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- March 11, 1996
- Vol. 45
- No. 10
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Toshi Okamoto lives in two worlds. Much of the time the young comic-book illustrator savors the cosmopolitan chaos of Tokyo, with its exotica like green-tea tiramisu cake, pets you can rent by the hour and, most enticing of all, the lithe Western women who have fascinated him ever since he saw Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday on his ninth birthday. But then memory, or just a familiar voice on the phone, will transport him back to his childhood home on Hokkaido. There on the northernmost of the Japanese islands, the snow piles so high, legend has it, that slumbering foxes are stranded on their pine branch perches when it melts, moss glows phosphorescently and, for as long as he can remember, Toshi's mother and father have been separated by a chill as palpable as the ice that chokes the winter waters.
As Toshi probes the mystery of his parents' relationship—eventually uncovering a secret that will throw info question his very identity—and pursues an incendiary affair with his kinky English teacher, Brown fuses these dual universes with an authority unexpected in either a first-time novelist or an outsider to this most insular of cultures. But judging by the way the now New York City-based writer evokes Japan's sights, sounds and scents, his seven years as a freelance reporter there were well-spent. Written in uncommonly supple prose, by turns sensuous, poignant and even funny, Brown's dazzling debut soars like a flock of geese through a moon-dappled sky. (Pocket, $21)
by Robert Coles
A pioneering psychiatrist, Harvard professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Coles has long distinguished himself as a man with a restless, inquisitive mind and a hugely compassionate heart. This fat collection of essays from the past 30 years shows that his sense of wonder at life's surprises and fateful turns has deepened with time. While many of his book reviews and much of his social commentary seem dry and dated, the poet in him sings when he relates his case histories of patients who embody all the blessings and curses of being human. Coles knows "how uncharted, sometimes unsatisfactory and occasionally hopeless therapy can be." But he remains the optimist, always eager for "the chance to take on, with another person, a measure of this world's pain in the hopes of diminishing it." (Little, Brown, $25.95)
by Stanley Elkin
Stanley Elkin's final novel—the author died last May at 65—is a great, gasping, galloping read. Frequently hilarious, often poignant, and with a sometimes improbable plot, this National Book Critic's Circle nominee is consistently astonishing. (Since when is plot such a big deal when you're in a master's hands?)
Here, the big deal is the once-beautiful Dorothy Bliss, Ted's widow, who has seen a lot, including the untimely death of one of her three children. We meet her in her late 60s, when she is mourning for both her husband and son; by story's end, she's a very deaf 82 and contemplating life's seasons from Florida, God's waiting room.
Along the way, Dorothy takes up with some handsome Latin American drug dealers; befriends Manny from the building, and visits, at her children's behest, a crackpot claiming to practice what Elkin calls "recreational therapeusis." Dorothy eventually discovers, in reviewing what she thought was an unexceptional life, that she has been a plucky survivor. And when she finds herself alone and barricaded against Hurricane Andrew, Elkin writes, "you couldn't have paid her, who'd missed so much, to miss this." (Hyperion, $22.95)
by George Saunders
Six short stories and a novella make up this extraordinary collection. All are first-person narratives in which voices rise, often hilariously, from a world of gothic lunacy. Saunders' narrators are memorable—squeamish readers be warned. Take, for example, the obese executive of "The 400-Pound CEO," now languishing in jail: "So now I know...the body odor of Vic, a Chicago kingpin who's claimed me for his own and compels me to wear a feminine hat with fruit on the brim for nightly interludes."
Minor figures are also striking. In the book's opening piece we meet Downtrodden Mary, the 92-year-old cleaning lady at a fictional theme park: "How I remember sex with Herb, the one good man I've known.... How we experimented in his trailer before my husband Bud and his repulsive gangster friends slit his throat.... After killing Herb, the lot of them came over to our place for dinner as usual." CivilWarLand is best not read at one sitting; an overload of grotesquerie becomes apparent. But Saunders, 37, is a singular new voice, a blazing talent who should be read. (Random House, $21)
by Pete Hamill
For those who still think of Pete Hamill as the consummate tabloid columnist who can flex his feistiness on tight deadline and tighter space, this set of previously published essays shows that the 60-year-old wordsmith can go long without losing his poet's passion or his newshound's nose for detail.
A self-proclaimed generalist—with "millions of words of newspaper and magazine journalism" to prove it—the Brooklyn-born Hamill has spent much of the last 30 years pursuing his far-flung interests in public. This 432-page collection—infused with clear-headed prose that searches out the bright lights and the blind spots of human heart—is "a recording of where I was and what I saw and who I met along the way."
Few writers have owned a more jam-packed diary: late-night vodka with Frank Sinatra; early-morning batting practice with former New York Mets baseball whiz Keith Hernandez; reportorial sparring with inmate Mike Tyson; extended tours of Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Nicaragua and the drug capital of Miami; romantic encounters with his beloved New York and Mexico City; a peaceful negotiation with middle age.
Partisans who take pride in reading Hamill's every word will discover a gem or two they may have missed; rookie readers will find this the perfect sampler. (Little, Brown, $24.95)
by Gayle Lynds
Page-Turner of the Week
SEAT BELTS HASTENED? Fingers ready? Belief suspended? Then, let's go. Liz Sansborough opens her eyes one day in a room she doesn't recognize, with a man she also doesn't recognize who claims to be her fiancé. She has had an accident, the man tells her—that's why she can't remember anything. But Liz (if that's her real name) has more to contend with than amnesia in this generally effective thriller. She's up against a nefarious crowd, chief among them a doctor experimenting with mind-altering drugs and the aristocratic deputy CIA director, who's managing a hush-hush global corporation. With help from a renegade. CIA agent, Liz runs for her identity and for her life. Masquerade falters when Lynds tables the action for clumsily wrought romantic encounters and pontifications about the nature of evil. Cut, please, to the chase. (Doubleday, $22.95)
>Rosanne Cash
ALTHOUGH EANS OF GRAMMY-WINNER Rosanne Cash might be surprised to find her name on a book jacket instead of a CD box, the publication of Bodies of Water (Hyperion, $19.95) makes perfect sense to the singer/songwriter. "I won a poetry contest when I was 9," says Cash, 40, "and kept a journal for almost a decade while making albums."
But while the form may be different from her musical work, the subject matter is vintage Cash. Confessional and dreamlike, the tales reflect the emotions of contemporary women trying to deal with love and transcend loss. The stories, she says, are "about being willing to sit with whatever your life is, with obsessions, weird relationships or whatever."
The daughter of country legend Johnny Cash, Rosanne has had her share of romantic upheavals, including a tumultuous 13-year marriage to songwriter Rodney Crowell that ended in 1993 and produced three daughters, I Caitlin, 16, Chelsea, 14, and 5 Carrie, 7, as well as some of the I wrenching songs on her 1990 album Interiors. Now wed to record producer John Leventhal, the Manhattan-based Cash insists that misery does not beget creativity. "I don't believe all that bulls—t," she says.
That's obvious. Along with 10 Demos, a new album produced by Leventhal due this spring, Cash has just written a children's book and is at work on a new literary project inspired by her own experiences. "I don't know how to write from someone else's life," she says, "even if it is fiction."
BAD ENOUGH THAT THEY SCRIBBLE prescriptions in some kind of hyperscrawl, emergency room docs now seem to speak in tongues as well. The problem might not be that you are a "gork"—that is, a patient with mental impairment due to brain injury. Real-life ER slang is so arcane that Dr. Mark Brown, a Dartmouth-trained emergency room physician practicing in Northern California, added a glossary to his new Emergency!—True Stories from the Nation's ERs (Villard, $21). Here is a guide that even those with very high ''feather counts" (measure of flakiness) should get.
•BLADE: Nickname for a surgeon
•BUG JUICE: Intravenous antibiotics
•TRAIN WRECK: A patient with severe, complicated disease or injury
•POP DROP: When families drop their elderly dad at the hospital so they can take a vacation
•ROCKS: Patients not sick enough to admit to the hospital but whom the family refuses to take home
•CTD: Circling the Drain. Very sick and failing fast
•GOOMBAH: A worrisome mass or tumor found on an X ray or exam
•CROCK: Malingering patient with bogus complaints
•FTD Fixin'to Die
•BOXED: Put in a pine box (i.e., died)
•STAT: At once, immediately
•GOMER:A debilitated patient as in, Get Out of My Emergency Room
•NEGATIVE WALLET BIOPSY: Patient lacking both insurance and cash
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Lee Hunt of James Island remembers Japanese suicide bombers crashing their planes into the gun mount above his station in the powder magazine onboard the destroyer Laffey as the warship fought the enemy off Okinawa in World War II.
"The ship was on fire," Hunt said Wednesday. "We were more concerned with saving the ship than ourselves."
He and fellow crew members flooded his station to keep the gunpowder from exploding.
"Then we had to pump it out to keep the ship from sinking," he said.
Though many others died during the battle, Hunt escaped injury and went on to serve a long career with the former Atlantic Coastline Railroad after the war.
Now 85, on Wednesday he watched the old warship he served on for three years slip into a new berth at Patriots Point after extensive repairs.
"You can't describe it," he said, standing beside the World War II aircraft carrier Yorktown as the Laffey slowly inched into place where the submarine Clamagore sat until Monday. "It was long overdue."
Patriots Point brought the Laffey home Wednesday after repairing its rusting hull in North Charleston at a cost of $9.2 million under a loan provided by the state which the naval and maritime museum must repay within two years.
The Laffey had been docked at Shipyard Creek since 2009.
Former Laffey crew members cheered, popped the cork on a champagne bottle and blew air horns as the vessel approached the Yorktown before being steered into place.
"It's been a long fight," said Sonny Walker, Laffey Association president from the flight deck of Yorktown. He served on the ship from 1960 to 1963.
Patriots Point executive director Mac Burdette said the move went more smoothly than imagined.
"We conjured up all the nightmares, and none of them came true," he said. "It was about as perfect as it could be. We are about a day ahead of schedule."
Patriots Point will remain closed for the rest of the week to reinstall the 60-foot pier section that was removed to put the Laffey in place and pull the submarine to the south end of the Yorktown. Tours of the Laffey will be available in about a month.
Burdette hopes to reopen the naval museum on Saturday.
Patriots Point is planning a special ceremony to mark the Laffey's return in April, but plans have not been arranged.
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Designed he's said to offer songs via a streaming app that are "never played the same way twice," it promises to be an interactive musical experience like no other. Perhaps unsurprisingly, creating something that immersive is overflowing with detail work — and Belew has been at work on it for years.
Today, he's sharing some of the contexual items that will be included with program, each of them designed to give listeners a fuller understanding of what each musical part means: "Things such as my comments about the piece you're hearing, an interesting story about its background, an anecdote, song lyrics, and studio notes on how we did something and what gear I used and instruments I played," Belew says. "At anytime while you're listening, you can tap on the information button and a page like the screenshots seen here will appear."
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TravelPod Member ReviewsMandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
Opulent surroundings that are refreshingly down to earth. Marble meets more marble meets glistening chandeliers.
The food was exquisite and a shame to cut into some of the beautifully made miniature sandwiches. The tea kept on coming and we must have been there over two hours. Still can't believe I was served clotted cream which is made 3 miles down the road from where I come from in Cornwall all the way out here in Hong Kong. Expensive treat but has to be done.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
Lost its charm.
As a fan of the Mandarin for many years I'm now sad to say that it has lost the charm it once had, perhaps irretrievably.
For some time now visitors here have been happy to overlook the slightly tatty interior because the service was simply impeccable - the best that I've experienced anywhere. This is no longer the case. Many of the long serving staff have left in the run up to the impending closure for refurbishment and standards have plumetted. No longer five star standard.
Nice hotel, Bad service
I stayed at the hotel for a bussiness trip!
everything about the hotel was great including the overall service and the location.
One problem though....When I went to bed for the first time, I felt something in the middle of the bed (this was a king size bed).
I did not know what it was and I was very tired so I just moved over to one side of the bed so I would not have to sleep on the "thing" that was sticking out in middle of the bed!
I only stayed for one night, and when I was ready to check out, I asked for some compensation for my unconfortable bed. The front desk said that they would send somebody up to see if this was a real problem.
Anyway, when the person got to the room, he lifted up all the sheets on the bed and lo and behold there was this big metal peice connecting two twin size beds so that it would look like it was a king size bed!!
After all of this I asked for even a little compensation but they would not do anything except apologize! I was shocked because going by the service that they claim to have, they should have at least done something in return!
Ranked #5 out of 6 (all five-star hotels in Central)
Location, Captain's Bar
Patio Hazard, Rooms, Decor, Fitness facilities, Service, Rates
The Bottom Line
If you can get into the Conrad, Shangri-La, Marriott, or Ritz, I would highly recommend them. These are terrific hotels and reputationally (amongst locals) are the best hotels available.
Full Review
This is a comparison review of how the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong ranks out of the six existing 5-Star Hotels in Central/Admiralty, the heart of Hong Kong (the others are the Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, The Conrad, Island Shangri-La, and Four Seasons). I have stayed at all the hotels throughout the past 9 years, and I would currently rank the hotel #5 out of 6 on a comparative basis, based on the newness (or outdatedness) of its decor, quality of rooms, fitness facilities, service, value for money, and efforts the staff make on behalf of its customers.
The thing I like about the Mandarin Oriental is its location. While the other Central/Admirality hotels have generally better service, room quality, fitness facilities, and general staff attitude, the good thing about the Mandarin is that it is located in the middle of Central. Although this can be quite noisy (from inside the room) and frenetic, and attracts strange stragglers in the lobby late in the evening, I think the one pro of the hotel is it's location. On the other hand, the Ritz-Carlton is right next to the Mandarin Oriental, and the other hotels are only 60 seconds away by cab.
In terms of service, I believe the best hotels are the Island Shangri-La, then the Conrad and Ritz-Carlton, then the JW Marriott, and finally the Mandarin Oriental (the sixth hotel is the Four Seasons, which hasn't opened yet). I find the big difference in service is that the Admirality hotels (Conrad, JW Marriott, Shangri-La) have an impeccable, sustained level of service, all the time, at all seasons in the year.
The Mandarin, while marketed heavily for their good service quality, is actually the weakest in this area, perhaps because they have fell into a comfort zone through the years. During my numerous stays there, I had repeated service problems with the faucet and bathtub in the bathroom (took them many many repeated visits to fix, and they would tell me they fixed it when they didn't). The staff was generally unresponsive, and at times rude (perhaps this was due to the fact they were understaffed). There were two staffers - Danny Lai and Chris Knothe - that I had to continually avoid because they were simply unpleasant to me consistently (and, from what I hear, to other guests as well).
They also have this general reputation in Hong Kong (to locals) to always want to maximize the rate they are charging the customer (after staying for over 3 weeks there on a visit, and wanting to book a subsequent 2-week visit a few days later, they wanted to charge me 3X the room rate I was being charged on my first visit on the grounds that 'it was high season'. Reputationally, they manipulate their room prices aggressively so buyer beware. If you are unsure about what the norm/accepted room rates for 5-Star hotels are in Hong Kong, I would strongly recommend sticking with the Shangri-La or Ritz-Carlton (which shares the Mandarin's prime central location).
In terms of fitness facilities, the best is, hands-down, the Island Shangri-La. Its gym is enormous (similar to the Portman Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai), and the treadmills face a spectacular view of Central/Admirality. Next would be the JW Marriott and Conrad, and then the Ritz-Carlton. While smaller, these gyms are efficient and well-ventilated. Last would come the Mandarin. The Mandarin's gym and pool are not really a 'gym' and 'pool'; the gym is like a backroom attic that was hastily converted, and they stuck in a few treadmills. There is a constant stench/odor in the facilities perhaps due to poor ventilation, and there were times I had to cut my workout short because of the odor. The pool is not really a pool, but more of an extra-large bathtub (although granted it is pretty warm).
In terms of rooms, the best rooms are probably found in the Conrad and Shangri-La. The Conrad is very artfully decorated, pastel in hue, and there is an enormous double-sink bathroom and the square footage is unrivaled. The Shangri-La has a huge room as well, and very artfully decorated in Asian motifs. Next would come the JW Marriott and Ritz, which have smaller rooms and acceptable decor.
Finally, it would be the Mandarin Oriental, with a somewhat outdated decor, and very boxy/restrictive layout within the rooms. The room layout of the Mandarin is a box rectangle.
The room amenities are average. There are no irons in the rooms, and the daily internet charges are probably the most expensive in all of Asia (about US$25/day). There are no movie channels (HBO/Cinemax). The concierge charges about US$5 for any request you make (i.e. if you want them to purchase a beverage or food item). In terms of cost of services (room service, laundry, etc.), this is hands-down the most expensive in Hong Kong (and probably Asia). A simple bowl of wonton noodles is about US$30 including service/tax. If it is room service, tack on an extra 15%.
The one thing about every single room at the Mandarin is there is a narrow personal patio in every room. I personally was slightly freaked out by the patio, because the wall is very very low, and I felt it was very easy for a child (or teenager, or inebriated adult) to accidentally fall over the patio to the ground far far below. There is NO barrier or protection at all. The rooms go quite high (24 floors), so I found it quite dangerous. When I first went in, I actually asked to change to a patio-less room, but none exist. If you stay at the Mandarin, this will be a hazard you will have to accept (you can ask to stay on the lowest floor available, which I think is 6th). I would highly advise you prohibit children from entering the room, or at least keep them heavily monitored at all times.
Rooms: Fair
Quality of Service: Fair
Location: Very Good
Room Rate: US$ 600
Room Type: Single
Best service in the world.
I agree that the decor in the rooms may need updating, but this is more than made up for by the fantastic service that this hotel provides. I was in HK for business and my wife joined me for a few days. When she arrived the hotel had placed a welcome card and a box of chocolates in the room for her. The staff are so polite and helpful, and the position of the hotel is fantastic for the business district and more importantly the bars of Lan Kwai Fong. The views across to Kowloon from Vong restaurant on the 24th floor are fantastic, and i enjoyed an ice cold beer in a silver jug in the Captain's bar every evening. Bliss!!
Can I live here?
I love, love, love this hotel. The service is out of this world and I am always so appreciative of the time and care the staff take. Decor-wise, this place is not that cool or funky and when you first enter, you may be wondering what the big deal is? But as soon as you begin to enjoy the full experience of the Mandarin Oriental's service and attention, you will never want to stay anywhere else in Hong Kong!
A little jaded excellence.
One of the best group of hotels in S.E.Asia and one of the first. A little jaded and dated now but everything else puts that in the shade. Facilities excellent with nice rooms with a small balcony. Well fitted out. Service second to none. Nearly had my knuckles wrapped when I tried to pour my own coffee at the breakfast table. Attendants at the poolside anticipate where you will emerge and stand there with a towel ready to wrap round you. Better than at home. We ate in the superb buffet restaurant on the mezanine floor which needs to be seen to be believed as it seems to run on for miles. Couldn't even start to describe the various foods etc. Well worth the �18 per head.
Hong Kong is great for a stopover. As one would expect, not expensive generally unless you go in to the large retal shops that you would find in any city around the world.
Must do's: Take a trip on the cheapest ferry in the world across to the mainland at Kowloon. Do it again at night and look at the fantatic light display on all the buildings. Go to the night market and see the shops. Take a meal in a local restaurant or cafe. We went into a Vegitarian resturant that was full of locals and had a fantastic meal which cost around �7 for two.
Take a trip up to the peak on the tram. Views are spectacular, except for the pollution, and the buildings are amazing.
Take a trip out to one of the Islands, great fun. Go to Stanley Market in the south of the Island.
Fantanstic Service
We stayed here recently for a few days and had a fantastic time. The service was second to none right from check in through to departure. One critisim was that the rooms could do with a little updating, however they are very well appointed.
Over-rated Reputation
I fail to understand the high ratings that the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong receives in most travel publications. The service is above average, although not nearly as spot-on as the Mandarin in Singapore, where we were greeted by name each time we entered the hotel ... at the Hong Kong MO, the doorman was rarely present and the staff never even looked up from the reception desk. The physical space of the hotel is deteriorating, despite a renovation that is supposedly in progress. The rooms are rather small, and the furniture is well-worn and dated. The balcony door had only a small latch lock (although we were on the 9th floor, it still didn't provide a great feeling of security), and the windows didn't seal out street noise very well. The exterior is not very attractive ... basically a square box with dingy white and yellow tiles. While I understand that some of their guests enjoy the cigar bar, the strong, acrid smell of smoke permeates the lobby and one of the dining areas ... not exactly a welcome aroma when non-smokers enter the lobby. We didn't have high tea at the Mandarin because of the lingering cigar smell. Instead, we headed across the harbor on the Star Ferry to the Peninsula Hotel for tea, instead. With its gorgeous interior and exquisite service, it made us wish we had stayed at the Peninsula.
Very Nice but not perfect
We stayed at the MO Hong Kong for a week in November 04. I like Mandarin Oriental hotels overall and have stayed at their properties in San Franciso, London and Miami. The service is flawless. This hotel however is right on the cusp of slipping into less than world class status. Even though I had a reservation for over two months, when we checked in late in the evening we were put in a 23rd floor room that was very poor. The windows were the worst I have seen at a hotel in decades. The noise from the street was outrageous. The next day I was moved to a room of the same size but with a balcony and a better window set up so that the noise decreased substantially. While the room was nicely decorated, there were small issues with the ceiling in the bathroom, wallpaper coming off the wall in the bedroom and the ac was loud. This criticism is based on a very high expectations on my part, however. That having been said, we had a great stay overall. I met one of the managers in an elevator and when asked about my impressions, I relayed my feelings. I was contacted a few hours later and was given a credit back on the car service to the airport. I thought the room rate was a good value and the location can't be beat. Also, I was told the hotel is due to be renovated next year. I'd stay here again, but would be very particular about my room.
Absolute standard of excellence
This is my all time favorite hotel in the world! The rooms are beautiful without being over the top. Have a timeless class, not momentarily trendy. The staff is incredible. Friendly and attentive but not cloying. No request goes unanswered. The various restaurants and bars are all fantastic. My favorites are Man Wah for Cantonese dining and the great Chinnery Bar.
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First impressions of HK
The humidity and heat smacked me around the face like a steaming flannel as I touched down at Hong Kong international airport. I arrived on May 26 straight into typhoon season. So hot, sticky with heavy showers on the cards. It's super easy to find your way round here. Everything is in English as well as Canto and the MTR (tube) is simple and much …
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Now sorry but it did this before, if I make a mistake I can't seem to get back to the end to continue suet I've made a correction. So if the spelling is bad or words are out of line now you know why! Buddha - so let's go to pictures. .. After Buddha we took the cable car back down the mountain - could not face that bus again for sure! I would definitely be car sick. The cable car was good fun but very ...
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... side, there I would visit the HK Cultural Centre. I had found out that The Nutcracker was playing, and seeing as I hadn't seen it in a while decided that would be a great way to spend the evening, inside, sitting and enjoying the Ballet. The performance was well done. I am really glad I decided to go. Although the production team was mainly made up of foreigners the actual performers were mainly from China. One was from Henan, she was the Princess, and there was also a ...
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... day and despite the wind, it was nice and cool. The trip up the mountain was beautiful, with huge rocky terraces, retaining gorgeous cool forests of fern and bamboo and if we were lucky we could glimpse little mountain streams trickling down the rock faces. Mansions were tucked into hillside crevices and the road became so narrow and twisty that the bus had to stop sometimes to let trucks and other traffics pass. Phil became queasy and quiet as we ...
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... centre, where you were supposed to be able to go up to the 7th floor and see the sunset. However, when we got there, there were only five floors. Maybe something funny happened since my book was published.
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Fire Ken Holland. This offseason had to be big for Detroit. Shultz, Parise, and Suterwould have vaulted Detroit to the top again. Instead - total strikeout AND overpay/extend for complete CRAP. Holland - you suck.
Suter and Parise are not worth $15 million per year. In the long run we will be a much better off... especially if we sign Shea Weber to a large contract. Then you will love Kenny Holland again.


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1. Do you love to travel? First Class in the air and five-star hotels on the ground are great, especially when you are old and have plenty of disposable income—as I currently do. But never that way when I was young. In those years I often traveled with little or no money at all. I slept in barns, cars, on the floor in a stranger's home (50 cents a night), and sometime just in a sleeping bad along a country road. Our early years of marriage were in a 27-ft travel trailer and when I traveled in sales work, I slept under a homemade camper top in the back of an old pickup.
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- On average, California could lose up to 20 percent of its hydropower generation under dry climate change, which can result in 8 to 18 percent reduction in hydropower revenues for producers.
Kaveh Madani, former researcher at UC Riverside, says hydropower stations would generate less electricity in summer under climate warming.
California's hydropower is vulnerable to climate change, a University of California, Riverside scientist has advised policymakers in "Our Changing Climate," a report released July 31 by the California Natural Resources Agency and the California Energy Commission (CEC).
"Climate change is expected to affect the quantity and timing of water flow in the state," explained Kaveh Madani, a former postdoctoral research scholar in UC Riverside's Water Science and Policy Center (WSPC), who led a research project on climate change effects on hydropower production, demand, and pricing in California. "Under dry climate warming, the state will receive less precipitation, with most of it as rain instead of snow, impacting hydropower supply and operations."
On average, 15 percent of California's electricity comes from hydropower, a cheap and relatively clean energy source. About 75 percent of this hydropower comes from high-elevation units, located above 1,000 ft. The state has more than 150 high-elevation units, with most of them located in Northern California and the Sierra Mountains. The majority of the high-elevation reservoirs are small in terms of their storage capacity, being built only for hydroelectricity production and no other benefits, such as water supply and flood control.
"If California loses snowpack under climate warming, these high-elevation reservoirs might not be able to store enough water for hydropower generation in summer months when the demand is much higher and hydropower is priced higher," said Madani, currently an assistant professor of civil, environmental, and construction engineering at the University of Central Florida. "California might, therefore, lose hydropower in warmer months and hydropower operators may lose considerable revenues."
Madani, who led UCR's only research team for CEC's third climate change assessment studies, explained that the major cause of revenue loss is that hydropower prices are expected to decrease in colder months of the year and increase in warmer months.
"The big problem is that hydropower will be less available when it is most needed and expensive: in the summer months," he said. "A warmer California needs more electricity for cooling in summer months and less electricity for warming in winter months. This means that hydropower pricing patterns will be affected by climate change. It is important to analyze climate change effects on this renewable energy source early on to figure out what strategies are available to adapt to the new conditions and thereby minimize the potential negative impacts of climate change on hydropower."
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We were lucky with the weather so we spent most time round the outside pool, music and entertainment was good, although we and other did think the Entertainment Director Que wasn't as good as he thought, when ever he came on the loud speaker all he started with was (hope you'r all having an amazing time) he didn't seem to have much input other than the same introduction after the Captain's speach at 12:00. The other passengers we met up with all thought his assistant director Drew was absolutely brilliant, he was more hands on and well motiviated, we all felt he should be headhunted as Entertainment Director.
There was a good selection of food at the buffet at breakfast, although it could have been slighly hotter. The evening meals seemed the same, until we mentioned this to the M'atradi, after that, it all came up very hot.
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Just had to retire the car today, cracked the transmission case on a pot hole, repair more than the car is worth. It will be missed, it was a very comfortable car that handled well and gave me 24mpg city and just under 32mpg at 70 on highway. Rode like a much bigger car and handled quite well. Had just under 180k on it but didn't drive like it. Good in snow. Had to buy a car today, if not would have looked for another one, maybe a few years newer.
Favorite features? Nothing in particular, but what was there worked well.
Cup holders in front of gear shift was cumbersome. No ashtray. They should have made a station-wagon version.
Bought mine used for $2,000 with 60,000 miles on the motor, 110,000 on the transmission, passed emmissions. Spent less than $1,000 for new tires, brakes, and shocks. Serviced the transmission at 115,000 for less than $150 for new fluid and filter. Starter went out a year later, less than $300 to replace. Overall I've spent less than $3,500 for the car and all repairs.
Great AC and heat. I like the body style, the seats, the dash layout, and the power from the 150hp 2.4L motor. Very little wind and road noise. Huge trunk. Rear seats fold down.
I want power locks, and windows. I want a key chain remote to unlock the doors. I guess I should have bought the ES.
Extensive repairs, followed by more broken parts have been the story of my experience with this car. Bought it at 132k miles and had problems immediately. Poor insulation has led to leaks inside the passenger compartment during rain storms. The AC has numerous leaks in the line and has never worked. Still having engine and transmission problems. Do not buy this vehicle unless you can pay 4x it's value in repairs!
This vehicle gets great gas mileage.
Everything about this vehicle needs improvement. I can see why Chrysler discontinued production of the Stratus.
I can not believe this car is legal to sell. The first week I got it, there was a pin in the transmission that was coming out and caused the car to only go in reverse and it cost me 1,000 dollars to have it welded back in. 3 weeks after that my brakes fell off! I have two kids that I transport in this car. My brakes literally fell off the car. The whole brake system had to be redone. So far I have put 4,800 dollars into this car. By the time I am done repairing it, it will be brand new. Oh, wait , no it won't because I am junking it. Did I mention how the steering just went out. I will never buy a car even resembling a Stratus.
It looks cute but a horrible, unreliable and dangerous vehicle with no safety.
I bought this car in 2001 at 69,000 miles. I should have left it on the lot! I needed brakes every three months. I thought maybe I was just hard on the brakes but I asked around it seemed to be a common occurrence. I had 5 recalls on my car with in the first year of my ownership of the car. And between the hoses, air conditioner, gaskets, and brakes. I was broke
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February 10, 2004 - Tiger is a Poa Pussycat
Author's Note: I wrote this piece three years ago after Tiger Woods opted out of the old "Clambake" at Pebble Beach, citing the course's soft and moist poa greens. He hasn't played there since, so I think it has some pertinence today.
I didn't want to diss felines in the title of this article. But after reading Tiger Woods' reasons for not playing in the recent AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, I had no choice but to question his instincts.
The February 6 issue of Golfweek's SuperNEWS had an item that cited the influence Tiger had in golf course design and conditioning. More specifically, Woods said his reason for not playing in last week's AT&T was his dislike for the poa annua greens at Pebble Beach Golf Links. In responding to bypassing that popular, tradition-rich tournament, Eldrick said his return "depends on the greens there."
The implication was that unless the owners - who include Arnold Palmer, Clint Eastwood, and other important people - convert the greens to more even-rolling bentgrass, the world's No. 1 ranked player won't come back.
I don't know about you, but this particular bout of Tiger Talk seems to disparage one of America's great golf courses. Tiger's whining about a turf found on thousands of golf courses around our great nation smacks of hypocrisy. By refusing to play Pebble Beach because of its poa annua greens, Tiger implies that, no matter how hard Pebble Beach's superintendents and thousands of other superintentents work, everyone is pissing into the wind by trying to make this grass golf-able. And, sorry folks, less profitable for Tiger.
Maybe this is really just Tiger's way of avoiding an event where he must interact with amateur golfers and galleries. Some pros readily confess they skip the "Crosby Clambake" as well as the Hope earlier in the season because they can't handle the distractions and slow play of their high-handicap partners.
But, Jeez. It's not like Tiger's never done well at these particular Pacific links.
In 2000 he had no problems with Pebble's poa. Trailing Matt Gogel by seven strokes with seven holes to go, Woods played the last four holes in four under par to win the AT&T by two strokes. Later that year in the U.S. Open, Tiger went 65-69-71-67, 272, winning $800,000 and one of his eight majors by a record-setting 15 strokes over Ernie Els.
Maybe he should worry about Vijay Singh, who could be a helluva lot more concern than poa
Over the past 100 years, poa annua - a k a annual bluegrass, a weed to horticulturists - has evolved perennial strains that dominate thousands of putting greens in the Northeast, the Pacific Northwest, along the U.S./Canadian border, and in Eastern Canada. Yet, despite its widespread occurrence (a wonderful word since this grass happens so naturally and can work for golf), there are no commercially available sources of greens-type poa annua for use in constructing, renovating, or maintaining golf putting surfaces.
In its piece about Tiger's poa nausea, SuperNEWS reported the efforts of Penn State professor David Huff, who's researching varieties of greens-grade poa for "relics" such as Pebble Beach. Huff has developed cultivars that are an improvement over the conventional stuff, but legal challenges have stalled its commercial production. Huff and other researchers have identified over 1,600 strains. They're trying to find a "super-poa" that withstands winter freezes and mid-summer heat, one resistant to diseases and insects. The study is evaluating vegetative propagation, traditional seed, and synthetic (artificial) seed development.
The performance of these strains is currently being assessed on an experimental green at Penn State. (Isn't there something reassuring about eggheads trying to improve our putting?)
I'm not sure if this exhaustive research is responsive to Tiger's odium for Pebble's putting surfaces. But painstaking efforts are certainly being made to reverse the image of this declasse grass.
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As a golfer, and one who should know his compatriots can smell BS the next fairway over, Tiger should appreciate the efforts of Huff and his cohorts. And understand his import in our world.
I'm surprised he isn't more thankful of the people trying to improve the primary surface upon which HE learned to play the game.
I'd have a lot more respect for Tiger right now if he came out and said he didn't want to deal with the amateurs, the slow rounds, the close proximity of the fans AND the poa at this wintertime tournament.
Actually, I wouldn't have blamed Tiger if he'd slammed this year's AT&T. Instead of featuring the Monterey Peninsula, the links in all its natural glory, and the fun times people can have on a great golf course, the tournament has devolved into a blatant promotional play for CBS. Way too often the camera pointed at the network's unfunny Ray Romano, Kevin James and George Lopez. Golf in Carmel this year seemed too scripted, like a George W. Bush call to arms.
Bill Murray wasn't there, making it two stars not at the 2004 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Murray had an excuse, in Italy shooting a movie.
Guess Tiger took another road.
The Californian should wise up and make it a point to be at the AT&T every year. He has a responsibility to golf and his fans to be available for these kinds of things, particularly this one in his own back yard.
This illustrious pro-am should be mandatory for Tiger, who shouldn't shun a golf course that, along with Augusta National, forged his legend.
He definitely shouldn't carp about the greens that so many of us weekend hackers play and thousands of superintendents try to perfect.
I'm hoping Tiger's blaming of Pebble's poa for his notable non-appearance this year does not represent the true color of his stripes.
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This set model was designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch for the famous 1946 production of Edmond Rostand's sentimental, swashbuckling drama Cyrano de Bergerac. Played by the Old Vic company, it starred Ralph Richardson in one of his greatest performances and was directed with flamboyant gusto by Tyrone Guthrie.
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It may or may not be some kind of a record, and one can argue whether or not it is the scholastic equivalent of Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak, UCLA men's basketball's 88 wins in a row or the Boston Celtics' eight consecutive NBA titles, but one thing is undeniable about the incredible run the Altoona Area High School boys track and field team has been on.
It feels pretty good.
"It means a lot. We take a lot of pride, and the kids, over the years, took a lot of pride in this program,'' Mountain Lion coach Mike Adams said. "All we want to do is outwork you. We don't always have the most talent, but we're going to outwork you, and that sometimes shows in the results.''
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It shows quite a bit, in fact. Behind three individual firsts and a relay-anchor victory from distance standout Dylan Mountain, the Lions emerged from a sporadic rain mixed with occasional snow flurries early Tuesday evening at Mansion Park with their 100th consecutive dual meet win, 89-61, over visiting State College.
"Don't hold me to this, but I'm pretty sure that's a state record. One hundred. Get the history books out,'' Mountain said. "The past three weeks, [Adams has] been harping on us 'This is the hundredth. This is the hundredth. You better not lose this. This is the hundredth.' So, I didn't think there was any way we were going to lose this. Not today.''
While the boys improved to 4-0, the previously unbeaten Altoona girls almost made it a sweep for the home teams, but State College stormed back in the last few events to prevail, 76-74.
Adams couldn't confirm whether the information Mountain had about it being a record was accurate - as it turns out, District 1 power North Penn is believed to have the mark with 113 dual meet wins in a row from 1995-2010. Even so, it's a special accomplishment, and, although their coach said entering the meet that he wasn't sure his team could fend off State College this year, the Mountain Lions' streak is still alive.
"A day like this epitomizes what our program's about - cold, snowy, rainy, windy, miserable. We build our program on a blue-collar mentality,'' Adams said. "A hundred dual meets in a row has got to be up there as something spectacular.''
Having moved from Boise, Idaho in 2011, first-year State College coach Rusty McCrea didn't know a lot about the Altoona program, although he'd heard plenty in the last few weeks. His first up-close look left him impressed.
"One of the first things I was told was Altoona has beaten us for a lot of years in a row, had multiple state championships in the last decade and some phenomenal athletes,'' McCrea said. "They have well-prepared athletes. I saw a lot of good finishes by Altoona kids, especially the Mountain kid. He dominated the distance races.''
Mountain, a senior, opened the meet by anchoring the Mountain Lions' four-by-800-meter relay of Brad Foust, Pat Reade and Korey Replogle to a win, then coming back to finish first in the mile by more than 3 seconds, showing a strong kick at the end. After that, he ran in the 800 - an event in which he didn't expect to compete - and pulled away in the final stretch for another victory.
He wrapped things up by running away from State's Igloo Meet champion John Crowe on the straightaway in the 3200.
"We were hoping for one-two in the mile, but, when we didn't get that, I really needed to win the 800,'' Mountain said. "I'm going to stay in the two-mile. I definitely don't have the foot speed to keep up with the top guys in the state in the 800 and mile, but I feel my strength's at the perfect spot right now.''
Altoona also got first-place points from Kevin Johnson (triple jump), Deshae Lee (high jump), Danny Moyer (javelin), Dreux Stamford (100), Killian Steinbugl (long jump), Ryan Steinbugl (pole vault) and the 400 relay to win what was expected to be a close meet going away.
"Dylan Mountain had a great meet. We swept the long jump, which we weren't expecting to do. We went one-two in the javelin, which we were not expecting to do. And we thought we'd get one in the pole vault, but we didn't think we'd get second,'' Adams said.
Adams career record now is 65-0 in eight years since taking over from Tom Musselman.
"I was fortunate enough to fall into a good situation when Tom left. He's the one that started this,'' Adams said.
The Altoona girls led by double digits for much of the meet but were outscored 18-5 in the last three events to come in to fall just short in their half of the meet. However, it was a distinct improvement from last year's 60-point loss to the Lady Little Lions.
"I told the kids in the locker room, 'I want you to come out and to complete.' And that's exactly what they did,'' Altoona girls coach Steve Rhodes said. "There were no disappointments today.''
Nikki Kerns took first in both hurdle races and the high jump, while junior Katelyn Goodman won all three throwing events, and Abby Wagner triumphed in the long and triple jumps.
Altoona is at the Pan-Ram Invitational in Harrisburg on Saturday before hosting Hollidaysburg next Tuesday.
100 dash: 1, Stamford, A, 11.2; 2 (tie), Moyer, A, and R. Steinbugl, A, 11.4. 200 dash: 1, Shisler, SC, 23.1; 2, Stamford, A, 23.3; 3, Healy, A, 23.4. 400 dash: 1, Shisler, SC, 51.6; 2, K. Steinbugl, A, 53.4; 3, Stoltz, A, 53.4. 800 run: 1, Mountain, A, 2:02.4; 2, Wright, SC, 2:03.2; 3, Cather, SC, 2:06.6. 1600 run: 1, Mountain, A, 4:32.6; 2, Cather, SC, 4:36.1; 3, Adams, SC, 4:37.6. 3200 run: 1, Mountain, A, 9:55.6; 2, Crowe, SC, 9:57.5; 3, Replogle, A,10:22.4. 110 high hurdles: 1, D. Collins, SC, 15.4; 2, Johnson, A, 16.0; 3, J. Hill, A, 16.3. 300 intermediate hurdles: 1, D. Collins, SC, 42.1; 2, Smith, SC, 42.5; 3, Hershey, A, 43.5.
400 relay: 1, Altoona (Stamford, Moyer, R. Steinbugl, Healy), 45.2. 1600 relay: 1, State College (D. Collins, Juster, Wright, Shisler), 3:33.4. 3200 relay: 1, Altoona (Foust, Reade, Replogle, Mountain), 8:15.1. High jump: 1, Lee, A, 6-0; 2, Nodell, SC, 5-10; 3, Wagner, SC, 5-8. Long jump: 1, K. Steinbugl, A, 19-11; 2, Luciano, A, 19-11; 3, Lee, A, 19-10. Triple jump: 1, Johnson, A, 43-10; 2, Williams, SC, 42-4; 3, Wagner, SC, 42-1. Shot put: 1, Gordeuk, SC, 49-7; 2, Mitchell, A, 45-5; 3, Posatko, SC, 45-2. Discus: 1, Gordeuk, SC, 155-1; 2, Mitchell, A, 122-7; 3, Posatko, SC, 120-5. Javelin: 1, Moyer, A, 158-5; 2, Weigand, A, 155-3; 3, Irwin, 154-3. Pole vault: 1, R. Steinbugl, A, 13-6; 2, Koeck, A, 13-0; 3, Swisher, SC, 12-6.
Team records: State College (0-1); Altoona (4-0).
100 dash: 1, Hay, SC, 13.0; 2, Hatch, A, 13.2; 3, Altomare, SC, 13.2. 200 dash: 1, Torretti, SC, 27.3; 2, Hay, SC, 27.4; 3, Hatch, A, 28.0. 400 dash: 1, Valentine, SC, 1:00.1; 2, Book, SC, 1:01.2; 3, Derr, SC, 1:06.4. 800 run: 1, Cousins, SC, 2:26.9; 2, Crawford, SC, 2:30.3; 3, Matthews, SC, 2:35.0. 1600 run: 1, Lidwell, A, 5:37.5; 2, Balogh, SC, 5:38.6; 3, Krieger, SC, 5:49.7. 3200 run: 1, Abrams, SC, 12:27.9; 2, McNaughton, SC, 12:28.1; 3, Lidwell, A, 12:43.8. 100 low hurdles: 1, Kerns, A, 15.5; 2, Love, SC, 16.3; 3, Albright, A, 17.0. 300 intermediate hurdles: 1, Kerns, A, 46.6; 2, Luciano, A, 50.9; 3, Albright, A, 51.5.
400 relay: 1, State College (Altomare, Hay, Torretti, Valentine), 51.3. 1600 relay: 1, State College (Valentine, Book, Derr, Torretti), 4:19.0. 3200 relay: 1, State College (McNaughton, Adams, Crawford, Collins), 10:01.5. High jump: 1, Kerns, A, 4-8; 2, Mulhern, A, 4-8; 3, Verica, SC, 4-6. Long jump: 1, Wagner, A, 17-1; 2, Altomare, SC, 14-10; 3, Lender, A, 14-9. Triple jump: 1, Wagner, A, 35-10; 2, Robinson, SC, 33-3; 3, Luciano, A, 32-2. Shot put: 1, Goodman, A, 31-4; 2, Laich, A, 29-11; 3, Marshall, SC, 27-4. Discus: 1, Goodman, A, 94-8; 2, Laich, A, 90-11; 3, Mirenda, A, 86-4. Javelin: 1, Goodman, A, 111-3; 2, Mirenda, A, 108-8; 3, Lightner, SC, 99-8. Pole vault: 1, Love, SC, 11-6; 2, Mulhern, A, 9-6; 3, Luciano, A, 8-6.
Team records: State College (0-1); Altoona (3-1).


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GEAR UP students from five Rio Grande Valley high schools turned on their television sets February 18 and got a lesson in life possibilities from one of the top engineers at Lockheed Martin - all thanks to a Mentoring Sponsorship between the defense contracting company and The University of Texas-Pan American.
"You can do anything you want to do," said Sylvia G. Godoy - the senior manager for the Flight Controls/Vehicle Management Systems Branch at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Fort Worth. "If the opportunity does not come to you, you go to the opportunity."
Godoy spoke to GEAR UP students from La Joya Chavez High School, Donna Todd Ninth Grade School, Raymondville High School, Rio Grande City High School and Edinburg Economedes High School via teleconference. This is the first in a series of monthly teleconferences that UTPA organizers hope will inspire and motivate students to pursue careers in the fields of science and engineering.
"We're widening the scope through technology and through this partnership. We're bringing the outside world to them (students) and they're being exposed to new possibilities and career choices," said Cynthia Saldivar UTPA academic advisor for the GEARUP program.
Lockheed Martin entered into the video mentoring partnership with UTPA as part of that company's long term strategy to fill technology and engineering positions that will be open due to retirements and increased technology demands.
"We know that as a corporation, especially Lockheed Aeronautics, we have a tremendous recruiting challenge in front of us. We know that in the next 10 to 15 years we will need 10,000 engineers," said Shannon Bowman, senior manager of diversity and equal opportunity programs. "For us it's really very much about the future is right around the corner."
Bowman explains that Lockheed Martin chose to work with UTPA because of its successful engineering department and because it has "the strongest GEAR UP program in the country."
Organizers declared the first mentoring teleconference a success mostly because of Godoy's frankness and willingness to share her life story. Godoy told students about growing up poor in Kingsville and selling watermelons out of a red flier wagon in order to get money to go to the local swimming pool. She talked to them about her love of school and her dream of becoming an engineer. Afterwards students, through the magic of modern technology, were able to ask the 29 year engineering veteran questions about her career, education and even her salary. (Starting engineers make $45,000 to $50,000 a year.)
Students said they were impressed to have a dialogue with someone of Godoy's stature.
"It was a great opportunity to talk with a person who can influence us. This makes me think I have a chance to become someone successful," said 14 year old Monica Gaona of Donna Todd Ninth Grade School.
Other students say they were pleased to learn about new opportunities they hadn't even considered.
"I wanted to be a pilot but now I might look into aeronautics engineering. It made me realize how important math and science are to my future and those are hard subjects for me. I know I'll have to work harder," promised Julian Castillo also of Donna Todd Ninth Grade School.
These same students will get to continue the dialogue with their new mentor through e-mail and they'll meet via teleconference once again in the next few months. As part of this Mentoring Sponsorship, other GEAR UP students will hear from different top level Hispanic engineers and technology experts from Lockheed Martin over the course of this year and into next.
"We see them (Valley students) as a part of our future and most importantly we hope they see us as a part of theirs," said Bowman. "We hope they realize the future is in their hands - I tell them el futuro esta en tus manos."


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See below for the list of our internship opportunities. To apply, please email a cover letter indicating your dates & hours of availability and resume to email@example.com, with the position & season of interest in the subject line. We'll be in touch soon!
Technical interns will work in all aspects of production: from load-in, to running shows, and load-out. After training, interns will run shows independently: operating state-of-the-art lighting and sound consoles. Interns will work directly with artists and the production staff, assisting in the technical needs of nightly performances. Hours vary from week to week, but are generally in the afternoons and evenings, totaling approximately 40 hours a week. Responsibilities include working directly with the Technical Director, communicating with artists to understand their technical needs, and running lighting, sound and video for nightly performances. Entertainment Technology experience is suggested, but not required. $100 / week stipend. To apply, email a resume and cover letter indicating dates and hours of availability to firstname.lastname@example.com with "Technical Internship (season of interest)" in the subject line.
Responsibilities include general office management, database maintenance, archiving, communicating with artists and venues, assisting with press, programs, marketing, submission review and distribution of promotional materials. Position also interacts with artists and the public regularly. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm, totaling 40 hours a week. Knowledge of MS Word, MS Outlook and internet navigating required. Strong written and verbal skills a must. We are looking for self-starters. Students interested in pursuing a career in the non-profits sector-this is the place for you! This is a terrific opportunity to learn about what goes on behind the scenes on a daily basis in a unique off-off Broadway theater. $100 / week stipend. To apply, email a resume and cover letter indicating dates and hours of availability to email@example.com, with "Administrative Internship (season of interest)" in the subject line.
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Working with the Artistic Director, Director of Programming and the Marketing & Community Outreach Associate, the Artistic & Archives Intern will assist with reviewing artist submissions, recording performances for our archives, reviewing and editing performance video for various archival and marketing projects, organizing archival records, and other creative tasks. Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in theater and performance and basic video editing skills. Archival (or database management) experiences or relevant skills preferred. The schedule is variable, split between day and evening hours, averaging 20-25 hours a week. $50 / week stipend. To apply, email a resume and cover letter indicating dates and hours of availability to email@example.com
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Working with Dixon Place staff and artists, the graphic design intern will have a highly flexible schedule, and may be able to work offsite at least 50% of the time. The graphic design intern will work with DP staff in consultations with artists, updating elements within current design templates, and creating new designs. 10-20 hours a week. There is no stipend for this internship. To apply, email a resume and cover letter indicating dates and hours of availability to firstname.lastname@example.com, with "Design Internship (season of interest)" in the subject line.
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May 18 was a busy day for the Flyers Track Club: 28 athletes participated in the AAU Central New Jersey Youth Track and Field Invitational while another 35 athletes raced at 2nd Annual Skylands Conference Championships.
The club had 52 top-ten finishes and set one team record at the Skylands Conference Championships, and 39 top-ten finishes while setting four team records at the AAU Invitational.
Below is a listing of all the athletes who placed in the top three or set team records in their events at the AAU Invitational and Skylands Conference Championships:
Girls Under 8 Division:
Gianna Puglisi placed third in the 100m dash - AAU Invitational
Girls 9-10 Division:
Abigail Granrath placed first and in the 1500m run and set a record and placed third in the long jump - AAU Invitational
Julia Skultety placed second in the long jump - AAU Invitational
Girls 11-12 Division:
Maddy Walters placed first in the shot put and set a record and placed first in the Turbo Javelin – Skylands Conference
Girls 13-14 Division:
Lauren Triarsi placed second in the 100m hurdles - AAU Invitational
Nicole Massa placed first in the javelin and second in the discus - AAU Invitational
Boys Under 8 Division:
David Sanchez Jr. placed thirdin the 400m dash and set a record in the 200m dash - AAU Invitational
Boys 9-10 Division:
Benjamin Tretter placed second in the 1500m run and second in the 800m dash– Skylands Conference
Boys 11-12 Division:
Thomas Chen placed third in the 1500m run - AAU Invitational
Benjamin Spergel placed second and set a team record in 80m hurdles - AAU Invitational
Barney Veres placed second in the 200m dash – Skylands Conference
Jeremy Kronheimer placed second in the 400m dash – Skylands Conference
Braden Stryker placed third in the shot put – Skylands Conference
Ian McDonald placed first in the long jump – Skylands Conference
Boys 13-14 Division:
Connor Goff placed first and set a team record in the turbo javelin - AAU Invitational
Ryan Bebel placed fourth in the 1500m run and set a record - AAU Invitational
Benjamin Quinutolo placed second in the 200m dash – Skylands Conference
Bret Sherman placed second and set a team record in the triple Jump
Zachary Spergel placed third in the triple jump
Boys 15-16 Division:
Dan Brody placed third in the 100m dash and set a record, placed third in the long jump and set a record, and set a record in the 200m dash
The Westfield Area Y Flyer's Track club is dedicated to healthy competition, teamwork and individual development. The summer track season began May 28 and this season the Flyers will be hosting a home track meet at Kehler Stadium, Westfield on June 22. The meet is open to the athletes born between 1998 and 2007.
Registrations are now being accepted at CoachO.com.
For more information about the meet or the team, visit yflyerstrackclub.com or contact Greg Hatzisavvas at 908-233-2700, ext. 251.


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10 Minutes to a Bikini-Ready Body!
I saw this in The Stir - Have you tried any of these videos?
10 Minutes to a Bikini-Ready Body!
Ten minutes to a bikini-ready body?! For real? That must be some kind of magical ... oh, I get it. We're not talking about just ONE 10-minute session, this is like a 10 minutes every day kind of thing. Hmm.
Maybe not magic, but still a pretty good deal when you think about it. I mean, if you're always strapped for time (like me), making it to the gym on a daily basis just ... well, that just ain't gonna happen. But 10 minutes? That's totally reasonable, especially considering these are workouts you can do in your living room.
And all you need to get started are dumbells (3, 5, or 8 pounds) and a mat!
This one's gotta be killer, because not only does it target legs and glutes -- it's the workout Cameron Diaz does for her legs and glutes. I'm sold.
As any Pilates devotee can tell you, there is nothing (and I mean NOTHING) better for absolutely amazing abs. You'll never do another crunch.
The last video is for "tank top arms," meaning lean and sculpted (the 1-minute weight-lifting moves won't add bulk, I promise!).
Will you try these 10-minute workouts?
I have done similar videos. You do have to concentrate on contracting your core in order for these to work properly. And if done a few times a week and using different programs to confuse your muscles, you could get the results you want. Sure isn't truly only 10min to a bikini body...more like a few weeks of doing a 10min ab workout few days a week to a bikini body....lol
I couldn't agree more! You hit the nail on the head for me:)
Quoting Schleetle:
I'm not into fast workouts usually I feel like I could've done more, and then I get pissed at myself. So I like longer programs. I just can't wrap my mind around being toned after 10 minutes of work even if it is consistent. I guess different things work for different people though.
Oh honey, it's gonna take a WHOLE lot more than that to get me bikini ready. Surgery perhaps? After having my jaws wired shut. ;)


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Avocado Dip with Fresh Vegetable Sticks This tasty guacamole dip will welcome a tribe of guests and can be whipped up in a flash. Avocado and Spinach Dip a warming raw food dip Green w Basil Guacamole Winning recipe from the 2010 Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival. Horseradish & Avocado Sauce Tricolore Dip It's fiddly to make, but if you want to make an effort for a special occasion (or you have vegan friends to impress) then here's your recipe. DF & GF Mexican Guacamole Winning Guacamole recipe from the 2012 Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival. The Greatest Bread Spread One of the simplest and most yummy ways to eat avocados is to simply mash them on toast, bread or crackers. French Guacamole A tangy continental style guacamole served with pieces of crunchy baguette. Guac by Helen Chef's Choice winning guacamole from 2013 Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival


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Jesuit-based Retif Oil defeated Destrehan-based Valero St. Charles 5-4 late Tuesday to stay alive in the Southeast Regional American Legion Tournament at UNO.
Retif will play Rummel-based Nationwide Restoration at 4 p.m. today at UNO with a berth in the championship game on the line. The winner of the Retif-Nationwide game will play Brother Martin-based Peake BMW at 7 tonight at UNO for the tournament championship.
The winner of the Retif-Nationwide contest will also qualify for the state tournament, which begins next week at East Ascension. Peake BMW has already wrapped up a berth in the state tournament.


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I own a new XTi 2000 and just bought a second XTi 2000 used (has little usage) It was locked and the setting sounds like a transistor radio coming out- no Low end at all. I have been holding the "pres and next" buttons together and it only flashes a type of display underneath the Locked display- will not unlock... anyone have any idea? Is there a complete re-boot to reset the amp to the original factor presets?
Just bought used Crown XTi 2000- Can't Unlock the panel?
Started by Gdub92, Oct 31 2012 07:19 PMCant unlock- sounds bad?
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 07:19 PM
Posted 01 November 2012 - 12:03 AM
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