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Zonar and ZoomSafer have formed a strategic agreement aimed at increasing safety for commercial, public and private fleets, as well as the traveling public.
The companies' new solution integrates Zonar's fleet management technologies with ZoomSafer's FleetSafer policy management solutions to help customers manage employee cell phone use while driving.
According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, texting or typing on a phone while driving increases the risk of crashing up to 23 times.
"Employees who use mobile phones to text, e-mail and browse the web while driving are not only a danger to themselves, but also pose a significant risk and liability to their employers," ZoomSafer CEO Matt Howard said. "Together, ZoomSafer and Zonar are providing companies with innovative and effective tools to prevent employees from distracted driving."
FleetSafer Mobile is patented software for BlackBerry and Android smartphones that automatically prevents texting, e-mailing and browsing while driving to enable fleets to proactively enforce employee mobile phone use policies. FleetSafer Vision is a cloud-based analytics service that combines telematics data with details of employee mobile phone use to help fleets monitor risky driver behavior.
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"Throughout the last decade, Zonar has provided fleets with innovative tools for managing fleet safety and operations," said Chris Oliver, Zonar's vice president of sales and marketing. "We are excited to partner with ZoomSafer to offer our customers additional ways to improve fleet safety and reduce the risk and challenges created by cell phone use while driving."
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I got to the "office" (our fave downtown coffee shop) super early this morning and since I worked most of the weekend and had such a nice head start on my week, I decided to spend the first hour or so planning part of my 2013 race calendar. I have NEVER been this organized ever. In fact, I typically sign up for races because someone sends me a link or it's a super last minute decision after seeing an email saying something like, "there's still time!"
I think my race organization is partially due to the fact that if I don't have things scheduled these days, they just won't happen. Life of a busy entrepreneur, I suppose? I have to admit, even with all my aversion to being overly organized when it comes to my own life, it's kind of nice to open my calendar and see races on it. I'm trying really hard to reboot my workouts, my running, and my yoga and having some solid plans seems to be exactly what I've needed to set everything in motion.
I'm not announcing my complete 2013 race calendar just yet but let's just say that there is another 100 Miler on my horizon (maybe even two), a couple 50 milers, a 100K, a fun Dirty Girl Mud Run (SweatPink team representin') and even a half marathon. The last one terrifies me just a little. I can't remember the last time I ran a half mary and I pretty much avoid anything under marathon distance. Crap, I'll have to run a little faster.
The other thing that is really making me happy and is obvs totally on theme with how I'm starting off my year…is this amazing new challenge, The Running Reboot Challenge. Ya'll should join so we can inspire each other to stick to our 2013 running goals. Plus, there's a chance you could win fun prizes from Splits59 (and what could be better than that?).
What's on everyone else's 2013 race calendar? How will ya'll challenge yourselves this year?

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Fate of species threatened
November 27, 2013
If you did not know, our Pennsylvania Endangered Species Act has been placed on a guillotine and is close to getting chopped and dismembered. House Bill 1576 passed November 14....
That is the republicans for you, money first anything else, let the future generations worry about it. This is sad.
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O and G I presume is Oil and Gas industries? Why does that not surprise me??
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As an after thought, what surprises me even less is that Republicans are helping the push the oil and gas industry agenda regardless of the environmental impact.
Rick, you make a valid point. Money first. Anything else just doesn't matter...
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Just one less tool that liberals will have to harass American companies offering high paying jobs in our area.
Liberals use these so-called endangered species laws to block things the don't like.
They use deception by designating that these are Loyalsock Whitetail Deer, not just ordinary whitetail deer.
So, liberals use such chicanery to further their anti domestic hydrocarbon energy agenda.
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river poisoned and the last fish caught we will realize we cannot eat money.
Cree Prophecy
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The hysteria posted here is in conflict with reality.
our forests are stronger and more lush, our water has never been cleaner, yet some still profess doom and gloom.
Not one of you are conservationists.....you are preservationists, and your ideas cause more harm to nature than anything stemming from its conserving use.
You do not believe that there is any form of responsible use possible. Your only solution is to fence off nature from the touch of mankind forever.
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That is the republicans for you, money first anything else, let the future generations worry about it. This is sad. -Rick
The same can be said about the nation's 17 trillion debt and uncontrolled spending. Or social programs that are unsustainable. No one seems concerned about leaving that mess to our future generations. I'm all for protecting wildlife, but let's show the same concern for our children and grandchildren.
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"Why take this from trained biologists and scientists and give it to untrained bureaucrats?"
The decisions were already being made by bureaucrats. The people in these agencies are not scientists, they are bureaucrats. With this these bureaucrats are being checked by federal bureaucrats. Why would liberals who worship the federal government object to this? For that matter why do they object to species becoming extinct? Isn't that part of the Darwinian order of things? I just don't get the continuous contradictions in liberal thought. Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of caring for all that God has given us, but He did give it to us to use. We shouldn't abuse it, but we shouldn't put it off limits either, and that's what has been happening more and more with these agencies. They're out of control and this legislation is designed to rein them in. It may not be the best way, but it does put some limits on them.
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Caring about our environment is one thing, using the environment as a political tool to push an agenda is what we see with leftist environmentalist organizations.
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"Just one less tool that liberals will have to harass American companies offering high paying jobs in our area."
Kind of sums everything up here. No need to go on.
Have a great holiday everyone.
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What do any of you care anyway. You don't see them, you don't think about them, they are not involved in your daily lives. So, if they disappear, what do you care. Now go back to sleep.
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Phil is correct.
Rather than using these laws to protect truly endangered species, liberals have twisted it to suit their political agenda against businesses or people they do not like.
Thanks, liberals!
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Erik, I just can't ignore your arrogance. I have tried, but must entertain your jabs. The only ones twisting anything is the Oil and Gas Industry. Twisting the arms of our legislative body to gut the evironment review process and hand over our lands to them lock, stock and barrel. The utter destruction they have already committed, pales in comparison to what they intend to do, once they make ALL the rules.
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Phil and Erik make excellent points, as usual. The statists always go too far. Nothing is clean enough or green enough.
People are too rich and there are too many poor. Taxes are too low but only half the people pay them. Economic justice, social justice, they are "the caring kind." Such delusion requires constant reassurance.
Your entire Thanksgiving Day experience is made possible through the recovery, processing, and distribution of fossil fuels. Relax. Enjoy. The environment is safe.
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Your lack of substance in your post is the status quo for liberals.....make an allegation of environmental abuse against an industry, but offer no evidence to support it.
It is too bad that you frightened liberals cannot produce one example of a problem with the gas industry.....just like you can't show one example of success with Obamacare.
Liberalism fails while capitalism is BOSS!
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Minamata, Japan; Love Canal, NY; Bhopal, India; La Oroya, Peru; Dzerzhinsk, Russia; Kabwe, Zambia; Picher, Oklahoma; Murray, Utah; Woburn, Massachusetts. Keep living in your little dream world Ritty. Big business will take care of everything. Republicans are giving the green light dot disaster. But no worries. Tax payers will fix it later, long after the money was made. Cheers
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Living in the past again?
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Hey, Rick:
Do you have an example in Pennsylvania or are you just shooting blanks?
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Rick, I appreciate the industries that invest time, money, and blood to provide products for me to purchase to make my life pretty darn easy. You want to flip the switch and condemn those who provide it. Worse yet, they make a profit, and because you don't have the stones or skills to be rich yourself, they must be demonized.
Rick, you have zero critical thinking skills and a big mouth — a bad combination, but quite typical from your side of the aisle.
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Funny Ritty, I think the same of you. But I won't express it in your tone. About those places I listed, and there are many, many more. Any comments? Are you going to deny that big business, left on it's own, will think profits over anything. I know they will. That is why we need a strong EPA and not state controll. There are stories out there of state government selling it's citizens down the road. Like Texas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Funny how they are republican control states. PA is next, but hey who cares as long as we make the money.
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Eric there is a superfund site near lock haven. In fact go to the superfund site for Pennsylvania I didn't even know there were that many. One right here in Williamsport.
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By the way Ritty, I am very rich. Maybe not in money (although I am very comfortable) but in many other things like family and just life in general. There seem to be many unhappy people on here. Perhaps the are wealthy.
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Rick, you called NRA members "terrorists," and your first post on this thread is another one of your typical Chuck-like, over-generalizing, accusatory baloney, so you can can the innocent victim crap.
You list the problems while ignoring all the things and lives that benefit. One analogy you might understand is listing all the plane crashes, then list all the successful flights.
Enjoy your turkey.
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Yes there are many. Too many to list. But the argument is the safety of manufacturing, the protection of the earth we live on. If there were not regulations things would be far worse. It just puzzles me why the right insists on deregulating and want to self regulate.
Ritty, you also enjoy and have a safe thanksgiving.
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So what's your answer Rick? From the examples you've given it seems the only recourse is to shut down and shutter every business on the face of the planet.
That way no one will have to work, just sit back and collect a government check...but wait...where would the money come from?
Wait a minute.......what would you spend the money on? There would be no food, no utilities, no stores, no hospitals,{gasp} no cell phones, and no government assistance, NOTHING!
If all those conveniences at your fingertips were to disappear you'd be singing a different tune in a heartbeat.
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If the plasma is High Definition then Yea.
Do Wii games look better on better t.v.'s without the good cables even? For example, would my games look better on a nice plasma t.v. than a small (normal) t.v. in my room?
If the plasma is High Definition then Yea.
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12 Style Ideas to Brighten Up Your Look This Holiday SeasonJaime Morrison Curtis
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Get into the holiday spirit by brightening up your look with a bit of glitz and glam. With the last-minute holiday rush on the horizon, things can turn from cheery to chaotic really fast. Suddenly Mother Nature's cozy blanket of snow is now her plot against me, and the Christmas outfit I looked great in last week now makes me feel like a beluga whale.
On these days I've found that one trick has always come in handy to turn my frown upside-down — add a little sparkle.
Start with something small, like dolling yourself up with a Gatsby-inspired glitter headband. I especially like to add shimmer to unexpected outfits during this season. Yup, even to jeans and a T-shirt. Doing this can quickly take me out of any rut. Adding the extra sparkle has been a quick way for me to remember that, "Hey, it's the holidays!" I suddenly stop and realize it's not worth sweating the small stuff. You could also try spreading your holiday cheer with a pair of glittery Christmas tree shades.
There's no way I could be stressed while rocking those. Don't worry, around the holidays there's no such thing as too much sparkle so live it up!
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This shimmered coin clutch can instantly brighten up your day or night look. It is sure to be a show stopper at your holiday party.
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This black cardigan has the perfect touch of evening shimmer and elegance. The sequins detail will glimmer off the holiday lights, without being too flashy.
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A small necklace with a bit of sparkle can make a big difference. Brighten up a solid color dress with this glistening accessory.
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Pick out a dress that is shimmery and bright. If you feel a little too bold, dress it down with a pair of suede booties.
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During the holiday season you can definitely get away with wearing a touch of sparkly gold to mimic the tinsel on the tree.
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South Alabama is in position to win its first Sun Belt Conference baseball title in six years, and the performance of third baseman Jake Overstreet is one of the main reasons.
The junior from Thomasville has been a run-producing machine in the middle of the Jaguars' lineup. Through 46 games, Overstreet has a league-leading 64 RBIs.
He has 18 multiple-RBI games, and with 10 games remaining in the regular season and at least two postseason games, the right-handed power hitter has a chance to challenge the record of 80 RBIs by former major league star Luis Gonzalez in 1988.
"We hoped Jake would be a good RBI guy when we signed him, but you can't expect the kind of numbers he's put up this year," USA coach Steve Kittrell said. "We certainly had high expectations for him because he's such a competitor and a hard worker.
"Jake has gotten stronger every year and I think our strength program has helped him. He is really putting the barrel on the ball."
Overstreet, a two-sport star at Thomasville, posted good numbers as a freshman (.295, 6 HR, 27 RBIs) and sophomore (.336, 4 HR, 39 RBIs), but nothing that suggested the breakout year he's enjoying with a .362 average, 68 hits, 8 doubles and 9 home runs.
"I thought Jake would be a doubles guy," said Kittrell. "I thought he could be an outstanding hitter, but it would be more doubles. He's hit a lot of doubles, and now he's showing a lot more power than I thought he'd show."
Overstreet is already among the single-season RBI leaders at South Alabama. With six more RBIs, he will be one of only seven USA players to reach 70. The last to do so was David Freese with 73 in 2006. Freese is now the starting third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals.
"The RBIs have caught me off guard a little bit," Overstreet said after a recent batting practice. "I've raised my expectations every year to do better."
Overstreet needs help to drive in runs, and the hitters in front of him, specifically Clint Reynolds, Adam Heisler and Zach Grichor, have all scored at least 40 times. Overstreet has also made solid contact, striking out just 24 times in 221 at-bats.
"I think it goes back to last year," said Overstreet. "About halfway through the season I started seeing the ball really well and I just learned to swing at strikes. When I do that, it helps. That's been the biggest thing."
If Overstreet finishes the season strong and returns for his senior year, he could have a shot of reaching the school career RBI record of 197 set by David Doss (2006-2009). However, Overstreet is more concerned about the present and winning the Sun Belt championship.
"We're excited about the rest of the schedule," said Overstreet. "We've got 10 left (nine conference games) and our focus is to win it. Nobody has any doubts that we can do it. The preseason poll (USA was picked eighth in the Sun Belt) was like a slap in the face for this program. We've had a bad couple of years and we've got something to prove this year."
South Alabama returns to league play Friday when it hosts Florida Atlantic in a three-game series at Stanky Field.


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Coal Hill School
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|Coal Hill Secondary School
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Coal Hill Secondary School was an English comprehensive school located in Shoreditch in East London. The Doctor was involved with Coal Hill in several of his incarnations. A number of his companions worked there and his granddaughter, Susan, was enrolled as a pupil.
History Edit
20th century Edit
1963 Edit
On 1 April 1963, Mr Okehurst and several students were killed by the Cold. (PROSE: Time and Relative)
In 1963, history teacher Barbara Wright became intrigued by an unusual pupil in the school, Susan Foreman. She and science teacher Ian Chesterton followed Susan home from Coal Hill after Susan gave the address for herself and her grandfather as 76 Totter's Lane, a junkyard. They discovered that their student and her grandfather, in reality the first incarnation of the Doctor, were time travellers from another world. Barbara, Ian, and Susan subsequently left Coal Hill when the Doctor kidnapped the teachers in his TARDIS, which was in the junkyard, to ensure that they couldn't tell anyone about the ship. The Doctor also took his granddaughter away from 20th century Earth against her wishes. This started off Ian and Barbara's travels in time and space. (TV: "An Unearthly Child")
In November 1963, Coal Hill's headmaster was H. Parson, who at some point came under the mental control of the Imperial Dalek faction attempting to locate the Hand of Omega. (TV: Rememberance of the Daleks)
The deputy headmaster was Roger Kint, "a thin but robust Irishman." Ian and Barbara's classrooms were Class C3 and C4 respectively. (PROSE: Nothing at the End of the Lane)
Later that year, a janitor of the school went missing. When headmaster Parson met the Seventh Doctor, Parson assumed that the Doctor came to apply for the job of school caretaker. Ultimately, the school became the site of what was later dubbed the Shoreditch Incident (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy), a battle between British military forces, scientists and the Seventh Doctor, and Imperial and Renegade Dalek forces that appropriated the school for their base of operations, installing a transmat in the basement. Most of the fighting occurred outside the school and at nearby 76 Totter's Lane, although the Doctor's companion, Ace, found herself in pitched battle with several Daleks inside the school. The Imperial Dalek shuttle eventually landed in the schoolyard, shattering glass. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
By this time, Rosa's, a café owned by a German Jewish woman named Rosa, was a popular hangout for Coal Hill students. (AUDIO: Hunters of Earth)
1990s Edit
The Eighth Doctor's companion, Samantha Jones, attended Coal Hill School in 1997 before leaving in the TARDIS with him. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)
21st century Edit
2010s Edit
The Eleventh Doctor's companion Clara Oswald began teaching at Coal Hill Secondary School circa the 2010s. (TV: The Day of the Doctor) On her first day working there, one of her classes got out of hand and she threatened to kick each of the pupils out of the school but one girl saw it as nothing more than an empty threat. This taught Clara that threats were useless unless they could be backed up, which helped her when she was captured by the Clockwork Droids of the SS Marie Antoinette. (TV: Deep Breath)
Ex-soldier Danny Pink became a maths teacher at Coal Hill. He also led training sessions with the Coal Hill Cadet Squad which he said was "just a bit of fun". Around the same time, Kathy retired from working at Coal Hill. (TV: Into the Dalek)
The Twelfth Doctor chose Coal Hill as the location to which he would lure a Skovox Blitzer that had come to Earth. He selected it because it was relatively deserted at night. For this purpose, he took the job of school caretaker. (TV: The Caretaker)
A replica of Coal Hill was created on another planet by creatures who hoped to educate themselves prior to an invasion of Earth. The Twelfth Doctor scared them into abandoning the scheme. (COMIC: The Monsters of Coal Hill School)
Clara got Class 2B to create a placard for her that read "FREE THE DOCTOR" on one side, and on the other Class 2A wrote "SAVE DOT COT" as she stated that they "got a leetle bit confused. Dot Cotton. Famous cockney chimney. Doesn't matter." when speaking to the Governor. (PROSE: The Blood Cell)
After Danny Pink was hit and killed by a car, Mr Armitage informed the staff and students of his passing. (TV: Dark Water)
Clara hoped to fund an IT suite in Danny's memory with a Halloween Fayre at Coal Hill, but failed to attract enough people. When the pranks caused by Miss Chief made superstitions come true, and Miss Chief's space-time scavenger hunt game after Clara went missing made Miss Chief and the Twelfth Doctor bring extinct animals and historical relics to the school, experts in the paranormal, wildlife and antiques were drawn to the event, and the Danny Pink IT Suite was successfully funded, and opened several months later. (COMIC: Witch Hunt)
While teaching a class on Jane Austen, Clara noticed a plane frozen in time outside the window. Urging her students to use their mobile phones to spread the word of it on Twitter and news websites, Clara was later called by UNIT to join them investigating what turned out to be a worldwide phenomenon. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice)
School colours Edit
At least two of its school colours were black and emerald green, since these were the colours of Ian Chesterton's official school tie. (TV: "The Centre")
Part of Susan Foreman's official school uniform was "a rather drab grey tunic. There was a little badge embroidered on the apron... The embroidered badge stood out in red and gold: COAL HILL SCHOOL." (PROSE: Nightshade)
Staff and students Edit
Staff Edit
20th century Edit
In 1963, Ian Chesterton taught science, Barbara Wright taught history, (TV: "An Unearthly Child") Joseph Liebermann taught RE, (PROSE: Matrix) Mr Grange taught geography, Mrs Bellweather taught music, Mlle Quelou taught French, and Mr Okehurst taught PE. (PROSE: Time and Relative) Colonel Rook also taught there. (AUDIO: Hunters of Earth) In March and April of that year, Basil James Carker was headmaster. (PROSE: Time and Relative) By November, H. Parson was headmaster (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) and Roger Kint was deputy headmaster. (PROSE: Nothing at the End of the Lane)
21st century Edit
Circa the 2010s, Clara Oswald taught English. Tom was one of her coworkers. W. Coburn was headmaster. (TV: The Day of the Doctor) Some time afterward, Danny Pink began working as a maths teacher there and Kathy was retiring. Also on the staff were Mr Armitage and a secretary. (TV: Into the Dalek) Later in the 2010s, the staff included Adrian Davies, Jo, and James H. Atif was working as a caretaker, and John Smith temporarily took the job when Atif was hypnotised into believing he had the flu. (TV: The Caretaker) A man named Jeff Delobel worked as a French teacher. (COMIC: The Monsters of Coal Hill School) Mrs Temple and Mr Perkins were teachers who attended the Coal Hill Halloween Fayre. (COMIC: Witch Hunt)
Students Edit
20th century Edit
In March 1963, Sadie Lederer was in Year One, Susan Foreman, John Brent, Gillian Roberts, Francis Minto, and Wendy Coburn were in Year Four, and Leslie Culver and Dudley Hatcher were in Year Five. Joe Gibson and Little Titch Critchley also attended. (PROSE: Time and Relative) In the autumn term of that year, Susan Foreman was still attending (TV: "An Unearthly Child") as well as Cedric Chivers, Mavis, Brian, Richard, (AUDIO: Hunters of Earth) and Debbie. (PROSE: Those Left Behind)
In 1997, Sam Jones, Baz Bailey, Mikey, Pete, and "Monster" attended Coal Hill. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)
21st century Edit
In the 2010s, Courtney Woods, (TV: Deep Breath et al.) Gareth Wilkins, and Fleming attended the school. (TV: Into the Dalek) Some time later, Courtney was still attending as well as Noah, Yashe, Kelvin, Tobias, Katie Sharps, Mohammed, Jack, Morgan, and Angelina Christopholou. (TV: The Caretaker) The Coal Hill Year 8 Gifted and Talented Group included Maebh Arden, Samson, Bradley and Ruby. (TV: In the Forest of the Night) Later still, Evie Hubbard was in Year 7. (TV: The Woman Who Lived) Susie White and Archie Jones attended the Coal Hill Halloween Fayre. (COMIC: Witch Hunt)


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DawnWatch: Slate 5 part series on animal experimentation 6/1 -- 6/5/09
I have just read a lengthy, detailed and worthwhile five part series, published Monday-Friday last week, in the online magazine Slate. The series is by Daniel Engber, a research scientist turned science writer. He takes an even-handed look at animal research, sharing what has been learned to aid human health, and also discussing the cost, with regard to cruelty to animals -- and questioning the practice.
The titles of the five pieces, which I have printed below with a link to each piece, give you a good idea of how the series develops. Engber opens with the story of a dog, Pepper, stolen for research. He shares in two further articles how that incident affected the research world. In the fourth article he takes a wider look at the use of animals other than dogs, and in the fifth discusses his own experience, with a monkey named Clayton. Here are the titles and links:
1) Where's Pepper?
In the summer of 1965, a female Dalmatian was stolen from a farm in Pennsylvania. Her story changed America.
Jun 01, 2009
2) Man Cuts Dog
Pepper arrives at a laboratory in the Bronx.
Jun 02, 2009
3) Pepper Goes to Washington
The most important animal-welfare law in America began with a stolen dog.
Jun 03, 2009
4) Brown Dogs and Red Herrings
Or, why we no longer experiment much on dogs.
Jun 04, 2009
5) Me and My Monkey
The confessions of a reluctant vivisector.
Jun 05, 2009
Engber seems to use the articles on dogs to warm up his readers, while in the last two articles the use of all animals is examined. The fourth piece tells us of our movement's inability so far to protect animals -- dogs and others. We learn that attempts to ban the sale of dogs from "Class B dealers," who often acquire the dogs by questionable means, have failed. And we read about the exclusion of rats, mice and birds from the Animal Welfare Act.
Engber writes:
"With Schwindaman's help, the USDA put in place in 1972 a special exemption for rats, mice, and birds, allowing scientists to treat them however they saw fitin cages of any size, in experiments with any degree of pain and suffering. That exemption remains in force, despite Schwindaman's later attempts to overturn it. To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act.
"In the fall of 2001, an undercover animal activist took a job cleaning rat and mouse cages on the Chapel Hill campus of the University of North Carolina. Over the next six months, she would collect more than 40 hours of footage on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals with a camera hidden under her lab coat. The video showed researchers marking newborn mice by amputating their toes and cutting the brains from baby rats without anesthesia. Rodents were trampled to death in overcrowded cages, left to die in garbage bins, or allowed to suffer with swollen tumors and open sores."
Later in the article he writes:
"For 100 years or more, scientists and activists had traded blows over the ethics and practice of research on dogs and cats. Through all that back-and-forth, lab rodents were always left just across the moral frontier of live-animal experimentationclose enough to humans to remain a meaningful source of knowledge but not so close that we couldn't slaughter them in droves. Yet it's not obviousto those who might consider the questionthat the welfare of a rat or mouse is any less important than that of a dog. Recent research suggests that the health of mice improves when they're given cage toys, running wheels, and crawl tubes to play with. Rats can learn to respond to a name and recognize individual people. We might quarrel over the inner lives of honeybees or river trout, but is the suffering of our fellow mammals really in question?"
Then, having acknowledged their suffering, he gives us even more information about their treatment:
"We regularly subject rodents to pain, starvation, solitary confinement, and grotesque disfigurement. Whatever misery they endure is multiplied across the hundreds of millions of rats and mice used in labs every year."
In the fifth piece, on Engber's personal experience working with a monkey, there is no discussion of such outright and obvious abuse. Yet Engber shares his thoughts on his return visit to the laboratory years later:
"In all the time I'd been gone, Clayton had lived in the same room, on the same feeding schedule, and with many of the same neighbors. Since we'd last seen each other, I'd moved across the country twice, quit graduate school, and become a journalist. Scientists had published more than 10,000 research papers using macaque models, and a team at the Baylor College of Medicine sequenced the entire genome of the rhesus monkey. For Clayton, though, nothing has changed. Every day or two, he's carted off to a room painted all in black, and his head is fixed in place by the post that still protrudes from his skull. He sits there as always, staring at targets on a computer screen. When he moves his eyes the way he's supposed to, he gets a droplet of Tang as a reward.
"It occurred to me that Pepper had been lucky. She'd spent her life roaming an 82-acre farm in Slatington, Pa., with a mate, Fred. (They even had a litter of puppies.) Her time at Montefiore Hospital in the summer of 1965 would last all of one day: After a single night spent locked in the rooftop kennel, she was brought downstairs, anesthetized, and killed.
"Clayton was born in a breeding center; he grew up in metal boxes and spent his adolescence with a hole in his head and a coil around his eye. In 10 or 15 years of life, he suffered through multiple surgeries and infections and endless hours of restraint in a plastic chair. And for what? Pepper's death, at least, contributed to the development of the cardiac pacemakera revolutionary medical device that would prolong millions of lives. Every hour of Clayton's existence has been spent, and will continue to be spent, in the service of basic science."
The series is well worth checking out. And please, get involved, email it to your friends, comment in the designated spots at the end of the articles -- both to keep the discussion alive and so that Slate knows these stories matter to readers. And please thank Engber. We learn that he left animal research unable to stomach it; please let him know we appreciate his writing about it so comprehensively. His email, email@example.com , is provided at the end of the articles above, which again, I urge you to read.
I send thanks to Daria Kerridge for making sure we saw "Me and My Monkey," and therefore the whole series.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
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No stress
Took my girl there for her B-Day. I was very impressed with the food.
Both staff and visitors where very nice. As Jose "no stress" the tennis coach at the resort put it....the place was stress free. I hope next time the place will have an iron for a 5 star hotel.
Sirenis wae awesome!
My husband and I visited the Sirenis Cocotal in September 2003. It was our first time in the Caribbean, and we had the time of our lives! We booked through Vacation Express. the plane was on time, and we had a great flight. The airport in Punta cana is a not much more than a grass hut, quite a welcome! We rode a bus, it was air conditioned,and the ride was about an hour. The ride was quite an experience, it was great to see the villages, and the farms. When we arrived at the resort, we were greeted with fruit punch, and check in was easy. I sent the resort an email asking for a room on an upper level with an ocean view, and thats what we got. The room was beautiful, very clean, and there was little pink flowers every where. The grounde are very well cared for. The people are hard working, friendly, and always wearing a smile! The food is OK. The mexican, and steak house are good, but the buffet is just as good also. The bars are always handing out anything you could possibly want to drink, they even use the little umbralleas. The beach is beautiful! A few suggestions: -Take bug repellent, and wear it at all times. -You don't have to tip, but a $1 bill will really help get faster service sometimes, and they really deserve it. -Take flip flops! More than one pair as my favorite ones ane now somewhere in the Carribean sea! -Shorts, light colored clothes, some dresssey things for evening. -It really helps to speak a little spanish, but most understand english. -BARGAIN with the gift shops on the beach, start out by offering half the proposed price. We even traded our snorkeling gear we bought an Wal-Mart for some really nice necklaces. There were quite a few women topless on the beach, it just seemed so normal that no one batted an eyeled. We had a wonderful vacation, and for what I paid it was a great value! We hope to return soon and take our children, it is a very child friendly place!
Not very good
2 people, from Aug 30-Sep 6SkyService: served a pasta salad which expired 3 days ago! Air hostess apologised and promised to report to the kitchen; but what a shock!Resort : I have been to 5 different resorts and this one is a 3 star at its best. The deco is bad, the whole place is always dark and dim as they don't turn on lights during day time.Room: The first room has no shower head, lights were out and we were not provided with a TV remote. We requested to change and the second room is ok although one light was out in the washroom. We spent the first day walking back and forth between the reception and our differenct rooms.Food: No seafood other than fried fish every lunch and dinner. Both me and my husband had diarrhea from day 2 all the way to the day after we got home.Steak house: Ordered medium rare, I couldn't cut it with my knife ! Italian Restaurant: Served the exact same dish as the pasta bar at dinner buffet. Mediterrean Restaurent (Seafood) : Could not get a reservation, fully booked by 9am.Bar: Bar tenders have an attitude, it's just a job they do and they don't really enjoy doing it. When I went with my husband, we had to wait and wait and they sometimes forgot our order. When I went by myself, I got service right away with a smile and a touch of hand! All bars close at mid-night and you have to pay for drinks at the disco. If you are into nightlife, forget it. We get up earlier than we did when we had to go to work and there was nothing to do at night other than going to bed!Pool : It is very large and nice. But the two washrooms next to the pool stinks and the lights in there goes out automatically, so it was empty most of the time, I wonder where do people go to tiolet ?!Beach: Very nice, as expected with white sand, palm trees etc. No complain there.Tour: Joined the Bavaro safari. It was an interesting tour but a thunder storm hit in the afternoon and the group decided to skip the beach and go back to the resort. All and all, it was good and every body started drinking at 10am!Weather: Very nice, sunny and hot except for the one hour thunder storm during our Bavaro tour.Insects: Beware of mosquitoes! Everyone has bites! I didn't have any spray on the first night and I got bitten at 15 differenct places! Other than the mosquitoes, it's ok.Overall: I definitely would not recommend this resort to anyone. This is the second time I visit Dominican Republic, I stayed at Iberostar Bavaro. It was heaven compared to Sirenis. I have also been to Jamaica, Antiqua, and Cancun so I know what to expect. Sirenis Cocotal is definitely not up to standard.
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My friend and I just returned Sept 8 after 4 days at the serinis. I found the hotel to be way overrated. I have visisited several all inclusive hotels and found this one to be the worst. I would not rate this hotel a five or even a four star. More like a 3 star hotel. BEWARE of the idea of 4 resturants unless you are staying for a week or more.
We could only make one reservation per day for that day only unless you were staying 6 or more days. We only ate at one resturant the whole time bc the people staying for 6-12 days already booked them. The staff could have allowed more people at each resturant bc there were few people eating when we arrived. No advanced reservations on 5 days or less. The staff is RUDE!!! they would not serve my friend and I several times and other Americans found this to be true also. My toilet stopped up the first day and 7 hours later and 6 attepts to get someone to fix it we finally were able to use the restroom. They charded us for phone calls made using a pre-paid callling card. Our phone bill on 5 calls 80.00us$. My friend made one call using direct service and we were charded the same amount when we used a calling card. The bar closes at 12:00 and the Disco opens with a cash bar. What happened to All INCLUSIVE???? The Italian food was great, the service at the Italian was good but this was the only food we found good. on the last day we were both very sick and had to sit in the hot lobby for several hours before going to the airport one hour away on a dirt road to sit in an unairconditiond airport for 2 more hours. The only air is found in your room so all the food areas are hot and bugs are everywhere. Had I paid more the 299 for this trip I would be mad!!!! I did talk to others on our trip and Secrets is much nicer and around the same price.
Enjoy the Caribbean
My wife and daughter have just arrived back in the UK after our first Holiday to the Caribbean, my wife has been before but for me this was the fist time. I was a little apprehensive about the trip to this resort after reading the differing reports submitted by other holiday makers, however this is what I found to be the real truth.We took the flight from Manchester, taking off at around 11:00 am, the flight was around 9 hours from Manchester airport to La Romarna airport. The flight with Mytravel was not that bad with a reasonable amount of leg room. Dont get me wrong the leg room is not great but better than the flights to the Med.We had little TV screens in front of each seat that had a selection of channels including Films, Kids TV, BBC recorded programs etc. Service on the flight was OK if you dont expect much with the hostesses not really providing anything other than minimal service I felt as though I was just a joint of meat and was treated with as much curtsey but I feel this is typical of most air lines I have travelled on.On arrival at the air port we had to pay $10 to enter the country!!! Not a problem (after about 10 minutes nothing is a problem you are in the Caribbean) we just filled out a visa and left the air port. Straight away we were met by the Mytravel reps who told us which bust to board. Within seconds you are hassled by porters to carry your suit case, they expect around $1 for this service but will leave you alone if you just say no thanks with fire in your eyes, but I would let them take it as the heat hits you straightaway.Once on your bus this is where it all starts, the Caribbean is very chilled and apart from the trainee Valanino Rossies (Bike GP Star) on the road no one is in a rush and for good reason, the main roads are like B roads back in the UK and the side roads, well in the UK they have a sign saying not for motorised vehicles Unbelievable The transfer takes around 90 mins and by the time you get to the Hotel you are a little jaded.The Hotel is very isolated, but the entrance is extremely impressive, you are greeted at reception with drinks and eventually booked it Remember this is the Caribbean and nothing happens quickly. The rooms are exactly as they are shown within the Airtours Holiday brochure, Clean, bright but hot. The first thing to do is take your key off the key fob as this is required to enable the electricity and air conditioning. Once the Air Con is on you feel very combatable I have never had a better nights sleep when on holiday EVER. The rooms are stocked with Spite, Coca cola and Water, the best way to describe the rooms would be a New 5* Travel Lodge in the UK with lots of sun Fantastic!!!The resort will be your home for the holiday as the nearest town is about 10 miles away, this is not a problem as the resort has just about every thing you would need for a relaxing holiday, it has shops (Very expensive so bring lots of sun tan lotion) Gym (basic) Tennis etc, but the main thing is the beach. The resort has a 400 meter section of beach with guards at each end, past that point there are real Caribbean beaches white sand, warm nearly hot sea and not a sole in sight, including locals there are no locals. Just at each end of the resort beach there are two local shacks shops this is the only time you will see a Domminican, they sell paintings and gifts, they are a lot cheaper than the resort but you must haggle, what ever they ask for you will get at half that price so polish up on your bartering power. Expect to pay $5 for Rum, $20 for medium painting, $35-$45 for large paintings. If you turn right at the beach and walk about 1 mile there is a much larger shack (Shop) and that is well worthy a visit, it is not dangerous in any way and the walk is fantastic dont forget to take your cameraThe food at the resort is second to none never mind what the Americans say, my wife is a Chef and catering manager and she was blown away by the presentation, quality and range of food on offer. There are four speciality restaurants in the resort and even though you are only entitled to two meals in these restaurants, you could eat their every night Its the Caribbean who cares but you will not need to as for two weeks we never had the same meal twice. Alcohol is plenty full but limited to local produce, or in other words every thing from Bailies, Vodka and Beer with a Caribbean name. For some reason I have never drank so little, we just drank gallons of water!! Mad Brits!!!Tipping the maid is a good idea as this will ensure you have a full stocked fridge at all times, we folded $1 in to swans, fans, angel fish and even a cobra, which the maid loved and then left them in the fridge for the maid, I even put a old pair of trainers on the bin, only to find them on the feet of the porter the very next day and he was chuffed to bits.We have travelled all over the place, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Tenerife, America, Switzerland etc and never enjoyed our selves as much. It great for families, singles and couples never mind what every one else has said about the resort I would recommend it to any one. On a final note I have never returned to the same holiday destination twice the world is a big place and should be explored but this would be the exception, get over the flight and coach transfer as soon as possible and enjoy your Holiday Thats an order
Loved Serenis!
I visited the Resort in March. I Loved it. The rooms were wonderful, with no little creatures running around, none. Our fride was stocked every day. THe food was amazing and there was always something to do. It was a blast. The "excursions" as they called them were fum to. I recomend horse back riding and the speed boat snorkeling trip. I highly recomend this resort.
Coconut City!
This was a late booked trip with accomodation allocated on arrival at La Romana by My Travel.com. We stayed here from 11 Apr 03 to 25 Apr 03 and the flight out from Manchester(UK) took about 9 hrs. One point to note, this flight carried on to Montego Bay and as we discovered on the way home included a detour to pick up pax from there. So be prepared for your return journey to take about 12 hours. Transfer to the hotel takes about 1hr20mins on some very bumpy roads, some of which are dirt tracks. Would recommend travel sick pills as 'upchucking' was on the cards for a few passengers. The hotel is situated about 18kms north of Higuey on the Coconut Coast with an excellent beach. There is nothing worth seeing outside the resort gates. The site is basically two hotels in one with Suites one side and en-suite rooms the other. There is limited shopping facilities outside the hotel entrance and be prepared to pay big bucks for imported items. A large bag of Lays crisps(chips) cost 150 peso, which is about �3.50 or $6. The hotel appeared to have good wheelchair access throughout, though watch the slippery boardwalks which are also uneven resulting in a number of splinters while not wearing shoes. Rooms- We found the room a reasonable size but the beeds were far to small and bouncy even by British standards. The odd cockroach paid us a visit and we heard other screams in the middle of the night as other critters were encountered by other guests. One good tip is to check your room after the maid has been in as they leave doors open and the infamous man eating mosquitoes will have a feast. I still have the bite marks to prove it! The toilet also became blocked twice and it took 5 hours to fix on ocassion. Our room was also on a main throughfare from the other blocks and sleep was difficult with noisy people heading back from the disco.Food- We found the found varied from day to day with the presentation being colourful and varied and mainly of a Spanish theme. There are 5 resturants to chose from though youuse and Mediterrenean. Don't forget the Dom Rep is a third world country so the food is pretty basic. Hence the somewhat limited choice in (the main restuarants) by USA standards and we heard a number of US kids moaning about there not being any burgers. We had to admit they had a fair point and our son used to fill up on chips(freedom fries) or bread. Aside,if you love tropical fruits then you will indulge yourself here and we made the effort to sample all the food. Some of it turned out tasting very good and not what we had expected. One good tip is make sure the meat is cooked properly as our burgers were always underdone. I fyou ask for a well done steak it will still be bleeding. The staff were eager to please and very efficient and my glass was never empty. I do have one grumble about the number of flies around the food areas and I always tried to dig out food from underneath the top layer. On a couple of nights I witnessed blue and green bottle flies sitting on the main meat trys and there appeared to be no way of controlling these. We all had stomach upsets so take plenty of pills.Finally we found the beach great and it goes for miles. The water is usually clear so bring your snorkel. There is plenty of shade and after Easter had passed we found things went really quiet. The weather was showery and we had 6 days good weather out of 14. Overall, this is not a five star even by Brit standards but if you love the beach and chilling out this is the place to go and we would consider going again.
Definitely not a five star resort
What does five stars mean to you? To me it means that I will have a clean room, good food, exceptional service and superb facilities. Having just returned from this resort, I would like to share my opinions of each of these at the Serenis.1. Room (3 stars) - we thought we were getting lucky to be upgraded to a suite in the main building. Unfortunately as we entered the room, we first noticed a bad smell undoubtedly due to a combination of stale air and humid climate. The A/C does not run unless your key is in a slot to activate the electrical system so the room does not get much fresh air. If you open the windows, prepare for an infestation of mosquitos and other winged critters. The room was large and the bed was firm, both nice things. Many of the light bulbs were burned out including the one over the toilet. That was accompanied by a slow leak just over the toilet which was unwelcomed while trying to do your business. Our phone had been pulled out of the wall and was unusable. We quickly found out that our room wasn't so bad when we saw the room of the other couple we were traveling with. Cleanliness of the room was okay but with that smell you just couldn't get comfortable. 2. Food (2 stars) - not much to say here except that the food is at the lower range of what is available in the DR. Most of the reviews you read about food say about the same thing. The buffets consist of some edible food and some that you wouldn't give your dog. The food is very simple and the daily entrees are the same basic ingredients just prepared slightly different. Nice selection of cheeses and olives though. One caution, there was a cookout on the beach one afternoon and the sausage that I was given was still raw. They don't always cook the meat thoroughly (like chicken and pork). 2.5 Drinks (2 stars) - the alcoholic drinks available are rail which means that all the various alcohols are made by one company, Normandy. You can only get one kind of beer, Presidente. 3. Service (4.5 stars) - one thing that will stay with me after this trip is how friendly and happy the staff are. Take your spanish-english dictionairy with you and you will get pretty much anything you need. We submitted a list of things that were wrong with our room and they were attended to expeditiously (except the phone which required a technician and it was Saturday). We did have to wait a long time for towels one evening but you can always speak to a manager and they are very responsive. I would recommend tipping your waitstaff at dinner a few dollars and try to stick with the same people each night. They will treat you like VIP's and go the extra step to provide drinks and table service as you eat. 4. Facilities (4 stars) - Serenis is located on a prime strip of beach. It is perhaps their best asset. If you love just soaking up the sun and taking a dip in the ocean, this is the place for you. They also have several very nice pools including one with a swim up bar. There's no beach service so you have to go a little distance to get some drinks so pack in a couple bottles of water. It was also nice that the motorized water sports did not take place along the beach front so it was peaceful. The fitness center is a little bit of a joke with small space and old equipment. A few other miscellaneous things - there is nothing to do at night here. We found out that the resort next door, Seacret's, had a small casino so we went there every night to play blackjack and drink premium drinks. It costs $20 per person to go but the front desk of the Serenis will provide you with $10 of match play and the $20 is refundable from the casino as you leave (something they don't really tell you). The resort is located about 55 minutes from the airport and is not near any other forms of entertainment except as I've described above. The Serenis seemed to have mostly Canadian and European vacationers, we did not encounter very many Americans. It seems most of them were next door at Seacret's. Overall, I when I was checking out, I wanted to take two of their stars with me. A little bit of work on the quality of the rooms and the addition of premium alcohol and additional beer choices would make them a four star resort in my opinion. To be a five star, they need to check out what's going on over at the Melia Caribe (now that's a five star resort).We took a trip to the Melia Caribe in search of wedding sites and were blown away with how nice it is. I can't speak to the food there but we did check out a random room and toured the grounds. This is where our friends have decided to get married later this year.
Sirenis Cocotal, Punta Cana - great vacation, but be aware!
Introduction Upon first glance this may seem like a long review which
goes into specific detail, but please read it as I feel it contains a
fair assessment of our holiday there. I travelled to the Sirenis
Cocotal Beach Resort, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic with a friend (2
straight blokes before you ask) for the middle 2 weeks of September
2002. We booked it a month or so previously from a recommendation from
an on-line travel agent booked via teletextholidays. We wanted
somewhere all-inclusive to swim, relax and enjoy the sun, but also
wanted something to do in the evenings. This sounded perfect because we
were told of the various bars and restaurants, nightly entertainment
and the disco as well as the beautiful surroundings and the beach. We
did a bit of research and it looked like the perfect place.
Arrival and initial impressions The flight from Gatwick was 9.5 hours
and was with MyTravel (formerly Airtours), then there was a 90 minute
coach ride to the hotel which is a bit of an excursion in itself.
However, I was a little surprised about the way Jan, the Airtours rep,
was describing the local towns as we were passing through, making fun
of the way the meat was hanging off hooks outside shops and having a
general condescending attitude to things. Anyway, the resort is
literally in the middle of nowhere so don't expect to be able to go out
and have a wander around the local village, you'll be walking for
hours! Our first impression was that it was huge and as it was only
built in early 2001 it was very clean and new looking.
Accommodation The room was a typical Caribbean hotel room; spacious, 2
double beds, clean, TV (mainly US and Spanish channels, but you do get
BBC America which is ok if you like Changing Rooms and Ground Force!),
balcony, minibar etc. Nothing unusual there. Cleaned daily, although we
were missed out a couple of times and were disappointed we didn't get
the towels folded into swans.
Eating and Drinking (and a little moan) When we settled in we then read
the info sheets passed to us from the rep which described the amenities
of the hotel in more detail and gave opening times of the restaurants
and bars. It was a bit of a surprise to see that all bars closed at by
midnight, some before. I have stayed at many Caribbean resorts before
and there was at least one bar open well after that to enable people to
relax and unwind having a few drinks, getting away from the
restrictions of life at home. Then we noticed that the disco was open
till 2am, but this was followed by the words "not included". We then
went to ask Jan, the rep, what this meant and we were told that you
need to pay for drinks in the disco (about �2.50 per beer)! This is an
All Inclusive so-called 5 star resort and you need to pay for
drinks?!!! At this point I should mention a little background. Myself
and my friend are both in our mid 30's we happily admit that one of the
attractions of All Inclusive is that you don't need to pay for drinks.
We are not "Club 18-30" types (we're too old for a start!) who want to
get noisily drunk, just 2 adults who enjoy a drink on holiday. We took
our booking form with us when we spoke to Jan the rep about this as it
clearly states that the only additional thing we will need to pay for
would be the "A La Carte Restaurant" should we wish to dine there.
There was no mention of the disco and having to pay for extra drinks.
We asked about the possibility of moving to another hotel as we had
stayed elsewhere in the past where you didn't get charged for drinks,
namely Boca Chica, also in the Dominican Republic, and Las Brisas in
Cuba. Jan became extremely agitated and raised her voice. She was
patronising and defensive and at this point another man suddenly joined
in with her and kept saying we should have checked the brochure and
that this hotel was the best we could get and no other hotels open the
bars past midnight or have a free disco. I asked him who he was and it
transpires that he was John Dare, who turne t he was not in uniform,
especially on arrival day. I saw a brochure on their desk and we all
looked in there for the mention of having to pay for the drinks in the
disco which there was none. We agreed to stay there overnight and
re-assess things in the morning and they would see what could be done.
I know this sounds like a trivial point, but I do not like to arrive
somewhere only to find out there is an extra hidden cost. The upshot of
this was that we did not follow this up basically because it was too
much hassle and we just got on with it. However, we feel it is
important to bring this to anyone's attention who is planning a holiday
there that Jan and John from airtours are, in our experience, unhelpful
and patronising, and take extra cash if you want a drink after
Anyway, I digress.......
Eating and Drinking, pt2 There are a number of bars around the hotel as
Lobby Bar;- situated funnily enough, in the lobby. Spacious and
comfortable, with very bright lights, semi-friendly service, but very
hot and sweaty in the evenings. This is outside the main restaurants
where couples and groups can come and relax after a meal and sit there
on the comfy sofas and stare at each other (that's how it appeared to
me anyway!) Pool Bar:- I would advise against sitting in the swimup bar
when there are too may people there. The water is shallow and warm and
I think you can guess why. No-one seems to like to talk about it but I
saw people sitting there at the bar for hours on end drinking and not
once did they get out of the pool to use the toilet. I know it's
difficult to stop people doing this but the hotel could at least put up
a couple of signs to encourage people to use the bathrooms instead. You
could also get a drink from the other side of the pool bar without
getting into the pool and this was generally ok and speedy. Snack bar:-
not bad - best go up yourself other than wait to get served though.
Theatre Bar:- average, waitress service was surprisingly good and they
didn't expect tips. The worst thing about the Theatre bar was that it
closed at 11:30pm which was a real con as that was the time the disco
opened next door (where you have to PAY for drinks). Disco bar:
surprisingly slow service considering we were paying. Be warned, if you
pay in Dollars you get the change in Pesos and they take advantage of
"fuzzy" exchange rates
The quality of the drinks was average - all one brand and not very
strong, but the Presidente beer is superb. White wine is best avoided
but the red was very drinkable. (the red wine was chilled, but somehow
tasted great)
The quality of food was very varied. Again, I go back to the fact that
this is a self-proclaimed 5 star hotel, but the food is nearer 3 star.
Of the 4 restaurants, we ate in 2, the main buffet restaurant and the
Spanish one. The night we had the Spanish meal was really good. I don't
eat fish so the choice is rather more limited but the chicken was
excellent, although the service was a little slow. I had nearly
finished my main meal before we were even offered a drink. The main
buffet restaurant was large and well presented, but there was rarely
anything there which was great. Too many people are impressed with what
food looks like and how it is laid out, however I prefer to taste it
first. There was always the usual slices of pizza, chips, and a meat
carvery, but some of the extra dishes on offer were very strange. One
evening there was "liver in sherry" which was not very appealing at
all. The "dauphinois potatoes" were uncooked and this set the trend for
other dishes I sampled. One evening I had a few slices of carved roast
beef and a bread roll as nothing else looked any good. I got by on
cheese sandwiches for a few days. The salads were ok and the jelly and
ice-cream was fab. There was a snack bar available most of the day with
excellent fried eggs but the burgers are best avoided.
Hotel Layout This is a very large resort and is very clean. The major
gripe with the layout of the resort is that after eating in the main
buffet restaurant the majority of people settled down for a drink in
the lobby bar and could not be bothered to go to the theatre to watch
the show. The grounds are big enough for you to move a little away from
the noise and not be able to hear a thing. On the whole it was nice and
spacious, clean and pretty to look at.
Entertainment During the daytime the entertainment staff were always on
the lookout for people to take part in games etc and there were always
plenty of people wanting to join in. However, if you did not want to
join in they did try a bit too hard and this got on my nerves a bit.
Each evening there was a show in the theatre starting at around 10pm
and always finishing with the hotel's own song and dance with various
volunteers up on stage joining in. In all honesty this was more
entertaining than the shows themselves. We'd go along to the theatre at
around 10pm after eating and on average it was only a third full. The
best thing I could say about the shows is that they were amateur and
raw. The dancing was ok, and the bloke who mimed to Michael Jackson
wasn't bad (if you close your eyes and listen to the great sound
system). Other efforts included Sister Act, which was dire - people
were walking out, Grease, Cats and various "Tropical Dance" shows. On
the whole they were about on a par with a school musical. By far the
most fun was when they got people up from the audience to take part in
competitions so there was someone to laugh at! Another point about the
entertainment staff - if you are a single woman beware: the men from
the entertainment staff will chat you up with very un-subtle chatup
lines and will swarm all over you like a rash, strange that the
entertainment girls don't do the same with single blokes.
Beach and Pool Both were cleaned daily and there was never a shortage
of sunbeds. Swim-up bar aside (where people sat drinking without
getting out for a ****), the pool was excellent and a great size and
shape. Water sports were a little limited (eg no pedalos) and I felt
the resort could have used the great beach more for evening
entertainment and it could have benefited from a beach bar being open
all day. The music around the pool was a little intrusive being louder
than my personal stereo at times. If you get a chance, go to the beach,
turn left and walk for about 25 minutes to the next hotel - their beach
is much better and they have better waves and boogie boards.
Summary Great holiday, good weather, nice place, BUT Loads of
Mosquitoes, more than anywhere I've ever been before - take loads of
repellant and apply liberally Shame about the Airtours reps, bad food,
pissy swim-up bar, mossies Go here if you want a quieter relaxing
holiday and can stand each other's company all the time Don't go here
if you want to eat well, have a drink after midnight, or watch good
entertainment - cos this is not the place!
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Kathryn Rollins
An aural artist specialising in vocals and lyrics, Kathryn makes music that grumbles with heart and sparks with emotion.
At an early age she discovered songwriting as her creative outlet and released her debut "Reckless EP" in 2012. Reckless – recorded with producer Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe) – proved the young singer/songwriter was a talent to watch with songs that tugged at the heartstrings, full with reverb and soul.
Raised in WA with a jazz guitarist father who taught his daughter how to harmonise, Kathryn first began writing songs as a teen learning keys at 12 and guitar at 14. Winning 2013 single "Who Shot The Bird Down?" (lifted from Reckless) announced her arrival, scoring online love and write-ups from Yen to The AU Review and more, including national airplay on triple j and an appearance in TV series "Wentworth".
Reckless was just the beginning for this young artist – and over the past 12 months, her musical palette has continued to evolve. At 24, her latest musical step is as exciting as it is fresh, and new.
After touring wrapped up for Reckless Kathryn began work inspired by the likes of Grimes, Fever Ray, The Knife, Perth's Ta-ku and New York City rappers Zebra Katz and Le1f. Armed with just a MIDI keyboard and her laptop with audio software Logic Pro, the music in her headphones helped forge a new sound.
In the midst of experimenting with how to capture her fledgling new songs, Kathryn picked up a copy of Beyoncé's 2013 self-titled LP... and something struck. "I was listening to Beyoncé all the time, and the 'female empowerment' vibes that come out in a song like 'Cut & Paste It' is reflective of that. I was tired of writing songs that were from a victim's perspective. I've written a lot of 'angsty guitar songs' in my time and I wanted to write something fun and upbeat."
The lead track from her forthcoming second EP, "Cut & Paste It", was produced with help from Steven Schram (The Cat Empire, Little Birdy), and was recorded in their respective home studios over a couple of days in January 2014. "It was all very basic – we literally used one microphone for vocals and did the rest on the computer," Kathryn laughs. "Steven and I are on a similar wavelength. We're both a little bit left of centre, and we both like to work in a really organic way... not really forcing things to happen. He was really good to work with 'cause he's got a lot of experience, and I was looking for someone who was going to let me take the reins, but offer support. It was really fun."
The pair worked on two tracks, while Kathryn again enlisted the talents of Reckless producer Temperley for another song. "I was really inspired to use a lot of subby, bass sounds from listening to Ta-ku, and I was having a lot of fun doing glitchy vocals: cutting them up, distorting them, using delay. They were the two main focuses for keeping a consistent sound across the EP."
As far as new directions go, "Cut & Paste It" takes no prisoners, all unapologetic bouncy and vital beats. "I wanted to be empowered, to present something really confident and celebrate growth and excitement."
Make no mistake: this is the sound of an artist making her mark. With street smart beats and infectious energy, Kathryn Rollins' latest offering has the type of potency you just can't ignore.


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July 19, 1999
BOTHELL--At the July 6 City Council meeting, Bothell's seven-member Council unanimously elected Mayor Pro-tem Mike Noblet to fulfill former Mayor Debbie Treen's term as Mayor of Bothell, effective through Dec. 31, 1999.
John Curtin was unanimously chosen Mayor Pro-tem to complete former Deputy Mayor Wendy Brady's term, which will end at the end of 1999 when a new councilmember is elected to Council Position Number Six.
Noblet, in his second term on the Council, has served since January 1994. He has served on several local and regional committees, including the City Council's Human Services Committee, Public Safety Committee, Parks & Recreation Board Subcommittee, and the Cascade Water Alliance Committee. His new mayoral duties will include committee membership with Snohomish County Cities and Towns, East King County Cities Mayors, and Snohomish County Mayors. Noblet is self-employed. His company provides healthcare solutions to the healthcare industry.
Curtin previously served on Bothell's City Council, including two terms as mayor. He has served on Bothell's Planning Commission and several local and regional committees. Curtin is a program manager for Seattle Public Utilities, where he has worked for nine years.


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Scott, 49, who dated Jagger, 70, for 12 years, was found dead inside her New York City apartment on March 17. The city medical examiner confirmed the cause of death was suicide by hanging.
The intimate service was led by Reverend Ed Bacon from the All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA, and included memories and words of tribute from Mick Jagger, Scott's brother Randall Bambrough, and close friends, including talent agent Justinian Kfoury, costume designer Ira M. Hammons-Glass and creative director Adam Glassman.
Jagger was surrounded and supported by his family during the somber affair. Daughter Karis, 43, read a poem and daughter Jade, 42, read Psalm 139. His other daughters Elizabeth, 30, Georgia, 22, and sons James, 28, and Gabriel, 16, were also in attendance. His grandchildren Mazie and Zak read Psalm 23, and Scott's niece Hannah Bambrough read Shakespeare Sonnet 18.
The song "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" was performed by Bernard Fowler, a longtime backup singer for The Rolling Stones who has appeared on over 30 albums, with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics accompanying him on the guitar.
Though Jagger and Scott had homes in London, Paris and New York, Los Angeles is where she first made a name for herself working as a costume designer on films like Eyes Wide Shut and styling videos for artists like Jennifer Lopez. Scott also quickly became a favorite stylist – and later, designer – among celebrities like Nicole Kidman and Demi Moore.
She also first met Jagger in Los Angeles while on a shoot for a magazine that she was hired to style in 2001. She'll be laid to rest among other deceased celebrities like Cecil B DeMille and Johnny Ramone.
"I'm still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way," the Rolling Stones frontman said on March 18. "We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves. I will never forget her."


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INWOOD - Josh Ferguson touched the ball only 10 times during Musselman's game against Jefferson last week, but he had the Midas touch each and every time.
One of area's top rushers, Ferguson put together a golden performance, turning just about every run he had into a big play for the Applemen.
The senior running back rushed for 185 yards and five touchdowns as Musselman pounded the Cougars 55-21 for its fourth win in the last five games.
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Musselman's Josh Ferguson scored five touchdowns to lead the Applemen past Jefferson last week. (Journal file photo by Ron Agnir)
For that impressive performance, Ferguson has been named The Journal/Gold's Gym Athlete of the Week (Sept. 23-Sept. 29).
Musselman coach Denny Price described Ferguson as a "special," and that would describe his night against Jefferson. Half of his rushes resulted in touchdowns.
After the Applemen fell behind 7-0, Ferguson got Musselman's offense going as he scored two of the first three touchdowns to spark a 21-point response by the Applemen.
On Musselman's first scoring drive, Ferguson carried the ball four times, capping the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run. Two possessions later, he put the Applemen up 20-7 when he broke through the line of scrimmage and went 84 yards for a score.
Ferguson had three more touchdowns left in him, runs of 40, 1 and 7 yards.
The 40-yard run came on the second play of the Applemen's second-to-last possession of the second half, and again, Ferguson bolted up the middle and into the end zone.
Musselman scored just twice in the second half, and - no surprise - Ferguson was the one with the ball. He ran in from a yard out, then from seven yards out to cap the Applemen scoring.
Ferguson finished with over half of Musselman's rushing total (365 yards) and had five of the Applemen's seven rushing touchdowns.
Pretty special indeed.
Other accomplishments: Washington's Robert Fleming shot a team-best 84 to lead the Patriots to a regional team title. Teammates Dylan Mumaw and Ryan Mumaw shot 87 and 89, respectively. ... Hedgesville's Owen Elliott shot an 84 at the Class AAA, Region II golf tournament to qualify for the state tournament. ... Musselman's Corisha Smith had a match-high 13 kills in the Applemen's 3-0 volleyball win over Hedgesville. ... Martinsburg's Keisha Nunn had 20 digs in the Bulldogs' 3-0 volleyball win over Mercersburg Academy, Pa. Teammate Alexus Bonner had 13 assists. ... Musselman's Austin Rigsby and Nia Dunnigan won their individual races the Applemen won a cross country meet against Hedgesville. ... Jefferson's Ryan Graf finished first as the Cougars placed the first six runners in a cross country win over Martinsburg and Washington. ... Berkeley Springs' Casey Solomon had 26 service points, 19 aces and 12 kills in the Indians' 3-0 volleyball win over Paw Paw. Teammate Natalie Redick had four aces and 14 assists. ... Hedgesville's Skip Coleman and Sebeay Chi scored two goals apiece in the Eagles' 5-0 boys soccer win over South Hagerstown. ... Martinsburg's Tristen Reid scored five goals in the Bulldogs' 8-1 boys soccer win over Faith Christian. ... Washington's Colin Gustines ran for 107 yards and a touchdown in the Patriots' 27-7 football loss to Handley, Va. ... Martinsburg's Justin Clinton threw for 225 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 96 yards and two touchdowns in the Bulldogs' 62-0 football win over Hedgesville. ... Musselman's Cody Spinks had a rushing touchdown and an interception in the Applemen's 55-21 football win over Jefferson. ... Shepherd's Keon Robinson had 10 tackles, a pass break-up and an interception in the Rams' 20-6 football win over Concord. Teammate De'Ontre Johnson had two interception and D.J. Scott 71-yard field-goal block return. ... Hedgesville's Matt Taylor and Brittany Pollard won their respective races during the Berkeley Springs Invitational cross country meet.