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Andale, Kansas
Lawn Care for Andale Residents
Guarding the health of your lawn is an important part of taking care of your home. Not only can regular maintenance enhance curb appeal, it also protects the home's structure from experiencing water or pest damage. With trim grass, healthy soil, and neat edges, good lawn care can add value to your property and to the neighborhood.
Because new problems can arise every season, it's important to regularly practice lawn care. Finding help through professional lawn care in Andale can be worth it, especially with the amount of tools and equipment required to keep lawns in spotless condition. This helps establish a new and revived appearance for your lawn, as well as more time to enjoy it throughout the year. Read on to learn more about common lawn care practices used by professionals and homeowners alike:
Mowing— Mowing at the incorrect height is one of the most common mistakes in lawn care. Some grass types require a different mowing schedule, depending on the season and climate. Mowing your grass too low can cause scalping, which destroys the roots and stems. To avoid lawn damage, grass should be cut to the appropriate height for the season.
Watering— Even though plants need plenty of water to grow, overwatering could limit grass growth. This may lead to lawns becoming exposed to weeds and diseases. Nevertheless, watering is essential, especially during seasons of drought. For the most part, lawns are best watered in a deep and infrequent cycle rather than a single flooding.
Fertilizing— Fertilizing your lawn is a major part of growing strong and healthy grass. There are some things to consider when fertilizing, such as the climate, grass type, and grade of fertilizer. Fertilizers can be organic or synthetic, composed of food compost or created with nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus nutrients. Despite popular belief, adding more fertilizer does not mean grass will grow faster. In fact, over-fertilizing should be avoided at all costs.
Aerating— Aeration may be commonly used on lawns with compacted soil, but even healthy ones can still benefit from having it done. In loosening the soil, more air can reach the roots of plants, in addition to more nutrients and water. If your lawn is in a region that experiences heavy rain or foot traffic on lawns, it's likely you will need to aerate the soil at some point.
More about Lawn Care in Midwestern Cities
Being aware of the season and the type of grass on your lawn is important when doing lawn care. For residents of Andale, lawn care is mostly focused on maintaining cool-season grasses. As the Midwest generally experiences extreme version of each season, year-round lawn care becomes crucial. Among the most common grass types in the Midwest are:
For a healthy lawn, watering, fertilizing, weed control, and general maintenance are required throughout the year.
- Kentucky bluegrass
- Fescue
For many areas of the Midwest, flooding is a severe issue in spring lawn care. Because of this, watering should be monitored to avoid oversaturating the soil.
Make sure your lawn mower is properly functioning, as Midwestern lawns will need heavy mowing through the summer. Some of the things you'll need to check for are the spark plugs, oil tank, engine stabilizer, and fresh tank of gas.
Spring is also the time to dethatch hardened spots around your lawn. Purchase a dethatching rake and do it yourself or hire help to use a power dethatcher.
Summer can bring swelteringly high temperatures to the Midwest, causing problems in maintaining lawn hydration. Lawns that lack moisture also become more susceptible to crabgrass, a summertime weed. To keep weeds from sprouting, water frequently and deeply, especially during droughts. Apply post-emergent herbicide on any weeds that have already sprouted.
Apply a slow-release fertilizer during the summers. This allows nutrients to be released over time, rather than at once.
Overseed any bare or damaged areas to fill in the lawn.
Allow your lawn to go dormant during periods of drought. Even though dormant lawns don't need as much attention as active ones, watering should done once a week.
During dry periods, lawn mower blades should be set higher to avoid cutting off too much grass at once. Longer grass is better able to handle droughts.
To prepare for the winter, cut the grass to a medium height so that it doesn't mat or weight down from the snow. Snow mold can build on the lawn if the grass becomes matted down.
Apply pre-emergent herbicides to prevent new weeds from rooting and sprouting.
Take this time to organize the chemical cabinet containing lawn products. Read the packaging instructions and discard any products you may have that are set to expire in the winter.
Although grass may not grow as fast in the fall, mowing should still happen from time to time to prepare for winter snows.
Try to stay off the lawn as much as possible during the winter. Walking on frozen grass can cause severe damages.
Shovel the sidewalks and driveway carefully before applying snow melting chemicals. This prevents the chemicals from running off onto your lawn.
Drain the irrigation and sprinkler systems as temperatures drop.
Do maintenance on your lawn mower by replacing the blades, installing a new air filter, and purchasing new spark plugs. This helps you save time and money while lawn care is at its most inactive during the year.
Winter provides an opportunity to take a break from lawn care when snow is heavy and not much lawn care can be done.
Professional Lawn Care Can Help!
Doing lawn care on your own can be rewarding, but it also involves a lot of work. Lawn can be time consuming, especially on top of other household priorities. This could lead to lawn deterioration, a drop in property value, and overall disrepair.
Avoid this by seeking help from a Andale lawn care expert. Allowing a professional lawn care company to take care of your lawn can help save valuable time and money spent on lawn care. You'll also save on costly damages by preventing them early on. What are you waiting for? Contact a Andale lawn care company today and get started on a healthy, green lawn now!


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Former police commissioner Mick Keelty says the whereabouts of the missing 1,375 votes from the disputed West Australian Senate election may remain a mystery.
Keelty, who has been called in by the Australian Electoral Commission to investigate the loss of ballot papers in the 2013 Western Australia Senate election, told reporters in Perth on Monday: "We may never get to the bottom of this. Nearly six weeks down the track and there is no indication of where these ballots are."
The contested senate election result in Western Australia is now bound for the high court, and the AEC has left open the prospect of petitioning the court itself in a gesture to restore faith in the electoral process. The court has several options, including ordering a fresh election.
Keelty said on Monday his investigation had turned up allegations suggesting votes had been lost in other elections – allegations he would pursue. "I have had emails sent to me by people working in other electoral commission officers around the country indicating to me these things are commonplace but they don't have such a big impact on the elections," Keelty said.
The current investigation is meant to provide the AEC with recommendations about how to proceed. The former police commissioner indicated on Monday that he hoped he would be in a position to provide his advice to the electoral commission either by the end of next week, or failing that, by the end of November.
In his first public comments since undertaking the investigation, Keelty told reporters on Monday that he had identified issues he wanted to raise with the AEC concerning the events in Western Australia, but he declined to go into detail.
He said he could not rule out corruption, but he'd had no indication of it thus far. "I can't rule anything out. Certainly at this point in time there is no indication of any corruption or any corrupt conduct by anybody, but we can't rule it out," Keelty said.
"The AEC simply can't account for these 1,370 votes. They haven't turned up anywhere. A thorough search has been conducted and needs to continue, but it's highly unusual they haven't turned up anywhere."
He said the investigation had identified the missing ballots were from the electoral divisions of Pearce and Forrest. They went missing somewhere between the warehouse where the ballots were kept, and the recount centre.
The missing ballots came to light because of a recount requested by the Greens senator Scott Ludlam. Ludlam missed out in the tight race according to the original count by the AEC.
Ludlam was subsequently declared to have won a Western Australian senate spot after the recount which identified the missing ballot papers. The AEC declared the result despite the missing ballots, which it must do under the electoral law in order to trigger a process where the court of disputed returns can now resolve how to proceed.

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|November 15, 2006--Former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) discussed his new book HOME: The Blueprints of Our Lives and answered questions at the Borders bookstore on L Street. The book contains stories of nearly sixty people, both well known and unknown. Edwards started his book tour in New York City the previous day; it will take him to a total of 17 cities, including stops in South Carolina (Nov. 19), New Hampshire (Nov. 27) and Iowa (Nov. 29), and concluding in Pasadena, California on December 4. (more)
HOME: The Blueprints of Our Lives (Collins)
One America Committee
|Copyright © 2006 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action


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Based on the work of renowned pediatrician, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, the Brazelton Touchpoints Approach is a cross-disciplinary approach focused on supporting the development of children through relationships with those who care for them.
As part of the EQ Initiative, EQ Instructors and Early Childhood Council Coordinators are encouraged to attend a Touchpoints Individual Level Training (ILT) to strengthen their skills in establishing healthy positive relationships with parents and providers in their communities.
Additionally, the EQ Initiative supports communities in developing their own Touchpoints Training teams; these teams offer the Individual Level Trainings to local community partners.
Community Teams
There currently are 9 active Touchpoints teams across Colorado. This includes the EQ Specialty Team, which provides training to EQ Instructors, Early Childhood Council Coordinators, and other statewide groups.
The Colorado Touchpoints Network provides networking, technical assistance and support to the Touchpoints teams across the state.
Colorado Touchpoints Network Coordinator
Wendy Watson


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AA Study Guide
Big Book Study Guide
AA's 12 Step Study Guide
About This Study Guide
This material was found in 2004 via Internet by an AA member in Sweden who then used it in a group with other AA members. The group experience was positive and can be recommended for anyone considering it as a help in working AA's Twelve Steps.
This material was made and used during the early1990's by North American members of AA who chose to remain anonymous. It is therefore not possible to prove authorship. Users are welcome to spread this material as they wish.
The original material was designed to be used in groups. If however you wish to use this material solely together with your sponsor that works, too. Just ignore the references for use in larger groups of 8-12 people.
This study material sticks closely to AA's Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. There are many page references to help each person working the steps to easily refer back to AA's major text.
It may be helpful to point out what is at times a source of confusion for AA members: that AA's first three steps cannot be found in numerical order in the Big Book. However, any person studying the first five and a half chapters of Alcoholics Anonymous can be assured of covering all three of AA's first three steps.
It may also be helpful to point out that this study material is more detailed in the first four steps than in the remaining ones.
1. Purpose
(a) To provide the person who has not worked the Steps with
motivation and assistance in working the Steps.
(b) To provide those who have worked the Steps with an opportunity and motivation to do it again and to share your experience.
2. Plan
(a) Teams of no more than 12 persons will be formed (8 to 10 are
preferred). The make-up of each team will be approximately 3 to 4
members who have worked the Steps in the manner described in the Big
Book and 8 to 9 members who have never worked the Steps in this
manner, but who are willing to try.
(b) Each team will select its own meeting place and meeting time, preferably at a time which does not conflict with the 8:00 p.m. meetings of A.A. (Team meetings are not a substitute for A.A. Group activity and fellowship.)
(c) At the initial meeting all present will:
(1) Exchange telephone numbers and addresses and select a meeting place.
(2) Commit to stay with the team until all members have completed the Steps.
(3) Commit to do the Steps according to the Big Book as augmented by the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions (including on the knees 3rd Step with others -- a 4th and 5th Step and all the rest).
(4) Those persons who have not done the Steps will be asked to commit to do them at least once more with another team.
(5) Commit to making telephone or personal contact with one or more members of the team during each week the Steps are being taken and sharing your problem or experience with the assignment that week.
(6) Commit to attend the meetings except on rare and extremely unusual circumstances. Each member really needs to be present each week. If a member cannot be present, another member should be called and advised of the problem so that the team will not delay the meetings.
(d) After the initial meeting, no one will be added to the team. If someone has a slip or is not living up to their commitment to the team, the other members of the team must decide if they want to allow them to continue with the team.
(e) When the team has completed the Steps, it will disband. The estimated time to complete the Steps is 15 - 20 weeks.
3. Meeting Format
(a) There is no formal meeting format and each group is free to
select its own. Most groups rotate the chairmanship from week to
week and simply discuss the assigned material and share their
experiences in applying it to their life.
(b) Each member must come to the meeting having read and studied those portions of the Big Book and 12 x 12 which relate to the Step under consideration and having done his or her assignment.
(c) The function of the team will be to apply the principals of each Step to their lives and share their experience in a discussion of each Step.
(d) It is suggested that each member of the team obtain a study notebook to record his or her notes, assignments, 4th Step, etc.
(e) A 4th Step will be written and a substantial period of time (all that is needed) will be spent in analysis of this Step and resolving any problems that arise. If any group member encounters any problem that requires additional assistance, it will be available.
4. As teams complete the Steps, new teams will be formed to help newcomers and others who want to participate. A nucleus of experienced member (3-4) should accept new members on a first-come first-served basis.
5. It is suggested that the teams not be co-ed because of the 4th Step problems.
6. Caution: The step team should become a very sharing group. When there is deep sharing, the meetings can last so long as to be an inconvenience or burden to some members. Since we are trying to learn to be considerate, it is suggested that the meeting proper be limited to approximately one hour and that each speaker limit his/her remarks to his/her part of that hour. Longer and more difficult problems can then be shared with those who have more time. Also, call each other throughout the week - you don't need to wait for meetings to share.
The following is a suggested assignment sheet and outline for use by the Step Study Team. The time given for any particular study can be extended or shortened as each team chooses. It is suggested that, before the study is completed, each team member will have read the entire text of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous.
Week No. 1:
Meet and follow the outline regarding the Purpose, Plan and Meeting Format of the Step Study Teams. It is important that the commitment section of this outline be carefully reviewed and that each member of the team thoroughly understands that he or she is committing to do the Steps -- all of the Steps. It should be understood that everyone will probably have one or more absences, and perfect attendance is not absolutely required. It is most helpful that everyone be present as much as possible and that communication develop between the team members so that they know how the other team members are progressing and how they are feeling about the team study.
At the initial meeting the team members should have read the Preface, Foreword of the First Edition, Second Edition and Third Edition. Note the Foreword to the Third Edition states: To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. Compare this language with the language on Page 29 at the end of Chapter Two where it is stated: Further on, clear cut directions are given showing how we recover. This is the task this team is about to undertake.
Read and discuss the doctor's opinion at the meeting.
These and other questions will occur to the group, and each should be discussed in some depth.
1. Were you aware that your illness affected both your mind and your
2. Do you believe or can you accept the concept of an allergic reaction to alcohol?
3. What is an allergy?
4. Do you agree with the concept of hospitalization?
5. Have you ever experienced the phenomena of craving (page xxvi)?
6. Did you like the effect of alcohol?
7. Did you reach the point where you could not differentiate the true from the false?
8. Did your alcoholic life seem normal?
9. The doctor seems to say that a psychic change must occur -- what is a psychic change?
10. Can you accept the fact that alcoholism has never been, by any treatment with which we are familiar, permanently eradicated?
Buy your workbook and begin to note your own reaction to the matters set forth in the doctor's opinion. In summary, begin to write how was I powerless over alcohol. It is equally important to write any reservation you may have that you are, in fact, powerless over alcohol.
Read Chapter One, "Bill's Story", and be prepared to discuss this matter as it applies to your life in the second week.
Week No. 2:
Chapter One, "Bill's Story".
1. Did you ever ask, "Was I crazy?" (Page 5)
2. Did you ever feel the remorse, horror and hopelessness of the next morning? (Page 6)
3. Did your mind ever race uncontrollably? (Page 6)
4. Did you ever seek oblivion? (Page 6)
5. Did you feel lonely? (Page 8)
6. Did you feel fear? (Page 8)
7. What was your reaction to religion, the church and God? (Page 10)
Note what happened to Bill's prejudice against their God when he began to apply his own concept of God (Page 12).
8. Did you know that "nothing more was required of me to make my
beginning" than willingness or a willingness to believe?
9. Doesn't Bill essentially take the first through the eleventh Step at this time? (Page 13) Notice how Bill was instructed to find God's will and pray (Page 13).
10. Has your common sense become "uncommon sense" in this manner? (Page 13)
11. Bill really takes the twelfth Step on Page 14, doesn't he? The program worked in all of Bill's affairs -- Page 15.
The foregoing are simply samples of questions that may occur or points that may be raised.
12. What was of particular significance to you in this chapter?
13. What did you find that you could not agree with or which you could not accept?
Read Chapter Two and be prepared to discuss how you react to this chapter next week. Continue to write how you are powerless over alcohol and begin to consider what you can truly manage in your life. As thoughts occur to you about whether you can or cannot manage life and in particular your life, write down your thoughts in your notebook.
Week No. 3:
Chapter Two, "There Is a Solution". Again, having read this chapter:
1. What parts of the chapter can you apply to your life?
2. What is your reaction to the membership of Alcoholics Anonymous?
3. Did your alcoholism "engulf all whose lives touched the sufferer's" (Page 18)?
4. What was their reaction?
5. Do you see how you can reach another alcoholic (Page 18)? Note on Page 20 the book answers the question, "What do I have to do?"
6. Have you been asked the questions on Page 20 by yourself or other people?
7. What were the answers?
8. From your examination of yourself in the past weeks and your reading of this chapter, are you a "real alcoholic"? (Page 21)
9. If not, why not? Discuss this with your team.
10. Did you have control over alcohol, did you do absurd and incredible and tragic things while drinking, were you a Jekyll and Hyde?
These questions and observations on Page 21 may help you in answering the questions you have been writing about, having to do with your powerlessness over alcohol.
11. Why did we drink the way we did? (Page 22)
12. Why do we take that one drink?
13. What has become of the common sense and the will power that he/she still sometimes displays with respect to other matters?
14. Did you ask yourself these questions?
15. Had you lost the power of choice described on Page 24?
16. Have you ever said, "What's the use anyhow" (or something similar)?
There is a solution (Page 25). The great fact is just this and nothing less. That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences. Read and understand Appendix II and the rest of this paragraph because it is an outstanding summary of what happens in the program.
Our alternative to the solution is to "go on blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could or to accept spiritual help." (Page 25)
Note that Appendix II is referred to again on Page 27.
Read Chapter Three and discuss how it applies to your life for the next week.
Week No. 4:
Chapter Three, "More About Alcoholism".
1. Did you have the "great obsession" (Page 30)?
2. Did you know that was an illusion?
3. Did you try to control your drinking, and can you diagnose yourself? (Page 31)
4. Has your writing in your book listed those things you attempted to do to control your use of alcohol and your failures?
5. Do you have a reservation of any kind or any lurking notion that you will some day be immune to alcohol? (Page 33)
6. Can you identify with the mental status that precede a relapse into drinking, and do you understand that these mental states are the crux of the problem? (Page 35)
7. Do you understand why an actual or potential alcoholic will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge? (Page 39)
Note the doctor's reaction to alcoholism on Page 43. Also note the solution at the bottom of Page 43.
Read and be prepared to discuss Chapter Four next week. By now you should have completed writing most of your memories about why you are powerless over alcohol and why your life is unmanageable. If you are having difficulty with these problems, discuss this with the team members or your sponsor.
Week No. 5:
Chapter Four, "We Agnostics".
1. Do you accept the fact that you have only two alternatives if you
are an alcoholic - an alcoholic death or to live a life on a
spiritual basis? (Page 44)
2. Have you lacked power to manage life (Page 45)? Note that the "main object of this book is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem."
3. Have you had honest doubts and prejudices about God? (Page 45)
4. What has been your reaction to the word "God" -- what will He look like, what will it be like when you find Him, and where did you get these ideas?
5. Had you abandoned the idea of God entirely? (Page 45)
6. Are you willing to lay aside your previous beliefs or prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than yourself?
7. What is your concept of God? (Page 46)
8. Do you now believe or are you even willing to believe that there is a Power greater than yourself? (Page 47)
9. Do you recognize that when you can say "yes" to this question that you are "on your way"? (Page 47)
10. Note that the book once again refers you to Appendix II at this point. What is it that Appendix II says that is indispensable?
11. Have you been open-minded or have you been obstinate, sensitive and unreasonably prejudiced about discussion about God? (Page 48)
12. What reservations do you have when you have read this chapter?
13. Have you been biased and unreasonably prejudiced about the realm of the spirit? (Page 51)
14. Did your ideas work -- will the God idea work? (Page 52)
15. ARE YOU REALLY READY TO FEARLESSLY FACE AND ANSWER THE PROPOSITION THAT "EITHER GOD IS EVERYTHING OR HE IS NOTHING. GOD EITHER IS, OR HE ISN'T. WHAT IS YOU CHOICE TO BE?" (Page 53)
16. Do you believe that "when we drew near to Him, He disclosed himself to us!"? (Page 57)
17. Remember what it said on Page 28? If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or colour are children of a living Creator with whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable terms as soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.
In your notebook, write what you can believe about a Power greater than yourself. On another page write what you cannot believe about God. As you go forward from this point, it is those things which you believe or which fit into your conception of God which you will be using and you can be comforted in knowing that our own conception, however inadequate, was "sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him." (Page 46) Read and be prepared to discuss Chapter Five in the book next week.
Week No. 6:
Chapter Five, "How It Works". Discuss the materials contained in this chapter from Page 58 to Page 63 (i.e., through the part which concludes Step 3).
1. Do you question whether you are capable of being honest with
yourself? (If you do – you're not.) Note the state of mind you're
asked to have when you start the Steps -- Honesty, fearlessness,
thoroughness, and a willingness to go to any length.
2. What do half measures avail us?
3. Are you convinced that a life run on self-will can hardly be a success? (Page 60)
4. Can you see the effects of self-centeredness in your life?
5. How have you been self-centered? List examples in your workbook and discuss them with the group.
6. Did you know that you could not reduce self-centeredness much by wishing or trying on your own power? (Page 62)
7. Are you willing to make the decisions set forth at the bottom of Page 62?
8. Note the promises that follow the taking of Step 3 as described at the top of Page 63. Are you willing to take this Step?
Many groups at this point commit one to the other that they are going to take this Step and recite the prayer that is set forth on Page 63 together.
Continue to list places where you can see that you are self-centered in your workbook and commence the fourth Step using the Step 4 Guide (coming up soon). To accomplish this, take the action suggested in the Instructions 1 and 2 of the Guide, including the preparation of a Grudge List.
Week No. 7:
Discuss Instruction I and your Grudge List.
Many readers find the instructions for Step 4 contained in the book Alcoholics Anonymous confusing and complex. This paper is written to reflect the experience of certain members of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous in analyzing these instructions and their experience in taking this step in accordance with the instructions given in this book. Those who have taken this step in the manner suggested in the Big Book, including the inventory, the analysis, and the study and prayer suggested by the Book have found it to be an exciting and rewarding experience. This experience is available to anyone who will complete each of the following steps to the best of his/her ability in the order in which they are given. Perfection is not required, but a good effort involving honesty, open-mindedness and willingness is essential. Do not skip any instruction and complete each instruction before proceeding to the next.
Read the following and understand what we are doing.
I. The Time and Purposes of Step Four
Perhaps the greatest promise by the program of Alcoholics Anonymous is that God, as you understand Him, will do for you what you cannot do for yourself. This promise carries with it the obvious condition that you must do what you can.
When you have made the decision required by Step 3, the Big Book warns us "although our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and be rid of, the things in ourselves which have been blocking us (from God) ... so we had to get down to causes and conditions. Therefore, we started upon a personal inventory."
The specific instructions for taking this step are contained from Page 64 to Page 71 of the book Alcoholics Anonymous. These instructions should be read carefully at this point.
II. What Do We Seek?
The inventory is described as a "fact-finding and fact-facing process." We are said to be seeking the truth about ourselves and to honestly take stock of our lives. We are to search out the flaws in our makeup which caused our failure. Throughout the book Alcoholics Anonymous it is stated that self, selfishness and self-centeredness were the root of our troubles. Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations. These common manifestations are grouped in three categories -- resentment, fear and sex relationships. Each of these common manifestations is treated separately in the inventory.
III. Resentments -- The Number One Offender
From these thoughts or mental attitudes stem "all forms of spiritual disease." We are instructed to list all people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry or had resentments. What is a resentment?
(a) Webster's Dictionary defines resentment as "indignation or
ill-will felt as a result of a real or imagined offense." Webster's
then refers the reader to the word "anger" and gives other examples
of this thought or feeling, which include rage, fury, ire, wrath,
resentment and indignation. These words denote varying degrees of
displeasure, from anger - strong, intense and explosive - to the
longer lasting resentment - ill-will and suppressed anger generated
by a sense of being wronged or being wrong.
(b) In summary and broadly defined, we are dealing with a negative or unpleasant thought or feeling caused or generated by the real or imagined act or failure to act of a person, institution, or principle.
(c) Persons, institutions or principles may need some explanation. Remember you are a person and your action or failure to act may very well cause you to think or feel bad (generally, this resentment of ourselves is call guilt). Institutions are any group of people, authorities, companies, governmental agencies, or other organizations.
A principle is a basic truth or law. Many of these basic truths or laws have and do offend us, for example:
1. Alcoholism is an incurable, progressive disease.
2. Honesty is the best policy.
3. As you give, you receive -- (each of us suffers the consequences of his own action -- there is no free lunch).
4. When you are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with you.
5. A life lived without self-examination is not worth living. (Socrates)
Preparing the Grudge List
With the foregoing instructions in mind, a list should be prepared of the people, institutions or principles which have or do cause you to have a resentment, as defined above.
Certain points should be remembered.
1. If you can remember the resentment, you should list it, even
though you think you are over it. Go back through your life -
nothing counts but thoroughness and honesty.
2. A review of family albums, school annuals and the like may help you be thorough. Some people write a short autobiography of their life to assist them in their memory.
3. Do not concern yourself with whether you should or should not have the feeling -- just make the list and nothing more at this point.
4. Throughout the taking of Step 4 and at times thereafter, you will recall other people, institutions and principles which have caused these negative thoughts and feelings. You can add to this list at any time, but do not spend too much time worrying about how complete the list is. Simply do the best you can over a reasonable period of time (perhaps a week).
Make a list of the people institutions and principles you resent.
When you have completed your Grudge List, and not before, purchase and mark a spiral notebook as described below. At this time we will begin to analyze our resentments.
(a) Analysis of Resentments. When you have completed your list and
not before, each resentment must be analyzed. Step 4 will mean very
little unless you come to understand each resentment and learn from
it. The following procedure has proven helpful in this understanding
and analysis:
1. Purchase a spiral notebook and open it so that you have a blank page on either side of the wire spiral. With a ruler or straight-edge, divide each of these pages vertically so that when both pages are divided, you have a total of four columns. Turn the page and repeat this process until you have divided several pages in this manner. The drawing below may help you understand this instruction.
2. The columns on each page should be labeled as follows:
Column 1: Name
Column 2: Cause
Column 3: Affect
Column 4 should be left blank for the time being.
One at a time you must take each resentment from your Grudge List
and enter it into Column 1, then complete 2 and 3 as described
below. Complete the analysis of each resentment before taking the
next one from the Grudge List. The following is a step by step
description of this instruction:
(a) Take the first name from your Grudge List and write it in Column 1 on the first page.
(b) In Column 2, write a few words which describe each and every event or circumstance you can recall which causes you to resent the person named in Column 1. This is a very important part of the analysis -- we learn from specific events, not general complaints (for example, we learn little from the complaint that "he was always lying" but we learn much from a specific "he told me he wasn't married.")
( c) Opposite each of the events you have listed in Column 2, write the reason the event or circumstance bothered you. Specifically, ask yourself;
(1) Did it affect my self-esteem (the way I think of myself or want others to think of me)?
(2) Did it affect my pocketbook?
(3) Did it affect my ambition (what I wanted or needed)?
(4) Was one of my personal relationships affected or threatened?
(5) If the effects described in questions 1 through 4 above do not accurately describe the effect the event had upon you, write a few words to explain how you felt and how you were affected.
When Columns 1-3 have been completed for each resentment, take a little time to look back over them and then take the following action.
(a) Study and Prayer. Read and study the Big Book from the paragraph
that begins at the bottom of Page 65 through the second paragraph on
Page 67. Ask yourself these questions about each resentment and each
event causing it and write a brief paragraph reflecting your
(1) Having determined who was at fault, did I go further in my study of this event?
(2) Did I try to retaliate, fight back or run? What was the result? Did it help?
(3) Is it clear to you that a life which includes one of these resentments leads only to futility and unhappiness? Has the resentment ever benefited you in any way, or have you squandered hours thinking about the resentment? Do you realize and understand that these thoughts "separate you from the sunlight of the Spirit" (God)? Do you know that these thoughts will lead you to the insanity of the first drink, and with us, to drink is to die?
(4) Do you understand that through our thoughts and reactions to people, places and things, the world and its people dominate us? Do you understand that until we progress beyond the point of simply stop blaming ourselves and others, there can be no growth or solution?
(5) Can you forgive?
(6) Do you recognize that other people have the same problem with life that you have had and many of them are spiritually sick?
(7) Honestly pray the 4th Step prayer -- God, help me show ___________________, the same tolerance, pity and patience that I would cheerfully grant a sick friend. __________________________ is a sick person, how can I be helpful to him/her? Save me from being angry. Thy will be done. From this point forward we try to avoid retaliation or argument.
(b) The Beginning of Growth. As noted earlier, it is a spiritual axiom that when I am disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something the matter with me. Now that you have listed and understood the resentment and how it affected you, having stopped blaming or putting out of your mind the wrongs others have done, you can now look for your own actions or reactions. In the past we went no further than to declare that someone was wrong. Isn't it true that we acted or reacted during each event or circumstance? Didn't we become angry? Depressed? Filled with self-pity, envy, jealously, etc.? Didn't this affect our lives and the lives of those close to us?
Complete Column 4 as follows:
1. At the top of the fourth column on each page, insert the words
"my faults or mistakes."
2. For each person, institution or principle and for each event, ask yourself:
a. Where have I been selfish, dishonest, self-seeking, and frightened?
b. Where was I to blame?
c. How did I act or react? How did this affect me and those close to me?
3. Write down your faults as revealed by the above questions in the fourth column opposite each person, institution or principle and each event.
When you have concluded all of the instructions with respect to resentments, and not before, proceed to "fear".
List your fears.
IV. Fear -- Touches every aspect of our lives.
Read from the third paragraph appearing on Page 67 of the Big Book through the first three paragraphs on Page 68. Then take the following action:
(a) "Fear" defined. Webster's Dictionary defines "fear" as a feeling
of alarm or disquiet caused by the expectation of danger, pain,
disaster or the like (being found out, being known for what you know
or think you are). It is said that the driving force in the life of
most alcoholics is the self-centered fear that we will lose
something we have or that we will not get something we think we need
or want.
(b) Listing of Fears. On a page following the section on resentments, write a short description of each fear that you have experienced. Remember, under the topic "Resentments" (2a, above) you have already asked yourself about the impact of fear on your resentments. We now complete the list of times, places and circumstances which evoke this feeling (i.e., snakes, bugs, heights, women, men, etc.).
Write a short analysis of each fear.
( c) Analysis of Fear. Having listed each of the fears, we should write a short analysis of these fears in our effort to understand them. It is said that each of these fears sets in motion chains of circumstances which brought about or caused us misfortunes. Can you cite examples where this occurred? Why do you have each fear? Was it because self-reliance failed? Were you about to be harmed in some way by something you could not control or avoid? Can you run away from fear? How did I act or react to fear? Did my fear affect others? What should we now rely upon, if not ourselves?
Read and understand the solution to fear.
(a) Study and Prayer. When our fears have been listed and the above questions answered, the book Alcoholics Anonymous gives us the solution to fear in the second and third paragraphs appearing on Page 68. We are also given a short prayer in which we ask Him to remove our fears and direct our attention to what He would have us to be. This solution and prayer should be directed toward each of your fears.
V. Sex-Relationships
This section of the inventory is covered in the book Alcoholics Anonymous from the last paragraph commencing on Page 68 through the end of Chapter 5. This material should be read at this point.
(a) Scope of Inventory. This portion of the inventory begins by clearly discussing sexual relationships. However, in the last sentence of the last paragraph ending on Page 70, it states "we have listed the people we have hurt by our conduct and are willing to straighten out the past if we can." This sentence indicates a broader view of our relationships is important, and it is therefore suggested that we review our relationship with each of the important people in our lives, as well as all sexual relationships.
List those persons who are important in your life and any other person affected by your drinking or self-centeredness.
(b) Preparing a List of Relationships. Following "fears" in your inventory book, you should list the names of the persons to be studies. These should include both sexual and other relationships, including family, business, friends, etc.
Write a brief paragraph about each relationship.
(c) With respect to each person named on your list of relationships, write a short paragraph which answers the following questions -- remember to deal with specific events.
1. Was I selfish in this relationship?
2. Was I dishonest in this relationship?
3. Was I considerate in this relationship?
4. Whom did I hurt?
5. Did I arouse jealousy?
6. Did I arouse suspicion?
7. Did I arouse bitterness?
8. Was I at fault?
9. What should I have done?
(d) Study and Prayer. Through study and prayer, we seek to shape sane and sound ideals for our future sex life and our relationships. Whatever our ideals turn out to be, we must be willing to grow toward them. We must be willing to make amends for past wrongs, providing we do not bring about still more harm in so doing. In prayer and meditation we ask God what we should do about each specific matter, and we are told the right answer will come if we want it.
On Page 70 in the first paragraph, we are given instructions on how to proceed toward our new ideal.
In summary we are told to pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for strength to do the right thing. In these troublesome areas we are told to throw ourselves into helping others.
VI. Summary
Read the last two paragraphs of Chapter 5. It is also helpful to read chapter 4 of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions at this point. Have you left anything out of your inventory? Have you failed to list any event or subject the memory of which causes you to be uncomfortable? If so, you should write it down now.
Read Pages 72 though the first full paragraph on Page 75 -- take Step 5.
Next week you should take the action described in Instructions 3-5 of the guide.
Week No. 8.
Discuss the findings you have made on Instructions 1-5 of the Guide and any problems you are having.
Follow Instruction 6 and complete any work you have not completed on Instructions 1 through 6 for the next week.
Week No. 9:
Discuss the work you have done in Instruction 1 through 6 of the inventory process and any problems that you are having. The group should assist anyone in taking the inventory that is having difficulty and this may include spending some time with them during the week.
Follow Instructions 7, 8 and 9 of the Guide.
Week No. 10:
Review your writing required in Instructions 7, 8 and 9 and discuss any problems that you or any other member of the group is having.
Assignment for the next week is to complete Instructions 10 and 11 of the inventory process.
Week No. 11:
Review and discuss your writing on sex in generalities -- no specifics and no war stories are needed, lest matters of pride and self-centeredness become involved in the meeting.
Your assignment for the next week is to find someone to take a 5th Step with and make a specific date for this 5th Step. Also read Chapter Six and be prepared to discuss this chapter.
Week No. 12:
Chapter Six "Into Action". Discuss Page 72 through Page 75. Has everyone had a good experience with this Step? Are there reservations about doing the 5th Step and, if so, what are they? Have you skimped on the program to this point? Take your 5th Step.
Read Chapters Six and Seven, in Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
Week No. 13:
Chapters Six and Seven, in Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. Discuss these chapters along the lines you have previously discussed the earlier chapters in the book, Alcoholics Anonymous. Particularly, you should attempt to itemize and list those defects of character which you have which you recognize stand in the way of your usefulness to your fellows. Which defects of character do you have which do not stand in the way of your usefulness to your fellows? Discuss willingness and humility and what they mean in context with these Steps.
Next week be prepared to discuss the material on Page 76 through 84 and read the eighth and ninth chapters in Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.
Week No. 14:
Discuss the material you have read.
1. Do you have misgiving about these Steps? (Page 76)
2. Do you feel diffident about going to some of these people?
3. What is your real purpose (Page 77)?
4. Is timing important in this Step?
5. Can you approach the people on your eight Step list in a helpful and forgiving spirit? (Page 77) (see Pages 66-67)
6. Do you recognize that nothing worthwhile can be accomplished until you clean your side of the street? (Page 78)
7. Is it important that you be praised for your ninth Step efforts? (Page 78)
8. Have you discussed any criminal offenses you may have committed and which may still be open with your sponsor? If not, you certainly should do so. (See Page 79)
9. Do you understand how your ninth Step may harm other people? (See Page 79)
10. Have you studied your domestic troubles and the harm that may have been caused in these areas?
11. Do you understand the importance of not creating further harm by creating further jealousy and resentment in a tell-all session? (Page 81)
12. What does the author mean when he says that the spiritual life is not a theory -- we have to live it? (Page 83)
13. Do you see that in making the ninth Step you should be sensible, tactful, considerate and humble without being servile or scraping? (Page 83)
14. Are you experiencing the promises set forth on Pages 83 and 84?
Note at this point the book assumes that you made a list of people you had harmed when you did your fourth Step inventory. If this has not been done, you should certainly make such a list at this point.
Next week discuss the balance of Chapter Six.
Week No. 15:
1. What are the specific instructions outlined for the taking of
Step 10?
2. What do we watch for?
3. Note that "by this time sanity will have returned - we will seldom be interested in liquor." (Page 84) is this the sanity referred to in Step 2?
4. What is the proper use of will power? (Page 85)
5. What is the suggestion for taking the eleventh Step on a daily basis?
6. What do you watch for?
7. Do you practice this Step on a daily basis?
8. Do you follow the procedure outlined on Pages 86 and 87 regarding your daily morning meditations and the way you proceed through the day?
9. Has your attitude about a Power greater than yourself changed since you studied the chapter, "To the Agnostics"?
10. Do you believe "It Works -- It Really Does"? (Page 88)
Read the chapter, "Working with Others".
Week No. 16:
Read and discuss the chapter, "Working with Others" at this meeting.
1. What are the step-by-step requirements for a twelfth Step?
2. Have you ever tried this? Share your experience with the group.
3. In cases where the alcoholic has not responded, have you worked with his/her family? Did you offer them your way of life, and what results did you have in this situation?
4. Do you believe that you should burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone? The only condition is that he "trust in God and clean house."
5. Is this the basis of the statement that "this is a selfish program"? Is it really a selfish program in the true sense of those words?
Chapter Eight, "To the Wives", Chapter Nine, "The Family Afterward", Chapter Ten, "To Employers", and Chapter Eleven, "A Vision for You", are all chapters designed to teach you how to practice these principles in all your affairs. These chapters contain many spiritual truths which apply to all of us and should be read. Your group may decide whether or not you wish to discuss one or more of these chapters to conclude your Step Study.
A reading of the last portion of the book on Page 164 is a fitting way to end your Step study team. Haven't you really had the benefit of a contact with those who wrote this book. Don't you know now what you should really rely on?
Find some new members of Alcoholics Anonymous who need this program and do another Step team study with them.
Visit the Alcoholics Anonymous Web site.
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Well, you get the picture. I'm sure you can imagine the pattern of communication that matches each of these setups. Although the setup may not be articulated, people recognize the setup and use the corresponding communication pattern. No setup is wrong or perfect. Rather, communication is an ongoing process that can get better or worse as the project progresses.
- "Improving Projects by Communicating What's Below the Surface." Eileen Strider. StickyMinds: 4 February 2002.
- Communication Gaps and How to Close Them. Naomi Karten. Dorset House: 2002.
- What Did You Say?: The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback. Charles N. Seashore, Edith Whitfield Seashore, and Gerald M. Weinberg. Bingham House Books: 1997.


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Marks is charged with burglary and possession of a controlled substance. Lowe is charged with receiving stolen property. Hitt is accused of possession of a controlled substance and trafficking food stamps. Steiner is charged with illegal weapon possession and receiving stolen property.
Deputies on Monday morning were contacted by a number of residents who reported thefts from their vehicles and out-buildings. Marks became a person of interest along with Lowe, his girlfriend, deputies said.
Further investigation led to the alleged involvement of Hitt and Steiner, deputies said.
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Kieran Read has made it clear the All Blacks won't shy away from the physical stuff against Argentina in Hamilton on Saturday but says his side are determined to keep it clean.
Flanker Pablo Matera will be free to play at Waikato Stadium after being cleared of eye-gouging Springboks counterpart Francois Louw in Mendoza last weekend, but No8 Leonardo Senatore hasn't made the trip thanks to his nine-week ban for biting the forearm of lock Eben Etzebeth.
Both incidents occurred in the second half of the match at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, won in the final minutes by South Africa 22-17 as the home side went all-out to avenge the 70-point thrashing in Soweto a week earlier.
The All Blacks will naturally look to dominate the Pumas up front - legally - but No 8 Read said their response largely depended on how the visitors conducted themselves.
"We're certainly not going to go out there looking to spoil or come at them in different ways.
Certainly, you've got to play clean and fair," he said. "What they do will dictate I guess a little bit but we're going to stay as clean as we can. There are ways you can dominate without being cheap and nasty."
Assistant coach Ian Foster said: "They [Argentina] responded I think how we'd respond in some ways after getting a 70-point drubbing. They got a lot more physical, a lot more aggressive, and really got very, very combative against the South Africans. I guess that's been their method for a number of years and they went back to it very successfully."
One of the curiosities of this All Blacks team is that while it is an extremely good one - the world champions lost one match last year (to England) and lost only two in 2011 (to South Africa and Australia) - they don't have a dedicated enforcer.
In the past men such as Jerome Kaino and Jerry Collins set the tone for the national team; the closest the All Blacks have to that pair is the increasingly tough locking duo of Sam Whitelock and Brodie Retallick.
While the All Blacks will hope to blow the Pumas away with the speed of thought and action, rather than get bogged down with any illegal stuff, their scrum is likely to receive a close examination by Argentina's big men.
The All Blacks believe they reacted better to the new scrum engagement laws in the second of their Bledisloe Cup victories over the Wallabies in Wellington a fortnight ago, but the set piece remains a priority, especially ahead of a test against the renowned scrummagers from South America.
"We've been making tweaks for the last few weeks," Read said. "Last week was a positive for us but it's a different beast with the Argentines. They certainly enjoy this part of the game. Their second shunt is one of the world's best so we'll be doing a lot of work this week, loading and staying in the fight."
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The Health and Human Services Department has launched the Partnership for Patients, an effort to cut medical mistakes and adverse events with the initial goal of saving 60,000 lives over the next three years.
So far, more than 500 hospitals, as well as physicians and nurses groups, consumer groups, and employers have pledged their commitment to the new initiative, said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in announcing the patient safety initiative on April 12.
[See also: ONC's Federal Health IT Plan: Possible in a reasonable timeframe?]
HHS has pledged to spend up to $1 billion in funding under the health reform law to improve patient safety through sharing best practices and models being tried by hospitals across the nation and in the process, save lives, enhance quality, and reduce costs.
The funding will underwrite changes that help to achieve two shared goals by the end of 2013, one of them to decrease by 40 percent preventable hospital-acquired conditions compared with 2010. This would translate to 1.8 million fewer injuries to patients and 60,000 lives saved, Sebelius said.
Also by 2013, hospitals will reduce by 20 percent their re-admissions due to preventable complications during a transition from one care setting to another, compared with 2010. This means that 1.6 million will recover from illness without suffering a preventable complication requiring re-admission to the hospital within 30 days of discharge.
"Americans go the hospital to get well, but millions of patients are injured because of preventable complications and accidents," Sebelius added.
Over the next three years, the practices employed by the partnership have the potential to save up to $35 billion in healthcare costs, including up to $10 billion for Medicare, Sebelius said. Over the next 10 years, the partnership could reduce costs to Medicare by about $50 billion and result in billions more in Medicaid savings.
Health IT, such as electronic health records, will be crucial for the tools to enable healthcare providers to have the right information to make the best decisions to improve patient safety, Sebelius said, adding that it will include measuring and monitoring patient outcomes.
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A patient's electronic health information record file ideally will be available instantaneously to know what is happening with the patient, that the right prescription has gotten to the pharmacist and be able to monitor whether that prescription was filled.
"The health IT investment that's beginning to take hold in this country is a critical piece of the puzzle, not only measuring what we're doing but then monitoring and being able to follow that protocol wherever the patient is so that care can be accessed and delivered," Sebelius said.
Up to $500 million more will come from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center to support new demonstrations related to reducing hospital-acquired conditions.
The CMS Innovation Center will help hospitals to adopt effective, evidence-based care improvements to target preventable patient injuries on a local level, develop innovative approaches to spreading and sharing strategies among public and private partners in all states, said Dr. Donald Berwick, CMS administrator.
"We will provide hospitals with incentives to improve the quality of health care, and provide real assistance to medical professionals and hospitals to support their efforts to reduce harm."
The partnership will start by asking hospitals to focus on nine types of medical errors and complications where the potential for dramatic reductions in harm rates has been demonstrated by pioneering hospitals and systems across the country. Examples include preventing adverse drug reactions, pressure ulcers, childbirth complications and surgical site infections.
Members of the partnership will identify specific steps they will take to reduce preventable injuries and complications in patient care.
Berwick said that hospital-acquired conditions and complications that patients face can be reduced.
"We know of places around the country that have knocked the socks off the problem, and in some cases eliminated it. The problem is that knowledge doesn't move around quickly enough," he said.
To that end, part of the resources CMS will invest in will be for setting up networks for support to reach out to clinicians so they can see "who's doing the best and what the best looks like and how to adopt and adapt locally. It will have to be a distributed system," he said.
The innovation center will test different models of improving patient care and patient engagement and collaboration in order to reduce hospital-acquired conditions and improve care transitions nationwide.


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Should I trust this?
I have seen two ads about this website from people that have supposedly used it but it almost seems a to good to be true thing. This website allows you to purchase heartworm perscriptions without the perscription. Which could come in use since their prices are lower then my vet.
I just want to know really could I trust it?
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Found this on their FAQ:
Do I need prescription from my vet?
No. VidalsPets only sell products that are available without a prescription in Australia. Heartworm prevention medications and wormer medications are classified as over the counter in Australia. It is the pet parent/owner's responsibility to ensure that their pets are tested for heartworm prior to use of product.
Why are your products so cheap?
VidalsPets sources its products from Australia. The drug companies sell these products outside the US at a lower price.
This together with lower overheads and through use of technology we are able to pass on these savings to our customers.
All our products are original and genuine with the longest expiry dates that are currently available.
You will have to decide to take a chance. Shipping might take forever! What would you do if the order was wrong? What if Azura had a bad reaction to some of the meds? I would be asking these kinds of questions before I ordered.
Good luck.
Member 201551 answered on 2/22/10. Helpful? / 2
The Ivermectin that is the active ingredient in many heartworm remedies is actually rather cheap. In fact it has saved the sight of millions of people in Africa where it only costs pennies a day to prevent river blindness. So there are valid ways around the high prices here.
Be very careful. Giving it to a dog with mature heartworms may kill it.
Aster answered on 2/22/10. Helpful? / 1
Personally, I would never do this. A few years ago, there were some online sites that sold "medication" that were actually not meds at all. They were just talc or worse.
I'm not saying that this site isn't legit. It very well may be.
But I would never take this chance. And I would never give any kind of medication to my dog without the vet's advice.
It's definitely tempting to save that money, but I personally don't feel it's been proven safe unless you get it from a vet or someone you are buying from in person in your local community, like a feed or supply store.
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Located in Downtown Barcelona, Alexandra Barcelona - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel is within a 5-minute walk of Casa Mila and within 15 minutes of other popular attractions like Casa Batllo. This 116-room, 4-star hotel has a restaurant along with conveniences like an outdoor pool and free in-room WiFi. Located centrally in Barcelona, it's also close to Sagrada Familia and Palau de la Musica Catalana.
In addition to a restaurant onsite, there is also a cocktail bar where you can enjoy a drink. Savor a meal from the privacy of your room with 24-hour room service, or get a pick-me-up at the coffee shop/café. Start each morning with buffet breakfast, available for a fee from 7 AM to 11 AM.
The 116 rooms are air-conditioned and have an array of amenities, including minibars, coffee makers, and free newspapers. Guests can expect to find free WiFi and 37-inch LCD TVs with satellite channels and pay movies. Beds are dressed in premium bedding and bathrooms offer deep soaking tubs, hair dryers, and free toiletries. In-room massages are available, and other amenities include laptop-compatible safes and desks.
Property features
Guests of Alexandra Barcelona - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel have access to an outdoor pool, a health club, and free WiFi in public areas. If you drive, self parking is EUR 35 per day, and there's also limo/town car service. Multilingual staff at the front desk are standing by 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include 4 meeting rooms, a conference center, and a computer station.
- Walking distance to Casa Mila and Casa Batllo
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Outdoor pool
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Alexandra Barcelona - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The Alexandra Barcelona Hotel has a range of meeting and conference facilities with rooms ranging in capacity from eight boardroom style to 100 for a cocktail reception, plus an outdoor terrace for events. Guests have access to complimentary wireless Internet. There is also an outdoor pool, an health center, spa services, and a secure car park (surcharge) that can be accessed directly from the hotel.
- Concierge services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms 4
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 116
- Number of floors - 8
- Laundry facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Babysitting or childcare
- Elevator/lift
- Bar/lounge
- Smoke-free property
- Coffee shop or café
- Health club
- Pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Computer station
- Luggage storage
- Express check-in
- Snack bar/deli
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Garden
- Terrace
- Poolside bar
- Conference center
- Conference space size (meters) - 110
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Year Built 1989
- Conference space size (feet) - 1184
- Pool sun loungers
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Alexandra Barcelona - a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel offers 116 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and laptop-compatible safes. Beds feature premium bedding. 37-inch LCD televisions come with premium satellite channels and pay movies. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations with deep soaking bathtubs, bidets, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and complimentary newspapers. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and blackout drapes/curtains. In-room massages, hypo-allergenic bedding, and irons/ironing boards can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Shower/tub combination
- Deep soaking bathtub
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- In-room massage available
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Solomillo - Restaurant situated on the first floor specialized in high quality.
Charcutería - Restaurant situated on the ground floor specialized in deli meats, cold cuts, and cheeses.
Bar Patio, Terrace & Pool - Serves snacks, sandwiches, salads, fresh juices, and cocktails.
Buffet breakfast is available daily 7-11 AM (surcharge).
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Sailing nearby
Spa Services
- Number of treatment rooms 1
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 30 per night.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Hotel Registry Number - HB-003851
No cribs (infant beds) available
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 22 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 35 per day
- Late check-out fee: EUR 120
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 30 per night
Hotel Name
- Alexandra Barcelona DoubleTree
- Alexandra Barcelona DoubleTree Hilton
- Alexandra DoubleTree
- DoubleTree Alexandra Barcelona
- DoubleTree Barcelona Alexandra
- DoubleTree Hilton Barcelona
- Hilton Alexandra Barcelona
- Hotel Alexandra Barcelona Hilton
- Hotel Alexandra DoubleTree
- Hotel Barcelona Alexandra
- Alexandra Barcelona DoubleTree Hilton Hotel
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- Alexandra DoubleTree Hilton
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Oscars telecast beaten by Housewives
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If Channel Nine wasn't trying so hard to be stoic, it would have its rival's flagship drama rebadged Smug Housewives.
That Desperate Housewives won its Monday timeslot for Channel Seven - with more than 2 million viewers for the fifth week running - was no surprise in normal circumstances. What was a shock was that one of Nine's perennial powerhouses, the Oscars telecast, turned in its worst performance in years, despite the success of local heroine Cate Blanchett.
The Academy Awards were swamped by the Housewives, coming in a lowly 15th in the national rankings - their worst performance since 1994. It was the first time in at least 15 years the Oscars did not win the night.
Nine's corporate affairs director, David Hurley, refused to call the result disappointing.
"It was always going to happen and we knew it," Mr Hurley said. "As to the depth of [the loss], there's a dozen variations and it's foolish to second-guess what they are, but at the end of the day the Academy Awards are what they are."
The awards have traditionally scored their highest Australian ratings when there are local nominees, with big viewer numbers in 1999 (Blanchett nominated for Elizabeth), 2000 (Russell Crowe nominated for The Insider), 2001 (Crowe winning for Gladiator), 2002 (Nicole Kidman nominated for Moulin Rouge, Crowe for A Beautiful Mind), and 2003 (Kidman winning for The Hours).
Seven's corporate affairs director, Simon Francis, attributed the low ratings to the delayed telecast, which meant many viewers already knew Blanchett had won and had seen TV news reports, and that many people had not seen the films nominated.
"But nothing can be taken away from Desperate Housewives," Mr Francis said. "It has had Eddie McGuire, stunts and now the Oscars thrown at it and it has survived."
The ABC was also gleeful with the success of Andrew Denton's interview with Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary on Enough Rope.
Executive producer Anita Jacoby said it was the best rating ever for the show, based on the ABC's figures, which are averaged over the 40-minute interview, rather than the entire hour.
On those figures, Enough Rope won with 1.53 million viewers, compared to 1.4 million for Crossing Jordan and 886,000 for the Academy Awards. For the hour, the ABC scored 1.17 million viewers.
Despite the Oscar loss, Nine is still ahead for the week-to-date with a 29.1 per cent share of the national audience. Seven is close behind on 27.2 per cent and has its other blockbuster, Lost, to come tomorrow night.
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Re: at no point did this seem like a bad idea
An english professor told my wife they learned in school that tar pits are the reason all the dinosaurs went extinct.
I could think of only one reason that could be true.
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Hard to believe, but there was a time when the word "lawyer" wasn''t synonymous with "criminal," and the idea of a law firm controlled by the Mafia was an outlandish proposition. This intelligent, ensnaring story came out of nowhere--Oxford, Mississippi, where Grisham was a small-town lawyer--and quickly catapulted to the top of the bestseller list, with good reason. Mitch McDeere, the appealing hero, is a poor kid whose only assets are a first-class mind, a Harvard law degree, and a beautiful, loving wife. When a Memphis law firm makes him an offer he really can''t refuse, he trades his old Nissan for a new BMW, his cramped apartment for a house in the best part of town, and puts in long hours finding tax shelters for Texans who''d rather pay a lawyer than the IRS. Nothing criminal about that. He''d be set for life, if only associates at the firm didn''t have a funny habit of dying, and the FBI wasn''t trying to get Mitch to turn his colleagues in. The tempo and pacing are brilliant, the thrills keep coming, and the finish has a wonderful ironic flourish. It''s not hard to see why Grisham changed the genre permanently with this one, and few of his colleagues in a very crowded field come close to equaling him. --Jane Adams
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How often are the maps updated?
navteq site is quite horrid
it lets me select a vehicle and they says "yup there are updates"
doesn't give me when they were updated last, what version they are - nothing
from digging through some forums it appears maps are updated quarterly?
at $150 bucks I want to make sure I get the latest greatest and If I purchase today do I get maps that were updated on 12/31/12 and if I wait until 3/1/13 I would get a newer version?
Please shed some light on these navteq mysterious ways...
Also is this just a dvd they send me and I click update? If so I assume there multi use and could be obtained from "other" sources if I knew the name if the disk?
Re: How often are the maps updated?
Maps are not updated quarterly. Maybe once a year if lucky. The disc you will receive from navteq is specific for your VIN and can not be used in another vehicle.
Re: How often are the maps updated?
I wish I could answer this for you, the info I give you may help though. I just ordered the new NAV update disc for my 2011 JGC with the RHR radio. I'm up in Alaska and it took about 3 weeks to get here. :O When the disc came it also had the "old" software update disc with it. 2.126... I didn't use that disc because I had already updated my softare thanks to *sox* with the 2.136 software. It took a little over 1 hour to update the maps. (I'm not at home right now so I can't look and see if the disc or booklet has a date on it)
Good Luck with your decision! :)
Re: How often are the maps updated?
I just updated my '11 WK2 740N (rer) nav database. It was the first available since owning the car (build date Feb '11). Looks like every other year.
BTW, I could see no difference in the maps for my area, new subdivisions are not included, and some POIs listed have been out of business for years.
Re: How often are the maps updated?
The Harmon RHR (730N) has perhaps annual updates but, from the posts in this forum, the updated maps are two or three years behind what you get for a stand alone Garmin. Doesn't seem to be worth $150. Garmin usually updates their maps quarterly for their stand alone units.
Not sure how its been for the Garmin based 430N.
Re: How often are the maps updated?
grrr... frustrating - I have an 11 overland with RHR so no free maps for me.
-if they would put a few more details on what I am buying I would be more inclined to buy an update - In the last couple of weeks I have tried to use POI a few times ( I live in Orlando ).
I put in some pretty obvious things such as SeaWorld and it routed me 10 miles away from it - I looked for POI near my house and according to my maps MLK jr. was born in my neighborhood -
would be great if they actually let you look at the map and decide if its worth an upgrade - I guess this is what you get when the map industry is monopolized :/
Thanks for info -
If others could post:
Version Numbers of DISC
Date Received
Radio Model Number
perhaps we can start making some sense of what we can receive and if its worth the investment and when
Re: How often are the maps updated?
Re: How often are the maps updated?
Those that have purchased and installed the latest Nav update have indicated it was pretty much a waste of money and time. The maps do not update that often. I have lifetime updates on my portable Garmin Nav and update every once in a while, but have NEVER noticed any difference (the mistakes and missing roads remain even after years of updates).
You will never get $150 value out of the update. Save the $ for when you order your next new GC, and apply it to the down payment.
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Dear Team, I'm Ádám Bálint from Hungary. Several years ago my dad and me created a quite big family tree of ours with the builder software based on my grandpa's knowledge.
We also made an online backup of that, too.
Unfortunately my notebook got stolen, so the saved family tree with 50 plus members has lost for good. Now I tried to login to the site (after 2-3 years) to get the backup from there, but unfortunately none of my frequently used email adresses are registered (I'm not really sure, how I was registered back then :( ), so I created a new profile. I started a search and found my grandma and I'm sure the information about her was entered by me and I've found my old profile there as maintainer.
Our website is called "Balint_csalad", my old profile was "ádám Bálint" (Yes, with lower case "á", for some reason). Some other information to prove my identity: I was born in 1985, my father is called "László Bálint" (born in 1956), my grandparents from my fathers side are "János Bálint" (born in 1928) and "Irén Bálint Jánosné (Léránt)" (born in 1930, deceased in 2003).
Can you please help me to get access to my old profile or just the family tree somehow? If we can continue this through private mailing, I can even scan and send my ID for You if needed.
Thanks in advance,
I have had this problem for a year now and MyHeritage team has done nothing to fix it. As I write this, I've been waiting for their reply for several days – again.
The problem is that whenever I go to my account settings (as I want to see when my membership will expire), I see the information of a completely different person there. It says the tree owner is this other person and tells me when his membership started and when it will end. I never get to see my own information. The strange thing is that I'm not even a member on this person's site! He is a member on mine, though.
A year ago I contacted MyHeritage support about this and they told me that I was probably on this other person's site while accessing the account information. I told them I wasn't, but they ignored this completely. I just got a link, via which I could continue my membership and that was that.
As I now see that this problem still remains, it makes me quite irritated. Also, it can't be legal that I can see someone else's account information, especially as I'm not a member on his tree. Has anyone else had this same problem and how was it solved?
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у меня утерян доступ к сайту (логин и пароль)
сайт существует, ссілку на него привожу ниже.
помогите восстановить доступ, тк я являюсь администратором своего сайта.
мой новый email: firstname.lastname@example.com
помогите пожалуйста восстановить доступ!!!
Here's something I cannot find an answer to, among other deliberately vague things in MyHeritage...
What does cancelling a subscription mean?
Clearly it isn't the same as deleting an account, so, MyHeritage, please explain why you enable customers to "cancel a subscription" but avoid clearly spelling out what happens (or doesn't happen) when you do?