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Summer Vacation
Yes, summer vacation did start for Quebec teachers today. Why do you ask?
I'm a blogger and writer from Shawville, Quebec. I blog about maps at The Map Room, review books for AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, and edit a fanzine called Ecdysis. More about me.
Yes, summer vacation did start for Quebec teachers today. Why do you ask?
Amanda Hess writes about the eternal shame of your first online handle. I'm certainly of that generation that came online with strange user names, and Hess's piece certainly applies to me — or did you not notice that after nearly a decade of using "mcwetboy" as my handle, and mcwetboy.com as my website, I've since moved over to a website whose URL is simply my name? Via Kottke.
Another reason to keep renting for now: "Canada's housing market is in a bubble that's set to burst and prices could plunge by as much as 25 per cent, a major independent research firm warns," reports CBC News.
Shawville's grocery store is open again. It's true: we were there this afternoon and bought groceries and everything. The shelves were even mostly full, and prices were more or less where they were before the six-month strike began. According to this sign at the corner of Victoria and Route 148 it reopened to great fanfare on Saturday, but we missed it.
And with that, I hope, the town's collective stress levels will go down a little bit. It'll be nice not to have to be quite so organized in our grocery shopping, between trips to Renfrew every one to two weeks and whatever we could find at other stores in town.
Previously: Tentative Deal in Shawville Grocery Strike; Shawville's Grocery Store Strike: An Update.
The washout on Route 148 Friday night (see previous entry) damn near cut us off from the outside world, forcing people to take lengthy detours via Wakefield, Renfrew or the Quyon Ferry to get to and from our region. The Ottawa Citizen reports on the damage, which is "now a canyon 18 metres deep" that will likely take six weeks to repair. In the meantime, the damaged back road is now back in service and a detour via local roads is now available. The detour is already mapped in OpenStreetMap:
Had the washout occurred a little bit to the east, no local detour would have been possible.
We've been visited by all manner of wild animals in the six years we've been living in our current home; I've been documenting it in my Animal Invasion set on Flickr. This evening's visit by a pig was new, though. A young pig, obviously not feral and quite comfortable around people, presumably got loose and wandered by. One of my neighbours was trying to catch it with nylon cord, but I didn't stick around to see how that turned out.
Update, July 7: It turns out that it was actually a young wild boar, which wildlife officers later captured with some effort.
Thanks to all the rain we got today, Route 148 is washed out at Chemin Th�rien between Luskville and Eardley. This is a really inconvenient spot, because the detours require considerable doubling back. The one back road that could have sufficed is apparently also washed out. So it's a choke point, really. Until the washout is fixed, those going to and from Shawville and other parts of the lower Pontiac are going to have to go via Renfrew (taking Route 303 via the bridge at Portage-du-Fort) or Wakefield (taking Route 366 via Ladysmith and Lac-des-Loups).
Update, June 25: Jennifer has heard from co-workers that Route 148 is more or less passable again, though I'm not sure if that involves detours along local roads or not.
Way back in the day, I let my .Mac membership lapse (I was trying to economize). Later, when I was more flush and had two computers I wanted to keep in sync, I re-upped with what was then MobileMe. Problem was, I couldn't simply restore my old .Mac account: its vestiges — my Apple ID and my iChat login — couldn't be combined with my MobileMe account. When Apple announced earlier this month that MobileMe would be replaced and succeeded by iCloud, I wondered whether the fact that my Apple ID was separate from my MobileMe account would bollix things up for me: whether, in other words, the Apple ID sign-in and MobileMe succession would cancel each other out or cause some other mischief. Apple's MobileMe transition FAQ, however, suggests that you can use iCloud separately from your Apple ID. Then again, my Apple ID and MobileMe accounts have the same username; hopefully that won't pose a problem either. Yes, I worry too much.
Another nice image of Mercury along its terminator, this one in colour, from NASA's MESSENGER probe, now orbiting the planet. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Previously: Crescent Mercury; Orbiting Mercury.
Despite her almost consistently sunny and upbeat nature, Jennifer has always liked fiction that was, well, a little dark. She grew up reading Stephen King, after all, and after that it's been a little hard to freak, spook or squick her out.
Science fiction and fantasy haven't managed to do it yet. She had no trouble with George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, which got me after the first 200 or so pages. (I may try again at some point.) Paolo Bacigalupi and Peter Watts caused her no trouble at all despite their reputation. I kid you not, she actually chortled while reading Connie Willis's "All My Darling Daughters." She's a tough nut, she is: if she were into classical music, she'd giggle all the way through G�recki's Third Symphony.
Betelgeuse is a massive red giant, so huge and so close that its disk can be imaged from Earth. (It's also going to explode someday, but it's far enough away not to get us.) However big Betelgeuse itself may be, it's surrounded by a nebula created by material shed by the star that is many times larger. In this composite image, which combines earlier observations of the gas surrounding Betelgeuse (black central disk) with the surrounding nebula (taken by an infrared camera on ESO's Very Large Telescope), Betelgeuse itself is represented by a tiny red circle at centre, which is almost the size of Jupiter's orbit; the nebula's radius is some 60 billion kilometres. Image credit: ESO/P. Kervella. Via Bad Astronomy.
Gardner Dozois called Engineering Infinity, an anthology of original science fiction stories edited by Jonathan Strahan, "the best SF anthology of the year to date" in the April 2011 issue of Locus. It's a strong anthology with some really good stories in it. Ostensibly a hard-SF anthology, its stories range in scope from the intensely personal to the grandly Stapledonian, but in most cases retain a human perspective, if not scale. Here's the table of contents.
It's hard to pick a favourite. John Barnes seems to be channeling Larry Niven's stage trees in "The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees," and that's not a bad thing. Two stories are sequels: Karl Schroeder's "Laika's Ghost," a story about the Soviet Union and Mars, is the fifth, I think, in a series involving arms inspector Gennady Malianov (beginning with "The Dragons of Pripyat"); Charlie Stross's "Bit Rot" is a sequel to Saturn's Children. I also enjoyed Greg Benford's time-travel-and-serial-killers tale, "Mercies"; Gwyneth Jones's story about alien cannibalism, "The Ki-Anna"; Kristine Kathryn Rusch's bittersweet "Watching the Music Dance." And Peter Watts is in his usual fine form with "Malak," a story about a weapon that grows a conscience.
The fate of the Seaway Serpentarium's 200 or so reptiles, in limbo since the death of Karel Fortyn, was decided in court yesterday, the Toronto Star reports. The judge ruled in favour of Fortyn's brother. "Little Ray's Reptile Zoo in Ottawa will take the non-venomous reptiles and Reptilia zoo in Vaughan will take the venomous reptiles. The estate said they are in consultation with the authorities about the Orinocos" (i.e., the Orinoco crocodiles, whose legal status is a bit complicated).
Previously: Seaway Serpentarium Reptiles in Custody Battle.
Cassini passed by Saturn's tiny moon Helene on July 18 at a distance of less than 7,000 km, allowing it to capture what I think are the best images of the moon yet. (I don't think the March 2010 shots, taken from only 1,800 km away, are as good.) Helene is only about 36 kilometres across and was only discovered in 1980. It shares an orbit with the much larger Dione (it orbits at the Saturn-Dione L4 point). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute; I mucked around with levels and sharpening for the version here. Bad Astronomy, The Planetary Society Blog, Universe Today.
I'm excited about the imminent arrival of the Dawn spacecraft at the asteroid Vesta, which should happen in mid-July. It has already returned a better image of Vesta (above) than can be obtained from Earth-based telescopes or the Hubble. Via the Planetary Society Blog.
Legendary venomous snake expert Bill Haast has died at the age of 100: Miami Herald, New York Times. Head of the Miami Serpentarium from 1946 to 1984, Haast extracted venom from venomous snakes for medical and research purposes for most of his life. He was bitten at least 172 times, and injected himself with small amounts of venom daily to build up immunity: transfusions of his blood were even used to save snake bite victims. More on Haast from Kingsnake.com and TwinSrpnt.
Fuzzy Nation is John Scalzi's reboot of H. Beam Piper's 1962 classic novel, Little Fuzzy, published with the consent of the Piper estate. This is a reboot in the sense of Batman Begins or the J. J. Abrams Star Trek: not a sequel or a rewrite, but a different story written from the bare bones of the original. Little Fuzzy and Fuzzy Nation superficially tell the same tale: sunstone prospector Jack Holloway encounters a small and unbearably cute race of creatures he calles the fuzzies (or, in Scalzi's version, the fuzzys, which seems wrong); if the fuzzies are found to be sentient, a human corporation loses the right to exploit their planet.
It's remarkable how different the two novels are beyond that point. Reading one does not spoil the reading of the other. (In any case you must track down Little Fuzzy, which is in the public domain and downloadable for free, so there's no excuse.)
For another look at the giant radio galaxy Centaurus A (see previous entry), take a look at this closeup view from the Hubble Space Telescope, just released today by the Hubble Heritage Team. Image credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration.
CTV News: "A provincial conciliator has helped both sides in a contract dispute that closed the Valu-Mart grocery store in Shawville reach a tentative agreement." Workers are apparently voting on the deal this week. If the deal is approved, I wonder how long it'll take for the store to reopen (it's been boarded up for six months).
Previously: Shawville's Grocery Store Strike: An Update.
Writing for the rather-conservative Toronto Sun, Liberal spinmeister Warren Kinsella argues that Conservatives who complain about the media are full of it: "the media in Canada are overwhelmingly small- or large-C conservative. Period." Whenever I've seen a Canadian conservative complain about the liberal media, they usually mean the CBC and the Toronto Star; I recall reading Claire Hoy in the Hill Times complaining week after week about liberal media bias, and every single example he gave came from the Star.
I guess it plays well to conservative resentment to rail against the elite — or at least that portion of the elite that isn't already conservative (i.e., academe, the arts sector, and the unbought portion of the news media). Thank goodness one or two unconservative media outlets remain to fundraise against. See also: the special role played by NPR and the New York Times in American conservative rhetoric.
Do you like Hayao Miyazaki? Do you like Lego? Then brace your head, because it is about to explode. Iain Heath has put together a diorama of characters from Miyazaki's films in Lego. Here's the full Flickr set. But he's not alone: there's an entire Flickr group dedicated to Lego recreations of Miyazaki's movies. More at The Ghibli Blog. Via io9. Photo credit: Iain Heath.
The Canadian Press reports on the looming dismantling of Canada's largest model railway, the Montreal-based Canada Central, which is losing its 9,000 square feet of warehouse space because its landlord, CN, wants to lease it to a higher-paying tenant, and the Montreal Railroad Modelers Association can't find another location that is both big enough and affordable.
Never mind the sidewalks; they're also paving the PPJ, at least through Shawville. I took some pictures this morning.
(Some background: the PPJ Cycloparc is a bike trail traversing the county, built on an old CPR branch line that started its life in the late nineteenth century as the Pontiac and Pacific Junction.)
The trail started its life unpaved, but I'd heard that at least some parts of it were going to be paved. So far, the Shawville portion has been paved from Centre Street east to Young Street, and today the crew is working west from Centre Street — how far west the pavement will go, I'll find out later.
Update: As far west as Church Street. Looks like they've paved the in-town portion of the trail.
The European Space Agency has posted photos of the space shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station. They were taken by Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli from Soyuz TMA-20 after it undocked from the station. Via Bad Astronomy.
I've long felt that a GPS-equipped digital camera would be a great tool for field-naturalist work — you've got a photographic record of the species with embedded location data — but clearly I wasn't thinking it all the way through. National Geographic News Watch reports on an iPhone app that uploads said geotagged photo to iNaturalist.org, which looks like a social networking site for field naturalists that maps everyone's observations (and if you can't figure out what your picture is of, someone will likely be along to ID it). You don't need the iPhone app to use the site, but that's a slick way of doing it. Via Kingsnake.com.
Realms of Fantasy editor Shawna McCarthy says her magazine, one of the last genre magazines to require paper submissions, will be moving to online submissions soon. "Not just yet, mind you, so don't start sending files until we announce it on the website and on our Facebook page. But it will be soon, we promise!" (That still leaves F&SF.)
Sidewalk construction along Route 148 is now under way in Shawville, and I am compulsively recording its progress on Flickr. (The photos can be found in this set, beginning with this one.) These sidewalks were supposed to be built last fall as part of work on the highway itself, but that was delayed, so it got pushed back to the spring. Now sidewalk construction is not the most interesting thing to take pictures of, but once completed this will be quite nice: we have to walk along that highway often enough for various errands.
(And before you sniff, we do have sidewalks on other streets in this town. And a traffic light. And running water. And faster Internet than a lot of you have got.)
Clarkesworld publisher Neil Clarke (hence the name) has announced that the web-based science fiction magazine is now available by subscription on the Kindle for $1.99 a month. Clarkesworld is freely available online, including all its back issues, but this is a way for the magazine to make some money (and thereby pay their authors: their pay rate is above the industry norm). Single issues have been available electronically for $2.99 for some time, and that's brought in some needed cash. In fact, Clarke says that if the magazine gets 500 Kindle subscribers by October, he'll have the budget to be able to publish an additional story per monthly issue. Which sounds like a challenge, doesn't it.
There have been some developments in Shawville's grocery store strike. This week's Pontiac Journal reports that after striking workers rejected Valu-Mart's final offer, the store has been closed. (CTV News has coverage here and here. Here's the union's press release.)
The town has called a public meeting for next Wednesday, June 8, to discuss the situation. Our mayor has been making the argument since the strike started last December that the grocery store anchors commerce in this town: when people come to Shawville for groceries they shop at other stores as well, and if people have to go elsewhere for groceries, then Shawville's other shops will be hurt as well.
Only the company's decision to close the store may not be final after all: the union announced yesterday that talks are back on, at the behest of Quebec's labour minister. Looks like they're going to conciliation next week.
The MESSENGER team released this crescent view of Mercury today, taken by the MESSENGER probe's wide-angle camera on May 24. Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Previously: Orbiting Mercury.
Steve Albini is interviewed by LA Weekly's Squid Ink blog and has the following to say about cooking shows:
Most TV cooking is repulsive. Frathouse cocksuckers with gimmick hairdos and catch phrases, hooting and hi-fiving, "bringing it," celebrating gluttonous sports bar chow. Dipshits abbreviating their ingredients and making childish, cutesy-poo "comfort food" full of "yummy veggies," shit like that. Detestable. You can spot the people who have their shit together because they don't have to tell you how delicious their food is. Of the people who cook on television, I have admired people like Jacques Pepin, Julia Child, Mario Batali, Jamie Oliver and a few others because they are free of drama, display good taste and masterful technique, and use clear exposition to bring you up to speed. From that description you'd think I'd like the Martha Stewart cooking shows, but all that mealy, beige country club food looks like I could only choke it down under threat of prison.
Via Food Network Humor.
Apart from not having enough money on hand for a down payment, there are two very good reasons we're renting instead of buying a house: one, our rent is so cheap that taking out a mortgage on something even barely equivalent to where we're living now would nearly double our housing costs; and two, the housing market is rather soft out here, which is suboptimal if we suddenly decided we needed to relocate.
It turns out that the conventional wisdom that buying a property is always better than renting has been coming under fire lately. In Monday's Globe and Mail, Rob Carrick argues that the smart thing to do, in a profoundly unaffordable housing market, is to rent and invest the difference. Last month, James Altucher went further, saying he'll never go back to home ownership: it ties up too much money in an illiquid asset that costs a bunch to maintain and that, historically speaking, has a lousy return on investment. (See his earlier post as well.) Renting, on the other hand, allows you to diversify your investments and savings in something other than a home, and enables you to move to a new job in a new location with less worry. And you'll never be underwater on your mortgage.
Welcome to Morinville, Alberta, where, thanks to a quirk of history, all public schools are Catholic schools, despite the fact that less than a third of its
residents are Catholic. Some local parents have been demanding a secular option, and at least one family is leaving because that option is not available. The school board outlines its secular option tomorrow.
Woke up to find coverage of last night's landing of the space shuttle Endeavour all over my Twitter feeds. STS-134 was the next-to-last shuttle mission, and Endeavour's last. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls, CC licence.


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Designing executive education curricula to fit the professional development continuum : the case of advertising and public relations practitioners in Australia
Kerr, Gayle F., Proud, William, & Beede, Park (2007) Designing executive education curricula to fit the professional development continuum : the case of advertising and public relations practitioners in Australia. Journal of Advertising Education, 11(1).
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Globalization has impacted upon the higher education sector, reducing the money available from government operating grants (Slaughter and Leslie 1997) and encouraging universities to find alternative sources of revenue (Harding 2006). The higher education landscape has produced several strategies for its survival, including executive education. While an established part of many university programs internationally, it is a relatively undeveloped option in advertising education in Australian universities.----- This study looks at where executive education might fit in the professional development continuum by examining curriculum preferences of advertising and public relations practitioners in Australia. In comparing their priorities, it finds some significant differences between the two disciplines, based largely on the relevance of the subject to their profession. It also finds some common ground in that both advertising and public relations practitioners are seeking strategic courses from executive education, as well as demonstrating a preference towards new disciplinary areas. Generic skills, a priority of undergraduate education and hire, are not strongly sought in executive education, which prefers strategic skills and emergent areas of practice.
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Hyperplane Envelopes and the Clairaut Equation
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- Fisher, R.J. & Laquer, H.T. J Geom Anal (2010) 20: 609. doi:10.1007/s12220-010-9129-0
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The subject of envelopes has been part of differential geometry from the beginning. This paper brings a modern perspective to the classical problem of envelopes of families of affine hyperplanes. In the process, the classical results are generalized and unified.
A key step in this process is the use of "generalized immersions". These have been described elsewhere but, briefly, every classical immersion defines a generalized immersion in a canonical way so that generalized immersions can be understood as ordinary immersions "with singularities." Next, the concept of an envelope is given a modern definition, namely, an envelope is a generalized immersion solving the family that has a universal mapping property relative to all other full rank solutions.
The beauty of this approach becomes apparent in the "Envelope Theorem". With one mild assumption, namely that the associated family of linear hyperplanes is immersed, it is proven that a family of affine hyperplanes always has an envelope, and that envelope is essentially unique.


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Bend DUII conference draws cops, prosecutors, judges
Yearly gathering updates officials on impaired driving
BEND, Ore. - About 30 percent of all fatal motor vehicle accidents are caused by impaired drivers, and a group that gathered in Bend this weekend seeks to curb those tragic statistics.
The DUII Multi-Disciplinary Task Force held its annual two-day conference in Bend Friday and Saturday.
It's funded by the Oregon Department of Transportation Traffic Safety division.
More than 300 law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges were getting up to date on the latest developments involving efforts to reduce impaired driving.
While most everyone there was already motivated in getting offenders off the road, the conference helps them spread the message.
"Because we can't train everyone in the state of Oregon. But if we can train 350 people, we can send them back to their agencies or their business or their treatment center," said Robert Hayes, chairman of the DUII Task Force.
"And they can put the fire back in the other employees that work there to help reduce the number of fatal motor vehicle crashes and injury crashes on our roads."
The conference informed everyone on, for example, the new designer drugs on the market, including K2 spice, a synthetic cannabis, and bath salts.


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Ode to the Sea
Ibrahim al-Rubaish
O sea, give me news of my loved ones.
Were it not for the chains of the faithless, I would have dived into you,
And reached my beloved family, or perished in your arms.
Your beaches are sadness, captivity, pain, and injustice.
Your bitterness eats away at my patience.
Your calm is like death, your sweeping waves are strange.
The silence that rises up from you holds treachery in its fold.
Your stillness will kill the captain if it persists,
And the navigator will drown in your waves.
Gentle, deaf, mute, ignoring, angrily storming,
You carry graves.
If the wind enrages you, your injustice is obvious.
If the wind silences you, there is just the ebb and flow.
O sea, do our chains offend you?
It is only under compulsion that we daily come and go.
Do you know our sins?
Do you understand we were cast into this gloom?
O sea, you taunt us in our captivity.
You have colluded with our enemies and you cruelly guard us.
Don't the rocks tell you of the crimes committed in their midst?
Doesn't Cuba, the vanquished, translate its stories for you?
You have been beside us for three years, and what have you gained?
Boats of poetry on the sea; a buried flame in a burning heart.
The poet's words are the font of our power;
His verse is the salve for our pained hearts.
"Ibrahim al-Rubaish was teaching in Pakistan when he was arrested by mercenaries and sold to allied forces. A religious scholar who dislikes hostility and was once a candidate for a judgeship, Rubaish has a daughter, born just three months before he was captured, who is now five years old. During a military administrative hearing, he was told: 'If you are considered to be a continued threat, you will be detained. If you are not considered a threat, we will recommend release. Why should we consider releasing you?' Rubaish's response was, 'In the world of international courts, the person is innocent until proven guilty. Why, here, is the person guilty until proven innocent?'"
My Heart Was Wounded by the Strangeness
Abdulla Majid Al Noaimi
My heart was wounded by the strangeness.
Now poetry has rolled up his sleeves, showing a long arm.
Time passes. The hands of the clock deceive us.
Time is precious and the minutes are limited.
Do not blame the poet who comes to your land,
Inspired, arranging rhymes.
Oh brother, who need not be named, I send you
My gift of greetings. I send heavily falling rains
To quench your thirst and show my gratitude.
My poem will comfort you and ease your burdens.
If you blame yourself, my poem will appease you.
My mind is not heavy with animosity.
I will be satisfied once you are free, and I will embrace you.
There is nothing, brother, like a mild agreeable temper.
I will offer advice out of pure cordiality–
Advice from one who has experienced the impossible:
You will not gain everything your soul desires;
Some things will come to you, but others will not.
Forget what people say and be satisfied with who you are.
Patience, the bony animal, will lead you to meat.
Be generous to others, brother,
And leave behind your avaricious spirit.
If your brother has hurt you,
Recall his god deeds and the pain will go away.
Hide the sadness of your heart as in a valley.
Make it your captive; if released, it will make you suffer.
No matter how long our separation lasts, I will not forget you.
What is hidden in our hearts is expressed in my words.
You are precious and grow more precious.
He who has companions like you will never lose dignity.
I hope that your nights will always be cheerful.
May the Lord compensate you for what you have lost.
I ask the Merciful One to guide you to peace.
May the Lord keep you fast on the path of virtue.
I conclude my poem by invoking prayers and blessings,
On the messenger of Allah, Ahmed, his chosen one.
According to his biography in Poems from Guantanamo: the detainees speak (Universty of Iowa Press, Marc Kalkoff editor), Abdulla Majid al Noaimi is a twenty-four-year-old citizen of Bahrain who attended Old Dominion University in Virginia, but returned home after a year, heart broken over breaking up with his girlfriend. Shortly after beginning his electrical engineering studies in the UNited Arab Emirates in 2001, Noaimi traveled to Afghanistan to find a family member who had not been heard from in some time. After an unsuccessful search, he made his way to the Pakistani border and asked to be taken to the Bahrain embassy. Instead Pakistani authorities turned him over to the US military. He was detained in Kandahar, Afganistan, for about five months before being transferred to Guantanamo. He was released from the prison camp in November 2005.
Source: http://artpredator.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/poems-from-guantanamo-ode-to-the-sea/
Hunger Strike Poem
Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif
They are artists of torture,
They are artists of pain and fatigue,
They are artists of insults
and humiliation.
Where is the world to save us
from torture?
Where is the world to save us
from the fire and sadness?
Where is the world to save
the hunger strikers?
Is It True?
Osama Abu Kabir
Is it true that the grass grows again
after rain?
Is it true that the flowers will rise up
in the Spring?
Is it true that birds will migrate home again?
Is it true that the salmon swim back up
their stream?
Is it true. This is true. These are all miracles.
But is it true that one day we'll leave
Guantanamo Bay?
Is it true that one day we'll go back
to our homes?
I sail in my dreams, I am dreaming of home.
To be with my children, each one part of me;
To be with my wife and the ones that I love;
To be with my parents,
my world's tenderest hearts.
I dream to be home, to be free from this cage.
But do you hear me, oh Judge,
do you hear me at all?
We are innocent, here,
we've committed no crime.
Set me free, set us free, if anywhere still
Justice and compassion remain in this world!


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pees defensive calls on the ravens last stand in the Super Bowl to run blitz and make the qb beat our secondary from 7 yards out was top notch management.


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BUFFALO, N.Y.- Monmouth women's lacrosse (8-10, 5-3 MAAC) team could not overcome a slow start, falling to top-seeded Marist College (14-3, 7-1 MAAC) in the Semifinals of the 2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Lacrosse Tournament on Friday evening.
Monmouth fell behind 5-1 at halftime then scored six second half goals but could not keep pace with the Red Fox offense, which scored eight goals of their own. Red Fox Allison Gionta had a game-high nine points, scoring three goals and assisting on six others.
"I thought we started off a little tentative and it hurt us early," said Head Coach Denise Wescott. "I was glad to see us fight back, it was a physical game and in the second half and we started going at them. I was really proud of the way we played in the second half."
Marist opened up a 4-0 lead before senior Stephanie Anderson (Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham/Rutgers) broke the tie with 4:55 left in the half. Marist added another goal to head into the break ahead 5-1. Anderson and defender Kelly Dalton (Ellicott City, Md./Mount DeSales) were named to the MAAC All-Tournament team.
The Red Foxes scored just 1:13 into the second frame but Monmouth junior Allison Stathius (Delran, N.J./Delran) answered just over a minute later. Anderson tallied her second goal 35 seconds later and the Hawks trailed 6-3. The two teams traded goals and the Hawks trailed 8-4 with 19:52 left before freshman Olivia Higson (Cheadle Hulme, England/Withington) tallied her first of two goals. Anderson tallied another goal and the Hawks climbed to within 9-6. Romano scored against for the Red Foxes with 9:43 to play. Higson's final goal with 8:39 closed the gap to 10-7. Marist added another and the gap grew to five with 16:30 to play Marist scored three goals in the final 5:29 to finish the scoring at 13-7.
The statsheet was fairly even with shots coming in at 22-22. Donohoe finished with three saves as Anderson led the Hawks with a trio of goals. Stathius had a pair of goals as did Higson.
In addition to Gionta's nine points, Jamie Romano finished with four goals and Kristen Viscount had four points and one assist. MAAC Rookie of the Year Abigail Witczak finished with six saves on the afternoon.
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I've just returned home from a two week trip to the Midwest that included a few days in the Chicago area to visit family and friends and participate in Walk MS. Here is a slice of Chicago life for Travel Photo Thursday.
The First Slice
Actually, my individual serving of Malnati Chicago Classic pizza was more than one slice of deliciousness. It's made with lean sausage, extra cheese and tomato sauce on Malnati's own Buttercrust™. For many years, I've been a Gino's East fan, but I might have found a new love.
Across State Street
Looking across State Street from Malnati's while I devoured my pizza, I was reminded of the days when I worked in the city and this area of town was known for its many singles bars. But that's not a story to be told here.
Follow That Man
This bronze cow sculpture is on Washington Street in front of the Chicago Cultural Center. It was a gift to the people of Chicago for their enthusiastic support of the 300 fiberglass cow sculptures that were installed throughout the city in 1999 in the Cows on Parade public art exhibition.
Looking Up
On the right in this photo is the top of the Willis Tower, known as the Sears Tower until 2009. Designed for Sears by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it was built in 1973 and is the tallest building in the western hemisphere at 1,450 feet and 110 stories high.
I think that the design of the new Trump International Hotel and Tower (completed in 2009) complements the old Jewelers Building at 35 East Wacker Drive seen in this photo to its left.
Over and Under
One of the many historic bridges over the Chicago River, the West Washington Boulevard Bridge was opened in 1913. When I take the Metra train into the city from the suburbs, I cross the bridge as I head east into the Loop (Chicago's central business district) from the Ogilvie Transporation Center a block away. That's when I start to feel the excitement of being back in the Windy City.
The elevated railway (The "L") has been in operation in the Loop since 1892. One of the classic familiar sounds of Chicago is that of the trains as the pass overhead.
A Chicago Landmark
Macy's on State Street (the corner of State and Wabash is shown here), formerly Marshall Field and Company, is a National Historic Landmark. In 2006, Macy's bought Marshall Field's, causing quite a stir among residents whose families had shopped there for generations. Because of the controversy, Macy's ultimately left the original name plaques on the building.
Watch your step while you're in the store, because you might get distracted by this gorgeous Tiffany glass mosaic ceiling that was installed in 1907.
City Lights and Footlights
The internationally respected Goodman Theatre is the oldest non-profit theater in Chicago.
A Missed Photo Opportunity
An hour earlier, I stood at this same spot in front of CBS Studios while renowned TV journalist Bill Kurtis was seated at the table chatting off-air with the crew. He smiled and waved. I smiled, waved, and walked on. What was I thinking?
Just One More Slice of Chicago
Mr. TWS had the thin crust pizza with veggies at Lou Malnati's. What's your pizza preference?
This is my contribution to this week's Travel Photo Thursday originated by Nancie at Budget Travelers Sandbox. Be sure to check out other contributions on her website.
I'm also linking up to the Friday Daydreamin' series at RWeThereYetMom?'s website. Take a look at the photos there, too.
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63 Responses to "Travel Photo Thursday: A Slice of Chicago"
I've said it before and I'll say it again…how have I not been to Chicago?
Wow, the Tiffany ceiling is super gorgeous! Love it! What delicious slices you've presented here.
Chicago always makes me smile and I live here! Nice shots capturing our electric city!
Starting with that pizza picture was just not fair! I do enjoy Chicago. It is a truly beautiful city. I have always loved the river with the bridges and locks near the lake. Great pictures 🙂
One of my old employers had an internal discussion board online. There was often heated debate about NY vs. Chicago style pizza. I didn't have a preference one way or another, having grown up on the west coast. Now, even though I've never been to NY, I realize that as delicious as your photos look, I am firmly in the thin crust camp. Chicago pies can be wonderful, but they are NOT pizza, I say! …but then, maybe I've been spending too much time writing about Pizza Margherita lately.
Thanks, as always, for a lovely visit to a faraway place. 🙂
What a great tour through Chicago. You know, I have never been there but I have lived and eaten thanks to this delicious post!! And glad Macy's honored the heritage of Marshall Field! Great pics of the windy city my friend.
I think Chicago is a great city. I've it explored it on long weekends on a couple of occasions. I love the deep dish pizza and my mouth waters looking at the first photo. Also love the Chicago Art Museum and would love to go back and spend a day wandering around it.
Not fair. Double whammy. Start and finish with that Chicago pizza. . .hard to take at 5 p.m. Seattle time. Loved the tour. We keep saying we need to visit the Windy City and this has just moved it higher on the list of must sees.
I keep hearing really good things about Chicago…I am intrigued.
Woo, I have yet to find a good Chicago style pizza in the bay area (near SF)…often times it is too thick and oily for me. The ones you show in the photos clearly looked much better!
Haha, I also have many instances where I see someone famous, but did not approach them for some reason. ^^ (then kicking myself later when I got home and Googled them)
I've always found Chicago to be a fascinating city and such a foodie paradise. Glad to hear you had a great vacation. I remember that Tiffany Glass when it was Marshall Fields – so stunning. One of my bestfriends lives in Chicago so every Christmas we either get Malnati's pizza delivered with dry ice or tubs of Garrett's popcorn. She's visiting in Aug. so I may need to ask her to bring some since your pictures just gave me some serious cravings. =)
I've only had one opportunity to spend a day in Chicago, and I have to say I left with a slightly less nostalgic view of the "L" train than you paint here. The rest of the city though, I really enjoyed. Your pictures do it a great justice.
I have a cousin who lives in Chicago that I haven't visited in years (decades, actually). Fun to see some familiar scenes – and some new.
And pizza: Margherita. With as few ingredients as possible, very thin crust…
YUMMY! We love chicago style pizza. There is this great place in Echo park that has delicious chicago style pizza. now I think Bob and I need to go there sooner than later!
Chicago is one of my favorite big cities and I love that you captured pics of different things than most expect to see (lake shots, the Bean, etc.) – I enjoyed it though I'm puzzled that you were cheating on Gino's East…. :))
Great photos! Really make me miss Chicago – it's been way too long since I've been there.
And it's definitely been too long since I've been to Malnati's. I am so jealous.
Great photos. It's almost like being there in person. Now I know I like Chicago.
First off, this post is fantastic. I could not have described & photographed my city any better than you have. Secondly, I prefer thin crust pizza but if I am going to do deep dish, I'm going to Pizzeria Due. Lastly, you should have told me you'd be in Chicago! We had an awesome tweetup last weekend with a group of fellow travel bloggers.
Love the pictures of Chicago – it's SO high on my bucket list!
As for pizza you must have been reading my mind, because my son was here for a few days last week & part of the ritual of his visit was to go to the one pizza place which does deep crust here. They really are to die for, and I was thinking of doing a post about them. When Guy (son) was in his teens, he had a band which practiced in our garage & the ritual every weekend when they were there was to send out for a Roy's Pizza. It became so regular that the delivery guy inevitably arrived with a gift of sodas or ice cream or something. Fond memories!
Malnati's is one of Kent and I's favorite pizza places in the whole world. We have literally had their pizza delivered to our house in Seattle, that is how much we love it. Did you happen to have their house salad as well? It almost trumps the pizza. No kidding!
Love the other shots of Chicago. It really is a cool city, isn't it?
I want to rip that pizza right off of the screen! 🙂 Your photos make me want to visit Chicago.
Your photos are getting me excited about our summer trip to Chicago. The last number of trips we've made have been in the winter and I'm anxious to go on a boat tour again. I've been to Chicago more than half a dozen times but I've never had pizza there – may just have to do something about that too!
I've never been to the Windy City to try Chicago style pizza but normally, the thicker the pizza, the better! 🙂
We're hoping to make a trip to Chicago this year- would love to take that boat tour!
I love Chicago, and I have to say that pizza looks amazing! I love walking and exploring the city.
I've never been to the US but it seems there's really a lot to see, and not just skyscrapers either! Lovin' the way you presented the Windy City. Hope to be able to visit there someday!
Lovely photo collection, Cathy, Chicago really looks like a vibrant city!
i think i've visited every pizza joint in chicago after all my years of business trips out there. i'm sure much has changed in 10 years!
one of my former co-workers actually bought one of the cows after the exhibition. as he lived in a 1 bedroom apartment, I was baffled as to where he actually KEPT that thing! 😉
The first pizza looks DEEEEP. I had to laugh at the caption which describes the second as THIN CRUST.
Are you KIDDING me??? 🙂
Hungry again…
Great series of photos, Cathy. That first shot of the pizza is mouth-watering!
Great photos! I'm definitely planning on having my fair share of the deep dish whenever I'm in Chicago this summer. I'll take it any day over the thin crust!
How fun! That first pic really shows that this pizza is really more of a pie than pizza 🙂 Looks great though in its own right! A boat tour sounds like fun as well.
Great photos! Those pizzas are making me hungry. I've never had a deep dish pizza before!
Mmmm – I love the deep dish pizza – Nancy's is my fav!
I've only been to Chicago airport, which is one of the nicest airports I've ever been in, but the architecture and the pizza would capture my interest the most.
I have to admit I am a bit afraid of deep dish pizza, or at least the calories in it.
That Thin Crust Veggie Pizza has got me drooling and I can't concentrate now until I have one of those. I love Chi-town. A lot.
It looks very tasty slice..
I've only spent one night in Chicago, and I didn't even get to eat some pizza. Damn.
Beautiful pictures!
Thanks for this post; we're heading for vacation in Chicago on June 12 and I'm getting excited looking at your photos. Everything on here is on our agenda, along with Art Inst., Shedd, Field Museum, and Navy Pier. We're doing it all! ~ mmmmm, malnatis chicago classic…..can't wait!
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Wow, that pizza looks great! And I love the 1907 original Tiffany glass ceiling, it has been so beautifully preserved. This post is a great little "slice of Chicago" – thanks for sharing! – Emme @ Green Global Travel


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papers that should
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rest, it is not
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What: Yampa Valley Feeds
When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
Where: 198 E. Lincoln Ave., Hayden
Call: 970-276-4250
Hayden Tammie Delaney and Sandy Messing have caught a little bit of flak from the old-timers who patronize Yampa Valley Feeds in Hayden.
The two women are running the feed, tack and ranch supply store, which Tammie and Patrick Delaney took ownership of Jan. 1. Doug Meacham had run Yampa Valley Feeds, also known as the Hayden granary or the grain elevator. Under his eye, the store was a smoky gathering place for good ol' boys.
The Delaneys and Messing banned smoking, painted and changed the wallpaper.
"But we didn't put pink or purple polka-dots up," Messing said.
The new owners want to keep the community vibe strong. They offer sitting space, coffee and treats, and they're planning a grand reopening the weekend of April 18 to coincide with the North Western Colorado Bull Sale. They hope to include a barn dance in that celebration, the women said.
In the meantime, they're checking inventory, reorganizing and clearing out the warehouse. Through their work, they've uncovered antique signs, a pool table and other relics of Hayden's past.
The Delaneys' decision to buy the store and granary was tied closely to their love of local history.
"It was the ability to see this type of a store continue," Patrick Delaney said. "It's the fact that we are historic preservation wackos."
Patrick Delaney is on the Historic Routt County Board. Tammie Delaney is involved with Vision 2030 and promoting cultural heritage tourism.
Jan Leslie, who volunteers at the Hayden Heritage Center, compiled the story of the elevator. The rusted metal buildings a block from Jefferson Avenue began as the Hayden Co-Operative Elevator in fall 1917. The Hayden Farmers Union shipped grain and feed from the granary.
An article in the Dec. 14, 1917, edition of The Routt County Republican described it:
"The farmers have constructed a first-class elevator on the street just west of the church and near the railroad track. This elevator is completely covered with sheet iron, has a fire-proof engine room and the power is furnished by a 10 horse poser [sic] gasoline engine. The capacity of the elevator is about 11,000 bushels."
The granary has passed through several hands. Names attached to it in Leslie's history include Hockett, Peroulis, Barnes and Camilletti. Meacham took over in 1992 and held a grand opening for Yampa Valley Feeds in April 1993. His saddle-making business eventually will have a home in the warehouse.
Now, the granary and store are stocked with the Delaney and Messing families. Millie Delaney, 11, Liam Delaney, 13, and Messing's daughter, Karyn Forbes, 8, buzzed around the shop after school Thursday. Robert Bowes, the Delaneys' nephew from Vermont, worked in the warehouse. Even border collies Mimi and Lucky trotted around, hunting for attention.
"The whole thing about this place to me, the history is so special," Tammie Delaney said. "Everyone who's been here more than a generation has some connection. : From a heritage standpoint, it's absolutely essential that these places are maintained."
Plans for the granary
Although the building is creeping up on its 100th birthday, it hasn't outlived its usefulness, Patrick Delaney said.
"It honors our past to keep (historical structures) up to date and useful for today's world," he said. "And part of that is you can't build things like this now."
The Delaneys bought it as the Hayden Granary LLC, and the store is Yampa Valley Feeds. Messing is a partner in the store segment. The owners offer a variety of feed and aim to stock products that are as local as possible, Tammie Delaney said. They sell Profile Show Feeds products, for example. A Fort Collins family runs that company.
Delaney is active with Northwest Colorado Products, so the local aspect is particularly important to her.
"I think being a small feed store gives us the opportunity to do more local, regional sourcing that's hard to do with a larger scope," Delaney said.
They plan to have a plant sale and plant exchange in May as well as an artisans market. Yampa Valley Feeds already has hosted a Hayden Garden Club, and the owners intend to host more gatherings.
The Delaneys and Messing also plan to help 4-H members by offering consignment tack, show clothes and saddles, as well as starter kits for children who want to learn English horseback riding.
"We want to complement other things you can get in Hayden; we don't necessarily want to compete," Patrick Delaney said.
The Delaneys have a ranch in Hayden, and this is their first attempt at retail. Messing said she worked in a tack shop growing up in New Jersey. Meacham still is involved and has helped the new owners manage inventory and make the transition.
The old-timers are getting used to all those changes. Some things, however, are still what you might call "vintage." The owners showed off old-style scales, a chalkboard with decades-old prices and an adding machine. And they're not quite ready to accept credit cards.
"Right now, it's cash and carry," Messing joked.
The hope, ultimately, is to promote the community, local products, agriculture and history at the landmark site. Messing and the Delaneys are passionate about the task they're taking on. After all, it's Hayden's history.
"To me," Tammie Delaney said, "it connects past to present to future."


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March 16, 2013
This will be the 24th consecutive trip to the CCHA Championship games at Joe Louis Arena for the Maize and Blue. The last time U-M did make it to The Joe for the championship games was 1989.
The four goals in the second period mark the third time U-M had scored that many goals in a single frame this year. The last time was the third period of the consolation game against Michigan State at the Great Lake Invitational.
Alex Guptill's two goals extended his point streak to nine games and his team-leading point total to 33 (14g, 19a).
Kevin Lynch has now received a point in 11 of his last 14 games. He scored the first goal tonight. It was his 10th of the season.
Luke Moffatt had three-assist night for U-M, tying his career high he had set against Notre Dame on Nov. 13, 2010.
Steve Racine is now 7-0-1 (1-SOW) since he has taken over the goalie duties for U-M.
With U-M holding WMU to three shots on net in the first period, the Wolverines held WMU to only 12 shots on net in a three-period span. U-M outshot WMU in the game, 29-23.
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I remember playing the first Nights game when I was pretty young. I never played it on the original console, but I could still play some kind of demo on a random gaming site (the type of random gaming site where every single eight year old will spend hours and hours trying to beat his classmate's highscores instead of working on school projects). I kept playing that game, not because it was fun, but because the music was freaking catchy. That's the only thing I know from Nights : catchy music.
When my friends gave me the game for my birthday, they told me it took them a long time to make their choice because they wanted to make sure I would like it (basically, they think I like she-males). The next day, after my birthday party (we basically got drunk with cream soda and played D&D until my parents went crazy), my friends wanted to try it out. We put the game in the Wii and watched the introduction movie as we always do. Right when we watched it, we knew that the game was going to be pretty pointless : nothing at all happens in the freaking movie. The only thing you'll see is Nights, flying around. He/she does nothing else than flying over mountains, rivers or plains. Basically, it represents the spirit of the game : you'll fly, and that's pretty much it. And you'll fly in two dimensions.
The game starts with some nice-looking choice of storyline : you get to choose between a boy's dream or a girl's dream. However, when you try both stories, you discover that they have the same missions and stories, with some rare exceptions. The gameplay will remain the same thing, you'll earn the same power-ups at the same time and encounter the same characters at the same time too. In two dimensions.
Speaking of the storyline, it's not very satisfying either. The basic concepts are pretty interesting, even if they're a bit kiddy, and fit pretty well with the character of Nights. Sadly, it keeps being very neglected and most things that happen during the game don't make much sense. The best examples would be the boss fights : at the end of a mission, bosses just spawn in your face with no explanations and you have to defeat them. Twice. Not twice in a row, but they'll spawn in your face two missions later. And they're boring. You'll understand what I'm saying when you'll be "fighting" the witch and her cats. It's not even a fight, you'll just flip some kind of crappy game board, trying to throw the cats in the holes. The boss won't even attack you, she'll just stand there and watch you kill her. In two dimensions.
The missions don't really have any link between them either. Every once in a while, there will be some kind of evil twin that will appear, do some evil stuff and then go away until you reach the next chapter (what's that obsession with making an evil red and black alter ego of your characters, Sonic Team?). For the rest of the game, you'll just fly around (in two dimensions), trying to go through rings and boosts, making loops around enemies. No, you don't have to attack them, just run into them and press A. They won't even attack you.
The game won't really give you any good feel either. The visuals are a mix between a botched Gamecube third-party and a Nintendo 64 graphic glitch. Apparently, more and more people are underestimating the Wii's capacity : all the 3D the Sonic games I've seen had great visuals. Maybe the gay animations in the background sapped the graphical capacities.
At least, Sonic Team included some kind of replayability attempt. They put everywhere around the world some cute little inhabitants, the Nighttopians, that really look like a bunch of Chaos on drugs. While you're doing the missions, you can capture them and bring them in your own world, which is called "My dream". And it sucks badly. There are almost no options with My Dream, you can barely interact with the Nighttopians you caught and there's not much customization with your world either.
The game sucked so badly that my friends apologized for giving it to me and gave me the bill. I went to the Future Shop, got refunded and bought Bully instead. No regrets. Still, even if I really hated that game, I suggest renting it if you think you might like it. I have to say, the level design was pretty cool on some missions. It's a pretty simple game, with not much options, but still, it might be enjoyable if your tastes differ from mine. And if you like she-males. In two dimensions.


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That is cool. Every time I look I see a different pattern. :-)
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
That is cool. Every time I look I see a different pattern. :-)
WOW!!! That is beautiful.Thanks for sharing.
so many quilts to make, so little time.
Love the quilt! Great job! Someone will love it too! Bless you for donating!
Love it. You did a great job finishing it.
Kacy from OK
Well It looks great! I am glad you stuck with it and finished it thru!
" A girl should be two things: Classy and Fabulous!" Coco Chanel
I quilt on my INNOVA long arm. I own an 18 & 26.
Cute! I like this pattern.
Grandma of 5 beautiful grand kids, 4 crazy cats & 1 dog!
Wow, it's beautiful.
Fabric is like money, no matter how much you have it's never enough.


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I haven't been able to be on the boards much lately and here is why:
My husband (age 49), was admitted to the hospital last Thursday with two major heart attacks. He is now in the cardiac ICU unit and needs a heart transplant to survive. We are having trouble with the insurance company and the hospital will not put him on the waiting list for a donor heart until the financials are resolved. He is being kept alive by the IV's and we don't have time to waste on legal battles. Please pray for him, and send good thoughts that the right thing will happen for us.
I know this may seem strange, but it just gave me comfort to think of people from all over the country sending him warm wishes. He is such a wonderful man and the love of my life.
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Fairmont Baku
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Fairmont Baku
About the Hotel
Property Location
Centrally located in Baku, Fairmont Baku is minutes from Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall and Palace of the Shirvan Shahs. This 5-star hotel is within close proximity of Maiden's Tower and Sabir Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 318 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature designer toiletries and bidets. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, and a spa tub. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Grab a bite at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Relax with a refreshing drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges. Buffet breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, a business center, and express check-in. Planning an event in Baku? This hotel has 26900 square feet (2500 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Free valet parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Free self parking
- Sauna
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Porter/bellhop
- Full-service spa
- Meeting rooms 11
- Spa tub
- Terrace
- ATM/banking
- Express check-in
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor pool
- Accessible bathroom
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 318
- Concierge services
- Luggage storage
- Free parking nearby
- 24-hour front desk
- Turkish bath/Hammam
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Free WiFi
- Wedding services
- Roll-in shower
- Business center
- Fitness facilities
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Elevator/lift
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Conference space size (meters) - 2500
- Multilingual staff
- Laundry facilities
- Number of floors - 37
- Free valet parking
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 26900
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- In-room accessibility
- Express check-out
Room Facilities
- Minibar
- Free toiletries
- Satellite TV service
- Bidet
- Phone
- Desk
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Turndown service
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free WiFi
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Hair dryer
- Designer toiletries
- Pay movies
- Flat-panel TV
- Air conditioning
- Shower/tub combination
- Private bathroom
- Slippers
- In-room safe
- Espresso maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Room service (24 hours)
- Bathrobes
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free bottled water
- Blackout drapes/curtains
Hotel Policy
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- If you require a visa to enter the country, your property may be able to help with the supporting documents needed to obtain one. To learn more, you can reach out to the property via the contact details included on your booking confirmation. The property may charge for this assistance, even if you end up cancelling your reservation. All arrangements are solely between the property and yourself.
- This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- Children 12 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.
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for buffet breakfast: AZN 35 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: AZN 35 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Mandatory Fees and Taxes
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property:
- A tax is imposed by the city: AZN 1.30 per person, per night
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Revolutionary Rant: Battlefield 3 Pre-ordering Is a Mess
Posted on Thursday, August 4 @ 20:09:58 PST by Daniel Bischoff
Battlefield 3. Modern Warfare 3. Battlefield 3. Modern Warfare 3. As an adult, I don't have to choose between these two first-person shooter giants. I can go without food... or soap. There are so many things I could sacrifice to have the funds for both EA's and Activision's tent-pole Fall releases. That doesn't mean I'm set in my decision. If anything, it complicates the matter greatly. Let's focus on Battlefield 3 because Call of Duty is too busy planning an insane convention for itself.
Today, the Battlefield 3 blog detailed all of its retailer-specific preorder bonuses. The following bonuses can be found at entirely different retailers.
Normally I'm pretty good at navigating these un-consumer-friendly waters. It's easy to pick out the preorder DLC with the most value. Let's face it, any time you're choosing between a bonus level or a multiplayer skin, you should know to go with the item that extends your gameplay.
So, having laid it all out for y---
F***, I forgot about Origin. EA's downloadable games service has certainly taken a sh** across the entire landscape of Battlefield 3 pre-order madness. The mega-publisher has complicated things to no end and we consumers are left with it sitting in our laps. What's more, not supporting this practice means that we miss out on something of value. We're completionists. We've got no choice but to admit it. That fervor for the 100%, the complete and finished experience (not that that exists on launch day in gaming anymore) will be our ruin. As much as I hate everything about this mess, I'm not about to miss out on free DLC maps or a handful of bonus weapons.
So let me speak directly to EA: F***. C'mon, EA. I can't imagine developer DICE has very much to do with this nasty business. I can also understand that you probably don't want to announce that all of this DLC would become available after BF3 has been available for a month.
There's no precedent with you, EA. Maybe with Rockstar Games or Ubisoft or even THQ, I'd believe that everything on offer for day 1 purchasers would be available later, but you, EA, are an enigma. You've got no history of letting the entirety of pre-order DLC out in the wild, even with your Project $10 (or is it $15 now) plans. Why can't you make it clear to us? Let us know what's up!
What's the ideal solution to our problem? Let me know in the comments so I can let EA know what they should be doing, instead of making us all cross-eyed and stupid at the register.
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Because my new Impreza WRX will be my first turbo car I wanted to double check something.
On past vehicles I have always purchased one of the reusable air filters that you rinse out and oil a couple of times a year.
Is this appropriate for the WRX or is there some reason to keep the factory paper filter?


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2012 Focus - Aftermarket Stereo possibilities.
Okay, it's still very early and the 2012 model is still brand new..
But, for those of us who have bought a Focus, or who are thinking about buying a Focus, with after market audio in mind.. Here is some research I've done explaining different possibilities.
As we know, today's car electronics and stock stereo systems are becoming increasingly complicated. Gone are the days when the radio, was just the radio, and swapping an aftermarket headunit for vastly improved sound was very easy.
These days, it takes a lot more effort, due to the way radios are integrated into the entire car.
As we also know, having an aftermarket headunit with speakers, amp(s) and a couple of subwoofers in the trunk makes for the best sound. Unfortunately, this is becoming more and more of a challenge, however with some trims on the 2012+ Focus, it will be possible.
The Focus has several stock stereo options. I am not going to get into full details, but here are the generalities.
(1) Base radio, no sync.
(2) Base radio, with sync.
(3) Sony radio, with sync.
(4) Sony radio with sync & MFT.
The above four options also come with varying amounts of speakers (4, 6, or 10).
Let me just flat out say this. If you are thinking of putting in an after market stereo, there's really no reason to get option (3) or (4). Especially (4). Why spend the extra money on something you are just going to yank out?
If you get option (4), pretty much forget about it. The level of integration (climate control etc.) is so high that you would lose wayyy too much functionality.
Option (3) will be possible, but again, why buy an upgraded sound system just to yank it out. One could argue that you would like to have the 10 speaker system, and then add trunk subwoofers w/ aftermarket HU to it, but I'd argue that 6 speakers are just fine. Just my opinion.
That leaves us with Options (1) and (2), which are the most viable for aftermarket installations.
We all know to install an aftermarket HU, there needs to be a dash kit available to fit either a single or double DIN unit. It also needs to keep any functionality that may be lost when removing the stock dash area.
Looking at the radio in the focus, this appears to be a nightmare. It is weirdly shaped, with buttons that control items on the screen, in addition to a hazard light and lock light buttons. (The annoyances of modern cars... Why are these things on the radio again?)
In looking at possibilities, I stumbled upon some Ford Fiesta material. The Fiesta radio is essentially the same as the Focus radio. See below photo.
So what is available for the Fiesta? A quick search yielded some promising results.
Metra has released a single-din (NO DOUBLE DIN) dash kit for the Fiesta, that includes all buttons needed to keep the functionality of the LCD screen above the radio.
Wiring harnesses are also available.
Option (1) does not include Sync, so a good possibility would be to get an aftermarket headunit with bluetooth for phone, and an aftermarket GPS unit to stick on the windshield. It appears double DIN may not fit on our Focii unfortunately, if it turns out being the same as the Fiesta. So we'll be stuck with Single DIN. Not a big deal in my book.
Option (2) includes Sync, which is a little bit more messy, but there are aftermarket Sync "retention modules" that exist. I haven't done my research on this, but I've heard it works decent enough. I ordered my car with Option (1) to avoid these troubles.
Hope this helps for anyone thinking along the same lines as myself.
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Ace Hotel New York, New York Overview
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Ace Hotel New York Hotel Overview
A stylish New York hotel, with impressive dining options, a short walk from Macy's and the Empire State Building.
Access for disabled, ATM/Cash machine, Air-conditioning, City maps, Electronic key card, Elevator, Entire property is non-smoking, Ice machine, Multilingual staff
24-hour front desk, 24-hour room service, 24-hour security, Concierge, Voicemail, Dry cleaning/laundry service, Wake-up calls
Paid parking is possible near the hotel.
Wi-Fi Internet free of charge in all rooms and general areas (lobby/reception etc.)
From JFK Airport: Take the free quick and easy Airtrain to Jamaica Station on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). Take the blue metro line E towards Manhattan and step out at 'Queens Plaza'. Once there change into the yellow metro line towards Downtown Manhattan and get off at '28th Street'. The hotel is a five minute walk from here.
Ace Hotel New York, New York Hotel Details
Four blocks down from the Empire State Building, Ace Hotel New York is located in the heart of Manhattan's Midtown, close to the Theater District. The block is flanked by Broadway and 5th Avenue, with Madison, Macy's and Park Avenues a short walk south-east. Penn Station and Madison Square Garden are within walking distance to the north-west, and 28th Street subway station is a short walk around the corner, to take you to Central Park, UN Headquarters and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A new twelve storey property, Ace Hotel has a high quality range of services to please all guests. The Breslin restaurant is a delight for carnivores and sources ingredients from small growers and farmers. The hotel also hosts 'The John dory' and 'No.7 Sub Shop' for further gastronomic treats. Guests can stay in shape at the hotel gym or relax in the lobby bar, where DJs play music. Liberty Hall ballroom is an impressive conference and events venue, complemented by The Boardroom meeting space.
Ace Hotel New York offers stylish accommodation with en-suite bathroom facilities and conveniences including a mini refrigerator, fully stocked minibar and a telephone. The rooms are heated and air conditioned, and also feature complimentary high speed Internet access.


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Security Speaking Podcast: Schneider Electric's Sam Belbina and Kevin McCaughey
Welcome back to SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION's "Security Speaking" podcast! Here, two top Schneider Electric executives shares Pelco's topmost objectives in the electronic security marketplace.
April 23, 2012
Welcome to SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION's "Security Speaking" podcast.
This weekly podcast features the industry's leading business owners, operators, managers and subject matter experts discussing the trends, challenges, technologies and more affecting today's electronic security professional.
In the latest edition, Editor-in-Chief Scott Goldfine talks with Schneider Electric Vice President of Security & Video Sam Belbina and Schneider Electric Vice President of Security Solutions Kevin McCaughey.
Listen as Belbina and McCaughey discuss the firm's technology offerings, including the Pelco video brand, as well as its topmost objectives in the electronic security marketplace.
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Then he discovered someone on the inside was sabotaging Night Wing, and with her late hours and specialized expertise, Caroline seemed the obvious choice. Now Joe had to choose between allegiance to his country and love for his prime suspect.
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"McKenzie's Mission"
Author and narrator are both excellent; have read all Ms. Howard's McKenzie's books and enjoy them for what they are; this is first on audio purchased, but will surely have more; looking for entertainment and received it
Love books, preferably romance and suspense. Typically read/listen to 3-5 a week.
"Good Book"
The story continues from Mackenzie's Mountain. Joe is all grown up now and has graduated from the academy. You get a chance to see how he developed and get a glance at the rest of the Mackenzie clan. I enjoyed the story thought it was well written and engaging. This book gives us some missing information we didn't get in Mackenzie's Mountain such as, what happened to Joe while Wolf was in jail, and while Joe was in foster care. It shows how and why there was a deep bond between Joe and Wolf and gives an insight as to how Joe became so determined. This is a really good book we get to visit with Zane as well and find out the latest with him.
The best part of the book is the relationship between Joe and Carolyn, how they met and married.
You can tell this is one of Linda Howard earlier books but it is still a solid book and one of my favorites. This books holds up to any book she has written recently it shows passion and depth. You can't go wrong with a Linda Howard book It is totally worth a credit.
"Good Story"
Linda Howard always writes a good tale with happy endings.
"right book wrong voice"
Lind Howard always tell a good story. For romance lovers....you will love this story; however the voice is wrong. The speaker has a good voice, but not for romance. It ruined the effect of having a sensual book read to you. From here on out....I am going to start taking note of the voice that is being used.
Color me a little disappointed.
"Dated by still a great listen."
No, the narrator's intonation and inflections were off at times and he could have done a much more masculine hero's voice. Considering how often it was mention how deep and rumbling his voice was. A bit of a disappointment in that department.
He didn't improve the book.
Loins were mentioned way too many times but that is to be expected with the publish date. Linda Howard is still a great story teller.
"Decent Story...Narrator not a good fit"
I enjoyed the story, however, the narrator ruined it for me. His female voice didn't do it for me, but that wasn't the worst of it. His reading was so...mechanical. Like he was reading an airplane manual allowed. The love scenes were read with no emotion. It was difficult at times to enjoy the story because of the narrator. Luckily it's a short story. :-)
"One of my favorites"
This is probably my favorite book in the Mackenzie series and the audiobook version did not disappoint! The narrator did a great job telling Joe and Caroline's story, with just the right amount of emotion, angst and drama. I highly recommend this book but you really should listen to Mackenzie's Mountain first in order to appreciate the back story. A+
"Wonderful part of the saga."
Love this story! A bit concerned about the pronunciation of many of the words. Have never heard aqua pronounced like it was in this story.
it causes a momentary stutter to the mind of the listener.
"Joe and Caroline"
The narrator was very good. Brought the characters to life and the story stayed true to the book. I appreciate the subtle humor being read into the story rather than just have the story being read.
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