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There you are: you're at the Outback Steakhouse glancing through the Drink Menu. The teens are mooning the kids are shrieking and the parents are alternatively arguing with each other and yelling at the shrieking kids. The pages are flipping by...
"Wait, did I read that right?" you ask yourself as you page back through the menu. Yes you did. It read very clearly: Black Cherry Mojito. And it offers a mix of Cruzan Black Cherry flavored rum, peach schnapps, lime juice, and mint among others in what is promised as "an exotic destination of flavors." If that's not enough, it's topped off with Sprite.
Now it just so happens that there's a history behind the mojito and the ingredients are rather simple. Those ingredients are mint, sugar, rum, lime, and the occasional bit of soda water. Recipes abound on the internet but we like the history offered at the Taste of Cuba, where the recipe uses silver rum and is only very lightly sweetened. The sweet and the sour should mix together leaving a burst of freshness flooding the rum and the carbonation. Energetic mixologists everywhere have tinkered with that recipe by adding raspberries, strawberries, or other kinds of additional flavors but the balance should always be there. It's a refined drink designed to showcase a rum for the sophisticated palate. What the thing doesn't call for is a big pile of fruit. Unless, that is...
That's what makes this recipe from Outback such a Frankenstein horror show at first blush. First, peach and mint seem like a strange combination. A quick Google search reveals a few recipes for ice-cream and (of all things) salsa featuring this combination yet even the vaunted information superhighway is relatively silent on this pairing. But then there's the black cherry... where did that come from? Google is almost completely silent on this combination of flavors but it does turn up the occasional cocktail recipe called Sweet Dreams that combines Peach schnapps, Black Cherry vodka, Strawberry liqueur, orange juice, grapefruit juice, and pineapple juice along with a garnish of mint. We have another name for that: in college we called it "Jungle Juice" and it was basically anything anybody brought poured together in a small garbage can. And even this gem of a cocktail recipe calls not for the flavor of mint but a garnish of mint unlike the infusion of mint from Outback. Let's not forget the notional sour of lemon/lime tossed in by virtue of the Sprite... except that it is Sprite so it's more sugar water than flavor. That is the cocktail equivalent of checkmate: Outback has defeated Google in the weirdest cocktail flavor contest.
When you're confronted with a thing like this staring you in the face, it's just like being challenged to the spiciest wing sauce or the deep-fried twinkie: you've just gotta try it.
Ordering a Black Cherry Mojito as a male is kind of problematic. One wants to preserve some measure of masculinity when ordering cocktails even in these family climes, despite the prom-eligible wait-staff This particular restaurant was no exception where the grinning, pimply-faced young man (training another pimply teenager lurking silently at his shoulder) offered to take drink orders. In these situations, a man wants to be John Wayne ordering a shot of whiskey... not some poodle ordering a Black Cherry Mojito. There is no help, though. There is nothing to do but inwardly sigh in resignation, smile, and order.
"Coming right up!" the teen waiter announces brightly and prances off with his trainee. He delivers it minutes later with a "Here you go!"
Let's pause for a moment to contrast this with an ordering experience at the Ruth's Chris Steak House in Seattle. One of the men in our company-faced with a similar dilemma-ordered a Lemon Drop. The waitress Emily-clearly a professional at her role-responded only with an arched eyebrow.
Flustered, our man insisted after a moment of silence: "But I really like them!"
Silence. More eybrow.
"Can you just make it look... you know..."
"Less girly?" Emily asked.
"Yeah!" he answered, relieved.
"Okay, one Man-drop coming up."
And Emily returned moments later with a lemon drop-disguised as a clear cocktail rather than a glass of yellow sunshine-with two cherries tied together and the stems inserted in the straw.
"Here's your Man-drop," she said. "And it even has a set of balls for you."
Massive applause from our party: now that's a professional! Emily, wherever you are, you have earned our admiration. And note the high contrast with the complete obliviousness of Outback Teenager to the man-angst surrounding the Black Cherry Mojito.
Happily, the Black Cherry Mojito itself presents rather nicely. Unlike a lot of these sorts of drinks it is clear rather than some shade of rainbow. It was garnished simply-though with a further juxtaposition of flavors with a cherry and lime wedge-and the mint floating in the drink was clearly fresh and had been shaken with the cocktail. Expecting flowers in the drink and blinking lights on the glass with fruit overflowing the rim of the glass, the presentation was suitably elegant. Maybe this would work after all?
Before going on, let's say a word about Cruzan rums (properly pronounced "CREW-shun" and improperly pronounced everywhere as "crew-ZAN"). Cruzan makes very decent rum and some outstanding premium rums. Given the price-point of $10-$15, their value rums truly are an exceedingly good value. Their flavored rums, we're in a position to know, are nicely flavored and they're also sweetened. Take a Cruzan flavored rum, shake it in ice, pour it on the rocks and you can drink it almost like a stiff punch with no other mixers. To this already sweet rum, Outback has elected to add schnapps (an historically sweeter-than-sweet liqueur) and Sprite (sugar water).
So why should a person be surprised when, upon drinking the Black Cherry Mojito, the thing tastes like a lollipop?
This Outback curiosity is, in every sense, a candy drink. It is more soda pop than an actual can of soda. This is not to say that it's unpleasant. Even though the mint tastes kind of strange with the fruit (and the green bits get in your teeth), it's not bad. It's just sweet. Really sweet. Sugar coma sweet. If it's meant to be drunk at all, it should be sipped in single drops out of a cordial glass rather than gulped on ice.
After two gulps, you realize the next problem. There's like 4 or 5 ounces of liquid in this glass that's filled to the brim with ice. Here you are, you've got this drink that you can't do anything with but gulp lest you uncover every cavity in your head with a storm of pain from the sugar, and by the time you realize it, your drink is gone. Great news if you're trying to get someone hammered but poor news if you're trying to enjoy a cocktail.
If you're a man, you're thoroughly emasculated at this point. You've ordered a thing that would inspire hazing from even the high school marching band much less the football team; you've drunk this thing that's so sweet it can attract ants from miles away; and it's gone so fast you now have to decide if you can order another one. Is moving to another drink and admitting defeat more or less humiliating than sticking to your resolve and manfully ordering yet another Black Cherry Mojito from the pimply teenager?
If you're a woman, what now? You're betrayed! You ordered a classic cocktail presented in a sophisticated adult way only to have it revealed as a sorority girl drink of the highest order. What now? Can you order another? And if you do, how many extra miles on the treadmill for the many grams of sugar? Will it cause you to start giggling uncontrollably later on in front of your date when the sugar high kicks in? How mortifying!
There is a time and a place for the very sweet drinks. In the evening, it is in a tiny cordial glass sipped neatly as a digestif or a dessert. They are the schnapps and the French crèmes of the world. In the hot summer afternoon, it is in the very lightly fortified fruit juice and ice. Somehow and some way we, the consumers, have encouraged the chain restaurants that they ought to 1) serve signature cocktails that are sweeter than candy and 2) cramming more stuff into a drink automatically makes it tastier. Then, you get this strange childhood competition between the chain restaurants for the blithe and thoughtless restaurateur cocktail dollar.
"Hey!" TGI Friday says, "I've got four different fruits in my mojito. And it has 40 grams of sugar... that's one more gram than a can of coke!"
"Oh yeah?" shouts back Outback, "Well I'll show you! I'll make a mojito with five flavors! And fifty grams of sugar!"
"Nuh – uh!" sneers TGI Friday.
"Oh yeah? Watch this!" shouts Outback and out comes the Black Cherry Mojito.
One can only imagine that in some mid-size city Chili's has placed a Pomegranate, black cherry, peach, pineapple, kiwi, and cucumber mojito with an infusion of rosemary foam in front of a focus group. With what rum? Who cares... just put another fruit in there!
It's time to stop the madness. Cocktails are not soft drinks and they shouldn't masquerade as soft drinks. Outback doesn't even try to disguise it because it calls its cocktail menu a "Drink Menu" instead of a "Cocktail Menu" (though the Black Cherry Mojito itself is described as a "Signature Cocktail"). But don't blame the restaurants-they're not forcing us to buy and drink these things-blame yourself. Demand better. Let's agree, as a consumer group, to just get off this sugar high.


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Many small-business owners like to do everything themselves, particularly when they're just starting out. There's good reason for this: Going it alone can save time and money and assure quality control. That said, if you want to your company to grow — even if it's based in your home — it often makes sense to outsource certain tasks so you can focus on business development.
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- Data entry — Data entry is dull and time-consuming, and it requires little skill. Why waste your time on it? If you have a huge stack of business cards from a recent conference and don't have time to transfer all of the names and numbers to an Excel spreadsheet, pay someone to handle the task for you. Likewise, if you need information converted from one type of online document to another, a virtual assistant should be able to tackle the project at minimal cost.
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- Social media promotion — Don't have time to tweet and update your company's Facebook page daily? Use outside help. Take advantage of the project-management tools offered by a service like HootSuite, which can give you the chance to approve and edit scheduled social media posts in advance of publication.
- Outreach efforts — Let's say you're hosting a giveaway on your website and want to promote it. Don't spend your time sending out emails to bloggers who may or may not be interested. Instead, draft a template letter and hire someone to research relevant leads and customize the letter for each recipient. Your assistant could also reach out to sales prospects individually, but you'll likely want to correspond with potential new customers directly once they've expressed interest.
- Email management — If your email inbox is filled with hundreds of new messages each day, have someone else to filter them. Your assistant can flag high-priority messages that you need to follow up on immediately; separate those related to specific projects into folders; and respond to those that don't require your input. (Note: If you do this, make sure you use a separate, personal email account for the messages you don't want your assistant to see.) Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, offers these tips for outsourcing your inbox, as well as an extremely comprehensive virtual assistant questionnaire.
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Analyst Says Ryan Callahan Is Made For Post Season Play
BY: John Mamola
It was less than two months ago that Tampa Bay Lighting forward Ryan Callahan found himself in very public contract negotiations with the New York Rangers right as the NHL trade deadline was rapidly approaching. Today, Callahan is a member of the playoff bound Lightning squad and has found a new home as a gritty, tough player for a Bolts team which lacks a strong physical game with the Stanley Cup Playoffs set to begin on Wednesday.
Since being traded Callahan has performed well with eleven points in twenty games while the man he was traded for, Martin St. Louis, has accumulated only eight points in twenty games with the Rangers.
Callahan still remains a unrestricted free agent after the season, but the Lightning have expressed interest in bringing Callahan back after the conclusion of the season. So while the Lightning talks with Callahan will wait till after the playoffs, ESPN NHL writer Scott Burnside says Bolts fans should expect big things from Callahan in the post season.
"Having watched the Rangers in 2012 go to an Eastern Conference Final, and covering the Olympics the last two times. Ryan Callahan is a playoff performer and he will be someone that the Tampa fans are going to love in the coming weeks" said Burnside.
Burnside believes the key to beating Montreal Canadiens is to take as many shots as possible on Habs' goal tender Carey Price, and expects the Bolts to win the series in seven games.
The Lightning will host the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the NHL playoffs beginning on Wednesday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
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WITH bathing suit season approaching (and already here in some parts of the country), it seems as if nearly every popular magazine in the last month or two has touted one scheme or another for shedding that winter padding and achieving a movie-star figure in eight weeks or less. Even without the beach as an incentive, millions of Americans are perpetually struggling to lose pounds, an effort that has spawned a $33 billion diet industry.
Last week, the National Institutes of Health gave Americans a far better reason to be self-conscious about their bodies and to increase their efforts to lose weight, not just for summer but forever. Based on an evaluation of many big studies linking excess body fat to a long list of chronic and potentially fatal diseases, an expert panel convened by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease announced a new definition of overweight, a definition that brings to 55 percent the proportion of the adult population that should become more diligent weight watchers.
In other words, according to the revised guidelines, more than half the population is too heavily larded, which makes us by far the fattest people on earth. The point at which an American would be considered overweight has been shifted downward, from a body mass index of 27 to one of 25. Those with an index of 30 or more are classified as obese. It is a guideline already established by the World Health Organization for people everywhere. If approved by the 115 health experts reviewing the guidelines, the new definition would add another 25 million adults to the 72 million who were previously considered overweight.
The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance objected to the new guidelines, saying that changes in diet and exercise habits can improve a person's health risks even if no weight is lost. The association is concerned that the increased attention to weight will prompt even more people to try diets doomed to fail and add to the number of people who avoid going to doctors for fear of being harassed about their weight.
While the association may be correct in its belief that some people would be better off staying fat than spending their lives struggling to get their weight down to a level they simply cannot maintain, for the vast majority of overweight Americans, the problem is not genetic and not incurable. It is a consequence of eating too much, especially too much of calorically dense foods like fats and sweets, and exercising too little.Continue reading the main story
Who Is Overweight?
The body mass index, or B.M.I., is considered a better measure of the amount of fat on a person's body than would be indicated by the traditional height-weight charts. Though the B.M.I. is officially calculated by dividing body weight in kilograms by height in meters squared (hard for Americans who don't know their dimensions in the metric system), you can also figure your B.M.I. by multiplying your weight in pounds by 703, then dividing the result by your height in inches and dividing that result by your height a second time. (Another version involves squaring your weight.)
However, even the B.M.I. is not a perfect measure of fatness. A person who is very muscular but who has a low percentage of body fat could end up with the same B.M.I. as someone who is truly fat. Therefore, the new guidelines, which will be issued to medical professionals next week, also call upon physicians to measure their patients' waistlines. Fat that collects around the belly is the most serious health threat, and the guidelines say that among those with a B.M.I. of 25 to 35, men with waists of more than 40 inches and women whose waists exceed 35 inches face an increased risk of developing serious health problems.
In fact, even if your B.M.I. falls into the low-risk range of 21 to 25, if you carry too much weight around the middle you're at greater risk than someone whose weight sits on the hips or thighs. Likewise, people with an acceptable B.M.I. who gained 10 or more pounds as adults (say, after age 21) are at greater risk than those who have maintained their college weight.
Why Worry About Weight?
The main impetus for changing the weight guidelines is the growing realization that just about any amount of excess body fat is a potential health risk. Although there is some evidence that being a little overweight when you're old is actually beneficial, this is still being debated. The most recent analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey revealed that as B.M.I. rises above 25, average levels of blood pressure and artery-damaging blood cholesterol rise, average levels of protective HDL cholesterol fall and it becomes more difficult to maintain normal levels of blood sugar.
Thus, as the B.M.I. rises, the risk of developing a long list of ailments rises, too. They include coronary artery disease and resulting heart attacks, hypertension, stroke, type 2 diabetes, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and accompanying respiratory problems and certain cancers, including cancer of the breast and endometrium. The National Institutes of Health estimates that obesity-related disease costs the nation about $100 billion a year.
Along with causing disease, of course, obesity can shorten life. In fact, the Institutes' statement on the new guidelines noted that obesity is the second leading cause (after smoking) of preventable death in the United States today.
In calculating someone's risk, the new guidelines state that more than the B.M.I. should be considered for many people in the lower ranges of overweight. Physicians will be told to look at risk factors for disease before deciding whether to urge patients to lose weight or merely avoid gaining any more. Thus, if your B.M.I. exceeds 25, before urging you to lose weight your doctor should take into account your blood cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure, evidence of arthritis in your knees or hips and any respiratory problems, as well as your family medical history and your own risky behaviors, like smoking, eating poorly and not exercising.
Finally, the 24-member expert panel that formulated the new guidelines recommended that normal-weight people should also remain vigilant and have their B.M.I.'s reassessed every two years. It is easier to stop encroaching weight problems early than to have to shed scores of excess pounds that have hung around your frame for years.
Next week: Achieving and maintaining a healthier body weight.
Correction: June 10, 1998, Wednesday Because of an editing error, the Personal Health column in Science Times yesterday, about new weight guidelines, misstated an alternate formula for computing body mass. The formula, which was given correctly in a chart, entails squaring height, not weight.Continue reading the main story


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About the Book
I fell in love with the book, André Kertész The Polaroids. Kertész shot his Polaroids with an SX-70 camera. Polaroid stopped making film for this camera in 2006 but I had ten or eleven packs, all of it expired. I had been hoarding this film for at least two years, waiting for the right inspiration. I found it in Kertész's book. I was inspired—inspired to use my very last packs of film to create an homage to Kertész.
As projects do, this one changed somewhat over time. Working with my own precious objects had a profound affect on me. This work became not only an homage to Kertész but also an expression of longing and nostalgia for things past. Many of the objects I photographed were handed down from people no longer alive or were gifts from friends I no longer know. Some of these possessions are so special that I would be heartsick to lose them. I loved working on this project but it felt bittersweet. With every click of the camera I had one less piece of film. So with each shot I felt a deep loss and longing. I will miss working with this very special film.
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- Category Fine Art Photography
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
56 Pages
- Publish Date Sep 14, 2008
- Tags Still Life, SX-70, Polaroid, Kertesz, Dreams, Nostalgia, Photography, Homage, Longing, Loss
About the Creator
The first night I spent in the darkroom, printing the first roll of black and white film, was like falling down a rabbit hole. I was in Wonderland. That was over ten years ago. Photography is the tool I use for exploring emotions and feelings. I love making photo based images and often work with a question as a focal point or as a direction to pursue. The images I resonate with are those that are personal expressions but seem to have a universal theme. I invite you to join me on my journey down the 'hole'.
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Very nice hotel near the Glyfada shopping area. Spacious and clean suites with free wi-fi. Very friendly and helpfull staff. Late breakfast (till 12.00 !!!!) Small elevator
spacious rooms, tea and coffe facilities, fridge, microvawe, balcony, variaty of tv chanels, outdoor pool, reasonably close to a shopping center located at a very busy street, constant traffic day and night, you feel like sleeping on a motorway, very very noisy
Very comfortable, nice and clean room, very suitable for family with small children. Quiet pool, and perfect breakfast.
the staff were wonderful and I was very happy staying there
The hotel is located near airport bus stop, only 100 meters. A tram station is also close to the hotel. The hotel is small but confortable. I have a good feeling of hospitality. equipments in a room are rather old but no problem
Great people running the place, really helpful, close to town, transport just outside the door. No internet. Everyday someone was asking the manager about the internet but I didn't get a connection the whole week, I just logged on to next door's unsecured wireless, sometimes even just 11 mbs, at most 55 mbs. This was unacceptable. My recommendation, don't believe Booking.com when they say internet is available. Go next door if you need wireless, or even any sort of connection. In 2010, this was stone-age. My advice to the managers is just charge an extra 10E per night and get a decent modem or change ISP.
Staff was very friendly and helpful during the six day stay. The continental breakfast offered was very good also. No
Besides the staff, nothing else!!!! The worst thing was the noise - the hotel is placed on a main street extremely nosy. In fact this was the reason that we left after 3 nights in stead of 9 booked Basically is just a transit hotel; is not for family or holiday
Great seaside location
erxcellent and professional staff. very good continetal breakfast. Great transport links to Atens city.
helpful staff, clean room location a bit inconvenient
Nothing really. On a noisy street, near a disco so didn't sleep all night. Room was very hot, airconditioner good, but directly on your body when sleeping.
OK hotel for extremely low price, we didnt expect too much so we are satisfied with it...good neighborhood, next to the hospital and church in Vouliagmeni, and next to best gyros in Athens...its not that noisy like we read it... We had a problem on last day...we need a shower in the morning before check out, but there were no hot water!!! We call the receptionist, she said: in 10 minutes, after that again: in 10 more minutes, but hot water never came, so we travel 1200km after that in that condition...that ruined our opinion about this hotel!!! Also, pretty far away from center of Athens, but we need that neighborhood because of some friends...
Very friendly stufff, good breakfast for the category, airport shuttle bus stp opposite the hotel
safe carpet and mattress questionable
We loved the sea view, room interior, tv, friendly and helpful staff and the location (away from city, but not too far away). Also, there is a lovely hidden town, Voula town, right behind the hotel which we found randomly, it has plenty of restaurants, cafes, delis, a few shops, kiosks, taxis and bus transport to Athens city center. You can also get a metro to Athens which is across the road from the hotel and then 5 minutes walk towards the Athens direction. When travelling to and from the airport, there is an airport bus, x96, right across from the hotel which costs only 3.50euro and is much cheaper and faster than taking a taxi. The hotel is close to Vouliagmeni (south) which hosts an amazing coastline and magnificent scenery. The food for breakfast was good but could have been a little better. The coffee was amazing though.
Easy access from the airport with local bus. Suitable for a short stay while waiting for the connecting flight. Breakfast ok. Very noisy - don't forget your ear plugs. High traffic on the boulevard + light sleepers can hear the neighbours watching tv in the middle of the night.
very nice in everthing
The friendly personnel, near to the sea, cleanliness in rooms! Thanks!!!!!! we havnot complaintss!
I felt as though my blongings were 100% safe. Staff very friendly Beside busy road, not that noisy but hard to cross it.
Quiet & friendly hotel Busy main road but double glazeing keeps noise down
The staff was extremely nice and helpful. Rooms was cleaned everyday. Superb hotel for such money
Walk across driveway and you are in the airport best bed I have ever slept on. No noise from the airport. Didn't like the food at their cafe. Asked for pizza with little cheese, and received undercooked pie swimming in cheese. Bathroom was nice, but showerhead was completely broken. Room was very tiny.
The location is the primary reason we stay here. The center of Athens is nearly an hour away so being able to just walk across the street to the airport is priceless, especially for flights leaving at odd hours. Secondly, it is ever so comfortable and quiet. I can't think of anything we did not like. Obviously, it would be great if it cost less but "you get what you pay for".
The location to the airport is fantastic, only the Grand Hyatt in DFW has a closer hotel to the ticket counter. Excellent, responsive staff.
We could walk to the hotel from the airport. Rooms were large, clean and very nice.
Cannot be closer to the airport than that. - The shower was leaking. The noise of the water falling on the floor woke me up all night. - The T.V. stopped working at midnight (?!) - There were hairs in the bath that were not mine. - They charged me 7 euros at the bar for a small bottle of water. I know it's supposed to be a luxury hotel, but come on.
This is the only hotel at the Athens Airport which is convenient for a one night stay. Luckily it is a very nice hotel and literally at the airport. It is also conveniently located on the train line to the city, Acropolis and other important sites which gives the one day layover traveler ease to the airport and all the main attractions. Enjoy
Great location and proximity to airport. Very convenient for early/late airport departures/arrivals. Nice lobby and restaurants. Rooms are Comfortable and clean, but a little dated and smelled of stale smoke.
clean, spacious room
Location, Friendly and helpful staff. Valet person was very held up I tumult to check u funds olVe for dinner and return rental car . Kudos to staff. Rooms need electronic upgrade, more receptacles, more light and Lise the cord to the remote control.
Great location to and from the airport. Very comfortable clean rooms, friendly staff and restaurants had a descent variety of good food.
I had to cancel travel plans for fear of safety in travel through Istanbul. The hotel refused to issue a refund.
Super convenient location and friendly, efficient staff; quiet and comfortable room Long, grim hallway
The location is very convenient: only 10 minutes from the airport, without the excessive cost of the other hotel (the one which is right at the airport) Quick check in and out Courteous personnel, decent restaurant Room furniture is new, good looking and functional Shuttle to/from airport included (but not at night!) I ended up in a room for smokers because apparently there were no non -smoking rooms left. At night, the smell in the air was unpleasant. Do hotels still need to have rooms for smokers? The shuttle service to the airport does *not* cover the early -morning flights. Taxi is 30€
Excellent accomodation, convenient to airport, excellent breakfast included in breakfast package. limited access to only 2 internet linked computers
Modern, staff was friendly, great shuttle service to the airport. We had an early flight, they had coffee and cakes waiting at 3:30 in the morning prior to our departure. Coffee and fridge not stocked. Shower didn't work at first. And we had single beds - was told no Kings were available - completely bummed.
The Holiday Inn is a nice hotel close to the airport which is why we chose it since we were just passing through on our way home. The rooms are clean, well appointed and nice for a business hotel. They have a shuttle that picks you up and takes you to the airport which most hotels do not have. The resturant was over priced and the menu looked not appealing. There are no other resturants around the hotel making you either have to go to the airport for a meal or downtown which could be expensive if you take taxi
Clean, comfortable room The bar and restaurant were extremely over priced for the quality of food and service.
Brand new facility designed for business travellers with nice rooms and amenities. The location of the hotel is 10 km from the airport. Their shuttle does not run 1100-1500, but that is not noted in the hotel information. A cab will cost you 15 euro, or you can take the X95 public bus if you know what you're doing. The hotel staff is rude, only caters to business clientele. The AC does not go below 22C, making the room hot and humid even though it was only in the 60sF outside. The extra bed is not a bed, but a cot--we had better beds in much smaller European hotels. It's 15 minutes on the shuttle to get here--stay in another Greek hotel and spend 15 more minutes on the shuttle to get to the airport--you can have a better stay for less money.
Very nice hotel with good sized rooms. Staff was very accommodating with booking a cab for us at 500AM for our early flight at 625. We ordered room service and the food was delicious! The airport shuttle only starts after 530am so we will had to pay for a 28 Euro taxi. This was not advertised anywhere. But still for overall cost, value and convenience it is worth staying here!
The rooms were big and clean. Did not offer value for money,the shuttle did not operate at all hours and breakfast was not included.The hotel was overpriced.Complementary services such as massage were not free and should have been for the price that was paid.The hotel is a 4 star hotel, not a 5 star hotel as was claimed.
Easy to locate. Clean, modern facilities. Room was very comfortable and restful. Three issues: 1. I sent an e-mail asking questions and it was never answered. 2. The web said that there was suttle transportation to and from the hotel....It was hard to find and did not run early enough for us toe use in the morning resulting in a significant and unexpected cost. 3. I think 12 km is quite a bit farther from the airport than I expected. I would recommend the hotel but would make sure that the person knew the facts....not close and no reliable suttle service.
5 star hotel don't provide their transit guests shower or earlier check in.
Please write at least 15 words I stayed in a room with a connection door between the two rooms, so I could hear every word of my neighbours.
large room, close to airport Food too expensive, bring a bottle of wine and some cheeses and have a picnic. Also, the Ecko petrol stration has some good sandwiches and beer/wine
the location is excellent, as are the facilities and the staff without exception are really well trained & attentive. We had a poolsde luncheon & dinner in the hotel, which were 1st class. Although the suites were only open for circa 2 weeks and we had some minor issues, the staff's resolution of these issues & overall friendliness more than compensated for these minor problems. It does not have its own beach area/ beach bar. The suites are excellent but a small distance from the main hotel, so that one is faced with taking the necessary beach ware to the main hotel pool area. This hotel hosts many business meetings & when we arrived on a Sunday had difficulty getting poolside loungers, as the hotel would apprear to be used by locals at the weekend.
Perfect hotel for its kind, very friendly stuff, excellent and unending breakfast (4 tables full), excellent service. It would probably be an excellent choice during summer too. Not very sound - proof, noisy in the morning outside the rooms
Salt-water pool was fantastic. Location is remote and quiet, Mythos restaurant food was excellent. Poolside drinks were overpriced, and hotel was overpriced for what you you got. I paid 244e for a room that was not even close to being worth that.
I actually did not like much about this hotel. The spa is not included in the price. On the other hand there is an indoor swimming pool which is pretty ugly. We ordered food in the room and we paid 120 euros for two pita souvlaki (typical greek food) and a bottle of wine. I am greek, but I never had such awful food anywhere, and especially not in a five star hotel. My boyfriend who has been in greece lots of times was also very negatively impressed.
location a bit over priced
We received a free upgrade. The location is beautiful and the staff at the pool restaurant were very nice. The spa looked good as well but we did not use it. Spa prices were exorbitant. The price would have been adequate for the room we received an upgrade for but far too high for the room we booked. Breakfast buffet of rather poor quality. The beach is very small and not very appealing.
We liked the Divani Resort very much from the start : Very polite staff and helpfull .all our prvious reqest almost met. We are planing to come again soon. Street noise .The bedding mattress are too soft and deflect and not able to support the back.
Nothing the new hotel was more like a business hotel and not appropriate for a holiday
Very nice location: on the beach and near Athens. The bathroom was badly ventilated, perhaps because it was the last floor.
The hotel room was very comfortable and the staff was very kind. Excellent breakfast and great location.
comfort rooms and professional staff no
very good public and bar areas-breakfast excellent-staff very helpful and attentive very poor quality of superior rooms poor value for money The bathrooms in this room are very poor quality, air conditioning made the room smell damp. Dirty carpets in room and hallway.No view of sea or pool without neck strain.Pool not heated and not in sun after 4pm, busy road
The Margi is a lovely boutique hotel with a nice ambiance. The communal areas are tastefully decorated with plenty of "mood" lighting during the evening. The pool area is lovely and although the pool is small there are usually only a handful of guests so there is no overcrowding. Drinks around the pool are expensive. The rooms are comfortable if a little on the small side but nicely furnished. The service was fabulous and I would definitely stay there again. The drinks around the pool area were a little overpriced. Beds were a little short.
Very friendly and helpful staff, great athmosphere at the pool, especially in the evening, proximity of the sea internet browser did not work well on one of the stations (i could not enter my email account, the browser would crash), on the other, the printer cartridge was empty for black... i could not print my boarding card
The sheets, towels. Their was not enough beds at the pool side, as we were on the 2nd floor we could here the guest on the groungd floor singing that kept us awake.
pool area is lovely rooms are clean with good shower in bathroom nice big balcony breakfast very good with plenty of tables and relaxed atmosphere stayed here on our last night after athens and syros trip before flying home to uk
Excellent service from all receptionists
They just can't do enough for you - the atmosphere is incredibly relaxing. It'd be good to have a kettle and cups in the room. The bathroom lighting makes it very difficult to do makeup or shave - a tilting and moveable shaving mirror would be ideal!
Very trendy atmospheric hotel. Exceptional staff and service. Bedroom of a very high standard. Breakfast buffet extensive and excellent. Limited spaces for sunbathing around the pool.
nice pool area the bathroom needs some renovation
Medium size and location, décor. Rather noisy until very late at night with loud music from pool area and partying.
I like the hotel and the hotel staff.I want to stay in Palmyra my next trip to Athens
people so friendly , lovely breakfast, next to the beach ,tram, & bus stop.we had a great time.
Convience to Trams into Athens and pool Noise from main road
The facilities, location & staff are excellent. I just used public transport and it was world class! The traffic noise from my balcony was distracting during peak hour.
The staff. Helpful and friendly. The rooms had a strong smell of cigarette smoke although we had requested for a no smoking room.
The hotel was Nice, friendly staff and the location was good, close to the beach, public transport and restaurants (10 mins walk) -
very professional and responsive staff on the reception desk. if you are planning to combine the sightseing tour and seaside leasure, it is a good location. bus and tram stops are just in 2 minutes from the hotel. good breakfast. very clean. the hotel looks like 3stars hotel. noisy
The bar and pool area - great for a late night drink in the open air We would have liked to have the option of having toast and prepared fresh fruit at breakfast
the wonderfull atitude of the reception the hotel has no "sea view" rooms.
easy access to the hotel the room was extremely dated, the bathroom had some stuff on the floor, and did not look properly cleaned, it did not seem worth the money at all.
The Location, was very good. The bathroom was a little small and the noise from the main road, but that was not worth the central local.
Good service, pleasant staff, nice swimming pool on 2nd floor Compared to other "5-star" hotels, the quality of accomodation was poorer and the location of the hotel made it difficult to find.
Reception was very very helpful. Michalis, I believe was the gentleman's name, and the rest of the staff as well. Great location, clean, nice breakfast, we had a wonderful room, and we had great fun at the pool. Lunch at the Pool was also quite nice, good food, good service.!
very nice rooms, also very nice pool
very nice location with wonderful view no service after 23:00
Perfect sea view, friendly staff,very quietly area,free wi-fi No negatives
nice view of the sea. unconfortable mattresses
Location was convenient Improve AC, Facilitate the light control
I liked the view the pool area should remain open after 7 o'clock specially at summer months
Decor well designed but a little worn.Needs better housekeeping and management.
The room was big and comfortable, the view was wonderful, the area was quiet, the room service breakfast was fine. I enjoyed my stay there and I should go again. The bathroom and generally the furniture was not very well maintenance probably some things like the sink the shower need replacement. The hotel is not very well organized regarding the cleaning. Better to give importance in the cleaning because is a pity and loose points from this.
I really liked the room: clean, light, comfortable, big.. and with a nice balcony with sea view. The buffet breakfast was good and the staff nice.
I liked very much the staff and the breakfast was very good.The room was very comfortable and clean.
breakfast and the price were vry good it definitely does not belong in the 4 star category. facilities are renovated but poor
excellent breakfast choice
good location, easy acess from airport and to the center, by train or bus... excelent breackfast
Breakfast was very good and hotel staff very friendly.
the staff especially lady at the reception was really kind and helpfull the rooms and bed size should be a little bigger!
Clean comfortable economy accommodation within walking distance of bus, tram and beach. Unable to order food after late check in 9pm although information in room indicated restraunt open till 10pm and room service till 11.30pm
Pleasant and helpfull staff. Good food . Clean and quiet room. Close to public transport. On main road which was a bit noisy if the window was open.
The staff were amazing and very helpful no request was ever too much trouble for them, the location was perfect and the price was very resonable and I will definately be back for a girlie few days, as an extra bonus I have been offered a 10% discount on my next trip.
The staff was friendly and the breakfast buffet was great! We were able to easily take the bus from the airport, we called and were given easy to follow directions to get to the hotel, a Ten minute walk from the bus stop.
The staff at the hotel were very friendly and helpful. Rooms were very clean and it was in a good location. Maybe a little bit more variety in the breakfast buffet
Nice and clean renovated rooms. Just 100m from the beach. A little poor breakfast
The hotel was very relaxed and pretty easy access to Athens. There was only 3 resturants within walking distance so without a car not much to see or do but we used it to see Athens.
The help^fullness of the front desk was excellent and precise. No, we liked everything.
Cleanness, Staff, breakfast, distance from the beach The double bed was 2 single beds not fixed together. No events, entertainment etc.
The hotel is fine. The breakfast is very good, the rooms are nice, each room has a balcony, very close to a small beach (not very clean though). The pool is very cold, which is a fine thing in the middle of summer (though probably not in spring or fall). The people at the reception are very helpful. It is quite expensive, however. At the time we were staying at the hotel the hotel was definitely not fully booked (we even had the pool to ourselves most of the time). The area is dead, so bring your car. There are 3 overpriced restaurants around, more to be found is at least 5km away.
very clean rooms. seems like they just recently got an upgrade as well. comforting after a 20 hour trip. very friendly and helpful staff. amazing ocean view! great price for the location as well. will be back
very clean- good service, staff is v kind, free wi-fi, excellent location there was no air conditioning in my room and this is strange for a 4 star hotel
Easy access Not comfortable bed, Poor breakfast
Friendly and very helpful staff, convenient location (especially for trams along coast and into central Athens, the airport bus stop Asteria, short walk to Glyfada and seafront), comfortable stay out of earshot of the six-lane Poseidonos highway! Good food in the restaurant too. Walking distance from the wedding reception we were attending too so couldn't have chosen better. No
Cleanliness was excellent, the staff was great and very helpful. The very small elevator.
pleasant staff easy access to public transport
Locations beside the beach. Tramway line just beside the open. District around (1 or 2 stop away by tram - 10 minutes walking) is very nice for shopping and restaurant. Sea View Hotel doesnt have sea view...The ac wasnt enough powerful, and it was very warm in the room, the streets are too noisy to keep the window open. We didnt sleep good. The room furnitures and carpet were old.
The staff were extremely helpful which made my stay a pleasant one. no.
The two nice men at the reception. They were very helpful. Poor breakfast
Attitude of the staff, location and rate The room lacked enough comfort, as the light enters early morning as no blackout was installed
fabulous location by the beach no laundry service at hotel
2Nd time back. Nice Hotel for the Money (relative to Greek prices). Refurbished rooms are better. Good location and will probably return next year. Pleased it wasn't height of summer as the aircon didn't work very well. Gentleman behind reception wouldn't allow me to use the hotel phone to make a brief call to our taxi driver as it was to a mobile phone. There were non residents using the pool.
The friendliness of the staff and their helpfullness and also the excellent continental breakfast . The glasses and the towels were not changed every day.
Our room was clean and the size was Okay - also the bath-room. Recognized noise level from the street as acceptable for the paid price. If you want more, you need to pay more. Booked including breakfast, which was a big buffet with good average of choice. Number of tables was actually enough - despite of other opinions here. Could access wlan in our room in the first floor - for free. Internet-terminals in the main hall are not free of charge. Tram station is close by and easy to access with 3 possible directions for just 60 cents per adult. Bus stop is nearly in front of hotel - but on opposite side of the 4 lanes wide street. We nearly missed it on arrival because there are no big letters "palace hotel" showing into direction of the street / main entrance. Swimming pool was a nice thing to have, but the beach is also quite close. Used wake-up service as well as taxi-order to the port - all worked very well. Decided to use a taxi to the port since we experienced that the bus didn't stop every time when some person was waiting for it at the bus stop - and if you need to get your ferry or flight... Prices in the hotel-bar are surprisingly high. But if you don't have use of a bar...
Nice place. Very good rooms
The evening receptionist was very helpful with local area information.
staff very friendly and helpful. Location good as right next to the beach. The rooms are quite old and the airconditioning unit(very neccesary in 42degree heat) rattled and made a noise like a small motorbike. It was held together with parcel tape!!!! There was no hairdryer in the room. The breakfast included was very poor and the evening meal looked so bad we went elsewhere!! In the bar despite having a coffee machine we were served instant coffee and charged 3 euros a cup!!!
convenient location, good breakfast, quiet guests (although students!), modern, clean bathroom room in need of decoration, furniture rather old, bed hard
Nice location with a lot of shops and cafe's nearby. Close to beach. Good and cheap transportation with tram to Athen (45 min). Free WIFI. The swimming pool is placed on the north side of the hotel with only few hours sun (in the morning and in the afternoon), i.e. there was only sparce time for using the sunbeds.
it was in a convenience location as far as the airport is concerned the exagerate telephone charge
Excellent location in the center of a modern cosmopolitan suberb Bed linen was not changed regularly, poor breakfast buffet, noisy visitors were allowed in guest rooms until late night/early morning
Hotel is waide and spacious to stay and every facilities are very convenient to use. As it faces to the beach, it is confertable to stay and relax in the town. It was tough to comunicate to reception by the phone to ask the location. It was something lack of kindness. Parking lot is limited and it is not easy to find the place near by.
Lobby, Location, and rooms that other friends stayed in where great! room was suppose to be a family room, it had two dbl beds in 2/rooms in an L shape. the TV was in the back room w/fridge & balcony access( one chair & small table thats all that would fit) one closet no place to put luggage. The front room had glass blocks that you could see through to the elevator lobby, the room was never dark because of the lobby lights & talking elevator. Pool closed early
Good breakfast. The breakfast area was also modern and very tastefully decorated. The rooms were a bit cold, and the thermostat on the wall didn't seem to make any difference to the temperatute. Quilts on the beds instead of what seemed like rather old blankets would have added a bit more luxury.
Nice hotel, friendly employees The magnetic stripes cards (door lockers) were a nightmare
Location, hotel half empty, price was OK (because off season), big bed. Old hotel, in serious need of refurbishing and structural upgrading, no acoustic isolation in walls, ceiling, and windows, could hear bathroom noise from room above and next to mine, loud traffic noise from street until late at night, though room was on back side (cannot imagine noise in rooms on street side), noisy fridge with humming motor (had to unplug it to be able to sleep), large bed taking up most of the walking area in room. Breakfast was relatively poor.
If you got some pool water in your mounth during swiming you could recognize that it tasted much more chemicals than in most pools.
Staff helpful with information and ensuring any requests where action promptly.
Location great, hotel OK: clean, frendly staff
The staff the price
The roof garden was very good (the bar and the pool), the location was perfect, the staff were very helpful
Excellent staff and all arrangements went perfectly Room was a bit small but suitable for the short stay (1 night) we had
very friendly staff, very nice and professional. also, very nice amenities to include airport shuttle, pool, internet/business center, free breakfast, and lodge area. I thought the hotel was kind of old. old AC units, old elevators.
The friendly and welcoming staff; this is the third time I have stayed here and I would highly recommend it.
Staff very fiendly, and accommodating
Nothing was especially good. This was sold as a 4 star and clearly is not. The Hotel is 5 yards from a three lane dual carriageway and is incredibly noisy.The decor is dour.The staff were ok but nothing can make up for the poor location.Avoid this Hotel.
Relaxed informal ambience. Fitted Carpet in Bedroom - Marble would be better
Upstairs bar Price and quality of beds was appalling
fhe position of the hotel is very helpfull
Very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Rooms very clean. Nice modern ambience. On the tram line heading into Athens. Also -- I left some clothes behind, and when I called, they had already put them aside for me to pick up on our way back thru Athens.
Standard of hotel Price of services
The view was excellent. The girl in the reception polite and friendly. It is a calm and friendly hotel in general with no strange extra charges. I didnt like the coffee at breakfast. The breakfast room and bar as well are not nice as design but the sea view from there is really beautiful.
Location of the hotel is ideal. There is a local tram outside and its easy to get to Glyfada or the centre of Athens. A friendly hotel that is clean and comfortable. Also near the beach. rooms near the stairs attract a bit of noise from outside. Your can hear people moving around quite a bit.
General maintenance could be improved in rooms eg wall bedlights falling off wall.no hook in bathroom for hand held shower rose. no tissues for blowing nose . need individual controls for air conditioning. need wider single beds and better pillows they were too hard. options to have queen or double beds.
Rather large and well equiped room with king size bed, very kind and helpful employees, good transportation to Athens center and Pireas. Small bathroom without jacuzzi as in hotel description. Executive room but no roof terrace as described in hotel leaflet. No possibility to sit by the swimming pool. Average breakfast(1 day fresh bread and croissant, but not the 2nd day). Hpwever, we enjoyed our room and our stay there, and we recommand this hotel.
The staff were very helpful and friendly The beds are rock solid and the air conditioning temperature can not be controlled from the room.
The seaside en de marina en the city of Athens Near a freeway. We had two very small beds, the minibar was locked.
Great option to stay in Athens. Close to the sea and easy access to downtown by tram.
Close to the city center but on sea front, confortable and clean. Noisy because of the large avenue at the doors of the hotel.
Helpful staff, clean and big rooms. Sweeming pool was close. No kitchen equipment.
old appartments. not much of inventory working properly. Very noisy aircondition. 30% less price would reflect resonably value for money.
Spacious apt,nice staff,nice neighborhood,about a 10 min walk to beach,good for budget traveller. Somewhat dated furniture. Didn't like the pool,didn't look very clean.
OK stay for one night. Good staff service. One separate bedroom and one bedroom in conjunction wit day-room/kitchenette, possible to close wall for two separate bedrooms. Standard comfort & cleanliness not of the best, mainly due to poor choice of material & furniture. Location rather far away from both airport and port of Piraeus. Travelling with luggage you have to account for a taxi trip, 10E, between bus-station and hotel. Taxi from airport about 40E.
Spacious rooms, quiet environment,friendly staff, easy parking. 20 mins to airport and east Athens No WiFi in rooms, only in Lobby.
The friendly and laid back atmosphere The pool could have been taken care of better
Stayed there very short. It is a very simple and clean hotel/apartment. Nothing special but really fine, clean and very cheap. Beds and bathroom good, very quiet neighboorhood. Good pool! It looks very old fashioned. If you do not care about the way it looks, perfect place and good quality - price ratio.
There are few rules at the hotel The swimming pool, that could be used later that 21.00 a clock. The pool was nice and clean. It was not easy to make food, poor facilities in our Apartment (32)
Very nice and helpful staff. Spacious apartment. Great view. We had a great time! Furniture old fashioned.
Internet wireless lan
It is close to the airport is why we booked it, great sea view, in the height of summer it would be lovely. we did not like being told that it was winter and that at the resturant they had two choices for dinner, beef and chicken. we are vegetarians and had very limited food choice if any.
Clean. Nice staff This hotel IS NOT an "airport" hotel as I had thought. It was almost 30 minutes from the airport and it cost me $60 US by cab to get back to the airport. Also not really enough food facility available and in a rather isolated area where I had to walk 25 minutes at night to find a place to eat
it's an ok hotel for someone who wants to spend a week in a packed resort The reason we picked the hote was the location ("15 min from the airport") but in fact is far away from athens airport, from town taxis didn't want to take us there and the cost of the taxi was outarageous. Generally speaking not a place to stay for a single night on your way out of athens.
Fabulous pool and facilities. The internet was only available at 4 Euros per hour - absolutely ridiculous. Internet access in 2010 is like water - its expected - and very few places charge for internet anymore and the cost at this hotel was very excessive. Bar drinks were also over priced. The food is OK but not great.
Worst stay in a hotel for some time, Overpriced, arrogant reception, mediocrity rules throughout, Worth of 2 stars not 4 and certainly not good value, Go somewhere else is my summary Maintainence of hotel, Charge for use of indoor pool area, Tired bathrooms, Package holiday feel but high prices charged
Beautiful views and excellent food. Both the breakfast buffet and the dinner buffet offered a wide choice of dishes.
The view from the room Arrived at 7 pm. No evening meal, I was offered a club sandwich which was covered in stale crisps and was itself inedible. Breakfast the nest morning was scheduled for 8:30 but did not materalise. I attempted a walk by the beach but was persued by a pack of stray dogs. It was all a bit run down and seedy. I had wanted to use the hotel as an slightly out of town cheaper alternative to airrport accommodation but the taxi fares there and back made this a waste if time
The location (near to airport), the looks of the hotel, the sea shore, the staff, the food (especially the Italian Dinner), the beautiful view from our room Althogh high temperatures, the hotel did not operate the air condition! Their poor explanation was that some people like heating and some like cooling, so they didn`t turn on the air condition at the hotel at all! Never heard such a pretext. Unfortunatly, it was very hot in the room, so we had to open wide the balcony doors, but it was very noisy outside at the swimming pool until 2-3 a.m., and there were also bothering mosquitos. At short, we could not sleep that night! We think that for that sum of money we paid, we were entitled to get some air condition ( a thing we got in much more cheaper hotels).
This hotel turned out to be a Club Med, and once I understood that it was easier to deal with the staff. Generally the staff spoke French well; some spoke English fairly well. The location is not bad if you need to get to Athens airport quickly. It can be noisy as people are largely there to vacation. No online access in the rooms, but email access was available in the lobby. The place is a resort and tends to book large groups, so be aware of that if planning to eat in the restaurant. All meals are self-serve unless you order a sandwich at the bar.
Nothing Staff attitude, misleading information, terrible meals,
View was beautiful and easy access to their beach and pools Too far from city center (~1 hour) and there are no shuttles that would bring you there. You had to order a taxi each time.


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Pa. college students' fundraising efforts rise to crescendo during Greek Week
Cornhole bags thudding against 10 platforms made for a drumbeat.
Nathan Freeman launched one that swished through a hole in a platform. He followed that with another shot that fell through.
Freeman, 19, of East Liberty was among 70 players and 120 people on Wednesday who attended Cornhole 4 Cancer, a fundraiser sponsored by the Robert Morris University chapter of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity for the American Cancer Society.
"My Mom had cancer," said Freeman, 19, a freshman. "It hit close to home. We signed up for a great cause."
This spring, students like Freeman are dancing, tossing cornhole bags and doing whatever they can to raise money for charity as part of Greek Week or any number of events on college campuses. Next week, the Greek community at Robert Morris will host Air Band, its annual lip-sync contest, to raise money in honor of Kristina Quigley, the women's lacrosse coach at Seton Hill University who died March 17 in a bus crash. At the same time, Indiana University of Pennsylvania will open Greek Week with a song-and-dance show for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
"Truly, they do it out of the goodness of their heart," said Diane Stipcak, coordinator of student learning at IUP. She noted that many student groups do not even bother to notify her office of their fundraising activities.
Nationally, the college student volunteer rate ranged in 2011 from 18.4 percent in Hawaii to 48.6 percent in Utah, according to the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that supports and tracks volunteering.
The rate was 27.1 percent in Pennsylvania in 2011. That places the state 29th among the 47 that responded to a survey about the numbers of college students who tutor, raise money for charity or do general labor for others. In 2008, the state placed 32nd with a rate of 26.9 percent.
Campus Compact, a national organization that encourages college volunteering, prefers to have students go beyond raising money.
"Fundraising is really important, but we see it as a means to an end, so we focus on getting students out to the community and less on the philanthropy piece," said Char Gray, director of the Pennsylvania Campus Compact, the state affiliate in Harrisburg. "Collecting money means students are not engaged in the community."
Scott Irlbacher, director of special programs and student community standards at Robert Morris, responded, "Some can give with their hands in service, and others are more inclined to raise money and give money. We try to do both."
Some students raise money for charities abroad.
Burundi and Saudi students at La Roche University made an ethnic dinner in January. The event raised $647 to help women and children from Burundi after a fire destroyed the central market of Bujumbura in the African country.
The titan of college fundraisers is THON, a dance marathon at Penn State University that raised nearly $12.4 million over the past year. Since it began in 1977, it has raised more than $101 million to fight children's cancer. More than 15,000 Penn State students take part, including those at the university's branches.
"We as students have been able to see where all our efforts go — whether it's touring the hospital or interacting with families and seeing the impact that THON has on them," said Courtney Baker, 22, a Penn State senior from Mechanicsburg who is captain of publicity for THON. "It's become such a big part of Penn State that I don't know what Penn State would be without it."
Over the past 10 years, college students have raised about $300,000 for The Children's Institute, a nonprofit with a hospital, school and adoption services for children with special needs, said Helene Conway-Long, spokeswoman for the institute. The money comes from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne, Seton Hill, Slippery Rock, California, Carlow and Chatham universities and St. Vincent and Westminster colleges and Cambria-Rowe Business College. Carnegie Mellon alone has raised $171,000 over three years through Greek Sing, an annual fundraiser sponsored by 19 fraternities and sororities.
"That's pretty impressive," she said. "Not only do they raise so much money, but they're volunteering here as well. They build awareness of our organization."
Bill Zlatos is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7828 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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BLUEPRINTS are being formulated to restore Burnley's 'people's park' to its former glory – with the help of a lottery grant.
Work is set to begin on a Heritage Lottery Fund bid to overhaul the grade II listed Thompson Park, it has been confirmed.
And park supporters are hopeful that the project will provide a new lease of life for the 82-year-old East Lancashire landmark.
Michelle Wolfenden, chairman of the Friends of Thompson Park, said: "We think this is a brilliant idea and hope that it will provide benefits for the whole area.
"Thompson Park was always the people's park – it was built by the people of Burnley who were unemployed or on low incomes and they received a fair day's pay for their efforts."
Last December the park suffered a major blow when a series of stone columns, in the Italian Garden, were damaged in high winds and all 32 had to be removed.
Restoration work would centre around popular features such as the Italian Garden, Beech Garden, paddling pool and boating lake.
First opened in 1930, the park was created following a £50,000 bequest by James Witham Thompson, which saw part of the Bank Hall estate converted into recreational grounds.
Post-war the venue suffered a decline, with the loss of the greenhouses to Queens Park and the conversion of the cafe into a rangers centre into the 1970s.
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A "secret" plan to massively boost the capacity of Western Australia's Curtin detention centre shows the federal government isn't committed to offshore processing, says the opposition.
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"It's all talk, it will never happen in East Timor or Nauru," Mr Morrison said.
"This is Labor's plans to massively expand the Curtin detention centre in Western Australia from its current 600 to 1800 under the second stage of this program, and 3000 under the third stage of this program.
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Previously, she was a Fellow in Philosophy at the London School of Economics. Until January 2016, she is on research leave at the School of Philosophy, ANU.
Her current research focuses on two areas: first, the relevance of individual choice and social norms to issues of justice and, second, the relevance of empirical research to political philosophy. She is also interested in debates over IVF and rioting.
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Editor's note: This commentary is by Linda Olson, who is on the faculty at Castleton State College and is the current president of the Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation Local 3180. She lives in Poultney.
Gary Moore, outgoing chair of the Vermont State Colleges (VSC) board of trustees, has spoken publicly about the need for more state support for the VSC. As a Castleton State College faculty member and as president of the VSC Faculty Federation, I would like to applaud him for this.
He also spoke about the discrepancy in funding for UVM and the VSC, that UVM gets a bigger portion of funding. While this is true, the real issue is the lack of state support for public higher education as a whole. UVM might get more, but none of us get much. Vermont is currently ranked 49th out of 50 for state support for higher education; only New Hampshire spends less. This results in higher tuition for our students, and lower than national average salaries for VSC employees.
As a first generation college student myself, I know the value of mentoring students to help them see college as a possibility, but to do this without supporting public higher education to make it affordable for our Vermont students is unacceptable.
This is not a new trend, there has been a steady decline in state support since 1980. At that time, 51 percent of revenue to support the VSC came from the state, now less than 20 percent does. This shift has presented a much more significant financial burden for Vermont students.
There has also been much discussion about the fact that Vermont has the highest rate of high school graduation of any state, but one of the lowest rates of students going on to college. I don't think one can avoid the conclusion that state funding has something to do with this. K- 12 gets a lot of funding (as it should); higher education not so much.
The governor and the new secretary of education stress the need to support and mentor students so that they see college as a possibility. As a first generation college student myself, I know the value of mentoring students to help them see college as a possibility, but to do this without supporting public higher education to make it affordable for our Vermont students is unacceptable. I can't tell you how many times over the years I have seen talented students from low-income families leave college because of the financial burden it represents for them and their families.
We should remember the value of public higher education in Vermont; it is worth the investment. Eighty-four percent of VSC graduates live and work in Vermont after graduation. They are the heart of our communities. They are our teachers, social workers, nurses, and small business owners. I can't go anywhere without running into a former student who is living, working and raising his or her family right here in Vermont.
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A bird? A plane? No, it's super Wi-Fi! The FCC has finally approved a proposal to open the unused space between broadcast television channels—dubbed "white space"—for wide-radius high-speed wireless broadband ... or, in more campy terms, super Wi-Fi.
The decision ends a years-long debate between the government and telecom companies over the use of "white space." —JCL
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The change in available airwaves, which were freed up by the conversion of television signals from analog to digital, constitutes the first significant block of spectrum made available for unlicensed use by the F.C.C. in 20 years.
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Lauren Klein used to eat some of her meals mindlessly in front of the TV, standing in the kitchen, or while driving in the car.
That was before she discovered mindful eating, a practice that proponents say can create a healthier relationship with food and one's own body.
On a warm Monday evening, Klein sat down at her dining room table in Irvine and focused her awareness on the sensation of sitting grounded in her chair. She admired the vibrant colors of her tomato soup, adorned with wilted spinach, fava beans and feta, and accompanied by a plate of cantaloupe and blueberries.
She reflected with gratitude on all that went into her food – soil, sunshine, labor and travel – and delayed her first bite long enough for her mouth to water. She ate slowly, chewing thoroughly, and intentionally setting her spoon down between dollops of soup.
"How many times do you sit down and actually appreciate what you're eating?" said Klein, a financial adviser in Newport Beach.
It's easy to picture mindless eating, especially when a bag of chips or a pint of ice cream somehow disappears in one sitting. Mindful eating is much more subtle and must be learned and practiced.
Mindfulness is a secular pursuit, rooted in Buddhism, which calls for paying attention to the present moment with a kind, curious attitude and without judgment. It can be applied to stress reduction, pain management, depression and anxiety, as well as eating.
Klein attended an eight-week mindful eating course last year at UC Irvine's Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine.
"I would eat and I would think, 'Should I eat less? Should I eat more? What should I eat?'" she said. "Sometimes I'd count calories, sometimes I'd count Weight Watchers points. It was something I was always thinking about but I didn't really think about eating in the here and now. I wasn't always being present."
Instructor Beth Mulligan, a physician's assistant, developed the course after seeing patients continually defeated by their diets.
"With the obesity epidemic, obviously a lot of people are struggling with it," Mulligan said. "If you do a search on it, Americans spend 60 billion a year on weight-loss products and services. There's a real mismatch there between the amount of energy and money we're spending on it and the fact that we're not having any real success."
The class aims at helping participants gauge their appetites and gain more satisfaction from what they eat by fully noticing their food, emotions and cues of hunger and fullness.
"Surprisingly, when you ask people early in the program, a lot of people will tell you they've lost all contact with what physical hunger feels like," Mulligan said. "They have so many other cues to eat: anxiety, boredom, the clock, it smells good. People eat for so many reasons other than simply putting healthy fuel in their bodies so they can go live their lives."
Exercises start out simple, such as using the five senses to contemplate a single raisin. Eventually assignments include practicing mindful eating for entire meals and in social situations.
"I didn't think you could spend 10 minutes eating one raisin, but it was very enlightening," said Jazzmyn Bronzli of Sky Valley. "Everybody got so much out of that raisin. It's everything from having it in your hand, thinking about it and then touching it, smelling it, going through all the senses."
Bronzli took Mulligan's class seven years ago to help her manage compulsive eating and extreme weight swings. She has maintained her weight and continues to practice techniques she learned.
"The most basic thing I do is I sit down for my meals," she said. "I always light a candle. That's sort of the beginning of me saying, 'Stay mindful.'"
Bronzli said she has become pickier about her food since paying closer attention to the experience of eating and how her body feels afterward. For instance, if bread becomes stale she won't eat it.
"You don't have to clean your plate or finish even if it's good for you," Bronzli said. "I throw away a lot of food that historically I would have not thrown away."
Klein said she still catches herself eating quickly without really chewing.
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Klein, a widow, said since taking the class she feels comfortable eating alone in a restaurant, with the food as her focus.
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