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Two months after telling investors it plans to open 100 new coffee stores in the Philippines and 100 more in Indonesia over the next three to four years, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX ) completed a Southeast Asian trifecta Wednesday when it said it plans to open an additional 100 stores in Malaysia.
The new stores will be opening over the course of the next four years, said Starbucks China and Asia Pacific Channel Development and Emerging Brands President John Culver at a stop in Kuala Lumpur, according to the company. "We have a historic opportunity to become one of the most respected and enduring brands across Southeast Asia, delivering an unparalleled experience to Starbucks customers, while supporting local communities," he is quoted as saying.
Starbucks has been present in the Malaysian market for 15 years already, having opened its first store at the KL Plaza in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, and has grown its presence to 141 stores. This week's announced expansion would grow that total by 71% in four years' time. It operates more than 700 stores across six Southeast Asian markets, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.


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SH receives advanced certification award
The Joint Commission, in conjunction with the American heart and stroke associations, recently recognized Susquehanna Health with advanced certification for Primary Stroke Centers.
The achievement signifies that the health care agency has demonstrated that its program meets critical elements of performance to achieve long-term success in improving outcomes for stroke patients.
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Susquehanna Health underwent a rigorous on-site review in November 2011. A Joint Commission expert reviewed its compliance with the requirements for The Joint Commission's Disease-Specific Care certification program as well as primary stroke center requirements, such as collecting core measure data and using it for performance improvement activities.
"In achieving Joint Commission advanced certification, Susquehanna Health has demonstrated its commitment to the highest level of care for its stroke patients," said Jean Range, executive director, disease-specific care certification, at the Joint Commission. "Certification is a voluntary process and the Joint Commission commends Susquehanna Health for successfully undertaking this challenge to elevate its standard of care and instill confidence in the community it serves."
Developed in collaboration with the American Stroke Association and launched in 2003, the Joint Commission's Primary Stroke Center certification program is based on the Brain Attack Coalition's "Recommendations for the Establishment of Primary Stroke Centers." Certification is available only to stroke programs in Joint Commission-accredited acute care hospitals.
"Susquehanna Health is thoroughly committed to providing our patients the highest quality stroke care centered on current scientific research to ensure continued improvement in treatment," said Julie Hawkins, administrative director of neuroscience. "The Primary Stroke Center certification has given us the opportunity to highlight the exceptional stroke care we provide for our patients and help us improve care overall for our community."
Hospital welcomes new pulmonologist
LEWISBURG - Evangelical Community Hospital welcomes Dr. Neerja Gulati, a new pulmonologist at Evangelical Internal Medicine. Pulmonology is the subspecialty of internal medicine that addresses diseases of the lungs and bronchial tubes, which often involves evaluation of the upper respiratory tract - the nose, pharynx and throat - as well as the heart.
Gulati is specially trained in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and conditions of the chest, such as pneumonia, tuberculosis or complicated chest infections.
She treats the most common lung diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. COPD in its two main forms, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, make it difficult to breathe with emphysema posing a more serious long-term destruction of the lungs. Asthma is a disorder that causes the airways of the lungs to narrow, leading to wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.
She is board certified in internal medicine and completed a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Gulati is accepting new patients at Evangelical Internal Medicine, 3 Hospital Drive. For more information, call 524-4141 or ask your primary physician for a patient referral.
Linden nurse chosen as item reviewer
Lori Mahaffey, a registered nurse and director of clinical services for North Central Pennsylvania Dialysis Clinics LLC, was approved by the Pennsylvania Board of Nursing and selected by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing to participate on the NCLEX item review panel of subject matter experts that was held in Chicago, Ill., on Sept. 24-27.
The national council, headquartered in Chicago, is responsible for developing and administering the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing exams.
Mahaffey was one of four nurses from across the nation to be selected for the assignment. She was nominated on the basis of clinical specialty and nursing expertise.
All nurses in the United States and its four U.S. territories must take the NCLEX. The licensing exam identifies candidates who demonstrate minimal competence to practice nursing at the entry level. Passing the NCLEX exam is one of the requirements necessary for attaining a nursing license.
Mahaffey has been employed by North Central Pennsylvania Dialysis Clinics LLC for 11 years as the director of clinical services and also is employed as a registered nurse clinician at Valley View Nursing Center.
She has been a certified nephrology nurse since 1991 and has served on several committees within the American Nephrology Nurse Association and as an officer in the local chapter. She resides in Linden with her husband, Ray, and two sons.
ManorCare celebrates National Physical Therapy Month
ManorCare, 101 Leader Drive, celebrated October as National Physical Therapy Month. Physical therapists help patients improve and learn how to prevent and manage conditions and improve their quality of life.
"Physical therapists and physical therapy assistants help our patients restore skills and learn to adapt to changes resulting from surgery, illness or injury," said Kim Maddox, rehab director at ManorCare. "The knowledge, encouragement and motivation that they provide helps our patients to reach their goals and often exceed the expectations that they set for themselves."
At ManorCare, a team of therapists may work to help a patient recover or regain strength, mobility, coordination or stamina.
"Many of our patients are transitioning between the hospital and home," Maddox said.
Physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, speech therapists and social workers coordinate programs that are unique to the needs of a patient.
Blue Cross of NEPA receives awards
WILKES-BARRE - Blue Health Solutions, the wellness program available to members and customers of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania, again has been recognized by a national certification agency for its program excellence.
The Disease Management Purchasing Consortium, the industry's leading outcomes certification organization, recently honored Blue Health Solutions with three awards for its ongoing success with chronic disease management.
The most prestigious of the three awards honored Blue Health Solutions for achieving a 3.8-to-1 return on investment (ROI) based on a decline in events and a decline in events relative to prevalence with chronic diseases. As a result, the consortium awarded BCNEPA its "Letter of Validation" for ROI using a transparent and valid event rate-based methodology.
Another award singled out BCNEPA for achieving the greatest validly measured improvement in outcomes for members with chronic disease of any health plan in Pennsylvania this year.
Blue Health Solutions achieved such outstanding results by bringing focus to health status improvement and impacting the inpatient admission and emergency room visit event rates for diabetes, coronary artery disease, COPD and congestive heart failure.

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Buffettologyby Mary Buffett David Clark
Buffettology is the first book from someone who, thanks to personal and professional access to Warren Buffett, has been uniquely positioned to learn from the master. Mary Buffett had the privilege -- during her twelve years as his daughter-in-law -- of sharing some of this very private genius's informal discussions of his investing philosophy, and now she shares some of her invaluable observations with us. This breakthrough book offers a full-blown explanation of how Buffett uses Business Perspective Investing as a wealth-building tool. His strategy is not so much to "pick stock" but to search for and invest in excellent companies whose intrinsic value and potential earnings he can reasonably predict through a series of steps we learn about throughout the book. Citing many fascinating case histories and examples, Buffettology shows us what kinds of companies Buffett looks for and why, and which he avoids and why. The authors show us the mathematical models and equations Buffett uses to determine the basic value and earnings potential of his final choices (and the right price to pay, for which he is willing to wait). We also learn how with the aid of an inexpensive, widely available handheld calculator, anyone can do similar equations. In addition to providing such in-depth analysis, this book offers two more firsts. One is a chapter on Buffett's rarely discussed and extremely successful arbitrage operations. The book gives us the arbitrage equation he uses to determine the positions he should take. The other is a comprehensive list and brief analysis of fifty-four companies in which Buffett has invested and the authors believe he continues to follow, many of which have never before been publicly identified as "Buffett companies."
The Buffettology Workbookby Mary Buffett David Clark
Value Investing the Warren Buffett Way
The New Buffettologyby Mary Buffett David Clark
If you read the originalBuffettology,you know exactly half of what you need to know to effectively apply Warren Buffett's investment strategies. Published in 1997, the bestsellingBuffettologywas written specifically for investors in the midst of a long bull market. Since then we've seen the internet bubble burst, the collapse of Enron, and investors scrambling to move their assets -- what remains of them -- back to the safety of traditional blue chip companies. As price peaks turned into troughs, worried investors wondered if there was any constant in today's volatile market. The answer is yes: Warren Buffett's value investing strategies make money. The New Buffettologyis the first guide to Warren Buffett's selective contrarian investment strategy for exploiting down stocks -- a strategy that has made him the nation's second-richest person. Designed to teach investors how to decipher and use financial information the way Buffett himself does, this book guides investors through opportunity-rich bear markets, walking them step-by-step through the equations and formulas Buffett uses to determine what to buy, what to sell --and when. Authors Mary Buffett and David Clark explore Buffett's recent investments in detail, proving time and again that his strategy has earned enormous profits at a time no one expects them to -- and with almost zero risk to his capital. In short,The New Buffettologyis an essential companion to the originalBuffettology,a road map to investment success in the worst of times.
The Tao of Warren Buffettby Mary Buffett David Clark
A collection of pithy and inspiring sayings from America's favorite businessman that reveal his secrets of success Like the sayings of the ancient Chinese philospher Lao-tzu, Warren Buffett's worldly wisdom is deceptively simple and enormously powerful in application. In The Tao of Warren Buffett, Mary Buffett -- author of three books on Warren Buffett's investment methods -- joins noted Buffettologist and international lecturer David Clark to bring you Warren Buffett's smartest, funniest, and most memorable sayings with an eye toward revealing the life philosophy and the investment strategies that have made Warren Buffett, and the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, so enormously wealthy. Warren Buffett's investment achievements are unparalleled. He owes his success to hard work, integrity, and that most elusive commodity of all, common sense. The quotations in this book exemplify Warren's practical strategies and provide useful illustrations for every investor -- large or small -- and models everyone can follow. The quotes are culled from a variety of sources, including personal conversations, corporate reports, profiles, and interviews. The authors provide short explanations for each quote and use examples from Buffett's own business transactions whenever possible to illustrate his words at work. As Warren says: "You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will. " "With enough inside information and a million dollars, you can go broke in a year. " "No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. " "Our method is very simple. We just try to buy businesses with good-to-superb underlying economics run by honest and able people and buy them at sensible prices. That's all I'm trying to do. " The Tao of Warren Buffett inspires, amuses, sharpens the mind, and offers priceless investment savvy that anyone can take to the bank. This irresistibly browsable and entertaining book is destined to become a classic.
Warren Buffett and the Art of Stock Arbitrageby Mary Buffett David Clark
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to arbitrage, and he will eat for a lifetime' Warren Buffett Warren Buffett and the Art of the Stock Arbitrage is the first book to explore the secret world of Buffett's arbitrage and special situations investing. Long considered one of the most powerful and profitable of Buffett's investment operations, but the least understood, these special types of investments have been the edge that has made Warren Buffett the world's greatest investor. This book examines Buffett's special brand of arbitrage investing, which involves taking advantage of short term price discrepancies that often occur when one company offers to buy another companyary Buffett and David Clark, the authors of four best-selling books on Warren Buffett's investment methods, take the reader deep into the world of Buffett's arbitrage and special situation operations, giving us his strategies, his equations for determining value, and dozens of examples of his investments in this very lucrative segment of Buffett's investment operations. They offer detailed analysis and explanations of Buffett's arbitrage and special situations operations and techniques for the first time ever.
Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statementsby Mary Buffett David Clark
With an insider's view of the mind of the master, Mary Buffett and David Clark have written a simple guide for reading financial statements from Buffett's successful perspective. They clearly outline Warren Buffett's strategies in a way that will appeal to newcomers and seasoned Buffettologists alike. Inspired by the seminal work of Buffett's mentor, Benjamin Graham, this book presents Buffett's interpretation of financial statements with anecdotes and quotes from the master investor himself. Destined to become a classic in the world of investment books, Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements is the perfect companion volume to The New Buffettology and The Tao of Warren Buffett.
The Warren Buffett Stock Portfolioby Mary Buffett David Clark
Bestselling authors Mary Buffett and David Clark examine seventeen companies that Warren Buffett has bought for himself and for his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, as durable investments and explain why these companies are once again selling at prices that offer great long-term growth prospects.Warren Buffett has always believed that the time to buy stocks is when nobody else wants them. As we enter the fifth year of what many economists are calling the Great Recession, we find that some of the most amazing businesses--those with a durable competitive advantage--are trading at prices and price-to-earnings ratios that offer investors serious long-term moneymaking opportunities. Pessimism about the banking situation in Europe and unemployment in America have created the perfect storm to bring stock prices down and present value-oriented investors some great possibilities.In Warren Buffett's world, as stock prices decrease, the prospects for investment increase. Putting a number on those prospects tells Warren whether or not the stock is an attractive buy. The Warren Buffett Stock Portfolio explains how to do just that--how to value companies and conservatively estimate the kind of future return that an investment is offering at its current market price. Mary Buffett and David Clark look at stocks in Warren's portfolio as the basis for their analysis.After a brief history of Warren's investment strategy, Buffett and Clark explain how to interpret a company's per-share earnings and per-share book-value histories to quickly identify which companies have a durable competitive advantage and to project the compounding annual rate of return that an investment offers. The authors provide case studies and evaluations of seventeen companies in Warren Buffett's portfolio.The Warren Buffett Stock Portfolio is a valuable companion to the other books in Buffett and Clark's successful series--Buffettology, The Buffettology Workbook, The New Buffettology, The Tao of Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements, Warren Buffett's Management Secrets, and Warren Buffett and the Art of Stock Arbitrage.
Warren Buffett's Management Secretsby Mary Buffett David Clark
Even in today's economic climate, when so many investors and major companies are failing, Warren Buffett continues to be successful in all aspects of his life. Mary Buffett and David Clark have written the first book ever to take an in-depth look at Warren Buffett's philosophies for personal and professional management -- what they are, how they work, and how you can use them. Through close examination of Warren Buffett's life and career from his earliest days to now, Buffett and Clark shed light on his decision-making processes and reveal his strategies for keeping on track and maintaining focus. They examine Buffett's inimitable leadership qualities and explain how Warren integrated what he learned over time into a winning management formula and became not only the manager whom other managers want to emulate but also the second richest man in the world. A true companion volume to Buffett and Clark's successful Buffettology series,Warren Buffett's Management Secretsis filled with anecdotes and quotes that show how Buffett's life philosophies are reflected in his businessdecisions and in the way he manages people and businesses. This insider's view into Warren Buffett's management techniques offers simple solutions for success to newcomers and seasoned Buffettologists alike and illustrates how and why success in business and life usually go hand in hand.
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An old-time paddleboat that arrived on the Delaware River waterfront to much fanfare last summer has ceased operations.
Perry Miles, general manager of the Philadelphia Belle, said lackluster sales for dinner cruises sank the business.
Nearly 150 people lost their jobs when tour operations stopped at 7 a.m. Thursday.
"It was a decision that was immediate," Miles told Philly.com.
"We had been exploring options to continue operations, but we ran out of time. We had to pull the plug."
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The Paris Motor Show sees the wraps come off Renault's top-of-the-range concept car Ondelios. Ondelios is Renault's vision of the high-end crossover, combining a comfortable ride with respect for the environment incorporating an original hybrid powertrain and some pretty ethereal design.
The 4.8-metre-long, 1.6-metre high Ondelios has drawn inspiration from the world of aviation design to deliver high drag efficiency and a Cd of just 0.29. The aluminium-finish grille is flanked by headlamp units that suggest flowing motion.
Another feature of Ondelios' aerodynamic styling is the boomerang-shaped tail lights. They are built into the bodywork and ringed with air extractors to control the flow of air from the wheel arches.
The glazed roof bathes the interior in natural light.
"We think of it as made from a single material, where the body and glazed areas merge into one. Ondelios is a glimpse of what the automobile might be in the medium term future," adds Patrick Le Quement, Renault's Design Director.
The butterfly-type side doors, which also feature an extensive glazed area, swing out and upwards as the sills slide down to
facilitate ingress.
The dark blue anthracite of the bodywork blends perfectly with the tinted glazed area, making the car look as if it were all of a piece and a single colour. The tailgate's upper section rounds off the sleek, aerodynamic lines with a profiled glareshield
that slides inwards to air and cool the cabin.
Ondelios sits on seven-spoke, 23-inch aluminium alloy wheels with propeller-like hubs draw that airflow from the sides of the car to prevent turbulence. They operate in conjunction with the rim-side brake discs to ensure they suck in air effectively.
The sleek sidewalls of the large diameter 255/40 Michelin Pilot Sport tyres deliver excellent drag performance. Their tread pattern is designed to minimise deformation of the contact patch while on the move to help curb rolling resistance.
The tread has efficient, active flow channels which, together with the wide circumferential groove that helps clear water, strengthen the image of a high-end, high-tech tyre.
Inside, there are three rows of seats that offer individual seating for six. With their cantilever mounts they give the impression of floating, while their kinematics are redolent of airplane seats. The electrically adjustable backs fold into comfortable, business-class positions, while occupants can deploy and retract their footrests at will. They are designed, like giant leaves, to hug their occupants who can curl up in them.
Some of the car's structural parts are made from natural flax fibre for greater recyclability. In keeping with the commitment to make the car as light as possible, its body is made from carbon and the glazed areas from polycarbonate.
Ondelios is powered by a hybrid powerplant which combines a more powerful 205hp (150kW) version of the 2.0 dCi engine, with two 20kW electric motors at the front and rear. They operate in mild hybrid mode, giving the engine extra boost as required. They use a brake and boost system, recovering energy during braking then delivering it to the engine to boost
acceleration. The front motor also uses fuel-saving stop-start technology.
The electric motor mounted on the rear axle drives the rear wheels when the ESP sensors detect a loss of traction, thus giving Ondelios the capability of a 4WD vehicle. The car is equipped with a lithium-ion battery that can deliver power of up to 4kW/h.
With torque of 450Nm between 1,700 and 3800rpm, the diesel engine provides comfort and flexibility at all engine speeds for long-distance driving pleasure. The 2.0 dCi unit takes Ondelios from a standing start to 100kph in just 7.8 seconds. Driving through a seven-speed, double-clutch gearbox, fuel consumption is kept to a frugal 4.5 litres/100km and CO2 emissions at a lowly 120g/km.
Weights, dimensions, capacities
Length (mm) 4,805
Width (mm) 1,998
Height (mm) 1,605
Height with doors open (mm) 2,230
Wheel base (mm) 2,895
Front track (mm) 1,690
Rear track (mm) 1,720
Unladen weight (kg) 1,452
Boot (dm3) 530
Technical data
Internal combustion engine 2.0 dCi
Power in hp (kW) 205 (150)
Maximum torque (Nm) 450, from 1,700 to 3,800rpm
Electric motors Two 20kW electric motors: one at
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Power supply 4kWh lithium-ion battery. Size:
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Acceleration from 0 to 100kph (s) 7.8
CO2 emissions, combined cycle fuel
consumption 120g/km, 4.5 litres/100 km
Transmission Double-clutch seven-speed
automatic transmission
Internal combustion engine drive
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Tyres 255/40 ZR23
Wheels Diameter: 23″. Width: 9″
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A Home of its Own: The Role of Poverty Law in Furthering Law Schools' Missions
Marie A. Failinger
Hamline University - School of Law
January 1, 2007
Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 34, p. 1173, 2007
This author argues that poverty advocates who are willing to carefully attend to their law school's mission and vision, and to give careful thought to how poverty law may play an important role in achieving that vision, may win a more lasting place for poverty law in the curriculum than it has heretofore managed to achieve in most law schools. This article will argue that poverty law can be a key piece in the curriculum of law schools who define their mission, at least in part, as educating lawyers according to one of five paradigms: 1) lawyers as public citizens and leaders, 2) lawyers as skilled technicians of the law, 3) lawyers as skilled counselors, 4) lawyers as advocates on behalf of a cause in legal institutions, and 5) lawyers as transformational partners with the poor.
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The History of Kona Bay Hawaii
Kona Bay Hawaii was established in 2001 on the Big Island.
Authentic Hawaiian aloha shirts that are made in Hawaii were getting hard to find. The early aloha shirts were created by Japanese immigrants to the islands. The shirts were originally made from kimono and kimono cloth from Japan.
The aloha shirts produced from 1930 to 1955 were very high quality, and are now prized by collectors. KC Kiuchi the founder of Kona Bay Hawaii is an avid collector of classic Hawaiian aloha shirts. It was his dream to recreate the quality and style of the aloha shirts from the 1930's through the 1950's. During this period the majority of cloth for aloha shirts came from Japan. In 2004 Kona Bay Hawaii began to use cloth discharge printing. This process prints the design on both side of the cloth. We use high quality double stitching and all of our buttons are made from oyster shell just as the shirts were in this classic period. Kona Bay Hawaii's concept is recreating Hawaiian shirts from a classic era with the style and quality of handmade shirts.
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Showers today are expected to push many Easter Egg hunts indoors, but there may be a break in the weather in time for Easter morning sunrise to be dry.
"You're looking at heavy showers today, with the possibility of a break in the weather in time for Sunday morning services," said Jason Krekeler, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, who looked at the radar Friday for the weekend in Williamsport and vicinity.
The rain was likely, he said, to lead to the need for the weather service to issue a flash flood alert, which means there is a potential for the small streams to flow over their banks and poor drainage areas to be covered in water.
"We're looking at 1.25 inches of rain over the weekend," he said.
The good news is the rain will be scattered Sunday, with a break in the morning until the late afternoon and evening, he said.
"Looks as though there's a break in the weather for Sunday morning until the afternoon when showers pick up again," he said.
Should that hold true, those planning to worship may be able to do it and stay dry.
The community Easter sunrise service, scheduled at the cross on Grampian Hills at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, could take place without dampening any Easter bonnets, if the forecast holds.
If it doesn't, the service, which is sponsored by the Salvation Army and the American Rescue Workers, will be held at the Salvation Army, 457 Market St., with Col. Sam Astin bringing the message either way.
As for today, the highly anticipated and previously postponed annual city Easter egg hunt, sponsored by the city and Williamsport Area High School student government, will not be held outdoors at Brandon Park.
Instead, the event will be held at the YMCA Picklener Arena, 320 Elmira St. The hunt for the plastic eggs filled with treats and gifts will begin at noon. It is for infants and children up to the age of 10. Expect the Easter Bunny to make an appearance, along with helpers overseeing free face painting activities.
Another Easter egg hunt is planned at 10 a.m. at Third Street United Methodist Church, 931 E. Third St. but there's no indication what impact rain will have on it.
The scattered rainfall also will help to deflect any serious threats of flooding causing property damage from the spilling over of the already swollen West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
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In his tenth novel, The Killer (1970), Colin Wilson combines his narrative skills and his encyclopaedic knowledge of true crime to produce a powerful study of how Arthur Lingard, a fictional character based on a variety of factual sources, became a multiple murderer. The first English edition was cut, but a fuller version appeared in the USA in 1970 under Wilson's original title, Lingard, and a text which is claimed to be the most complete was published by Savoy Books in 2001 (Stanley (2006), 68). The novel's narrator, Samuel Kahn, provides a first-person account of his own fascination with Lingard and his quest for the sources of Lingard's crimes, and a third-person reconstruction of some key aspects of Lingard's …
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YGL President Dave Uejio will be speaking at the 2012 HR & EEO in the Federal Workplace Conference. Session Title: Finding, Training, and Retaining Next-Gen Professionals Description How successful has your agency been with next-gen employees? Have you found it challenging to even recruit them? Or have you been able to attract them, then spend months training them, only to have them leave just when they're starting to show a return on your investment of time, energy, and dollars? What went wrong? Hear insights from next-gen professionals themselves. Learn what attracted them to public service and how they're now applying their talents and choosing the best technology tools to attract — and retain — new next-gen feds.
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• Create a culture that benefits employees of all generations
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A man who pleaded guilty in 2009 to participating in a double slaying in central Kentucky has died in prison.
WKYT-TV reports Neccolus Mundy died Monday, less than a week after being found unresponsive in his cell at Northpoint Training Center.
Mundy was serving 20 years for his role in the fatal shootings of 18-year-old Bo Upton and 20-year-old Ryan Shangraw in a Lincoln County trailer in 2002. Prosecutors said the shootings were drug-related.
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Kansas City police said they're investigating a shooting that sent one person to a hospital.
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Earshot (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
|Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode
Jonathan in the school clock tower .
|Episode no.
|Season 3
Episode 18
|Directed by
|Regis Kimble
|Written by
|Jane Espenson
|Production code
|Original air date
|September 21, 1999
|Guest appearance(s)
"Earshot" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Columbine High School massacre occurred one week before this episode was originally scheduled to air. Because this episode involved a scene with a student loading a rifle – apparently for mass murder, but in reality for suicide – the WB preempted it with a rerun of another episode. The third season's finale was postponed for similar reasons.
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On patrol, Buffy runs into two demons that she fights, and succeeds in killing one of them. While the other escapes, the blood from the demon she killed gets absorbed into the back of her hand after she kills it. The next day at the library, Buffy finds that they're making very little progress with the Mayor and stopping the ascension. Willow asks Buffy if she's talked to Angel and then suggests that Buffy straight out ask him what happened with Faith. Percy checks in with Willow to reschedule their study session and then she talks to Buffy about the basketball game after school which everyone except Buffy is going to.
Buffy goes to Giles after she finds that her hand is itching where she was cut and that, because she came in contact with the blood of one of the demons, she may be infected with an aspect of the demon. Xander and Oz watch the cheerleaders at the pep rally and Xander reveals that he still has a thing for Cordelia when he witnesses Wesley looking at her. Buffy is constantly worried as she waits to find out what aspect of the demon she'll be getting; Willow horrifies her, wondering if the demon was a male. She talks to Angel about it that night and he tells her he'd love her no matter what she looked like.
The next day, as she's walking through the halls, Buffy finds out that she can hear the thoughts of others. She talks to Giles about it, and he goes right to work researching it while Buffy decides to put her new ability to work. In class, she listens to the thoughts of her teacher and classmates and answers the questions asked. Buffy also hears the thoughts of Freddy Iverson, who writes editorials for the school newspaper and who has a seriously negative opinion about everything at Sunnydale.
Later that day, Buffy goes to the mansion to use her mind-reading abilities to check up on Angel and find out the truth about what happened with Faith. He figures out what she's trying to do, and informs her that his thoughts no more reflect into her mind than his image does on a mirror. He reveals to her that what happened with Faith meant nothing and that in 243 years, he's loved only Buffy.
At the library, Buffy tells her friends about her ability to read minds. Xander constantly thinks about sex, Cordelia says almost exactly what she thinks, Oz thinks extremely deep thoughts, Willow thinks about how she's left out of things, and Wesley thinks about Cordelia.
In the lunchroom, Buffy hears someone think, "This time tomorrow, I'll kill you all," and then the voices get to be too much and Buffy passes out. When she regains consciousness, she tells everyone to get organized and find out who the potential killer is. Buffy goes home to rest but before she leaves, she overhears Giles's thoughts that she'll go insane if the telepathy continues. He and Wesley found that it happened before, but the person is in total isolation because they can't stop the power. Buffy's mom is nervous around her and doesn't want to stay in the same room with Buffy for very long. Finally, Buffy reads her mind and finds out that she had sex with Giles, on the hood of a police car. Twice. Willow and the others go around interviewing students and faculty that were in the Cafeteria to see if they're potential killers.
Giles and Wesley have found a possible solution to curing Buffy, but it requires the heart of the second demon. Angel hunts down the demon and the next morning brings the heart to the Summers' home in a glass mixed with other ingredients. He forces Buffy to drink it and then her body goes into convulsions. Willow and the rest of the Scooby Gang were able to locate all the students on the list except Freddy Iverson and they all go looking for him.
Back at home, Buffy wakes up and is no longer able to hear thoughts. The gang finally corners Freddy in his office and find out that he's not the potential killer. Buffy shows up just as they find a letter from Jonathan apologizing for his upcoming actions of death on Freddy's desk. The gang splits up to find Jonathan while he is up in the clock tower, assembling a rifle. Buffy spots him from below and puts her Slayer strengths to work as she flies up the stairs, onto the roof, and into the tower. Buffy talks to him and tells him that the reason why everyone ignores him is that they all have their own problems that actually matter more to them than his do. She takes the rifle from him, and then finds out that he was really going to commit suicide (much to her surprise and confusion).
Xander checks the kitchen and stumbles upon a lunch lady putting rat poison into the food. She comes out and tries to kill Xander with a cleaver, but Buffy stops her. The lunch lady likened the students to "vermin" always eating and never stopping. Buffy decides that the lunch lady has lost her mind and knocks her unconscious. Giles and Buffy recap what happened as they walk around the school grounds. Giles asks her if she's up for some training, and Buffy says she is, and they can work out after school, if he isn't too busy having sex with [her] mother. This causes Giles to walk straight into a tree.
In her commentary on the DVD, writer Jane Espenson reveals that when she found out that she was going to write this episode she knew that she wanted the student in the tower to be Jonathan. Even though Danny Strong had only had small, comedic parts on the series over the years, she had faith that he would be able to handle the dramatic scene.[1] Espenson also mentions in her DVD commentary that she included the exchange in which Buffy discovers that her mother slept with Giles in "Band Candy" because she was surprised that fans weren't sure that they had had sex and she wanted to eliminate any doubts.[1]
Giles walking right into a tree after Buffy told him she knew he slept with her mother was Anthony Head's idea - although he had never thought that Joss Whedon would actually let him do it.[2]
The Columbine High School massacre occurred one week before this episode was originally scheduled to air. Because this episode involved a scene with a student loading a rifle – apparently for mass murder, but in reality for suicide – the WB preempted it with a rerun of "Bad Girls". The episode was delayed until September 1999, where it aired two weeks prior to the season four premiere. The season finale was also preempted due to "school violence concerns."[3][4]
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- Buffy learns that Giles and her mother have had sex — on top of a police car, twice — while under the influence of mystical chocolate bars in an earlier episode, "Band Candy".
- Angel reveals to Buffy that vampires are immune to telepathy.
- This is one of the first episodes to feature Jonathan outside a small comedy based role. He would later become a villain during Season Six.
- Willow speaks to Jonathan about fantasies about power and respect, and that sometimes "the fantasy isn't enough". This foreshadows the episode "Superstar", in which Jonathan uses a spell to make himself a celebrity. It also recalls an earlier interrogation in the second season episode "Go Fish".
- ^ a b Writer Jane Espenson's audio commentary for the episode on the season 3 DVD.
- ^ TV.com Episode Guide, Season 3 Episode 18, "Earshot" Trivia & Quotes.
- ^ "School Daze". Entertainment Weekly. May 25, 1999. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
- ^ ""Buffy" Slayed by School Massacre". E! Online. April 23, 1999. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
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Karen Glanz is a behavioral epidemiologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Much of her work focuses on applying the social sciences to encourage healthy behavior in individuals and communities. She studies the effects of the environment, nutrition, and exercise on obesity and the prevention of such ailments as cancer and heart disease.
Her work presents constant challenges, which Glanz relishes. It is also largely sedentary. As she puts it, "I spend a lot of time on my behind in front of a computer."
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In the last couple of weeks, talk has started again about a ferry system for Hawaii.
Sen. Daniel Inouye started the discussion when he told Civil Beat that he still had dreams for "a reasonable ferry system that one can afford to pay (for)."
The senator acknowledged there would have to be federal involvement, saying the Department of Defense should have a "stake in it." The current budget crunch could delay any federal participation, but Inouye envisions help in a couple of years.
Inouye believes a ferry system would be a boon to the state.
"We have islands that are separate," Inouye is quoted as saying in the story. "Politically, that's what I want to be able to change, at least with a transportation system. We're going to get one."
We, of course, backed the last attempt at such a system, the Superferry. That failure showed that any new system would require a cooperation of the state, the feds and private enterprise.
The benefits are obvious: Farmers and crafters can get their products to other islands quickly and inexpensively; families would be able to travel interisland affordably; there would be the ability to conduct business between islands in real time; and, as Sen. Inouye envisions it, some folks may even be able to live on one island while working on another.
We remember a Maui family packing up the car with their son's belongings, going by ferry to Oahu, driving to UH-Manoa, unloading the belongings at a dorm and returning home that night.
Simple, affordable and efficient.
Any business plan for a new ferry system, though, will have to learn the lessons of the failure of the Superferry. An environmental impact statement has to be done before it sails (as the environmentalists proved last time, it doesn't matter if the airlines and other maritime interests didn't have to prepare EIS's). The operating costs of the vessels have to be supportable by the revenues that can be generated. That probably means smaller ferries.
The benefits make it worth exploring. But, it is not a slam-dunk that a ferry system can can float in Hawaii's waters.
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Monsignor Farrell came out to play on Monday night and finds itself in the CHSAA A championship finals.
The Lions punched across two third-period goals and bounced Holy Cross, 4-1, in the third game of the semifinals at the Flushing Rink.
"We came out flat, there was not much offense," MF coach Peter Jerabeck said of last Friday's 3-2 shootout loss which evened the series at 1-1.
"Tonight, offensively and defensively, we were much better. We dictated the tempo. It was a different story."
Dom Aiello (Tom O'Brien and Dom Torre assisting) opened the scoring on a first-stanza power play at the 10:14 mark.
Following HC's tying goal early in the second, Shane Saladis (J.R. Gravina assist) broke the deadlock at 11:40.
In the third period, Nick Jean-Louis assisted Mark Mandela with 1:56 to go, and Saladis finished the scoring with an open net tally.
Farrell took 35 shots to Holy Cross' 37. Kyle Schumacher was the winning goalie.
The second-seeded Lions take on No. 4 St. Anthony's in Friday's opener of the best-of-three finals at the Abe Stark Rink in Brooklyn.


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England's top league has seen some of the greatest goal-scorers in the game light up the scoring charts.
Since we are looking at the best all-time goal-scorers, players from both the First Division and the Premier League eras are a part of this list.
The goal-scoring record in the two leagues is important but goals per games ratio is important as well.
So that there was some sort of parity for both leagues, the 25 best players from each era were chosen. Fortunately, that seems to be the best overall list in any case.
These players are in no particular order minus the fact that the First Division players are in the first half of slides and the Premier League players are in the second.
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News is the subject and the target of this live prime-time series premiering tonight. Producer Herb Sargent jokingly describes the show as "a cross between That Was the Week That Was and 1984." Sargent, an editor of the original American version of TW3 and an éminence grise on Saturday Night Live, gathered a cast of "newsperformers" who will lampoon the week's events. "The news will be our straight line," he says. The regulars for this new venture are an impressive bunch of seemingly mismatched socks: Simon Jones (Bridey in Brideshead Revisited), Michael Davis (the comic juggler from Sugar Babies) and Broadway veterans Charlotte Moore and Trey Wilson. Monty Python's Michael Palin will be a special "London correspondent." From the look of things, there will be no sacred cows. "We might cover a dioxin-plant opening each week," says Jones. "We'll also have a critic who rates wars around the world." Dan Rather take note. The only difficulty for this new show may be that the news today is its own parody. As Michael Davis says, "We may be dealing with the same issues as Meet the Press."
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It's a good thing the 2010 NFL season gets off to a start this weekend, because there's not a whole heck of a lot to root for this weekend at the box office.
In fact, aside from one wide-release sequel ("Resident Evil: Afterlife") and two limited-release dramas ("Cairo Time" and "Flipped"), the cupboard is bare, as far as new movies go.
But you know what? Maybe that's fitting.
Because the summer movie season that is drawing to a close (my Fall Movie Preview comes out in Friday's Lagniappe) has also been one of the least-inspiring summer seasons on record. Oh, sure, there have been a few memorable releases -- "Inception," "Winter's Bone" and "Restrepo" spring to mind -- but for the most part, the summer of 2010 has been one great big snoozefest.
Will that end next week? Actually, yes, with the arrival of "Easy A," a pleasant surprise of a teen comedy. (Much more on that next week.)
In the meantime, though, here are the details on the new movies expected to open this weekend in New Orleans-area theaters, with links to trailers and official sites where available.
Now repeat after me: "Go, Saints."
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New Orleans' Patricia Clarkson has been collecting positive notices for her leading role in this drama-romance, about a woman caught-off guard in Cairo when she falls for a friend of her absent husband.
Cast: Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Elena Anaya. Director: Ruba Nadda. Studio: IFC Films.
Rated PG for mild thematic elements and smoking. 1 hour 30 minutes.
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Rob Reiner directs a bittersweet "Wonder Years"-like coming-of-age comedy, set in the 1960s and telling the story of a adolescent girl who is gaga over a neighborhood boy who wants nothing to do with her.
Cast: Callan McAuliffe, Madeline Carroll, Anthony Edwards, Rebecca DeMornay, Aidan Quinn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Mahoney. Director: Reiner. Studio: Warner Bros.
Rated PG for language and some thematic material. 1 hour 30 minutes.
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The fourth time out of the gate for this video game-inspired action franchise means more zombies, more blazing guns and more butt-kicking from Milla Jovovich. This time, though, it's all in 3-D.
Cast: Jovovich, Ali Larter. Director: Paul W.S. Anderson. Studio: Screen Gems.
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I've not owned a Leyland DAF, but I had thought about buying one. I do know that they are much more basic inside than other vehicles, such as Mercedes, but they are therefore much easier to fix should a problem arise. I see a lot of old ones on the road in the UK, and have seen many people recommending them on the internet. The Royal Mail and the Army use them in the UK. That is surely a good recommendation. I would test drive a few, and if you like the way they are I would go for it. Parts should not be too big a problem, but you may not find quite as many Leyland parts in Croatia as you would Mercedes.
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Kelly Pavlik was hoping he could vault his way back into the hearts of boxing fans with one big punch.
The story would've written itself if he had, and a little part of all of Pavlik's supporters wanted so badly for that to be the case.
But like many things recently in the world of "The Ghost," things didn't work out quite that easy.
Pavlik won a majority decision over previously unbeaten Alfonzo Lopez Saturday night. He himself gave his performance a five out of 10, and that's about where most boxing analysts would put it, too.
But the most important story was simply the fact that Pavlik was back in the ring, and the Mahoning Valley was excited again.
He looked rusty, his timing was off, but it was still Kelly Pavlik fighting on a huge boxing show in the Fight Capital of the World.
Any place in the area that broadcasted the fight was mobbed, putting to rest any doubt that "The Ghost" still doesn't have loads of ardent followers in and around his hometown.
He certainly showed he could still take a punch even at a higher weight class, as he took a few solid shots from Lopez and didn't ever looked too concerned. People questioned his stamina at 170 pounds, but it was Pavlik that had Lopez on the ropes in the fight's final moments. Another round and Pavlik could have very easily gotten the win by knockout. He wasn't winded, he wasn't backing up. For all his timing issues and ring rust, he was arguably in the best shape he's been since he was a middleweight champion.
Lopez' claims that the fight should've been a draw were rather unfounded. Even sloppy, Pavlik won the fight, winning essentially all but the first few rounds.
His critics will still criticize. What else are they going to do?
For more than a year out of the ring, Pavlik still dominated and notched another win likely setting up a title shot down the line at super middleweight against Lucian Bute should Bute win a July 9 fight that is in the making.
In the downtime, Pavlik and trainer Jack Loew have set up a boxing production company as revealed to the Salem News back in March. Their first show will likely be in June and if they get all the fighters they mentioned (Jake Giuriceo, Billy Lyell, Dannie Williams and Chris Hazimihalis), it would be a huge showcase for local boxing talent.
While he waits for his next opponent there's really only one piece of advice this column will direct Pavlik's way.
Don't respond to criticism. Not on Facebook, not on Twitter, not to any media outlet, not to anyone. Keep training and keep swinging.
Like all fighters, Pavlik will always have his doubters and haters. If he ignores them and simply does his thing and lets the pieces fall where they may, regardless of the outcome of his fights, he'll have won.
He already took a giant step Saturday night as Loew said, by simply stepping into the ring again.
He doesn't have anything to prove to anyone. But his fans sure love it when he does.
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Had plans to hit the gym at the end of the day as we had our weekly lunch thing at the mess. Lo and behold, I had forgotten to put a sports bra into my gym bag :eek:. So I headed home, unloaded the dishwasher and tidied the kitchen, then went off to the local gym. A good session, 82 flights climbed on the stair thing, which I'm already feeling and might regret when I get up tomorrow, plus 2 miles brisk walk, assisted pullups, planks, and a set of 10 full pushups. I'm glad I went. Kind of amusing how crowded it was in there with the after work crowd, looked like lots of newcomers full of January resolutions. Hopefully most of them will keep at it, sadly, that is usually not the case.
I had only one cup of coffee this morning, plus a shot of espresso. Currently trying to cut back on the coffee. The other days this week I've been mixing half decaf with regular strength brew when making the morning pot. I don't seem to be missing the usual caffeine dose, so this is encouraging. 3 years ago when I went to Haiti on short notice after the earthquake, my group had a couple of days with no coffee/tea/cola and all had nasty headaches despite being well hydrated in the heat. Once we clued in to the caffeine "deficiency" and found a kettle, we all instantly felt better. Such can be the power of the stuff.
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What does a mural on an L.A. freeway, students at SCV schools, and CalArts have in common?
All have been touched by talented artist, educator and arts administrator Glenna Avila. Avila will speak at the ARTree meeting on Wednesday, March 19, 6:30 p.m., at the Old Town Newhall Library.
Since 1991, Avila has been the Artistic Director and the Wallis Annenberg Director of the California Institute of the Arts Partnership (CAP) program.
CAP is made up of 55 different arts education programs engaged in 60 neighborhoods throughout Southern California.
The program partners with 45 public schools and community-based organizations, including Newhall Elementary School, Arroyo Seco Junior High, and Hart High.
For the program to have such an extensive outreach, Avila (who is the first and only director of the program) employs 60 CalArts faculty artists, 50 alumni artists, and 300 student-instructors.
Avila is also as accomplished making art as she is teaching it.
In 1984, Avila was one of 10 artists commissioned by the Olympic Organizing Committee to paint a mural along the 101 Freeway in downtown for the Olympic Arts Festival.
Her lively and colorful mural entitled "L.A. Freeway Kids" is a tribute to the city's children, showing them jumping, skipping and playing ball.
Avila was also director of the Los Angeles Citywide Murals Program, where she coordinated over 250 community murals in the city. Her work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums including the LA County Museum of Art, and the Armand Hammer Museum and the Wight Gallery at UCLA.
As director of CAPS, Avila links talented artists with the diverse communities of Los Angeles through free, after-school and school-based arts programs for youth. These programs provide a challenging learning environment for the students' creative and artistic experimentation.
"Art programs encourage students to think about higher education," Avila said in a recent interview. Over the years, she has seen kids continue their education, and currently has 50 young people receiving scholarships to continue their education.
Avila will talk about these influential programs and how they propel the minds of young people, especially those from financially and socially disadvantaged backgrounds.
She will also share her experiences as an influential artist and muralist in Los Angeles at a time when the city was beginning to embrace its cultural diversity. There is no charge for admission. For more information, contact Bob Hernandez at 818-634-4180.


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By metro station
Provencal-style villa hotel is located within 100 metres of a Ternes metro station and 500 metres of the Arc de Triomphe and the Palais des Congres.
Hotel bar
Guests at the hotel can enjoy cocktails in the non-smoking bar, and seek sightseeing assistance from the hotel's multilingual concierge.
Satellite TV
Villa Alessandra Hotel guestrooms have Provencal decor and oak wood flooring; all include satellite televisions and complimentary newspapers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Villa Alessandra9 Place Boulnois Paris Paris 75017
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Guests at the Villa Alessandra Hotel can relax with a drink in the hotel bar and browse the complimentary newspapers in the hotel lobby. Those on business will benefit from the hotel's meeting room and complimentary wireless Internet access, and guests with cars will find public parking near to the hotel. The hotel is also near the shopping district and convention center. Practical amenities include a 24-hour front desk, laundry facilities and a multilingual concierge service, on hand to offer sightseeing and booking assistance. A full breakfast is served daily. Pets accepted (some restrictions apply).
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Concierge services
- Bar/lounge
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 49
- 24-hour front desk
- Laundry facilities
- Elevator/lift
- Smoke-free property
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- One meeting room
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Minibar
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Pay movies
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Slippers
- Bathtub only
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
Where to Eat
The hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options within the surrounding area.
Nearby restaurants:
Bistrot d'a Cote
Tante Jeanne
Bar Le Dada
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets allowed
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.48 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for full breakfast: EUR 15 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 23 per day
Hotel Name
- Alessandra Villa
- Villa Alessandra
- Villa Alessandra Hotel
- Villa Alessandra Hotel Paris
- Villa Alessandra Paris
- La Hotel Alessandra
- La Villa Alessandra Hotel Paris
We should mention
Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
This hotel has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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Come July 1, it's time to hang up and drive.
On that day, a new wireless telephone law will go into effect, restricting the use of mobile phones while driving. Under the new law, no driver may hold a mobile phone to his ear or affix his fingers on the phone's key pad.
Many a time, in the midst of our commutes, we have glanced at the car next to us, and our eyes notice one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand holding a mobile phone.
In recent years, that hand with the mobile is not just holding the phone to one's ear, that hand is now typing text messages.
All too often, with the punching of buttons comes a diversion of attention - eyes veer off the road and onto the LCD screens to ensure that the right letters are punched, or the correct numbers are dialed.
In nearly one week, legislators and law enforcement officials hope that fewer eyes that stray off the road after two new laws take effect.
Last year, two laws passed that specifically limit the way mobile phones are used by drivers.
One of those laws is specifically targeted toward drivers age 18 and under, while the other law affects everyone else.
"Basically, anyone over 18 may use a hands-free phone," said Szu-Pei Lu, an insurance attorney who works on automobile-related cases. "Under the new laws, no one is allowed to use a handheld telephone while operating a vehicle, regardless of age."
Lu was referring to state Vehicle Code sections 23123 and 23124, which go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on July 1.
Under section 23123, all drivers are prohibited "from using a handheld wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle." That section, however, does allow drivers over the age of 18 to use a "hands-free device," such as a Bluetooth or speakerphone. Also legal are vehicles that have phones installed into the stereo system and speakers.
Lu added that the law does not specifically prohibit dialing. Also, she said that if a driver relies upon a blue-tooth device, it may only be used in one ear. Both ears cannot be covered under the new laws.
However, the more restrictive law is section 23124. Under that section, drivers under the age of 18 are prohibited from using any kind of mobile phone - even hands-free devices.
"The theory is that drivers under the age of 18 just are not experienced enough, hence more likely to get into a traffic collision or accident, even if they are operating a hands-free phone," Lu said. "It's just good public policy. Safety is the main reason for these two laws."
As with any law, the two new vehicle code sections come with exceptions and penalties.
There is one exception and one exemption under the new laws. The one exception allows a driver, regardless of age, to use a mobile phone to make emergency calls without relying on hands-free or speakerphone modes. The emergency call exception also applies to drivers under the age of 18.
Also, passengers are exempt from the law.
However, there are no exceptions for out-of-state drivers. While most states have not enacted similar laws, both laws apply to every driver within the state, regardless of residency.
In terms of penalties, there are several layers of fines.
According to the vehicle code, the base fine for the first offense is $20. For every violation after that, the fine is increased to $50.
However, the state's Uniform Bail and Penalty Schedule increase those base fines to $76 for the first offense, and $190 for every offense after that.
If convicted for a violation of the wireless telephone law, the offense will be placed on the driver's record. However, no violation points will be assessed by the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
Lu also added that text messaging is not specifically prohibited under the new laws, though a driver may be cited if an officer or deputy believes that the driver's text messaging impaired their driving.
The new cell phone law has prompted many drivers to hit the stores in search of the right equipment.
Ricky Bhatti, a sales associate at Taut Wireless in Valencia, said he's seen an increase in the number of people purchasing wireless gadgets.
Earlier in the week, he had six customers in one day.
"We're ordering a lot of speakerphones," he said, adding that Bluetooth is also a popular buy.
Finding the perfect fit
Chris Dierckman of Valencia said he purchased a Bluetooth last week because of the new cell phone law.
"I thought it was convenient," he said about the product. "I can use it in the car and at home when I'm typing on the computer."
His father, Tom, said he's in "good shape" when it comes to his car that he uses for business because the vehicle has a phone installed through the radio and speaker system.
As for his personal car, Tom Dierckman said he's still looking for the proper hands-free device.
Sherry Shuster of Valencia believes the new law is important for public safety, but she's been having trouble finding the right product.
"I have three cars with Bluetooth and I can't hear on them," she said, noting that the wireless earpiece creates too much background noise making her conversations difficult.
For those who still haven't made it out to the store, Marie Montgomery, spokeswoman for the Auto Club of Southern California, said drivers have a lot of options when it comes to finding the right hands-free device.
"It looks like there's a lot of different things out there," she said.
For instance, many cars have phones already installed in their vehicles. Montgomery said there are also gadgets that act as speakerphones that people can put on their sun visors.
There are also the many wireless options, including the popular Bluetooth that goes in a person's ear.
The prices for the products also range and Montgomery said certain products can cost under $100 while some can be several hundred dollars.
People who don't want to spend a dime on a wireless product just yet can explore their own cell phones.
"It's simple as using the earpiece that comes with the cell phone in the first place," Montgomery said. The phone's speakerphone feature can also be used as a hands-free device.
Montgomery also suggests people use the phone's voice activated features.
Regardless, Montgomery recommends people become familiar with their products well before July 1.
"You want to make sure it's not an option that will create more distractions," she said.
But ultimately, Montgomery reminds drivers that talking and driving can still be a dangerous task. She suggests people keep their phone conversations as brief as possible.
"Hands free is not distraction free," she said.


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First look at Disney's The Lone Ranger
How incredible is this photo from Disney's The Lone Ranger? Love!
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski comes Disney/Bruckheimer Films' The Lone Ranger. Tonto (Johnny Depp), a spirit warrior on a personal quest, joins forces in a fight for justice with John Reid (Armie Hammer), a lawman who has become a masked avenger.
The Lone Ranger will be released in May 2013.
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Cannot wait to see this movie!
THAT is NOT a part he should be playing. It doesn't look right. I mean yea he's a very versatile actor but still. He looks dumb…
BUT! It might not be all fail. There are some pretty hawt movies coming out this year, and this one just might make the cut (in my book anyway).
He always plays the weirdest roles!! :)
I can't wait to see this! My dad was a big fan of the original show. He even got to meet the real Tonto; I've seen the picture! My dad's been gone 8 years, so I'm excited to get a chance to see something that he liked so much.
I'm excited to see this movie. thank you for posting I can't wait till it comes out.
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The Williamsport Flute Choir will present its second annual spring recital at 2 p.m. Friday at Robert M. Sides, 201 Mulberry St.
Formed January of 2013, The flute choir started with eight members and has grown over the past year to nearly double that.
Featuring members of the flute family from piccolo all the way down to the bass flute, the Williamsport Flute Choir has been performing varied repertoire throughout the Williamsport area since their formation.
This recital program offers a large variety to suit all musical tastes. The program will open with the overture from Mozart's opera, "The Magic Flute" and will include the "Baroque Hoedown," which many will recognize as the theme from Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade; the lively "Comedian's Galop" by Kabalevsky; the novelty piece "The Whistler and His Dog" by Arthur Pryor; and a short three movement work titled "Piccolos in the Pub," by Jonathan Cohen, among several other works.
Admission to the recital is free but donations will be accepted. A brief reception will follow.
For more information on the Williamsport Flute Choir, visit www.williamsportflutechoir.weebly.com.


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The way in which the elements in visual arts are arranged to create a feeling of equilibrium in a work of art. The three types of balance are symmetry, asymmetry, and radial.
Difference between two or more elements (e.g., value, color, texture) in a composition; juxtaposition of dissimilar elements in a work of art; also, the degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture.
Intentional, regular repetition of lines of shapes to achieve a specific repetitious effect or pattern
Total visual effect in a composition achieved by the careful blending of the elements of art and the principles of design
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Hitachi Launches Big Data Remote Backup Accelerator
Hitachi recently announced a new WAN Accelerator that serves as high-speed big data backup between data centers for domestic and overseas telecommunications providers, data center operators, and cloud computer service providers.
The device promises to reduce the required time for remote backup for 1 TB of data from more than 58 hours to about 2.25 hours.
According to the manufacturer, the speedup is due to a proprietary algorithm to measure the packet loss ratio as well as its fluctuation. Hitachi said that the technology can estimate the available WAN bandwidth and optimize the data transfer speed accordingly.
Initially, Hitachi is offering a high-end version of its Remote Backup Model, which features a maximum of 6,000 TCP sessions, a maximum TCP session performance of 300 Mbps, as well as an optimized WAN bandwidth of 1 Gbps. A lower-end "office" version will be added in April 2013, providing up to 2,000 TCP sessions.
Wolfgang GruenerWolfgang Gruener is a contributor to Tom's IT Pro. He is currently principal analyst at Ndicio Research, a market analysis firm that focuses on cloud computing and disruptive technologies, and maintains the conceivablytech.com blog. An 18-year veteran in IT journalism and market research, he previously published TG Daily and was managing editor of Tom's Hardware news, which he grew from a link collection in the early 2000s into one of the most comprehensive and trusted technology news sources.
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Guest Blog: The move from BYOD to CYOD
11:57, December 10 2012
Tim Patrick-Smith, CIO Getronics UK, writes for CBR on how many organisations are choosing to adopt the more cautious approach of "Choose your own device" rather than leap into BYOD strategies.
We're starting to see many organisations choosing not to leap directly to Bring Your Own Device strategies and instead choosing the more cautious approach of Choose Your Own Device, where users select their chosen device from a range of approved products that are able to connect to the company's infrastructure, run the appropriate anti-virus software etc. Because the devices are corporately-owned and controlled by the IT department, it's not a huge change from traditional ways of IT management. Supporting a wider range of end-point devices will increase IT costs but could increase business efficiency by allowing the organisation to adopt new form factors and mobility options.
BYOD is a little more complex.
Businesses looking at bringing in a BYOD strategy need to consider three main layers in order to make it work:
- Create the infrastructure. This includes moving core applications to a separated environment which gives employees Secured access to relevant systems. This normally encompasses a central virtual desktop solution, email system and other applications that employees require to perform daily tasks. These systems are isolated from direct connection from the BYOD pool.
- Access security - decide exactly how people will connect, and develop applications to ensure a secure connection is established. It is paramount to put in place a connection verification system that identifies the connecting device and protects the data accordingly. These systems are automated, so that when employees connect the device, the software detects whether the device is corporate or personal and ensure access matches the trustworthiness of the device.
- Data rights management - putting the right software in place helps businesses to control corporate and often confidential data that are accessed from personal devices.
Setting up this type of environment involves substantial costs and so may not be suitable for every business. However these costs could be balanced by savings if, for example, your business has high numbers of contracting staff who could be asked to use their own IT equipment. IT costs may also be reduced with BYOD policies requiring employees to take responsibility for their devices.
The benefits of creating an infrastructure that is built for BYOD architectures lie mainly in the ability of the business to introduce new technologies more readily and to provide greater flexibility and choice to the work force, enabling employees to select and use the solutions that best suit them without substantial IT support cost increases.
The biggest risk BYOD poses to businesses is, of course, security. If you're going to have a free flow of devices connecting to your network, you need to ensure your information is protected. We'll see data rights management software coming much more to the fore as the BYOD/CYOD trend continues.
Implementing software controls is essential when allowing corporate data to be downloaded on to personal devices not directly owned by the organisation. For Mobile Devices software such as Mobile Iron can work in conjunction with identity services solutions to enforce policies on BYOD devices, allowing certificates and policies to be applied once the owner of the device agrees to the corporate data protection policy.
If the device owner refuses to accept the security policy, then their access is curtailed. Once accepted, the security policy allows the organisation to enforce password controls, encryption and enables the IT management team to erase device settings and data in the event of theft.
It's also important to develop a watertight, legal policy in place that ensures employees using their own devices are aware of their responsibilities and liabilities. For example, the contract should be very clear about the responsibility of the employee to maintain and pay for their device if broken and to ensure that all software is kept up to date, patched and that virus protection is maintained at all times.
Tim Patrick-Smith, CIO Getronics UK


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While us sports fans tend to think that athletes change the world of sports, there's actually another factor that often gets overlooked—technology.
Sure, guys like LeBron James, Colin Kaepernick and Yasiel Puig are bigger, stronger and faster than others from the past, but a lot of that has to do with the advancements in tech in helping them understand their bodies and training habits.
What better place to see how that evolution affects the games more than at the Winter Olympics, which, undoubtedly, will feature plenty of new gadgets that athletes and fans are taking advantage of.


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Hi all,
I was going through the book "Hacking Ubuntu" by Neil Krawetz, in this
book it is said that never do kill -9 -1 as root.
in my office i tried this command as root on an RHEL4 machine
but there was'nt any system crash as i expected only the x-server got
crashed, and the commands like ps, ls were n't giving any o/p.
when i rebooted the machine everything was back to normal
my question why init process wasn't killed ?