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Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:39:41 +0100
I came across a very interesting article by Esa Läärä (that is Laara with diareses on all the a's). (Experts in Finnish pronunciation and/or biostatisticians familiar with this distinguished colleague may help by explaining how to pronounce that name.)
2009. Statistics: reasoning on uncertainty, and the insignificance of testing null. Annales Zoologicae Fennici 46: 138-157.
which touches provocatively on several topics often aired on this list including the uselessness of dynamite or detonator plots, displays for comparing group means and especially the over-use of null hypothesis testing. The main target audience is ecologists but most of the issues cut across statistical science.
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Dear Sam,
Thanks for the translations anyways, I just wanted to let you know
there are social scientists in the list who do not have extensive
programming skills or did not have advanced statistical training, but
still curious to understand stuff which is not relevant to their
immidiate research.
I respect and kind of enjoy Nick Cox's style, I know by now it is not
the mood, but the attitude. And still good to hear what would be the
most embarrassing and honest reply to your question, but if there is
somebody else with patience to explain further, I personally always
want to hear, even if it is not exactly correct it gives me a broader
Best regards,
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> What I said is easily accessible to anyone who remains curious.
> I still think it was a fair comment, but see no point in repeating or
> rewriting what I said. Sam's welcome to his own interpretations and
> speculations.
> My amusement was entirely at Sam's wry summary of what I said, not at
> all at his own positive contributions. I am sorry that I evidently did
> not make that clear.
> Nick
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Lucas <email@example.com> wrote:
>> A fuller summary of Nick's response to the gsample query is:
>> 1)If the poster is making an illogical request, the program should not
>> try to puzzle it out.
>> 2)So, give the program weights it can use.
>> I agree with 1, but 2 offered no guidance in what characteristics such
>> weights might need to have, so I took a stab, and the tone I read in
>> the email was generally dismissive ("Are you saying that you expected
>> -gsample- . . .to cope with an illogical request?" . . . "If a user is
>> asking something crazy" . . . "Alternatively, you can always write
>> your own program that does what you want it to do.")
>> I just assumed you, Nick, were in a bad mood, because immediately
>> nearby was your one-word response to another poster's question. Your
>> answer was "No." A later poster provided a bit more assistance.
>> We all fall into bad moods occasionally. When we do, it'd smooth
>> social interaction if we don't claim amusement when others step
>> forward to try to help others.
>> Respectfully
>> Sam
>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> I think Sam's last paragraph refers to my posting. For the record, I
>>> consider his summary amusing, but not to represent what I said or even
>>> meant. My main point was to underline that the program -gsample- was
>>> behaving defensibly and that the poster's surprise was thus misplaced.
>>> I did also suggest that they needed to recalculate the weights.
>>> Naturally any other contributions to the thread that explain
>>> specifically and correctly what the poster should do instead are more
>>> valuable than that one post.
>>> Nick
>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Lucas <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>>> I've never used gsample, but I just assumed after you removed the C
>>>> units you could adjust the remaining cases so that their weights sum
>>>> to 1. Sorry I didn't say that. Not sure this new information alters
>>>> Steve's comment.
>>>> My understanding of Stas's comment was that one left the certainty
>>>> units in and let gsample select them while gsample also selected other
>>>> cases, too. My approach was to remove the certainty units and use
>>>> gsample to select the remainder. As I don't know what follows the
>>>> sample selection, nor do I know gsample, I can't tell whether
>>>> something is gained by letting gsample select the certainty units.
>>>> At any rate, I took the ridiculous step of responding to a question
>>>> about a command I have never used because I thought the poster
>>>> deserved something more useful than an admonition to not be surprised
>>>> if they try to get a command to do something it cannot do when it
>>>> doesn't do it.
>>>> Sam
>>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Steve Samuels <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> Sam:
>>>>> You've missed the point of Stas's post: After removing the initial certainty
>>>>> units, the scaled size measures (probabilities) of the remaining units must be
>>>>> adjusted upward so that they sum to 1. Now additional units might violate the
>>>>> inequality quoted in the -gsample- error message. The process is repeated
>>>>> until the inequality is not violated for any the remaining units.
>>>>> Some alternatives to -gsample- and -samplepps- (SSC):
>>>>> Sampford's Method can be found in the SAS SURVEYSELECT procedure. SAS's default
>>>>> PPS method is the Hanurav-Vijayan method (Vijayan, 1968); see also Fox (1989)
>>>>> and Golmant (1990). Tilley's elimination method can be found in the R "sampling"
>>>>> package as the -UPTille- command.
>>>>> Tille (2006) is the definitive text these days.
>>>>> See also the -help- for Ben Jann's -mf_mm_sample- for more information
>>>>> (-gsample- is a wrapper for this).
>>>>> References:
>>>>> Fox, D. R. (1989), "Computer Selection of Size-Biased Samples," The American
>>>>> Statistician, 43(3), 168–171.
>>>>> Golmant, J. (1990), "Correction: Computer Selection of Size-Biased Samples," The
>>>>> American Statistician, 44(2), 194.
>>>>> Tillé, Yves. 2006. Sampling algorithms. New York: Springer.
>>>>> Vijayan, K. (1968), "An Exact Sampling Scheme: Generalization of a Method of
>>>>> Hanurav," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 30, 556–566.
>>>>> Steve
>>>>> On Sep 6, 2012, at 1:04 PM, Lucas wrote:
>>>>> Why not simply remove the certainty units (C Units), draw the sample
>>>>> from the remainder units (R Units) to obtain the sampled units (S
>>>>> Units), then add the certainty and sampled sets (C & S) together to
>>>>> form the final sample (FS units)?
>>>>> Sam
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Stas Kolenikov <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Lieke Boonen (SiRM)
>>>>> <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> We try to take a sample from our population, without replacement. we have several subgroeps with a high sampling weight. However with the gsample command it gives an error because for these cases the w_i*n /sum(w) is lager than 1. We thought the program looked at the relation between the weights and that this should not be a problem. Does anyone recognize this problem and is there a solution for this problem?
>>>>> As far as I can recall, -gsample- does a decent job of selecting one
>>>>> observation from the list, provided, as you found the hard way, that
>>>>> you don't have any certainty units. However, it is not appropriate for
>>>>> many real situation sampling problems, which usually require more
>>>>> complicated code. You also need to be aware that PPSWOR is a very
>>>>> non-trivial and counter-intuitive task. See
>>>>> http://www.citeulike.org/user/ctacmo/tag/unequal_prob_sampling for the
>>>>> appropriate references. All in all, you probably need to do this:
>>>>> 1. Identify the certainty units, set their probability of selection to 1.
>>>>> 2. Adjust the probability distribution, pulling up the probabilities
>>>>> for other units.
>>>>> 3. Check again for the certainty units: repeat steps 1-2 until the
>>>>> probability of selection on a single draw have converged.
>>>>> 4. Implement your PPS procedure -- systematic sample is the poor man,
>>>>> old days shortcut procedure to sample from the physical list on
>>>>> sheet(s) of paper that leads to technical difficulties in variance
>>>>> estimation; Rao-Hartley-Cochran is the easiest-to-implement shortcut
>>>>> that leads to an approximate PPS; Rao-Sampford used to be the most
>>>>> rigorous choice until Tille's elimination procedures appeared in the
>>>>> literature.
>>>>> --
>>>>> -- Stas Kolenikov, PhD, PStat (SSC) :: http://stas.kolenikov.name
>>>>> -- Senior Survey Statistician, Abt SRBI :: work email kolenikovs at
>>>>> srbi dot com
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Luxury Apartment with Amazing View to Lesser Town
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It can accommodate up to 6 people with the double bed and the 2 large double sofa beds available. If needed there are extra beds available. It features one bedroom, cloak-room, large living room with the double sofa bed, bathroom with shower and a fully equipped kitchen. Windows facing to Prague Castle, Charles Bridge and the panorama of Lesser Town.
The apartment is situated right in the Prague Old Town just a few steps to Charles bridge and fully equipped in order to provide its guests a perfect stay. So, its interior comprises modern Italian design furniture, fully equipped kitchen with refrigerator, dishwasher Whirlpool, oven, kettle, microwave, toaster, coffee maker, a dining bar, a hall with storage space, a bathroom (shower) with heated floor, heated towel rails, toilet with bidet, hair dryer.
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The apartment is not far from lots of interesting and touristic places and as examples we have Charles Bridge: 0.24 km; Old Town Square: 0.22 km; National Theatre: 0.6 km; Wenceslas Square: 0.8 km; Prague Castle: 1.3 km; Main Railway Station: 1.3 km; Airport: 10.8 km.
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The apartment no. 4 is great for a family of four. The kitchen is well equipped. The location is awesome, from there you can actually do everything easily on foot, and you have a brilliant view of the castle hill. The keys worked great.
Das Appartment Nr. 4 ist super für eine vierköpfige Familie. Die Küche ist gut ausgestattet. Die Lage ist genial, von da aus kann man eigentlich alles bequem zu Fuss machen und man hat einen genialen Blick auf den Burgberg. Die Schlüsselübergabe hat super geklappt.
The location of the apartment is so central and the view to the castle ubiquitous. Unfortunately, the floor was raised in the hall (by the action of water from the bath) and the floor makes a "mountain" - and I'm often initially stumbled. In fact, we both found the beds not comfortable. You spührt the Drahgestell the mattress, the pad is very thin. We are pretty slim, maybe have better thickness? The house has a cozy pub with beer garden. When it comes hochher evening, you can hear in the bedroom, which goes to the courtyard. In the living room Staße it is quiet ...
Die Lage der Wohnung ist so zentral und der Blick zur Burg allgegenwärtig. Leider hat sich der Fußboden im Flur angehoben (durch Wassereinwirkung aus dem Bad) und das Parkett macht einen "Berg" - darüber bin ich anfangs häufig gestolpert. Tatsächlich fanden wir beide die Betten nicht bequem. Man spührt das Drahgestell der Matraze, die Auflage ist sehr dünn. Wir sind ziemlich schlank, vielleicht haben es Dicke besser? Im Haus befindet sich eine gemütliche Kneipe mit Biergarten. Wenn es abends hochher geht, hört man das im Schlafzimmer, das zum Innenhof geht. Im Wohnraum zur Staße ist es ruhiger...
The view AMAZING, the location again AMAZING.
The reason I'm giving it only 3 stars is a couple things. A few days before arriving via email they confirmed there would be a drive for me at the airport when I exited, I waited 40 minutes for a driver to show up but no one did, eventually i had to just get a taxi.
When I arrived the apartment was not ready, it was 19:15. The lady was super apologictic about it and didn't know why it wasn't ready. So I had to go walk the city for an hour or so. The next day someone came over to apologize about the place not being ready and even brought wine.
The pub in the courtyard has great food for a great price. It does get a bit nosing in the evenings so if you go to bed before 20:00 bring earplugs.
Great apartment & very best location in Prague first choice! Thanks also for the excellent transaction! Again and again.
Tolles Appartment & allerbeste Lage, in Prag erste Wahl!! Besten Dank auch für die sehr gute Abwicklung! Immer wieder gerne.
Very friendly, fast and easy reservation and settlement. The apartment did not leave any expectations. Very clean and tidy! My tip for Prague!
Sehr freundliche, schnelle und unkomplizierte Reservierung und Abwicklung vor Ort. Das Appartment lies keine Erwartungen offen. Sehr sauber und ordentlich ! Mein Geheimtip für Prag!
Reviews for this host's other properties
Probably the best location in Prag.
The Apartment was really spacious and modern interior.
Highly recommended!
The apartment is very nice, well equipped and the situation is great!
Definitely recommendable!
The apartment was nice and in a great location, with lots of bars and restaurants around. It's about a 10 minute walk to old town. The negatives were that the tram right outside of your window made for an early morning, and other loud guests woke us up at 4am singing in the hallway. There is also only one shower/bath and it's in one of the rooms. So if you're staying with 2 couples, you would have to knock on their door to take a bath. But the host as great, and very accommodating for an early check in for only 15€. We enjoyed our stay!!
We are a family of four, including two adult daughters and were very happy with the all situation. It is clear that there is an organization behind the apartment itself and a professional one it is. Everything was neat and the location was spot on. The formal hand over of the keys, both in and out, was quick and correct, although there was a 100 euro deposit involved (we used cash).
We had a great time in Prague and we will return
Super nice apartment. Does everything well geklappt.vielen thanks. Friendly and helpful hosts. Gladly again.
Super schönes Apartment. Hat alles gut geklappt.vielen dank. Freundliche und Hilfsbereite Gastgeber. Gerne wieder.
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This is a big site, I tried searching but pretty much nothing came up. If this is the wrong place for this thread, would someone please move it to the right place? I wasn't sure...
I was just wondering if anyone else makes and uses their own milk paint? It's extremely cheap and easy to make, but can be rather expensive if you buy it in powdered form. It last for decades, especially if you add a little boiled linseed oil or apply linseed oil after the milk paint dries. It's completely VOC-free as well as having nothing else in it besides milk, hydrated lime, and maybe pigment (it looks like snot if you don't add pigment - sorry, but it does!); in fact, leftovers get tossed in the compost pile or in the garden.
I know that there are a lot of "recipes" for it, including using cottage cheese (a friend uses that, turns out just as good as anything else) that's gone bad. Not that you have to do it that way, but he does.
So, just wondering -- anybody else? If so, what's your recipe?
- Tim


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[quote user="MattMeyerBud"]
you lose automatically for referencing that site.
PFF? your better than that
they also said preseason that JPP was statistically the worst DE in tyhe league last year and that Rolle was the worst Saftey in the league this year...
awful kase, just awful site references
[/quote]Id LOVE to see the link where they say that JPP was the worst DE in the league, thats just laughable
Rolle didnt have a great season (playing out of position half of the time) but there's no way he was the worst Safety in the league
If you're gonna make these claims how bout you back it up with facts and links rather than opinions, I make my claims and back them up with factsm links and numbers, you back your claims up with more claims and opinions


text: My mom made creamed chipped beef. SOS is made with hamburger. She also made creamed hard boiled eggs and creamed tuna. Peas were on the side. Unless she made creamed tiny onions and peas. The French call white sauce "Bechamel." Then you can tell everyone you're having a French dish for dinner.


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Hi guys, I have the WD TV Live Gen 3, I think it's also called the WD TV LIVE Streaming. I updated to Fimware 1.07.18 when it became available. I updated it over the network from the device itself. It is connected to my TV using HDMI. Pretty much ever since the update, my netflix and Hulu playback are impossible. Basically the behavior is this:
In Netflix, I can browse around and see all the titles, look at all episodes, etc. HOwever when I try to play a video. it buffers it up and then goes to a black screen with occasional white flickering spots. If I hit stop, it will return to the episode/video selection screen and I can see that some progress has been made in the video, so I think it IS playing it.
In Hulu, it's a crapshoot if Hulu will even start now, after I click on the icon, sometimes it will load fine and I can start a video, however the exact same thing happens as happens on netflix, black screen instead of video playback. Other times, Hulu never loads, just goes to the black screen.
I've no idea what is causing this, and I cannot find a way to rollback my firmware, or reflash the new firmware from USB. I have done a full system restore, no change. The device still plays videos across the network without issue. I searched the forums to see if anyone else had this issue and I was unable to find anything similar. Does anyone know of a methid to rollback the firmware on a Gen 3 WD TV LIVE?
Well I tried that, doesn't give option for upgrade firmware with an older firmware on the usb stick. I've written WD about it as the article suggests. Does anyone recognize the behavior I mentioned? The black screen instead of video playback?
refrax wrote:
Well I tried that, doesn't give option for upgrade firmware with an older firmware on the usb stick.
*You downloaded one of the files using the links on that page?
refrax wrote:
Well I tried that, doesn't give option for upgrade firmware with an older firmware on the usb stick.
Yep, the one prior to 1.07.15, and I have it by itself on a FAT32 flash drive, no option for new firmware on the WD Live. I treid booting the device with the drive in, and also booting the drive with no USB storage attached, and then plugging my flash drive in after it was on.
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Recognition / April 24, 2013
Arthur DiFuria publishes review of "Drama and Devotion"
Art history professor Arthur J. DiFuria, Ph.D., published his review of "Drama and Devotion: Heemskerck's Ecce Homo Altarpiece from Warsaw," the catalogue accompanying the exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum. DiFuria is completing a comprehensive review of the extensive group of drawings prepared by Maerten van Heemskerck during his time in Rome. DiFuria previously received a Presidential Fellowship to advance his research devoted to the Flemish artist.


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During the Women's World Cup quarterfinals Sunday morning, Americans sat glued to their TVs as the U.S. battled Brazil in a thrilling soccer match. After ending overtime in a 2-2 tie, the U.S. won the game in a penalty kick shootout. "I'm at a loss and I literally cannot believe what just happened," said American forward Abby Wambach, who scored a key goal. "But we've got two games left."
The win may sendthe U.S. women on the path to their third World Cup title, and their first since 1999. They will play France in Wednesday's semifinal. The winner of that game meets Sweden or Japan in the final next weekend in Dresden, Germany.
Competition Heats Up
The U.S. wasawarded an early lead after Brazil accidentally scored on their own goal. But the Brazilians got a lucky break when the referee awarded a red card to American Rachel Buehler. This prohibited her from returning onto the field for the rest of the game, leaving the Americans one woman short from the 66th minute on. Brazil was able to tie the game 1-1 before time was up. Then the game went into overtime.
During the second minute of overtime, Brazil scored a goal, and it looked as if they would win. But with only minutes remaining, Wambach tied up the game againwith an incredible header (a shot made with the head). "I kept saying, all it takes is one chance," said Wambach. "I kept holding up one finger to the girls."
Another Loss for Brazil
Each team was awarded penalty kicks to break the tie. The U.S. team made all five attempts. American goalie Hope Solo, who had made a stellar performance all day, blocked Brazil's third penalty kick attempt, winning the match for the U.S. The Americans raced onto the field, and more than 25,000 fans broke out in cheers. "It is a special moment for me and for this team," Solo said.
Brazil has never won a major tournament. They have lost to the Americans multiple times, including in two Olympic gold-medal games. "They fought, they did everything," Brazil coach Kleiton Lima said. "They threw their hearts into it and, of course they were really sad."


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Briarwood Inn • Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
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- A Two-Night Stay for Two, Sundays to Thursdays ($185) or Fridays and Saturdays ($240), in a Queen or King Fireplace Room, with Housekeeping and Breakfast for Two Each Day
- Or, Two-Night Stay for Up to Four ($25 Per Person After Two Guests) in a King Condo or Queen Cottage Any Night of the Week, Breakfast and Housekeeping Not Included ($295)
- Bottle of Wine and Two Keepsake Glasses
- Fine Organic Chocolates
- Afternoon Port and Sherry
Carmel, just south of the Monterey Peninsula on California's Central Coast, got its sea legs as a retreat for painters, poets, actors, and other artists seeking inspiration by the sea. And inspiration they got: Ancient-looking cypress trees stand atop sheer cliffs that plunge into the ocean, with red-and-green bluffs overlooking sprawling swaths of perfect beach punctuated by kites and bounding dogs.
With its ivy-covered cottages and vibrant gardens, The Briarwood Inn, right in the middle of town, sets an equally charming scene. Enjoy a two-night stay for two, Sundays to Thursdays ($185) or Fridays and Saturdays ($240), in a queen or king fireplace room, with housekeeping and breakfast for two each day.
Or, opt for a fireplace-equipped king condo or queen cottage for up to four ($25 per person after two guests) any night of the week at this AAA Three Diamond B&B ($295). Breakfast and housekeeping are not included with this option.
All three packages include a bottle of wine and two keepsake glasses, fine organic chocolates, and afternoon port and sherry.
Your storybook stay starts in the inn's distinctly styled rooms. From rich hardwood walls to elegant floral themes, the accommodations offer private entries, complimentary wireless Internet, full baths, and crackling fireplaces.
Awake to a continental breakfast for two each morning, which includes bagels with cream cheese, fruit, muffins, and other seasonal breakfast items, plus juices, hot chocolate, coffee, and assorted teas.
For picturesque ocean views and a bit of Carmel history, hop onto Scenic Road, which winds its way through town and past a number of noteworthy homes, including a Frank Lloyd Wright house built in 1948. Then, take a leisurely stroll down Carmel Beach's pristine shores.
For a taste of the town's roots, head to the Carmel Art Association, where several galleries are filled with works by more than 120 local artists. The fabled Cottage of Sweets, voted America's number one candy shop by USA Today readers, looks enchanted from the outside, but its delicious confections are the true magic.
Take it from the artists who retreated to Carmel in the early 20th century: This is about as close to a fairy tale as real life gets.
"Briarwood Inn was the secret ingredient in the best vacation I have ever experienced. ... The room was absolutely fantastic! It was very clean, offered privacy, and the amenities were outstanding."-- BedandBreakfast.com
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Given the complexity of academic cheating and what it means for the district, teachers, and students, what should school boards do to preserve the academic integrity of their educational programs? What roles should parents and the community play in examining this issue?
In one suburban district, the school board made the issue of academic integrity a districtwide priority, with the goal of eliminating student cheating in its schools. The board was concerned about how the district addressed cheating incidents, and determined a review and revision of the district's code of conduct was needed to establish detailed descriptions of violations and consequences.
To do this, the board appointed an ad hoc committee, led by the superintendent and made up of community members, to examine the cheating problem. This committee of parents, teachers, administrators, and students was charged with crafting new regulations for a code of conduct.
The concern with academic misconduct revealed a deeper dismay that something was amiss in the messages received implicitly by the students, who are still forming their sense of ethics. Student representatives were not reticent in describing incidents they had witnessed. They listed the many ways cheating took place, including writing on various parts of the body and taking cell phones into the bathroom during tests to text others for answers or to search the Internet for information.
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[quote user="dezzzR"]i feel like bj hasnt got a 3rd an first for a loooong time.
That play had no shot whatsoever. D line was waiting two yards in the offensive backfield. Not on Jacobs at all. It seemed like that handoff took forever. Why would they call a running play that takes that long to execute on 3rd and a foot?</p>[/quote]oh yea i know. im just saying it feels like its been a while since weve seen bj convert short yardage. its predictable and our line always seems to get pushed back. why not have eli dive for the first for once?
lol u guys are nuts... let jacobs Run and lower his shoulders on a direct line he would of gotten it.
But I agree.. it was a slow play and that if Eli sneaks it, we move the stick


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So this morning all the highlights seem to be about Matt Cassel who got cheered for by his own team when he went down with a head injury. The guy said "I've never been more embarrassed playing football in my life like I was in that moment". Those fans are something else.
The question is, take the most hated, fan thinks is overrated player on the Giants. Lets pick...Osi. Hypothetically if Osi went down with a head injury do you guys believe Giants stadium would cheer while the trainers are over the guy? Especially if it was a head injury? Wow, Chiefs fans have set an all time low for sportsmanship


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Chase shootout suspects due in court
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. - Two suspects connected to a shootout that involved a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper are scheduled to be in court Tuesday morning for a preliminary hearing.
The trooper involved is expected to take the stand and testify.
Derrick Kitzmiller is charged with attempted second degree murder. Police say he drove the car that led them on the chase and ended with a shootout with the trooper in Washington County, Tennessee two weeks ago.
Court records identify the passenger of the car as Jennifer Russell who is charged with evading arrest, among other charges.
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Senate proposal lays out separate path for farm labor with immigration reform.
by Amanda Smith, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
Dependent on worker availability, region and farm size, foreign labor has become vital to accomplishing daily operations on some dairy operations. Earlier this week, a bipartisan group of eight senators proposed a new framework for immigration reform in the U.S. Prior to this, the last major attempt at U.S. immigration reform was in 2007.
The key components of the four-page Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform relating to the agricultural workforce were in sections one and four of the proposal. In the last paragraph of Section 1, "Creating a path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants already here that is contingent upon securing the border and combating visa overstays," the senators note:
Similarly, individuals who have been working without legal status in the United States agricultural industry have been performing very important and difficult work to maintain America's food supply while earning subsistence wages. Due to the utmost importance in our nation maintaining the safety of its food supply, agricultural workers who commit to the long-term stability of our nation's agricultural industries will be treated differently than the rest of the undocumented population because of the role they play in ensuring that Americans have safe and secure agricultural products to sell and consume. These individuals will earn a path to citizenship through a different process under our new agricultural worker program.
The second mention of agriculture, and the dairy sector specifically, came in the senators' fourth point, "Admitting new workers and protecting workers' rights," noting that the proposed legislation would:
Create a workable program to meet the needs of America's agricultural industry, including dairy, to find agricultural workers when American workers are not available to fill open positions.
According to an article from Reuters earlier this week, many of the 1.5 million farm workers employed in the U.S. annually - perhaps 500,000 to 900,000 in all - are believed to be in the country illegally.
While there are no guarantees yet, it is time our lawmakers sat down and tackled immigration reform. A comprehensive plan is long over due and essential for many agricultural operations that rely on foreign labor to produce a safe, sustainable and affordable food supple for our nation's citizens.
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I like, now if they would just offer it as a coupe.
The new front face is good, but it doesn't blend with the car. If Volvo was to do a coupe, I'd prefer a coupe based on the S60.
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erkdaklrk:The new front face is good, but it doesn't blend with the car. If Volvo was to do a coupe, I'd prefer a coupe based on the S60.I saw this the other day:http://www.theophiluschin.com/?p=694
I like it but I still prefer the current one.
erkdaklrk:The new front face is good, but it doesn't blend with the car. If Volvo was to do a coupe, I'd prefer a coupe based on the S60.Bellanca5.0:I saw this the other day:http://www.theophiluschin.com/?p=694YES.
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Looks nice, but I wish Volvo's would have a more aggressive head light design.
Good, it needed an update. Now how about the S40 and C30?
Now thats a good lookin Volvo
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I'm not sure. The new Volvo look definitely looks better on this than on the XC60, but I'm just don't know.
Some more pics:And the same old interior.
As someone else mentioned, I like what they did to the front, they soften it up a little bit. But the remainder of the car still has that hard rigid aesthetics to it. Some people love that floating crap they call a center stack, but trust me that novelty wears off VERY quick, and I think its time they update the idea, or get rid of it all together. It's just not as appealing as what its competitor's offer, no matter how innovative and cool they think it is. What's so great about Volvo's design inside and out that they feel they MUST hold on to it. They are unwilling to deviate from it, and if they do only minutely it, their sales certainly represent that not only me feel this way about this their cars.
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It's okay. I think it actually looks better with the top up. It looks kind of awkward as a convertible. The red leather is sexy.
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Earlier this year, a New York man admitted to having transported women from Maine to New York so they could engage in prostitution. The man, Akeem Cruz, was dating a Scarborough woman who was found dead in Long Island, New York, in 2011, along with several other female escorts.
The Polaris Project, a national anti-human-trafficking organization based in Washington DC, notes that sex trafficking can involve elements of fraud, force, or coercion, and often targets economically disadvantaged or otherwise vulnerable young women. Some controversy exists about whether sex trafficking encompasses all forms of commercial sex work (including stripping or pornography). "Beginning with the Bush administration, anti-trafficking policy has largely been driven by interest groups on the far right and left, lobbyists whose mission is the elimination of all types of commercial sex activity," George Washington University sociology professor Ronald Weitzer wrote in a Huffington Post op-ed in 2011, arguing that the issue of sex trafficking was being overblown by media hungry for sensational stories.
Still, as staffers at the Preble Street Teen Center and Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine continue to see indicators of an exploitative system, it seems that Maine will do more in the coming year to provide and expand safe spaces for abused women and girls.
October marked a sad milestone of our ongoing military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan: as of that month, more than 50,000 Americans had been combat-wounded in those theaters — and that's just physical injuries. Tens of thousands more suffer from emotional and mental problems brought on by war. (An additional 6618 have died.)
But this year, we did see increased acknowledgement of those so-called hidden wounds. Military veterans may see their benefits expanded to include certain after-effects of traumatic brain injuries, thanks to a new regulation proposed by the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Traumatic brain injury, a/k/a TBI, involves dizziness and a loss of consciousness or memory, and is often the result of a blow or jolt to the head.
The proposed rule would make official the link between TBI and Parkinson's Syndrome, unprovoked seizures, certain dementias, depression, and hormone deficiency diseases related to certain glands. Whereas veterans formerly had to prove such a link before receiving health care and compensation for those TBI-induced illnesses, this eases the bureaucratic barriers to getting the care they need.
US Representative Mike Michaud, the Democrat representing Maine's 2nd Congressional District, was named ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee this month. In a statement, he expressed support for the rule change. But he warned of logistical complications on the horizon. "While this announcement is a positive step forward, the VA needs to be prepared for the new claims, which could stress an already backlogged and overwhelmed claims process," he said.
Did you know that we are witnessing the waning days of an important tax credit, the federal renewable-energy-production tax credit, which has been instrumental in spurring alt-energy projects, especially wind farms? The credit extends a per-kilowatt-hour tax credit to commercial and industrial energy producers. Essentially, it is a federal subsidy, similar to the ones from which big oil has benefited for decades. Supporters, like US Senator Mark Udall (D-Colorado) — who took to the Senate floor this month to highlight how important wind-power development is for America in general and for Maine in particular — believe the wind industry can provide manufacturing jobs while increasing our energy independence. Opponents say the industry no longer needs financial assistance, and should prove that it can stand on its own.
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Warm and Welcoming Alpaca Farm
Chimney Hill Estate and Ol' Barn Inn • Lambertville, NJ
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- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Two, Checking in Fridays, in Barn Suite 3 or 4 ($428)
- Daily Full Breakfast
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- In-Room Bottle of Wine
- Sack of Alpaca Feed
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Founded in 1705, Lambertville, New Jersey, is an unassuming town on the banks of the Delaware River. Lovingly preserved Victorians and Federal-style row houses give its downtown district a charming aesthetic, while antique markets, coffee shops, and artisan galleries draw a creative crowd. Last, but certainly not least, the historic Delaware & Raritan Canal snakes through Lambertville, with a scenic towpath following along beside it for hikers and bikers to enjoy.
The Digs
Less than a mile from downtown, Chimney Hill Estate and Ol' Barn Inn is part bed and breakfast, part alpaca farm. Restored in 1920 by Margaret Spencer, America's first female architect, this 1820 fieldstone home has plenty to bray about—think soft bathrobes and beds fitted with plush linens. Some of the inn's comfortable guest rooms feature crackling fireplaces, and the Barn Suites offer Jacuzzi tubs.
Eight acres of fields and gardens offer plenty of space to meet and greet the property's alpacas, who are ready to befriended anyone offering alpaca feed. Once they've had their fill, head out to pasture and visit the Alpaca Gift Store, where you can browse hats, sweaters, and gloves knitted from the high-quality wool.
The Diversions
• Anton's at the Swan Restaurant
• Unionville Vineyards
• River Horse Brewing Company
• Golden Nugget Antique and Flea Market
• Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park
"This was our second time staying at the Chimney Hill Estate and we remembered why we liked it so much. The rooms are wonderfully decorated and make you feel right at home. Getting to visit and feed the alpacas was so much fun."-- TripAdvisor
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The high-powered offence which propelled the Breakers to consecutive ANBL titles has yet to reappear, but their quest for a third crown has suffered little in its absence.
The Breakers are sitting pretty near the top of the ladder after the first month of the season, with last night's 11-point win in Melbourne the latest example of the defending champions grinding out results while below their best.
With a 3-1 record, they are in the same position they were after four rounds in their last campaign - but that's where the similarities end.
In their first three victories last season the Breakers were blowing teams out, averaging 99 points and conceding 77. This time around, with their offence out of touch and averaging 74 points in their three wins, the North Shore club have tightened the screws on defence to give up only 65 points per game.
Where in the past the Breakers were scoring for fun and cruising to big wins, these Breakers have relied on their defence to keep them in games when their shooting has been wayward.
"That's been our thing so far this year," centre Alex Pledger said. "The last couple of years we've been known as a team that can score pretty much at will and be a little in and out defensively.
"But this year we've been pretty good defensively most of the time and a little erratic offensively."
There are personnel factors behind the shift in approach. Gary Wilkinson was consistently among the Breakers best at the offensive end of the court, averaging more than 16 points per game in his time with the club, whereas Pledger prides himself on his ability under his own hoop.
And with good reason. The 25-year-old leads the league by a wide margin with 14 blocks from four games, while he has recovered from the ignominy of being held without a rebound in the Breakers' opening loss against Perth to sit 10th in total boards.
"That's an area where I can have the biggest impact on the game," Pledger said. "I might not be able to score and stretch the floor the way Gary could, but I like to think that I bring a little more as a defensive presence."
Another element in the reduced offensive output has been an inhibited Tom Abercrombie. Usually free-scoring, the swingman was still feeling the effects of last season's ankle injury in the first few games, averaging just 10 points, but he has begun to show signs of returning to his best.
He led the Breakers with 20 points last night and Pledger said his Tall Blacks teammate was looking far more comfortable.
With Abercrombie improving every game and the offence yet to hit top speed, Pledger sounded an ominous warning for the rest of the league.
"We definitely haven't played anywhere near our best ... but we're still findings ways to get wins," he said. "As soon as we get that shooting touch and get that flow offensively, we'll be pretty good."


text: I don't know where her birthday party was, but in California she couldn't legally have had it in a bar. I think that there very likely is more. I doubt her father is just worried about a little drinking and getting stoned on one occasion. I don't think Hannah Montana is the only reason the Cyrus family has problems, but I would not be surprised if it were a factor. Teenage stars aren't treated the same as other teens and don't get to develop the same way as others do. But, there's also bad parenting, which could include their decisions about Miley and her career. I also have the impression that her parents have pretty much been giving her free reign for several years. A lot of parents would not have been okay with their high school daughter dating a guy who already was of drinking age. I get the impression that the parents realized a while ago that they had made a mistake putting Miley in the public eye and entertainment business. I heard somewhere that they decided that they didn't want to let her younger sister do the same thing.


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Soledad "Choly" Taylor, 72, passed away peacefully on April 16, 2014 at Broadmoore Assisted Living Facility in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Choly was born in Havana, Cuba on March 4, 1942. She came to Key West from Cuba in 1962 with her parents. She owned Choly's Hair Salon at the Sportsman's Inn Hotel until she moved to Miami, in 1978. Choly will be greatly missed by her family and will always be remembered for her caring, and kind heart and her infectious laughter. She loved attending church and spending time with family.
She was preceded in passing by her father, Arturo Cobo Sr., her husband, Ray W. Taylor Sr., and son, Ray W. Taylor, Jr. She is survived by her mother Esther Avila Cobo, brother, Arturo (Aleida) Cobo, daughter, Dori (Rick) Pipitone, sons, Richard (Joyce) Taylor, Rodney (Taylor) Taylor and Randy (Shea) Taylor. Grandchildren, Jennifer, Tiffany, Brittney, Sabrina, Tabitha, Alejandro, Javier, Necole, Ashley, Randy, Ryan, Chase and 13 great grandchildren, two nieces, Elsa Cobo Degraffenreid and Becky Cobo and 4 grand-nieces and nephew.
Choly was laid to rest alongside her father and grandmother at Woodlawn Park Cemetery in Miami, Fla. on April 19, 2014.


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Corsair Shows Off Sabre RGB Gaming Mice With Optical and Laser Sensors
Subject: General Tech | November 1, 2014 - 05:55 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: optical, mice, laser mouse, gaming mouse, corsair
Corsair showed off new gaming mice at PAX Australia outfitted with your choice of optical or laser sensors. The new Sabre RGB mice are squarely aimed at PC gamers with a stylish automotive design aesthetic, customizable lighting, programmable buttons, and the choice of sensors. The optical model starts at $60 while the laser sensor variant has an MSRP of $70.
Corsair has packed quite a few features into gaming mouse weighing 100 grams. As the name implies, the Sabre RGB includes four LED-backlit lighting zones that can be set to one of 16.8 million colors. There are eight programmable buttons including two under the thumb on the left side of the mouse and a 1.8 meter (5.9 feet) braided USB cable. The choice of sensor and Omron switches rated at 20 million clicks are traits that competitive gamers should appreciate. The optical sensor tops out at 6400 DPI while the laser sensor can hit 8200 DPI. Corsair is bundling the mouse with CUE software which allows gamers to adjust the DPI, acceleration, smoothing, backlighting, macros, and USB reporting rate (25Hz to 1000Hz). According to Corsair Gaming Product Manager Jason Christian, the Sabre RGB was designed to be a lighter and sleeker mouse that builds upon the company's M65 and M45 series.
The Sabre Optical RGB and Sabre Laser RGB are available now for $60 and $70 respectively. More information along with a chance to win a Sabre RGB mouse, NVIDIA graphics card, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel can be found on the Corsair Gaming website.
Also read: Computex 2014: Corsair's Cherry MX RGB Keyboards Launch
Razer Refreshes Krait Gaming Mouse With Better Sensor
Subject: General Tech | November 27, 2012 - 09:53 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: razer, mouse, mice, krait, gaming, 6400 dpi, 4G sensor
Earlier this month Razer announced that it would be updating its DeathAdder gaming mouse with a new sensor and texturized grips. Now, it looks as though the peripheral company is going to be updating its Krait mouse as well.
The budget gaming mouse will be getting an updated 4G infrared sensor that has a maximum of 6400 DPI resolution for sniping precision. The DPI can be changed on the fly with the Krait as well. Measuring 116mm x 52mm x 36mm and weighing 85 grams, Razer has kept the same overall form factor and design as the original Krait, but has removed the strip of LEDs on the side and replaced them with new texturized rubber grips that are designed to improve grip. Support for Synapse 2.0 is also coming to the new Krait mouse, which will allow you to sync your mouse settings to other computers.
Compared to the original Krait's 1600 DPI, the updated model should bring the classic design into the hands of modern gamers that are used to higher precision mice. At least that's the idea. It will be interesting to see how well received Razer's updated designs will be.
According to EXPreview, the updated Krait will cost 299 Yuan, which works out to just under $50 USD. Unfortunately, there is no word on a specific release date.
Corsair is a vengeful beast: K90, the (Black)Widow's maker?
Subject: General Tech | September 17, 2011 - 04:30 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: mice, mechanical keyboard, corsair
For such an old technology it certainly seems like gaming mechanical keyboards are making a surge into the market lately. More and more hands are in the pot full of Cherries; each hand with their personal set of distinguishing features to set their offering apart from all the others. Some prefer to opt for backlighting; some prefer to opt for ludicrous amounts of keys to be pressed at once; and some prefer to duke it out in switch type, extra buttons, and price. Razer recently jumped in to the fray with their premiere and recently expanded BlackWidow product line. Corsair seems to have their sights directly on Razer, however, with their own mechanical keyboard lineup: The Vengence K60 FPS keyboard and the K90 MMO keyboard the latter with blue backlighting. Also announced are two gaming mice, one to complement each keyboard with similar model numbers: M60 and M90.
Are your ears burning Razer? This could get bloody.
I must say that upon overviewing Corsair's claims of a 20KRO keyboard I am quite interested in this product. According to their product page, they have essentially created the basis of an NKRO keyboard by isolating every key from each other (rather than having certain combinations of as low as 3 keys confuse the controller) but instead of using a native PS/2 controller for real NKRO they opted for messing with USB in such a way to allow up to 20 keys pressed at once. While the question still remains of how up-to "up-to" really is, if they really isolated every key it is possible that you simply will not have enough fingers to jam the keyboard without physically trying to make it happen. Such a feat is possible, however: Microsoft has done a similar accomplishment with their SideWinder X4 keyboard, claiming 26KRO over USB.
I mean honestly, who needs two hands on your FPS keyboard?
It seems very much like Corsair is attempting to ram into the market chest-first like some Cherry-flavored Kool-Aid man. A special one-handed wristguard for the FPS model and replaceable keycaps for the WSAD and number keys knowing that without backlighting they are the first to go show that they thought this through before they made their leap. The backlight K90 also priced nearly identically to Razer's BlackWidow Ultimate at $129 with the FPS-centric K60 priced at $109 though that price includes the wrist guard. The two mice are priced at $79 for the M90 and $69 for the M60. Update 9/17/2011: I forgot to mention, Corsair said it should be available in October.
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Hi Everyone, No blocks for me...That doesn't mean you can't show me yours....Eye Candy Pleeeeeze!!!!
Hi Everyone, No blocks for me...That doesn't mean you can't show me yours....Eye Candy Pleeeeeze!!!!
I didn't make the Flying Clouds yet, have to wait till my fabric arrives. Here's my Friendship Star, thanks to QNS :DAttachment 333885
Great Boots!!!
Here comes a flying cloud...of dust tunneling up to the sky...Attachment 333932and friendship star, a pigtailed girl...Attachment 333933I was one once upon a time long ago until I reached third grade. Then Grandma cut my hair and gave me my first perm. And you are welcome, Ansel. Sharing what I have been blessed with always gives me happiness.
Somehow the box of Pony Quilt fabric just keeps growing. Just maybe I need to stay out of quilt shops and nothing would call my name...
QuiltE, have you checked your email lately??
Great blocks Anael and QNS. QNS i love how you have a story to go with your blocks, you should write a journal to go with this quilt.
Here are mine for this week
Anael ... nice and crisp on the contrasts! I bet I can guess where that fabric came from!! :)
QNSue ... As always, originality beyond us all. Like that dust storm, naturally created? or from those horses stirring up the dirt? Great contrasts and points on the Star ... familiar centre!! :) Will check the email!
MiraB ... YOur stripes really work well in that star! And as always both are just beautiful!
And now for mine ... Some angry storm clouds, with some sunny breaks. Then some friends playing together with their ponies!
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Great looking blocks QuiltE! I had some trouble getting all those squares in Flying Cloud going the correct way. Thought it would be a breeze, but wasn't! Here are my blocks for this week!
JeanieG ... I know what you mean! Even with PPing, I kept checking and double checking to make sure I had things lined up right. You'd think that with so few fabrics it'd be simpler. Or did we just make it difficult? Refreshing breeze from those flying clouds, blowing over the matching incredibly FC horses! Love how all those greens come together ... they look ever so refreshing with a sun beam coming down on them.


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Sticky residue, also know as semen, left above the upper lip of the person who just gave a blow job. The semen dries to give the appearance of a white mustache. Got cum?
The fuckin' cumstache I left on Miss Stewart made the bitch look like Santa Clause in a snow storm, ho ho ho, bitch!
by Pimp Daddy Chad May 03, 2003
A mustache of semen (cum) that is delacately layed on the upper lip of a female, or in a homosexuals case on the upper lip of a man. This can be licked off by any partner and deposited into a sink or swallowed. Make sure there are no STD's while preforming this sexual activity. Best done after oral sex.
Dude i was gettin head from this chick and i cumed on her face and made a cumstache outta it... it was gnarly. it was a true work of art! She swallowed it and everything!
by Alex Ostrow April 18, 2006
by matt + ed March 04, 2004
After the act of oral sex, on occasion the partner's cum is left behind on the upper lip, under the nose. This can resemble a mustache and commonly confused as a milk mustache.
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text: I was wondering if anyone here does the early morning black friday shopping. I did it the last 2 years. The first year I went to a home supply store and bought a cheap screw driver set and a few LED flash lights really cheap. Last year I scored a 10" android tablet from another home construction supply store for $45 along with a quarts heater for 75% off. Last year a store had a big gun safe for around 75% off. I did not buy one, but it was pretty funny watching people try to load it into there cars trucks. four guys lifting one guy guiding. This year I have not really seen anything that I am interested in other then a stainless steel wet dry shop vac for $19. But, I am not going to go freeze my rear off at 4:00 am to save $20. So, are any of you planning to get out there first thing friday morning? If so what are you trying to purchase?


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Politicians: Clean Water, Air and Soil Should Be Your Priority
We are, above all else, biological beings, with an absolute need for clean air from the moment of birth to the last death rattle. We are about 60 per cent water by weight, so we need clean water to be healthy. We eat plants and animals for our nourishment, so whatever they're exposed to ends up in our bodies. We need clean soil to give us clean food. These are basic, biological facts and should be the prism through which any decision is made at individual, corporate or government levels. Protection of air, water, soil and the web of life should be the highest social, political and economic priority.


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Popular property highlights
University of Sydney is within a mile (2 km) of Mercure Sydney, and other popular sites like Circular Quay are within a couple of miles (3 km). This 517-room, 4-star hotel has conveniences like an indoor pool, a fitness center, and a rooftop terrace. Near the airport, it's also near Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.
This hotel is home to a restaurant and a bar/lounge. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with 24-hour room service. For your convenience, a buffet breakfast is served for a fee each morning from 6:30 AM to 10 AM.
The 517 rooms are air-conditioned and have an array of amenities, including refrigerators, minibars, and coffee makers. Guests can expect WiFi and LCD TVs with satellite channels and pay movies. Beds are dressed in premium bedding and pillow menus, and bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Other standard amenities include safes, phones, and ironing boards.
At Mercure Sydney, guests enjoy an indoor pool, a fitness center, and a rooftop terrace. If you drive, self parking is AUD 45 per day, or you can take advantage of the airport shuttle (available 24 hours). Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk can assist with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Other amenities at this family-friendly hotel include WiFi in public areas, conference space, and a business center.
Property features
- Close to University of Sydney
- Onsite dining
- Indoor pool
- Fitness center
Mercure Sydney
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
With a convenient location in the heart of the entertainment district, Mercure Sydney puts guests within easy reach of the Capitol Theatre, the Powerhouse Museum, the aquarium, and Darling Harbour shops and restaurants.
The hotel's rooftop indoor pool area, situated on the 15th floor, has large windows framing city views. Guests can dine at Four Elements Restaurant, or enjoy light fare at the bar Eve's. A fitness center is also on site. WiFi and wired Internet access are available (surcharge), guests have 30 minutes complimentary access. 8 meeting rooms provide 18,626 square feet (1,731 square meters) of space with audiovisual equipment.
The hotel is 656 feet (200 meters) from Sydney Central rail station, providing speedy access to the airport and other key destinations. An airport shuttle and secure parking are available for a fee. Pets are not allowed.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 517
- Number of floors - 15
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Tours/ticket assistance
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- ATM/banking
- Concierge services
- Laundry facilities
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Airport transportation
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 8
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (feet) - 18626
- Conference space size (meters) - 1730
- Indoor pool
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( AUD 10 per night )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( AUD 10 per 24-hour period ), Wired high-speed internet ( AUD 10 per night )
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Mercure Sydney offers 517 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Beds feature premium bedding. A pillow menu is available. LCD televisions come with premium satellite channels and pay movies. Refrigerators and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
In-room wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Refrigerator
- WiFi (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Shower/tub combination
- Room service (24 hours)
- Pillow menu
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Four Elements Restaurant & Bar - Outstanding Australian wines paired with locally inspired regional fare and produce. Seafood, poultry, lamb, pork vegetarian dishes with an accent on fresh local ingredients. Open daily for buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Eve's - Located on the street level, on Railway Square. Pub atmosphere. Drinks, snacks, happy hour. Open daily.
Nearby Things to Do
Mercure Sydney's indoor rooftop pool is on the 15th floor and accessed via the via the 14th floor. The 12-metre-long pool is open from early morning till late night. It is heated during the colder seasons. Other facilities include an air-conditioned gym and a sauna.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at midnight
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 15 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for AUD 30 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property 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.
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same property / stay dates).
- Deposit: AUD 100.00 per stay
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Up to 2 children 15 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Kids stay & eat breakfast free
Book a stay in any room type and receive the following:
- Accommodations as selected
- 2 children up to 15 years stay free using existing bedding
- 2 children up to 15 years eat free breakfast when dining with parents at Four Elements Restaurant
National Rating
This property has been awarded a star rating from the Australian Star Ratings Agency, Star Ratings Australia.


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Muslims around the world and in the US have long been subject to negative stereotyping where they are presented as terrorists, as uncivilized, barbaric, exotic peoples who are oppressive to women. This portrayal of Islam and Muslims is perpetuated by many sectors of the US mainstream media as well as public edcuational institutions. The following are five of the most widely held misconceptions about Islam and Muslims.
Islam Degrades Women
One of the most generally held misconceptions about Islam is that it is a mysogynistic religion: it requires Muslim women to cover their entire bodies except for parts of their faces, it sanctions different divorce rights based on gender, and it allows Muslim men to limit the freedom of movement of Muslim women.
Indeed, a brief look at the countries in which Islam is the predominant religion would support these views: per Saudi Traffic Law – Women are not allowed to drive. Essentially this is because Muslim clerics have declared it forbidden, and thus the traffic department refuses to grant women licenses; until recently in Afghanistan, women were forced to remain at home, and were required to be entirely covered when they did emerge; in Nigeria, there have been accounts of rape victims being stoned to death for engaging in extramarital sex.
Yet many Muslim scholars today are emphasizing the distinction between what Islam as a religion advocates, and what Muslims (who often live in impoverished societies with little access to education) do. They draw attention to the fact that the laws sanctioning such misogynistic behavior are not advocated in the Quran (the holy text in Islam), but that this traditional Islamic jurisprudence (known in Arabic as shari'ah) was written primarily by Muslim men in the 10th-12th centuries who were interpreting the Quran to fit their own socio-cultural circumstances. Today many progressive Muslims are emphasizing the importance of re-interpreting the Quran for the present day, allowing Islam's ideals of social and gender justice to be highlighted. They point out the many sections in the Quran regarding the equality of men and women. According to these individuals, there is little basis in Islam for these violations of the rights of women. Rather, these practices are the products of laws written by Muslim jurists hundreds of years ago, combined with local customs... practices that don't reflect the egalitarian and humanitarian nature of Islam.
Just as Christian, Jewish, and other societies have evolved over the centuries gradually to allow greater rights to women, Muslim intellectuals insist that Muslim societies will also do so, if given the opportunity. Iran, a country in which there is a large reform movement among the younger generation, is one such example. However, US and Western intervention over the past century has kept the Muslim world in a state of political and economic unrest, making social change virtually impossible.
Islam is Intolerant of Non-Muslims
Recent announcements on television and radio by Osama Bin Laden and others who claim to speak in the name of Islam espouse a view that Muslims are a racist people with little tolerance, and even a desire to destroy, non-Muslim societies, and especially Jews. While these extremists and the Western xenophobes who oppose them attribute these opinions to Islam, an observer needs to separate politics from religion to understand the situation more clearly.
The Quran and other Muslim texts preach tolerance of non-Muslims and especially emphasize the value of human life, the ban on killing non-combatants, and respect for people of other religions. The fact that many acts of terror in recent years have been perpetrated by Muslims should not lead us to lay the blame on the religion of these individuals, since Christian, Jewish, and other histories - even in present times - are similarly filled with instances of violence waged in the name of their faiths. Rather, we should investigate the underlying motives of these individuals, most of whom come from nations in which the United States government has long been supporting puppet governments and providing funding for military actions against the people of these countries. We could point to the United States' support of the Saudi regime, in which the royal family is allowed by the US to rule in an undemocratic fashion in exchange for providing cheap oil resources; or the US' annual financial aid of about $9 billion to the government of Israel which uses these funds in its continued illegal occupation of Palestinian lands; or the US' financial backing of Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.
Such circumstances provoke the oppressed people of these nations to feel great animosity towards the United States. And just as others have unjustifiably pointed to religion as the inspiration for their actions, these individuals similarly claim Islam as their motivation, despite the numerous instances in the Quran which discourage them from doing so. Thus, in order to understand the root of the violence, it is important to recognize the significance of the role of US foreign policy in world politics as well.
Islam Advocates Conservatism
In various parts of the world, including the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia, there exist countries which claim to base their governmental system on Islamic law, and which are also strongly associated with conservatism. Such countries have limited opportunities for freedom of speech, and are well known for their violations of human rights, especially those of women, homosexuals, and non-Muslims. For this reason, Islam as a religion has come to be associated with conservatism and fundamentalism.
What this view does not acknowledge, however, is that the laws that govern these nations were written by men, and are not directly stated anywhere in the Quran or hadith (i.e. the speech and actions of the prophet Muhammad). While the individuals who wrote them would state that they were inspired by Islamic ideals, it is important to note that Islamic jurisprudence was written by men living more than 1000 years ago who were interpreting the Islamic holy texts to fit the patriarchal society which was prevalent not just in the Arabian peninsula where they lived, but throughout the world.
Today, many progressive Muslims are calling for a re-interpretation of the Quran and hadith to produce a revitalized system of Islamic jurisprudence that reflects the tolerance of individuals of different genders, religions, and sexualities, within the Islamic framework. With this view, it would be incorrect to state that Islam as a religion promotes conservatism and fundamentalism, but rather that a more contemporary interpretation of holy texts is required, free of the socio-cultural constraints present hundreds of years ago.
All Muslims are Arabs, and All Arabs are Muslims
Another myth prevalent today is that all Muslims are Arabs, all Arabs are Muslims, or that these two groups are in fact one and the same. This misconception could not be further from the truth. While Muslims are those who subscribe to the religion of Islam, Arabs are a linguistic and cultural group found mainly in the Middle East.
Islam is the religion of over 1.2 billion people in the world today, and only 15-20% of these are Arabs. In fact, the nations with the largest Muslim populations are Indonesia and India, and Muslims today come from a tremendous range of ethnic groups, including Asians, Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics.
Arabs, meanwhile, represent a number of different religions, not just Islam. Throughout the Arab world, there are Christians, such as those in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt, as well as Jews, such as those in Iraq, Yemen, and Morocco, and members of other religious groups.
Jihad Means Holy War, and it is Being Waged Against the West
In the past few years, the term jihad, literally "struggle" in Arabic, has become one of the most misunderstood terms surrounding Islam. Many have come to see the word as meaning a "holy war," one in which the entirety of the West and non-Muslims are being targeted.
The word jihad is used by Muslims to mean a struggle on three different levels to bring oneself closer to God. Firstly, it is an internal struggle against one's own selfish tendencies so that an individual becomes more spiritual and moral. Secondly, it is a struggle on the level of one's community, for goals such as social justice and human rights. Thirdly, jihad can be an armed struggle in the name of Islam, either for self-defense, to establish justice, or to deter an aggressor. As noted above, individuals who have been trampled by global politics have often turned to this final definition as justification for their violent actions against the United States, despite the presence of many sections in the Quran banning the killing of, and the violence against, innocents. Thus, while jihad sometimes - but not always - implies violence, many Muslims would object to its use in this context, stating that the actions of Bin Laden and others are primarily politically motivated, and not justifiable by Muslim texts.
Reference: Progressive Muslims. Ed. by Omid Safi. Oneworld Publications (UK), 2003.


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Our NEW addition to the Camille La Vie Bridal Collection includes this Grecian Chiffon Wedding Dress featuring an encrusted jeweled empire waist, stunningly soft cap sleeves and a classic sweetheart neckline. We were so excited for Wedding Wednesday to roll in so we could feature this beauty! And the best part of this style is the versatility factor. If you're a girl who loves finding the ultimate evening gowns fit not only for your wedding, but other cherished social occasions, this dress is the perfect option. Plan your wedding day off right and opt for a bridal look that exudes all this is CHIC and DIVINE. And for the lady with more whimsical tastes in wedding gowns, we have a range of ball gowns and flowing train-length looks to choose.


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Kendra L. Parker, left, and Samuel L. Wisecup have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated motor vehicle theft in connection with the death of 32-year-old Yampa resident Gillian Gentile.
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Friends: Woman found dead in Steamboat Springs hotel caught up in love triangle
A former boyfriend of Gillian "Jill" Gentile, the Yampa woman whose body was found Friday in a Steamboat Springs hotel room, said Gentile asked him to help her mislead another woman about a relationship involving Sam Wisecup. Gentile's death is being investigated as a possible homicide.
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