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Published Sunday, November 25, 2007
Each month, the Columbia Public Library offers a selection from its collection related to a current best-seller or hot topic. Reference Librarian Svetlana Grobman compiled this month's selection.
Despite what our doctors tell us about dieting, books about food and cooking are still hot. For one thing, food is a necessity, also, as George Bernard Shaw put it: "There is no sincerer love than the love of food." No wonder because we see mouthwatering temptations everywhere we turn - in TV commercials, advertisements and on cooking shows.
Cookbooks have always been popular, but a new trend has emerged in food writing as well. Gone are the days when food lovers had to be content with reading recipes. Today, food often serves as a backdrop for writers' lives, or highlights their experiences and travel adventures.
"My Life in France" (Alfred A. Knopf, 352 pages), the posthumously published memoir of famous American chef, author and televsion personality Julia Child, begins with Julia's arrival in France in 1948 - with no knowledge of the French language or French culture. This warm and engaging book then follows Child's life in Paris and Marseille, and it describes her falling in love with France, enrolling in the Cordon Bleu - an international group of hospitality management and cooking schools - and eventually introducing French cuisine to an American audience.
Television correspondent and best-selling author Linda Ellerbee presents an account of the times and meals of her life of 60 years in "Take Big Bites" (Putman's Sons, 302 pages). She chronicles her early years in Texas in the 1950s, coming of age in the 1960s, marital failures, career disappointments, breast cancer and finding mature love - all sprinkled with mouthwatering recipes. The book is as delightful as the meals Ellerbee describes.
Also full of recipes is "The Language of Baklava" (Pantheon Books, 330 pages), a charming memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber, which portrays Diana's growing up in America with a Jordanian father who is torn between his adopted country and his love for Jordan and who uses cooking as a means of connecting to his homeland. The food Abu-Jaber depicts in her book will comfort your every mood, as well as show you what it is like to be a child of an immigrant.
There has never been a better time for travel food writing than now. Not only do these books tempt our taste buds, but they also trigger our adventurous instincts and take us to scenic places and countries. Two winning destinations in this enjoy-the-good-life-and-eat-well-while-visiting-great-places genre are - can you guess? - Italy and France, and Peter Mayle, Frances Mayes and Michael Tucker are their troubadours. The titles of their books speak for themselves: "French Lessons: Adventures With Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew" (Mayle, Alfred A. Knopf, 240 pages), "Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy" (Mayes, Broadway Books, 304 pages) and "Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy" (Tucker, Atlantic Monthly Press, 255 pages).
For those who want to broaden their gastronomical horizons, professional chef Anthony Bourdain offers a trip around the globe in "No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach" (Bloomsbury, 288 pages). The book follows Bourdain's journeys from Ghana to Cleveland, and it is full of great recipes, organized by continent, sumptuous photos and commentaries. It also includes notes on indigenous booze, travel tips and a list of Bourdain's favorite restaurants.
If you never thought that books about food can be your source of historical information, think again, or rather, read Kate Colquhoun's "Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking" (Bloomsbury, 460 pages). This invaluable work of social history - although not a description of a great cuisine - starts in the pre-Roman era and moves toward the present day. On its way, it rewards readers with interesting gastronomical tidbits: The Roman conquest brought to the table liquamen, or a fish sauce condiment, a precursor of Worcestershire sauce; the Middle Ages contributed pastry crusts; and there were only 13 forks in the court of Elizabeth I. Manners, morals, affectations and decadence are also mentioned.
Those who'd like to be closer to home will appreciate "The Texas Cowboy Cookbook: A History in Recipes and Photos" by Robb Walsh (Broadway Books, 256 pages). This book, generously illustrated with historical photos, shows how various regional and ethnic groups contributed to cowboy "cuisine." It gives recipes and cooking directions as well as provides oral histories of cowboys' food preparation, both old and new.
The role of food as a home remedy is playfully explored in Laura Esquivel's "Like Water for Chocolate" (Doubleday, 256 pages), a tall-tale Mexican romance novel. Here, much of the action centers around the kitchen. The heroine, Tita, the youngest of three daughters, is expected to spend her life taking care of Mama Elena and never to marry. In a poignant conclusion, Tita manages to break the bonds of tradition, if not for herself, then for future generations.
Another popular trend these days is culinary mysteries. Here, the main characters often are professional chefs, B&B owners and caterers, who not only slave in their kitchens, but also apply their abilities to helping police solve ominous crimes. The authors to watch for in this genre are Claudia Bishop, Mary Daheim, Tamar Myers, Diane Mott Davidson, Isis Crawford, Jerrilyn Farmer and Katherine Hall Page.
And, last but not least, whatever strikes your gastronomic fancy, don't forget to check out the menu/catalog of your local public library. We have enough meals/books to satisfy any appetite.
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So, where are we now? We continue to struggle with interruptions and bits of scope creep. I'm more aware of how often I was controlling, even as a self-professed non-controlling project manager. Our sprint goals aren't particularly impressive, but we work together as a collective group. Two new members joined the ranks and have already become an integral part of our team. Our release schedules and pace are sustainable and our ability to plan is markedly better each month. The priorities of the organization are clear and aligned. We continue to try new ideas: the latest is the integration of User Stories as requirements. We are excited to come to work. Recently, a co-worker described the development team as the most productive, focused, and excited as he's ever seen them (he's worked with this team for five years). I maintain implementing Scrum is one of the harder things I've done in my career as a project manager--and I believe one of the most rewarding as well.

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Doing a dryer duct, the right way...
I am upgrading the duct on my dryer from a 3" diameter plastic duct to a 4" rigid galvanized steel duct.
Current configuration:
Dryer is located in an unheated basement on an exterior wall.
The plastic 3" duct makes a 90 degree turn "vertical" at the dryer. Runs about 8 ft then another 90 degree turn "horizontal" and attaches to a metal duct/hood with flapper. The duct/hood assembly runs through the rim joist and brick fascia.
Steps I have taken:
I enlarged the hole in the brick fascia and rim joist to 4-1/4". I used a carbide hole saw so it is a very smooth cut.
I bought Heartland 21000 dryer vent closure and painted it to match the exterior brick color.
I bought a few sections of 4" rigid galvanized steel duct, the kind that comes in un-rolled 4ft sections. Also bought two non-adjustable 90 degree galvanized duct pieces. There is not a lot of horizontal duct work, but I will keep the seams facing upward.
Where I need some guidance:
Assembling the duct sections..... Is UL approved metal tape the best product I can use? What about mastic reinforced with fiberglass mesh? I hear clamps can pinch things and screws collect lint. Any product links would be quite helpful.
Attaching the duct sections to cinder block wall.... I guess some type of pipe strap, again a link would be helpful.
The gap between the duct work and the brick fascia + rim joist..... Do I cement the duct into the brick fascia and fill the void in the rim joist with some sort of heat safe insulation?
Designing the duct in a way that it is easily cleanable.... Got nothing on this one.
Designing the duct it so it can be attached and removed from dryer easily.... Should I put a small piece of aluminum flex duct between the dryer and the rigid duct?
If you used this style hose you would not need the soild pipe and all those elbows and conections.
You can get them up to 10 ft. long.
Home Depot sells nice 4" hose clamp just for this with thumb screws to tighten them up.
Just use spray foam where it goes though the wall.
I could use that flexable duct, however, the ridges in this kind of duct create static pressure and would reduce the CFM of the dryer. Ultimately it will cost me more on my electric bill as I will have to dry my clothes longer which is why I would like to use the rigid ductwork. A quick google search on duct roughness factors backs up this argument. 0.0004 rigid galvanized vs 0.007 for flexible metal fully extended.
So 1 vote for sprayfoam on the rim joist/brick fascia. I suppose that makes more sense than cementing it. It would certainly be easier to remove should there be a need to.
and a vote for hose clamps on the connections
Your way over thinking this one simple problum.
You need to do more research on how much adding two elbows will reduce the CFM.
It would be like adding 10 extra feet to the lines and increace the drying time far more then using a flex line.
The flex duct will be making two 90 degree bends just like the rigid. There is no other way, our rather no better way to run the duct out of my house. There will be two 90 degree bend no matter what duct I install.
So in this scenario the flex duct would inhibit airflow. Not to mention all those ridges inside the ductwill build up lint much faster than the smooth interior of the rigid duct.
hypothetically, if I had the option to make two gradual turns then flex would be better suited. Even then, I still think a rigid duct with an adjustable elbow would be superior.
And your correct, I am being excessive, but I would rather be excessive than lazy.
I'd take back the termination hood you bought and get a Type "A" with 50% less air-flow restriction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFOHGVhmyQA
PS. make 45* bends rather than 90's. If not possible those 90's are ok with that short of ducting.
I bought the heartland 21000 a long time ago and static pressure was the last thing on my mind. Now that you brought it up i can see the air turns 270 degrees before exiting the hood! :( If I go by the static pressure readings on this site http://www.dryerbox.com/ratings/dryerfittingschart.htm those don't bode well for it either.
Opinion on this hood? http://store.dryerbox.com/Premium-Fl...Vent_p_93.html Looks pretty good? Here is an action video http://youtu.be/L65TQ70Dkcc. Hopefully it seals tightly.
@joecaption, i stand corrected. The semi rigid aluminum is not as bad as I had thought it to be. I think i will use it for the bottom section as it will make attaching the dryer easy. I will still use rigid duct for the straight sections and probably for the top 90 degree elbow as the space is very restricted there.
Try out the termination hood and let us know. It appears to be a good design, don't know how air-tight with the little nibs to keep the plastic door from freezing shut on the metal housing...
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Anti-Violence Rally Calls On Youth To Come Together
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Far Rockaway High School's auditorium was the scene of the "Bridging The Gap – A Youth Rally Against Violence" on October 23. Councilman James Sanders, Jr, sponsored the rally.
"We want to knock out violence and put something positive in its place," said Sanders.
Donovan Richards, Jr., Sanders' District Manager, lost a friend to violence last year.
"We need rappers, pastors and moreto step up," Richards said. "We need to come together as one."
Edwin Salgado had already spent two months on Rikers Island by the time he was 17. He talked about his own past at the rally.
"I have a bullet in my back and hardware in my ankle from running with gangs," said Salgado, who interns in Sanders' office and will graduate from business school in January.
"If I wouldn't have wasted time playing hooky, running with gangs – I could be in a better place."
Others who took part in the rally included Barry Mason (98.7 Kiss FM), singer Sylfronia King, Larry Love (WBLS), Eddie Jackson, Mothers Against Guns, Inc. president and founder Elizabeth Goldsmith and rappers Ledgeon and Stack Bundles.
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Marko Calasan from Skopje, Macedonia is a bit different for his age. At nine years old he is the youngest IT (Information Technology) professional having passed the MCSE exam from Microsoft. As a result Marko is being called the Mozart of computers by some and a genius by others. The word prodigy has also been used.
Marko learned to read and write by the age of two which by itself is remarkable. He doesn't like to waste time. Rather then read comics or play computer games Marko reads IT books and participates in IT forums discussing high level computing issues. He has also written a book. And did we mention he speaks three languages and is learning a fourth.
Pause for a moment and think about what your child might be capable of. Are you giving them the resources, time, attention and love to reach their potential? Marko is still a kid. He loves to play with his friends and really enjoys football (soccer to Americans).
Marko also enjoys teaching other kids about computers. He has a computer lab at an elementary school where he teaches kids computer basics.
When he grows up Marko would like to develop a new operating system–not something your average nine-year-old boy is planning. Have you talked with your child about their dreams for the future? You can help them realize that planning ahead offers many benefits in life.
Marko hopes to move to the United States where he believes he will have more opportunity to be around high-end technology and also be closer to the computer giant Microsoft.
Below is a short video report on Marko.
You can also visit Marko on Facebook.
It is interesting to note a psychology professor who has worked with Marko believes that the supportive family environment he has grown up with is partially responsible for his above average intelligence. Marko's mom says she and the boy are close friends, like best friends. His parents say they talk about everything with him.
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As construction continues on the US 25 Bridge over the NS Railroad in Williamstown. motorist should expect delays.
The contractor will be operating equipment close to the flow of traffic, which will cause extra long delays from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. continuing through Feb. 18.
Drivers should be alert, be cautious and watch for flagmen.
Beginning Thursday, Feb. 24, The Grant County News website, www.grantky.com, will become a subscription-based news and information site.
We'll offer our valued newspaper subscribers complete access to all of the news and features currently in our print product, plus some on-line only features such as videos, slideshows, reader forums and more. A digital version of every issue of the newspaper will also be available to subscribers online.
Could the 30-day 2011 General Assembly session be shortened by six days?
That is the idea recently brought up by Senate Republicans after Gov. Steve Beshear's State of the Commonwealth address.
The legislative session began Jan. 4 and recessed Jan. 7 before starting again Feb. 1 through March 22.
By eliminating six days of legislative pay, the state would save almost $400,000.
However, local legislators, Rep. Royce Adams, D-Dry Ridge, and Sen. Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, disagree about cutting the session short.
A 3-year-old boy was found wandering on Interstate-75 last week after he managed to get out of his house in the middle of the night.
According to Sgt. Robert Reed of the Williamstown Police Department, the child was left home with his 16-year-old sister while his father went to pick up his mother from work due to the road conditions on Feb. 3.
"Both were asleep when the father left, so there was nothing out of the ordinary," Reed said.
Police estimate the child was outside 40 to 45 minutes.
Organizations looking for a place to meet in the evening, may no longer be able to use the Grant County Courthouse in Williamstown.
Following a discussion by the fiscal court, the courthouse may not be used after hours by organizations, other than governmental bodies such as the planning commission or traffic school, because it poses a liability risk and costs money.
John Souder says the decision is political, but Grant County officials say it is due to simple economics.
I have a handful of phalaenopsis about the house, and three of them have just begun to shoot up a bloom spike that, once in bloom (probably still about a month away), will bloom for months, if I keep them out of direct sunlight. One plant is like 10 fresh cut bouquets, and they are so delicately lovely you just can't beat them as a nice Valentine gesture.
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The subject of love or even strong like may make some first grade students squirm or even stick out their tongue, but if you want to know an honest answer to a simple question, then ask a child. With Valentine's Day looming, here are the responses the News staff received from first grade students in Grant County and Williamstown schools.
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Andrea Sidener, a senior at Grant County High School, has been named a Student of the Month for January at the J.D. Patton Area Technical Center in Ft. Mitchell.
Sidener, 18, attends GCHS in the mornings and travels to the vocational school in the afternoons, where she is a student in the Allied Health Program.
"I went into it (health studies) because I want to go into psychology," Sidener said. "I thought this would give me some in depth knowledge, so that I can be sure that I want to go into it."
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[ 2 syll. (s)har-man, sh-arm-an ] The baby girl name Sharman is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced -SHAARMahN †. Sharman has its origins in the Old Greek language and it is used largely in English.
Sharman is a form of the English Charmian.
Sharman is also a form of the English Sharmaine.
Sharman is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1950, 0.009% of baby girls were named Sharman. It had a ranking of #669 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then, and is currently of only irregular use. Out of all girl names in its family, Sharman was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2015. Sharman has mainly been a baby girl name in the last century.
Baby names that sound like Sharman include Saran (English), Sareen (English), Sarene (English), Schirin (English), Sereen, Seren, Serene (English and French), Serin, Sharaine (English), Sharene, Sharenne, Sharine (English), Sharma (English), Sharmae (English), Sharmain (English), Sharmaine (English), Sharmane (English), Sharmayn, Sharmayne (English), and Sharmeen (English).
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The stupidity of professional athletes never ceases to amaze me. Hurd makes more money playing football in one year than most people will make in their lifetimes. Yet, somehow it isn't enough. Somehow, being gifted with athletic talent, enough to warrant millions of dollars in salary, is worth jeopardizing over even more money. It's obvious that many of these athletes (and celebrities) don't live in the same world as everyone reading this board.
Hey, I've made plenty of mistakes in my lifetime, and blown some decent opportunities to improve my lot in life, but nothing on the level of this fool. Not only will he get at least 10 years in prison, but his NFL career is certainly over. And once he does his time in prison, he may be relegated to living the life for which he will soon be punished - drug dealer. If he's too stupid to realize how much he gave up to satisfy his greed, I doubt any time in prison will change his mindset.
"Never under estimate the predictability of stupidity" - Bullet Tooth Tony
There are more charges coming, namely conspiracy charges. The list of players, texts, conversations, etc all lead up to that charge down the road.
If I'm reading the federal complaint correctly, he has only been charged for buying the one kilo from the undercover agent.
Lock him up and throw away the key.
He probably just misunderstood when the Bears asked him to be a 'possession' reciever...
I'll get my coat
This is a crazy story. Sounds like Hurd is a real scumbag. Many of his teammates are very upset by this. No one had any idea.
That is why this is going to be on the very low end of the scale, he might have been trying to buy a lot more but he never got to that point. At least not that they know of.
A lot of the case is based on the conspiracy angle which while not good, is nowhere near as bad as getting caught with a huge amount of drugs in your possession. On a broader scale 1 kilo is nothing, but enough to get you about 5 years at the least.
Hurd was also talking himself up(as are the police in every article,like they always do), he was nowhere remotely close to being one of the largest drug dealers in Chicago with the amounts he was talking about. The real kingpins would laugh at those amounts. He may have aspired to be one of those guys but he wasn't anywhere close.
Found this web site that calculate the sentecing guidelines for someone convicted of a federal crime:
So, assuming he does get charged with conspiracy on the cocaine, he can look at another 121-151 months in jail and a $17,500 to $175,000.
On the half ton of pot, he could get an extra 6-7 yrs and a fine between $12,500 to $125,000.


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March 19 1964: This day almost half a century ago saw the blueprint for future Britain revealed, as three new cities were proposed for the south-east of England.
The South East Study, which estimated England's population would increase by three million by the early 1980s, revealed plans for Milton Keynes, Basingstoke, and Havant.
The pioneering study showed a planned overhaul of public transport services in south-east England, as well as the road network.
It estimated that in an area to the south-east of a line drawn from Dorset to the Wash in Lincolnshire, the population would increase from 18 million to 21 million in the two decades up to 1981.
On This Day: Great Ouse burst its bank in 1947 floods
Plans had to be made to accommodate the 350,000 London families who would need re-housing outside the capital.
The building was expected to take place in the 1970s and 80s, with new cities planned near Southampton, Bletchley and Newbury.
Milton Keynes was designated as a new town in 1967, and had a grid system road network built similar to that of various U.S. cities.
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At the time it was claimed the new town 'in the rural heart of North Bucks' would eventually be home to 250,000 people.
Havant and Basingstoke already existed before 1964, but their populations significantly increased in the next 20 years after the plans were unveiled.


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If the stains resist oxalic acid, the big gun is hydrochloric acid, the active ingredient in most two-part teak cleaners. This stuff will bleach the wood, but it also dissolves it, so using it on veneer is a risky proposition. If your alternative is replacement, then you don't have too much to lose and a lot to gain by experimenting with one of these products. Follow the instructions, and keep this stuff off painted surfaces. Using it inside the boat is problematic, but it can be done if you plan your strategy carefully.
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Immortality, inc. by Robert Sheckley (1958)
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Interesting novel about a scientific (sort of) afterlife and the impacts it could have on society. I feel like mind-body dichotomy, gendered body image issues and societal impact could all have been handled more thoroughly. Still an enjoyable read but a little too 50s for my taste.
Interesting to see the suicide references made by Futurama. It was okay.
My reactions to reading this novel in 1992. Spoilers follow.
Not as funny a novel as I expected from Sheckley but still pleasant enough. Sheckley comes up with a world that has scientifically verified the afterlife and can engineer your soul to make sure it survives. The mind sometimes, very sometimes, survives its separation from the body. When the "scientific afterlife" is discovered, the world goes on a binge of hedonism; everyone attempts to pack of lifetime of pleasureable experiences in, unrestrainted by conventional religious morality (and painful experiences are sought in torture clubs -- lust and pain of every variety are sought). Then the bottom drops out when it's revealed few minds survive death.
However, three corporations develop a process (which can be duplicated by twenty years of discipline in Eastern mystic pursuits like yoga) which hardens the mind so it can survive death -- the process is very expensive though. Afterlife insurance is a government policy question; a few policies are given out by grants and lotteries. Hosts can be obtained for the dying who don't want to leave this world. On the open market, this involves killing a body (who's mind has been insured for afterlife) and occupying it with another mind. On the black market, the orginal mind is just killed. Transplant is an illegal procedure where one mind "possesses" another mind and body, inhabits a corner of its consciousness, taps into its skill, talents, emotions, sensations. This is sold as mainly sexual titillation. Experience sex as the other gender, the emotions a pervert feels, even sex as an animal. In one of the best scenes of the book, this is revealed as having much more potential for human freedom and society. Why be constrained to the set of skills just you've developed?
The protagonist of the novel, snatched from 1958, inhabits a body very different -- and not to his liking -- from his old one, with different skills, inclinations. Why, argues an illegal transplant peddler, must a man be constrained to the diseases, skills, hereditary, and early environment that shaped his body? When the protagonist flees hunters through a series of transplants, the possibilities of this argument are intriguingly shown. His "dead" body is shipped separately to avoid detection.
In a fashion typical of the great sociological sf of the fifties, Sheckley, in remarkably smooth, glib prose which, nevertheless, touches on important issues, using an everyman. He is a junior yacht designer who, comically, always seems to find himself as a junior yacht designer no matter where he goes in time and space -- raising a serious point that perhaps we are all "destined" to fill certain niches in life.) It is through his journey we see this world and work out its implications. Some religions contend that the soul and mind are not the same and "scientific hereafter" does not mean the soul's survival is not dependent on traditional moral practices. Other's adopt a Nietzche's dictum of dying at the right time through suicide booths, berserking (killing as many innocent bystanders as possible before the police down you -- this leads to one of the books more comic scenes where the survivors of a berserking criticize the dead berserker's lack of prowess), and Hunts (a person tries to kill as many of his appointed hunters as possible before being killed -- this motif is much like Sheckley's The Tenth Victim and, at one point, Sheckley says a society's games tell a lot about its attitudes toward "life, death, fate and free will").
In the afterlife, before a mind crosses the threshhold, he can send messages on the spiritual switchboard. If the death transition renders the mind insane, it could become a poltergeist, gibbering ghost, haunter, or another creature of out folklore like a demon or werewolf. Beyond the Threshhold, communication with the dead is not possible and hell, nirvana, extinction, or reincarnation may loom. No one knows. Zombies are ghettoized; they result from a mind occupying a body after it has been vacant too long. They have only gross muscular control over it. Sheckley's protagonist learns a lot about his place in life as he tries to get a job, falls in love with one of his rescuers (even though, at story's end, it's revealed she caused his fatal auto accident), and learns why a zombie is hanging around him. He questions his moral assumptions. Sheckley throws in some nice commentary on sf cliches as Thomas Blaine, protagonist, thinks about one kind of future he may inhabit, and the constant complaints on how new artforms will corrupt society. (here "sensories" which give a full-sense drama.) Sheckley's novel provides more food for serious thought than immediately obvious and some comic bits are nice like looking for a job and the technicians who prepare Blaine's mind for the afterlife. This book is interesting in that its notions of transplants shows how little many of sf's concerns change, only the rationalizing instrumentality.
One moment Thomas Blaine is crashing into another car and in the next he's in 2110 and trying to survive in a world where you can take out insurance on your mind surviving your bodily death. It's a dated, strange mix of Christian Science and science. I found it readable but not impressive, the book was originally published in 1959 so it contains the echoes of cold war. One of the funniest things was the idea that China would have taken over Mars, more because of the fact that then it was a little more far-fetched than now!
Overally I'm a bit meh about it. While interesting, I didn't regret reading it but I don't think I'd read it again.
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Seahawks ready to unleash Percy Harvin
Seattle — Before the season opener, Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy treasures his element of surprise. Two years ago, he plotted to unleash Randall Cobb, the running back. This year, the Packers closed more practices.
Well, the Seattle Seahawks will have something up their sleeve, too. After hardly scuffing his uniform in 2013, Percy Harvin finally will be implemented into the offense. A hip injury hijacked Harvin's 2013 season and he missed 21 games his first four seasons with Minnesota.
Harvin may be one of the 10, even five, most dangerous players in pro football. Problem is, this must-see TV keeps getting blacked out.
The receiver-running back-returner will change the Seattle offense — if healthy.
"It does affect us because he's a unique football player," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. "You're always looking for uniqueness. He has that in a lot of ways. He's going to have a significant role."
History with offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell helps. The two worked together in Minnesota in 2009 and 2010, reunited now 1,650 miles away. Carroll is cognizant of Harvin's size — a listed 5 feet 11 inches and 184 pounds — and value. Health will be a priority when deciding how to use Harvin.
"He's not a big kid," Carroll said. "He's built of steel, but he's not a big guy. We're going to try to do a great job of managing how he plays."
Harvin says this is the healthiest he's been in a while, adding that he's been working overtime with trainers, massage therapists, a "whole team" of people to keep him on the field.
As for his usage, Harvin repeats it starts with Marshawn Lynch on offense. From there, he'll be a roaming playmaker.
"I wouldn't call it a position," Harvin said. "I'd say just being in open space. So I guess when they draw up the plays a lot, they picture it as a kick return or punt return being in space and setting up the play that way."
The one season he played all 16 games, in 2011 with Minnesota, Harvin caught 87 passes for 967 yards and six touchdowns, ran the ball 52 times for 345 yards and two scores and also averaged 32.5 yards per kick return.
"It's about putting all of our talent out there at once and letting the defense pick their poison," Harvin said. "It will always start with the running game. But we are very confident this year with the weapons we have on the outside to strike teams either way."
The Seahawks were more economical than electric on offense in 2013, something Harvin could theoretically change.
"He's an impact player," tight end Zach Miller said. "So having him healthy is big for us. Obviously, he's so fast and you want to give him the ball as much as you can in the game.
"With a guy of his caliber, it just helps your offense no matter where you put him. The defense has to pay attention to him."
On point:The Seahawks aren't built like the Packers on offense. They don't ask Russell Wilson to do the things Aaron Rodgers does.
Still, it'd be no surprise to see the Seahawks put more on their quarterback in his third year as a starter. On Monday, Carroll said he was "thrilled" with the leap Wilson took this summer. Through his 13 exhibition series, Wilson led 11 scoring drives with nine touchdowns while completing 79% of his passes for 437 yards, three scores in the air, three on the ground and no interceptions.
In short, it's a totally different Wilson from the one the Packers saw in Week 3 of the 2012 season.
"I'm thrilled with what we're seeing," Carroll said. "I didn't know how much farther he'd go from that year to this year. It seems like he's really, really in control of what's happening. So we'll see if that translates. It should."
Cornerback Richard Sherman said Wilson has been "incredibly decisive" in practice all summer.
"He's not wondering what he's going to do going into plays," Sherman said. "He goes into plays anticipating what he's going to do, dictating what the defense does and executing."
Wide body:When Rodgers peers over the offensive line, he'll recognize one familiar face — defensive tackle Kevin Williams. After 11 seasons in Minnesota, Williams signed with Seattle in the off-season. In its platooning of bodies along the line, Williams provides Seattle a 311-pound presence that may be needed against Packers running back Eddie Lacy.
"Kevin keeps the big guy in there," Carroll said. "He's a really good technician. He's a terrific, savvy player. He allows us to match up against the teams that want to load up against us, when we want to get big. And he gives us flexibility. He's going to play a lot. And he's going to be all throughout it....He's just a real anchor."
Injury report: Five players were listed as non-participants for Seattle, tight end Cooper Helfet (knee), running back Christine Michael (hamstring), guard Lemuel Jeanpierre (neck), linebacker Kevin Pierre-Louis (hamstring) and cornerback Tharold Simon.
Rookie receiver Kevin Norwood (ankle), cornerback Jeremy Lane (groin) and linebacker Bruce Irvin (groin) were all limited participants.
Lane, the team's nickel cornerback, is the one to monitor. He'd cover Cobb inside Thursday night. If he can't go, Seattle could move Byron Maxwell inside or plug in Marcus Burley, who was recently acquired from Indianapolis for a sixth-round pick.
Thomas to return punts: The Packers aren't the only team subjecting a valuable starter to special teams. Seattle starting safety Earl Thomas will return punts, Carroll confirmed Monday. Thomas, arguably the most valuable player on the team's star-studded defense, had 105 tackles and five interceptions last season.
With Golden Tate off to the Detroit Lions, Thomas now assumes the punt-return duties.
Thomas hasn't returned a regular-season punt in four years with Seattle. He returned four for 58 yards at Texas in college and then won the job this preseason.
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NEW YORK – Just when it seemed that things couldn't get worse, it appears that they have. Even some of the ostensibly "responsible" members of the eurozone are facing higher interest rates. Economists on both sides of the Atlantic are now discussing not just whether the euro will survive, but how to ensure that its demise causes the least turmoil possible.
It is increasingly evident that Europe's political leaders, for all their commitment to the euro's survival, do not have a good grasp of what is required to make the single currency work. The prevailing view when the euro was established was that all that was required was fiscal discipline – no country's fiscal deficit or public debt, relative to GDP, should be too large. But Ireland and Spain had budget surpluses and low debt before the crisis, which quickly turned into large deficits and high debt. So now European leaders say that it is the current-account deficits of the eurozone's member countries that must be kept in check.
In that case, it seems curious that, as the crisis continues, the safe haven for global investors is the United States, which has had an enormous current-account deficit for years. So, how will the European Union distinguish between "good" current-account deficits – a government creates a favorable business climate, generating inflows of foreign direct investment – and "bad" current-account deficits? Preventing bad current-account deficits would require far greater intervention in the private sector than the neoliberal and single-market doctrines that were fashionable at the euro's founding would imply.
In Spain, for example, money flowed into the private sector from private banks. Should such irrational exuberance force the government, willy-nilly, to curtail public investment? Does this mean that government must decide which capital flows – say into real-estate investment, for example – are bad, and so must be taxed or otherwise curbed? To me, this makes sense, but such policies should be anathema to the EU's free-market advocates.


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Darius Miles was anxious when he moved to Boston last month. He had played here before on opposing teams but it's a different story when you are representing Beantown. The city's winning tradition was intimidating at first.
'The last time I played there it wasn't really a big deal because the team was losing games,' Miles said. 'Like now just walking into the practice facility, it's like it's scary to a point because of the history that goes back on this team. Seeing all these pictures of Bill Russell and all these great players that used to play here and seeing those big banners, it's different now.'
Through his six-year stint in the NBA, Miles already knew many of the veteran Celtics including Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and Sam Cassell. Knowing these players also meant knowing the high expectations of winning another championship this season.
'I'm a basketball fan so I kind of knew a lot about [the Celtics tradition],' Miles said. 'Then once they brought a championship back, that kind of brought it all back to the world and everybody else and it kind of brought it back to my memory too. Like I said it got scary where I just don't want to mess up, don't want to miss a pass, drop the ball, miss a shot.'
After six weeks Miles has become more comfortable in his new digs. Doc Rivers has praised his hustle and he seems at ease in the Celtics locker room. Off the court, he has already staked claim of his new favorite restaurant, Biagio in Waltham.
'I like the family restaurants,' he said. 'They don't have too many name brand restaurants. There are a lot of family-owned restaurants around here, so the food tastes better and the people know how to cook.'
What else does Miles like about Boston?
'My favorite part is I like everybody's accent,' he said, adding, 'My mom came down here when I was sick (tonsillitis) and she was telling me she liked everybody's accents too.'
So will this Belleville, Illinois native be pahkin the cah any time soon?
'No, I don't think I'll pick one up,' Miles said with a laugh. 'I'm too country for that.'
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How many accounts/users?
I just bought Plus, and I noticed it only gives a plus symbol to the main user. But of course other users can play the games. What exactly is different for the main user and the pther accounts on my PS3? and i guess does it really matter if we have 1 or many PLUS accounts? And of course, I really hate to see this go the way of the gold on my other game system...I had gold once and never re-upped it. It''s lame! And I suspect I will NOT re-up my PLUS account either. Mainly since everyting I want to do is free anyway. For now I just got 1 year to give it a try. But really, after we gamers spend so much on the consoles, and the $60 games, and our internet connection etc..... really? REALLY? should we be paying a subscription fee? LOL
Any way I bought it to give it a shot, but after this i really doubt Sony like M$ has enough to entice me to re-up the Plus. Esp since PSN is basically free... that is all I need. Extras are'nt all that. And as for GOLD....I just NEVER play online games...and subsequently M$ NEVER gets $50 a year out of me. SWEEET! As long as PSN is free, I'll stick to NON PLUS when it expires. Why buy when you can do it free? duh
Caveat emptor...You buy it- you own it. if it sucks, too bad. hope it's a good game...No Demo no Dolla !!!!!
Re: How many accounts/users?
The main difference is that the main account is the one that paid for PSN+ and is the PSN+ Member. You can take your PSN+ User ID, put it on another PS3 and download the PSN+ content again to be used on that system. I believe, just like other PSN content, the PSN+ membership can be used on up to 5 PS3s.
Re: How many accounts/users?
So other users on my PS3 have all the benefits (whatever all of them are)? That is perhaps one cool thing compared to GOLD (1 user 1 account etc.) Thats part of the reason I NEVER re-upped my GOLD...buying 1 gold for every user is like buying a mailbox for every internet user in your house.... it's just bogus. But if PSPLUS goes for the entire box and my users, then thats cool!
GOLD sucks, maybe Plus is a bit better
Caveat emptor...You buy it- you own it. if it sucks, too bad. hope it's a good game...No Demo no Dolla !!!!!
Re: How many accounts/users?
Yep. All it takes is one PSN+ membership for all users of the same PS3. The account is tied to the user, the content can be played by anyone using that PS3, provided the PSN+ member's ID remains on it.


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Sydney FC are hoping to sign the A-League's first guest player - former Japan international Kazuyoshi Miura.
The 38-year-old striker/midfielder is on a short-term deal with second-division Yokohama FC, the club Pierre Littbarski left at the start of the year to become Sydney FC coach.
Littbarski has had talks with "Kazu", as he is fondly known around the world, since arriving in Australia, but until recently a deal was unlikely. However, Littbarski renewed contact after first-division Vissel Kobe released Miura when his older brother was sacked as coach a few months ago.
"When we had three spots left [on the roster] I was talking to him about coming to Sydney, but he didn't want to leave while he was playing in the first league," Littbarski said.
"Now that he is in the second division, it is much more possible. The idea is to have him for the Club World Championship (in Japan in December), but I would also like to have him as a guest player before then. I'm not sure about the rules, but he would be good to have in the A-League."
Miura is a former Asian player of the year, has 91 Japan caps and was the first Japanese footballer in the modern era to play professionally in Europe when he joined Italian side Genoa a decade ago.
Miura learnt his craft as a teenager in Brazil before returning home to become the marquee domestic player for Tokyo Verdy when the J-League began in 1993. He has also played for Kyoto Purple Sanga and Vissel Kobe, and had a brief stint in Croatia with Dinamo Zagreb. Miura has his own official website, Boa Sorte Kazu ('Good Luck Kazu' in Portuguese, his second language).
So far, no A-League club has asked permission to sign a guest player, but the league's head of operations, Matt Carroll, believed it would not be a problem in the case of Miura.
"He's exactly the sort of player who would contribute something to our game," Carroll said.
Under the rules, guest players can sign for between two and four matches, and a club can only have one guest player on its books at a time. Littbarski would be most interested in having Miura available from mid-November, for the four rounds leading into the Christmas break, when Sydney travel to Japan to play in the CWC.
Sydney have been drawn against North/Central American champions Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica) in the preliminary round, with the winner playing European champions Liverpool in the semi-finals. Starting from tomorrow night's match against Central Coast Mariners, Sydney will be having a CWC theme at their home games to celebrate their success in qualifying for FIFA's major club competition.
A video presentation on the history of Sao Paulo will be accompanied with Brazilian music and dancers in the Aussie Stadium precinct and on the pitch. Sao Paulo have qualified for the CWC as South American champions.
Meanwhile, Littbarski has no issues with Dwight Yorke's response to being left on the bench in Newcastle last weekend, when he refused to warm-up with the other reserves midway through the first half. Yorke was eventually introduced just before the break, and led a Sydney FC revival, including scoring a goal, before the Jets hung on to win a gripping contest.
"If he's not upset, then I'm the one who's angry," Littbarski said.
"For me, I liked what he did. It showed me how much he wanted to play, and that's good. It was only Dwight who produced something for us, and I need the other two forwards [David Zdrilic and Sasho Petrovski] to add some quality as well. I don't think they had a shot."
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1. Create Sympathetic AwarenessWhether you're raising funds for cancer research, or to build a new wing to a children's hospital, your campaign must generate a great deal of sympathy for your cause. Through Ads, banners, social media inserts, blogs and other media, make sure people see pictures of the patients who will benefit.
2. Know Your Donor BaseWhat draws donors to your program? Where do their sympathies lie? Which demographic is more likely to support your cause? Collect these statistics by studying the responses you get. Then target these groups specifically to get more mileage for your campaign.
3. Be SpecificList exactly what kind of equipment you want for your research, along with costs. If it's a hospital building you're constructing, share plans with details of wings, number of beds, what kind of treatment rooms are planned and so on. The more details you share, the more support you'll get.
4. Determine GoalsMeet up with your hospital or research board and determine both long and short term goals. Then plan your fundraising campaign, setting all expectations beforehand. Stagger your goals – you may not be able to achieve them all in one single campaign.
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6. Create A BlogWrite articles on how you'll use the funds to benefit the public. Refer to the medical benefits that other campaigns have brought to society. Summarize technical details in a reader-friendly format; people need to know that you know what you're talking about.
7. Stick To The Same MessagingThe general public may not understand a great deal of medical jargon. It's important therefore, to stick to clear messaging, and ensuring that everyone on your team speaks on the same terms. It won't do for one person to talk about X while another talks about Y.
8. Brainstorm IdeasAsk everyone on your team to come up with ideas. Consider everything from silent auctions, merchandizing campaigns, and benefit concerts, videos, television Ads, print Ads, online banner Ads and so on. Always check each idea for feasibility, expense and possible outcomes.
9. Look For EndorsementsA celebrity endorsement can give your campaign a great deal of mileage. Look at Angelina Jolie standing for cancer research and Bono standing for AIDS research. Talk to celebrities who have personally experienced medical tragedies, and seek endorsement.
10. See What Other Organizations Are DoingIf other hospitals or medical charities are raising funds at the same time in your area, make sure the dates don't clash. For example, if organization X is holding a marathon race to save children, choose another day to hold your event. In this way, you'll get sole media attention.
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After screening the movie, I had the good fortune to be able to listen to a Q&A session with Bruce Greenwood, in which he discussed some of the many thoughtful creative choices he and the rest of the cast and crew had made in filming "Elephant Song." Go see this one for Greenwood and Catherine Keener. Just don't expect to remember much beyond them once you leave the theatre.
How can I keep silent, in spite of level-headed advice to do just that, in the wake of last week's media circus around an unimportant statement I made about the absence of my film from the Oscars. There seems to be a certain maneuver that's foolproof when it comes to non-news. I think it goes something like this: if an artist says that "not having the chance to participate is ostracizing," you can't get any mileage on that; better to say he feels ostracized, which makes him into more of a victim. The most extraordinary response to this letter, whose content is publicly available in its entirety, unaltered and unedited, would be total silence, oddly enough.


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Rep. Diane Black gives the Weekly Republican Party Remarks
Hi, I'm Diane Black, R.N., and I represent Tennessee's Sixth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. What an honor it is to be speaking with you. (Scroll down for full video of these remarks.)
Protecting taxpayer dollars is one of Washington's most important responsibilities. Your money should be spent wisely or not at all. And everything we do to stop waste and fix broken government removes obstacles to creating jobs and building a stronger economy.
This week, the House took on a hot spot for fraud and abuse in the president's health care law by passing a bill I authored called the No Subsidies Without Verification Act. This legislation stops the government from issuing health care subsidies until it has a system in place to prevent fraud. It's that simple.
Now, you'd be right to ask, why isn't this the case already? Well, in an attempt to prop up its struggling health care law, the Obama administration decided they'd hand out subsidies without verifying who's eligible. They just want to rely on the honor system.
You heard that right: instead of exercising common sense and accountability, the Administration is willing to just give away your tax dollars — no questions asked.
Not only is that unfair to hardworking taxpayers like you, it opens the door a mile wide to fraud and abuse. According to one independent estimate, some $250 billion in bad payments could be doled out over the next decade.
This is nonsense. And members of both parties agree. Democrats on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee have also come out for requiring verification. Now we need the full Democratic-led Senate to act.
This is just the latest in a string of bipartisan efforts to repeal and protect Americans from the president's health care law.
The House has also acted in bipartisan fashion to give individuals and families the same delay from the law's mandates that big businesses have received. The president himself has signed seven bills that dismantle parts of the law.
It's important work, and like many of you, this issue affects me personally. I've been a registered nurse for more than 40 years now, and I can tell you the things patients and their families count on — their doctors, their plans, the cost of their care — all of this comes under siege in the president's health care law.
It won't just fail to keep its promises; it will make things much worse.
You don't have to take my word for it: every day we're seeing new reports of higher costs, less access, and fewer jobs.
Together, we can stop this 'train wreck' and put the focus back on patient-centered solutions.
Together, we can build a stronger economy that rewards hard work and people who do the right thing.
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WILMINGTON — The Bruins returned to practice Monday after returning from a four-game Canadian road trip. Shawn Thornton, who has until 4 pm Monday to appeal his 15-game suspension, was on the ice.
Also present was forward Craig Cunningham, who appears to have been called up from Providence.
Adam McQuaid, who has not played since Nov. 30 with a lower-body injury, was on the ice for the B's. Jarome Iginla, who suffered a hand injury Saturday but stayed in the game, did not practice. Injured Bruins Dougie Hamilton (lower-body, Loui Eriksson (concussion), Chris Kelly (lower-body) and Daniel Paille (upper-body) were also absent.
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Marchand – Bergeron – Smith
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By Elizabeth Gibson, AFP Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 12:00 am TWN
BANGKOK -- "Chak De India" scooped top honors at the "Bollywood Oscars," winning nods for best film, director and actor for its look at how issues of religion, class and gender play out in national sports.
The movie tells the story of a Muslim captain of the Indian field hockey team who leaves the game after being wrongly accused of throwing a World Cup match against Pakistan.
After disappearing for seven years, he returns to coach the Indian women's team, leading them to a World Cup victory of their own.
The script won screenwriter Jaideep Sahni an award for best story, while Shimit Amin took best director and star Shah Rukh Khan best actor.
The film was among a raft of movies showcased at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) that broke away from the splashy musicals that have made Bollywood famous, in favor of tackling tougher issues in formats with a more global appeal.
Vivek Oberoi, who picked up a gong for best performance in a negative role for "Shootout at Lokhandwala," said he believed the trend in India was to produce movies that could draw in international audiences.
Oberoi said Indian filmmakers are focusing on "more global concepts and ideas that reach beyond the borders of India because the viewership and the audiences have reached beyond the borders of India."
Despite the focus on non-musicals, high-production dance numbers stole the show.
Dia Mirza donned a black halter top for a racy performance to promote her upcoming action thriller "Acid Factory," while Oberoi and co-star Shriya Saran shone in silver for a hip-hop performance touting their thriller "Mission Istaanbul."
Akshay Kumar donned a tiger coat as he flew onto the stage from the back of the hall on a skateboard, gliding along a wire, while turbaned dancers walked down the isles singing.
Global marketing is key element of the IIFA awards, which have been held in cities from London to South Africa's Sun City, in hopes of attracting new audiences.
The Indian film industry was valued at 2.2 billion dollars last year, just a fraction of what Hollywood earns in a year. But that is expected to nearly double by 2012, with overseas ticket sales playing a key role.
The ceremony was broadcast live to 600 million television viewers, but few of them were actually in Thailand because the show was not carried on local television.
But hundreds of fans turned out to watch their favorite stars parade down a distinctive green carpet as they arrived at the gala late Sunday.
But some of the biggest stars of the night were shut out, including the Bachchan clan, India's first family of film.
Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, who dazzled fans in a full-length, strapless red satin fishtail gown, and her husband Abhishek Bachchan lost out for their lead roles in "Guru" — the rags-to-riches story of an Indian business tycoon.
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Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the kirsch, gin, lemon juice and confectioners' sugar. Shake well, then strain into an old fashioned or rocks glass with 2 or 3 ice cubes in it.
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Multimillionaire low-profile Auckland family the Pandeys have again expanded their commercial hotel property holdings, buying into the Sofitel Auckland, formerly The Westin at the Lighter Quay.
Last week, the world's biggest hotel operator, French-headquartered Accor, celebrated the rebranding and reopening of the property, welcoming Charles Pandey and his son Prakash to its event.
The head of Sofitel for Asia Pacific, Markland Blaiklock, said he was pleased with the Pandeys' involvement.
Prakash Pandey is the sole director of Pandey Viaduct Suites Trust, registered with the Companies Office last October.
The family have bought the management rights and leases at the property, unifying all the stratas under their corporate umbrella, and have negotiated with Accor to take over the management on a contractual basis.
Accor does not own the hotel but runs it and some suites owned mainly by Singaporean investors.
The Pandeys now have a controlling interest in the property, amalgamating various strata titles and also owning some suites, the restaurants, cafes, reception and conference venues in the building.
The hotel's developer and former owner of the management rights, Nigel McKenna, is now bankrupt and his Lighter Quay Hotel Management fell initially into the hands of receivers Michael Stiassny and Brendon Gibson at Korda Mentha but in an unusual turn, it was then transferred to Tim Downes and Richard Simpson of Grant Thornton.
The latest receivership update said that following the cancellation of Starwood Group's management contract to run The Westin, all remaining stock had been sold although Bank of Scotland International was owed $16.6 million.
That debt is understood to have been onsold to Pacific Alliance Group, headquartered in Hong Kong.
Downes, who also attended last Wednesday's opening, said this week the sale to the Pandeys was a successful outcome for the investors and Auckland.
"There's a good story here in terms of good news," Downes said, adding that CP Group now owned 20 hotels, all with management arrangements in place with Accor.
One party close to the property sale to the Pandeys said a lack of alliance was the key issue with the Westin situation and the reason Starwood pulled out of the property.
"They didn't have that unified control. The Pandeys also bought a number of the units outright.
"They have bought the management rights to the complex and unified the stratas."
The low-profile Pandeys operate via CP Group, based on level seven of the Dingwall Building in Auckland's central business district.
Six years ago, Prakash Pandey, then aged 32, told the Herald his family-owned company had bought the 189-room Mercure at the intersection of Queen St, Queen Elizabeth II Square and Customs St and was about to start a $5 million refurbishment of its ground-floor and conference areas.
By that stage, CP Group had spent more than $200 million on 10 hotel properties and added the Mercure for around $30 million.
But since then CP has vastly expanded, buying the Hyatt Auckland - which Accor rebranded a Pullman - and many other properties.
The family business made its money in Singapore residential and commercial real estate, Pandey said, and its name stood for the initials of his father, Charles Pandey.
The Pandeys have never appeared on the NBR Rich List.
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The great Werner Herzog takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural landscapes. Deep in the Siberian wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the small village of Bakhtia at the river Yenisei. There are only two ways to reach this outpost: by helicopter or boat, and there's no telephone, running water or medical aid. The locals, whose daily routines have barely changed over the centuries, live according to their own values and cultural traditions. With Happy People, the brilliantly inventive Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, Cave of Forgotten Dreams) has completely restructured Russian director Dmitry Vasukov's original four-hour film (just as Herzog did with the footage he used for Grizzly Man), condensing it to 94 riveting, hallucinatory minutes and adding his own lyrical and highly personal narration as he tells the story of a culture that remains virtually untouched by modernity. In English. (94 min.)
"A mesmerizing, Walden-like ode to wilderness life." –Peter Debruge, Variety