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Nice location in small town (village?) center/promenade with restaurant. No problem with parking despite central location. Because of our poor French skills we had some communication breakdowns with the French only staff. We managed to get the hotel bill when we wanted to pay for the food for instance.
Great location, close to restaurants and bars and in the historic part of Castres. V spacious room and bathroom. Quirky hotel! Whilst decor quirky it had seen better days. Room v dark but comfortable. Need to be aware that staff speak no english but with our limited skills we got by and friendliness compensated.
Very good located, nice decorated and spacious room. We could park our motor gratis in a secured space. Good value for money. The breakfast should have a bit more variation.
Room was fantastic. Hotel decor was very special. The hotel was very central. Amongst plenty of shops and restaurants.
lovely hotel
everybody was very kind and helpful
It is a wonderfully eccentric old place and fun to stay at. It must be a nightmare to keep clean with all the "stuff" scattered about. (Get someone to dust under the beds more often!) Very pleasant helpful staff. I would like to stay on a Fri or Sat night to see if it livens up a bit. You do not stay here for the view from the bedroom!
beautiful hotel, very large room and beautiful bathroom. the hotel is situatet in the centre of Castres, but quiet.
Convenient for town centre Layout of bathroom wrong. Toilet squeezed between radiator and wash basin with large empty space elsewhere
Hotel was fabulous and we absolutely loved it. The room was huge and beautifully decorated. The reception area looks like a film set. All good
air con didnt work, no tea and coffee facility in room no glasses no full length mirror
The owner and staff were most helful and made our stay very relaxing and enjoyable. The food was very good. The hotel was also convenient for Carcassonne airport.
A grand old house, beautiful park, good facilities, very comfortable, good food, and extremely helpful and friendly staff.
It is an extremely relaxing hotel to stay with many lovely areas, particularly the library. It would have been nice to have tea and coffee facilities within your room
tranquility peaceful surroundings, excellent meals very comfortable accommodation and friendly staff no
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Superb location for long relaxing weekend. Excellent blend of authentic but well run hotel with the right level of modern comforts. None
Wonderful in every way. A warm welcome,excellent room, delicious food and stunning surroundings. We felt truly pampered. The location was well placed for a wide range of top places to visit. We hope to return. No
We liked everything: the very kind, friendly and thoughtful staff, the delicious meal, the super comfy beds, spacious bedrooms, calmness and cleanliness of the place, beautiful surroundings, fantastic library with books, movies and music at out disposal. We loved sitting by the fireplace in the evenings roasting chestnuts we had picked up on the roadside (their staff provided us the needed tools and showed us how to roast the nuts). We intend to return for a longer stay because our children loved this place. Nothing.
Wij noemen ons het liefste een Guesthouse zei de Belgische gastheer en dat was precies hoe je je ook voelde: een GAST!! Wat een geweldige gastvrijheid en vriendelijkheid.En in elke ruimte is werkelijk op ieder detail gelet,bv.bij aankomst op de kamer brandden de lampen en stond er heel zacht klassieke muziek aan- in het restaurant stond bij elk bord een vaasje bloemen-omdat het wat koud was brandde de open haard in de prachtige salon etc.Een geweldig verblijf!!!
Quiet Clean Nice furnitures space of room Forest and fields environment
Brilliant service, very very warm welcome, comfortable rooms, good amenities and facilities. Would recommend this to all but larger families / families with teenage children. Very refreshing experience!
comfortable and convenience of in hotel dining poor location and not aware that it was in an industrial estate outside Castres.Hotel restaurant closed Friday to Monday
nice room, good value for money
Staff responsiveness No
A little difficult to find, they need a sign on both sides of the road.
facilities like TV channels, kettle, heating system. staff and price. position good for shopping position: by the main road.
Nothing, except that it was a place to sleep It is a cheap and nasty hotel, located in an industrial estate. It has no attractions for anyone other than a business traveller of a very tight budget. Its website and other promotional material gave no impression of how far it is from any amenities/attractions. Thoroughly disappointing experience, even at the value price.
Reception staff were most accomodating. Rooms were spacous and modern. Comfortable beds and good food at dinner time. Breakfast was only adequate. We had to wait for provisions to be re stocked and there was insufficient attention paid to coffee replenishment.
Good location, good option for anyone that is seeking a nice hotel to sleep during a business trip.
The situation within the town.
Fabilouse place to be, abbey transformedinto nice hotel in big landscaping Staff was very poor, not hotel minded, my reservation was not made upon arrival, lot of facilities were not possible due a wedding that was going on in the hotel.Room was ery hot, needed a standing fan.Becaue of the wedding wasnot ossible to make reservation in restaurant, next day it was closed, staff did not inform about and did not care!!!!!! Due festival in the village lot of noise until 12.30 at night. After that noise from the kitchen. Next da at 6.15 am I woke up from the garbage truck who was emptiing the garbageof the kitchen. Very disepointed since hotel has such potential to have a great stay.
Amazing building and setting. We had a 'Histoire' room which was a bit small.
We loved the Abbaye...basic clean rooms that are well priced. We stayed in the 3 star rooms which were a good size, but apparently the 2 star are very small (2 of our group stayed in one of these rooms). We were very fortunate to have a Medieval Festival being held in the Abbaye grounds while we were there, the children loved it...so did the adults!
The rooms were pretty and charming. I stayed at 3 star side and my sister in the 2 star wing. Not to much difference, 3 was bigger& high ceilings, but if budget is an issue, 2 star was a good value. We ate at the dinging room, a little $ but good food, lovely service. the village is so pretty great to wander down the little streets. This hotel worked for me because it was on my way to provence, fun to check out for a night or two. There were a couple of casual dining spots in village but be warned it is a pretty quiet little place. One pub seemed full of young kids20's. But not a lot else going on. Beautiful spot for walking the flower filled village, great photo ops!
The evening Menu was excellent and price reasonable, All the staff were helpful especially as our French was poor.
The building was magnificent with a lot of historical charm. The staff were firendly and helpful. The restaurant was and choice of dishes was good fot the time of year. It was not easy to find the entrance.
compact clean and novel hotel in a very pleasant location Soreze was a very quiet town,
we liked everything! it was perfect for me, my husband and 2 year old son! no it was great!

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I've determined to contact my congressman with the following question: Why should companies like Direct Buy Auto Warranty (DBW) even have access to a share of the national market for selling auto warranties to consumers with 100,000+ mileage on their cars as it is obvious, at least to this consumer, that they are so well-rehearsed and at-the-ready for denying claims based on an automobile's "pre-existing" problems?
I'm addressing this problem to our lawmakers because it may require an amendment to
Thus the beginning of a long drawn out process. First must be to find out exactly how many claims are honored on higher mileage cars by DBW realistically as opposed to simply offering a consumer to (in essence) pay back their down payment already paid to DBW on a repair when a consumer has more than that invested in a shared-risk business such as, and specifically, DBW.
I only wonder if there should be a law to mandate that such companies get all the reasons from the consumer for which they've the foreknowledge and predictability experience for denying a claim up front, at the point-of-sale (POS) and not just at claim time, as it will allow consumers the option of not investing in what one suspects to be a very useless extended warranty to far too many consumers.
Of course, new cars today are being sold with 5/10 years 50,000/100,000 miles unbeatable factory warranties - and this would create a very narrow window of opportunity for these companies to blatantly rip off consumers as I'm sure I was ripped-off. But no one owes them, or any assurance company like them, to add to their monthly, quarterly and/or annual financial statements for false securiy and very superficial service in return.
Company reps knowing the laws to protect the business only will never be enough to keep these kind of jobs from being outsourced to China, India, Brazil etc. - and it's unpatriotic to not trust the American way, no matter how long it takes. And, as I'm sure the problem is bigger than DBW, I will forward all rebuttals to my congressman. The company knows the problem.
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Hello all! I've installed my 2.5" lift and are looking forward to larger tires. The problem is the spare. Which spare tire extender/holder do you recommend so that I don't bend my hinges on my rear door. I have a 2012 JK Sarah. My son is urging 35" tires, I'm thinking of 33's. I do offroad, but not hard core rock crawling.
I just ordered the Ace Pro Series rear bumper with tire carrier. It's reasonably priced and based on all the positive comments on this forum about Ace products the quality should be fantastic. I have 35's too.
That is just one option out of hundreds. Good luck and happy tire carrier hunting!
never heard of the Jeep Sarah. must be a new model? oh, you mean the sahara? JK! :D
there are so many options for a tire carrier. you can get bumper+tire carriers or just oversize tire carriers. a few people on here are opting for just the tire carrier (from what I've been reading). it's the Teraflex hinged tire carrier, it's $400 I think, but it doesn't require a new bumper and holds up to a 35" tire just fine, apparently (I do not own one).
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if you think $499 is expensive, go check out the rear bumpers that come with tire carriers.....woah.
and yes, ACE is the more reasonably priced bumper+tire carrier combo, IMO.
If you go with 33" tires, you really won't need a new tire carrier.
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The University of Manitoba Students' Union voted to strip funding and official club status from an anti-Israel group on campus.
The vote on April 11 went against legal advice and bucked the trend among other student councils at Canadian universities which in recent months have voted to divest from Israel.
The vote of 19 to 15 prohibits Students Against Israeli Apartheid, or SAIA, from receiving funding from the student union or using student union facilities for club activities.
The resolution references the Manitoba Human Rights Code and accuses the club of "discrimination" and "harassment."
Prior to the vote, the student union's attorney issued an opinion reading in part, "the actions of SAIA were well within the grounds of legally protected and acceptable political discourse." The legal opinion warned that barring the group could expose the student union to legal liability, according to the National Post.
SAIA has branches on several Canadian campuses and organizes the annual Israel Apartheid Week.Supporters of SAIA have said they will fight the decision.
"We are shocked that UMSU would ban Students Against Israeli Apartheid without any evidence or basis for the accusations brought forward in the motion," said spokeswoman Liz Carlyle in a statement released by the Winnipeg Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid.
B'nai B'rith Canada hailed the vote as "precedent setting" and called for other universities to follow suit.
Not all Canadian backers of Israel supported the move. Conservative television commentator and outspoken supporter of Israel, Ezra Levant, condemned SAIA, but warned that the vote set a dangerous precedent on campuses, and made the anti-Israel group look like the victim.
The resolution barring SAIA was the brainchild of student council member Josh Morry, who said that SAIA's events were making Jewish students feel uncomfortable.
"I didn't have to prove that Israel Apartheid Week has actually incited hatred, but that it is likely to undermine the dignity or self-esteem of students on campus who are Zionists," Morry told the Jewish Review.
The University of Manitoba's decision comes after York University's student council endorsed the boycott movement against Israel several weeks ago. In the fall, the graduate student unions at York, the University of Toronto and Concordia University in Montreal also passed resolutions advocating for a boycott of Israel.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
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Case in point:
We were returning to Kailua-Kona for our last two nights on the Big Island. I had made reservations (See, I can plan!) at a cute little inn called the Hula Girl. As we arrived in town after dark, Kurt turned to me and asked, "What's the address?" Me: "Um ...." I scrambled through my bag with my plane reservations and lists of Things We Must Do, but there was no address to be found. In my defense, I did print out an email from the Hula Girl. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite the right email and contained no address or directions. Even when I try to be organized, my subconscious thwarts me.
At this point, we were tired from a long day of sightseeing and horseback riding and wanted nothing more than to get out of the car and settled in our room. We tried the number listed at the bottom of the email but got voicemail. While Kurt considered the situation (and looked chagrined), I said, "No worries! We'll just drive until we find it. How hard can it be?"
He stared at me.
"Seriously," I said, "It's yellow. Yellow! No problem. How many yellow houses can there be?"
He stared some more but finally started driving down the nearest major street. As we turned down a residential street, I could tell that he wasn't feeling my plan.
"Ok," I said, "Let's turn around and go to the internet cafe. We can get the address from the website there."
He instantly perked up and headed to the nearest point where he could turn around. As he was driving, he said (half joking, half exasperated), "It could be anywhere! I mean, it could be that house." He pointed at a nearby house.
Wait. That house was yellow. And three stories. And had shutters.
"Turn in!" I yelled. "I think that's it!"
He pulled into the drive, and we both gawked up at the house. Surely, it couldn't be .. and yet ....
A man approached, and I rolled down my window.
"Rebecca?" he asked, smiling. Kurt gaped.
Me? La-di-da-di-da.
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5 comments:
- BlondesPoopMascara.blogspot.com said...
Well played, Rebecca! Additionally, you would drive me crazy. -Mr. Blonde
- Rebecca said...
Haw! Yes, Kurt is a patient patient man.
- Kat said...
Hee. Awesome. A nice way to go about life.
- casch said...
Oh Mercy! My hubby WOULD NOT be so patient! He'd be irritated with me, but would still insist that I make all the arrangements! Still I don't fly by the seat of my pants, either. I'm pretty darned organized, maybe in a haphazard personal way, but . . . whatever works. By the way, I never noticed you being blonde. Did I miss something?
- Craig Miyamoto said...
Now that's a wonderful story! I of course would have gotten a Yahoo map and a website printout and a separate piece of paper with the address and phone number on it. But then, I'm pretty anal about things like that.
I do love it when stumbling around causes you to fall smack dab at the right doorstep.
(I strongly suspect that Kurt knew all along where the place was, having surreptitiously done his research and memorized it 'way ahead of time. We guys are pretty sneaky that way sometimes ... we know how to manipulate events so women feel good about themselves. LOL.


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Regular readers know that one of my main goals is to preserve and promote tax competition as a means of restraining the greed of the political class. Heck, I almost wound up in a Mexican jail because of my work defending low-tax jurisdictions.
As you can imagine, it's difficult to persuade politicians. After all, why would they support policies such as fiscal sovereignty and financial privacy that hinder their ability to extract more revenue? So I try to educate them about the link between taxes and growth in hopes that they will understand that a vibrant economy also means a large tax base. And I specifically tell them that so-called tax havens play a very valuable role since they are an alternative source of investment capital for nations that have undermined domestic investment with bad tax policy.
I also explain to them that low-tax jurisdictions give companies some much-needed flexibility to maintain operations in an otherwise hostile fiscal environment. Let's look at that specific issue by reviewing some of the findings from a study by two Canadian economists about tax havens and business activity. In the introduction to their study, they describe the general concern (among politicians) that competition between governments will lead to lower tax rates:
Increased mobility of goods and services is apt to give rise to an erosion of corporate tax bases in high-tax industrialized countries, a decline in tax revenues and a rise in competition among governments. Countries seeking to attract and retain mobile investment and the associated tax revenues may be induced to reduce tax rates below the levels that would obtain in the absence of mobility. In the view of some commentators, indeed, increased mobility can lead to a "race to the bottom" driving business tax rates to minimal levels, due to the fiscal externalities that mobility creates.
It certainly is true that tax competition has pressured politicians to lower tax rates, and the academic research shows that this is a good thing, notwithstanding complaints by leftists economists such as Jeffrey Sachs.


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Today we have a list of specs to go along with the new photo, which reveals that the phone will carry a 4.3 inch display with resolution of 720 x 1280. The unit will feature a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor with 1GB of RAM on board and 16GB of native storage is included. The 8MP camera on back captures video in 1080p and the battery is listed at 2000mAh even though an earlier report said that the cell would have a 2800mAh capacity.
Huawei's caption that was published under its picture, hinted that we might see the Huawei Ascend W2 released soon. The caption reads, "June 2013: as anticipated for many rumors, a new ultra-slim attractive design will enrich the collection of smartphones Huawei!".
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- Friday, May 15, 2009, 9 p.m.
- The Steamboat Grand, 2300 Mount Werner Circle, Steamboat Springs
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Steamboat Springs Every chance she's gotten for the past couple of weeks, Ellana Williams has been playing her guitar.
Before she goes to school, when she gets home, when she's watching TV, and when she's practicing with her recently formed rock band, After Shock, Williams has her guitar in hand, working out lines from the Guns N' Roses and Avenged Sevenfold songs After Shock will perform at the sixth annual Teen Battle of the Bands.
Williams' nerves are understandable: Guns N' Roses guitar lines aren't known for their simplicity; and the Battle, which will be After Shock's first public performance, draws about 400 people each year. Doors open at 9 p.m. today at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel.
"I went to it last year, and it's really cool," Williams said. "A lot of people go, and the bands are really good. And there's not a lot of stuff you can do here for teenage musicians, so it's a really good opportunity."
'The audience is No. 1'
Battle of the Bands started after city of Steamboat Springs teen services coordinator director Brooke Lightner saw a need for a place for teenage bands to play.
"We knew that there were teenagers out there practicing their music, but not too many opportunities to showcase their talent," Lightner said. The first battle drew mostly punk and hard rock bands, she said; over time, the set list has grown to include a wide array of musical styles, including, punk, ska, hardcore, reggae, hip-hop and acoustic rock.
The competition is open to any band from Routt County and surrounding areas; band members must be 13 to 19 years old, and must register with Steamboat Springs Teen Programs a week before the contest. The event is open to all ages but is geared toward teens, and is an alcohol- and drug-free night, Lightner said.
Jesse Calhoon, a local drummer who will manage the Battle of the Bands stage for the second time this year, is in charge of coordinating equipment needs and stage set-up with the seven bands registered. For many acts, a three-song set at the Battle is the group's first public performance. To have 400 people hear that set is a weighty learning experience, Calhoon said.
"I think they get comfortable playing in front of people, that's huge, and they get reaction of what their music sounds like, and that's huge. They learn from their mistakes and what sounds good and what sounds bad," he said, pointing out the importance of audience interaction. "The audience is No. 1 when it comes to a band playing on stage, and if you impress the audience, you're going to be a great band."
Competing to win
Five music industry judges rate each act on originality, appearance, musicianship, sound and lyrics, and assign the group an overall score. The Battle champion is decided by the highest combined point tally.
A prize package for the winning act includes a trophy designed by the industrial arts class at Steamboat Springs High School, a band profile in the Steamboat Today, airtime and an interview on KFMU 104.1 FM, and a weeknight gig at Mahogany Ridge Brewery and Grill.
Anthony "Kinne" Kinnecom is one of several musicians who look to the competition as a chance to step up his band's musicianship and performance. Reachthesky, a post-hardcore group that takes its cues from bands such as Attack Attack!, formed a few months ago. Since then, Kinnecom and longtime friend and drummer Shane Burdette have used Reachthesky as a way to sharpen their songwriting skills.
"Basically since the day we met we've been trying to get bands together and get our songs going," Kinnecom said. The band is looking forward to the crowd reaction to its set, Kinnecom said.
"It's just kind of a way for us to get our music out there. We're trying to take this as seriously as we can because we're all dedicated musicians," he said.
This year's Teen Battle of the Bands participants:
¤ The Westons
Band members: Graham Geppert, bass; River Loughran, guitar and lead vocals; Noah Pfaff, lead guitar and backup vocals; Connor Haggerty, drums; Weston Kim, other
Styles of music: Ska, reggae, rock and hip-hop
Time playing together: Eight months
Listed musical influences: Sublime, Jimi Hendrix, NOFX, Slightly Stoopid, Chuck Berry and about 50 others
¤ Reachthesky
Band members: Anthony "Kinne" Kinnecom, vocals; Andrew Kinnecom, bass; Shane Burdette, drums; Johnny Strahan, guitar
Styles of music: Post-hardcore, ambient and electro
Time playing together: One year
Listed musical influences: Attack Attack!, We Came As Romans, Emarosa, The Acacia Strain and A Skylit Drive
¤ Fistful of Flamingos
Band members: Nicolai Buccino, guitar and lead vocals; Jack Massey, guitar; Graham Geppert, bass; Andre Buccino, drums
Styles of music: Acoustic, alternative and reggae
Time playing together: One month
Listed musical influences: Slightly Stoopid, Jack Johnson, Pepper and Sublime
¤ After Shock
Band members: Ellana Williams, guitar and vocals; Maddie Traverse, guitar and vocals; Dalton Perry, bass and vocals; David Kelley, drums
Styles of music: Rock
Time playing together: One month
Listed musical influences: Guns N' Roses, Led Zeppelin and Avenged Sevenfold
¤ Silence the Followers
Band members: Chase Stuart, guitar; Dustin Camp, bass; Josiah Trujillo, vocals; Sean Schneegas, drums
Styles of music: Heavy metal, hardcore
Time playing together: Five months
Listed musical influences: Avenged Sevenfold, As I Lay Dying, Atreyu, Parkway Drive and Belie My Burial
¤ Knock on Wood
Band members: Connor Birch, lead guitar; Max Shoffner, bass and vocals; Jake Supple, guitar and vocals; River Loughran, drums
Styles of music: Reggae, ska and rock
Time playing together: A little less than a year
Listed musical influences: "Sublime to Clapton and everything in between"
¤ Basically Sound
Band members: Guerin Lewis, lead guitar and vocals; Daniel Melvin, drums and back-up vocals
Styles of music: Punk, alternative and rock
Time playing together: One year, five months
Listed musical influences: The White Stripes


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So my MK2 GTI is painted SEM Hot Rod Black which is matte black paint. I am really not sure how to take care of a matte paint and I hope that someone here does. I want to be able to protect it from the weather and dust.
So my MK2 GTI is painted SEM Hot Rod Black which is matte black paint. I am really not sure how to take care of a matte paint and I hope that someone here does. I want to be able to protect it from the weather and dust.
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Canadians can add Cortana, Microsoft's artificially intelligent personal assistant for smartphones, to the long list of technology-related products and services that won't be available north of the border – at least for the foreseeable future.
What makes it worse, is that Cortana is designed not just to be a gadfly who tells jokes on command, but is Microsoft's bold attempt to re-engineer how humans interact with technology (more on that later).
Microsoft's answer to Apple's Siri will be launching in the United States this summer as part of the Windows Phone 8.1 software update coming to new smartphones and some existing ones, with the United Kingdom following afterward. No release date has been announced for Canada.
"I don't know for sure [why] but it probably has something to do with the English and French," said Mary-Ellen Anderson, vice-president of the developer and platform group for Microsoft Canada, in an interview at the company's Build conference in San Francisco. "You don't want to launch something in Canada unless it's in both languages."
In the case of this particular product, the delay is perhaps understandable since Cortana – named after an AI character in Microsoft's Halo video games – relies heavily on voice recognition and language interpretation. The company wants to ensure the system works well in English before expanding it to other languages.
On the other hand, Apple included Siri in Canada when it launched on the iPhone 4S in 2011, although it wasn't until the following year that the company's personal assistant gained Canadian-specific knowledge – like interpreting local maps – or the ability to understand French.
The best that Canadian Windows Phone users can hope for at this point is that the wait for Cortana isn't a lengthy one – and it may not be, if Microsoft follows through on new strategy promises made by executives. As part of his keynote address on Wednesday, new chief executive Satya Nadella promised that the company is going to think like a challenger and that it will innovate faster than it has in recent years.
Windows Phone director Greg Sullivan also said in an interview that the company is having to move faster in order to catch up with rivals Google and Apple, who dominate the global smartphone and tablet markets.
"As long as we keep doing that, we'll be in good shape," he said.
When Canadians do finally get Cortana, they'll probably notice its similarities to Siri. Both are voice-activated and answer questions from their respective users. A Cortana user can, for example, ask about the weather forecast or request suggestions on restaurants and bars, at which point a female voice provides answers.
But Microsoft's assistant is different in that "she" builds a profile on the user from his or her respective interests and queries, then proactively volunteers information and suggests courses of action based on that information. If she notices that her user is always checking the weather, she'll ask whether she should just add at function to the phone's home screen.
"That kind of proactivity, based on the fact that she bothered to get to know me, is also different from Siri. Siri waits to be told or asked," Mr. Sullivan said. "Siri will give you the same answer she gives me because she doesn't differentiate between us."
Cortana's learning and proactivity is also similar to Google Now, the search company's assistant on Android phones. The difference there, Mr. Sullivan said, is that Microsoft's offering has been designed to have a level of personality that isn't based on cold, hard algorithms that direct users to web searches or services. Cortana will, for example, learn how to say her user's name properly and flash personally relevant messages. If she has learned that her user's sister is having a baby, she'll remind the user to ask about the topic when that person calls.
This is both a plus a minus, according to Mike Calcagno, partner development manager at Microsoft's Bing search division, because it takes Cortana a while to become truly useful to her user. At the same, it's also what will hopefully make her feel like less of a machine.
"You don't divulge everything to a friend right away," he said. "That relationship and that knowledge of you takes a while to evolve and that's the nature of the technological system too."
That unnatural-ness of machines is ultimately one of the problems Microsoft is trying to solve through its take on the personal assistant.
For as long as there have been computers, people have been forced to learn unnatural methods of interacting with them, whether it was through punch-cards, mice or keyboards. Recent advances such as touch screens, voice and gesture controls have done much to free people from those artificial constraints, but new ones have quietly taken their place.
Web searches are a good example. A person who has taken the time to learn how to use keywords properly can typically find information on the web faster and more effectively than someone who hasn't. The same goes for existing personal assistants, Calcagno said.
Cortana's learning capabilities and proactivity are therefore efforts to spur more natural two-way conversation between people and machines.
"It allows people to search without having to learn the patterns," he said.
Of course, with every technological promise there is also the corresponding possibility of peril. Microsoft is wading deep into those particular waters, where Cortana's learning and record keeping on users is a privacy advocate's nightmare. Government snooping efforts could conceivably be eased greatly if spies could simply access her "notebook," wherein a complete profile is stored on her respective user.
The flip-side to that, Mr. Sullivan said, is that everything in Cortana's profile is voluntary, viewable and editable by the user. It's sort of like being able to look at your own police dossier and then choosing which details you want deleted. Does Cortana know too much about what kind of movies you like, or where you spend your evenings? No problem – she can be made to forget such information, or she can be prevented from learning it in the first place.
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2013 was right time for biz expansion in Grand Rapids
More than two dozen Grand Rapids-area businesses decided last year that the time was right to spend millions of dollars on new facilities or to expand buildings they already had.
The Right Place Inc., the Grand Rapids area's economic development agency, estimated that new payroll created in 2013 in the development and expansion projects in which the organization was involved totaled nearly $68 million, while new investment was more than $102 million.
Tim Mroz, vice president of marketing and communications for The Right Place, said 997 jobs were retained by the projects and 1,586 created.
He said 2013, with 18 expansion projects on the Right Place Inc. annual report, had more projects than in any one year in the past 10 years.
"The reaction that we got from all of the businesses was simply now was the right time," Mroz said. "They didn't articulate why it was the right time, it was just the right time."
Those 18 projects were not the only development work in Grand Rapids in 2013. Additional projects were not included on the Right Place list because the organization was not involved in them.
That is not to suggest those projects lacked impact. Some of the oldest, ugliest buildings in Grand Rapids were given new life as another wave of renovation swept through the business district and the Medical Mile — a health and life science campus anchored by Spectrum Health, the Van Andel Institute and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
In the suburbs, one mall lost its roof, while another shopping center gained a nationally renowned tenant, and two sports complexes were built from the ground up.
One of the projects not only made what was frightful attractive again but also was one of the first in Michigan to use a new program — the Michigan Community Revitalization Program — meant to replace the state's tax incentives for brownfield and historic properties.
Here is a breakdown of the region's major projects in 2013.
Grand Rapids
Downtown might not have had as many construction cranes in the skies as were present during the boom years of the construction of Medical Mile in the late 1990s, but two of the most notable projects on Division Avenue involved the rehabilitation of two of Grand Rapids' iconic eyesore structures.
The architectural and engineering firm TowerPinkster anchored the redevelopment of 4 East Fulton, a building that was vacant for 15 years in downtown Grand Rapids.
TowerPinkster has leased the 7,488-square-foot second floor of the building, owned by Locus Development. The first floor of the two-story building has been set aside for retail space.
The investment total for the project was not available.
Across the street from 4 East Fulton, 616 Development turned the old Kendall Building, which had been vacant for nearly two decades, into the 616 Lofts at The Kendall. The $4 million project includes market-rate residential units on the top three floors ranging from studios to two-bedroom units, with rents from $1,000 to $1,600 a month; about 3,000 square feet of commercial office space that is the new headquarters of 616 Development and 616 Lofts; and another 3,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor.
Monica Clark, director of community development for 616 Lofts, said the project was able to use grants from the new Community Revitalization Program and the Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act to help offset construction costs.
"We were told (by MEDC officials) we were a guinea pig for the CRP," Clark said.
Division Avenue also saw the construction of the first 30 of 33 rapid transit high-tech bus stops, designed to speed travel through the heart of the revitalized downtown business district from the southern suburbs north to the Medical Mile.
Conrad Venema, strategic planning manager for the Grand Rapids mass transit agency The Rapid, said the $39 million project is ahead of schedule by one station and should come in under budget.
Bus rapid transit buses are no faster than regular buses. However, because they will operate in dedicated lanes during peak hours, have traffic signal priority — the signal will change from red to green for the buses — and have a prepaid fare system, travel times should be reduced 17 percent to 41 percent on some of the routes.
Grand Valley State University added to the building buzz in downtown Grand Rapids in 2013 with the construction of the four-story, 127,643-square-foot L. William Seidman Center at the school's Seidman College of Business just off Pearl Street, a major east-west artery through downtown.
The $40 million project created a new home for the Michigan headquarters and regional office of the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center.
The Van Andel Global Trade Center, Richard M. and Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Center for Leadership and Innovation and Seidman College of Business all are housed now in the Seidman Center — as is the Family Business Alliance, operated by the Seidman College of Business and Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.
Michigan Street Northeast, the center of Grand Rapids' Medical Mile, has become one of the major east-west traffic arteries in the state's second-largest city. The street has been reshaped by the health care and life science community.
Michigan Street also saw one of metro Grand Rapids' larger manufacturing expansion projects. Firstronic LLC spent $2.45 million for building renovations, machinery and equipment. The manufacturer of electronic components is adding 110 jobs to its workforce, an increase of more than $4.5 million in annual payroll.
Although it is not yet one of the major traffic arteries in the Grand Rapids area, Ionia Avenue was the home of one of the most notable construction projects in 2013: the Grand Rapids Downtown Market.
Brian Burch, a spokesman for the market, said the project was the result of cooperation between the public and private sectors, with investment totaling $30 million. Grand Action, the group that was behind projects such as the DeVos Place convention center, put its organizational and philanthropic muscle behind the Downtown Market, raising $12.5 million. Burch said that was used to leverage $15 million in tax credits and grants.
Last year in the Downtown Market, 19 small businesses opened. Burch said that follows "a tradition of urban markets, like Detroit's Eastern Market."
The Downtown Market also was able to take advantage of a Community Revitalization Program loan of up to $3 million by promising to create 295 jobs.
In the extreme northeast corner of Grand Rapids, Walker-based Meijer Inc. spent $3 million to remodel one of its flagship stores on East Beltline Avenue at Knapp Street.
One of the most innovative projects of 2013 occurred on the Kentwood side of that suburb's border with Grand Rapids. There Lormax Stern Development Co. "de-malled" Centerpointe Mall by taking off the roof that made it a mall and putting parking spaces in front of each store.
Karl Zarbo, director of operations for Lormax Stern, declined to release the cost of the project.
A few miles to the west of Centerpointe Mall, also right along the Kentwood-Grand Rapids border, Ventra 5 LLC began a three-year, $16.3 million project that includes the purchase of machinery and the purchase and renovation of an existing building near 28th and BretonRoad.
Ventra, an auto supplier, will launch an automotive lighting product line as part of the expansion, creating 150 jobs and $3.86 million in new payroll.
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To the east of the Ventra expansion, off 28th Street and I-196 — another of the major traffic intersections in metro Grand Rapids — Paris-based Teleperformance has invested $4 million to build a customer support center and hired 500 people with a payroll of $11.8 million. That was the largest expansion project in the industrial service sector, according to the Right Place report.
The 2013 retail project that ranked with the Downtown Market for capturing the public's attention was on one of the busiest traffic arteries in the suburbs of Grand Rapids — 44th Street in Grandville.
Cabela's Inc. built a 100,000-square-foot hunting and sporting goods store in the Bucktown Shopping Center, owned by CWD Real Estate Investment of Grand Rapids.
Sports complexes
Two other major construction projects on two of the busiest roads in the suburbs of Grand Rapids were not in the retail, office, residential or manufacturing sectors. Both were new sports complexes.
One was the Art Van Sports Complex in Rockford, north of Grand Rapids. The $7.8 million complex features eight baseball fields, including one with a covered grandstand that seats 1,000 people.
"The goal is to bring in some high school and college championship baseball events from outside West Michigan," said Bryan Baar, manager of the Art Van complex.
Construction of the complex began this year and is expected to be finished in August.
The other sports project is the Davenport University Farmers Athletic Complex, being undertaken by Rockford Construction on 68th Street to the south of Grand Rapids.
Davenport CFO Mike Volk said Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group donated 17 acres of the 23-acre, $6.5 million project. Davenport purchased the remaining 6 acres.
The complex, just south of the university's W.A. Lettinga Campus and Farmers Insurance Group offices in Caledonia Township, was dedicated last March 20. It includes Davenport's first fields for the university's baseball, softball and tennis programs.
The new athletic complex also houses eight tennis courts.
"There is also an older barn on the property," Volk said, "but I am not sure if that is going to survive."


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About "Changes" by RL76
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the first cube design that is actually kinda cool.
hahaha! ^_^ it's funny.
Fun design...maybe a tad bigger and i agree there's no green here. also, i dig the slight paint dabs on the rest of the tee...maybe make them more brush stroke-y? Very nice regardless.
Yea~ Great concept~!
nice! $5
Before everything, sorry for my english.
The green is of the other side (joke :). I´m try training
the technique of halftone screen since I used the 8 allowed colors.
The principal ideia was to make the change of colors between same them. Them I used the three basic colors.
That if mixing, they would give in green, orange, pink, brown, black etc.
Thks all!!
Rubik's Cube - Check
Cheating - Check
i could see this being printed. 5
First off let me say that this is the best cube design I've seen so far. But, it does not seem to be well thought out. It has a lot of technical mistakes which would make any true Rubik's fan puzzled. Also the mini painters aren't very original but whatever.
You have the Up side (yellow) being painted red, the Left side (blue) being painted yellow, and the Front side (red) being painted blue.
Because the man hanging on the Left side is under a corner piece whose Up side is already yellow, I am assuming he painted said corner piece yellow before moving to the one below it. So that would mean that originally the whole Left side was blue and complete.
If we look at the Front side (red) we can assume that the upper right corner piece was originally red, thus making the whole Front side red and complete. If that piece was originally blue then that would mean that before these yellow painters came along to paint the Left side, the blue painter working on the Front side had just finished painting that whole Left side blue.. it was originally orange. They would be negating his hard work. And since I assuming this "team" of painters is working for the same contracting company, that wouldn't make much fiscal sense.
So now we have the Up side to deal with. The red middle piece must have just been painted red. It couldn't have been red originally because the Front side already contains all the red middle pieces. Furthermore, you wouldn't paint the center square red when the red side (Front) has already been established. This guy must be in cohorts with the blue painter. Or perhaps the yellow painters only speak Spanish.
We can therefore conclude that the cube was already solved to begin with. Either that or they should have flipped the cube on its Left side and just worked at repairing 3 or less pieces on the new Up, Right and/or Back side. They could have saved a lot of paint.
+Duracell-, you are CSI member?
Great (and big) comment, but it´s a just illustration.
I never thought about this.
Sometimes, the things change only in the details.
Thks man! Sincerely.
I was thinking the same as +duracell-. But then again, the title says changes, not cheat, so perhaps they are only redecorating the cube... but then again, they could just flip it over, but beeing so small, perhaps painting is the easiest way to do this... that thing is heavy!
Beautiful illustration! I wish it was worked on the details a tiny bit...
Nice job
have seen this already, but that's the best execution so far!
very cool
nice job
i like it all except for the colours of the peoples' shirts. as in of, the workers that are changing the colours on the cube.
The Changes:
T-shirt Paint *Side
Yellow Blue Red
Red Yellow Blue
Blue Red Yellow
I love it 5$$$$$$$
i REALLY WANT that shirt, NOW!
People instead of cute monsters: GREAT!!!! Would also love in black tee. Concept 10!
really digging this design. :] though I agree with another's comment on how it should be bigger on the tee. great job!
Wow, great design... I'll take 5$!! :D
i have to buy this.
I'd say it was a little low for the ladies, but in a perfect spot for guys - but the splotches all over the shirt just don't work. They distract you from the real art, the cube. I might jump at a black version of this too, though the white's fine. And along with everyone else, seeing something more than primary colors would be nice, though it does add a sort of base to the art.
@The rubix cube addicts - I'm sorry, but just stop. It doesn't matter how the hell it started out. It'd be awesome any way it was painted.
i love it w/o the the splatters. i was going to do a rubiks cube one, i would have never thought of little men! i LOVE IT!
this is so cool! I'd wear this for sure :D so nice!
Hope this makes it!! :D
I hope too.
Thanks so much ALL comments and votes!
because it doesn't make any sense for one (read above)
and it lacks aesthetics


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More of my Christmas Cards
I've made some more Christmas Cards, I put them together as much as I could and photographed them.
I have got scans of each individual one but I couldn't bring myself to bore you all that badly LOL and anyway photo or scan they don't really show up the detail
Each card is embellished with either beads, handmade paper, metalic thread, braids, glitter, etc. etc.
Hope you like them
These are part of my SIL order.
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oh and some more lol08-03-2003, 05:30 PM #5
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OPPS sorry I did those! I meant these!08-03-2003, 05:33 PM #6
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That little snowman at the end on the left is a paper piecing (my first ever one) I got that idea here08-03-2003, 05:36 PM #7
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Bev, as always you did a marvelous job on those cards. Your SIL is going to love them. You are very talented.~*Michelle*~~Wife to Rick since Dec. 19, 1986~~Mother to Richard, 27, Chris, 24, and Dakota, 21~~Special Education Teacher~08-03-2003, 05:37 PM #8
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I love that snowman in the sleigh! (well I like them all)
All I can say is don't give up on doing cards. You really have a gift for creating them. They are all just beautiful. You can post cards anytime. I love seeing them.08-03-2003, 05:43 PM #9
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DH likes that card best too
I hate keep posting what I've made ~ I like to show you and get feedback but I'm worried I may be boring people or they will think I'm trying to show off08-03-2003, 10:12 PM #10
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Here's the scan of the card you like Sara.
I'm not sure if the detail is any better though?08-04-2003, 08:58 AM #11
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I like the cat, snowcone stand and Santa with the stockings! They are all fabulous! I enjoy seeing them too! Please keep posting them!08-04-2003, 10:06 AM #12
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I agree, please keep posting them! I love to see them, and you have such a talent for this!08-04-2003, 10:09 AM #13
I love when you post them Bev!! They are adorable!!!08-04-2003, 10:15 AM #14
Please keep posting your cards Bev They are so beautiful!!!!!!!!!08-04-2003, 11:04 AM #15
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Bev, you're such a talented lady!! Sharing your ideas with all of us is such an inspiration - makes me want to get crafty!
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Before the recent banking crisis Nick Stringer had not thought twice before putting more than £50,000 into Icelandic bank Icesave. Now he faces the very real possibility that the majority of the money he holds with them could be lost.
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) said today that it expects the Icelandic authorities to put the firm into insolvency proceedings, which would trigger payouts from both the UK and Icelandic saver protection schemes. But these only guarantee a return of up to £50,000.
Nick is now in a state of panic over what is meant to form a substantial part of his retirement fund. "I am very, very worried about my money," he says. "I have butterflies in my stomach when I think about it."
Unlike the other unlucky Icesave savers who started panicking this morning when the bank froze withdrawals, Nick has been trying to access his money for the past fortnight.
He invested the money three months ago after selling his company, but because he doesn't need it until he retires in two years he was quite happy to put it in Icesave's one-year fixed-rate savings account in exchange for a higher interest rate. The rules of the account meant he agreed to give up access to that money for a year.
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"They emailed me back telling me there was nothing to worry about and that they have lots of liquid assets in the UK, so I stopped worrying," he says. "Now I feel angry and upset. What is really upsetting is that sinking feeling that I could be one of the first depositors in this country to lose money."
Nick is aggrieved that the government protection for deposits doesn't cover those who have unwittingly tied up their money in fixed-rate accounts that don't offer access.
"I can't see anyone wanting to invest in one of these accounts now. The only thing that would encourage them is if the government either guarantees the security or savers get the right to cancel, subject of course to cancellation penalties, which I would have readily accepted."


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John and Dave have recovered from the 500th celebration and it's time to get back to work! Answering your questions as well as sharing the geeky path they took to ensure a new Tor browser for iOS was doing what it's supposed to do, your two favorite geeks leave no stone unturned and no question unanswered. All... for you! Download today, press play, and enjoy.
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You like keeping
Your subconscious thoughts
In captivity.
Secrets shuffled
Through your closest enemies
Don't think I'm blind
My sorry eyes can see
Your glances and smirks,
And for God's sake
I'm not deaf.
A low-key leakage
Is still a leakage…
Yes, you like it quiet
Your strength
Lies in whispers
Blowing across the floor
Like snow on a windy day.
I'm not so stagnant,
I like the tension.
No intent or desire
For a discreet battle;
Every confrontation
For me
Is a war.
So keep believing
Believe your glances go unnoticed
And your sharp-tongued words
I will be here –
A military general
Decoding hooks and plans,
Selling you your arms
With a faulty wire.
Just you wait
"Peacemaker" is engraved on my gun
And that's what I intend to do:
Make my peace
With a bullet between your teeth.
So in reality,
I guess I'm the true Peacemaker.


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The Blue Beetroot hotel legend has it that in Poland around 1791 the fields of Lower Silesia near Boleslawiec were all planted with beetroots. One of the most popular uses for the beetroot was moonshine! The alcohol was secretly brewed in the cellars of the barn (today it only contains fire wood to keep our Boutique B&B hotel guests extra warm).
Only a few locals knew that the cart of beetroots coming from the barn hid a secret stash of moonshine below. The story goes that one winter as the farmer left the yard the horses bolted and slipped badly on the icy road. The whole lot, farmer, cart, horses, moonshine and the beetroots fell into the pond. Despite dredging, everything mysteriously disappeared without a trace...
The story passed down by locals for generations says even now a single blue beetroot will occasionally float to the surface of the pond, it is a strange blue colour and of course it is completely impregnated with alcohol!!!
Hear the full story as you relax in our award winning stylish accommodation, one of the more unusual places to stay in Poland.


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220v 50Hz Tool on 240v 60hz circuit
What might be the consequences of running a German heat gun on a US 240v circuit? I don't imagine the difference in frequency would be much a problem for the blower motor. My concern is that the German device is not designed for split-phase power. What is likely to happen if I plug this guy in?
How are you going to plug it in? I can't imagine the German plug fits any American receptacle.
It should work fine. The only significant difference is that both of the conductors will be at 120V with respect to ground instead of one being 240V to ground and the other zero. This could theoretically create a safety issue if the device relies in some way on the neutral conductor being "neutral" - but modern safety standards do not allow manufacturers to treat the neutral as "safe", because of the possibility of connection to a reverse-wired source. So if the device is newer and in good condition, it should be safe on split-phase power. People do this all the time, for what it's worth.
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