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According to journalist Peter O'Rourke, U.S. U20 midfielder Kyle Scott is just about done at Chelsea after nearly two years. O'Rourke's sources say Scott is asking to leave the club.
One would assume that based solely on outward appearances, life was good in these halcyon championship days for Kyle Scott at Chelsea. The young American international, who's represented England, Ireland and the U.S. at the YNT level, just polished off his best ever youth campaign at the club level. Chelsea won its second consecutive UEFA Youth League title earlier this month, and Scott played an integral role. He scored the only goal to beat Ajax in the quarterfinals. That came just two months after he signed a new contract in February.
Chelsea dropped PSG 2-1 in the final, and you can see Scott (third from the left) celebrating here.


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It may not have been designed by Frank Gehry, but the new home of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and her family shares many characteristics with the social network's upcoming West Campus expansion of its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
U.K. newspaper The Daily Mail provided an extensive look at Sandberg's new digs, also located in Menlo Park. Like Facebook's new facility, the new home includes a "living roof" with solar panels and grass, and the majority of its living space is hidden underground in the basement.
Other features of the new home, as reported by The Daily Mail, include:
- 9,210 square feet.
- A waterfall.
- A large great room where Sandberg can host her Silicon Valley dinner parties.
- Sparkling lights illuminating the house number.
- A large garage, as well as several outdoor parking spots.
- Second-floor bedrooms with large windows that face a leafy road.
- The basement features a wine room, a gym, a movie theater, an office, and a guest bedroom.
The Daily Mail reported that some residents were unhappy with the fact that the new home's ultra-modern look is in stark contrast with the area's more traditional homes.
Alain Pinel Realtor Judy Citron, who recently sold a house four doors away for $3.76 million, estimated that Sandberg's new property could be worth around $11 million following all of the renovations, and she told The Daily Mail:
It's one of the most charming streets in Menlo Park. The lots are big — so commands an affluent community.
It's a meandering street with a lot of character. There are grand oaks and lots of vegetation. And it's within walking distance to downtown, and lots don't come up very often.
I think it sends a message that she wants to be part of the local community, and that's a good thing for Facebook's reputation.
Menlo Park assistant planner Kyle Perata told the newspaper:
It's a very memorable place. There's a large basement, and a first and second floor. The basement has a falling waterfall feature in a sunken patio with a light well. Water falls down the top of the wall down into a pool.
Menlo Park Building Official Ron LaFrance added:
It's a pretty impressive property. It's a beautiful house. The contractors did a gorgeous job. The attention to detail is really impressive.
I hadn't seen the living roofs or water features on a residential property — a lot of the features you would normally see in a commercial property.
It's one of the most impressive houses I've seen, and one of the biggest properties I've seen in the area.
And area realtor Keri Nicholas told The Daily Mail:
Facebook put us on the map. We're almost like New York: Everyone wants to be here, and we have finance companies and venture capitalists. But we have no more land — and we were expensive before Facebook came here.
We have a community. You don't want to be behind gates. And although this area is very traditional, we have a lot of Apple employees, as well, and they prefer a more modern design.
Readers: What do you think of Sandberg's new home?
Photos by David Sievert, for The Daily Mail.


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Delta Air Lines
in the United States on Christmas day, CNN reported, as the mid-Atlantic and U.S. Northeast will likely see a combination of heavy rain, sleet and snow, with the heaviest amounts of precipitation in higher elevations.
An airline spokesman said that Delta canceled 300 flights in and out of Atlanta and 200 more elsewhere throughout the country.
Delta will waive penalties for travelers who have to reschedule their trips over the weekend.
The company is encouraging people flying with the airline to
check flight status frequently
New England could see up to eight inches of snow on Saturday and upwards of 10 inches in some areas into Sunday and Monday. Boston will see mostly rain from late Sunday into Monday and both New York and Philadelphia could see snow. Sleet and snow is expected for Atlanta from late Saturday into Sunday.


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So that it seems to me that we can fairly claim a strictly scientific basis for mental healing.
Physical and mental healing were one and the same with this master Metaphysician.
After this he developed a system of mental healing of his own, practising it298 in different towns in Maine for some years.
There is no pretense that this use of mental healing for headache is new or even modern.
In fact, unless I am mistaken, his interest in mental healing began at a time when he and his family alike were free from illness.
It certainly was a mental healing, and how far the power of the mind to heal goes none of us can say.
There seems to have been a great development of mental healing during the nineteenth century.
But even here we shall find it worth while to trace broadly the history of faith and mental healing.
This is the KEY to all mental healing; it is the whole thing.
Practically faith and mental healing had depended, till Quimby took it up, upon persons or objects.


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But his relatives and the government are reportedly still at odds over the details.
Zhao died last week, 15 years after he was put under house arrest for opposing the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown against pro-democracy protesters.
The government has played down news of his death for fear of sparking fresh reformist protests.
"As a family we think Saturday is OK," a daughter-in-law, Margaret Ren, told the French news agency AFP.
"It's a sort of mutual agreement... Now it's in discussion. We're hoping that it can be decided soon," she said.
Zhao's family and the Beijing leadership are reportedly in disagreement over the scale of the ceremony, and whether his remains should rest with other dead state leaders in Babaoshan Cemetery.
Zhao's family are under pressure not to release details of his funeral plans, having been told they were "state and Party secrets", Frank Lu, a Hong Kong-based activist said.
Government officials have confirmed that Zhao's funeral would reflect his membership of the Party, but have signalled that the ceremony would be far more low-key than the lavish events held in the past for top Communist Party officials.
But retired senior party members, including former National People's Congress chairmen Wan Li and Qiao Shi, have called on the Party to hold a ceremony commensurate with Zhao Ziyang's former positions, Di Sha, the wife of a former Party paper editor, told Hong Kong newspapers.
Zhao, who as Party chief oversaw China's bold economic reforms, was removed from power after he opposed using military force against the protesters.
He was never again seen in public after 19 May 1989, when he went to the square and made a tearful appeal for demonstrators to leave.


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The rebound in investor confidence that is buoying small caps is only serving to widen the performance gap between the laggards and leaders.
The gap is being driven by the fact that this has become more of a stock picker's market with the bull market maturing as it enters its third year.
However, discerning investors shouldn't be ignoring the cast-offs either as a handful of them have a good chance of winning favour with the market within the next year.
Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals (CUV)
The skin disorder treatment company has repositioned itself over the past few years as a serious biotech player but the stock remains under the radar of most investors despite growing interest in the sector after some notable takeovers.
Its lead compound, afamelanotide, is a synthetic form of a natural hormone that is released by the body to stimulate the production of melanin, which protects against ultraviolet (UV) radiation when the skin comes into contact with the sun.
The company claims that a tiny implant of afamelanotide the size of a grain of rice will give two months of increased UV protection and Nomura Australia healthcare analyst Dave Stanton believes that the stock could surge four-fold if the market better appreciates Clinuvel's upside potential.
"We think there is definitely opportunities in the vitiligo space for Clinuvel and that is not a small opportunity," said Dr Stanton.
Vitiligo is a chronic pigmentation disorder that often recurs when treatment stops. There is no one best treatment for the disorder at the moment.
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) gave permission last month for Clinuvel to conduct a pilot phase II clinical trial to treat nonsegmental vitiligo, which afflicts 45 million people around the world.
Nonsegmental vitiligo affects both sides of the body while segmental vitiligo affects only one side. About 85 per cent of patients are nonsegmental.
Clinuvel is further along in gaining final approval to market afamelanotide to treat patients with extreme sensitivity to light and Dr Stanton believes that the company's $22.5 million cash holding is sufficient to fund its clinical trial program.
The stock shed 1.9 per cent this morning as it tumbled to a 4-month low of $1.785. Nomura is urging investors to buy the stock with a price target of $8.20 a share.
Salmat (SLM)
The call centre and catalogue delivery company is struggling to recover from the recent sell-off that sent its stock crashing to a 1½-year low of $3.58 three weeks ago.
The loss of a major call centre contract with Telstra and lower first-half net profit and sales have hurt sentiment towards
While the $50 million contract loss represents 6 per cent of group revenue, JP Morgan believes that the work was done on low margins.
The broker estimates that earnings before interest, tax and amortisation (EBITA) margin in the customer contact solutions division will improve to 8.2 per cent from 7.5 per cent in 2011-12 as a result.
Brokers polled on Bloomberg are divided between posting a "buy" or "hold" on the stock as Salmat's earnings are largely beholden to a handful of very large clients. The uncertain outlook for discretionary spending is also not helping to lift confidence towards Salmat.
However, few will deny that the stock is looking cheap as it is on a consensus forecast price-earnings multiple of about 9.7 times for 2011-12 – a more than 40 per cent discount to its five-year average.
JP Morgan has an "overweight" rating on the stock with a price target of $4.98 a share. Salmat gained 4¢ in early trade to $3.70.
PaperlinX (PPX)
Investors with a higher risk tolerance might like to consider one of the most disliked small industrial stocks,
The share price fell another 1¢ this morning to 34¢ and investors will need to return to the depth of the global financial crisis in the March quarter of 2009 to find a lower price.
The falling global paper price, high Australian dollar and a major restructure to save the company from its overstretched balance sheet have kept PaperlinX in the sin-bin, but the stock has arguably one of the greatest leverage to a recovery – and there are early signs of this.
PaperlinX managed to post an underlying net profit of $8.5 million for the six months to December 31, 2010, compared with a loss of $11.2 million for the previous corresponding period, while paper prices in Europe and North America are expected to rise in the second half.
There are also reasons to suspect that the downside is limited from here. PaperlinX is trading on a one-year forward price-earnings of about 14 times versus 21.5 times for its international peers, and with a net-tangible-asset backing of 34¢.
Further, the most conservative broker polled on Bloomberg has a price target of 40¢ on the stock - or about 18 per cent above where the share price is trading.
The Australian Financial Review


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If the line, "Mirror, Mirror on the wall..." sounds familiar, we've got some bad news for you.
The famous line from "Snow White" actually begins with, "Magic mirror," and that's just one of the famous movie misquotes debunked in the AllTime10s video above.
Watch and see which movie quotes you've been getting wrong (or right) and share it with your misquoting friends.
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If you've worked in the API space in the last few years, you've probably come across the concept of hypermedia and the debate surrounding it. Some people believe it's a silly idea that makes client applications more complex than necessary while others believe it's a powerful concept that can be used to simplify applications for easier upgrades and greater flexibility.
At Clarify, we believe that hypermedia makes sense as it makes our API explorable for clients, more flexible in design, and provides explicit descriptions for relationships between resources.
Before we get into the "why," let's make sure we're talking about the same thing.
What is Hypermedia (or HATEOAS)?
First, hypermedia is the idea that the API itself tells you what is available based on your context. This is similar to when you visit Amazon.com. The first time you ever visited Amazon, you saw links like "create account" and "log in." Once you logged in, those links were replaced with "log out" and "account history." The site knows your current context and only gives you options relevant at that time. The alternative – and how most APIs are structured – would require you to dig through the documentation and find the specific URL for each step and figure out what to do next. Relatively simple multi-step processes that we take for granted – like checking out – become complicated and fragile to the point of being unusable for mere mortals.
Hypermedia: Choose Your Own Adventure
In a Choose Your Own Adventure book, you don't read the pages sequentially. Instead, as you progress through the story, you are presented with choices which send you to different pages. You go to that page, are presented with another choice, and then repeat. In an API, these choices are represented by URLs which are described by relationships or intents. As you use the API, the relationships we understand become options available to us. This understanding comes from a defined set of relationships called link relations. Some link relations are defined – like
next, previous, first, last – but you can also create more which are specific to your industry, application, or even use case.
How is hypermedia used?
The "how" is where things gets a little squishier.
Great APIs are designed around noun/verb combinations. Those are listed in the documentation, developers build things around them, and then embed that information in your client applications. This all works until the API changes. In the simplest case, new optional parameters are not a problem. On the other end of the spectrum is changing an existing URL. It's a breaking change which implies a new version of the API. Somewhere between those extremes is when the API adds new resources.
A new resource gives you easier, faster, or more powerful functionality that you don't currently have. Unfortunately, in most APIs, a new resource implies new/more documentation, helper library updates, new quickstart guides, more support emails, etc, etc. It's a pain at best because we can't take advantage of this resource unless we update our application to create the URLs and process the results. But if we shift our thinking from URLs to link relations (or an intent), things change in subtle but powerful ways.
If we have a payload that suddenly adds a URL with the "
next" link relation, we know that following it will get another page of results. As long as we know how to process the payloads, our application is updated. We don't have to do anything else. We can skip over concatenating strings or doing string replacements. Which brings us to the point…
So why does Clarify use hypermedia?
At Clarify, we're building machine learning systems to process, understand, and transform audio and video from bits and bytes into data that's actionable and understandable to mere mortals. The most important part is that those systems are constantly dissecting and analyzing media files – including both the audio and video – to extract what it contains, understand what it means, and turn it into something useful and actionable. As a result, sometimes our systems discover unexpected patterns, relationships, and attributes that someone finds useful.
Or to put it another way: we don't always know what's next.
Therefore, we end up with an unpredictable collection of ever-expanding objects beneath each piece of media that we need to process and consider. In our opinion, hypermedia is the only way to support this growing web of related resources.
When we launched, we only supported search. Although we were processing and understanding quite a bit about the media, we weren't exposing it via the API. As our automated transcripts improved, we applied basic Natural Language Processing to extract the
spoken_keywords report to give you the important words. Taking this a level deeper, we analyzed the content to determine the
spoken_topics to figure out what the media is about. As we explore and learn more, we simply add more link relations to represent each insight we discover about your media.
The resulting JSON payload looks something like this:
"bundle_id": "abcde12345",
"created": "2015-03-04T05:03:04.292Z",
"updated": "2015-05-16T20:39:37.508Z",
"_class": "Insights",
"_links": {
"curies": [
"href": "/docs/insights/{rel}",
"name": "insight",
"templated": true
"insight:spoken_keywords": {
"href": "/v1/bundles/abcde12345/insights/54321edcba"
"insight:classification": {
"href": "/v1/bundles/abcde12345/insights/edcba56789"
"insight:spoken_words": {
"href": "/v1/bundles/abcde12345/insights/12345abcde"
"insight:spoken_topics": {
"href": "/v1/bundles/abcde12345/insights/34567abcde"
"insight:transcript_r4": {
"href": "/v1/bundles/abcde12345/insights/98765abcde"
"parent": {
"href": "/v1/bundles/abcde12345"
"self": {
"href": "/v1/bundles/abcde12345/insights"
Now for someone to find the keywords, they find the
insight:spoken_keywords key and retrieve the corresponding href. Or the client application can let the user explore related resources or even go back to the beginning with the parent link relation. Our helper libraries further emphasize this by completely hiding the URLs and letting you request specific insights by name. In fact, when we launched the topics insight recently, none of our libraries needed updating because you simply request the insight by name and the resulting data is the same structure as keywords.
The point is that once you understand one part of the API, that understanding can be applied to other parts with almost no effort. As new parts of the API light up, developers – or their client applications – can explore quickly and simply. It speeds the initial development and encourages more and deeper integrations over time.
If you'd like to delve deeper into hypermedia, check out Luke Stokes' post on "Why your Colleagues Still Don't Understand Hypermedia APIs."
Special thanks to my friend and colleague James Higginbotham of LaunchAny for feedback and asking some hard questions.


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A NSW Supreme Court judge has struck out claims that
Financial planner Stephen Navra took Bendigo Bank to court late last year in a bid to prevent it from handing over the details of 273 clients of his firm to credit agencies. The clients stopped paying the loans after it emerged that Great Southern had mismanaged its various agriculture managed investment schemes.
Yesterday judge David Hammerschlag struck out parts of Mr Navra's claim, including arguments that the loans should be declared void on account of alleged misrepresentations or misleading conduct by Great Southern. The loans were originally made by Great Southern and then transferred to Bendigo Bank. Mr Navra had planned to argue that defects due to Great Southern's conduct flowed through to the bank.
Justice Hammerschlag struck out this part of the claim after Mr Navra argued he could not advance his case without information from the bank – which the bank has refused to provide. The judge allowed the case to proceed on the narrower scope that the loans were not properly transferred, and hence cannot be enforced by the bank.
Mr Navra's lawyer, Daren Anderson, said his client preferred to fight the case on the narrower basis. The question of whether the bank can credit list his clients will return to court on March 12.
Last month the bank started proceedings against three of its customers in the Victorian Supreme Court. Bank spokesman Will Rayner said they would be joined in the next few days by another six borrowers who had stopped paying their loans.
Along with those cases, the critical test for Bendigo Bank will be whether a class action is launched. Macpherson + Kelley says it acts for 1200 customers of the bank who believe their loans are invalid.
At its half-year results last month, Bendigo Bank said the number of investors in the class action had diminished. The bank has raised only $29 million in provisions against the total $490 million exposure, meaning its profit will take a hit if it fails to enforce the loans in the courts.
Bendigo Bank shares rose 3¢ yesterday to close at $9.78.
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Novartis' ($NVS) Sandoz unit rolled out its biosimilar version of Amgen's ($AMGN) Neupogen last fall after waging a months-long battle in court--and waiting out an injunction imposed under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act.
Next time, Sandoz doesn't want to stand by to watch the clock tick through a 180-day notice period. The company has asked the Supreme Court to review the appeals court ruling that forced the delay, in hopes that it will interpret the BPCIA differently.
At issue is a ruling from the U.S. Federal Circuit, which set out its definition of the 180-day notice stipulated by the BPCIA. The law says the biosimilar developer has to give the branded drugmaker a 180-day heads up before launching its product. Just when that notice can be given is a key point--and the Federal Circuit decided that it has to wait until after the biosim has FDA approval in hand.
Sandoz first gave notice of its plans to commercially market Zarxio before the FDA had approved the drug. Amgen argued that notice was ineffective because the law requires notice of a "licensed" product--and a product is only licensed when it's FDA-approved. The district court agreed with Sandoz, but the appeals court ruled for Amgen.
Now, Sandoz argues that forcing biosim makers to delay till the FDA has approved their product in essence gives the branded product an additional 180 days of exclusive hold on the market--an "exclusivity windfall," is how the company's petition put it.
If the circuit court's decision is allowed to stand, it "will delay the availability of all biosimilars for 180 days more than Congress intended--even if the sponsor has no valid patent claims and even if the sponsor already has had the opportunity to pursue any valid claims," the company argues.
Sandoz also contends that allowing 180-day notice only after FDA approval interferes with the intended framework for patent disputes. The maker of the original product--the "reference product," as styled by the law--can't sue to defend some patent rights until after the notice happens. That sequence of events is "entirely inconsistent with a statute structured to maximize the chance that any patent disputes will be resolved before FDA approval."
The question is such a basic one for biosimilar drug development and marketing that the National Law Review sees a good chance that the U.S. high court will take it up. "The Supreme Court may be inclined to hear this case, since it involves an important provision of the BPCIA, and because the decision in effect delays the commercial availability of less expensive biosimilar products that the BPCIA was enacted to provide," the review noted Thursday.
The rules for how and when biosimilar products can hit the market are critical for both sides of the equation. Makers of the original products of course would like to hold off biosimilar copies as long as possible; biologic knockoffs aren't expected to hit the original brands as hard or as quickly as small-molecule generics do to their brand targets, but the pain will be real.
On the other hand, biosim drugmakers have to invest a lot of money and time into testing their versions of biologic blockbusters like Neupogen. Biosimilars must undergo clinical trials, unlike small molecule generics, and so their makers would like to start recouping their R&D costs posthaste.
- see the National Law Review piece
- check out the Sandoz petition (PDF)
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31 students at Stanford University in California are doing a course in hip hop.
They're studying Sean P Diddy Combs' and Killarmy's lyrics on the Language of Hip-Hop Culture course.
Their tutor H Samy Alim says hip hop studies are getting more and more respect from colleges.
He says: "Hip hop is the next chapter of African American folklore. Its street cred is huge."


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Friday, December 28, 2012
What Mattered in 2012: Paul Bricault, Amplify LA
For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.
Paul Bricault is Managing Partner at Amplify LA (Www.amplify.la), a hands-on startup accelerator and co-working and community space in Venice. He's also a Venture Partner at venture capital firm Greycroft Partners, and is EVP and a member of the Board of Directors at William Morris Agency, and was Founder of the Mailroom Fund. He's also a very active angel investor and advisor to local startups.
1. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?
Amplify launched in our 10,000 square foot campus in Venice and after poring through over 1,600 applications, we funded our first 17 companies -- who have collectively raised over $14 million to date and created 58 new jobs in LA.
2. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year?
Instagram, Pinterest, the Facebook IPO and Elon Musk
3. What was the biggest lesson you learned over the past year (good or bad)?
That LA has what it takes to attract great entrepreneurs as well as grow them locally (6 of the last 10 companies to join Amplify came from out of state and two from out of the country)
4. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013?
I think mobile payments and online education will finally hit their stride in 2013 benefiting companies like Braintree and Dwolla and Coursera respectively. I'm also personally a big believer in 3D Printing so expect great things from MakerBot as well as next gen quantified self devices/apps and am interested in seeing what Ray Ozzie has up his sleeve (Cocomo). In LA in particular, I would keep an eye on Factual, Scopely, GraphEffect (and of course our Amplify graduates ;->)
See more insights from the Southern California high tech community in our continued series this whole week!


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Gerudo Valley
Gerudo Valley is a Zelda themed stage in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS.
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Gerudo Valley is a stage in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS. Gerudo Valley comes from the Legend of Zelda series, more specifically, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which was recently remade for 3DS.
The stage features the tent in which the infamous carpenters and invincible Running Man reside, as well as the iconic bridge. The recognizable clay buildings that make up Gerudo Fortress can be seen in the background to the left.
The stage will also feature the appearance of Ganon's surrogate mothers; Koume and Kotake AKA Twinrova, who will cause havoc on the stage such as causing huge fires and out-of-place glaciers. These attacks may also take out the bridge. The stage has been confirmed to have a flat stage form, in which Twinvora will not appear.
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Very good breakfast. Rooms well appointed and clean. Staff helpful
Location, computers in lobby, comfortable beds, hepful staff, nice loooking building The restaurant was not open which was a disappointment after our excellent meal at the Radisson Caledonian in Kristiansand. However, this turned out to our benefit as we were forced to go out and as there was a food festival on in Stavanger on the waterfront, this turned out to be a very enjoyable experience.
The rooms were modern and comfortable. Better than most other hotels in Stavanger. Ground level room wasn't the best but not a deal breaker.
On arrival the booking in process was very quick. On departure there were no problems getting a taxi in the morning which can be a problem at the other Radissson close by. The restaurant was too busy at breakfast time to get a seat without sharing a table.
Position close to city center . Bath old and WC and around not clean ; frigo bar electronically controlled impossible to be opened from staff too .Room price too expensive for what offered .
It is very central for the town of Stavanger.....high spec hotel and it has a paying underground car park which is handy but very busy at weekends The hotel has noise on many sides but it is a city centre hotel. I find as lite sleeper......main road with traffic lots of the time, rooms over the tax ir rank where they coma and go allnite with doors etc. At the back there is a club with rock bands which play weekends and empty at 2am with associated noise.
breakfast was big good and had good selection. I got a room furthest in on ground floor, almost under ground. The window was located directly where the taxis waits on the backside of the hotel and when traffic starts in the morning the buses also passes straight outside.
Although the hotel is located in town, I found it was well isolated and calm The swimming pool could be bigger and deeper
Good location, room and breakfast.
Friendly service
Room was disgusting. Cigarette burns on every surface, not clean, not been decorated for many years. Bathroom looked like it was out of the 70's and the door had hole kicked in it. I asked for a change of room which I would happily pay for, and was told they were completely full, although around 20 people checked in whilst I tried to book a different hotel. Avoid!!!!
The room is very wide.Breskfast is very good. This hotel is far from station and ferryterminal. When I arrived at my room,bathroom was not clean.
Car park: close to the hotel and not too expensive. Room: it was certainly a luxuous hotel in the 70s, today it's just old and not that clean. WiFi: is an extra fee. Price: too high for such an hotel.
It was quiet. No noise, you could relax more. Didnt like the bathroom that much. And the room felt a bit crowded.
Could check in around midnight without any problem. Very good breakfast with plenty of choice. Close to the airport, easy to reach by rental car.
Good beds, clean but you can see that the rooms and hallways are a bit (tired) time to do some renovation. 15 minutes walk to the center of Stavanger. They only served a buffet. should have had an a la carte menu
Friendly staff, reasonable comfort Very poor sound proofing in windows, I could hear everything on the street. Very few tv stations. Breakfast quality of food was poor.
The staff were extremely child friendly and accomodating. The hotel is rather old and run down.
Reception staff pleasant, Room was clean and warm, shower / bathroom also clean and modern, buffet breakfast ok No restaurant in the hotel for dinner, reserved a standard queen room but was given a single bed room. No cabled broadband in room - had to use cable in reception to gain internet access.
Good size room Nowhere to eat in the evening. It is a 10-15 minute walk to town centre restauarnts
A great location with esay access to the main town by foot
very nice rooms, great for sleeping the keycard elevator is a bit irritating.
Nice design and staff very kind and professional
the TV was good, and a nice shower. Toilet paper was awful.
convienient to town centre and the office i was visiting and better value for money than other hotels nearby light switches in the bedroom difficult to understand. very difficult to get just the bed light to stay on without others, which meant getting out of bed to switch off later..
The Hotel has a very good location in the middle of Stavanger shopping area and lots of bars and restaurants close by. The rooms are very small. I found it hard to find a suitable place for my suitcase. Batroom is also a little small. Breakfast restaurant can be very crowded.
Nicely decorated cozy room. Great breakfast with variety of choices.
Clean & modern with good breakfast selection. Hotel staff were friendly and professional. Decor was pleasing to the eye. Business room was much smaller than expected. No way to adjust fan on airconditioning only temperature. No face cloth / flanel in bathroom. Could not connect to wireless internet. No sugar provided in room. Need better check of what is missing.
Hotel staff was very helpful and kind. The location is great. The breakfast selection is a little poor. The breakfast selection is a little poor.
friendly staff hot
Clean,comfortable, good location and a fine breakfast. The bathroom, with its heated floor, was immaculate. There is no wardrobe and no drawers which is plainly absurd, especially as we stayed for four days; the much advertised fireplace should be replaced by storage facilities. The car park is £14 per day and, whilst not the hotel's fault, is a cost to consider.
Nice room and a a central hotel. Clean and god beds.
THis was an excellent hotel. well located and the staff were very friendly and helpful and reallywent out of their way to make my stay most enjoyable. The facilities were excellent.
The location in central Stavanger was good. I had a room under the roof, where the roof "cut off" half of the room. I could go upright to my bed. Also, the bed was extremely soft for my test, but I heard from others that their beds were better. (It is actually stated in the hotel brochure that every room has a different bed, and one should try different rooms in future stays.) Also, the room I had was very small, as was the tiny breakfast room.
Best Bed I have ever slept on in Norway by far! Could not get WiFi in the room and no hardwire Internet as advertised in the room.
The main plus point for me was the location. Being next door to the airport and also becuase I need to attend meetings within Forus, Tananger & Sola itself it was nice and central to all. The room could have been alot cleaner. The wooden floors were extremely dusty as was the floor in the bathroom. The sink in my bathroom had also not been cleaned prior to my visit!?!
For business trips into Stavanger the hotel has an excellent location, on the doordtep of the airport. Comfortable rooms, a nice restaurant and great breakfast buffet, and very friendly staff the hotel could have more information, newspapers etc. in other languages than Norwegian.
Good location, easy access, close to my final destination.
This is a beautiful design hotel walking distance from the airport in stavanger. The best breakfast ever. Perfect for conference.
Located next door to the airport. Warm, professional welcome. Choice and taste of the food should be improved.
Room quality, staff friendliness, convenience.
The bed was OK and the hotel has a great location Cold and worn out room, poor breakfast (cold "hot dishes") and not too many smiles in the reataurant
Very nice room with large bay window. Supple breakfast
Good location. Convenient facilities. Placed in room 500. Seems like worst in the hotel.
The location was ideal. The hotel, while it had an old-fashion feel, it could use a refurbishing. Also, the hotel parking should not be called 'parking'. It is on a side street near the hotel underneath an old building. It has a very tiny entrance and, being generous, has maybe maximum 8 parking spots. Because there was no space (and we were told to go outselves to see if there was space), we had to pay for parking on the street which became very expensive.
There was nothing special to like about this hotel. Room is poorly decorated, cheap, old and dirty furniture. Small and uncomfortable bed. Stayed in 3rd floor, almost no water in shower. Many things were broken in the room/bathroom, lack of general maintenance. Breakfast buffet was very low range and food tasted bad. Restaurant personnel was unprofessional and receptionist very busy with phone conversations all the time. Extremely expensive hotel and higher rate than announced on booking.com, poor value for money.
I appreciate the location, comfort, price, staff and breakfast.
The hotel was nice and new but it was really far from the train station. (On booking websites it looks like its right in the heart of the city, do not trust that!) It was a nice room, and very clean. Since it was so far out we ate there for dinner, which was really not great, but the included breakfast was really, really good and bumped this review up from "meh" to "pretty darn good". The distance from the center, the dinner we ate there.
We only stayed briefly but the hotel was clean and comfortable. Car parking was around the corner in a public park and that was the only inconvenience. All aspects of the hotel and the visit were good.
Cleanliness of the room no safty box available in the rooms, no sleepers, no bathrobe
In Stavanger for work, it had been a long day when I checked in, so I asked for a nice quiet room to relax a little. What a wonderful surprise when I got to my room, it said "Deluxe" on the door. So, great bedroom, lots of space, great to have tea/coffee making facilities in the room (not so common in Stavanger anymore). Also, perfect location and very nice breakfast. And really appreciated that when I asked for some honey at midnight (bad sore throat) it was brought to my room within 5 minutes. Thanks for a lovely stay. would have expected a shower screen instead of a shower curtain for a 4 star of this quality.
Super friendly staff. Best breakfast around. Good value but don't expect decor to be substantially better than ikea.
Good location, nice bar with good music Rooms sucked. Elephants on room above. Couldn't regulate temp well. Only served American coffee. Had to pay extra for two people which means you're just obviously paying for the "free" breakfast.
Locality to down town Stavanger The Milk for the coffee...would prefer Fresh milk as opposed to satchets, but I can understand the reasoning of why.
Central location, very good breakfast, clean, free Internet. Friedly staff and the bar at the hotel served small tasty meals in the same pricerange as downtown Stavanger. The spa section was just a bubble pool and sauna. Although great view over Stavanger and free to use - without water in the pool, value is low. a better kiosk to buy papers, snacks etc would have been nice. At the breakfast that is very good I still would like stonger coffee, more kinds of bread, creamy scrambled eggs and why not some salmon..
The staff were very friendly and helpful, the hotel was very nice, clean and well laid out
Pleasant and close to all amenities but very expensive. Breakfast was fab!
Room and breakfast were nice. The hotel is placed inside the hospital of Stavanger. first impression was a little bit wired.
Breakfast, cleanliness Warn that it's a hospital hotel
Modern room with excellent beds. A spacious bathroom completed the pleasure. The hotel is situated next to a hospital. The helicopter platfrom was located just beneith our window... A few times we had the unpleasant experience of an arriving/departing trauma helicopter.
I was not aware that the hotel is part of a hospital, and the rooms seemed to be private hospital rooms. I booked a double room but upon arrival I was given a twin room. When I complained I was told to push the beds together. Also when I checked in I was told the price was around a third more than when I booked/reserved the room. After arguing this point for quite a while with my printed booking as proof the receptionist eventually told me she had made a mistake........ I will never stay at this hotel again, and as I spend quite a bit of time in Stavanger and know how busy the hotels can get, I would rather travel half an hour....
It was clean I only stayed one night and go there late but was a bit confised as to whether it was a hotel or a hospital, this was not helped by the panic button next to the bed or the emergency cord in the bathroom
The sleeping bed was wonderful. I'd never slept that well in 25years! Pity I could not find the the mattress to check the brand name or I would have ordered one! Must be what they do to you at the hospital: give you a good rest and you are nursed back to health. Nothing really. Family was somewhat small but Norway likes to optimize space.
We stayed two nights, an authentic oasis. Nice room, great views. Very great value.
Silence room,good chair and bathroom. TV-screen could be better.
Very friendly, helpful staff. The rooms are basic but confortable and have everything you need.
The restaurant was lovely, and they provide free internet access through their computers in the lobby area. Reservation form stated that room had a hairdryer - it didn't. Not much choice on the TV for English-speaking guests (2 channels). No English-language newspapers available either.
Very close to the airport. Nice breakfast and free internet. For early flight there was prepered a special food package to take with me. No free shuttle bus to/from airport after 10.00 and before 7.00. I had a flight at 6.00 and had to take a taxi.Too expensive.
Decor - internally and externally. Barn like restaurant - whole place looks very dated.
Close to airport Generally inpolite staff with attitude problems
Comfortable bed Buffet choices
No rooms for smokers, nor smoking lounges: people has to smoke outside, under the rain.
Not far away from Stavanger Airport and this is good for early flight as there is no early shuttle bus but you may walk Souna was not operating, there were no bathrobe and slippers
The hotel room is very good as the breakfast. Dinner is not so good and really expensive! Free internet access helped a lot!
Breakfast was superb! Seriously great value in an expensive country. Also, convenient location within walking distance of airport, and easy access to Stavanger town via the local bus or flybussen. Bus stop is right outside the hotel. Lastly, a very friendly and helpful staff! Would definitely stay here again.
Good breakfast! The hotel staff was quite rude and service was non existent. As we arrived quite late we asked in our reservation for a pick up from the airport via free hotel shuttle. On arrival we called the hotel which told us to take a taxi, hanging up on us. Arriving to the hotel we read the free airport shuttle by the hotel is only available Mo-Fr during certain hours (which makes no sense what so ever). The ride from the airport was only 3 minutes max but costed us 15Euros :(.
Friendly and helpful staff Everything was fine
Room in general, setting/location, breakfast WiFi cost extra, the late check in time and the front desk staff's attitude, which mean't first impressions weren't good.
clean, nice staff and location expensive, no bar and rooms were small...very small
The hotel has an excellent location, very close to downtown Stavanger. The breakfast is also very good. It is very clean, staff is very efficient and kind. The room is small, TV has a very poor selection of channels (I missed a lot the CNN International), the shower in the bathroom could be much better.
Location Problem with stability of toilet in room. Needed to be secured to the floor properly.
The front desk staff are very helpful ,i like thier breakfast are excellent! For me Thon Hotel Maritim is the best hotel for city trip and relax.Thank you.
location too hot in the room
good breakfeast, city center, the upgrading to an appartment hotel 200m far from the main hotel, because the room was to small for 2 adults and two children, no extra charge
Free wireless internet. The room was quiet and well appointed. Bathroom could have been better
i paid for some drinks that i never have
The friendly and helpful staff The restaurant was closed Friday Saturday & Sunday Evening There was a lot of road noise
Excellent hotell. Will come again! None
atmosphere and the good service the staff give us Not all room have air condition and some room of the room have not hot wather at all in the shower
Staff was very nice and friendly. The room very good and good breakfast
Restaurant more expensivethan average, no trouser press in room, breakfast 'Hot Food' was cold.
Friendly staff and great breakfast.
Excellent Staff, Great Breakfast, Nice Design.
Its unique interior
A beautiful building and facilities, big room with facilities like wardrobes desk wifi etc. Old building but extremely clean with lots of character. I will definately stay again
Easy access to Stavanger and airport by local transport
very nice room, perfect breakfast, kind and easy staff evening restaurant is expensive. but there are many others in the neibourghood
comfort,atmosphere,service,breakfast,location no sign to find it, although we arrived by car we needed a taxi to find it
central located but yet very quiet. very nice and helpful staf. Big cosy rooms suitebel for business and relax.
The staff were very friendly and helpful. Breakfast was very good - a lot of variety. Enjoyed having afternoon coffee in the lounge.
Breakfast was very good, the location was central, the Internet access was included in the price and fast enough for my needs, and the staff was friendly. The fitness room was really bad because nearly everything in it was broken. The rooms had plenty of lamps but they all had low wattage bulbs making it hard to read and write for very long.
room size, comfort and location restaurant closed at the weekends? very disappointed.
Choise of dishes atbreakfast, more than very good food !!! the kindness and helpfulness of the staff on the desk of the hotel. A spacious room with all furnitures and accomodations we needed there was a lot of dust in our room, not so very clean ! also a lot of dust in the other parts of the hotel (breakfast room) One morning our bed was not maked up
Excellent, clean and spacious room with working space and refrigerator; nice staff; good location; excellent breakfast. Not exactly cheap, but you get fair value for the money.
The location was perfect in the center of stavanger , the place clean , the staff helpful
luxuary room.comfortble bed.friendly staff.breakfast was fantastic!
We have no complaints at all. Very kind staff, very spacious, luxury and silent rooms and sanitarian facilities. We've been in 5-star hotels as well, and some of them had worse and smaller rooms as this 4-star hotel. Absolutely recommendable !!!! No complaints. The price was not low, but if one visits Norway, one should know that it is not a cheap country.


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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Three men charged in connection with a shooting on Interstate 95 in Providence are detained and awaiting bail review hearings.
State police say the men were in a car and opened fire at another car on the northbound side of the highway early Saturday morning. The victim in the other car told troopers that bullets came flying through the driver's side window as he was driving to work, but he wasn't hit.
Authorities charged 22-year-old Raul Otero of Pawtucket, 20-year-old Jovani Velez of Central Falls and 23-year-old Ramon Escotta of Providence with assault and battery, drive-by shooting and other crimes.
All three men are scheduled to appear for a bail review hearing Tuesday in District Court in Providence. It's not clear if they have lawyers.


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It was the name of the ship that Jason and the argonauts sailed in to liberate the Golden Fleece against impossible odds.
But among the argonauts there are also some Boreads, the brothers of Kleopatra, the uncles of the maltreated boys.
A similar interpretation is possible of the expedition of the argonauts.
He knew the course to Colchis, and offered to tell it, if the argonauts would free him from the Harpies.
All signs of life except those of other argonauts disappeared.
And where in all Greece could he find one stronger or more famous than the chief of the argonauts?
He was physician to the argonauts in their famous expedition to Colchis.
In fine weather the argonauts sail in fleets on the surface of the ocean.
The temple, with the Portico of the argonauts which surrounded it, was erected by Agrippa.
Tales about Thracians and argonauts need not be seriously discussed at this time of day.
In classical mythology, the companions of Jason in the quest for the Golden Fleece. Their ship was the Argo.
Note: Naut means "sailor" in Greek and is the root of our word nautical. Today, the word is used to coin terms such as astronaut and aquanaut.


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A Choo-Choo Garden
Enjoy this Mukwonago backyard train garden nurtured by Kevin Ylvisaker and Jim Hunnicutt. Miniature plants thriving next to the train tracks and ponds include:Coleus, Santolina, Labrador Violet , Phlox , Dianthus, 48 Dwarf Albertas, Boxwood and Edelweiss.
A Garden for the Elderly
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Creating A Portable Pond
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Rain Barrels
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Rain Gardens
John Gishnock of Broadhead's Applied Ecological Services explains how rain gardens decrease water run-off. He shows viewers how to create and maintain the native plant-populated gardens then create beauty in all four seasons.
Growing a Living Willow Fence
Lee Zieke Lee of Willow Glen Nursery in Iowa specializes in growing willow for baskets, trellises and living fences. Lee provides tips on starting a living fence in the Midwest from these character-rich trees.
Creating Garden Rooms
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We stopped at Tabor Hill Winery and Restaurant on our way south last week. Located in Buchanan, about an hour and 20 minutes from our Inn. This is probably too far when staying with us, but a good lunch location when traveling to or from us from Northern Illinois or Indiana. Set in the vineyards with indoor and outdoor seating, this as a beautiful place with excellent food and wine.
We had their Cream of Asparagus Soup with Parmesan Cheese, Vidalia Onion, and Gruyere cheese:
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CHICAGO – American Association of School Librarians (AASL) member Elissa Malespina was named the 2014 Bammy Award recipient in the school librarian category. Presented by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences International, the Bammy award is a cross-discipline award recognizing the contributions of educators from across the education field. Malespina was presented with her award by Sylvia Knight Norton, AASL executive director, and Deven Black, the 2013 award recipient. The award was presented during a red-carpet event on Sept. 26 in Washington D.C.
CHICAGO — Moving on recommendations made by its Affiliate Assembly, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) formally commended six programs based on the programs' support of the school librarian profession. To be considered, programs must align with AASL's learning standards and program guidelines as well as the principles expressed in the AASL mission and value statements.
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March - November:
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Tap into the culture of Baltimore's diverse and unique neighborhoods on a Segway, seeing local festivals in the park or the large Pagoda on Fort Hill!
Begin your tour at Fell's Point, Maryland's first National Historic District. Fell's Point dates back to November 1730 with the original land purchase by its founder William Fell. Your guide will tell stories of a plague ravaged neighborhood full of sailors, immigrants and the poor battling the English in the early 1800's.
Venture to "trendy" waterfront restaurants, boutiques and pubs on your way to Robert Long's house dating back to 1765.
From there, head to the waterfront and historic Patterson Park, one of the oldest parks in Baltimore. Patterson Park is renowned as the site where Baltimoreans rallied on September 12, 1814 to protect the city from the threat of a British invasion.
Enjoy learning about the history and sites of Baltimore, while you have a blast riding around town on a Segway - the most fun way to travel!
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Essential Information:
- Participants must be at least 14 years of age; all participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a guardian
- Segway riders must weigh less than 260 pounds
- The maximum speed of the Segway is 12.5 MPH
- Riders must sign a waiver and sign a credit card authorization for a security deposit
- At the end of your tour you will receive a Segway license allowing you to rent one on your own with the supplier
1.5 hours
Maximum Participants:
You will be accompanied by other tour participants, with a maximum of 8 per tour. For groups larger than 4 please contact Cloud 9 Living directly for pricing.
Only booked participants may go on the tour.
Weather Dependent:
This experience will run in rain or shine. If it rains, ponchos will be provided. However, tours do not operate in lightning and extreme weather conditions. Always contact the experience provider with questions regarding weather.
What to Wear:
Dress appropriately for expected weather conditions and wear comfortable shoes.
Booking Information:
For this experience, it is recommended to request bookings at least 14 days in advance.
Cancellation Policy:
Prior to scheduling/booking a date for this experience, Cloud 9 Living's standard return and exchange policy shall apply. Once you have received a booking confirmation, cancellations and rescheduling are allowed up to 14 days prior to the experience. Failure to appear on your booked date or to cancel and reschedule at least 14 days prior to your booked date will result in the loss of the value of your experience.
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Is there a weight limit for the tour?
There is a maximum weight limit of 260 pounds.
What happens if it rains?
This experience will run in rain or shine. If it rains, ponchos will be provided. However, tours do not operate in lightning and extreme weather conditions. Always contact the experience provider with questions regarding weather.
Are Segways safe for children or people with disabilities?
Although riding a Segway is relatively easy to do and learn, we do require that all riders be at least 14 years of age. Each of tour begins with an orientation session to practice on the Segways until everyone feels comfortable. All guests must be able to easily and quickly step on and off the Segway without any assistance, which requires physical abilities similar to climbing and descending stairs without assistance or use of handrails.
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"The Segway tour was boatloads of fun, and Trish made it fabulous! Throughout the entire experience, Trish shared bits of trivia and history of the Baltimore area, while navigating us safely along the walkways and streets of the downtown area. Trish is a hometown girl, and her love of the city is apparent in every word. I loved when she said, "Baltimore just gets better every day, and considering that it gets better every day, you are here on Baltimore's best day ever." Baltimore is a beautiful city, and the Segways make it incredibly simple to cover a relatively large area in 90 minutes, so you can quickly experience much of what it has to offer, like an appetizer tour. After the tour, we were walking along the piers, and looked up onto Federal Hill. It seemed like it would have been a hefty walk to get there, but with the Segways, we didn't even break a sweat! Fantastic idea, hats off to Segs in the City, my very best thanks to Trish for making it perfect, and my very best wishes for continued success!"
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As the rain poured down today on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the leaders of the world's most powerful economies ended a G8 summit that - while not a total washout on Africa - dampened hopes that the richest countries will get back on track soon to deliver key pledges on combating poverty in the world's poorest region.
There had been concerns that the Middle Eastern crisis would knock Africa and international development off the agenda. This didn't happen. Although the Middle East inevitably dominated the media coverage and the side meetings where deals get hatched, G8 leaders did sit down on Monday with the "outreach" group of emerging economies, as well as the African Union, World Bank and UN agencies.
They discussed the conclusions of a three-page update, jointly written by the British and Russians, that gauges progress made since Tony Blair made Africa and climate change the twin priorities of the 2005 Gleneagles summit.
But while the G8 was willing, partly under UK and French pressure, to talk about Africa, the self-assessment on which they based their discussions suggests that there is a lot less appetite to act. There was a tacit acknowledgement that more needs to be done - reflected in a long but vague "to do" list - but overall the G8 has judged itself generously, by claiming "substantial progress" on Africa.
It would be a distortion simply to write off last year's promises: the big positive is debt, where the G8 has made good progress. For 15 African countries the difference is already being felt as more children go to school, and more people get essential medicines and clean water.
But in most areas progress has been patchy at best. So, for example, while aid is increasing, it is happening at half the rate needed to reach the targets set last year: most of the rise is accounted for by the writing off of unserviced debts, and for Africa aid rose by less than $2bn last year.
Likewise, while three G8 countries have ratified the UN convention against corruption, five have not. And on the most important and intractable issues, such as trade, where G8 economic interests are at stake, progress has been negligible.
To stop the drift around these and other promises, the individual G8 countries must make specific and timebound plans to get back on track with their aid commitments, and to implement promises on education and HIV and Aids. G8 governments need to be embarrassed into making this happen.
But at the moment, the G8 leaders' enthusiastic promotion of peer reviews and transparency in Africa is not reflected in their own behaviour. The laggards on G8 pledges to Africa, such as Italy, Germany and the US on aid, and the buck-passers (everyone on trade), have been given a remarkably easy ride in St. Petersburg.
One of the positive results for Africa to emerge from this summit has been the agreement that when the G8 meet again next year, in Germany, they will once again review progress. But there will be little progress to review, unless individual G8 countries start to be held genuinely accountable for what they do or do not deliver.
One of the first things German chancellor, Angela Merkel, should do is agree that next year the G8 will discuss a full and frank Africa update that is written by Africans.
· Patrick Watt is writing on the G8 summit from St Petersburg for Guardian Unlimited. He is policy coordinator at ActionAid UK


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Bonneville goalkeeper Megan Fillpot finally could breathe a sigh of relief after the clock ticked off the final seconds and hit double zeroes in the Class 4A state soccer title game.
As the last line of defense for the Lakers, Fillpot's performance regularly had much to do with the final outcome. She delivered as she'd done time after time during the season and her career.
Fillpot only gave up two goals during her team's four-game tournament run this season a late goal against Orem in the opening round and one to Woods Cross in the semifinals.
"Knowing how much work we put into the state title race this year, and then seeing all of the work pay off, made this year's state championship just a little sweeter," Fillpot said.
While Fillpot regularly was blocking the opposition's best attacks, like the crushed ball from Bountiful's Jenny Skedros in the waning moments of the state championship game, she was just as easily seen and heard delivering praise to her fellow defenders.
"So much of my success came from the girls in front of me doing their jobs and keeping me out of tough situations," Fillpot said.
Fillpot finished the season with 12 shutouts.
"We won four region titles and two state titles during my four years, and now I'm just hopeful the program can keep on winning," she said.
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it was a new hotel with big clean bathrooms and rooms. the breakfast buffet was great. many options + lots of fresh fruits. the location was not ideal... the hotel is not located close to main highways. when looking at the maps the mileage to all must see beaches and city's was closer that staying in i.e. Lecce (great city)... the reality is that Lecce is further but has a network of highways that reduces your travel time at least by 1/2 the time.
The modern rooms plus good breakfast
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Just everything. Extremely friendly and helpful staff. Free parking garage, free wi-fi and free bicycles. Nice breakfast up to 12:00 so one can take a morning sunbath at a nearby beach before breakfast to build up an appetite. You need to renew your wi-fi account (however free) at the reception every 8 hours for some reason :)
Everything was perfect about the hotel just the comments below let it down but they were minimal. The pillows were not nice and the doors banged alot during the night but we mentioned it and they are to rectify this in the near future
Free wifi. Free parking. Nice staff. No restaurant. Location... could be better!
Everything was absolutely perfect. The hotel seemed to be designed from the user point of view and every details. And the staff was frendly and enthusiastic. The only point I would improve is the capability to force a lower temperature. Even if in October, a little bit of air conditioning could make the night more confortable.
in this Hotel you have all what you need. The team is perfect. The breakfast is very good. Internet is no Problem. The car is in a garage.
Great hotel, great rooms,,would recommend it to anyone, friendly staff and great value for money!!
The staff were lovely and most helpful a charming little village away from every thing. Katia is a delightful young lady and a pleasure to deal with.There is not much to do in the way of entertainment but if you emmerse yourself in the local village it was great Directions it was hard to find and is a little way out of Lecce, But the rooms were lovely and clean and the one we stayed in was a reasonable size but not huge. Katia Directed us to a beautiful restaurant within walking distance which was fantastic (they speak no English)!!! The Tannery itself was interesting and the renovation has been done to a very high standard.
I liked this place because it also had a museum and very interesting history behind it. The hotel also had modern touches, which I liked. The breakfast was poor. Could of been better.
This hotel is really nice! The rooms are very cute, the person in charge of the breakfast is very kind. Everything is very clean. I would definitely recommend this hotel if you intend to do a trip in Puglia. Maglie is very close to Otranto, Lecce and the south, so very convenient. The hotel location is also very convenient as it close to the main shops street. It was much better than I expected!
very friendly staff, nice & clean room, generous breakfast
We enjoyed the nice ambiente of the hotel and the very friendly/helpful service of the staff (esp. From Katia)
Location to the centre of town was good. The quirkiness of the hotel was interesting being part of an old roman building. Difficult to find as street is not shown on sat nav and the hotel is not signposted in the town. No facilities at the hotel other than breakfast and there were no local bars near by for a drink after a meal.
Staff was really interested and helpful. Beautiful location in the old centre. Apartment are located in an old tannery with some typical elements still remaining. Not easy to find good restaurants in maglie.
Staff was extremely nice and made always extra effort to make us enjoy our holiday. Room was wonderful - a bit different setting than previous hotels we have stayed in.
Having no half or full board.
staff are kindly. breakfast is late. internet cannot available.
Stayed 3 nights in August 2010 for an average of 180€/night breakfast included. Very nice modern hotel ideally located in Corigliano d'Otranto in the heart of the Salentino peninsula. 2-stories suites are clean and spacious with a queen bed, a sleeper sofa, a dining table, large closets, a full-sized bathroom with shower. Bar fridge & tv. Free wifi on request. Facilities include a restaurant for breakfast & half-board dinners, a large swimming pool, a magnificent garden, and a horse center. The staff are extremely helpful and speak good English.
Unforgettable experience, altough it is not perfect (what do you expect from a building from the 18th century), the enviremont, the pace, the friendly staff and offcourse the fantastic kitchen blowed any critic away. For us a small paradise!!!!
Countryside location, great pool. We were astonished by the beautiful hotel site. It looked like in a fairytale! We had to pay for the towels in the pool area and it was required to buy bathing caps for use in the pool. The breakfast and dinner was good, but the catering staff did not appear extremely motivated.
Excellent.We were treated very well from the moment we arrived until we left Superb room and surroundings Difficult to find even with GPS,should have sign posts from the town
Masseria Appidé is a beautiful and peaceful hotel in the middle of Salento's wonderful countryside. Excellent position between Otranto, Santa Maria di Leuca and Gallipoli for those who wish to discover the delights of Salento in few days by car. The hotel is so clean that you have to wear a swimming cap in the pool...
The hotel staff was extremely helpful, professional and polite. The Masseria is amazingly beautiful and charming and the location is perfect as it's located few kilometers away from any of the Salento's most interesting villages and towns. Unfortunately, our bathroom was quite old (I would say about 20 years...) and the shower had a carton instead of a door. However, both room and bathroom were very clean and tidy. The breakfast was good but not very rich in quantity and quality. We were expecting typical products but a part from the cakes and the pastries, the rest (jams, honey, marmalade, yogurt and juices) were from mass distribution.
The room was spacious,impressive murels on the ceiling. Nice pool area but not many chairs if it had been very busy & no umbrellas. Food very good and staff especially on reception very helpful & informative. Beautiful buildings. As it was isolated, it was disappointing there was no bar/lounge area serving all types of drinks hot & cold drinks & snacks other than crisps during the day & evening. During the day it would have been nice to have a sandwich & latte but there was nothing available. Also nowhere to relax after dinner.


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As readers of G2's special report on China this week will be aware, the consequences of that social and economic outburst are all around us. Just last month, when the People's Bank of China raised official interest rates - by a forensically precise 27 hundredths of a percentage point - international financial markets shuddered nervously. The west's media is transfixed by the outsourcing of nuts, bolts and jobs to the world's new workshop. All this, and the giant shopping malls of Guangdong and Beijing, are some of the forces unleashed by Deng Xiaoping's famous Aristotelian endorsement of capitalism: that it doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
In 25 years, hundreds of millions of China's citizens have risen out of poverty. It has been one of the great success stories of economic development. Indeed, but for China's reforms, the best efforts of the World Bank would have been ineffectual. Take away China, and the number of those living on less than $1 a day in the developing world would have risen between 1987 and 1998. Such rapid change has a price. There are many millions in China's rural areas still unwarmed by the glow of the cities. Yet the pace of growth has threatened to outrun even China's seemingly inexhaustible resources, and the central government now wishes to cool the economy down - hence last month's modest interest rate rise. It is also committed to reforming the country's rickety banking sector, as well as its patchy property laws and social welfare provision, notably in health care. Should it succeed, Powys may have fewer drains lacking covers.
It is easy to be awed by China's tapestry, but this should not obscure the serious stains that remain on the country's fabric. China's rise is a familiar tale to those who saw the "tiger economies" of Asia make rapid strides in the 1980s and 1990s. They too were hailed as miracles, but each carried fundamental flaws. Corruption, reckless borrowing and distorted accounting were eventually forced to the surface in Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea. It is possible to imagine a similar bursting of China's bubble, especially as China's official statistics are uneven and notoriously unreliable. The difference in China's case is that the social upheaval following a deep economic dislocation could be far more dangerous for its neighbours and trading partners.
Elsewhere, the government's unbending grip on Tibet and those who dissent from its rule have not enjoyed political freedoms matching the economic ones. Support for human rights and the rule of law remains feeble. Just as worrying is China's record on pollution. Mao's ancien regime was responsible for some horrendous environmental disasters, but just as oil prices have risen in part because of modern China's appetite, so its output of carbon has ballooned. While western nations are in no position to throw stones over greenhouse gases, China must avoid their mistakes and be encouraged to avoid the environmental excesses of industrialisation.


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Gabriele Muccino's local hit The Last Kiss (L'Ultimo Bacio) picked up five awards at the David di Donatello awards, Italy's equivalent to the Oscars, including the prestigious Best Director prize. The film, with local box office receipts in excess of $8.5m, is one of a handful of Italian pictures credited with boosting the domestic market over the last months.
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CG Model – Dark Knight Alleyway
Here is a 'Dark Knight' themed alleyway created to showcase several dynamic elements and techniques. Dynamic elements include 2D/3D fluid containers, particles, ncloth, and rigid bodies.
Using various reference images as guides, everything was first modeled in Maya to create a basic alleyway. Although stylized in appearance, I wanted the scene to look some what believable looking. Also because I decided on minimal camera movement, set dressing was important when setting the scene to make it look interesting and appealing. I used a total of 11 lights to illuminate the scene with 3 lights generating shadows.
Once I got the basic layout completed, it was on to creating the dynamic elements. Most of the rain in this scene was created in Maya using standard particles with collision events to create a 'splash effect' when they hit the ground. The water ripples on the grounds was dynamically created based on where the particle rain hit. To achieve this, I had to use a few expressions to pull the data from each collision and plug it into a 2D fluid container which generated the ripples via a displacement map.
The smoke coming out of the pipes and sewer along with the overall ground fog was created using 3D fluid containers set to specific settings and keyed to air fields for wind movement. The fire in the barrel was also created using 3D containers but was later incorporated in with real fire, embers, and smoke to get a more polished effect.
The bats were created with a particle stream replaced by animated geometry using a particle instancer and a few expressions. I used rigid bodies for the joker cards linked in with a turbulence field to generate the wind. Finally, the posters were animated using nCloth connected to an air field.
Both Maya and UVLayout was used to create all of the flattened UVs while Photoshop was used for texturing. Since this was a rainy scene, I made sure to bump up the specular and reflectivity on each texture to make everything appear soaking wet. Thus a combination of color, bump, and specular maps were created for all of the objects to complete the final scene.
Next it was onto rendering where I found out that my time management was a bit off. I did not anticipate render times to be as long as they were (some frames took well over 12 minutes to render). To make things easier, everything in the scene was broken down and rendered out separately using both 'render layers' and 'render passes.' These were then exported into After Effects for post production.
Once in After Effects, the had to be created. To do this, various smoke and simulated lighting layers were overlayed over a solid to create the final clouds and lightning. I then keyed in another solid to create the flashes. As for the bat signal, a 3D spotlight was created in After Effects with a 3D alpha to cast the shadow of the bat. Then a lux effect with a fractal overlay was applied to finish off the bat signal.
All of the audio and various sound effects used was first cleaned up in Audition and then exported into After Effects for final mixing.
The final rendered composition was composed of 45 solid layers and 21 audio layers (8 of those solid layers were rendered out of Maya). There was a total of 32 texture maps using 14 different UV layouts, and just over 4900 frames rendered out of maya to create the 8 layers (which made the final composition about 700 frames long). Overall this was a much bigger project than I thought but also by far one of the best pieces I've made so far.
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