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Carnival Liberty Eastern Caribbean Review - Cat 1A & 8A: Carnival Liberty Cruise Review by susanf31
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Carnival Liberty Eastern Caribbean Review - Cat 1A & 8A
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
Cast of characters: Me, age 43. Husband, age 49. Two teen daughters, ages 15 and 17. We had two cabins. The teens were in cat 1A, cabin # 6227 and hubby and I were directly across the hall in a Cat 8 balcony cabin, 6225.
Total cost: Balcony cabin $750 pp, which included all taxes and fees. Interior cabin was $500 pp, including all taxes and fees. We spent about $900 on board on drinks, photos, bingo, etc... (not counting the "contributions" we made to the casino.) We also spent about $800 on shore excurisions, which I'll discuss below.
We have previously sailed on Holland America, Disney and NCL.
Embarkation: Embarkation was a breeze. Took a total of about 30 minutes. We openly carried on 2 bottles of wine and a bottle of cranberry juice. We bought some Rum Runners and used them to smuggle on a 1.5 liter bottle of vodka for in-room More cocktails on our balcony. We had NO problems doing that.
The ship: The ship was beautiful and absolutely SPOTLESS. It was so clean and the crew worked very hard keeping it that way. We loved having a balcony cabin!!!! I can't imagine anyone would be sorry with going with a balcony cabin. I think we are ruined now and will never be able to go back to having an interior cabin. I've read other reviews that said the ship was gaudy or tacky but I didn't think so. I thought it was great and enjoyed the way it was decorated!
Some random comments about the ship itself. The pools were great. Yes, people saved chairs, but we never had a problem finding chairs if you are willing to go up one deck, which was actually nicer because it had a breeze. They showed Monday night football on the jumbo-tron screen on the pool deck. The slide was lots of fun.
The cabins were great. The beds and linens were really comfortable. My only complaint about the cabin was that it had a great make-up/vanity area with only one outlet, and the make-up mirror was in the bathroom, mounted for someone 6 foot tall. They should have had the make-up mirror near the vanity...it would have made life much easier. Other than that, I found the cabin to be clean, comfortable with lots of storage...and, of course, that great balcony!
Our only complaints about the ship itself were that there no TV's in the cigar lounge, and you couldn't smoke cigars anywhere else except the cigar lounge (except on deck.) My husband found that annoying as he likes to smoke his cigars and watch football at the same time.
Also the library is an "understatement." It had very few books and very limited hours when it was open.
The sushi bar served limited options of sushi, but it was very good. My complaint about that was the hours it was open. (5:00 - 8:00). We had 6:00 dining which meant if we wanted sushi, then we had to eat it at 5:00 before dinner, making us not hungry for dinner, or eat it after dinner when we weren't hungry. It would have been nice if it opened earlier.
Entertainment: I read a lot of complaints about the entertainment on this board. I thought it was fine. The comedians were funny. The singers and dancers put on respectable stage shows. The hyptnotist was great. We enjoyed everything we attended.
Butch, the Cruise Director! I read a lot of complaints about him, but come on! The man had a job to do and that was to make announcements. He's a funny, really high-energy guy. He was really funny at the shows he hosted, like the Marriage Game. I enjoyed his personality and the enthusiam with which he did his job. He really looked like he enjoyed every second of it.
The FOOD! I got such a good price on this cruise that I really wasn't expecting much from the food. I was pleasantly suprised! The first 2 nights were a little so-so, but from then on it kept getting better. You will not go hungry and most everything we ate was delicious. Don't forget to get the warm, melting cake! Words can't describe how good it is.
Harrys...OMG...Harrys!!!! This is a must!!! It's a 5 star meal for $30. It's the best $30 you'll ever spend!! They treated my daughters like princesses. When my 17 yo didn't like anything on the menu, the chef came out personally to discuss with her what he could make for her. He offered her pizza, cheeseburgers, Mac & cheese...absoltuely anything she wanted. She left there with such a big smile on her face because he treated her so specially. And the food there was outstanding.
Ports of Call:
Halfmoon Cay - we didn't get to go. It was too rough to tender so we went to Nassau instead. We went over to Atlantis and had a great time there. They give cruise passengers limited access to their grounds, but for $35 you can buy a pass that lets you go all over the property. We didn't do that this time, but definitly will in the future.
St. Thomas...let me tell you about what we did and it was worth every penny. We hired a private boat to take just our family anywhere we wanted to go for world class snorkeling. We hired Capt. Wilson of Big Blue and he was exceptional! He had a private driver meet us at the dock. He took us directly to Capt. Wilson's boat, "the Big Blue." It was an awesome boat! He asked us what we wanted to do and see and he took us there. We went to a turtle nursery where the sea grass was full of juvenile green turtles...we swam with them to our heart's content. Then to several coral reefs and then to lunch on Honeymoon Beach in St.John. It was a spectacular day and soooo nice not to be cattle-herded with lots of other people. As we were coming in for the day, he radioed our driver, who picked us up and gave us a nice tour of St. Thomas on the way back to the ship.
San Juan - we toured the fort and walked around Old San Juan. Nothing fancy, but still a fun day.
Grand Turk - Grand Turk was the port I fretted about the most because I had never been there before. I took the advise from former reviews and rented a golf cart that's just outside the port ($80.) We toured the ENTIRE island. That poor island...so decimated by the hurricane last year. The people were so friendly and so happy to have us there. No one tried to sell us anything (unlike Mexico). We came back to have lunch at Margaritaville and then hit the beach. The beach was soooo crowded...it was awful. Rocky bottom and 1000 people in a very small area. BUT if you just walk down the beach past all of the crowds, it becomes PERFECT!! The water is crystal clear! The bottom is soft sand. it was wonderful. When you get off the ship, go left and walk about 10 minutes. Don't set up where all of the chair are. It's ridiculously crowded there...go past all of that.
All in all, we had a very good time. I think we got a tremendous value for the price we paid. Yes, is a mass-market cruiseline, which means that you don't get some of the touches you get on Holland. But still, for the price paid, it was a great value. The crew was extremely hardworking and friendly. The ship was beautiful. And while not perfect, we certainly had a nice time. Less
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Questions for Montgomery County commissioners ran the gamut of hot button issues Saturday at Lansdale Borough Hall in the first of five ōConversations With Your Commissioners.ö
Commissioners Josh Shapiro and Leslie Richards addressed the standing-room-only crowd, chronicling the successes of their administration thus far. Commissioner Bruce L. Castor Jr. did not attend the meeting due to prior commitments.
Shapiro said the boardÆs three main objectives are to improve morale in the county, make necessary reforms and deal with the fiscal ōmessö the board inherited. He then shared the progress made regarding each of those goals.
When the commissioners took office the reserve fund held $20 million, down from $100 million their predecessors began with, according to Shapiro.
ōWe grew our reserve fund for the first time in four years,ö Shapiro said. ōWe used common sense reform focusing on the core functions of county government.ö
Shapiro also emphasized that the county is hiring what he calls ōnavicates,ö who will act as liaisons between community members and the human services that benefit them. He hopes they will allow greater access to human services throughout the county, without an increase to taxes, he said.
Richards, who doubles as the chairwoman of the Montgomery County Board of Elections, said the county was one of just two in the state to issue IDs so that all in the county could vote under state voter ID laws.
She also expressed excitement about the completion of the Route 202 bypass.
In the Q&A period that followed, one resident asked whether, in light of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the county plans to increase or reform mental health services.
ōIn terms of mental health, weÆre going to need some direction from the Federal and state government to share data and information,ö Shapiro replied. ōBut we believe our new ænavicateÆ position will help increase access to services for those with mental illness in the county.ö
He also pointed out that schools throughout the county have buttons connected directly to the Montgomery County Emergency Operations Center in order to help keep schools safe.
Lansdale Mayor Andy Szekely also spoke up, thanking the commissioners for their decisions regarding an upgrade to the countyÆs law enforcement emergency radio communications services. Shapiro earlier mentioned the original quote for the technological upgrades was $120 million. After determining what technological needs were really needed, the commissioners signed a deal with Motorola that only cost the county $29.9 million.
Shapiro said that those upgrades would roughly cost the local municipalities $3.5 million to $4 million, but those costs are still being broken down.
ōI think they really gave a great overview of what the county does,ö Jean Fritz of Lansdale said. Fritz, who attends almost all of Lansdale Borough CouncilÆs meetings, inquired about the countyÆs debt of $417 million and received an answer from Shapiro that the debt still hovers around that amount.
ōThe meeting went really well. A lot of people spoke up to let them know what they need,ö Lansdale Borough Councilman Jack Hansen said after the meeting.


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The foreign press has become Israeli politicians´ favorite forum for criticizing their government. Speaking ill of the government to the foreign press is not a crime (and, in the Internet age, no one can be prevented from doing it), but responsible individuals would be wise to think twice before letting their tongues or pens loose.
Last week, The Wall Street Journal published an article co-authored by former Mossad chief Meir Dagan and a respectable group of foreign intelligence experts, military experts and diplomats. The article did not minimize the danger posed by a nuclear Iran, nor did it overtly rule out a military attack on Iran (though it was implied), but its main argument was that Iran´s nuclear ambitions can be curbed, and a blow can be dealt to the political and military figures spearheading the nuclear efforts, by way of sanctions.
The article suggested delivering "a potentially decisive economic blow to the regime" by completely cutting Iran off from international banking systems, placing blanket embargoes on investments and commerce with Iran, preventing Iran from using shipping services (blocking its exports), and imposing crippling sanctions on insurance companies that maintain ties with Iran.
The article´s co-authors are clearly aware of the shortcomings of existing sanctions ("history has made clear that the regime will never change course due to half-measures," they wrote), but they fail to address the fact that every possible sanctions arrangement will have some holes in it, and that by the time results are visible, if they are achieved at all, Iran will have already advanced to the point that it cannot be stopped.
In the meantime, the leaders that convened at Camp David for the G-8 summit this weekend decided to widen the holes and ease the sanctions on the supply of spare parts for Iranian civilian planes as well as on technical support for Iran´s oil industry (in stark opposition to Dagan and his colleagues´ recommendations).
Dagan and his co-authors are highly regarded, but it has been a long time since any of them have been in the intelligence loop in their respective countries. Dagan is an expert in military methods and organization thanks to his senior positions in the military, intelligence and the Likud faction, but it is a shame that he ignored the recent advice offered by former Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin (who remarked that the more people dismiss the military option, the less effective sanctions will be).
Incidentally, the scenario that the Wall Street Journal article presents could have drastically different results than those projected by its authors, and there is a historical precedent: In 1941, Japan went to war with the U.S. mainly because it believed that the economic choke hold the U.S. had imposed (due to aggression toward China and the threat to American interests in East Asia) could undermine its regional dominance. Therefore, the isolation of Iran could conversely prompt the Islamic republic to launch a war (and in this scenario, Iran would have the advantage of dealing the first blow). The Japanese were also considered rational, but the fact that those who commanded the Pearl Harbor attack knew they could not win did not deter them from making the self-destructive decision to strike.
It is safe to assume that Iran´s leaders were pleased to read Dagan´s article, as were certain officials in the American administration who are trying to take the wind out of the sails of the military option whether their reasons are legitimate or have to do with oil prices and presidential elections. (Incidentally, the overwhelming majority of the American public supports a military strike on Iran.) Even the well-known political commentator Fareed Zakaria, whose articles are often influenced by policymakers in Washington, wrote last week that "while Iran does pose a threat, it has been systematically exaggerated over the past few years."
The current reports surrounding "understandings" and "diplomatic solutions" through nuclear negotiations, alongside the surprise visit by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano to Tehran this week, are apparently a part of this process. Iran on one side and the U.S. and Europe on the other (and Russia, of course) are all in the business of buying time. Iran wants to clandestinely continue its nuclear program, and the U.S. and its allies want to avoid making uncomfortable decisions.
Without giving Dagan and his cohorts´ article too much weight, they may yet regret having written it.
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The Big Ten has big problems
A week ago, Bret Bielema shocked the state of Wisconsin, the Big Ten and all of college football by bolting Madison to do something called "Woo Pig Sooie" on a stage with his wife.
Days later, the almighty Barry Alvarez descended from on high to take over the reigns of Bielema's Rose Bowl-bound Badgers at the behest of the team captains. Alvarez was clear, that this was going to be a one-game return. He said he was not going to leave the athletic director's office and would find a man with head coaching experience to replace Bielema.
That sounds nice and all, but which Mid-American Conference head coach is left to take?
Seriously. The Big Ten has a big problem when it comes to its football programs and this year was a great indication of that. The only truly special program was in Columbus, Ohio at Ohio State University. And there was one reason for that – Urban Meyer.
Of all the coaching hires made in the Big Ten in recent history, Meyer's hiring was the only "big time" move made by this supposed "big time" conference.
Look around. Outside of Meyer, where are the earth-shattering hires? Where are the true program changers? Darrell Hazell from Kent State? Jerry Kill from Northern Illinois University? Brady Hoke from San Diego State?
Now, I have to give credit to Nebraska in hiring a top Southeastern Conference assistant in Bo Pelini (LSU defensive coordinator) and Indiana for doing the same with former Oklahoma (Big 12) offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson, but again – those are assistants getting their first gig in the Big Ten.
This "power conference" should be ripping the head coaches from those programs – not their assistants.
Folks down south are not only trumpeting the arrival of a coach who led his program to three straight Rose Bowls, but they're thumbing their nose at the Big Ten because yet again they woo away another top man.
Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier were NFL head coaches that came to the conference. Kevin Sumlin, Les Miles and Butch Jones were head coaches that left their programs like Bielema. True, not everyone in conference went that route – but are you going to argue with hiring the top coordinators at Florida State, Texas or Florida.
But the SEC isn't the only one doing things differently than the Big Ten. The Pac-12 has gone after recent head coaches at Michigan, Pittsburgh, Tennessee and Texas Tech, along with a former NFL head coach and assistant.
The Big 12 tends to hire "hot" coordinators or promote from within, but is it a bad thing when you move up an Auburn defensive coordinator, Florida defensive coordinator, former Notre Dame head coach? No. It's definitely different than promoting an assistant in-house at Northwestern or Rutgers.
If you're going to play Big Boy football, you've got to go all the way with it. Facilities across the Big Ten need to be upgraded. Head coaches need to be paid. And, as Badgers fans discovered in the Bielema defection, assistant coaches need to be paid.
The safety net of the BCS and the Rose Bowl's affinity for tradition is beginning to loosen. In two years, a four-team playoff will supplant the current format. There is no guarantee the Big Ten champion will be among the top four teams in that ranking. Bielema saw this.
Barry Alvarez and Wisconsin are in a unique position. They can follow Ohio State's lead here and hire a big-time, big-program coach to take over. Money does indeed make the world go 'round – and in order for the Badgers world to continue to include the Rose Bowl and those big paydays – that money needs to flow to such a coach.
Make it so that Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State), Gary Patterson (TCU), Mike Riley (Oregon State), Chris Peterson (Boise State) and heck, even a Mark Richt (Georgia) want to come here.
Yes, the state is broke, and Wisconsin is a state university. But that's not where this money comes from. Nearly every state's budget is busted. Nearly every Division I university is having budget problems. This is the time for those private boosters to write even bigger checks. It's time for the Big Ten to become a big player.
TosaJim | Dec. 10, 2012 at 11:32 a.m. (report)
One huge problem is the coaches do not honor contracts. They sign contracts and often times just leave and the new school has to pay for them leaving. And Alvarez getting paid $250,000 for "coaching" one game is obscene....Hey Barry...how about donating that money to a Madison Charity?
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Camus and the Logic of Absurdity
David Banach
God is necessary and so must exist. . .
But I know He doesn't and can't. . . .
Surely you must understand that a man with two such ideas can't go on living. (Kirilov in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Possessed)
Let's not beat around the bush; I love life--that's my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life. (Albert Camus, The Fall)
The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. (Albert Camus, "The Myth of Sisyphus")
I. Camus' Life.
A. The point of philosophy is life: "The preceding merely defines a way of thinking. But the point is to live." (The Myth of Sisyphus)
B. Camus' life and work were dominated by the juxtaposition of an indomitable will towards happiness and justice on one hand and the indifference and hostility of the world on the other hand. This juxtaposition constitutes the absurd.
II. Camus' Work. Most of Camus' work is a development of the themes dealt with in The Myth of Sisyphus and the problems that arose from them.
III. The Absurd. The absurd is a disproportion or conflict between our expectations or ideals and reality. In particular it is the confrontation between our longing or nostalgia for order, meaning, and clarity on the one hand with the chaos, confusion, and irrationality of the world on the other hand; between the human longing for happiness and the evil in the world. The absurd is not in man alone nor in the world alone, but only in the juxtaposition of the two: "The world in itself is not reasonable, that is all that can be said. But what is absurd is the confrontation of this irrational and the wild longing for clarity whose call echoes in the human heart." (The Myth of Sisyphus)
IV. Suicide. Suicide is not a logical consequence of the absurd. It attempts to escape the absurd by removing one of its elements: the human longing for order (philosophical) or the unbearable, unintelligible world (physical). One must live with the absurd, not try to escape it.
A. Philosophical Suicide. The existential leap of faith to believe in an ultimate order and intelligibility, but one inaccessible to man, is philosophical suicide. It kills the human longing for an order and clarity it can understand.
B. Physical Suicide. Killing oneself is an attempt to escape the absurd rather than facing it. One cannot accept the world, so one ends their existence in it. This is not a consequence of the absurd, but an escape from it.
V. Consequences of the Absurd
A. Revolt. This is a refusal to accept the absurd without trying to escape it and without renouncing either the world or our desire for happiness and order.
B. Freedom. In a world devoid of external significance and meaning, man is free to create his own happiness. The loss of external values is also a liberation from our dependence on them.
C. Passion. Recognizing and living with the absurd entails a passionate consciousness of each moment of experience. What we lose in quality of experience derived from external values we gain in quantity of consciousness and passion derived from our awareness and rejection of the absurd.
VI. Sisyphus and Absurd Happiness. The absurd man must find himself happy. The human will to happiness is frustrated by the world as long as we make our happiness dependent on the world by seeking to escape the absurd. Once we revolt and freely create our own happiness, we find the only real happiness appropriate to the human condition. We find a human happiness.
Camus' Life
1913 Born November 7 in Mondovi, Algeria.
1914 Father killed in Battle of Marne, World War I
1930 Studies
philosophy, participates in sports at University of Algiers
Serious attack of tuberculosis prevent his teaching career.
1934 Brief marriage ends in divorce one year later.
1935-1939 Works as actor, director, and playwright theater in Algiers
1940 Second marriage to Francine Faure.
1942 Leaves Algeria for Paris. Works as editor of Combat, a resistance newspaper.
1942-1945 Suffers recurrent bouts of tuberculosis.
1945 Birth of twins, Catherine and Jean.
1949-1951 Suffers recurrent bouts of tuberculosis.
1951 Controversy with Sartre.
1960 Killed in automobile accident January 4.
Camus' Major Works
1936 Works on La Morte heureuse (A Happy Death), published posthumously 1971. A novel.
1942 L'Etranger (The Stranger) A novel.
1943 Le Mythe de Sisyphe (The Myth of Sisyphus) Essays.
1947 La Peste (The Plague) A novel.
1951 L'Homme révolté (The Rebel) Essays.
1956 La Chute (The Fall) A novel.
1957 L'Exil et le royaume (Exile and the Kingdom) Short Stories.


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§61-6-8. Release or rescue of person in custody charged or convicted under §61-6-7; penalty.
If any person, by force, or other unlawful means, shall release or rescue, or attempt to release or rescue, a person in prison or other custody, charged with, or convicted of an offense under the provisions of the preceding section of this article, he shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years.


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President Barack Obama Thursday night laid out his case for being re-elected to a second term by comparing himself to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won an unprecedented four presidential elections and led America to recovery after the Great Depression.
The speech came as Obama and Romney were deadlocked in the national opinion polls in a race that has been too close to call for many months. It was the last opportunity for either man to use a defined 'moment' to change the trajectory of the race before the three presidential debates in October.
In a sometimes dour and hard-edged address in Charlotte, Obama used his speech accepting the Democratic nomination to launch sarcastic attacks on Republicans as the party of the wealthy and even mocked his opponent Mitt Romney for a slip in an eve-of-Olympics interview in London that affronted some Britons.
Obama's DNC 2012 speech: 'Our problems can be solved': Obama pleads for more time and compares himself to FDR as he accepts Democratic nomination
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There are places that make you wonder why you never thought to visit them before, and one of these is the island of Bozcaada in the northern Aegean, just south of the Dardanelles. Bozcaada is a six to seven hour drive from Istanbul, making it easily accessible for even a short break. Combining beautiful scenery and fascinating history, Bozcaada is an untouched treasure. A picturesque town with its old castle welcomes you as the ferry enters a harbour filled with fishing boats. This is the only settlement on the island, along whose peaceful uninhabited coasts are many beaches and turquoise coves perfect for swimming. Moreover good asphalt roads lead to all of them, and the map of the island which is available almost everywhere in the town makes it easy to get wherever you want to go. If you enjoy cycling a wonderful journey through the vineyards which cover most of the island and along the coast awaits you. The old houses of the town are adorned with vines and brightly coloured geraniums, and cats wander lazily in the narrow streets. Fishing and grape cultivation are the main occupations of the local people.
In recent years more and more people have been
discovering Bozcaada's delights as a holiday
destination, not least because the friendly
inhabitants make visitors feel like old friends.
On summer evenings if you go to one of the coffee
houses close to the harbour or one of the restaurants
shaded by pine trees, you will notice this welcoming
atmosphere immediately. An increasing number
of people have begun to make Bozcaada their
second home, coming in winter as well as summer
to escape the stress, crowds and traffic of
the big cities. Car ferries to Bozcaada sail
two or three times a day from the Bozcaada-Yükyeri
Ferryboat Quay at Geyikli, 15 km south of the
city of Çanakkale on the road to Izmir. This
first stage of the journey takes you through
beautiful scenery, past cotton fields and olive
groves. In past centuries the islnd'si inhabitants
were a mixture of Turks and Greeks, and there
are still Turkish and Greek quarters in the
town today. Although the number of Greeks is
down to 30 or 40 people today, most of them
The only complaint one might have about Bozcaada
is the wind. In the summer months an offshore
breeze, the meltem, blows constantly and is
welcome in the summer heat, but the southwesterly
and northeasterly winds that blow at other times
of the year can be sufficiently fierce to prevent
the ferries from sailing. However, the islanders
have turned this to advantage by making use
of wind energy. A few years ago a Turkish-German
venture established a power plant supplied with
energy from 17 wind propellors erected at the
southern extremity of the island. Bozcaada Castle
faces eastwards towards the mainland from its
perch on a high rocky headland. Known as Eski
Kale or Old Castle by local people, today it
houses an ethnographic exhibition and an open
air display of ancient finds. It is surrounded
on three sides by sea and on the landward side
by a moat that is thought to have once been
filled with water. The castle was originally
built by the Phoenicians, was enlarged by the
Venetians and Genoese,
and exten-sively repaired on several occasions
by the Ottomans, so that the structure as seen
today largely dates from the second half of
the 15th century. With its turquoise sea, uninhabited
coves, vineyards, pine forests, delicious fresh
fish, local wine and hospitable people, Bozcaada
has become a favourite holiday destination over
recent years, yet even at the height of the
summer season the island remains tranquil. Do
not be put off by the windy reputation of the
island, since depending on the direction it
is blowing you can always find a sheltered sand
beach and unruffled sea. Refreshed after a day
spent swimming in the cold water, you can enjoy
a hot glass of tea in one of the cafés along
the harbour and look forward to a delicious
evening meal in one of the waterfront restaurants
facing the old castle, which is lit up to romantic
effect at night. Our planned stay of three days
on Bozcaada stretched out to six before we made
a reluctant departure.
* Izzet Keribar is a photographer and freelance


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Consumer staples stocks are generally thought of as being the "safe," defensive area of the market, but once valuations reach a certain level, the sector becomes a higher-risk proposition.
This might be where we are right now.
Since the beginning of March, the Consumer Staples SPDR (XLP) has gained 10.9%, outpacing the 8% gain of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) and all of the other major sectors with the exception of materials and energy.
So before you go blindly hunting the consumer staples field in search of defense and yield … well, read on.
Bonds, Dollar Are Two Key Positives
First things first: What's driving the gains in consumer staples?
The obvious answer would be that the slowdown in growth is causing investors to look for safety and stocks with lower economic sensitivity. However, this notion is belied by the recent outperformance of the materials and energy sectors, which would be expected to underperform in a true flight to safety.
Instead, the unseen force guiding the consumer staples sector higher might well be the decline in Treasury yields.
XLP has demonstrated a higher correlation with the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) than SPY, in the past one-, three-, five- and 10-year periods. (Keep in mind, TLT tracks the price action of long-term Treasuries, meaning that it gains in price when Treasury yields fall).
With Treasury yields having plunged so far in 2014, consumer staples stocks have regained traction following their underperformance of 2013. The reasons for this are likely twofold:
- Consumer staples offer high dividends and are therefore yield-sensitive in the same way as utilities or REITs.
- Consumer staples, like bonds, offer a haven from slowing growth.
While bond-market action has been a positive factor so far this year, this trend might be about to run its course. It will take much more in the way of bad economic news to drive the 10-year yield from 2.5% to 2% than it did to fuel its move from 3% to 2.5%. And if that happens, all stocks — not just consumer staples — will feel the pain.
The downtrend in the U.S. dollar has also played a part. Since the beginning of February, the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund (UUP) has declined 1.7%. This has been a substantial positive for companies — including many of those in the consumer staples sector — that earn a substantial portion of their revenues overseas.
However, with UUP nearing long-term support, this tailwind soon may dissipate. From a fundamental standpoint, the dollar could see support from the fact that central banks in Europe and Japan are maintaining loose monetary policies even as the U.S. Federal Reserve continues to taper quantitative easing.
Valuations Have Become Rich
The other key issue is valuation. In early February, I wrote about how the valuations in the consumer staples sector had finally dropped to attractive levels after having been very pricey through most of 2012-13. With investors having eased away from the dividend stocks theme of 2011, consumer staples gradually staged a valuation correction to move back in line with the market.
While that has helped performance in recent months, the sector is now back to being expensive.
According to FactSet's May 9 Earnings Insights piece, consumer staples are currently the most richly valued sector in the market at 17.7 times forward earnings. At this level, the P/E stands well above its five-year average of 14.9 and its 10-year average of 15.9%. It's also higher than the 15.2 P/E of the S&P 500, which is itself above its own 10-year average of 13.8.
Unfortunately, investors aren't getting what they pay for in terms of growth.
FactSet reports that the sector is estimated to generated earning growth of just 5.0% in 2014, second-worst of the ten major sectors (only utilities is worse) and well below the 7.8% estimate for the S&P 500. The consumer staples sector also is lagging in terms of 2015 estimates, with earnings growth projected at 9.3% vs. 11.3% for the S&P 500.
Bottom Line
Together, these factors indicate that the sector's upside capped from here. Investors now need to be selective, focusing on individual company stories that can generate outperformance without the benefit of broader sector tailwinds.
Consumer staples shares have had a good ride, but the going is likely to get tougher from here.
As of this writing, Daniel Putnam did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, Dannielynn, and the little girl's dad, Larry Birkhead, stopped by a World Hunger Relief fundraiser in Las Vegas yesterday and appeared to be all smiles.
Meanwhile, after nine weeks of testimony and arguments, the Los Angeles jury in the drug conspiracy case against Anna Nicole Smith's two doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend have begun deliberations today, reports AP.
Jurors must decide whether defendants Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich and Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern provided excessive opiates and sedatives to the former Playboy model who died in 2007, knowing that she was an addict.
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November 15, 2012 at 21:38:22 Nov 15, 2012 @ 21:38
Yall might dream of some hot sex with a porn star but I dream of something else. Might seem sort of fucked up. So what I dream of is like just being really good friends with a girl. And we just have some crazy ass sex with no love between us. Its like we are both just learning what turns you on, positions etc. and we are doing it just for the pure physical pleasure, not for the love between us. I'm still in highschool so its possible to imagine this but for some of yall old ass niggas this probably isnt realistic.


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With an unparalleled legacy in the annals of analog and digital electronic music John Acquaviva can boast and list pages of accomplishments in just about every aspect of the music world. Having surged to the top A-list of producers over the years, and a steady stream of club anthems and chart topping tunes, Acquaviva's productions have won over and set the mood for an entire generation of clubbers and clubbing worldwide.
Acquavia began his international career in 1989 with Richie Hawtin by founding one of the world's best known and influential techno labels, Plus 8 Records. In 1993, Acquaviva and Hawtin also founded Definitive Recordings and the label is now celebrating 18 years of legendary club and underground anthems. An acknowledged pioneer of new music and ideas, John was one of the first people to take notice and embrace electronic music's digital future at the dawn of 2000 by championing Final Scratch. And following that success, John took another enormous step to help launch Beatport.com, the biggest dance-music download site in the world.
His international career has spanned 2 decades now, having DJ'd professionally for almost another decade before that. Throughout thousands of parties millions of people have heard him play and continue to keep him in demand.
International DJ, charting producer, in-demand remixer, Beatport Music Awards nominee, Olivier Giacomotto is a proven integral player of the electronic music scene. During year 2010 alone, he has managed no less than 8 Top10 hit productions in the tech house and techno genres, and that's not counting his silent co-writing with top-notch producers and songwriters. In the last 4 years, his top quality productions all received instant accreditation coming from worldwide djs and he has become today one of the most in demand artists on the market, demonstrating the overwhelming talent behind the decks that he has crafted over the last years in the world's most famous venues. Partner of John Acquaviva on Definitive Recordings, they regularly tour the world together presenting this unique warm funk fuelled tech house of their label night : we.are.definitive. Always one step ahead, and already with three new Top10 hit records in the first month of 2011, the future is looking bright for this multi-talented and ambitious young star.


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This episode (September 12th 2012) of Punar Vivaah begins with Gayatri and Aarti's conversation. Gayatri apologises to Aarti for doubting her and Aman's friendship.
Aarti stops Gayatri from saying sorry because she can understand her problems as she is also a mother of a son.
Gayatri tells Aarti that she is going to Delhi for her knee operation. When she retruns back, she likes to be welcomed by both Aarti and Yash together.
Yash scolds servant when he sings song Jai Jai Shiv Shankar. Vidhi asks Yash to tell the reason for his angry with Aarti but Yash refuses to tell anything.
Aarti is very upset. So she starts crying and Barfi (Ranbir Kapoor) tries to bring smile on her face by playing the song Jai Jai shiv shankar.
Aarti thinks something and thank Barfi for solving her confusion. Aarti tells Aman and Shobha about the song and some faint memories from the Mumbai trip.
Aman reveals to her that on that day she and Yash had drunk bhang . So, she could not remember anything.
Aarti recalls the moments of the Mumbai trip. Yash, Aarti and Aman did pooja for lord Shiv in a temple where pundit blesses Yash and Aarti to be together forever.
Aman smiled when Yash saves Aarti from falling down and both share eye to eye contact.
Aman gives Aarti a glass of bhang which she drinks unwillingly. Aman make fun of Yash that he is afraid to drink. After hearing those words, Yash drinks one after another glasses of bhang.
From bhang influence, both Yash and Aarti danced on the song Jai Jai Shiv Shakar track and hug to each other.


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A good few years back now I got a really bad problem on my lips in fact quite a few problems all at once. I had a cold sore on either side right in the corners and my lips were so cracked they were actually splitting and bleeding - how I ever let them get that bad is beyond me and one of the reasons I cant go 5 minutes without applying lipbalm these days! Anyway that was actually the first time Id ever had real problem with cold sores or badly cracked lips so I didnt really know what products would work and what wouldnt so when my dad bought me this "Boots Own Lip & Cold Sore Cream" I honestly had no idea wether or not it would even work. These days I am never without a tube of this just in case of a bad lip day because this is like a miracle healing cream and I strongly recommend people give this a go if you need to!
Useful Information:
Price: 5g Tube - £1.99
Stockists: Boots
Suitable For: Adults & Children With Dry, Cracked Lips Or Cold Sores.
Apply sparingly and even hour if you need to. If the symptoms do not go way or get worse whilst using this then consult your docotor straight away.
I really cant begin to describe how rough my lips looked and felt when I first started using this but believe me they were disgusting. I even had time off school because they looked so terrible and hurt so much and the fact that this managed to help and heal that still amazes me now. This balm is different to most as it looks and feels more like a lotion for your lips as it is white and a lot thicker than most ordinry balms - I guess that is so it nourishes and heals your lips quicker and better than most. I dont recommend applying this if your going out the house as it is noticable on your face but it definately looks better than cracked lips! I did apply this at least every hour but that is because I was suffering very badly with cracked lips & cold sores but if you only have a small sore I recommend only using a few times a day as it will still work!
I think this took 3 days overall to remove any trace of cold sores and crackes skin from my lips and I cant stress enough how bad they looked and felt before I started using this cream so it seemed amazing to em that it managed to heal my lips so quickly and I looked actually normal again. Im never without a tube of this now just in case of another breakout like that - touch wood there hasnt been one for years but Ill never be without a tube of this again as it is a miracle cream. Fully recommended if you suffer with cold sores/cracked skin a lot as this is a godsend! Highly recommended as it really does work wonders.
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Published: January 1, 2014 at 8:28 PMI'm sorry to tell you, but protesters DID show up for Seaworlds float. 10 people were confirmed arrested during the parade. SeaWorld had an awful year in 2013, and I don't foresee it getting any better for them in 2014. #Blackfish.
Published: January 1, 2014 at 9:14 PMThank you for the update. I was at the parade today along with my family. I totally cheered screamed and roared at SeaWorld as they marvelously and gracefully strolled along Colorado Blvd. I LOVE SEAWORLD!
Published: January 2, 2014 at 12:17 AMMr. Niles, I was reading coverage of the Rose Parade on the local newspaper, the Pasadena Star-News. According to the newspaper's website, 19 individuals were arrested by Pasadena police for trying to block the progress of the Sea World float on Orange Grove Boulevard near the start of the parade route.
Published: January 2, 2014 at 1:15 AMfrom www.idontseaworld.com
"For our first big news of 2014, ThemeParkInsider will now join our crusade in the shutdown of SeaWorld. For the first time in 14 years, site host Robert Niles protested the inclusion of the new SeaWorld float by not covering it as he had done previously. He smartly restricted himself by only showing released publicity photos of Universal Studios Hollywood's and SeaWorld's floats, the latter of which clearly has no backbone and actually had to call the police to escort the float and fight their battles for them. Inspired by Robert's "nut up or shut up" message about protesting, we will continue our boycott of the parks. In fact, it seems to be working. Despite having the second highest attendance date in the history of the park, it was just that, the second! Clearly, people have learned since *last* year had the highest date. You heard it here first folks. Swim strong."
Yeah, some of us clearly have way too much time on our hands. In all seriousness, I actually heard that 19 people were arrested in conjunction with the protest, which is fine by me. 19 less people in line for Antarctica. :)
PS: I can make a killing off the above domain name, but I'll refrain.
Published: January 2, 2014 at 4:40 AMOh James, did you see the name of the float? 'Sea of Surprises', pretty much sums up how you thought Robert had written about the SeaWorld issues. I would actually go as far as to say that he was trying to have a balanced view and as a journalist pointing out that sometimes the media report on nothing to keep a story alive. James good luck on keeping this story alive and offering more free advertising for SeaWorld. There is no such thing as bad publicity is there?
Published: January 2, 2014 at 6:27 AMDozens of people get arrested at the Rose Parade every year, for a wide variety of offenses. (Heck, one year, I saw a little kid throw a marshmallow at one of the motorcycle cops at the beginning of the parade. The kid's parent was arrested.)
If you can't bring more protestors than the dozens of "The End is Near" "Jesus is Coming to Judge You" people who trail the parade every single year, then I'd say that your protest didn't work.
No one outside the tiny PETA community cares about Blackfish. Sorry.
Published: January 2, 2014 at 9:08 AMWatched the parade with my family, on TV, found it thoroughly enjoyable. My wife and oldest son are now trying to organize a trip to Anaheim and Pasadena, she wants to see the parade live he wants to go to the game. My youngest and I want to check out Disneyland, have never been there have always gone to Florida.
Published: January 2, 2014 at 9:39 AMLet's all get arrested and have that on our permanent records all because we happen to disagree with animals being held captive as adults, but probably loved visiting zoos as a child.
Remember, owning a cat or a dog is still still "keeping a wild animal prisoner", bunch of hypocrites.
Published: January 2, 2014 at 1:36 PMVaughn, I've gone to Disneyland on New Year's Day this year and last year and it actually isn't too bad. It is crowded, but far less than New Year's Eve and probably not much worse than any other time during the Christmas season. Morning and evening actually clear out a lot, as I'm guessing people are too tired from partying the night before. The next few days after new years the crowds start dying down too. Good time to go to get all the Christmas stuff while missing the worst of the crowds.
I've gone to see the Rose Parade once in person despite living in the area my entire life. It is definitely fun and something anyone interested in the parade should experience at least once in their lives, but now that I've experienced that I'll enjoy it from my nice soft couch in my pajamas with the freshly made cup of coffee and omelet while listing to the TV crews tell my exactly what kinds of flowers were used.
I also volunteered to help decorate some floats a few years back. Now THAT is a really fun experience if you can swing it (and if you can secure the right type of job. Some are definitely better than others).
Published: January 3, 2014 at 1:43 PMI didn't watch the parade this year, because I wasn't invited to the wedding. Plus, you know, blackfish, because I don't like it when people burn the fish. Well, I think I like blackened fish. So I don't know. Was there a parade on TV this year? It is so hard to remember these things.
Published: January 4, 2014 at 4:53 PMVaughn: 1) The parade is awesome up close. Make sure you find a spot on the "TV side" of the street as that is the best side for the floats and riders. And if you choose not to go to the parade you can tour the floats up close the day after the parade. 2) Disneyland gets incredibly crowded that week so make sure you are in the gates before they shut down entry. 3) And of course, keep watching this site and the forums for advice on planning your trip!


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Patriotic Star S'Mores Bars
No other dessert screams "summertime" like s'mores do! Although s'mores are normally created around a campfire, I've found a way to enjoy s'mores anytime of year without kindling or an open flame.
No other dessert screams "summertime" like s'mores do! Although s'mores are normally created around a campfire, I've found a way to enjoy s'mores anytime of year without kindling or an open flame.
These s'mores bars consist of a graham cracker crust, melted milk chocolate, and torched marshmallows. What I love most about these bars is that they are incredibly quick and super easy! Plus, all you need are red, white, and blue star marshmallows, which are super cute and can be found at your local grocery store, Target or Walmart around Memorial Day and 4th of July. With these colorful and star-shaped marshmallows, you've got even more special Patriotic S'mores Bars!
Graham Cracker Crust:
- 20 sheets (40 squares) of graham crackers
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
S'Mores Ingredients:
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips, or Fannie May chocolate squares cut up into pieces
- 1 bag of red, white, and blue star marshmallows (These can be find in your normal grocery store or Target/Walmart around Memorial Day and 4th of July)
To Make the Graham Cracker Crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the graham crackers in a food processor and pulse until you have fine crumbs. Pour the graham crackers into a medium bowl and add the sugar and melted butter. Stir until the graham crackers have absorbed all the butter and the mixture is wet. Reserve ½ cup of the graham crackers for topping.
Foil and grease the inside of a 9x16 rectangular baking pan and press the graham cracker crust into the pan. Bake the crust until it turns a light golden brown, about 10 minutes. Remove the graham cracker crust from the oven and place it on the oven to slightly cool, for about 5-10 minutes.
To Assemble the S'mores Bars: Evenly sprinkle the milk chocolate chips (or Hershey's bars) over the graham cracker crust. Place the pan back into the oven for only 3-5 minutes to allow the chocolate to melt. Remove the pan from the oven, and using an offset spatula (or a butter knife) carefully spread the chocolate into an even layer completely covering the graham cracker crust.
Evenly scatter the marshmallow starts over the completely surface of the chocolate. Carefully press the marshmallows into the chocolate. Finish by sprinkling the reserved graham cracker crumbs over the marshmallows (I like to add them into the open areas that the marshmallows didn't cover).
Increase the oven to broil, and place the pan into the oven until the marshmallows are slightly melted and the tops of the marshmallows are torched, no more than 5 minutes. Be sure not to walk away and the marshmallows will melt and torch very quickly and you don't want them to burn.
Remove the pan from the oven and allow and leave them on the counter to cool completely, about 2 hours. Before cutting, place the bars in the freezer for about 30 minutes to harden them and make then easier to cut. Using a sharp knife, cut into 2x2-inch bars. Place on a platter and serve. If not serving right away, I like to keep them in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
These last up to 5 days in a sealed container, either kept in a cool place on your counter on in the refrigerator.
Makes: One 9x16 pan, about 20
More Patriotic Sweets:
Patriotic Cookies from Cheryl's
Red, White & Blue Popcorn from The Popcorn Factory
Flag Cake from Harry & David


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Among the many intelligently designed systems that utilize every raindrop that falls on the watershed area is the Ramtek model. This model is named after the rain water harvesting structures in the town of Ramtek in Maharashtra. It consists of an intricate network of groundwater and surface water bodies intrinsically connected through surface and underground canals. Runoff was harvested in this method through tanks, supported by high yielding wells and structures like baories, kundis and waterholes. These are generally constructed and owned by landowners. The tanks extend from the foothills to the plains forming a chain and conserves about 60-70 percent of the total runoff. First the tanks located in the upper areas close to hills get filled to capacity and then water flowed down to fill the successive tanks through interconnecting channels. A small waterhole stored whatever water remained unstored and formed the end of the sequential arrangement. Quick runoffs and little percolation were achieved by the presence of Ramtek ridge in the middle, having a steep slope on both sides. The residents of the Southern plains constructed different types of water conservation structures like tanks where they could trap maximum water.
Zings are another kind of water harvesting structures. They consist of small tanks where melted glacier water is collected. The network of guiding channels that bring water from the glacier to the tank, form the essential part of the system. During the day, the glaciers melt and the channels fill up with a trickle that turns into flowing water in the afternoon. By evening the water gets collected which is used the next day.
The Government of Kerala is also trying to utilize the plenty of rain that Kerala receives every year. Kochi builders are trying to install rain water harvesting system in all their projects.
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GE Capital has responded to media reports that financial websites run by GE Money could be vulnerable to the Heartbleed security bug by saying that it has "no reason" to believe any customer data has been compromised.
The Sydney Morning Heraldreported today that financial websites run by GE Money, including the Myer Visa Card, Myer Card portals, and Coles MasterCard were vulnerable to the Heartbleed security bug.
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A GE Capital spokesperson told Computerworld Australia that it is aware of the Heartbleed bug. "We have taken precautions and steps to protect the security of our customers' data and have no reason to believe any customer data has been compromised," the spokesperson said.
The financial institution has recommended customers change their passwords.
A Coles spokesperson said its systems are "not vulnerable to Heartbleed" and customer data "has not been compromised".
In response to calls about the Myer Visa Card, a Visa spokesperson said its teams have been "working diligently" to assess its systems.
"Visa's core systems and payment processing platforms, including VisaNet, V.me, CyberSource, Authorize.net and PlaySpan, remain unaffected and are operating normally. If consumers have concerns about the security of their account, they should contact their financial institution," the spokesperson said.
MasterCard Australia has also been contacted for comment by Computerworld Australia.
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Once I dreamt I was a cross
A lonely cross, leaning on a hillside
Born from an olive tree
There came a march towards me
And a man's soul was woven onto me, and splinters
And I, a lonely cross, drenched in spit and sweat and blood
The body astray but the spirit stains
A lonely cross soaking in splinters spit sweat blood and rain
When I dry my roots will be cut
Will I return to where I came?
Do I have a soul?
Or am I just firewood not yet aflame?


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Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 35 points but took 31 field-goal attempts to get there.
Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph and Rudy Gay -- The Grizzlies front line came together for 56 points and 22 rebounds, helping Memphis outrebound the Clippers 42-35.
Miami's Big Three -- James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh combined for 67 points and 19 rebounds, stepping up big in a close-out game.
Chris Paul -- The Clippers All-Star finished with 19 points, but had only five in the first half and scored nothing in the fourth quarter with his groin bothering him.
Amar'e Stoudemire -- He returned to the Knicks lineup Sunday after the infamous fire-extinguisher incident following Game 2, but fouled out Wednesday after scoring 14 points. What's his future with the team?
Carmelo Anthony -- He's been in 54 postseason games in his career with the Denver Nuggets and Knicks, winning only 17. And his trade last season to New York hasn't brought the dividends the Knicks hoped for.
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The ceramic may crack, the FDA said. But doctors might not know if patients have the affected hips.Sep 15, 2001 | AP
Hundreds of artificial hips are being recalled because one piece - the joint ball - is made of a ceramic that may suddenly crack.
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The Food and Drug Administration announced the recall yesterday, warning surgeons not to use the affected implants - and patients to call their doctors if they experience symptoms suggesting the joint has cracked.
The FDA has at least 14 reports of Americans in whom the recalled hips have broken.
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Symptoms include hip pain, a sensation of grinding or limitation of motion, Schultz said. The fracture sometimes is preceded by an audible pop.
The at-risk hips tend to break between 19 and 28 months after they're implanted, FDA compliance officer Carol Fedorchak said.
The French company St. Gobain Desmarquest recalled nine batches of its ceramic femoral heads - the ball portion of the hip implant - that were manufactured since early 1998.
The worst batch has an 8 percent breakage rate, well above the one-hundredth of one percent breakage rate expected for such parts, Fedorchak said. The other eight batches had a far lower breakage rate, but were being recalled as a precaution.
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Eight U.S. makers of artificial hips use the French maker's ceramic part, and they are pulling affected implants out of surgeons' offices. The eight are: Apex Surgical of Lakeville, Mass.; Encore Orthopedics Inc. of Austin, Texas; Osteoimplant Technology Inc. of Hunt Valley, Md.; Smith & Newphew of Memphis; Stryker Howmedica Osteonics of Allendale, N.J.; and Biomet Inc., DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. and Zimmer Inc., all of Warsaw, Ind.
Patients likely will not know if they have a hip made with a ceramic femoral head; the joint part also can be made of metal. FDA officials said they did not require doctors to keep a registry of which artificial joints they had implanted in patients, but that patients could ask their surgeons if they kept such a record.
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Mind over matter. Mind over matter. Mind over matter. This mantra didn't work for 21 people at a Tony Robbins motivational event. Walking across hot coals on lanes measuring 10 feet long and heated to between 1,200 to 2,000 degrees provides attendees an opportunity to "understand that there is absolutely nothing you can't overcome," according to the motivational speaker's website.
Organizers had an "open burn permit" and medical staff at the event, and there was also a fire inspector on the scene, San Jose Fire Department Capt. Reggie Williams said.
The injuries took place during the first day Thursday of a four-day event at the San Jose Convention Center hosted by Robbins called "Unleash the Power Within." Most of those hurt had second and third degree burns, said San Jose Fire Department Capt. Reggie Williams.
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On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Dave Fisher <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> >> On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:27 PM, drew jensen wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 2012-08-15 at 14:45 -0700, Dave Fisher wrote: >>>> On Aug 15, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there a reason that the README in the source release is still pointing at http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/MacOSXBuildInstructions for Mac Builds? >>>>> >>>>> Minimally this then points to http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/AquaBuild this doesn't seem exactly like what was used for 3.4.0? >>>>> >>>>> Would someone check the Build instructions and then update to be very clear what is current. >>>>> >>>>> I am proceeding with my tests as if the prerequisites have not changed and that I have them from my AOO 3.4 tests build. >>>> >>>> I am stuck and I am stopping. I am very unhappy with the instructions on the WIki page. I needed help with 3.4 and now I need help with 3.4.1. >>>> >>>> Please show me the simplest way to build on a Mac from Source and show me on the Wiki based on http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/MacOSXBuildInstructions >>>> >>>> BTW - Remember that SOURCE is the ONLY OFFICIAL RELEASE. >>> >>> - but I thought that as part of accepting this project ASF was saying >>> they were open to change.. am I just wrong on that - cause folks keep >>> saying this as if it is a FACT and I thought it was going to be up to >>> this project to decide whether binaries are official, or not. >>> >>> That is what I thought when I cast my non-binding vote to create this >>> project at ASF - specifically that it was recognized as needing this >>> type of differentiation from earlier projects. >> >> Binary artifacts are fine, they are just considered to be "unofficial convenience artifacts". >> > > A citation, please? You would need to be listening to the evolving conversations on general@ and legal-discuss@ Documentation is always behind that. Sorry. > >> The ASF's mission is software for the public good. That means that users must be able to see the source and be able to build it for themselves. They must be able to inspect the source to see that it is unhindered. >> > > That phrase is also used in the release management guidelines as an > explanation for why "binary-only" release are not permitted. But the > same guidelines talk extensively about including binary packages in > releases. > >> So, the IP must be clear and transparently so. This is what an IPMC and ASF Member must measure their vote on. >> > > Sure. > >> Sorry, I'm a bit cranky right now. My cpan disappeared while trying to assure that I had the now required LWP::UserAgent. No one tested the new download_external_dependencies.pl properly. >> > > OK. > >> My real message is that the project needs to clean up the build instructions so that special knowledge and/or help is not a prerequisite. >> > > Yes, but please stop with inflammatory statements that have in the > past been repeated by others, outside of the project, as a source of > FUD against the project. We really don't need more of this. We all > care about the source. But let's not diminish the importance or the > status of the binaries. No let's not. The BINARIES are VERY IMPORTANT! But they are not so important that we neglect to help people build from source. Now, I better eat and get my blood sugar in shape.. Regards, Dave > > Regards, > > -Rob > >> Regards, >> Dave >> >> >>> >>> //drew >>> >>>> >>>> (I really don't want to -1 this release.) >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Dave >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>>> Dave >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>>> >>>>>> From: Jürgen Schmidt <firstname.lastname@example.com> >>>>>> Date: August 15, 2012 7:01:47 AM PDT >>>>>> To: "firstname.lastname@example.com" <email@example.com> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 (incubating), RC2 >>>>>> Reply-To: firstname.lastname@example.com >>>>>> delivered-to: mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> please vote on this email to ooo-dev only, thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 8/15/12 2:02 PM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> this is a call for vote on releasing the following candidate as Apache >>>>>>> OpenOffice 3.4.1 (incubating). This will be our first bug fix release >>>>>>> after the AOO 3.4 from May 8th. A further milestone to show that we >>>>>>> deliver good and stable software with focus on quality. It will again >>>>>>> help to continue the success of OpenOffice.org and will gain confidence >>>>>>> in OpenOffice. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This time I did not prepare a separate page to highlighting the release >>>>>>> candidate. We had developer snapshot since several weeks and the latest >>>>>>> one based on revision 1372282 is intended to become released if the >>>>>>> voting succeeds. That means and to make it clear you vote here on the >>>>>>> final release based on this snapshot build. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This release is intended to be a bug fix release and to introduce some >>>>>>> further languages: >>>>>>> (1) 71 issues are fixed and a detailed list can be watched under >>>>>>> http://s.apache.org/Huv. >>>>>>> (2) 5 further languages are now officially supported: British English, >>>>>>> Khmer, Slovenian, Slovak, and Finnish. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For a detailed feature overview please see the release notes under >>>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+3.4.1+Release+Notes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The release candidate artifacts (source release, as well as binary >>>>>>> releases for 20 languages) and further information how to verify and >>>>>>> review Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 (incubating) can be found on the >>>>>>> following wiki page: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> hhttps://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds#DevelopmentSnapshotBuilds-AOO3.4.1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please vote on releasing this package as Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 >>>>>>> (incubating). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The vote starts now and will be open until: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Saturday, 18 August: 2012-08-18 2:00pm UTC+2. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> After the vote of the PPMC the vote will start on >>>>>>> email@example.com mailing and will be open for further 72 hours. >>>>>>> But we invite all people to vote (non binding) on this RC. 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