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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A federal judge found President Clinton in contempt of court Monday for giving ''intentionally false'' testimony about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, imposing a historic judicial rebuke on a chief executive who survived congressional impeachment just two months ago.
Historians said they believed Clinton was the first president to face such a penalty, a lasting stigma that could also force him to pay tens of thousands of dollars more to Paula Jones beyond the $850,000 he paid to settle her sexual harassment claims.
U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright imposed a civil rather than a criminal penalty for Clinton's testimony in the Jones case, ordering him to pay Mrs. Jones ''any reasonable expenses including attorneys' fees caused by his willful failure to obey this court's discovery orders.''
The judge also ordered the president to pay $1,202 as reimbursement for the judge's travel in the case.
''The record demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the president responded to plaintiff's questions by giving false, misleading and evasive answers that were designed to obstruct the judicial process,'' Wright wrote.
Wright said she would delay enforcement for 30 days to give Clinton an opportunity to ask for a hearing or to appeal. One option is for him to use his legal defense fund, which has raised $4.5 million, to pay the sanction.
John Whitehead, one of Mrs. Jones' lawyers, said the legal expenses could be ''tens of thousands of dollars.''
''You have all the expenses related to seven lawyers who attended the deposition air fares, the time spent there, the time preparing, meals, and what we believe was the cause and effect of the whole thing,'' said Whitehead, who runs a conservative legal group that paid some of Mrs. Jones' bills.
Senior presidential aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Clinton lawyers regarded the penalty as relatively light since the judge had the option of citing the president for criminal contempt. But the lawyers were keeping options open until they learned how large a monetary penalty Mrs. Jones might seek.
''I will have no comment until I have had the opportunity of reviewing this matter fully,'' said Robert Bennett, the private lawyer who represented Clinton in the Jones case.
The ruling, a public reminder of the Lewinsky controversy at a time when national interest has turned to Kosovo and other matters, came just two months after the Senate voted to acquit Clinton of impeachment charges that grew out of the relationship and his denials of it.
Rep. Asa Hutchinson, the Arkansas Republican who was one of the House prosecutors in the impeachment trial, said a ''nonpartisan and nonpolitical judge'' had found the president had willfully disobeyed court orders to be truthful and ''I have to underline the 'willful' part of her ruling.''
The office of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, whose investigation prompted the impeachment effort, declined comment Monday night.
Clinton is believed to be the first chief executive to be found in civil contempt while in office, according to Robert Dallek, a historian at Boston University. ''It's not going to help Bill Clinton's historical reputation,'' Dallek said.
Wright, a Bush-appointed Republican and a former law student of Clinton's, said in her ruling, ''The court takes no pleasure whatsoever in holding this nation's president in contempt of court.''
She also said her decision to dismiss the Jones case a year ago would not have changed, even if the president had been ''truthful with respect to his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky.''
Mrs. Jones appealed the dismissal, but then she settled the case by accepting an $850,000 payment from Clinton. She alleged that Clinton, as Arkansas governor, made an unwanted sexual advance in a Little Rock hotel room in 1991.
Wright said Mrs. Jones was entitled to information regarding any state or federal employee with whom the president had or proposed to have sexual relations.
In his deposition in the Jones case, Clinton said: ''I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.''
After the president's DNA was found on a dress belonging to Ms. Lewinsky, he acknowledged an ''inappropriate intimate relationship'' with her before a federal grand jury last Aug. 17 and again in a nationally televised address.
Clinton said the relationship did not fall under the definition of ''sexual relations'' provided by Mrs. Jones' lawyers during his deposition, and that his testimony was legally accurate.
Wright also is the judge who sent Susan McDougal, one of Clinton's Whitewater partners, to jail for 18 months for refusing to answer grand jury questions in Kenneth Starr's inquiry. The contempt ruling came the same day that a jury acquitted Mrs. McDougal of obstruction of justice and deadlocked on two contempt of court charges in a separate trial.
In her decision Monday, the judge wrote, ''It is difficult to construe the president's sworn statements ... as anything other than a willful refusal to obey this court's discovery orders.''
''Simply put, the president's deposition testimony regarding whether he had ever been alone with Ms. Lewinsky was intentionally false and his statements regarding whether he had ever engaged in sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky likewise were intentionally false,'' said the judge.
She directed Mrs. Jones' lawyers to submit a statement of their expenses and fees within 20 days.
If Clinton decides not respond, the court will enter an order setting out the time and manner by which Clinton has to comply.
In addition to the payment to Mrs. Jones, Clinton must reimburse the court for the judge's travel expenses in going to Washington at Clinton's request to preside over ''his tainted deposition'' on Jan. 17, 1998, she said.
Wright also said she will refer the matter to the Arkansas Supreme Court's Committee on Professional Conduct to review any disciplinary action it thinks is appropriate. She referred to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct that say that it is misconduct for a lawyer to engage in conduct involving ''dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.'' Clinton is a lawyer.
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Friendly, informal, lovely bright airy spacious rooms. Hostess attended to our needs without being overbearing.
The owner of the Lodge could not do enough for you. After a long journey she was happy to provide a glass of wine and a snack. Very helpful and would highly recommend this place to all my friends Finding the place was difficult as the Sat Nav took us to a different address. Make sure you put in the name of the road. We rang for derections and the ower was again very helpful
It was very difficult to find it, address is not clear, no indication on the road.
Staff were lovely, very helpful. Staff went above and beyond what I would call 'the call of duty'. We stayed for a wedding and was in a rush getting changed, hence we left a bit of a mess. Our room was clean and tidy when we arrived back late in the evening. Was very unexpected but much appreciated. Children under 14's are not allowed. However, I fully appreciate and support this idea due to the fact that there have been some families that just don't respect the property or appreciate the hard work that goes into running a B&B
Made to feel very welcome. Very convenient for Ayrshire coast, getting up to Glasgow.
This family run B&B style country house was a thoroughly enjoyable experience with extremely friendly staff who did everything to make our visit a pleasant one. We could find no faults at all and would definitely come back. All our needs were catered for, we were very lucky to find such a great place.
The scottish hospitality. The owner was very friendly and obliging. couldnt be more helpful. The room was very clean and comfortable,fresh towels every day.Light refreshments were left for us in our room every day. A real home from home.
Very friendly, helpfull, knowledge of the area was good could,nt be any more helpfull.room was very clean, truely recomend personaly would prefer ensuite but hotelier and the large private shower and bathroom made up for this.
Everyone was very welcoming and helpful. Overall a very friendly atmosphere.
the staff was really sympathic and helpfull
Friendly staff. Good food. Stayed in Courtyard part and very unsatisfactory walking in a wet windy night to the main house for dinner. Had to change room because of something noisy and broken on roof. Had no sleep on one night!
High standard of room Poor selection of toiletries
Food in Jockey Club Restaurant was excellent and the staff were very good. Room service breakfast - yuk!
the staff where very friendly and helpful,hotel was very clean the bed in room 302 seemed to have a bump in the middle that seemed to keep me awake most of the night
the service from the staff was excellent,a lasting memory having to prove that I had paid for the breakfast
We liked value for money an d the extra wee touches like bed turned down with shortbread and hot chocolate when we returned to the hotel .
the room was very clean and well equipped thought breakfast would be included in price
The room which we stayed in was one of the best ever and we were impressed with the attentiveness of all the staff. Nothing was a bother to anyone. In addition the food was excellent.
very comfortable, relaxed atmosphere Breakfast on Sunday morning could have done with more staff to cope with the last minute rush.
This is the second time that I have sayed at this hotel. Once again it was an enjoyable experience. We were given an upgrade and the room in the main house was superb. I overheard someone in the restaurant telling the staff that they stay in a hotel at least once a month on business and that this was one of the very best that they had stayed at. This confirmed my findings. It beats the likes of Cameron House for the comfort of the rooms. Food and drink prices are very reasonable. Staff are well trained and very courteous and helpful. I had no complaints about anything. The hotel would benefit from leisure facilities but I knew it didn't have these so I wasn't looking for this.
The restaraunt was good,also the location
Good solid hotel TV was outdated
the relaxed friendly welcoming atmosphere. a group of 12 of us were staying on friday and saturday night. bar was ckised when we returned from an evening out and we were not allowed to sit in the lounge and have a few drinks with our friends before going to bed on the saturday night, didnt want to go to a roomand disturb other guests.
Friendleness of staff / picking up from airport with no problem... With weddings and functions in the hotel they said they were too busy ...I had to ask for something three times before it was resolved
Staff were extremely efficient and very friendly.
Convenient situation to access west coast of Scotland. The amount of cigarette "butts" at the entrance to the hotel.
All the staff were wonderful and really helpfull we had dinner in their restaurant and I would highly recommend it. We would re-visit this Hotel
Comfortable rooms.
The helpful friendly staff, they could not have been more welcoming and attentive
Good selection for breakfast
very friendly atmosphere very helpful staff, breakfast excellent, rooms clean and comfortable newly refurbished reception area and dining room would be a perfect venue for a wedding
The hotel staff were extremely friendly and helpful. The hotel room was spacious and clean.
Chose this hotel for convenience, 7 mins from Prestwick airport, train station and express bus. Comfortable and friendly, used for one night only, late night arrival from Spain early train leaving next morning. Very good. Did not try anything other than the room facilities and had an early morning call.
Setting was fantastic and very convient for Prestwick airport. Nothing
Good area, nice grounds comfortable hotel. Good food, freindly staff.
We have to take a taxi from the airport
the hotel is lovely and the staff good but didnt like the fact that we had to go out to reception and knock at the office door to get some one to serve us a drink at the bar every time , but apart from that we had a plesent stay , when we were leaving there was nobody around reception to hand our room key to so i had to leave it under the counter , but would come back again ,thank you .
The staff were very attentive, and made my stay memorable. I did not stay long enough to full explore this amazing hotel.
All staff were exteremely polite and helpful. The food was of a good standard, well presented and hot. Wifi was not available throughout the hotel, only in the main building, which was a bit frustrating.
Lovely rooms. Bathroom a bit dated though. Friendly staff
Staff excelllent. Discreet and knowledgable service. Concierge service wonderful. They found me some discontinued perfume! Bar staff superb. Heating at the room insufficient during day. Hotel bar is a bit expensive.Noise above room coming from non isolated conduct.Water would change temputer during taking a shower.The carpet is in bad condition.
see above noisy fan in bathroom
the whole experience, made very welcome,food excellent,carnagie suite very relaxing, 5 star service,great night in wonderful surroundings. no
This was our second visit to the hotel and if anything it was better than before. The staff are so helpful and cant do enough for everyone. really enjoyed our stay.
We were particularly impressed by the quality of the food, the comfortable room and the leisure facilities available.
t he actual location,country side,and within easy reach of Belfast City No.
Excellent breakfasts, friendly and efficient staff.
A quiet refuge from the elements; a warm and comforting environment! nothing
Good breakfast. Good room There was an essential repair we requested in the bathroom which was not carried out.
The room was very comfortable. The food plentiful and very good. The staff were extremely friendly and courteous and had a very good customer service attitude, particularly the Bar staff. I have no gripes at all. I would highly recommend this hotel to anyone spending time in the Ayr/Prestwick area
The staff were all very accommodating, the room was comfortable and the leisure facilities were welcome. The location is very good and convenient. The signposting, or rather lack of it, meant it took a little longer to arrive and enjoy the facilities. The breakfast service was a little chaotic, slow and unclear despite friendly staff.
Evening meal at group birthday party was excellent Very small room and bed
My room was way too small and stuffy, breakfast was over cooked.
Service was excellent. All staff very welcolming . A special mention to Emma who served our breakfast - A credit to the hotel.
i thoroughly enjoyed my stay at the hotel, although i would say that the attention to detail in the single room was not quite as high as in a double as my friends have stayed before. as i said, i think there could have been a bit more attention payed to the room. for instance, the toiletries weren't arran aromatics, which i think is normally a very nice feature, and the heating wasn't on.
Friendly, professional staff, on this occasion went out of their way to arrange another room. My elderly mother was unhappy being on another floor from myself. Food was very tasty, but could have been warmer. Breakfast very good, seated and served quickly. We travel to Ayrshire once a year for a particular reason, I would have no reason not to book again next year. The hotel lift was out of action, staff gave reason for this, unfortunately the party included my 87y mother who is not very good on stairs. However staff assisted with luggage and we took our time climbing to the 2nd floor.
The views and the quality of the food
The position of the hotel is amazing. The comfort level & attentive staff make for a very relaxing time.
easy access to swimming pool
Lovely friendly staff, excellent food, stylish and comfortable decor. Would not hesitate to stay again. Worth it just for the fantastic views alone.
I stayed at this hotel because I was playing Royal Troon the next day. From my room I could the 18th of Troon and the sea behind it. The hotel is easy to find, check in was easy, wi-fi was dead simple and worked well and the room was tidy. The bar downstairs was more than adequate and sitting out on the porch looking at the sea was very pleasant. When I'm in Troon again, I will likely stay here.
ease of access to Prestwick Airport
Friendly staff and good food. Large room with bath. Only received free bottle of water for first night.
Good value for money. Location isnt great, on a main road beside a petrol station. Not much happening in Troon either.
the food at the hotel was superb also the rooms are very nice all the staff are very friendly,
How modern it was, and the standard of food Nothing i didnt like.
Location, friendly staff, excellent room, including decor, and food. Ideal for seeing around seaside towns nearby.
It was friendly,very comfatable,clean and pleasant Slight mix up about exact location
Decor in the hotel was very good and there was a relaxed atmosphere, bedroom was particularly well fitted and clean. Bathroom was outstanding. The arrangements for breakfast were not made clear by staff. The buffet area was too small and cramped, cereals etc. The hot plated breakfast was table service.
Recently renovated to a very high standard. The rooms were excellent and dining and wine list were first class - catered for a glutten free diet
Room was a nice size. There was a tower fan available and an iron and ironing board in the room. The garden furniture was lovely and comfortable No shelf in shower for shampoo / conditioner. Existing samples kept falling off fixture on wall. No waste bin in bathroom. My partner is 6' 5" and walked into the shower curtain rail. The price of alcohol is way too expensive. £6.00 for a glass of wine.....
The modern decor albeit in an old Inn, cleanliness, friendliness of the staff, the excellent quality of food. Exceptionally good value. Music in the corridors leading to bedrooms was a little bit loud!
staff were friendly and courteous, rooms were a decent size and service was quick n/a
Location - Good surrounding - Nice staff
Excellent staff,room and meals very good especially 2 for price of one! none
The hotel was very friendly and all the staff were very helpful. There was not much of a range of toiletries available, which was disappointing.
reception staff friendly and helpful dirty bathroom floor - bath and shower water not working properly breakfast waitress poor service
The hotel staff were polite and attentive. They provided a level of personal service that exceeded what i would have expected for a hotel of this grading. Our room seemed to be the smallest and least attractive in the hotel (having had the opportunity to look in a few of the other rooms) I would be requesting that we did not get this room again.
the staff were very helpful and very cheerfull
Very warm welcome and excellent staff. Food was lovely
Good friendly staff, breakfast food very good. Nice location and place to stay Double bed was too small
The staff attitude was excellent, couldn't be more helpful. The cottage itself was perfect for the week we stayed there as we could come and go as we pleased, the room was always serviced promptly and we had agreat trip. The walk along the beach in the morning certainly blew the cobwebs away! The mechanical equipment on the roof of the kitchens and beside the vending machine were very noisy, especially during the night. Needs acoustic enclosure around it.
The Room was in a brand new complex just opened in May 2010 so everthing was new. Ironically, the new complex is away from the hotel main building, meaning you need to don a coat for breakfast and other meals. The heated towel rail in the bathroom didn't work and it took three calls to Reception to be moved to another room
Cottage in grounds was exellent, food was good and we used room service a couple of times None
I liked the atmosphere within the hotel it was very friendly and the staff were very attentive and eager to please and allowed us to relax which was the reason for our stay nothing to report all was very stisfactory
THe room was most comfortable and spacious. The breakfast was also very good as was the service nothing
The room had a luxury feel to it. The room was too warm when we arrived so had to turn off the radiators.
The ability to offer evening meals was helpful. I have had to cancel due to the current adverse weather conditions. The hotel were unsympathetic, and insisted on charging the full room rate. I will therefore think twice about staying again.
Very comfortable, was made very welcome, breakfast was great. All in all a great stay. booking.com stated the room was en-suite, therefore I did not bring a dressing gown - maybe one could be provided?
Good value Good breakfast. Pleasant staff
Pleasant Staff and clean Room My booking was descried as En Suite, however no En suite was provided, which was a bit inconvenient
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The staff was very serviceminded and helpful. The only bad thing was that you could hear every sound from the room above.
The food was very well made and tasted grate and was also very cheap
Staff very friendly, rooms clean and newly decorated. All extras in the room - hairdryer, iron and ironing board. Open kitchen - cooking smells from breakfast linger on your clothes if you sit too long in the restaurant area
this was a very pleasant hotel good service and very friendly
Excellent friendly ness of the staff will go out of there way to make you very welcome. Breakfast excellent really set you up for the day. There was nothing I did not like about the hotel. But would like to make one suggestion. Being a women I would have liked a plug socket under the mirror to make it easier for a hairdryer .
noisy, looking out onto car park - no blinds on windows, could not see the sea from the hotel as stated on website, no sky tv, no mini bar
Hotel surroundings, staff and accessability were excellent No comlaints whatsoever
As we were attending a family funeral we did not look at the hotel in this way.However the service provided especially the friendly staff was very good.
The help and friendliness of the staff, the quiet location and easiness of access by road.
Our stay was excellent very comfortable and enjoyable We attended a function at Hotel and were let down by the fact the when we left our table to dance staff removed half full glasses this is the only thing that marred our stay.
Everything, Excellent experience
The handy location for seeing family The full price was a little to much, but as I got a deal it was well worth th e price we paid for 2 days and other a weekend as well
Very comfortable, friendly staff and good food.
friendly relaxing atmosphere
The staff in general are delightful We had no heating in the bathroom and the heating in the bedroom did not work. I mentioned this on checking out and barely received an apology. This was the one member of staff I did not like.
Fantastic food, service and the most comfortable bed ever !
The location... we had a room overlooking the golf course and the sea beyond. Stunning. Very expensive but that is expected at places like this (e.g Glass of diet coke and soda water and lime = £6.50)
All the staff were welcoming and courteous. This factor, combined with the high standard of amenities, created a relaxing and memorable stay. The bath was elegant but inpractical! (The hotel was made aware of this)
Lovely location Expensive and room recently done up, but tatty round the edges and very dusty
Classic location, great facilities, wonderful golf on all courses, fabulous hotel. Renovations are good but it is expensive, but you need to pay for quality.
Great place to relax and enjoy the fantastic views Price, price, price
Quiet getaway: great bathtub: great shower: nice bed: enjoyed complimentry tea coffee: breakfast was wonderful Actually bookin.com messed up the weekend for me as they let me book Sunday Monday and I made plans accordingly. But had to curtail and scramble because Monday was not available.
The food was excellent. The staff very friendly, particularly Alan Cree made the stay perfect. During breakfast (which was awesome) he always had the best recommendations how to spend the day, what to see, where to go... He is the heart and soul of the hotel! The spa should be closed for children at a specific time (5 P.M.) in order to give other guests the chance to calm down.
Although we weren't able to make full use of the facilities, we really enjoyed our stay
Staff Cost of internet access and lack of wireless access
Location. Very comfortable. Well equipped. Good restaurant
The room facilities approach to reception from car park was really tatty and uninviting. Poor lighting. Draft beers were off due to a fault with the cooling system. Only bottled beer was available at £3.30 for a 330 ml bottle. The price should have been reduced to reflect the lack of customer choice and the excessively high price.
Central location I discovered I had paid £30 more than my friends for exactly the same accomodation and food! Even though I booked online.....
Staff very friendly and helpful. Good location for walking to shops and restaurants. Good parking. We asked for 2 bottles of water for the room. The bar man had none in stock so went to the store room. 2 very small bottles of water cost around £6.80p. He could not find any larger bottles to offer value for money.
Local to the town and resturants. Would of been nice to access sky sports from the room.
Front desk staff very friendly and helpfull,at check in and check out Lifts did not work
we like this hotel!!! no complains!!!
Sight seeing, took in the racing on sat night, spent sunday in ayr & went down to Culzean Castle and Girvan on the Monday Had a couple of problems with the keys for the room
Staff very pleasant and helpful and food was good Noise - this took the form of invasive loud music in the bar and diningroom - a noisy party of guests being allowed to use the diningroom for a meeting when we were having a meal - people banging doors at 01.00 - 02.00 & 04.00 am as well as music from the function room at midnight.
Very frendly and nice couple. ALSO very good breakfast with plenty of choice
The lovely hosts Michael and Joyce have a beautiful guest house which is close to the town centre..walking distnace to lovely eats annd shops. The room was gorgeous.4 poster bed and afternoon sun..large ensuite...just perfect !
Mine host were very obliging and very socialable.Would fully recommend this hotel.the room was adaquate for a short stay. very clean and comfortable. Would of prefered a bath rather than a shower.But didn't request a room with a bath.
Lovely friendly people, decor was excellent, and the breakfast was superb, thoroughly recommend it. Nothing
Excellent service and friendliness None
Clean, Good Location, Very friendly and helpful staff, Excellent Breakfast.
All staff were extremely helpful,and went that extra bit to make us feel welcome.
the staff were very nice/helpful the carvery was great value, would recomend it to friends and family.... no fried eggs at breakfast but you they will make these for you if you ask for them ...
Very nice hotel with excellent decor. The staff were friendly and the cooked buffet breakfast was very good. Free WiFi worked great. I would recommend this hotel and would stay again if on business in this area. The shower in my room was not very powerful.
Very friendly management and staff and a beautiful decorated and well looked after.hotel . When the extension is finished it will be the icing on the cake . No
Friendly staff, nice room, pleasant bar Phone was missing from my room but night porter came and knocked on the door for my wake up call.
The hotel was lovely- one of the nicest I've stayed in. Room newly refurbed, modern and clean. Friendly staff and the food and service in the restaurant top class no
Friendly, helpful staff. Food and service was good. Felt a bit exposed when curtains were open as we were in a downstairs back room and people were in and out of the car park. We felt that blinds were needed for privacy. Had to ask for a hair dryer and another cup. Other than that, nothing major.
Staff were excellent, very friendly and nothing was too much trouble to them.
The hotel was modern and very clean, the staff were efficient and the buffet breakfast was excellent, although apparently they don't normally do a buffet but did on this occasion due to the number of guests. The shower was rubbish.
A very comfortable new hotel in excellent condition, food good as well
staff were friendly Lots of stairs to go up and noisy doors when people come in including the front door. Room 6 on the ground floor seemed better
Very clean and comfortable. Staff all friendly and accomodating. Great breakfast. Only stayed one night on the way through, but could have easily stayed loger.
Was given a larger room than I had booked.
This B&B is very modern, extremely clean and well run and the breakfasts are unbeatable! Excellent value for money for what is royal treatment in Ayr. I also liked the lounge which was accessible at all times and the selection of games and magazines on offer to guests.
Quietly situated outside city centre, nice for summer vacations. Familiar atmosphere - but far from "boutique-styled". Very small rooms, just for sleeping. The sheets was extremely hot. And the smell from the kitchen reached up in the rooms..
Everyone was very friendly which created a pleasant and relaxing atmosphere. The breakfast was very good with plenty of choice. Our room was really lovely but a long mirror would have made it even better.
Owner very helpful, friendly & informative. Mix of old & modern, bright, clean and comfortable. Also loved the choice of art work. Very close to beach & shops. Would certainly recommend it.
High standard of 'furnishings and fittings'. Beautiful house. Very friendly, polite and welcoming hosts. Could not be more helpful. None
Warm welcome, well furnished, comfortable room and lounge and with excellent breakfast None
The proximity to the city center. We really enjoyed the consevstory The shower was difficult to regulate the temp
Really enjoyed our stay, the room was very nice and clean and the bathroom too. The food on both days was very enjoyable and the staff were very nice. None
Extremely warm welcome, comfortable rooms, good fresh food, and the heating was bliss when the weather outside was freezing
THe guset house was very comfortable and was beautifully decorated and furnished throughout. The breakfast was very filling and the service was friendly and welcoming. We were a party with a couple of small babies and children and we were well looked after.
Very homely & cosy.
We were well received. The room was confortable and clean.
This hotel is utterly beautiful and very clean. The room we had was lovely; luxurious comfortable bed and really nicely decorated. Breakfast was great too! Excellent value for money and I will most definately be staying again!
The guest house was in a perfect location, was clean,comfortable and the staff were lovely.
the owner where very friendly the hotel was modern and immaculate.well recommended to anyone.breakfast was amazing
Lovely location in Ayr, close rail links to Glasgow, & good quality accommodation.
nicely decorated comfy, 5 star for a b and b the room is like a hotel (the room i stayed in was ) comfy bed nicely decorated clean warm room nice ensuite
Linda and Sylvio were wonderful hosts, friendly and helpful, even lent my husband a kilt buckle for the wedding we were attending! The room was very comfortable with nice finishing touches and the location was perfect. Should also mention the excellent breakfast.
Very friendly owners (married couple)- most accommodating. Great breakfast. Location close to beach and restaurants, On-street parking voucher available from owners.
very pleasant , food brill , staff great , clean, management very helpful ,my wife and i had an unforgetable honey moon , thank you
the Guest house was very nice friendly and comfortable well deserved of the 4 stars it has the food was Excellent and Silvio and Linda were a lovely couple making our wee stay very enjoyable would certainly recommend to friends and family .
Large room. Very comfortable bed. Excellent value. Easy walk to both the seaside and town centre.
cleaniliness of room, comfort of room, huge variety for breakfast, friendliness of staff, absolutely northing
Enjoyed every minute of our stay. Host were Excellent !
staff is excellent and rooms are soo neat and clean lovely and 5 mint walk from beach.... i love it na


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A theatre company will step off of the stage and into Wood Street for a series of live performances.
Next week, performers will gather in Walthamstow to present A Night at the Pictures after tasting success in the borough in 2012.
Slap Haddock productions has been keen to return since they created A Night at the Dogs, based on the dog track.
This time, there will be performances covering a wide range of genres including thriller, sci-fi and even wild west.
Producer Robin Rayner said: "Get in line as we open the doors to Wood Street's finest cinema and treat you to a Night at the Pictures like never before.
"Performances that will appeal to every member of the family, sometimes hilariously funny, sometimes intensely dramatic, but always entertaining."
The group has chosen the market as a location for its history as a cinema.
Admission is free and show times are 11.30am, 1pm, 2,30pm and 4pm every day between May 28 and 31.


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"It's some of the top players out here," Smith said. "I had a great time coming out here and competing, getting better - show these scouts what you've got."
Smith currently has offers from, well, a lot of schools, including Alabama, Georgia, Auburn, Florida State and LSU just to name a few. Before competing in the MVP Camp, that wasn't the case.
"Last year I had zero offers when I came," Smith said. "It must have done something."
Of those schools, Georgia is all over Smith. He talks to the Dawgs four to five times every week through Twitter and other outlets. The 6-foot-1, 207-pound 2015 prospect likes what he's hearing, and speaks to Georgia coach Mike Ekeler the most of anyone on the Bulldogs' staff.
"Great guy, high energy guy," Smith said. "He's a high energy guy (who) loves the game and loves to go out there and wake up with a passion."
Want to talk about passion? First year Georgia defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt has plenty of it. He's looking to get Georgia's defense on the map, and fast.
"He's trying to bring in some of the top players for the defense," Smith said. "He needs the fast guys like he had at Florida State to get the defense at top tier."
Georgia was a common name among prospects at Lovejoy's MVP Camp. Harland Howell hasn't received an offer from Georgia yet, but he's on the lookout.
The 6-foot-4 wide receiver out of Wheeler High has been to Athens, and knows plenty about the Dawgs.
"I've been staying in contact with Georgia the most," Howell said. "I love Georgia (and) as a kid I was always raised as a Georgia fan."
Georgia receivers coach Tony Ball has made quite the impression on Howell, too.
"He's a great dude," Howell said. "Every time I'm there he goes straight to work."
Howell is a three-star receiver with offers from Arkansas State, Boston College, Charlotte, Georgia Tech, Marshall and Middle Tennessee State.
Antwuan Jackson, a 2016 defensive tackle out of Cedar Grove High, is another prospect taking a close look at Georgia. He obviously wants to get to the next level after college, and thinks Georgia defensive line coach Tracy Rocker may be the guy to get him there.
"He knows a lot about the game and he likes to coach. He knows everything," Jackson said.
He's got a lot of looking around to do, though. He'll spend the next two years on the road.
"Traveling, traveling, traveling and seeing what schools I like and I'll determine it," Jackson said. "I'll be very excited to see different schools. I've seen half the schools now, but I'll be searching for the other ones."
The four-star defender may not go far from home in the end, though.
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And now he's starring for the Tar Heels, who visit Miami on Saturday for what shapes up as a massive game in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division race. The Hurricanes (4-2, 3-0) have the best league record so far, while North Carolina (4-2, 1-1) is coming off two offensive explosions and just dealt perennial division favorite Virginia Tech its second loss in its last 21 ACC games.
"I mean, it's a good feeling going down there," Bernard said. "It's the first time my dad actually gets to see me play live (in college). My brother's going to be down there. A little bit of significance, but it's another game, another opportunity to get better, an opportunity to win. That's what we want."
In simplest terms, North Carolina's offense - fueled by Bernard - is rolling.
Miami's defense is not.
In the past two weeks, North Carolina has scored 114 points and gained more than 1,100 yards. Meanwhile, Miami has yielded 78 points and more than 1,250 yards during that span, and coming off last week's 41-3 loss against Notre Dame, the Hurricanes now face another team that looks like an offensive juggernaut in the Tar Heels.
"ACC, Coastal game coming up, great opportunity at home, back in our own stadium," Miami defensive back Brandon McGee said. "So that's the focus."
It didn't take Miami long to try to put Notre Dame in the rear-view mirror and start thinking about North Carolina. About 20 minutes, to be precise.
As the Hurricanes were loading up for the bus ride from Soldier Field to the airport in Chicago last Saturday night, Miami coach Al Golden started looking at North Carolina film. He and his staff kept studying on the flight home, then went right into the office upon landing Sunday morning - roughly 5:30 a.m. - and stayed in their offices for the next 13 hours.
That's roughly a day and a half without sleep. That's the havoc North Carolina's offense can wreak upon opposing coaches.
"The hottest team in our conference," said Golden, describing the Tar Heels.
It's the start of what shapes up as a make-or-break stretch of three home games for the Hurricanes, who play host to rival Florida State next weekend, then wrap up their longest homestand of the season against Virginia Tech on Nov. 1. The loss to Notre Dame was a clear blow, but the Hurricanes insisted this week that they could move on - even wide receiver Phillip Dorsett, who dropped two surefire touchdown passes on the first drive of that game, said he had no doubt that a bounceback effort was coming.
"It's a learning stage for a lot of people here," Miami quarterback Stephen Morris said. "I think the biggest thing for us to do is learn from what happened, learn from the mistakes we made and make sure they don't happen again."
That all being said, offense may not be the bigger concern for the Hurricanes this weekend.
Miami's young defense has been porous, against everyone. But North Carolina insists that it's bracing for a challenge.
"We're excited about getting on the road and going down to Miami and playing a good, young Miami football team that right now is undefeated in conference play," Tar Heels coach Larry Fedora said. "We know that we'll have our work cut out for us, and we'll have to play a complete game."
The Hurricanes are on pace to smash school records for points and yards allowed, and now have to face one of the league's most complete offensive threats in Bernard - who has eight touchdowns, second-best in the ACC and is particularly well-respected by Miami players, especially offensive lineman Brandon Linder, one of his closest friends.
"We have to continue to run the ball," Bernard said. "We've got to continue to make holes up front. That's where it all starts at. That O-line had a tremendous game last week and they've done a great job all year. Our O-line versus their D-line is what it's going to come down to, and for me, I'm sure we're going to win it."


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NASA considers windowless flightdecks
Designers plan external vision systems for supersonic cockpits.
Test engineer Mark D'Aprile checks out a small needle-nosed model of a Gulfstream supersonic jet concept mounted in the Langley Unitary Wind Tunnel.
Honeywell demonstrated component level feasibility of what NASA called its external visibility system (XVS) program. The XVS had to perform 3 crucial functions— avoid collisions with other aircraft, land the aircraft in all weather regardless of external visibility, and perform safe ground operations.
Honeywell research with NASA Langley also included lipstick-size cameras tiled together to make a big display, with tests in the NASA Ames vertical motion simulator—the same device used to train Space Shuttle pilots.
Gulfstream, in collaboration with NASA on the XVS program, conducted a series of studies to identify key display and control issues if the front window were totally replaced with high-definition displays.
Some of the tests, flown on a NASA Dryden F18 by Gulfstream test pilots, included limited HUD symbology to evaluate all phases of flight, based solely on the view of the hi-def display. Operations with the prototype XVS were shown to be smooth for all operations, including following the yellow taxi line to the ramp and parking.
NASA Langley, Honeywell and Gulfstream also recently completed a significant test and evaluation of both EFVS and SVS operations in actual low visibility. These tests were in support of FAA rule development for vision systems, and the flight experiments included sample pilots from both industry and the military.
Test data analysis focused on the pilot's ability to fly and land manually in conditions of extreme low visibility. Early test data showed that for both the instrument segments and EFVS "visual" segments, pilot control and safety of the operation were all normal.
Bombardier, a key player in advanced vision flightdecks, has ramped up its implementation of Global Vision Flight Deck with EFVS supplied by CMC Esterline and the Pro Line Fusion avionics and HUD supplied by Rockwell Collins.
Bombardier recently became the first to gain FAA certification of synthetic vision on the HUD, and is in the process of further expanding Global Vision's operational envelope.
The company's experiments with SVS and sensors for maneuvering in all phases of flight are safety driven to improve pilot awareness of the terrain and the airport, and to improve a pilot's accuracy.
Rockwell Collins has also been a long-time partner with NASA Langley in experiments on advanced SVS flightdecks. Studies included PFD formats, size and shapes, and actual flight tests on several aircraft including an FAA Boeing 727 and a NASA Boeing 757 and Gulfstream V.
Universal Avionics' advanced design of SVS is attacking the basics of the database seen on the PFD.
The problem comes in 2 parts, and parallels the progress of computing and advanced display technology. The higher the image quality, the more lifelike is the terrain and other features.
The tradeoff, of course, is more graphics and computational power—or your flight display slows to the rate of an old and buggy computer game. One of the advanced display concepts Universal is exploring for supersonic flightdecks includes showing the footprint of a sonic boom area. Universal's designers have magic, and are also key players in SC213.
Vision systems for zero-viz ops
Lynda Kramer, a principal researcher in NASA's Flight Deck Interface Technology Group, demonstrates SVS and HUD technology.
FAA's official definition of an EFVS is "an electronic means to provide a display of the forward external scene topography (the natural or manmade features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevation) through the use of imaging sensors, such as a forward looking infrared, millimeter wave radiometry, millimeter wave radio, low light level image intensifying."
Key here is that FAA has stated that an EFVS can be the means by which the pilot can officially see in low visibility. FAA and industry's goal is to extend the visual segment of an instrument approach, which means only typical instrument guidance is required, and at published minimums you see with EFVS or the naked eye. For ultimate system operation no natural vision is assumed, and all the operation is conducted with EFVS.
Special Committee 213 designers and FAA have identified the key elements of a vision-based flightdeck for operations in an environment where no natural visual cues would be available to the pilot. Vision system designs span a range of corporate and large commercial air transports.
The new designs factor in the type of instrument approach and guidance, airport light structure, runway dimensions, runway centerline lights, etc.
The primary requirements that have emerged are that the HUD or equivalent display show the sensor imagery, and that aircraft flight symbology and other cues need to be conformal to the outside world.
Bombardier Test Pilot Mark Schlegel with Global Vision Flight Deck (GVFD) test rig used for EVS, SVS and combined vision systems development.
The new requirements also note that other display methods may be acceptable if equivalent levels of performance and safety are demonstrated.
There is also a requirement for an independent EFVS for use by the pilot monitoring so that control of the aircraft can be transferred.
The combined sensors must be shown to operate in low-visibility conditions without interruption due to weather. The EFVS may augment the pilot's natural vision of the taxi and ramp surface as well as signs, lighting and markings.
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Six new operational advances have been identified and are part of FAA's proof of concept (POC) activity related to ongoing certification programs. For many organizations a POC is performed in the experimental "will it work?" phase.


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Before he put on mascot heads on TV, Lee Corso was a coach who used a turkey as a mascot to create a life-or-death situation for his team.
Really. Traveling to play a heavily-favored Tulsa team on Thanksgiving in 1969 in his first year coaching Louisville, Corso says the team need a live mascot "to rally around." So he put a turkey on a leash. "Everybody at the pregame meal had to pat it," recalls ESPN's Tom Jackson, then Louisville's defensive star. "It charged out on the field with us. And he told us about the bet."
The bet was that the Tulsa coaches would get to eat the new mascot, who escorted Louisville's captains out for the pregam coin toss, if Louisville lost. With a late-game lead, Corso called timeout to remind his defense a life of at stake. "And they said, 'We'll hold them!' And they did and carried me and the turkey off the field."
Still that probably wasn't even Corso's best stunt as Louisville's new coach. When he first showed up, he rode a circus elephant to drum up season ticket sales -- which left him with two pulled groins.
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Tabloid Claims Yet Again That Jennifer Aniston Is Pregnant
- Star magazine claims, for the 416th time, that Jennifer Aniston is pregnant. Jen's rep calls the claim "totally made up." [Celebuzz]
- Rihanna and Chris Brown are collaborating on a new song together called "Nobodies Business." Um, I think the correct spelling would be "nobody's"? But that's besides the point. [Newser]
- If your dude is obese, it might affect his fertility and make it hard for y'all to get pregant. [YourTango]
- Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are supposedly going on a three-month-long "break" after they're done promoting "Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2." [Celeb Dirty Laundry]
- Also, Rob read 50 Shades Of Grey online back when it was "Twilight" BDSM erotica fan fiction. Which means he Googles himself. [Crushable]
- "Bachelor" winner Courtney Robertson is dating Arie Lyuendyk, Jr. from "The Bachelorette." Keepin' it in the family. [The Stir]
- Lady Gaga has pledged $1 million to the Red Cross to help rebuild her hometown of New York City following Hurricane Sandy. [People]
- Vulgar jokes in kids' movies that you didn't understand as a child. [Flavorwire]
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Its body must be sufficiently large to come in contact with the anther.
They consist usually of two parts, the Filament and anther, not yet described.
Inane, empty, said of an anther which produces no pollen, &c.
I suppose you were afraid I was going to give you anther whistle.
Stamens united into a central column, the anther solitary in our species and annular.
Sometimes the stamen has no filament, and the anther is then said to be sessile.
Any structure containing a cavity, as the cells of an anther, ovary, etc.
By pollination we mean the transfer of pollen from an anther to the stigma of a flower.
This anther lid is closed tightly, with the sticky mass of pollen hidden behind it in the cavity.
The part of a stamen which supports the anther; any thread-like body.
1550s, "medical extract of flowers," from French anthère, from Modern Latin anthera "a medicine extracted from a flower," from Greek anthera, fem. of antheros "flowery, blooming," from anthos "flower," from PIE root *andh- "to bloom" (cf. Sanskrit andhas "herb," Armenian and "field," Middle Irish ainder "young girl," Welsh anner "young cow"). Main modern sense attested by 1791.
The pollen-bearing part at the upper end of the stamen of a flower. Most anthers occur at the tip of a slender, stemlike filament and have two lobes. Each lobe contains two pollen sacs. When pollen matures in the pollen sacs, the lobes of the anthers burst open in the process known as dehiscence to release the pollen. See more at flower.


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I feel like I'm caught in between two worlds at the moment. One is the glamorous, sexy and fancy pants world of the Mac – a world where viruses don't exist, boot time is minimal, and everything just 'works.' The other is the veteran operating system Windows (Windows 7 to be exact.) In the office, my main working machine is a PC – I have a dual screen set-up with Logitech mouse/keyboard – and honestly it (mostly) works like a dream.
Sure Windows can shit me at times, especially annoying programs like Outlook that just don't work like you want them to. But all in all I find myself most efficient on my PC. I also have the 11″ Macbook Air, which boots super fast and performs quite well. I use this mostly at home and on the go, but more and more I feel like the superior hardware of the device would be better if I used Bootcamp to run Windows 7 on it. For some reason I find the shortcuts on the Mac to be less efficient than the PC, and although I've used a Mac for years, I still find it difficult to navigate around, accessing options and program preferences etc.
All of this works fairly seemlesly on the PC. So the big question – why do I bother with the Mac? Intel have recently announced their push for a new category of Windows based machines to compete with the Air – they're calling these Ultrabooks. Light, strong, powerful and great battery – and all are pretty much modelled exactly on the Air. Would this be the answer to my problems? Sell the Air, buy an Ultrabook.
When I brought up the notion of using Bootcamp on my Air to run both OS's, one of our developers Tom laughed at me and thought it would be embarassing to be in public with an Apple device running Windows. I think he is right – I'm not sure society would be so accepting. So I guess until society is ready to accept a mixed-race laptop, I'll continue to float in computer purgatory.


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Local kids nab national award for HoodiePet invention
Last year, I introduced readers to the HoodiePet – a fleece hoodie with interchangeable plush toys that Velcro to the pocket. The cuddly jacket was conceptualized by two Milwaukee children, Alexia and Seth Kempe, who are now nine and seven.
According to their mom, Louise Kempe, the siblings loved cozying up to their baby sister's fleece blanket and decided they wanted a hoodie made out of the same material. However, they also wanted their favorite stuffed animals to stick to it somehow.
With the help of their mom, Alexia and Seth created the HoodiePet, which was available for sale in late 2011. Earlier in 2012, Hasbro and the Chicago Toy and Game Group nominated the children for a "Young Inventors of The Year" TAGIE award that recognizes toy and game inventors from around the world.
In late fall, Seth and Alexia, who are students at Maryland Avenue Montessori School, found out that they won after a voting process by industry experts, retailers and consumers. They recently were honored at an awards dinner at the Field Museum in Chicago.
Locally, HoodiePets are available at Winkie's, 629 E. Silver Spring Dr., Sachen, 320 E. Buffalo St., the Milwaukee Public Museum, Betty Brinn Children's Museum and Schlitz Audubon Nature Center. The cost is $29.99 online.
"These are very unique products and make great gifts," says Louise, who is originally from Sweden and lived in Germany before moving to Milwaukee.
Each HoodiePet comes with a different stuffed animal – from pandas to polar bears to tigers – that can be mixed and matched.
"The cool thing about HoodiePets is you can trade the pets with your friends and also collect them," says Seth.
"If you change pets you have like a new hoodie every day," says Alexia.
Personally, I love it anytime kids are taken seriously. Go, Seth and Alexia!
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Who is Benedict?
Saint Benedict is the patron saint of school children! And of farmers, monks, Europe, civil engineers, and others. Here is a short biography of Saint Benedict, with many links to more information. Even more is in this Wikipedia article.
He founded a monastery and wrote a Rule for the monks. There are now many Benedictine monks and nuns all over the world.
There is a monastery in Norcia, the place in Italy where Benedict was born. If you go to the blog area of their website, you can hear the monks chanting the Divine Office in Latin, every day.
Did You Know?
- The French version of the name "Benedict" is "Benoit," pronounced Ben-Wah. In Italian, it's Benedetto. In Spanish it's Benedicto or Benito.
- Benedict was a twin! Read about his twin sister, Scholastica.
- "Benedict" means "blessed." Our past Pope adopted the name "Benedict" when he became Pope. He is the 16th Pope to take that name.
- There is a dish called Eggs Benedict, but it probably has nothing to do with Saint Benedict.


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At Google I/O this year presenters drew a chorus of boos when they revealed that the Moto 360 watch would not be available until some time later in 2014. They did however release two Android Wear watches from LG and Samsung instead. My question is, who in their right mind is going to buy one of these?
I've written previously on the Moto 360 watch. A great looking time piece which we know fairly little about (especially battery life). It is the most anticipated smartwatch to date, excluding a potential iWatch which has yet to be confirmed. The big draw to the Moto 360 is the focus on a traditional round watch design. After all, a watch should look good and tell time above all else. Despite the fact that all indications are pointing to poor battery life, I'm still anxious to buy one.
What I'm not anxious to buy are the LG G Watch or the Samsung Gear Live. True, they're running the new Android Wear system which looks fantastic and has gotten good reviews, but they look like last generation devices. While I'd accept that they are OK looking, perhaps even the best looking to date, you can't put them next to a Moto 360 and decide to go square.
Does this explain the delay in releasing the Moto 360? Did Google purposely give LG and Samsung (close partners in all things droid) an opportunity to move some of these units before the Moto 360 completely dominates the Android Wear market? It sure feels that way. With a speculative wait on the Moto 360 of just a few months, I can't imagine picking another option just to avoid the wait, and it appears I'm not alone in that thinking. In a recent Droid Life poll, 70% of the community said they are buying the Moto 360 compared to just 6% each for the LG and Samsung watches.
I'm certain that the Moto 360 will not be perfect. It's still early in the smartwatch game and there is a long way to go in battery tech before you no longer need to be concerned with power. The difference is that it looks good. All of these wearables will have the same or similar shortcomings, but the one that looks the best is going to win. So far that's the Moto 360.


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OnMedia: Christmas ads on Target
Christmas commercials are everywhere.
While they're not quite as annoying as the horribly negative political advertising that took over our televisions up 'til the November elections, some of it comes pretty close.
In particular, I'll have to say I was a little worried about this year's crop of Target spots when I saw the series of ads for the chain's post-Thanksgiving sale featuring manic comedian Maria Bamford.
The spots showed a crazed shopper prepping like an Olympic athlete for the annual madness and one featured her maniacal face pressed against the front door of a Target store. I know pre-dawn "Black Friday" shoppers can look pretty ridiculous. But should a store seeking for their business paint their own customers as ridiculous?
Then there was this one:
After seeing those spots, I was prepared for another season of annoying Target spots.
I found last Christmas to be a particularly unpleasant Target year, characterized by this look at an extremely uncomfortable Christmas morning:
Funny? Maybe.
But there's an odd tension between the couple that makes for an unsavory holiday message during a recession. "Maybe Santa doesn't need any help doing Santa's job," the woman tells the man questioning the expense of a new television.
That's hardly the spirit of Christmas. It even stretches the message of Christmas commercialism.
So I was presently surprised to see the series of Christmas spots Target has begun airing, featuring a series of music videos on holiday themes.
Among them is this look at creative ways to hide Christmas gifts around the house with music from Bishop Allen:
Target's even offering free downloads of the songs at its Web site.
No, I don't expect to put them on my iPod. But it's nice to see that Target thinks a little more highly of its customers this season.
Speaking of ads: I'm not in the market for a new car this Christmas, but I do like Hyundai's series of holiday spots featuring new takes on Christmas songs by Pomplamoose.
The best is this version of "Up On the Housetop":
Are there any other particularly good -- or bad -- Christmas commercials out there?
On TV: One-time Channel 12 personality Shaun Robinson joins Al Roker as co-host of NBC's New Year's Day broadcast of the "122nd Tournament of Roses Parade."
- IFC is becoming a repository for quirky (and ground-breaking) old TV comedies. Starting next month, it'll be airing reruns of Garry Shandling's "The Larry Sanders Show," "The Ben Stiller Show," and "Mr. Show," with David Cross and Bob Odenkirk.
- It's not official yet, but all signs point to a sixth season for Showtime's "Dexter."
- TNT reports "Southland" will return for a new season on Jan. 4 in the 9 p.m. Tuesday slot.
So far, it's just a rumor: This tweet from comedian Paul Scheer seems to be the basis for a rumor Thursday that Howard Stern was moving to Apple to do an Internet TV/radio show, and was going to sign a $600 million three-year deal.
When considering the rumor, remember that Stern was rumored to be going to "American Idol," another unlikely fit of an R-rated personality with a generally G-rated product.
Bunderscore | Dec. 3, 2010 at 5:10 p.m. (report)
i was really glad to see Pomplamoose on the ad. the first time it was on i had only heard it, and i thought "wow! that sounds like Youtube's Pomplamoose!" Kind of exciting for them - I hope they don't get called "sell-outs". Also, i enjoyed the Target Black Friday ads, I thought they were hilarious and it was pretty great that they featured the "training montage" music from Rocky IV (is that right?).
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'Why did the Communists Gain Power in China?'
Henderson, Deborah J. (1996) 'Why did the Communists Gain Power in China?'. In Hoepper, Brian A., Henderson, Deborah J., Gray, I., Hennessey, J., & Lewis, B. (Eds.) Inquiry 1 : a source-based approach to modern history. The Jacaranda Press (John Wiley and Sons), Milton, Qld, pp. 200-266.
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Shields, L. and Watson, R. (2007) The demise of nursing in the United Kingdom: a warning for medicine. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 100 (2). pp. 70-74. ISSN 0141-0768
Medicine without nursing is an untenable concept: doctors could not practice without highly educated, knowledgeable and competent nurses as part of the health care team. In the UK, nursing is under threat and could pass away, to be replaced by technicians, minimally educated health care assistants and unqualified health workers. Under the influence of pecuniary motives within the NHS, nursing as a role in health care is changing to encompass boundaries which have never been a part of a true nursing role before. Consequently, medical practice will be affected, and patient care compromised.
Some senior nurses are apprehensive about these changes and believe medicine should be equally concerned. This comments paper outlines such arguments, with the aim of enlisting medical colleagues to help in the debate. © 2007 Royal Society of Medicine
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Live Theatre announces LiveWorks Quayside development project
Live Theatre announces its plan to develop LiveWorks, a proposed new £10 million capital development scheme on Newcastle's Quayside. Live Theatre have purchased the last remaining prime Quayside plot of land and buildings alongside the theatre and plan to create new commercial office space, a new public park and a children and young people's writing centre.
Once complete, LiveWorks will create new revenue streams for the core creative and educational work of Live Theatre, building resilience for the Theatre for the future, and transforming this part of the Quayside.
The purchase of the land and buildings and the development of the site has been supported by a prudential loan of £6 million from Newcastle City Council and a £1.73 million grant confirmed from the North East European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Programme 2007 to 2013. £8 million has already been secured to allow Live Theatre to purchase the land and buildings next to the Theatre, and for the development of additional office space on the Quayside, with other statutory and private sector fundraising being sought.
Jim Beirne, Chief Executive, Live Theatre said:
"We are delighted that the support from ERDF and Newcastle City Council has allowed us to purchase the site for LiveWorks. We are excited to move the project into the next phase of design and build. And having just completed a wonderful 40th anniversary year, we are even more excited at the prospect of the thousands of artists, children and young people that will enjoy all these opportunities for the next 40 years."
Additional fundraising is taking place to realise a children's a young people's writing centre, to inspire young people through creative writing and literacy projects.
Paul Callaghan, Chair, Live Theatre and Chair of Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, added;
"This wonderful project is not just significant for Live Theatre but also for Newcastle and Gateshead as a whole. It will be an amazing place for people of all ages, but particularly for children and young people. This key site has stood empty for too long and we are delighted that we are going to be able to transform it into something so special."
Nick Forbes, Leader, Newcastle City Council said:
"I'm really glad that the City Council has helped Live Theatre to make this exciting new project a reality. It demonstrates our continuing commitment to Newcastle's cultural scene despite the ravages of austerity and underlines our shared belief that culture creates investment and jobs, as well as a great quality of life."
Live Theatre is a national leader in developing new strategies for developing income and assets for the charity. LiveWorks will join The Broad Chare pub, online playwriting course www.beaplaywright.com and The Schoolhouse, office space for creative and digital businesses, as one of Live Theatre's capital and digital creative enterprises, increasing its future income through additional new unrestricted funds.
Peter Bazalgette, chair of Arts Council England, described Live Theatre's creative enterprises an example of 'intelligent capital spending', creating additional commercial income streams enabling it to grow and sustain its work in the production of new plays, developing creative talent and learning and participation.
The land being acquired is probably the last remaining prime riverside site on the Newcastle Quayside and the commercial properties immediately adjacent. The acquisition of the Quayside frontage offers Live Theatre the opportunity to have visibility on the Quayside itself.
LiveWorks development will create:
• A new landmark building on Newcastle's Quayside with approximately 1500sqm net of highly desirable premium office space with river views
• New commercial opportunities and visibility on the busy Quayside thoroughfare for Live Theatre
• Refurbishment of a Grade II listed Almshouse into a new children and young people's writing centre
• A landscaped green space, a new pocket park at the centre of the site with public pedestrian access from the Quayside and a public and performance space managed and programmed by Live Theatre in daily use by tenants, neighbours and the public and transforming this part of the Quayside.
• An additional revenue for the core creative and education work of Live Theatre, and a social, cultural and commercial return to build resilience for Live Theatre for the future.
Read about the LiveWorks development in The Journal and watch a video about it on ITV Tyne Tees Tonight.


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Join as a member. There's a certificate with your name on it.
Drupal.org will let you create projects namespaces that are not valid machine names.
Proposed resolution
Since the consequences of a bad namespace choice may not be obvious to new contributors and it's so painful to fix once a project has gained any momentum, we should enforce important constraints through validation when creating or promoting a project rather than leaving it up to chance.
Remaining tasks
- Identify the constraints. So far:
- Enforce them in form validations.
User interface changes
API changes
Original report by @Marcin Pajdzik
I set the url for my module to eu-cookie-compliance. However I should have used underscores rather than hyphens so that it reads eu_cookie_compliance.
The problem is that now if I do drush dl eu-cookie-compliance the module is downloaded but then when I wand to enable it with drush en eu-cookie-compliance, drush cannot find it.
Is that possible to change it?
Comment #1rsvelko CreditAttribution: rsvelko commented
come on guys - that one should be simple
What would the d.o. webmasters suggest ?
Comment #2greggles CreditAttribution: greggles commented
It's actually not easy which is why the page before you create/promote is so explicit about how hard it is (see attachments).
This is basically at the whim of someone with 1) advanced access to the site server 2) knowledge about all the places this touches and how to make the changes properly. I don't have #2 and may not even have all of #1.
Sorry :(
Comment #3Gerhard Killesreiter CreditAttribution: Gerhard Killesreiter commented
Suggestion: delete project and create a new one.
Comment #4rsvelko CreditAttribution: rsvelko commented
for the momment this might be our best choice - to delete and recreate the project.
For the future - lets make it so that on d.o. the shortname/shortcode/machine-readable-project-name gets scanned on creation for illegal characters like '-'-s (dashes) and so make it impossible for this problem to occur...
Any suggestions of what to do to change this ? Update a module on d.o. ? Which module ? Where to patch it ? Or if no patch is needed and its just a site setting - whom to contact to change that setting ?
Or is this whole thing "by design" ? A design in which dashes are allowed is bad !
I am an optimist.
Comment #5greggles CreditAttribution: greggles commented
|Changing url of a project
|» Validate that project node short urls match expectations
|Drupal.org webmasters
|» Project
|» 7.x-2.x-dev
|Project problem
|» Projects
|» feature
Sure, let's make this a feature request.
In an ideal world, project would look at any associated repository and guess the proper name. Barring that, maybe it can just make sure there are no hyphens in the short name. If this is something that is d.o specific I guess we should either move it to drupalorg module or make it validation in a variable of some sort so it can be disabled elsewhere.
Comment #6rsvelko CreditAttribution: rsvelko commented
is the project.module used on d.o. to handle those things? If so lets patch the project module with some more options ...
Comment #7greggles CreditAttribution: greggles commented
@rsvelko yes, that's why I moved this to the project module queue, because it needs to be updated (if the maintainers there agree it's an appropriate feature). If it's too drupalorg specific it should be moved to drupalorg module.
Comment #8dww CreditAttribution: dww commented
|Validate that project node short urls match expectations
|» Validate that project node machine names can be valid Drupal module/theme machine names
|» Drupal.org customizations
|» 6.x-3.x-dev
|» User interface
The furthest I'd go in Project for this would be #1189292: Let enforce lower case names for new projects . But Project itself doesn't care if your project machine name works as a valid Drupal module machine name. That's a job for a drupalorg-specific customization.
That said, I agree it'd be nice if we were enforcing this.
Note: there are two forms you're going to want to inject a custom validation callback on:
- The project node add/edit form
- The form when a project is promoted from a sandbox to full
Comment #9itapplication CreditAttribution: itapplication commented
I test site (git7site.devdrupal.org) for project short name validation functionality. It's allow to use project short name being start with digit.
Drupal projects for module and themes do not allow to use name which start with digit. So project validation functionality also trap and disallow short project name start with digit.
This shouldn't allow -
This is OK -
Comment #10itapplication CreditAttribution: itapplication commented
Appropriate tag help to flash issue in a right queue/search result.
Comment #11itapplication CreditAttribution: itapplication commented
Comment #12itapplication CreditAttribution: itapplication commented
Sorry for typo mistake.
Comment #13itapplication CreditAttribution: itapplication commented
Testing for this issue. Unfortunately there is no work around for this issue at new D7.
Comment #14drumm CreditAttribution: drumm commented
|» 7.x-3.x-dev
|Issue tags:
|-drupal.org redesign, -drupal.org redesign qa, -Drupal.org D7
The "Drupal.org D7" tag is for launch blockers. Since this isn't a regression, it is not a blocker.
"drupal.org redesign" and "drupal.org redesign qa" tags are for a previous initiative, https://drupal.org/community-initiatives/redesign. I don't think anyone is watching them.
Moving to version 7.x-3.x since this should be fixed in D7 first, and probably not backported since we are nearing launch.
If any developers want to take this on, #8 has the specific forms to target, see https://drupal.org/node/1018084.
Comment #15hass CreditAttribution: hass commented
I do not see any usefull information here. Why are we not just enable field_validation module and validate the project name with a regex. #2132845: Disallow hyphen in project short names lists at least 3 projects and there are a lot more with hyphens.
Things are getting more worse with every day and this is just drush en field_validation and one easy config.
Comment #16itapplication CreditAttribution: itapplication commented
@hass , I agree with you "...Things are getting more worse with every day."
List of bad project name is continuously increasing.
Comment #17TravisCarden CreditAttribution: TravisCarden commented
|Validate that project node machine names can be valid Drupal module/theme machine names
|» Require project node machine names to be valid Drupal module/theme machine names
|User interface
|» Code
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Comment #18dww CreditAttribution: dww commented
|» Closed (duplicate)
|Parent issue:
|» #2172891: Validate allowed characters on project's machine name


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Alleged lovers Camilla Belle and Joe Jonas have been photographed strolling State Street in Santa Barbara, Calif. hand-in-hand.
Never acknowledging that they are dating, Camilla Belle and Joe Jonas have been snapped holding hands. The alleged lovers are photographed by local girls strolling State Street in Santa Barbara, Calif. hand-in-hand.
The pic, which was taken over the weekend, shows Camilla and Joe wearing casual outfits. Photographed from behind, the actress is seen totting a big black hand bag.
Camilla and Joe are believed to be secretly dating since they first met on the set of a music video for Jonas Brothers' hit single "Lovebug." The singer was spotted on Thursday night, January 29, attending the Los Angeles premiere of her movie "Push", taking place at Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California.
"Once the lights in the theater went down, Joe snuck in and sat right next to her," an onlooker informed E! News of the twosome. "After the credits rolled, they left in a rush holding hands."
Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, Camilla and Joe have yet confirmed that they indeed are lovers.


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University of Minnesota, Morris
February 5, 2007
Members Present: Pete Wyckoff, Bryan Herrmann, LeAnn Dean, Joe Basel, Sara Haugen,
Maddy Maxeiner, Pareena Lawrence, Andy Lopez, Arne Kildegaard,
Jonathon Bringewatt, Lowell Rasmussen, Ken Hodgson, Dan Moore
Guests: Carol Marxen, Sandy Olson-Loy, Jacquie Johnson, Christine Mahoney
Minutes from January 29, 2007 approved as amended.
Report from Christine Mahoney on the notion of "branding"
Christine distributed a handout explaining the differences between branding, marketing and integrated marketing. UMM has never done marketing research and in keeping with our strategic plan that addresses communications, she feels it's time. She and others have begun exploratory meetings with various marketing firms including Knock and Stamats and hope to invite three firms to campus. Andy suggested having internal discussions first to get the most benefit when these firms visit campus. Ken thought we should have an organic description of what goes on here outlining the steps we've already taken to define ourselves. Pete added that Knock has done a good job with the Admissions publications and asked if Christine is coordinating with Admissions. Christine said yes she has been talking with Admissions and although that office is very important she feels it now time to include other offices on campus.
Jacquie agreed that Knock has developed some good pieces for us already. She believes it could be very educational for us to have several firms show us what they can do for us and that their visit to campus would help us get a feel for that. Ken commented that maybe a marketing firm could be objective and tell us what we're good at. Dan wondered why we would let a marketing firm make decisions for us and as example, used the green and brown colors for some of our publications instead of the maroon and gold.
Update from Chancellor Johnson
Jacquie had a couple of items to talk about. The first item is her inauguration. After discussing with Paula and others, she has decided to have her inauguration on April 20, before the Undergraduate Research Symposium begins.
The second item is to request that the CRPC, in consultation with her, appoint a subcommittee to explore the meaning of the phrase "public honors college." She suggested using our data and data from NSSE to determine what students are telling us and if we claim it then we have to live it. Andy agrees that we should do this and move forward with a resolution. Dan asked if she foresees discussions within small groups with opportunity to meet with other groups. Pete believes the fear among faculty is that this group will already be seen as an advocate for the term "honors." Additionally, he's concerned about disconnect—the timing of honors discussions at the same time a marketing firm is here. Dan said that a tag line doesn't change our goals or what we do here. Pete believes a faculty member should chair the subcommittee. Ideally someone who has not already offered an opinion on this and who would have institutional memory and history. Andy suggested bringing in other faculty members than those currently serving on CRPC. Jacquie asked members to think about the charge and send any recommendations to Andy. She hopes the subcommittee could do their work in the next couple of months with the understanding they are not working in isolation.
The third item is to talk about the Compact process. She values and appreciates the input from this committee especially because the process is new to her. UMM's Compact meeting is scheduled for Friday, March 9. At this point, she has had one conversation with the vice chancellors and division chairs about what priorities to include in the Compact. She hopes to update this committee on the budget and program review in a couple of weeks. She does not have a clear framework on how we leverage the various environmental and sustainability and renewable energy resources and doesn't want to miss an opportunity. A meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 6 at 5:30 p.m. that includes people from the WCROC, the Soils Lab and UMM to brainstorm about some of these issues.
Andy reminded the committee that Bob Kvavik will be visiting campus on February 21 and is scheduled to meet with CRPC at 2:30 p.m. in the Prairie Lounge.
Minutes prepared by Carrie Grussing


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Bill Kristol is good at finding new ways to be contemptible. It's bad that Marines in Afghanistan urinated on dead Taliban, he says, but you know what really makes him mad? The Obama Administration apologizing for it.
So perhaps, as Rep. Allen West, once a battalion commander in Iraq, put it last week, all the sanctimonious Obama administration bigwigs "need to chill." Did Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta really need to speak up at all? Couldn't comment have been left to some junior public affairs officer at Camp Lejeune? And once he decided to weigh in, did Panetta need to condemn the Marines' action as not just deplorable but "utterly deplorable"? Perhaps he felt a need to match Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who expressed not just dismay but "total dismay."Kristol is congenitally unable to praise Democrats, and the overall piece veers dangerously close to being an apologia for corpse desecration. (Patton pissed in the Rhine, after all!) But what he seems not to understand is that the Obama Administration very vocally deplored the urination video because it's otherwise it's a huge victory for the Taliban.
Maybe, our current civilian leaders should spend a little less time posturing and a little more time supporting the troops who've been sent abroad to fight at the direction of their administration.
Even Kristol's fellow warmonger Max Boot understands this:
The Marines are fighting not a total war but a counterinsurgency in which their goal is not only to militarily defeat the enemy but to win over the population. This could potentially make that job harder.
The Marines often speak of the "strategic corporal"–the notion being that decisions made even by a lowly corporal can have high-level repercussions. This is a perfect example; indeed, one of the urinating Marines was a corporal.The reason top-level administration figures weighed in was because the acts of a few stupid Marines was potentially devastating to the war's strategic aims, one of which is winning over the population. (Afghan President Hamid Karzai is also pretty good at loudly condemning U.S. errors in order to shore up his own position.) Contrition from senior, recognizable figures was required to minimize the damage.
Kristol, though, turns this incident into one of Obama not loving the troops enough. "He and his administration have a responsibility to err on the side of supporting our troops, rather than competing to chastise them sanctimoniously," Kristol writes. But if those troops commit an act that actively aids the enemy, what the hell else is there to do? Bill Kristol wants his war in Afghanistan. But maybe he just mostly wants to use it as a cudgel against Democrats. Because this column makes clear that he has no clue about—and maybe less interest in—achieving victory.