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Yet another busy month with a lot going on in the Minnesota Geocaching Association as we have a ton of events coming up including the 2006 MnGCA Cannonball Wilderness Run and General Meeting. Weve been busy getting all these things ready so theres plenty to talk about:
Old Business:
1. The Great 2006 MnGCA Poker Run being held in early April. This event will be a Poker Run where you will get a hand of random cards from temporary caches during the day and when we all meet up for dinner in the evening the winners (high and low hands) will receive a 2006 MnGCA Silver Geocoin. We also have $100 worth of MnGCA logowear to give away!
A great big thanks goes out to Jambro for planning, writing up, and hosting this event!
jambro hosted one heck of an event! A great day for caching and a great opportunity to meet a bunch of great cachers! jambro has written up an article for the event which you can read
Lots of donated stuff was given away from the MnGCA, FSU*Noles, TheGilby3, etc. Definitely one of the best events Ive been to in quite some time! If this is hosted again next year, I highly suggest you attend.
2. The 2006 International CITO Day in late April which is being held in Thomson County Park (Dakota County Parks). We will be picking up trash and spending the day chatting it up, caching, and possibly having a picnic lunch!
Dakota County Parks and the MnGCA need your help to make this event a big success! Please do show your support and post a Will Attend if youre planning on making it.
We currently have about 15 people signed up to attend this event. If youre looking to have lunch with us feel free to bring something along if the weather is nice some of us will be hanging around to enjoy the day and a bite to eat.
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3. The 2006 MnGCA Spring Event (Cannonball Wilderness Run) being held June 10th right outside of Faribault! This is going to be a blast. A huge park and beautiful park (over 850 acres) that will be chock full of caches, food, and fun.
If youre planning on coming out be sure to let us know how many in your party (for free food) and what youre bringing for dessert! Get ready to win some great prizes too.
We have obtained maps of the park and are preparing for the various hides that will be going in sometime in late May and early June. Were also preparing the little stuff thats necessary for the General Meeting.
Oneied Cooky already has his ideas for how to prepare the brats and how to get as many people fed as quickly as possible. Dont forget to mark what kind of dessert you plan on bringing to share when you sign up!
Hope for great weather and we look forward to seeing everyone there!
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3. Recently, the Breakfast Buddies have been attracting some huge numbers! The last two locations had around 50 attendees! Were excited to see these events continue to grow in popularity. The next event will be held in Fargo, ND and everyone is encouraged to attend.
Groups from all over MN, ND, and even as far away as Manitoba Canada are going to be joining us! There are currently about 21 people signed up. If youre interested please post a Will Attend by 4/26/06 so that we can make reservations for our group.
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Thats all for this month. Check back in May for more updates!
Happy cachin',
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It was a challenging weekend for Lotus in GP3 at the Valencia Street Circuit, but the team picked up second-place finishes in both the sprint and feature races in the third round of the 2012 GP3 Series.
On Saturday, Aaro Vainio took second place in the GP3 feature race which saw MW Arden's Mitch Evans deliver a lights-to-flag victory. Vainio qualified in third, with Conor Daly in P7 and Daniel Abt in P10. A great start allowed Vanio to stick within half a second of Evans for the bulk of the race, but as tyres started to degrade in the closing stages the MW Arden driver was able to extend his lead while claiming additional points for setting the fastest lap.
In Race 2, Abt got a stunning start from third on the grid, bypassing the men ahead to claim the lead at Turn 1, but Patric Neiderhauser had reclaimed the lead by Turn 2 and set about extending his lead with every passing lap. Vainio, meanwhile, finished seventh, and Daly retired on lap 8 as the result of a lap 1 crash with John Wartique. Daly was given a 10-place grid penalty for the British Grand Prix for his part in the collision.
After three races, Vainio sits second in the drivers' championship behind Race 1 winner Mitch Evans, while Abt is third. Lotus GP is second in the teams' championship with a deficit of 12 points.
Daniel Abt: "I think today was definitely a good race. The start of the weekend was really bad for me, I struggled for speed, I am not sure why. We tried various different set-ups and we got it fixed for today. My start was good like always and I was quite close to getting P1 at the beginning but it's still good to score points like this. I am now third in the championship which is better than I would expect from looking at my earlier results. So yes, I am happy."


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By Josh Jackson / Special to MLB.com | June 14, 2013 10:34 PM ET
It's taken Jon Garcia longer than he would have liked, but he feels like he has a grip on the California League.
"I feel like I'm playing up to the level," Garcia said through Rancho Cucamonga manager Carlos Subero, who served as a translator. "I'm definitely feeling better [than last year]."
The Dodgers prospect clubbed his 15th and 16th homers Friday night, going 4-for-5 with five RBIs and missing the cycle by a triple in the Quakes' 13-2 romp over Stockton. The roundtrippers moved him into a tie for second place in the Cal League.
Garcia hit 14 homers in 95 games with Rancho Cucamonga last season. The five RBIs, which match the career high he set with Rookie-level Odgen in 2010, gave him 39, five more than he totaled last year.
"No doubt, I have seen the growth in him from April to now," Subero said of his right fielder. "Our hitting coach, Johnny Washington, has been working hard with him and he's had a plan for him. They have not backed off and stayed on top of the plan. It's made a huge difference. You can see Johnny's lessons being able to sink in and have [Garcia] believe in it."
Garcia, a 2009 eighth-round Draft pick out of a Puerto Rico high school, has been more consistent this year, but his bat has been particularly scorching of late. Friday was his fifth multi-hit game this month and follows a 5-for-6, four-RBI game on Sunday.
"I've been working hard with Carlos and with Johnny Washington, and I've felt really good lately," Garcia said. "Nothing too special, but working hard and swinging well."
Last year, he had difficulty shaking off shortcomings.
"Now I can put up a good at-bat. Sometimes I strike out and, mentally, it's not easy, but I'm coming out of it quicker. If I strike out, it's still possible to have a good game," he said. "I've been better at pitch recognition with breaking pitches. Maturity and confidence have helped. Knowing that I can hit a breaking pitch, having that confidence, has meant that I've been able to regroup. That's been keeping me out of prolonged slumps."
In the first inning Friday, he sent a two-run blast over the left-field fence. He did it again in the third but admitted the two homers affected the approach in his next trip to the plate.
"I got a little anxious and tried to go for a third home run," he said.
Garcia swung hard at a first-pitch fastball, which fell in shallow left for a single.
"In my at-bats after that, I said, 'Keep back, try to hit singles. Just keep doing what you're doing.'"
In his final at-bat, he slapped the ball over the head of center fielder Myrio Richard to plate another run.
"I thought I had four or something," Garcia said of his RBI total, "but I didn't realize it was five."
To Subero, who's watched Garcia's development on a daily basis, the performance was no surprise.
"You can see the growth, seeing him run the bases -- he has seven stolen bases already -- and throwing guys out," the manager said. "He's letting his talent come out."
Chris Jacobs was 4-for-4 with three doubles and two RBIs for Rancho Cucamonga, while Scott Schebler and Noel Cuevas each had three hits and three runs scored.
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Via Deacon Greg, Reuters reported earlier today that some rule changes may take place in the next few days that will answer questions about timing of the upcoming papal conclave. The canon law on conclaves calls for a period (sede vacante, or "empty chair") of no less than 15 days after the office of the Pope is empty. That, however, assumes a vacancy because of death rather than retirement/resignation, and is in part to cover a funeral and mourning period and time for the cardinals to travel to Rome.
Benedict XVI will remain Pope until a week from tomorrow, and he may be preparing some changes to fit the extant circumstance:
Pope Benedict may change Church rules governing the conclave where cardinals from around the world will meet next month to secretly elect his successor, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
Benedict was studying the possibility of making changes to two laws established by his predecessor Pope John Paul before he abdicates on February 28, a spokesman said.
The changes may affect the timing of the start of the conclave.
With all of the lead time that Benedict XVI gave for a resignation rather than a death of the prelate, the need for a longer sede vacante has disappeared in this instance. I wouldn't be surprised to see the time shortened to a week to ten days, or perhaps even sooner. Stay tuned.
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WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and Trade Center Management Associates (TCMA) today announced that the DC Chamber of Commerce will open a new Visitor Information Center in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
The DC Chamber of Commerce, the premier advocate for businesses in the District of Columbia, has signed a ten-year lease for 3,200 square feet in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The Chamber expects to open the Federal Triangle-area Visitor Information Center in early 1999.
"The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is expected to generate $45 million annually in business revenue and sales tax for the District of Columbia," said GSA Administrator David J. Barram. "Public-private partnerships, such as the one creating this Visitor Information Center, are playing an increasingly vital role in the rejuvenation of our nation's cities."
GSA, the DC Chamber of Commerce, TCMA, Bell Atlantic-Washington, Guest Services, Inc., and the National Endowment for the Humanities have partnered to create an inviting and engaging new center where visitors can get answers to all of their questions about public attractions and accommodations in the nation's capital. Tourism is Washington, DC's second largest industry after government, and currently there is no way for visitors to readily access this information.
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Brian Dacey, Managing Director of TCMA, said that the partnership and the Center are important for the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center because it "is a showcase for the types of public-private partnerships that will really bring American and international visitors into this unique and beautiful public Federal building."
The Visitor Information Center will be readily accessible on the street level at the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Plaza entrance to the building, just across from the Federal Triangle Metro station. Visitors can also get there easily from the main entrance of the Reagan Building on 14th Street and the corner entrance at 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The Center will be open 7 days a week; the hours of operation will be Monday - Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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The Chamber spearheaded the Visitor Information Center project because its mission as it relates to tourism is to ensure that all of the city's neighborhoods are easily accessible to the 22 million tourists who visit the nation's capital every year. The Chamber will assume full responsibility for operating the center. Daily operations will be managed by Guest Services, Inc., a hospitality industry leader in the metropolitan region with extensive experience handling millions of visitors through its contracts with the National Park Service, the U.S. Congress, and other government agencies. Guest Services will hire and manage Center employees, including a staff of local volunteers, and will run the Center's retail shop.
Bell Atlantic-Washington will donate, design, and install the Center's information technology, which will provide visitors with an array of up-to-date information to enhance their experience of Washington, DC. Support from the National Endowment for the Humanities will make the Visitor Center an attraction in itself by showcasing changing exhibitions featuring captivating scenes of Washington in its d¿cor.
Formally dedicated in May of this year, the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is 90% occupied. It houses about 7,000 public and private sector employees in a unique partnership that actually creates two buildings under one roof. Not only does the building consolidate headquarters for federal agencies, it serves as a platform for international trade.
GSA oversees the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, which has more than three million square feet, and hired TCMA in 1995 to manage and market the trade center and the vast public spaces. According to GSA, over 75 percent of the building houses nearly 5,000 employees from three primary federal tenants: the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Customs Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is also housed in the building.
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By Richard Littlemore • Tuesday, February 13, 2007 - 06:57
Per an earlier post, the National Post recently defamed the renowned astrophysicist Dr. Nigel Weiss with an article lumping him in with a group of climate change "deniers."
In response to this – an error that caused him a good deal of embarrassment among serious scientists – Dr. Weiss wrote this Letter to the Editor:
The article by Lawrence Solomon, which portrays me as a denier of global warming, is a slanderous fabrication. I have always maintained that the current episode of warming that we are experiencing is caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases, and that global temperatures will rise much further unless steps are taken to halt the burning of fossil fuel. Compared to these effects, the influence of variations in solar magnetic activity is unimportant, however interesting it may be to astrophysicists like me.
For further details see the Press Release on the University of Cambridge website
Nigel Weiss
If you thought that a responsible newspaper would offer a quick correction and apology, you would have missed your bet with the National Post. Instead of running Dr. Weiss's complaint on the letters page, "the editor" gave it to writer Lawrence Solomon, who instead challenged Dr. Weiss with this email:
Dear Dr Weiss,
I am writing in response to your letter to the editor of the National Post, in which you take issue with my characterization of you as a "denier." I can understand your objection to having a negative term assigned to you, although my use of this term is meant to be ironic – it is clear that I am not hostile to those I describe. I use the term "denier" to describe scientists who do not believe that the "science is settled."
I do not understand, however, what other objections you may have to my column. Have I misrepresented your statements, for example, or attributed beliefs to you that you do not hold? If I have, I would very much like to understand how I have done so.
Larry Solomon
As Mr. Solomon is well able to string together apparently intelligent paragraphs, it would appear that his impenetrability on this issue is intentional. It was abundantly clearly that Dr. Weiss was not complaining about the "epithet" denier because he finds it distasteful. He's complaining because it is pointedly not true.
Dr. Weiss says, "I have always maintained that the current episode of warming that we are experiencing is caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases," and "compared to these effects, the influence of variations in solar magnetic activity is unimportant." And yet, having written a whole column describing Weiss as a believer in the sunspot theory of global warming, Solomon wonders, "Have I misrepresented your statements, for example, or attributed beliefs to you that you do not hold?"
Larry, Larry, Larry. What do you think Dr. Weiss meant by "slanderous fabrication"?
More amazing than this rude riposte – this argumentative, ungracious and insensible retreat into "irony" – was Solomon's next column: Even with Dr. Weiss's correction in hand, Solomon followed, on Friday, Feb. 9, with this article , in which he again characterizes Dr. Weiss as someone who denies that greenhouse gases are the principal cause of climate change. Solomon then concludes with a disingenuous plea "to drop the term denier from the scientific lexicon."
Once again (and slowly, for the benefit of the National Post) Dr. Weiss is not saying that he would rather be called a "skeptic " than a "denier" - he's neither. He is saying he would rather that Larry Solomon tell the truth.
According to another National Post story, a new Compas poll shows that Canadian business executives are still divided over whether to believe that the science behind climate change is settled. Small wonder if they are depending upon the National Post for the "facts" on which they must base their opinions.
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Classic obfuscationism
Although craftily written, Solomon is engaging in the old trick of obfuscation. He deliberately and deftly switches the concept "nuance" with "skepticism".
He implies that if you have a nuanced take on AGW, then you must be skeptical about its existence and the need to act. In his world there are clearly only two camps: the "true believers", and the "skeptics". Whether or not the term "denier" is used ironically, he is 100% clear that all nuance means "skepticism", and that means one thing: there is no cause for action.
Far from introducing shades of grey, he shoehorns opinion into ond of the two camps: black and white.
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Nothing nuanced about it
DEW replied on Permalink
By "nuanced", I meant a picture of climate change that includes natural drivers as well as anthropogenic ones. It's quite simple.
Solomon is clearly pushing the position that, for all parctical purposes (ie, taking action) you can't have both. But many people on the other side of the debate do the same, giving people like Solomon an in for their "true believer" claims.
And by the way you're right: "…global temperatures will rise much further unless steps are taken to halt the burning of fossil fuel." is not a "nuanced" statement, meaning that while it may be correct, it's also of very little use: it tells us nothing about how to halt the burning of fossil fuel, what will be the consequences of not doing, and how we should approach the trade-offs we will obviously be forced to confront. These are the (laregely unspoken) questions burning away behind the "yes or no" AGW debate–and ones which we'll probably need a nuanced picture of the science to tackle.
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Energy Probe
Don't know much about them. The last available information shows the Globe's Margaret Wente and Andrew Coyne on the Energy Probe Board of Directors; that makes is a fairly strange "environmental" organization, at best.
The organization seems to have taken some reasonable positions over time (eg., against the Three Gorges dam), but seem more eager to hector the Chinese than to avocate for an innovative and responsible enviro-agenda at home.
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Energy Probe
Here's a 1997 article by Thomas Walkom about it; it's on the Energy Probe website, which is to their credit, I guess, because I am appalled by much of the article, and by Solomon's other organizations.
"…Where most Canadian public-interest groups support a greater role for government in solving environmental problems, Energy Probe calls for less.
Its solution to the problems of the environment - indeed, of most social problems - focuses on free markets, privatization, selective deregulation and other policies usually described as right wing.
It holds up former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher as the world's model environmentalist… "
"…"They so often operate in counterpoint to efforts of other environmentalists that the effect is to undermine other organizations," says Steven Schrybman, formerly a Toronto activist who now heads Vancouver's West Coast Environmental Law Association…." Here is the link.
There are some interesting connections there; I know Tom Flanagan contributed articles to Solomon's Next City; including one co-authored with Stephen Harper: Here is a link to a partial copy of that article. They article also mentions the Donner Foundation; and I know Flanagan received a prize from the Donner Foundation for his repulsive book about First Nations.
Also, the blog Le Revue Gauche describes Energy Probe as anti-nuke but pro-coal. The blog post has some links which may be useful. Here is that link.
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Great, thanks. Yes, I did sign up.
I was just going to add that the last link stresses that Energy Probe is pushing for private property rights; this is something Harper, Flanagan, the Fraser Institute and others of their ilk promote; and it could be disastrous for environmental regulations.
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VJ replied on Permalink
More irony
In the National Post articles did Solomon appear to have interviewed anybody?
After seeing Naomi Weiss's post to the earlier article here, I googled her name and found this article where she commented near the bottom: "…Mr Solomon got his facts wrong, which is unsurprising as he didn't even interview Professor Weiss himself…"
At this link.
The commenter below her linked to Dr Shaviv's blog, and he also objected to Solomon's description of his beliefs:
"…On junkscience.com, I found an interesting link, it was to an article by the National Post, which has so many quotes of me, it looked as if I was interviewed without noticing it!
So, to set things straight, I was never interviewed by Lawrence Solomon. I am quite sure that if he would have interviewed me (and all that would have been required of him is send me a few questions by e-mail), he would have obtained original shaviv quotes. I presume that the writer just surfed my website, picked whatever he liked, glued it together and voilà, got an original article. I presume it is legitimate, and it even saves a long distance phone call.
Second, if he would have sent me that article before publishing, I would have pointed out various inaccuracies in it. Here are some details in the article:…"
Note at the bottom, he had a response from Solomon. So Solomon again used the "ironic" defense!
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Artist's BiographyBill Malambri is a native of Fairmont, North Carolina. He earned degrees from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (B.S.), East Carolina University (M.M.), and the University of South Carolina (D.M.A.). Additional conducting study was with Frederick Fennell. He is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Winthrop University, a position he has held since 1978. In addition to conducting the Wind Orchestra, Dr. Malambri teaches applied conducting on both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and administers the annual Invitational Band Clinic. The inaugural clinic was held in 1981 and has employed notable clinician/conductors including Frederick Fennell, Robert Jager, David Shaffer, Jared Spears, James Curnow, James Croft, Kenneth Bloomquist, Robert Winslow, Stanley Michalski, James Keene, Allen LaFave, Bruce Ammann, Dale Lonis, Alan Beck, Brian Shelborne, Gary Lamb, Gary Green, Robert Jorgensen, and Marco Bazzoli.
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Sunn O))) (pronounced Sun; legal name "S☺lar``i*%#@$S ☻ /\/\map) are two musicians that usually play the "drone doom" style of heavy metal. They are generally considered to be the the most skilled guitar-playing entity in the world, writing the most complex riffs, among other things. They discovered the BWOOM effect, which is really damn powerful.
edit Beginnings
Sunn O))) originally started as two ordinary men, named Steve O'Malley and Greg Anderson. They sought to harness the fundamental forces: sex, drugs, and loud noises that go BEU BEU WOMP WOMP which were pioneered in the 1960's. After two decades of deep research and studying, they succeeded in being able to make women orgasm on command and their development of an advanced method of music that called reflected the meaning of life, thus making religion mostly obsolete. The power of loud noises, however, remained untapped by the duo. Though they did develop a distortion technique, their actual ability paled in comparison to Melvins, who never sought world domination and yet achieved it.
Their godhood would come in due time. After
goths grunge punk rock Cliff Burton died, O'Malley and Anderson were the last living true rockers. They were considered to be the "most band ever" in spite of never actually forming a band. Yet for all this, they were no more skilled, and the infinite quantities of talent were hollow and vain to them.
edit The formation of Sunn O)))
So the pair continued to seek powers comparable to those of the hardest rock known the man. In 1998, the pair tried their most ambitious experiment. There are no survivors of this experiment besides them. Historians have been unable to discern the exact experiment, but they think it involves a bunch of Sunn amps, seaborgium, two buildings made of plate glass, and O'Malley and Anderson's guitars. It is rumored that there was explosion so powerful, it made people in outlying areas stop having sex for a few weeks. The only things remaining in their comically small Midwestern town were Anderson and O'Malley, their instruments, and a giant boulder. The amount of rockin' force in the resulting crater was so great that anyone who got near it would have his socks rocked off.
At the turn of the century, a lot of things happened. One of them was that Sunn O))) appeared where the boulder stood. Now, everyone would ordinarily make a pilgrimage to the boulder. On 02/20/2000, Sunn O))) revealed itself to the world.
Near the boulder site, a series of concentric crop circles developed the night before the incident. It is unknown whether these are related.
edit The discovery of the BWOOOM effect
Sunn O))) had great power, but no way to harness it. It was far too powerful for ordinary rock music, so it sought out the most powerful metal musicians on the planet, who are many orders of magnitude more powerful than entire rock bands. This was less fruitful than it hoped. Anderson and O'Malley were challenged by, and forced to duel, numerous musicians for about six and a half minutes before their opponents left the room screaming like little girls.
Having finally realized that there is no force stronger than themselves, Anderson and O'Malley practiced together for a year or two. They found a way to channel their power safely by repeating a descending lyric minor scale nine hundred thousand times in one nanosecond. The sound emitted by its guitar, however, was not the usual shred guitar wankery, but rather a low-pitched "BWOOOM". This was named the BWOO)))M effect because nobody thought of anything better. Every other guitarist in the world dropped dead instantly. The effect was engaged again with an ascending epic minor that brought them all back to life, except for Dimebag Darrel, who remained dead as a nail. Sunn O))) was unanimously declared the greatest band in the world and released their first LP ØØ Void.
edit Musical style
Sunn O)))'s music is typically thought to be very slow and heavy. This is false; though its music is certainly very heavy, it is not slow. In fact, it is faster than most humans can comprehend. What seems to be a note change is actually Sunn O))) slowing down for a brief moment. Those few who do hear the full complexity of its music note that these slow periods are the most emotional thing they have ever heard. They are even capable of making babies cry.
Typically, O'Malley and Anderson organize sermons and worship sections in the form of concerts with devoted followers playing anywhere from three to nine guitars at once plus bass, as well as synthesizers, drums, keyboards, spoken vocals, death growls, glockenspiel, operatic choirs, 1200-piece orchestras, and occasionally a drum soloist. The compositions written for this many instruments, however, are not publicly available, as nobody would be able to recreate them. So Sunn O))) keeps the number of guitars down to two, plus bass.
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I am very greateful to two ladies/restaurant staff who kindly provided me with all we needed!Excellent staff! Very big problem, air conditioning was NOT cooling , only fan was working on 42C in the shade! Since hotel is located in the city centre , windows could not be left open due NOISE.
Great location, one block from harbour, good breakfast, Basic room but okay for price
Very central location, only 5 mins walk from bus station, near Rapsani beach and Pangaia old town area. Breakfast was pretty fair. Location between 2 busy streets, makes it as if you are in middle of a traffic island. Air-con didn't work/was switch-off, so very warm with terrace door closed to keep noise down. Fresh fruit would have been preferred at breakfast to canned variety.
location needs refurbishing
Location of this Hotel is great! Also, the hotel has parking, so you don't have to worry about parking.
Hotel is in the center of the city, also near the seaside. The rooms and the bathrooms are comfortable, clean and big. The staff is helpful and friendly, speak good english. There is a souvenir shop next to the hotel :)
Room is very comfortable, central heating ststem is working properly, breakfast is good
The hotel is just near the beach and 2 mins drive to the city center. Nice decoration.
Very clean , good rooms The staff can be helb for the luggage
Hotel is very comfortable and nice. The room was also nice & clean. Even though it is in the city the place is quiet, no car or city noises. If you can afford, choose a room with sea view; the view is really nice and romantic. It has big car park and few minutes away to city center by car.
Excellent personel, neat, friendly, helpful, young. Very large and comfotable room and bathroom. Recently renovated. Modern design. good price. Very good breakfast for all taste. Needs better tuning of heating system. Needs harder and smaller pillows (or a choise of pilows if it is possible.)
Everything Nothing
Everything was perfect, we stayed in a big and clean room with fantastic view of the sea and the city. Breakfast was very good and i will definitely choose Lucy again on my next visit to Kavala
Good location right on coast with easy access to other locations in Northern Greece. Wi-Fi in public areas free, and wired internet in rooms free. Smoker friendly. Restaurant closed out of season on the day we stayed, and although snacks available in bar, rather limited selection.
Excellent view of Kavala, easy access to the room, to restaurant, to spa, to cıty center by car, easy parkıng. Clean and cosy, comfortable rooms. fıtness center, sauna and ındoor pool are served wıthın a payable package. Although not expensıve, could have been ıncluded ın room rates.
Friendly staff, well appointed rooms and splendid views over the town. The roof top restaurant did not live to its expectations as far as quality of food was concerned. The 22 euros menu advertised on your site did not appear anywhere on the rather pretentious restaurant menu.
foods of restaurant is ok, no need to go out to find restaurant.
It's not a new hotel; the furniture, decoration seemed old. We booked for a non-smoking room with view. The room was at the 1st floor but it was under the entrance! As it was so close to ground, you can see the view through the roof of buildings at the opposite side of street. The lights of the balcony are on until 12:00 at night and it is managed centrally. So even you sit at the balcony at night as the light are on and you are so close to ground everybody living around can watch you. The second bad thing was there was a conference room at that floor and the service door of it was opposite side of our room, so we couldn't have some privacy. We were planning to stay for 2 nights. We asked them to change the room but they told us there is no free room. But when we said we are not going to stay for second night, they offered a new room for the second day. They also said there will be no meetings at the conference room while our stay but when we woke up in the morning we saw there is a meeting. The people were smoking in the corridor. So we left the hotel. We stayed Hotel Lucy same price, there is no view but the hotel, location was great. P.S. You cannot use the balconies at the view side of Egnatia Hotel at day time as it is eastern side of the hotel and sun burns the balcony and the rooms.
A very nice hotel with very friendly staff breakfast could have more options for a 4 star hotel
a visit to this hotel is the best kind of pampering u can offer yourself! it feels like travelling to another era.the atmosphere is magical, almost mystical! it is beautifully decorated, the staff are more than willing to help and the goodnight service made an excellent impression on us!the architecture, cleanliness as long as the tranquillity u can enjoy there make this a place definitely recommended for any kind of getaway! the "water area", as they like to call it, should be kept cleaner!
Brilliantly and authentically restored building in superb location Food quality disappointing
excellent decoration, silence, delicious and well-presented meals, nice view from the restaurant, peaceful environment, free parking on the street. Parking at the narrow and crowded street was not very secure. Promo-double room was smaller than my expectation.
Cleanliness and comfort of the relaxing rooms. The shower part was excellent.And smell of historical ottoman buildings
The view was great from the rooms of the beach and the breakfast in restaurant was very nice for the price. The rooms were simple but comfortable and adequate for our needs. When we arrived we seemed to be the almost the only people there. The expansive dining room (that accommodated around 100 tables) was a bit overwhelming with only 3 or 4 tables set for guests. Perhaps this is because we were traveling mid week and pre-season, but a smaller dining room when there are fewer patrons would be more comfortable. The location was further removed from the city center than appeared on the map. We had difficulty catching public transportation (the bus) into town, but the hotel staff did their best to help us coordinate withe the bus company, and helped us arrange a Taxi when we waited over 20 minutes in the rain and still missed the bus.
Beautifull nature, beach, sea.. The view is magnificant. Good breakfast, nice personell.. I recomend!
the beach and sea unable to wash ourselves due to lack of water pressure in the bathrooms
Perfect location - 5 minutes from Kavala, very pleasant picturesque bungalow settlement. Nice, quiet beach, protected from wind Maintenance is indeed very weak, mattresses in our bungalow were old and very uncomfortable, and how we hear it is a problem throughout the hotel
The beach was very nice Quality of breakfast food was really poor, staff was not enough and not so helpfull. Interior decoration of the room was inadequate for a 4-star hotels. Air conditioning and fridge turn off when you leave your room. Price was definitely too high for the quality of the hotel. And when I checked out.... credit card machine was out of order ! Was it true ? Or they do not want to pay the credit card commissions ?
Clean and nice wiev with a good location. We stayed at no 71. In the middle of the night we woke up due to the noie of next room neighbours. We want to call the reception however the telephone in teh room was not working ! So we could not sleep.....
location other than location all is poor rooms are small, old and badly maintained bathroom is more like 1 star cheap hotel, old and way too small
The best aspect was the location of the hotel. Walking distance to almost everywhere. It's location
Close to city center. Helpful staff. Noisy main street. Ask room with window to the back street.
The location. At the heart of the city The bathroom. Small and old. Needs renovation.
good cosy and the place of hotel was excellent. I will think to stay again when I am in Kavala.
the calmness and serenity far from the town
Beautiful and wonderful hotel. We felt like home. The staff was very polite and helpful. We loved the scenery and breakfast was fantastic!
Wow! What a great place to relax and enjoy the scenery and the atmosphere. The staf were very lovely and helpful. Loved the whole experience.
calm and relax
Very quiet, clean and friendly hotel. It' s exelend.
What a experience! We loved the whole conception! Jennifer is a real Home Hotel. The staff and owners know how to make you feel at home.
Location - overlooking the whole valey of Drama and nearby village with monastery and church. Hotel amenities - pool etc., luxury interior. Meals cost a bit on the high end...
My stay
Traditional small building and great hospitality both let you feel being home. Coco- mat allows you sleeping like being in a warm, comfort cloud. Not so good insulation among rooms sometimes disturb the 'nirvana' offered by the quiteness of nature. Room prices are reasonable but having to pay additionally for anything offered from breakfast to internet and so on... This makes it a bit uncomfort but not in such an extent to disturb the strong positive feelings.
We used the hotel as an overnight stop on the way to a Greek island as it is on a main road.Great place to stay in a mountain region. It's a perfect real 4-star hotel, everything was so comfi and the people at the reception were great. We felt really good. Being on a main road with regards to noise but traffic is not heavy. Consider this if you are really looking for a mountain hotel with no noise but just nature around you.
i liked everything! the staff was great, the room beautiful and the atmosphere just amazingly relaxing! nothing!
Room small, not like in the pictures, staff very ok, pool closed
Cozy hotel with well appointed and spacious rooms, nice view to the sea and city of Kavala. Easy to reach from the highway. Nice outdoor restaurant with barbecue and swimming pool. Wireless internet access in the lobby. Need to be repaired. A little bit noisy because of highway traffic during the hight.
Comfortable stay. Staff were very helpful. Overlooks the Aegean Sea. Car park needs to be resurfaced.
Very nice staff, hotel was clean, nice view to kavala
great view, friendly personnel, close to the highway-excellent for one-night transit bathroom needs to be renwed
Very nice location, abroad from the beaten path, surprising in this area! Very good rooms and infrasrtucture. Staff is helpful, the owner doesn'r speak English, but the rest speaks German, English etc. Very friendly and helpful for The restaurant closure was not in the description and we could not eat there. And the coffee in the morning was special with the hazelnut arome.
Excellent accomodation and service. It is fantastic experience for us to stay in this charmy country hotel. The young owners have achieved to establish a real warm home atmosphere. Luxury decorated spaces but with the contribution of hotel managers' personal touch.
Very kind personal, great atmosphere in the hotel, with a lot of nice details, breakfast very luxurious (too much!) Not directly regarding the hotel; obviously there is a discrepancy between the price communicated in your booking document (5 Euro/person) and that initially demanded by the hotel (10 Euro/person) with regards to the breakfast; but finally, when showing your document, they accepted 5 Euro. Just to be clarified. Everything else was perfect.


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Tuesday, August 11 2009 - Civil Liberties-Police State
Governors oppose DoD emergency powers
By Reid Wilson
August 10, 2009
TheHill.com A bipartisan pair of governors is opposing a new Defense Department proposal to handle natural and terrorism-related disasters, contending that a murky chain of command could lead to more problems than solutions.
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R), chairman of the National Governors Association, and Vice Chairman Gov. Joe Manchin (D) of West Virginia penned a letter opposing the Pentagon proposal, which they said would hinder a state's effort to respond to a disaster.
Current law gives governors control over National Guard forces in their own states as well as any Guard units and Defense Department personnel imported from other states.
The letter comes as the Pentagon proposes a legislative fix that would give the secretary of Defense the authority to assist in response to domestic disasters and, consequently, control over units stationed in an affected state.
"We are concerned that the legislative proposal you discuss in your letter would invite confusion on critical command and control issues, complicate interagency planning, establish stove-piped response efforts, and interfere with governors' constitutional responsibilities to ensure the safety and security of their citizens," Douglas and Manchin wrote to Paul Stockton, assistant secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and America's Security Affairs.
"One of the key lessons learned from the response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 was the need for clear chains of command to avoid duplication of effort and to ensure the most effective use of response resources," the governors wrote.
Though the Pentagon has said the legislative fix would increase the number of Defense Department personnel available to respond to disasters, Douglas and Manchin expressed skepticism, arguing that current law already allows the Pentagon to order personnel to key areas inside the U.S.
A similar fix was removed from the Defense Department appropriation measure in conference committee for fiscal 2009.
A Pentagon spokesman did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
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The original Talmadge Road Pool and Park was dedicated in the summer of 1964. In 1967, the park was renamed "Jindra Park" in honor of a Wickliffe, OH citizen, Robert James Jindra, a Sprcialist-4 in the 9th Infantry serving in the United States Army. Robert Jindra lost his life making the ultimate and supreme sacrifice defending our country and the people of The Republic of Viet-Nam on June 19th, 1967, receiving the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.
In the spring of 2010, it was decided that the Jindra Pool was in suce disrepair that the cost of fixing it would be a foolish investment. One year later, on Saturday, July 2, 2011, the 46-year old site was rededicated as the New Jindra Park. The park is located at 901 Talmadge Drive, Wickliffe, OH 44092 (Phone: 440-943-5235).
I had contacted Robert's brother David Jindra who lives close to the site of Jindra Park and we discussed uniting the Jinithdra's who live on the East Side of Cleveland, OH and the Jindra's who live on the West Side of Cleveland, OH with a Jindra Family Reunion at the New Jindra Park.
When my three children, Lisa, Jena and Michael were young in the 1970's, I took them to Jindra Park for quality time spent in the Jindra Pool.
The Wickliffe Recreation Department also provided a retired baseball player providing tennis lessons on the park tennis courts. That was the beginning of my association with the United States Tennis Association(USTA) as a Team Captain playing several teams such as Adult Men, Mixed-Doubles, Senior and Super Senior. In 2009, our Men's 6.0 Super Senior Team progressed all to way to Surprise, AZ to play for National Championship.
My military service in the U.S. Army was Sept. 1966-Sept. 1967 serving in the 19th Combat Engineer Battalion, Qui Nhon & Bong Son, Viet-Nam.
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Simon Cowell and SFX team up for 'Ultimate DJ' TV show
It looks like the rumors that began two years ago have become a reality. Simon Cowell, along with SFX Entertainment and T-Mobile, are bringing a new talent competition show revolving around electronic music to life called "The Ultimate DJ."
"The Ultimate DJ" was originally developed by Simon's production company Syco (the company behind shows like "The X Factor" and "Britain's Got Talent"), and in the fall of 2012 rumors about the show began swirling. Now, Syco, SFX, and T-Mobile have made it official.
Their new project will launch online initially featuring "producer challenges" in which DJs submit their recordings to be voted on by fans through social media. Then, "live challenges" and performances will take place in SFX event venues.
In a press release, SFX CEO Robert Sillerman says, "Bringing EMC to the world is our goal. And building a TV franchise in the USA is a key part of that strategy. It's always exciting to work with Simon Cowell, and the creative power of the Syco organization is undisputed. They are the perfect partners for our vision."
Meanwhile, Simon explains, "We have been developing this concept for a while but our partnership with SFX has been a real game-changer for this format. It made complete sense for us to collaborate with SFX with their access to the best up-and-coming DJs and their great marketing platform to build new DJ talent. And I'm delighted to have T-Mobile on board with their brilliant vision and innovation."
Who will be end up as "The Ultimate DJ?"
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Attack On DHS Travels From Conspiracy-Monger Alex Jones To Fox News
A story about a Department of Homeland Security video that began at a website operated by radio host Alex Jones and was then covered on Fox News is just the latest example of how Fox has been moving increasingly toward pushing the conspiratorial views of Jones.
After Alex Jones Took Credit For Pushing Fox News To The Fringe...
Jones: "Fox News Is An Alex Jones Wannabe." On his radio show, Jones praised then-Fox News host Glenn Beck for helping to mainstream the conspiratorial views of Federal Reserve critic G. Edward Griffin, claiming that "Fox News is an Alex Jones wannabe," and adding that "We've pushed Fox News, greedy to have the biggest market share, to tell some of the truth." [Genesis Communication Network, The Alex Jones Show, 3/28/11 [1]]
Jones: "Beck Goes From A Mainline Conservative To Having G. Edward Griffin On." Jones commended Beck for doing "a great thing" in having anti-Federal Reserve author G. Edward Griffin on his show. According to Jones, his conspiracy theories are "now mainstream news" as "the train is pulling into the station." He went on to explain Fox News' role in bringing these theories to light:
And so out comes Fox News two years ago with Dick Morris saying, "Hey, the conspiracy theorists were wrong about world government, U.N. takeover, global currency. But now they're right." That's a quote. And so Beck goes from a mainline conservative to having G. Edward Griffin on for over 30 minutes Friday. [Genesis Communication Network, The Alex Jones Show, 3/28/11 [2]]
Jones: Fox News Is "Moving More Towards What Beck Was Doing." Discussing Beck's departure from Fox News, Jones noted that Beck "basically said what we've been saying for years, that the mainstream media is imploding." Jones added:
Just three years ago, when he joined Fox -- two and a half years ago -- Fox said there's no such thing as a world government, no such thing as the Council on Foreign Relations, no such thing as the Bilderberg Group, they would not speak its name. Since then, it's all over their channels, and you see Hannity, you see all of them moving more towards what Beck was doing. So basically, they're getting rid of Beck so they can just basically take my information, hence his information, and spin it in a Republicanoid way. [Genesis Communication Network, The Alex Jones Show, 4/7/11 [3]]
... Fox News Is Now Turning To Alex Jones For News
Jones Website Infowars: "DHS Video Characterizes White Americans As Most Likely Terrorists." From a July 21 article on Alex Jones' Infowars website:
A new promotional video released by the Department of Homeland Security characterizes white middle class Americans as the most likely terrorists, as Big Sis continues its relentless drive to cement the myth that mad bombers are hiding around every corner, when in reality Americans are just as likely to be killed by lightning strikes or peanut allergies.
The video is part of Homeland Security's $10 million dollar "See Something, Say Something" program that encourages Americans to report "suspicious activity," which in every case throughout history has been a trait of oppressive, dictatorial regimes.
In the course of the 10 minute clip, a myriad of different behaviors are characterized as terrorism, including opposing surveillance, using a video camera, talking to police officers, wearing hoodies, driving vans, writing on a piece of paper, and using a cell phone recording application.
Despite encouraging viewers not to pay attention to a person's race in determining whether or not they may be a terrorist, almost all of the scenarios in the clip proceed to portray white people as the most likely terrorists. Bizarrely, nearly every single one of the "patriotic" Americans who reports on their fellow citizen is either black, Asian or Arab. Imagine if the video had portrayed every terrorist as an Arab and every patriotic snoop as white, there'd be an outcry and rightly so, but this strange reversal must have been deliberate on the part of the DHS, but why? Is this merely political correctness taken to the extreme or is something deeper at work? [Infowars.com, 7/21/11 [4]]
Fox Nation Picks Up Infowars Item. A Fox Nation post reproduces the first paragraph of the Infowars article, then provides a link to the article. [Fox Nation, 7/21/11 [5]]
Fox Host Eric Bolling Picks Up Infowars Item: "We Were Looking Over Some Stuff, And This Thing Came, It Hit Us Right Smack In The Face." In a segment on Fox News' The Five, co-host Eric Bolling said in his introduction to a segment on the DHS video: "We at The Five this morning, we're looking over some stuff, and this thing came, it hit us right smack in the face." Echoing the Infowars item, Bolling went on to say that the video shows "white male average Americans end up being the terrorists, and the people calling the terror in happen to be -- all of them happen to be black, Asian or Arab." [Fox News, The Five, 7/21/11]
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