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It may be a new season, but all of a sudden the American League has a familiar look to it.
If the season ended today, four of the five teams that made the playoffs in 2012 would be returning to postseason play in 2013.
The New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers would all be back in the playoffs. The one new addition would be the Boston Red Sox, the one subtraction would be the Oakland Athletics.
There are still a lot of games left in the 2013 season. More than enough time for teams to surprise or disappoint.
Plenty of changes in this week's power rankings, but not at the top.
Number 1, Texas Rangers (24-13): First Place, A.L. West. Last week, No. 1
The best record in the American League and another week that featured more winning than losing. Sure, the Rangers had the advantage of playing the Houston Astros, but it is important to remember that this team is missing key pitchers such as Colby Lewis, Neftali Feliz and Matt Harrison.
That hasn't stopped them from winning a lot of games.
The easy road takes a tough turn this coming week with a three-game road trip to division rival Oakland and then four games at home against another American League powerhouse, the Detroit Tigers.
Number 2, New York Yankees (23-13): First Place, A.L. East. Last week, No. 5.
Wait a minute, wasn't this team supposed to be too old, or too injured?
Not so fast, my friends.
This past week loomed as a real challenge for the Bronx Bombers. Two tough road trips to Colorado and Kansas City. The results? The Yankees won five of six, including a three-game sweep of the Royals.
This is still the same Yankees squad that is missing the bulk of their alleged key players. Curtis Granderson is nearing his return from the disabled list, which should make the team better and deeper.
The upcoming week doesn't feature teams as strong as last week's schedule did, but a Monday doubleheader and no off-days means that the Yanks will be tested by eight games in seven days.
With the Red Sox struggling, the Yankees could start to put some distance between themselves and some of their division rivals.
Number 3, Baltimore Orioles (23-15): Second Place, A.L. East. Last week, No. 6.
The Orioles are coming off another good week. They took two of three from both the Royals and the Twins.
Closer Jim Johnson is proving that 2012 was no fluke. His 14 saves are second in the league, behind only the great Mariano Rivera.
The Orioles are right at the top of the league in runs scored. That offensive prowess has allowed the team to navigate some hot-and-cold pitching performances.
This season's Orioles team is following the blueprint that 2012's Orioles laid out perfectly: great offense, a great bullpen and starting pitching that is just good enough to keep the team in games.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Number 4, Cleveland Indians (20-15): First Place (tie) A.L. Central. Last week, No. 8.
From Number 11 two weeks ago, to number eight last week, all the way to the four-spot this week. The Indians might just be the most unlikely power rankings climber.
Here they are, winners of eight of their last 10 and coming off a weekend series against the Tigers in which they won two of three in Detroit!
There has officially been a Ubaldo Jimenez sighting. The former Colorado Rockies ace has been a complete disaster since the Indians acquired him in July of 2011. All of a sudden he looks to have found his groove. Over his last three starts, Jimenez has pitched 18 2/3 innings, allowed three earned runs and struck out 10 batters.
Cleveland's offense is fueled largely by the combination of Mark Reynolds' league-leading 11 home runs and Carlos Santana's .336 batting average.
The Indians could fade as the season progresses, just as they did in 2011. But maybe they won't. Maybe the pitching will hold up, and now that Michael Bourne is healthy, the Indians may be a lot better than expected.
Number 5, Detroit Tigers, (20-15): First Place (tie) A.L. Central. Last week, No. 3.
This past week certainly won't be one the Detroit Tigers will want to remember. First, a trip to the nation's capital resulted in the Nationals winning two of three. The other game wasn't a Tigers win -- it was a rainout.
Detroit returned home with a chance to assert themselves as the American League Central's top team. Instead, the Indians came to town and won two of three, culminating in an extra-inning loss on Sunday.
This week presents Detroit with two very opposite opponents. Three home games against the Astros to start the week should yield a minimum of two wins. The next four games, which are in Texas against the Ranger,s will be a real test.
Number 6, Boston Red Sox (22-16): Third Place, A.L. East. Last week, No. 2.
For those not paying attention. The last week wasn't very good for the Boston Red Sox.
Boston is reeling. They've lost eight of 10, they've lost their closer, Joel Hanrahan, for the remainder of the season and they've also officially stopped hitting with runners in scoring position.
The Red Sox rounded out a miserable home series against the Blue Jays by going 0-for-20 with runners in scoring position.
David Ortiz is slumping, Junichi Tazawa blew his first save opportunity and Red Sox pitching was bombarded by a five-home run blitz courtesy of Blue Jays hitters during a humiliating 12-4 Mother's Day loss.
With six road games on tap this coming week, the Red Sox could be in store for more struggles and more losses.
Number 7, Tampa Bay Rays (19-18): Fourth Place, A.L. East. Last week, No. 10.
Not only are the Red Sox in third place, but they could easily be in fourth place by mid-week.
The reason for that is that, not only is Boston struggling, but the rest of the division is heating up.
Tampa is no exception. The Rays are on a five-game winning streak. They've won seven of their last 10.
They're accomplishing this with players who one would think are essential still performing well below expectations. Starting pitchers David Price and Jeremy Hellickson are struggling.
If Tampa wants to be good all season, then the pitching must be better. For now, they'll continue to rely on a solid bullpen, Evan Longoria's power and James Loney's shocking .376 batting average.
Number 8, Kansas City Royals (18-16): Third Place, A.L. Central. Last week, No. 4.
Last week was going to be a test for Kansas City. The Royals had played great baseball all April before they'd faced off against two of last year's American League's playoff teams. Baltimore and the New York Yankees would both be real tests.
Kansas City failed these tests.
The Royals lost five of six to the two A.L. East powerhouses, add in a Monday loss to the Chicago White Sox, and it was a terrible week for Kansas City.
The question now is, can this team bounce back?
The coming week's opponents aren't especially tough, but the six games against the A's and Angels are all road contests.
With the Indians playing some of the league's best baseball, any hopes the Royals had of making the Central a two-team race must be put to rest.
For now, the Royals have to get back to winning games and keeping pace with the Indians and Tigers.
Number 9, Minnesota Twins (17-17): Fourth Place, A.L. Central. Last week, No. 11.
The Minnesota Twins continue to play better-than-expected baseball. Unfortunately for them, expectations were very low, so a .500 record falls under that better-than-expected label.
What could have been a very rough week for Minnesota turned out to be not that bad.
The Twins were able to win three of four on the road against the Red Sox. Then they returned home and lost two of three to Baltimore.
Things get easier for the Twins this week. Six home games against the lowly White Sox and the suddenly slumping Red Sox present an opportunity for the Twins to continue their surprisingly good season.
Number 10, Seattle Mariners (18-20): Third Place, A.L. West. Last week, No. 9.
It was a short week for the Mariners, who only played five games. They won three of those five, including two of three against the Oakland Athletics.
The Mariners are finally beginning to hit. No one will confuse them for the 1927 Yankees, but Jesus Montero is finally starting to warm up and so are veterans Jason Bay and Kendrys Morales.
Regardless of how tough things get, the Mariners can always count on Felix Hernandez taking the mound every five days. This season, though, there's more to the rotation than just King Felix. Hisashi Iwakuma is one of the A.L.'s best starters this season.
A Mariners team that hits a bit and has more than just Felix Hernandez in its rotation is a tougher team than the league has seen in Seattle in quite a few years.
The coming week will put the Mariners to a serious test. Six road games against the Yankees and red-hot Indians could present a serious roadblock to the team's continued success.
Number 11, Oakland A's (19-20): Second Place, A.L. West. Last week, No. 7.
Wasn't this team at the top of the rankings a few weeks ago?
Oakland started the season 9-2. Since then, they've gone 10-18. Their young pitching might be very talented, but starters such as Jarrod Parker have struggled with consistency, and more experienced starters such as Brett Anderson are battling injuries.
Last week was not one A's fans or players will remember fondly. Oakland lost six of seven and fell below .500. They're still clinging to second place, but they're six games behind division leader Texas, and Seattle is nipping at their heels.
This coming week, the A's will play six home games against the Rangers and Royals. Can Oakland reverse their momentum and keep pace with Texas? Or is this going to be another week where Oakland falls further behind?
Number 12, Chicago White Sox (15-20): Last Place, A.L. Central. Last week, No. 12.
No team in the American League struggles to score runs more than the Chicago White Sox. They've crossed home plate a league-worst 120 times this season. Last Tuesday they were completely baffled by the New York Mets young ace Matt Harvey.
Chicago is still able to keep their opponents from scoring too often. Their 3.40 team earned run average is second best in the A.L. and they've allowed only 132 runs, also good for second best in the league.
Last week, the White Sox played .500 baseball. This coming week features road trips to Minnesota and Los Angeles.
Chicago might be in last place, but the pitching has been so good that they've managed to keep up with the rest of their division. The White Sox are only 5 1/2 games out of first in the A.L. Central. That's not bad when you consider that second place Oakland is six games back in the A.L. West.
Number 13, Toronto Blue Jays (15-24): Last Place, A.L. East. Last week, No. 14.
When one considers just how terrible the 2013 season has gone for the Blue Jays so far, Toronto actually had a decent week.
Seven games against two division rivals and the Jays emerged with a 4-3 record. It is not nearly enough to turn around what has so far been a nightmarish season, but it took what could have been a disastrous week, and turned it into a positive.
Toronto even managed to finish off the week by taking two of three in Boston from the once first-place Red Sox. Sunday's game was one the Jays would love to make a carbon copy of. Toronto's offense crushed five long balls en route to a 12-4 victory.
Can the Jays capitalize on the bit of momentum they've managed to generate?
This week won't be easy. The Jays welcome the defending World Series Champion San Francisco Giants to town for two games. Then they head south to play the division-leading New York Yankees in the Bronx.
The Jays have dug themselves a fairly deep hole. They're going to need a lot more than one 4-3 week to dig themselves out of it.
Number 14, Los Angeles Angels (14-23): Fourth Place, A.L. West. Last week, No. 13.
When a team this bad is not in last place, that's when you know they're playing in a weak division.
That weak division is the American League West, home to five teams, only one of which is over .500.
The Angels are so bad that they actually managed to lose two of three to the Houston Astros last week.
Los Angeles is becoming a bit of a joke. It doesn't really matter if you're referring to the Angels or the Dodgers. Both teams have sky-high payrolls and both teams are under .500 and in or near last place.
One injury to Jered Weaver can't make this big a difference. The Angels rank among the A.L.'s worst when it comes to team E.R.A. That will improve when Weaver eventually gets healthy.
What's the excuse for a team with Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Mark Trumbo and Josh Hamilton ranking 12th in the A.L. in runs scored? That can't be pinned on Weaver's injury.
This week the Angels play seven home games against the slumping Royals and weak-hitting White Sox. It's as good an opportunity to right the ship as the team could hope for. Will they take advantage of it?
Number 15, Houston Astros (10-28): Last Place, A.L. West. Last week, No. 15.
It is still early, but not in Houston, where the Astros have basically started to raise the white flag of surrender on the disastrous 2013 season.
Houston cut ties with several veterans such as Rick Ankiel, and Philip Humber. At this point, can you blame them?
Regardless of what measure you use, the Astros are the worst team in the American League. They're probably the worst in all of baseball, but perhaps the Miami Marlins would put up a decent fight for that title.
Houston's losing ways were briefly interrupted by the Angels, who somehow managed to let the Astros win two games last week.
As soon as the Angels left town, Houston got back on track and was promptly swept by their in-state rivals, the Texas Rangers.
Will six road games against the Tigers and Pirates this coming week provide any sort of opportunity to turn things around? Not a chance.

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Posted on 10/24/2012 at 11:07 AM by Sara Laughlin
Iowa law requires employers to give an employee paid time off from work to vote in an election under certain, limited circumstances. Employees must have at least three consecutive hours of time to vote, but those three hours can be a combination of non-working time and scheduled working time. Also, an employee who seeks voting leave must request it in writing by the end of the day before the election. The employer can designate the time for the voting leave to be taken, and the employees pay must not be reduced for this time off from work. On November 6, 2012, Iowas polls are open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Therefore, employees who begin work after 10 a.m. or who end work before 6 p.m. are not entitled to time off to vote. All other employees may be entitled to some amount of paid time off work. How much time off must be provided for voting leave depends on the particular facts of the employees schedule. A regular 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. employee would not be entitled to voting leave. Voting is more convenient in Iowa due to options for absentee ballots and early in-person voting (a/k/a satellite absentee voting). These options may reduce the number of employees requesting time off from work on election days. Nonetheless, employers are reminded to permit voting leave despite the availability of early voting options.
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For 2011, Bont brings two new shoes, the A2 and the Vaypor. The A2 is a carbon composite road shoe that aims to provide super stiff pedaling experience. The Vaypor boasts of superior quality, besting the competition when it comes to stack height, power transfer and weight to strengthen ration.
The two new models have lowered carbon height around the toe area, front air vents and air gills found at the arch of the shoe. Fully heat moldable, the shoes have memory foam padding and a 3 hole Look configuration for cleat mounting.
The A2 is handmade with carbon fiber and fiberglass materials. On the other hand, microfiber materials are used for the liner and outer skin. It has a stack height of 4.4mm and weighs 265g. It closes with 2 Velcro straps and buckle and comes in color white. SRP-$350 AUD
The Vaypor is a 100% carbon shoe with new suede…
For 2011, Bont brings two new shoes, the A2 and the Vaypor. The A2 is a carbon composite road shoe that aims to provide super stiff pedaling experience. The Vaypor boasts of superior quality, besting the competition when it comes to stack height, power transfer and weight to strengthen ration.
Osiris Shoes introduces the Chino Mid to be released sometime in the spring of 2011. Osiris Shoes has been the favorite amongst BMXers since its entry into the BMX program not so long ago.
The Osiris Chino Mid features a suede paneled upper for added comfort, support and durability for the rider. This mid top style is for added ankle protection and has a vulcanized construction sole for more flexibility and superior board feel. It bears the highly aggressive herringbone pattern for MPG.
Come Spring of 2011, riders from BMX Team will be showcasing the Chino Mid with their own version of the Osiris Shoes according to the type of materials, colors and graphics of their choice. It has a retail price of $59.95.
Gaerne plans on doing away for the G.Myst Plus and introducing a new model, the Carbon G.Mythos Plus. As you can see, style and color plays a big role, so how do you label it?
The official color scheme for the 2011 Gaerne Carbon G.Mythos Plus is called Art, and indeed it is. Some new additions to the G.Mythos Plus that was not on the G.Myst, like easier to adjust, grip tongue, and improvement with the buckles. As of now, one pair is in the United States, but will release officially in October.
Chrome releases a pair of shoes to match its durable messenger bags, the Tobruk. Made of 1000 denier Cordura, the Tobruk comes in colors of black and grey.
The Tobruk features the signature red sole which is board lasted and rides well on the pedals. It also has fiberglass shank and a reflective detail on the back heel for visibility. With contoured support insole, the Tobruk is flexible from pedal to all-day walking without making your feet sore.
The Chrome Tobruk weighs 3.5lbs and has back padding. Its low cut design and easy slip-on feature makes it a pleasant choice for easy riding and strolling at $70 a pair.
2011 seems already to be a great year for products, and Gaerne shared a glimpse of the new Carbon G.Kona, a triathlon specific shoe. If you look at the previous released Triathlon Gaerne Shoe, the G.THN, you can tell the 2011 Gaerne Carbon G.Kona is a bit different, with a forefront Velcro strap. The rest of the 2011 Gaerne line should debut very soon.
Shimano will release two new mountain bike shoes this October, the AM41 and the AM45. They are new models inspired by the popular MP56 and MP66 models. Although the AM41 actually bumps off the AM40 as a flat pedal shoe, it comes with the Vibram sole but shows off with new uppers. Said to be less grippy than a 5:10 sole, the AM41 makes up in terms of durability.
Both shoes now have the Velcro flap to prevent your shoelaces from getting in the way as you pedal. The AM45 features more ankle protection with a semi-high top style and closed uppers. It has larger cleat recess and new sole for a skate style look yet SPD compatible. The Shimano AM41 retails at £79.99 while the Shimano AM45 will be available for £69.99.
Aaron Ross who rides for Sunday Bikes had another go on designing a pair of shoes with Etnies. This time around, Aaron Ross got Sunday involved in the collaboration, and now returning is the "Number" in a mid top version.
The Etnies Sunday Number Mid is almost a extension of Aaron Ross's Funday Pro Bike, and as you already know, his signature shoes are BMX specific.
Featuring a triple stitch toe cap, 400 NBS rubber outsole, System G2 located in the heel, and a Padded tongue. Colorway shown is Black/Green/Gum and retails for $80.


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The father of a missing 38-year-old Dundee woman said Sunday night that the search for his daughter would continue Monday with the hope that she will be found.
But Bill Turner said he and his wife, Deborah Turner, are "scared to death. We're absolutely scared to death," with the mystery surrounding the apparent disappearance of their daughter, Jennifer Huston.
Turner said there were no significant developments Sunday in the search for their daughter. He said a friend of his daughter and her husband, Kallen Huston, personally conducted an air search of the Yamhill County area near Newberg and Dundee with the hope that some trace of Jennifer Huston might be seen. The search was not fruitful, however, he said.
In addition, there was no usage of Huston's credit cards nor activity on her mobile telephone.
Huston went missing Thursday after purchasing gas at a 76 gas station in Newberg.
Surveillance video shows Huston purchasing gas at 6:10 p.m. Thursday. Huston appeared to be alone in her vehicle, a dark green Lexus LX-470. The license plate is WXH-011. Turner said the station is about a nine-minute drive from the family home.
Huston, a mother of two, was last seen wearing black and pink Nike shoes and yoga pants, according to a flier her family posted on social media and shared with media outlets. She is 5-foot-7-inches tall and has blond shoulder-length hair and blue eyes.
A Facebook page the family created to share photographs and information, "Find Jennifer Huston," had more than 10,000 likes Sunday night. Turner said the page administrator, a family friend, said the "Find Jennifer Huston" page had been viewed more than 400,000 times.
"We've been thankful for the support from neighbors in the community," Turner said. "We're really blessed to have people in the community of Newberg and Dundee who want to help."
He added that the family was grateful for media attention, noting that "Good Morning America" is expected to mention the case.
Turner and his wife have made the one-hour, one-way trip to the Dundee-Newberg area from their home in the Salmon Creek neighborhood north of Vancouver in Clark County.
Turner said her daughter and son-in-laws two sons, ages 3 and 6, have been told their mother is on vacation.
"She's a bright, vibrant person. She's a loving mom," Turner said. "She looked like she could be a model. She's the person who everyone will gravitate to and will want to talk to."
Records of Huston's phone activity earlier in the day Thursday showed "nothing out of the ordinary," Turner said of his daughter, a stay-at-home mom. "No unusual phone numbers or texts (and) fairly light for phone calls."
Huston and her husband met through mutual friends when both lived in Washington state, Turner said.
Turner said he and his wife are aware that attention is often focused on the remaining spouse when one has gone missing. That attention would be misplaced, he said.
"Our son-in-law is absolutely solids," Turner said. There is no concern that there is any foul play on the father's part. We trust him completely."
He said the young couple have a loving relationship.
"The best way to describe the relationship, the way my wife describes it, is two old souls living together," he said.
Anyone with information should contact Detective Ryan Simmons at 503-538-8321.
-- Allan Brettman


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King Hedley II graces the stage at Cygnet
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Waking up with the Kings: October 8
-If you looked behind the goal at which the Kings shot twice, you saw large black drapes obscuring the ongoing renovations of the San Manuel Club. It's almost representative of the start of the Los Angeles Kings season – there are still plenty of areas that need to be tinkered out and adjusted and some principles that could stand to be hammered home early in the season. After last night's game, the first and most important appears to be better protection of the puck. The Rangers' goals scored through the first two periods came off of defensive zone turnovers on breakout passes, and after the game Darryl Sutter intimated that a lineup adjustment could be made, saying that Alec Martinez and Jake Muzzin "are pretty interchangeable." It's apparent that the team has the right materials and the right builders with which to construct a winning season, and three games in it's clear that the slight renovation is still ongoing.
-The inevitability of Brad Richards' second period goal could be felt throughout the building and came following a Kings power play in which they were outchanced by the Rangers penalty kill. In the two minutes and 28 seconds between Anton Stralman being whistled for holding and Richards scoring to increase New York's lead, here was the official sequence of play: Stralman whistled for holding (8:18) … Kopitar wins offensive zone draw (8:18) … Voynov offensive zone giveaway (8:30) … Carter's shot blocked by Girardi (8:55) … Pyatt shot on goal (9:07) … Quick covers (9:08) … D. Moore wins offensive zone draw (9:08) … Williams defensive zone giveaway (9:17) … D. Moore misses net on slapshot (9:20) … Voynov defensive zone giveaway (10:27) … Brassard misses net on wristshot (10:28) … Nash takeaway (10:42) … B. Richards goal (10:46).
-Los Angeles has scored two goals during five-on-five play through the first 185 minutes of the season. One goal was scored by Jeff Carter; the other was scored by Matt Greene. Though the Brown-Kopitar-Williams line offered multiple flashes of pressure Monday night – with Brown ricocheting a puck off the post during a sequence of excellent forechecking and possession shortly before the Rangers took the lead in the first period – the line is yet to produce an even strength goal. We're obviously still in the small sample size portion of the season, but if the Kings are to raise the ceiling of their scoring output, that line needs to be productive and consistently generating scoring opportunities during even strength play. In other breaking news, water is wet.
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Heat olive oil on medium, stir in the cumin, then add chopped onions and peppers until soft. Stir in beans cook 3-5, then add salsa and tomatoes, cook for additional 5 minutes. Pour about 1/2 cup of cooked vegetables mixture in a baking dish, layer the frozen ravioli over it. Top with the rest of sauce and then sprinkle the shredded cheese evenly over the top. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes at 350º.
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Southern University at New Orleans ' Administration Building will be renamed Monday for Emmett Bashful, its first chancellor. The new lettering will be unveiled in an 11:30 a.m. ceremony.
Bashful led SUNO from 1959 to 1987. From then until his death in February 2011 at age 93, he had been chancellor emeritus. He moved to Baton Rouge after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his home.
SUNO opened with just one building and 158 students. It grew steadily during his time as chancellor.
"What we did was what you do when you start an educational institution: Make it the best you can under the circumstances," Bashful said in an interview a month before his death.
"He has left a tremendous legacy for us to emulate and follow," SUNO Chancellor Victor Ukpolo said upon Bashful's death.
Ukpolo is scheduled to speak Monday, along with Southern University System President Ronald Mason Jr., Student Government Association President Marc Guichard and Elton Harrison, one of Bashful's longtime friends.


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As discussed in "Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for General Illumination, Update 2002, An OIDA Technology Roadmap" (co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, and the Optoelectronic Industry Development Association), artificial lighting technologies are substitutes for sunlight in the 425-675 nm spectral region where sunlight is most concentrated and to which the human eye has evolved to be most sensitive. The history of lighting can be viewed as the development of increasingly efficient technologies for creating visible light inside, but not wasted light (i.e., outside of that spectral region).
The three traditional technologies are fire, incandescence, and fluorescence; solid-state lighting (SSL) constitutes a new, fourth technology. These four technologies can be differentiated by the
- material type (gas or solid) that emits the light
- light-emission spectral bandwidth (broadband blackbody or narrowband) and,
- fuel (chemical or electrical) used to create the light.
These difference, in turn, have consequences in each technology's fundamental efficiency.
Moreover, because the fuel is chemical and must be transported into the reaction zone, the transport mechanism itself (typically convective flow) can make it difficult to achieve high temperatures. Hence, most of the emitted light lies outside the visible spectrum, with the peak of that blackbody spectrum in the invisible infrared.
The history of fire can be viewed as attempts to control the mechanism for fuel transport and burning to increase the temperature of the emitting gas, and to enhance visible-light emission. Hence, the evolution from open fires (1.42 million years ago), to torches, to wax candles, to oil and kerosene lamps. The culmination of fire can be thought of as gas-fired lamps, first introduced by William Murdock in 1792, in which the fuel is converted into a continuous incoming stream of gas before being burned.
However, because the fuel is electrical, and can be transported more easily into a small emitting zone than can chemical fuels, the emitting zone can be very hot. The peak of the blackbody spectrum can be arranged to be near the visible portion of the spectrum, hence incandescence efficiency can be much higher than that of fire.
The history of incandescence can be viewed as an attempt to increase the temperature of the emitting filament while maintaining an acceptable lifetime; as demonstrated by the evolution from lamps that utilize the electric arc then to carbon-filament and finally to metal-filament lamps. Incandescence culmination can be thought of as the tungsten-filament lamp with a trace amount of lifetime-enhancing halogen gases.
Because the light is narrowband, and can be concentrated in the visible portion of the spectrum, discharge/fluorescence is much more efficient than incandescence. Indeed, the highest-efficiency lamp of any type is the sodium lamp, at 200 lm/W, which emits narrowband yellow light at 589 nm.
However, because the primary light is narrowband, it does not fill the visible spectrum, and appears colored. For general lighting, it is necessary to convert this narrowband emission into semi-broadband emission that optimally fills the visible spectrum and gives the appearance of white light. The history of discharge/fluorescence for general lighting has been driven by efforts to develop luminescent materials that can perform this conversion while surviving direct exposure to reactive gas plasma discharges. Hence, the evolution from early fluorescent lamps, which had a greenish, low-quality color, to modern fluorescent lamps with phosphor blends and relatively good-quality color.
However, as with fluorescence, because the light is narrowband, it does not fill the visible spectrum with light, and appears colored. Thus, SSL's evolution must eventually include overcoming similar challenges associated with converting the narrowband emission into semi-broadband emission that fills the visible spectrum to give the appearance of white light.
Unlike in fluorescence technology, the wavelength of the narrowband emission can be tailored relatively easily, hence can be adjusted either to increase the quantum efficiency, or to minimize the quantum energy (or Stokes-shift) inefficiency associated with its conversion to semi-broadband emission. This technology is potentially even more efficient than Fluorescence.
Both inorganic and organic semiconductors are being considered for this new lighting technology. Inorganic semiconductors, which are much further developed, are the focus of our SSLS EFRC.


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DECATUR, Alabama – Decatur police arrested a woman named as a possible suspect in connection to an early morning robbery that occurred last week.
Lolita Marjorie Amerson, 38, was charged with third-degree burglary after property was stolen from a residence in the 200 block of 10th Ave. NW June 6.
Police said a concerned citizen told an officer he saw Amerson with the stolen property. She was taken to the Decatur Police Department for questioning and later charged with one count of robbery.
She was taken to Morgan county Jail. Her bond is set at $2,500 bond.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Indians drafted Tyler Holt out of Florida State in the 10th round in 2010. Holt started this year at Class AA Akron before being promoted to Class AAA Columbus.
His combined stat line in the minors this year is: .306 (106-for-346) with 19 doubles, one triple, two homers, 29 RBI and 31 steals in 97 games. Holt made his big-league debut as a defensive replacement on July 6 against Kansas City and got his first big-league hit Wednesday against Arizona in the first game of a doubleheader. Holt finished with four hits in the doubleheader split.
Q. How did it feel getting your first hit in the big leagues?
A. "It's nice to get that out of the way as a personal goal, but all that matters is putting games in the win column. We won the first game, but we would have liked to have to second game as well. (The Indians won the first game, 3-2, and lost the second, 1-0, in 12 innings).
Q. This is your third tour with the Tribe this year and it looks like you're going to get a longer look in light of injuries to Nick Swisher and David Murphy. How does that feel?
A. "It's a dream come true. It's easy to come in here with these guys. They're so welcoming. They give you a little bit of a hard time, but they're really in your corner. It's been a good transition and it's fun to be around guys like this."
Q. What position in the outfield do you feel most comfortable at?
A. "Obviously, center field. I've played it my whole life, but now I feel comfortable anywhere. I've played left field at Yankee Stadium. I've made some plays in right field. It's hard to say I'm not comfortable in all three."
Q. Getting your first four hits in the big leagues in one day is not a bad start to a career. What kind of offensive player are you?
A. "I'm a guy who gets on base. I wasn't expecting that kind of day (against Arizona), but I wasn't as nervous. The nerves were gone and I felt like I belonged here and I think that was why I felt more comfortable in the box."
Q. Where did the nerves go?
A. "The nerves probably aren't gone totally. I think what eased them was getting into Yankee Stadium (last Sunday) and seeing Derek Jeter. It was just like, "I'm here, let's play and see what happens.'
"I was staring him down before the game. I was like, "Please, talk to me.' He said, 'Hey, congrats, enjoy it and stay healthy.' So that was pretty cool.'"


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An Orleans Parish grand jury indicted a man Thursday in the murder of a Gentilly father who was gunned down while sitting inside his SUV in a Burger King parking lot.
The case was solved, police said, due to a deep bond forged between the victim's family and the homicide detective, who during Mardi Gras festivities turned to his hobby as an artist to help drum up tips.
Leroy Price, 28, is charged with the second-degree murder of Shawn "Buck" Cheneau, 28. Cheneau was slain in the 4400 block of Chef Menteur Highway on Nov. 15, 2013.
After some help from the victim's family and a witness who identified the suspect, Detective Charlie Hoffacker secured an arrest warrant for Price on Jan. 12. The witness pointed to Price in a photo lineup and said he saw Price shoot the victim with a handgun "at close range," the warrant said.
But Price eluded police for the next three months. He appeared to have fled the city.
Over Mardi Gras, the detective drew a charcoal portrait of Cheneau, whom he had never met, for the family to auction off as part of a fundraiser. Relatives eventually increased the Crimestoppers reward for information leading to Price from $2,500 to $4,000.
Several anonymous tipsters called in information in the case, a Crimestoppers official confirmed.
One tip led authorities to Price, who was taken into custody in Lafayette on April 28. Lafayette city marshals and police conducted surveillance on a home in the 100 block of Arizona Street and eventually arrested Price after seeing him leave in a silver SUV, according to a report by The Advertiser newspaper.
He initially gave police a false name, but eventually admitted his true identity, according to the report.
Price's attorney, Tanzanika Ruffin, declined to comment Thursday.
The FBI's New Orleans gang task force helped with "integral assistance" in the investigation, Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office said in a news release.
Price is being held in Orleans Parish Prison on a $1 million bond.
He has a rap sheet that includes multiple convictions for attempted heroin and attempted gun possession. He was arrested in October 2011 on a count of murder, but charges were never filed.


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(Left to right) Tran My Liem and Le Bao Hoang are sophomores at the Nam My Vietnamese American Private School where they take courses from the UT Online High School.
Vietnamese students benefit from UT Online High School
6/3/2010The University of Texas at Austin Online High School has entered into a partnership with the Nam My Vietnamese American Private School in Vietnam to offer online courses to Vietnamese high school students. This partnership is designed to help these students earn a U.S. diploma and enable them to more easily enroll in U.S. universities. Currently, 25 students from Nam My are enrolled in the Online High School.
Sophomores Tran My Liem and Le Bao Hoang of the Nam My School answered a few of our questions about their experiences with the Online High School.
Why did you enroll in UTHS?
Tran My Liem: "Studying [with the Online High School] will give me a lot of chances to enhance my English skills. Furthermore, my parents and I [believe that] earning an American high school diploma [will] facilitate finding a good college and university in the future.
Le Bao Hoang: "[I wanted] to study in an international environment with English as the main language.
What are your goals? In life? In education?
Tran My Liem: "I have a lot of goals. About life, I [would] love to visit different places in the world. In the future, I would like to find a good job such as architect or interior designer, which will motivate my creativity and help me earn a lot of money. About education, I want to learn different things, especially about nature and things happening around us."
Le Bao Hoang: [My goals are] to study in the US and graduate [from a] university there that can help me seek a well-paying job to take care of my family.
What do you see as the benefits of taking courses from the Online High School?
Tran My Liem: "I saw great progress in my English and an international education helps me learn more about other countries and different cultures. This program [also allows me to] rely less on others and [be] more independent in studying."
Le Bao Hoang: "My English [has] improved; [I have] more understanding about American culture and history; [and I'm] learning to study in a very specific and reasonable way."
Do you hope to come to the United States to go to college? If so, where do you want to attend? What do you want to study?
Tran My Liem: "Yes, I do hope to come to the United States to enter college. I want to study architecture, design or business."
Le Bao Hoang: "I do [hope to come to the United States]. I have not decided which university I should apply for; I need more time to evaluate my abilities. I want to study economics."
Thanks to Tran My Liem and Le Bao Hoang for answering our questions and "Good luck!" from Continuing & Innovative Education.
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Heather Locklear is going to be okay.
The former Melrose Place and Spin City star was hospitalized yesterday after her sister dialed 911 out of concern for Locklear's well-being, following what officials have described as abuse of prescription medication and alcohol.
Fortunately, Locklear is now in stable condition. Hospital officials say she was sleeping comfortably by 8 p.m. PST and her parents have issued a statement that reads:
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SUQUAMISH — The Suquamish Tribe Head Start and Early Head Start program is accepting applications for the 2013-2014 school year through March 31.
Head Start and Early Head Start is a comprehensive preschool program using the Creative Curriculum to enhance child development. Head Start emphasizes cognitive, language, social, emotional, and physical development, as well as Suquamish cultural values.
Suquamish Head Start and Early Head Start provides social services, and encourages parent involvement in the program. They offer care for children six weeks to five years. Priority placement is given to low-income and Suquamish tribal families, as well as children with special needs or in foster care.
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Burton can recover the ground lost by Labour
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TODAY'S Sunday Independent/ MillwardBrown poll shows a slight preference for a Fianna Fail-Sinn Fein coalition. Before foolish members of the Fianna Fail front bench float away on a fantasy of fumes from the ministerial Mercedes, they should reflect on three reasons why Micheal Martin is right to rule out coalition with Sinn Fein.
First, the poll merely means that public anger has not yet abated. But the country has not swung permanently to Sinn Fein or Independents. I predict both groups will suffer severe setbacks at the next General Election unless the Independents form a cohesive political alliance.
Second, if Fianna Fail moves too close to Sinn Fein it will confirm Middle Ireland's suspicion that it is still a redneck republican party. Even if it succeeded in doing a squalid deal, it would not last two years – and only Sinn Fein would walk away alive from the coalition crash.
Finally, a Joan Burton victory offers some prospect of a Fianna Fail alliance with a revived Labour Party and cohesive Independents. Meantime, Labour voters must choose between a leader like Burton, who will not do business with Sinn Fein, and Alex White, who will. That choice was starkly pointed up by the servile and stupid decision of eight Dublin City Labour councillors to put a Sinn Fein lord mayor in office for 2016.
But if Burton wants to build a fighting party she first has to deal with the Democratic Left faction, which supports White. The role of Pat Rabbitte requires particular attention. As Labour leader, Rabbitte added White to the ticket in Dublin South when his favourite failed to secure a nomination for the 2007 General Election. He also brokered the deal with Sinn Fein which put White in the Seanad.
As one of Rabbitte's chief critics in relation to his covert backseat role in White's leadership bid, I was not surprised when he got down and dirty with me on RTE last Sunday after Marian Finucane asked an apparently simple question. "Were you surprised that Eamon Gilmore resigned? You go back a long way, as Eoghan Harris was reminding us this morning."
Rabbitte's predictable first response was to try to cause friction between my colleagues and myself. "Well, Eoghan Harris's fingerprints are all over the Sunday Independent analyses." Actually, my fingerprints are only over my own analysis. The rest of the paper shows a wide range of opinion on the merits of Burton and White.
But then Rabbitte took my breath away. Having asked aloud why I had an alleged "animus" against him, from some cute corner of his mind he came up with an answer so brazen as to make me doubt my ears for a moment: "I understand that he believes that I was responsible for intervening with the Taoiseach to stop his reappointment to the Seanad."
At first, I thought everybody could see the two flaws in this fantasy. Why on earth would a Fine Gael Taoiseach want to reappoint a Fianna Fail appointee? Why, if I had such a sordid and self-serving agenda, did I not attack Rabbitte soon after the General Election of 2011 when he first began to make mistakes?
In fact, the record shows I gave Rabbitte a relatively soft ride for nearly two years after the General Election. But from 2013 onwards I began to criticise what I saw as his craven support for the Coalition on issues stretching from RTE to Kevin Cardiff to his support for Alan Shatter. Typical of my criticisms was this prophetic opening to my column of 2 June 2013.
"The only loser in the Shatter saga was the Labour Party. Led by Pat Rabbitte, the Pensionable Old Guard Stewards (POGS from now on) protected Fine Gael in advance of knowing the full facts. But the butcher's bill will be paid by backbenchers at the next general election."
But although I had sound political reasons for criticising Rabbitte, I found out after the show that his allegations had confused a few listeners. By and large I believe political columnists and politicians should not sue each other as long as they have public platforms. But this time I felt like consulting a libel lawyer.
Paul Tweed, having read the transcript of Rabbitte's remarks, told me I had a prima facie case for defamation. For a moment I was tempted, especially recalling how RTE had treated Alex White's politics in a recent radio programme on Section 31, which failed to include even one supporter of the law which kept the apologists for the murder of Jean McConville off the air.
Listening back to the Finucane show, however, I decided I would not bother Paul Tweed further, at least this time. Both Finucane and Michael O'Regan of the Irish Times seemed to share my published scepticism about Rabbitte's denial of backing White's bid for the Labour leadership. Puncturing that preposterous protestation was all that mattered to me.
Later last week, Michael O'Regan in the Irish Times reinforced my conviction about the central role of Rabbitte and former WP members in the White campaign.
"Sources in the White camp believe he will have a good chance of winning over to his side the old DL faction of the Labour Party, which includes Dublin South Central TD Eric Byrne and Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte."
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The 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings reminds me that I had the honour of conversing at length with one of its legendary heroes, Sir John Gorman, who died a few weeks ago. Coming from a well-off farming family in County Tipperary, Gorman was born, reared and remained a Roman Catholic all his life. Brought up in Northern Ireland he also remained that rarity, a Catholic moderate unionist, respected by all sides.
Gorman had a good war. As a young lieutenant in the Irish Guards, he won the Military Cross after a titanic battle between 2,000 tanks at Caen which led to the breakout from Normandy after D-day. His personal triumph was to capture intact one of the German Tiger tanks, long coveted by British tank experts.
During the Provo campaign Gorman was an active agent in the battle against terrorism. But when I met him in 1999 he was a warrior for peace. He strongly supported David Trimble's struggle for a Yes vote in the referendum following the Good Friday Agreement and later became the much-loved Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
John Gorman spent his long life in the service of democracy and freedom, both in Normandy and Northern Ireland. To my mind he was a greater Irish patriot than any of the IRA gunmen who came out of Tipperary. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam uasal.
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Thinking about the Tuam tragedy, I mentally saluted my mother's memory. Back in the 1950s, while rearing 10 children in Cork, she employed a helper who I shall call Biddy. Although she had seen tough times in Bessborough Mother and Child home, Biddy was cheerfully stoic about her suffering.
Given the grim sexual mores of the times, some of our neighbours got sniffy about a Bessborough woman working around teenage boys. My mother's answer was to lean on our front garden wall, sharing a Woodbine with Biddy, and making fun of the sourpusses passing by. I can still hear them laugh, those long summers ago.
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LEWISTOWN – Marjorie A. Miller, 85, of 213 Green Ave., Lewistown, died at 6:28 a.m. Sunday, April 21, 2013, at the Lewistown Hospital.
Born July 9, 1927, in Windber, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Edith (Sheaffer) Lofflin.
She is survived by: her husband, G. Jackson Miller, whom she married on Jan. 4, 1947, at Grove Memorial United Methodist Church; her son, Scott J. Miller, of Altoona; daughter-in-law, Donna (Morvan) Miller, of Altoona; her sister, Delores Brought, of Lewistown; grandchildren, Jonathan H. Miller, Katie N. Lininger and husband, Jacob, Mackenzie A. Miller and Scott J. Miller II, all of Altoona; and two great-grandsons.
She was preceded in death by her son, Jon G. Miller, in 2000.
She was a 1945 graduate of Lewistown High School.
She was a member of Grove Memorial United Methodist Church, where she was a member of the IHS Sunday school class and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in Altoona.
Her funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Grove Memorial United Methodist Church, with Pastor Theresa Fink officiating. Interment will be in St. Mark's Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Heller-Hoenstine Woodlawn Funeral Home, 200 N. Main St., Lewistown, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, at the church.
Memorial contributions in her memory can be made to Grove Memorial United Methodist Church, 611 S. Main St., Lewistown, PA 17044.
Online condolences can be offered to the family at www.hellerhoenstinefuneralhome.com.


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Casey Revere, a St. Tammany Parish government employee, has announced his candidacy for Ward 1 justice of the peace in the Nov. 4 election. Revere, a Republican, is a lifelong resident of Madisonville.
He vowed to represent the wishes of the people of the western St. Tammany ward and be an honest public servant.
"I believe that a great politician should never believe that he/she is better than the people that voted them in," Revere said in a news release. "I want to be the voice of the people in my community, and try to restore honesty and integrity back into the St. Tammany Parish government."
Revere attended Mandeville High School and Southeastern Louisiana University, where he obtained two degrees in criminal justice, the release said. He was a member of the SLU track and field team and was an All-Southland Conference javelin thrower.
He works in the code enforcement department of parish government.
Revere is a member of the Northshore Republican Men's Club and coaches two youth football teams in Madisonville.
He said he would bring to the office a passion for politics and the community.
"Over the past decade, the residential and commercial growth of this area of St. Tammany Parish has grown substantially. I would like to be a voice to protect the tranquility of this once rural area."
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Maybe everyone will finally relax and exhale.
The University of Massachusetts is in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It won't be official until March 16, but the remaining Nervous Nellies of this constituency can start trying on their dancing shoes.
UMass' 78-74 win at Duquesne on Wednesday night was typically Minutemen. It was scary and perhaps closer than the relative talents of the teams suggested, but in the end, UMass got it done.
The Minutemen are 23-6 with a No. 11 RPI power ranking. They do not need to beat Saint Louis on Sunday, nor do they need to win a game in the Atlantic 10 tournament.
Winning more games would nail down a better seed. But nothing stands in the way of an NCAA bid.
That was probably true before Wednesday. The worst-case scenario was for UMass to follow up its loss at Dayton with three more defeats, the last of which would have come in the Atlantic 10 tournament.
That would have left the Minutemen with a 22-9 record but a four-game losing streak on Selection Sunday. The RPI would have dropped but UMass would still have been an odds-on choice to be picked.
But you never know. A four-game losing skid, a modest 9-7 A-10 record and a first-round A-10 tournament exit would have given the selectors an escape hatch in the form of an excuse to leave UMass out.
Funny, but wherever I went in the past week, I was greeted by comments from skeptics, worrywarts and plain old scaredy-cats. Whenever I described the NCAA tournament as a done deal, I was advised to either stop jinxing the Minutemen or stop counting their chickens.
Nobody should be talking that talk now. The Atlantic 10 is in position to grab five spots, which would match their best showing ever.
UMass, Saint Louis, Virginia Commonwealth and George Washington are locks. The lowest of those GW, which carries a No. 24 RPI that is too good to be ignored.
Saint Joseph's is No. 36. The Hawks are second in a strong league that has four top-25 RPI teams.
Leaving out the Hawks would be a rook job that would expose an anti-Atlantic 10 bias.
Dayton has 21 wins and a No. 44 RPI, but that probably won't be enough. Richmond looks out.
Maybe one will of them win the A-10 tournament and the automatic berth, costing some team in America a spot. That team won't be UMass.
The Minutemen are just over a week away from ending a 16-year NCAA tournament drought, but the hard work has been done. Rent those dancing shoes with a no-refund policy
And stop worrying. They're in.
Selection Sunday will be a celebration and not a referendum for a team that removed the last faint flicker of doubt Wednesday night.
UMass basketball fans can stop worrying - Minutemen already have their ticket to the NCAA tournament
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Today I learned that if you plug in your earbuds or headphones into the microphone jack, they will start functioning as microphones. If the jack takes stereo input, they will act as stereo microphones (the Line In jack, usually colored blue, works nicely for this). At first I thought there was no way this could be true, but after some testing it turns out that both earbuds and headphones can be coaxed into behaving like (very bad quality) microphones.
It then occurred to me that if I could wear my earbuds inside out, I could make very accurate binaural recordings with them. Binaural recordings are stereo recordings that put a microphone at each ear, such that if you listen to them with headphones, your brain will automatically reconstruct the sound sources as if you were really there (example). I wasn't sure if the sound hints would be lost in noise, but surprisingly I was able to come up with working binaural recordings. Despite being fairly low quality due to the amount of noise that had to be removed, the binaural aspect still works. Headphones will give you substantially higher quality, but in order to accurately record them, you must wear them (or otherwise position them) so that the speakers are facing outward. My headphones don't let me do this, so I was only able to verify that they gave significantly higher quality recordings. Predictably, the higher quality the headphones, the better recording you'll get, although it still won't be anywhere near as good as a real microphone.
Shaking a chain around:
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You can wear earbuds inside out by looping the cord around the back of your ear, and then anchoring the earbud in the reverse direction. While this configuration would fall out normally, since the earbud is now suspended from the top of your ear, it works quite nicely. While the recordings only work for fairly loud noises, its still a fun way to play around with the aspects of binaural sound without needing to buy two microphones and set things up. Use an audio editor to maximize the recording and remove the (very large) amount of noise to get a working recording. Make sure your sound source is very sharp, so its easy for the earbuds or headphones to pick up. If you think binaural recording is cool, considering getting a set of real microphones for high quality recordings (even a pair of $5 microphones will sound better than using your headphones backwards). Professionals will use a dummy head in an effort to fully capture the HRTFs the brain uses for reconstruction.
March 28, 2012
Making Binaural Recordings With Earbuds/Headphones
Posted by Erik McClure at 4:27 PM
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Ah yes, the headphone microphone duality :) pretty cool. if you just like the sound of jingly keys I made an experimental song from a sound loop also :)ReplyDelete
Nice blog!
Great suggestions and some interesting comments to boot. This is very good observation about earbuds or headphones into the microphone jack they will start functioning as microphones. Thanks for sharing these tips. Earbud headphones collection of headphonezone come with diverse features to make these traditional ear buds stand out.ReplyDelete
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Hotel Palazzo Barbarigo sul Canal Grande4
San Polo 2765, Venezia, 30125
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Palazzo Barbarigo is located directly on Venice's Grand Canal, in one of the city's most exciting districts, conveniently situated to quickly and easily reach all the major sites and attractions in Venice. Stay in one of the 18 intimate rooms, decorated in art déco style, balancing the spirit of the city with the romantic hotel location. Start the day with a wide selection of delicious à la carte breakfast menus, served in the elegant breakfast room.
If you prefer absolute privacy, take advantage of the impeccable room service, and let the pastry and colourful flavours of the menu delight you in your room. After a walk to discover the wonders of the floating city, enjoy a relaxing moment in the lounge bar of the Palazzo, for a drink or an aperitif, or to enjoy a cold dish and quick snack. Enjoy the pride of this hotel, the balcony overlooking the Grand Canal with table and chairs, to admire the splendid views of the Grand Canal while sipping a cocktail.
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I had a facelift 5 mos. ago. Surgeon did extra tightening toward mid-ear on Right side, to "lift mouth" more, but mouth is more downward on Right side + Right side doesn't feel "supported" upward as it does on the left. I'm afraid this is hard to describe -- it doesn't look like the Left side. Can this be revised after a year? (This is this surgeon's SECOND facelift on me, and then 2.5 months after 2nd surgery he "dismissed" me.)
Facelift Revision for Asymmetry?
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Facial Asymmetry, Facelift Revision
Many good comments to this post. Facial Asymmetry is very common. I ask my patients, "What percentage of people have asymmetry to their faces?" Most patients will answer 10-50%. The answer is 100%. What this means is that most people do not realize the facial asymmetries that we all have because it LOOKS NATURAL.
There is no way to know if an asymmetry existed before a procedure unless you review the before and after pictures. The vast majority of facial asymmetries are present preoperatively. There is a saying in plastic surgery - after a procedure, our vision gets better, and our memory gets worse! We start to see things that we never saw before... And very few patients remember what they looked like before the procedure. Many patients are surprised when they see their before pictures, that is just the way the human mind works.
I agree on waiting 9-12 months before seeking a revision. Volume replacement with fillers or fat grafting may also improve this situation.
It is unfortunate that a doctor dismisses a patient. That is a rare case, and it happens more often than it should. Patients often need someone to listen to them as they can be frightened about procedures they have never had before. Best of luck, and please let me know if you have any additional questions!
Yes, a revision facelift can correct the asymmetry
Yes. Revision facelifts have increased in incidence because of the exact issues you are dealing with. It is a major part of my practice unfortunately. Feel free to contact me if you would like a 2nd opinion.
Web reference: http://www.facialplastics.info
Facelift Revision for Asymmetry
It is very difficult to answer your question without seeing you in person and examining you. It is possible that your facial asymmetry would be improved with injections as opposed to another surgery
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Face Lift
I recommend you see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, and get another opinion. They can determine if you are a candidate for another procedure at this time, and when another procedure would be wise to perform.
Web reference: http://www.elitemdspa.info/
Revision facelifts
Asymmetry is common with facial procedures. First, review of your preop structure may point out that you had more unrecognized asymmetry than you originally noticed, and therefore such differences continue to show after surgery. These are difficult to overcome, and therefore more surgery may still not get you there. Two, you have now had two surgeries with resultant/persistent asymmetry as well. That means your surgeon has had two shots to restore/maintain symmetry. Kind of like harvesting low hanging fruit, the easy answers have been covered. Finally, you now have more scar tissue than ever. Even with precise, gentle surgical technique and uncomplicated healing your body has healed with changes to the anatomy. Further changes get harder and harder to achieve and predict as the number of surgeries continue to mount. Seek additional opinions before moving forward with more procedures, and keep an open mind. More surgeries may not be the answer, or a modification of technique or approach might serve you better.
Web reference: http://robertsonplasticsurgery.com
Facelift asymmetric with Right Side and mouth is downward
Facelift asymmetric with Right Side and mouth is downward. There are ways to lift just this side. It may be that you could use some other procedures to help you. Fat grafting being one. I would really need to see pictures of you to see if there is a significant difference and what to do with it. One thing to remember too is that everybody is asymmetric and that this is not something bad.
Thanks for reading, Dr Young
Asymmetry after facelifting
Mild asymmetry after face lifting surgery is fairly common in the first few weeks to months after the procedure. Pronounced asymmetry is not. Although it is difficult to assess your situation without photos, it is possible that the vectors of pull on the deep layer of tissue on your face may have been misdirected or excessive skin was removed on the "more pulled" side. Unless this is very severe, it should equalize over time as the skin and underlying tissues relax. As the usual time for revision is at one year after surgery, I am not sure getting a lot of consultations with other surgeons makes sense at five months other than to try to make a comfortable connection with another surgeon who you might use. Obviously, if you have been "dismissed" by your first surgeon, you will need to get help from another physician for advice and possible revision surgery. If things are bearable, then I would suggest seeking out someone who has extensive experience in facelift surgery ( a surgeon who does at least 100 facelifts per year) and with whom you feel comfortable. Do this around 11-12 months after the last facelift and discuss the options.
Facelift Revision for Asymmetry?
Revision can be done if the amount of improvement that can be achieved will make you happy. Communication with the surgeon is very important. I would write down your concerns and discuss these during your consultation.
Revision for Asymmetry 5 Months after Facelift
Asymmetry is not necessrily a fault - you may have been asymmetrical all your life. Wait another 6-8 months before considering a revision. You can then decide if the potential improvement is worth the time and money.
Limited times you can have Revision Face Lifts.
Without pictures, before and after, it's very difficult to picture what you are describing. This is a limited numbers of time that the SMAS layer can be dissected and lifted during any type of Face Lift and it might be a option for you to get a couple of second opinions on this particular issue before you proceed with a revision Face Lift. In any case, 0ne year, is the typical minimum limit of time between Face Lifts.
Web reference: http://www.drfpalmer.com
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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What Happened: Duke beat Denver 14-10
Takeaway: At 2-0 in early February, should the Blue Devils cancel any plans for an eigth straight Championship Weekend? Aren't the Dukies supposed to stink this time of year? The defending National Champions are now 2-0 after topping a very good Denver team. A big question for Duke entering '14 is who will score from the midfield? This is a team that said goodbye to 88 goals in the form of David Lawson, Josh Offit, and Jake Tripucka. The early answer is Deemer Class, Myles Jones, and Christian Walsh. The trio combined for seven scores against the Pioneers. In addition to being good players, these three are aided by one of the top attack units in the nation. Having Jordan Wolf, Josh Dionne, and Case Matheis to defend certainly makes defenses have to respect their prowess, opening things up a bit up top for the Duke midfield.
Bonus Takeaway: Despite heavy losses to graduation of its own this Denver team remains very potent on offense. Newcomers Jack Bobzien and Zach Miller have fit in very well and are special talents, joining stud returners Wesley Berg, Eric Adamson, and a healthier Jeremy Noble. The issue with the Pioneers continues to be on the defensive side. Granted, playing Duke in Durham early season is a challenge, but if Denver wants to make a run at a National Championship, which they are capable of doing, the defense has to cut down on the fouls and make key stops later in games.
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An East Pennsboro man wanted on drug charges in Harrisburg was taken into custody after police pulled him over for speeding last week in Lemoyne, according to police.
Anthony Douglas Gusler, 23, of the unit block of Riverview Drive in East Pennsboro Township, was spotted speeding by a West Shore Regional Police Department officer in the 100 block of Market Street toward 11:16 p.m. Thursday. After pulling Gusler over and identifying him as the subject of an active arrest warrant for drugs out of Harrisburg, the officer took Gusler into custody, according to a police press release.
A search of Gusler and his vehicle turned up several illegal narcotics and drug paraphernalia, police added.
In total, Gusler was charged with possession of a control substance by a person not registered, use or possession of drug paraphernalia, driving on a suspended or revoked license and exceeding the speed limit, according to police and court records.
After his arraignment on his new drug charges, Gusler was released to the custody of the Harrisburg police for his active arrest warrant, the release states.


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Nefeli Hotel, Athens
- Free continental breakfast and WiFi
Main amenities
- 18 guestrooms
- Coffee shop/café
- Airport shuttle
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Car rentals on site
- Front desk safe
- Laundry service
- Concierge services
- Luggage storage
For families
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Daily housekeeping
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Elevator/lift
What's around
- In Athens City Centre
- Roman Agora (0.3 mi / 0.5 km)
- Acropolis (0.3 mi / 0.5 km)
- Syntagma Square (0.4 mi / 0.6 km)
- Acropolis Museum (0.4 mi / 0.6 km)
- Hellenic Parliament (0.4 mi / 0.7 km)
- Athens (ATH-Eleftherios Venizelos) 33-min drive; 22 miles/35.4 km
- Athens Thiseio Station 13-min walk; 0.7 miles/1.1 km
- Athens Central Station 10-min drive; 2.4 miles/3.8 km
- Moschato-Tavros Rouf Station 10-min drive; 2.5 miles/4 km
- Akropoli Station 7-min walk; 0.4 miles/0.6 km
- Monastiraki Station 8-min walk; 0.5 miles/0.7 km
- Syntagma Station 9-min walk; 0.4 miles/0.7 km
- Onsite parking not available
- Airport shuttle (surcharge)
Nefeli Hotel, Athens
Hotel Info: 020 3027 9803from £40
- Standard Twin Room
- Triple Room
- Standard Single Room
Also popular with travellers from the UK
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 18 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 2 floors
- Check-in time starts at 12:30 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Pets stay free (dogs and cats only)
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- No parking
In the hotel
- Free continental breakfast
- Coffee shop/café
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Luggage storage
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built 1976
- Elevator/lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Television in common areas
In the room
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 1500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
For transfers, guests must contact the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Optional extras
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge of EUR 45 per vehicle (one-way)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Hotel registry number: 0206K012A0024400
Recent reviews
Good 3.6 /5 from 161 reviews
get what you pay for in great area
Good location in a quiet street, good service, friendly staff,we are happy with our staying in the hotel.
Location is excellent, housekeeper great, customer service not so great, Big minus, horrible breakfast, every day dry bread an egg juice and limited tea or coffee,no vegetable, no ketchup mayo etc that has be improved, put some more food on plate
it was a long weekend stay, the hotel is in a great loctaion so near to all the tourist best bits, would recommend.The staff are very friendly and so helpful, would stay again.
Ran the marathon. I was allowed to shower after before I left which was good of them to provide. No access to a kettle/hot water to make a warm drink outside of breakfast hours. No computer to borrow/access. Room 208, traffic can be noisey. Close to the centre.
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Firmly and blasting from the underground, ENTHRONED had managed in their 12 years of existence to stay strong as steel as one of the heaviest, darkest and certainly most blasphemous bands around the scene. Not so much had changed since their first hails with the majestic "Prophecies Of Pagan Fire", except that the dark atmospheres of those years had left space to merciless fury and fastness, leaving keyboards and slower parts behind, keeping the diabolical riffs and improving the song-building a lot with more skills and even a lead guitar protagonist role.
This is surely a respect-worthy thing, as nowadays BM could be divided in 2 principal groups: 1st, DARKTHRONE wannabes, whose only purpose is to show the world how true they are to the roots and 2nd those so-called Black Metal bands that, following the path opened by ARCTURUS and others of their kind, move through experimentations that have nothing to do with the genre, except for some random grunts. Of course ENTHRONED are much closer to the first of these groups, but the band has without doubt its own spirit, doing something that sometimes is seen as a grand heresy inside this inquisitive scene: to make not only raw and grim but also GOOD music, giving the band an essence that makes it recognizable and unique.
As you had probably guessed, "Xes Haereticum" is an old-school BM album, but at the same time skilled and well constructed. The first two songs, "Crimson Legions" and "Dance Of A Thousand Knives" are just amazing, electrifying and without giving you a single breath. Drums are a destroyer and riffs are simply demonic, while Lord Sabathan's raw vocals will corrode your ears. The same level of violence is given by other pieces like "Blacker Than Black", "Night Stalker" or "Hellgium Messiah". If you ask me what a generality in this album is, is the fact that "the faster the song, the better it is". Another track that without all that strength is still really interesting is "Seven Plagues, Seven Wraths", which even has some clean vocals in the chorus as a distinctive touch.
Some other songs are slower and fail badly trying to be complex, like "Last Will" or "Vortex Of Confusion". They're too melodic because of the guitar work and the raspy vocals don't fit at all with the music, being rather difficult to hear. There's also a pseudo-electronic instrumental that you don't like to listen to ("A.M.S.G.").
"Xes Haereticum" is a good album, and, what is really important, it's not ANOTHER Black Metal release. It has some awesome songs, some others that are not so, but in general is worthy your money. Just try to give a listen first. (Online July 14, 2005)


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Rated 4.2 out of 5 by 773 reviewers.
Rated 4 out of 5 by Peter08 Beautiful Hotel and great views of Boston Towers room was very nice. The view was great!. Scabo restaurant was over rated. Food was OK. Service was very good. Service at the second floor bar was fair. April 22, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Boston This hotel is in a great location, but... I really enjoyed staying this hotel. While I was checking in, I let them know that I'm a SPG gold member, and the receptionist upgraded my roon. I liked the atmosphere of hotel overall and also like the interior of the guest room. However, I was very surprised, the water stopper didn't work so the there was no water drainage from the sink. A guy came to fix the problem, and he left saying all problems were resolved, but it broke again. Another guy came to fix it, and it seemed better than the first time, but the rate of water drainage was so so slow. We thought the problem is not only the stopper, but also the plumbing. We could call another service to fix it, but we just gave up. Other than the water issue, we liked the stay overall. April 22, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Richard Excellent Hotel, Great Location The LIberty (Boston) is a comfortable hotel conveniently located near Beacon Hill at the Charles Street T stop - just a short walk to downtown Boston. Ask for a room with a view of the Charles. I was disappointed that there isn't a pool given the other amenities. Outstanding food within the hotel and along Charles and Cambridge streets. April 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Dwbfamily Boston's Finest Hotel The hotel is in a great location to see the city. The service and staff are very welcoming. Top notch restaurants and room service. A one-of-kind experience in a unique property. My family (kids 9 & 11) spent 4 days at at The Liberty and everyone loved it. April 20, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by SweetPea84 great location and Scampo The liberty is in a great location. Close to the Charles river, the T and Charles St. Rooms are nice. If you want the view side, pretty at night, be prepared for some noise. If you must have quiet, stay on the back side. And, of course, we always eat at Scampo and have always had great food. We'll be back. April 18, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by wandcdad Great experience My wife and I didn't want to stay at a traditional hotel during our trip and we're very pleased with our experience with The Liberty. The staff was very friendly, the hotel was very nice and clean and the food in the Clink was delicious. April 17, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by WisconsinMike My Favorit Hotel in Boston The location is excellent, staff is amazing in many ways - pleasantly greeted, all requests cheerfully fulfilled. The room was pristine, and even on the day we checked out the room was tidied up, and fresh towels were provided. I'm pretty picky, and I can't think of one thing that could have been done better. April 17, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Nuno Excellent Hote Corteus staff, comfortable rooms and leissure areas.And for me , very conveniently located close to the Mass. General, which is the reason for our frequent visits to Boston.. April 15, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by SWF55 Wonderful hotel The Liberty Hotel is a beautiful hotel with a staff that's professional and very helpful to my needs. April 15, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by BostonGuest13 All sizzle no steak. At every turn poor service prevents this outstanding hotel from acheiving excellence. April 15, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kshoe This Hotel has a great atmosphere and Fantastic Restaurants Hotel atmosphere was open and relaxed with bar accommodations and comfortable seating and great service. April 13, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by ChrisP Not 'Luxary Collection Material' According to the check in associate, my room was upgraded due to my Platinum status. disappointing upgrade...standard king room with a view of the roof. The gym is pathetic and there isn't a gift shop. At breakfast at Clink, I asked for a small change to my $14 omelet (sub bacon for the feta cheese) and the waiter couldn't do it without charging me for an extra side of bacon...$20 omelet. Not a good experience overall, especially considering the high room rate. Good place for a drink... April 12, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by aj83 MR One of the most enjoyable hotel stays ever. Both my wife and myself were pleased with accomodations and thought given to all room details. Nothing was left out. We loved the charm of the hotel lobby. The staff was so helpfull. Great April 9, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by RevJohnnyVegas Wedding Reception Disaster That Staff Made Right I booked a corner king suite for the weekend as part of a surprise trip for my fiancé's 30th birthday. We were very happy with the room, the staff, our dinner at Scampo, drinks in the lobby, etc. The bar scene in the lobby is pretty loud and raucous, but we knew this before arriving and were prepared for it. What we were not prepared for was coming back to our room Saturday evening after a wonderful dinner to find our room literally shaking from the music being played in the wedding reception the floor above us. The light fixtures in the bathroom were shaking, water in a glass was rippling, and we could very clearly hear even the lyrics from the music being played at the reception. A couple of calls to the desk established that the reception was going to be running long, and due to the noise, my fiancé and I weren't able to sleep until it wound down, after midnight. Many kudos to Adrianne and Kate for making matters right regarding the lost sleep and the noise from the reception above us. They acted quickly and decisively in order to make the matter right. We understand completely that not every experience is within a hotel, etc.'s, control and the way they responded to the problem was outstanding. We'd definitely stay here again, because the hotel and the location are fantastic - we're just going to make sure there isn't going to be a wedding reception above us on future stays. April 9, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by MGH2013 Ex-Valet Excellent Room and Reception service were amazing. Valet, by contrast, was decidedly not. I don't think a door was opened, or help offered, once (with the possible exception being when one member of the valet staff opened our taxi door - we then realized he had done so for other guests who were waiting for one. Quite a shame - was an otherwise great experience. April 8, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by JOSEL EXCELLENT HOTEL I APPRECIATED VERY MUCH TO STAY AT LIBERTY HOTEL. GOOD LOCATION AND WONDERFUL SERVICE. April 8, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by PaulineCanada This hotel has a great location and a cool vibe My stay was fine, the room was ok ( but nothing out of the ordinary) the front desk staff and the concierge were nice and efficient on my arrival. We had breakfast at clink-food was good but the service was slow. The hotel seems to have a very nice ' vibe' and life with lots of events happening every night ( fashion show, jazz concert etc) it's bar in the lobby is always packed and lively. The only bad comment is about the bell man outside who ignored our request to get a cab to the airport as he was too busy getting people with valet parking sorted out. We had to go on the street and call one ourselves otherwise we would have missed our flight . April 7, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by WineAdvisoryGroup Upscale Trendy This is a nice choice for a Boston visit, but consider the location. It's perfect if you don't need/want to be in the Back Bay or Waterfront. You're perfectly positioned if you want to check out Charles Street, hop on Storrow Drive, walk or quick cab to the TD North Garden for a game or show, head over to Faneuil Hall, or need to be near Mass General (next door). Don't miss Scampo restaurant in the hotel... excellent chow and great bar. April 7, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by johnnyk41 Staff Was Rude Not the service that I've come to know of Starwood properties. Of the many stays I've had at varios Starwood Properties, I would say that this hotel is the worst. It's a low class establishment that should not be affiliated with the amazing brand that Starwood has built. April 4, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Russ Great location and service Very nice hotel. Lively lobby night life for 20 and 30 year olds. Very small fitness center. Four machines for large number of users. Was given rollaway bed instead of a two- bed room and that was annoying. April 3, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by rmbdds Great, Fascinating, Historic Hotel I always try to stay at Starwood hotels, and again I wasn't disappointed. My 14-yr old son and I went on a guy's trip to Boston, and wanted to stay in something different than a regular hotel chain. Wow, this place fits the bill! Being a historic 100+ year old jailhouse renovated into a hotel, we loved the ambiance and uniqueness of this place. The staff is as good as any I have ever experienced - even the valet, after meeting us once upon arrival, consistently greeted us by name during the entire stay. The location is great - conveniently within walking distance to about everything downtown, and right next to a subway station when that was desired. We really enjoyed this hotel, and will likely stay here whenever we go to Boston again. I would highly recommend this hotel! April 1, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by ttich Excellent use of SPG points Often times if you book a hotel using SPG points your are not treated the same as a guest paying full price. This was not the case at the LIberty. They acknowledge my SPG status and even upgraded my room at Check-in. It was early in the day so we did not take them up on the complimentary champagne. However, we did stop by later in the evening. The views of the city and river from our room where spectacular. The main Lobby turns into a night club at night and it is very crowded and noisy. This was not a big deal for us as our room was in the tower and the noise did not impact us. April 1, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by heat birthday stay We were greeted so warmly by staff, appreciated the champagne and had gotten a great deal for the night. Loved the beauty of the whole place and the staff was friendly. Just disappointed that they didn't recoginize my husband's birthday which we had a made a note of at reservation. Also, was surprised that the place is packed with 20 somethings on the hunt at night. Thought there would be a more diverse, upscale crowd. did love watching the scene from the catwalk. April 1, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by ShellySet Liberty Hotel Woudl definitely stay again. April 1, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by VistorMarch2013 excellent but some areas could be improved Unique, excellent hotel but lobby is getting tired. White leather chairs are worn/dirty, brown leather is scratched, carpet is starting to look a little worn (for a place as high end as this). Check in personnel are wonderful, champagne a great touch but at peak time line was long to check in, should have more operational machines/room card to allow more personnel to check in at peak time. Tower part of hotel lacks character (room 308 was the "superior" room I got) and room was small for a superior room. Turndown on night one, no one showed on night two. Compl. water you have to ask for, only one bottle in room. Doormen talk to themselves alot, drink coffee and don't jump at door opening. For hotel price the doors should be attended constantly. I was there for surgery and would have appreciated it. March 31, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jimbo Spring Break in Boston The hotel theme is clever and carried through out the hotel. Friends visiting us enjoyed the ambiance. Brian, the doorman was most helpful with directions and cabs. Mirko, the concierge was helpful with getting us reservations and with suggestions of activities. All staff seemed pleasant. The only part that was not to our liking was breakfast. We felt the breakfast menu in Clink was expensive for what it was and chose to eat outside the hotel for all of our meals. March 31, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Itziar This hotel has great service Good location Good service March 30, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Stace2013 Excellent Staff! During my recent stay at the Liberty, the staff at the front desk, valet, bellhop and Scampo restaurant were outstanding. We had a very trying visit as my brother was at MassGen and the staff was very supportive and flexible for myself and my family. It made coming back to the hotel after a long day at the hospital very comforting. Zach and the front desk staff were very accomodating and friendly as were Lisa and John at the bar at Scampo to name a few. I truly enjoyed the hotel and the friendly staff and look forward to visiting again soon. Thank you! March 29, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by rg23 beautiful hotel everything was great and cant wait to hear about promotions and deals so i can come back. want to be a loyal customer for life. March 28, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by happ1123 Still Perfect Another flawless (our third) stay at The Liberty Hotel. March 27, 2013