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This Belize 43, owner's version is like a dream come true for someone looking for a comfortable, fully equipped catamaran that is simply in impeccable condition at an affordable price! I have personally visited the boat and have met the current owners a couple times which gave me a clear idea of the boat and her past.
She was ordered new by her current owners, has been used only privately and has been maintained by a professional skipper. Since Belize 43s are very popular boats and are being used for charter most of the time, it is very hard to come by such a boat.
Her low engine hours (only 2100 hours) tell us how lightly she has been used. It is possible to understand that she was equipped to the highest standards of an owner's version boat with a Mastervolt generator, watermaker, air-con, a big dinghy with a 40 HP Yanaha outboard just to name a few...But it is almost impossible to expect such a sparkling hull and interior when a boat is 2003 model like Aurora.
The owner has upgraded to a much larger cat, so he is motivated to sell this beautiful cat and has listed her with us with such a reasonable price. Please compare the prices in the market and you will see that she is not so much different than a harshly used charter boat, but is in SUPERB condition. Aurora is simply one of the best deals and she will not stay long in the market!
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Chosen entirely at random, here are the two winners for $25 gift certificate from http://www.csn.com/:
Please e-mail me at email@example.com, and I will forward your info to the folks at CSN and you can begin shopping!
Thanks to all who entered. I am looking forward to checking out some of the new bloggers that participated in this giveaway.
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- Patrick Mahoney said...
what's up BC, how's the Oktoberfast going?
- October 7, 2010 at 11:28 PM
- Deb Willbefree said...
CongratulationsAnn and Allison! Deb
- October 8, 2010 at 5:09 AM
- Lucas said...
Thanks for the chance at a fun giveaway! :)
Hope your OktoberFAST is going well!
- October 8, 2010 at 6:32 AM
- Raegun said...
Congrats to the winners!
- October 8, 2010 at 7:28 AM
- Stephanie said...
Congrats Ladies!
- October 8, 2010 at 10:15 PM
- Ann (-15 lbs in -60 lb challenge) said...
Yay!! Thank you for the opportunity, Clyde! I'll be sure to put the gift card to good (healthy) use. xxox
Thank you, also, to Deb, Raegun and Stephanie, for your well wishes. I'll add my own congratulatory sentiment here for Allison, who also won a gift card.
It was a fun giveaway, from a great site, by an inspirational blogger!
How are you doing on your challenge, Clyde?!
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UMKC hosts two summer creative writing conferencesKANSAS CITY, MO. - The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) continues its service to community writers and readers with two annual writers' workshops, tailored to fit a wide range of schedules and interests. Writers of all levels can attend each course for college credit or for noncredit.
The Mark Twain Writers Workshop will run from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each weekday between Monday, June 6 and Friday, June 24 at 104 Cockefair Hall, 5121 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, Mo. It will offer instruction in fiction, creative nonfiction, stage and screen writing and poetry from New Letters editor Robert Stewart and novelist Michael Pritchett, both faculty members in the UMKC College of Arts and Sciences' Department of English and widely-published writers. Noncredit or credit community participants are welcome.
Visiting speakers at this year's Mark Twain Writer's Workshop include nationally-prominent writers, such as children's fiction writer Diane Bailey, 2011 Poets' Prize winner Tony Barnstone, screenwriter Mitch Brian, broadcasting personality Angela Elam, novelist Mary Troy and Kansas City Star critic Robert Trussell. The Mark Twain Writer's Workshop also will feature a symposium, "Getting Published," with guest speakers and publishers.
"Each year at the Mark Twain Writers Workshop, we have a lively mix of relative beginners and successful professionals among the student body," said Stewart, conference co-director. "That mix makes this gathering truly exciting."
For more information about the Mark Twain Writers Workshop and credit options, contact the Department of English at (816) 235-1307 or the Office of Registration and Records at (816) 235-1125. Also visit http://www.newletters.org/writingConferences.asp. For information on course content, contact the New Letters magazine office at (816) 235-1168/2610.
The New Letters Weekend Writing Conference will run from Friday, June 24 to Sunday, June 26 at Diastole - UMKC's midtown conference center and retreat at 2501 Holmes St.
Albert Goldbarth, a two-time National Book Critics Circle Award winner, essayist, poet and novelist, will present the keynote address at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 24. The conference also will feature instruction on writing plays, TV and movie scripts, poetry, fiction and journalism. Students can receive workshop analyses and private manuscript consultations. In addition, they can join a large cast of professional editors, radio producers, novelists and essayists for chat sessions, lectures, career tips, readings, parties and a high-energy weekend.
"It's uplifting," Stewart said. "We immerse ourselves in the love of narrative, language and craft."
The faculty will include such prominent writers and editors as playwright Frank Higgins; poets Trish Reeves and Stanley E. Banks; fiction writers Catherine Browder and Matthew Eck; article and nonfiction/article writers Loring Leifer and Joe Miller; screenwriter Mitch Brian; and Kansas City Star arts writer Steve Paul.
For more information about the New Letters Weekend Conference and credit options, contact the College of Arts and Sciences' Continuing Education Division at (816) 235-2736 or visit http://www.newletters.org/writingConferences.asp. For information on course content, contact the New Letters magazine office at (816) 235-1168.
New Letters is published by the University of Missouri-Kansas City and distributed worldwide. Subscriptions are available for $22 per year (four issues), with discounts for longer subscriptions. To order, call (816) 235-1168, email firstname.lastname@example.com visit www.newletters.org.
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NEW ORLEANS–Summit Hotel Properties has agreed to acquire a portfolio of five Marriott-branded hotels in Louisiana for approximately $135 million.
"This portfolio of hotels is uniquely positioned to allow us access to the many diverse markets and sub-markets in the area," Dan Hansen, president/CEO, said in a statement. "They are each great properties on their own and we would be happy to own any one of them. We are very excited to have the opportunity to acquire all five of them."
The five include the 202-room Courtyard by Marriott and the 208-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott near the Morial Convention Center as well as the 140-room Courtyard by Marriott, all in downtown New Orleans. In addition, the portfolio includes two properties in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie: a 153-room Courtyard by Marriott and a 120-room Residence Inn by Marriott.
The identity of the seller of the portfolio wasn't disclosed. The deal is scheduled to close in the first quarter of the year.


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* prohibit all new state government borrowing after 2010;
* prohibit new local government borrowing after 2010, unless approved by voters;
* limit the amount and length of time of local government borrowing; and
* require that tax rates be reduced after borrowing is fully repaid.
Summary and Analysis
Amendment 61 places new restrictions on government borrowing. Currently, the state and local governments borrow money to build or improve public facilities like roads, buildings, and airports and repay the money over multiple years. Borrowing is also used for other purposes, such as financing loans for small businesses.
Beginning in 2011, Amendment 61 prohibits all future borrowing by state government and limits future borrowing by local governments, including cities, counties, school districts, special districts, and enterprises. The measure also requires that governments lower tax rates after borrowed money is fully repaid, even if the borrowing was repaid from a source other than taxes. In certain cases, governments borrow money on behalf of private entities. Because the private entities are solely responsible for repayment, it is unclear if this borrowing is covered by the provisions of Amendment 61.
Impact of Amendment 61 on state government. Amendment 61 affects Colorado's state government by prohibiting any future borrowing and requiring a tax cut when certain borrowing is fully repaid. Current borrowing will be unaffected, but future projects, programs, and services that would have otherwise been financed through borrowing will have to be eliminated or paid for by increasing fees or using money currently budgeted for other purposes. Table 1 (see summary link) provides examples of projects funded through state government borrowing and the requirements and restrictions under current law compared to Amendment 61.
The state and all of its enterprises issue an average of $2.9 billion in new borrowing annually and spend about $2 billion annually to repay borrowing. State agencies, excluding enterprises, make annual payments of about $200 million on borrowing. At the end of 2010, the state and all of its enterprises will owe about $17 billion for assets financed through borrowing.
* Long-term borrowing - Long-term borrowing is money borrowed for a period of more than one year that is repaid from a specific source of money like dedicated taxes or fees over a fixed period of time. Voters must approve non-enterprise borrowing. For example, in 1999 voters approved borrowing for state highway projects. The money that was borrowed for the projects is repaid with state and federal highway funds.
* Short-term borrowing - In Colorado, the state sometimes borrows money early in the year to cover costs for its day-to-day operations and repays the money later in the year, as revenues are collected.
* Lease-to-own agreements - Lease-to-own agreements allow the state to make annual payments for new buildings or equipment over a number of years until the cost is repaid. The state legislature authorizes lease-to-own agreements and approves payments every year during its annual budget process. Once the cost is paid, ownership is typically transferred to the state. The state is currently using lease-to-own agreements to build a prison, a museum, a court building, and several academic buildings at state colleges and universities. The state is also using these types of agreements for K-12 school construction and renovation.
* Enterprise borrowing - Publicly owned enterprises are currently permitted to borrow for projects and programs without voter approval. Generally, enterprises generate their own revenue through fees charged for the services they offer. Enterprises usually borrow with long-term borrowing repaid from grants or fees for services. Enterprises do not have a defined voter base, and do not hold public elections.
Most public colleges and universities are enterprises and have recently borrowed money to build classroom buildings and other facilities. This borrowing is repaid from sources such as tuition money, student fees, donations, and federal grants. Other state-level enterprises, such as the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, act as financing authorities to borrow money that is lent to local governments, private businesses, and individuals.
Impact of Amendment 61 on local governments. Amendment 61 applies new borrowing limits to all local governments and requires that all future borrowing be submitted for voter approval. Similar to the impact on state government, Amendment 61 will require local governments to either increase fees, reduce construction, or reduce programs and services. Table 2 (see summary link) provides examples of projects funded through local government borrowing and the requirements and restrictions under current law compared to Amendment 61.
Local governments and their enterprises issue an average of $4.9 billion in new borrowing annually, and spend about $4.3 billion annually to repay borrowing. Local governments, excluding enterprises, make annual payments of about $2.2 billion on borrowing. Currently, local governments and their enterprises owe about $36 billion for assets financed through borrowing. Some local government borrowing is repaid from voter-approved tax increases. After this borrowing is fully repaid, tax rates will be reduced, regardless of the outcome of Amendment 61.
Amendment 61 limits allowable local government borrowing in the following ways:
* Borrowing is limited to bonded debt. Bonded debt is money that is borrowed through the sale of government bonds for a period of more than one year. Under current law, local governments may borrow money through bonded debt as well as other forms of borrowing, such as short-term borrowing or lease-to-own agreements. Amendment 61 prohibits all forms of local government borrowing except bonded debt.
* Voter approval is required for all borrowing. Under current law, not all borrowing requires voter approval, and elections for bonded debt occur at various times throughout the year depending on the type of local government. Amendment 61 requires that all future borrowing first be submitted for approval by voters at a November election. In addition, enterprises, which were not previously required to seek voter approval for borrowing, will be required to hold elections.
* For all local governments, except enterprises, borrowing is limited to 10 percent of the assessed real property value within their borders. Generally speaking, this cap is less than what is allowed under current law. A local government that has already borrowed an amount more than the 10 percent cap would be prohibited from additional borrowing until it repays enough of its borrowing or real property values increase enough to drop its total borrowing below the 10 percent cap.
* Borrowing must be repaid within 10 years and may be repaid early without penalty. The typical term of current borrowing is 20 to 30 years. Borrowing for a shorter length of time requires higher annual payments because the loan is spread over fewer years; however, total interest costs over the term of the loan are lower.
Impact of Amendment 61 on taxpayers. Amendment 61 requires that after borrowed money is fully repaid by a government, taxes must be reduced in the amount of the average annual payment. Assuming this requirement applies to current borrowing, and once the measure is fully implemented, state taxes will be reduced by about $200 million. Local government taxes are estimated to be reduced by about $940 million. Some tax reductions will occur in the first few years after the measure takes effect, but the full reduction will not occur until all borrowed money is repaid, which could take up to 40 years.
If the entire state tax reduction is applied to the state income tax, an average household earning $55,000 annually will pay about $49 less per year in today's dollars once the measure is fully implemented. If the entire local tax reduction is applied to property taxes, the owners of a home valued at $295,000 will pay about $225 less per year in today's dollars. The impact the local tax reduction will vary based on the location of a taxpayer's residence.
How does Amendment 61 interact with two other measures on the ballot? Amendment 61 along with Amendment 60 and Proposition 101 contain provisions that affect state and local government finances by decreasing taxes paid by households and businesses and restricting government borrowing. How these measures work together may require clarification from the state legislature or the courts.
Amendment 61 requires state and local governments to decrease tax rates when debt is repaid, which is assumed in this analysis to apply to the existing debt of state and local governments, and it prohibits any borrowing by state government. Amendment 60 reduces local property taxes, while requiring state expenditures for K-12 education to increase by an amount that offsets the property tax loss for school districts. Proposition 101 reduces state and local government taxes and fees.
Since portions of these measures are phased in over time, the actual impacts to taxpayers and governments will be less in the initial years of implementation and grow over time. Assuming that all three measures are approved by voters, the first-year impact will be to reduce state taxes and fees by $744 million and increase state spending for K-12 education by $385 million. Once fully implemented, the measures are estimated to reduce state taxes and fees by $2.1 billion and increase state spending for K-12 education by $1.6 billion in today's dollars. This would commit almost all of the state's general operating budget to paying for the constitutional and statutory requirements of K-12 education, leaving little for other government services. In addition, the prohibition on borrowing will increase budget pressures for the state if it chooses to pay for capital projects from its general operating budget. This would further reduce the amount of money available for other government services.
Tax and fee collections for local governments are expected to fall by at least $966 million in the first year of implementation and by $3.4 billion when the measures are fully implemented. However, after the state reimburses school districts, the net impact on local government budgets would be at least $581 million in the first year and $1.8 billion when fully implemented.
Total taxes and fees paid by households and businesses are estimated to decrease by $1.7 billion in the first year and $5.5 billion per year in today's dollars when the measures are fully implemented. The measures reduce the taxes and fees owed by an average household making $55,000 per year that owns a $295,000 house by an estimated $400 in the first year and $1,360 per year when fully implemented.
Estimate of Fiscal Impact
The measure contains provisions that reduce the amount of taxes paid by most taxpayers over time, while reducing future construction of publicly owned facilities and restricting the ability of the state and local governments to provide other programs and services.
Impact on the state and local governments. The measure will impact the state and local governments in the following ways.
* Borrowing restrictions will require that the state and local governments either raise fees, reduce construction, or reduce programs and services. Additionally, the measure affects cash flow management for the state and school districts, which in the past have borrowed money to finance current operations in anticipation of taxes collected later in the year.
* Assuming the tax reduction applies to current borrowing, the measure requires state and local governments to cut spending. The state will gradually cut spending after each borrowing is fully repaid by about $200 million over the course of the next 40 years beginning in 2018. Local governments will also cut spending after each borrowing is fully repaid by about $940 million over the course of the next 20 or 30 years. These amounts reflect the estimated average annual repayment for money currently
borrowed by the state and local governments.
* Like government agencies, publicly owned enterprises will have to either raise fees, reduce construction, or reduce programs and services. Current borrowing by state-level enterprises accounts for an estimated $15 billion; borrowing by local enterprises accounts for about $11 billion.
* The cost of future local government borrowing will likely be affected by the new 10-year maximum term on borrowing, as well as the early repayment provisions. However, the impact will vary by locality.
Taxpayer impact. The measure will impact taxpayers in the following ways.
* Based on the average annual repayment amount and assuming the tax reduction provision applies to current borrowing, Amendment 61 is expected to reduce taxes by about $1.1 billion per year when fully implemented over the next 40 years. This estimate includes about $940 million in local taxes and about $200 million in state taxes. The actual reduction for individuals, businesses, and others will depend on which taxes are reduced by the state and local governments and where the taxpayer lives. To illustrate the reduction, if the state reduced income taxes and local governments reduced property taxes, Amendment 61 is estimated to reduce the total taxes paid by an average household earning $55,000 per year and living in a $295,000 home by about $274 per year in today's dollars.
* Amendment 61 could make it difficult for Colorado to pay unemployment benefits, which could cause the state to be in violation of federal law. Unusually high unemployment has forced the Colorado Unemployment Insurance Fund to borrow money from the federal government to pay unemployment insurance benefits. Amendment 61 could prohibit this borrowing. As a result, the federal government could choose to increase federal unemployment insurance taxes on businesses in the state.
Measure Text
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning limitations on government borrowing, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting future borrowing in any form by state government; requiring voter approval of future borrowing by local governmental entities; limiting the form, term, and amount of total borrowing by each local governmental entity; directing all current borrowing to be paid; and reducing tax rates after certain borrowing is fully repaid?


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I see what you are saying. I figured that the gear had, say, 90 degrees of freedom in rotation (on/off on either side of the 90) for actuated/non-actuated. So the real question when the actuator is active, does it spin the black gear constantly or does it stop at some point? I have no idea. Really, it is because I don't know what or how the inside of the X3 transfer case works or looks like, but I am beginning to think you may be correct. Unfortunatly, I don't see a way to get to the black gear without doing some serious damage to the cover that I pulled off, so even if you had found a replacement, I don't think you can get to it to just replace it, but maybe with some luck you can.
Just for reference, I attached kind of what I was talking about in the picture. I'm just wondering if maybe the motor goes forward/reverse to turn on and off something with the transfer case. something like this would cause only this area to be used. Not the best solution for it, but likely cheap and easy to manufacture.
Your theory makes sense to me, mostly since Xdrive is RWD most of the time. And it transfers power to the front as needed, it seems like the electric motor turns more the gear, as more power is transferred to the front, wearing the "most used" area considerable more.
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General Motor has announced 2009 HUMMER H3T pricing will start at $31,495, including destination charges. For that kind of scratch, you'll get a 239 horsepower and 241 pounds-feet of torque SOHC 3.7-liter five cylinder engine paired with a 5-speed manual transmission.
The H3T also comes standard with four-wheel drive, 32-inch tires, underbody shields and a 33:1 crawl ratio.
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Their strength means they can be taken to places bikes never went to before.
Downhill racingThis is seriously fast. Riders must use all their skill to stay in the saddle.
They are helped by technology like full suspension systems.
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text: MVC Capital, Inc. (NYSE: MVC), a publicly traded business development company that makes private equity and debt investments, today announced its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2012. As of April 30, 2012, the Company's net assets were approximately $406.3 million, or $16.99 per share, compared with net assets of approximately $407.6 million, or $17.04 per share, at the beginning of the quarter and $414.3 million, or $17.32 per share, at the end of the same period last year. During the quarter, the Valuation Committee, which is comprised of three independent directors, adjusted the fair values of nine portfolio companies, resulting in a net decrease of approximately $858,000 or $0.04 per share. In arriving at these determinations and consistent with the Company's valuation procedures and ASC 820, the Valuation Committee took into account many factors, including the performance of the portfolio companies, as well as the impact of changes in market multiples within certain sectors and fluctuations in currency valuations, particularly the Euro. In the second quarter of 2012, the Company earned approximately $14.6 million in interest and dividend income and approximately $1.5 million in fee and other income, representing an increase in total operating income of approximately $11.6 million as compared to the same quarter in 2011. The primary reason for the increase in total operating income was a result of the recapitalization of Summit Research Labs, Inc. ("Summit"), which paid a $12 million dividend to the Company on March 7, 2012. The Company reported net operating income of approximately $14.2 million for the second quarter, as compared to net operating income of approximately $65,000 for the same quarter in 2011. The Company continued to manage its ordinary operating expenses at comparable levels to last year. During the quarter, the Company made one follow-on investment in the amount of $48,000 in SHL Group LTD. During the six month period ended April 30, 2012, the Company made one new investment and five follow-on investments in three existing portfolio companies totaling approximately $7.4 million.


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A Utah man whose venomous snakes gave firefighters a surprise last week may face misdemeanor charges for keeping the serpents without a permit, authorities said Monday.
Firefighters arrived Friday to a Clearfield duplex on a call of a blaze started by a kitchen range and discovered more than flames 28 snakes, six of them deadly.
They found the snakes inside cages in a separate room.
"I don't think firefighters were ever in danger from the snakes, except for the creep factor," said North Davis Fire Chief Mark Becraft.
Fire and smoke damage left the duplex uninhabitable, Becraft said, but all the snakes survived.
They were removed as firefighters quickly put out the blaze. The six poisonous snakes were confiscated by the Utah Division of Wildlife, where Capt. Tony Wood was trying to determine their fate and whether to cite the owner.
"I'm just trying to wrap my head around the situation," Wood said Monday.
The man took good care of his snakes, officials said Monday, but he didn't have a permit for six venomous snakes five rattlers and a gaboon viper. The viper, native to Africa, is considered one of the most dangerous in the world with potent venom.
The owner took his 22 other legal snakes for safekeeping to his father's house, said Davis County Animal Control Director Clint Thacker.
The seized rattlers will probably be released into the wild, and the viper could be sent to someone authorized to have it, said Jim Dix of Reptile Rescue of Tooele County. He was called to remove the snakes from the duplex.
The owner has been described variously by officials as a snake professional or breeder. Dix said the snakes were well fed, in good condition and that there was no threat to anyone in the neighborhood.
He is often called to rescue exotic animals that get loose or are let go.
"We are seeing a big increase in illegal animals in Utah," Dix said Monday. "It just goes on and on."
Dix said he was working with Utah officials to designate "amnesty" days for unlicensed owners who are willing to turn over exotic animals.
Earlier this year, Cottonwood Heights police cited a young man for failure to have an exotic pet permit and initially ordered him to get rid of all but one of the 29 boa constrictors he kept in a special room with top-of-the-line cages in his basement.
The Cottonwood Heights City Council later gave him a reprieve, allowing Thomas Cobb to keep his snakes while officials revisit the city code.
Cobb still has the snakes he says are worth $12,000 apiece, and is waiting a resolution from city officials, said Cottonwood Heights police Sgt. Mark Askerlund.


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Table Blessings
by Kelton Cobb
Kelton Cobb lives in Colorado, in addition to writing, he has worked as a printer and as a carpenter. This article appeared in the Christian Century, March 5, 1986, p. 241. Copyright by the Christian Century Foundation and used by permission. Current articles and subscription information can be found atwww.christiancentury.org. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted & Winnie Brock.
Everything God has created is good, and no food is to be rejected, provided grace is said for it: the word of God and the prayer make it holy [I Tim. 4:4-5].
In the past three years I have made a number of road trips between Denver and New Jersey, traversing terrain that has a reassuring persistence. From Kansas City to Reading, Pennsylvania, the land is planted in corn -- 1,500 miles and hundred of thousands of acres of corn, interrupted only occasionally by a city like St. Louis or Indianapolis with their suburbs and industrial belts.,
I asked a friend from Illinois what was done with all that corn. "It takes a lot of it to keep the world in cornflakes," he said. He had made a good point. We in North America are big cornflake eaters -- not to mention our appetite for other forms of processed corn, such as Fritos, Doritos. Captain Crunch and numerous other variations on nature's bounty. All of those acres of corn are annually converted into a thousand different products intended to stimulate our jaded tastebuds. All that corn is picked, husked and processed in ingenious ways and made ready to eat from the box.
It has to be that way. We do not have time for slow food; our schedules cannot accommodate it. One of the advantages of the 20th century is our liberation from the slow drudgery of plowing, sowing, harvesting, milling and cooking from scratch. Factory food frees us from all that bother. It is easy to buy, easy to unpackage, easy to warm up, easy to look at and easy to eat. It fuels our pursuits without wasting our time.
All of which raises an interesting question. Since North Americans place such a high premium on gastronomic convenience, why do some people still insist on praying over the food they are about to consume? Even people who seldom if ever go to church often pause for a blessing before supper. Perhaps the custom reflects the remnants of a religious upbringing -- the vestiges of some vague consciousness of God that food can provoke in us. Maybe a bowl of cornflakes represents to us a certain providence in the universe, and in its presence a reverent pause is almost a reflex action; food, ready to be eaten, triggers in us something like an unavoidable, ontological religiousness. Then again, perhaps there are more functional explanations, such as that saying a prayer is an indirect way of complimenting the cook or calming the kids.
For whatever reason a table blessing is remembered, however, it provides a thoughtful gap in our tight schedules where God can conceivably intrude. We refer to it as table "grace," after all. And saying grace strikes me as one of those irrational instances in which ritual triumphs over convenience, in which our consumption of fast food throttles down long enough for God to be acknowledged.
Martin Buber tells the story of an old Hasidic master who asked a rabbi what puzzled him most about his neighbor. "I heard him say," said the Hasid, "that he was surprised that merely saying grace is not enough to make men God-fearing and good."
"I think differently." the Hasid reflected. "I am surprised that merely eating is not enough to make men God-fearing and good. For it is written. 'The ox knows its owner and the don ke.y its master's trough."'
The kitchen table, heaped with food, is our trough. Most of us, if we pray at all, become God-fearing enough at that trough just long enough to manage a cursory, "Thank you, God, for this day and for this food. Amen." Then we pile the foodstuff onto our plates, gobble it down, excuse ourselves and resume our schedules refueled. Fast prayers for fast food. We don't linger long enough truly to acknowledge God's generosity in our bounty.
During the summer months my grandmother always saw to it that some produce from my grandfathers garden graced the table. His carefully cultivated tomatoes, bell peppers, chiote squash, string beans or peaches were his contribution to the ceremony of mealtime. When we sat down to eat, I was prepared to be refreshed, not merely refueled. All of my senses were assaulted -- with color, aroma, flavor, texture and sound. I recall my grandfather's prayer, a formula that always began: "Our most gracious and loving Father, we praise and thank thee for the gift of thy son Jesus and for life eternal through him. We thank thee for guidance and for strength and for blessing us with this food . . . ." Table grace for my grandfather was a confession of faith, of ultimate loyalties. Food reminded him of his dependence on God. Food reinvigorated his faith and prompted him to confess it. Before he ate, he acknowledged his life as a gift from God.
In his letter to Timothy, Paul suggested that prayer makes food holy. The saying of grace sacralizes the food. That is what "blessing" is, after all. To bless food is to make it sacred
First, according to the Treatise, the family and guests gathered around the table. A clay pitcher full of water was carried in from the back room. The father, or host, waited for silence, then declared, "Blessed art thou who has given us command concerning the washing of the hands" -- whereupon each person in the group stretched out his or her hands to receive water poured from the pitcher. After drying their hands, they sat down. The prayer was resumed with a confession of their loyalty to God and to God's kingdom. Included in the prayer was a reminder that the seasonal rains necessary for the growth of corn, grapes and olives were contingent on human service and love for God -- no devotion, no rain. The earth yields fruit at God's command, the prayer affirmed, and fertile land is a gift. That is essentially the content of the prayer that preceded the actual blessing of the food.
Next, the food was brought in and set down on the table. The host studied each dish because there was a special blessing to be applied to each category of food. He commenced the blessing: "Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe. . ."; Then, with his mind's eye first on the loaf of bread baked from barley flour, he said, "who brought forth bread from the earth . . . ; then for the pot of lentils he prayed, "who created different kinds of seeds . . . ," and for the plate of onions and radishes, "who created different kinds of herbs. . . ." For the locusts fried in a batter of honey and flour, he continued, "by whose word all things exist . . ."; for the bowl of figs, "who created the fruit of the tree. . ."; for the wine, "who created the fruit of the vine . . ." And for the baked fish, he exclaimed, "Blessed be the One who created this baked fish; how beautiful it is!" Each item of food and drink appropriately blessed, according to the formula recalling the unique means through which God provided that item, the host concluded, "For all came into existence by God's word. Amen." The host then raised his head, broke a loaf of bread and distributed portions of food to each person at the table. Finally, everyone ate.
After the meal, spices were sprinkled on hot coals to produce a fragrant incense. The host proceeded with a benediction which was either spoken or sung as a hymn. The content of the benediction was essentially a thanksgiving for the food, for the gift of good land, and for the Temple. It was often concluded with the host testifying, "I have never seen the righteous forsaken. Amen."
What is striking about these Jewish table blessings is the reverent care given to such a common activity. Hands were washed not only for sanitary reasons, but in order to make them ritually pure for handling food, which was understood to be a gift from God. As a gift, food was holy, and to avoid desecrating it the people washed. Eating was a sacred ritual. So that the vastness of God's gift of good land and the food harvested from it could be more fully appreciated, the one saying the blessing paused over each dish. The individual blessings recognized the magnitude of the gift by elaborating its variety: the fruit of the vine, the fruit of the tree, the different kinds of seeds, the herbs -- each focused on the origin of the table's bounty in a way that praised God for the earth's glorious fertility. And its words of appreciation outstripped any cursory "Thank you, God, for this food."
Buber has recorded one Hasid's story of Abraham's reply to a guest who had eaten at Sarah and Abraham's table. When the guest had finished and wiped his chin, he rose to thank Abraham. Abraham asked the man, "Was the food that you have eaten mine? You have partaken of the bounty of the God of the universe. Now praise, glorify, and bless the One who spoke and the world was.
The Hasid went on to comment, "Whoever enjoys any worldly pleasure without benediction commits a theft against God."
It is not easy to picture food as holy. And the way we treat all those cornfields is anything but holy; the unnatural forms we force the corn to take are an insult to the good land on which it is grown. The fast factory food liberates us to live in the jet age, but it does not teach us that food is holy. Fast food teaches us that food is fuel; consequently, we are much better at cursing food than at blessing it.
Buber recounts the tale of an old rabbi, Abraham Yehoshua Heshel, who was considering the prospect of his death. Pushing back from the table after the noon meal, he recited the benediction, then stood up and began to pace slowly. Alone in the room, he pondered with knitted brow what God's verdict would be on his accomplishments. Suddenly his face glowed. Abraham stopped by the table covered with crumbs, reached out and gently stroked it with his hand. "Table, good table," he said, "you will testify on my behalf that I have properly eaten and properly prayed at your board."
That evening, Abraham Yehoshua Heshel instructed his son that when the time came he desired to be buried in a coffin built from the boards of his dismantled table.
The food we eat, and the way we handle it, may tell God a good deal. The table blessing is not simply a nice custom. It is a sacramental litany. Food and nourishment are made holy when received with a blessing.


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News Clips - August 22, 2008
From August 15 to August 21, Carnegie Mellon Media Relations counted 762 references to the university in worldwide publications. Here is a sample.
If you use the web, you may have already been enlisted as a human scanner
Scientific American | August 19
You might think that computer scientists would have figured out a way to get computers to decipher those characters. But they haven't, so instead they've figured out a way to harness all that effort you're making to protect your security. "When you're reading those squiggly characters, you are doing something that computers cannot," says
Luis von Ahn
, a computer scientist at
Carnegie Mellon
University (C.M.U.) in Pittsburgh.
Could robot aliens exist?
Popular Science | August 19
This brain swap may not be as far off for humans as one might think. In only a few decades, the computer revolution here on Earth has produced supercomputers capable of performing more than a quadrillion calculations per second. (According to research by
Hans Moravec
, an artificial-intelligence expert at
Carnegie Mellon
University, that rate trumps the human brain's estimated top speed of 100 trillion calculations per second.)
IT school to watch: Carnegie Mellon University
Computerworld Magazine | August 18
When Sara Culberson arrived at
Carnegie Mellon
University straight off a red-eye flight from her California home in 2003, it was sight unseen. But she soon fell in love not just with the school but with the human-computer interaction program she had enrolled in. "It had such a good reputation, I didn't even need to see it," she says. It's true that Carnegie Mellon is considered one of the top schools offering a master's program in human-computer interaction. Six of its faculty are members of the Association for Computing Machinery's CHI Academy.
Orientation is getting longer
BusinessWeek | August 17
On a recent warm day in Pittsburgh, as one attendee recounts it, a middle-aged man with tufts of white hair and a broad grin, elicited a pledge of loyalty from about 200 incoming MBA students at
Carnegie Mellon
University's Tepper School of Business. "He talked about commitment, and he asked, 'are you ready?'" says
Wendy Hermann
, the school's director of student services. "And they all said, 'we are ready!"
Education for Leadership
Carnegie Mellon team takes top honors
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | August 15
Raymond Sekula and Sasha Bakhru from
Carnegie Mellon
University Tepper School of Business students beat out 37 other teams worldwide in the annual Global Moot Corp. business plan competition. The win marks the Tepper School's fifth in the Moot Corp.'s 25-year contest history. The winners received a prize package valued at $100,000, plus the opportunity to ring the opening bell this morning at the Nasdaq stock market.
Carnegie Mellon students to ring bell on Wall Street
Pittsburgh Business Times | August 14
Students from
Carnegie Mellon
University's Tepper School of Business, in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood, will ring the opening bell Friday at the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York City. It is part of the estimated $100,000 prize packages the student team won at the Global Moot Corp competition, a business plan competition held annually by the University of Texas at Austin since 1983.
Arts and Humanities
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama hires theatre director Marianne Weems
Stage-Directions | August 18
In an innovative model for theatre education,
Marianne Weems
will divide her time between
Carnegie Mellon
and The Builders Association in New York City, actively engaging students in her new productions. Students will have the opportunity to work in the field while creating new connections in theatre to further their careers.
Information Technology
University IT managers juggle server safety, academic freedom
Pittsburgh Business Times | August 18
"My peers in information security are always surprised to learn of what goes on in a campus environment," said
Mary Ann Blair
Carnegie Mellon
University's director of information security. IT security managers on college campuses say their jobs are a balancing act: maintaining academic freedom while protecting the university's information systems. It's a much different role from the corporate setting, where IT managers can exercise top-down enforcement and create a locked-down computer system, formatting computers a specific way. That means some companies monitor Internet activity or block sites altogether that could expose the company's servers to malicious software or programs.
Hydrogels scaffolding to promote bone cells growth developed
Thaindian News | August 18
Carnegie Mellon
University researchers say that they have developed hyaluronic hydrogels that can provide scaffolding for growth of bone cells. The researcher trio behind this creation
Newell Washburn
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Jeffrey Hollinger
says that their hydrogels have already shown promising results in encouraging the growth of preosteoblast cells, cells that aid the growth and development of bone.
GHG reporting practices of most industries overlook 75% of emissions
Environmental Leader | August 19
Researchers at
Carnegie Mellon
University are urging companies to broaden their carbon footprint calculations with a new method that estimates the amount of GHG emissions across all tiers of the entire supply chain for all industries. Carbon footprints are typically reported in "tiers." Tier one includes emissions by the company's own activities. Tier two expands to include emissions from electricity and steam purchased by the company. Tier three includes all other emissions from the company's entire supply chain of goods and services.
Regional Impact
Defense trade show puts focus on state
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | August 16
The tour began in Philadelphia, then visited York County before stopping Thursday in Johnstown and at the University of Pittsburgh and
Carnegie Mellon
University's CyLab, a research center focused on Internet security.
'Pausch's People' walk to raise awareness
WTAE-TV News | August 16
Carnegie Mellon
University Professor
Randy Pausch
inspired millions with his courageous battle against pancreatic cancer. Several hundred people gathered Sunday at North Park in McCandless to ensure Pausch's message of hope lives on.
Carnegie Mellon Qatar welcomes fresh batch of students
Gulf Times | August 19
Carnegie Mellon
University in Qatar has welcomed its fifth and largest batch ever, the Class of 2012, which features 85 students, including 38 women. There are 28 Qataris with the rest representing 20 different nationalities. The new students, along with faculty and staff, participated in a formal convocation event held in the three-storey atrium of the new Carnegie Mellon building in Education City on Saturday.
Archives aided by anti-spam tools
BBC News | August 18
It is estimated that Captcha schemes are used about 100 million times every day. Created by
Luis von Ahn
Carnegie Mellon
University in Pittsburgh, the Recaptcha project scoops up words that optical character reading software has marked as unreadable by computers.
Mission creep at the Fed
Financial Express | August 15
Two weeks later the Fed said it would accept any AAA-rated securities as collateral, including those backed by student loans. Mr. Dodd praised the decision. But
Allan Meltzer
, a Fed historian at
Carnegie Mellon
University, cringed, saying it looked as if the Fed had caved in to political pressure: "It gets close to the idea of credit allocation. And every Fed chairman without exception worried about that."


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The Las Conchas wildfire in New Mexico spread dangerously close to the Los Alamos National Laboratory this week, causing the evacuation of the town and the shutdown of the lab, which is the headquarters for US military research. The laboratory was created during World War II to develop the first atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project and houses highly sensitive materials. As a precaution, scientists are monitoring radioactivity in the air. (Editor's Note: We will not post on Monday, July 4th, we'll see you again on Wednesday, July 6, 2011.) -Leanne Burden Seidel (34 photos total)
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1stDown of FKi and Diplo serve up another off kilter beat for Iggy to rap to. We got to point out the potential struggle of this particular line in this ditty that's dedicated to cunnilingus, though. "Said h wanna to blow fish, I'm hootie, follow my legs to my booty." We get it, but…meh.
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The contribution of Central Europe to the development of the history of XXth Century Photography cannot be over-estimated. At different periods and to differing degrees of intensity, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Warsaw and Ljubljana have been hotbeds of avant-garde movements that produced new visions of photography and laid the cornerstone of modernity.
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The time therefore was right to pay tribute to Central Europe at what is the worlds leading fair for still photography. With over 90 artists from Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia and Poland represented by one third of the galleries participating in the fair, Paris Photo offers a dense and rich panorama of historic, contemporary and emerging photography from the region
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25 represented countries whith 7 first timers: Canada, Czech Republic,
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creativity on the theme Electric Vision.
The Leica Camera exhibition, A Juste Titre, with a selection of 12
images by 12 contemporary photographers who use the mythical camera.
SFR Young Talents - Paris Photo Competition 2010 showcases the
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The HSBC exhibition East Side Story Chroniques dEurope
centrale, 103 avenue des Champs Elysées Paris 8e (open every day from
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POMONA -- A Pomona gas station owner suffered bullet wounds when he got into a shootout with armed robbers.
Paramedics took the victim to a hospital. His wounds were not considered life threatening.
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I think I can add a few cars to your growing list of 1965 Hemi Coronets:
Also: Ben Moody was from Arlington VA, the Argyle car was run by John Petrie (who also had a 1965 Plymouth) from Cooksville ONT, and Ed Knezevich was from Columbus OH and his car was called Humpin Hemi.
Other original owners might be: Lynn Balek (MN), Larry Cooper (LA), Tom Crutchfield (IN), Leonard Hughes (LA), Dale Mineer (KY) [see note below], AJ Lancaster (TN), Gene O'Neill (MA), Bob Porter (OH), Paul Richardson (OH), Jerry Vanek (ONT) [See August 2012 note below], Ray Wilkes (OH), Bob Banning Dodge, (MD)
In January 2010 Rtatman writes: My good friend Dale Mineer did in fact purchase and race Miss Coronet, a 1965 a990 Dodge from the time he bought it new until he became ill. He and Miss Coronet parted ways in January 2009 when my good friend Dale passed away. His beloved Miss Coronet has been passed on to his son Rick in Kentucky. Both will be missed by many.
In August 2012 Hap Gooder writes: Jerry Vanek was not the orginal owner of a 1965 Dodge Coronet. The original owner was Jim Almeter and it was called Thunder 11 from Attica New York. Then Jerry Vanek bought the car and painted it red and called it The 1/4 Mile Hustler. This Dodge is now [August 2012] owned by Hap Gooder from Fort Erie Ontario. The Mopar is restored to original condition when bought and it was known as Thunder 11.
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Schmidt pitches TinCaps to title
Former first-rounder helps Fort Wayne capture division crown
By John Torenli / Special to MLB.com | June 20, 2009 8:43 PM ET
After all, their intrastate rivals played a significant role in helping them capture their first division crown since 2003.
Former first-round pick Nick Schmidt tossed five solid innings Saturday as Fort Wayne topped South Bend, 4-1, to complete a doubleheader sweep and improve to 11-0 against the Silver Hawks this season.
"That's unbelievable to go 11-0 against any team," Schmidt said in the midst of a clubhouse celebration at Coveleski Stadium. "That's pretty crazy."
The TinCaps, who boast an astounding 21-0 record against the Silver Hawks and Dayton Dragons, established a franchise record with their 45th win of the first half, which concludes Sunday.
"We have a lot of great players on this team," Schmidt said. "There's not one guy you need to count on. Our lineup is strong 1-9, we have five quality starters and the bullpen has been phenomenal."
TinCaps manager Doug Dascenzo, a former Major League outfielder, concurred.
"Anytime you have a team that's 21 games over .500 you have to feel very, very good about them," he said. "From day one, they've played great baseball. They're 25 guys who love to play the game. They pitch well, hit well and play defense. That's what it takes to put a good stretch together."
After posting a 7-3 win in the completion of a suspended game earlier Saturday, Fort Wayne sent Schmidt (4-0) to the hill in search of the title.
The 23-year-old left-hander did not disappoint, yielding an unearned run on three hits and a walk with five strikeouts to remain unbeaten in 13 appearances, including 10 starts, this season.
"Not only is he a very good pitcher, but he's a tremendous young man and competitor," Dascenzo said. "The guys really do feed off that. We're really happy for him. He's been through a lot the past few months and he's on his way to a very good career."
Selected 23rd overall by the Padres in 2007, Schmidt has given up just one earned run over 31 innings in his last six starts.
"I attribute that to throwing a lot of strikes," he said. "I've been throwing good quality strikes down in the zone, and it takes you a long way."
The University of Arkansas product, who missed all of last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, admitted he wasn't aware of what was at stake prior to his latest strong performance.
"I really didn't think about the clinching," Schmidt said. "I kind of forgot about it because we've been winning so much."
Adam Zornes' two-run double in the second staked Schmidt to an early lead. Dan Robertson added an RBI single in the fifth before Blake Tekotte tripled and came home on Terry Hose's balk in the sixth to cap the scoring.
Zachary Herr worked around a walk in a scoreless sixth and Brad Brach struck out the side in the ninth for his 17th save, tying him with Wisconsin's Jim Henderson for the league lead and setting off the TinCaps' celebration.
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"Every superstar begins with a dream."
That's the way tonight's American Idol begins, as producers give us a montage of the Top 24 contestants, but with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata playing in the background. Because while they're showing the semi-finalists' happiest moments, some of them will be sad before the evening's done.
But then there will be 12 -- or will it be 13? -- that will incredibly happy.
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Absolutely magical place. One of the best resorts I have visited in a long time. As a gay couple I would highly recommend it. The service was top notch and all the rooms faced the ocean. It's best to stay at the resort and experience all the services and restaurants to get the full luxury experience. We got upgraded to an ocean front room and enjoyed the stay so much we defiantly will be coming back. The prices are very high to stay at this resort and I searched the Internet for the best rates and honestly found the best prices on Kayak.com
It is a beautiful resort, peope are very friendly. The additional charge per day. Charge is for parking use of telephone etc. Don't use the phone and if no car why do you have to pay this? Plus then you get limited cleaning service but an additional $200+ is added to your bill. If you are paying the amout you pay for the resort, parking should be part of it . Bar at pool closes too early. No discount on activities for guest to do different tours, found that surprising. Usually you get at least 10% off if you book through the hotel
Amazing location, beautiful grounds, friendly staff, soft sheets, the manta rays viewable from the ground floor restaurant at night - The surprise $30 "resort fee" at check-in for wifi, the bottled water in our room, and a bunch of resort programing like hula classes - The dirty sink
The grounds were really nice, it was cool to watch the manta ray boats in the evening, and the waves crashing on the cliffs at sunrise. The rooms were nice and clean, it was a really nice stay for the price. Our ocean view room did have a glimpse of the ocean, but there was a parking lot and another building between us and the ocean and we really couldn't hear the waves from our room.
Pool and game room for children Lack of staff at front desk. Lack of trained life guards at pool. Will not stay at this facility again.
Cheap relatively speaking. Good ocean views. Moldy smelling room. Guest service took 6hrs and 2 phone calls to respond to a simple task.
Nice view and convenient location. Poor service, old infrastructure, and food was not good.
Excellent pool with slide; great for our 7 & 8 year old boys. Some rooms called "oceanview" are a sliver of bay - really partial oceanview; lets just try to stretch it too much
Pool, cleanliness, comfort, view, things for kids to do. Slow elevators, distance from Kailua town, pricey food and drink.
The hotel was very casual and beautiful. The cliff side was more impressive than your average beach front hotel. Our room had a beautiful ocean view and was very clean. Overall it was a great experience. Good for couple and for families alike. Staff was friendly and accommodating. True 4 star!
The location is beautiful. The staff was very helpful. The hotel looks a bit tired and needs some TLC.
The resort itself is very nice. The pool is exceptional place to relax (not so much swim as it's shallow) but overall very nice. The view is amazing right along the coast too. The staff is wonderful and we even did some of the classes on lei making and such. The property could use some repair. Our balcony chairs were completely worn out, the wicker broken and missing and this caused clothing to get snagged. The bathroom was in need of paint as well. Nothing that some attention to detail couldn't remedy quickly.
Parking and wi fi were supposed to be free. Charged me 30 $ .
I used to love this place - the funky retro vibe was kitchy and the staff used to be super friendly. Now? Not so much. I was attacked by what I'm guessing are bedbugs and the front desk had no reaction whatsoever. As a repeat guest they used to upgrade me all the time - this time I asked about it and was told different things (they don't do that anymore, the rooms weren't available, check back later). Meh - there are better options on the island.
Exquisite! Paradise! This facility is outstanding! It was more than I expected! Very plush, tranquil ponds and water falls with lots of exotic plants, fish ponds, beautiful beach front and grounds! Inside is beautiful and well maintained. Good breakfast buffet selection and menu items. A little pricey, but all of Hawaii is pricey! Loved our stay and look forward to returning! Aloha!
Resort facilities were amazing and staff was exceptionally helpful. We will be making this our annual vacation. Rooms could use updates, but any time we told the staff of any issue they immediately took care of it and went above and beyond to make sure we were happy.
Lush landscaping, multiple fish and turtle ponds. Loved the balcony, ocean view. Secluded quiet beach. We went in October so it was not crowded. The breakfast buffet was great. The valet service was exceptional. Snorkeling right there. Not enough restaurants. Although the entrance and lobby was grand, it looked a bit shabby. Missing tiles in the hot tub, general upkeep stuff. The room was small even though we paid for high end room.
Beautiful grounds and great treatment Nothing
Facilities clean and well maintained for older facility. Rooms comfortable Staff friendly VERY EXPENSIVE for what you get The $25 resort fee gets you snorkeling gear and thats about it. Everything else costs extra. This is not a place to bring kids. There is very little to do here besides swimming. Food choices are limited. There are 2 expensive restaurants ($100/person), and 2 grills that serve burgers and flatbread pizzas. Clientele are mostly older, childless couples. The wind blew continuously- Might be normal for November? Reefs are in bad health and only saw about 5 species of fish There is nothing to see in the near area. Very isolated. Volcano National Park 3.5hr, Mauna Kea Observatories 1.5hr Rainbow Falls 1.5hr, Hilo 1.5hr, Kona Airport 20min
Bought our stay through kayak. Misread the email regarding breakfast, and we thought it was included. Food was crappy, but we thought nothing of it because we assume it was free. Got stuck with a 66$ bill, and when we went to inquire at the front desk they eventually said "sorry we didn't screw up, you did". Worst part is they had a promotion that if you stayed 3 nights you got the 4th for free, and 4 nights would have qualified us for free breakfast. The resort itself was gorgeous, but everything in the area was over priced and sub par. Even the surrounding mini mall is poor value, since everything is catering to the resort. We averaged spending 200$ a day on food, for what was the equivalent of whole foods level food. The view was nice, but will not be returning. Would not recommend
Beautiful clean rooms and grounds. Friendly staff. Really great, relaxing atmosphere Didn't stay long enough!
Awesome hotel!! Stayed in a bungalow!!!! Loved everything about it!!!
The service was impeccable and the small touches that most hotels miss made things memorable.
We stayed Sunday-Weds and it wasn't crowded/busy at all and so relaxing. We loved the grounds of the resort and the open/airiness of the hotel. We walked arounds all the ponds and looked at the fish and enjoyed the cabanas on the beach. Although we didn't as much advantage of it, there are free workout classes (yoga, pilates, etc) and free usage of the snorkel gear, kayaks, and bikes. The shuttles that can take you to the Fairmont, the Shops (with grocery), and the gym/spa was very convenient. Everyone was very friendly at the hotel. We had an ocean view room where we could view the pool area too and we were able to watch the gorgeous sunset from our balcony every night. Our king bed room was very spacious with double sinks. I would definitely stay here again. Not a huge deal, but there were some ants in the bathroom and when I left a can of juice out on our coffee table. We also ate at the Honu bar (spelling?) the new bar and it was just the 2nd night it opened. The food and drinks were overpriced for the atmosphere of the bar, which looks like it was put together with random leftover furniture. I think if they invested more into the ambience the food/drink price would be better matched or keep that space as a casual cafe. It would be nice to have a more casual priced restaurant at the resort, where you could grab coffee, drinks, and sandwiches. I felt like the eating options were limited.
Ultra friendly staffs, free snorkeling gear, free cabanas, luxurious rooms. Nothing
We were very happy with our stay at this condo. It was very spacious, a little dated but very, very clean. The hot tub and pool were shared with very few units so it was like having your own pool. It is located in a very nice residential area adjacent to the Kona Country Club. It is a quiet and peaceful place. The shopping in Kona is several miles away so you would need a car. Should we return to the Big Island, we would want to return to Mauna Loa Village. Shower heads could be cleaned or replaced.
convenience of a condo, pool kitchen and bathroom in need of an update
Room not cleaned once. Towels not changed once even thou the sign in the room says leave towels on floor if you want them replaced. They are under renovations and construction everyday 9 to 5 including Sunday all around us. Can not believe they could not put us in a room further away from the noise.
we stayed in one of the one bedrooms which has a full kitchen. we could hear the ocean from our room.the gardens are beautiful. the staff always nice we have stayed here at least 5times and it is nice.town is just a short drive away .we walked it alot but we are walkers.close beaches nearby.two open air markets nearby. thank you mary mike carley
walls,furniture,floors could use a good scrubbing.nice set up the one bedrooms.
I stayed for 7 nights for my honeymoon and we were given a 2 bedroom oceanview condo. It was such so large and roomy. We were kept stocked with towels which come in handy for the beach. The staff was extremely helpful and very friendly. The hotel was clean and the garden down the middle is spectacular. The location of the hotel from town I thought was a perfect distance away. Not too close with all the commotion and traffic but still close enough to walk it if you had to. Overall we had a pleasant stay at the royal sea cliff. I would definitely go back.
As soon as we walked in the room, it was just one thing after another. First off, we were greeted by a mouse that ran around the living room and ended up in the sofa bed. My boyfriend had to take the sofa outside to get the mouse out. I called the front desk to ask if we could change rooms and they said not until the next day. There was human hair on the counter tops and floor of the restroom. The carpet was damp as if they had just cleaned the carpets. At first I thought it was just humidity, but the carpet was just gross to walk on bare footed. The next day when we returned from our day trip, maintenance put in a cardboard mouse trap in the living room. I'm grateful there wasn't anything in it. It was just a horrible stay. I really thought this was going to be a nice place to stay, but I was wrong. I will never return to this Outrigger or to any Outrigger again.
stayed at this hotel from April 20th thru the 25th, 2013 and loved every minute staff was polite and helpful, good location, wonderful pools, will come back and bring family
Though the grounds, the pool and location were wonderful and the staff was very nice, we booked it especially because it had a ''fully stocked'' kitchen. We ended up buying such basics as a measuring cup and salt. The cookware was predictably horrible, but we were really appalled by the stove! The burners were so slanted we could hardly use them. And though I do not think it is particular to this hotel, do not use the lanai after sunset!
The room I had was up the stairs in the front of the condo's. Was not handicapped friendly in any way. The parking stop was a ways from my room and I could not even see my rental car. The pools where at the other end of the units and not easy to get to to swim. The room was not worth what was quoted pricewise and the sliding drapes did not completely close. That means the windows where not closed to give much privacy. It was also really difficult to find the condos as ivy had grown up almost covering the condo name on the entrance, so at night you could drive by couple of times before finding the driveway into the condos. Could have gotten less expensive place since I did no cooking while I was in Kona. Make sure you look real well before picking a condo as some are out of town and not within walking distance to downtown.
housekeeping only comes by once a week now because of economy.front of hotel rooms can hear all street and garage (early am) noises.maintenance quickly brought us fan,clock/radio,blow dryer.front desk always pleasent/helpfull.one pool/jacuzzi down all of feb.09.grounds area is very relaxing.filled with lots of folage,such as banana trees with fruit.thank you the marlin family
This was a great home base for us. We stayed in unit 408, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It was tastefully decorated and felt like a home away from home. The landscaping was lovely, but the outside of the buildings weren't much to look at. The pool areas were located close to the ocean but were locked until 9:00. I would have liked to sit near the pool and have coffee in the mornings. In the afternoon and evening the pools were overrun by families with loud young children. I'd request adult swim hours if I were a year round resident. There were some minor issues with the room that I hope the property owners/management do not neglect. A pocket door in the second bath did not slide properly and would not close completely. The toilets required the handle jiggle technique and, even though I reminded my 3 teens, we came home once and one was still running. The front door deadbolt is broken, although there is a separate latch for added security when we were in the room. The ceilings are very high and the curtains were pulled off from the slider in some places. There was a mildew smell in certain areas of the apartment, but I don't think I have ever stayed oceanfront without some evidence of dampness. I would also suggest a little more attention to housekeeping (beyond the daily clean towels). It's nice to come home to beds made, and you sometimes need to have the bathrooms wiped up more than once a week. Even though there is no swimming beach, there was access to the ocean for launching kayaks and I got to see dolphins one morning very early. This is an amazing island and I would definitely stay here again.
Booking last minute on a search engine made me a little wary, but I absolutely loved the property & amenities. I was a single female travellor & felt totally safe. The location was a nice walk into town, beautiful ocean views & super friendly staff!!
overall nice place to stay.close to town and beaches.helpful staff.
Staff uninterested, cleaning fee excessive
Nothing When we arrived to the resort the front office was closed and the security guard didn't have our names or room listed. There was another group also waiting who were in the same boat. When we asked if this has happened before he replied yes this happens quite a bit. The resort is operated by Outrigger whose off site office on Alii dr was also closed. Our end result was driving an hour to stay at the closest nearby hotel and a horrible start to our vacation .


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Mary Teresa Hopkins Norton (1875-1959)
The first congresswoman from the East and the first Democratic congresswoman not preceded by her husband, Mary T. Norton was elected from New Jersey's Jersey City district in 1924.
She lacked a college education because her father objected to educated women. Mary Hopkins did go to secretarial school, however, and supported herself in New York until marrying Robert Frances Norton in 1909. She was a 34-year-old bride, and their only child died in infancy. Her husband chose to stay so far from politics that when he died after she had been in Congress for almost a decade, many were surprised to discover that she had a husband; they thought "Mrs. Norton" already was a widow.
Her career began with a coal shortage during World War I. She went to Jersey City's Democratic politico Frank Hague for fuel for a child nursery run by her Catholic church, and he was so impressed with her that soon after New Jersey women were enfranchised in 1920, he urged her to run for the board of freeholders (the state's equivalent of county commissioner). "You'll like it," Hague promised her. "You can run the poor farm and the orphans' home." He encouraged her to run for Congress at the next election, and when she said that she did not "know anything about Congress" he replied, "Neither do most congressman."
With the support of Jersey City Democrats, Mary T. Norton – as she always signed her name – began her congressional career in 1925. Republicans controlled the House, and they assigned her the Labor Committee; in the politically reactionary twenties, this was not considered an important committee. The stock market crashed a few years later, however, and as the Great Depression worsened and especially after the 1932 election of Franklin Roosevelt, it became very important. Social Security, minimum wage and maximum-hours laws, and other vital changes were established when Mary Norton served on the House Labor Committee. She worked with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to truly reshape the American economy.
At the same time, Norton rose to chair the District of Columbia Committee from 1932 to 1937. This was another bottom-of-the-basement assignment given to congressional outsiders, but instead of spending her energies to get off the committee, Norton championed equality for D.C. with such vigor that she became known as the "first woman mayor of Washington."
She gave up that committee when she assumed the chair of the House Labor Committee in 1937. When the United States entered World War II in 1941, Chairman Norton thus was in an extremely important position. Experts agree that World War II was a battle of production, and that the key to victory was attracting enough competent workers to build more planes, ships, and weapons than the enemy did. Norton's position was key to producing that result. Again working with Perkins and President Franklin Roosevelt, she played a strong role in creating a labor force that brought women and minorities to vital jobs in defense plants.
Norton supported the first affirmative action that the wartime Labor Department instituted, but like Eleanor Roosevelt and many other feminists of this era, she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because it would nullify state laws that protected women in industry. Instead, Norton worked for an equal pay law and, especially during and immediately after the war, for government-funded child nurseries. This and the labor reforms of the 1930s not only prevented strikes during the war, but also and especially brought labor and management together in mutually respected roles.
After serving a quarter-century, she announced her retirement in the election of 1950, when she was seventy-five. Representative Norton received many honors, but found no publisher for the autobiography she wrote in retirement. She died in Greenwich, Connecticut on August 2, 1959, when she was 84.
Mary T. Norton merits more recognition than she gets from today's working women: because of her leadership in Congress (and Frances Perkins in the executive branch) today's workers are assured decent pay, health and safety protections, retirement benefits, and economic opportunity.
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After the victory over local rivals Moseley, Hill urged his team to sharpen up and admits he will now look to bring more consistency to selection to bring the test out of his top-of-the-table squad.
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"It is up to me now. After six matches we haven't clicked as I would like and I will go away and decide how we do that.
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Sarah Abitbol brings a high level of intensity to the ice. You have to realize how important it was for her, and her country to win a medal in doubles figure skating. The people of France were very proud of her efforts. When you look back at her career, you begin to realize that she always skated with dignity and class.
You will find that her greatest work may have come in the 1998 Nagano Winter Games. You still her out there making appearances on different televisions, ice shows trying to inspire young girls to go into skating. You see Sarah Abitbol leading a solid personal life, off of the ice. Young girls need to know that if you live a solid personal life off of the ice that this can lead to a large number of endorsements as well.
Ice skating can move at a very high speed, but it can also be very majestic. Sarah Abitbol is such an inspiration because she understands the majesty of a given skating program. You have to be able to understand your audience and enchant them. Sarah is able to do this on a global stage when it comes to ice skating fans. Her fans also have to make a note of how you can always get an autograph, a picture from Sarah. You may even find that she is able to throw in a word of encouragement.
You have to learn how to work as a part of a team in life, and Sarah can help you learn how to work within a team. You can spend a fair amount of time on the ice and see the necessity of working as a team member. Ice skaters have to go through a large amount of training. You need to know that his amount of training takes a certain amount of dedication. Whatever you do for a long term career, you should put a certain amount of dedication into it to be successful.
Sarah also picks very inspirational songs to skate to for fun. You need to know that people can be inspired by a great song to hit the ice. You have to be able to find a reason to smile and actually learn how to entertain the fans as a young skater. Sarah did this as she was winning medals. Ice skating in Buffalo NY can be an excellent place to start.


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