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In March next year pay TV viewers will face the prospect of hitting the red button on their remotes to sample the first interactive television ads on Foxtel's digital service.
If Australia follows the British market, such ads will become commonplace: SkyMedia, the advertising sales arm for BSkyB, has launched about 500 interactive ad campaigns since March 2000.
Foxtel is quietly predicting more than 500,000 digital subscribers by next March. Although that's well short of 10 per cent of Australian homes, it's a big enough number for Australian marketers to start playing with the concept.
British advertisers are increasingly warming to the interactive TV idea because, finally, they can link their advertising campaigns to a viewer response device requiring only the push of a button; no phone number or website to remember. More than 50 of the UK's biggest-spending advertisers have launched interactive ads, with three-quarters of them repeating the exercise.
One of SkyMedia's most successful response-based interactive campaigns so far was for Rimmel cosmetics - it got 60,000 viewer responses for a lipstick giveaway.
SkyMedia's London-based head of interactive services, Rob Leach, says Foxtel should be excited because of the potential to draw money back to television from direct marketing and other media.
Anthony Fitzgerald, the chief executive of Foxtel's sales arm, MCN, is crowing the same line. He has set up a new division, MCN Connect, which is about adding database and direct marketing expertise to the interactive TV advertising.
Fitzgerald is staying mum on who the first interactive advertisers will be - but if SkyMedia is anything to go by, they are likely to include a financial services company, a car maker and a couple of packaged goods brands.
MCN hasn't signed up any companies for its interactive advertising service yet but Fitzgerald claims there is plenty of market interest. MCN will probably take on only four advertisers in March to trial the interactive concept, but by the end of the year it plans to have 20 interactive campaigns in the bag.
The interesting thing about some of the UK's interactive advertisers is that they are not always using the interactive capabilities of pay TV to flog products, samples, test drives and brochures. During last year's Rugby World Cup, for instance, adidas extended its conventional TV ad campaign featuring David Beckham and Jonny Wilkinson with "behind-the-scenes" footage of the two mucking around with soccer and rugby balls. The idea was simply to entertain.
Similarly, Nestle's Kit-Kat launched an interactive game based on the TV campaign at the time which featured salmon swimming upstream, to reinforce the idea of taking a break.
These executions go beyond what we will see here in March because they require what is known as a dedicated advertiser location. It is essentially a full-screen audiovisual stream, and they're expensive - in Britain they cost about £90,000 for a four-week site build and management, a 12 per cent "interactive" premium on the usual cost of pay TV advertising space and, if there is a call-to-action, SkyMedia charges 50p per viewer response.
By the end of next year MCN expects to have dedicated advertiser locations (and mini-DALs) launched on Foxtel, though the pricing structure is less fixed.


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Books, Web sites, conferences, and "experts" in Extreme Programming abound these days. The latest StickyMinds RoundTable is devoted to the subject. Agile methods have their critics as well. Read this week's column by Bill Walton for some of his objections to the latest approaches, and see if you agree.
I have some major concerns about eXtreme Programming. XP may be a great way to develop software but, as currently constituted, it's really bad business. XP's fundamental premise that the software will be done when it's done and will cost what it costs is the antithesis of sound business practice. Its insistence that the customer be involved throughout the development process is equally unreasonable. If XP proponents don't successfully address these problems, XP will suffer the same fate as the long list of other iterative practices that preceded it.
To be sure, XP insists on some very good technical practices, among them test-driven development, continuous integration, and the adoption of a single coding standard to be adhered to by all the programmers on a development effort. Other core practices, however, are of questionable merit. In explaining the "Whole Team" practice, for example, Ron Jeffries, one of the founding members of the Agile movement, says on his Web site (XProgramming.com), "The best teams have no specialists, only general contributors with special skills." This seems to me to be good evidence of XP's intent to keep software development in a craftsman stage, in direct opposition to the business objective of seeing it evolve into a more engineering-like discipline.
My primary objection to XP and the other Agile methodologies, however, is the disrespect it shows for management's role in the process. The whole thrust of these methodologies can be summed up with the phrase "you'll just have to trust me." Sorry folks. As we say in Texas, that dog don't hunt. One of the most "in your face" practices is the "one-page requirements document." Someone should let these folks know the Internet bubble burst. The "plan on a napkin" days are over. Really. Another objectionable practice is what they call "the Planning Game." Again, from Jeffries' site, we are told "[t]he emphasis is on steering the project-which is quite straightforward-rather than on exact prediction of what will be needed and how long it will take-which is quite difficult." So XP practitioners aren't interested in working on the hard problems? A new one, to me at least, came out of a session on Agile Testing at the XP/Agile Universe conference. Quoting from the write-up on the ObjectMentor.com Web site, "Use a whiteboard or colored cards instead of a defect tracking system-faster feedback." Feedback to whom? Doesn't management, who's funding this effort, deserve any insight into the process? It seems the Agile movement's position on management's role is "hand over the money and leave us alone." One word comes to my mind: adolescent.
The proponents of XP seem to know full well what the foundation of the problem is: end users cannot easily visualize the solution to their problem. Martin Fowler, another of the Agile movement's founders, says on his Web site ( MartinFowler.com), "Only when you use an early version of some software do you really begin to understand what features are valuable and what parts are not." But do they address this problem? Only insofar as it lets them get on with programming. "We'll just do it in little pieces. That will make it easier for the end user to get what they need. But we can't tell you how many pieces are needed to solve the whole problem. So the end user will just have to stick around." Great for the programmers. An open checkbook and an audience too.
To be viable for the mainstream, XP needs to address the needs of the people who pay the bills. We must be able to show the C-level that we know what is

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A former employee of South University Online claims in a federal lawsuit unsealed Thursday that the subsidiary of Downtown-based Education Management Corp. fraudulently obtained student loans.
Brian T. Buchanan of Squirrel Hill filed the lawsuit in 2007 seeking return of the student loan money under a federal law that allows private citizens to file such actions on behalf of the government.
He claims that while working for the school from December 2005 until May 2007, he observed the company paying salaries to admissions representatives based on the number of students they signed up for courses. That violates the federal law that made South University Online eligible to accept federal student aid, he says in the lawsuit.
Jacquelyn Muller, spokeswoman for Education Management Corp., said the publicly held company doesn't comment on pending litigation, but it plans to file a shareholder notice about the lawsuit today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such notices typically advise shareholders about the potential impact a damage award could have on the company's finances.
The law under which Buchanan sued requires the case to be sealed for at least 60 days until the government decides whether it wants to take over the case. The government repeatedly asked for extensions of the deadline. U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab told the government on March 4 that it had to make a decision by April 15. The government decided to let Buchanan continue with the case but may still intervene, according to court documents.
"We're still investigating the case," said acting U.S. Attorney Bob Cessar. He declined further comment.
The lawsuit accuses the company of submitting fake proctor forms that are supposed to ensure students who took admissions tests online were observed by a nonfamily member who verified they didn't look up the answers. Prospective students are not allowed to take the admissions test more than three times in a year, but South University Online allowed students to repeatedly take the tests until they passed it, the lawsuit says.
The company provided free trips, iPods and gift cards to admissions representatives who signed up the highest numbers of students, the lawsuit says.
If Buchanan proves his claims, South University Online would be liable for three times the amount it defrauded from the government plus a fine of $5,000 to $10,000 for each false claim it submitted.
If the government doesn't intervene in the case, Buchanan would receive about 25 to 30 percent of the damages, according to a 2009 report on citizen lawsuits by the Congressional Research Service. If the government intervenes, his share would be at least 10 percent and as high as 25 percent, depending on how crucial his information was in winning the lawsuit.
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DEBKAfile Exclusive Report December 14, 2012
The Qatari rulers have again swung like a pendulum for and against President Obama's Middle East goals, joined now by Egyptian President Morsi. Qatar is shifting is focus towards a radical solution of the perennial Palestinian problem, junking standing peace accords and processes.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report December 14, 2012
Qatar and Egypt are playing a double game with Washington, easing Iran's path to reconnect with Hamas in Gaza after the connection was snapped by the Israeli operation in November.
DEBKAfile Special Report December 11, 2012
The US approved 20 F-16 fighter planes for Egypt, part of a $1 billion foreign aid package, Tuesday, Dec. 11, the day scheduled for massive rival demonstrations for and against President Mohamed Morsi's constitutional referendum Saturday, Dec. 15. The first four jets will be delivered the day after Barack Obama's swearing-in as president, and coincide with Israel's January 22 elections. Obama is telling the Middle East that he stands by his backing for the Muslim Brotherhood, including the radical Palestinian Hamas.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 30, 2012
President Obama admires President Morsi and wants him aboard his burgeoning anti-Iran Sunni alliance. The Egyptian street is baying for his blood.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 23, 2012
The Hamas brought the Israeli offensive down on the Gaza Strip by pushing out the military envelope too far against Israel while it was still the weakest cog in Iran's radical terror machine. When Obama learned of Khamenei's design to convert the Gaza Strip into Iran's southern front, he okayed the Israeli operation.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 23, 2012
Iran suffered a serious setback in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli operation to get rid of Hamas's pro-Iranian leaders. Tehran had conceived of the Gaza Strip as its gateway to the Muslim Brothers of Egypt and Jordan. Though small in time and scale - and relatively inconsequential in the large Middle East picture - the eight-day Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip helped elevate the US to the Middle East major league at Iran's expense.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis November 21, 2012
For Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to obtain Hamas's consent to a ceasefire Wednesday, Nov. 21, Israel made certain concessions. The most damaging was acceding to Egypt's role as truce monitor and arbitrator between itself and Hamas and the address for complaints of violations, misunderstandings and brokering future negotiations for regulating future relations. By this step, Israel accepted Egypt's superior authority and demoted itself to an equal footing with a terrorist group, Hamas.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis November 20, 2012
Jerusalem, Cairo and Gaza awaited US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's arrival Tuesday night, Nov. 20, to clinch the Gaza ceasefire accord. Israel held back from approval until then and the Palestinians stepped up their missile blitz. debkafile's analysts say that by giving in to international pressure for a ceasefire – against the objections of top military chiefs and intelligence pros - Israel's leaders would show they have not learned from their predecessors' mistakes in ending two wars inconclusively.
DEBKAfile Special Report November 17, 2012
Missile alert sirens sounded across Greater Tel Aviv Saturday, Nov. 17, before an explosion caused by Iron Dome's interception of one of the two rockets incoming from the Gaza Strip against Israel's largest conurbation for the third day in a row. The second rocket landed harmlessly on open ground.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 16, 2012
Knowing that the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt had egged Hamas on to launch a major missile offensive against Israel, the Netanyahu government took the precaution of getting US backing before launching Israel's counter-offensive to degrade the terrorist group's rocket capabilities.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 16, 2012
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has sent a come-hither signal to the Lebanese Hizballah Shiite extremists raising fears in Washington and Jerusalem that the New Egypt is being drawn into the most radical Middle East orbit.
DEBKAfile Special Report November 14, 2012
The Palestinians fired 50 rockets from Gaza Wednesday night, Nov. 14 - of which Iron Dome intercepted 17 - after an Israeli air assault killed the Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari and destroyed dozens of missile sites. The rockets were fired at Beersheba, Ashdod and Eshkol, causing no casualties. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi did not issue a statement on the Israeli operation, but recalled his ambassador from Tel Aviv and said Cairo would ask the UN Security Council to stop "Israeli aggression."
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 9, 2012
Obama is keen on Muslim Brotherhood collaboration in the war on al Qaeda and other terrorists, including those sponsored by Tehran, and offered to build a hi-tech security radar fence to defend the Suez Canal from the terrorists and smugglers infesting Sinai.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 1, 2012
CIA director David Petraeus arrived in Cairo to lead a new anti-terror campaign against al Qaeda in cooperation with Egyptian security. It was launched after the discovery that Ayaman al-Zawahiri has set in motion a new wave of terror after reconstituting his old Egyptian Islamic Jihad and turning Sinai into his hub of operations.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report November 1, 2012
Brotherhood strongman Khairat el-Shater has moved into the presidential palace in Cairo and is edging President Mohamed Morsi out of his powers and spheres of action, especially in foreign policy.
DEBKAfile Special Report October 27, 2012
Israeli, US, Egyptian and Jordanian counterterrorism agencies are on elevated alert since Oct. 25, debkafile reports: Salafi and al Qaeda cells in Egyptian Sinai are said poised to unleash coordinated terrorist attacks on US and Egyptian targets in Sinai and in Israel to avenge Israel's targeted killing of two senior commanders of the Salafi-al Qaeda Sinai-Gaza network. Perpetrators of the Benghazi murders of 4 US diplomats are among the jihadi reinforcements coming in from Libya.
DEBKAfile Special Report September 16, 2012
Al Qaeda-led Salafi Bedouin bands Sunday, Sept. 16, expanded their Sinai offensive to three Egyptian bases along a 70-kilometer front three days after they overran the US-led Multinational Force base in northern Sinai. Heavily-armed Islamist gunmen struck Egyptian bases at El Arish, Rafah opposite the Israeli border and Sheikh Zuweid, where they used local schoolchildren as human shields and shot down an Egyptian helicopter. Egypt has imposed a blackout on all three episodes. Hundreds of US MFO officers remain trapped in their Sinai base.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis September 15, 2012
Washington is no longer under the illusion that positioning US forces in up to18 places in the Islamic world can quell the mounting wave of anti-US Islamist protests now encompassing 21 countries. The unrest poses Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and fellow regimes with a hard choice between expanding their ties with the US - or bowing to violent radical Islamist pressure to turn their backs on America and give them a place in government. The Arab Spring and President Obama's outreach to Muslims are going up in smoke.
DEBKAfile Special Report September 14, 2012
First reports of at least 4 peacekeepers hurt when scores of Salafi Bedouin linked to al Qaeda stormed the Multinational Force's camp in northern Sinai with grenades, mortars and automatic guns Friday, Sept. 14. The 1,500 mostly US troops are posted in Sinai to monitor the Egyptian-Israeli 1979 peace accords. This was the second al-Qaeda-instigated assault on a primarily American target in the Middle East in four days after the murder of four US diplomats in Benghazi Tuesday. The incident is still ongoing…
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report September 3, 2012
To keep the truce with the Islamist terrorist groups in Sinai in place, Egypt is releasing dozens of jailed Salafist gunmen every few days in batches, so feeding them a steady supply of reinforcements. Cairo is also in negotiation with Bedouin tribal elders to grant a body of 6,000 Al-Qaeda-linked Salafi gunmen the status of an approved, independent militia. Armed with up-to-date Egyptian weapons, this militia is to be charged with responsibility for maintaining security. Israel is taxed with a new headache in the south.


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Just saw this on Twitter, former Enquirer staffer Jim Knippenberg passed away today. While it doesn't mention it, I recall Knippenberg writing as a "teen reporter" in the 60's in the papers Teen section they put out weekly (very cool section, each week they'd have the guitar chords for current songs, I still have some I cut out). I think he was an Elder grad.
Former Enquirer writer and columnist Jim Knippenberg, 63, who retired last year after 37 years at the newspaper, died Friday at his home in Covington.
Friends said he had been ill for several days.
Knippenbergs humorous, irreverent style made him a well-known figure in Cincinnati. He was a fixture on the social scene, including receptions, concerts, parties, bar and restaurant openings, and symphony and opera galas.
The news of his death shocked former colleagues.
The sadness of his colleagues today must be felt across town by the thousands of lives he touched as a reporter, said Tom Callinan, Enquirer editor and vice president. Knip was a walking Rolodex. He knew everyone it seemed. And he could find a great story in anyone he met. He will be missed but his stories will live forever.
Knippenberg had a bachelors degree in literature and a masters in education,
both from the University of Cincinnati. He interned at The Enquirer in 1969 and 1970, then joined the staff in 1971, covering general news.
During his career, he also was a music writer, entertainment writer, entertainment editor, assistant Enquirer Magazine editor, assistant features editor and features columnist.


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Having a personal trainer is no longer for the rich and famous. A good personal trainer is someone who not only has a knowledge of exercise, diet and health, they also have the necessary skills to help you meet and exceed your goals. Our staff have the people skills to get you motivated, make you feel at ease and make your efforts rewarding.
It's finding that someone who's just right for you.
A good personal trainer is like having your best friend helping you in the gym. They will maximise your training time, help motivate you, teach you efficient and safe techniques and adjust your program as your fitness level increases.
1. Lose weight and tone up in half the time
There is a good reason that the number one reason people hire personal trainers is to lose weight and get into shape. If you need to shed some kilos and increase muscle tone then a personal trainer can help you get there 50% faster than doing it alone.
2. You are new to exercise
A personal trainer is the ultimate fitness coach. They will guide you through an appropriate, effective and safe exercise routine designed to increase your confidence and knowledge while maximising results. The health benefits will amaze you and include:
- Increasing bone density, reducing the risk of osteoporosis
- Reducing the risk of diabetes
- Reducing emotional and physical stress
- Better concentration and sleep
- Reducing your health care costs
- Better quality of life
3. Motivation
One of the biggest reasons why people don't exercise is lack of motivation. One of the main reasons people benefit from a personal trainer is that they often lose motivation when they go it alone. Certified personal trainers can provide structure and accountability and help you develop a lifestyle that encourages health and fitness.
4. Individualised program
If you have any chronic health conditions, injuries or have specific goals you want to meet, a trainer will work with you to plan a safe and fun program that considers your individual needs, enabling you to reach your goals faster.
5. Results
Personal trainers help you focus on results and stop you wasting time on inefficient and unproductive workouts. Maximising your time with quality results is the key!
6. Improve technique
Performing an exercise correctly is imperative for results, especially if you're an athlete or play a particular sport. The combination of your strength, endurance and pure talent combined with the skills and dedication of your personal trainer will no doubt be a recipe to keep you one step ahead of the competition.
7. The next level
OK, you've exercised for years, you're in pretty good shape but you're stuck in a rut. Your personal trainer can kick start your workout and shake things up a bit to help take you to the next level.
8. Confidence
Your personal trainer will give you total confidence to successfully train on your own. Along with your weekly session, they'll design an exercise program you can perform on your own, which can be corrected and modified as you improve.
9. Safety in mind
Your trainer is there to monitor, guide and correct you while you exercise. They'll give you objective feedback and advice on your strengths and limitations whilst emphasising proper posture and technique. Your personal trainer is able to provide you with a safe and comfortable environment whilst encouraging you to challenge yourself to your maximum.
10. Double up and save
So you and your buddy have piled on the kilos but just can't get motivated to lose that extra weight, or maybe you both just want to get healthy and have fun doing it.


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Frequently Asked Questions – Hotel Sis Pins
Q How far is the hotel from Palma Airport?
We are located in the beautiful Port of Pollensa, which is just a short 45 minute transfer from Palma International Airport.
Q Do you have rooms with a Sea view?
Yes we do. The Sea View rooms are without a doubt the best located
In Puerto Pollensa. Because of this, booking early is essential.
Q Are you close to the beach?
Our beach hotel is only metres away from the warm Mediterranean Sea. We are associated with Cappuccino Grand Café which is so close to the sea, diners can hear the sound of the waves as they enjoy tasting Mallorquin specialities including local produce & wine.
Q Do you have a swimming pool?
We have the largest swimming pool – the beautifully warm turquoise Mediterranean Sea!! Our private beach terrace gives you direct private access to the Sea.
Q What type of breakfast do you offer?
We offer three breakfast options.
The Pollensa Breakfast
The Pollensa breakfast provides you with a Mediterranean healthy start to your day, locally baked bread rolls with boiled or cured ham and local Mallorquin cheese, served along with Cereals and yoghurt, toast with butter and preserves.
The Continental Breakfast
The Continental breakfast features cereals and yoghurts, along with locally baked croissants and ensaimadas. Toast with butter and preserves are also offered.
The British breakfast
For those of you, who need a heartier breakfast, then why not try our freshly cooked eggs, bacon and fresh tomato treat. Cereals and yoghurt, toast with preserves are available beforehand.
Or why not try a little of each?
The bread and pastries are freshly baked each day for you by a local baker in the Port, Ignaci Torrandell. The oranges are from the local trees of Mallorca to give you that wonderful fresh sweet juice.
Q Do you have a sun terrace for communal use?
Yes, we do have a Private Beach Terrace for our guests to enjoy.
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Q Is Car Hire a necessity or is the local transportation very good?
Car Hire is not necessary as this stunning resort offers everything – wonderful scenery, beautiful sandy beaches and no shortage of places to eat and drink. So you really have no need to go anywhere else!
Public transportation runs smoothly and often and is an extremely affordable mode of transportation.
Local excursions can be booked with our hotel receptionists, where transport to and from the attraction is always provided.
Q Do you offer any childcare?
Should you wish to enjoy a quiet evening without the children, our hotel offers a babysitting service which provides a safe, convenient way for your children to be entertained, and most of all they will fun. A charge is applicable.
Q Are taxes and service charges included in the room rates?
Yes, all prices shown on our web site and quoted by our receptionists are based on a per person basis, per night and include all taxes. Our Mallorcan, Continental and British Breakfast options are also included in the price.
Q What is your pricing policy with regards to children?
Children up to 12 years of age sharing with an adult will receive a 50% discount.
Babies up to 2 years old will stay free of charge. A cot will also be provided free of charge.
Q What are the main differences between the rooms available?
Single Room
Twin/Double Room
Sea View Double Room with balcony or terrace
All rooms are facilitated with Air Conditioning, Heating, Fridge, Satellite TV, Tea and Coffee making facilities and an en-suite bathroom.
Early booking is essential if you wish to book a room with a Sea View.
Q Do you have disabled facilities?
Please contact email@example.com directly, as this very much depends on the extent of the disability.
Q Do you have family rooms?
We do have adjoining rooms which are available upon request and subject to availability.
Q What are your payment terms?
We require a 20% deposit to confirm a booking and the balance to be paid at the end of your stay with us.
Q What local attractions are nearby?
Without a doubt one of the most popular ways to see Puerto Pollensa, is an evening walk along the Pine Walk. The Pinewalk is a pedestrian promenade that is lined with Palms and Palm trees, shops and restaurants, cafes and bars; with the stunning Mediterranean sea on the opposite side.
Pollensa Town – Pollensa Town is 3 miles inland from the Port. It's here that the Sunday market is held, whish sells local fruit, flowers and craft items. A further market is held on a Wednesday in the Puerto Pollensa, in case you are unable to make Sunday.
Formentor – Cala Formentor offers one of the most fantastic beaches in Mallorca. The sand is fine, almost white and the sea crystal clear with stunning shades of turquoise. Besides pedal boats, it is possible to rent a jet ski or if you prefer something more relaxing, you could hop on one of the boat trips with a glass bottom boat. To visit Formentor is a must!
There are so many attractions which are easily accessible from the hotel:
• Visit the Cavern of the Dragon, more commonly known as the Caves of Drach
• Take a train ride up over the mountains to the idyllic Port of Soller
• Visit Palma Aquarium and admire the vibrant coral, sharks and colourful sea life
• Enjoy a fun day surrounded by dolphins, sea lions, penguins and much more at one of the top tourist attractions – Marineland
• There are many Water Parks situated throughout Mallorca, which always provide the family with a wealth of fun and entertainment
• Take an open topped bus around the ancient Mediterranean Port City of Palma
• Discover the rustic beauty of the island by visiting the famous village of Valldemossa
• Escape the tranquillity of the Port for one night by enjoying the ultimate dinner show, which combines acrobats, gymnastics and dancing. The Pirates Dinner Show has attracted over 3 million visitors since its opening – you will not be disappointed.
Although there is so much to see and do on the Island, you may just prefer to lie on the beach and enjoy the warm temperatures of the Med! And watch the world go by ……
Q Do you hire beach towels?
We do have beach towels available at reception, at no extra charge. However, we do ask for a nominal refundable deposit.
Q What is the cancelation policy?
If you cancel more than 30 days prior to your booking, you will receive a 100% refund.
If you cancel within 30-15 days of your booking, you will receive a 50% refund.
A refund will not be made should your booking be cancelled within a 14 day period prior to your booking.
Q Do you have double beds?
All beds can be converted from twin to double at your request.
Q Do all twin rooms have a balcony?
Most of our twin rooms have either a balcony or patio area for your enjoyment.
Q Are the Sun loungers free of charge?
All sun loungers are situated on our Private Terrace and are free of charge to all hotel guests.


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Situated in a stunning and central location within historic Eton, a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment with underground parking and Windsor & Eton Bridge, the river and the quaint shops, bars and cafes of Eton High Street on the doorstep.
On the ground floor, accommodation comprises an 'L' shaped sitting/dining room opening directly onto a paved terrace. The kitchen is well appointed with granite worksurfaces and wooden units with integrated appliances.
Accommodation includes a master bedroom suite benefitting from both a dressing area and ensuite bathroom, bedroom 2 and a wet room shower.
Eton Riverside is situated in the heart of historic Eton in a magnificent position on the river, a short walk from the Eton High Street Conservation Area and Eton College. Eton offers an abundance of quaint shops, cafes, bars and restaurants. Further extensive amenities are available in Windsor, just a few minutes' walk across Eton Bridge.
Trains to London (Waterloo) are available from the Riverside station with access to London (Paddington), via Slough, available from Windsor Central station. Road communications are excellent with both Junctions 5 and 6 of the M4 within easy reach, providing access to the M25, M4, M3, Central London and Heathrow Airport.
Educational facilities are excellent with Eton College, St. George's, Eton End PNEU, Upton House and the Brigidine in the private sector and Eton Porny, Windsor Girls' School and Windsor Boys' School in the state sector to name a few.
Sporting facilities in the area include racing at both Windsor and Ascot, horse riding in Windsor Great Park, polo at Smith's Lawn, golf at Sunningdale and Wentworth, and boating on some stretches of the River Thames.
Residents of Eton Riverside are allocated one underground parking space.
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Pronounced "vermay," vermeil is an electroplating process in which 14K gold or higher is coated over sterling silver. Officially designated by the jewelry industry, items may only be sold as vermeil if they have a minimum thickness of 100 millionths of an inch (2.5 microns) of gold over the silver. Regular gold plating is less than 2.5 microns.
The "vermeil" technique of plating sterling silver with gold originated in France in the 1750s. It differs from "gold filled" or "gold plated" in terms of the thickness or thinness of the microns over sterling silver. "Gold filled" pieces have a much thicker layer, between 15 and 45 microns, which is mechanically bonded to the base metal with heat and pressure. Vermeil is a more expensive version of "gold plated". It does not wear off as quickly as gold plating does. However, over time, vermeil wears off and therefore will require re-plating.
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The value of a diamond is determined by the Four Cs: Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat weight.
Diamond Cut
The cut of a diamond (the depth, width and uniformity of the facets) determines the stone's brilliance and sparkle. Even if a diamond has perfect color and clarity, a poor cut can make it look dull. A diamond's proportions determine how well the light will reflect and refract within the stone, with symmetry of the cut being extremely important.
Diamond Color
Acting as a prism, a diamond can divide light into a spectrum of colors, reflecting light as colorful flashes called fire. Color within a diamond diminishes the brilliance of the stone by diminishing the spectrum of colors that are emitted. A colorless diamond disperses light throughout the entire stone. Therefore, the less color that is in a diamond, the more colorful its fire, the better its color grade, and the greater its value (and priced accordingly). Diamond color is graded using an alphabetical range from D-Z (D being totally colorless). Diamonds graded better than J are colorless or near-colorless, with color that is typically undetectable to the unaided eye. Color K-Z is especially noticeable when set in platinum or white gold.
Diamond Clarity
Most diamonds naturally have small internal flaws called inclusions, which interfere with the passage of light through the stone. The size, number, position and color of these imperfections determine a stone's clarity grade.
Our diamonds have been evaluated and graded by GIA graduate gemologists using the standards established by GIA (The Gemological Institute of America). Through these guidelines, we no longer provide clarity grades for SINGLE cut diamonds.
Diamond Carat
Carat is the standard unit of measurement used to determine a diamond's weight. Although two diamonds may have the same carat weight, their color and clarity may be different, thus determining each individual stone's value. Additionally, since larger diamonds are more rare than smaller diamonds, diamond value tends to rise exponentially with carat weight.
More About Diamonds
The most precious of all gems, diamonds have an incredible rarity factor. It takes a minimum of one million diamonds to be mined in order to find a 1.00ct gem-quality diamond, so each 1.00ct quality diamond is literally one in a million. Making them even more incredible, the mining of diamonds requires moving and sifting 250 tons of the Earth's crust to find just one diamond. Mining companies literally move mountains to find diamonds.
Diamonds have the longest endurance of any substance known on Earth. Carbon dating has established that diamonds, on the average, are 3.4 billion years of age. They consist of pure carbon and there is no chemical difference between them and carbon powder (the lead pencil center). Obviously, however, the physical difference between carbon powder and a diamond is fascinating. Diamonds are created from a basketball-sized piece of pure carbon that becomes white-hot. It is squeezed to the size of a small pearl, turning from black to clear in the process and becoming the hardest material known to humans, ranking a 10.0 on the Mohs Scale . Because they are so hard, diamonds can only be ground and polished by using diamond dust that has been ground from other diamonds.
Diamonds are found in a rainbow of colors. The value of a fancy-colored stone depends largely on the rarity of its color, the saturation of the color, and the purity of the color. Probably the most famous colored diamond is the Hope, which features a deep-blue color and weighs an amazing 45.52ct. It can be seen at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
With diamonds found all over the world, America has a couple small producing diamonds mines, but it only produces industrial grades with non-gem grade material. These black and brown industrial-grade diamonds are widely used as cutting and grinding tools in various industries, such as oil drilling and stone carving.
Diamonds have come to symbolize the ultimate gift of love and romance and, in the United States, are traditionally used in engagement and wedding rings. The tradition of the diamond solitaire engagement ring may have started in 1477, when the Archduke of Austria gave a large solitaire diamond to Mary of Burgundy for her hand in marriage. Amidst this tradition of romance, the diamond is also the birthstone for April and given as 10th, 30th, 60th and 75th anniversary gifts.
Diamonds have been the pride of empires throughout time. Ancient Hindu followers believed diamonds were created by thunderbolts striking the ground. Ancient Greeks believed that diamonds were teardrops of the gods and splinters of stars that had fallen to Earth. The stones were believed to possess magical qualities and have powers far beyond the understanding of common man. Even the name stems from "adamas," the Greek word for "unconquerable" and "indestructible."
The diamond is considered the most magical of all gems. When worn, it is believed to promote spirituality, even ecstasy, and is often utilized in meditation. The diamond promotes self-confidence in relations with the opposite sex and is often worn to conquer infertility. The diamond is the stone of love and is worn to ensure fidelity. Owing to its sparkling and flashing nature, it has long been regarded as a stone of protection and peace. It can be worn today for courage and strength, and represents fearlessness and invincibility.
Since only diamonds can scratch other diamonds, it is important to wrap and store your diamond jewelry pieces separately so they do not touch one another. To clean jewelry at home, soak diamonds in warm, sudsy water made with any mild liquid detergent. Brush with a soft toothbrush and rinse and pat dry with a soft, lint-free cloth. Other effective cleaning methods include soaking diamonds in household ammonia, brand-name liquid jewelry cleaners, or even a glass of vodka.
About the Collection
Find your new love with the playful elegance of Crickets Crush – a fun and fashionable diamond jewelry collection from New York-based designer Cricket Burns.
Inspired by the trends she crushes on most and her insatiable affection for jewelry, Cricket set out to create a collection that merged the worlds of diamonds and fashion. Designed to sparkle from day to night, Cricket worked alongside a team of experts to create pieces that are perfect for every occasion. Offering colorful styles you can layer and pair with any outfit, you will look equally stunning in jeans and a t-shirt as you would your favorite little black dress.
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Inspired by the trends she crushes on most and her insatiable affection for jewelry, Cricket Burns set out to create a collection that merged the worlds of diamonds and fashion.
Having a passion for jewelry since she was a girl, it's not just about the beauty of the pieces themselves that Cricket loves, it's also about how they're styled. Her joy comes from designing, then mixing and matching pieces so they can be part of daily life.
Cricket has been the accessories and fine jewelry editor at the world's most renowned fashion and lifestyle NYC-based magazines for over three decades. As an editor, she has worked with some of the most famous fine jewelry designers in the world to position collections in a way that readers, customers, and buyers find exciting and relevant. This makes her the perfect expert and ambassador for her fun, fab line, Cricket Crush.


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The big news this morning is the flickr is now offering everyone 1 terabyte of FREE photo storage.
With a whopping 1 terabyte you can store an incredible 873,813 4 megapixel photos or 218,453 16 megapixel images. You can not deny that this is impressive.
So with so much storage how to make best use of it?
No doubt you use your Android phone for taking pictures. You may store the photos on the phone memory or an SD card, but do you back them up?
If you do not back them up, or do so at irregular intervals then why not take advantage of auto uploading.
Auto-uploading can backup your pictures to the cloud within minutes of taking picture or video on your phone. Meaning should you loose the phone, delete the image off your phone, there is always a copy online to access at any time.
Such auto-upload services can work over WiFi only or over a mobile data connection too, the choice is yours.
You may have heard that Dropbox offers such a feature, it works well (I use it all the time) but there is limited free storage. This means occasionally you need to go in and delete content.
Naturally flickr now seems the ideal option with so much storage. You will probably only have to go in and delete or edit photos every year or less!
Flickr offer an Android app but that allows upload but you have to initiate the upload which is frustrating. It works well but you would have to keep doing uploads every so often.
The solution? A £1.99 app from Google Play Store called FlickrFolio.
I have got to be honest I have been using it for only a short period of time at the time of writing, but have tested it thoroughly in that time and all is working well.
You can set whether it uploads over WIFi or data connection or whether it uploads when the phone is charging or not.
It automatically uploads images as private so the whole world doesn't see pictures unless you specifically ask it to.
You can too force it to upload older images you may have on your phone too as well as video.
We have all lost photos or data at some point and realise only after the event how important it was. With this service there is no excuse and for just £1.99 this is a fantastic price.
I strongly encourage you to try this app and backup your valuable photos and videos now.


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Tom McConnell was coaching his first game at IUP, and it went exactly the way he hoped it would — for 20 minutes.
IUP looked great in the first half and far-from-great in the second in McConnell's debut Sunday as the women's basketball coach.
Regardless, IUP did enough in the first half and the first five minutes of the second to take a 30-point lead en route to a 56-45 victory over Bluefield State (W.Va.) at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in the annual Susan G. Komen Shoot for the Cure Classic.
"I loved the first 20 minutes, the way we defended and played," McConnell said. "But it was frustrating with the second 20 minutes. We just did not play good basketball. We're capable of playing at that level for 40 minutes, and we just didn't do it. We need to do a better job for 40 minutes."
IUP bolted to a 28-4 lead on the strength of a 20-0 run and took a 34-15 advantage into halftime. The Crimson Hawks held Bluefield to 15.4 percent shooting (4-for-26) and forced 12 turnovers. Offensively, they shot at better than a 50-percent clip for most of the first half and committed only four turnovers.
In the second half, IUP rattled off the first 11 points to stretch the lead to 30. Then its shooting dipped to 36 percent, and the Hawks committed 16 turnovers and were called for 14 fouls. They kept the lead close to 20 points throughout most of the half before Bluefield finished the game by scoring the last 15 points.
"We definitely could have played better," Lindsay Stamp, a junior guard who led IUP with 21 points, said. "The first half we showed our true colors and played our game, and that was evident by the score. Then our intensity fell off a little bit in the second half, and that's something we need to work on. That will be our main focus this week."
McConnell is serving as a head coach in the college ranks for the first time since he was at St. Francis as the men's coach in 1992-99. More than 600 fans turned out on a Sunday afternoon, and more than 20 were McConnell's family and friends.
"I was excited about it," he said of his IUP debut. "I was looking forward to it. And the first 20 minutes went exactly the way I hoped and thought they would, and the second 20 got frustrating. But we talked about all the things we did in the second half, and they're fixable things that we can get better at.
"But it was exciting. It was a great crowd, and I loved being in the arena and having family and friends here. It was great."
Leslie Stapleton enjoyed the experience, too. The Indiana native missed all but the first two games of last season after suffering a broken ankle that required surgery. She was back in the starting lineup Sunday, playing for the first time in close to a year. She finished with 10 points and played 30 minutes.
"It was the most amazing feeling ever," Stapleton said. "I just feel appreciative of being able to play after everything last year and having to watch 30 games. It's one of the best feelings ever."
The 5-foot-10 junior guard opened IUP's scoring less than a minute into the game, swishing a 3-point field goal from the left wing.
"Yeah, that was nice," she said.
After IUP opened up the big lead, the only suspense in the second half was whether Amy Fairman would extend her streak of games with at least one steal to 42. The 5-9 junior played only four minutes in the first half after picking up her second foul, and it wasn't until 3:45 was left in the game that she deflected a Bluefield pass that ended up in a teammate's hands.
"I don't really focus on stats during the game," Fairman said. "I just go out there and play. As long as I'm getting my teammates the ball and just helping and doing my role, that's all that matters."
Fairman, a Marion Center product, finished with 11 points, three assists and the lone steal.
"We've got to keep her on the floor," McConnell said. "She's too valuable a player for us. … We're a different team and better team when she's on the floor and making things happen. We need her out there."
Marita Mathe, a junior point guard from Indiana, finished with eight rebounds, eight assists and four steals. Ashley Stoner, a junior forward, also had eight rebounds.
IUP plays Saturday at home against Fairmont State (W.Va.). Fairmont beat Bluefield, 86-59, on Saturday.
"We did well," Stapleton said, "but there are a lot of things we need to get better at. It wasn't our best showing, but we'll keep working and get it together."


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Hamish Rutherford scored a double century in a standout performance for Otago on the second day of the final round of the Plunket Shield yesterday.
The left-handed opener, the son of former New Zealand international Ken, began the day on 101 not out against Wellington at Dunedin's University Oval, and finished with 239 off 347 balls, a knock which included 36 fours.
The 22-year-old's previous highest first-class score was 118 against Northern Districts in Hamilton earlier this month. He had scored 108 in the first innings.
Rutherford, with help from Derek de Boorder (92) and Craig Cumming (56) allowed Otago to finish the day on 486-7, a lead of 374.
Northern Districts, needing only two bonus points to secure the title, failed in their first task when bowled out for 244 against Central Districts in Napier.
Peter McGlashan, with 72, and Joseph Yovich, with 61, were the pick of the Northern batsmen.
Central finished the day on 3-0, a lead of 101 with all 10 wickets in hand.
The wickets were shared around Central's bowlers, but Kieran Noema-Barnett was particularly impressive, with 2-20 off 15 overs. Noema-Barnett earlier hit 105 not out in Central's first innings.
An excellent batting performance from Auckland allowed them to declare at 452-7 against Canterbury at Colin Maiden Park in Auckland. Colin de Grandhomme struck 125 off 165 balls, with Anaru Kitchen (76), Colin Munro (75) and Tim McIntosh (54) providing valuable support.
In reply, Canterbury finished the day on 170-2, with Peter Fulton unbeaten on 83.


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Though vegetarian dishes featuring rice and a variety of beans dominate Indian cuisine, India's cooking has also been influenced by traders such as the Arabs and Chinese, and invaders such as the Persians, Mongols, Turks, British and Portuguese. North Indian food features more dairy and pulses, while South Indian cooking includes more rice, curries, and fruits like coconut.
1/2-inch long cinnamon stick
2 T cumin seeds
2 T ground coriander
1 T cardamom pods, shelled
1 t whole cloves
1 T black pepper corns
1 t ground turmeric
Dry roast all of the spices in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. The whole process should take about 10 minutes. Let cool. Transfer spices to a grinder and blend until smooth. Store in an airtight jar.
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Steamboat Springs Yampa Valley Medical Center and the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association will have plenty of health care professionals and insurance brokers on hand this week to help community members navigate the complexities of the Affordable Care Act.
The informational sessions should be especially helpful for people who are shopping for a new health insurance plan that they would like to take effect as soon as Jan. 1.
Past Event
Community information sessions on the Affordable Care Act
- Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Yampa Valley Medical Center, 1024 Central Park Drive, Steamboat Springs
- Not available / Free
Past Event
Open community enrollment sessions for health insurance plans
- Thursday, December 5, 2013, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Yampa Valley Medical Center, 1024 Central Park Drive, Steamboat Springs
- Not available
From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the hospital and the VNA will host the first of several workshop sessions to help people better understand the insurance enrollment process.
Health insurance navigators and insurance brokers also will be on hand to help answer questions and guide people through the state's health insurance marketplace website called Connect For Health Colorado.
"We're so busy in our offices, and we feel this is a good way for everyone to tackle the same problem," said Erin Gleason, a community and small-business insurance coordinator for the VNA. "Hopefully, this will be a one-stop shop."
Gleason said the informational sessions will be timely because of a health insurance deadline that is fast approaching.
She said that in order for health insurance coverage to take effect by Jan. 1, community members need to enroll in a plan by Dec. 23.
At 5:30 p.m. Thursday, the hospital will host the first of three open community enrollment sessions.
The enrollment sessions are among many events held in recent weeks that aim to shed light on the impact of health care reform.
Participants are encouraged to bring a computer, and they can receive help from someone to navigate the website.
Attendees wanting to sign up for insurance also should bring Social Security numbers for all household members, their current insurance policy information and a household income estimate for 2014.
For more information, call Gleason at 970-871-7647.
To reach Scott Franz, call 970-871-4210, email email@example.com or follow him on Twitter @ScottFranz10


text: Bought a loaded 2004 Suburban in December 2003 (most expensive car I ever bought at the time - almost as much as my first house!) , my wife's transportation and hauler of 4 children and yes many soccer kids - It has been well maintained but at 6 years old it has its dings and some electrical gremlins are starting to show up. Been on many car forums for my own cars for years now but just came to the late realization how valuable this forum could be as I would like to keep this truck for a while. I'll post separtely the issues in the appropriate areas, traction control gets activated for now reason when accelerating from a slow start - and my 21 year son has dinged it in a few parts most of which are trim pieces I bet I can get for a deal somewhere besides the dealers. Thanks Steven


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Hospital sale represents a historic change, better times
Last week's sale of Haywood Regional Medical Center to Duke LifePoint represents the beginning of a new era in the county.
Haywood County has a proud history of providing local medical care in the community. Bonds for the county's first public hospital, which was actually the first county hospital in the state, were approved in November 1926. Ironically, $10,000 in funding from the Duke Endowment helped build the 75-bed facility that opened in Waynesville by the end of 1927.
Since that time, the hospital has been a nonprofit operation, using any net margins to improve healthcare in the community. In 1975, the hospital expanded and moved to Clyde thanks to the approval of a $14.5 million bond issue on 17 acres of property donated by LeRoy Brunson George and his wife, Evelyn.
The bonds were paid off in 1997 when the facility converted from a county hospital to a hospital authority, a move hospital leaders billed as a way to manage more nimbly in modern times.
By the first of August 2014, another major change will occur.
With the sale to Duke LifePoint, the nonprofit facility will become a for-profit enterprise, though Duke LifePoint leaders quickly note their company pays no dividends. Instead, stockholders prefer to continue investing in the communities where they are operating.
Those following the sale know the history of Duke LifePoint, what the company has brought to other communities in which they invest and the driving philosophy of the company — providing high quality local care and growing service lines to meet the needs of a community.
The company promises to bring much-needed capital into the community to upgrade facilities, equipment and services. The offer is one that has community leaders and hospital leaders breathing a huge sigh of relief.
It is no secret the hospital has struggled since 2008 when the community learned errors in hospital care lead to HRMC being decertified as a Medicare/Medicaid provider.
The painful journey to climb out of the financial hole and a demoralizing situation left the hospital nearly broke with its reputation compromised. While significant strides were made to restore confidence in both regulators and patients, it was an experience those who lived through it will never forget.
If anything, however, the experience made the community realize the importance of having medical care close to home, and a groundswell of support most certainly helped the hospital survive.
The MedWest affiliation seemed promising for a time, but conflicts with WestCare partners ultimately drove a need for an alternate solution.
Duke LifePoint executives told leaders communities just like Haywood are places where they have found their niche. Much is possible, they promise, if the community embraces the medical services offered here.
As support grows for more and better services, the company has the funds to grow them.
It sounds like a promising deal. Who doesn't want quality healthcare in their back yard for themselves and for their family members? Many would prefer not to drive to Asheville for medical care simply because they don't like big cities or traffic. Others are too feeble to drive, or perhaps don't own a reliable vehicle to travel out of county.
Still others understand that local economies thrive with support from local residents. The more people who support local businesses and industries, the more jobs it will create locally.
The Duke LifePoint offer has much promise. Congratulations to all those who worked so hard to make it happen and to the hospital employees who stayed the course through the difficult times and are here to hopefully face better, more prosperous times.
Welcome Duke LifePoint. May your presence in our community be a blessing to both you and to us.


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Giuseppe Sinopoli & Staatskapelle Dresden
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Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli was one of the world's great conducting stars. He gave powerful, psychologically penetrating, even expressionist, performances that were often highly controversial. At the age of 12, Sinopoli studied harmony and organ at Messina, then harmony and counterpoint at the Venice Conservatory (1965-1967). From 1969 to 1973, he attended the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, studying under Franco Donatoni. He graduated with his doctorate of medicine in psychiatry and a PhD...Full bio


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Great picture, Rags. I will wish you a happy birthday beforehand.
Awww.....yer just a "youngster," I turned "Sweet 16" last month!!! MOL.....Happy up-coming birf-day Rags!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday, you don't look a day over 5.
You are sooo cute! Happy-EARLY-birthday!!!! 14?? Wow, you must be having a good long happy life,huh? Awwwwww, that look on your face is adorable! I hope your mommy gives you lots of kitty kissies and hugs! And,of course,....kitty presents!!! My birthday is May 19. Do you have a page CatChannel.com? You can register with Club Cat. Because I have a page on there,too. And I'm having a virtual birthday party on CatChannel and if you have a page,you are invited! I can have a party here,too. We'll have mice cream,kitty cupcakes,all kinds of games and of course,kitty presents! Wil you come? Thanks for visiting! Meow meow!!


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PALMER'S Cocoa Butter Formula Dark Chocolate & Cherry Lip Balm SPF 15 – Review, Photos, Swatches
Brand: Palmer's
Range: Cocoa Butter Formula
Flavour: Dark Chocolate & Cherry Lip Balm SPF 15
Reviewed by yours truly: Yishan
- A whiff of this lip balm & I'm instantly reminded of Cherry Ripe, Australia's oldest chocolate bar that has cherries and coconut coated in dark chocolate.
- It's not only deliciously scented, but also contains anti-oxidants and SPF 15 for sun protection.
- The silky texture is thanks to dimethicone (a silicone-based polymer) which leaves lips with a diffused finish, but it doesn't smooth lip lines.
- I did try to swatch this on my arm, but it only left a subtle dark cherry stain so I skipped photographing it.
- Verdict: The subtle "dark chocolate cherry" tint on the lips will appeal to those with darker lips, as there are not that many lip tints out there with such a shade. Despite the "ultra moisturising claims" it's lightweight in moisture for my lip condition, making this product better suited to younger lips or those who live in more humid climates.
This product was provided for consideration.


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Last Night, A Dream.
I'm floating in a Hawaiian ocean, belly up to the Trade Winds. Hands up over my head. Eyes closed. Cocooned in the Pacific salinity. The sun is the most attentive lover. I can hear nothing under. I feel everything above. The current begins to calm. I wonder if I've drifted too far off shore. I open my eyes and look back to the beach where tiny people under tiny umbrellas poke out of the thread thin sand line like miniature willows. It's quiet where I am. I can see hugely dark storm clouds in the distance coming up over the mountains and towards them. It will pour on their towels first. Maybe I should stay in the water where I'm already wet? Let it pass? The cloud is so big, I can't even make out which way it's moving. West? Southwest? There are bursts of blurry plum colored thunder from deep within. Looks like a fire's smoke. I'm in awe. I've never seen something that shade, a cloud so confident. I hear the human oars of a backstroke coming up behind me. I turn. Benazir Bhutto has stopped her swimming 5 feet from me. Her head bobs up and down in the water. Mouth, no mouth. Just eyes and nose. Mouth, no mouth. Just eyes. She's paddling with her hands, keeping herself in place. She's staring at me. Her hand comes out of the water, she places her index finger against her lips. "Shhhhh."
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This was a dream? How interesting.
Today, questions form. Benazir Bhutto wears a bikini and bobs like an apple? Storms bear down on swimming starlets? Poetry pours from the mouth of a babe? Is there symmetry in dreams?
What a vivid dream! I really enjoyed the description – I could really see it in my mind. I wonder what it means?
Nice to have this quality post, makes the internet bill worth paying.
A Dream
I had to replace a burnt out light,
which I was sure was a single bulb.
I found I had to stand on a chair,
which felt as if it was made of stone.
And I had to lean against a wall
and rest my head upon an edge
opening on an unfathomable hole.
And I had to grab the chandelier
to steady it to change the bulb.
And when I did then lights ignited,
more lights than I knew were there,
a second, which had seemed extinct,
and another I couldn't see before,
and then thousands flickering with
a perfect, brilliant pearly sphere
hovering at the center of it all.
And under the lights the chair ignited,
ten thousand sights, and the great abyss
was full of water so pure it was invisible
but for the glittering play of lights
that revealed "the vasty fields of France"
and that jewel set in the silver sea.
I love this poem. Very visual. and the last line is perfect. It sounds like a sweet dream, Amber. I'm wondering what was going on that you were freaked out by it.
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Posted by ESC on October 17, 2000
In Reply to: Two Bits posted by Tim Finnegan on October 17, 2000
: What is the origin of a quarter being equal to "Two Bits"?
"Listening to America" by Stuart Berg Flexner (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1982) has some detailed about "bits": ".Being worth one-eighth of a Spanish peso or Spanish dollar, the original Spanish 'real' or 'bit' was worth 12 ½ cents. Not only was this bit itself a coin, but the peso could be cut into halves, quarters or pie-shaped wedges of eights, so a bit was both a coin and a cut-off section of a peso worth the same amount. This 'bit,' being 12 ½ cents, gave us our term 'two bits' (1730, originally as two separate bits or the sum of 25 cents, then as our own 25-cent coin in 1792)."


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Los Angeles -- Retail marketing firm Creative Channel Services said Tuesday that electronics retailer Conn's will utilize the company's CyberScholar digital platform to increase retail associate knowledge of home appliance and consumer electronics products.
With the Creative Channel solution, Conn's employees have direct access to product information from multiple manufacturers via the Internet or over the retailer's intranet system.
"CyberScholar is a powerful and efficient resource that arms our employees with the latest product information," said Brian Woods, executive VP of merchandising at Conn's. "As a company that's built a reputation for superior customer service, Conn's is pleased to use CyberScholar to fortify our ability to deliver knowledgeable guidance to our customers."
The CyberScholar Retail network represents a digital community of more than 260,000 retail professionals in 13,000 store locations, who can use the program free of charge to learn about the products they sell each day.


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Together Alone: Personal Relationships in Public Places
€ 33,99
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August 2005
BeschreibungExploring locales such as city streets, bus stops, parking lots, bars, retail establishments, and discussion groups, "Together Alone "ventures into what is often thought of as the realm of passing strangers to examine the nature of personal relationships conducted in public spaces. While most studies of social interaction have gone behind closed doors to focus on relationships in the family, school, and workplace, this innovative collection pushes the boundaries of the field by analyzing both fleeting and anchored relationships in the seldom-studied communal areas where much of contemporary life takes place. The contributors shed light on the diversity and character of day-to-day negotiations in public spaces and at the same time illuminate how these social ties paradoxically blend aspects of durability and brevity, of emotional closeness and distance, of being together and alone.
InhaltsverzeichnisList of Figures and Tables Preface 1. The Study of Personal Relationships in Public Places PART ONE. SOCIAL ENCOUNTERS AND FLEETING RELATIONSHIPS 2. Face Time: Public Sociality, Social Encounters, and Gender at a University Recreation Center 3. Momentary Pleasures: Social Encounters and Fleeting Relationships at a Singles Dance 4. A Personal Dance: Emotional Labor, Fleeting Relationships, and Social Power in a Strip Bar PART TWO. ANCHORED RELATIONSHIPS 5. Hanging Out among Teenagers: Resistance, Gender, and Personal Relationships 6. Everyone Gets to Participate: Floating Community in an Amateur Softball League 7. Inclusion and Intrusion: Gender and Sexuality in Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Bars 8. Breaking Up and Starting Over: Emotional Expression in Postdivorce Support Groups PART THREE. MAINTAINING THE INTERACTION ORDER 9. Civility and Order: Adult Social Control of Children in Public Places 10. Order on the Edge: Remedial Work in a Right-Wing Political Discussion Group 11. Taking Stock: Functions, Places, and Personal Relationships Notes References Contributors Index
PortraitCalvin Morrill is Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The Executive Way: Conflict Management in Corporations (1995). David A. Snow is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. He is the coauthor of The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements (2003) and Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People (California, 1993). Cindy H. White is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Untertitel: New. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Erscheinungsdatum: August 2005
Seitenanzahl: 320 Seiten
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Steamboat Springs will play host to five triathlons this summer, starting with Saturday's Give it a Tri event at Old Town Hot Springs. The Steamboat Triathlon at Lake Catamount is in its 10th year, and the Steamboat Lake Sprint Triathlon, above, is back this summer for its fourth. The beginner-targeted Give it a Tri event is returning for its second year while two new events are scheduled for this summer.
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Matthew Gorney, a 3L at the University of Kansas School of Law, is Secretary-Treasurer of the ABA Law Student Division.
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Guest Editors' Introduction: Special Section on the IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST)
Issue No. 05 - May (2012 vol. 18)
pp: 660-661
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Visual Analytics is a relatively new and evolving field that, at its core, is directed to the science of analytical reasoning supported by highly interactive visual interfaces. People use visual analytics tools, methods, and techniques in all aspects of science, engineering, business, and government to synthesize data into information and knowledge; derive insight from massive, dynamic, and often conflicting data; detect the expected and discover the unexpected; provide timely, defensible, and understandable assessments; and communicate assessments effectively for action. Visual analytics requires interdisciplinary research that integrates perspectives from information and scientific visualization with those from cognitive and perceptual sciences; statistics; mathematics; knowledge representation, management and discovery technologies; decision sciences; and more.
Jim Thomas took a lead in defining the field of Visual Analytics and (with Kristin Cook) coedited a highly influential book, called Illuminating the Path, that presented results of a workshop to outline the scientific and practical challenges of the field. Within the community effort of the VisMaster Coordinated Action, funded by the European Union, this roadmap for Visual Analytics was updated in Solving Problems with Visual Analytics, coedited by Daniel Keim, Jörn Kohlhammer, Geoffrey Ellis, and Florian Mansmann in 2010. Jim Thomas passed away in 2010 and the field will miss his vision and leadership. Fortunately, his initiatives have led to many challenging and ongoing activities, which steadily increase the size and impact of the field.
The IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (IEEE VAST), founded in 2006 as the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, is the first international conference dedicated to advances in Visual Analytics Science and Technology. The scope of the conference, colocated with the annual IEEE Visualization Conference, the IEEE Information Visualization Conference, and other visualization events (jointly called VisWeek), includes both fundamental research contributions within Visual Analytics as well as applications of Visual Analytics, including applications in science, engineering, medicine, health, media, business, social interaction, and security and investigative analysis.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics ( TVCG) has recognized and honored the importance of Visual Analytics from the beginning and invites the authors of the best conference papers to submit substantively extended versions of VAST papers to the journal. For these papers, TVCG applies the usual standard in asking for more than 30 percent new material and insights compared to the conference paper. This special section presents the extended versions of the best papers of IEEE VAST 2010, which took place in October 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah. These papers were selected together with the best paper award selection committee, which was composed of five members who reviewed the top papers and their peer reviews. The three selected papers went through the regular and standard reviewing process of TVCG.
The papers presented here reflect the diversity of the growing field of visual analytics. Collectively, the set of papers exemplify three components that are central to visual analytics as a field: attention to integration of visual interface and visualization methods with computational methods to derive insight from large volumes of data, application of methods to challenging analytical problems for which computational methods alone are unlikely to be sufficient, and attention to users and how to support them not just in seeing patterns and relationships, but in carrying out an analysis process.
The first paper is "Visual Readability Analysis: How to Make Your Writings Easier to Read" by Daniela Oelke, David Spretke, Andreas Stoffel, and Daniel A. Keim, and was selected as the 2010 IEEE VAST best paper. The authors developed a set of readability features for text documents and introduced a visual tool for analyzing readability, with the goal of helping users improve the readability of their work. The paper tackles a very important problem at the intersection of the fields of education, computational linguistics, and text visualization. Several case studies are presented that show the wide range of applicability of the proposed VisRA tool. Additionally, an in-depth evaluation assesses the quality of the measure and investigates how well users do in revising a text with the help of the tool.
The second paper is "Identifying Place Histories from Activity Traces with an Eye to Parameter Impact" by Gennady Andrienko, Natalia Andrienko, Martin Mladenov, Michael Mock, and Christian Pölitz. The paper addresses a very timely and relevant problem, extracting useful knowledge from large volumes of activity data. The authors suggest a suite of visual analytics methods for reconstructing past events from these activity traces. They demonstrate the utility of their contribution on two large real data sets, mobile phone calls in Milano during nine days and flickr photos made on the British Isles over a five-year time span.
The third paper is "Co-Located Collaborative Visual Analytics around a Tabletop Display" by Petra Isenberg, Danyel Fisher, Sharoda A. Paul, Meredith Ringel, Morris Kori Inkpen, and Mary Czerwinski. The paper presents a user study directed to an artifact for collaborative analytical reasoning with a particular focus on problem solving strategies of pairs of co-located actors using large multi-touch display. It is an important contribution to understand technology-enhanced collaboration and how it is connected to analytical reasoning tasks. One particular contribution is a set of eight different collaboration styles that was developed based on the empirical analysis and a prior study by Tang et al. (2006). This set is comprehensive and very likely to serve as common ground for further studies in this area, thus facilitating comparability in terms of a backbone for a body of research.
Together, these papers illustrate the growing sophistication of the interdisciplinary research field of Visual Analytics. They represent successful integration of perspectives from visualization with concepts and methods from computational linguistics, applied psychology, text readability, GIScience, geostatistics, HCI, and CSCW. We look forward to seeing future research that leverages advances and strategies for integration of methods that are presented in these papers.
We would like to thank the authors for the effort that went into their submissions, the members of the best paper award selection committee, the program committee and reviewers for their work in selecting and ordering contributions for the final program as well as for this special issue, and, of course, the participants who made the IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology a great success.
Alan M. MacEachren
Silvia Miksch
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Alan M. MacEachren is a professor of geography, affiliate professor of information sciences & technology, and director of the GeoVISTA Center ( www.GeoVISTA.psu.edu) at Pennsylvania State University. He is PI for the Penn State component of the DHS VACCINE Center of Excellence. His research foci include: geovisual analytics, geovisualization, geocollaboration, spatial cognition, human-centered systems, and user-centered design. He is the author of How Maps Work: Representation, Visualization and Design (Guilford Press, 1995) and Some Truth with Maps (AAG, 1994),; and coeditor of additional books and journal special issues (including Exploring Geovisualization (Elsevier, 2005) and the Journal of Visual Languages and Computing on "Challenging Problems of Geospatial Visual Analytics"). He was chair of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) Commission on Visualization (1999-2005) and is an ICA fellow. He was a member of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Rediscovering Geography Committee, (1993-1997), on the NRC Computer Science and Telecommunications Board Committee on the Intersections between Geospatial Information and Information Technology (2001-2002), and was a member of the National Visualization and Analytics Center R&D Agenda panel (2004-2005). He was an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics ( TVCG) (2007-2011).
Silvia Miksch is an associate professor and head of the Information and Knowledge Engineering Research Group at the Institute of Software Technology & Interactive Systems, Vienna University of Technology. From 2006 to 2010, she was a professor and head of the Department of Information and Knowledge Engineering at Danube University, Krems, Austria. In April 2010, she established the awarded Laura Bassi Centre of Expertise "CVAST Center for Visual Analytics Science and Technology (Design, Interact & Explore)" funded by the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family, and Youth of the Republic of Austria. She has acquired, led, and has been involved in several national and international research projects. She has served on various program committees of international scientific conferences and was, for example, conference paper cochair of the IEEE Conferences on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (IEEE VAST 2010 and 2011) at VisWeek and Eurographics/IEEE Conference on Visualization (EuroVis 2012). She has reviewed for several scientific journals, belongs to the editorial board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine ( AIM-J, Elsevier), AI Communications ( AICOM, IOS Press), and the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics ( TVCG, IEEE CS), and served as a guest editor for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Elsevier), IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics ( TVCG, IEEE CS), and Information Visualization ( IV, Palgrave Macmillan/SAGE). Her main research interests are information visualization and visual analytics (in particular, focus+context and interaction methods), process and plan management, interaction design, user-centered design, and time. For more information, see http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/~silvia/.


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