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Thursday, May 1, 2014
TORRINGTON >> Thursday afternoon J. Timothy Quirk, local artist announced a new comedy show - Nutmeg Chatter - that will be featured on the local It's Happening Here website.
The show will be a collaboration with the Desultory Theatre and Performance HUB USA Education Foundation and will be recorded for It's Happening Here by Evan Dobos of PictureThisWEBCENTER.
The first three episodes will be filmed May 21 at the Downtown Cafe from 7 p.m. to 8:33 p.m. There is no cover charge but seating is very limited.
"It will be a Connecticut based program filmed in Torrington with Connecticut based humor," said Quirk.
The show will have musical and non-musical guests. The first three non-musical guests are author Jack Sheedy, Torrington Titans General Manager Joey Abis, and actress/director Katherine Ray.
The musical guests will be Sarah Barrios, RC Fullerton and Jay Roberts.
Sheedy, editor for The Catholic Transcript, has been a journalist for many years, more recently he has published his memoir, Sting of the Heat Bug. Abis was hired in October 2013 as the Torrington Titans general manager and previously worked as the assistant to the Commissioner of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England. Ray most recently directed "Young Frankenstein" for the Thomaston Opera House. She is currently directing "Songs for a New World" at the Warner Studio Theatre.
Barrios is a local singer/songwriter from Torrington. In February she won Best new Act at the New England Music Awards. Since her win, she has been performing more frequently. Her next gig is May 17 opening for The Go To at Northampton's Pearl Street Theater. RC Fullerton is a self-taught local musician who plays covers from the 30s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Roberts is a local musician and one of the brains of the non-profit Performance Hub USA Education Foundation. Roberts has been a musician for 20 years and founded Performance HUB to teach others how to turn their love of playing music into a career instead of just a side job.
Paul, Truby and Quirk will all be co-hosting the show.
Paul, executive director of the Desultory Theatre Club, says they will each take turns doing different segments of the show. Paul has also acted and directed in theater. Truby is the technical consultant and director of the Desultory Theatre club and has a background in theater from acting to light design, and sound design.
"The show will cater towards a specific audience that likes The Daily Show and is from Connecticut," said Quirk.
As for where Quirk, known for his Nutmeg Chatter skits, got the idea from - "You can't stop an idea whose time has come," he said. "And it helps to know the right people to work with."
Jenny Golfin can be reached at 860-489-3121, ext. 357.


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Students Lose Financial Aid for Failure to Make Satisfactory Academic Progress
Find out why getting Cs and Ds could lead to a loss of financial aid.
Mark Kantrowitz
August 29, 2011
I have been attending college for some time now. Ever since my mom passed away I have been really shaking with some of my classes. Last semester I did decent: I got an A, two Cs and a D. But my appeal for financial aid got denied. I had to pay out of pocket for the spring semester and I won't be able to do that for the fall. I asked the financial aid office if there was anything I could do at all and they said no. Were they just saying that so that they won't have to worry about me or is there actually something I can do? I really want to be in school this semester but I am not sure how if I can't get financial aid. — Chris V.
To be eligible for federal student aid and college financial aid, a student must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). This generally consists of maintaining at least a 2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (i.e., at least a C average) and passing enough classes consistent with progress toward a degree within 150% of the normal timeframe. The maximum timeframe requirements typically limit financial aid eligibility to no more than 3 years for an Associate's degree and no more than 6 years for a Bachelor's degree.
There are similar, often harsher requirements for continued receipt of renewable private scholarships. Many private scholarships require recipients to maintain a higher GPA.
Most students who lose eligibility for student financial aid do so because of grades, not the maximum timeframe restrictions. About one in ten college students will have a cumulative GPA that is less than 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. Students who do not have at least a C average are much less likely to graduate, graduating at half to a quarter the rate of students with better grades.
If a student loses financial aid for a failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress, the student may be able to regain eligibility by getting better grades. When the student's academic performance improves enough so that it once again satisfies the college's satisfactory academic progress requirements, the student will regain eligibility for student financial aid.
Until then, however, the student will be ineligible for financial aid and will have to pay for the college costs on his or her own. The student will be ineligible for all forms of federal student aid, including all types of federal education loans. Some students who are ineligible for federal student aid will borrow from private student loan programs, but this can be rather expensive.
College policies vary. Some colleges will require the student to pay for one or two semesters on their own or to take a semester leave of absence before they can ask for reinstatement of financial aid. However, the student must also improve academic performance before they can regain eligibility for financial aid. A student will remain ineligible for as long as the student's cumulative GPA is less than 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. Merely waiting out the suspension of financial aid eligibility is not enough. The only basis for eligibility for federal student aid is demonstrating academic standing consistent with the college's satisfactory academic progress policy.
Having grades that are mostly Cs and Ds is probably not enough to regain eligibility for federal student aid. The grades must not only be better than before, but they must also be good enough to raise the cumulative GPA up above the 2.0 threshold.
In some cases a student may be able to appeal for a temporary waiver of the satisfactory academic progress rules. Section 484(c)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the regulations at 34 CFR 668.34(a)(9)(ii) allow colleges to suspend the requirements for satisfactory academic progress in certain mitigating circumstances. These circumstances include when the failure to make satisfactory academic progress was due to injury or illness of the student, death of a relative of the student or other special circumstances. The appeal should not only document the special circumstances (e.g., a letter from the student's doctor) and explain how the circumstances affected the student's performance, but also explain what has changed which will allow the student's performance to improve. For example, if the student's poor performance is blamed on working a full-time job, the appeal should state that the student has reduced working hours to enable him or her to concentrate more on academics. Colleges may waive the rules when there are extenuating circumstances, but are not required to do so.
There is also a loophole in the rules concerning satisfactory academic progress that may allow a student to regain eligibility for financial aid by changing majors or degree programs or by transferring to another college. Depending on the college's policies, classes that don't count toward the new major may be excluded from the determination of satisfactory academic progress. This can effectively reset the student's eligibility for federal student aid.
It is a good idea to start by reading the college's satisfactory academic progress policy. All colleges are required to have a written satisfactory academic progress policy. The policy may be found on the college's web site or in the course catalog. The college's financial aid office can also provide a copy of the policy upon request. The college's written policy must explain the procedures for regaining eligibility for financial aid and the appeals process.
Can students whose families had a zero EFC still receive financial aid even if they fell below satisfactory academic progress? Are there special entitlements for these kinds of people? I ask, because my family is essentially broke and I fell below SAP by only .007ths of a point. — Julie R.
No. Students lose eligibility for federal student aid if they are no longer maintaining satisfactory academic progress, regardless of financial need. There are no special exceptions to the satisfactory academic progress requirements for low-income students.
This is unfortunate, because low-income students often lack the resources to continue paying for college on their own without financial aid, not even for a semester or two. Low-income students are also unlikely to qualify for private student loans. This contributes to lower college-degree attainment rates by low and moderate income students, as compared with middle and upper income students. Low-income students who get bad grades are about half as likely to graduate with an Associate's or Bachelor's degree as upper-income students with bad grades.
Students should always file an appeal if the failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress is due to extenuating circumstances.
If a low-income student cannot afford to pay for tuition without financial aid, the student should ask the college about taking classes at a local community college. If these classes are accepted for credit by the student's college, it will help the student regain eligibility at much lower cost.
Students who fail to maintain satisfactory academic progress are still eligible for the education tax benefits, such as the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits. The education tax benefits may be claimed by filing a federal income tax return, based on amounts paid for postsecondary education.
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New Mexican (Newspaper) - March 24, 1998, Santa Fe, New Mexico THE NEW MEXICAN A7 OPINION SANTA HE NEW March 24 The Wests Oldest Newspaper Founded 1849 Robert M McKinney Editor and Publisher Billie Blair Associate Editor and Publisher William W Waters Editorial Page Editor Robert Dean Managing Editor 202 E Marcy St Santa Fe 875012048 Clinton did take nor for an answer Gloria Steinem Commentary City needs light law state should follow It wasnt so long ago that New Mexicos power companies and coops were trying to shed light on every corner of the state Just hang a mercury vapor lamp on a utility pole or the peak of your barn went the pitch and keep burglars at bay Its an idea whose time is past With the threat of being shot at night and with empty homes awaiting them in the daylight thieves nowadays work bankers hours Still the sun goes down and the lights go on And on And on Mercury vapor lamps once the state of the citystreetlighting art still keep roosters confused at many rural homes and they turn darkness into dazzle on suburban ites garages as With all that artificial light and with New Mexicos population growing its cities sprouting evergaudier lights the stars are going out Our night skies have become obscured by an atmospheric glow The glare of Albuquerque of course covers the widest area As its eerie swath moved north nighttime glow surged southward from Santa Fe Espanola growth gave that town its own glare Los Alamos emerged from wartime blackout into a separate stretch of glare Now capping the flash of casino lights are horrendous 120 foothigh light clusters at Po joaque compliments of the state Highway and Transportation De partment Our whole state is overdue for a lighting law At next years long session of the Legislature New Mexicos senators and represen tatives must recognize the night skies not only as the scenic won der that they are but also as a natural resource Astronomys po tential depends on telescopes reach beyond the atmosphere If ours is lightpolluted cross New Mexico off as an observatory site Arizona came to a similar cross roads a quarter of a century ago when Tucsons glare threatened the efficiency of Kitt Peaks re nowned telescopy center That city and its surrounding county approved the nations first light pollution ordinances Arizonas legislature since has followed suit Here in New Mexico Santa Fe County has set the pace with a twoyearold lighting ordinance Without a similar law in the City of Santa Fe however the county ordinance is of little use Tomorrow evening City Hall has a chance to remedy that prob lem Mayor Larry Delgado and City councilors Cris Moore and Patti Bushee have proposed an outdoorlighting ordinance It would apply to lights of more than 160 watts which means that shielding of ordinary household porchlights will be up to the civic conscience of Santa Feans We urge everyone to fit those lights with downward deflectors As for the big bulbs mercury vapor owners would have three years to get rid of those fixtures Sodium lights will be allowed but lowpressure sodium lamps make more sense both in terms glarereduction and longrun op erating cost New construction would be the first to feel ordinances effects and thats sensible As long as youre putting up a new home or building buy sensible outdoor lighting while youre at it Whatever extra involved will likely be amortized in lower electricity bills The sooner our city can show good results of a lighting ordi nance the sooner visiting legisla tors are likely to see the sense in acting as soon as possible to save New Mexicos night skies Sweeping up sweepstakes Miami Herald Someone finally won and it was the consumers who were duped into believing that they had won millions of dollars in the American Family Publish ers sweepstakes The sweepstakes fronted by the overly affable and persuasive pitchmen Ed McMahon and Dick Clark must tone down the hype of their mailings and pay mil lion to 25 states This is good news Youre our newest winner has been a real loser of a slogan for thousands of people across the country who ei ther subscribed to a slew of maga zines in hopes of increasing their chance of winning big money and those who actually thought that they had won millions of dollars Indeed dozens of elderly people flew to Tampa where American If all the sexual allegations now swirl ing around the White House turn out to be true President Clinton may be a can didate for sex addiction therapy But feminists will still have been right to re sist pressure by the right wing and the media to call for his resignation or im peachment The pressure came from another case of the double standard For one thing if the president had be haved with comparable insensitivity to ward environmentalists and at the same time remained their most crucial champion and bulwark against an anti environmental Congress would they be expected to desert him I dont think so If Clinton were as vital to preserving freedom of speech as he is to preserv ing reproductive freedom would jour nalists be condemned as inconsistent for refusing to suggest he get it For another there was and is a differ ence between the accusations against Clinton and those against Bob Pack wood and Clarence Thomas between the experiences reported by Kathleen Anita Hill Commentators might stop puzzling over the presidents favorable poll ratings especially among women if they understood the com monsense guideline to sexual behavior that came out of the womens movement 30 years ago No means no yes means Its the basis of sexual harassment law It also explains why the medias ob session with sex qua sex is offensive to some titillating to many and beside the to almost everybody Like most feminists most Americans become con cerned about sexual behavior when someones will has been violated that is when no hasnt been accepted as an answer Lets look at what seem to be the most damaging allegations those made by Not only was she Clintons politi cal supporter but she is also old enough to be Monica Lewinskys mother a bet ter media spokeswoman for herself than Paula Jones and a survivor offam ily tragedy struggling to pay her dead husbands debts If any of the other women had tried to sell their stories to a celebrity tellall book publisher as Willey did you might be even more skeptical about their mo tives But with her you think Well she needs the For the sake of argument here Im also believing all the women at least un til we know more I noticed that CNN polls taken right after Willeys inter view on 60 Minutes showed that more Americans believed her than Clinton 100 YEARS Nonetheless the presidents approval ratings have remained high Why The truth is that even if the allegations are true the president is not guilty of sex ual harassment He is accused of having made a gross dumb and reckless pass at a supporter during a low point in her life She has testified that she pushed him away later went to see him three more times in the same private setting with out any repeat of unwelcome behavior and never experienced job conse quences positive or negative In other words Clinton took no for an answer In her original story Jones essen tially said the same thing She went to thenGov Clintons hotel room where she said he asked her to perform oral sex and even dropped his trousers She refused and even she claims that he said something like Well I dont want to make you do anything you dont want to Her lawyers now allege that as a re sult of the incident Jones described she was slighted in her job as a state cleri cal employee and even suffered long lasting psychological damage But there appears to be little evidence to support those accusations As with the allega tions in Willeys Clinton seems to have made a clumsy sexual pass then accepted rejection This is very different from the cases of Clarence Thomas and Bob Packwood According to Anita Hill and a number of Packwoods former employees the of fensive behavior was repeated for years despite constant It also occurred in the regular workplace of these women where it could not be avoided The women who worked for Pack wood described a man who groped and lunged at them Hill accused Thomas of regularly and graphically describing LETTERS sexual practices and pornography In both cases the women said they had to go to work every day never knowing what sexual humiliation would await them just the kind of hostile envi ronment that sexual harassment law was intended to reduce As reported Lewinskys case illus trates the rest of the equation Yes means Whatever it was her rela tionship with Clinton has never called unwelcome coerced or others than something she sought The power imbalance between them increased the index of suspicion but there is no evi dence to suggest that Lewinskys will was violated quite the contrary In fact her subpoena in the Jones case should have been quashed Wei come sexual behavior is about as rele vant to sexual harassment as borrowing a car is to stealing one The real violators of Lewinskys will were Linda Tripp who taped their the FBI agents who questioned her without a lawyer and Kenneth Starr the independent prosecutor who seems in tent on tailoring the former interns tes timony c What if Clinton lied under oath about some or all of the above According polls many Americans assume he There seems to be sympathy for keep ing private sexual behavior Perhaps we have a responsibility toj make it OK for politicians to tell the truth providing they are respectful of no means no yes means yes and still be able to enter high office includ ing the presidency Until then we will disqualify energy and talent the country needs as we are doing right now Gloria Steinem is a founder of the Na tional Womens PoliticalCaucus arid Ms magazine Special to The New York Times Attacking Lou Gallegos and defending him Family is based to collect their They had won noth ing The states that participated in a multistate task force that was in vestigating the agencys business practices will share in the million fine that AFP has agreed to pay Florida is not among them though Attorney General Bob Butterworth has filed suit in stead He says that each of the millions of sweepstakes entries that AFP mails to Floridians is a potential violation The outcome has yet to be de termined However American Family Publishers through its re cently reached agreement ap pears to acknowledge some level of responsibility for truth in ad vertising Thats at least a start Keep at em Butterworth From Tne New Mexican March Indians are scarce on the streets now Wheat planting claims their at tention and prevents them from spending much time in town Roswell Recorder Gayie received two deeds for record yesterday conveying million acres of land in the southwest part of Chaves county One is from George R Collins trustee for the Interstate Land to Robert Lindsay and Charles Goodnight March Congressional appropriation of funds so that work may be Immedi ately commenced on part of the proposed Rfo Grande flood control and water conservation program was urged today by the State of New Mexico The recommendation came as New Mexico forwarded to Washington Its views of the million proposal Thanks to Lou Gallegos Gov Gary Johnsons chief of staff for making it clear to all New Mexicans just how ma licious this Republican administrations bias is toward the teaching profession His comment can stop the bitchin now and start teachin Prove to us that youre worth the god damned is transparently chau vinistic sexist misogynistic antiintel lectual and myopic After Gov Johnson vetoed a teacher pay raise in 97 you bet we protested Since most of us are women he believes we should just be quiet and take it right Hes antiunion too right Well AFT and NEANew Mexico worked tire lessly on behalf of education as did par ents district superintendents school board members and students We ap preciate the efforts of all those whose bitchin helped us win one more bat tle in a war against ignorance Now I should start teaching right In fact I started teaching 34 years ago Soon I and thousands of other veteran teachers will proudly retire He and the other nihilists who demean us as we care for and guide this States children need to consider the future and this question What college graduates will want to teach in a state where a mind set which demeans them and their he roic efforts is all too evident Bonnie Hardaway Teacher Santa Fe Public Schools The very eloquent and articulate re marks by Lt Gov Lou Gallegos con cerning raises for teachers will no doubt serve as an example for my stu dents Tim Beckmon Chemistry Instructor Capital High School Santa Fe Shame on Lou Gallegos The com ments he made regarding teacher raises quoted in the March 12 edition of The New Mexican show how his teach ers failed in teaching him They didnt even change his core values Further they didnt give him a respectable vo cabulary for addressing the people he would some day represent at the high est office in New Mexico Ted Greathouse Santa Fe Based on Mr Lou Jallegos comments about the teachers raise I have a sug gestion Each member of the governors staff would be paid on an annual basis the same salary as a teacher entering the profession in New Mexico in the district which pays the lowest salary The gov ernor would be paid the same salary as a school principal in the same district Neither the governor nor his staff are any more important to the future of this state than the schoolteachers The gov ernor and his staff should be paid ac cordingly Abernethy Santa Fe I was extremely disappointed to read the headline in The New Mexican March 12 quoting Gov Johnsons chief of staff Lou Gallegos regarding public school teachers pay raises Does approval of legislative action come under his jurisdiction Also are we going to be subjected to more pro fanity from the governors chief of staff I sincerely hope not Blanche Quintana Pojoaque Little wonder that there is a 40 per cent school dropout rate around here with public officials like Lou Gallegos making ignorant insulting and irre sponsible remarks about the failures of the educational system Visceral reaction it may be does that make it okay Governor but it re veals his truefeelings and unfortu nately too many others that teachers are a necessary nuisance and that teaching is worth no more than any other babysitting service Would Mr Gallegos like to prove his job is worth Would Mr Gallegos like to take over a class of fourthgraders for a week PVWM Santa Fe My first inclination after reading Lou Gallegos derogatory and demeaning comments in The New Mexican was to refrain from dignifying his insults responding to them However becausg I respect my profession and my fellowi educators I feel I must My husband has always supported Mr Gallegos politically I dont know him personally but because I trust my husbands judgment I supported himj too Little did I know how much he lacks in knowledge understanding and con cern for the needs of his community Theres little more I can add to the whats already been said by other cators Suffice it to say that its like him who hinder the educational process I Sophia M Guidance Counselor Capital High School Santa Fe Re your critique of Lou Gallegos and the accompanying articles Why is it when one politician decides to state a fact that everyone knows is the truth you jump all over him If the public schools were held to the same accountability as the corner store 80 percent would be in chapter 7 and 11 of the bankruptcy code tomor row The education bureaucrats supj ported by the teachers unions con stantly hide behind the mantra that edu cation is different from the real world and that with just a little bit more money the magic bullet will be attain able and it never is No sense no logic no plans just gimme more money Accountability long overdue They need a 12step pro gram to bring them into reality and all the time they are destroying the hopes and lives of our most precious sion our I do not and have not any affiliation with Lou Gallegos or his party but in this instant he is right oft the mark Get with the real world Santa Fe New Mexican the time for plaio speaking has begun Peter Bastoit Santa Ft ;
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Grover Norquist, president of American for Tax Reform, says it's not the lack of revenue coming into the government that is the problem.
"There's a compromise to be made. Maybe we don't get as much in spending restraint as the Republicans want, but raising taxes on a little bit, doesn't solve the problem of the massive spending problem that we have. Doesn't get spending down, it just raises taxes."
"The problem is too much spending," Norquist adds. "The problem is not that the peasants aren't sending enough money into Washington."
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I was taking a nap and was stretching when I overstretched a leg muscle and was in intense pain for about 2 or 3 minutes. For some reason it made me think of this place. Is it a bad sign that I associated intense pain with the IGN Blogs?
But anyways, the last thing I posted here was my brilliant CCC for Lufia II. That was June 9th. So it has been over 3 months since I posted anything. What have I been doing in that period of time that could take me away from the oh so important duty of blogging? Nothing much. Playing video games, working, I moved to a new place in August, took a month and a half to get internet at my place, etc. That kind of stuff. Oh I did buy a new HDTV in August. The HD graphics got me to play MGS4 all over again and it was very fun.
I do intend to start posting again now that I've got internet. I'm not entirely sure about what yet as while there have been some good new releases (Batman: Arkham Asylum in particular and I just bought Muramasa and Mario & Luigi 3) the last 3 months have felt kind of flat to me. I'm in no way bored of games but yet at the same time there is little that is making me slobber all over myself in fanboyish anticipation coming up. It is perplexing.
Now that I have easy access to the internet (the effort it took for me to download Marvel vs. Capcom 2 would probably be considered overdoing it) I'm hoping to start posting some more. If not, not like anybody reads my stuff anyway.


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This is a story called Bengaluru Beer. There is a fear that Delhi might over Bangalore as the Pub City of India– or has it already? The one person who I wanted to interview for this piece but couldn't do it by deadline was a man from a company called Ambicon. They make equipment for brewing beer, which to me, is a sign that craft beer in India has come of age.
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People purchase foods based on their income level, their belief in a food's health benefit and cost. However, ethnicity and gender also impact people's food choices, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study, published in the March 7, 2007, advance online publication of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reports that food choice is also influenced by environmental factors, such as reliance on fast food, food advertising and food pricing, and on individual factors, such as taste, palatability, convenience and health benefits.
The study sample included 4,356 U.S. adults aged 20-65 years from two nationally-representative cross-sectional surveys conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals and the Diet and Health Knowledge Survey. The Johns Hopkins Center for Human Nutrition researchers examined diet quality indicators, such as the amount of energy, energy density, total fat and saturated fat in foods consumed by study participants. They also considered the quantity of fruits and vegetables, fiber, calcium and dairy products consumed and the overall quality of people's diet, which was assessed using two indices, including one recommended by the USDA. The key findings are as follows:
"Low socio-economic status may cause a significant food-cost barrier, which in turn, reduces the quality of an individual's diet. Considering the growing obesity crisis, it is important to make healthy foods accessible to poor segments of the population and to empower them to eat a healthy diet by lowering the price of healthy foods and enhancing tailored nutrition education," said Youfa Wang, MD, PhD, co-author of the study and an assistant professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of International Health. "Programs that promote positive attitudes towards the benefits of healthy diets can improve diet quality for both genders and all ethnicities."
"People's diets are affected by many factors. We examined some of those factors. Therefore, a large proportion of the association between income level and dietary intake could not be explained by the perceived barrier of food price or the perceived benefit of diet quality," added May A. Beydoun, coauthor of the study and a postdoctoral fellow in the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of International Health.
The study authors recommend additional studies aimed at uncovering the complex relationships between socio-economic status, nutritional knowledge, attitudes and perceptions and dietary behavior and food choices.
May A. Beydoun and Youfa Wang, both of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, co-authored the study.
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Balanced Occlusion : Factors Affecting the Balanced Occlusion
Balanced Occlusion : Factors Affecting the Balanced Occlusion
Laws of Articulation Hanau quint:
There are five factors involved in eccentric occlusal balance in complete dentures.
- Posterior or Condylar guidance
- Anterior or Incisal guidance
- The occlusal plane
- The compensatory curves
- Cusp angulation or inclination
1. Condylar guidance – it is definite anatomic feature that depends on the inclination of the floor of the glenoid fossa.
2. Incisal guidance – Incisal guidance is the effect of the contact of the upper and lower anterior teeth on the movement of the mandible. It is usually expressed in degrees of angulations from the horizontal by a line drawn in the sagittal plane between the incisal edges of the upper and lower incisor teeth when closed in centric occlusion. If the incisal guidance is steep, it requires steep cusp, a steep occlusal plane, or a steep compensating curve to effect an occlusal balance.
Factors affecting the incisal guidance angle :
Vertical overlap (over bite): the vertical overlap is directly proportional with the incisal angle. For complete dentures the incisal guidance should be as flat as esthetic and phonetics will permit. For the following reasons:
- To guard against loss of posterior teeth contact during protrusive movement.
- To allow the use of posterior teeth with reduced cusp angle and this will reduce the lateral stresses transmitted to the ridge.
- To reduce the downward movement of the mandible during edge to edge position.
3. Plane of Occlusion – the occlusal plane is established in the anterior by the height of the lower cuspid, which is nearly coincident with the commissure of the mouth, and in the posterior, by the height of the retromolar pad. It is also related to the related to the ala-tragus line. Its role is not as important as are the other determinants.
4. Compensating curves — Compensating curve is one of the more important factors in establishing a balanced occlusion so that the occlusal surface results in a curve that is in harmony with the movement of the mandible as guided posteriorly by the condylar path. A steep compensating curve for occlusal balance. A lesser compensating curve for the same condylar guidance would result in a steeper incisal guidance (anterior interference), which would cause loss of molar balancing contacts.
5. Height of cusps on teeth or inclination of cusp less teeth.
Cusp angle – the angle made by the slopes of a cusp with a perpendicular line bisecting the cusp, measured mesio-distally or bucco-lingullay.
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Exploring Borneo's natural bounty
... for the night, and the next day hopped on a 'bas ekspres' to Sandakan. We had read up a little about the Sungai Kinabatangan, Sabah's longest river at 560km. Despite logging and the encroachment of oil palm plantations, pockets of riverine forest have ...
Into the rainforest with Uncle Tan
For once, the guidebook gets this one right - this was fantastic. For three days and two nights, myself and about a dozen other westerners were treated to the ultimate 'back to nature' experience. To get there requires a two-hour jeep ride, followed by ...
Jungle Safari
Our next Borneo adventure was 3 days and 2 nights in the rainforest by the Kinabatangan, Sabah's longest river. The camp we stayed in was very basic; no running water, sleeping in shelters and generator electricity a few hours each evening only. The ...
Day 108: Sungai Kinabatangan
... package and after an hour's jeep ride I'm in a boat with Yan, speeding and swerving around the logs drifting down the Kinabatangan river. There are egrets and chattering macaques eating wild figs on the banks. Once we turn off into the mangroves I spot ...


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I recently joined the Programming Principles and Tools (PPT) group as a researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, after completing my PhD at Inria Paris-Rocquencourt under the direction of Karthikeyan Bhargavan in team Prosecco (Programming Securely with Cryptography).
More details are available in my academic CV
Cinderella: Turning Shabby X.509 Certificates into Elegant Anonymous Credentials with the Magic of Verifiable Computation
(with C. Fournet, M. Kohlweiss, B. Parno),
In proceedings of the 37th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland'16).
(to appear)
[PDF] [Slides] [Bib]
Dependent Types and Multi-Monadic Effects in F*
(with N. Swamy, C. Hriţcu, C. Keller, A. Rastogi, S. Forest, K. Bhargavan, C. Fournet, P.-Y. Strub, M. Kohlweiss, J.-K. Zinzindohoue, S. Zanella-Béguelin).
In 43nd ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (POPL'16).
[PDF] [Bib]
A Messy State of the Union: Taming the Composite State Machines of TLS
(with B. Beurdouche, K. Bhargavan, C. Fournet, M. Kohlweiss, A. Pironti, P.-Y. Strub, J. K. Zinzindohoue), In proceedings of the 36th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland'15).
Distinguished Paper Award. [PDF] [Slides] [Bib]
SMACK: State Machine AttaCKs
Website dedicated to the attacks from the paper, including FREAK.
FlexTLS: A Tool for Testing TLS Implementations
(with K. Bhargavan, B. Beurdouche, N. Kobeissi, A. Pironti). 9th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT'15). Best paper award.
Network-based Origin Confusion Attacks against HTTPS Virtual Hosting
(with K. Bhargavan), In proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web (WWW'15).
[PDF] [Slides] [Bib]
Verified Contributive Channel Bindings for Compound Authentication
(with K. Bhargavan and A. Pironti), In proceedings of the 22nd Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS'15). [PDF] [Slides] [Bib]
Triple Handshakes and Cookie Cutters: Breaking and Fixing Authentication over TLS
(with K. Bhargavan, C. Fournet, A. Pironti and P. Strub), In proceedings of the 35th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland'14). [PDF] [Slides] [Bib] [Supporting Website]
Discovering Concrete Attacks on Website Authorization by Formal Analysis
(with C. Bansal, K. Bhargavan and S. Maffeis), In Journal of Computer Security, special issue on Web Application Security - Web @ 25, IOS Press, 2014. [Editor Website] [Bib]
Web PKI: Closing the Gap between Guidelines and Practices
(with M. Abadi, A. Birrell, I. Mironov, T. Wobber and Y. Xie), In proceedings of the 21st Annual Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS'14). [PDF] [Slides] [Bib] [Totient Project at MSR]
Language-Based Defenses Against Untrusted Browser Origins
(with K. Bhargavan and S. Maffeis), In proceedings of the 22th USENIX Security Symposium, 2013. [PDF] [Slides] [Bib] [Presentation] [Supporting Website]
Keys to the Cloud: Formal Analysis and Concrete Attacks on Encrypted Web Storage
(with C. Bansal, K. Bhargavan and S. Maffeis), In 2nd Conference on Principles of Security and Trust (POST'13) (David Basin, John Mitchell, eds.), Springer Verlag, 2013. [PDF] [Slides] [Bib]
Web-based Attacks on Host-Proof Encrypted Storage
(with K. Bhargavan), In 6th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT'12), 2012. [PDF] [Slides] [Bib]
On the security of Authentication Protocols for the Web
(supervised by Karthikeyan Bhargavan) Defended on March 14, 2016 at Inria Paris. [PDF]
F* language: F* is an ML-like language with a dependent type system for program verification.
[Dedicated website] [Github] [Project page at Microsoft Research]
DJS and DJCL: defensive (totally memory isolated) JavaScript, and the defensive JavaScript crypto library.
[Dedicated website] [Github]
forestalg (current version: 1.11), a GAP package to handle forest automata, forest algebras and monadic second order logic on forests. Joint work with Howard Straubing. Dedicated page
My research sometimes leads to the discovery of browser bugs. I found multiple attacks against Chrome, Firefox and Safari; most of which are listed on my OSVDB profile.
Security Types for Web Applications, master thesis, under the supervision of Karthikeyan Bhargavan, August 2012. [PDF] [Slides]
An automaton model for forest algebras, internship report, under the supervision of Howard Straubing, August 2010. [PDF] [BibTeX entry] [Extended abstract] [Slides]
Partial commutation closures of recognizable languages, internship report, under the supervision of Anca Muscholl and Marc Zeitoun, July 2009. [PDF] [BibTeX entry] [Slides]
An introduction to dependent types, a presentation given for the categories and lambda-calculus course, 2009. [Slides]
Collisions in MD5, a presentation given for an english course, 2009. [Slides]
(in french) Algèbres tropicales et plus court chemin, rapport de TIPE publié dans Quadrature n°72, pp. 22-28, avril 2009. [Version TIPE, PDF] [Errata] [BibTeX] [Version journal]
(in french) Une introduction aux automates cellulaires, 2009. [PDF]
(in french) Précis et formulaire de physique pour la prépa MP, 2008. [PDF]
Some photos I took during my numerous travels.


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Rock Drill, 1913-1916, cast 1916
Jacob Epstein
American, British, 1880 - 1959
bronze on stone base
70.5 x 53 x 50.8 cm without base; overall measurement with base 90.5 x 58 x 55 cm
Purchased 1956
National Gallery of Canada (no. 6498)
OLD - While Jacob Epstein is best known as a sculptor of portraits, "Rock Drill" is probably his most important and innovative work. Inspired by African art, this robot-like figure originally stood ten feet high on a base that consisted of a second-hand pneumatic drill. The style of "Rock Drill" is influenced by Vorticism, an English movement whose member artists interpreted the rapidly changing character of the modern world and celebrated the vitality of the time through their work by presenting forms with a machine-like angularity. Epstein was ambivalent. He described the creature that he created: "Here is the armed, sinister figure of to-day and to-morrow. No humanity, only the terrible Frankenstein's monster we have made ourselves into." Having lost his interest in machinery, Epstein abandoned the drill, and cast the top part of the sculpture, seen here, in bronze.
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2014 Free Agency: Tampa Bay Buccaneers sign Mike Jenkins to 1-year deal
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers continued a busy offseason Thursday, signing cornerback Mike Jenkins to a one-year deal. Jenkins is the tenth unrestricted free agent the Bucs have signed since the start of the new league year.
Jenkins spent last season in Oakland, where he started 15 games, recording 57 tackles and two interceptions. Before that, he spent five seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, making a Pro Bowl appearance in 2009. In his career, Jenkins has started 63 games, amassing 226 tackles, 10 interceptions, 46 passes defensed and two forced fumbles.
BURKE & FARRAR: Early free agency awards Jenkins joins cornerback Alterraun Verner, end Michael Johnson, tackle Clinton McDonald and linebacker Dane Fletcher as new additions to a defense that already had a strong core in Gerald McCoy, Lavonte David, Adrian Clayborn, Mark Barron and Dashon Goldson. The Bucs have also signed former Bears quarterback Josh McCown, as well as bringing Lovie Smith aboard as head coach.


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Author urges new perspective on poverty
BRUNSWICK Author Barbara Ehrenreich has a theory. "(Poverty) is not a character failing or a wrong-headed lifestyle," Ehrenreich said to a full house at Bowdoin College's Pickard Theater on Friday. "My theory: Poverty is a shortage of money. And that shortage of money is caused by a lack of adequate pay or, of course, a lack of any job at all."


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SFA chief blames Iwelumo for Scots predicament
Scottish Football Association president George Peat has laid the blame for the country's World Cup qualifying situation firmly at the feet of striker Chris Iwelumo following his infamous miss against Norway in October 2008.
Scotland are currently preparing for their upcoming qualifiers against Macedonia and Holland at Hampden Park and, given they currently sit in third place in Group 9, need to win both games to have any chance of reaching the finals in South Africa next summer.
A 4-0 defeat to Norway last month has left them in a precarious position and with some pointing the finger at manager George Burley, but Peat feels Iwelumo's horrendous miss in the first fixture against the Scandinavian side deprived Scotland of the chance to make a good start to qualifying.
"Everybody is going berserk about the performance in Norway and everybody knows the performance in Norway wasn't good,'' Peat said. "But what they tend to forget is that had a certain individual not missed an open goal at Hampden in the first match against Norway, we would have been three points ahead regardless and the same pressure wouldn't have been on us.
"Everybody is dwelling on the last match and we all know we didn't play well. But had we scored a goal in the home match and ended up with a victory, we would have been three points ahead of Norway today.''
Pressure is seemingly building around Burley but Peat is unwilling to speculate whether a failure to reach the World Cup finals will result in a change of manager for the international side.
"I don't want to make any comment at all about that,'' he said. "When George Burley took over we agreed that, after the World Cup situation was finished, we would sit down and have a discussion and we will do that. What we wanted was to qualify for the World Cup. That was the first target.
"George might not be happy when we sit down so we review it from both sides to see whether he is happy with the set-up and whether we are happy with the set-up and that's what we will do.''
Meanwhile, Scotland have called up Aberdeen goalkeeper Jamie Langfield for their upcoming qualifiers following an injury sustained by Neil Alexander. The Rangers keeper misses Saturday's game against Macedonia due to a knock in training and is a doubt for Holland's trip to Hampden on Wednesday.
Langfield was delighted with his call-up, telling Aberdeen's official website: "I am very happy I am in the squad. It is great to be able to get the chance to show what I can do.
"Even though it was a late call-up, I jumped at the chance to be involved. I got told at lunchtime today and drove down to Glasgow this afternoon.
"I wish the call had come this morning to save me from training in the torrential rain in Aberdeen!
"I was naturally disappointed not to be involved when the original squad was named but it's a big plus to be call up by George Burley.
"The most important thing is for me to work hard and try stay in the manager's plans and stay in the squad."
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NAACP Integrates Emerging Internet Strategies into its Advocacy & Communications EffortsDecember 31, 1969
Come see what others are talking about on the NAACP blog. The NAACP fully launched its organizational blog and YouTube pages recently in order to expand its advocacy and communications outreach.
"We're delighted to be giving an additional interactive voice to our constituents through the blog and other social networking outlets," said NAACP Interim President & CEO Dennis Courtland Hayes. "The blog along with other enhancements to our website provide the NAACP another opportunity for real-time, open dialogue with the communities we serve. It will also offer another option to those interested in learning more about the Association, its policies and assisting in its mission."
Visitors to the NAACP blog will find a diverse array of topics related to civil rights, social justice and African American culture including postings about public policy/legislation, politics, African American history, economic and political empowerment, entertainment and current affairs. The NAACP blog can be found online at: naacpblogs.naacp.org/blog.
"It is no secret that over the last few years blogs have gained in general popularity and credibility, even influencing the media landscape," said NAACP Information Technology Director Jacob Frimpong. "Our blog is part of an effort to utilize emerging Internet technologies in support of the NAACP's vital work."
The NAACP also launched a YouTube page where video of NAACP messages and unit activities across the nation will be posted. The NAACP YouTube page can be found online at: www.youtube.com/naacpvideos.
Moreover, said Hayes, as part of the recent upgrade to the website, users can now also subscribe to RSS feeds and receive NAACP related news and topics via portable electronic devices and e-mail. The NAACP also maintains pages on the popular social networking sites Facebook and MySpace.
Each day thousands visit the Association's website for a wide variety reasons--making naacp.org the most active web portal of traditional civil rights groups, Frimpong added.
Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its more than half-million adult and youth members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities and monitors of equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.
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Travis Hilliard was at home watching TV late Friday night when he felt his house shake.
"I thought it was a bomb," said Hilliard, a Steamboat Springs resident. "After I realized that it wasn't a bomb, I thought someone was drunk and hit my house. When I realized it wasn't an accident, I finally thought it was a earthquake."
Hilliard, who is from Florida, didn't think earthquakes occurred in Colorado.
"Well, now I know," he said Saturday.
He's likely not alone in his newfound knowledge.
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake jolted Steamboat at 11:57 p.m. Friday and undoubtedly shook a few nerves.
The earthquake's epicenter was determined by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center to be about 14 miles east-northeast of Steamboat.
Felt at least as far south as Toponas, the quake originated about 3.1 miles below the Earth's surface, according to the USGS.
Chuck Vale, Routt County's emergency management director, said no damage or injuries were reported as a result of the quake.
"There is no concern anywhere," he said. "Everyone and everything is just fine."
As a precaution, Vale ordered a structural check on local dams, including Stagecoach Reservoir and Steamboat, Pearl, Catamount and Long lakes.
The tremor certainly got the attention of Routt County residents. Vale said the Routt County Communications Center, which answers all 911 calls made in the county, received about 180 calls in a one-hour period after the earthquake struck.
Most residents were concerned about whether they should be alarmed about the occurrence of an earthquake and how they should respond, particularly because the phenomena is fairly rare in the area.
"Most people just shrugged it off," Vale said. "We're ready for the next one."
Despite the high number of calls to dispatchers, Steamboat Springs police officers did not need to respond to any earthquake-related calls, Officer Josh Carrell said.
Yampa Valley Electric Asso--ciation and Atmos Energy officials didn't report any gas or power failures or problems. Downtown merchants didn't report any broken merchandise or damage to their stores.
"Everything was just fine when we came in this morning, even though the guests in the store were all talking abut how shocking the news was," said Into the West employee Betty Hilliard, Travis' mother. "I slept right through it."
Steamboat resident Joan Allsberry is from California, so she knows all too well what earthquakes feel like and the damage they can cause. But even she wasn't convinced that Friday's seismic activity was an earthquake.
"It was such a quick jolt," she said. "I thought for sure it was an explosion, not an earthquake."
California earthquakes, she said, generally last longer and create more of a rolling sensation. Steamboat's earthquake wasn't long enough to make her panic.
"It was a little bit of entertainment for us Californians," she said.
Like Travis Hilliard, many residents described the feeling of Friday's quake as if a car had hit their house.
"That's funny," said USGS geophysicist Don Blakeman. "Because that is exactly what an intensity level of four should feel like -- a car hitting your house."
Blakeman, who was monitoring seismic activity around the globe from the USGS's Golden office Friday night, said earthquakes are measured on two scales -- the Richter Scale, which measures seismic activity, and an intensity scale, which is a measurement of what people report feeling from the earthquake.
"Colorado does have about 15 or 20 earthquakes a year, but typically they are smaller than this one," Blakeman said.
Blakeman estimated the epicenter of the earthquake to be two or three miles east-northeast of Buffalo Pass on the southwest side of North Park. The earthquake would have felt stronger to anyone in that area, he said.
Local geologist Bill Bowes said the Steamboat Springs area is not on a direct fault line, but there are small ones that surround the area.
The last earthquake recorded in the Steamboat area was in April 2002, Blakeman said. A February 2000 earthquake of magnitude 3.0 was centered south of Wolverine Lake in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area, about 15 miles north-northeast of Steamboat. A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded in 1993, and a magnitude 3.5 quake was reported in 1974.
Earthquakes are caused by the release of pressure built up in the Earth's crust, either from tectonic-plate movement or the transfer of pressure along fault lines. The released pressure creates energy that travels in waves. Friday night's earthquake, which lasted only a couple of seconds, could have resulted from pressure that was building for tens, hundreds or thousands of years, Blakeman said.
The quake could be a precursor to a larger tremor, Blakeman said, though that would be unlikely. No aftershocks were reported as of Saturday afternoon.


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singlehop singlehop dedicated servers; singlehop managed servers singlehop lost $300,000 in custom programming and five years' historic data on their fully managed server--and then could not recover any of their own backups--total loss of my data chicago Nationwide
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My singlehop server has now been down for over 3 weeks. ALL data is lost and singlehop has zero backups. Everything was lost while their techs were working on my leased server, which I paid for full management on and nightly backups on, as part of their service. After nearly two and a half years' of work saved on their server all is gone—that's $300,000 in custom programming, along with five years' of historical data which cannot be replicated.
I had offered to accept one year gratis on a new server when they told me only the last 7 months' data was lost, but they refused. Now that I know five years' data along with all programming is gone—all while their techs were working on the machine, along with the gross incompetence of never completing a backup, the following resolution seems quite fair based on my losses.
I would appreciate your reviewing this document. It's long, but I have highlighted the most important portions and I wanted to ensure you that you have the full story. You are welcome to discuss it in any public review, publish it, or use it any way that benefits you or your readers/clients. You may use all specific names and dates and steps taken. I release all information here for your use.
Essentially Singlehop destroyed two and a half years of programming and data stored on their fully managed server for which I paid approximately $500 per month for. They refuse any responsibility. Very honestly I had about $300,000 of programming and data on Singlehop's server and now that two years' custom programming and data is lost. It was lost while their technicians were working on the server. This has caused a patent application to be delayed or perhaps stopped completely, and I just don't have the means to rebuild everything again, so I may well be out of business.
I think it's really important that your readers and clients know about this kind of stuff as they may be in a similar circumstance where a server provider is incompetent, could cause them irreparable harm, and they may wish they had taken greater steps to protect themselves. Perhaps you can use this to help them just that.
I've placed all information below in chronological order as best that I could piece together from their messaging system, and I apologize for the length but I wanted you to see the entire story. Using this case study there may be some important data and missteps you can coach your own readers and clients about.
Oh, Singlehop management, I've copied you as it is vital that you keep all records, both those I have access to, internal communications, and any private tech notes and communications. Please ensure that all are kept safe, in their full chronological order, and with no alterations. We will both need them in the near future.
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Four Points by Sheraton Caguas Real Hotel & Casino places you 18.5 mi (29.7 km) from Hiram Bithorn Stadium and 19.1 mi (30.7 km) from Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum. This 3-star hotel welcomes guests with 126 rooms and conveniences like a casino, an outdoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center. It's in the mountains and also within a 30-minute drive of Puerto Rico Convention Center and Castillo de San Cristobal.
Enjoy a leisurely bite to eat at X.O. Le Bistro, the hotel's onsite restaurant. Savor a meal from the comfort of your room with room service, or get a quick energy boost at the coffee shop/café. Start each morning with breakfast, served for a fee from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
All of Four Points by Sheraton Caguas Real Hotel & Casino's 126 rooms are air-conditioned and have an array of amenities, including coffee makers, free newspapers, and free bottled water. LCD TVs come with cable channels and pay movies, and guests can stay connected with free wired Internet. Select Comfort beds grant a restful night's sleep, and bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Phones, ironing boards, and desks are also standard.
Guests of Four Points by Sheraton Caguas Real Hotel & Casino enjoy a casino, a nightclub, and an outdoor pool. Valet parking is offered for USD 13 per day. The 24-hour front desk has multilingual staff ready to assist with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and securing valuables. Other amenities at this family-friendly hotel include a 24-hour fitness center, free WiFi in public areas, and 6 meeting rooms.
Property features
- Free in-room wired Internet
- Onsite dining
- Casino
- Nightclub
Four Points by Sheraton Caguas Real Hotel & Casino
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. In addition to an outdoor pool, Four Points by Sheraton Caguas Real Hotel & Casino provides a waterslide and a 24-hour fitness center. 6 meeting rooms are available. This family-friendly hotel also offers a casino, a nightclub, and multilingual staff. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
Four Points by Sheraton Caguas Real Hotel & Casino is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Concierge services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee shop or café
- Conference space
- Total number of rooms - 126
- Express check-in
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Number of floors - 4
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Elevator/lift
- Casino
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Computer station
- Free WiFi
- Pool umbrellas
- Waterslide
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 6
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Garden
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 6
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Conference center
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Waterslide
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Four Points by Sheraton Caguas Real Hotel & Casino offers 126 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary newspapers and complimentary bottled water. Beds feature Select Comfort mattresses. LCD televisions come with premium cable channels and pay movies. Bathrooms include bathtubs, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
This Caguas hotel provides complimentary wired Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bathtub only
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- Cable TV service
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Pay movies
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Phone
- Room service (limited hours)
- Sleep Number by Select Comfort mattress
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
Where to Eat
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
X.O. Le Bistro - Overlooking the pool, this restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a waterslide, an outdoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21 years old.
No pets or service animals allowed
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: USD 12.00 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 10 per day (in/out privileges)
- Valet parking fee: USD 13 per day (in/out privileges)
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By Jane Black
What's up with Macromedia (MACR )? In a conference call last month, company executives of the once high-flying graphics-software company flat out declined to discuss short-term revenue projections or sales. Instead, analysts and journalists heard a chorus of "No comments." At one point, an exasperated analyst, Eugene Munster of U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffrey, groaned: "Can't you at least give us a flavor? What are you seeing that's so dramatic that it makes you want to pull back on all guidance?"
What indeed. Does no comment mean no future? Investors sure don't seem to think so. Despite two recent downgrades, the stock has risen into the $22.50 range, a 70% bounce from its all-time low of $13.60 reached on Apr. 4. Confidence in the stock appears to stem from Macromedia's dominance of the Web-developer tools market. The company's lead product, Dreamweaver, has grabbed 75% of the professional Web-design market. It outsells its closest competitor, Adobe's GoLive, by four to one. And its Flash product owns more than 80% of the graphic and animation market.
In addition, Macromedia boasts that its recent $360 million acquisition of Allaire, which makes the ColdFusion Web server software, will bolster its Net-development franchise. ColdFusion helps developers push dynamic content to sites at a low price. Add a loyal clan of graphics developers, and it's no mystery why many investors believe things look good for Macromedia.
Are they right? Despite a valiant effort by management to diversify Macromedia's product line and streamline costs, some analysts believe that company execs just don't have anything to talk about right now. Revenues on Macromedia's top products are going to remain flat, or decrease, for the foreseeable future, these analysts say.
No wonder, considering E-consultants continue to axe Dreamweaver-loving Web developers from their payrolls. And the flashy animations born from Macromedia products are coming under closer scrutiny from CFOs demanding a real return on their Net investments. With a price-earnings ratio of about 28, the stock looks to some to be fully valued. So for now, savvy investors might want to stay on the sidelines.
In the company's latest earnings release, Macromedia announced a 47% surge in gross revenue, from $255.9 million for fiscal year 2000 to $376.4 million in fiscal 2001. That pushed pro forma net income up 56%, from $42.9 million in fiscal 2000 to $66.9 million in fiscal 2001. Sounds good. But a closer look reveals that revenues for the company's fourth quarter, which ended in March, were down 10% from the previous quarter, from $99 million to $89 million. First Call expects next quarter's revenues to be up just 4.2%, to $92.8 million, or 15 cents a share, and that's including the big Allaire merger.
What's more, the Allaire deal has clouded the analysts' crystal balls. Due to that linkup, Macromedia revenues will grow to $474 million, up 22%, says Banc of America Securities analyst Greg Vogel. Again, that looks pretty good. But Vogel estimates that Macromedia's core software business will grow just 1%, to $377 million, from $373 million in 2001. And by dropping its ownership of money-losing online entertainment site Shockwave.com below 50%, Macromedia no longer has to report losses on its stake going forward.
The bottom line: Core revenue growth is stagnating even though it doesn't appear to be. "The Allaire deal will distort year-on-year comparisons, particularly for revenue growth," says Bill Lennan, a software analyst with WR Hambrecht.
Then there are the changing desires of Macromedia's cash-strapped customers. Though Flash is much revered in the design community, it's hard to prove that Web animation adds to the bottom line. To date, Flash has gained notoriety mainly for slow-to-load "intro" animations. So annoying to so many surfers are these Web welcome pages that they've spawned a parody site, www.skipintro.com, which shows an endless animation of the message: "This may take forever, but hey, it's an intro."
Macromedia marketing head Tom Hale says that intro animations make up only about 35% of Flash applications. The remaining 65% consists of developers using the animation tool to build navigation systems or for presentations. But Hale concedes the company must educate designers about how to use Flash to deliver value to clients.
And what about customers? The demise of e-consultancies could threaten Macromedia's client list. MarchFirst, which once employed 2,500 developers, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Apr. 12. IXL has slashed 1,500 jobs. Razorfish, one of the premiere e-consultants, pink-slipped at least 530 workers and maybe more -- the company declined to reveal layoff totals. Both Viant and Scient have likewise tossed pink-slips by the bushel.
In the long term, Web developers will rebound. Research firm IDC estimates that from 2000 to 2003, the number of Web pages will increase more than 50%. That translates into an addressable market of about $4.3 billion by 2004. And as companies begin to spend again, Macromedia is positioned to benefit. "Flash is the de facto design program for the Web," says John Morris, head of new media at Refac, a design firm based in Edgewater, N.J.
Macromedia is relying on that kind of loyalty from both developers and its investors. Says marketing head Hale: "It's hard to see the short-term with any confidence, but we are very comfortable for the long term. And that's what we're in it for." A certain amount of faith will probably pay off for Macromedia's long-term investors, too. But for now, what the company won't talk about could still hurt you.
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Just a brief note to support David Elbert's thoughtful comments concerning
Wri's academic pricing and password protection scheme. His comments are
right on the mark. I know of many institutions that decided to use Maple or
some other product because they were so much cheaper than Mma. And I would
hate to hazzard a guess about the number of four letter words that have been
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Given its position as one of the most prolific fashion houses on the planet, you might think that Chanel's chief concern would be the type of woman whose dedication to shopping sprees is matched only by the time spent exhibiting said purchases atop a yacht. That's certainly who gets an invite to the couture shows. But when it comes to the beauty side of the fashion house, it seems Chanel is keen to turn its attention to a very different market — one that is bound for the school gates, not the French Riviera.
Launching what the brand has dubbed a Summer of Beauty Fun, the Beauty Boutique at Covent Garden will play host to the next generation of Chanel girls for the rest of the season, catering to every whim and fancy of the capital's savviest teens.
Forgetting anti-ageing for a moment — which, considering that it counts 25 wrinkle-busting products over four categories in its latest collection alone, is no mean feat — the boutique's counters are teeming with rainbow-coloured nail polishes, juicy-hued lip glosses (exported exclusively from the US) and new, larger bottles of the younger, fresher fragrances in the range, including Coco Mademoiselle and Chance Eau Fraiche. Come Thursday, the store is also set to delight its young fans by stocking up on the AW13 collection — including the new teenage skin-friendly CC Cream — a week earlier than anywhere else, while mini-manicures and make-up lessons are on tap alongside the opportunity for girls to hire out the entire downstairs Beauty Atelier for parties and makeovers galore.
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While the 25 and upwards came into this world pre-armed with a set of Babyliss crimpers, hair mascara and a skincare regime that centred on egg yolk hair masks and tackling blackheads with potato peel, the New Gen are already well-versed in old adages such as "less is more" and "either lips or eyes, never both" and count the likes of model Miranda Kerr and rock band the Haim sisters as their beauty icons. And while most of us had our first encounter with Chanel via a sneaky spritz of Mum's No5, these 16-year-olds are a dab hand at identifying their Rouge Coco from their Rouge Allure.
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The company has detailed the payouts, which are due to begin next week and total £49.4bn. Each investor will receive 30p in cash for every share they own, plus 0.026 Verizon Communications shares, worth around 72p at the current price and exchange rate.
Provided court approval for the scheme is granted on Friday, the Verizon shares will be credited on 24 February and the cash payment will be made on 4 March.
At the same time, Vodafone's shares will be consolidated to reduce the number in issue and ensure a broadly similar share price before and after the distribution of the Verizon Wireless proceeds. Shareholders will receive 6 new shares for every existing 11 Vodafone shares.
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Vodafone has been a strong performer over the last year, although the recent statement from AT&T [that it would not bid for Vodafone] has caused some short-term weakness. At the current share price, the remaining Vodafone rump is trading at a discount to the peer group, with the prospect of upgrades if the trading environment improves. In the meantime, the shares offer an attractive 4.9% dividend yield. Furthermore, we note the commitment made by the Vodafone CEO to reinvest his share of the Verizon distribution into Vodafone shares.
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