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BOCA RATON, FL (January 13, 2012) – Florida Atlantic University's PK-12 schools and education programs recently earned numerous awards and excellent ratings from Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Education for the 2011 school year. School grades communicate to the public how well a school is performing relative to state standards.
"These 'A' ratings and awards further demonstrate FAU's commitment to community engagement in the pre-kindergarten through 12th grade levels across Southeast Florida," said Glenn Thomas, assistant dean of FAU's pre-kindergarten through 12thgrade schools and educational programs. "Our schools are built on strong collegiate and community partnerships to serve as vibrant learning, demonstration and research laboratories for undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and researchers university-wide. The schools are funded at the same level as other public schools in Florida, with students selected by lottery to demographically match other public school student profiles in Florida based on gender, race, ethnicity and family income. We have much to build upon for future years."
The Karen Slattery Educational Research Center for Child Development received a perfect score on the Palm Beach County quality rating scale. Located on FAU's Boca Raton campus, the Center is a lab school for approximately 100 children from birth to five years of age.
Alexander D. Henderson University School received an "A" from the Florida Department of Education for the 12th straight year and achieved federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status. AYP is part of the federal No Child Left Behind law and is based on Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) scores, as well as on how many students improved scores from one year to the next. Located on FAU's Boca Raton campus, A.D. Henderson is a kindergarten through eighth grade public school district.
FAU High School also received an "A" from the Florida Department of Education with a perfect score on the state accountability report. FAU High School opened its doors to students for the fall semester in 2004. This highly selective program offers students in grades nine through 12, an opportunity to experience college-level courses in the environment of the university classroom, laboratories and support facilities.
Palm Point Educational Research School at Tradition, located in Port St. Lucie, received an "A" from the Florida Department of Education for the third consecutive year. Palm Point is a kindergarten through 8th grade charter laboratory school operated by FAU-Treasure Coast University Schools in collaboration with St. Lucie County Public Schools.
Criteria for the Palm Beach County quality rating scale for preschools includes licensing compliance, ratio and group size, health and safety and curriculum. Elementary and middle schools are assigned a grade based primarily upon student achievement data from the FCAT and are calculated based on annual learning gains of each student toward achievement of Sunshine State Standards, the progress of the lowest quartile of students, and the meeting of proficiency standards. Fifty percent of the high school grade is based on student achievement and learning gains data from the FCAT, and 50 percent is based upon several non-FCAT based components, including graduation rates and student participation and performance in advanced coursework.
Florida Atlantic University Schools serve as laboratory schools for FAU's College of Education, offering demonstration and fieldwork sites for FAU students enrolled in bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. FAU faculty, students and teachers conduct research at the schools to advance scholarship and innovation in early childhood, elementary, middle and high school education and related fields of study.
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A man claiming to be the biological father of 9-year-old Omaraee Varela is speaking out.Video Transcript
TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM A TEXAS MAN, WHO CLAIMS TO BE OMAREE'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER. HE SAYS HE LEARNED OF OMAREE'S DEATH OVER THE INTERNET. TARGET 7'S ANNA VELASQUEZ IS HERE - SHE CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE. CHRISTOPHER CLEWIS SAYS EVEN IF HE WASN'T AROUND DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS OF OMAREE'S LIFE, HE STILL LOVED HIM. HE SAYS NOW IT'S HIS DUTY TO STAND UP FOR OMAREE. A STORY WITH OMAREE'S NAME IN THE HEADLINE IS WHAT MADE HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER CLICK ON THE LINK... AND THAT'S HOW CHRISTOPHER CLEWIS LEARNED OF HIS 9-YEAR OLD SON'S DEATH. 3:07 I don't even have words to describe how that made me feel. CLEWIS LEARNED OF HOW POLICE SAY OMAREE DIED. THEN HE SAW OMAREE'S MOTHER - SYNTHIA VARELA CASAUS - HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND - TELL ACTION 7 NEWS SHE WAS DISCIPLINING HIM, AND KICKED HIM THE WRONG WAY. 6:45 Listen. I have kids. And I tell my kids: don't kick each other. You don't kick. You do not do that. Your feet was made to be walking on, not to be kicking nobody :00 7:03 She's a grown up. She knew not to kick him :06/:10 when you kick somebody, that's harsh punishment :15 CLEWIS SAYS HE MET VARELA-CASAUS IN 2002 IN ALBUQUERQUE. HE SAYS THEY BOTH USED DRUGS DURING THE RELATIONSHIP. BUT AFTER OMAREE WAS BORN, CLEWIS SAYS HE WANTED HER AND HIS SON TO MOVE TO TEXAS WITH HIM, BUT SHE REFUSED. 9:56 I want Albuquerque, New Mexico to understand that he had a father that loved him even though I wasn't there, and I'm going to stand up for him.:08 CLEWIS ADMITS HE HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY HIMSELF. HE WANTS TO TALK TO INVESTIGATORS HERE ABOUT OMAREE'S CASE. CLEWIS GOT PERMISSION FROM HIS PROBATION OFFICER TO COME TO ALBUQUERQUE. HE HOPES TO BE HERE BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
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When Mary Ann Gresh holds up her own authentic Flyers jersey, friends might think she's just found a clever way to promote reading. After all, the recently-retired elementary school teacher spent most of her professional career doing just that.
The Washington Township resident was one of 25 lucky fans, out of a sellout crowd of 19,931, who were chosen to receive a game-worn jersey at the conclusion of last Saturday's Fan Appreciation Night game between the Flyers and Montreal Canadiens.
Gresh, who was attending her very first Flyers game, came home with the jersey of 25-year-old rookie forward Matt Read, who scored the final goal in a 4-1 victory that clinched a playoff spot for the Flyers.
Gresh, 60, retired on Jan. 31 from Whitman Elementary School, a neighborhood school in Washington Township that's located just a few blocks from her home. She spent more than 20 years at the school, most of them as a first-grade teacher.
"I spent most of my days for the last 20-plus years teaching literacy, and I received a jersey with the last name Read, and spelled correctly, R-E-A-D, not R-E-I-D," Gresh said. "How ironic is that? The whole reason I was there was because I retired from teaching and I got this wonderful gift. It was a fabulous evening and I really enjoyed it. I spent it with great friends and to win the jersey was extra icing on the cake."
Although she enjoys hockey and had been to a few Phantoms games back when the Flyers' top minor-league affiliate played its home games at the since-demolished Spectrum, it was her first Flyers game.
She was given a pair of tickets as part of a retirement gift by her friend and longtime first-grade teaching colleague, Carol Callaway, who also attended the game. Since Gresh's husband, Jim, was in Italy on a biking trip, she decided to ask another friend and former colleague, Sarah Sacco, to join them with the other ticket.
As they made their way toward their section, Gresh took her seat first. That seat was among the first batch of lucky seats posted on the video scoreboard over center ice as part of the "Shirts Off Our Backs" promotion.
"When they said 'Shirts Off Our Backs' I didn't think they meant that literally," she said. "I thought OK, I'm getting a jersey, but then I caught on that it was going to be one worn in the game. According to Carol, I'm lucky so when she called me in the afternoon and said it was Fan Appreciation Night, she said, 'I bet you're going to win something.'"
Gresh and the other 24 jersey winners reported to Guest Relations after the end of the second period and were given instructions about the post-game, on-ice ceremony. All 25 fans were randomly given a sealed, tri-folded paper that featured the name of the player whose jersey they would receive.
Although they were told not to open their paper before the on-ice ceremony, Gresh admits to taking a sneak peak. Since the recipients were told they'd have to read the name of their player over the PA system when it was their turn, she was terrified that she might get a tongue twister, such as one of the Flyers Russian goaltenders — Ilya Bryzgalov or Sergei Bobrovsky.
"I didn't want a name I couldn't pronounce," she said. "I was totally relieved once I saw Matt Read."
Read wears No. 24, which also happened to match the date of the game, March 24. His goal was his 21st of the season, which tied him for the league lead among rookies.
After the game, the fans lined up on a carpet that was placed on the ice, and the players skated up to them when their name was called, took their jerseys off and signed them before heading to the locker room. The fans were given a box to store the jersey in, and later received a letter of authenticity. As Read turned over his jersey, it reminded Gresh of an experience she had dressing up like a hockey player.
Several years ago, former Flyers coach John Stevens, who was then head coach of the Phantoms, visited Whitman School with a couple of his players. Stevens' son was a first-grader at Whitman at the time. The players brought hockey gear, including goalie pads, and Gresh and a colleague had a contest to see who could finish getting all the gear on first.
"When I saw all of (Read's) padding after he took his jersey off, I related it to that," she said. "They wear a lot of gear. The jersey was heavy mainly because of perspiration. Even when I was looking at the other players near me, they were absolutely saturated. I can't imagine how much weight they must lose during a game. It looks easy from the stands, but seeing the players close up made it real for me. It's a strenuous game."
Gresh and her husband have three adult daughters — Lauren, Megan and Renee — all of whom graduated from Washington Township High School. Her oldest, Lauren, and her husband Jonathan, recently had a daughter, 10-month-old Erin Claire, making Gresh a grandmother for the first time.
If her granddaughter grows up a Flyers fan, grandma, or nonna (Italian for grandmother) will have a story to tell about how she came to acquire her authentic Flyers jersey.
Although she had hoped for Danny Briere's jersey, Gresh said she'd be following Matt Read's career a little more closely now.
"I'm a Matt Read fan, definitely," she said. "My 24, he's got me now."
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Lady Gaga arrived at the 2011 Grammy Awards encased in an egg-like vessel carried by half-naked men, like Cleopatra ... as an embryo? We're guessing it's in homage to her new single and instant hit, "Born This Way." We can't wait to see how she handles the red carpet interviews -- perhaps the orb is equipped with two-way radio?
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Remember, way back when, before the 2010 Seahawks had even stepped on the field, our countless discussions on the Leo/Elephant end, the genius or folly of the 4-3 Under, the curious choice to keep Dan Quinn and Gus Bradley on the defense after arguably terrible performances last year? Remember those? I do. I'm glad we spent so much time discussing those things, because, ultimately, they were important and relevant to the discussion.
But now? Well, the focus has shifted slightly away from the 4-3 Under, and into a more defensive back focused defense. What do I mean? Well, in the game against Chicago, only 13 of 59 defensive plays employed our base 4-3 defense. Nickel was the most common formation, with 31 plays, Dime was used on three, and Bandit — seven defensive backs — was used on 12 plays, all passing downs. Against the Cardinals, the Base defense was used on 29 of 55 plays. The Bandit — again, 3 down linemen, Lofa, and 7 DBs — was used 17 times, again, all on passing downs. Nickel, Dime and 5-3-3 were used a combined 9 downs.
The Bandit defense is an interesting one. It certainly opens the team up to some vulnerabilities in the run game — which is why it's only used on clear passing downs — but even that is somewhat misleading. With Lawyer Milloy, Jordan Babineaux, and Roy Lewis on the field and generally near the line of scrimmage (they've been the main characters used in blitz packages coming out of the Bandit), the Seahawks are not entirely vulnerable to the run. Whoever doesn't blitz can drop back to cover the running back for quick outlet passes or draw plays. One primary plus of this package is that it might be the single fastest defense in the league when being used.
How effective has the defense been? So far, pretty damn effective. On the 29 snaps in the past two games, the Seahawks have 5 sacks (17%), opposing QBs have 9 completions for 95 yards on 24 attempts — good for a 37.5% completion percentage and 49.8 QB rating. Five sacks, nine completions, and just 57 net yards passing (passing yards minus sack yards) — that's 1.97 yards per snap, all on passing downs. That is pretty incredible stuff.
The Bandit is an aggressive defense. It's a confident defense. It's the sort of defense you drop into and say "Go ahead, just try to beat us." It's not flawless — it leaves us vulnerable to a draw on third and eight, but again, the team trusts Lofa and the strong safeties to stop that. It allows for deceptive blitz schemes, and it puts our players in a position to frazzle opposing QBs. So long as we can keep teams quiet early with our beastly rush defense, the Bandit should allow us to steal a few more games before our offense can really get going.


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Since the legislation in favor of the TV shopping industry with development released in the USA in 1980s, TV shopping has developed prosperously. Global and well-known TV shopping companies like CVN, QVC, and HSN have set up one after another.
Currently, TV shopping accounts for 8% of American's total retail sales, while the figure is only 0.2% in China. China's TV shopping program has also increased rapidly since 2004, from 28,000 hours in 2004 to 93,000 hours in 2007, which is up 82% compared to 2006. The TV shopping programs are usually scheduled at non-prime time like midnight, noon and evening. Local channels are the main platforms for TV shopping programs.
China's TV shopping industry scale was about CNY10.5 billion in 2007, of which the TV direct-sale and shopping-focus channels accounted for 59.1% and 40.9% respectively. With the standardization and support of national policies, a TV shopping industry chain composed of logistics, information flow and capital flow has been formed.
About 10% of TV shopping audiences in key cities fulfilled a purchase. According to our investigation in ten cities, about 71.11% of TV shopping audiences make a phone call to sellers. More than 50% of audiences believe that the product attractiveness, price and product performance are the main reasons to determine whether to buy, while exaggerated advertisement will make them refuse to buy. Moreover, audiences are lacking in confidence in TV shopping, and only 17.65% of audiences have a firm belief in TV shopping.
Household appliances and mobile phones are the best selling products. According to our investigation, the popular products from high to low are as followings: household appliances, mobile phones, beauty products, digital products, computer, sports & healthy products and garment & jewelry. The average shopping expense is about CNY1396.6. The products selling in TV are mainly durable consumables, and fast consumables, however, influenced by the markets of Taiwan, China and South Korea, non-material products, like travel products, financial and insurance products, have also launched moderately.
The sales of China's TV shopping will reach CNY20 billion in 2008. Meanwhile, with the growth of China's total retail sales in the following ten years, TV shopping will account for about 3%, meaning its sales are estimated to increase to CNY500 billion.
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1 Definition, Mode and Channels of TV Shopping
1.1 Definition
1.2 Difference between Family TV Shopping and Traditional TV Shopping
1.3 Difference between TV Shopping and TV Direct-sale
1.4 Learning from Foreign TV Shopping Mode
1.5 China's Current TV Shopping Modes
1.6 Marketing Strategies
2 Status Quo and Competition of TV Shopping
2.1 Status Quo
2.2 Existing Problems
2.3 Problems to be solved
2.4 Competition
2.5 4C Theory of China's TV Shopping Industry
3 Development Environment of TV Shopping Industry
3.1 Macro Economy Environment
3.2 Policy Analysis
3.2.1 Broadcasting, TV & Advertisement Management Standard
3.2.2 Influence of Prohibiting TV Shopping
3.2.3 Development of Non-store Sales Standard Management
3.2.4 New Standards for Medicine Advertisement
3.2.5 TV Shopping Industry is to be standardization
4 Consumer Analyses
4.1 China's Consumables Market
4.2 Consumption Behavior and Motivation
4.3 Investigation of TV Shopping Consumers
4.4 Forming and Influence Factors of Purchase Decision
5 Non-store Sales
5.1 Definition and Classification
5.2 Comparison
5.2.1 Online Shopping
5.2.2 Mail Order
5.2.3 Telephone Shopping
5.3 Non-store Sales Management to be Standardization
5.4 Prospect of Non-store Sales
6 Foreign and Domestic TV Shopping Companies
6.1.1 Development History
6.1.2 Operation Characteristics
6.1.3 Products
6.2 Eastern Home Shopping
6.2.1 Development Advantages
6.2.2 Operation Environment
6.2.3 Its Own Shopping Channel Direct Sales Mode
6.2.4 4C Analysis
6.3 Hunan Happy Go
6.3.1 Profile
6.3.2 Establishment Occasion
6.3.3 Development Orientation
6.3.4 Implementation Strategy
6.4 Shanghai Orient CJ
6.4.1 Profile
6.4.2 Ratio of TV Shopping Revenue in SMG
6.4.3 Success Revelation of Shanghai Orient CJ
6.5 China CCTV Shopping Corporation
6.5.1 Company Profile
6.5.2 Development Mode
6.5.3 Brand Development
6.6 BTV TV Shopping
6.6.1 Company Profile
6.6.2 Flow Intruduction
6.6.3 Success Road
6.7 Huanteng Shopping
6.7.1 Profile
6.7.2 Channel Development Advantages
6.8 Acorn International
6.8.1 Profile
6.8.2 Revelation of Going Public
6.8.3 Financial Analysis
6.9 China Seven Star Shopping Co., Ltd
6.9.1 Profile
6.9.2 Status Quo of Development
6.9.3 Financial Analyssi
7 TV Shopping Industry Chain and Platform Constructions
7.1 Product Development and Research
7.1.1 Popular Prodcuts
7.1.2 TV Media and Retail Industry
7.1.3 Home Appliance Industry – TV Shopping Development Hotspot
7.1.4 Sales of Insurance Products
7.1.5 Sales of Mobile Phones
7.2 TV Shopping Programming
7.3 TV Shopping Solution cases
7.3.1 TV Shopping Solution of Beijing Zhengbang Hi-tech Information Technology Co., Ltd
7.3.2 Beijing Interact Technology Co., Ltd launched Telephone Marketing Solution for Small and Medium-size TV Shopping Companies
7.3.4 Digital Home TV Shopping Platform, Epro
7.4 Status Quo and Solutionsof Call Center
7.5 Payment Solutions
7.5.1 Status Quo and Evolvement
7.5.2 Breakthroughs
7.5.3 Online Banking
7.5.4 Payment Solution of Epro
7.5.5 99bill
7.5.6 Homepay
7.5.7 Alipay
7.6 TV Shopping Logistics
7.7 Digital TV
7.7.1 Digital TV Promotes TV Shopping Enter Golden Period
7.7.2 Market Opportunity Brought by Digital TV Popularization
8 TV Shopping Media
8.1 Media Strategy
8.2 TV Shopping Spreading
8.3 Traditional Media
8.4 TV Shopping Media Strategy
8.5 New Media
8.5.1 Mobile Phone TV
8.5.2 Online TV
9 Investment Risk and Prospect
9.1 Prospect
9.2 Investment Risk
9.2.1 Market Competition Risk
9.2.2 Industry Credibility Risk
9.2.3 Social Information System Risk
9.2.4 Uncertain Factors in Digital TV Development
9.3 Key factors for Success of TV Shopping Channel
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Difference between TV Shopping and TV Direct-sale
Overview of Joint Venture TV Shopping Channels since 2003
Investment of South Korea TV Shopping Companies in China
Total Retail of Social Consumables, 1995-2007
Disposable Revenue of Urban Citizens Per Capital, 1995-2007
Economy Growth Forecast, 2008
Characteristics of China's Lady Cosmetics Market
Classification and Characteristics of Store Retailing
Classification and Characteristics of Non-Store Retailing
Online Shopping Classification
Five Channels of Eastern Home Shopping
Operation Characteristics of QVC
Operation Characteristic of Hunan Happy Go
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Operation Characteristic of Shanghai Orient CJ
Revenue Structure Forecast of Shanghai Media Group
Operation Characteristic of Huanteng Shopping
TV Direct-sale Products of Acorn International
Performance of China Seven Star Shopping Co., Ltd,
Balance Sheet of China Seven Star Shopping Co., Ltd
Consolidated Profit and Loss Account of China Seven Star Shopping Co., Ltd
HONESTEL's Main Clients in China
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Top 20 Satellite Channels
Top 20 China's 50 Satellite Channels by Activities
Top 20 China's 50 Satellite Channels by Program Innovation
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Top Ten Popular Brand News Programs
Top Ten Popular Brand Entertainment Programs
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Randy Travis To Perform On The Tonight Show In Support Of "Greatest Hits" Release
Randy and WBR are proud to release Randy's greatest hits album I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis on March 17, 2009. The 32-track album features two previously unreleased tracks featuring the many hits of Randy's extensive career in country music, including "Forever and Ever Amen," "Three Wooden Crosses," and the album's first single "Turn It Around," will impact radio on March 12. Word Records will also be releasing Three Wooden Crosses: The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis on March, 17 as well!
Sign up for Randy's email list or visit the site often in the coming days to be notified of exclusive pre-order offers that will only be available at Randytravis.com!
In support of the album's release week, Randy will perform "Turn it Around" and "Forever and Ever Amen" on the outdoor stage of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 13.
Sign up for Randy's email list or visit the site often in the coming days to be notified of exclusive pre-order offers that will only be available at Randytravis.com!
In support of the album's release week, Randy will perform "Turn it Around" and "Forever and Ever Amen" on the outdoor stage of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 13.
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I just read about Randy being on The Tonight Show in The Tonight Show's website. I can't wait for this to come on. I will record it. But have to buy another video. It has been a while since I have seen Randy on tv. Thanks
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It's great to know that another album will be coming out from my favorite singer. I will be sure to watch him on tv on the 13th... I have been seeing comments about his concerts at different places..I have yet to see any postings for concerts past March. How can we get tickets if we don't know when he's coming to where???
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If you will click on "more tour dates" you will see concerts thru September 2009. Dr Don Givens
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Dee, i think they are actually releasing the song as a part of promoting the Ultimate hits rather than ATB. Of course, as we know, it is on ATB but also on The Ultimate Hits and i think the release actually is to promote the March releases. No matter what, I just hope radio will play this one anNo matter what, it will jsut be good seeing Randy on a national TV show again. Always and Forever...an RT Fan Linda and Guide, Greg
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Oopps! sorry for the goof. I hadn't noticed that I made that connection to the "ATB" album. Thanks, as always Linda, for reminding me of it being on the "Greatest Hits album too. :). Is there going to be a video to go with the singles release? Just curious. I really hope so! I think it could make a cute video. Dee
I, like everyone else am excited to see Randy perform once again on the "Tonight Show" before Jay departs. I'm also happy to hear that WBN will be releasing a new single from "ATB" . I was begining to wonder if there was going to be another single from the album, given how little attention radio gave the other two singles.. Looking forward too, to the albums releases. Love having all of Randy's great hits on one album. The same for the gospel offerings. Don't know how much Carries current single of "I Told You So" will help Randy's new release. The different times I have heard it (when it first got released) not a single mention by radio, that it was a Randy composition and hit years ago. Dee
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Looking forward to seeing him on the show, I'll have my vcr ready to go!
Can't wait!
This is so great! I'm so glad Randy is performing on the Tonight Show! I figured the new single was "Turn it Around" since its on the Greatest Hits album coming out! Can't wait to see what special bonus offers that the Fan Club has in store for us! I will definately request this single hard, I tried with "Faith In You" & "Dig Two Graves" a couple of times, but I never heard it. Maybe with Carrie's ITYS out, it will help Randy some... Sara
We will be watching on Friday the 13th! That is great news, thank you RandyTravisTeam. Dr Don Givens
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I am so thrill to read that Randy will be on national t.v also, I can't wait. Jersey Girl
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I'm glad to see randy is finally once again going to be on the Tonight show. there have been a few times i thought he should have been, i.e., when TWC was #1 on four charts and when Around the Bend was released last July. It's about time he's back on national TV again. I'm looking forward to it. Always and forever....an RT Fan Linda and Guide, Greg


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Derelict Cinemas and Theatres by Adam Slater
Since 2008, Adam Slater has been on a quest to photograph Britain's abandoned and derelict cinemas and theatres before they are gone for good. Below are some examples from his astonishing set of beautiful yet grotesque ruins, which you can see in full on his flickr page. His blog, Reality Trip, features more fantastic photographs of old power stations, quarries and more. Be sure to check it out.
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these old cinemas look amazing, even in their current condition you can imagine how wonderful they were and how amazing they could still be if they were restored. I love old cinemas but have only been to a few as there are so few left. very sad.
As a projectionist at Chapter Arts centre, I was involved in stripping the seats from the Capitol in Cardiff – a glorious cinema theatre where I had seen Carrie on 1st release, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and Oscar Peterson,
We used the seats to refurb our then very cheap Number one cinema and I kept a wonderful celluloid deco stalls down-lighter lampshade (still have it) without feeling guilty as it was about to be demolished.
Apparently the two Bechstein concert grand pianos were sold to a wide boy by the caretaker before we arrived – for £50 the pair…
a sad loss http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/17594
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By Ed Morales/For the Star-Ledger
Following a momentous year during which it set a record by topping Billboard's Latin Album charts for 19 straight weeks and played for President Obama, Aventura, Latin music's reigning pop act, isn't satisfied. It wants the whole world to know about its music.
"I want everyone to know Aventura, not just Latinos," 27-year-old lead singer Anthony "Romeo" Santos said in a Manhattan recording studio last week. "I want this group to become a mainstream phenomenon like Shakira and Ricky Martin, and I think that we're on the right track."
The quartet, which has found wild success with its mix of bachata, a relatively obscure traditional music, and contemporary Latin pop, begins a four-night stand at Madison Square Garden tonight. Its multi-platinum release, "The Last," was the biggest-selling Latin music album of 2009, and its ticket sales for Madison Sqaure Garden are six times what the trendy Lady Gaga will draw at Radio City Music Hall during the same week.
But will Main Street buy bachata, a quirky, guitar-driven polyrhythmic form of emotive balladry that, like Aventura, traces its roots to the Dominican Republic?
Aventura -- which comprises two cousins (lead singer Santos and second vocalist Henry Santos Jeter) and two brothers (guitarist Lenny Santos and bassist Max Santos) -- has at least one big endorsement to count on. Right before playing for Obama during a celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month last September, Anthony Santos asked the president if he knew about bachata.
"He said, "Why are you guys acting like I don't know about bachata?' I listen to you guys,' " said Santos Jeter.
Formed in the Bronx in the late 1990s, Aventura met resistance early on. (Although they share the surname, the pairs of brothers and cousins are unrelated.)
"We did a remix of our first single in English, and that was never heard in bachata," said Max. "It was like, what the heck is that?"
There was, of course, reason to be concerned that a group of young New Yorkers might not make an impact in the traditional genre of bachata.
"Before us, bachata was performed by older guys dressed in shiny suits," said Anthony.
But the group found that its sound, which appealed to a new bilingual generation of street-smart Latinos with hip-hop dress and attitude, won scores of new fans both at home and abroad.
Aventura took off when its hit single, "Obsesión," topped European pop charts in 2004. In Italy, it remained at No. 1 for a remarkable 16 weeks. The following year, the group was picked up by Sony for distribution. Before long, the Santoses were selling scores of copies of albums like "K.O.B." (Kings of Bachata) and "The Last." Suddenly, Aventura, like crossover stars Ricky Martin and Shakira, was broadening its appeal to audiences across the world -- not just from the Bronx or the Dominican Republic.
When the group released "The Last," coy references sprinkled throughout the album -- not to mention the title -- created a firestorm of speculation among Aventura's fan base that the band was on the verge of breaking up, prompting repeated denials on its website.
"The title was more like a farewell to the idea that we're doing just bachata music," said Anthony, who hopes to expand the quartet's sound into different genres.
The music notwithstanding, one reason for the album's huge popularity is the presence of guest collaborators like Wyclef Jean, reggaetón megastars Wisin & Yandel and rappers Ludacris and Akon. But despite the fact that they continue fusing bachata with styles as varied as hip-hop, flamenco, bolero, and R&B, the Santoses know where their home base is.
"The rule we can never break is the bachata rhythm," said Max. "We still have the same instruments -- the bongos, the güira (a percussion instrument), the guitars. You have to let the people enjoy the dancing; you have to let them understand the rhythm."
Aventura Where: Madison Square Garden, 32nd Street at Seventh Avenue, New York When: Today, tomorrow, Feb. 1 and Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. How much: $64-$129.50. Call (866) 448-7849 or visit ticketmaster.com.


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SweetPea - when I had a tiny space of a front garden and not allowed to attach any fittings to walls or fences - I found a way of having hanging baskets. What I did was I bought a couple of the cheapest flatpack obelisks from B&Q. I chose the ones made of metal which have four prongs in the bottom to stick in the ground. I was lucky in that they also were over a foot wide all the way up and instead of buying the ones which taper in thinly at the top coming to a point, I chose the real cheapy put together ones which are as wide at the top as they are at the bottom. (Wish I still had a photo to show you).
I also bought the really sturdy garden wire. I pushed the metal foot pronged obelisiks as far as I could get them to go into the ground so that they would be firm in - and on the grass they make only four tiny little holes. So doesn't mess up the grass.
Then I put lobelia, petunias and other trailing plants in any plastic pots which I could fit inside the obelisk and used the garden wire to wind tightly around the top of the pots and the bottom of the pots - which I then attached to the wire frame of the obelisk. I used to have 6 small pots with trailing plants inside the obelisk and supported by garden wire. (Wound the wire round several times and attached very securely). When the plants grew it looked absolutely lovely - like a fountain - but one which took up very little space and when done you could just remove the lot and the only mark left were the four tiny holes in the grass which you didn't even notice.
So you are not attaching to anything other than your free standing obelisk. And all can be removed without a trace. They looked lovely. I had one at each corner of the little grass bit with one in the middle.
It's an idea.
As Victoria Sponge says - the Writers and Artists Yearbook usually has the most up to date copyright issues detailed. I think the British Library used to have a hand-out (free) to use as guidance. There used to be a good clause on an allowance of 50 words using a direct quote from specific publications with, as mentioned above, being dependent on naming the publication, year of publication and author. But things change a great deal nowadays with complex issues relating to whether your item would appear 'online' in various formats. There are a number of old gardening publications from 19th century onwards which, whilst they appear fairly rare or obscure publications with perhaps not a great deal of modern reference potential - which do have copyright restrictions due to rarity and uniqueness of text and plant knowledge.
However, many of the most popular books are those written by individuals about their own gardening experiences using unique anecdotes and language which is individual to the author. Your own words and methods of description would allow you to completely bypass any copyright issues, probably be much more fun and be a much more interesting and enjoyable popular read. Whilst some gardening books are very much 'reference' books on the shelf, many gardeners absolutely love just reading about someone elses experience or a diary of a year in an individual's garden or something like that.
I think you could come up with a really good read if you be yourself as you are and include your adventures and misadventures. It would be great!
What a brilliant phrase 'digging is cheaper than a gym membership'.
I've lost every single one I ever had through careless care. I had beautiful Peter Pans and another red which flowered prolifically in their season - and then the rain came and they rotted. I love them but I'm not proactive enough to position them correctly and care well for them. I'm near the Botanics and I think I must go on one of the courses they regularly have before I risk the spend and loss again. Would be great to develop a little expertise.
Ceonothus 'Concha' falling over after continual showers. Bald headed bluetit - think it has mite or something similar. Fallen clematis 'Rebecca' and Green-veined White butterflies on Senetti.
Lemon coloured peony - I think I mentioned it in another thread but now I've forgotten the name. Begins with an A.
Nearest I have to blue is this fescue. It sticks out like a sore thumb where it is at the moment but it will be moved beside the other grasses once I get the rest of the intended bed dug over. In this photo it's been battered by rain for days. The colour is much improved after a day in the sun.
I'm really pleased that it's been identified as A.M. I suspect there must be some in neighbouring gardens and a seed has strayed into mine. I'm short of space in this small garden now but I'll dig it out of the tub and put it in a pot for a while. How interesting that it's turned up. I'll bear in mind all the above comments and while it grows will come up with a plan on where to eventually plant it.
Oooh ....how great this forum is for little surprises like these.
Thank you everyone.
This seedling has popped up in a large tub. Does anyone know what it is please? Many thanks.


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February 24, 2011
In this episode of Pittsburgh 360, Tonia Caruso takes viewers on a tour of one of the city's newest developments, Bakery Square in the East End. Then Michael Bartley shows viewser what it's like to work in the Pittsburgh offices of Google. Also, see how three local coffee shops are creating a sense of community on Pittsburgh's North Side.


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SHARJAH: Sharjah St. Gregorios Orthodox Church will hereafter be known as 'Marubhoomiyile Parumala'. The declaration came from the Supreme head of the Malankara Orthodox Church Baselios Marthoma Didymos I, just after the consecration of the new church building on Friday 6, 2009. The declaration was read by the Metropolitan Dr. Mathews Mar Severios (Secretary-Holy Episcopal Synod).
The chief celebrants for the consecration of the newly renovated church building were Metropolitans Dr. Mathews Mar Severios, Dr. Joseph Mar Dionysius (Delhi Asst) and Dr. Yuhanon Mar Diascoros (Chennai).


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Series: Key Engineering Materials, Volume 441
Special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only.
Nanoscience is revolutionizing the design of medical devices, tissue scaffolding and drug-delivery systems. New discoveries regarding nano-system, made in other research areas, have opened up the possibility of using them in biomedicine. However, such nanoscience and its possibilities, which sometimes border on science fiction, have to be kept in perspective so as not to lose sight of the limitations with respect to safety that applications within the human body impose.
Nevertheless, nanomedicine focuses nowadays upon the treatment of cancer, upon tissue regeneration, and upon diagnosis and imaging.
The main goal of this book is to bring together some of the advanced new trends in biomedicine that involve potential nano candidates for future treatments in the control of biological systems and in regenerative medicine. It will become an essential guide to the subject.
Table of Contents (16 papers, 10 per page listed)
Carbon Nanotubes: A Solution for Processing Smart Biomaterials
M. Vila, Miguel Manzano, Maria Vallet-Regí p3
Carbon Nanotube Composite Scaffolds and Coatings for Tissue Engineering Applications
Aldo R. Boccaccini, Lutz Christian Gerhardt p31
Formulating Nanomedicines: Focus on Carbon Nanotubes as Novel Nanoexcipients
Marianna Foldvari p53
Driving Forces and Consequences of the Adsorption of Proteins to Carbon Nanotubes
María F. Mora, Laura E. Valenti, Carlos D. García, Carla E. Giacomelli p75
High Resolution Electron Microscopy: A Powerful Tool to Characterize Nanotubes
M.L. Ruiz-González, José María González-Calbet p95
Bioactive Glass Scaffolds with Hierarchical Structure and their 3D Characterization
Julian R. Jones, Peter D. Lee p123
Design of Hierarchically Porous Materials for Bone Tissue Regeneration
Hui Suk Yun p139
Generating Porous Ceramic Scaffolds: Processing and Properties
Ulrike Deisinger p155
Calcium Phosphate Ceramics as Bone Drug-Combined Devices
Elise Verron, Jean Michel Bouler p181
Bioactive Composites Based on Calcium Phosphates for Bone Regeneration
Melba Navarro, Josep A. Planell p203
Dendritic Macromolecules: New Possibilities for Advanced Bioceramics
Blanca González, Carlos López de Laorden, Montserrat Colilla, Maria Vallet-Regí p235
Biomineralization of Polymer Scaffolds
Eleni Katsanevakis, Xue Jun Wen, Dong Lu Shi, Ning Zhang p269
Functionalized Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles for Biomedical Application
Matthias Epple, Anna Kovtun p299
On Cancer Nanotechnology
Rita Bosetti, Lode Vereeck p307
Multifunctional Nano and Microparticles for Drug Delivery Systems
Eduardo Ruiz-Hernández, Adolfo López-Noriega, Daniel Arcos, Maria Vallet-Regí p333
Drug Targeting and other Recent Applications of Magnetic Carriers in Therapeutics
Amanda Karine Andriola Silva, Erica Lira Silva, Juliana Fernandes Carvalho, Thales Renan Ferreira Pontes, Rafael Pereira de Araújo Neto, Artur da Silva
Carriço, Eryvaldo Sócrates Tabosa Egito p357
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24-hour coverage would improve ambulance response time, officials say
Fire department member and former acting chief Seth Knipe told selectmen that ambulance response times averaged three to six minutes from 6 a.m. to midnight, but that time increased to eight to 24 minutes from midnight to six in the morning.
"A lot of that has to do with the weather," said Knipe. Icing on vehicle windows has to be scraped before someone can drive to the station and that causes significant delays, he added. The average overnight response time is about 14 minutes, he said.
In 2010, selectmen said they would like to see the average response time be eight minutes or less, said Knipe. "That's our goal but the only way to improve that is to have 24-hour staffing," he added.
The subject of 24-hour coverage has been discussed over the past six to nine months, said selectman Michael Pantos. He said he and selectman Joe Becker, the new chief and Knipe would talk about the 24-hour coverage. "It warrants some discussion before budget starts," he added. "I know budgets will be tight, but what is a life worth?"
Knipe said the ambulance had been inspected last week by the state. "Overall they were very impressed and also with our staffing and using people from other towns to staff," said Knipe. The town has 12 part-time paramedics so if there are open shifts there is a bigger pool to draw from, he added.
All ambulance calls are tracked, he said, and "we make sure all patients are treated properly and we follow the required protocol.''


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ORLANDO, Florida — The Casey Anthony murder trial took a shocking turn today as the defense continued attacking prosecution testimony, with Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, taking the stand to say she, not her daughter, search for chloroform on the family computer.
Cindy Anthony said she was actually meaning to look up information about chlorophyll because a scare regarding hand sanitizers. She said she also looked up other seemingly incriminating terms referencing trauma and injuries after a friend was in a car accident.
What's more, according to multiple media reports, Cindy Anthony said the stain in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car was there when they purchased it. Prosecutors have suggested Caylee's decomposing body made the stain.
Anthony is charged with killing daughter Caylee Marie in the summer of 2008. The 2-year-old's remains were found in woods near her family's east Orange County home in December of that year.A video about the defense testimony in the Casey Anthony trial is among today's top Internet videos. View it and other top videos below:


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The Happiest Story Youll Read Today: Woman Gives Birth After Suffering 14 MiscarriagesMeredith Carroll
Having a miscarriage is a special kind of pain that can be extraordinarily difficult to understand if it's something you've not experienced.
Having 14 miscarriages, a stillbirth, and watching your premature 2-week-old son die is pain beyond compare, and beyond comprehension. Maria Pridmore knows that all too well.
But now she — finally — gets to know the joy of giving birth to a healthy baby girl. Finally.
Maria's Pridmore's daughter, Mia Shannon, is 7-weeks-old. It's a dream come true for Maria, particularly because she never thought she'd have a baby after all she'd been through.
It "goes to show you can never give up hope," she said, according to BabyCenter.com (via The Sun).
Her pregnancy with Mia wasn't an easy one. Maria had both pre-eclampsia and Strep B and was put on bed rest. The previous pregnancies had taken their toll — both on her marriage and her physical health, as she suffered two strokes before her 30th birthday.
But in the end, it was all worth it when she delivered baby Mia via an emergency c-section on January 16.
It was so worth it, in fact, Maria and her husband aren't ruling out trying for a sibling for Mia. Eventually.
Here's hoping their dreams can come true. Again.
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text: The news coming out regarding the Quaker City Weekend Cruise is all good. Last month's nice weather-abetted event brought thousands of people into Salem's downtown area over five days. It was a wonderful summer get together for so many that was free, was for all ages and void of any major troubles or incidents. It is always fun to see so many different and cool-looking vehicles. For many of us it's the only time we get to see a 1957 Chevy Belair, 1964 Pontiac GTO and say a 1965 Shelby Mustang go by within minutes of each other. It's also always fun to run into some people you haven't seen in awhile.


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It's called the Fosbury Flop, but the creator of today's standard high-jump technique says a more accurate name might be the Fosbury Fluke. In 1963, Dick Fosbury was a gangly and slightly uncoordinated sophomore at Oregon's Medford High trying to master a high-jump scissors maneuver called the straddle. He couldn't get the hang of it, so his coach told him to improvise. In the bus on the way to a meet, Fosbury decided to try his own approach: He turned his back to the bar, then flipped his head and shoulders over first and jumped 5'10"—surprising everyone, not least himself. By the time of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Fosbury had perfected the Flop. Still, stepping out on the field, he was so nervous he felt like he was "marching to the lions." The stadium went silent during his winning jump of 7'4¼". "I knew I had it once I was past my hips," he recalls. "My eyes were wide; they were spinning. I was ecstatic."
After the Olympics, Fosbury returned to Oregon State, where he had earlier flunked out. "Having attention and success was difficult," he recalls. "Coaches don't teach you how to be a winner, and I had a difficult time with that." Ready or not, he was a talk show celebrity, but he was also a college kid worrying about bills (sponsors and a pro circuit were not post-Olympic perks back then). It was almost a blessing when his celebrity faded and he graduated with an engineering degree in 1972. Now 49 and divorced, he's an engineer and surveyor in Ketchum, Idaho, where he shares custody of his son, Erich, 13. Still thin and gangly, Fosbury works out at the Sun Valley Athletic Club. Few of the regulars know his history. Recently, a local ski instructor was stunned to learn the identity of the gawky guy in the corner of the gym. "I can't believe I'm looking at an Olympic athlete's body," the man said. "I don't feel so bad."
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June 4, 2010, 03:14 PM
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June 4, 2010, 03:16 PM
a cmmg conversion kit for the AR
June 4, 2010, 03:20 PM
I just keep buying the same gun over and over.
"That old thing"
June 4, 2010, 03:22 PM
Probably a .40 cal SP01.
So I can swap my 9mm or the .40 cal upper onto the decocker lower, shoot both calibers for various gun games, and take the safety lower from my current SP01 and convert it to SA Open Gun type, for the Kadet kit, or either upper.
Should complement my P01 carry gun, SP01 game gun, and Kadet plinker real well.
I would have SA+safety in 9mm and 40 and .22lr, Decocker in 9mm and 40 and .22lr, and a carry gun in 9mm.
Have a FN SLP on its way too, so technically thats the next gun.
June 4, 2010, 03:26 PM
Serbu "shorty"....'cause I want one...
June 4, 2010, 03:44 PM
Probably a Springfield Mil-Spec 1911, or DPMS Panther .308. The why is self-evident.
June 4, 2010, 03:49 PM
Most likely a Ruger New Vaquero SS.
June 4, 2010, 03:51 PM
NAA mini 22 lr ..... cause its cute...lol no really!
June 4, 2010, 03:52 PM
Hopefully some sort of authentic Civil War musket.
June 4, 2010, 03:52 PM
99% sure it's going to be a Sig P239 in .40. Will go well with my .40 caliber Sig P229 and P226.
TNT in Round Rock
June 4, 2010, 05:08 PM
Ruger LCR revolver
The Expert
June 4, 2010, 05:12 PM
Glock 20. Can't beat the firepower of the 10mm.
I really want an XDm 10mm though. If they ever come out with one I'll trade the Glock in a heartbeat.
June 4, 2010, 05:17 PM
Cai wasr-10/63
June 4, 2010, 05:21 PM
Really torn between 3 choices:
1 and 2: feeding my milsurp habit with an Enfield or K-31
3: Building an AR
June 4, 2010, 05:39 PM
-Sig P220R Elite
-Remington 870 short barrel/extended mag.
June 4, 2010, 05:44 PM
EAA Witness in 10mm. I'd love to be able to swap out from 10mm, .40 and .357 sig.
June 4, 2010, 05:54 PM
Well an XD45C has been on my short list for too long!
Prefer the 45C for/'cuz:
1. Round count
2. The shorter grip length of the XD45C fits me better then the XD45 (I HATE having extra grip hanging below).
3. Like the option of short/long magazine with the compact XD.
4. Good luck with the XD line so far (got an XDSC40 and 9).
5. If I can find the "stripped" version as others report (no extras) in the 45C I might make the move sooner-I hate paying for all the extra junk I don't use.
As someone else stated, if they were to make one in 10mm I'd be tempted.
When they passed the law allowing carry in National Parks, started my research on "bear guns"-it appears the Glock 10mm would be the best semi-auto for bears without getting into something exotic/revolvers/weighing a ton. Since I don't have a Glock wrist, never been much of a fan-sure wish XD made an equivalent 10mm.
June 4, 2010, 07:10 PM
a cmmg conversion kit for the AR
I have a used one, if you're interested.
Hopefully, next purchase will be a Bill Wilson Carry.
June 4, 2010, 07:15 PM
I don't know.:D
June 4, 2010, 07:21 PM
Tacbandit, please post a review when you get that! Pics would be a bonus, but just a range report would be awesome.
I've got a Kel-Tec sub2000 on order, myself, if that takes too long I have a feeling I'll pick up something from commercial row at the Camp Perry matches this time around.
Perhaps a lightweight officer's size 1911, I love the all-steel one but sometimes it gets left behind based on weight (the Walther PPS is just so easy to carry all day).
June 4, 2010, 07:29 PM
Probably an M1A with an EBR....but my wallet already cries for mercy.
June 4, 2010, 07:31 PM
A Stg58
June 4, 2010, 07:31 PM
sig P238
June 4, 2010, 07:31 PM
Winchester Model 70 in 243
Cuz a buddy of mine is selling it for $300
June 4, 2010, 07:39 PM
I've been on the look out for either an M 27 -2 3 1/2" or 5", but if I ran across an M 57 first, well I have never be that patient.
June 4, 2010, 07:49 PM
Next Gun You're Buying ?
Don't know....ain't seen it yet. But I'll know it when I do.
June 4, 2010, 07:57 PM
Buck, that's my problem too. I'm "in the market" for a Ruger Bisley .45lc, but the problem is I keep running into other things that interest me. The next one I buy will likely be like many of the rest - the right one in the right place at the right time (at the right price).
June 4, 2010, 08:03 PM
A Walther of some sort: an OSP, a GSP, or an Olympia model are all likely candidates. To paraphrase the queen, after all, you can never be too rich, nor too thin, nor have too many Walthers.
June 4, 2010, 08:03 PM
S&W M&P 40 or 45. Because they are just freaking cool. Great trigger, good balance and best of all they fit my hand thanks to the interchangeable back strap.
June 4, 2010, 08:28 PM
FN - SLP MK1 shotgun - need an semi-auto shotgun
t george
June 4, 2010, 08:36 PM
ruger redhawk with 4in barrel
June 4, 2010, 08:37 PM
I just received my ccp in the mail today. I have had a Kel Tec PF 9 on order for months now. While at my lgs, checking for any sign of a PF 9 in the near future....I fondled a Ruger SP 101 .357 mag 2 1/4 bbl. hmmmmmmm.
I already reload .357
I own several other Ruger handguns (all rugged and well tested)
It's small enough for a ccw
It's NIB @ $429
I'm thinking of cancelling the PF 9 and bringing home the SP 101
June 4, 2010, 08:44 PM
Looking at an 18" Mossberg 590A1 12 gauge myself. I like the look of the 20" better but the 18" feels more balanced to me. Any input?
June 4, 2010, 08:51 PM
I really want a 3" Kimber, but I am probably going to buy another Glock 23, because my girlfriend "confiscated" my other one as her own...:rolleyes:
June 4, 2010, 09:07 PM
I'd love to find a .22 conversion kit for my New agent, but am not holding my breath.
That being said the next one I want will probably an Officer's sized model 1911, as stock as they come.
June 4, 2010, 09:11 PM
Ruger Blackhawk convertible - 45 Colt / 45 ACP - should be here on Tuesday:)
June 4, 2010, 09:18 PM
Just found today Rem.513T marked U.S. Property-Win.69a-Ruger single six. Waiting on prices!
June 4, 2010, 09:19 PM
I'm real close to getting a Savage Mark II GY .22LR youth rifle for my pre-teen kids.
Who knows what I'll end up with until I do.
June 4, 2010, 09:30 PM
I'm always on the lookout for one of my beloved Remington 722s or 721s. I want all 12 chamberings.
I have the .300 H&H, .30-06, .270, .222, and .300 Savage.
That only leaves the .280 Remington, .264 Win Mag, .244 Remington, .243 Winchester, .222 Magnum, .257 Roberts, and the elusive .308 Winchester.
I'll find them all eventually :)
June 4, 2010, 10:05 PM
Glock 21SF
June 4, 2010, 10:08 PM
Smith and Wesson Model 29.
Yes, for all those reasons. :P
June 4, 2010, 10:09 PM
I don't have a bug in my collection, so was thinking maybe a Ruger LCP or a Micro .
Arkansas Paul
June 4, 2010, 10:50 PM
There are three that I want really bad. When I get the funds, I'll buy the first of the three that I find a good deal on. They are
1. An entry level 1911
2. A Redhawk or Super Redhawk in .44 mag that I can scope
3. A snub nosed .357 for CC
It'll likely be the first of the year before I'm in the market, so these are subject to change. lol
June 4, 2010, 10:54 PM
Smith & Wesson 686
Wilson Combat CQB
June 4, 2010, 10:54 PM
I want a New England Arms 10 gauge single shot shotgun for a turkey gun project.
June 4, 2010, 11:02 PM
Thanks for starting this thread: I've been trying to think of something I want to buy for about a month and haven't been able to think of anything :eek:!
Based on what I've read, I'm going to check out a S&W MP caliber TBD, Kel Tec Rifle, model TBD, a S&W Model 29 sure would be nice too!
If I can find a SCAR or real Steyr Aug for realistic $, I may go that route, which means I won't be going that route.
I'll keep reading the thread and stealing the ideas :)
June 4, 2010, 11:16 PM
Springfield XD 45 Compact
Glock 30 or 36
June 4, 2010, 11:28 PM
Para Carry 9
June 4, 2010, 11:28 PM
Springfield Mil-Spec. Want a stock 1911, like my father carried in Vietnam. After that comes Springfield M1A - the rifle he carried (or at least as clos as I can get to it.) When he was there the Army was still using the early model M-16s, he said they were bad news. He managed to hang on to his M-14 for the whole tour.
June 5, 2010, 12:19 AM
Undecided...but something new (new to me anyway) is going in the safe when I get home from work....
June 5, 2010, 12:24 AM
DPMS Panther A2
Looking at an 18" Mossberg 590A1 12 gauge myself. I like the look of the 20" better but the 18" feels more balanced to me. Any input?
Balanced? Are you going to be walking a tightrope with it? I see this all the time and I just don't know what people are talking about.
I chose the 20" 9-shot model #50771 and have no regrets. My opinion is that 3 extra rounds is completely outweighs any advantage of having a 2" shorter barrel. It's a combat shotgun, not a tempurpedic.
June 5, 2010, 12:45 AM
I dont know but I can almost guarantee its one of these guns....
M1A Scout Squad
saiga shotty(haven't decided on what caliber)
saiga 7.62x39
saiga 7.62x51
(i know, i know, i got addicted to the siagas....)
marlin 1894c 357 Mag
some tricked out 10/22
MAYBE a mosin.(ammo is cheap)
if anyone can help with the choice (i'm looking for a deal), that be great.
June 5, 2010, 01:26 AM
H&K P30 or P30L in either 9mm or .40
Because it's the most comfortable gun I have ever held in my hand and I've yet to hear a bad review of it.
Tim the student
June 5, 2010, 01:31 AM
I just put an order in the mail for an M1 carbine. I don't lust after them, but my recently deceased grandfather was a mortarman and carried one in the Pacific. That is mainly why I want one, plus since the CMP will run out relatively soon.
June 5, 2010, 01:56 AM
Maybe the Mosin Nagant that I keep telling myself I should get, but never get around to it.
June 5, 2010, 07:10 AM
DPMS Panther A2
Originally Posted by halfded View Post
Looking at an 18" Mossberg 590A1 12 gauge myself. I like the look of the 20" better but the 18" feels more balanced to me. Any input?
Balanced? Are you going to be walking a tightrope with it? I see this all the time and I just don't know what people are talking about.
I chose the 20" 9-shot model #50771 and have no regrets. My opinion is that 3 extra rounds is completely outweighs any advantage of having a 2" shorter barrel. It's a combat shotgun, not a tempurpedic.
No, no tightropes, but I do enjoy a gun that handles well (to me). I've handled both the 18 and the 20 (have you?) and the 20 felt long and cumbersome, almost front heavy. The 18 shoulders better and swings a little faster (again, to me).
Don't understand balance? Shoulder any long gun. Does it feel like someone is pulling down on the barrel slightly? Does the gun want to fall forward or backward if you remove your shooting hand and support it only with your off hand and your shoulder? Then it's not balanced. The majority of the weight of the rifle should feel like it is centered around the middle of the gun. For me this point is usually just forward of the action.
All of the above is strictly my opinion, take it for what you paid for it.
June 5, 2010, 09:31 AM
This always brings a high number of replies no matter how many times it is asked - because it's fun!
I just bought a Ruger SR9c. Not sure why except I saw ads and a great review and my gun store had it in stock! So, it might be awhile before I buy another. But, right now a FN .45 is at the top of the list.
June 5, 2010, 02:09 PM
Yeah, I understand what it means, but I wasn't clear enough with my words. I have heard people saying the 20" is front heavy and I just don't notice it. I have played with and shot both models and the extra weight from a full tube doesn't even come to mind when I'm handling or shooting it.
June 5, 2010, 02:54 PM
Sigh... the next gun... well, if my finances allow later this year, it's going to be a Sako TRG in .308 with a nice scope - tired of the coyotes running away when I whack them with the .223, so the TRG looks like just the thing for punching their tickets properly.
If finances don't allow, well, the next gun will just be upgrades to my 700 LTR, specifically a new bolt and a better trigger. The LTR is a great rifle, but the trigger pull on a factory Remington is outrageous... I'm starting to think about hiring a couple of sherpas just to help me pull that trigger when I need to shoot.
June 5, 2010, 03:18 PM
I just keep buying the same gun over and over.
"That old thing"
Your wife and my wife must be sisters..... ;)
June 5, 2010, 03:46 PM
Ruger LCP, the P230 is a little large for summer carry.
Ky Larry
June 5, 2010, 03:52 PM
A CZ-452 Varmint in .22lr. The -452 is being phased out this year so I'd better hurry.
June 5, 2010, 03:52 PM
I am done for now concerning firearms, however, I am looking into buying suppressors for my walther p22, my .45's, and my ar15.
June 5, 2010, 03:57 PM
Yeah, I understand what it means, but I wasn't clear enough with my words. I have heard people saying the 20" is front heavy and I just don't notice it. I have played with and shot both models and the extra weight from a full tube doesn't even come to mind when I'm handling or shooting it.
It was more the extra length that bothered me than anything. I know, I know, it's only 2 inches, but to me it seems like another foot or so. The 18" is light, nimble, and compact; and it's just what pushes my buttons. I doubt I'd pass by a 20" at a good price though.
To each his own right? Guess that's why there's so many different lengths and models.
June 5, 2010, 04:02 PM
Scoped rifle for big game hunting. Probably Savage 110 in 30-06.
Harley Rider 55
June 5, 2010, 04:12 PM
Something belt-fed.
June 5, 2010, 04:37 PM
Next gun I'm after is a stainless New Vaquero in .45 Colt with 4 5/8" barrel. I'm getting big into cowboy action shooting, and have come to really like .45 Colt in general. I already have a stainless one with 7 1/2 inch barrel, and want a 4 5/8 incher to match it.
This'll be my third New Vaq. I love ther darn things. I'm currently working on selling my blued .357 New Vaq with 4 5/8 inch barrel so I can afford the trade. Just wanting another one in .45 Colt, I guess.
June 5, 2010, 04:41 PM
RIA 1911 tactical, new or used in good condition.
June 5, 2010, 05:54 PM
I am not looking to buy right now but you can bet on 1 A Marlin rifle 2 A1911 3 A S&W revolver.
June 5, 2010, 06:01 PM
Ever since I bought my M-1 Garand I have wanted a Mini-14. Cheaper to shoot and the ones I see at the range look like a lot of fun to shoot.
The other possibility is a Ruger Blackhawk in .357.
June 5, 2010, 09:30 PM
Something in 12 gauge
June 6, 2010, 09:02 AM
Changed it.
Most probably a Glock 36.
June 6, 2010, 06:47 PM
Just got the SIG552, next is probably a can for it.
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Government Investment and Fiscal Stimulus in The Short and Long Runs
Eric M. Leeper
Indiana University at Bloomington - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Todd B. Walker
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics
June 19, 2009
CAEPR Working Paper No. 011-2009
This paper contributes to the debate about fiscal multipliers by studying the impacts of government investment in conventional neoclassical growth models. The analysis focuses on two dimensions of fiscal policy that are critical for understanding the effects of government investment: implementation delays associated with building public capital projects and expected future fiscal adjustments to debt-financed spending. Implementation delays can produce small or even negative labor and output responses in the short run; anticipated fiscal financing adjustments matter both quantitatively and qualitatively for long-run growth effects. Taken together, these two dimensions have important implications for the short-run and long-run impacts of fiscal stimulus in the form of higher government infrastructure investment. The analysis is conducted in several models with features relevant for studying government spending, including utility-yielding government consumption, time-to-build for private investment, and government production.
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More than 200 students at Quaid-i-Azam University listened to talks on the role of volunteers in achieving the MDGs presented by Dr. Nazim Ashraf, Pakistan's Minister of State, and Onder Yucer, the UN Resident Coordinator in Pakistan.
In his address, Dr. Ashraf recognized volunteerism as one of the most powerful elements in the development process and urged students to volunteer their skills and knowledge at the community level, especially in rural Pakistan. He identified illiteracy as one issue that must be addressed and asked students to take part in educational activities.
Citing global examples of volunteer contributions to the MDGs, Onder Yucer told the students that the participation of citizens is an essential element in achieving the goals. He stressed that the MDGs cannot be attained if people from all walks of life do not take part.
Additional seminars will be held in the coming weeks as a lead-up to the three-day International Conference on Volunteerism and the MDGs hosted by Pakistan, which will be launched by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on 5 December, International Volunteer Day. The Government of Pakistan will also use the occasion to launch its first report on its efforts to meet the MDGs.
Organized by Pakistan's National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Pakistan and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme.
The conference will focus on the necessary actions needed to further volunteer contributions to each of the eight MDGs. The results of the conference are anticipated to serve as inputs to the UN Secretary General's report to the 60th Session of the UN General Assembly in 2005 on progress towards meeting the challenge of the Millennium Declaration, the framework of the MDGs.


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COLUMBIA - What the heck happened?
That was the question being asked on sports-talk radio around the capital city on Friday, in the aftermath of South Carolina's season-opening blowout loss at the hands of Texas A&M. While few believed the 10-point Las Vegas spread to be indicative of the outcome, not even the most diehard Aggie supporter could have dreamed the game would turn out like it did - a 52-28 romp by visiting team, with unsung quarterback Kenny Hill breaking Johnny Manziel's single-game passing record in his first career start.
That was a stunner, all right, and South Carolina's problems mounting a pass rush were very real, and probably made Gamecock fans shudder a bit with East Carolina and Georgia looming on the schedule. While not all is lost - if you have to lose in college football, lose early, right? - the tasks of contending for the SEC East crown and recording a fourth consecutive 11-win season suddenly appear that much more arduous.
So what the heck did happen? For the Gamecocks, it was an imperfect storm of several factors, such as:
-- Texas A&M was too lightly regarded. "It caught us off-guard the way they came out playing against us," cornerback Brison Williams said after the game, likely speaking for the entire South Carolina locker room. In his post-game comments, Gamecocks head coach Steve Spurrier referred a few times to preseason projections, leading listeners to believe that his players had become a touch too enamored with their press clippings.
And on the other side, the Aggies chafed at the idea that they were a lesser team without Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel. "It comes back to all the talk, all the hype, all the media," linebacker Jordan Mastrogiovanni said. "We try not to pay attention to it, but obviously we hear about it. We came in with a mindset (of), no one really expects us to win, very little expectations. Over time that kind of ate away at us, and I think it just built up and built up, and I think we just wanted to let it all hang out and show the country what we were made of."
They certainly did that. Are the Aggies really that good? It could be a while before we find out for certain - their next six games are against Lamar, Rice, SMU, Arkansas, Mississippi State and Ole Miss, at least opening the possibility that Texas A&M could take an unbeaten record into Tuscaloosa on Oct. 18.
-- Kevin Sumlin can flat-out coach. In the days leading up to the game, USC secondary coach Grady Brown warned that the Texas A&M coach has always run a high-powered passing game, regardless of who he had in the skill positions. This is a guy who shattered records with Case Keenum at Houston before he coached Manziel, so clearly Sumlin has a system that works - and he showed it once again, and vividly so, in Columbia.
Hill, a sophomore with 22 college pass attempts to his name entering Thursday, was the star. But Sumlin's masterful offensive game plan laid the groundwork for it all. Texas A&M's short-passing scheme helped Hill mask his inexperience and gain early confidence by allowing him to get rid of the ball quickly. While he occasionally went over the middle, he excelled at finding open receivers in the flat, and South Carolina couldn't tackle well enough to force the Aggies to change course. Sometimes it was like a video game, with Hill working one side and then the other, over and over, with plays that were nearly identical.
Opposing defenses will adapt -- they now have film on Hill, who won't be able to dink everyone to death like he did the Gamecocks on Thursday night. But clearly, the loss of Manziel wasn't the backbreaker everyone assumed it was.
"I think what we did tonight was showed that really, we're not a one-trick pony," Sumlin said. "We aren't anywhere near where we want to be - (but) we're not going anywhere, anytime soon."
-- Mike Davis clearly wasn't 100 percent. The Gamecocks' top running back didn't start, Spurrier said, because he had missed time in preseason camp with bruised ribs. He left the game in the third quarter with the same issue, after gaining 15 yards on six carries. Brandon Wilds started for South Carolina and rushed nine times for 45 yards, but the longest Gamecocks carry of the night was just 14 yards.
There are all kinds of issues here. The lack of an effective running game forced South Carolina to rely solely on quarterback Dylan Thompson, who threw four touchdowns but could only do so much on his own. It led to quick offensive possessions that further taxed the defense and allowed Hill and the Aggies to get right back on the field. And it left in question Davis' heath going forward, even though he has a few extra days to heal before his next game.
As we saw last season, South Carolina is much more effective as a two-dimensional offense, with an effective running game that opens things up for the quarterback. That didn't happen Thursday. As good as Wilds and Shon Carson can be, Davis is the game-breaker - and if he's hampered, so are the Gamecocks.
-- Kelcy Quarles and Chaz Sutton were pretty good, too. Clowney may have received most of the attention (and the double-teams) a season ago, but he was one part of a stellar defensive line that's been rebuilt with the loss of three starters from 2013. Quarles, often overshadowed by his teammate, had 9.5 sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss last season, and the Gamecocks certainly could have used some of that defensive pressure against Texas A&M.
In total, Clowney, Quarles and Sutton accounted for 15.5 sacks and 33.5 tackles for loss in 2013, and replacing them is hardly just a matter of putting a new body in their old positions. As promising as some of the new Gamecock starters along the defensive line may be, Hill on Thursday night had them on a string. When South Carolina blitzed, he got rid of the ball quickly. Otherwise, he had time to find the open receiver. In total, the Gamecocks managed one sack and three tackles for loss. Clearly, they're missing more than just Clowney.
So yes, it was bad. Really bad. At the same time, there were some things to be hopeful about. Thompson was solid for much of the night, even if he did miss too high or hold onto the ball too long on occasion. As always, the Ball Coach is adept at finding the big play. Nick Jones shows all kinds of promise as a go-to receiver. And South Carolina players won't be overestimating themselves -- or underestimating any opponents -- again anytime soon.
As we've seen time and time again, early-season losses can be overcome more than those which occur later in the season, although the margin for error narrows considerably from here on. If the Gamecocks can regroup in time to beat Georgia in two weeks, Atlanta still looms as a possibility - but they have to find a pass rush, a running game, and probably a little humility first.
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All the Myriad Ways
First edition
|Larry Niven
|Cover artist
|Dean Ellis
|United States
|Science fiction stories and essays
|Ballantine Books
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|Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
|181 pp
All the Myriad Ways is a collection of 14 short stories and essays by science fiction author Larry Niven, originally published in 1971.
- "All the Myriad Ways"
- "Passerby"
- "For a Foggy Night"
- "Wait it Out"
- "The Jigsaw Man"
- "Not Long Before the End"
- "Unfinished Story #1"
- "Unfinished Story #2"
- "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex"
- "Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation"
- "The Theory and Practice of Time Travel"
- "Inconstant Moon" (Made into an Outer Limits episode)
- "What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers?"
- "Becalmed in Hell"
The title story can be read as a response to stories featuring the many-worlds interpretation as a key plot point, by taking the social implications of infinite realities to a depressing conclusion. A police detective, pondering a rash of unexplained suicides and murder-suicides occurring since the discovery of travel to parallel universes, begins to realize that if all possible choices that might be made actually are made in parallel universes, people will see their freedom of choice as meaningless. The choice not to commit suicide, or not to commit a crime, seems meaningless if one knows that in some other universe, the choice went the other way. They therefore kill themselves or commit the crime, because they abandon the sense of choice.
The oft-discussed essay "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" is a humorous discussion of the difficulties Superman might encounter in trying to conceive a child with Lois Lane.
And "What Can You Say About Chocolate-Covered Manhole Covers" explains all of the creation myths as a breeding experiment by aliens.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsPension Köppel Graz
The Westin Hotel presents very well, oth from the street and inside the doors. We visited during the Clagary Stampede, 2013 and the place was certainly rockin.
Very well located in my view with a short walk bringing you to a range of shopping areas. There is plenty of restaurant variety within a reasonable distance if you don't feel like eating at the hotel's own restaurants.
We were originally booked into the International hotel until the floods closed it down so I was very happy my wife persisted with the people at Rocky Mountaineer and had us rehoused in this hotel rather than where they planned to put us out of town.
During the Stampede part of a street parade each day commences from outside the hotel (in fact under our room this time) which is very entertaining - don't worry its mid-morning :-)
The staff were great, the food in The Keg was excellent and the barman pretty good if you just want a drink at the bar.
Our second day at the Stampede we walked the half hour back to the hotel.
Would certainly stay here again.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Pension Köppel Graz
First Rate Service
I stayed at the Westin for 4 nights in September, and it was an enjoyable experience. The check-in was quick and painless, with very pleasant front desk staff. My room was in the original (?) buildling facing 4th Ave. and it's quite a bit smaller than rooms in the tower, but I was by myself with very little luggage so I didn't mind at all. The bathroom was, again, small (with the toilet a tad too close to the shower stall), but it's spotless and clean with plenty of towels and accessories. The much-touted "Heavenly Bed" was indeed heavenly, although I'm not sure why anyone would need 7 different pillows and cushions on a double bed. During my stay I made daily use of the 24 hour rooftop gym, and it's quite adequate. The hotel is also at a good location (connected to the Plus 15 walkway), with the Eau Claire market and the beautiful Bow River trail right behind it. In the end what I appreciated the most was the staff - everyone from the front desk clerk to the porters was unfailingly polite and helpful. I certainly wouldn't mind staying at the Westin again the next time I'm in town. P.S. I forgot to tell the staff I am a Starwood member when I was there. I called a week afterwards and they credited my account immediately. Excellent.
Another good stay at the Westin ...
We stayed at the Westin Calgary between October 22, 2004 and October 27, 2004 for a conference that was being held at the Telus Convention Center. The Westin was excellent and in keeping with other Westin's that we have stayed at over the past couple of years. The room we stayed was a deluxe room and was equipped with all the necessary heavenly amenities. The Westin itself was reasonably well-situated (about a 10 minute walk from the convention center and from the mall and only a few minutes from the Eau Claire Market). All in all, it is an excellent hotel and well worth it.
Disappointing - not what one expects from a Westin Hotel
Calgary's Westin was a surprisingly negative experience, particularly given its positionning as an upscale hotel... and the corresponding rates. Three simple examples, that one cannot accept in a 5-star hotel: (1) we had to ask for several amenities (including bathrobes and laundry bags!!), (2) staff decided to refuse to perform a remarkably simple task and lied about the rationale and (3) we had to insist and call (by ourselves) the Starwood Hotels Call Centre in order to obtain a receipt for our stay (front desk initially refused to give it to us since we had booked the stay through their own website!). Gladly, we only stayed one night.
A fantastic hotel in every sense-stay there!
I have stayed at the Calgary Westin on several occaisions. Everytime it has been after a flight from the UK. The satff are fanastic, extremely efficient and friendly.
I am a member of the starwoods preferred guest program so get book club rooms in the tower. You get many benefits with SPG like express check -in etc which is lways nice but even without that you can not fault the staff.
One of their big marketing points is the Heavenly bed and although it may sound a funny or strange selling point, anyone who has had the pleasure of sleeping in one will know it isnt, it is enough to make you go back by itself, especially after a long flight.
The room service is also very good and reasonably priced, i thoroughly recommend the nachos and fruit pie!!!
Without doubt you will want to go back over and over again and will rate other hotels against it!
One of Calgary's Best
My partner and I decided to crash here for an evening prior to her departure to the UK. It was one of the finest hotels I have ever stayed at in my life. Desk staff were fantastic and helpful. Our tower room was recently renovated, spacy, and bloody comfortable. The heavenly bed is brillaint, I am going to stay at the Westin Vegas simply due to the heavenly bed. The rooftop pool/wirlpool and workout area is really great too. Best of all, it's open 24 hours! Very useful when you're with your lover or just really loaded (or both, heh). Just a heads up; the pool can only be accessed through the tower, so if you have a regular room, you'd have to go down through the lobby then to the top of the tower. Minor thing really. Rates were cheap, even when booked directly through the website. I highly reccomend this hotel to anyone visiting Calgary.
Perfect for getting over jetlag!
Top marks for the best hotel bed I've ever slept in... it was truly heavenly! Outstanding service and a great breakfast was also included in the club price. Only negative was the pool area and especially it's changing rooms, which were unappealing.
Heavenly bed
The hotel is great but it is far from the airport and the shuttle is expensive. We enjoyed the heavely beds. The workout room and pool were great.
Smart Hotel
Recently stayed at the Westin. Although the room was smaller than expected, it was beautifully furnished with a modern slant that lifts it out of the usual corporate chain hotel style. The bathroom was also small with only a shower and no tub, (albeit a large one) but again was beautifully detailed and finished with black granite, limestone and dark wood. The complimentary toiletries were also a cut above the rest too. Westin make a big deal about their 'heavenly bed' - believe me its all true and if I could ship one to England I would! Hotel location great and staff helpful.
Be carefull to use your creditcard here!
I stayed in October 2002 in the Westin in Calgary and was so trustful as to check out on my credit card.After several weeks a - small - amount was written off my bank account through the credit card, allegedly for having consumed from the mini bar.If I had taken something, I would have been pleased to pay for it, even more where it concerned one bottle of water.I do not like that I get robbed without my previous permission, so I have protested in writing via fax several times.Until today I never got any answer.Is that good faith behavior ?
Great staff & bar, rooms need face lift
The Westin used to be my favorite hotel in Calgary. Partially because I am a Starwood points junkie, but mostly because of the service and the cute bar. The front desk staff and concierge were always the most pleasant, and The Owl's Nest is a very swanky little hangout with great martinis. The lobby and the rooms in the main hotel are starting to show their age; the rooms in the Tower are nicer, but, of course, pricier. Rumor has it that the main hotel rooms are destined for a face lift.
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This morning after breakfast we were picked up at the hotel by our tour bus and our tour guide Joyce. For the rest of the morning she introduced us to many of the city's communities and several of Calgary's eclectic communities. We began with a tour of Old Calgary and then stopped at Fort Calgary, the first Calgary settlement, …
Getting settled in Calgary
We met at the Lavelle's at 3 AM, yes that's right 3 AM. Our van driver was ready, we packed up and had a great trip to Newark airport. Check in and customs went smoothly. Five hour flight on Air Canada and we arrived right on time in Calgary. After arriving at our hotel we unpacked and walked to a nearby river and park. Very beautiful city and very …
Going out in Canada
... one server, if you ask someone who isn't your server for something they will get your server for you. I believe this relates to tipping and that you tip your server…however I have also been informed that tips get split between everyone – which I kinda agree with when you tip you are also tipping the excellent cooking of the chef – are you not?
Sitting on your **** and being served can take a bit of getting used to. Generally if I ...
... is meant to be very good, we skip it on this occasion, maybe if we pass back through this way in the future we'll try again, so we continue following the dinosaur trail, taking in the hoodoo's and Horseshoe canyon before leaving the area and heading to Calgary.
The drive to Calgary should have been simple and boring, driving on straight roads through pretty much flat terrain. However, half way through the drive a ...
Happy Canada Day!!
... platter. It was scrummy!!! We picked bec up from work and took them both out for dinner that evening as a thank you for putting up with us Brits! Rather than pud, we decided on a choc bar and a film at home as everyone was still rather tired! Good call, amazing choc and pitch perfect on Netflix! James not so happy with film choice but he suffered it like a trooper! Home tomorrow!! ...