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"Human beings have never before lived in a condition where our actions today literally affect people all around the world."
Peter M. Senge
American, author of "The Fifth Discipline" and Senior
Lecturer for Organizational Learning at the MIT
One of the things that I am very mindful of today is living in the United States. I am aware how problematic the American culture is and how isolated and how insular. My reflections this morning are those of an American, but I would like to touch on several things that keep striking me again and again. Maybe
I can also use the American culture as a kind of icon, not a model, but an image that we project around the world. Of course, this is a Eurocentric icon. We are much more European than Chinese. Ironically, we are much more European than American.
It is not unusual for our Eurocentric culture to think of intelligence as somehow having to do with the brain. The oldest Chinese symbol for the mind is actually a drawing of a heart. It is important to remind ourselves that this kind of brain-centered concept of intellect is a particular narrative. It is a particular story. Our intellect is both collective and individual, and it is most definitely embodied in all of who we are, that which we can see and that which we cannot see. It is not the brain; clearly brains do not understand the spirit very well.
Hearts seem to do a much better job and perhaps even bodies do a much better job. My background has always been in trying to understand systems. It is a bad word, I always feel to need to apologize just a little. I do not know a better word. It does not mean computer systems, although we have used computer models and simulations. It does not mean management systems either. When someone is unhappy in an organization, whether it is the Abbey here or a business, they all say, 'It's not my fault, it's the system. "We often use "system" to point to a vague collection of rules and constraints that does not let us be who we are. But that is not the core. The core of systems thinking is understanding how we live in a world of interdependence.
What is in the foreground of my mind-as an American travelling to Europe this week-are the tragedies in America. Almost everybody I spoke with in Europe this past week started off their conversations by expressing their concerns and condolences. Obviously, crises and tragedies bring out something in us. Ironically, this was short term. What we need is something that endures, not just something that comes and goes with emotional events.
As a systems person, what I found myself thinking about this last week, is how difficult it is in the middle of something like this not only to be caught up in the compassion of reactiveness, to help people in need. That is a very important type of compassion. But there are other types of compassion. There is the compassion of deeper understanding. That is the compassion for the future. That is the compassion for the children that they might not have to suffer what the children in New Orleans have had to suffer this last week. That is not just a reactive compassion; it is a thoughtful compassion. Few Americans are capable today of thinking and saying "Maybe we had something to do with this. Maybe this is not just bad luck." Of course, it is bad luck when the hurricane or the typhoon lands here, not there. That is bad luck. But the deeper causes are not bad luck in the least.
We warm the oceans. For years, scientists have talked about the increasing instability of weather patterns all around the world. I know that the insurance industry spends a lot of time looking at this. This is their business. Swiss Re, the largest reinsurer in the world, has been convening private meetings among heads of state and CEOs to discuss the problem of increasing unpredictability of turbulence in global weather patterns for almost a half a decade now. They can see it in their business. But we cannot see it-and that is the question! Why do not we see it? What is keeping us from saying, "I had something to do with the tragedy of this week"? Not in the sense of having to criticize myself and flagellate myself about it, but more in the sense of that compassion for the future. Trying to understand the world of interdependencies is about trying to understand at multiple levels what's going on around us.
We live in a historic time. But what do we mean by "historic?" The simplest way I have tried to make sense of it is this: Human beings have never before lived in a condition where our actions today literally affect people all around the world. This is a simple biological reality, which is obviously augmented by our techno-sphere, our technology. I think it is probably safe to say that no village has ever been able to sustain itself for very long until people came to appreciate this sphere of interdependence that defines their living together. We have never lived alone. But now we are living in each other's backyards around the world-and that has never happened before. A couple of years ago, I was doing a presentation in Taiwan with a very successful entrepreneur. He was very famous in Taiwan. I could see that there were some deep differences in our views of the world. I really respected him, he is a wonderful man, he has accomplished a great deal. But there was something vexing me. I was sitting there, thinking, "What is it that he sees so differently than what I see"?
Then an image popped into my head. The dotcom collapse was a fairly recent event. People had got caught up in an extraordinary world, the dotcom world, a narrative that was very powerful and very dysfunctional.
For years, historical economists have used the term "bubble" to describe this. This is quite a beautiful metaphor. Inside the bubble, there is a worldview. There is a way of seeing the world, a way of talking, a way of thinking, a whole set of reinforcing beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours. And they seem to make sense. In the dotcom bubble, people who had been in business for sometime were saying, "I don't understand how you have a business that does not make a profit!" But inside the bubble, they all say, "Profit does not matter, we have the best Web site!" Of course, the bubble burst as financial bubbles always do.
All that was flashing through my mind in an instant when I was talking with my friend in Taiwan, and I said, "You know, I think the Industrial Age is a bubble." By the way, this is the Industrial Age; the industrial age is not over. All this stuff about the Information Age, not the Industrial Age! Take a look! Take a look at the energy we use, take a look at the materials we use: take a look at our lifestyle. But most of all, take a look at our thinking. The Industrial Age is the age of the machine, the Industrial Age is the age of technology. We still define our world by our technology, and we define progress, most tragically, by our latest technology. This is the Industrial Age; it has not changed. He looked at me, and that was the instant when I knew, that was the difference that was trying to come up through me.
Inside this bubble everything looks pretty cool, but outside the bubble people look and ask, "What are these people thinking?" Now one of the things that is difficult right now is that in the Industrial Age it is difficult to find people who are outside the bubble, because the bubble has spread around the world. But you can. I give you two easy places to look. You go into the developing world or into societies that have not been fully drawn into the industrial world. That you can do. But you actually do not have to travel that far. Talk to an eight-year old, talk to a ten-year old, talk to a young person who feels sucked into this screwy world we have created.
All ages are defined by their assumptions. There are three core assumptions underlined in the Industrial Age. The first assumption is that our technology will conquer nature. It is a core assumption of the Industrial Age. Whatever problems life may present, technology will solve those problems. Technology will conquer nature. It is a rather screwy, bizarre kind of image, if you stood today in New Orleans and said, "I wonder how we have done conquering nature!" But it is a core notion.
Embedded in it is a whole set of assumptions about what nature is. Nature is a machine. Newton called it "God's clockwork." It is a crucial assumption in the early stages of the formation of the Western scientific world. By the way, a small reminder: Science did not start in the West. Science is universal. All people have science. Native peoples have profound science. It is just a different kind of science.
The second assumption: Materialism defines progress. On a personal level, it tells us how well offwe are. When we look at our lives, we always define our lives by our relationships. Is it not ironic? A good life is defined by how much I have got. Yet none of us actually thinks that. We are caught in this huge inner conflict continually. My accomplishments, my achievements, how well I did in school, what degrees I have got, what job I have got, what position I have. It is something that does not mean terribly much compared to who I know, who knows me, who cares about me, who I care about. Those are the things that define our life.
So that is the bubble. And the bubble is bursting. The question all this leads to is very simple: How do we shepherd, how do we steward, how do we live, how do we be, how do we help as the bubble is bursting. And it is bursting.
Of course, this is a very traumatic time and it probably will be a very traumatic time for a long time. It will probably get harder, not easier, more wrenching, not more comfortable. There is no reason in the world that I see why we could expect to be more comfortable. We have to work together and we have to find ways to shepherd this transition.
Peter Senge received a B.Sc. in engineering from Stanford University, a M.Sc. in social systems modelling and a Ph.D. in management from MIT. He has been a senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a fairly long time. He is also founding chair of the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL), a global community of corporations, researchers, and consultants dedicated to the "interdependent development of people and their institutions." Senge's work articulates a cornerstone position of human values in the workplace; namely, that vision, purpose, reflectiveness, and systems thinking are essential if organizations are to realize their potentials. His areas of special interest focus on decentralizing the role of leadership in organizations so as to enhance the capacity of all people to work productively toward common goals.
In 1990, Senge published the much-lauded book The Fifth Discipline: the Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. Since its publication, more than a million copies have been sold worldwide. In 1997, Harvard Business Review identified it as one of the seminal management books of the past 75 years. The Journal of Business Strategy (September/October 1999) named Peter Senge as one of the 24 people who have had the greatest influence on business strategy over the last 100 years. The Financial Times (2000) named him as one of the world's "top management gurus." Business Week (October 2001) rated Senge as one of The Top (ten) Management Gurus.


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Prospect Watch: Since June 1 Jaff Decker has hit .319/.412/.486 and has made only one error in the outfield for the year while splitting time between right and center field. His strikeouts are down and he is using left-center much better...Sean O'Sullivan has pitched well and if another injury pops up could get an opportunity but he can also really hit. O'Sullivan, who was a former position prospect as a third baseman at Grossmont College, is hitting .387/.424/.548 in 33 plate appearances and .500 in seven pinch-hit at-bats...Since coming down from San Diego Brad Brach has been pitching as a middle reliever going multiple innings instead of his accustomed one inning closer role. He hasn't allowed an earned run since June 4.
For further reading on the Tucson Padres, see the A rizona Daily Star
Missions 4- Tulsa Driller 2
Key Statistics RF Yeison Asencio 3-4; 1B Tommy Medica 1-3, BB; CF Rico Noel 1-5, 2 RBI, SB (37); 2B Corey Spangenberg 0-2, 2 BBs; RHP Donn Roach (W, 6-8) 5.1 IP 2 H R ER 2Ks HR; RHP Jeremy McBryde (S, 3) 2.0 IP 4 Ks.
? Prospect Watch: Roach, Clay Zavada, Leonel Campos and McBryde held Tulsa to only three hits as the Missions won their fifth straight...Although the bats didn't have one extra-base hit all night it was still enough to plate four runs...Tommy Medica was 1-3 in his second game back..Although his batting average isn't quite there yet Corey Spangenberg has been improving every game his BB/K ratio is now 11/15...Rico Noel is the Texas League leader in stolen bases with 37.
For further reading on the San Antonio Missions, see the San Antonio Express-News
Bakersfield Blaze 8 - Storm 3
Key Statistics LF Jeremy Baltz 2-3; RF Kyle Gaedele 1-4, 2 RBIs; CF Travis Jankowski 0-4, BB, SB (51); LHP Frank Garces (L, 6-5) 5.0 IP 8 H 6 R 6 ER BB 2 Ks HR.
Prospect Watch: Garces had his second straight outing where he gave up four or more earned runs..Jankowski now leads the organization with 51 stolen bases and has been caught only 10 times..In fourteen games with the Storm Jeremy Baltz is now hitting .404/.443/.596 since being promoted from Fort Wayne.
For further reading on the Storm please see the Southwest Riverside News Network.
South Bend Silver Hawks 6- TinCaps 0
Key Statistics: 2B Maxx Tissenbaum 2-4; SS Tyler Stubblefild 2-3; LHP Max Fried 5.0 IP 3 H 2 R ER BB 8 Ks.
Prospect Watch Although Fried got the loss he pitched well with only one earned run against eight strikeouts lowering his ERA from 3.76 to 3.62..After ending April with an OPS of .878 Corey Adamson has yet to put up an OPS of better than .650 in May and June..The TinCaps have solid pitching but need a bat in the outfield and seem ready for 2013 first round pick Hunter Renfroe when he signs.
For further reading on the TinCaps, see the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette
Spokane Indians 8- Emeralds 3
Key Statistics: DH Fernando Perez 3-4, 2B; CF Ronnie Richardson 2-3, RBI, 2 BBs; SS Chase Jensen 1-3, BB; RHP Erik Cabrera 5.0 IP 2 H 2 BB 5 Ks; RHP Michael Kelly (BS 1)(L,0-1) 0.1 1 H 5 R ER 3 BBs.
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There are ample examples of cannibalism within groups in true exploration/survival stories.
"I don't trust anybody except myself, that's why I'm still alive"- Del Tarrant (space trader/rebel) in Blakes Seven
Anyway some people would actually PREFER being a Lone Wolf in a SHTF world, I like to think I'd be like that.
Another reason for going it alone is that your food supply dramatically drops the more mouths there are in your group..


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Risen 2 - Preview @ GameSpot
Risen 2 has been previewed at GameSpot, in a pretty perfunctory article:
absurd difficulty curve? is this newspeak for when a game doesn't have scaled combat?
I believe it's actually newspeak for any gameplay more difficult than "Press X to win game."
Risen 1 was a cakewalk even on hard. I remember saving up far over 100 learning points on the first 15 levels or so because I wanted to prolong my class/faction decision for as long as possible and then just spend all the points once I had chosen a path.
Despite the saving up of LP and running around with a cripple of a character it was still pretty easy.
And I'm not boasting or trying to show off by saying this. I know for a fact that I'm not a leet gamer (how could I be with the little time I have for gaming - I sometimes don't play anything for weeks). I'm average at best so for anyone with any real skill it must have been ridiculously super-easy even on hard.
GameSpot is completely and totally nuts claiming it had an "absurd difficulty curve". STFU, GameSpot, before anyone reads -or worse- believes that crap. Thank you.
I'd love to watch a video of your game. I remember monsters giving me a run for my money at least until midway through chapter 3 - and even then I had to use a lot of run-heal-and-return tactics.
I'm starting to like the pirate theme as its something different than the usual fantasy settings I play.
Pirate them sounds good….directx 9 really?
Any making the game easier? Facepalm
It seems that what people want these days is scaling and perhaps big neon signs to tell
them something along the lines "THIS IS A LVL 5 MONSTER YOU ARE LVL 3 PLEASE COME BACK LATER" so they don't waste time exploring what the game has to offer
and finish up quickly( so they can get to the next shinny thing)
And yet they still complain about scaling and games being too short! (perhaps
those complaints come from a different audience though)
I think I definetely got left behind the times (a bit of a gaming dinosaur I guess ?).
But hey, if games keep "evolving" that way I predict great saves on my hardware and
software budget in the coming years (I currently struggle to find more that 2-3 games
I like per year anyway)
Risen was pretty tough compared to most games, though obviously quite easy compared to NotR. Still, it does have a bit of a learning curve (espeially melee combat), but I wouldn't call it absurd.
As a melee dude, I found Risen to be quite challenging - once you got to the point where the "primary" enemies started to appear. I fought many tough battles, IIRC.
I still remember the orcs from Gothic 2 they were a bitch to kill. Still combat was a challenge in risen but after playing a bit you got used it.
I hated those wolves packs in Risen 1 but to me the best moment in the whole game was when I figured out how to kill them! I mean this as a very good thing!
In some games the combat becomes trivial once you figure out the trick but I felt in Risen 1 that you still need to be on your guard else those wolves packs can still kill you.
Generally, PB does combat well (may be not gothic 3!) and I hope combat in Risen 2 will be good as well.
I don't really care if the game uses DX9 or DX10 etc. For starts I can't tell the difference and I think art direction is key rather than the tech behind it.
For some reason I really never found the Gothics or Risens too hard. Mostly, you just have to know what kind of fights you should better run from to come back another day. There are a few difficulty spikes in the main quest, but I found none of those too frustrating.
time if you like to (and don't mind reloading a few times or a dozen until you train
yourself/get it right :) ). Pretty rewarding imo but I can understand people looking for a different gaming experience naturally.
I too can enjoy different gameplay styles and appreciate them for their merits and strong points (The Witcher 1 comes to mind. I must have been one of the few not bemoaning the combat and how easy it was. I thought it was Ok on Hard at least for the first playthrough, on subsequent ones the game did become a bit too easy admittedly).
I'm a bit disturbed to see someone from Piranha Bytes saying that Risen 2 will be "easier". I hope this isn't the start of them dumbing down their games in order to compete with more mainstream titles.
I think Daniel Oberlerchner is the brand manager at Deep Silver so that'd mean it isn't a real Piranha saying it will be easier.
And I just powergamed through NotR (working Gothic 2 Gold in addition to TW2 and 16$ credit, thanks GOG!) so I feel ready for pretty much any difficulty now. :P
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The Big E noted the first round yesterday, and now there's more trouble on the horizon for everyone's favorite insane person: former Bachmann staffer (and little-person wrestling aficionado) Andy Parrish is signing an affidavit confirming that Bachmann's presidential campaign did some very very bad things in Iowa.
Having maintained a public silence so far, Parrish referred questions Wednesday to his attorney, John Gilmore, who said his client will corroborate allegations from another former Bachmann aide, Peter Waldron.
Waldron, a Florida pastor, claims that the campaign hid payments to Iowa Sen. Kent Sorenson, in violation of Iowa Senate ethics rules that bar members from receiving pay from presidential campaigns.
Say what you will about the Republican Party's politics, but as an organization they know how to close ranks and take care of their own. Conversely, they know when to cut loose a cancer that's hanging around their necks (witness the expulsion of Sarah Palin from the party's upper echelons after 2008). And that's increasingly what this is looking like for Bachmann. Let's be honest with ourselves: if the GOP really wanted to stop this ethics investigation, they could. If they really wanted Parrish and Sorenson to keep quiet, they could make the two offers they couldn't refuse. That the investigation is going forward and these guys are signing sword statements means the party is either unable or unwilling to do what it takes to protect Bachmann from these charges.
And really, why should they? In a heavily Republican district, why should the NRCC have to drop half a million bucks every other year, four cycles in a row, to protect someone who theoretically should be an entrenched incumbent by now? That will be the real tell: with Jim Graves running again after missing by a hair's breadth in 2012, will the NRCC keep Bachmann on its frontline defense list? Or will they too cut bait on a member who may finally have grown too toxic even for the modern Republican Party?


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This forum...a couple times a month this place saddens me. Anonymous, no repercussions, and that gives people license to treat each other this way?
It's. A. Damn. Car.
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This forum...a couple times a month this place saddens me. Anonymous, no repercussions, and that gives people license to treat each other this way?
It's. A. Damn. Car.
( off my soap box, go on behaving as you will)
I never said I didn't understand why I paid what I did for my ATS. You quoted what I said, and pretty much didn't read it at all, just started blabbing out stuff about not understanding something, when I understand it perfectly, which is evident by what you quoted me saying.
It appears that almost every thread you comment on, now mind you I said ALMOST (even a blind square finds a nut every now and again), you have something negative to say towards someone or feel the need to ridicule someone. I look forward to the day when you need help from someone or advice on something, and everyone tells you to go take a hike.
Please stop trying to be the tough guy on the forums, who thinks he is an marketing analyst, sales analyst, telling everyone who it is appealing to and why it is appealing to them. You might be a cool as hell guy, but no one will ever know if you're constantly berating others, so just chill, respond to what is actually written, instead of what your mind is construing is being said, and it will help everyone in the community.
You seem to believe you have a lot to bring to the table, work on the presentation of your information, and maybe people won't think you're being so maliciously rude all the time.
Back on topic, I can see that stating an observation has ruffled feathers, and people seem to take it personally. Being a car ENTHUSIAST, you look at the features and amenities of all cars available, no matter what the make of the vehicle. I'm in NO way comparing KIA to Cadillac. There's a very definitive reason I jumped over to Cadillac. They had the features and characteristics that were important to ME.
On the flip side, I feel that a General Discussion forum, would be the place that you can talk about things that are kind of funny, such as the differences in feature priorities, that other automakers have. If this is not the place for it, then this forum is useless, and nothing more than a soapbox contest.
For those easily upset by someone else's individuality, the forums provide an ignore option. Open any annoying SOB's profile and click on "add to ignore list". After that you will just see placeholders instead of their posts with an option to view any individually if curiosity becomes overwhelming.
That being said, there is nothing more impressive than the Cadillac light dance and lighted handle show.....and MY GOD, I have to press the key FOB to see it!! :histeric:
Skin thickener... HA!
Too funny
As for what I've said in these forums, I apologize for nothing, except for misunderstandings. I don't own an ATS, but there are many things Cadillac, or just general performance, that I can help or bloviate on. Therefore, I will.


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December 9th, 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM
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Description: The Seamore Shuttle is a free service provided by the LSSU Campus Life Office that takes LSSU students downtown and to places on the business spur such as Family Video, Big Lots and other stores in the Sault Plaza, as well as Varsity Cinemas. Pick-up and drop-off is at the Walker Cisler Center. Shuttle runs from 6-10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 1-10:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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AKC contest on Facebook
For the past couple of weeks, the AKC has been running a contest called "Thrilling 32" (a take on the college basketball tourney, I suppose). Anyway, the finals are today between the German Shepherd Dog and the corgi. Currently the GSD is losing (by several hundred votes) to the corgi!
If you have a Facebook account and are interested in voting you can go to https://www.facebook.com/AmericanKen...7662319&rest=1
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Voted and shared! I have been following this as it is fun. I voted for the Corgi over the Husky yesterday. I love Corgi's but voted GSD! (Obviously!)
URO3,UCD Aleshanee Windridge "Kayos" CD,TDX,RE,CGC,HIC,TC
PTE,AG2,AN,URO3,UCD Xtra!Xtra! V TeMar "Havoc" CDX,GN,RE,CGC,HIC,TC,BH
UACH,URO1 Tidmores Rising Star Lydia "Mayhem" CD,BN,AX,OAJ,NF,RE,HT,TC,CGC,
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Who ended up winning?
Rusti EAC, TN-N, TG-O, WV-N, NCC, NJC, CGC, GSD Diva
Jerry Lee AXP, MJP, OAC, TN-N, WV-N, NCC, NJC, SPJ, UAG1
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I saw this too. They also had a selfie Sunday contest. I entered Yogi. Lol
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Driver in fatal Mahdia accident fined for insurance, licence offences
Trevor Smith, the driver involved in an accident on a Mahdia road two weeks ago that claimed the life of his father and a friend, was yesterday fined for insurance and licence violations.
Smith, 24, said to be a mining camp owner, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates' Court on the charges of driving without third party risk insurance and driving without being a certified licence holder.
He was fined a total of $40,000 after pleading guilty to both charges. Prosecutor Seon Blackman said that on November 21, on the Mahdia Airstrip Road at about 7am, Smith and four passengers were in a vehicle, PNN 8226, travelling south of the Mahdia airstrip. He said Smith was speeding and lost control of the vehicle, resulting in it toppling several times.
Blackman added that during the toppling, passenger Keith Paul was pitched out of the vehicle. He died sometime after. In addition, Smith's father, Michael Prince, who was also in the vehicle, succumbed to a spinal injury in hospital some days after the accident.
Attorney James Bond, who represented Smith, said his father had complained about being tired and he volunteered to take the wheel although he was not licensed to drive the vehicle.
Bond added that his client had accepted the charges and pleaded for leniency in sentencing due to the fact that he had already taken care of the funeral arrangements for the two men and had compensated the families.
The magistrate then fined Smith $20,000 for each charge with an alternative of two weeks imprisonment for each fine.
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Villa Veni is approved by Greek Tourism Organization with license number: 1042K10003057201.
Villa Veni is a 105 sq.m two-story villa with superior design and construction quality.
It is located in a private land of 600 sq.m on the outskirts of Veni village, only a few km away from Kolymvari village and Kissamos town.
It is literally a hidden gem around the beauty and tranquility of a uniquely green landscape of olive trees and vineyards only 4 km away from the beach which lies in front of Kolymvari village.
Furnished in a combination of romantic and minimalist touches, the villa can accommodate 4 people in beds and up to 7 people if it is necessary.
Entering the villa on the ground floor there is a spacious open plan area which consisting of the living room with a fireplace and a satellite HDTV with Nintendo Wii, the indoor dining area and a fully equipped kitchen of top quality fixtures and appliances.
From the living room area there is direct access to the main veranda, the pool area and the garden.
On the ground floor there is one bedroom with double bed and one bathroom with shower and a washing machine.
Reaching to the first floor (which is actually a big attic above the living room area) from the stairs, there is an open plan bedroom with double bed and an enclosure WC. This bedroom also contains an HDTV, air condition and a balcony with a small coffee table.
Outdoors there is a 500 square meters organised fenced area with many facilities and spots for relaxing, unique beautifully landscaped aromatic herbs, vegetable gardens and olive trees!
More specifically in the outdoor area you will find a sitting area on the veranda, an organised barbecue with a dining table, a 40 sq.m private swimming pool with sun beds and umbrellas, parking area for two cars and enough space covered with grass in order for children to play with safety.
Totally isolated but close to everything, our villa offers full privacy to our guests and a variety of facilities for the whole family.
My name is Kostas Vasilakis and I have studied marketing and business management. Already being an owner of two successful villas and co-owner of designgraphic.gr, a well known web development company in Greece, I started to manage other villas in 2012.
I have the full management of all the villas that I represent, knowing everything about them and the areas in which they are located.
My aim is to help the homeowners to manage their vacation properties to their full advantage and guests to relax and have the finest holiday experience with 24/7 service providing advice and information for all their concerns throughout their stay.
Let me be your personal advisor for your holidays and let's start organising your trip in Crete together!
My company which called "etouri" is located in 271 Arkadiou Str. Rethymno, Crete and is approved by the Greek Tourist Organisation with license number: 1041E60610185001
Kostas Vasilakis purchased this villa in 2015
The unique benefits of Villa Veni are:
- Outstanding panoramic mountain views.
- The location, as the villa is situated a few minutes away from several beaches and living areas. It is also an ideal base for those wishing to make excursions to the famous beaches of western Crete.
- Isolated but close to everything.
- Quiet area with no noises from cars or neighbouring houses.
- Spacious indoor and outdoor areas with high construction quality.
- Full privacy in the outdoor areas.
- Many unique beautifully landscaped aromatic herbs and vegetable gardens.
- Designed for both families or couples.
- The hospitality of the owner and his family who will be on hand for advice and information if need be.
What a wonderful villa! Tucked away in an oasis of olive trees and off the beaten track so you do need a car. However, it is only 3.5km to nearest village where there are several tavernas and a couple of supermarkets. Also the main road east to west of the island runs close to this village, which is great if you want to explore the island.
The infinity pool is fantastic and the garden (including a small veg patch with fruit trees and herbs, which you can use) are very well kept and pretty. Sunbeds were very comfortable. There is a BBQ area also. Inside the villa the décor is tasteful and the layout of a large mezzanine as the second double bedroom was not a problem. First double bedroom is downstairs, as is the bathroom. (Just a note that the en-suite to the upstairs bedroom is very small and could be a problem if you are very large or very tall!) Mattresses on the beds a little on the firm side, but there was a topper available so we utilized this which made a positive difference to the comfort factor. Anything you needed was available. We ate in some nights and as long as you can source the ingredients you need, everything is there for you to cook with. Nice music system and TV should you want to watch anything other than the countryside and stars at night.
Eating out was excellent. We especially recommend Palio Arhontiko in Kolymbari, food and service very good. Also Tis Litsas in Afrata – which we would not have known about, were it not for the owners, a bit more rustic, but such a good welcome and food, the chestnut stifado was excellent as was the company that evening.
The owners were lovely people and we would not hesitate to recommend their lovely villa and to return ourselves, hopefully soon.
The booking process, through Etouri, was very easy and Kostas was most efficient and pleasant to deal with. Any enquiries were very speedily answered.
Thank you, we had a wonderful holiday.
Beautifully appointed, and comfortably furnished, this stunning villa has plenty of charm to match its contemporary style. Set in in a quiet location but within a 10 minute drive to local amenities, this was the ideal get away for our family. We received a very warm welcome from the owners and we shown the delights of the villa and offered some home produced goodies to help get our holiday started. 10/10
Nous avons passé un séjour magnifique , la maison correspond totalement à la description . Très bien conçu elle est fonctionnelle et très belle , par ailleurs elle est très proche de toutes les commodités et des très belles plages , le rêve pour notre petite famille .Nous remercions George et son fils de nous avoir attendue lors de notre arrivée malgré l'heure tardive ... tout était parfait et nous garderons un excellent souvenir de ce deuxième séjour en crete .
Nous reviendrons certainement
Ideal for relaxing vacation, descreatly isolated and surrounded by olive tree fields, a fully equiped and high taste house gave my 4 member family a memorable time. Hope to be able to become a returning customer!
Absolutely beautiful house situated perfectly . Close drive to town where you can find anything you need. House fully equipped with everything . Best pool I have had in a house rental. We will be back .
This villa was practically perfect for our family of four. It was in excellent condition and very clean.The hosts are friendly and helpful.
Pool area & garden are very nice as well. Plumes, various herbs, strawberries etc. grew in the garden and were available for our consumption.
The villa is located in a good spot, offering peace and quiet among olive trees while still being quite close (by car) to the restaurants and supermarkets in Kolymbari.
I can recommend this villa and location to anyone wanting to holiday in Crete.
The whole surrounding area is in a quiet natural environment and even though the living areas are close, you can feel "away from it all"!
The villa is located in a totally private area, on the outskirts of a very small village called Veni. The village is between the seafront village of Kolymvari and the small town of Kissamos (Kasteli). There is nothing that you cannot find in Kissamos nowadays, as it has all kinds of shops, supermarkets, bakeries, many restaurants and services.
In Kolymvari village which is only 4 km away, you will find a lovely beach, ideal for families and children. It also has few shopping stores, very good restaurants and tavernas and a few cafeterias. If you search for good entertainment, beach bars with daily parties, huge nightclubs and a variety of restaurants, then we suggest you to visit Platanias and Agia Marina area which is 20 minutes drive from our villa!
The closest beaches to the villa that we suggest you visit are:
The long sandy beach of Kolymvari which is 4 km away. The sandy beach of Kasteli which is 7 km away and the beach of Kaliviani which is 15 km away on the West. In the same direction you will be able to visit some of the most famous beaches in the whole Greece!
One of them is Falassarna beach (25 km away). Elafonissi beach with the pink sand which is about 50 km away and Gramvousa-Balos beach where you can visit by ferry from Kissamos town.
Furthermore it is a great base for making excursions around Crete as the main national road is only 2 minutes away.
Staying in our villa will give you not only the advantage of relaxing in a quiet private area but also be close to everything!
PLEASE be advised that the villa may appear on a different "location category" on HomeAway affiliate websites, depending on their categorised locations (each affiliate website has its own "location categories").
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1 Jun 2017 - 30 Jun 2017
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High 2017
1 Jul 2017 - 31 Aug 2017
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7 night minimum stay
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Low 2017
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7 night minimum stay
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low season 2018
1 Jan 2018 - 31 May 2018
7 night minimum stay
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medium season 2018
1 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2018
7 night minimum stay
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high season 2018
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medium season 2018
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7 night minimum stay
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low season 2018
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7 night minimum stay
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** Special Offer April 2017 is now Available**
Everything is included in the price! There are no additional charges in the price!
Payment Schedule
The deposit needed in order to secure the booking, is the 25% of the total cost of the reservation.
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Goodbye to Unfair Trader Advantage, Says NY AG
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a major reform in how traders and investment firms use analyst survey reports.
Market analysts study companies extensively and know key metrics before most investors. So if investors could survey analyst reports ahead of other customers, it would give these traders an unfair advantage.
Schneiderman accused the asset manager BlackRock of this practice, and the two sides came to a settlement.
"We've reached an agreement with Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, to terminate its analyst survey program not just in the US, but worldwide," said Schneiderman.
The New York Times wrote about the analyst survey program in a story published in July 2012. Schneiderman said whistle blowers then contacted his office about the program.
"I think the Times story was first but we had some whistleblowers coming in very quickly. I think the story also generated whistle blowers," said Schneiderman.
BlackRock agreed to pay $400,000 to cover the costs of the investigation. The company did not acknowledge any wrongdoing.


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Despite Heat, Conservators Wash and Wax Staten Island Monuments
An intrepid team of conservators and graduate school interns cleaned three Staten Island public monuments during Wednesday's scorching heat. On the docket for treatment were the 1893 bronze "Neptune Fountain" at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, a 1915 sculpture of the Civil War captain Major Clarence Barrett across from Staten Island Borough Hall, and Allen Newman's iconic "The Hiker" in Tompkinsville Park.
The team started its day at the Snug Harbor fountain.
"When you have public sculpture in an urban environment, it's affected by everything — from the snow, from the rain, from the pollutants in the air, from, obviously, vandalism, graffiti," said Christine Djuric, the Monuments Conservation Manager who was overseeing Wednesday's conservation team of four graduate-level intern apprentices. "All these affect the building materials that the sculptures are made of."
Djuric said the Citywide Monuments Conservation Program, which is part of the city's Department of Parks & Recreation, did annual treatments on the city's monuments.
"We view the monuments collection as an outdoor museum, free and open to the public every day," said Jonathan Kuhn, the director of art and antiquities at the Department of Parks & Recreation. "The purpose of monuments is to perpetuate the memory of people and events important to the evolution of our society, and the work that the Citywide Monuments Conservation Program performs helps preserve that legacy, while training the next generation of conservators."
Wednesday, Djuric's team first washed the monuments with a gentle cleaser made to shampoo horses. Then, they used a pressure wash to get off any residual wax on the sculpture. Finally, they applied hot and cold wax coatings before buffing the works.
"Bronze is very easy to clean," Djuric said. "When we do an application of hot wax, we heat the surface with torches to open up, essentially, the pores of the bronze and [that] allows us to put on a protective coating that's much more resistant to the wear."
She added that she didn't mind the heat because at least work could be done.
"I'll take it over a rainy day 'cause then you can't get anything done," Djuric said.
Rebekah Krieger, a 29-year-old recent University of Pennsylvania grad, was one of the apprentices on the team. She said park lovers were really appreciative of her team's work.
"Often people that come by know the sculpture or walk by it every day," she said, "and they always have a little something to say or they have an idea about who the sculpture is of and they're really happy to see us cleaning it."
Another apprentice on the team, Jamie Gleason, who is a 33-year-old Art Conservation grad student at Buffalo State College, said he didn't mind the scorching weather because he was working outdoors.
"As an art conservator, I'm usually working in a lab at a bench inside all the time," said Gleason. "In Buffalo, there's three feet of snow always...That was one of the things that drew me to this — being outside."
This is the first week of the Citywide Monuments Conservation Program's summer season. The program, which has trained more than 80 apprentices and conserved more than 60 sculptures, is a public-private partnership that was started in 1997.
Click below to see images of the team hard at work.


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Bosnia and Herzegovina is working toward membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union. It has been a candidate for NATO membership since April, when it was given a "Membership Action Plan" – the final step before given full membership to the military alliance of democratic states in Europe and North America. Bosnia and Herzegovina is also a potential candidate for membership in the EU, which is an economic and political union of nearly 30 mainly European states.
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Jacket2 sent up this little holiday treat, "Mass: raw poetry from the commonwealth of Massachusetts," and we'd be remiss not to point to it here. Edited by Jim Dunn and Kevin Gallagher, this portfolio showcases five poets whose work has been firmly embedded in the poetic history of the state: Charels Olson, John Wieners, Gerrit Lansing, Larry Eigner, and Cid Corman. Here's a taste from the introduction:
Massachusetts as a state and as a state of mind plays a prominent role in the works of its poets and writers. This special feature focuses on five poets who have helped shape the literary imagination of Massachusetts and who have been shaped artistically by living there. Not coincidentally, three of the poets featured here appeared in John Wieners's Measure Number Three — Boston the City and in Donald Allen's New American Poetry 1945–1960 anthology. The connection of these poets' work transcends physical place but also is indebted to it. There are many other poets who could have and should have been included in this issue. But for time and focus reasons, we've considered these five poets: Olson, Wieners, Lansing, Eigner, and Corman. Coming off the heels of the great Olson 100 festival in Gloucester and a growing interest in Wieners and Lansing, now is an appropriate time to consider these poets in the context of their proper time and place.
Surf over and check it out. Once you get into the five links on the face of it, so much great writing unfolds. We'll leave you with this little ditty from John Wieners, a poem to Gerrit Lansing:
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- After losses by aces Mark Buehrle and Jon Garland gave the Chicago White Sox 11 defeats in 16 games, it was up to rookie Brandon McCarthy to get the team back on track.
McCarthy delivered, throwing two-hit ball over 7 2/3 innings for his first major-league win as the White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 8-0 Tuesday night for a doubleheader split.
"Right when we needed it," White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said. "This was a big game for the team. I don't know what it means to him, his first major-league win, but for the team, that's a big win, huge."
Jermaine Dye had two homers and six RBI for the White Sox, who snapped a three-game losing streak.
McCarthy (1-1) was called up from Triple-A Charlotte earlier in the day to make his sixth major league start. He held the Rangers hitless over the first 4 1/3 innings until Alfonso Soriano's double.
"After the first game, I felt like it was about time I came in and contributed my part, and did well," McCarthy said.
In the first game, rookie left-hander C.J. Wilson allowed one run and two hits in five innings of relief for his first major league win, Mark Teixeira drove in six runs and hit a pair of two-run homers off Garland, and the Rangers won 8-6.
McCarthy struck out two and walked one, allowing only two runners as far as second. Bobby Jenks pitched 1 1/3 innings to finish the White Sox's eighth shutout of the season.
Dye had the 10th multihomer game of his career and first of the season while matching his career high for RBI.
"We came out and swung the bats good in both games," Dye said. "We had some tough luck in the first game but we bounced back in the second game."
Chicago built a 3-0 lead after two innings against Edison Volquez (0-1) in his first major league start.
Carl Everett drove in the first run with a first-inning sacrifice fly and Dye made it 3-0 in the second with a two-run homer.
Volquez's debut ended with two outs in the fifth after Aaron Rowand's run-scoring single extended Chicago's lead to 4-0. Dye had an RBI single off John Wasdin in the fifth for a 5-0 advantage.
Scott Podsednik had three hits in the second game and Rowand went 5-for-8 with four RBI in the doubleheader.
Volquez allowed five runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings.
"I was nervous in the first inning, but in the second inning I was just throwing," Volquez said. "I felt good that they gave me an opportunity to pitch. I feel a little bad because I wanted to win my first game in the big leagues."
Dye added his 25th homer, a three-run drive off Wasdin in the seventh, to make it 8-0.
Wilson (1-6) had been winless in 12 major league appearances and in six minor league decisions this season. He hadn't won since 2003, missing the entire 2004 season recovering from elbow ligament replacement surgery.
After the game, the Rangers optioned Wilson to Double-A Frisco to create a roster spot for Volquez, who was called up from the same club. Rangers manager Buck Showalter said Wilson would be back with the Rangers next week when rosters are expanded to 40.
Teixeira's 33rd and 34th homers gave him six multihomer games this season and 10 in his career.
Teixeira's two-run shot in the fourth off Garland (16-8) gave Texas the lead for good at 7-5.
Garland, who started the day second in the AL in wins, allowed eight runs -- five earned -- and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He had his shortest outing of the season and is 1-4 in his last seven starts.
Francisco Cordero got three outs for his 29th save in 36 chances.
Geoff Blum's two errors led to three unearned runs, giving the White Sox six errors in a two-game span.
The White Sox got RBI singles in the first against Joaquin Benoit from Everett and Paul Konerko, but the Rangers tied it in the bottom of the inning on Teixeira's first two-run drive.
Chicago went back in front 3-2 in the second on Blum's run-scoring single. Texas answered with a three-run second with the help of Blum's error, getting an RBI single from David Dellucci and a two-run double from Teixeira to make it 5-3.
But Benoit couldn't hold the lead in the third as the White Sox tied it at 5-all on Rowand's two-run single.
Rowand's run-scoring single pulled the White Sox within 7-6, but Texas added another unearned run off Garland with the help of Blum's second error.
Blum misplayed Soriano's grounder for a two-base error, and Soriano scored on Adrian Gonzalez's single for an 8-6 lead.
- Both dugouts received a warning from home plate umpire Gerry Davis in the second game after Texas' Erasmo Ramirez hit Dye in the thigh with a pitch in the ninth. Guillen was furious after the game. "I'm not going to say they hit him on purpose," Guillen said. "But (Ramirez) never hit anybody. When you see how big a game Dye had, I don't like the way it happened." Showalter said it was not intentional. "I know what it looks like, but we don't do that. Believe me, that's not the case," Showalter said. "I understand what (Davis) was trying to do."
- Dye had six RBI for the fourth time in his career, second this season.
- The White Sox won for the first time in five games at Ameriquest Field this season. They were outscored 33-14 in the first four games.
- Willie Harris, called up from Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday, got the first-game start at second base instead of Tadahito Iguchi, who made three errors on Monday night.
- The doubleheader was necessary to make up a rainout on May 28.
- Wilson's last victory was on July 9, 2003, while a member of the Frisco RoughRiders.
- Texas was shut out for the seventh time this season.


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I'll try to be as "articulate" as I can. But why, will this be graded? Can you please articulately explain what you may need this for? We'll be more keen to share recipes that way.
There seems to be a new trend now in reinventing some classics. For example, instead of making good old waffles you could make red velvet waffles or carrot cake waffles with cream cheese topping. Instead of french toast you can make chocolate french toast. I quite like the trend.
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Was gently reminded to include roasted corn creamy shrimp and grits.
sorry, but what is up with shrimp and grits? i really just don't get it and i can't even imagine how it would look on a buffet.....
me, i like to see a nice side of smoked salmon with lots of sides...capers, hard boiled eggs, red onion, herb cheese, bialys ,mini bagels, nice dense black bread....
lots of fresh fruit....mango, kiwi, papaya, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries....greek yogurt....
can you tell me the greek name and perhaps supply a recipe for honey-yogurt cake?...thanks
Hey Durangojo,
I wouldn't serve this on a buffet, it's made to order. Have to presume you don't know or have no experience working with grits. Grits=polenta, white polenta. The variety I use are coarse stone ground the dish is made with chicken stock, heavy cream, tasso, fresh roasted corn and cheese. Has a mouth feel similar to risotto sweetness and a dash hint of smoke from the fresh corn and tasso heat from sweet hot Cajun pepper. My dish is topped with grilled spiced U10-12 shrimp and finished with chives. Bing or Google it ton of recipes.
Use to jokingly refer to the dish as Cajun Risotto, IMHO, and experience foodies, that like risotto, love shrimp and grits, IF it's made properly.
yes, that would be most presumptuous of you....not once, but twice.
I apologize Joey, sure didn't mean to hurt you feelings, just responded to your question
"what is up with shrimp and grits? i really just don't get it and i can't even imagine how it would look on a buffet....."
apology accepted, but it was not my feelings that were hurt. i have been a professional chef a long time and have developed a pretty thick skin...it's being insulted that doesn't sit well with me....just so you know
yes it was a loaf...it had either anisette or ouzo in it and was drizzled with an infused honey...i'm remembering lemon....anyway, just curious if you knew the greek name......i am making a greek themed dinner for a vegetarian group staying at the ranch this week so wanted to include that somehow....also,it was made with olive oil...not to worry, i'll just make up a name!
I believe the cake name you are looking for is "yiaourtopita" . . The site here : http://www.attheredtable.com/2012/03/loukoumades-reimagined-part-v-of-how-to.html makes the same type I do when my sister is in from Cyprus.
hope this helps,
My last brunch menu for around 30 people was:
Leg of lamb, butterflied, rolled and retied and grilled.
Cured and smoked pork loin.
Seafood terrine.
Single malt gravlax,
Breads and pastries.
Beef tongue and trotter terrine.
Fruit and aspic (alright think jello)
Assorte petit fours.
consider yourself kissed and thank you. it's not the cake i was thinking of as the one i had in mind had ouzo and olive oil and almonds, but i think your yiaourtopita will be a nicer dessert for the ladies. thanks again mon amie. i look forward to making it.
@kuan......single malt gravlax...interesting .....how was it?
Oh well, I just splashed a little Macallan on the side that's all. It was good but very subtle.


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FLORENCE – The Francis Marion University Theatre presents playwright Samuel Beckett's one act plays, Endgame and Krapp's Last Tape Thursday-Saturday, April 16-18, in the Fine Arts Theatre in the Hyman Fine Arts Center on the FMU campus.
Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and admission is free, but reservations are required.
Beckett's work is considered the visual representation of the absurdist philosophy: A philosophy, often translated into art forms, holding that humans exist in a meaningless, irrational universe and that any search for order by them will bring them into direct conflict with this universe.
As the play, Endgame, opens, Hamm, the lead character, is dying in a world that seems to be coming to an end. Hamm takes satisfaction in knowing that all of existence may fade to nothing. Hamm is confined to a chair, and throughout the play he discards, reluctantly, the continuing prospects of life: food; painkillers; his servant Clov, on whom he is totally dependent; the pole that enables him to move his wheelchair; and holding the dog, on which he lavishes his affection.
Hamm's parents, Nagg and Nell, having lost their legs many years ago in a bicycle accident, live in ashbins from which they occasionally emerge only to be cursed by their son. His mother dies and Hamm, knowing that Clov is leaving him, prepares for his last battle, first to outlive his father and then to face inevitable death without the help of the few objects that have given him comfort in his final days. Hamm soliloquizes in terms of the last moves in chess, a king evading checkmate as long as possible with stern asides on religion, ''Get out of here and love one another! Lick your neighbor as yourself!''
The Off Broadway sensation, Krapp's Last Tape, is a tour de force for one man and is the most affectionate portrait of a character that Beckett has ever done: an aging man who lives a lonely and shabby existence in a darkened room. At year's end he takes out a bottle of wine, a banana and his tape recorder, and he listens as his own voice from the past recounts the glories and hopes of his youth.
This play is considered to be Beckett's most autobiographical work.
Krapp's Last Tape premiered in 1958 as a curtain raiser to a production of Endgame at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
Tickets for the event can be obtained free through the FMU box office at (843) 661-1365.
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