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The strategy we are going to look at today has two components to it. In the first part, we sell a put. In the second part, the proceeds from the sale of the put are used to leverage your position in Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT). One of the best times to utilize this strategy is after a strong stock has pulled back nicely and is in the process of putting in a bottom formation. Caterpillar fulfills these requirements almost perfectly.
If you look at a 1 year chart (illustrated further in the article) you will see that the stock is trading well off its highs and is now in the process of completing a bottom formation. It is worth nothing that the stock also appears to have just completed a double bottom formation.
The benefits of this strategy are twofold. If the stock should take off while you are waiting for the shares to be put to your account, the calls you purchased will protect you from missing out on any gains. On the other hand, if the stock pulls back you have the chance to get in at a price of your choosing.
Benefits associated with selling puts
- In essence, you get paid for entering a "limit order" for a stock or stocks you would not mind owning.
- It allows one to generate income in a neutral or rising market.
- When you sell a naked put you are in a way acting like an insurance agent. The Seller of the option agrees to buy the stock in the future if it drops to a certain level before the option expires. For this, you (the seller) are paid a premium upfront. If this strategy is repeated over and over again these premiums can really help boost your returns over time.
- Acquiring stocks via short puts is a widely used strategy by many retail traders and is considered to be one of the most conservative option strategies. This strategy is very similar to the covered call strategy.
- The safest option is to make sure the put is "cash secured." This simply means that you have enough cash in the account to purchase that specific stock if it trades below the strike price. Your final price would be a tad bit lower when you add the premium you were paid up front into the equation. For example, if you sold a put on a stock with a strike at 20 for $2.50, and the shares were put to your account. Your final price per share would be $17.50 after the premium was factored in.
- Every day you profit via time decay as long as the stock price does not drop significantly. In the event it does drop below the strike you sold the put at - you get to buy a stock you like at the price you wanted. Time decay is the greatest in the front month.
Some reasons to be bullish on Caterpillar:
- A very healthy quarterly earnings growth rate of 48.9%
- A levered free cash flow of $2.65 billion
- A five year dividend growth rate of 7%.
- A 3-5 year projected EPS growth rate of 11.8%
- A very low payout ratio of 19%. This means the company has plenty of room to easily increase its dividends for years to come.
- A strong interest rate coverage of 8.52
- Annual EPS before NRI increased from $5.37 in 2007 to $7.81 in 2011.
- The company's focus on expanding by opening up new facilities in emerging markets will help provide new streams of future revenue and growth.
- It still has a substantial backlog of roughly $23 billion.
- The merger with Bucyrus has made it the leading mining original equipment manufacturer on the globe. This acquisition has helped Caterpillar gain a firm foothold in strong mining markets such as China and India. Caterpillar is also in the perfect position to leverage Bucyrus' thriving aftermarket parts business while providing supporting services for its own equipment.
The technical outlook
Source = marketbrowser.com
It tested the $79.00-$80.00 ranges on the 18th of November, a zone of strong support and managed to hold above this level. In testing this zone it also appears to have completed a double bottom formation. Both these developments are bullish and suggest that the stock is close to putting in a bottom. As the markets are still rather volatile, there is a good chance that it could test its July lows at $78.25 on an intra day basis. We would wait for a test of the $80.00 ranges before putting this strategy to use.
There is quite a bit of resistance in the $87.50-$88.00 ranges and a weekly close above this zone will be a very bullish development, and it should result in a test of the $95.00-$97.00 ranges. On the other hand, a weekly close below $78.25 could result in a test of its two year lows ($68.00-$69.00). The support at this level is much stronger and if it were to test this zone, we would view it as an excellent long-term entry point.
How does the competition stack up?
It has much higher operating margins than its competition and its operating margin of 0.14 is 50% higher than the industry average of 0.07. It also has a strong quarterly earnings growth rate of almost 49% and a healthy 5 years EPS growth rate of 10%.
M= Million B= Billion
Charts and Tables of interest and value
The blue shaded area represents the dividends. The orange line represents the valuation growth rate line. Generally, when the stock is trading below this line and in the shaded green area, it represents a good long-term entry point. The stock is currently trading below this line which means that the current pullback could prove to be a long term buying opportunity.
Zacks put the risk level as below average for this stock. EPS for 2012 is projected to come in at $8.91, a year over year increase of 12%. EPS is expected to pull back a bit in 2013 to $8.77, due to a decline in worldwide economic activity. However, these figures could be raised if emerging nations show stronger signs of growth.
The Strategy
Part 1
The Feb 2013, 80 puts are trading in the $2.86-$2.91 ranges. If the stock pulled back to the stated ranges these puts should trade in the $4.40-$4.60 ranges. We will assume that the puts can be sold at $4.50 or better.
Part 2
The Feb 2013, 87.50 calls are trading in the $2.08-$2.13 ranges. If the stock pulls back to $80 or better, these options should trade in the $1.35-$1.50 ranges. We will assume that the calls can be purchased at $1.50 or better. For each put sold, you will be in a position to purchase up to 3 calls. In this example we will aim for two calls. The balance of $1.50 will provide us with additional downside protection and lower our breakeven point from $80 to $78.50. If the shares are put to our account at $80.00, the position would only show a loss if the stock dipped below $78.50.
Transaction details
- For every put you sell you will be in a position to purchase up to three calls. In this example, we will only be looking to purchase two calls.
- Total monetary requirement for this strategy is $7850 ($8000 minus the remaining credit of $150 that was left over after we sold one put and purchased two calls)
- Your maximum risk per put sold is $7850.
- Your profit potential is unlimited as a result of the call that was purchased.
Benefits and risks associated with this strategy
- As an investor you have an opportunity to significantly leverage your position in this stock for a relatively low fee.
- If the stock should take off, you have the opportunity to benefit from this upward move via the calls you purchased.
- You have the opportunity to get into this stock at a lower price If the stock trades below the strike price, you sold the puts at, the shares could be assigned to your account (assignment usually occurs on the last trading day of the option). Depending on the number of calls you purchased your cost per share could range from $77.00 (if you purchased one call only) to $80.00 (if you purchased three calls).
- As long as you are bullish on the stock, having the shares assigned to your account should not be an issue. If you do happen to change your mind and feel that the stock could trade well below the strike price you sold the puts at, you can simply roll the put. Buy back the old puts and sell new out of the money puts.
Suggested strategy to lower your risk
You could purchase a put with less time on it to hedge your position. It would be a variation of the bull put spread. Instead of purchasing and selling puts with the same amount of time on them. For example, you could purchase a put that expires in January and sell a put with an expiration in February. For example, you could purchase the Jan 2013, 77.50 put. This strategy would limit your downside risk until Jan.
This strategy provides investors with the means to establish a long position without having to purchase any stock. This strategy should not be abused because the shares could be put to your account if the stock trades below the strike price you sold the puts. As long as you are bullish on the outlook of this stock, this should not be an issue. If you have a change of heart and feel that the stock could trade much lower, you could simply roll the put. Wait for the stock to test the $80 ranges before putting this strategy to use. Consider closing the position out if it is showing gains in the 65%-100% ranges.
Options tables sourced from yahoofinance.com. Option Profit loss graph sourced from poweropt.com. Competitor comparison data sourced from yahoofinance.com . Zack's consensus estimates sourced from zacks.com.
It is imperative that you do your due diligence and then determine if the above strategy meets with your risk tolerance levels. The Latin maxim caveat emptor applies-let the buyer beware.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
Business relationship disclosure: This article was prepared for Tactical Investor by one of our analysts. We have not received any compensation for expressing the recommendations in this article. We have no business relationships with any of the companies mentioned in this article.


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What happens in Vegas… well, you know the rest. But there's more to Sin City than just catering to visitors' hedonistic impulses. Las Vegas is also one of the world's most popular convention destinations—more than 19,000 conventions were held there in 2011, attracting more than 4.8 million delegates. For these visitors and the industries in which they work, Vegas means business.
The HME industry will converge on Las Vegas for Medtrade Spring March 19-21. After three years at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, the 2013 event will be held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, the fifth largest convention facility in the U.S. "Mandalay houses everything under one roof and features many price points," said Kevin Gaffney, Medtrade show director, when the move was announced. "It gives us a larger presence and provides room to grow."
Another advantage of the move is that it allows virtually all attendees to stay at the resort complex, eliminating commutes to the convention site. Official hotel partners include the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and the all-suite boutique property THEhotel at Mandalay Bay, as well as the nearby Luxor Hotel and Casino. As of press time, reservations were still available at all three properties through the Medtrade Spring website Hotel and Travel page (www.medtrade.com).
Located at the south end of the fabled Las Vegas Strip, the Mandalay Bay complex offers just about anything a visitor might want or need during their stay. Of course, gaming is a major draw, and with a 135,000 square-foot casino there's something to suit any taste. Try your luck at table games like baccarat, blackjack, craps and roulette, take a spin at the more than 2,000 slot and video poker machines or ante up in any of the wide variety of poker games like Texas Hold'em, Crazy Pineapple and Omaha High.
Dining options run the gamut from celebrity chef-helmed fine dining to casual eateries. One of the most renowned restaurants at Mandalay Bay is Aureole, featuring seasonal dishes that include artisan dry-aged beef and fresh seafood. In addition to Chef Charlie Palmer's Michelin starred cuisine, Aureole is perhaps best known for its four-story wine tower containing 10,000 bottles of wine (a portion of the restaurant's reported 40,000-bottle collection). The tower is the domain of Aureole's famed Wine Angel Stewards, black cat-suited women who ascend the tower to retrieve bottles via modified rock-climbing harnesses and motorized hoists. Guests make their selection by searching a 3,200 bottle touchscreen wine list, which includes a 1961 bottle of Chateau Petrus valued at $4,500.
Another of Mandalay Bay's most unique dining experiences can be found at Red Square, where Chefs Brian Massie and Chris Conlon have created a menu that infuses contemporary American favorites with Russian influences, including tuna tartare, chicken Kiev with bacon Brussels sprouts and an impressive caviar selection. The décor features iconic Cold War symbols like the hammer and sickle of the Soviet flag as well as an enormous headless statue of Vladimir Lenin. In a nod to the frozen landscapes of the Siberian tundra, Red Square also features an ice bar stocked with an immense vodka selection (all served at 5 degrees). Those willing to buy a bottle of vodka or join Red Square's elite membership group can don a fur coat and step inside the vodka vault. The vault is kept between minus 5 and 5 degrees and contains 24 private vodka lockers for members as well as the Lenin statue's missing head frozen in a block of ice.
A day on the expo floor calls for some world-class pampering, and the 30,000 square-foot Spa Mandalay combines top techniques and products with a staff of skilled professionals. Choose from the spa's wide array of massages, body treatments, facials and manicures and pedicures, or get your heart racing at the 3,000 square-foot fitness center, featuring state of the art equipment.
If a windfall from the gaming tables is burning a hole in your pocket, head for The Shoppes at Mandalay Place. Located on the sky bridge between Mandalay Bay and Luxor, The Shoppes offers 40 venues, including popular bars, restaurants and unique stores. Discover the largest selection of limited-edition sneakers in Las Vegas at Suite160, stock up for a day on the links at Nike Golf or browse the collectible artwork, pieces of sports history and gifts for sports fans at MVP.
Las Vegas isn't typically known as a beach destination, but Mandalay Bay has nonetheless trucked one in for guests. The resort's aquatic playground features 2,700 tons of real sand, a 1.6 million-gallon wave pool and a lazy river as well as the "Toptional" Moorea Beach Club (for guests 21 and older). If a yearning to try your luck at the tables strikes while you're basking in the sun, the Beachside Casino offers three stories of glass-fronted, climate-controlled gaming. Casual beachwear is not only accepted but encouraged at the Beachside Casino, where even the dealers are dressed in bikinis and bathing suits.
If the competition at the gaming tables is too tame for your blood, try the Shark Reef Aquarium for a close encounter with some real predators. More than 2,000 animals are housed in 1.6 million gallons of marine habitat, from giant rays to endangered green sea turtles, piranha, jellyfish and the rare golden crocodile. Resort guests who are certified divers can sign up for the aquarium's shark-diving program, where they'll encounter more than 30 sharks, including sandtiger, sandbar and white tip reef sharks.
Guests don't need to leave the Mandalay Bay complex to experience some of Vegas' legendary nightlife. The complex offers 14 lounges and bars, from Rí Rá Irish Pub, constructed from a pub that was meticulously restored in Ireland and then shipped to The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, to the high-energy atmosphere of eyecandy, situated in the center of the casino and featuring interactive touch-tables that allow guests to project visuals and messages onto screens above the dance floor.
There's plenty right at Mandalay Bay to occupy convention goers when Medtrade Spring closes at the end of the day—the only question that needs to be answered is, what are you going to do first?
Shows in the Spotlight
No trip to Las Vegas would be complete without taking in one of the city's lavish stage spectaculars. Below is a sampling of shows being staged within two miles of Mandalay Bay during Medtrade Spring. Tickets for all shows are available through www.vegas.com.
Bally's (.5 miles)
A true Vegas production show with beautiful showgirls, lavish costumes and elaborate sets.
Bellagio (1.8 miles)
O - Cirque du Soleil
An ethereal, visually stunning show that incorporates the elements of air, fire and, most prominently, water.
Caesars Palace (1.8 miles)
Shania Twain
Country music artist Shania Twain makes her triumphant return to the stage as a headlining resident performer at Caesars Palace.
Excalibur (0.8 miles)
Tournament of Kings
The medieval-themed Tournament of Kings combines arena-style entertainment like jousting and sword fighting with a bacchanalian feast befitting a king. No show on Tuesdays.
MGM Grand (1.1 miles)
David Copperfield
Watch the master magician perform his world renowned illusions live.
KÀ - Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil's first production to feature a cinematic story line while maintaining flawless imagery, music, martial arts and acrobatics.
Monte Carlo (1.5 miles)
Blue Man Group
The avant-garde Blue Man Group combines theatrics, art, music and science to create an interactive, wild and percussion-driven experience full of humor and energy.
New York - New York (1.1 miles)
Broadway Celebration
Features catchy Broadway show tunes presented in a dazzling format with dynamic singers and dancers.
Dancing Queen: Tribute to ABBA
ABBA fans get the next best thing with this show that pays tribute to the Swedish pop stars with singers and dancers performing the iconic band's greatest hits.
Paris Las Vegas (1.4 miles)
Jersey Boys
This Tony-award winning musical is a cinematic journey through the lives of The Four Seasons.
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino (1.2 miles)
Vegas! The Show
Celebrates iconic moments from the city's rich entertainment history with performances by singers, dancers and live musicians.
Singing all your Beatles favorites, the performers will blow you away with their dead-on impressions of the famous quartet.
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Online Resources
Las Vegas Sun
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas Weekly
Official Vegas Travel Site

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An Unsatisfying Map of the Mall
By Kate Hazelwood
To see it today, with its stained, grimy exterior walls and a parking lot sprouting tufts of grass between cracks in the asphalt, we forget the awe and wonder that Minneapolis' Mall of America evoked at its opening just 12 short years ago. Four hundred stores, a seven-acre indoor amusement park with roller coaster, 30-plus restaurants -- the Mall of America was the Taj Mahal of conspicuous consumption.
It turns out the Mall of America was also probably the last gasp of a dying breed, argues retail anthropologist Paco Underhill in his latest book Call of the Mall (Simon & Schuster, $24.95). The heyday of large, indoor commercial spaces with plenty of parking -- generating enough taxes to cover the expenses of entire local school systems -- is drawing to a close, Underhill says.
He should know: His Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping, published in 1999, has become a modern masterpiece, merging research and humor to plumb the purchasing habits of Americans. Underhill showed how even the savviest people become putty in the hands of even smarter retailers who know that consumers' actions are dictated by drives and behavior of which they're not even aware. Envirosell, the New York-based retail consulting firm Underhill founded, continues to thrive -- with offices around the world and clients ranging from Adidas and Ralston Purina to Banco di Roma and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Yet, in Call of the Mall, Underhill abandons the anthropological approach, opting instead for a leisurely stroll through shopping malls while musing on society and retailing, and talking with other retail experts. Underhill ponders the placement of food courts and rest rooms, men's underwear displays, women's shoes and cosmetics, deluxe vs. downmarket jewelers. None are to his liking.
Shoppers are scarce in his account -- so scarce it almost makes the reader wonder when he conducted his recon tours -- as he consults with sole customers and lone salesmen. Was it at 9:30 a.m., when the mall opened, or 8:45 p.m, just before it closed?
Trouble is, the book offers no real autopsy to go with its funereal quality. It never seems to answer the questions it raises: Why are malls failing? What can be done about it? Should we even care?
Even more important, the evidence doesn't seem to completely support Underhill's premise. In his telling, malls still emerge as a powerful force, generating $308 billion in annual sales -- 14% of all U.S. retailing, excluding cars and gasoline. Yet, Underhill fails to provide context as simple as year-over-year percentages or revenues. Nor does he offer evidence of corresponding growth among the malls' competitors -- particularly faux villages like Mashpee Commons, in Mashpee, Mass., and the Reston Town Center in Reston, Va.
Given that cultural insights made Underhill's name, it's curious that this latest book has so few. He concludes that suburban malls represent America's ultimate rejection of cities. O.K., but new urban, suburban, and exurban forces are surely driving the malls to irrelevance, aren't they? As any parent with children playing soccer or doing gymnastics can attest, families have frenetic weekend schedules, and many parents work late into the night, long after the malls close.
Women, the traditional drivers of mall commerce, have so many demands on their time that a trip to the mall is no longer a leisurely stroll but rather a mission to grab that one item the mall is sure to have in the size she's after.
Sadly, Underhill doesn't get into any of this. He makes strong pronouncements and asks tough questions, including "It's no surprise that the mall is such an easy target for American self-loathing in particular" and "Are malls racist?" Then, unfortunately, he follows each question with a mere paragraph or two that dance around the answers. These kinds of observations could -- and should -- fill chapters in his book. As they're presented, a reader almost feels cheated.
Underhill leaves untouched other social phenomena that have changed since the 70s and 80s: Few responsible parents would drop their 12-year-old daughters at the mall after school for the afternoon, the way moms and dads did 20 years ago. Nor does he get into how the rise of Wal-Mart (WMT ) and Target (TGT ) -- essentially minimalls in themselves -- threaten the mall's existence.
Underhill does explore new and interesting territory in the evolution of malls and retailing customs in other countries. Perhaps the average reader doesn't need to know how upscale jeweler Bvlgari arranges its stores overseas to accommodate men who purchase gifts for mistresses rather than wives. But it's an example of the kind of consumer anthropology that gave Why We Buy its full flavor and The Call of the Mall what little flavor it has.
To be fair, a look at malls' geography is what Underhill promises and delivers. It simply turns out that the psychology of buyer behavior is more interesting than the geography of it. If the mall is dying, it would serve us well to explore why. We might cheer those reasons once we grasp them -- or we might learn how malls speak to something fundamental about Americans as a people, something that's perhaps now fading.
If we're lucky, Underhill will return to his original formula and plumb some of these questions in future books.
Hazelwood is a reporter for BusinessWeek in New York
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Newly elected President Umaru Musa Yar of Nigeria told a Muslim delegation he would support making religious education compulsory in Nigerian schools. He said:"Moral education training is critical to all efforts we are taking to move this country to higher heights."
Perhaps, an even greater height would be eliminating corruption in government and end efforts of the armed forces to gain control of businesses. In a nation plagued by widespread corruption and government incompetence to believe enforcing compulsory religious education is going to raise morality is a delusion. Nigeria does not need religious education in schools, it needs education to end corruption and inefficiency in business and government. Why is it when countries have serious problems, they invariably turn to raising morals of youth. It is adults who create the problems, not young people.


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Today, Aerospike announced its in-memory NoSQL DBMS is available under the AGPL license, the same license used by a few of its competitors. According to Aerospike, there were a number of reasons to pursue an open source path, such as getting their DBMS into the hands of developers – who are the people leading the NoSQL charge. Of course, the long-term objective is some of those OSS users will eventually become paying customers.
The unexpected result is enterprises with open source mandates will be able to use Aerospike more broadly. As closed source software, Aerospike was a point solution. But the licensing change means Aerospike's addressable use cases expand overnight.
This is a fundamental shift in enterprise attitudes toward open source and vendor lock-in.
During my career, I've seen open source software transition from a heretical notion to an essential factor in how enterprises evaluate and purchase software. This is especially true in the Information Management space. Information Management has a long history of understanding and adopting open source, essentially starting with Ingres and spawning a variety of data management options available today.
However, it takes more than simply having an Apache project or something on Github. Enterprises aren't turning to StackOverflow, IRC or mailing lists for support. Open source software needs to be curated by commercializers for enterprises to be willing to use it.
It's an interesting shift. Companies are directing – or outright owning – the development of open source projects to make them palatable to enterprises. In some cases, only one company is developing or shipping the open source project. That leads to an interesting question about the actual value of open source in that scenario: If only one company supports an open source product, is that product viable at avoiding vendor lock-in?
Let me know what you think in the comments.


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I HATE the ivy holding the dirt in place on my front lawn. It was there when I bought the house. I've already started removing it but I don't know what I want to put in its place. I was thinking of installing a 2'-3' timber retaining wall and leveling the yard enough to plant grass.
1) Any other suggestions of what to do with this space would be greatly appreciated. Cost is definitely a major factor here. Maybe just plant wheat?
2) The soil is extremely muddy for days after a rain, even in the "level" part of the lawn. What would be a good drainage solution? I specifically want to stop the pooling of water at the base of the hill. The pooling is already at sidewalk level so I can't drain to a lower point. I need to fill that hole and get the water running down the sidewalk to the street.
How about some trailing junipers? We got a bunch of these cheap blue pacific junipers and planted them across the top of the the ledge and the grew down... although you might need some more.
Otherwise Pachysandra is a really common easy to grow ground cover (and cheap)
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The view and location was fantastic The room was very small
The location of the hotel only 1 restaurant open. No possibity for a snack or lunch as no food is served between breakfast and 8pm. the restaurant option was very expensive and not flexible..50€ per pers for a buffet.... Staff were not very helpful neither friendly but that might have been due to language barrier (only 1 pers in the whole hotel speaks english) and my italian is very poor unfortunately..
Pool was ok, except for the rude and unhelpful poolattendant. The rest was a disappointment. Just about everything really. There was only one restaurant open during our stay. Set menu at 45 euro a head was expensive and the food poor. Terrible might be a better word. Breakfast was rubbish. eggs cold, bacon cold, fruit overipe and sometimes frozen, hot water lukewarm, coffee undrinkable etc etc. Staff were surly and unhelpful, total lack of information volunteered or given when asked.
location (better to have a car), view (choose a sea view room!), facilities (swimming pools, sea platform) The breakfast - something is missing all the time. Dishes, cups ... normally dirty. Understandable in a 4* hotel. Reduced staff.
the location & view no
Great place to stay-couldn't have enjoyed it more.
Restaurants closed, beach platform had no beach, internet access didn't work and staff didn't help or care, poor location, shop closed, buffet dinner expensive and cold
The view The breakfast everyday same food - no creativity
Very close to Taormina but at the same time in a nice and calm site with a marvellous panorama. Well equipped (swimming pool, etc.) with a good breakfast
clean rooms, wonderful views and facilities no room service. far from toarmina. a car is needed
We were genuinely surprised and fell in love with the landscape and the view. Everyone in the hotel made us feel like home. For the first in arriving in Italy we were happy and relax. A very very special experience..! Bolder signs to hotel are needed.
wonderful hotel@staff, good restaurant, my best recomendations, by the way, in this village the Sicilian part of The Godfather I was shot
the reception staff were helpful and it was easy to park the car. a motorway right beside it, a shower that did not work, dirty sunbeds at the pool, disguisting rooms and 10am checkout.
butifull veiw on the sea highway very close to hotel
the hotel staff was very helpful and we loved the indoor pool, except for having to wear caps.
nice staff, overall facilities available info (especially in English...), due to 3-hotels-in-one concept there was quite some unclarity regarding available services, noisy rooms (only 1 door separating us from our neighbours)
Pool area.. Food... Service... Music at night... Kid/Family friendly... Outstanding views and well-kept grounds.. good stay for 3 nights I'd say.. 15 euro taxi rides into Taormina each way, even though it was less than 10 minutes away..yes, there is a bus right by hotel but at set times. Beach at bottom hotel was just okay, well, below okay.. Beaches in Taormina much cooler.... Near to the autopista, so can be a bit nosy by pool (Olimpo much quiter). Stay on the side facing Taormina... more afternoon sun and better view. Heavy on lodging for bus tours
The whole package, staff were friendly and accomodating.The facilites were great, the food was of very high standard. A great enviroment for children. Enjoyed my time at Hotel Antares would highly reccomend it and would visit again
the beautiful view, the food, the place of the hotel the elevator in the hotel was slowly
Middle range, middle income hotel, good for the price, quite boring breakfast (we stayed 10 days). Good location, excellent views. We recommend for tourists, who like to travel by car (free parking, this is problem in Sicilia).
Location is very nice and there is a lot of animation for everyone. Beautiful see views a bit noisy
Hotel was on a steep hill with uneasy access. This should be made clear on the website. Heavily chlorinated water made swimmin gdifficult
The beach nearby was very nice the hotel is actually about 20km out of Taormina which I thought was misleading. The staff were quite rude unfortunately.
Location ideal for Taormina. Room very comfortable. Fabulous Views. Staff very helpful.Good Breakfast.Shuttle bus to Taormina big bonus. No tea/coffee making facilities in room.Instructions to use spa shower not available in room.
there were cockroaches in the bathroom which is unacceptable
breakfast, room service pool
TERRIBLE hotel, big disappointment. I chose between this hotel and hotel next door NH Capo dei Greci. Finally I chose this hotel because it has better ranking. But it was fault! High price isn´t match with bad services and completly bad condition of hotel. Personal is unpleasant. For example bad dinner cost 32 euro but isn´t included drinks. Pool is so dirty. Aircondition in room is out of power. Bed is so hard. We didn´t wan´t to stay in this hotel, but they say that we have to pay 3 days. Finally only 2 days. If I can recommend some hotel in this location - NH Capo dei Greci is same prize and absolutely better quality.
The view.
Shuttle bus to city centre, complimentary use of beach and towels, views over the bay from the restaurant, the command of english with the staff. Very hard beds like lying on a board, extreme amounts of cigarette smoke as you enter the hotel through the conservatory area/bad ventilation, piano playing and singing entertainment nightly till 12 midnight disturbed sleep, bad organisation at breakfast staff not prepared for guest when they came in, the bedroom was certainly not of a 4 star deluxe standard.
great pool lovely room albeit next to the autostrada staff hostile bar and lounge area uninspiring breakfast dreadful worst in sicily we tried to book spa treatments and were told the spa was booked up for a week - it was only open between 4-8pm and we should have booked treatments before arriving vastly over priced for what is was
The room was wonderful with a great view. The hotel shuttle bus was helpful. The reception staff were friendly and also went out of their way to help. The swimming pool was being cleaned for the entire week of our stay end of June. Was not able to use it! That was a major negative. the breakfast was bellow standard. If you do go here, prepare to get hungry for lunch quickly
Room & View were excellent, porter & shuttle into Taormina great too it is sold as a Spa so was disapointed that the Spa was only available in the afternoon
Staff is wonderful! Very helpful! The hotel is placed on the beach in a very good location for visting Taormina and other cities. Breakfasts are more continental style than typical Italian. New hotel is being built next to the old one. The current one needs to be renovated.
Cheap rooms (40 EUR) directly at the seaside in a quiet neighbourhood not far from expensive Taormina. Clean rooms.
Our room has a nice seaview Siculo is a small village with little facilities and it is about 20min ride to Taormina
The staff were friendly and eager to assist in helping us make the most of our time in Sicily. The rooms were clean and the view was beautiful. no
the staff's friendliness and readiness to help. This goes particularly for the receptionand the the room maids
Friendliness of staff - they were very welcoming and most spoke very good English.
Lots of positives; Location, Staff, Free parking, Room, Breakfast inc, Views... The only negative I can think of was that there was no fruit at breakfast
nice room, very nice design. close to the airport
Perfect location, 10km from Taormina, far enough away from the busy holiday spot, but not too far away to drive. Good price, quite, great views over of the sea. Very helpful staff!!!
The staff were incredibly helpful and went out of their way to do everything for us. The room was lovely and the view was gorgeous.
Staff were very pleasant and helpful. Hotel was however very quiet. The position on the front was good despite having stoms overnight when you could clearly hear the waves breaking. Convenient for Toarmina (only a few miles north) without being charged the earth for accomodation, with plenty of free parking available. Excellent value. Pity the indoor pool was closed during our visit but did not detract from the stay.
The room was well situated with a balcony that had a sea view. The staff were generally friendly and helpful, except for one waiter. The room was clean and comfortable. The breakfast was very basic with no choice and at the coffee was cold and vile on the first morning, so we did not risk it after that.
Service of the reception and restaurant manager. Lack of fruit at breakfast
The hotel was lovely the staff was so friendly and the area was perfect There was a train track near the hotel which was sometimes very noisey.. But in saying that they only ran every half hour or so..
Staff very helpful and always had a smile.
The hospitality, very friendly atmosphere. N/A
wonderdul staff, services and the location of the hotel nothing
location was ok. breakfast good. The hotel is situated very close to the train tracks and also the hightway is just behind higher up so very very noisy......
We felt very comfortable at the Hotel and were provided with all the necessities except when we arrived there was no one there to let us in. Perhaps the check in time could be much earlier than 2 p.m to accommodate tourists that have travelled a great distance.
Friendly and welcoming staff. Location and comfortable bed. Next to train line which caused minor disturbance, last train was about 10pm and the earliest was about 5am (that we heard anyway)
Personal was very kind. Inside of the hotel was very nice. View from the balcony was poor.
free parking very noisy (would need to improve accoustic, eg. add a door between stairs and rooms), no babycot (even if requested and promised on booking.com), staff was very noisy early in the morning
Best hospitality in Italy!! The hotel has an apartment feel rather than a hotel, the staff were not always at the desk, but when they were they were extremely helpful, friendly, and gave us limoncello and wine complimentary which was a lovely surprise!! Best to have a car to explore the sites. The train is very close and can be noisy.
The kindness of the staff. The railway station is so nearby.
The staff was very friendly and very helpful, the room was clean. Only 20 minute drive from Taormina (once you learn the road, 25 minutes if you get lost) The hotel is not on the sea as shown in the photo, the hotel is next to a train railway
parking, friendliness of staff, comfortable room
The staff was very friendly and helpful! Good parking place. Nice small garden in the yard.
Friendly, helpful staff. Very clean room and bathroom. Hotel is located in a village someway out of Taormina, not much there so definitely need a car, especially as hotel has no restaurant.
Hotel organized a big wedding that lasted until 3 am with very loud music while our stay. We were unable to sleep although had earplugs on. Staff was rude and not understanding at all. We ended up leaving the hotel the next day.
It was very quiet and that is for me the most important. The availibility of a parking place is very welcome. For a long stay there was not enough variation in the breakfast buffet.
Good staff, good position and good services. Nice swimming pool
Sea and beach
Extremely helpful staff both at the reception and the restaurant, nice and spacious room, pleasantly furnished bathroom and huge balcony with great sea view. Good joice of breakfast. Very clean, free parking, direct access to the private beach (where you don't have to fight for umbrellas). Taormina is easy to reach by public transport with bus stop arround the corner. The (long) public beach begins just 200 meters away and there you will find plenty of nice restaurants and it is just a short walk there to watch or be part of a typical Italian "passeggiata" This hotel has the potential for one more star, just few things need to be beautified like the big terrace of the Bar .... or the grey concrete wall at the seafront.
Very quite hotel. Our room had a sea view. Private car parking. Helpful reception staff. Rooms have free safe boxes. Hotel is overpriced. A bit depressing neighborhood. Nothing interesting (including restaurants) in a walking distance. Extremely small shower unit. Internet not working. Hairdryer in our room was broken. Tv had only 15 channels working. Poor choice of food at breakfast.
Quiet relaxing clean tidy attentive staff pool + restaurant both very good right on the beach. Really need a car to go off exploring anything of much interest outside of hotel.
Brilliant rooms with sea views, private access beach and good quality food and drinks at reasonable prices. Reception staff were a little unhelpful compared to the fantastic restaurant, bar and housekeeping staff.
Easy access to the beach, very friendly staff, very clean little hotel
Character and location Charges for using Hotel beach facilities
close to the beach balcony view
It is close to Taormina, however you should have a car to get to the Taormina center Coffee is very bad, - cappuccino was cold everytime. The cooler in the shower room is very noisy.
Cleanliness of rooms, and friendly staff None
Everything excellent! With the ost kindly host of sicilie!
The location is fantastic, just by the sea, what's more very close to the bus stop (to Taormina) and railway station (Catania, Messina). The room and bathroom (big one) were very clean, the breakfast was rich, the owner very nice and helpful. We did like everything during our stay at Casa Famiani B&B
Very genial staff, cozy and clean rooms, excellent location. Buses and trains are just 50 meters from the hotel as the sea. Water on the public beach is clean, pebbled beach. At any time you can ask questions to the owner of hotel at which he will always be able to answer. It is very nice.First time stayed at the hotel B&B class and were satisfied.
Excellent location, next to the beach and near restaurants small breakfast
The service was wonderful, very helpful. The beach is really close. Breakfast was great. Very nice bed and breakfast. Newly rennovated and well done. Would definately go back.
Very clean, very friendly staff. No exit from the highway, quite difficult to find without a navigation system.
We had a very nice stay at Casa Famiani. The breakfast was freshly prepared by our host each morning and we enjoyed the best cappuccino and fruit salad for breakfast. The room was very clean and our host was very friendly. Would definitely stay at Casa Famiani again next time we visit Sicily. No
very helpful guest, very nice location!
We found this b & b facility 100% plus in every way. It is a spotlessly clean and beautiful home in which to stay. The owner tends personally to the guests needs providing exactly what is requested for breakfast including the most delicious freshly squeezed freshly picked Blood Oranges. Nothing is too much trouble and he speaks fluent English. There is a small provisions shop within 50 meters. There was nothing detrimental in any way with this accommodation it was just fantastically good. Would we stay there again - yes we will it was a pleasure. You should definitely include this accommodation on your itinerary, very close to Taomina and Castelmola.
Feel like home, very nice. Good prices!


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Extending $LinkingMode to handle controller actionsTweet
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As some of you might have noticed, as soon as you step outside of the standard SiteTree structure you're pretty much on your own. Today I had to make a menu that mixed normal SiteTree pages and controller actions.
I wanted to be able to use LinkingMode to check if this is the currently viewed page and unfortunately the standard function does not take controller actions into account.
Add this to your Controller Class:
public function LinkingMode($action = null) { $controllerAction = $this->getAction(); if (is_null($controllerAction) && is_null($action)) return parent::LinkingMode(); if ($action == $controllerAction) return 'current'; else return $this->LinkOrSection(); }
What it does
First of all we give the LinkingMode an optional parameter called $action which is set to null by default. Director::urlParam('Action') will return null if you are on the default or index action so if urlParam is null and no action has been given we simply return the results from the original LinkingMode function.
However if an action is entered into the function it checks whether this action matches the urlParam. If it does it returns current, otherwise we return the results from the LinkOrSection function. This means that the controller which the action resides in will get the class section if it's in the same menu as the action.
Use Case
Below is an example of how to use the snippet in your templates. The Link function accepts an optional action parameter which will return the appropriate url for a controller action. As you can see, the new LinkingMode function works the same way. Note that if you're outputting a normal menu no parameter should be passed.
<% control Menu(1) %> $MenuTitle <% end_control %> Blog
Put the new LinkingMode function in your base Page class and you are good to go.
13/08/2011 5:30am (6 years ago)
I realize this is an older post... but here goes anyways.
I understand how this works in a Page_controller, but what about DataObjects?
I have a DataObject that is being pulled into page with the show function and having it rendered on its own page. Is there a way to have the dataobject have its on LinkingMode?
13/08/2011 5:33am (6 years ago)
I guess I'm up way past my bed time, I just found a solution in a later article here: http://www.ssbits.com/tutorials/2010/dataobjects-as-pages-part-1-keeping-it-simple/
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anyone interested in a passat vr6 daily/beater for or partial trade toward syncro drivetrain setup?
will deliver
FOUND an O2C VR Bellhousing ...
Thanks DHill! got it fast and exactly as posted!
Last edited by eatsVetspoopsCivics; 11-24-2010 at 07:20 PM.
I have a 02M transfer case, fits R32 and Audi TT. pm me for price.
my plans for making my mk3 AWD is on the back burner for now.. so all the stuff i bought is up for grabs. The passat had 153xxxkms on it when i removed all the parts. Keep in mind.. it is a very easy swap into a mk2 or mk3. The rear subframe literally bolts up, you just need to make one cross brace for a bracket. I am located 1 hour from the Niagara Falls border
-Passat Syncro complete rear subframe assembly including, rear diff, VC, suspension,axles, brakes.. basically everything you need
-Syncro transmission
-G60 big brakes
I also have a Audi TT/ R32 Haldex rear end for those of you who want to make serious power with the awd.. $800 - SOLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
and lastly i have the R32 4motion transfer box...$500 - THROW ME AN OFFER!!!!!
PM me if you are interested.
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*** updated list 16March 2011***
Passat Syncro parts
Rear Syncro crossmember complete with diff, VC, axles, arms
Syncro 02C Transmission
Syncro Transfer case
02C 4 cyl syncro Belhousing (used)
02C syncro front Differential (used)
02C syncro front CV axle (used) LH & RH
Passat Syncro Propshaft complete (needs rebuild)
Syncro ABS computer
Syncro Master Cylinder (complete with pump & reservoir)
G60 front knuckles with brake caliper & bracket (same as Corrado)
G60 ECU & harness uncut with sensors & switches
Passat G60 intercooler & I/C piping
G60 throttlebody
G60 Valve cover
Golf Mk2 Syncro parts
Fuel tank - Used
Lots of other VW parts from Passat wagons & sedans, look in the B3 & B4 Classifieds.
All parts are located in the Montreal area.
Pick-up preferred, shipping OK for smaller stuff.
Shoot me an offer!
e-mail me at: email@example.com
I don't have the time to check here often so please e-mail me.
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02M transfer case - throw me an offer
I have a bunch of random parts for sale
I have a brand new OEM never used floor pan for mk2/mk3 Golf Volkswagen Syncro cars. The floor is raised about 4" compared to the FWD car to accommodate the rear beam, differential, and gas tank.
I also have a mk2/Rallye Syncro gas tank and a Passat Syncro gas tank from Canada.
Also for sale is the the rear beam, swing arms, and differential from a Rallye. Parts were imported from Denmark a few years ago.
The cross member is used to hang the rear differential and stabilize the rear beam and swing arms.
The dual catalytic converters are each smaller than a single cat and are meant to provide more clearance for the center prop shaft and exhaust in a Syncro car.
$900 for everything or...
$300 for just the floor pan
$250 for the rear beam + swing arms SOLD
$250 for the rear differential
$40 for either gas tank - SOLD the Passat tank
$30 for the cross member SOLD
$50 for the dual catalytic converters
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9 camber bolts (spares, build your own) $ 6 each
Center propshaft weld in tabs. A touch rusty but useable $20
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I am parting my 4 Motion setup.
Perfect working order, come get it!
Rear with controller attached $700
02M 4 motion 6 speed CODE GQV $900
Angle Drive $600
or Package Price $2000
Will deliver for a fee
Buyer responsible for shipping
looking for the rear Country floor pan for my set up...
also looking for a fuel tank as well
if anyone has any of this stuff or where/who I can contact to get these please let me know!
Cheers Matt
Selling my syncro. Everything works and it has brand new michelin pilot all season tires on it. Put a lot of hard work into this car and did things right. Selling it because I NEED a truck, not a car. Make me an offer. View details here http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...cro-Conversion
I need the mounts on the body side that will mount the passat rear beam to a mk3 golf
lmk prices
WTB: VR6 Syncro BellHousing + 1 Galipper Carrier
Here is a photo of what the Carrier look like:
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only the rear subframe bushings? or the rear control arm bushings also?I have a new never used powerFlex rear beam bushings asking $100
Manifold to tailpipe all in awesome condition.
Located in Victoria BC Canada
Please PM if interested.
i need everything for a swap to go into my rado if u have the floor pan and other supports ill take that also but im mainly looking for eveyrhting mechanical wise i would prefer the vr6 control arms and vr6 bellhousing bc its going into a vr6 rado amd im keeping it 5 lug email me or message me asafp i need this stuff soon ill drive to the canadian border as well for pickup.
I'm looking to buy a 20mm rear stabilizer arm (from Rallye and a few other cars, 357511409D). Please PM me if you've got one for sale, and are willing to ship to 97223. Thanks!
2011 Golf TDI
2009 Tiguan - wife's car
1985 Golf 4-door
*SOLD* 2006 GTI, 2001 Jetta, 1990 GTI, 1987 GLI
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2011 Golf TDI
2009 Tiguan - wife's car
1985 Golf 4-door
*SOLD* 2006 GTI, 2001 Jetta, 1990 GTI, 1987 GLI
1989 UK Spec Golf Syncro 4 door for sale
5000$ cash. Car is right hand drive. Located in MD.
Selling my 92' B3 G60 engine complete ... Located in Northern Alberta.
Wire Harness
Air Box
It was running fine then started acting up ... turns out the vac hos to the digi was slightly cracked, which finally broke upon dismantling.
Engine Sold
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Just curious. Why are you wanting to have a trigger job done on a 92?
I have numerous Beretta's, and they all shoot fine as far as I'm concerned.
Just some ballpark numbers on a trigger job you've gotten recently please - other prices besides Beretta welcomed. Thanks
Just curious. Why are you wanting to have a trigger job done on a 92?
I have numerous Beretta's, and they all shoot fine as far as I'm concerned.
Love my stock 92 trigger. I would only have work done if there is an issue with excessive creep, take-up or not staging correctly.
Have seen many posts about "D" trigger, that said, I have a fairly small hand and not the greatest grip strength and want to shoot NRA bullseye (one handed). I don't want the fatigue. Besides< I asked about cost not reasons not to do it. If yours works for you, congratulations.
I don't know what a trigger job costs,but I don't think it would hurt to try the D spring.I never changed mine but I would suspect it would help the singel action a little bit.Hell,I don't even know anyone that does them on Berettas,maybe Bruce Grey at Grey Guns?He isn't cheap but does excellent work.TJ used to do damn near any gun but he's shut down shop as far as I know a few years ago.
I'm curious why you're running a Beretta,do others use it?Normally Bullseye is shot with 1911s or target versions of a model,and I've never seen a 92 tweaked for bullseye.
1911 not required for bullseye but many use them, but 45 ammo is expensive unless you reload, which most of the guys shooting the 45's I have met do reload.
I personally would choose my beretta for bulls eye. They are just as accurate as any 1911 ive ever seen and far more comfortable to me. But as far as a trigger job. It would really depend on what a gunsmith would charge. Some may h a ve a flat rate price or some may charge by the time.
I did read somewhere on the net that the beretta 92 is the most widely used target pistol out there.I personally would choose my beretta for bulls eye. They are just as accurate as any 1911 ive ever seen and far more comfortable to me
That said, I know a guy on the beretta forum that has competition barrels that he will custom cut to any length you desire, then adds a bushing to the end of the barrel that eliminates the play at the muzzle - (grab your 92 barrel at the muzzle and move it up and down and you'll note it floats around quite a bit). With this bushing there will be no play which then improves accuracy. He also adds weight balance below the barrel to reduce the recoil. I had the privilege of shooting a few of his custom 92's and it almost felt like the gun shot itself. Of course he had done the trigger jobs himself because he does smithing.
The reason I started this post is that I believe he would like $160 for a custom trigger job which includes polishing all surfaces plus the spring change. I wanted to find out if that price was in the ballpark. I know the quality of his work is superb because I shot his pistols.
Whataya gonna do with these maroonsCool.....a newbie with an attitude.
Wow,I haven't seen anyone rework a Beretta in a real long time,like 20 years.I admit I never really persued upgrading it because mine is pretty nice the way it is.
$160 sounds in line and wouldn't have a problem spending that on a proper job.That's actually cheap compared to some other pistols.


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We are an independent tearooms specializing in afternoon tea fare, light lunches and breakfasts. We endeavour to capture the feeling of nostalgia associated with 'taking tea'. Expect old fashioned tablecloths, antique chinaware and glistening chandeliers........ ....take some time to 'take some tea' with us.
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Attendance = Success
School attendance is critical to academic success. North Dakota families and schools must comply with the State Compulsory Attendance Laws. The West Fargo School District has an attendance policy that encourages students to be in school every day that school is in session. The administration realizes that there are times when it is impossible for a student to attend school. However, we will continue to reinforce the need for regular school attendance in order to insure a child's academic success. School Board Policy 5-2400 states students must not be absent more than 20-days in a school year to receive credit for the year. Exceptions which may be approved include excessive illness substantiated by a statement from a doctor or other special circumstances approved by the principal.
Eastwood School starts at 8:00 AM. The first bell rings at 8:00 AM to let children into the school building. All children must be seated and ready to start school by 8:10 AM. Children not in their classroom at this time are counted tardy by the classroom teacher.
If your child will not be in school, please call Eastwood Attendance Line (356-2030 Ext. 1202 or 1203) between 7:00-8:00 AM and state:
- Name of your child
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- Reason for absence
Unexcused and unverified absences result when a student skips school or if no phone contact has been made between home and school. We will work closely with the school truancy officer and other agencies in the event attendance becomes an issue. If a student has chronic attendance or tardy issues, including unexcused and unverified absences, the attendance will be carefully documented and turned over to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB) for community agency involvement that may result in agency assistance for families, court hearings, or police involvement. The West Fargo Juv. Police Officer is also contacted as needed to assist the school in helping work with families that display chronic attendance issues, and to perform home visits to verify absences. Please refer to the Student/Parent Handbook for further information on attendance procedures.
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Wright: Have you ever seen a ghost?
Rae Armantrout: I've never seen a ghost, but I've been haunted by the memory of my mother who died a painful death about twelve years ago. That may have something to do with the references to ghosts in my poems. But then, too, I've been interested in the portrayal of the "afterlife" in the mass media. For instance, there was a medium who had a TV show a few years back. He would guess at the identities of the dead relatives of his audience members and then he would give the chosen audience members a message from their dead relatives. I was struck by how similar the messages all sounded.
AW: Fanny Howe writes, "One definition of lyric might be that it is a method of searching for something that can't be found." Did you find anything or conduct a particular search with Versed?
Versed is in two sections, "Versed"
and "Dark Matter." The poems in "Dark Matter" and those at the end of "Versed"
were written in the wake of a cancer diagnosis and surgery. That was almost
three years ago, but, at the time, the prognosis was not good. I was searching
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ways to imagine my own absence.
AW: Edmund Jabes says "misfortune is straighter than the date tree." Do you feel straightened by that imagining, or do you see anything straighter because of it?
RA: The poem called "Own" I actually began while I was in the hospital and (sort of) hallucinating. So it's pretty "wild." After that, I think, the poems in "Dark Matter" are maybe a bit more austere in tone. Not that there's no (gallows) humor. But I sense some change in tone in the later poems. It's hard to put my finger on it. I'm waiting for some reviewer to do that. In more general terms, I don't plan ahead as much as I used to. Even though I seem to be cancer free, I feel like I've seen the end and I know it's there.
AW: I notice that you also reference the "Issues of the Day." What kinds of issue tend to cycle through your days?
RA: I was thinking of the "issues" constructed for us by the mass media, the ever-changing phrases we're presented with as a focus for our discomfort or fear, i.e. "the war on terror," the "financial meltdown," the "bail-out fatigue." They might as well be the names of faddish new dances. If paid performers (pundits) are thinking such "things" over for us, does that relieve us from the need to think or feel? Is that the purpose of such "coverage?" I suspect it is.
AW: You write that the "nodding/ of the Chinese elm leaves/ redistributes/ ennui..." What does the ennui redistribute?
RA: Perhaps ennui redistributes attention. You're tired of what you're looking at so you look around. It could be a good thing.


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Do you have an iPod? I know we've done a few tips on iPods before, but I don't feel like we've really gotten into the meat and potatoes of what you can do with one. I'm sure you know there are various things you can do with this very popular music player, but do you know how to do the little things? For instance, do you know how to delete songs from your music library?
Well, the process is very simple, to say the least, so let's get going! First of all, you have your iTunes music library all set up on your computer, right? You go there to get new songs, to add them to your iPod, etc. Well, you also go there if you ever want to remove a song or two from the player. First, you'll need to get to your iTunes, then right click on your iPod's name and choose iPod Options. Next, choose "Manually manage songs and playlists" and click OK. This will free you up to do what you want with your songs.
Once you do that, you will see that your playlist is selectable. Highlight the song(s) you want to remove and just press the Delete or Backspace key on your computer keyboard. It will then ask you if you're sure you want to delete that song. Just choose Yes and the song will be gone. You can then use that extra space for a song you like more!
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Exhibition: Chroma Botanica: Ellie Irons & Linda Stillman
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Chroma Botanica: Ellie Irons & Linda Stillman showcases the work of two artists that use natural plant pigments in their artwork.
Category: Art, Seniors
Tai Chi Class
at Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Take a Tai chi class at Washington Square Park! All ages and abilities are welcome.
Category: Accessible, Fitness, Outdoor Fitness, Seniors
Women in Comics 3 Exhibition
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Women in Comics NYC Collective International is proud to present the third art exhibition at the Poe Park Visitor Center for the month of May.
Category: Art
CityParks PuppetMobile presents Puss in Boots
at Painters Playground Park, Queens
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
City Parks Foundation offers a traveling puppet show, CityParks PuppetMobile, the oldest continually operating company of its kind in the country, which presents free performances…
Category: Best for Kids
Morning Yoga
at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Through these free yoga classes, learn how to do basic postures at home.
Category: Fitness
Baby & Me Fun Learning
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Learn simple signs for communicating with your baby, and enjoy games and activities for baby and you.
Category: Best for Kids
Protectors of Pine Oak Woods: 40 Years of Green
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
Bryant Park Yoga
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Bryant Park Yoga is returning for its 13th season! Stop by the park and join a Tuesday morning or Thursday evening class.
Category: Fitness, Outdoor Fitness
First Annual Beep Baseball Kids Clinic
at Al Oerter Recreation Center (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
District 75 Office of School Wellness Programs in conjunction with NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and Lions Quest NYC would like to invite your students to participate…
Category: Accessible, Sports
Landmark at Socrates Sculpture Park
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Marking Socrates Sculpture Park's 30th anniversary, the park presents Landmark, a series of artist commissions and projects that transforms the land both physically and symbolically.
Category: Accessible, Art, Waterfront
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There are two potential problems with recitals consisting of virtuoso bonbons: the first is that they tend to be less nourishing than main courses; the second is what to do as an encore.
Maxim Vengerov solved the first problem by devoting one half of his solo recital to substantial sonatas by Elgar and Prokofiev.
As for encores, he slipped in one (Fauré's Après un Rêve) before the final advertised item and ended with a potboiler (Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins) so meretricious as to make all his previous trifles seem as nutritious as a bowl of muesli.
To be fair, Wieniawski's Legénde, at least when played by Vengerov and Itamar Golan (who accompanied superbly throughout), is not exactly lacking in red-blooded passion — while Ysaye's unaccompanied Sonata No 3, Ballade, is always worth hearing. Kreisler's Schön Rosmarin and Liebesfreud, Paganini's Caprice No 24, a Hungarian Dance and a Scherzo by Brahms and a Slavonic Dance by Dvorak were the remaining sweetmeats, all served up with aplomb and most garnished with as much musical intelligence as such works allow.
If it was the Elgar and Prokofiev that inevitably proved more satisfying in terms of emotional depth, it was equally inevitably the potboilers that drew the sharp intakes of breath, the appreciative chuckles and the thunderous ovations. None more so than for the Dance of the Goblins.
For all the jaw-dropping virtuosity displayed here, though, the truly frightening thing is that Vengerov was already playing this piece at the age of nine.
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Robotic Furniture Changes Shape Based On Its Owner's Needs [Video]
Roombots can latch onto or release other modules to create pieces as needed.
Researchers from the Biorobotics Laboratory (BIOROB) at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed robotic modules that can move and change shape to transform into different types of furniture as required by the user.
Roombots are modular pieces that can be stacked together to create different kinds of structures. The Roombots can release or latch onto other pieces to create different structures like a bench or a table. Auke Ijspeert, head of the BIOROB, said that eventually, all users will need to do in the future is configure the layout of a room and let the robotic modules change their own configuration to fit the room.
A Roombot piece is 22 cm long and looks like two large dice connected to each other. Each piece has a wireless battery, a wireless connection, and three motors that let it pivot with three degrees of freedom. The modules attach to other pieces through claws that come out and retract so they can latch on to other pieces. The modules also rotate in different ways to change shape and become bigger structures.
The research team created a special kind of surface which serves as an anchor for the Roombots so they can transform into what their users need them to change to. The special surface has holes that are designed to fit with the mechanical claws of the Roombots. The special surface serves as the interface between the robotic modules and its environment. Users can affix the special surface to the walls, the floor, or to the existing furniture in their place to allow the Roombots to move along the walls or attach themselves to non-robotic objects in the room and transform into tables or chairs that are mobile.
Ijspeert explained, "In order to keep costs down and ensure solidity, we have prioritized the construction of hybrid furniture, in other words, objects made up of both robotic modules and solid "passive" elements."
He also added that the Roombots concept could be very useful to disabled individuals who need objects to come closer to them or move out of their way.
The research team has issued a challenge to other researchers to come up with potential applications for the robotic modules. Students from ENSCI Les Ateliers have come up with concepts for the Roombots, including flower pots that move from window to window around the outside of a building and modular lighting components and sound systems.
The Roombots project was discussed in an article on the online version of the journal Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
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Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), Fall 2005
Topic: Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Media, News Media, Journalism, Anti-Israel Sentiment, Community Relations
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Volume/Issue: Vol. 17/No. 3-4
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Colard leads WWU women's basketball in overtime loss
Monday, November 5, 2012 - 10:04am
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Western Washington University took NCAA Division I Seattle University to double overtime before falling, 100-93, in a women's basketball exhibition game Saturday, Nov. 3, in Seattle.
The Vikings, who are ranked No. 14 in the USA Today Sports/ESPN Division II Top 25 Preseason Poll, were led by guards Katie Colard and Corinn Waltrip, who combined for 43 points. Colard had 22, hitting five 3-pointers, and Waltrip 21.
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Boxer dies after title fight.
I just made this reason to see what other people think.
Imagine if that article said "MMA Fighter dies after UFC Fight"
Do you guys think people would make a huge deal about it and use it to support their argument that MMA is too dangerous?? Or do you think no one would even mention it like the case here? Mind you this was a title fight.
There would be an absoulte shit storm of bad press and calls for it to be banned with an over emphasis on the words 'human cock fighting' being used.
Just look at all the negativity a month or so back when it was reported that two kids (8 year olds?) where fighting (with head gear and it was only a grappling match). Kids have amateur bouts all the time in boxing but nothing is said/no one cares.
There are many deaths in boxing every year that only recieve minor coverage but you can bet your ass as soon as there is a death (hopefully never) in one of the bigger evens in MMA we wont hear the end of it.
TBH iv seen and done crazier/violant stuff while i was in 3rd,4th grade then those kids did. Im sure crazier stuff happens every day. Why is it that a mild basically playing wrestling match get so much heat just because it is involved with MMA. There is just no logical thought that could justify that type of thinking.
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how to detect an open wire end in the ceiling?
How do I detect the open end of a wire in the ceiling? Previously there was an existing wire for the track light but a painter covered up the hole in the ceiling and retextured the patch so I now have no clue how to find the open end so I can install a ceiling light fixture. I still have an existing switch in the room. Please, help. Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.
If the wire is live, which it should not be unless it is in a junction box, you might find it with a proximity detector(sometimes called a cricket, etc). Available at homes/hardware stores. They emit a beep or chirp when close to a live wire. And some stud finders have wire detection, but also live wires.
I don't think it is in a junction box, I will ask the painter but I don't hope he will remember since it has been 6 months. Any way, I will try to call him and a wire detector as you suggested. Thankyou very much for your help.
It's a code violation to tuck a wire up into the box & dywall/mud over it
Any box must be accessible
UNLESS the other end of the wire was disconnected & marked as abandoned
Good way to cause a fire if the wires were not wire nutted pretty good
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Home > News & Events > News > Press Releases > New Report Clarifies Pakistani Religious School Enrollment: Study is first to utilize nationally representative data sources to estimate enrollment in madrassas
Cambridge, MA — A new research study co-authored by an assistant professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government challenges commonly accepted assertions about the popularity of religious schools, commonly known as madrassas, in Pakistan.
The report, titled "Religious School Enrollment in Pakistan: A look at the Data," is the first study to use publicly available and nationally representative data sources to examine the enrollment trends of Pakistani students at religious schools. Kennedy School Assistant Professor Asim Ijaz Khwaja and co-authors Tahir Andrabi, Jishnu Das, and Tristan Zajonc found that madrassas account for less than one percent of the total student enrollment in the country, with 200,000 children enrolled full-time before 2001. They also concluded that there is no evidence of a dramatic increase in madrassa enrollment in recent years.
These findings contradict many recent press accounts. The Washington Post, for example, reported in July 2002 that as many as 1.5 million schoolchildren were enrolled in madrassas. Also in 2002, the International Crisis Group (ICC) reported that as many as a third of all enrolled Pakistani children attended these madrassas.
"We felt compelled to examine the data carefully to determine precisely the popularity of madrassas in Pakistan," Khwaja said. "And our conclusions run counter to the numbers reported in many newspapers and by influential publications like the 9-11 Commission report."
According to the authors, enrollment in madrassas accounts for just 0.3 percent of all Pakistani children between ages 5 and 19. Since overall school enrollment rate in this age group is 42 percent, this represents less than 0.7 percent of all Pakistani children attending school. Even in regions that border Afghanistan, where madrassa enrollment is relatively the highest, it is less than 7.5 percent of all enrolled children. The authors conclude that the real revolution in the Pakistani educational landscape in recent years has been the rise of affordable and mainstream private schools.
Asim Ijaz Khwaja is an assistant professor of public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. His research interests include economic development, emerging markets, corporate finance, political economy, industrial organization, and policy/mechanism design.
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Owner's version of the very popular Leopard 40. Great layout for cruising and entertaining. Excellent sailing characteristics in an ocean-worthy vessel.
Starboard hull – Head and shower forward followed by storage lockers and small desk, stairs to salon mid-ships and owner's stateroom aft. Hanging lockers and drawer storage in owner's stateroom
Port hull – Crew bunk forward, double berth just aft, head and shower outboard mid-ships, double berth aft.
Salon has u-shaped dinette in the center, galley to starboard and navigation area to port. Abundant counter space and storage throughout the salon.
Cockpit has hard top cover and canvas enclosure, u-shaped settee, bench seat and helm station with wide helm seat.
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