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Dr. Zimmerman's TUESDAY TIP: "E-mail, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized." Marilyn vos Savant Dr. Alan Zimmerman's Personal Commentary:
There are many days that I get a big kick out of the e-mails I receive. Some of them educate and motivate me ... as indeed I hope the "Tuesday Tip" does for you. And some of the e-mail gives me a laugh, such as this one I received recently, entitled:IDLE THOUGHTS OF A WANDERING MIND
But there are other times when my e-mail is just plain frustrating. I'll never forget, years ago, in the movie "Cool Hand Luke", the prison guard who uttered the classic line, "What we have here is a failure to communicate."Well in today's electronic world, it might be more accurate to say, "What we have here is a failure to communicate correctly." We often send and receive too much business e-mail, some of which is unnecessary, inappropriate, or too time consuming.In fact, the Basex Corporation says more than $650 billion a year is lost in U.S. productivity because of unnecessary interruptions. And one of the most frequent interruptions is e-mail.So, being in the communication and productivity business myself, I've devised nine rules on how to write (and manage) business e-mails ... or nine rules for e-mail etiquette. You will benefit from applying one or more of these e-mail rules.1. Do not check your e-mail the first hour of the day. Don't even turn it on. Audrey Thomas, an expert in time management, says, "Instead, work on another project that requires your energy, focus and attention. Let this be your Power Hour. By avoiding 'e-mail engagement' the first hour of your day, you'll be able to focus on important tasks without your mind wandering towards the e-mail in box."It works! One sales person, for example, discovered he could reach more prospects via phone between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. than any other time ... because his prospects had not left for other meetings.2. Write specific, descriptive subject lines.Subject lines matter. "Hi, how are you?" or "Check this out!" don't cut it as subject lines when people are receiving hundreds of messages per day. Neither does something like "Message from Alan;" the receiver already knows that when he reads the "From" field.Your subject line should address a specific topic. Use five to eight well chosen words so your reader knows immediately what you're writing about ... which allows her to respond more quickly. A subject line such as "Wednesday Meeting" is not nearly as helpful as "Agenda for Wednesday Customer Service Meeting." And please, don't bury your lead. If your message is about something important, state it up front, in the subject line. Better yet, if you inject a bit of urgency or a deadline such as "Reply by midnight about Engineering Department downsizing," your message stands a much better chance of being read sooner.If you don't write a descriptive subject line, you run the risk of not having your e-mail read. And if you leave the subject line blank, you don't even deserve a reply.3. Talk about one subject per e-mail.With today's heavy workloads, it seems like almost everyone is just a step or two away from organizational A.D.D. That makes it very difficult to track and respond to several different messages in one e-mail.To make it easier for everyone to catch on and catch up, stick to one message in each e-mail you send. If you stick to a single subject in your e-mail, it makes it much easier for your reader to search and refer to past messages when necessary. And if you have another message for the same reader, start a new e-mail.4. Keep your e-mails short and to the point.People not only get intimidated when they see a long e-mail, they often do not read e-mails that are longer than three paragraphs. So do yourself and your reader a favor; keep your business e-mails brief. Thomas says, "Get to the point. Within the first two lines, say what the purpose of the e-mail is. Use bullets or numbers to itemize points or requests. People skim a lot these days and using numbered or bulleted formats allows them to grasp right away what the e-mail requires of them."In other words, don't get caught up in small talk and chit-chat unless it is a personal e-mail. And if you want a good rule of thumb, if it takes longer to write the e-mail than it would to call the other person, pick up the phone and CALL him/her instead. You can always summarize the important points from your conversation in a follow-up e-mail, if necessary.There is one exception in e-mail etiquette: You can write longer e-mails if the purpose is to motivate, educate, or entertain someone. Just make sure your recipient knows that is your intention.5. Do not e-mail sensitive information.Nothing is private on the Internet. When you commit something to text ... or worse, to pictures or videos ...and send it out, you've created something that lasts forever and can easily be sent on again. Years ago, humorous author Mark Twain wrote, "The principal difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives." In other words, the lie continues to live on. And so does your e-mail. It continues to live on in someone's memory, someone's computer, or a million other people's computers.So be very careful what you say to someone or about someone in your business e-mails. In fact, I would recommend a rule suggested by William 'Biddy' Allen, who was a bus driver and the loving father of seven children, until he passed away in 2001. He always taught them, "When you speak of someone or about someone, you should speak as though they were in the room with you. The ears that you speak to today are attached to the mouth that could relay the message tomorrow."Be especially careful about e-mailing anything when you're angry. You see ... there are lots and lots of things you shouldn't do when you're angry ... such as drinking, driving, calling your significant other, or calling your significant other's parents. The bottom line is DON'T send any form of text message when you are upset, especially if it's a business e-mail you are writing. There's always a chance that an e-mail from your boss or coworkers can rub you the wrong way. Remember, not everyone is a skilled writer, and some people have nothing but a terse, in-your-face style of communication. When they wrote their e-mail, chances are they never even thought about your feelings, and it's quite possible they weren't trying to be malicious. So consider the source. Take a few hours or even a day to reply. If time is of the essence, call or visit them in person instead. Often times, a face-to-face meeting can quickly defuse what could have been an ugly confrontation. In terms of e-mail etiquette, take a moment to re-read and think about your e-mail before you send it out. Don't ever send out anything that you might later regret.6. Avoid ALL CAPS and use proper punctuation when you write business e-mails.This may be the oldest bit of e-mail etiquette around, but it's still important to point out to those folks who shun the "Shift" key in favor of "Caps Lock." TYPING IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IS THE INTERNET EQUIVALENT OF SHOUTING. And no one wants to be shouted at. (Besides that, all caps are much more difficult to read.)However, if you truly can't handle a mixture of upper and lower case letters, then go all lowercase. That's a "style choice." And for the sake of clear communication, remember punctuation matters. Commas, colons, hyphens, and semicolons make your sentences easier to understand. Use them. In this case, more is usually better than less.On the other hand, use acronyms sparingly. Not everybody knows every acronym, and they don't save that much time anyway.7. Forward cleaned-up business e-mails to as few people as possible.Too many people mistakenly think that if "Reply" is good, "Reply to All" is better. Wrong! That is the very opposite of helpful e-mail etiquette.We've all seen those messages come in: someone who got the same company-wide e-mail you received hits "Reply All," and now everyone in the organization has to spend a few more seconds reading through another e-mail that may be a total waste of time for just about everybody. Choose your recipients wisely. Do not default to "Reply All." Avoid copying lots of other people "just in case" they might be interested. We're all too busy for that as we struggle to maintain some semblance of work-life balance.And when you do forward a business e-mail, edit it first. Delete any unnecessary information. Your recipients will appreciate only receiving the pertinent information. It's one of the "nicer" rules of e-mail etiquette.8. Shut off ALL notification sounds and symbols for the arrival of new e-mails. Audrey Thomas taught me that, and it's made a huge difference in my life ... even my sanity. You must resist the temptation to look at every e-mail as it comes in or your day will be filled with interruptions and your productivity will take a nose dive.But you protest, "What if an e-mail is extremely urgent?" You think you can't take the chance of missing it. Well let me tell you, if an extremely urgent e-mail is coming, you probably know it's coming and you probably know about when it's coming. In that case, it's okay to glance at your e-mails at about that time. Otherwise, shut off all those notification sounds.And if you do miss an urgent e-mail, 99 times out of a 100, the other person will call you. So the chances of missing anything important or urgent is very small.9. Designate times to read and respond to your business e-mails.Rule 1 told you to avoid the first hour of the day. That will be very tough for many of you.But you must have FOCUS in your career or any career to be highly successful. If you allow every phone call, e-mail or knock on your door to set your priorities at work and in life, you relegate yourself to a life of frustration, a mediocre career, and a very low income. As author Michael Podolinsky asks, "Do you want to lose your frustration with work, get promoted, and make more money? Simple: PRIORITIZE!" You have to realize that you can't do it all, so you must do what is important. And you CANNOT do what is important if you are trying to do EVERYTHING ... like taking a moment to glance at every e-mail as it comes in. Designate two or three times per day... at most ... to read and respond to your e-mails. You will feel less stressed, less distracted, more focused, and more productive.In fact, one of my respected clients, Dennis Duffy, an attorney and financial advisor, recently sent this e-mail to all the people in his address book, taking it a step further. I think his strategy makes a great deal of sense and he worded it very well. Perhaps you need to do something similar.Dennis wrote: "In an effort to increase my productivity and efficiency, I am beginning a new personal e-mail policy in 2012. I've recently realized I spend more time shuffling through my in box and less time focused on the task at hand. It has become an unnecessary distraction that ultimately creates longer lead times on my ever-growing 'to do' list."He continued, "Going forward, I will only be checking /responding to e-mail about once per day around 4-5 PM CST on Monday through Thursday. I will respond to e-mail in a timely manner without neglecting the needs of our clients. If you need an immediate time-sensitive response, please don't hesitate to call me. Phones are more fun anyway. If for some reason I am not able to talk, be sure to ask one of my staff for help as they can often handle many items. Hopefully this new approach to e-mail management will result in shorter lead times for all the work I am doing for you, not to mention work that is more focused and creative. Thank you ... and here's to a balanced life outside of my in box!" Business e-mail is here to stay. But take time to manage it ... to do it right ... to follow some e-mail etiquette ... so it serves you ... rather than you becoming a slave to it.
Action:Pick out two of the nine rules of e-mail etiquette and start applying them to your e-mail today."Transforming the people side of business ... to help you get the payoffs you want and need" Dr. Alan ZimmermanTel: 800-621-7881E-mail: email@example.com
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" Address: Atholl Palace Hotel Pitlochry Perthshire PH16 5LY / Scotland "
At the start of October I was luckier than some. Three weeks after losing my job I was hired by one of our national banks. Whilst I was aware another chunk of my soul may be lost in the process of working for another big corporation, I was also aware that it could be a long time before I could get a decent holiday. I had a week before I started in the role. I began to think up fanciful ideas of where my boyfriend and I could escape to before I started the role. Paris? Maybe Venice? Eventually, we settled on the more realistic and affordable option of a UK short break in a luxury hotel. With much excitement, we decided to head north for a one night spa break in Atholl Palace Spa Hotel in Pitlochry, just an hour and a half outside of Edinburgh.
In my eagerness to get to the hotel and make full use of the facilities, we set off for the hotel in the late morning. We arrived there a good two hours earlier than our check in time and were rather pleased with what we found. The drive up to the hotel is very befitting of a palace. The road curls up round a hill which the 'palace' is situated on top of, a palace which is somewhat grand, if in a rather staid, Scottish style. If you wish, you may even take the opportunity to pretend you are lord and lady of this manor, driving up the road to your own country estate...
Entering the hotel lobby with our luggage we were met by a polite and welcoming lady on reception who was very accommodating despite our early arrival. She even apologized for not having our complimentary drinks ready for us and invited us to come back down later for them (Of course, she need not apologize. We were considerably early). After booking our meal times and confirming our spa treatment we headed up to our rooms...
Now I wouldn't say our room was anything special. We would really have had to have paid out extra for a more extravagant turret suite or feature room, some of which have four poster beds. However, I was satisfied with what we got. Our bedroom was a pleasant and somewhat cosy affair. It was comfortable, clean and tastefully decorated. We had the usual freebies - coffee, tea and some shortbread next to a travel kettle; shampoo, conditioner and shower gel in the bathroom. If I could state any gripes at all with the room it would be that there was no green tea in the freebies basket, no shower cap and that the bathroom was too white for my liking. Is that even a real complaint? The bathroom was too white?
We weren't slow in getting ourselves down to the spa. After an hour spent in the swimming pool and jacuzzi we resurfaced to obtain our complimentary drinks from the reception. We were served a delicious honeyed whiskey liqueur. I say delicious as even though I am not a fan of whiskey this was really easy to take to. We sipped at this drink in the lounge whilst we waited for our afternoon tea to be prepared.
Now I've never had afternoon tea before. It always struck me as a very British thing to do amongst old biddies. However, apparently it is something that is quite in vogue now and after having afternoon tea at Atholl hotel, I could certainly get into the habit of having it more often.
Those who were scheduled for tea at 2 o'clock did have to wait a little longer than expected to be allowed entry into the Verandah restaurant where the food was being served. This generated impatience amongst an older couple who made their feelings known. I did get the impression that the staff were operating at a rather relaxed, almost sleepy pace. This could have something to do with the fact that it was a weekday, the hotel was rather quiet and only a few of us were actually about for Afternoon Tea. My boyfriend and I weren't all too bothered by the wait. We'd just come back from a refreshing swim in the pool and our minds were in holiday mode. If anything the unrushed service added to the calming atmosphere of the hotel. It was nice to just sink into the comfy lounge chairs and chat inanely. I'd take a guess and say that they were an older married couple and maybe they'd had enough of each others inane chatter over the years. I swear they barely uttered a word to each other during their tea, her husband barely looking over the top of his paper throughout the whole meal.
The food itself was brought out on a three-tiered cake stand and there was plenty of it. We started off with the selection of sandwiches and savoury scones with smoked salmon on top. I enjoyed the sandwiches but wasn't much of a fan of the savoury scones but that's due to personal preference more than anything. I'm not a savoury girl. I did however love the sweet scones provided which tasted very rustic and traditional and were lovely smothered with jam. The cakes, I ended up smuggling back up to my room for later as I was absolutely stuffed. One of these cakes had butter icing, glitter and stars on top and tasted absolutely delicious.
I was definitely very satisfied with my afternoon tea. It provided me with a relaxing, tasty and filling meal. Even if the service was a little slow I found the staff polite and thought it was very nice of them to substitute my cup of tea with a glass of lemonade for free. In addition to this, sitting in the verandah, we had some stunning views of the scenery outside, its forests and rolling hills. Even in a city like Edinburgh, life can seem a too fast-paced at times and it was nice to take things down a notch in this glorious setting.
After our afternoon tea we made our way back down to the spa, located in the basement. We had scheduled lava shell massages and I was really looking forward to it as it was my first professional massage. Certainly, the girl who provided the massage did not disappoint.
The massage lasted for somewhere around 40 or 50 minutes and it was absolutely fantastic. She covered various areas of my body including my back, legs and even the palms of my hands and creases of my fingers, which I found particularly relaxing. It was good to let go of any pent up tension in my body as I'd been quite stressed in those three weeks of unemployment.
After the massage, I was led into a room with two lounge chairs. This area was set aside for some post-massage relaxation and I certainly took advantage of it. I found I was able to make myself some Twinings Green Tea and Cranberry and lay back in my seat waiting for my boyfriend to come out of his massage session. I felt rather pampered!
The spa itself is terrific even if you haven't scheduled a treatment. There is a heated indoor pool, a Jacuzzi, a steam room and a plunge pool. We particularly enjoyed the indoor pool as, being an October weekday, it was so quiet and we had it to ourselves for a large portion of the time. It is also great to not have to endure the chill and discomfort of an unheated pool. Absolute luxury!
After spending a considerable portion of our afternoon in the spa we attempted to make ourselves presentable and headed to dinner. I was quite nervous about dinner as I had read bad reviews about the food but hoped that it would be as enjoyable as our afternoon tea.
I'm glad to say that dinner actually exceeded my expectations, at least in terms of the starter and main course. We both ordered a seafood starter. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of this starter but it comprised of a sort of half pureed concoction of seafood including prawns. This was actually tastier than it sounds. It had a great spicy kick and it was undeniably more-ish. For our main course, my boyfriend got a pork dish and I got a beef olive dish. The beef olive dish also was better than I expected too. It was very tender and served in a mouth-watering sauce. It also came with delicious asparagus and potato sides. It was just a shame that the dessert was rather disappointing. I ordered profiteroles. These profiteroles were of the ice cream variety rather than the fresh cream variety and I didn't find them particularly brilliant. It reminded me of something you could buy in Iceland. They really need to work on their desserts!
After dinner we spend some time exploring the hotel, its little nooks and crannies, including a Games room. My boyfriend and I played a game of backgammon before we decided we could find somewhere more comfortable to relax. The games room was certainly not the best place to chill out in. It is rather sparse and neglected, its décor more suited to a store room. It's just a shame that they haven't considered taking this room and redecorating it, filling it with comfy chairs and atmospheric lighting. Surely it would transform the room into an absolute treasure.
We just didn't feel at home in the place and decided it'd be better to grab a drink or two at the Stagshead Bar on the ground floor. This bar looks like your traditional dark wood game pub. It's the type of place you imagine a group of flat-capped men would gather after a pheasant hunt. I much preferred the lounge areas to the bar as the chairs were much more comfortable, so we took our drinks through to there. I must say that I appreciated the service of the staff at the bar and elsewhere in the hotel. If they were passing by and saw you gazing at a drinks menu they were attentive enough to come over to you and ask you if you would like anything. I also must compliment the Polish guy who was on the bar that night as had to endure the most patronizing older gentleman, who treated him like a child when he wasn't quite up to speed with his Scottish whiskey knowledge. I'm not sure I could have managed to be quite so polite and professional on this occasion.
After a couple of rum and cokes, my boyfriend and I retired for the night. I must admit I was a little bit disappointed with our bed. I had hoped that in a 4 star hotel I'd have a bed I could sink into. However, the bed was rather firm and distinctly average. This was one of my few gripes with the place. Although I had a rather good night of sleep, I've had better.
We woke up in the morning hungry for breakfast. Sadly I wasn't that impressed with what was on offer. A mixture of hot and cold food, it was buffet style and I thought that it was pretty standard in terms of taste and quality. It was great that there was haggis and black pudding but it was very, very average. Moreover, I'm always disappointed when cooked breakfasts have no hash browns. It just isn't a cooked breakfast without them.
I do wonder if my opinion of breakfast was just a matter of personal preference. My boyfriend, for example, thoroughly enjoyed breakfast. Maybe I am just picky?
Certainly, breakfast filled me up for a large portion of the day and we went for a swim in the pool after (This was a bit of a mistake - we definitely should have went swimming before breakfast. I had a stomach like a rock).
After a swim and a shower, we checked out of the hotel and I must admit that, even if the bed and the breakfast could have been better, I did come out of there feeling happy and relaxed - exactly what I hoped from the place. It was just a shame we had to head home...
We stayed at Atholl Palace for no other purpose than to be treated well and escape our usual everyday life in Edinburgh. It is great to stay somewhere that offers you much more than just the basics. Lord knows I've stayed in enough hostels and economy hotels in my time.
If we really wanted there were several facilities we could have taken advantage of. There was a gym, a tennis court, a putting green and even a museum about the hotel located in the basement. We didn't visit the museum as I didn't fancy paying any more money than what it cost to cover our stay. However, it is fascinating to know that the place started out as a 'hydropathic establishment' which ran on 'strict temperance principles to treat people in the healthy air of Pitlochry'. Crazy Victorians and their frivolous ideas!
So we did not visit the museum but we did take advantage of the gardens and walks before we left. The gardens of the hotel are lovely and I can only imagine how stunning they must be in the summer time. It was just a shame it was a grey and dreary day when we had a look round...
*~A FOUR STAR REVIEW FOR A FOUR STAR HOTEL- but it has so much more potential!~*
We definitely had an enjoyable time in the hotel. I found that the staff were polite and I appreciated that they kept some distance from you, allowing you your own space to enjoy your time there. I also appreciated the price of the stay. It was £135 each which is in no way cheap but I thought it was good value as it was all inclusive of the room, food, spa treatment and use of the spa facilities. And my god, the lava shells massage was good!
My stay was certainly not without criticism. As I have said, the beds and food at breakfast could be better and there a few other things they need to sort out. One thing I love about the hotel is the entrance lobby and the lounge with its elegant lighting, antique furniture and traditional interior design. However, some of the décor gives you the impression the hotel has had its day. Some of the carpets and curtains, for example, are ghastly. Whoever chose them has questionable taste. Now, in no way do I want them to depart from the traditional Scottish country house look but they desperately need to update parts of the hotel.
I think that whilst the hotel is good it has so much more potential. It just needs something extra special that really makes it stand out amongst other 4 star hotels. Maybe a revamp of the games room or a brand new games room? A refurb that gets rid of its hideous carpets and curtains? Some changes and some added sparkle and, maybe in future I can award this place five stars.
I've given my visit to Atholl Palace hotel a four star rating because even though it had its faults I did have an enjoyable stay there and would consider going back there in future. I think that it would be particularly wonderful to take some friends up there for New Years as its holiday celebrations look particularly promising (if only I had the time and money!).
Whilst in some ways this hotel needs a big hard kick into the 21st century, overall I had a very pleasant stay there.
Atholl Palace Hotel is a great place to sit back, relax and lose all sense of time. With its relaxed, country atmosphere it is a great place to escape a busy life and leave your troubles behind you.
*~Thank you very much for reading my review : - )~*
*~Also published on Ciao under Renza - November 2011~*
Extra Tip: From the months of May to September, the hotel even has its own outdoor swimming pool! (if you're crazy enough)


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Relájese bajo los árboles de 200 años de roble - sillas de Adirondack se alinean en las orillas de los ríos y proporcionan un escape de la ciudad. Ubicado a 80 km al suroeste de Dallas, 'La Posada' ofrece una elegancia casual, un ambiente tranquilo y comidas gourmet. Cada una de las 22 habitaciones tiene un baño privado y están decoradas individualmente con antigüedades, plumas y edredón de plumas. Centro de conferencias de la posada ofrece un ambiente de campo con una chimenea de piedra dentro y por fuera, abierto a un porche que da al río.
4,8 en mayo 12, 2015
My husband and I stayed here last weekend and booked the couples romantic get away package. It was absolutely delicious food, nice accommodations, beautiful surroundings and very nice staff. Highly recommend.
4,6 en marzo 21, 2015
We have been to the Inn on the River 6 times over the past 20 years. We loved it as much this time as all the other times. We love to sit on the lawn behind the Inn and drink their Apricot Mango Iced tea. We bring our own wine for the evening, and the breakfast is always great. Excellent service! Be sure to read the guest book in every room (and leave your own observations) -- some of the entries are really funny (some tough ones too). We will go back again.
5 en octubre 29, 2014
The Inn on the River is the most peaceful and relaxing place to go if you want to forget the hustle and bustle of the city. I have been bringing friends and family members there for several years now. It is nice to know there is a place that close to the metroplex where you can away and enjoy nature, get special treatment, excellent food and just relax by the river. I highly recommend it!
5 en septiembre 30, 2014
We stayed one night and enjoyed dinner, breakfast and a couples massage. It was one of our best weekends ever! The location is so peaceful and everything was neat as a pin!! Already planning to return soon!
5 en mayo 12, 2014
My husband and I have been escaping to this establishment for almost 20-years. The facility and staff provide a peaceful, comfortable, and leisurely experience. Besides a wonderful breakfast, one is welcome to have an excellent meal in a quiet dining room overlooking stunning 300-year-old trees. Sitting on the shaded river bank watching nature is one of our favorite things to do while at the Inn. Thank you again for another exceptional visit.
5 en abril 25, 2014
We enjoyed our stay at the Inn on the River and can't wait to return! The grounds were beautiful, with plenty of places to sit and enjoy! The pool was beautiful, and I can't wait to try it out! The restaurant was totally fabulous...and the homemade cookies every afternoon were a lovely bonus to go with my iced tea. The rooms were like stepping back in time, but the feather down mattress toppers were most comfortable. Again, we can't wait to go back! Get a message while you're there...it was the best we've ever had!
4,2 en abril 22, 2014
What a beautiful B&B! Comfortable rooms, fabulous property along a clear river where you could easily lose yourself in the rhythm and sounds of Mother Nature - all in a delightful town. We'll be back.
5 en febrero 26, 2014
I have stayed at this B&B several times. It is so nice to see everything is still functioning exceptionally well. This visit was a last minute reservation and I was pleased to hear that space was available. I also had dinner reservations for that evening, with a follow up call on our choices for our meal. I even made a special diet request since my husband cannot have dessert. Dinner was prepared beautifully, and was perfectly savory in flavor. We brought our own wine which the Inn chilled for us. Service for dinner and breakfast was paced nicely and had a high attention to detail. After dinner we strolled downtown Glen Rose and ended up sitting along the Paluxy River, behind the Inn, gazing at the stars enjoying the night air. We rested quite well in our room, which was comfortable and Quiet. Everyone there was concerned if we needed anything at anytime... I HIGHLY recommend the Inn on the River for a quick respite getaway.
5 en febrero 18, 2014
Although an Inn rather than a B&B (a few more rooms), the amenities and atmosphere are far more than we expected. All of the staff were extremely friendly and helpful. The dinner and service were outstanding. The surrounding garden and grounds offer plenty of quiet time to relax outdoors. We will be returning!
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Thank you very much for your positive comments. We are so pleased that your enjoyed your stay at the Inn and look forward to having you back with us again soon.
- Shirley Reinke (innkeeper)
4,4 en enero 03, 2014
Perfect service and friendly people. Loved it!
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TRENTON, N.J. -- As homeowners across New Jersey begin to rebuild after Sandy, specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are advising survivors to rebuild safer and stronger so homes and buildings in the Garden State can better withstand storms.
One of the building techniques FEMA experts know leads to stronger homes and buildings is to build using a continuous load path.
"A critical aspect of hazard-resistant construction is the ability of a building or structure to carry and resist all loads – including lateral and uplift loads – from the roof, wall, and other components to the foundation and into the ground," says a FEMA publication on coastal construction.
"The ability of a building to resist these types of loads depends largely upon whether the building's construction provides a continuous load path."
The Coastal Construction Manual is available to download free from FEMA's online publication library at //www.fema.gov. The Home Builder's Guide to Coastal Construction - Technical Fact Sheet Series is also available.
Many homes built without continuous load path construction may show stress at the connection that ties the roof framing, top plate and stud together which makes the structure significantly less resistant to high winds. Researchers at Clemson University demonstrated 10 years ago that construction of this type under severe load, like high winds from a major hurricane or tornado, can literally roll the roof structure off a home or other building.
A continuous load path is like a chain that ties the house together from the roof to the foundation.
To create a continuous load path, builders use a system of wood, metal connectors, fasteners (manufacturer's recommended nails or screws) and shearwalls (a wall composed of braced panels to counter the effects of lateral load) to connect the structural frame of the house together. Continuous load path construction is critical to the structural survival of a home or building during an earthquake or hurricane because it helps hold the structure together when ground forces or high winds try to pull it apart.
Although many building codes require homes to be built with a continuous load path, not all parts of the country follow these national building standards.
The age of your home can also help determine whether it has a continuous load path. Houses built before 1985 typically do not have a continuous load path.
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RayLan is a collaboration between the Norwegian songwriters Vess Ray and Jonas Langeby. They have been playing popular music on stage for over 25 years, and are currently producing music for Film, TV, Commercials, and Album Compilations. RayLan's Christmas Carols are released on several Album Compilations to include The Music that Powers Hollywood receiving over 200,000 streams. They have one an Academic Oscar for the OCD song "Check" by RayLan which landed 18 months on the front page of the highly esteemed The Metacognitive Therapy Institute.
At the end of 2010, RayLan's single "Longing for Christmas" was launched on NRK, the Norwegian radio station with the highest national rating. December 2011 and 2012 "Longing for Christmas" and "Happy New Year To You My Love" were played through the Christmas season on Suckfree Radio in Austin. Several songs from RayLan's Audiosparx catalog are released on album compilations to include "Khristmas Kids (2011)," "Everyone Knows It's Christmas (2011)," "Christmas Is For Everyone (2011)," "Rainbow Music Pop RnB Funky Vol. 2 (2011)," "Rainbow Music Pop Ballads Vol. 1 (2011)," "Christmas Blast Vol. 2 (2014)," and "Christmas Is For Everyone (2015)." In June 2015 the highly esteemed The Metacognitive Therapy Institute put "Check" sung by Vess Ray and lyrics by Jonas Langeby on the front page of the MCT-Institutes website.
Vess Ray airs production music on networks like Oprah Winfrey Network, MTV, CBS, NBC, FOX and the Discovery Channel. Jonas Langeby gets mail invitations to radio stations in New York, St. Louis and Paris because of his piano hymns to Paris and David Foster.
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The firm, Indra, last year won a £4.3 million contract for the 1 May poll. But it oversaw two local elections last year outside London that it was trialling new technology descended into chaos.
At a count in Bedford, it took 16 hours before all the results were declared - four times longer than the time it would have taken to process the votes manually. One candidate said the delay was like waiting for an elephant to give birth.
The other, in Breckland in Norfolk, finally ended four and a half days after voting closed.
Officials had to abandon the count over a Bank Holiday weekend and count more than 24,000 ballots by hand.
Indra, which also conducted elections in Venezuela in which Hugo Chavez was elected, won the London contract after undercutting a bid from rival firm DRS, which was blamed for chaotic scenes in last year's elections to the Scottish Parliament when 100,000 votes were lost.
DRS was used in London in 2000 and 2004, with more than 500,000 votes being rejected, though mainly because electors could not understand the complex voting system.
Indra is printing the 12 million ballot papers for London in Spain and delivering them by truck. It plans to refer any doubtful papers rejected by the electronic scanning machines to human adjudicators.
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Two young Israelis were shot and killed Tuesday at Wadi Kelt, a popular hiking spot located between Jerusalem and Jericho.
Oren Shahor of Ra'anana and Ohad Bachrach of Beit El, both in their 20s, were hiking in the area and had stopped to eat.
They were apparently fired upon from some distance; one was subsequently attacked with a knife as well.
The two victims had been known to be carrying side arms at the time — but these were gone by the time their bodies were found.
Wadi Kelt is one of the most impressive spots in the Judean Desert, about a 20- minute drive from Jerusalem. For years it has been a popular hiking area, particularly for Jerusalemites, but also for other visitors from throughout the country.
Maj. Ilan Biran, the commander of the central region, which includes the West Bank, said the killers were probably members of the Islamic fundamentalist Hamas movement or another militant group opposed to the peace process.
Government sources said the killers were clearly intent on disrupting the peace process at this delicate time — when large Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams are meeting virtually around the clock in an effort to conclude an agreement for implementing the second phase of Palestinian self-rule before a July 25 deadline.
The crime resembled a double killing by terrorists in the same place in October 1993, soon after the Declaration of Principles signing in Washington.
The opposition Likud Party, in a statement, called on the government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to postpone further negotiations with the Palestinians because of the killings.


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The Spirituality Channel here at Patheos invited bloggers from across the site to share "stepping stones" from their spiritual journeys. I wrote something about how I experienced God in the years after Scott and Sarah died. For someone who regularly blogs, I was surprised by how exposed the whole thing made me feel. As someone who tries to be a faithful witness, I gave it a go in spite of my discomfort. Scott, my husband of five years, died while I was seven months pregnant with our first … [Read more...]
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Jeff was asked to send along some advice for our friend Peter, who is about to become a new dad. His note was so great that I thought I should pass it along. Whether you are a new dad, an old-pro dad, or somebody's favorite uncle, read and enjoy. And have a great Father's Day!Dear Peter,Wow. Beth has given us a tall order. Advice for a new dad. My ADHD brain starts to fire on all cylinders. After sifting through a bunch of practical stuff, I've got two slightly less practical ideas … [Read more...]
Boys will be boys. What about mothers?
Zach and Ezra ran in the house, panting, waving their water guns high in the air, and announcing triumphantly, "We got him! We got him!"When I could get them to calm down enough to tell me what they were talking about, they explained that they had taken their new guns to the end of our block to lie in wait for joggers. After chasing and missing a few, they finally found one slow enough to soak with water. Wasn't that just great, they wanted to know.It didn't seem so great to me, a … [Read more...]
Bad Losers, Brother Brawls, and Perspective Taking
On our first visit to the Museum of Fine Arts last year, our tour guide Jake asked the boys, "Do you know the three rules of an art museum?"Ezra responded quickly and exuberantly. "No violence!""Okay - four rules," Jake replied while laughing.I don't know what kind of kids Jake normally gets at the museum, but for my boys No Violence has to be at the top of the rule list. They just can't keep their hands off of each other. They sleep in a tangle of legs and arms many nights. If th … [Read more...]
A Rule of Life,The Charles River, and Me
I came home from my walk along the Charles River last Saturday nearly euphoric. Maybe you can't imagine a river doing that for you. Not long ago, I couldn't have imagined it myself, but two things have changed since that time.First, I moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, a city that gives the phrase mind over matter a whole new meaning. Here, ideas, and the brains that came up with those ideas, are what matter. I lived with a guy in grad school who was getting his doctorate studying the pis … [Read more...]
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On Monday, I told you about how our kids responded to Trayvon Martin's death, choosing to take a picture in their hoodies. Today, I'll share seven points we made with our kids as we talked about the case. As a head's up, this is a long piece. But as I tell my kids when we are talking about something important, "Sorry, guys, but Mommy's got a lot to say on this topic."1. We all have negative prejudices based on things that aren't true. We may think that girls cannot be good at math. Or th … [Read more...]
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My friend Cameron has been unrelenting in Facebook posts about Trayvon Martin. He's really mad. Incensed, actually. Bereft, I think, but he doesn't say so. Sometimes, after reading a particularly indignant post, I worry about his emotional state.Then, a little while later, I worry about my own because I feel so little of what he feels.Don't get me wrong, I was outraged when I learned how Trayvon died and that the shooter was not charged. I feel sick for his parents. Ocassionally, I ev … [Read more...]


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text: |Discourse markers are so pervasively used in daily language that the proper use and interpretation of them contain a considerable part of pragmatic or communicative competence.The study of this linguistic phenomena thus bears both theoretic and practical significance.Scholars, whether in syntax, semantics or pragmatics, tend to regard discourse markers as a linguistic phenomenon mostly appearing in conversational discourse and serving certain pragmatic functions.Researches on discourse markers are far from being thorough and complete. The term discourse markers has different meanings for diffenrent groups of researchers, there is no agreement about what elements in a particular language should be referred to as discourse markers, and studies on discourse markers have been done under a variety of overlapping labels. The present research, conducts a general survey into the existing pragmatic perspectives on discourse markers and tentatively employs Verschueren's theory of linguistic adaptation to account for discourse markers, aiming at some findings which can shed light on further researches pursuing a comprehensive and thorough account of discourse markers.The present thesis consists of five chapters, with the introduction as chapter one. In the part of introduction,a general overview of DMs is presented.In chapter two, on the basis of a survey into the earlier attempts to define discourse markers, the present study, taking into account of their commonly cited features, sets forth a working definition of discourse markers, which, having a wider coverage of the expressions that have been treated as discourse markers by different scholars, enables the research to deal with a variety of elements under the same conceptual umbrella. In the process of examing the working definition of DMs, the coherence-theoretic approach , the grammatical/sytactic-pragmatic approach, and the cognitive-pragmatic approach are discussed.Chapter three investigates the researches on discourse markers conducted from the cognitive-pragmative perspective, which is based on a relevance-theoretic framework. It is concluded that these researched do give an impressive account for the role of discourse markers in utterance interpretation in terms of the motivations of cognitive constraints, contextual or cognitive effects, but fail to offer satisfactory account for why discourse markers are used and how they work in utterance prodution as well as in utterance interpretation, due to their overemphasis on the cognitive motivation for the use of discourse markers.Chapter four deals with Verschueren's (1999) account of discourse markers.Dealing with discourse markers as indicators of metapragmatic awareness, Verschueren's account emphasizes the function of discourse markers in signaling the speaker's mental state in making linguistic choices. It is believed that, although Verschueren himself does not attempt to give a comprehensive account for discourse markers, his theory of linguistic adaptation, which treats language use as continuous linguistic choice making, does have the potential to provide one.Chapter five is the concluding remarks..The theoretical and practical implications, and the limitations of the present research as well as suggestions for further research are talked about in this chapter.


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7 Eleven was sued by several franchisees of 7-Eleven stores in Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Nevada, who purport to represent a nationwide class of all persons who have owned 7-Eleven franchises anywhere in the United States.
There were several rulings in 7 Eleven's favor. In addition, of the 11 original causes of action, only one claim was certified to proceed as a class action.
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Twitter is the best way we humans have to broadcast instant messages (short and sweet) to our colleagues – and to the whole world. And we all know the profound impact that Twitter has had on our global society, most clearly in the context of recent populist uprisings in the Middle East.
Yes, there are undoubtedly many more mundane messages on Twitter (and Facebook) than there are life-changing ones; but the impact of the messages that matter is worth all the idiotic ones about who you had coffee with, what your baby sister said this morning, or how much water your cat drank out of the toilet (and never forget that what you consider mundane might be cherished by someone else).
Once you get past those trivialities, our ability to send essentially instantaneous broadcast messages to almost every other human being on the planet is far more profound than most of us realize.
Last week ("Leading the Living") I called for using nature as a role model for leadership, rather than imitating the machines that have dominated our economy and our thinking for the last 150 years.
Ken Thompson, author of Bioteams: High performance teams based on nature's most successful designs, identified four principles that his research suggests are followed by nature's teams (organisms of all kinds, the human immune system, bacteria, insects, and so on):
- Collective leadership – meaning different individual group members take the lead at different times, and any member can act as a leader (that was my focus last week: "Leading the Living");
- Instant messaging – every member of the group can send and receive whole-group "broadcasts" at any time;
- Ecosystems – as Thompson puts it, "Small is beautiful…but Big is Powerful. The size of a group or team has direct implications for what it can and cannot do, and what it is best at doing.
- Clustering – getting the many involved by focusing on the few. Natural networks have some "nodes" with many more connections than average; find the few who are extremely well-connected and you have much greater leverage for influencing large numbers of people.
Human beings are certainly not machines; we are capable of complex reactions to events and to other people, to say nothing of creative insights and innovative actions. And we experience emotions, value relationships, and seek meaning in ways that no machines will ever understand.
This week we are focusing on Thompson's second bioteam principle, Instant Messaging. The basic concept is simple: everyone gets the same message at the same time.
In Nature, instant messages communicate either opportunities (food, nesting materials for birds) or threats (predators, rivals). They are simple, direct, and able to be acted on instantaneously.
In a popular TEDglobal talk in 2012 ("Four Principles for an Open World") futurist Don Tapscott described the collective behavior of starlings (known as "murmuration" after the sound of their wings) as an example of organizing and instant messaging in what he calls this age of networked intelligence (I wrote extensively about Tapscott's perspectives back in January, in "Creating Through Collaboration").
Tapscott drew on a YouTube video ("Amazing Starlings Murmuration") produced by Dylan Winter (http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk) that shows a flock of thousands of starlings instantly turning on that metaphorical dime in response to a predator bird; the starlings had no need to consult with an expert on predators, or attend a class on predator defense strategies; and no group decisions had to be debated or made.
The birds just acted immediately (and collaboratively) in their own self-defense as soon as they got the message. They knew instinctively what to do and they just did it.
That's the power of instant messaging: it puts everyone in the group (swarm, flock, school) on an equal footing, with the same basic information. In the best traditions of Dr. Spock (the StarTrek Vulcan, not the baby doctor), many minds are melded into one; the group consciousness knows what to do, and just does it.
This article may not be an instant message per se, but I do hope you understand my broadcast: putting everyone in the team on the same page – with the same information – is an incredibly important part of effective leadership in this age of networked intelligence.
Don't hide information, or release it only to those who "have a need to know." In fact, let's abandon that old industrial-age notion that "knowledge is power" – and that only the powerful have the knowledge. When you share what you know with everyone else, the team as a whole becomes far more powerful, and that can only make you as a team leader more effective in the long run.
It works the other way too: encourage everyone on the team to share what they know with everyone else. You might even learn something important by listening to them.
Let individual team members decide if the knowledge you broadcast is important or relevant to them; err on the side of over-informing. You never know: that instant message you share with the whole team just might "click" with what an individual member already knows to produce a profound new product or process idea that generates millions of dollars in cost reductions or new revenues.


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Sandra Bullock Brings "The Heat" to Boston
Going all out for her new gig, Sandra Bullock was heavy into character as she filmed scenes for her latest project, "The Heat" on Thursday afternoon (July 19).
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Melissa McCarthy, the black suit-clad brunette looked her professional part as she took to the Boston set for the midday shoot.
As for film itself, Miss Bullock is taking on the role of an FBI agent who teams up with a Boston police officer (McCarthy) to take down a Russian mobster.
Paul Feig of "Bridesmaids" and "Knocked Up" fame is both directing and producing the 20th Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment motion picture, with a release date set for April 5, 2013.


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Pan-African carrier Ethiopian Airlines today said it will enhance connectivity between New Delhi and Addis Ababa with the introduction of a second daily flight.
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India threw a lunch comprising mouth-watering vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies to 15 heads of state and other delegates whose food habits are as exotic as it could get.
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THE chairman of Hartley Wintney Parish Council has stepped down after seven years in the post.
Councillor Dorothy Harvey, pictured, made the announcement at the latest council meeting, but said she would remain as a parish councillor.
Other members of the parish council voted her to become vice-chairman, replacing Cllr Cathy Roberts, who in turn became chairman.
Cllr Harvey said: "It has been a brilliant seven years, but I think seven years as chairman is enough.
"I have enjoyed it thoroughly. It has been extremely exciting and we have led the way with some new exciting projects."
Cllr Harvey thanked Leah Coney, the parish clerk, for her help.
Under Cllr Harvey, the parish council has won the Parish and Town Council for Member Development last year, making it one of the leading parish councils in Hampshire.
Its community transport scheme, which includes a commuter minibus service from the village to Winchfield railway station, has also recently received praise.
During her time, the parish council also spent £90,000 on a graveyard extension at St Mary's Church, in Church Lane.
She was also chairman when much-loved parish clerk Pat Vaughan died in 2009 at the age of 57 after battling liver and kidney cancer.
Cllr Harvey later read out details of Mr Vaughan's will, in which he gave the parish council nearly £44,000 for the upkeep of the community orchard in Hunts Common.
New chairman Cllr Roberts said: "I feel very honoured to accept this especially following in such fantastic footsteps."


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A large factor of the Melee Halberd is its design and engineering; most Melee Halberds have a different center of gravity in their design to capitalize on the fighting styles of their pilots, shore up the weakenesses in their close-quarters combat doctrine, or for any other reason. Many other Melee Halberds also have characteristics unique to them that affects the way they can be used.
Related to Melee Halberds are the Close Combat Daggers and Fixed Armament weapon types. These often sacrifice the reach of Melee Halberds for other aspects in combat, or else focus on fulfilling completely different purposes during close-range fighting.
Most American TSFs are not calibrated nor equipped with a primary melee weapon, as their combat doctrine does not allow for prolonged close-quarters combat against the BETA.
Type-74 PB BladeEditThe standard Japanese melee weapon, the longsword-styled PB Blade first saw service in 1976 as the primary melee weapon for their F-4J Gekishins, using momentum as the weapon's primary means of defeating combatants; the weapon is strong enough to cut through super-carbon, as well as damage the Grappler-class' armored forearms.
The weapon has remained virtually unchanged since then, serving as the primary close-combat weapon for all of Imperial Japan's TSFs even in modern times. It can be fitted with a protective sheath that allows it to be used as a training weapon, which works by covering its sharp edges and dampening its impact.
The PB Blade is designed with its center of gravity located near its hilt, which allows for better control and faster strikes during combat. The design and tactical usage of the weapon was also influenced by Japanese sword martial arts; TSF pilots without a background in Japanese pilot training or the required combat experience will find it hard to fully utilize the PB Blade.
Initially designed by Japanese developers (of which Takamura Yui's father, Takamura Masatada, was rumoured to be one of them), the weapon's first production run was in the United States in 1974. The weapon also recieved the designation of CIWS-2A, despite never being part of the US Armed Force's equipment list.
XCIWS-2B Close In Weapon SystemEditA prototype melee weapon developed by the United States exclusivly for the YF-23 Black Widow II, it was used during the units' flight and combat trials in the ATSF program.
The weapon is slightly different from the Type-74 PB Blade; it boasts an all-round improvement to performance, with a straighter design and a unique Mount Pylon bolt. It is unknown where its center of gravity is located, although its overall shape is similar to the PB Blade. It is stored on the same Mount Pylon as the XAMWS-24 Assault Cannon.
Like the Black Widow II itself, the weapon never entered production.
Type-77 Close Range Battle HalberdEditManufactured by the People's Republic of China for their J-8, the Type-77 Battle Halberd shares similar capabilities with the Type-74 PB Blade. However, while its Japanese counterpart focuses on momentum and speed to inflict damage, this weapon relies more on its heavy weight and high center of gravity (located near the tip of the weapon) to achieve the same effect. As a result, it suffers from slower initial swinging speed in combat and weighs down its user during evasive maneuvers, but has greater strike power once in motion. This curious design choice is intended to boost the attack capability of the weapon, especially for lightweight TSFs that lack the energy to carry out heavy strikes, such as the J-10.
The Battle Halberd was also exported to the German Democratic Republic in the early 1980s, and was utilized by several MiG-21 Balalaika pilots. However, few of them have been able to master this heavy weapon, as its weight and tactical usage often ran counter to the laserjagd strategy of the Nationale Volksarmee.
BWS-8 FlugelberteEdit
In the shape of a one-handed axe, the Flugelberte is the primary melee weapon of European Union forces, especially for their EF-2000 Typhoons.
Developed by the Federal Republic of Germany, the BWS-8's top-heavy design affords it incredible attack power for a one-handed weapon.
BWS-3 Great SwordEdit
A large melee sword in the shape of a two-handed blade, the BWS-3 is nicknamed by many to be the "Fort Slayer"; the weapon is the opposite of the slashing-oriented PB Blade/Battle Halberd, and is capable of piercing the large body of the Fort-class, or completely severing its leg joints during combat. Additional handles located near the hilt allow for greater thrusting power and balance.
Developed by the British, the BWS-3 is more than a weapon; it is a signature of skill, carried only by veteran British pilots fulfilling the equivalent role of Storm Vanguards. Despite plans to discontinue the production of the BWS-3, frontline units are still operating them in full force.
Falcate SwordEditThe primary melee weapon equipped on the Rafale, the French-manufactured Falcate Sword is the most unique weapon yet, and the second largest of all Melee Halberds. Some have nicknamed the weapon the "Death Scythe" because of its sword tip ending in a sickle curved downwards.
Like the BWS-8, the blade is top-heavy; the purpose of its curved tip in combat is to defeat the tendency of Grappler-class BETA blocking strikes with their armored forearms.
- These class of weapons are known as Melee Halberds despite only one of them coming close to even resembling a halberd. A true halberd has a blade resembling an axe-head, with a sharp tip added and mounted on a pole, usually used as a pushing weapon by infantry to improve their melee range.
- The PB Blade bears a slight resemblance to the larger weapon of the Magoroku Exterminate Swords, a pair of blades, and a model kit-only weapon that belongs to Evangelion Unit 1 of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- The Type-77's design is based off the Chinese da dao.
- The Flugelberte's shape is reminisent of a bardiche.
- The Falcate sword originates from the Latin term falcata (feminine form of falcatus, meaning "sickle-shaped sword") coined to describe pre-Roman swords used on the Iberian peninsula. The actual sickle-shaped sword design, however, is based on the Harpe, a blade with a sickle-like protrusion at the sword's tip, referred to in Greek and Latin mythology.


text: LOUISBURG - John Ezio Quartuccio, 88, died Friday, March 17, 2006. A Requiem Mass was held Tuesday, March 21, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest. Entombment follow- ed in Raleigh Memorial Park.He was born in Anzio, Italy, the son of the late Caroline Sais Quartuccio and Ezio Quartuccio and was married to the late Amelia Nardi. Mr. Quartuccio was the owner and operator of the Quartuccio Family Restaurant in New York, which has been open for 85 years.Surviving: daughters, Caroline Pizzuto of New York and Rose Cloer (Phil) of Louisburg; son, John Quartuccio (Frankie) of Pennsylvania; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.


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|Fall Real Estate 2003
Publication Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2003
A gift that keeps on giving
by Anna Galan
heard of generous people who donate time, money or stocks to charity.
But donating their house? According to the Peninsula Community
Foundation, based in Redwood City, giving charitable gifts of real
estate is
the newest trend in philanthropy.
"There is no rulebook for charitable giving that says
you can only give cash or publicly traded stock," said foundation
president Sterling Speirn in a press release. "In fact, in
a challenging economic climate, there are many reasons to consider
gifts of real estate."
In May, the PCF launched the Charitable Real Estate Fund, with the goal of making
the process easier for local residents who wish to donate.
In most cases, gifts to the CREF are sold as soon as possible and the proceeds
are then deposited into a separate account at PCF chosen by the donor, such as
a donor-advised fund or an endowment fund. Because the foundation is a tax-exempt
public charity, appreciated property can be sold without capital-gains taxes
and all gifts are 100 percent tax deductible.
David Hopkins, a local pilot, inherited a house last August from family friend
Edward Muschner and has, per Muschner's wishes, donated the proceeds from the
sale of the house to charity. Muschner lived at his home on Sycamore Drive in
Palo Alto for about 50 years before he passed away.
Hopkins described Muschner as "a very generous man," whose
goal, after he died, was to donate funds to the ovarian cancer society
his wife, Dorothy,
died of ovarian cancer.
Hopkins, who was the trustee of the estate, chose to work with PCF after his
attorney recommended them for their ability to handle donations to multiple organizations.
Hopkins also noted that the PCF is familiar with organizations and helps donors
choose organizations that don't just sound great, but put donations to good use.
"They were just so cooperative, that's the reason we went in that direction," Hopkins
said of the foundation.
It was also the wish of Muschner to help Avenidas Senior Center in Palo Alto,
where he had several meals each week.
"He was just so generous with his time, he really seemed to live through
other people," Hopkins said of Muschner.
Speirn, who has been at PCF since 1990, said that while there is
no such thing as a bad donation, "it is almost always smarter
to donate appreciated assets like real estate or stock than cash.
"When you contribute appreciated assets, you are converting capital gains
into charitable dollars. If you put a duplex worth $800,000 into our Charitable
Real Estate Fund, the foundation, as a tax-exempt public charity, can sell it
without paying capital gains taxes," he said.
"Real estate on the Peninsula and in Silicon Valley has appreciated significantly
in recent years, even as the stock market has gone through a period of decline.
Right now, it makes a lot of sense for people with charitable goals to think
about real estate as a gift asset," Speirn said.
According to PCF's director of outreach, Terrence Mulligan, the CREF was launched
because the foundation started to notice many of the families they were working
with had highly appreciated real-estate assets. He said that despite fluctuations
in the stock market, there were still people who were philanthropic and wished
to contribute to charity.
"Unfortunately, most nonprofit organizations are not equipped to look at
complicated gifts like real estate," Speirn said. "It's
really a question of size and scale -- larger nonprofit institutions
Stanford and
PCF have
the staff and experience to evaluate things like real estate, intellectual
property, partnership interests and so forth."
Speirn advises his clients to work closely with legal and tax advisors, since
there can be challenges related to tax codes. Some requirements include an appraisal
of the property, and, real estate is deductible at fair market value, not at
"The process on our end typically takes from two to four weeks. We like
to look first hand at the property and run a preliminary environmental report,
among other things. Basically, we do our homework to make sure the potential
gift is a good fit for the foundation. After we accept a gift, we then list the
property for sale. Closing a sale can take a few weeks or several months," Speirn
Hopkins said after putting Muschner's home on the market last October, it took
a few months to sell the home, and it closed sometime in mid-January. The house,
which sold for around $550,000, netted a little over $500,000 to the foundation.
"He was such a neat guy, such a generous man," Hopkins said of Muschner. "It was his wish that all the proceeds from his home go to charity."


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Two Cummings High School graduates were so impressive on the football field that they received weekly ACC honors even though their UNC team lost a game. Linebacker Durell Mapp was selected the Defensive Back of the Week in the ACC. Teammate Brandon Tate was picked as the Specialist of the Week. Their performances were deemed worthy of special recognition despite the Tar Heels' 34-31 loss Saturday night at East Carolina. (Burlington Times News)
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The question
I find some wine terms confusing, and I'm not just talking about truly weird stuff like "wet stone" and "boiled beef." What do you mean by "integrated oak?"
The answer
Thank you for not asking whether they actually put wet stones and boiled beef in wine (they don't!).
Wine critics often take liberties with language, leaving sane readers scratching their heads. One of my favourites (though I don't believe I personally have ever used it) is "melted licorice." I've not had the pleasure of sampling melted licorice, but I suppose that would be the flavour of licorice that's been sitting out in the sun.
"Integrated oak" is a little more technical. Oak-barrel maturation imparts a variety of flavours to wine, notably vanilla. Wood also can be astringent, prompting a dry sensation in the mouth. When well-integrated into the wine, the wood's flavours are subtler. You can sense vanilla, but in a way that complements the underlying fruit and never seems dominant or cloying.
Often an overtly oaked wine appears to lack sufficient fruitiness to support the lumber. It's sort of the oenological equivalent of a visible bra strap. It might work for Lady Gaga, but it's not the mark of a well-dressed wine.
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Notes: The modern world can be quite an interesting place when Humans often are made under the act of the law to tolerate and live with those that Non-Human. Most of the time there is some tension between the groups, but it seldom leads to war and battle - at least not since some brutal massacres some years previous. Some races are quite well known and featured within legend, and one of the most known but seldom seen are the Taurs, often human to the waist where it becomes animal. Dimitree, a Foxtaur from the Artic Snow down south, and Jackerander, a Centaur from the Jewel Forest in the north are two of which have had a hard life, even after their adoption as children by human parents that permitted them to lead an educational life. After an accident during the high school years, both teenagers set off to make their own path in the world, and continue even now to find adventure and trouble.
The Foxtaur on the left is Dimitree and the Centaur on the right is Jackerander. One is male and the other is a male hermaphrodite, but their relationship is as much brothers as partners.
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The Beau Monde of Mrs. BridgeBy Evan S. Connell
Our great contributor Evan Connell died this week. His best-loved novel, Mrs. Bridge, began as a short story in the Fall 1955 issue of The Paris Review. See below for the full text.
The black Lincoln that Mr. Bridge gave her on her forty-seventh birthday was a size too long and she drove it as cautiously as she might have driven a locomotive. People were always blowing their horns at her or turning their heads to stare when they went by. The Lincoln was set to idle too slowly and in consequence the engine sometimes died when she pulled up at an intersection, but as her husband never used the Lincoln and she herself assumed it was just one of those things about automobiles, the idling speed was never adjusted. Often she would delay a line of cars while she pressed the starter button either too long or not long enough. Knowing she was not expert she was always quite apologetic when something unfortunate happened, and did her best to keep out of everyone's way. She changed into second gear at the beginning of any hill and let herself down the far side much more slowly than necessary.
Usually she parked in a downtown garage where Mr. Bridge rented a stall for her. She had only to honk at the enormous doors, which would then trundle open, and coast on inside where an attendant would greet her by name, help her out, and then park the formidable machine. But in the country club district she parked on the street, and if there were diagonal stripes she did very well, but if parking was parallel she had trouble judging her distance from the curb and would have to get out and walk around to look, then get back in and try again. The Lincoln's seat was so soft and Mrs. Bridge so short that she had to sit very erect in order to see what was happening ahead of her. She drove with arms thrust forward and gloved hands tightly on the large wheel, her feet just able to depress the pedals all the way. She never had serious accidents but was often seen here and there being talked to by patrolmen. These patrolmen never did anything partly because they saw immediately that it would not do to arrest her, and partly because they could tell she was trying to do everything the way it should be done. When parking on the street it embarrassed her to have people watch, yet there always seemed to be someone at the bus stop or lounging in a doorway with nothing to do but stare while she struggled with the wheel and started jerkily backward. Sometimes, however, there would be a nice man who, seeing her difficulty, would come around and tip his hat and ask if he might help. Read More


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Sometimes, blogger's request How do I add more space between the bottom of one post (The Footer) and the top of the next post (The Header).
I know this way to do it - there may be other ways.
Image 1 - here is a screen print of the area in question. At the bottom of the post, there is not much space between the Star Ratings info and the dotted line - separating this post from the next post. In other words, the 'footer' area of this post.
To change this, I needed to increase the Post's bottom margin on my Template.
The first thing I did was to make a Back-up copy of the Template. That's always a first when doing work on the Blog Template.
Secondly, I needed to identify which section I wanted. I wanted to increase the Post footer section.
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Guidelines for the M.A. Thesis in History
The MA in History with "research option," which is intended for students who plan to pursue doctoral studies, requires the completion of an MA thesis.
Thesis Proposal
- The candidate presents a five to ten page proposal plus bibliography, first to a three-member thesis committee and, with its approval, to the Graduate Studies Committee for its approval. The proposal indicates the topic and its significance as an example of original research that contributes to historical knowledge.
- In addition to describing the primary sources to be used, the proposal presents a hypothesis and research strategy (methodology).
- The proposal is accompanied by a bibliography of the relevant secondary literature. The bibliography is not part of the proposal proper, but is appended to it (i.e., not counted as part of the 5-10 page length).
- While there is no specified requirement, typically the thesis will be between fifty and one hundred pages in length.
- All theses include an introduction, one or more substantive chapters, and a full bibliography of all primary sources used and secondary sources cited.
- Other sections (such as a preface, acknowledgements, an epilogue, or appendices) are permissible, when relevant or necessary, but are not required).
- The format for references and citations is the Chicago Manual of Style.
Thesis Committee and Defense
- The thesis committee consists of three tenure-track faculty members in the School of Arts and Humanities, two of whom must hold appointments in Historical Studies.
- The committee Chair should have qualifications appropriate to substantive supervision of research on the chosen topic.
- All three members must approve the quality of the final thesis, which the student presents in a one-hour oral defense.
Students submitting a thesis must follow all guidelines and dates for submission established by the Graduate School and the School of Arts and Humanities


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The university was one of the first in the country to admit women students. Women began attending with nondegree status in the late 1870s. They were admitted formally—as graduate students—when the graduate program was established in 1882 and as undergraduates when the School of Education (now a graduate school) opened in 1914. A College of Liberal Arts for Women was established in 1933, thus allowing women to pursue undergraduate degrees in subjects other than education; the university was not made fully coeducational, however, until 1974, when the women's school was merged into the School of Arts and Sciences.
The university now has four undergraduate schools: the College (School of Arts and Sciences), the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Nursing, and the Wharton School (business education). Graduate and professional programs are offered by these schools and by graduate schools of law, medicine, veterinary medicine, dental medicine, education, communucationcommunication, fine arts, and social work. University institutes include the Wistar Mahoney Institute of Anatomy and Biology (founded 1892), the first institute in America devoted entirely to anatomical research, Neurological Sciences (1953) and the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies (1983), part of the Wharton School. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (1887) is a noted teaching and research organization. Approximately 20,000 students are enrolled at the university.
Notable alumni include architects Louis Kahn and Bruce Graham, U.S. Supreme Court justices William Brennan and Owen Josephus Roberts, suffragist Alice Paul, football coach John Heisman, linguist and activist Noam Chomsky, and poets Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams.


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24 Sep 2001
SUBJECT: Appointment of Retired Members of the Armed Forces to Positions in the Department of Defense
On September 14, 2001, President Bush signed Proclamation 7463 "Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks." Public notice was made in the Federal Register on September 18, 2001.
Based on the Presidential Proclamation that a national emergency exists, 5 U.S.C. Section 3326 (b)(3) authorizes the appointment of retired members of the armed forces to positions in the civil service in or under the Department of Defense during the 180 days immediately after retirement, without the need to obtain authorization and/or approval under 5 U.S.C. section 3326(b)(1). In short, agencies may appoint retired military members without processing a 180-day waiver for the duration of this national emergency.
My point of contact for this matter is Ms. Pat Craver who may be reached at (703) 696-1236, or by email at
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J. L. Schrader
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
Civilian Personnel Policy