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RUSC's launches a call for articles for the next Special Issue on e-learning in the disciplines of economics and business studies
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We are interested in receiving research articles on the topic covered by the special issue, corresponding to any sector of education and from anywhere in the world.
Specifically, the special issue's subject areas are as follows: • The development of interpersonal and other generic competences
• Learning in quantitative subjects
• The use of synchronous communication
• Experience-based learning: placements and projects in companies, recognition of professional experience, etc. • The use of simulators as a teaching tool
• The use of social networks
• Edutainment and educational applications of serious games • Personalized e-feedback
• Teachers' profile, training and motivation
• Virtual teams for teaching
• Guaranteeing quality
• Tutor activity
Other subject areas that reflect the recent evolution of e-learning in the economics and business studies sphere will also be considered.
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Ŕngels Fitó has been director of the Economics and Business Studies Department of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC) since 2010. Previously, she combined her teaching activity in other Spanish universities with economic and financial consultancy work. Her research focuses on economic and financial information and on e-learning. She has published her research results in international indexed journals, and presented them at international conferences on accounting and financial matters and education alike.
Josep M. Batalla has been a senior lecturer at the UOC since 1998. He holds a degree in Economics and Business Science and a PhD in Economics, both from the University of Barcelona. Between 2000 and 2004, he directed the Business Science programme and the Business Administration and Management degree programme. He currently coordinates the "Management & e-Learning" (MeL) research group, which is associated with the eLearn Center (a UOC research centre focusing on higher education and lifelong learning). He is involved in various innovation and e-learning projects, and is a member of the Economics of Education Association (AEDE).
Eva Rimbau has been a lecturer at the UOC since 2004 and she holds a PhD in Business Administration and Management from the University of Barcelona. She has been academic director of the University's Labour Sciences degree programme, its Health and Safety master's degree programme, and its Economics and Business Studies
Postgraduate Section. She has led or participated in the process of adapting a number of degrees to the European Higher Education Area, and is co-author of the first guide to assessing transferable skills in online economics and business studies degree programmes. She is a member of the "Management & eLearning" (MeL) research group, which is associated with the UOC's eLearn Center, and of the "Observatory of the New Economy" (ONE), which belongs to the UOC's Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) and is recognized by the Catalan government as a consolidated research group. Her interests in research into teaching revolve around e-learning management, the development and assessment of transferable skills online, and the recognition of informal learning.
Enric Serradell-López is a senior lecturer in the UOC's Economics and Business Studies Department. He holds a degree in Economics and Business Science and a PhD in Economics, both from the University of Barcelona. His main lines of research are related to the management and analysis of elements that provide companies with a competitive edge, a subject area within which he has produced a considerable volume of teaching and research materials. He is a member of the UOC's eLearn Center.
Alison Sheridan completed her undergraduate degree in agricultural economics at the University of Sydney. Prior to completing her PhD, she worked as an agricultural economist in Australia and the US. Since joining the University of New England (UNE) in 1988, she has taken on a number of roles, the most recent being head of the UNE Business School. Her research interests span gender and human resource management, management education, corporate governance and regional development, and she has published widely in the areas in question. She has led research projects funded by the Australian Research Council and the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
Donald E. Hanna is Professor Emeritus of educational communications at the University of Wisconsin-Extension in the USA. His main research lines are focused on organizational change, leadership and the impact of learning technologies on both student learning and university organization. He has written several nationally and internationally recognized books and articles, and is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences.
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Articles should be submitted by November 30th 2013. Articles will be published in the first semester of 2014.
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A bi-partisan group of Ohio lawmakers today asked congressional leaders to consider extending the Health Coverage Tax Credit, an "issue of particular importance" for salaried Delphi, and United Steelworker retirees.
A letter sent to leaders of the Finance Committee in the Senate and Ways and Means Committee in the House ask them to attach the tax credit to any bill that is reported out of those committee.
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On May 30, 2013, all first-grade students will be bused to Lane Community College for the annual Gift of Literacy celebration and receive:
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This is a discussion on Re: Help for duplicate object name - SNMP ; On 24/01/2008, Li Yun-w22793 wrote: > I mean one object (let's assume the name is DUP) is defined in MOD1 and > MOD2. Then MOD1 wants to refer the one defined in the MOD2 and MOD2 want > to refer ...
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> I mean one object (let's assume the name is DUP) is defined in MOD1 and
> MOD2. Then MOD1 wants to refer the one defined in the MOD2 and MOD2 want
> to refer the one in the MOD1.
Then they need to have different names.
Within a given MIB module, *all* object names must be unique.
Both the objects defined within that MIB, and objects explicitly
IMPORTed. You can't have two objects with the same name,
both referenced in the same MIB.
> Hold moment. I think my assumption is avoiding the RFC standard, under
> this situation we will fall into this situation that there are two
> duplicate object name in one module, right?
> One more question about MIBS. If I set the MIBS as MY-MIB and MY-MIB
> refers the ifIndex from IF-MIB module. Mib2c will populate the IF-MIB
It will load the IF-MIB (and any other MIBs referenced in the IMPORT
clause). It will also load any MIBs referenced in the IMPORT clauses
of these other MIBs, and so on until it's got a fully consistent OID tree.
I don't know what you mean by "populating" the IF-MIB.
> (to get information about the ifIndex) for generate the stub function
> for MY-MIB, right? Based on my testing it seems we don't need to SET the
> MIBS as "MY-MIB IF-MIB". Could you please give me a clear picture?
Again, it's not really clear what you're asking here.
But I *think* you're asking whether it's necessary to explicitly list
all of the MIBs required (implicitly or explicitly) by your private MIB.
No - it's not. The MIB parsing library will load the IMPORTed MIBs
If that's not what you mean, then you will need to be a bit clearer.
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Unless you've been on Mars for a few days, you will have heard that we have declared firm interest in re-signing our former number nine - Andy Carroll. This has split fans opinions on Twitter, Facebook, phone ins - every forum for opinion has been inundated.
The local paper polled opinion on whether the fans would like to see big Andy plying his trade on Tyneside once again - 67% voted in the positive. My thoughts? If the price is right (ÂŁ15 million maximum) I would have him back straight away.
I hate the January transfer window. Ridiculous rumours, mental transfers, Redknapp describing other teams players as 'triffic, massively inflated fees and clubs like QPR madly scrambling for any over-rated player who might fancy a move down to London for a final healthy pay day. Not to mention the fact that new arrivals can disrupt - not because of personality but just because their new team mates have gone a whole pre-season and 22 games or so without having played alongside them!
The January transfer window in its present format was first introduced in January 2003 - we have been involved in some pretty amazing transfer dealings since then, not least last year when Andy Carroll left us to become the most expensive British footballer in history.....
We have endured a few up's and a lot of downs over the past nine January windows with surprisingly few players coming in and out - I expect this year to be much the same despite the ludicrous number of players we have been linked with. I would be happy of we brought one or two in. I would be even happier if we let no one go.
Let's take a look back at the January's in question (excluding players on loan who made their deals permanent, in or out):
2011 was a decent year for Newcastle United, especially when you consider the ups and downs of the previous few years.
Below I take a look back at the results and some of the off-field happenings from the whole year. I would love it if you added your favourite moments and any memorable incidents that I have missed in the comments box!
As far as league results went, January was not a bad month at all. Unfortunately we suffered one of our all time poorest performances causing us to exit the FA Cup at the very first hurdle. There was more off field turmoil too as, despite several assurances from the manager and board, Andy Carroll was flogged!
2nd: Wigan (A) 1 - 0 W (Shola) A comfortable victory with a nice goal from Shola claiming the points.
5th: West Ham (H) 5 - 0 W (Best 3, Nolan, Lovenkrands) I remember walking up to the ground for this one and hearing that Best and Lovenkrands would be leading the line with Carroll ruled out injured. Despite West Ham playing poorly in the league I just couldn't see how we would score. I was very, very wrong - Best was phenomenal, especially in his positioning and he netted a treble. Shane Ferguson also made a memorable appearance regularly skinning Tal Ben Haim much to the delight of the Gallowgate. Haim tried bully-boy tactics to stop it - and failed!
8th: Stevenage (A) (FACR3) 1 - 3 L (Barton) One of the worst performances and results in the history of the football club. To make matters worse, Pardew bizarrely introduced Tiote when we were chasing the game. Mr T had his mad up and got himself sent off meaning that he would miss the following game - the derby on Wearside.
16th: sunderland (A) 1 - 1 (Nolan) We were excellent in this one and but for a late, late Gyan equaliser we would have claimed a derby double. Special Agent Bruce made big noises before the game about how he could not wait to win to play a song over the tannoy that he had chosen especially for the occasion - he never got to play his song, but he did celebrate their equaliser like he had won an all-you-can-eat meal at KFC.
22nd: Tottenham (H) 1 - 1 (Colo) Sadly the late goal conceded six days earlier did not teach us a lesson. We played very well and should have claimed a win but for another late equaliser.
31st: Andy Carroll sold to Liverpool (ÂŁ35,000,000) There was outrage on Tyneside as Carroll was sold so late into the transfer window that we were unable to bring in a replacement. Despite all of the promises to the contrary, our talisman was sold. Most of us were outraged and a lot of supporters were very, very upset. 12 months later I look back on this as the most mental transfer fee in the history of football. Pardew swore blind that we would see every penny of the fee. I am still waiting.....
We also agreed a deal to bring in Ireland on loan from Villa - what an absolute waste of space he was. Though some of Newcastle's bar owners wouldn't agree.
Hatem Ben Arfa was signed permanently despite still being a long way from full fitness. A huge risk, but hopefully a risk that will pay off in the long run.
I've gone through a wide range of emotions since it was revealed that Joey Barton was on his way down to Loftus Road to discuss terms with newly promoted QPR on Wednesday afternoon. They're still a bit confused, so here we go.....
Anger and (begrudged) understanding.
At first I was furious. Less because we were letting Barton go, more because he is another very good player that we have let go. You could build quite a side from the players that have departed the club during Ashley's quite ridiculous ownership:
I'm bound to have missed others and more will follow Barton out of the wide open door - that is guaranteed.
Perhaps the pull of playing alongside Clint Hill, Shaun Derry and One Size Fitz Hall in front of 15,000 at Loftus Road was just too good to turn down? Or maybe it was the passionate home crowd of 4,755 that watched QPR crash out of the league cup vs Rochdale earlier this week? Or maybe it's for security of a long contract. I keep hearing Newcastle supporters questioning his ambition but let's face it, it's hardly Barcelona that he is leaving.
In his defence the club made it painstakingly obvious that he was not wanted - they wanted to GIVE him away to a league rival without even asking for a penny in return. His next contract (the one he just signed at QPR) is his last big contract. It's easy to say "yeah but he should have played out his last year at Newcastle" - what if he opted to do that, broke his leg in January and struggled to find any contract at any club when he recovered? Sure, he's not paid peanuts and probably would be comfortable even if he didn't earn another penny in his life, but in his situation, all things considered, I'd have left too and I'm Newcastle born and bred.
This is when I get even more confused.
Why all the patter from Barton? The 'loving the club' and 'loving the area'? Absolute balderdash (expletives not allowed).
Joey appears to view himself as some sort of revolutionary character. He has vaguely aligned himself with all sorts of revolutionary figures from history over his past few mental Twitter-months. He said no one could force him out and that he would stay and see it through:
"Just because ur told to jump, it does not necessarily mean you have to. I may choose to stand perfectly still. It's my right...just a thought"
What he neglected to add to that was "until any club comes along and offers me some mega wonga".
He quoted Orwell in tweeting "In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." Hmmmm.
He also tweeted "if only we as players could tell the fans exactly how it is, without them above fining us lots of money. There will be a time and a place."
Well Joey, surely that time and a place is now?
What we will miss is his presence on the football field. Last season we won 34% of the games that he played in and 0% of the games that he missed. The amazing Arsenal comeback was driven by him.
We can't just keep shipping these players out and expect to challenge for anything other than Premier League survival.
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"This is my home, what I want to be doing, the club I want to play for, the shirt I want to wear. That's it, 100 percent, I've just signed a five year contract and as it stands, I want to be here forever."
The words of Andy Carroll 65 days ago in an interview with The Times.
"We have to have a big club mentality and hold on to our best players"
Alan Pardew 42 days ago
Andy Carroll sold to Liverpool
1 day ago
So what is going on? I doubt we will ever know the truth. Carroll claims that he was pushed and the club totally deny that they pushed him (as they would).
George Caulkin of The Times (the greatest footy journo that there is) summed it up nicely when he tweeted "Carroll was not agitating to leave. He wasn't unsettled. And, yes, the transfer request was a mechanism used by NUFC. But..... he signed it."
Both parties are culpable. It can't be a surprise to anyone that this sale happened so late that we did not have time to sign a replacement. The token gesture that was an 'attempt' to sign Charles N'Zogbia was an insult. Does anyone really believe that Ashley's bitter rival Dave Whelan was going to sell his prize asset to him minutes before the window closed? Of course not.
Pardew had his say on the matter today, ending his statement with "....the decision was right for the club." Quite a turn around in 6 weeks.
It is OK though because Pardew can assure us that all of the mental ÂŁ35m fee will go towards players. Then again he also assured us that none of our key players would be sold in the window so personally I don't believe a word. Amazingly Ashley still has support amongst the fans and those supporters will be mentally considering how they (or Pardew) will spend the $$$$$$$. If you are one of those people could you do me a favour and remind me where the tens of millions from Milner, Given, Beye, N'Zogbia and then Martins, Bassong, Duff etc went. Thanks.
Sunday papers day so hundreds of mad cap stories doing the rounds!:
Did anyone mention that Tottenham were interested in Andy Carroll? *YAWN* :
We turned down ÂŁ23m so they have turned their attention to Llorente (rejected), Aguero (rejected), Scott Parker (rejected), DJ Campbell (rejected)
Xisco returns to Deportivo:
It looks like the Xisco kid managed to avoid having to invest in an oxygen mask and has returned to Deportivo rather than moving to the Boro (subject to medical).
Liverpool and Man United to battle for Jose Enrique?:
I doubt this one is a runner - you can write Liverpool off straight away as they're not famous anymore.
Newcastle bail out Ireland (Confirmed subject to medical)
I am happy with this one - a better player than Danny Guthrie so strengthens the squad and the loan factor means that it is relatively risk free.
Newcastle to offer 500K for Coventry keeper Keiren Westwood (Sunday Mirror)
Never going to happen, unless Mike Ashley has a keeper fetish.
New bid made for Seb Larsson (Various)
So all in all not many fresh new links and our business is likely to be concluded soon. I was going to list a few internet rumours but there are so many and they are so wild (Lukas Podolski!) that it is pointless. I am just glad the jason Puncheon rumours were false!
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The Saturday before deadline day usually means hundreds of stories linking various players to various clubs. Not so this Saturday when it comes to Newcastle United - only one story has dominated the day:
Andy Carroll to Tottenham (Every media outlet going)
How likely? Redknapp does love tapping up other club's players. The media seem to be willing this one through too but it will not happen at ÂŁ25million.
Sure, ÂŁ25million is a lot of money for a young man in his first full year as a Premier League player - but we have all seen what he can do. He has a goal every other game, numerous assists, wins everything in his own area and theirs from set pieces and is a full England International. Even if he goes through a lean spell in terms of goals he will be a handful and a nightmare to play against for opposition players.
I have read one or two comments along the lines of "what if opposing defenders sus him out by next season?" Yeah, good luck with that one - sus out a 6 foot 4 battering ram and lets see where it gets you.
Carroll is our talisman. They say every player has a price and I fear that will probably be true of any player playing for Mike Ashley - but to those (few) of you who would cash in at ÂŁ25m, we will not see a penny of it so why would you want that?
At least we have not just surrendered and sold within 24 hours like those just down the road.....
Carroll will still be a Newcastle United player when the window closes.
Well, it's that mad time of year again. Over the next few days I will be adding players that I have seen us linked with in the press.
Feel free to add comment letting us know of the thousands I am bound to miss! The likelihood is that we wont see any new faces!
The window closes at 11PM on Monday (Unless you're Spurs of course, in which case you can just whack the registration in the next day)
Xisco to Boro on loan? (Various)
How likely? 7/10 if Newcastle contribute to his hefty salary
AC Milan declare interest in Jose Enrique (Various Italian Press)
How likely? 0/10 I hope though alleged direct quotes from Galliano
Mutu mooted (Various)
How likely? 1/10 A non- starter
Woodgate to Wolves despite Newcastle interest? (The Daily Mail)
How likely? 1/10 We already have 5 centre back's
Newcastle and Spurs weigh up bid for Mauro Camoranesi (Various)
How likely? 1/10 Too odd to take seriously
The Stephen Ireland rumours continue (Various)
How likely? 8/10 if a salary agreement can be reached. Too widely reported to be false.
Bilal Mohsni from the Shrimpers (Sky Sports)
How likely? 4/10 Would fit the profile in terms of buy them young and relatively cheap, but as with Woodgate I don't see another central defender coming in
Chris Hughton took the brave decision to drop all 11 players from the 6 v 0 Villa win to field a very young side in the League Cup 2nd round on Wednesday night. Not only did the gamble pay off, but it also showed the fans that we do have strength in depth, albeit through a very talented crop of teenagers.
The starting XI contained no fewer than six players aged 19 or under and only one player over 30 (Lovenkrands – though promising youngster Shola will hit the big 3 0 soon) and the average age of the side was 21. If Andy Carroll had started instead of Lovenkrands the average age would have been down to 20.
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Freezing temperatures did nothing to deter fans of Britney Spears. West Virginians camped outdoors this weekend in four-degree weather for a chance to buy tickets for her April 8 concert at the Charleston Civic Center. Bryan Salton, 13, spent more than 24 hours standing in line. "She's hot," the teen, his eyes and nose running, told the Associated Press, "and she's worth it." The first one in line was no teenager. Jim Perdue, 50, was determined to pick up concert seats for his grandchildren. "It's not bad out here," he said on Saturday. He should know. Perdue had been perched there since Monday.


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Rep. Chuck Fleischmann
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of a great man who lived in my district.
Charlie Peavyhouse was born in Detroit and raised in Rhea County, Tennessee. A committed Methodist, Charlie earned his associates degree from Tennessee Wesleyan College and maintained a lifelong relationship with the institution. He also received degrees from East Tennessee State University and Vanderbilt.
After completing his education, Charlie went to work as a teacher and principal. Charlie touched many young lives in his career as an educator, which included serving as principal at Bachman and Falling Water Elementary until his retirement in 1990.
I got to know Charlie Peavyhouse through his work in local politics. Charlie was always a presence, whether as the Hamilton County Republican chair, a campaign manager, or a delegate to the Republican National Convention. He also served as Tennessee's wildlife commissioner under two Governors.
Last April, I joined many in Chattanooga to pay tribute to a man who inspired so many to serve. I was honored to call him my mentor.
Charlie passed away February 19 and is survived by his wife, Eula Mae, and daughters, Jane and Carol.
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EPM Live offers two project update methods: Manual and Schedule Driven. Selecting one or the other for a given project makes a difference to the values of the mentioned fields above when you publish your project schedule. This webinar will clear up questions like, "Why is it, that after I publish my project schedule, there are some visual discrepancies in my Project Start and Project Finish dates?"
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OK, it's true. Sting is more than just a pretty face. After 15 years of making albums, he has earned a place alongside such restless pop paragons as Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Van Morrison. Unwilling to put out retreads of the same album every two years, Sting and these artists continually push in new directions, challenging fans and themselves.
After his successive Police pop, jazz and Brecht-Weill phases, Sting is shifting directions again with Ten Summoner's Tales. Don't be put off by the ponderous title. With this record, Sting re-enters the mellifluous pop arena with a vengeance.
Although his lyrics are sometimes cumbersome ("He deals the cards to find the answer/ The sacred geometry of chance/ The hidden law of probable outcome") and Sting's cleverness is more in evidence than his passion in this collection, the music flows simply and sweetly throughout. The trenchant ballad "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" is a skeptic's declaration of romantic devotion and Sting's most-likely-to-be-a-hit release in years. "Heavy Cloud, No Rain" is a clipped, hepcat stroll reminiscent of Steely Dan. "Shape of My Heart" is as luminously lovely as a hymn played on a harp. With Ten Summoner's Tales, Sting proves he really is a breed apart from the haircut-and-video boys. (A&M)
Stacy Dean Campbell
If you had to convince a doubter that something mysterious and splendid is happening in Nashville these days, and you could only use a single album as exhibit A, this fresh amalgam of soulful retro roots and clean '90s style would work just fine. Ten songs go by in 32 minutes flat but, with not a false moment from beginning to end, it's an exhilarating ride.
Campbell, who is only 24 years old, grew up in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico and was about to become a county sheriff when he decided to try a music career instead. Add 90210 good looks and Chris Isaak hair to that Southwestern country upbringing, and you have got half of what you need to make a star. The crucial other half includes taste, a distinctive voice and a gift for song-writing—and this young man has them all in spades.
The spare but swinging arrangements use electric, acoustic and pedal-steel guitars with great effectiveness on songs that range from loved-and-lost laments ("That Blue Again") to long-distance driving songs ("Rosalee") to intense ballads ("Poor Man's Rose"). Campbell's clear voice wraps around pithy country phrases and imbues them with a strength and sweetness reminiscent of the Everly Brothers, but he can also let loose on the up-tempo numbers with full-throated syncopation that has traces of Buddy Holly rockability. On "A Thousand Times," a wonderful song about wistfully turning down a chance to be unfaithful, Campbell even manages to sound both seriously tempted and morally certain. When this crooner walks the line, you listen. (Columbia)
John Lee Hooker
When Hooker cut his first single, a stomping guitar boogie called "Boogie Chillen" in 1948, the Mississippi native was working as a janitor in a Detroit steel mill. The song was a hit, and Hooker quit his job to play full-time the hypnotic one-chord country blues—sung in his preternatural growl—that he had learned from his stepfather, Will Moore.
Fourty-four years later, the now 72-year-old Hooker has come out with a stark, dark, solo-studded album, which includes a new version of his 1962 full-tilt rocker, "Boom Boom." (Is there a rock band in the world that hasn't played this at some point?) There are also tracks from earlier sessions with noted guitarists Albert Collins and Robert Cray, but the real gems here are Hooker's revisionist versions of his old blues hits, "Sugar Mama" and "Hittin' the Bottle Again." Accompanied only by his own electric guitar, Hooker has given back to these tunes their seductive, deep-blues primalness. And on "I'm Bad Like Jesse James," when Hooker rasps, "I'm mad/ I'm bad/ I'm bad/ I'll stick you in the water/ Hear the bubbles come up/ Mm...Mm...Mm," you are down in the water with him, begging for your life. (Point-blank/Charisma)"
If your idea of a cappella is Boyz II Men, then this new album by Zap Mama, an all-female group whose five members are based in Brussels, will be a shock. Zap Mama, with its extraordinary vocal energy, artfully and beautifully blurs cultural and linguistic distinctions, creating a sonic DMZ that is nothing shy of thrilling.
Formed by Zairean-Belgian singer Marie Daulne, the group reflects not only the mixed racial ancestry of its members, but the increasing musical melding of African and European peoples. Zap Mama, true to its name, crosscuts from culture to culture with the precision and ease of a remote control. With the magnificent ebb and flow of their nondigitized, human harmonies, the group takes what might be exotic sounds and makes them accessible. No mean feat, considering Zap Mama is singing in French, English, Spanish, Zairean, Pygmy and other tribal tongues.
This record reconfirms that the human voice is still the most potent instrument out there. As the planet gets smaller, our musical scope has to get larger. Zap Mama busts down the barriers. (Note: This is the first album released by Luaka Bop, former Talking Head David Byrne's world music label, as part of its new African-Europe series.)
ON THE PHONE FROM LONDON, WHERE he is preparing to begin a six-month tour, the once brooding rocker Sting, 41, sounds suspiciously sunny. "I used to say, 'You have to suffer to create.' But why the hell should I? I'm happy," he says. His latest album, Ten Summoner's Tales, reflects his mood makeover. It was written and recorded last summer after he moved to a 500-year-old Tudor estate near Stonehenge and was planning his marriage to Trudy Styler, 39, mother of three of his children.
"I'm a city boy," says the Newcastle native. "I'd never thought about moving to the country. But I saw a picture of this house in a newspaper, and I thought, 'God, it looks like some place I'd dreamed about.' "
The pastoral setting had an effect. "I made this record in my dining room with all the equipment and the band [guitarist Dominic Miller, keyboardist David Sancious and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta] in there and my kids around, looking out at a nice lawn. Most albums I've made have been done in industrial studios with no fresh air, no daylight, more like a prison-bunker atmosphere."
The result is a vast change from his last album, 1991's gloomy, confessional Soul Cages. "I didn't want to have to dredge up personal trauma to write songs, so I started to write songs that weren't necessarily about me. It was really designed to amuse myself, the band and my family. Anybody else that likes it," he says, laughing, "is just cream on the cake."
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We all dream of perfect empty, winding roads, but the reality of driving is clogged, endless highways. Here's how to make them tolerable with nothing that you don't already have in your car.
We all dream of perfect empty, winding roads, but the reality of driving is clogged, endless highways. Here's how to make them tolerable with nothing that you don't already have in your car.
So you may have heard that the tubby little robber baron that runs the Monopoly franchise, Uncle Pennybags, has decided that one of the iconic Monopoly game pieces will be retired and a new piece will take its place.
Video games are the one thing that's really kept their promises from when I was a kid. We don't have jetpacks or common flying cars or pizzas-in-a-pill, but our video game evolution has been spectacular. Especially driving games.
Now, this is exergaming with a purpose. Modder Brent Smith of Canada rigged an old exercise bike with some sensors, switches, transistors, and the indispensable Arduino microcontroller, turning the whole thing into a Super Nintendo controller for use in Mario Kart.
Using a Nintendo 64 emulator and a Logitech DFGT steering wheel, YouTube user welovelordtaco has beaten Goldeneye 007's Facility level in spectacular fashion.
Every day millions of innocent people are ripped violently from their vehicles, left sprawled out on the street as a gruff anti-hero with a twisted sense of right and wrong makes off with their ride. No more, says internet movie maker Freddie Wong.
There's a lot to look forward to in Need For Speed: The Run. They've got Porsches, an interesting plot, and, oh, did we forget to mention a completely digital Christina Hendricks? That's a lot of polygons. But doesn't it feel like something's missing?
Even if you never wanted to design an urban racecourse and share it with a network of like-minded urban-racecourse designers, you can still play Mini Maps, Mini's new Google Maps-fed Facebook game. Just putter around Sheboygan, Wisconsin in a chocolate-brown Mini S with a Swiss flag on its roof. That's what I did.
The hyperrealism in the groundbreaking 1940's police detective game L.A. Noire extends to the 95 era appropriate production and concept cars that populate the gritty game environment. Here are over 60 of the real vehicles from the game.
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After five years of development, Gran Turismo 5 is finally here. For three days we've ignored family, friends and hygiene test driving it to see if it's the most realistic racing game ever. It is. But should you buy it?
Polyphony Digital's latest offering for fans the oft-delayed Gran Turismo 5 game is this full video reveal of the Red Bull X1, including Sebastian Vettel's test laps. This thing sounds like bionic hyenas mixing plutonium smoothies.
When Gran Turismo 5 finally arrives, it will include the Red Bull X1 prototype, the answer to the question of "What if you designed a race car with an unlimited budget and no regard for rules?" Gas turbine, engage.
The eagerly-awaited racing simulation Gran Turismo 5 has been delayed yet again. But according to Sony, not for long.
Log onto Facebook and you'll notice your car-obsessed friends, and even non-enthusiasts, racing McLaren F1s in a game called Car Town. Jalopnik spoke with the game's creators to bring you these tips and tricks to building the ultimate Facebook garage.
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The time has come to reveal the second of our two Forza Motorsport 3 downloadable content packs. This time, however, we're going to make you work for it. Wanna win some free stuff?
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Lately, I have been thinking about Zsa Zsa, and it makes me sad. A few years ago, she crashed her car on Sunset, and she has been wheelchair-bound since. She had been a recluse for some time before that, depressed, not wanting to leave the house. She, who for so long relied on her looks, no longer wants to be seen in public.
In recent weeks, Zsa Zsa has been in the news -- albeit marginally so. Prince Frederic von Anhalt, her ninth husband, to whom she has been married since 1986, was recently found naked in his Rolls-Royce, bound and gagged. He claimed that three women he had stopped to help near the Bel Air Country Club had robbed him. The police are investigating.
A few weeks before that, the prince was in the news, claiming that he was the biological father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby and had been having a long-term affair with her. Not very nice to Zsa Zsa, particularly as the paternity suit did not go his way. Two years ago, the prince and Zsa Zsa filed a lawsuit against her daughter, Francesca Hilton, charging, among other things, elder abuse, negligence and fraud, in a dispute over whether Francesca was entitled to certain monies relating to a Bel Air property. The lawsuit is ongoing.
Francesca is Zsa Zsa's only child, the daughter of her marriage to Conrad Hilton, the hotel chain magnate. Paris Hilton is Conrad's great-granddaughter.
One could characterize Zsa Zsa as the Paris of her day -- someone famous for being famous, whose celebrity came more from her romantic entanglements, personal dramas and encounters with the police than from her professional accomplishments. However, to do so would ignore Zsa Zsa's intelligence, wit, charm and style. She was not glam -- she was glamorous.
Sari (Zsa Zsa) Gabor was born Feb. 6, 1917, in Budapest, the second of three daughters born to Vilmos Gabor and Janci Tilleman Gabor (known as Jolie). Magda was three years older, Eva two years younger.
Zsa Zsa and Eva were just a few years older than my mother, who knew them as girls whom she occasionally saw at the ice skating rink in Budapest. My mother used to say that she knew the Gabors so long ago, she knew them when they were Jewish. Zsa Zsa has acknowledged that her grandmother was Jewish -- some sources say her father or his family converted to Catholicism -- which was not uncommon for that generation of Hungarian Jews, who chose the religion more for the potential social advancement than as a question of faith.
And social advancement was very much Jolie's plan. Her mantra to her daughters being: "You will be rich, famous and married to kings."
During Zsa Zsa's teens, Jolie tried to launch her career by entering her in beauty contests -- first in Budapest, then in Vienna. Although Zsa Zsa did not win, she landed a role in a Richard Tauber operetta and received enough attention when she got home that she had several suitors. She married a much older Turkish diplomat who took her off to Ankara, where Zsa Zsa made a great impression on the Turks (she was rumored to have had an affair with Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Turkish Republic).
By 1939, Eva was in Hollywood, launching her acting career. Magda, who had married an impoverished Polish count, remained in Budapest. During World War II, Magda became active in resistance activities as a driver for the International Red Cross. An affair with the Portuguese consul gave her access to false papers, which saved the lives of many, including her parents.
Zsa Zsa arrived in Los Angeles in 1941 on what was to be the first stop in a nationwide scout for a new husband. However, shortly after arriving, she was spotted at Ciro's by Hilton, a committed Catholic who had divorced his first wife but said he never intended to remarry.
Nevertheless, he fell under Zsa Zsa's spell and married her. She claimed that she, too, married for love (and at a much later date on a television show she passed a lie detector test when asked about it).
Still, the marriage only lasted five years. Hilton reportedly was tortured by the guilt of not being able to take communion and thwarted in his attempts to teach his wife thrift. Zsa Zsa was disappointed by Hilton's constant absences due to his business and the priority he placed on the hotels over her.
In 1946, at the time they began their highly public divorce proceedings, she was pregnant with their daughter, Francesca.
Shortly after Francesca's birth, Zsa Zsa experienced a bout of mania, characterized by volatile behavior, irrational spending splurges (even by Gabor standards) and dark, paralyzing depressions that led Eva to hospitalize her. Zsa Zsa was given insulin shock treatments. Upon her recovery, she turned on Eva, saying there was nothing wrong with her.
Zsa Zsa found her next husband in a movie theater, when she saw George Sanders on screen (she was reputed to have watched him beat a woman in "The Moon and Sixpence" only to remark, "That's the man for me!"). They were married in 1949. In 1951, Sanders won an Oscar for supporting actor for his role in "All About Eve."
Around this time, Zsa Zsa's own career was launched when she appeared on the television show "Bachelor's Haven," which allowed her to display her razor-sharp wit. When the host commented on her diamonds, Zsa Zsa retorted: "These? Darling, these are my working diamonds."
She became a regular on the program, as well as on radio. Often she would respond to listeners' questions. Here are some examples:
From a letter she read: "I'm breaking my engagement to a very wealthy man. He gave me a beautiful home, a mink coat, diamonds, an expensive car and a stove. What shall I do?Zsa Zsa's advice: "You have to be fair, darling. Give back the stove."
Or: "My husband is a traveling salesman, but I know he strays even when he's at home. What should I do?"
Zsa Zsa's advice: "Shoot him in the legs."
Her sudden popularity led to her casting in "Lovely to Look At," by Hungarian-born producer Joe Pasternak, and perhaps her best role as Jane Avril in "Moulin Rouge," directed by John Huston. Film roles followed in such films as "Lilli" (1953) and "Touch of Evil" (1958).
Although Sanders was the great love of Zsa Zsa's life, his interest in her waned -- he was often away on location -- so it was during that time that Zsa Zsa began an affair with legendary playboy Porfirio Rubirosa (she was the great love of his life). Scandal ensued as the couple's folie-a-deux had them fighting, making up and breaking up. At one point, Zsa Zsa appeared at a press conference with a patch over her eye, saying Rubirosa was a coward who beat women.
In the end, Zsa Zsa reconciled with Sanders, and Rubirosa married heiress Barbara Hutton. Rubirosa's marriage lasted all of 73 days. Sanders and Gabor divorced in 1954. However, Sanders was so enamored of the family and the family of him that in 1970, he married sister Magda (that one lasted six weeks).
What was the Gabors' appeal? First of all, as pictures from the era attest, they were beautiful (and they worked at being beautiful -- one of Hilton's complaints was that it could take Zsa Zsa several hours to get ready to go out).
Zsa Zsa presented a new model of femininity to American audiences of the 1950s. She was the opposite of a bimbo, instead portraying herself as a worldly sophisticate not interested in traditional domestic life, a sexual being, a romantic and a pragmatist.
If Zsa Zsa could be characterized as a gold digger, the subtext to her image was that she was worth it. Zsa Zsa became a public character whom America enjoyed.
Eva was a more serious actress than her sister, appearing in such films as "A Royal Scandal" (1945), "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (1954) and "Don't Go Near the Water" (1957), and she is known to countless generations of children as the voices of Duchess in the animated film, "The Aristocats" and Bianca in "The Rescuers."
Nonetheless, Eva achieved her greatest fame in the 1960s CBS sitcom, "Green Acres," playing Eddie Albert's city-bred socialite wife, a role that, ironically, called on her to play a variation of Zsa Zsa, speaking in an exaggerated Hungarian accent (something she had worked to lose in her other roles). In the end, the Gabor girls created characters they could not escape.
For me, the Gabors were approximations of my mother and her friends -- witty, attractive, entertaining women who got blonder every year, spoke in thick accents and loved jewelry (be it costume or real).
Several years ago, I tried to develop a movie about the Gabor girls -- a story about these three ambitious, competitive women, their careers, their loves and their stage mother. As a framing device I thought to use the one occasion when all three sisters appeared on stage. In 1953, they performed at the Las Vegas Last Frontier Hotel in a show called, "The Gabors: This Is Our Life." They appeared in beautiful sequined gowns, offered some witty lines and answered scripted questions. The show ran for only a few nights.
I never sold that project (or let's just say I haven't sold it yet), however, developing it led to one of my most memorable Hollywood moments: Lunch with Debbie Reynolds. What a trip, as they used to say.
Reynolds has been an actress since she was 13, and she is still (at that time she was almost 70) every inch an actress. She had been a good friend of the Gabors, particularly Eva, and was interested in playing Jolie, the mother.
Actually, she was interested in playing all the parts, and at lunch, she easily slipped into Hungarian-accented English and showcased the variety of Gabor accents she could do. Also, perhaps because Reynolds achieved fame playing innocent ingénues such as Tammy and the Singing Nun, she delights in shocking.
At one point, I mentioned Zsa Zsa's appearance at the press conference wearing an eye patch because she claimed Rubi had given her a black eye. Reynolds didn't buy it: "She probably got a black eye falling on his 'rubirosa,'" (Reynolds didn't really say "rubirosa," -- she used a word that, although funny, is inappropriate for a family-friendly newspaper.)
Over the last several decades, Zsa Zsa appeared in a wide variety of movies, from camp to trash, and in later years poked fun at herself but continued to be at her best as a talk show guest. Here are some more of her one-liners:
"Husbands are like fire. They go out when unattended."
"I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house."
"I believe in large families: Every woman should have at least three husbands."
"I wasn't born, I was ordered from room service."
Although famous, Zsa Zsa attained notoriety in 1989 when she went on trial for slapping a Beverly Hills police officer -- it was not the first time she had behaved poorly --just the first time she crossed the line with an officer of the court. She received a sentence of three days in jail -- and plenty of publicity.
Finally, it should be noted that the Gabors were all successful businesswomen. Magda at one point ran a thriving plumbing business for many years, Eva had a wig business, Zsa Zsa made personal appearances for the Marshall Field's department store and even Mama Jolie had a successful costume jewelry store on Madison Avenue in New York.The facts of their lives have been told often, by the Gabors themselves. Jolie published two books (the eponymous "Jolie Gabor" by gossip doyenne Cindy Adams and "Jolie Gabor's Family Cookbook" by Ted and Jean Kaufman). Zsa Zsa wrote four ("Zsa Zsa Gabor: My Story Written for Me by Gerold Frank," "How to Catch a Man, How to Keep a Man, How to Get Rid of a Man," "It's Simple Darling" and "One Lifetime Is Not Enough," assisted by, edited by and put into proper English by Wendy Leigh). Eva wrote one ("Orchids and Salami: A Gay and Impudent Memoir").
Others have tackled the subject in articles in newspapers and magazines, on television and in books. As recently as 2001, Anthony Tutu published his collection of Gabor artifacts in "Gaborabilia," a tribute book written with Donald F. Reuter.
Nonetheless, and this is what makes me sad, it seems as though their time has passed.
Eva died in 1995, Mama Jolie in 1997 (she was 103), Magda a few weeks later the same year. This past February, Zsa Zsa turned 90.
Having outlived her sisters, perhaps Zsa Zsa is the last of the blonde-haired, bejeweled Hungarian Mohicans. In her Beverly Hills home, I trust that she feels she is not entirely alone or forgotten.
Perhaps there is some measure of pleasure for her in the fact that despite her current problems, she is still remembered for her beauty and her wit. She can, if she likes, consider this column a gift from a perfect stranger. But I will give Zsa Zsa the last word:
"I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers -- but then nobody's perfect."
Tom Teicholz is a film producer in Los Angeles. Everywhere else, he's an author and journalist who has written for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Interview and The Forward. His column appears every other week.
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The admiration you feel for the people who have positively impacted your existence can have a strong effect on your choices today. Because you may be calling to mind everything these important individuals did for you, a need to show them your appreciation can come over you. However, many of the wise mentors and peers who aided you in your struggle to discover your capacity for fulfillment may no longer be a part of your life. You can articulate your thanks today by passing their contribution along by serving as a guide to those following paths similar to your own.
Those people we admire have given us so much by simply being a part of our lives that we may occasionally feel inclined to give something back. However, while some of these individuals will inevitably be a part of our lives, it is likely that many exist beyond our sphere of influence, making it difficult, if not impossible, to reach out to them. Expressing our gratitude is then a matter of finding some method of passing on the encouragement and hope they have instilled within us. We can say thank you by adopting the roles they have played in our lives in the lives of another. Though we may feel ill equipped to serve as an object of admiration to someone less evolved than ourselves, the truth is that we have so much we can give. You can demonstrate your respect for those who have encouraged you today by turning around and giving encouragement to another.
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THE South African government is investigating reports that dozens of South African soldiers were missing or killed in the battle for Bangui in the Central African Republic last month, International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Thursday.
At the same time, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denied in Parliament that more than 13 South Africans died in the fighting, which erupted when rebel leader Michel Djotodia led thousands of insurgents into the Central African Republic capital.
Hours earlier, French radio station RFI reported that, according to Seleka rebel coalition commander Gen Arda Hakouma, at least 36 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers were killed during the fighting that erupted on March 23.
RFI's correspondent in Bangui, Cyril Bensimon, also quoted an anonymous source as saying he was at the French military base at Bangui airport on March 25, where he saw 50 body bags ready to be loaded onto a Hercules C-130 transport plane sent from South Africa and due to fly to Pretoria.
"We will investigate the matter and keep South Africans informed," Ms Nkoana-Mashabane said in reply to a question on the reports at a media briefing.
"In any coup situation there will be loss of lives, there will also be other unforeseen circumstances," she said. "We will verify the facts and come back to you ... where we are sitting at the moment we have not received such reports."
Ms Mapisa-Nqakula, replying to a question from Democratic Alliance MP David Maynier about the reports that many more soldiers had been killed, said the accurate figures were that 13 died during the battle, 27 were wounded and three were still in a critical condition in hospital.
She denied that 50 soldiers were captured by the rebels and that one soldier got lost and was returned the SANDF base by the rebels after the battle was over.
Ms Mapisa-Nqakula also denied that South African soldiers had provided VIP protection for ousted Central African Republic president Francois Bozize or helped him escape ahead of the fall of Bangui, saying: "We did not help him flee. He left the country while our troops were still fighting."
She acknowledged there had been child soldiers among those killed by South African soldiers but insisted that when confronted by children armed with assault rifles, the soldiers had a right to defend themselves.
"Those who recruited the child soldiers are the ones who should be indicted," Ms Mapisa-Nqakula said.
President Jacob Zuma announced on Wednesday that the remaining South African soldiers stationed in the Central African Republic under the terms of a bilateral agreement dating from 2007 would be pulled out.
Mr Djotodia ousted Mr Bozize and appointed himself as leader of the country, creating a transitional government headed by civilian Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye. He promised elections in three years.
Mr Zuma attended an extraordinary summit of leaders of the Economic Community of Central African States (Eccas) in the Chadian capital, N'djamena, on Wednesday, called to discuss the situation in Central African Republic.
Ms Nkoana-Mashabane said the leaders had decided the country's new government was not legitimate and that they would send a team of ministers to the country to convey this message.
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While couples plan their weekend getaways, singles get all hot and bothered about 50 Shades of Grey & stores explode with inspiration for your date-night outfit, I'll be plotting my plan of attack for this month's lust list. My wardrobe needs updating & the fashion Gods must have heard my prayers because my refund check landed around the same time I was drafting a much longer list.
There's much more to this list, but these are some of my favorites right now. By the way, how cool is the branded shop at Forever21?! Whoever pitched the idea, I love you. It's such a great way to discover other brands you might not have heard of before and shop them all in one place. Also making my lust list is the shoe of the year...the mule. I could tell an Elvis joke involving blue suede shoes here, but I'll save you the horror. I've never fancied the mule much, but I can already visualize several outfits involving this dime.
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Bloomberg has a fine story on efforts by Harvard's George Church to sequence the genomes of 100,000 people, at a cost of $1 billion.
The genomic data of all participants, as well as a detailed medical history, will be filed into a large database, from which Church hopes to glean information about disease and treatments. These aren't entire genomes, mind you, but only the protein-making genes, which make up about 1 percent of the genome and are considered the most important to human health.
It's still an audacious plan. Only about a dozen genomes have been sequenced to date, and this proposal comes just three months after a government consortium announced a $50 million plan to sequence the genomes of 1,000 individuals.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the plan is an unspecified grant from Google that's supporting Church's work. The long-term intent likely involves incorporating personal genomic data into Google Health, a plan to manage health records. Should we be comfortable with this?
Baylor College of Medicine ethicist Amy McGuire is quoted in the article as saying she wouldn't do it. It's one thing, she says, to put family photos on Facebook. Quite another to share medical information, even if Google says it's protected.
I guess the bottom line is that the pace of genome sequencing continues to accelerate, and that's a good thing. But it also means we're going to have to confront some of the uncomfortable issues that personal genomes raise sooner rather than later.


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TravelPod Member ReviewsRaming Lodge Hotel & Spa Chiang Mai
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Stayed a night here prior to our Intrepid trip. We came back for another two nights.
It's a great hotel. Great service, great breakfast, great location. Even brought our passports out to the airport when I realised I'd left them in the safe.
We will definitely return to Chiang Mai and will stay at Raming Lodge again
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Good location/comfortable rooms
We stayed three nights at the Raming Lodge and were very pleased with the quality of the accomodation and the location in the City of Chiang Mai. The facility seems quite new in an area of much older buildings. Most rooms have no view except another building or rooftop, and the number of windows is limited to one each in the bedroom and bath, so it is a little dark in terms of natural light. The bed was comfortable if a little hard, but I didn't experience early morning noises in the halls that others have mentionned.
Breakfast was bland and repetitive and poorer than any other hotel in my 16 days in Thailand. We ate dinner once in the main restaurant and it was of a higher quality.
It isn't far to walk to the Night Market or the weekend market. (different directions) You just have to get passed those offering Thai massage, and several ladies at the end of the street offering massage++! There are places nearby offering an hour on the internet for 30 baht/hour. A great deal! McDonald's (the first one I've ever been to that had burger that looked like the ones in the photos - not flattened at all; Haagen-Daz; Pizza Hut, Starbucks, Baskin -Robbins and several good Thai restaurants are in the area of the night market. It seemed very safe walking around day or night.
Upstairs (7th floor??) is a very nice area for a very good Thai massage. Those that had a massage at the hotel were very pleased with it.
Overall a reasonable 3.5 star hotel in an area that is safe and interesting. Recommended.
Good hotel, Great location...
We stayed at this hotel after finding out that our original hotel had not booked our room...The staff were helpful and friendly, the room was large, modern and clean with a extra large bed! The location was ideal, it is just outside the old city and is right next to the night market. Inshort we would stay here again and would recommend it to friends.
Nice place in a good location
Overall I liked this hotel a lot. I stayed in off-season so the rate was quite attractive. The hotel is pretty new, so it's in great condition. Only a few blocks to the old part of town, and only 10 minute walk to the night bazar. Service was very good overall, but the maids didn't do a great job. The room was clean, but they didn't replace the bed decoration or ornamental pillows... I had to do that myself. Bathroom lovely with new tilework. One minor thing about the rooms is that they are dark. There's only one window that lets in bright light, and there are low-output fluorescent bulbs throughout the room that barely light it at all. This is especially a problem when shaving or putting on makeup at night in the bathroom. Noise will be a problem for some people because the room doors fit the frames so tightly that it's almost impossible to shut your door quietly. Also, the maids are constantly going by your room in the morning with their carts filled with glass water bottles that make a racket. Quiet A/C and lots of hot water. Breakfast buffet each morning was decent, although after a couple of days, it becomes routine. Expensive internet available in the lobby. Across the street at night there are massages available right on the sidewalk for only 60 baht per 30 minutes. There are 3 girls and a guy, and I can testify that the guy was really good... I almost fell asleep right there in the chair!
Very Good
Good clean rooms in a good location, staff very helpful. Excellent hotel for a few nights in the centre of Chiang Mai.
Bello come sempre ma....
da quando ha aperto passo diversi periodi dell'anno in questo albergo in quanto per lavoro mi trovo spesso a Chiang Mai.
L'albergo e' molto carino, ben arredato, le stanze sono grandi e dotate di tutti i conforts (l'unica pecca e' che alcune in pratica non hanno una vera e propria finestra).
La posizione e' eccezionale soprattutto per il turista: e' a meta' strada tra il night bazaar e Tapae Gate e quindi anche a due passi dal sunday market.
Le aree comuni sono carine, la colazione abbondante e il personale abbastanza gentile.
Ma veniamo alla nota dolente: nell'ultimo mio soggiorno(luglio/agosto 2006) ho trovato la sgradita sorpresa di trovare l'hotel affolato di arabi...dico sgradita poiche' chiunque viaggi sa che i loro standard di educazione e civilta' sono molto diversi dai nostri!
Per loro e' normale lasciare i bambini fino alle 2 di notte a correre nei corridoi...sfidandosi a gare di velocita' e abilita'...per loro e' normale sbattere REGOLARMENTE le porte a qualunque ora del giorno e della notte...per loro e' normale gridare a 800 decibel alle 3 di notte da una stanza all'altra e se uno glielo fa notare si stupiscono...semplicemente per loro e' normale cosi'!
Ecco perche', come ho gia' avuto modo di suggerire allo staff, il Raming Lodge secondo me, deve decidere che vuol fare da grande: o resta un albergo di livello (ottimo il rapporto qualita'/costi) e seleziona la clientela o diventa,come tanti alberghi nel mondo, un hotel destinato alla clientela medioorientale...non si puo' avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca..bisogna scegliere!
Per quanto mi riguarda tornero' ancora una volta al Raming a fine anno ma se trovero' ancora lo zoo di questo periodo me ne terro' alla larga.
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Good location, just a short stroll from attractions. Rested well in the clean and comfortable room. Good value for $$$
Good location, nice hotel
Raming Lodge is locate just a 10 minute walk away from the night bazaar. It's a 2 year old hotel that is quiet, nicely furnished and clean. For its superior room, you get a huge room and bathroom that is decorated in Lanai style. The staff was very friendly. The air-con works well and we were so comfortable there that during the hot season we stay in the room watching cable. The only slight complain I would have is that the breakfast buffet is only so-so. The spread is fine but could have been better.
New and Centrally Located
I have stayed at this hotel twice, in March and April of 2006. Both times we were in the Junior Suite, which was spacious and comfortable. The hotel itself is relatively new (one year or so) and looks it. Location is excellent, just outside the old city on Loi Kroh Road. Many shops and restaurants are within walking distance.
Staff was always pleasant and helpful. Breakfast buffet (included) is adequate but only average.
I enjoyed staying at Raming Lodge and would do so again. However, there are some minor annoyances:
- You must remove the key from the room when leaving, which shuts off power (and air conditioning) inside your room while you are away.
-Their advertised "high speed" internet is not at all high-speed. It is painfully slow. Many nearby locations have faster and cheaper internet access.
- Bathrooms could use more ventilation. In our suite, there was no exhaust fan in the bathrooms and the windows did not open, creating moist and stuffy conditions while the doors were closed.
Excellent Value
This hotel was clean, big rooms and stylishly new and really good value. The breakfast was boring but I found the biggest drawback was no pool as it was very hot (hotter than Bangkok) in the 4 days I stayed there in summer. The street it is on, has a lot of the usual girly bars and the harassment a lone male has to endure is tiresome after a while. There is some good backpacker bars on the street too though.
You can walk easily up to the end of the street to the huge night markets and walk the other way and hire a bike for the day for about 50bart and ride around the old city it's the best way as its only 2km square but many temples etc. Make sure you also go to the mountain temple its absolutely mind blowing.
I wouldn't stay here again but that's not because the hotel is bad I think if you go to Chang Mai you should stay in one of the beautiful riverside guest houses and get into the spirit of the place. Modern hotels just don't suit the place.
Good value
My family of 3 stayed at Raming Lodge for 2 nights. Great value accommodation...absolutely clean large room, huge bed, and great location. On the downside, the room had 1 small window that faced a crummy wall less than 10 feet away, service could have been better, and the breakfast spread is nothing to write about.
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How Stressed Are You As A Parent?Sierra Black
How stressed are you as a parent?
Turns out the answer to this question matters a lot, according to the folks who make a test for it.
They've just released an updated version, the Parenting Stress Index 4. This is no ordinary Internet quiz; you won't be able to take it quickly online. The Parenting Stress Index is a clinical tool for identifying how stressed out moms and dads are. It's something you'd take in your doctor's office, or with a social worker.
Why should you care how stressed you are? Well, in addition to all the unhealthy effects on you, stress hurts your ability to be an awesome parent. That's no good for your kids, and ultimately leads to more stress for you.
The Parenting Stress Index is used to identify risk factors for neglect and abuse, but also to suss out which families are most likely to need help managing behavioral issues with children. Over 100 questions in different areas help give clinicians a pretty accurate picture of what your home life is like, and how stressful it is.
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Parenting stress is an important factor in child development. "High levels of parenting stress are associated with and predict a wide range of dysfunctional parenting behavior and negative child outcomes," says Dr. Richard Abidin, professor of clinical and school psychology at the University of Virginia and author of the PSI-4. "Reduced sensitivity, lack of warmth, harsh—if not abusive—and neglecting behaviors, and the inability to provide a secure and supportive home environment can negatively impact children's psychological development and educational competence." The test provides information that may be used for designing a treatment plan, for setting priorities for intervention, and/or for follow-up evaluation.
We all have bad days, of course. Parenting is super stressful even under the best circumstances. But if you feel like you're situation is under chronic stress in a way that's affecting your parenting, you might want to talk to your doctor about taking this evaluation. The test itself won't solve your problems, but it'll give you more information to work with.
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