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Bahama Bay Resort by Wyndham Vacation Rentals
Top Family Hotel
Of the 4 pools, only one was open late. The one nearest to our villa closed at 7pm. That is too early for vacationers who tour all day.
The location, amenities and resources of hotel and surrounding area. Housekeeping does not do a thorough job of cleaning suites. Maintenance was not on task of maintaining the facility because too many things (dead elements on cook stove, broked racks in dishwashers, broken farcet hardware in baths, scratches on furniture and dead grass on ground) were breaking down and not in good repair. I have stayed here since the grand opening and this year was the worst I've seen in regard to housekeeping and maintenance.
Relaxed atmosphere with friendly staff. Plenty of pools close to all condos. Nice restaurant on the property. Ten minutes to Disney and twenty minutes to SeaWorld. Once you leave the resort, the traffic is heavy. You learn to pick the times when the traffic is lower.
the ambience. the master bedroom bed made a lot of noise ,they took two days to fix a leaking kitchen sink and the the living room wall had a hole in it.
Beautiful spacious rooms in quiet area convenient to everything! Lovely pools and hot tubs and amenities we didn't have time to use. Needs to be more clear about how to get more towels, cleaning supplies etc.
It was a spacious living space for all 6 of us and the Kitchen was well equipped and functional. Lots of towels provided and extra sheet sets. Also loved having laundry in the room! Lots of stains on the carpeting made it look dirty.
I loved Bahama Bay. Everything was perfect, the pools, the food, the room , etc.
Great to relax! Pool at our building was not open at night and the pool sinage informed us that it was this way all year.
lots of room and comfort for everyone.I also liked the fact that there was a little store from which you could purchase necessary supplies. In terms of the website, I found it did not clearly define and talk about the extra charges for cleaning etc/ This could be more clear.
very pleasant stay and great value for money
Clean & tidy resort with good local amenaties, easy access to Disney. Hidden charges shown on the hotel web site that were not on bookings.com site.
Room was Very Clean. Location was good for Orlando attractions and nearby shopping. Area was a little scetchy. Not a lot to do with walking distance.
The linens were very clean! Breakfast had nice options. Could have had more parking.
Nice hotel Wifi was down for 3 of the nights I was there
I stay here alot because its close to where I do business when I fly in from Puerto Rico. The staff is outstanding and they will go out of their way to accomadate any need. Lol, nothing !!!
The towne homes were spacious. The hotel staff begining with the manager was rude and unaccmadating. Check in is at 4pm but rooms/homes are not available and staff does not when they will be available. Towne homes are far from Disney and any other attractions. Pool on premesis is small and far away from the homes, you have to drive to the pool!
The bar and restaurant were very nice with good food and good service They only supplied one days worth of toiletries for a 6 day stay. They also need another pool closer to the far west villas. The complex has outgrown the parking area needed for the clubhouse/pool. Longer pool hours would be a big improvement. Marginal cell coverage area.
Great waterpark! Loved the villas. Friendly staff. The lazy river did not have floating tubes. The upstairs on the 3 bedroom units has an awkward floor plan. The 4 bedrooms are great!
The resort itself is lovely just what you'd want. Unfortunately they let to large groups, E.G. football teams,etc. so swamp the facilities, spa pools, gym, sunbeds so you are crowded. The meals were nice and quite reasonable, the bar shut too early before 10pm every night even through Xmas. Often no towels avail at pool the spa/steam room/sauna got broken last day of our stay! Wristbands for pool! Our Villa was 6 miles away from the resort not 100 yards as stated in the description. The staff said it was not their problem but the booking agency. I emailed twice but received no response. We could have booked an independent villa for half the price we were charged for the hotel. The villa we were given was dirty, skum round the bath, dishwasher dirty, sweet wrappers in sofa, etc. etc.
I feel like check out time should be later than 10am. We had a small baby and 10am was just entirely too early!!!
The house was very good and spacious and had all we needed for our stay We were too far away from the pool, bar & food wasn't what it said on it's web site
Me and the family had a wonderful time and yes I would come back again thabks for a great vacation
the quietness of the rooms...had neighbors but didn't hear them!
First of all let me say that this resort was nice. The pool was nice, the lazy river was smaller than it looked in pictures, but overall nice- bring a float.Tiki bar was good, and there was outdoor entertainment, there were scavenger hunts for the kids-very family friendly. I was pleased at check in, that was until I got to my unit. It was in the very last row on the outskirts of the resort, certainly not within walking distance to the pool. I was unhappy b/c it was not the floor plan that I " purposely chose" - I chose a unit with 1 bd and ba downstairs and 2 upstairs because I was traveling with a guest in a wheelchair. ( I noted at booking that I was traveling with a handicap guest-on the special request space) I thought oh, no problem they will just swap us to the correct unit- the one I reserved. That did not happen-we had to drag the mattress dwnstairs- my cripple mother in law was very uncomfortable. I was informed I was in a time share b/c I booked with booking.com & they couldn't resolve it.
The size of the unit was great for the price. The staff was not very helpful on several occassions.
location was good It was not very clean, poor beds and very bad breakfast
location.comfotable, great staff, and value some guests a little noisy
Staff was very courteous and helpful. Good location.
It was convenient for what I needed to do in Haines City. The rooms smelled. The staff was surly and uncooperative. They copied my ID which I did not like--then on check out they could not find it until I called the Sheriff. Wi-fi was not accessible from my room--ever.
former smoking room, the airco needed cleaning
Filtered coffee machine in the room! :-) The reservation through Booking.com did not show up on the Motel's website. Luckily, there was plenty of space so I was able to get a room.
Great location, near everything , very good bed. all around a great place to stay
Pool Would like to have had more on the continental buffet....like maybe fruit.
Good price
Clean Rooms Front desk clerk argued with me over the registration - King vs. Double. Said there was nothing she could do to change reservation although hotel was for the most part vacant. Forced the issue and got the room changed though it created a horrific experience
The price was right. It was convenient to the highway and related points of interest. The water did not drain properly while taking a shower.
Location was great. Food and stores were very close and the room was pretty clean and modern. Beds were extremely comfortable also. We didn't like that the beds are not made with blankets on them. There was a fleece like blanket between two sheets. We would have preferred a blanket but over all the room was nice
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The room was in such poor condition that we decided not to stay.
Everything looks new and renovated. People on the front desk are friendly and professional. Good quality breakfast. Rooms are non smoking and smell great. Very nice hotel.
Location Poor cleaning, didn't have a phone in the room, bathroom was a mess and bed sheets had stains.
Musty smell throughout, dirty/sticky carpet, stained walls/bathrooms, overall horrible facilities.
Clean Bathtub tap ran constantly. No TV guide on programming( just a list of networks) Asked for wakeup call. Did not happen. No newspaper. Desk said to go to garage next door. Went there but they do not sell papers.
hotel staff, near to disney world, free shuttle to dw n safe... room stank a bit
Price. Availability of room on short notice. Bed uncomfortable. Air conditioner very loud.
Excellent hotel staff! Very friendly, clean, budget friendly, and great, free breakfast! Will stay again!
The hotel had nice access to the local attractions. Clean room, nice staff and decent breakfast fare.
Online price was great for night stay. Did not care for breakfast so skipped it. Room had balcony. Plenty of parking. Close to Disney. Room smelled like someone had been smoking.


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How to sort your wardrobe
As a collector of vintage bits and pieces, my wardrobe is pretty important to me. I like a pretty dress and I want to be able to put my hands on the right accessory to pull together an outfit.
If you've ever bought vintage clothes you'll know that like any good relationship, a love affair with a vintage frock is all about compromise. That dress you just had to have probably needs a belt to cinch the waist a bit or a scarf to hide a stain. Sometimes you might need a singlet top if the neckline's just a bit too low (or in the case of my very favourite vintage number a little worn at the side seams).
I find the key to organisation of just about everything is to divide and conquer. If you keep everything separated, boxed and well labelled then you can't go wrong. All my shoes are stored in shoe boxes and labelled (clumsily I admit) with posca pen. It makes the task of shoe selection an absolute breeze.
During my clutter busting/spring cleaning/house moving organisation I decided to apply the same theory to the essentials of the wardrobe too. I'm super chuffed with the way it looks. I'm not entirely sure how long my labels will last and might need to break out the Dymo for a more permanent solution.
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Now that Black Friday, the supposed busiest shopping day of the year, is behind us, do you have your Christmas shopping wrapped up?
As for me, my wife says we're done. For you husbands out there fortunate enough to have a bride who takes care of the shopping, thank the good Lord for her! And, don't forget to get her something nice.
For many of you, I imagine you still have much to do. With the current economic situation, most folks are trying to shop conservatively this year. If you're looking for gardening gifts, you're in luck - many are quite affordable.
The easiest thing that comes to mind is a nice gift card to the local garden center. Every gardener will need those spring supplies such as fertilizer, seed and mulch, so a gift card might come in handy. There are tools that need replacing, too, and maybe a few other necessities and gadgets they can choose from.
Something to read? Every gardener can enjoy how-to-garden and reference books on those chilly, winter days. They can use these throughout the season, too.
A few authors to look for include Walter Reeves, Allan Armitage, Tara Dillard, Michael Dirr and Joe Lamp'l. In particular, look for books that have been out for a few years and are available in paperback.
What about something to make gardening more ergonomic? A nice set of knee pads, a kneeling pad or a gardening stool are all useful for any of that close-to-the-ground work.
In fact, one gardening stool is made to wear. It attaches to the gardener with a harness and allows hands-free movement around the garden. A coil spring on the bottom cushions the seat and allows the gardener to plop down just about anywhere.
A garden gnome costs as little as $30 and is supposed to bring good luck to the garden. Another great idea for you cost-conscious shoppers is a weather calendar or a copy of the Old Farmer's Almanac. Both are less than $10.
Does your gardener use compost? A plethora of composting aids is available, from simple wire mesh bins to polyurethane compost tumblers made from recycled plastic. There are collapsible bins, food composting containers, biodegradable composting bags, compost thermometers, choppers, turners and even books on how to do it.
It might behoove you to check out the tool shed to see if a hoe, rake or spade is in disrepair. This is the perfect time to give a new garden tool to replace the one with the handle held together by tape or nails or broken off so short that only your 3-year-old grandson could use it.
There are all types of weeding gadgets on the market, too. And various three-piece hand tool sets normally include a trowel, garden fork and cultivator. Newer ones have extensions that fit around the wrist for added comfort.
Finally, consider a rain barrel to collect natural irrigation water. With our ongoing drought and water restrictions, "water harvesting" is almost a necessity.
To get an idea of what types of rain barrels are available commercially, Google "rain barrels" and search one of the 847,000 sites available. Locally, the Chestatee-Chattahoochee Resource Conservation and Development Council offers rain barrels of various sizes at a reasonable price.
Billy Skaggs is an agricultural agent and Hall County extension coordinator. Phone: 770-531-6988. Fax: 770-531-3994.


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The Mutual Musicians Foundation, a Kansas
City Tradition
This article is dedicated to the memory of Jay McShann
A venerable building known as The Mutual Musicians Foundation stands today, not far from the famous corner of 18th and Vine in Kansas City, Missouri. In the nineteen-twenties and thirties, and into the forties, this was a notoriously wide-open, lawless part of town whose thriving clubs attracted some of the most famous jazz and blues artists of the era. The Tom Pendergast machine that ran the city during and after Prohibition was in full swing. In 1928 the African American musicians union purchased an apartment building to use as its union hall, known then as the Musicians Protective Union Local No. 627. It was a place where one might have seen Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and similar luminaries jamming. It is the first place where Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie played together. This historic building, now known as the Mutual Musicians Foundation (MMF), has been saved from ruin by a dedicated few, and remains the site of Saturday night jam sessions.
I first met Ramonda Doakes, then the Executive Director of the MMF, at Chad Kassem's Blues Masters at the Crossroads festival in Salina, Kansas, in October, 2000. Ramonda told me the history of the MMF, and how it voted to merge with the majority union in 1970, becoming Local No. 34-627. Today it serves as a home for all jazz, blues and R&B musicians, especially local ones, including those who have lost their remaining family ties through living too long a life on the road. It is "the only place that truly belongs to them," according to Ramonda. The foundation puts a roof over elderly musicians' heads, takes care of them, buys them medicine, and helps to reconnect them with whatever family members they may have remaining. The MMF has hosted jam sessions every Saturday night since the twenties. The practicing musicians that come to town today visit the MMF because of its legacy, and because it provides a place for them to relax and listen to local musicians. As of 2000, 92-year-old Claude "Fiddler" Williams still played there, and still ran up and down the stairs, said Ramonda. The building is one of only two in the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas City (Building #79001372). The foundation is unendowed, and Ramonda ran it on money from the musicians' dues and on proceeds from the Saturday night jam sessions.
The Mutual Musicians Foundation
Some people call Ramonda crazy, but I call her dedicated and driven. She was a ballet dancer and an artist, and later taught economics, African history, and geology on the university level. But at the age of 50, this non-musician renounced academia to run this foundation on a shoestring. She tried to establish an endowment, but had no luck with that. She was also unable to afford a web site. What originally drove her to this effort? I don't know exactly, but I sure do admire her spirit and sincerity.
Ramonda did not seek significant outside help. She observed that after well-meaning outsiders have come and gone, there is usually nothing left of what it was that they were trying to preserve in the first place. She bemoaned the fact that the U.S. doesn't always do too well in preserving its culture. We tear down the original buildings and replace them with ones that are too slick. For instance, there is almost nothing left of the original historic 18th and Vine district in Kansas City. Ramonda sincerely desired to help these musicians, to provide them with a home, and to maintain the decades-old tradition of the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Ramonda was attending the concert in Salina just to soak up the music and enjoy it, and was certainly not there to advertise her plight. But once I discovered who she was and we started talking, all of this just came pouring out. We made plans to meet in Kansas City the next time I was in town, so that I could see all of this first-hand.
In October, 2002, I traveled to Kansas City, following another of Chad's blues festivals in Salina. I found the historic 18th and Vine district, and met Ramonda at the Mutual Musicians Foundation the afternoon after a late night of some of the most phenomenal blues that I had experienced in my life.
If it wasn't for Ramonda Doakes and others before and after her, the MMF would likely have been condemned, and most everything in it would have subsequently been lost. When she assumed the directorship, the roof was falling in, and the air conditioning and heating were nonfunctional. She applied for and received funds from the State of Missouri and the City of KCMO to repair the roof. The foundation houses three pianos that are rumored to have belonged to musicians from the early years, including Jay McShann, the inestimable Kansas City pianist and bandleader. Marion Watkins, the MMF Director who preceded Ramonda, rescued the original union hall banner, which Ramonda subsequently had encased and rehung (pictured). When Ramonda went to install a sump pump in the building, she found a sax and a clarinet under the floorboards. The musicians often hocked their instruments for money, and the pawn shop owners would lend them back to the musicians for gigs. The shop owners would go to the gigs to try to collect the money that the musicians would have had to pay to claim their instruments, or they would take the instruments back. Apparently, the musicians would hide their instruments under the floorboards after these gigs, and a couple of unlucky ones never made it back to reclaim them. These instruments now reside in the American Jazz Museum down the street.
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The more I spoke with Ramonda, the more I came to realize how dedicated she is to saving the MMF. During her tenure as Executive Director, she also found the money to bury returning musicians who have lost their family ties due to having lived too long a life on the road, often overseas. Sometimes in such cases, remaining family members refuse to do anything, and that's where the MMF steps in. Why did Ramonda take years out of her life, and interrupt a good career, to do this? For one thing, she spent a lot of time with Jay McShann's family in her early years, listening to the music live. For another, she has a deep appreciation for the history, and is truly indignant over seeing so much of it lost.
As Ramonda explained, the outside of the MMF was originally red brick. It has been stuccoed over and painted pink, and the original doors and windows have been moved. Inside, the MMF has one room downstairs with photos lining the walls, a small area for a band, a piano, and a bar. Up a narrow flight of stairs is a larger room filled with tables and chairs, and the three pianos described above. Ramonda constantly scraped for funds, and at one point the MMF sold a building two doors down, the Blind Boone Theatre, to the city. Next door is housing for transients, where many of the musicians sleep when they are in town.
Ramonda Doakes and the Author
As we left the MMF and toured the 18th and Vine district, Ramonda noted how the whole area started to go downhill in the sixties, and disappeared following the mob wars of the seventies and eighties that drove the clubs out and closed the River Quay area. The area has recently seen a renaissance, primarily with the construction of the American Jazz Museum. While this museum is a great place to gain a feel for the history of the area, some things were lost when it was built. Standing at Highland and 18th, looking down toward Vine, a number of old buildings on the right hand side were razed to make way for the museum. Ramonda bemoans the fact that the city did not retain the shell or even the double-brick front of the old buildings, and then build the museum inside of or behind that. She also notes the fact that the new Blue Room at the corner of 18th and Vine, a jazz club within the museum, complete with a replica of the original sign out front, has the wrong interior configuration, and the door opens onto the wrong street. Some things were lost and some things were gained in the reconstruction of 18th and Vine. Unfortunately, the things that were lost are gone forever. Consistent with that theme, Ramonda was given two flats of bricks from the original street by the city, but the bricks simply disappeared one night. How very sad.
As of our visit in 2002, Ramonda had decided to take a break from the physical and emotional stresses of running the MMF, and a new Executive Director was at the helm. But knowing her, I predict that she will make good on her plan to return to that job one day. Her dedication to the MMF is clearly rooted deep in her soul. Meanwhile, we should all be grateful to Ramonda Doakes, and others like her, for everything they have done for the Mutual Musicians Foundation and the tradition of jazz and blues in America. Ramonda notes that "I am grateful to the musicians who created the music that I and many others love. It has been an honor to contribute anything I can to their legacy and their contribution to all of us. I could have accomplished nothing without the help of the dedicated staff and musicians." Here's hoping that the MMF has many great years ahead of it.
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2011 Toyota Sienna SE Review
Toyota's new Sienna is better looking, but not necessarily better overall
The 2011 Toyota Sienna sports a bold new athletic look that separates it visually from the plethora of in-class offerings in today's marketplace, and continues to blend the visual line between station wagon and minivan. From a rear three quarter view, the Sienna could easily be mistaken for a taller, wider, Prius with its clear taillight treatment and high door lines. Meanwhile, the nose of the Sienna looks like a stretched out Camry with its deep air dam and aggressively angled projector beam headlights. Our test model (the SE trim level) even came equipped with anthracite hued optional 19-inch wheels. On paper in may not sound all that attractive, and true enough, the look may in fact be polarizing. Any way you look at it though, Toyota's move to take the previously mundane wallflower of a minivan and turn it into a dance floor diva is a good thing in the own-it-cause-you-must car world.
1. The all-new 2011 Sienna now comes in a sporty SE trim level with stiffer springs, tighter steering, 19-inch wheels, plus a new more aggressive front fascia, lower side skirts and a rear diffuser.
2. A new base 4-cylinder engine is offered for 2011 with 187-hp and a 19/24-mpg rating, while the larger 3.5L V6 makes 266-hp and gets an almost identical 18/24-mpg.
3. The Sienna continues to be the only minivan that offers AWD.
4. Cargo room behind the third row is 16.6 cu.-ft.
5. Pricing ranges from $24,260 to just under $40,000
There are, as in previous years, several Sienna trim levels, which is currently the only minivan on the market that offers optional all-wheel-drive. From base model in ascending order, the trims include the LE, SE, XLE, and Limited. The LE, XLE, and Limited offer either FWD or AWD formats, while our test vehicle SE is offered in front wheel drive only.
Although a powerful 3.5-liter V6 that churns out a healthy 266 horses is standard on the SE, XLE and Limited, the base LE comes with a new 2.7-liter 4 cylinder with a spunky 187 horsepower rating. (The LE offers the optional V6.)
The SE has room for eight, with a sliding middle seat bench that offers excellent legroom when the rear seats are stowed. Storage nooks and crannies abound in the Sienna, but so does the use of hard plastic surfaces throughout the interior. While the thick leatherette wrapped steering wheel feels substantial, and the leatherette trimmed cloth seats are comfortable, there is a subtle feeling of cost reduction measures to the new Sienna.
Driver seating position is upright and somewhat less sedan like than in previous models, and outward rear visibility is good, although judging distances around the massive front fenders does take some getting used to. The gauges are well placed and clearly visible, but the center dash mounted back up camera monitor is entirely too small.
The 2011 Sienna offers enormous amounts of storage capacity with a truly cavernous 150 cubic feet of space available behind the front seats. There is still 87.1 cubic feet of room behind the 2nd row, when it is moved forward, and 39.1 cubic feet of storage behind the third row. There is also ample room for baby seats on the second and third rows, and the nifty sliding second row makes it that much easier to get a binky back in little Timmy's mouth when he's having a tantrum. However, why Toyota does not cover the back of the front seats with some type of more durable material is a mystery. It is the one area of the interior where a hard plastic surface would make sense, and stop damage from the inevitable sneaker marks when toddlers kick the seats.
The driving experience in the Sienna is something to be appreciated, although it also has its drawbacks when compared to the previous generation van. While the potent V6 makes passing maneuvers and freeway merges in the Sienna an effortless task, the lack of AWD on our test car did affect the confidence with which the Sienna accelerated, especially over bumpy surfaces.
Speaking of bumps, washboard surfaces are the bane of the SE model. While speed humps and potholes are handled easily enough, save for an occasional unpleasant jarring, several bumps in quick succession sent a resonance down the length of the vehicle and reminded us quickly that we were driving a van and not a sedan.
Although braking from the ABS equipped four wheel disc brakes is confidence inspiring, and the 19-inch wheels wrapped in substantial 235/50 tires offer predictable grip, some of the nimbleness from the 2010 seems to have been lost in the 2011.
At an EPA rated 18-mpg city and 24-mpg on the highway the 2011 Sienna, which is about 200 lbs heavier than the last model we tested, actually gets better fuel mileage than its predecessors, thanks in part to the smooth shifting and efficient 6-speed ECT-i automatic transmission. Those fuel economy numbers are, however, a few ticks short of the new Honda Odyssey.
Although there were no government safety ratings available at the time of our test, the Sienna is clearly safety conscious as it comes equipped with a vehicle stability control system, seatbelt pretensioners, and a veritable cornucopia of airbags throughout the vehicle.
Price of admission for the Sienna is $24,260 for the base LE with the four cylinder – a reasonable starting price for an extremely utilitarian vehicle that is nice looking to boot. However, the prices do climb, and quickly. By the time you look at the option laden Limited with AWD and the V6, you're just shy of $50k. We are, after all, talking about a minivan here.
Our test model stickered at $33,518 with an options package that added $2,169 to the $30,550 base SE price and included power side and rear doors, individual temperature settings, a CD player with MP3 capability, USB iPod port, steering wheel mounted controls, floor mats and a security system among other items. The delivery and handling fee tacks on an extra $800.
Despite its 30 something price tag, our SE did not include AWD, full leather seating surfaces (cloth and kids don't always mix), or even a DVD player. It doesn't seem that Toyota spent the money where they should have in some areas. Sure, the wheels look great, but chances are you kids would appreciate the chance to lose themselves in another episode of Dora on your next extended road trip (something you'd probably prefer as well) rather than bragging to their friends that they're riding on 19s.
All said and done, Toyota still makes one of the best minivans in the business. However, with the new 2011 model one can't help but feel that the economy and a need to cut costs has seeped its way into the Sienna. Although you can typically bank on Toyota's legendary drivetrain quality and their resale value, if you factor that cost cutting feeling with the hit to your wallet into your purchasing decision, it seems that there may be some better buys out there.
2011 Honda Odyssey Review – First Drive 2011 Toyota Sienna: First Drive 2010 Chrysler Town & Country Review
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Critical Factors of Promoting Market Demand of Sustainable Housing in Australia
Yang, Zhengyu & Yang, Jay (2012) Critical Factors of Promoting Market Demand of Sustainable Housing in Australia. In Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering and Business Management, Scientific Research Pubishing, Shanghai, China, pp. 1627-1631.
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Strong regulatory pressure on environmental issues and the improved public awareness will continue to influence the market demand for sustainable housing in the coming years. Despite this potential, the voluntary up-take rate of sustainable practices is not as high as expected within the new built housing industry. This is in contrast to the influx of emerging building technologies, new materials and innovative designs as seen in office buildings and exemplar homes built worldwide. One possible reason for this is that key stakeholders such as developers, builders and consumers do not fully understand and appreciate the tangible and mutual benefits of sustainability in their professional and business activities. This situation warrants the study of a multifaceted strategy that integrates the needs of multiple stakeholders.
This research investigates multiple factors that affect key stakeholder's benefits in sustainable housing implementation. Drawing insights from a quantitative study on a questionnaire survey and a qualitative study of in-depth interviews with key stakeholders in the Australian housing industry, 11 critical factors of driving market demand for sustainable housing were unearthed. Their inter-relationships were identified with the aid of Interpretive Structural Modelling. The study concludes with a hierarchical model that amalgamates the strategies for the decision making of key stakeholders.
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Dec. 12, 2011
Colorado Springs, Colo. - University of Wyoming senior Adam Waddell has been named the Mountain West Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday. The weekly accolade is the first of Waddell's career and first for a Cowboy since Feb. 23, 2009.
Waddell was a workhorse in the Cowboys' big 65-54 win at Colorado last Friday. The center scored a season-high 17 points, all in the second half, to help UW snap a 23-game road losing streak. After missing his long field goal attempt in a first half that ended tied at 30-30, Waddell went 5-of-6 from the field and 7-of-9 from the free throw line over the final 20 minutes. He also grabbed five rebounds and blocked a shot while committing no turnovers in a season-high 31 minutes of action. The victory, Wyoming's first on an opponent's home court since Feb. 28, 2009, pushed the Pokes' win streak to seven games and ended CU's 27-game non-conference win streak at the Coors Events Center.
Wyoming currently sits atop the MW standings at 9-1 and continues its season by hosting UC Irvine in Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium.


text: Chris Pine is "grateful" to have "fantastic" Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek sequel The Captain Kirk actor heaps praise on his current co-star Comments Written By 6:14 AM, 10 February 2012 Captain Kirk actor Chris Pine has been speaking of his admiration for his co-star, Benedict Cumberbatch, as filming continues on the sequel to 2009's Star Trek. "Benedict is fantastic. He's just so good," Pine told MTV about his scenes with the Sherlock star. "He's super talented, and we are more than grateful to have him on-board. "Benedict has got this intensity about him, and he's obviously extremely intelligent and articulate. His vocal quality is something else. He obviously is, unlike many of us, like, an actually trained actor. He actually studied for it." With Cumberbatch lined up to play a mysterious villain in the sci-fi blockbuster, Pine was also asked whether the audience would have a love/hate relationship with the character. "[You'll love] everything. He's really talented," Pine said. "I think it's all going to be love - a mad amount of love." Actress Alice Eve - who also has a role in the movie - had this to say of Cumberbatch, an actor who she previously worked with on Starter for 10: "I'm very excited to work with him again. He's so very funny, Ben," she said. "I don't know if you remember his character in Starter for 10, but he was so funny. Like King of the Geeks, but he did it so well, and I found a lot of that hard to get through because he was so funny. I like him very much." The as-yet untitled Star Trek sequel, directed by JJ Abrams, is scheduled for release on 17 May 2013. Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Next: Addressing Modes, Previous: Trampolines, Up: Target Macros
Here is an explanation of implicit calls to library routines.
This macro, if defined, should expand to a piece of C code that will get expanded when compiling functions for libgcc.a. It can be used to provide alternate names for GCC's internal library functions if there are ABI-mandated names that the compiler should provide.
This hook should declare additional library routines or rename existing ones, using the functions
init_one_libfuncdefined in optabs.c.
init_optabscalls this macro after initializing all the normal library routines.
The default is to do nothing. Most ports don't need to define this hook.
If false (the default), internal library routines start with two underscores. If set to true, these routines start with
__gnu_instead. E.g.,
__muldi3changes to
__gnu_muldi3. This currently only affects functions defined in libgcc2.c. If this is set to true, the tm.h file must also
#define LIBGCC2_GNU_PREFIX.
This macro should return
trueif the library routine that implements the floating point comparison operator comparison in mode mode will return a boolean, and false if it will return a tristate.
GCC's own floating point libraries return tristates from the comparison operators, so the default returns false always. Most ports don't need to define this macro.
This macro should evaluate to
trueif the integer comparison functions (like
__cmpdi2) return 0 to indicate that the first operand is smaller than the second, 1 to indicate that they are equal, and 2 to indicate that the first operand is greater than the second. If this macro evaluates to
falsethe comparison functions return −1, 0, and 1 instead of 0, 1, and 2. If the target uses the routines in libgcc.a, you do not need to define this macro.
The value of
EDOMon the target machine, as a C integer constant expression. If you don't define this macro, GCC does not attempt to deposit the value of
errnodirectly. Look in /usr/include/errno.h to find the value of
EDOMon your system.
If you do not define
TARGET_EDOM, then compiled code reports domain errors by calling the library function and letting it report the error. If mathematical functions on your system use
matherrwhen there is an error, then you should leave
TARGET_EDOMundefined so that
matherris used normally.
Define this macro as a C expression to create an rtl expression that refers to the global "variable"
errno. (On certain systems,
errnomay not actually be a variable.) If you don't define this macro, a reasonable default is used.
When this macro is nonzero, GCC will implicitly optimize
sincalls into
sinfand similarly for other functions defined by C99 standard. The default is zero because a number of existing systems lack support for these functions in their runtime so this macro needs to be redefined to one on systems that do support the C99 runtime.
When this macro is nonzero, GCC will implicitly optimize calls to
coswith the same argument to a call to
sincos. The default is zero. The target has to provide the following functions:void sincos(double x, double *sin, double *cos); void sincosf(float x, float *sin, float *cos); void sincosl(long double x, long double *sin, long double *cos);
Set this macro to 1 to use the "NeXT" Objective-C message sending conventions by default. This calling convention involves passing the object, the selector and the method arguments all at once to the method-lookup library function. This is the usual setting when targeting Darwin/Mac OS X systems, which have the NeXT runtime installed.
If the macro is set to 0, the "GNU" Objective-C message sending convention will be used by default. This convention passes just the object and the selector to the method-lookup function, which returns a pointer to the method.
In either case, it remains possible to select code-generation for the alternate scheme, by means of compiler command line switches.


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Do Bailouts Prove Reagan's Point Re: Government's Economic View?
Ronald Reagan once said:
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Is there no finer example of this concept than our government's hundred year relationship with the American auto industry?
Before you answer, consider the following Wall Street Journal editorial published Wednesday (h/t Tapscott's Behind the Wheel via Instapundit):
Like all regulatory schemes, Congress's hallowed Corporate Average Fuel Economy rules froze in place a conception of the auto industry as it appeared to the simple minds of Congress in the early 1970s, when three manufacturers dominated the U.S. market, making full lines of vehicles. Today, more than 25 companies sell vehicles here, and the corollary of such diversity, normally, is specialization.
The Big Three, left to their own devices, would surely specialize in those vehicles on which they make money -- i.e., those with hefty price tags and markups relative to their man-hour content. Even at the peak of gas prices, half the vehicles sold in the U.S. were light trucks. In November, amid a collapsed home construction industry and with $4 gasoline fresh in mind, what were the two top sellers? Pickups by Ford and Chevy -- and the Dodge Ram was No. 7. [...]
[UAW chief Ron] Gettelfinger's should be the loudest voice calling for an end to CAFE, an idiotic scheme that has done little to reduce gasoline demand or oil imports. Flexibility to build cars for a profit couldn't help but benefit all of Detroit's stakeholders, including a UAW struggling to preserve an island of high-wage manufacturing (à la Mercedes's German workers) inside what would at least have the possibility of becoming healthy Detroit-based global competitors.
Let's sum up: cars moved; government taxed them; they continued to move; government regulated them; they stopped moving; government subsidized them.
Are Reagan and the Journal right, and the better answer for our auto industry is to remove the regulations that have strangled its progress?


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The 20-year-old, who lost in the first round of the Australian Open, has been struggling since he returned home.
"We had a scan done this week and have decided that it is better not to play.
"Experts have advised me that going from hard courts to clay and back to indoor courts could increase chances of further injury," he told his website.
Murray dropped out of the world's top 10 after he was beaten in Melbourne by Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who went on to reach the final.
The Scot won the Qatar Open in the lead-up to the first Grand Slam tournament of the year and insisted his defeat by Tsonga was not down to physical problems.
The British number one, who missed almost three months with a wrist problem last year, spent the off-season working in Miami with fitness experts Jez Green, Matt Little and Miles Maclagan.
Green admits the intensity of the workouts may have backfired.
"Andy's workload in the off-season was incredibly high and put a lot of stress on the right knee.
"This is causing him some problems on certain movements. Changing surfaces three times in such a short time span would be a great risk to further injury."
And Murray added: "Last year was very difficult with my wrist injury. I learned about the importance of looking after my body and I don't want to make any mistakes going forward.
"Taking this preventive measure is a very difficult decision but because I didn't play a full year last year, the next two months are very important if I am to maintain my chances of challenging the top players."
Murray's withdrawal is a massive blow to Britain's chances of success in their World Group first-round tie - their first in the elite section after a four-year gap.
Alex Bogdanovic is their next highest ranked player at 187, while Argentina will be led by world number 10 David Nalbandian.
Doubles specialist Ross Hutchins has been named as the fourth member of the GB team, joining Andy's brother Jamie, Bogdanovic and Jamie Baker.
Team captain John Lloyd told BBC Radio 5 Live: "We're not very happy but these things happen. I'm actually really sad for Andy because I think he's missing out on an unbelievable occasion.
"He could have gone up against some of the world's best in an environment that's going to be hostile, to put it mildly, and would have a chance to prove how good a player he really is.
"I think he would have really enjoyed that task. I'm sad for him that he's not going to be here and I'm sad for the team because he's our number one player.
"Our chances are now not exactly rosy but we'll do the best we can."
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Saturday night I went to see a baseball game at Kaufmann Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Royals.
My sister was staying at my mom's house in Lee's Summit, and my wife and I stopped off for a visit.
My sister, who lives in Hartland, Mich., is an avid Detroit Tigers fan. The Royals hosted the Tigers over the weekend, so my sister scooped up some tickets and we caught the game live.
It was quite a confusing night for me.
I am a diehard Cardinals fan, but the Detroit Tigers were the first baseball team I loved. I still hope to see the Tigers play well, and I still check where the team is in the standings — but it doesn't ruin my night when the Detroit club loses, like a Cardinals loss has done.
So Saturday night, I felt I was cheating on the Cardinals. I sincerely hoped that Allen Craig, Adam Wainwright, Yadier Molina and the rest of the gang didn't catch wind that I was in KC, cursing Justin Verlander's subpar performance.
Kaufmann Stadium had its share of Tigers fans that night, but there were even more royal blue and light blue jerseys with the names of Hosmer, Brett and even Quisenberry on the back.
Sorry if I lost some of you with that list. Those are either current or former Cardinals. I probably should have used Bruce Sutter and Carlos Beltran as examples.
The sea of blue was nothing like the ocean of red at Busch Stadium.
It was odd to me to clap for baseball players in another uniform. I hadn't done that in years.
In fact, I think the last time that happened was when I visited my sister and we saw a game at the Tigers' home park of Comerica Park.
That was probably five years ago. I even wore a Curtis Granderson shirt, when he was playing outfield for the Tigers.
Which leads me to a confession. I actually wore Detroit Tigers colors and even donned a Tigers cap that had belonged to my father.
He was a lifelong Tigers fan, but eventually saw the light and cheered for the St. Louis Cardinals, and even wore the team's red shirts and caps.
But there is another element to the baseball love triangle. I lived in the Kansas City area for two years while I was in high school.
After I graduated from college, I moved back to the area, this time in Lexington, Mo., where I worked for a newspaper.
The Royals were not playing well the year I worked for the Lexington News. The club handed out media passes like they were going out of style.
I went to several games during one season. While I did clap for the team, I never liked the Royals enough to buy any merchandise. I was cheering more for the free tickets than I was for the squad.
That royal blue history didn't trump the team of my youth — the team I watched win the 1984 World Series from a television about a 45-minute drive from the old Tigers Stadium.
That stadium was not far from where my mom grew up and where she saw her favorite all time player Mickey Lolich.
I don't feel quite as bad trading my Cardinals cap for Tigers gear — not only did the Tigers attire help me remember my roots and stand in solidarity with my sister, but also it was a tribute to my father.
But I certainly didn't look as good in orange and dark blue, and I know that I didn't cheer as loud as I do when I wear Cardinals red.
That was evident in 2006 when I saw the St. Louis Cardinals dismantle the Detroit Tigers in the final game of the World Series.
It never crossed my mind that day to wear anything but red.


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VIDEO: Neil Patrick Harris' Emmys Opener and Dr. Horrible Sketch
Missed the Emmys last night?
Yeah, we didn't think so.
But Let's look back at the highlights from Neil Patrick Harris' hosting duties anyway, shall we?
Click the vids to see Harris' faaaabulous opening number, "Put Down the Remote" and his hilarious Dr. Horrible sketch with Nathan Fillion as Captain Hammer.
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The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival Presents THE BIG SCREEN
The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 9:00 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Fresh from a successful third annual festival in the Spring, The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (AoBFF) surrenders the reigns to some of the best film curators in Brooklyn for the summer.
The Big Screen is a month-long celebration of Brooklyn's best independent film series, which usually screen in intimate venues throughout the borough. From August 4 - 25 at St. Francis College's Founders Hall and Maroney Theaters (180 Remsen St. BK, NY 11201) Brooklyn's best independent film series move out of the back rooms and onto The Big Screen.
Sunday August 4th - 6pm
Presented by Heather Freudenthal (Sunday Film Series)
Running Time: 93 min
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a professional basketball arena and the densest real estate development in U.S. history. Along the way, he falls in love, gets married and starts a family while living in a vacated building located at the heart of the project site. Over the course of seven years, Daniel spearheads the movement against the development plan as he and the community fight tenaciously in the courts, the streets, and the media to stop the abuse of eminent domain and reveal the corruption at the heart of the plan.
Filmmaker Bios:
Michael Galinsky - Michael is a filmmaker, photographer, and musician. Along with wife Suki, he's produced six award-winning feature films and dozens of shorts. Michael is a contributing editor for International Documentary Magazine, writing articles about filmmaking and distribution. Raised in Chapel Hill, Michael graduated Phi Beta Kappa in Religious Studies from New York University. He previously played bass for Sleepyhead.
Suki Hawley - A director and editor, Suki has collaborated with husband Michael for 20 years. Together they've produced a series of critically acclaimed features, which have screened to audiences around the world. She has also served as a consulting editor on high profile documentaries and tv series. A native of Dallas, she studied film at Wesleyan University and after graduation worked in the cutting room of Roger Corman's legendary studio.
David Beilinson - Combining a range of creative skills, David manages production for RUMUR's projects. In partnership with Michael and Suki, he's produced a collection of groundbreaking documentary films. Prior to joining RUMUR, he was a producer for the Emmy-winning PBS series In the Mix. Born and raised in Miami Beach, David graduated from the Gallatin School at New York University, where he split his time as the youngest associate at Miramax Films.
Saturday, August 17th - 6pm
Presented by Heather Freudenthal (Sunday Film Series)
Running Time: 45 min
Anthony has driven a school bus in Staten Island, New York for twenty-four years. His plans to retire suddenly grind to a halt when the Union (ATU 1181) goes on strike in response to a contract dispute with the City of New York. The film follows Anthony and his fellow drivers to the picket line, where they find themselves battling harsh winter weather, a media blackout, Union politics and a Mayor who refuses to negotiate. When the City puts Anthony and the driver's jobs out to bid, a tense atmosphere erupts as non-union 'replacement drivers' start crossing the picket lines.
The striking workers, who receive only $150 a week are forced to take stock of their own lives. Anthony worries he might have to delay his retirement. Donna, a matron, and her daughter are forced to move out of their apartment due to financial difficulty. Albert, a driver from Howard Beach who lost his home in Hurricane Sandy, depends on his full time employment to survive while he deals with insurance companies and FEMA. As the strike drags on, many workers fear they will have to leave their Unionized jobs in order to support their families.
Filmmaker Bios:
Keif Roberts (co-director) graduated from SUNY Stony Brook and was a screenwriter and producer before adding directing, editing and cinematography to his repertoire. He first knew he wanted to be in film when he saw Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" in a theater. Keif has worked as an editor and cinematographer for DIY Network, Discovery 3D, and the ASPCA. He lives in Queens, NY.
Peter J. Haas (co-director) is a graduate of Keene State College and is a professional raconteur in feature and broadcast documentary and narrative. His work has been seen on PBS, NBC, at the Sundance Film Festival, IFC and on various cable networks. An advocate of "ecstatic cinema," Peter masterminds works that have been described as H.P. Lovecraft landscapes populated by the imaginative absurdities of Philip K. Dick.
Sunday August 18th - 6pm
Presented by Heather Freudenthal (Sunday Film Series)
Running Time: 93 min
Two men celebrate twenty-five years together by taking off on a "slightly zany... cross-country adventure" (The New York Times) to marry in every state that will let them. Along the way they find acceptance from strangers, rejection from loved ones, and discover that no distance is too far to go to declare that their marriage counts.
Filmmaker Bio:
Allan Piper (director) previously directed the award-winning indie romantic comedy Starving Artists, which the Boston Globe called one of "the best films you've probably never seen." He also directed the award-winning documentary Admiral, My Name is Corey, about Admiral Byrd's 1933 Antarctic expedition. He is formerly the Senior Editor and a director for BBC New York, and has edited numerous shows for ABC, Bravo, MTV, TLC, Discovery, and Food Network, including Wife Swap, What Not to Wear, and Chopped. Most recently he was part of President Obama's campaign video team.
Film Subjects Bios:
Pat Dwyer & Stephen Mosher (the grooms) met in Texas in the 1980s, but have been New Yorkers since 1993. They wanted to get married on their 25th anniversary, but since same-sex marriage was at that time illegal in New York, Texas, and 43 other states, they decided to travel the country to get married everywhere they could. Dwyer worked for 16 years in advertising and has recently returned to his first love of acting. Mosher is a blogger, event-planner, and an acclaimed photographer who has done shoots with countless glamorous people, including Judi Dench, Kirsten Dunst, Sarah Jessica Parker, and most especially his friends and family.
Friday, August 23rd - 8pm
A Smorgasbord of Shorts! WORLD PREMIERE
Presented by Andrew Greer (Infinity Ball Productions)
Running Time: TBD
Pig out with a variety of cinematic tastes ranging from comedy to drama, action to romance, contemporary and classic movies. Featuring the best films from Infinity Ball Productions' 72-Hour Film Festival as well as past and present members of the Infinity Ball Production team. Take all you want, but eat all you take!
APPETIZERS (20 minutes)
Trailers, Music Videos, Cartoons, and a silent film by various artists will open the evening. Featuring the work of Al George, Andrew Greer, Brayden Hade, DEEP, Jamal Stone, Joshua Weisbroad, Rob Yulfo.
From the Vault – Devices by Kenneth H. Brown (40 mins)
"The play on which this film is based was produced by Yale Drama School in 1966 when I was the resident playwright there. Bob Young and Mike Roemer, the team that made Nothing But A Man, were teaching there at the time, and Bob said he wanted to shoot a movie of it, and so we did using acting students from the Drama School. The soundtrack on piano is played by Al Carmines who ran the Judson Poets Theater in those days, and you will note the name of John Guare as "Grips" in the credits. He was a good friend at the time and already a well known playwright. I have written more than twenty plays that have been produced worldwide in a dozen languages including The Brig which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1963 and has had more than 200 productions over the last fifty years." – Kenneth H. Brown
New Work – Life is Hard, Kinda by Dan Buyanovsky (40 mins)
Life is Hard Kinda is a comedic drama that tells the story of a twentysomething waiter/writer, or writer/waiter, who struggles with both his professional goals and personal relationships. As he's faced with trauma, he learns exactly how not to react to whatever is thrown his way, and eventually realizes that things are only as bad as he imagines them to be.
DESSERT (30 mins)
Infinity Ball Productions' 72 Hour Film Festival
In 72 Hours 1059045 people are born, Americans eat 300 acres of pizza, 0.024657534 people are eaten by bears, Aaaaaaaand you could make a short film! No fees! No winners! Just terrifying, pure unfettered creativity presented by www.InfinityBallProductions.com.
Filmmaker Bios:
Andrew Greer was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Andrew graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Acting. Since graduating Andrew has participated in many New York City theatre and film festivals. Currently Andrew works at The Alchemical Theatre Laboratory. Andrew is also writing his first YA Novel, Dragon Slayers Genesis, which will be released in the fall of 2013. Visit his website: TheTroupeTheatre.com
Jared Silver is an animator, VFX artist, and web designer who also dabbles in the dark arts of the theater. He can be visited online at jaredmsilver.com.
Louie Tremblay was born in the hills of Maine where he climbed trees and caught turtles. When he moved to Brooklyn he didn't know what to do with himself anymore, so he co-founded Infinity Ball Productions with some of his chums.
Robbie Yulfo is a Brooklyn-born artist, animator and filmmaker. Robbie also works for the Audio/Visual department at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Saturday August 24th - 7:30pm
Presented by Adam Schartoff (Filmwax)
Running Time: 88 min
Eight of the world's best pro-skateboarders prepare for the upcoming Street League Championship in NYC. Each equally talented, they all must overcome unique challenges - family pressures, injuries, money, fame and their own internal struggles - for a chance to win $200,000 and the title of best street-skateboarder in the world. The Motivation is a non-fiction sports film from internationally acclaimed filmmaker Adam Bhala Lough (The Carter, Bomb the System) featuring the biggest names in professional skateboarding today.
Filmmaker Bio:
Adam Bhala Lough is an American film director, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker from Fairfax, Virginia. Specializing in independent films, several of Lough's films have been selected as part of the Sundance Film Festival, and he holds the distinction of being the only filmmaker to have a feature film and a documentary in the film festival, as well as a screenplay selected for the annual Sundance Screenwriter's Lab.
Sunday, August 25th - 6PM
i'm not me
Presented by Heather Freudenthal (Sunday Film Series)
Running Time: 120 min
As Josh struggles with the death of his wife Sam, his grief begins to manifest itself in haunting and strange ways. When Josh comes face to face with his dead wife who is somehow alive and well, he slowly realizes that his world consists of two divergent realities. As he journeys between the two realms, hopeful of recreating the life he shared with Sam, tragedy ensues.
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Leon Hall, CB, Michigan
Leon Hall is an excellent all-around cornerback who excels in zone coverage. He is very solid at man to man coverage and can hold his own against most receivers. He plays with an aggressive style and likes to be physical in press coverage at the line of scrimmage. Hall is considered fast, however he lacks the elite speed of some NFL corners which may create problems against deep speed routes downfield. He shows good quickness while changing directions with receivers, moving to the inside or outside while remaining in position to make a play on the ball. Hall can also be a factor in the running game and does not shy away from sliding inside against the run. His quickness also allows him to be effective coming off the edge on the blitz. Hall was a standout cornerback at Michigan and really came into his own during his junior season starting all 12 games and leading the team with four interceptions. He earned All-American honors his senior season and set a Wolverines' record with 43 passes defended in his career. Hall is a very talented cornerback with solid coverage skills and should be a top 15 pick on draft day.
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By the driveway winding between the fields you arrive to Massia Ferreras, which is a lovely country house where the owner has constructed two apartments in one of the buildings. The house is situated on a small hill, providing a fine view over the landscape with green fields with the owners' more than 500 grazing sheep.
Piso Ballard is situated on the first floor in an independent building. The entrance is in level with the swimming pool, as the building is built on a slope. From the entrance, to the right you enter the 45m2 common room with kitchen corner, sofa corner, dining corner and not least panorama windows in the full length of the room. The kitchen is well-equipped with washing machine, dishwasher, ceramic hotplates, oven, microwave and toaster. To the left from the entrance you find the three large and beautifully decorated rooms, all with own bathrooms. All 3 rooms has double beds and private bath.
Lay out of Piso Ballard: From the common room, you have access to the 100m2 covered terrace with an excellent view. There is a barbecue on the terrace, making it the perfect location for your meals as well as relaxation.
On the other side of the main building, there is a very nice pool area with terrace and barbecue, swimming pool and mini golf with 8 holes. Additionally, there is a game room with table tennis and toys for small kids and two mountain bikes, which can be used free of charge during your stay. It is also possible to explore the surrounding by foot, following one of the indicated routes.
For kids and those who like animals, is the evening where you can feed the hens, geese and give the newly born lambs milk from a bottle the highlight of the day.
The house is situated on the owners' property surrounded by fields and forest. 2-3 km. away there is a village with grocery store, a restaurant and a bar.
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It was a realy nice vacation for me and my friends. So we want to say thank you for booking in piso ballard and casa hellas. both places and the owners were fantastic. It was a pleasure for us to see the catalonic part of spain. Friendly people, clean towns and villages and a wonderfull landscape makes our vacation there special and impressive. Thanks for your support and best wishes for the future
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Saturday, 17 March, 2001, 00:07 GMT
Warning over teacher action
By BBC education correspondent Mike Baker
If you were sitting in Downing Street planning the general election, which would frighten you more: The continuing spread of foot-and-mouth disease or the prospect of schools throughout the country sending pupils home for part of the week?
The foot-and-mouth outbreak is clearly disastrous for many rural parts of the country.
But the reality is that for most town, city and suburb dwellers the impact has, so far, been limited.
The industrial action threatened by teachers, however, could touch directly many more voters.
Action spreads
Just look at the list of places where teachers have already voted to take action: London, Doncaster, Leicester, Middlesbrough, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Southampton, Kent, Manchester and Reading.
In addition, staff in individual schools outside these areas have also voted for action.
If - and it is still a big "if" at this moment - teachers in all these areas start refusing to cover for absent colleagues then the impact could be enormous.
The teachers' unions are aware of the risk of upsetting parents, but believe they can persuade them that - in the long term - their action will benefit pupils more than it damages them in the short term.
This, though, is the big unknown for the Downing Street advisers to ponder.
Who is to blame?
If children are sent home will parents blame the teachers or the government?
But let us be clear about what the teachers' industrial action involves.
It is not - as journalistic short-hand would often have it - a strike.
The teachers are in effect working to the letter of their contract.
The idea is to protect themselves from unreasonable workload when they are asked to provide cover for missing colleagues.
'Unforeseen' absences
The "contract" in question is the School Teacher' Pay and Conditions Document which says teachers cannot be required to cover for "unforeseen" absences after the third day.
It also says they cannot be asked to cover for "foreseen" absences - that is those known about two or more days in advance - if those absences will last for more than three days.
So it would appear teachers who refuse to cover in these circumstances would be doing no more than their contract permits.
However there is a lawyers' delight - otherwise known as a loophole - in the document.
'All reasonable steps'
This provides an exception to the contract when the employer has "exhausted all reasonable steps" in trying to find temporary staff to fill any vacancies.
In the current climate of severe shortages, most head teachers and education authorities would have little problem arguing they have already "exhausted all reasonable steps" trying to find teachers.
So this begins to look like a dispute which could go all the way to the courts.
Perhaps this was what the Education Secretary, David Blunkett, was hinting at when he said the government's response to industrial action "could surprise" the unions.
Tough talking
Despite talking tough in a newspaper interview at the start of the week, Mr Blunkett did not give any details of how he would respond if pupils were sent home in large numbers.
One theory in government circles is that the threats of industrial action are partly about internal union politics.
Specifically, they point out the tendency for the National Union of Teachers leadership to face demands from the more militant delegates at its Easter annual conference for a tougher line on industrial action.
These conspiracy theorists argue that it suits the NUT leadership to go into Easter already committed to a form of action which is more benign than the tougher action likely to be demanded by some delegates.
So far, it has suited the unions to escalate this dispute very slowly.
This may be a wise tactic: it is easier for the government to give ground ahead of the action than once children are being sent home.
This raises the question of what it would take to get the unions to call off their action?
Their first demand was for an admission from government that the teacher shortage was serious.
This they have now had, not least in the millions of pounds allocated last week to recruitment and retention.
So what else do the unions want? A key demand is for an independent inquiry into the problems that are causing the shortage.
For the unions this means a new look at pay and working hours.
In particular they want shorter hours and more non-teaching time, along the lines of the recently agreed teachers' contract in Scotland.
But how can the government deliver a shorter working week when there are not enough teachers to go around now?
Any promises of change now could only be delivered in the longer term.
This is the heart of the problem: any serious action to boost teacher recruitment and retention will take a year, or more, to have an effect.
So it is hard to see an early end to this dispute.
That is why the Downing Street advisers need to keep as close an eye on the teachers' dispute as on foot-and-mouth.
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Sonny Digital Explains Origins of 2 Chainz and Kanye West's "Birthday Song"
Producer Sonny Digital already has a number of hits on his resume with club favorites like Future's "Same Damn Time" and YC's "Racks." He recently secured arguably his biggest placement to date, though, with "Birthday Song," by 2 Chainz featuring Kanye West, off of Chainz's Based on a T.R.U. Story.
"I know they recorded it when SXSW was going on, when 2 Chainz had brought out Kanye West," Sonny told XXLMag.com regarding the conception of the track that took place during the popular Austin, TX music festival this past March. "I think it was right after that. Kanye West went to 2 Chainz's tour bus and recorded his verse. That was the original, original version. Then after that, a couple months down the road, I had tracked out the beat and sent it to 2 Chainz, and he sent it to Kanye, and Kanye added his stuff to it. That's how the song was born."
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The A-Town producer, who's also worked with Rick Ross, among others, usually hears finished products with the rest of the world, but he got an early preview of "Birthday Song." "I heard it probably a day before it came out," he recalled. "I happened to bump into 2 Chainz—I think it was the day before—he was doing a video shoot, then I went onto the tour bus and he played it for me."
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Her first child with musician fiance Martyn LeNoble was born on Thursday, January 27 in Los Angeles.
Christina Applegate has given birth to a baby girl. The actress become a first-time mother on Thursday, January 27 when she welcomed little Sadie Grace with her musician fiance Martyn LeNoble.
A spokesperson confirmed the news in a statement to People.com, saying, "Actress Christina Applegate and fiance, musician Martyn LeNoble, welcomed daughter Sadie Grace LeNoble on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, in Los Angeles. Mother and daughter are doing great."
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