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Pleasanton PD "Takes Steps to Better Train" Officers After Arrest
Original post made by Pro-Law, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Jun 22, 2012
In the above case Pleasanton PD supposedly wrongly arrested someone after they had a rifle the police weren't sure was legal or not. According to the person arrested, "Pleasanton police weren't so sure. "There were multiple cops on the scene, all making phone calls, talking, books on top of hoods, on the back of the cars, everyone's got paperwork out," said Haynie.
You would think if they couldn't figure out if it was legal or not they would only take the weapons in the meantime and file a case down the road if necessary. What happened to discretion?
In the end, "the Alameda County District Attorney did not file charges against him, and Pleasanton police paid him back his bail" and issued this statement:
"Following the lawsuit filed by Mr. Haynie et al., the Pleasanton Police Department has taken steps to better educate its officers regarding identification of prohibited assault weapons." That litigation was promptly resolved between the parties with no admission of liability by any of them."
Oopsie, and yeah I wouldn't think the supposedly wrongfully arrested person would have much liability.
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a resident of Oak Hill
on Jun 22, 2012 at 9:49 am
Pro-Law: "You would think if they couldn't figure out if it was legal or not they would only take the weapons in the meantime and file a case down the road if necessary. What happened to discretion?"
You obviously didn't carefully read your own linked news story, Pro-Law. The Pleasanton police did "figure it out": After much effot, they determined that the military-style, semiautomatic was illegal. It turned that they were mistaken, but as the story points out the blame lies not with the Pleasanton police but with the laws concerning what is and what is not an illegal assault weapon. As the story points out, even the Attorney General was confused. The responsibility for sorting all this confusion out rests with the Attorney General and lawmakers. If you want to assign blame, that's where the focus should be not on the Pleasanton police, who are merely doing their best to enforce a confusing law.
a resident of Ironwood
on Jun 22, 2012 at 10:04 am
A quick call from the Pleasanton Police Department to the AG's office could have cleared it up before the arrest took place, the handcuffs were put on, and the person was hauled off to jail. Cell phones are great.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 22, 2012 at 10:24 am
If they were so confused though, I would hope our police department would err on the side of caution. Probably got excited to get a felony arrest stat though.
a resident of Stoneridge
on Jun 22, 2012 at 11:08 am
Appeal to the AG? What a laugh! Executors privilege here we come! We need to arrest Holder and the rest of the thugs including Obami Salami the Great One.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jun 22, 2012 at 11:21 am
Pro-Law said: "Sam, If they were so confused though, I would hope our police department would err on the side of caution. "
They did err on the side of caution.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jun 22, 2012 at 11:24 am
Excuses said: "A quick call from the Pleasanton Police Department to the AG's office could have cleared it up before the arrest took place, the handcuffs were put on, and the person was hauled off to jail. Cell phones are great."
You didn't read the article either. It said that even the Attorney General was confused about the law on this issue.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 22, 2012 at 11:32 am
The police can wrongly arrest people with no accountability to them, Pleasanton police do it all of the time.
There is no recourse for the person wronged, who the Pleasanton Weekly names in the papers police reports, and will forever have that on goggle even though charges are dropped.
This happens all of the time.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 22, 2012 at 12:48 pm
The AG they are talking about is the California AG, not the Federal AG.
I think we are going to have to agree to disagree. I read the article completely several times and I stand by what I initially said.
a resident of California Somerset
on Jun 22, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Yes. Let there be no changing of one's mind on these posts! I agree, you disagree ... and now let's be on our own separate ways!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Jun 23, 2012 at 12:17 am
This is ridiculous and sadly par for the course with ppd. This wasn't a situation where anyone was in danger so they could have taken the weapon and then recommend charges when they decided for sure it was illegal. If they had handled it this way, this law abiding gun owner, which the constitution says he can be, would have been spared all the grief this whole incident caused. If I were ever wrongly arrested, it would traumatize me which is probably why most of us make sure we never do anything to get arrested.
Bottom line is that these officers mostly arrogant jerks who don't like most of us and don't live among us. You can't even imagine what I've been through by following the letter of a court order only to have them refuse to enforce it as if they were the judicial branch and the ones responsible for making these orders. They ate required to enforce the law, but sadly, and as this case points out, they'd rather turn themselves into rogue legislators and arm chair judges rather than to admit they got it wrong. And just do you all know, out chief and city manager allow senior level people, like those left in charge, to refuse to come to the scene when asked by a citizen.
This is based ony living here for 30 plus years. Years ago things were different, but now they drive around with chips on ther shoulders and on huge power trips. This alone may be the reason weave to San ramon or Danville.
a resident of Parkside
on Jun 23, 2012 at 7:58 am
Lets use reason here. First, it is our GOD given right to own guns. Second, this guy was probrably sent by the holy emeer Obama the Salama to kick up dust in our community and distract us from overpaid incompitant teachers indocrinating our children with liberal Marxism ideeology. Third, maybe the guy is a terrorist. Taking his gun away wont help because theirs two many box cutter tools hanging around our hardware stores. Therefore: DOWN with pubic school teacher pensions.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Jun 23, 2012 at 8:36 am
Ben said: "This is ridiculous and sadly par for the course with ppd. This wasn't a situation where anyone was in danger so they could have taken the weapon and then recommend charges when they decided for sure it was illegal."
Someone is riding around Pleasanton carrying with an apparently illegal AR-15 assault rifle and you don't think that anyone was still potentially in danger if the Pleasanton police just released him without arresting him? Did it occur to you that if someone with an illegal assault rifle in their car might have other illegal weapons stashed away in their house or elsewhere?
As it happened, the gun was in fact legal and the person was a law abiding citizen, buttrue to the confusing nature of the assault rifle law the Pleasanton police were not able to make that determination at the time of the arrest. For all they knew at the time, the gun may have been an illegal assault rifle and the person might have been... well... the type of person who goes around carrying illegal assault rifles. The response of you and others here would be to simply let the person go??? I wonder what kind of armchair quarterbacking you would be doing if such a person went back to his house, got another one of his illegal assault rifles and went on a rampage in Pleasanton? You and the others here would probably posting comments saying how in competent the Pleasanton police were in just taking away the person's assault rifle and not arresting him. You would be saying that the Pleasanton police did not err on the side of caution.
Thankfully, armchair quarterbacks like you are not in charge. I don't know why some of you have some knee-jerk need to criticize the PPD when in fact they do a pretty good job for our community. In this particular case, given the facts known at the time of the arrest, they acted entirely appropriately in taking both the weapon AND placing the person under arrest and in custody until the facts could be sorted out. If you want to blame someone, then blame the lawmakers and the Attorney General for not making the illegal assault weapon laws clearer.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jul 3, 2012 at 7:33 pm
today my dog and i were detained put on a curb in the sun for over an hour. i was detained and threatened with arrest because i rode in a vehicle not driving but riding! this vehicle had a expired registration tag. i was going to help a neighbor with his truck that wouldnt start less than a half mile from my home. i was searched and questioned and cited for not having proof on my person of dogs vaccinations. WAY TO GO police no good dead shall go unpunished. last time i checked the 4 & 5 ammendmamts still apply in pleasanton. but ill have to look again because i recieved no liberty to them. disgaceful to the oath taken to upholdj the constitution.
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GREENVILLE — There's a hard-edged romance that rides shotgun with drivers of the big rigs rolling across the ribbons of concrete that make up America's highway system. The open road, the freedom, a life unchained from the desk, the cubicle, the office; it's a dream only a few ever realize.
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Dickson's collection of vintage model cars and trains easily tops 540 pieces, most in mint condition.
"I got my first train when I was just a kid living in Toronto," Dickson says. "This was in 1945 and there weren't that many around at the time. I slowly got more interested in trains and that led to an interest in cars.
"We didn't have a car when we lived in Canada, but when we moved to the States, dad bought a Packard," he said.
A model of that '48 Packard is still Dickson's favorite, he adds.
But it wasn't until a trip to the 1948 Indy 500 that Dickson's interest in cars really took hold.
Soon enough Dickson began saving his pennies to purchase build-it-yourself model cars and later, collector quality die cast scale replicas. Most of his car collection are of the 1/18 and 1/32 scale variety, and they do take up a bit of room in his finished basement; several rooms, in fact.
Dickson's network of like-minded collectors included his father, and more recently, friends and one of his sons. Many automobiles in his current collection he has received as gifts.
"At Christmas, the kids or my friend would send me a car," Dickson says. "We would get each other models if we saw something unusual."
Until about seven years ago, Dickson and his wife, Sue, lived in Buffalo, N.Y. When they decided to move to Greenville in order to be more centrally located to their children scattered across the region, Dickson was forced to buy a trailer simply to transport his extensive vehicle collection.
"We became acquainted with Greenville because my father-in-law, Pastor Jones, pastored a church here and we would come visit him," Dickson explains. "We thought this was a nice place to settle, to retire in. We love it here."
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Dickson's "retirement" hasn't been quite as leisurely as he originally anticipated, however; he is currently serving as interim pastor of First Baptist Church on Franklin Street.
Still, visiting his children and pastoring still leave him plenty of time to spend with his collecting hobby, he says. Dickson's extensive O-gauge model train city features a working carousel, trolley car, several trains and virtually every item one would find in a small, circa-1950s town.
Around the holidays, much of the "town" is dismantled and moved upstairs, Dickson laments, for inclusion in Sue's Christmas village display.
With 20 grandchildren visiting on a more or less regular basis, Dickson has discovered it's a good idea to keep one room filled with "kid-friendly" cars and trains.
"They see all my cars and they of course want to play with them," Dickson says. "But kids can be hard on them, so I keep a bunch handy that they can use for demolition derby or whatever. That's their favorite part; when things crack up."
Dickson plans to one day pass his expansive collection along to one of his sons, who also is interested in the hobby and has a collection of his own.
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The Australian wine industry needs wide structural change if it is to recover from the hangover of increasing price slumps, professional services firm Deloitte says.
The 2005 Deloitte Wine Industry Benchmarking Survey today revealed Australian wine export prices have plummeted 33 per cent since 2002.
Australian wine makers have faced tough conditions over the last couple of years, including an oversupply of grapes in Australia and overseas, which is keeping wine prices low.
Wine margins had also come under pressure from the increased power of Australian and UK retailers who had consolidated.
Deloitte partner Gary Doran today said wineries are especially being squeezed in export markets, which account for over 60 per cent of the industry's output.
The average selling price of Australian wine exported in January 2006 was just $3.78 per litre.
But Mr Doran said the financial problems of many wineries are so deep-rooted that only industry-wide changes could save them.
"Given the maturity of the industry, real structural change is needed to reverse this price slump or much of this profit margin erosion will be permanent," he said.
"Wine is a fast moving consumer good in a competitive global market and producers need to focus on improving distribution channels for their products."
Mr Doran said there is about 12,000 wine brands in Australia competing for limited retail shelf space, but too few invest in marketing, including brand awareness and product differentiation attributes.
"Retailers will only be interested in stocking and promoting your brand when it attracts customers to their store and increases sales," he said.
"Some brands have developed a niche market position by knowing their target market, owning their consumer and by passing the traditional wholesalers/retailers (who) are very focused and customer centric."
Mr Doran said in order to be successful, winemakers need to know their limits such as skills, capability and commitment and be flexible in order to adapt to new markets.
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The Big East has been praised up and down as the best college basketball conference in the land. On Saturday night in Boston, that will be in full display as two of the best teams from the conference square off for the chance to go to the Final Four the following weekend in the Motor City.
Here are five things from each team to look for that will go a long way in determining who will be cutting the Garden nets and getting their motors revved for Detroit.
1. Can Pittsburgh survive another inconsistent performance out of the gate? Most likely the answer to this question is no.
2. Can Pittsburgh avoid the foul trouble that plagued DeJuan Blair in the only other meeting between the two Pennsylvania cross-state rivals on Jan. 28 at the Spectrum?
3. Will Levance Fields start making an impact earlier than the last 60 seconds of the game?
4. Can Sam Young score on Villanova's defense?
5. Will Pittsburgh find a way to control the offensive glass with their bigger front court?
1. Will Dante Cunningham continue to emerge as the most active player on Villanova's roster?
2. Will Villanova be able to do what Xavier did on Thursday night and dribble penetrate in the lane and dish off to wide open scorers?
3. Will Scottie Reynolds finally be the Scottie Reynolds who can score at will?
4. Can Villanova find their long-range touch?
5. Will Villanova dominate the second half as they have in their first three tournament wins?
What they said:
Villanova coach Jay Wright: "We've got three seniors and Scottie (Reynolds) who's played so many games, he's like a senior, have been very, very successful with this year is just put the last game behind them, whether it was a good game or bad game, move on to the next game and keeping their focus on that. So I think that's going to be important. The higher the stakes get the more there's distractions around you. And we're really counting on these upperclassmen to make sure we concentrate on Pitt, who is I know I sound like a broken record, but when you get to this point in the season you're playing great teams. We know them. These seniors have played against their seniors so many times.
"It's going to be a great game. We know each other very well and we've had a lot of great battles. We have great respect for them, as I said last night. We'd love to win this game, but at least I hope we do win, but at least if we don't, there's a Big East team going to the Final Four. We'll be proud of them and happy for them, but I hope it's us."
Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon: "As soon as the game was over it was about who we're going to be playing and getting our guys back to the hotel and getting them rested and preparation for the next one. I think it's an interesting thing. I know there's about 330 programs that would like to ask that question and call the Sweet 16 like a bad thing. It's been an accomplishment. It's something that we as a program I never considered as a possibility, and we were getting there on more often than everybody but two schools in the country. So I think Kansas and Duke are one up on us. So we've had a very good run, very good success. But at the same time we know that a National Championship is something that we have as a goal."
Trags Take: Villanova coach Jay Wright says that the Final Four isn't a specific goal for his team. Jamie Dixon of Pitt says it is. Wright says he just wants his team playing their best basketball. And they are. They are outscoring their opponents by a total of 50 points in the second halves of their three NCAA games so far. Games are won in the the second half, just ask Pittsburgh who had to get a prayer answered when Levance Fields drained a long, long three-pointer in the final minute to carry the Panthers to victory. Villanova has the guard play and depth that Xavier didn't. Villanova will be revving their motors following this one and off to the Final Four for the first time since their magical 1985 title season.
Villanova 75, Pittsburgh 63
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It is easy to be pessimistic about Somalia. It is the exemplar of a failed state. It has existed in anarchy since opposing clans overthrew its government in 1991 and failed to agree on what should replace it. It is bedevilled by chronic food shortages thanks to the Horn of Africa's worst drought for six decades, with millions on the edge of starvation.
Hundreds of thousands have fled to squalid refugee camps in neighbouring countries. Pirates patrol its lawless coastal waters, costing the international economy billions in ransoms. Rent-seeking warlords fight over its territories. Large tracts of land and their inhabitants are under the sway of the Islamist fundamentalist fighters from the al-Shabaab group. Small wonder it has been called the "world's worst failed state".
For all that, there has been some progress. Troops from the African Union have taken over al-Shabaab's strategic stronghold and are forcing its fighters out of populated areas and back into the desert wastes of the south-west. Navies from around the world have sent warships to patrol the Somali coast, while international shipping lines now have armed guards aboard their vessels. Even so, a formidable task faced the world leaders' summit on Somalia in London yesterday. It was not fully discharged.
The conference was prompted by concerns over the threat to British interests in the region and to wider global security. Pirates are only one part of the problem. Al-Shabaab has recently proclaimed affiliation to al-Qa'ida. And MI5 is concerned about a Somali-linked bombing campaign in London during the Olympic Games in July. David Cameron spoke yesterday of "young minds... being poisoned by radicalism, breeding terrorism that is threatening not just Somalia but the whole world".
The Prime Minister is right to be worried. There are more British passport-holders engaged in terrorist training in Somalia than in any other country. But it is not only Britain that is under threat. There are also large émigré populations of Somalis causing concern in neighbours such as Kenya and Ethiopia.
Conditions in Somalia are dire indeed. It is one of the world's most deprived states; half the population struggles to survive on less than a dollar a day and almost one in three depends on emergency food aid; its health statistics are among the worst in the world. Britain's efforts are laudable enough, with the focus on plans to launch air strikes on al-Shabaab camps, and on efforts to replace the existing transitional government with a "caretaker authority" to draft a constitution, hold a referendum on it, and run the subsequent elections. But they are insufficient to meet the challenges of a country torn apart by famine and civil war.
Even less encouraging is the fact that this is not the first international summit on Somalia. All its predecessors have produced is a succession of weak transitional governments lacking in popular legitimacy and wholly unable to rescue the country from lawlessness and clan warfare.
This time, at least, there are several Muslim states involved. But yesterday's meeting still had no suggestions except military containment for combating al-Shabaab. It did not address the politics of who is arming the Islamists and how. Neither did it identify the emerging leaders who must manage any political transition. Nor has it demonstrated any proper awareness of the need to work with the quasi-autonomous areas of Somaliland and Puntland. It has not even offered any serious initiatives on how to help local populations see the economic benefit when al-Shabaab is pushed out.
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Thomson Reuters Filed Suit against Zotero
Zotero, the popular open-source research tool, has gained great attention from many users, as well as institutes, over the world. Now including Thomson Reuters, whose products include that famous bibliography software, EndNote, and the journal database service, ISI Web of Knowledge. However, unlike the praises that Zotero usually receive from the users, it is the lawsuit they have got from Thomas Routers.
What's the problem with Zotero? As mentioned in this Nature Editorial [Nature 455, 708 (9 October 2008)]:
Thomson makes the proprietary bibliography software EndNote, and claims that Zotero is causing its commercial business "irreparable harm" and is wilfully and intentionally destroying Thomson's customer base. In particular, Thomson is demanding that GMU (George Mason University) stop distributing the newer beta-version of Zotero that allegedly allows EndNote's proprietary data format for storing journal citation styles to be converted into an open-standard format readable by Zotero and other software. Thomson claims that Zotero "reverse engineered or decompiled" not only the format, but also the EndNote software itself.
The company is seeking a minimum of US$10 million in damages annually until GMU halts distribution of Zotero's new feature. It also demands that GMU "terminate" the ability of each Zotero user to use or distribute any open-source files converted from EndNote's own data format.
Apparently Thomson Reuters isn't happy that Zotero can import the EndNote-format file into its database (not the bibliography format .ris but the style format .ens. See the Peter's blog entry or the comment below). Here is the official statement form Zotero team.
It's like Microsoft Office vs OpenOffice.org (OOo). Will Microsoft sue OOo because OOo office suite can convert Microsoft's formats into other open-source formats? That question was asked in 2004 and at least Microsoft didn't acted on it. Microsoft's Office suite still has the major market share. They probably have thought that OOo wouldn't be a real threat to their "beloved" product.
Unlike similar open-source bibliography tools, Zotero has many promising features that might lure users away from the commercial softwares like EndNote. E.g. smoothly working with MS Word and sync/sharing in the future version. That's why Thomson Reuters claims that Zotero is causing its commercial business "irreparable harm". 🙄
Well, Thomson Reuters should have some confidence on their product like Microsoft does.
Anyway, I already prefer Zotero or JabRef over EndNote, even though the school already bought the campus license for EndNote. And after seeing Thomson Reuters' action, I'm happy with my choice and hope GMU will win the case.
PS: JabRef also can convert EndNote format into the open-source format. Does the creator of JabRef have to worry about this? (The answer is "No". See the comment below)
Updates: For more details regarding the lawsuit, check this entry in Peter's blog and his follow-up stories. Also about UCITA from Wiki and from GNU, which is realated to the lawsuit. Viginia, where the lawsuit is filed, is one of two states that have passed this act.
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PS: JabRef also can convert EndNote format into the open-source format. Does the creator of JabRef have to worry about this?
No–this case is not about the open and long-standing formats for storing reference data (e.g. RIS), but the undocumented formats for styling citations (i.e. .ens files). JabRef can import the former, but not the latter & they may not have the same contractual obligations with TR as GMU had.
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ATLANTA, Thursday—I spent the afternoon before my lecture in Birmingham yesterday, rather peacefully. To be sure, I had a few visitors and I went out and paid a visit, but I had plenty of time to sign all my mail and keep up to date, so we can consider it a really good day. Like everybody else in the world, the days I dread are those when your work seems to sit like an imp on your shoulder and beat you with the constant reiteration: "You won't get through, you won't get through."
Speaker and Mrs. Bankhead, Mr. and Mrs. Hansen and Mrs. Luke called for us at the hotel and escorted us to the auditorium, where the Speaker presided. The question period seemed to please the gentlemen particularly. I am always glad when I find that an audience responds to that period, for, from my point of view, it is pleasanter to be answering things in which you know someone is interested, than to be talking on a subject which everyone may find dull.
The more I travel around the country, the more impressed I am with the importance of housing. I wonder if other states are going to find that they need the same kind of amendment which is being proposed this year in New York State.
Amendment Number Four in my state, on which voters are going to be asked to express their opinion on November 8th, gives the state legislature the power to issue bonds up to $300,000,000 for loans to villages, towns, cities and public corporations to finance the construction of low rent houses and to assist in the elimination of bad housing. It makes it far easier to obtain land for present and future use and makes certain other very valuable provisions.
The Federal program for housing, of course, is only meeting the normal new housing needs of the average community and it can do very little really to change the standards of housing created by neglect in the past. However, New York's amendment should not be looked upon purely as a contribution to the raising of social standards. It has an economic value too, for it will mean recovery in the heavy industries and will provide new jobs for many men who have been thrown out of work and who, even if not completely jobless, have at least not as good jobs as they once had.
I write this not only because it is being done in New York State, but because it may be valuable to other states. The housing situation is present everywhere, so it is well to find out anything being done which can be of assistance in solving one of our basic problems.
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Luxury hotels are taking hold in this communist corner of South-east Asia, reveals Laura Holt.
Nowhere is the current pace of Vietnam more palpable than on Route 1A, the transnational highway that races from the Chinese border in the north to the lowlands of the Mekong Delta. Traffic rattles past on all sides. Horns blare. Motorcycles hurtle by, carrying three generations of one family on the back seat. This is a country that's going places. Fast.
Having opened its doors to mass tourism only in the 1980s, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is making up for lost time. Last year, 6.8 million foreigners visited this communist country nearly three times as many as a decade earlier, helped no doubt by direct flights from Gatwick to the capital, Hanoi, and the largest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City. Now, in the central band of this S-shaped nation, where South-east Asia kicks out into the South China Sea, luxury hotels are getting in on the act too. International groups have earmarked much of the coastline for five-star resorts and a new terminal at Danang airport is ready to greet the rush.
The biggest of these new resorts has recently opened near Lang Co, a remote area of fishing villages and jungle, midway down the central coast. The development is called Laguna Lang Co and the Singaporean hotel group, Banyan Tree, is behind it. The group started work in 2010 having agreed a 50-year lease of the land from the local government in return for a $200m investment.
The result is one all-villa Banyan Tree, aimed at those who are willing to pay a premium for privacy; a Nick Faldo-designed golf course; two spas; and a more contemporary hotel under the group's Angsana brand.
The drive into the resort tells of the transformation that's taken place. Emerald-green paddy fields unfurl for miles, flecked by conical bamboo hats shielding farmers from the midday sun. As you draw closer, the Truong Son Mountains cut a jagged backbone along the coast, rising from mighty granite boulders up to mist-covered heights. Then, wham! You hit new Tarmac, its smooth ebony surface attesting to the freshness of it all. The road, like the resort it leads to, didn't exist five years ago. Banyan Tree had to build new infrastructure to make it happen.
The group is no novice at taking an uncharted patch of coastal land and turning it into something enticing. Twenty-five years ago, the brand was established on the Thai island of Phuket and today, the Laguna resort there comprises seven integrated hotels with attendant bars, boutiques and restaurants set in 1000 acres of tropical parkland. It's being used as a blueprint for the Lang Co project in Vietnam.
The resort is located at the axis of three Unesco World Heritage sites in Vietnam's "cultural triangle". The old imperial capital of Hue, with its wealth of tombs, temples and pagodas, either side of the Perfume River, is a 90-minute drive north. The atmospheric old merchants' town of Hoi An is an hour south and the Hindu temple site of My Son is tucked away inland. But while it's relatively close to all of them, it's actually not near anything. Day trips are required to reach all three sites, and some might prefer to waste away a week in unscheduled indolence instead.
That's where the villas come in. Slumped beside my private infinity pool, dragonflies darting overhead, I could certainly see the appeal. There are 17 of these beach-view villas and another 32 that face a man-made lagoon, which twists and turns throughout the resort. They all have sloped pagoda-style roofs modelled on the traditional houses of Hue, a plunge pool and courtyard bedded with tropical plants though the lagoon options are actually grander, with views up to the mountains.
There are three restaurants too: Saffron, a hilltop Thai eatery that gives you a bird's-eye view of the twinkling resort at night; Azura, a Mediterranean-style beachside bar; and The Watercourt, a breakfast room which doubles up for all-day dining. Limited menus and a lack of atmosphere sadly mean none of them really excels, which is problematic, considering you can't just pop out for a bite to eat the nearest village being 10 miles away. However, the adjoining restaurants at Angsana hadn't opened yet during my stay, so perhaps the Spanish-style Moomba, Asian-themed Rice and Bowl or Indochinese Market Place will spice things up.
On the upside, the Banyan Tree spa is excellent: all gongs and green tea, foot soaks and firm pressure, set against a somnambulant soundtrack of bullfrogs croaking in the lagoon. The beach, too, is noteworthy. Not because it's scenic, or pretty, or in any way picturesque. But because it's a defiant stretch of terracotta-stained sand that runs between dense jungle and wild, churning waves making Lang Co a beach resort with a difference.
The local government is at pains to protect this peculiar patch agreeing to lease the land only if Banyan Tree committed to employing 70 per cent of its workforce from the immediate area. This is because the resort falls within the Chan May-Lang Co Economic Zone, created in 2007 to maximise tourism potential in the region and bring investment to this poor rural area.
On a trip to the village of Cu Du, one of many excursions offered at the resort's activity centre, I attempted to steer a circular basket boat around a lagoon, much to the delight of the locals standing on the shore. After handing over to Mr Cuong, a fisherman who expertly manoeuvred us past tangled mangroves, I was invited back to his house. He clambered up a palm tree, cigarette dangling from his mouth, and over freshly cut coconuts explained how the area has changed. "Before there was nothing, but the resort has created jobs. Now, if a husband and wife are both working, we can double our income."
Banyan Tree is big on "community outreach", and the man overseeing that particular aspect of its operations is David Campion, a marine biologist who has spent the past decade working in Thailand and the Maldives.
"Not many people get the violins out when I mention my job," he says. David explains how Banyan Tree plans to start micro-financing farmers in an effort to entice them to grow alternative crops aside from rice. The aim is to diversify their incomes and insulate them from the unstable climate, while Banyan Tree ensures a fresh supply of vegetables. It is also introducing boreholes and filtrations systems to five local schools, which currently don't have water. And it has linked up with Vietnamese charity Koto, which trains underprivileged kids in seven restaurants across the country, to open an eighth outlet in Hoi An called Seedlings. The partnership will see promising trainees employed in the Laguna Lang Co resort.
The company is also working with one of the country's new wave of female entrepreneurs: Phuong Nguyen, a well-dressed French-Vietnamese woman in her twenties. When I meet her in Danang, the modern face of Vietnam, she explains how her family was forced to emigrate to France in the Eighties to find work in the aftermath of the "American War". A generation later, she has returned to set up a chocolate factory in the house where she was born. She hopes to establish a cocoa plantation in the Lang Co area a crop which currently doesn't exist at all in central Vietnam. "We have 10 local women working for us at present," she says, as she shows me where a chocolate caf is planned in the courtyard. "None of them had a background in the industry, but if the crop works, we hope to train more."
Banyan Tree is just the start: there is room for a further six hotels in the Laguna Lang Co development, and elsewhere things are changing rapidly too. Driving along the coastal road south of Danang, I lost count of the new resorts lining up on My Khe Beach, a prime stretch of real estate that runs for 20 miles down to Hoi An. Hyatt and InterContinental have arrived recently and shiny billboards signal more to come. This is definitely a country that's going places. I hope it's not moving too fast.


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The Phantom Lady, Northeastern's newest student theatre production, which opens Tuesday night, tells the story of a 17th-century Spanish man who gets caught in a duel defending a mysterious woman's honor.
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Antonio Ocampo-Guzman, an associate professor of theatre, will make his operatic directorial debut with a new production of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Theatre department brings 'Donnie Darko' to the stage
The play, which opened this week at Northeastern and is directed by professor Matt Gray, utilizes advanced technology to tell the story of a troubled teen with 28 days to save the world.
The art of entrepreneurship
Four students and alumni received Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards from the College of Arts, Media, and Design for channeling their creativity and leadership skills through film, theater, music, and architecture.
Good 'Company'
Northeastern's production of the Stephen Sondheim musical, which opens on Tuesday in the Studio Theatre, focuses on the interconnected lives of a group of adults.
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Northeastern's first theatre production of the year tells the story of 17th-century Londoners under quarantine during an outbreak of the black plague.
3Qs: For broader education, the play's the thing
In a new book, associate theatre professor Nancy Kindelan makes the case for an expanded role for theatre education in undergraduate learning.
Uncovering 'Miss Anne' of the 1920s
Delivering the annual Robert D. Klein Lecture, English professor Carla Kaplan discussed the complicated story of white women who passed for black in the 1920s.
All the world's a stage
An apprenticeship program hosted by Northeastern gives young actors a chance to perform Shakespeare alongside seasoned professionals.
3Qs: Understanding the Bard
Last week, the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company began its 16th annual "Shakespeare on the Common" season with "All's Well That Ends Well." We asked Erika Boeckeler—an assistant professor of English who recently returned from a postdoctoral fellowship at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif. — for some insight into one of The Bard's lesser-known works.


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Almost two-thirds of females attending a general urology practice reported that they suffered from sexual dysfunction, according to a paper in the August issue of BJUI.
Dysfunction rose with age in all categories except orgasm, with more than half of women aged from 18 to 30 reporting orgasm problems, significantly higher than women aged 31 to 54.
Researchers asked 587 women aged from 18 to 95, who attended a urology clinic in New Jersey, about six key areas of female sexual dysfunction (FSD): lack of desire, arousal issues, lack of lubrication, problems achieving orgasm, lack of satisfaction and pain during intercourse.
"We found that 63% of the women suffered from FSD and that there were significant links between FSD and age, menopausal status and use of selective antidepressants" says co-author Dr Debra Fromer, head of the Center for Bladder, Prostate and Pelvic Floor Health at Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey.
Twelve per cent of the women who took part in the study were aged 18-30, 27% were 31-45, 25% were 46-54, 24% were 55-70 and 12% were 70 plus.
They attended a typical American metropolitan urology practice caring for conditions such as urinary incontinence, urinary tract infections, pelvic floor problems and kidney stones.
Key findings of the survey included:
The top three problems by age group were:
"FSD can have a major effect on women's quality of life," says Dr Fromer. "Self-esteem, sense of wholeness and relationships can be seriously and adversely affected, exacting a heavy emotional toll.
"Researchers have found significant associations between major categories of sexual dysfunction, reduced physical and emotional satisfaction and general well-being.
"That is why it is so important to ensure that problems are identified and tackled wherever possible. For example a number of hormone and other drug treatments have been shown to benefit women with FSD."
Known risk factors for FSD include age, a history of sexual abuse or sexually transmitted infections, depression, lower socioeconomic status, lifestyle, overall physical health and sexual experience.
"Interestingly, our study found very similar levels of dysfunction to an age-matched Turkish study," adds Dr Fromer. "This suggests a biological cause for FSD rather than societal or cultural factors, although they make some contribution to certain psychological aspects of the disorder."
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I'm still struggling with the transition to real life and the UK time zone. Two-week holidays seem to disorientate me a bit, but I'm certainly not expecting any sympathy, nor do I deserve any!I will stop annoying you with details of our amazing time soon. But at least as I share this video, you know that I'm now no longer in Florida enjoying our holiday of a lifetime, and am instead suffering the British winter weather!The video begins in the world of Canada, then we journey through … [Read more...]
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Home Again!
We're home again! The reunion was sweet, although the three of us are rather tired. I worked today, while both Henry and Tamasin spent some time sleeping. Unfortunately, none of us slept a wink on the plane!This was the longest I've been away from my dear wife, and the longest I have been in America. We even found ourselves talking about "restrooms" and "strollers" and "pacifiers"—words for which most of my English friends would need an interpreter. Sadly I gained about 3 kg. during the last two … [Read more...]
Magic Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon, and Downtown Disney
On Thursday of last week we went to Magic Kingdom and then to Downtown Disney. Magic Kingdom was the first theme park. It's amazing in its architecture and totally unique. But to be honest, we felt it was showing its age a little. It IS a magical world. It IS an amazing sight. But on the day we visited, two of its main thrilling rides were closed (including one which broke down that day). I understand that the roller coasters are not as fear-inducing as those at Universal, but there's no doubt … [Read more...]
Visiting Metro Life Church of Orlando
Today I visited Metro Life Church in Orlando, which is part of Sovereign Grace Ministries. This is the home church of blogger, Jesse Phillips, and is led by Danny Jones, Senior Pastor, who is a part of SGM's apostolic team.The venue was very nice, and as the worship began I felt very comfortable, having been warmly welcomed. The worship time was upbeat, and the modern songs were carefully chosen for their rich theological content. There were several prophetic words—given mostly in the first per … [Read more...]
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Disney's Animal Kingdom
Yes, it really is true that we managed to take all the above photos during a single day at the Animal Kingdom this week. Back on Wednesday, which seems an age away now, we spent a fantastic day on the wilder side of Disney. Actually, we got there closer to lunch time than opening time. (We are now firmly on American time and are no longer waking very early every morning as we did for the first few days!) We saw everything we wanted to and had no need at all for Fastpass. The rides were good, … [Read more...]
Disney's Hollywood Studios (Previously MGM)
On Tuesday we visited Disney's answer to Universal Studios. It's not as big as its rival, but has lots of rides and shows. Fantasmia lived up to its reputation at the end of the day. The Tower of Terror set a mildly horror-based scene which was an irritating distraction to the real basis of the ride—a crazy, randomly generated sequence of rapid rises and drops in a demented elevator. It was a real hit and the ride that we have repeated the most times (except for the Universal roller coasters). T … [Read more...]
Disney's EPCOT
After a quieter day when we went back to Islands of Adventure to revisit some rides we especially liked, we moved to the Pop Century Hotel at Disney. One major advantage of being here at this time of year is that we were able to do almost everything we wanted to do at EPCOT despite arriving just before lunchtime. We still had to use FastPass, however, for Soarin' and the Test Track. Soarin' is an "unmissable" hand glider experience. A 3D movement effect is produced that makes you think you're … [Read more...]
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"not his best"
I was actually disappointed with the narrator & the book content. Carl Hiaasen was off his game on this one & the narrator didn't help matters. I miss Ed Asner
"First Carl Hiaasen audiobook - Narrator non-issue"
It's Carl Hiaasen, if you have read him before then you will enjoy this book. I read all the complaints about the narrator and since this was my first Carl audiobook I had no attachment to the previous narrator and found Stephen Hoye perfectly acceptable. Don't let that prevent you from getting this book.
"If you like Carl Hiaasen..."
...then you are going to like Star Island. I am very happy to see a few old friends on this new tale. I can't help chuckle at the timing of the release of Star Island coinciding with Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton's new troubles.
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"Nope...not great at all"
I'm willing to give this a 2 star because the author is generally a really funny guy and I loved his other books. Skinny Dip was wonderful. But...not this one.
It bored me..it made no sense...it had nothing either exciting or interesting or captivating about the plot. It just rambled on and on. I had no objection to the reader...I objected to being objected to this bunch of nonsense!!
For me, a big time waster.
"It pains me to write a bad review about Hiassen..."
But it pained me more to listen to this book. I've read and loved all his other books. This was the first I've listened to. Not having experience with other narrators, I was able to enjoy this one for his great ability to do multiple voices. My only qualm was how slowly all the female characters spoke. As for the story, it dragged on forever, it seemed. With barely anyone to care about it was painful to endure all the horrible personalities. If Ann had somehow been more central and more empathetic, the story might have had a chance. But, as is, this book doesn't belong on the shelf next to Hiassen's other fun stories.
"tedious and trashy"
This story went on way longer than it needed to. I really lost interest about halfway through and was easily distracted by anything else going on around me. Hiaasen's books have become formulaic, which you can overlook if the characters are compelling and the story moves along. This one was just a bore.
"useless waste of time and money"
I've read nearly every one of Hiaasen's books since the first one, and he was great out of the gate. This one reminds me of Ellis Island: Tired, poorly written and yearning to be more interesting. This must be his contract obligation book, and only restates (now tired) themes and plot lines. A year or so ago I got tired of waiting around for a good new Hiaasen book and read one of his YA titles and it wasn't bad, although it lacked bite. This one just lacks.
"Wonderful audio book!"
This is my second Carl Hiaasen audible book--the first was Skinny Dip. Star Island is first and foremost hysterically funny! I have found myself laughing out loud as I walk and listen to this book. I have thoroughly enjoyed Stephen Hoye's narration of this book. Although there are definitely some similar fixtures in both Skinny Dip and Star Island--Star Island is still a very unique and enjoyable book. I highly recommend this recording!
"Terrible! Not worth the credits!"
We are fans of Carl Hiaasen, so we didn't read reviews, just excitedly downloaded this book. We have "read" almost all of his books, and find them entertaining, as well as raising concern over the Florida Everglades. This book, STAR GIRL was awful. There was character development, but all of them were shallow, and mindless. Plot was very weak, and predictable. DON'T WASTE YOUR CREDITS! It is only on the Best seller's lists because of his name!


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Nice set up! Enjoy!
Looks great. I know it looks impressive when you see the post of people that have stashes that would make some small quilt stores look bare but I've found out that it you have too much, especially if you can't display it to see what's there, you end up forgetting what you have and buy more. Since I organized my small room and put all my fabrics on shelves to see I've spent a lot less money on more fabric and can usually find something that will work for what I'm doing. My daughter loves shopping in my sewing room now too.
Thanks everyone for your response. I am fortunate that I do have a large bedroom with plenty of space.
I started small about 11 years ago much like your setup. It worked great, but as the years came and went my sewing room went through quite a few upgrades. I now have 2 rooms.
looks wonderful!! I see you are throwing away the bolt cardboard, you an cut it in half and fold your fabric over it. I use those for yardage cuts!
I started out like that a few years ago. Now I have two sewing rooms.
I love those tables.
That's a really nice set up. I like the tables for the flow of work. I'm sending you warm wishes for lots of happiness and creativity.
What a nice set up - there are times when I wish I still only needed a small area instead of 1 huge room that is spilling out into every room in the house. And I do mean every room--I needed to change the foot and hand sewing needles -I got them and on my way back to the machine they got lost- 2 hours later I found them setting on the bathroom countertop
Great Setup. You are off to a great start.
Looks like you have all you need. So, whatcha working on? LOL :)


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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Yuki Kawauchi Building Up for World Championships With 50 km Ultra This Sunday
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- Scott Brown said...
Great interview Brett. Certainly good advice from Naoko Takahashi but Mr. Kawauchi seem like the last guy that would "Get carried away" with things. His sensible, stable character is his strength!
BTW Brett I don7t know what the problem is but "Twitter" keeps unfollowing me from you and a few others of my favorite follows. I've twice found this and refollowed!
- June 16, 2011 at 1:23 PM
I like this guy a lot and he is coming to Yamagata! Yamagata is actually pretty hot in summer, but if he sticks to running in the mountains in the evening and especially the morning he should be alright.
I love his attitude, it is fantastic.
- June 17, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- JY said...
Thanks Brett, that was a great interview. Mr. Kawauchi is a smart runner. I learned a lot from his attitudes toward running. Wish he can achieve his goal in Daegu this year.
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@primezombieLocale: Scandinavia
Over a year ago or so, I weighed my gear for the first time, made my first gear list, and posted it on here for feedback. I have to admit, my mind was blown. But I kept and open mind, tried some tips and advice, and was happy with the results. Problem was/is, I'm a humble grad student and father, and hence low on cash. This made me be very careful with buying gear, but I should add that I also happen to be naturally quite frugal and skeptical.
So at first, I just left more traditional gear at home. This included several of my prized bushcraft possessions like my awesome Fiskars axes. Then I repacked and scaled down. My FAK and hygiene kits got cut in half, and without any drawbacks either. Then finally when I got a small chunk of dough for myself, or for my birthday/x-mass, I replaced gear and got gear upgrades and alternatives. But before each and every purchase, I read lots of reviews, asked questions, read threads on these forums, etc.
Fast forward to the present. I just sent payment off for a custom Zpacks Zero, which is the finally piece of my gear library puzzle. This will be my 2 season SUL pack. I have everything I need for my 3 season UL needs, as well as my UL-LW winter needs.
There just comes a time when you don't need anymore stuff, and you are satisfied with what you have. Maybe this–meaning, lightweight backpacking in general–is about as good as it is going to get. Maybe we hit the glass ceiling, and there is little room for improvement or to experiment or explore. I am not advocating or suggesting that we all abandon the idea of pushing the envelope or giving up on progress to improve things, of course.
I was happy to see a thread on here vowing not to buy any gear in 2012. I was not yet ready to join in that vow, but now I am. Heck, unless anything breaks and/or needs replaced, I might not even buy anything in 2013 either.
Just thought I would add my 2 cents to give a perspective from someone that joined the club just last year, rather than 10 years ago, as many of you who read this and wrote replies to the whole "stagnation" thing.Feb 15, 2012 at 3:57 am #1839690
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A nice perceptive and I agree completely! Funny, the last piece to my puzzle is a custom Zpacks Zero also:-) As a poor grad student as well all i can say is, "Come on tax refund!";-)
ChaseFeb 15, 2012 at 4:09 am #1839692
Cesar ValdezMember
@primezombieLocale: Scandinavia
Thanks. Funny that I'm not the only grad student on here with a custom Zero! What's your field? English Lit. here, plan on going for doctorate. 2012 is starting off well for me. I kind of viewed my Zero as my gift to myself for getting high marks on my master's thesis.
And oh yes, tax refund is an awesome thing. This year it will go towards vacation rather than gear :)Feb 15, 2012 at 10:52 am #1839827
Diana NevinsBPL Member
@artemisLocale: Great Plains
"Maybe we hit the glass ceiling, and there is little room for improvement or to experiment or explore."
Nonsense! No one's designed an alcohol stove made from cuben fiber yet, and I'm still waiting for dehydrated water! ;-)
Seriously, I agree that the "stagnation" is mostly due to the major UL gear design problems facing having been successfully solved. Even if some new wonder-materials come out in the future, the gains those products will bring will be weight reductions measured in ounces, not pounds. I suspect most people will thus wait for their current gear to wear out before upgrading to the latest, marginally lighter models.
Current UL gear may not be perfect, but it is Pretty Darn Good – and that's good enough for most folks.
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