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Waco TX (SPX) May 13, 2013
A recent Baylor University research study has shed new light on the diet and food acquisition strategies of some the earliest human ancestors in Africa.
Beginning around two million years ago, early stone tool-making humans, known scientifically as Oldowan hominin, started to exhibit a number of physiological and ecological adaptations that required greater daily energy expenditures, including an increase in brain and body size, heavier investment in their offspring and significant home-range expansion. Demonstrating how these early humans acquired the extra energy they needed to sustain these shifts has been the subject of much debate among researchers.
A recent study led by Joseph Ferraro, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology at Baylor, offers new insight in this debate with a wealth of archaeological evidence from the two million-year-old site of Kanjera South (KJS), Kenya.
"Considered in total, this study provides important early archaeological evidence for meat eating, hunting and scavenging behaviors -cornerstone adaptations that likely facilitated brain expansion in human evolution, movement of hominins out of Africa and into Eurasia, as well as important shifts in our social behavior, anatomy and physiology," Ferraro said.
Located on the shores of Lake Victoria, KJS contains "three large, well-preserved, stratified" layers of animal remains. The research team worked at the site for more than a decade, recovering thousands of animal bones and rudimentary stone tools.
According to researchers, hominins at KJS met their new energy requirements through an increased reliance on meat eating. Specifically, the archaeological record at KJS shows that hominins acquired an abundance of nutritious animal remains through a combination of both hunting and scavenging behaviors. The KJS site is the earliest known archaeological evidence of these behaviors.
"Our study helps inform the 'hunting vs. scavenging' debate in Paleolithic archaeology. The record at KJS shows that it isn't a case of either/or for Oldowan hominins two million years ago. Rather hominins at KJS were clearly doing both," Ferraro said.
The fossil evidence for hominin hunting is particularly compelling. The record shows that Oldowan hominins acquired and butchered numerous small antelope carcasses. These animals are well represented at the site by most or all of their bones from the tops of their head to the tips of their hooves, indicating to researchers that they were transported to the site as whole carcasses.
Many of the bones also show evidence of cut marks made when hominins used simple stone tools to remove animal flesh. Some bones also bear evidence that hominins used fist-sized stones to break them open to acquire bone marrow.
In addition, modern studies in the Serengeti - an environment similar to KJS two million years ago - have also shown that predators completely devour antelopes of this size within minutes of their deaths. As a result, hominins could only have acquired these valuable remains on the savanna through active hunting.
The site also contains a large number of isolated heads of wildebeest-sized antelopes. In contrast to small antelope carcasses, the heads of these somewhat larger individuals are able to be consumed several days after death and could be scavenged, as even the largest African predators like lions and hyenas were unable to break them open to access their nutrient-rich brains.
"Tool-wielding hominins at KJS, on the other hand, could access this tissue and likely did so by scavenging these heads after the initial non-human hunters had consumed the rest of the carcass," Ferraro said.
"KJS hominins not only scavenged these head remains, they also transported them some distance to the archaeological site before breaking them open and consuming the brains. This is important because it provides the earliest archaeological evidence of this type of resource transport behavior in the human lineage."
Other contributing authors to the study include: Thomas W. Plummer of Queens College and NYCEP; Briana L. Pobiner of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; James S. Oliver of Illinois State Museum and Liverpool John Moores University; Laura C. Bishop of Liverpool John Moores University; David R. Braun of George Washington University; Peter W. Ditchfield of University of Oxford; John W. Seaman III , Katie M. Binetti and John W. Seaman Jr. of Baylor University; Fritz Hertel of California State University and Richard Potts of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution and National Museums of Kenya. The study's findings were recently published in PLOS One.
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2nd Saturday at the Mill- June Recap
June 14, 2012
This past weekend Lucero Olive Oil, in partnership with Shasta Cascade Slow Foods, hosted the first of four 2nd Saturday at the Mill summer evening events at the Lucero Mill in Corning, CA. The event featured From the Hearth Bakery and Café, Hickman Family Vineyard's, Maisie Jane's, and Skylake Ranch Pomegranate, and with such a diverse selection of local producers it's no wonder the event had a wonderful turnout.
The intimate evening allowed visitors to sample the vendor's wares, enjoy wine and beer tasting, as well as an array of appetizers, provided by Farwood Bar & Grill, which featured these local products. In addition, guests were encouraged to stay awhile, enjoy a tour of the mill, and partake in tastings in the retail store.
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Tehran (AFP) Dec 22, 2012
Iran is engaged in a "smart economic war" with Western powers whose sanctions against its nuclear programme are hurting some Iranians, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday.
"Targeted sanctions, which the enemies say are supposed to be crippling, have led to a drop in our oil" sales, Ahmadinejad said in a live interview on state television, referring to an oil embargo imposed by the European Union.
"They do not even let us transfer the oil money," he said. "They thought Iran's economy would break down, but it did not."
"Iran is engaged in a smart economic war with the enemy," he said.
The EU measure, which came into effect in July, ended European purchases of Iranian crude, and has since decreased Tehran's oil exports to its Asian customers from between 10 to 30 percent.
According to the International Energy Agency, Iranian exports in November were estimated at 1.3 million barrels per day, down from nearly 2.3 million last year.
Ahmadinejad said his government had "so far managed to control" the effects of sanctions on the economy but admitted that "heavy pressure had been exerted on some Iranians because of sanctions."
He did not elaborate on how Iran was fighting off sanctions for fear the methods would be found by Western powers trying to goad Iran back to the negotiating table over its nuclear ambitions.
"I cannot say what heavy pressure the enemy has imposed, and how we are dealing with them."
"We have so far managed to control this blow, and it hasn't turned out the way they predicted," he said.
Ahmadinejad has faced increasingly scrutiny at home for economic woes, including the collapse of the national currency, which lost more than two-thirds of its value in a 20-day span starting in late September.
Iran's economy is struggling to cope with the gradual tightening of sanctions by the United States and the European Union over the past two years.
The sanctions have also targeted Iran's access to the global banking system, slowing its economy, accelerating inflation and boosting the ranks of the jobless.
Ahmadinejad was speaking to report on his government's implementation two years ago of a controversial plan to cut subsidies on food and energy and redistribute it in form of social assistance.
The plan to generate tens of billions of dollars in additional revenues for his government has been criticised by his opponents, who blame it partially for Iran's runaway inflation.
Ahmadinejad said his government had devised schemes to diffuse the effects of Western sanctions in the "long-term."
"We have prepared long-term plans to decrease dependency on the oil-generated money. We will not allow them to use economic measures as a tool for putting pressure on us anymore," he said.
He said without elaborating that Iran was to "increase its non-oil exports."
His remarks came as Western powers engaging Iran to resolve a years-long dispute over its nuclear programme are pressuring Tehran to return to the negotiating table.
Iran has yet to respond to offers of renewed negotiations with the so-called P5+1 group, consisting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany.
Iran insists its programme of uranium enrichment is for purely peaceful purposes, and denies Western and Israeli allegations that it wants to manufacture nuclear weapons.
In addition to US and EU measures, Iran is also under four rounds of Security Council sanctions.
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While many were shocked by the massacre at the Sikh temple, our guest, Daryl Johnson, had warned years ago that such an attack was imminent. While working as a senior analyst in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in 2009, Johnson authored a report warning about the increasing dangers of violent right-wing extremism in the United States, sparking a political firestorm in the process. Under pressure from Republican lawmakers and popular talk show hosts, DHS ultimately repudiated Johnson's paper.
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Las Palmas offers Halloween fun at the library
Published 6:08 pm, Monday, October 21, 2013
Las Palmas Branch Library, 515 Castroville Blvd., has numerous activities for the South Side public, for adults as well as children.
Officials at the library note that it is an early voting site. The polls are open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. today-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Next week, the polls are open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Today, Las Palmas Library will have its weekly Teen Night activity at 5:30 p.m. Teens will be creating decorations for a Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda, which will be constructed next Wednesday. Teen activities are free and open to teens ages 13-18.
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Family Fun Night is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28. The whole family is sure to enjoy the telling of Halloween stories and there will be arts and crafts and candy. Smaller children may need help with the crafts.
"Tween" time is set for Tuesday, Oct. 29. "Tween" (kids aged 9-12) also will have an opportunity to work on Halloween crafts and will receive candy.
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Victor Habbick is a photographer, artist, designer and member of ePHOTOzine's Pro critique team. His work is published world wide and he supplies stock markets on a regular basis. His advice will range from kit choices and editing software to supplying agencies and finding inspiration. He describes his work as having commercial sensibilities with a touch of the surreal and you can find out more about this by visiting his ePHOTOzine profile or by visiting his personal website: Victor Habbick.
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"With digital it is imperative that you keep your sensor clean. There is many DIY kits on the market and YouTube have a few tutorials in how to do it but I have to admit that a professional clean is worth all the money. For my own Nikon 200 I pay around £35. With the amount of time I safe on retouching sensor dust marks from my stock its money well spent.
There is a move towards having sensor self cleaning like vibration etc to move dust off but I have been told by my pro cleaner business that all they do it shake the dust of into other parts of the camera where they also do unseen damage in due course. Ultimately we all spend hundreds if not thousands on camera kits so its a small price to pay for clean shots.
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Around 2:30 PM, Freddy will receive his birthday present and cake! Don't miss the chance to wish Freddy a happy birthday!


text: Here we can see Maria Menounos soaking up the sun and looking fan-frickin'-tastic again, only this time in another bikini. I wonder if some asshole Photoshopped the old ones and put some hypnotizing line pattern on the bikini to make it more alluring. Well, whether that was done or not, it's working. I'm transfixed and can't look away. Maria has always had an incredible body, and every blue moon, we'll get a sneak peek at the goods when she decides to wear a swimsuit as awesome as this. I'm also happy she has so many to choose from. I usually go a whole week without changing my underwear, much less my swimsuit. I can just imagine what's going through her head at that point. Hmm. Do I wear the extremely sexy black bikini that shows off my ass so well today, or do I wear the extremely sexy zebra bikini that shows off my ass so well? Oh darn! Because that is how Maria talks, ladies and gentlemen. She's thinking of us. And God bless her.


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Perfect for the hall, kitchen or bedroom - we love these with the Ferm Living mini black dots scattered across the wall.
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The lamp is crocheted over a rice paper lamp, aprox 50 cm diameter. You can get them in many different sizes, if you make yours another size make sure the number of stitches you start with can be divided into 3. It is quite elastic, so some variation from this size should not be a problem.
Questions to the designers will be answered on our blog (please follow the above link to the free pattern)
We always give one size away for free, and are alternating between sizes to make it fair to everyone :)


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Good depth of colour with a restrained, elegant nose. Perfumes of dark cherry and liquorice give way to spice and plums on the palate. Nicely rounded tannins from the Sangiovese are lifted by the cassis concentration of the Cabernet and melt into a long, perfumed finish. 80% Sangiovese. 20% Cabernet Sauvignon.


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Tony, do you know what's the exact behavior of each migrator about this? The safari migrator was written "by design" (I'm not saying it's good, just that it's not a mistake). I think the new Chrome migrator creates two "From Chrome" folders, one in the toolbar and one in the menu
The new migrator (bug 710259) creates a "From Safari" folder in the bookmarks toolbar folder for these items (when migration is done from the Places organizer).


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Physics project ideasI've lost count of how many times I've said to myself, "Hey, I bet it's possible to do X---that'd make a neat project for a undergrad." For the most part I've been letting these ideas evaporate into thin air---most of them aren't in any research field in which I'm active, they're not things I have money (or lab space) to support or supervise. But I also recognize that there are lots of UCSB undergrads wanting to work on something research-related, just for fun, or as a route towards learning Matlab, or before finding their way into a senior thesis lab project. Please contact me if you're interested in tackling one of these projects.
- Analysis of wind conditions from ocean images On a
windy day, otherwise-flat parts of the ocean pick up a lot of small
riffles. In principle, it would seem that you could figure out how
strongly the wind is blowing by measuring the size of these
riffles---even in a still photograph. In particular, I would guess
that a photo of a windy ocean has lots of detail at high spatial
Project: take a series of beach photos, all in the same location (angle, camera, time of day, etc.) and under various wind conditions. Run these photos through a Fourier transform to measure their high-spatial-frequency components. See if there's a robust correlation between something in the spectral data and the wind speed. Turn this into a prototype auto-wind-speed-measurement algorithm. If that looks promising: see if it's robust under different conditions---does the analysis that works facing the sun from Coal Oil Point still work on Ledbetter Beach on a cloudy day? If not, look for an algorithm that does.
Skills required: I suspect Matlab or Mathematica can do the whole thing. You'll need to read up on Fourier transforms and hunt around for an image-analysis tool or software package that can run them for you.
- Pelican surfing One often sees pelicans "surfing" up
the beach ahead of the crest of a wave---gliding very near the water
without flapping their wings. I think that the wave is
mechanically displacing some air upwards, and they use this updraft
to keep them aloft without flapping their wings. Alternatively,
perhaps they're using the wind---not the air pushed upwards by the
wave, but a horizontal surface wind that has to deflect upwards to
get over the wave (the same way it would when hitting the stationary
bluffs). I have no idea whether either of these hypotheses is
true, and I can find no published literature on the topic.
Project: Figure it out. Dig through the literature and figure out if the answer is already known. If it isn't, learn a bit of old-fashioned aerodynamics and calculate the wind pattern in the vicinity of a surfing pelican.
Skills required: This is a serious mathematical project, and may turn out to be hard---or maybe not! You'll need to have mastered vector calculus, to the point that you can look at the Navier Stokes equation and not be afraid. Good project for someone who has taken Mech E. 110.
- Fireworks as sonar There are two aspects of a 4th of July
fireworks show that I find really neat: the chemistry of the various
sparks and whatnot, and the echos of the reports. You hear the
'crack' of a big shell, followed by a series of distinct 'thuds'
(which I think are the echos of the report off of each large nearby
objects) and a longer 'rumble' (which I think is the blending-together
of the echos off of increasing numbers of further-away objects.) The
time between the initial report and each "thud" should be related to
the distance to that echo-source. You ought to be able to interpret
the echo-pattern as a passive sonar map of the area around
Project: Do it---use the 4th of July fireworks reports as a collection of sonar "pings", and use them to build a map of the area. First, collect the data---you'll need to record the fireworks show from at least two, ideally three, distinct locations 10 or more meters apart. Bring the three recording streams together and analyze them using sound-travel times. First you can figure out exactly where the firework sound came from, then you can work out the geometry of the echos.
Skills required: Nothing in particular. I'd love to see the first pass at this analysis done with pen and paper---use some (basic) waveform-viewing software to measure the time delays between different sounds, use that to calculate a geometric constraint on where the sound could have bounced, and trace out that constraint on paper. Secondarily, you could enter the hand-identified time delays into Mathematica or Matlab and program it to plug through the geometries for you.
- Locally linear embedding for HEP There is a really neat
data-analysis technique called "Locally Linear Embedding" (Google for
it) which I wish was readily available for high-energy and nuclear
physics data analysis. If someone could translate the basic algorithm
into a C++ class, it'd be very easy to contribute it to ROOT and thereby make it available to
this community.
Skills needed: Basic C++ or Java experience to build the LLE class; some fancier C++ abstractions to make it ROOT-compatible. ("Fancier" is a relative term when you're talking to a physicist. Our actual computer science training ranges from "scattershot" to "can usually hack something together".)
- GGobi statistical package for HEP The high-energy physics
community tends to write most of its own software, especially for
statistical analysis of data. In most cases this is the right thing
to do, but in some cases it means that other scientists can develop
very neat data-analysis tools and techniques and HEP people might never
notice. One such instance is a package called GGobi, which I find extremely
useful for getting oriented in multi-dimensional data sets. All of my
data tends to be in formats specific to ROOT, the HEP data analysis package.
It'd be neat to be able to pipe data directly from a TTree (an
important ROOT class) into GGobi.
Skills needed: Software "project" experience. You'll need to be able to pick your way through the GGobi API and communicate with its developers; an open-source-software hobbyist or similar coder might do well on this project.
- Evolution visualizer. Evolution, like astronomy, is hard to understand sometimes because of the huge scales involved. In astronomy you have these billion-billion mile distances; in evolution, you have the 300,000 generations (or whatever) of descent between us and Lucy the australopithecine. There are some neat Web-based ways to help visualize astro distances---see, for example, this page---and I'd love to do something comparable for evolution---at least for human evolution. You know sort of what the hominid phylogenetic tree looks like; a tree with various branches, most of which break off and die out (the Neanderthals, homo floriensis, etc.) and one of which survives to the present as Homo sapiens. You know what a family tree looks like---male symbol, female symbol, they mate a line shows the offspring. Finally, you know what Minard's chart of Napoleon's campaign into Russia looks like (here), where the width of the line represents the number of people in the army.
OK, so imagine a hominid phylogeny chart where, like Minard's chart, the width of the line represents the number of individuals alive at that time. (It's 6 billion units wide at the bottom, representing the present; it's narrowed down to 10,000 units wide at the Toba bottleneck, etc.) But here's the fun part: when you zoom into the chart, Google Maps style, you can see that it's made up of zillions of individual family trees. That's a single chart on which you can see the scale of ultra-rapid human population growth; you can see how the evolutionary timescale is much greater than the generation timescale. It'd be neat.
The project: Do it. Do the basic textbook/journal searches to figure out some ballpark population sizes at various times; use some artistic license to figure out what the tree needs to look like when zoomed out (e.g. make it into a Minard chart); write some software that can simulate a family-tree-like pseudo-genealogy that fills the entire tree, maybe with a bit more book research and a bit of artistic license (e.g.: maybe Neanderthal generations are short; maybe Ardipithecus family trees had an only-the-alpha-male-reproduces structure; etc.) to put interesting features into the generations and to smoothly vary them over evolutionary time. Most important: the tree itself will be a multi-gigabyte dollop of data. Can you adapt some sort of GIS server software to let users zoom in and out of it, scroll, etc., via the Web. Skills needed: A bit of programming, a bit of art/graphics interest, a bit of web-server-hacking and software-manual-reading. If you're interested in tackling this project I can probably find some funding for it.
- Your ideas I'm happy to help UCSB students turn their own mini-project-ideas, or fragments of ideas, or whatever, into real projects.


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EXCLUSIVE: Wes Bentley will lead the cast of Saar Klein's Things People Do, about a family man who loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. Also set for the drama shooting April 3 in New Mexico are Vinessa Shaw as Bentley's wife, Jason Isaacs as a detective he befriends, and Haley Bennett as a stranger he meets along his journey who inspires him to commit a crime in her honor. Doug Liman is executive producing the pic, which marks two-time Oscar nominated editor Klein's (Almost Famous, The Thin Red Line) directorial debut. Sarah Green, Hans Graffunder, and Christos V. Konstantakopoulos are producing. Nicolas Gonda, Ryan Rettig, Michael Macs, Kurt Billick, and David Klein will executive produce alongside Liman. Klein, a longtime editor with credits on The Bourne Identity, The New World, Jumper, and Fighting, co-wrote the script with Joe Conway. Bentley is repped by WME and Untitled, Shaw is repped by ICM and Thruline, Bennett is repped by CAA and The Schiff Company, and Isaacs is repped by Gersh and The Collective.
Wes Bentley, Vinessa Shaw, Haley Bennett, Jason Isaacs Join 'Things People Do'
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This sounds excellent.
Been waiting for this guy to make his own movie. Worked with him and he is ridiculously talented. Good to read he's doin it.
All I know is Jason Isaacs will be excellent in anything he's in…:)
Hello to Jason Isaacs!
good on wes bentley. the guy treats everyone on set… including me.. the loely Grip, the same as he does his cast mates. the guy is strait up nice, and a class act, so im happy anytime i see him do well.
Funny, I've heard the complete opposite about him.
Glad to hear that…I know he made some self-destructive choices after his initial success in "American Beauty." I still think he turned the most captivating performance in that film. I'm glad to see he has beaten his demons and I hope he lands another break out role to remind audiences of his incredible talent.
It will be great to see Jason Isaacs in another film. He's a fine actor with many talents. It even looks like he won't be a "bad guy" in this one. {chuckles} Good or bad, he always pulls it off. It's just nice to see the mix up between both sides of the line for him.
very interesting project. I think Wes Bentley is quite charismatic, he was fun to watch in Hunger Games!


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Authorities: All purchases must be made through the Purchasing Office.
Procurement Code: The South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code governs the expenditure of all funds regardless of source unless specifically exempted.
Where a procurement involves the expenditure of federal grant or contract funds, Francis Marion University is required to comply with the federal law and authorized regulations which are applicable even if not presently reflected in the South Carolina Procurement Code.
Certification: The Office of General Services of the Budget and Control Board has certified Francis Marion University to make direct purchases of up to $250,000 for goods/services, $150,000 for construction, consultant services and $150,000 for information technology.
Contracts: A purchase order constitutes a contract binding the University and the supplier.
Correspondence with Vendors:
Coordination: Departments are encouraged to coordinate with the Purchasing Office in advance of purchase requisition submission for complex high-value procurement actions.
Procurement Planning: The vast majority of purchases require that departments properly plan their purchasing actions.
We cannot overemphasize the need for departments to plan their needs well in advance and involve the Purchasing Office in the planning stage.
It is the responsibility of the Purchasing Office to originate, control, and analyze quotations, bids and proposals.
Purchase Requisition Procedures
Originator Responsibilities:
Purchasing Office Responsibilities:
Department Head or Designee Responsibilities:
Purchasing Thresholds:
Limited Purchase Orders: A five-part form for local supply purchases under $100.00; instructions residing on the reverse of the form. "Local" is generally defined as Florence mailing addresses.
Purchases up to $2,500.00: Small purchases not exceeding $2,500 may be made without securing competitive quotations if the prices are considered fair and reasonable.
Purchases from $2,500.01 to $10,000.00: Verbal solicitation of a minimum of three written quotations is required, prior to award.
Purchases from $10,000.01 to $50,000.00: Written solicitation of written quotes, bids, or proposals shall be made.
Purchases over $50,000 are required to be awarded on the basis of competitive sealed bids/proposals. Francis Marion is certified at the following levels:
Goods and Services: to $200,000
Information Technology: to $150,000
Consultant Services: to $100,000
Construction: to $100,000
Purchases over the certification levels listed above must be competitively bid by the State Materials Management Office.
Competitive Bids: Requests for purchases above $50,000.00 shall be submitted with:
(The Purchasing Office will provide assistance in preparing specifications, as required.)
Competitive Sealed Proposals: Purchases that are highly technical, complex in nature and do not lend themselves to formal competitive sealed bidding can be made by competitive sealed proposals, which take into consideration factors other than cost.
Confirming Purchases: On occasion, it may be necessary to issue a verbal or "confirming" purchase order. To obtain a confirming purchase order, the department head or delegated representative should contact the Purchasing Office.
The following information will be required prior to issuance of a confirming purchase order:
Purchase requisitions for confirming purchases will be entered in the purchasing system as a "PBR" (pay by requisition).
Pay By Requisition (PBR): A form of direct payment to a vendor utilizing a completed requisition and corresponding invoice for repairs (less than $2,500.00), memberships, confirming purchases, subscriptions, and personal reimbursements. The Director of Purchasing or his designee may authorize departmental use of this procedure for repairs or supplies on an as needed basis.
Emergency Purchases: When purchases must be made on an emergency basis, the department head should contact the Director of Purchasing and request an emergency purchase.
The following information will be required prior to approval:
In cases where the exact amount of the purchase is not known, an estimate must be made.
Competition will be solicited, if possible. The Director of Purchasing through the Vice President for Business Affairs is the approval authority for emergency procurements. Upon receipt of the emergency purchase order number the vendor may be notified and the goods/services procured.
Fixed Price Bidding: Fixed price bidding is used to provide multiple sources of supply for specific goods or services based on a pre-set maximum price which will be paid for such goods and services.
Best Value Bidding: Best value bidding is used to allow factors other than price to be considered in the determination of award for specific goods or services based on predetermined criteria identified in the bid.
Sole Source Purchases: The basis for the sole source determination and the reason no other product or vendor is suitable are required. The Purchasing Office cannot adequately answer these questions without your input. The Vice President for Business Affairs is the approval authority for sole source procurements.
Equipment Purchases: The purchase or acquisition of high value equipment may require in excess of 30 days to process; therefore, it is important to anticipate needs.
Consult with the Director of Facilities Management to insure all requirements can be met prior to requisitioning any equipment:
Standing Purchase Orders (SPO): SPO's are contracts issued to establish and monitor use of products or services for a specified period of time and to increase efficiency in administration of those agreements. Contracts issued as such will be competed appropriately by the Purchasing Office and when established will clearly indicate term and pricing on the purchase order. The using department will be responsible for:
Consultant Services: Departments requesting consultant services should submit a purchase requisition that contains the following information:
Professional Services: When professional services are to be obtained under an independent contractual relationship, wherein the University relinquishes the RIGHT to DIRECT or CONTROL the professional in the method of performance or the end results of his/her efforts as defined in IRS regulations, then procurement must be accomplished as directed in the South Carolina Procurement Code and ensuing Regulations.
Proposed contracts, which do not qualify as "sole source" will require competitive bidding.
Employee Services: Requests for employee services are to be made to the Office of Human Resources.
Repair Services: Requests for repair services, under normal or non-critical circumstances, will be processed as a routine purchase.
Legal and Auditing Services: Payment for legal services will require prior approval of the State Attorney General's Office. Procurement of certified public accountants and public accountants to perform financial and/or compliance audits are exempt from competition but are subject to approval by the State Auditor's Office.
Printing Services: Francis Marion University Publications and Printing Office is the preferred source for all printing requirements.
Art Purchases: To purchase art objects such as paintings, antiques, sculptures or similar objects costing above $1,000.00, the President is required to provide written determination specifying the need for such objects and the benefits to the State.
Purchases from Other State Agencies: Purchases from other state agencies, except those specifically exempted, must meet the same competitive tests as purchases from outside vendors and require a purchase order in advance.
Purchases of In-State Conference Facilities: There are guidelines which must be followed when selecting conference facilities for which expenditures of State funds are involved. The guidelines apply to all hotel or motel facilities regardless of what the gathering is called, e.g., meeting, seminar, conference, workshop, retreat, etc. If such a meeting is being planned, contact the Director of Purchasing for details.
Catering Services: The University's official food service contractor is the primary source of catering for official functions.
This policy is both a contractual matter and an economic matter since Francis Marion University receives a designated percentage of catering services revenues from the University's food service contractor.
Reimbursements: Under some circumstances, traditional methods of purchase may not be applicable or practical. In those cases, faculty/staff members may opt to expend personal funds for necessary departmental supplies and be reimbursed for cost of those supplies, provided that:
Reimbursements should be the last purchasing method considered. Requests not in compliance will require completion of a Ratification of Unauthorized Procurement form prior to processing.
Reimbursement requests should be submitted on a Purchase Requisition form, appropriately signed, with all supporting documentation attached. Important: The name, mailing address and social security number of the person to be reimbursed must be included.
The Purchase Requisition form will be noted "PBR-Reimbursement" and will be forwarded to the Office of Accounting for payment processing.
Procurement Cards: The Procurement Card is a tool offering an alternative method of obtaining supplies with a total value of $2,500.00 or less. Cards are issued to qualified applicants in the name of the cardholder and are to be used for official University purchases only.
Construction Procurements: The University will adhere to guidelines established by the Office of State Engineer in conjunction with the South Carolina Procurement Code requirements for construction procurements. The Facilities Management Department administers construction procurement.
Unauthorized Procurements: An unauthorized purchase is defined as the obligation of payment for goods and services made by any person without the requisite authority to do so by an appointment or delegation under the provisions of the South Carolina Procurement Code and Francis Marion University guidelines. When an individual without that authority commits the University to a contract, State law requires that the agency head ratify that contract. This is accomplished by having a Ratification of Unauthorized Procurement form completed and signed by the individual. The form should then be routed through those responsible for the budget for signature, then to the President for final approval.
Revenue Generating Contracts: Revenue generating contracts are those where there is a sales management agreement with an outside contractor and the contractor pays Francis Marion University a commission or some other consideration. These contracts are subject to the South Carolina Procurement Code. Examples of management services covered are:
Photocopying and Duplicating: Copy machines are located in various locations on campus and are provided with codes for recording departmental copies. Please contact the Purchasing Office if you have a question regarding departmental copier usage.
Gifts policy and procedure are located on the Policies & Procedures Guide's Development page:
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Scott Stallings leads at tricky Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio – Scores of players were caught off guard Thursday in the first round of the Memorial. If they don't catch a break from Mother Nature, it could prove to a long, hard journey to the winner's circle.
In an unusual twist for this time of the year in central Ohio, the course at Muirfield Village Golf Club is already firm and fast — and it hardened and accelerated under sunny skies and warm temperatures in the first round. Add a bit of swirling wind — and tiny pitched greens — and many of the players were left scratching their heads trying to figure out what kind of shot to hit and whether to fire at some tucked pins.
"You have to play very conservatively. It's something that's a different look for this golf course. It's definitely playing tough," Rory Sabbatini said after a 69, one of seven players to post that score.
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No one figured out the conditions better than Scott Stallings, who grabbed the lead with a 66. Spencer Levin and Erik Compton each shot 67.
"Obviously the golf course was much softer last year, (and) you had more opportunities to hit it close," Stallings said. "You kind of had to play away from some of the flags today. It was definitely the firmest I've ever seen it."
The course will soften if the forecast holds true. There was a 90% chance for overnight storms and a 50% chance of thunderstorms Friday. That would suit Levin just fine.
"This course is harder than some of the ones we have been playing. To hold the green on some shots is hard. I could use a little rain, that would be nice for me," said Levin, who made six putts longer than 15 feet and chipped in from 50 feet. "Just so I can stop some iron shots, so I'm praying for rain."
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"Legendary Chicago Cubs player and broadcaster Ron Santo died Thursday night in Arizona. He was 70."
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The buy-out of concrete, mortar and industrial pumps manufacturer Germany-based Putzmeister Holding by China-based Sany Heavy Industry Company will have no negative effect on Putzmeister's customers, assures Putzmeister South Africa CEO Ludwig Geyser.
In January, Putzmeister Holding announced that it had signed an agreement with Sany and Chinese private-equity company CITIC Private Equity Advisors to acquire the company.
Putzmeister will remain an independent brand worldwide within the Sany group and will also continue as a premium brand in China.
"After the merger, Putzmeister will conti- nue to offer an independent product portfolio, made in Germany, in accordance with the highest quality standards," says Geyser.
He states that both parties benefit substantially from the merger, as it will result in Putzmeister joining the largest pump manufacturer in the world.
Sany's financial strength will also secure Putzmeister's growth and provides the company with a competitive advantage, he adds.
Sany's diverse product range also broadens Putzmeister's scope of product supply. "Diversification is something that Putzmeister South Africa has always strived to achieve and, with this merger, we are now able to supply the industry with complete solutions," he states.
Sany benefits through the addition of technologically advanced products and innovations to its portfolio, as well as through acquiring a strong distribution and service network outside China, particularly in Africa.
Meanwhile, Putzmeister South Africa recently introduced a new 42 m five-arm truck-mounted concrete pump, the first such product manufactured by Putzmeister that is 'road legal', in line with Southern African legislative requirements, says Geyser.
The company has also been awarded a contract to supply an MX 32 m stationary boom placer, together with a trailer-mounted concrete pump to the Portside property devel- opment project being constructed by the Murray & Roberts group in Cape Town.
"The uniqueness of this particular pro- ject is that the MX 32 m stationary boom is the first of its kind in South Africa that will hydraulically climb as the building progresses," says Geyser.
The project entails the construction of an almost 130-m-tall retail and residential building, which, upon completion, will be Cape Town's tallest building. Putzmeister successfully installed and commissioned its equipment in February.
Putzmeister Solids Pumps, a division of Putzmeister Holding, which is headed in South Africa by Hennie van Niekerk, is also making inroads into the industry by providing innovative ways to pump citrus biowaste, mine tailings, sludges and various other pumpable materials.
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T-BORG is a highly modular, physics-based computational framework for interactive simulation originally developed by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center (ISRC) and to which ORION has contributed over the years with modules, interfaces to other tools, and T-BORG-based applications. The Umbra core and modules are written in C++; Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is used for graphics representations; and the Tcl/Tk script language is used to invoke the different T-BORG facilities, controls, and modules. Because T-BORG uses a modular architecture, incorporation of code modules is relatively simple; therefore, existing libraries of physics code can potentially be incorporated into T-BORG as additional modules. Engineers and physicists enjoy rapid spin-up and productivity with T-BORG. T-BORG offers valuable features, such as:
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The Washington Post today has an interesting article about the life of Mohammed al-Masri, the only person, the story claims, to have had spent significant time both with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and ISIS in Raqqa. There is no way to avoid recognizing that our indifference to the coup in Egypt played an important role in catalyzing the rise of Daesh (ISIS/ISIL), both by vindicating Bashshar al-Asad's bet that no amount of violence against "Islamists" would be likely to trigger international intervention against him, and by allowing Daesh to claim that it is the only genuine "champion" available for Sunni Arabs. The sad reality is that US policy in the Middle East under Obama has only succeeded in making al-Qaeda the "reasonable" option. That doesn't mean that Obama was not right to pursue the policies he chose: it's hardly the duty of the US to save the Arabs from themselves, but it would have been nice had the US chosen to support the imperfect democratic regime in Egypt in 2013 rather than being indifferent to its fate, and it would have been nice had the US listened to Turkey and established a no-fly zone in Syria prior to Russian intervention. At a minimum, that would have likely prevented the authoritarian turn in Turkey, and it might have prevented the refugee crisis, which could very well lead to the unravelling of the European project. The refugee crisis already helped produce Brexit. From a narrow realist perspective of what constitutes US interests, Obama's policies of benign neglect in the region are probably defensible, but the costs to the people of the region are incalculable, and on top of the active destruction wrought by the Bush administration, is creating a leval of anti-Americanism that is unprecedented. Worst of all, the entire region is slowly drifting into the orbit of Putin's Russia: authoritarian crony capitalism is evolving from the de facto reality of the Arab world, into a norm that is openly embraced.Read More
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Brookings' 2015 US-Islamic World Forum invited me recently to contribute to Will McCants' series of discussions regarding ISIS's relationship to the Islamic tradition which he initiated in response to the now (in)famous Atlantic piece by Graeme Wood, "What ISIS Really Wants". I wrote about ISIS's appropriation of classical concepts such as dar al-islam and dar al-harb to justify their actions against their enemies, domestic and foreign, while ignoring over 1200 years of the concepts' evolution, including, in the post-World War II era where leading Muslim jurists have concluded that the distinction is irrelevant in the modern world.Read More
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Last night, I gave a talk at the Hartford Seminary titled "Liberalism and Islam: Pitfalls and Potentials." The talk centered around two themes: how normative liberalism reacts to intolerant groups in its midst, and what are the religious obligations of liberal Muslim citizens in a liberal democracy generally, and the war on terror in particular.Read More
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Given my criticisms of US policy in the Middle East, the "War on Terror," and its "lawfare" against US Muslims, one might reasonably question why I should remain a US citizen at all? Indeed, I have sometimes asked myself "At what point would the limit be crossed?" I guess the plain reason why I have never seriously contemplated renouncing US citizenship, and doubt that I ever would, is my deep conviction that substantial groups within US society share my deep opposition to these policies as well, and that the future belongs to us, not to those status quo forces that perpetuate atrocities in the name of the American people. This otherwise disturbing article in Slate, which details the extent of the torture and international law-breaking practiced by the United States during the Bush Administration, crimes which the Obama administration foolishly chose to inter rather than investigate as the crimes that they were, strangely confirms my long-term view of the United States. I hope my fellow American Muslim citizens, particularly the post-9/11 generation, understand that they have allies in the US; they should not think that all Americans are anti-Muslim paranoids; and that it is possible to work together with those Americans to bring a halt to these abuses, and the further entrenchment of the "creeping" surveillance and torture state.Read More


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Eco-Friendly Plane to Fly for Eco-Friendly Mission
Biologist, environmentalist and adventurer, Matevz Lenarcic, is preparing for an attempt at setting a record for flying the lightest plane around the world, with the least amount of fuel.
And during the flight, he'll be taking scientific measurements from regions where little data has been gathered before.
He expects the journey, starting from his home base in Slovenia, will take about two months to complete.
Lenarcic overviews the purpose of his flight:
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"The flight will take place across the southern hemisphere and cover a distance of some 100,000 km, crossing the Equator six times, all three oceans, Antarctica, Mt. Everest and some 120 national parks. So this is also an opportunity to take great photographs, to educate and send a message to people that our planet is truly wonderful and that it pays to preserve by any means."
The plane is capable of flying at an altitude of up to 10,000 meters in both tropical and polar temperatures.
Engineers from the light aircraft company, Pipistrel, modified an existing design to be as lightweight and fuel-efficient as possible, giving the plane a range of about 4,000 kilometers and a takeoff weight of 750 kg.
When Matevz flies over the Antarctic and Africa, the plane's onboard equipment will record levels of black carbon in the atmosphere, by taking samples through an inlet under the wings.
Biologist, Grisa Mocnik, helped assemble the instruments:
"During his flight around the world, Matevz will carry out measurements of black carbon. Black carbon is a scientific name for soot. Soot is important because it's the second most important agent of climate change, right behind carbon dioxide. It's black, it absorbs sunlight and, because of that, warms the atmosphere."
Matevz has flown around the world in a lightweight Pipstrel aircraft before – it won a NASA-sponsored award for fuel efficiency.
This time he hopes to do better, traveling further with less fuel while promoting clean energy along the way.


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Dorset & Wilts Div One North.
Supermarine 14.
Fairford 3.
DESPITE being on the wrong end of the 14-3 scoreline at Supermarine, Fairford put in an excellent performance which they can build on for the remainder of the season.
Marine started the game with a good deal of possession but Fairford defended ferociously and the hosts could not maintain any pressure in the Fairford 22. Despite Fairford's efficiency at the breakdown, with good steals from Guy Livermore and 'Ants' Little, Supermarine were able to convert a straightforward penalty.
The visitors soon bounced back and were level midway through the half. After a strong driving line-out, Supermarine were forced to give away the penalty and although débutante fly half Harry Johnson couldn't finish off his superb solo effort with the advantage, Andy Waite kicked the resulting penalty.
The rest of the half ebbed and flowed with neither side gaining a stranglehold on the game. The home side edged it, however, scoring another penalty to lead 6-3.
The second half continued in much the same vein in increasingly torrid conditions. With the wind playing it's part, both sides elected to run the ball from deep on several occasions and kicking proved futile.
Supermarine scored the only try of the game midway through the second half. After a driving maul stalled, the opposition fly half kicked cross field and the wind carried the ball behind the Fairford line where the home winger had the pace to touch down.
Although Fairford reacted well, they could not create any clear opportunities and bar a converted long-range Supermarine penalty, the game ended with few chances for either side.


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Harness Racing Gets Underway At Fayette FAir
Harness racing will get underway at the Fayette County Fair at 5:30pm, Wednesday. The horse races will be a little different at the Fayette County Fair this year.
Dr. Bob Swartz says the conditions changed this year because of a shortage of two-year-olds due to the sire stakes were competing in the same week.
It is now the Fayette County Open Pace. It is eligible to horses to all ages of horses sired by stallions standing in Fayette County.
Dr. Bob Swartz says it will be pretty competitive and could even see a track record depending who comes in for the race.
Harness racing gets underway at the fair at 5:30pm, Wednesday.
The open will be held Saturday.


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Keizersgracht 164, Amsterdam, North Holland
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Everything...! Staff is charming, the room #405 (bridal suite) is marvelous even located in the annex and the main building for breakfest is suberb...
Good value for the price and location in the center of town. Very nice staff and reasonably priced breakfast!
We liked a lot the way the hotel is decorated a lot, it's old classic style. Apart from that, the service was very good, personnel is nice and friendly. That the heating was switched off while room cleaning and you had to come back to the cold room.
Stayed for 4 nights and felt it was our "home" . The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable of the restaurants and sites we were interested in.
very comfortable and quiet hotel room not very big. Considering the price, breakfast should be included.
Staff, Bed, Pillows:) Internet Access
Friendly and helpful staff, excellent location of hotel, rooms were clean and comfortable. The coffee machine was brilliant. Would have prefered to have a room with a canal view and located in the main part of hotel not the annexe
The Staff were amazing and the bed was the most comfortable I have ever slept in.
warm and friendly welcome. Smaller room but cleen and beautiful. Nice breakfest and Special interior design. Room a bit small
I had a lovely stay with very helpful staff in a cosy atmosphere. I recommend sipping a cocktail by the fireplace! Nothing I can think of.
The best feature for us was the staff and their commitment to guest care. The location is excellent ..close to galleries etc and right on a peacrful section of canal. The back garden of the hotel is unique and difficult to better as a place to relax after a long day viewing and walking.. The hotel is close to some excellent restaurants includimg the black and blue. As above
Great quiet location. If you take the right streets it is very close to everything in the Jordaan. They gave me a hard time about using an Amex card, then a hard time about using a Visa card and added 5% to the bill. Price quoted is for cash only.
the breakfast was good and sufficient for each person. the location is not bad 15 minutes walking to the center at the most and a tram also stops 2 blocks from the hotel. first, nasty smell all over the hotel. second the most steep and dangerous stairs ever seen. if you have a big suitcase don't even think of climbing them up or down. we were a group of 6. 2 guys in one room and 4 girls in another. the 2 person room was bigger than the 4 person!!!the beds were small but with very good mattress. the whole bathroom was covered with some kind of liner even the shower, which was a bit dirty so we were not so keen on taking a shower!!!we had to improvise...
it was cheap and cheerful and the reception staff helpful answering questions. Not the greatest accomdation in the world but then I didn't for that either. It did what it said on the tin, cheap and cheerful and was clean enough nothing really, if you want luxury you pay for it as in any major city
Nice, but very small hotel in Jordan district in a 15min. walking distance from the Central station. Room is small, but OK for a single. Very nice breakfast room, friendly staff. Not noisy. Very small bathroom and extreemly narrow staircase.
View of the cannal. Staff, Room, neighborhood
The location, the real Amsterdam feeling. The breakfast starts late, on Sunday - 8.30. Quite uncomfortable for a hotel.
All good, Polite, clean and great location...I Will be back soon Everything was ok and no complaints at all
Lovely, charming hotel with very helpful and friendly staff, excellent location. I had a nice and clean room on the second floor, fully equiped, overlooking the gardens. The bed was more comfortable than I have at home :) It is a special feeling to discover how it is living along an Amsterdam canal, as you have your own entrance next to the reception. I will definetely return to 't Hotel!
It is run by a family and they are very warm and friendly. It is conveniently located very close to Amsterdam CS & DAM Square
The staff of the Hotel was extremely kind and helpful, also in its advices for restaurants and city visit. Very nice and convenient position.
the room was very nice, and it was big and clean.
The hotel room is not a hotel room at all, it is a flat - rather nice and cousy. Hotel staff first said that we can pay when check-out, bit one hour later he wanted money ASAP! He was not polite and didn't try to solve any problem.
I was surprised to find the hotel room was infact an apartment complete with livingroom and kitchen. Considering that, the value for money wasn't too bad. The appartment was spacious and well equiped. I could have happily stayed there for a few weeks. Had to phone the hotel to get someone for check-in. He arrived within a few minutes though so not a major problem. Just a bit unexpected.
The design and the location of the room was excellent. A good chance to spend time in Amsterdam not like a tourist, but like a local. The staff is very friendly, I got a message from them with a detailed information on how to get to the guesthouse, paying options a.s.o. just as soon as I booked a room. The guesthouse has great value for money. Well, they change towels once in three days. That didn't bother me actually, but I suppose there're people who could find it unacceptable. Also you have to pay cash (10% creditcard surcharge), but the staff told me about this in the very first mail. Everything else was fine. Some people might say a TV is kind of small or something else, but believe me, you get just what you pay for, no more, no less.
The location was a student flat 2 mn walk from central station, in a nice area. Ideal for visiting the city. The flat was confortable and well equipped. You have to pay by cash or be charged 10% if you use credit card. Please mention this on the site.
Nice location. Walk distance from city centre.Quiet neighbourhout.Litle shops off centre around.
The only thing I like about it was it's location and the big space of the room The furniture was very old and dirty. The bed was very noisy, with no sheet on it! No towel supply during the 4 nights.
After finally being able to check in, we enjoyed our room. Good location to restaurants and the Amsterdam train station. the rooms for the hotel were not located at the address of the check in office. After walking all the way from the train station to the office with our luggage, we had to go almost 3 blocks back to towards the train station to go to the house where our room was located. Also we tried checking it at 2:30 PM which was after the normal check in time and our room was not ready until 4PM.
The room was very clean and conveniently located. I will reserve again on my next trip to Amsterdam.
the location, the peace and quiet near the city centre, the baker shop opposite and other shops and houses and people in Jordan Do not expect too much, hotels in Amsterdam are over-rated
Location. Hot water Four flights of stairs. The room was tiny. The room was dusty. The bed was well used and collaped. Carpet filthy. TV no stations. Wi-fi non existent. $125 a night was at least twice what was worth. There may be larger rooms but staff would not allow me a change. The whole building needs carpet. I will not give this place another try ever I found much nicer hotel for $50 more. Im hopeful this will change my head space to enjoy Amsterdam
Service is efficient and friendly. The rooms, while running on the tight side, has a number of amenities: plenty of power outlets, fridge, safe, water kettle, large closet. The location is fantastic - about 12 minute walk from Centraal Station, on a large main road; easy to navigate with a map. The area is very walkable to many attractions: Anne Frank's House, tulip market, various museums and breweries. Overall, a great hotel for light travelers. The rooms are very tiny - I can see travelers with a lot of luggage having a hard time with the stairs, which are steep and narrow passages, and room sizes. For a two single bed room, the beds are very close to each other, and the space for actual walking and milling about it is tight.
Bed and Breakfast have been great!
The self-serve Breakfast was great. The location was central but still quiet which allowed us to easily walk to areas of interest but still get a good night's rest. The lighting in the room was a bit dim during the rainy weather, but would have been very cozy on sunny days. I did receive some unknown bug bites, possibly that have entered from the unscreened window.
high level of hospitality; location is excellent; the principal's tips for restaurants, points of interest, etc. are great!
It feels like being at home, while being away. The staff (the owner) is very helpful and you get practically individual attention from him. Whenever you need anything, he is there. It is also sweet to have access to the kitchen at all hours of the day and night. Rooms are also kept in top shape. Bed very comfortable.
Central location, proximity to other facilities, quiet.
west violet is well situated and also paceful. if i had the chance to go back to amsterdam i'd surely return to this hotel
Nice location on quieter side street, in close, but lesser trafficed area. Staircase may be steep for some. Black simulated leather upholstery
Room: excellent, Bed: excellent, 24/7 kitchen use: excellent, Wifi: excellent, Design: excellent, Staff: the most helpful and friendly :)
The location (no tourists) and freedom of staying in a smaller place felt like a home away from home
I can really recommend this place.Very good location in the city with cosy restarurants nearby and Frank take care of you in a nice way. We had a large room with a balcony to the backyard, where we could sit and take a cup of coffe or tea. The "guests kitchen" was at the same floor as our room and there we made our own breakfast at the time we liked. This was really good. In the kitchen was also a computer you can use.


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The Liberal Party's use of pre-recorded phone calls during last year's election campaign has been deemed not to have misused data from the Integrated Public Number Database (IPND) during the 2004 federal election campaign.
However, the Australian Communications Authority, which conducted the inquiry, said in a media statement that it had asked the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner to review the complaint, by the Labor Party, because there could be other matters within its jurisdiction.
The pre-recorded phone messages, from both Prime Minister John Howard and Treasurer Peter Costello, bombarded households across Australia in the lead-up to the federal elections in October last year.
Tens of thousands of households were contacted with messages declaring support for local candidates in electorates across the country.
At the time, a Liberal Party spokesman referred to them as advocacy calls and said the party had been contacting voters in this way since 1996, with one difference - campaign workers had read from a prepared script.
In a media release, the ACA said its investigation had focused on whether the telemarketing activities improperly used data from the IPND.
"Our investigation found that the phone numbers were obtained from publicly available databases," ACA acting chairman Dr Bob Horton said. "These databases can include numbers that in the past were listed numbers, but have since become unlisted, as well as information from other sources."
Dr Horton said the ACA's jurisdiction was limited to the use and disclosure of personal information under Part 13 of the Telecommunications Act 1997. This information is contained in the IPND.
In February, the ACA said it had cleared the use of Howard's son's computer software company to spam voters with Liberal Party election material.
Tim Howard is one of the directors at Net Harbour, which was contracted to send out unsolicited emails to voters.
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Sakumo Hatake (はたけサクモ, Hatake Sakumo), also known as Konoha's White Fang (木ノ葉の白い牙, Konoha no Shiroi Kiba), is the father of Kakashi Hatake.
Sakumo was a famous and powerful ninja of Konohagakure who, during his life, was greater than even the Sannin. His son, Kakashi, idolized him and sought to become just as great a ninja as his father; his wife had died when Kakashi was very young. Five years before the events Kakashi Gaiden, Sakumo and his team were sent on a mission of great importance to Konoha. When his teammates' lives were endangered, Sakumo chose to abandon the mission in order to save them. He was disgraced when he returned home, shunned by everyone in the village, even those he had saved. Dishonored, Sakumo fell into a deep depression, as well as a drop in his skills. Eventually, he committed suicide, which caused Kakashi live strictly according to the Ninja Code for the next few years.
Sakumo was a very kind and loyal man. Despite his tremendous fame and power as a ninja, he was a very humble man, which made his only son Kakashi truly look up to and idolize him. He had a deep devotion to his country and an even greater commitment to his allies and loved ones to the point he would put their well-being before anything else. His commitment was so great that he would sacrifice the completion of a mission in order to save his teammates which led to him being a public figure of hate and ridicule.
Like his son, Sakumo was a gifted shinobi praised for his talents in the ninja arts even by the likes of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. In battle, Sakumo was a truly powerful shinobi, his prowess at surpassing that of the Sannin. The mere idea of facing Sakumo brought fear to enemies, as shown from the reaction of an Iwagakure shinobi initially believing Kakashi to be his father. His primary weapon during battle was a tanto called the White Light Chakra Sabre that would emit a trail of white chakra when swung, earning him the nickname "Konoha's White Fang". After he died, he left his tanto to Kakashi, which was later on cut in half when Kakashi fought an Iwagakure shinobi.
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