIET.54:58 DR. GREGORY TASIAN/PEDIATRIC UROLOGIST: Children are consuming different types of food and drink than they were 20 yrs agoHOT WEATHER MAY ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN KIDNEY STONES IN CHILDREN áANDá ADULTS.DR. TASIAN AND OTHER RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT 60 THOUSAND PATIENT RECORDS IN PHILADELPHIA ... ATLANTA...DALLAS...CHICAGO AND L-A. AS TEMPERATURES ROSE SO DID THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY STONES.04:21 DR. TASIAN: The risk in Philadelphia was different than risk in DallasDR. TASIAN SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE COULD MAKE IT WORSE.00:04 DR. TASIAN/UROLOGIST: From what we have known about temperature and stones that they tend to be higher in hotter areas and what we observed I think the risk would increaseTHE THEORY IS THAT PATIENTS GET DEHYDRATED...THEIR URINE VOLUME DECREASES AND BECOMES MORE CONCENTRATED WITH MINERALS THAT FORM STONES LIKE THIS.08:47 DR. GREGORY TASIAN/PEDIATRIC UROLOGIST: Its very hard its very dense and you can imagine pain it would cause if it gets stuckTAYLOR RIGGINS NOW DRINKS A LOT OF WATER TO STAY HYDRATED...AND IS LIMITED TO JUST 750 MILLIGRAMS OF SODIUM A DAY.14:28 SUSAN: How are you feeling now? TAYLOR: Much betterTAYLOR HAS A SOUVENIR FROM HER ORDEAL...A PIECE OF HER KIDNEY STONE.21:48 TAYLOR: Mommy is going to put it in my baby scrapbookA REMINDER OF SOMETHING SHE PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO FORGET.SUSAN SHAPIRO, ON YOUR SIDE, NEWS 8 3 RESEARCHERS ALSO FOUND THAT LOW OUTDOOR TEMPERATURES CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF KIDNEY STONES. THEY SAY IT COULD BE THAT PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME INDOORS IN WARM TEMPERATURES, CHANGE THEIR DIET, AND GET LESS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. 3 TAKING A LIVE LOOK AT OUR HARRISBURG SKYCAM... THE NEWS 8 FORECAST IS NEXT. 3
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As the emphasis placed on limiting screen-time for kids increases, it becomes more important to ensure that the time your children do spend in front of the television has some redeeming quality. One of the best ways to ease those pangs of guilt you feel when you pop in a DVD for a bit of downtime is to choose films that teach kids valuable life lessons while providing entertainment. These seven movies are guaranteed to please both kids and parents alike.
- The Sandlot – This 1993 gem is still a home run, teaching kids the importance of teamwork and the pitfalls of dishonesty. When newcomer Scotty Smalls steals his stepfather's prized baseball, autographed by none other than Babe Ruth, his friends refuse to abandon him. Instead, they cook up a series of schemes, each one more outlandish than the next, to retrieve the ball and save Smalls' hide. While the themes of loyalty and determination play prominent roles through the bulk of the film, the real lesson comes at the end; when the kids finally discover that The Beast is actually a friendly pooch, they realize that they shouldn't have been so quick to judge him. The Sandlot is best suited for kids that are a bit older, as they'll understand that they entire fiasco could have been avoided had Smalls simply chosen not to steal the ball in the first place. There are also a few instances of mild profanity, which might make the film less suitable for very young audiences.
- Happy Feet – This tale of a lovable misfit penguin named Mumble and his adventures teaches young viewers about the importance of accepting those that are different, and to stand strong in the face of rejection. Determined to prove his mettle after being exiled from Emperor Land, Mumble sets off to learn the true cause of the famine that threatens his community. Underneath all of the tap-dancing and singing of Happy Feet is a powerful message about overfishing, global warming and pollution.
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest – The 1992 animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest was a bit ahead of its time, bringing a strong message of environmental consciousness and conservation to youthful audiences more than a decade before the aimed-at-adults documentary An Inconvenient Truth made conservation cool. Aided by the adventurous tree fairy Crysta, who has never seen humans before they begin destroying her home, human Zak learns to appreciate the beauty and magic of the rainforest and works valiantly to save it from Hexxus and his inadvertent human henchmen.
- Mulan – Despite being beautifully animated and critically acclaimed, Disney films aren't typically known for their strong, independent heroines. Awash in a sea of romantically-minded Princesses, Mulan stands alone as the true "girl power" Disney female lead. Bucking tradition, thumbing her nose at traditional gender roles and societal rules, Mulan bravely risks her social standing and even her life to take the place of her beloved, ailing father in battle. Though there are brave and headstrong female characters in other Disney films, the vast majority are ruled by romantic desires and aspirations of marriage. Mulan's determination to succeed for the sake of her family and her country, rather than the love of a handsome prince, makes the film a great choice for families with young daughters.
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – Forget the off-putting and unsettling Tim Burton reboot; the classic 1971 film starring Gene Wilder as the titular character is a wealth of morality lessons, though the creepy boat scene may be a bit much for very young viewers. By making the punishments of each ill-behaved child suit their "crimes," the personality flaws of the pint-sized villains are emphasized. Greed, gluttony, snobbery and dishonesty are among the traits vilified, with the good-hearted Charlie Bucket triumphing in the end due to his honesty.
- Babe – By becoming the best (and first!) sheep-pig of all time, Babe teaches kids that they can accomplish anything they set their minds to. With the help of his barnyard friends and the sheepdog Fly that he calls "Mom," Babe learns the fine art of herding and the importance of good friends.
- Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast – The bookish Belle, in refusing to succumb to the advances of the oafish-but-eligible Gaston, opens this Academy Award© winning film on a strong, independent note. Though the eventual outcome of the movie is the expected fairy-tale marriage, Belle, the Beast and young viewers all learn valuable lessons about making character judgments based on appearance, the importance of sacrificing for the people you love and the dangers of a mob mentality. The breathtaking artwork and catchy songs also make this a guilty-pleasure favorite of many parents, making it ideal for family movie night.
Parents seeking kids' films with an emphasis on religious instruction should also check out their local faith-based bookstore, as they're almost always a wealth of kid-centric films with a spiritual slant. The straight-to-video VeggieTales series is a perennial favorite for Bible-based entertainment, with charming, anthropomorphic produce acting out each role.


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After a maid found David Carradine's body in a closet in his Bangkok hotel room, police called it a suspected suicide. But the actor's manager refuses to believe it.
"I can tell you 100 percent that he would have never committed suicide," Tiffany Smith, who along with Chuck Binder managed the Kill Bill star, tells PEOPLE. "He was too full of life."
Carradine, 72, was in Thailand filming the movie Stretch when his nude body was discovered Thursday morning. The body was in a sitting position, with a yellow rope wrapped around the neck and attached to a closet bar, said police Col.
Somprasong Yentuam, chief of the Lumpini area station. "We believe that Mr. David committed suicide but it is suspicious," said Yentuam.
Although Carradine had spoken openly of his past battles with drugs and alcohol and thoughts of suicide, his manager says the actor had been in good spirits, eager to work on the current film and three more lined up when he returned to the United States.
"We are not saying it's an accidental death because we don't know," says Smith. "Right now we are just letting everyone know that it's under investigation and we'll see ... I just know he didn't do this to himself."
The actor's family was stunned by the news. In a statement, Carradine's niece, actress Martha Plimpton, expressed the family's sense of loss. "My Uncle David was a brilliantly talented, fiercely intelligent and generous man," Plimpton said.
"He was the nexus of our family in so many ways, and drew us together over the years and kept us connected. I adored him as a child, and as an adult I admired and respected him. We will all miss him terribly."
Additional reporting by KAREN EMMONS
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WASHINGTON -- Education costs are soaring while education budgets face severe cutbacks. But school superintendent Gary Maestas is fighting the crisis -- with his bicycle. Maestas oversees schools in Plymouth, Mass, the site where the Pilgrims landed after setting off to establish a new home in a new world. Now, he's set off from Washington, D.C., to bike 600 miles to Plymouth, with a hope of raising some $100,000 along the way for his town's public schools. "We've had kids in the district pledge a penny a mile," Maestas told CBN News just minutes before the ride began. "We've had kids give me bags full of pennies. And we've had people giving us dollars."
Riding along with the 47-year-old Maestas is the 57-year-old CEO of Plymouth's only health provider.
"Gary's the head of the school system, I'm the head of the health system," Peter Holden, president of Jordan Hospital, explained.
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While serving the last 13 years in the Plymouth school district, Maestas still found time to earn his PhD in education from CBN's Regent University.
Afterwards, he put his extra time and energy into training with Holden on 50 to 75-mile daily rides, getting ready for this eight-day, 600-mile odyssey.
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This week (just in time for Field Day 2008!), I'm happily reviving the "Geek of the Week" posts, and I'm proud to feature this week's geek, S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, News Editor for the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and author of the monthly "Happenings" column as well as the quarterly column "Amateur Radio World" in the ARRL's monthly magazine, QST. Keane was kind enough to answer a few questions for .51 about amateur radio, her experiences, and other women involved in the hobby. (My questions are in bold, followed by Keane's answers in regular text.)
May I call you a geek?
Actually, I prefer geekette. Yeah, I'm a girly-girl, what can I say?
How did you get started in amateur radio?
I was married to man who has been a ham for more than 40 years. After being around it for so long, I found I had learned so much [by] osmosis. I signed up for a Technician license class taught by ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH. I went to one session and then went to the town next to mine and took my test – I passed. And here I am!
What's the best thing about being a woman with a ham radio hobby?
Besides there being no line for the restrooms at Dayton? (This is the only large venue I have ever been to in my life where there is no line for the women's restroom, but the line for the men's room snakes a mile long.) It does help to have a woman's voice when trying to break through a pileup during a big DXpedition or contest. I can't count the number of times I have broken through a pileup during a contest, bypassing big guns like W3LPL, KC1XX and K3LR. Since a woman's voice has a higher hertz, it carries through all those man voices and the station on the other end can pick it out more than they can a man's voice. What a feeling when that station tells all those guys (who have been trying for a long time to get through) to stop – they want to hear the YL [young lady].
Who's the most inspirational or influential woman to your ham experience?
I would say Ann Santos, WA1S, DXpeditioner, contester, woman extraordinaire. She gets it done. When I grow up, I want to be just like her. She went to WRTC2006 in Brazil as one of the first all-woman teams. Not only is she a great ham, she's a wonderful woman I am proud to call my friend.
What's one thing you would change about your ham radio experience?
I have been incredibly lucky in my Amateur Radio experience. I lucked into my job at ARRL even before my Technician license ever appeared in the ULS database. I have access to a wonderful multi-multi station at K1TTT's QTH – I have been going up there for years, tagging along before I got my license – I thought all Amateur Radio stations looked like that, with six operating positions and an antenna farm out in the meadow. Now I know Dave's station is the exception and not the rule, and understand how lucky I am to be able to use it. Also by working at ARRL, I have access to all the super neat programs we do, and many times, have actually provided input into them before they are released to the amateur community.
If I had to give advice to women hams, I would have to say this: Take advantage of every opportunity offered. If there is a class to upgrade your license, do it. If you get a chance to operate at a different station, do it. If you can go to a hamfest, do it. Don't just let your license be a piece of paper thumbtacked to your wall. Don't just get call sign license plates because you can and they look cool (they really do!). Do something with your license. Show the world that you are a ham, even if it's just getting on the repeater and talking across town (or across the state) to people you might only see once a year at a hamfest. Get involved in the ARRL Field Organization as a Public Information Officer or Emergency Coordinator. Do anything, but do it!
There was a time when there was a YL section in QST, the official journal of the ARRL. Why isn't it there now? Is it because we have fully come into our own and we no longer need to have special treatment? I'd like to think so.
Do you know of any organizations or groups specifically for women in ham radio besides the Young Ladies Relay League (YLRL)?
No, not really. Why don't we start one? (And yes, I am a member of YLRL.)
What kind of equipment do you use?
Well, I have an HT, and yes, I will save the world with it. Seriously, that's all I have. I think I have used it twice. I am lucky enough to have access to W1AW and W1HQ at ARRL HQ, as well as K1TTT's station. I don't really "ragchew." I contest. I might call CQ a few times before the contest starts, just to get my mojo going, but once it's 0000 UTC, I'm in the game. That said, I would like to do more. I'm looking at getting either an Elecraft K3 or the very pretty (so sue me – I like the color display) Orion II By TenTec.
What question do you most want to ask other women who are hams, or who are geeks?
Are you having fun? If so, then great! If not, then why do you do it?
What do you think is the best thing about the ARRL?
[Personally] We really are a family. This past year has been really tough for me and everyone here at work has bent over backwards to help me out, be it my boss who let me be flexible in my time to take care of everything, or my friends and co-workers who were there for me when I needed them. I know if I worked in a corporate environment, I would not have had the support that I did. Most everyone here is a ham, and hams do stick together. You couldn't ask for a nicer bunch of people. If it sounds as if I've drunk the company kool-aid – sorry, but it's true – I am so lucky to work here. Not only do I get paid to play with words all day long, I have some really great friends.
As for the organization…I am currently in the process of updating the W1AW scrapbook. Pictures in this book go back to the 1920s. I look at these pictures and see the awe and wonderment on the faces of the people as they work those "magic boxes" – the same look and feel I get when I get on the radio. It hasn't changed in almost 100 years. What they did then and what I do now are the same, we are tied together. This organization started when Hiram Percy Maxim couldn't get a message through from Hartford to Springfield – it had to be relayed through Agawam (a town close to Springfield). He loved to tinker with this new radio technology, so he started the American Radio Relay League (relaying messages, or "traffic") in 1914. We are "of, by and for the amateur." We were that in 1914 and we continue to be so now.
What do you want to see on a site like .51? What does "geekspace" mean to you?
Keep doing what you're doing – it's all good!
Other than what you've talked about already, what's the geekiest thing you do?
If you ask my (non-ham) friends (and yes, I do have those), they would say Amateur Radio is, by far, the geekiest thing I do. Let me think… I like to diagram sentences for fun (and have even done so to prove my point to my boss when he didn't agree with the sentence structure I used in something I wrote). I am really (really, really, really) into Red Sox baseball and New England Patriots football (slightly less so than the Sox) – I can hold my own in a sports bar, thankyouverymuch. I grew up showing dogs (mostly Great Danes, but there was the occasional Whippet), so I have this uncanny talent to look at a dog and tell you the breed (or breeds, as the case may be) that it is.
[Got questions about some of the callsigns and stations in this interview? Email me for more information at ubergeeke (at) dotfiveone (dot) com.
Got questions about the ARRL that their website doesn't cover, or for Keane herself? Drop her an email at k1sfa (at) arrl (dot) org.
For more information about amateur (ham) radio, visit the American Radio Relay League's website at arrl.org, as well as some of the previously posted information here on .51, then get your license and join me and thousands of other folks worldwide.]


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NEW YORK — The first time their paths crossed, Kevin Ollie and Fred Hoiberg were high school basketball players on a recruiting trip to the University of Arizona.
"Lute Olson had one scholarship and I think he told both of us, the first one who accepts gets it," Hoiberg said. "Obviously neither of us took it."
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Their paths parted once they left Tucson — Ollie chose to play at Connecticut and Hoiberg went to Iowa State — but the connections and similarities of their playing and coaching careers are remarkable.
Let's start where they are this week, at Madison Square Garden preparing for a Sweet 16 showdown on Friday night. Ollie is the coach at his alma mater, Hoiberg is the coach at his. There are plenty of coaches in the Sweet 16 who were pretty good college players, but these are the only two coaching the same team they played for more than two decades ago.
"That's definitely cool," Iowa State sophomore Naz Long said. "For them to come back, that doesn't happen a lot. It's great that they get to go head to head."
Talk with the players in either locker room, and it's obvious that loyalty resonates.
"These are two programs that keep up their tradition, going with a guy who's part of the family and going with a guy who's on the inside, and that's really beautiful," UConn senior Niels Giffey told Sporting News. "If you get a guy from the outside, obviously it's going to be a different character through the team, a different character through the program. That was one of the most amazing experiences to me, coming to UConn and playing with Ray Allen over the summer, and Caron Butler came back. When we went to the Final Four, everybody was there ... as a kid, you understand that. That's just amazing, that's such a big family, and that's only because, I think, coaches stay in the family."
As a player, Ollie was coach Jim Calhoun's point guard; a two-time team captain, he averaged 6.1 assists per game from his sophomore year forward. At Iowa State, Hoiberg quickly made his mark as one of the best scorers in the Big Eight for coach Johnny Orr; he averaged 15.8 points in his career and was called "The Mayor" for his popularity in Ames.
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After college, Hoiberg played 541 games during his 10-year NBA career. Ollie played 662 games during his 13-year NBA career. They were teammates on the Chicago Bulls during the 2001-02 season. After Hoiberg retired, he became the assistant general manager for the Minnesota Timberwolves. One of his moves was to bring Ollie into the team, as a veteran point guard to help out his roster.
"The first guy to call was Kevin, because I knew the impact he would have on our young players," Hoiberg said. "He owes me, because I resurrected his damn career."
Hoiberg, of course, was laughing. He and Ollie are friends and they clearly enjoyed talking about the friendship on Thursday. Friday, though, will be a different story.
"It's always tough coaching against one of your great friends," Ollie said. "But at the end of the day we are both competitors, we both love our university, and once we get in those lines, you pretty much don't have any friends. And you want your university to come out on top. But I wish him great success and I know he's going to have his team prepared, and hopefully I'll have my team prepared and it will be a great matchup."