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You Remember the sound barrier, well Romney and Ryan have been taking runs at setting the world record for Presidential debate lying and have broken all previously known barriers. USAtoday has published the score card in the Boom Boom Biden KO of Lyin Ryan in the first round.
In my first lies per hour (LPH) article, Romney Breaks Lie Barrier Tells 27 lies in 38 Minutes, I pointed out that In the first 2012 Presidential debate Romney tell lies at the rate of 0.71 lies per minute (LPM) that translates into 42 LPH, that makes him the fastest liar in United States Presidential debate history. Well the question is how did Paul Ryan do, how many lies per hour was he clocked at by the fact checkers?
In the first 2012 Vic Presidential debate Ryan tells lies at the rate of 0.60 lies per minute (LPM) that translates into 36 LPH.
(For details Click Here) So Ryan fails to defeat Romney for the world heavy weight lying championship. However, I think he has beaten Palin in that old VP Runner up slot. Bottom line here is that I believe Ryan getting taken out in the first round has hurt Romney as much a Palin hurt McCain with the American people. The choice a Presidential candidate makes for VP tells you a lot about the candidate.
Many independents did not vote for McCain because they were to patriotic to be idiotic enough to let a Palin stand one breath away from the Presidency. Ryan demonstrated that he did not know a foreign policy from a hole in the ground. He winged it for 40 minutes and the American people have good instincts, they know Malarkey when they hear it. Once again they will not let a feather weight near the steering wheel of our ship of state.
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Oct 12, 2012
Vice President Joe Biden delivered a debate performance Democrats and progressives were clamoring for when he squared off against Rep. Paul Ryan. MSNBC's Richard Wolffe joins Ed Schultz to review the highlights of the vice presidential debate.
Speaking of Presidential choices, the President's choice of the honorable scraper from Scranton has once again demonstrated his competence and effectiveness in surrounding himself with the best people to help him lead our Nation. Note how the President and Joe are a good management fit and work together like a team. Look how the First Lady and Dr. Biden work together as team to help my fellow soldier's families. These are quality people of integrity that we the majority of voters put in place in 2008 to lead us FORWARD. Contrast this to the discombobulated Romney/Ryan "Team" BACKWARD.
We the people but in our changing of the guard in 2008, now it is time to guard our change, VOTE!


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Khartoum (AFP) May 05, 2014
Sudanese air force bombers targeted the only hospital in the Nuba Mountains of war-torn South Kordofan, the former Catholic bishop for the area said on Monday.
The church-run Mother of Mercy Catholic Hospital was the victim of "deliberate targeting and bombing" last Thursday and Friday, Macram Max Gassis, the Kenya-based bishop emeritus of Sudan's El Obeid Diocese said in a statement.
He said the hospital serves more than 150,000 people annually.
Sudan's military spokesman could not be reached for comment.
Nuba Reports, a website based in South Kordofan, said nobody was killed in an initial bombing run by a Sukhoi jet on Thursday that sent hundreds of patients and visitors fleeing.
It said the blasts shattered windows in the home of the hospital's medical director.
The next day, bombs from an Antonov aircraft landed on a mountaintop, Nuba Reports said.
Almost three years of fighting between the government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states has displaced or severely affected more than one million people, the United Nations says.
The alleged bombing occurred on the same day African Union-led peace talks between the government and rebels were suspended, tentatively to resume later in May.
As negotiations broke off, rebel delegation leader Yasir Arman accused the government of bombing SPLM-N areas "for more than 16 hours" during a major offensive.
The Kordofan-Blue Nile war has been fuelled by complaints among non-Arab groups of neglect and discrimination by the Arab-dominated regime.
International rights organisations have accused the Sudanese military of "indiscriminate" aerial attacks, while the government has said the rebels killed civilians during shellings of the South Kordofan state capital Kadugli.
Fighting over the previous two weeks in South Kordofan and Blue Nile affected about 16,500 people, according to figures cited by the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in its weekly bulletin on Thursday.
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1. How can you gently remove pills from a sweater?
The truth is that all sweaters will pill just by wearing or cleaning them. You can remove pills easily by holding the sweater flat with one hand and slicing off pills one at a time with a simple razor, like a Bic. You can also buy a manual pill remover.
2. How often should you wash a sweater?
Did the sweater pick up germs or dirt? That warrants a washing. A good rule of thumb is to wash every six to eight wears, unless you spill, sweat or are around smoke.
3. Walk us through hand washing a sweater step by step.
To wash your cashmere sweater, first turn it inside-out. Immerse it in a solution of cold water and a gentle wool wash product like Woolite or The Laundress. Don't scrub thoroughly, but instead gently squeeze the suds through the fabric. Never wring or stretch the fabric in any way. Finally, rinse the garment several times in clean lukewarm water until the water runs clear without any traces of detergent.
4. And how do you squeeze out water and let it dry?
Never wring anything. Gently squeeze water out of the sweater and then lay it flat on a towel. Press out the excess water. Roll it up like a sleeping bag to really suck up the excess water. Dry it by laying it flat on a clean towel and reshape it as it dries. Allow it to air dry naturally.
6. Any other tips?
Wet cashmere can sometimes take days to dry. To cut the time in half, use a large salad spinner to spin off excess water. Use one with a pull cord; they're more effective. Then lay flat to dry.


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Holiday season always witnesses such an array of cards and greetings. It is the season when people are really in a mood to shop all out especially after Thanksgiving - the black Friday sale! Mobile users obviously are the more likely ones to be bombarded because of their ability to be check emails and offers at all times. at all places.
Well, the truth is numerous iPad owners actually wait for Black Friday sale to buy worthy apps.
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10 'Go To' Tools Every Technician Needs (and Why)
Whether it's a multifunction tool or one for an individual special need, there are certain often-overlooked 'A-level' tools for measurement and termination that every datacomm technician must have.
Jason Knott · January 22, 2013
Most guys (and some gals) have an ongoing love affair with their tools. Having the right tool for the right job can evoke a Tim Allen-like grunt of pleasure.
But for integrators and their technicians, tools are even more special. They represent their livelihood. So for a low-voltage/datacomm contractor by any name—voice/data/video (VDV) installer, A/V specialist, security dealer, etc.—there is a short list of tools for both measuring signal strength and terminating twisted-pair and solid-core cable that they cannot live without.
According to Dave Mueller, VDV senior product manager at Klein Tools, the biggest question facing integrators is whether to carry individual tools for each task or look for multi-function tools that can do several things. He has pinpointed the:
- Most valuable low-voltage stripping/cutting/terminating/crimping tools
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The Republican Plan in a Nutshell
We all know about Wisconsin. Many of us know about Ohio. And Indiana. But the avalanche of anti-worker bills doesn't come close to stopping in those states.
In Maine:
As part of his budget, LePage proposed raising the retirement age for public employees and freezing their cost-of-living adjustments. He also increased the amount that public employees are required to pay into their pension fund from 7.65 percent to 9.65 percent, which constitutes a cut in take-home pay for these employees. However, as Mike Tipping at the Kennebec Journal reported, the change doesn't apply to LePage's own compensation
That's right, Gov. LePage specifically exempted himself from increased pension contributions. Oh, and those increased pension contributions from public workers? Those won't go toward pensions. They'll go to pay for tax cuts.
In Michigan:
Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) has proposed ending his state's Earned Income Tax Credit, cutting a $600 per child tax credit, and reducing credits for seniors, while also cutting funding for school districts by eight to ten percent. At the same time, as the Michigan League for Human Services found, the state's business taxes would be reduced by nearly $2 billion, or 86 percent, under Snyder's plan.
Between these two, it's like the Republican plan in a nutshell: cut workers' paychecks, slash school budgets, cut credits for seniors, cut tax credits for working families. But exempt yourself and give billions of dollars in tax breaks to giant corporations.


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Sydney Ferries' day of reckoning
IT IS the moment the board and management of Sydney Ferries have been dreading.
For seven months, the three-member board and seven senior executives have been sweating on the details of a lengthy investigation by Bret Walker, SC, into the troubled ferry service - and they know they are in the firing line.
In recent weeks the management team has been rocked by a stinging letter from Mr Walker questioning its performance. Industry sources say he wrote to ask about its lack of response to sagging performance benchmarks, and it was struggling to formulate a reply before the delivery of his final report.
The detail of the report is expected to be revealed in a press conference by the Premier today.
The inquiry was asked to report on proposals to reform Sydney Ferries, and is expected to recommend several options to privatise its management and operations, while keeping the fleet and other assets in government hands.
The Government has already flagged that it will not make public its decision about the future of Sydney Ferries until next year. Any move to privatise the service will spark another war with maritime unions and could damage Labor during the federal election campaign.
But while overstaffed ferries and inefficient rostering practices are expected to be given prominence in the report, the $1.15 million management team's performance could also be laid bare.
Since February last year, at least nine former navy personnel have taken senior jobs at Sydney Ferries. Workers and unions have complained about the military influence, and a deepening rift between workers and the administration.
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Phoebius – object-oriented PHP5 framework
Phoebius [ˈfi:biəs] is a truly object-oriented PHP5 framework for complex applications, which features a powerful meta-programming abilities and a toolset for handling an application flow with high cohesion at every valuable architectural level: from receiving the request till sending the response.
Main features
- explore rich functionality of autogenerated code,
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- query ORM to fetch entity objects,
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Its goal is to minimize the risks and costs of software development by shifting the developers attention to the context of application logic. All you need is to define a project domain and then apply a programming code against it. The bootstrapping, mapping, testing and deployment is carried by the framework internals thus cutting the number of potential inconsistencies. Nevertheless, having a truly object-oriented architecture, Phoebius provides an ability to configure and re-implement an interface of at least any application layer within the control flow stack.
Phoebius framework is the best choice as the basis of long-run web applications that meant to be scalable enough to meet the requirements of extremely-changing real world.
Phoebius framework is an open-source project, published under the terms of the LGPL.


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The Story of God
Most of Christendom is unaware that the events of the first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis chronicle approximately one-third of human HIStory. Moses is credited with writing Genesis, but he most definitely was not an eyewitness to those events. This begs an important question. Where did Moses get such detailed information about the people, places, and events covered in the book of beginnings? The spoken story of God is the answer.
What Ever Became Of… ?
Genesis 5:1-3 begins with, "This is the book of the generations of Adam." After Cain killed Abel, the Bible tells us that Adam and Eve had another son. Adam had lived 130 years when Seth was born. He lived another 800 years after Seth was born, for a total of 930 years. By looking at the family record of Adam and doing some simple math, students of the Bible discover that Adam was still alive when Lamech, Noah's father, was fifty-six years old. Genesis 5 tells us that there was a continuous first-person record of the story of Adam's family from the day he was created until just before Noah was born to Lamech.
Eleven different times some variation of "these are the generations of" is repeated throughout the fifty chapters of Genesis. There are slight variations. Every time it is seen it starts with a different name. In all of these instances the meaning is the same. This phrase is used to give readers of the Bible a signal. The accounts of family events were passed from father to son, generation after generation, one person at a time. Each family record is known in Hebrew as a toldot. In essence, the word toldot signals the beginning of a family story that tells us what became of that person.
Can you imagine the family reunions in those days and the re-telling of the family's story year after year. Adam was the first to tell the story of the beginning of all things and he made sure those that came after him told it right!
Genesis 6:9 informs us that the next man entrusted with the incredible story of God was Noah. His sons… Shem, Ham, and Japheth were next. Through Shem's line, Terah would be born (Genesis 11:27). Terah was the father of Abraham, the father of the Jewish people. Abraham fathered both Ishmael and Isaac. Isaac, the son of God's promise became the father of Jacob. God changed Jacob's name to Israel. He was the father of 12 sons. The descendants of those 12 sons became the nation known today as Israel.
Entrusted With God's Story
Throughout their 4,000 years of family HIStory, the Jewish people have demonstrated a gift for telling stories of all kinds. Many of the authors who have received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction are Jewish. Herman Wouk (The Caine Mutiny), Bernard Malamud (The Fixer), and Norman Mailer (The Executioner's Song) are the best known of this elite group. Think about this. The world's population exceeded 12 billion in 2012. Worldwide the number of Jewish people is approximately 12.5 million. That means that 1 out of every 514 people in the world is Jewish (0.2%). And yet, 14% of the Pulitzer Prize winners for novels have been Jewish. It seems as if the Pulitzer Prize awards committee recognizes that God has uniquely gifted the Jewish people to tell great stories.
Unlike fiction, the Bible records factual accounts told as a historical narrative. The most important true story of all time was entrusted to the Jewish people. Through them, the story of God has spread throughout the entire world. There is a whole field of biblical study known as Jewish roots. Studying the Bible in the context of Jewish history, culture, and geography is vitally important to interpreting and applying what the Bible teaches as God intended. In a way, the Bible's storytellers have re-opened the door to biblical storytelling to the people of every nation and tribe. But, not all of the biblical storytellers were Jewish. Adam, Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, and Terah were not Jews. They were storytellers too!
You Can Tell It!
Eighty percent of the world's population either cannot read at all or does not read well enough to understand the simplest of concepts. After almost 6,000 years of human HIStory, the vast majority of communication in the world still occurs when people talk to each other face to face. Maximizing the impact of the spoken word remains one of the most important skill sets disciple makers must develop if they are to participate in the Great Commission. Nothing is more important for the non-professional followers of Messiah Jesus than to learn to tell the story of God from Genesis to Revelation in a way that is completely true to the written Word of God and communicates its eternal truth.
You may be thinking right now that you could never prepare yourself for this type of ministry. Peter, Andrew, James and John were probably thinking the same thing when Jesus told them to drop what they were doing and follow Him. He made them "fishers of men." He also taught them how to teach others. Every one of Jesus' disciples can learn to tell the story of God in ways that engage those that do not know God that are living out their lives where you live, work, worship, and play. It is not as hard as you might think. So, where would you start if you were to decide to actively participate in telling the story of God to the people you know?
Training people for this work is why Disciple Daily exists. We teach people to consume the Scriptures in the same way one would eat an elephant. We'll teach you how to eat God's Word… one bite at a time. Then we'll show you how to feed it to others, making an eternal difference in their lives… and in yours.
Mission Impossible?
Not at All! The first thing you need to do is build a foundation for the all of the stories of the Bible to rest on. If you have not already done so, take a few minutes right now and watch the video above. Memorize the 5 key words and hand-signs. Once you have done that, go teach it to someone else. Have some serious fun. Teaching others the story of God is what Jesus' disciples do!


text: With Apple's new 16 GB iPod touch becoming available today, the teardown experts at iFixit have taken the device apart in an effort to determine how it differs internally from its larger-capacity siblings. The 16 GB model lacks the rear camera and support for Apple's Loop wrist strap, so iFixit wanted to see how those changes affected the layout of the device's components. Comparison of original fifth-generation iPod touch (left) and new 16 GB model (right) (Rear camera would be located at top right corner)In the area of where the rear camera would be, the new iPod touch has a small void, while some of the flex cables have also been rerouted slightly. In addition, with the microphone no longer needing to be on the back of the device near a camera, it has been moved to the top edge of the device. Otherwise, the layout of components is the same as in other fifth-generation iPod touch models. The logic board also appears nearly identical to the ones in the larger-capacity iPod touch models, housing all of the same chips with the exception of 16 GB of flash memory rather than 32 GB or 64 GB. The logic board also has a blank spot where the connector for the rear camera cable would have been. Comparison of original fifth-generation iPod touch (left) and new 16 GB model (right) (Post for wrist strap would be located at bottom right corner)Finally, at the bottom of the device, the new iPod touch similarly contains a void where the post for attaching the Loop wrist strap would be. Apple has used the same speaker design as in the larger-capacity models, carrying a curved edge that wraps around the Loop post in those models. Apple's new 16 GB iPod touch is priced at $229, with the addition allowing Apple to discontinue the fourth-generation iPod touch models it had continued selling at $199 (16 GB) and $249 (32 GB) alongside the more expensive fifth-generation models introduced late last year. Article Link: Teardown of New 16 GB iPod Touch Reveals Few Internal Changes


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Second Wind and The Tubafours -- two unusual musical groups with members from Guernsey, Tuscarawas and Coshocton Counties -- will be sharing the stage this Saturday evening, July 25, at the FRETS Roasting Company on Main Street in downtown Coshocton.
The Second Wind Quintet is a group of five who came together four years ago to explore musical possibilities beyond the standard band fare. Since then, the group has developed a repertoire of Dixieland, swing, and pop arrangements, many of which were written expressly for them. Susan Barzda, of Cambridge, is the group's clarinetist.
The Tubafours is a quartet comprised of two tubas " played by Ron Barkett and Don Irven -- and two euphoniums (which are actually small tubas) " played by Ron Coombs and Ron Geese. Together since 2005, The Tubafours are featured regularly with the Dominic Greco Band in Dover and New Philadelphia. More recently, they have begun including vocal, as well as instrumental, numbers in their repertoire.
FRETS Roasting Company, located at 506 Main Street in Coshocton, is a non-profit organization founded in 2007 to provide a place for adults to enjoy conversation, premium coffee, and quality live music in a positive atmosphere.
Doors open Saturday at 7:00 p.m. There is no cover or admission charge for this event.
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Rear: Susan Kundert, oboe; Susan Barzda, clarinet
Front: Heather Smith, flute; Leslie Dawson, bassoon
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[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Lionel Messi scored on a free kick with four minutes remaining to give the defending champions a 2-1 win at Dynamo Kiev and a place in the round of 16 but he was later injured in a hard challenge from Kiev's Leandro Almeida and damaged his right ankle in an incident reminiscent to the injury that sidelined Cristiano Ronaldo of rival Real Madrid for two months earlier this fall.
Messi, recently crowned
winner of the 2009 Golden Ball and the favorite for 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year honors, is doubtful for Sunday's "Derbi," the clash between Barca and city rival Espanyol.
Barca fell behind in the second minute and would have been eliminated if it had lost to Dynamo by two goals.
Xavi's goal in the 33rd
minute had canceled out Artem Milevskiy's goal for the home team.
The win gave Barca first place in Group F ahead of Inter Milan.
"It was an important game today and all our players put in maximum effort to get the win," Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola said. "It was important
to win the group and we were playing with that in mind. It was a physically tough game, but it's going to get even tougher from here."
Group E
Liverpool 1 Fiorentina 2
Scorers: Benayoun 43; Jorgensen 63, Gilardino 90
Lyon 4
Debrecen 0
Scorers: Gomis 25, Bastos 45, Pjanic 59, Cissokho 76
Group F
Inter Milan 2 Rubin Kazan 0
Scorers: Eto'o 31, Balotelli
Dynamo Kiev 1 Barcelona 2
Scorers: Milevskiy 2; Xavi 33, Messi 86
Group G
VfB Stuttgart 3 Unirea Urziceni 1
Scorers: Marica 5,
Traesch 8, Pogrebnyak 11; Semedo 46.
Sevilla 1 Rangers 0
Scorer: Kanoute 8 penalty.
Group H
Olympiakos 1 Arsenal 0
Scorer: Leonardo
Standard Liege 1 AZ 1
Scorers: Bolat 90+5; Lens 42


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Volunteers play an important role and their contribution provides a vital link between the Agency and the communities we serve. Family and Children's Services of St.Thomas and Elgin County could not reach the children and families who need help without the efforts of volunteers.
No matter how you volunteer with us, you will be a part of a team that includes staff, foster families, children and their families. You will benefit from training, supervision, and recognition for your contribution – but your primary reward will be knowing that you make a difference in the lives of children and their families.
There are volunteering opportunities available for whatever time commitment you are able to give. Some volunteers donate a few hours each week or month, while others donate a large part of their leisure time.
All volunteers must understand their duty to report any suspicions of abuse or neglect.
All Volunteers are required to maintain the strictest standards of confidentiality and act in a manner which is respectful, sensitive and supportive.
All volunteers must have the ability to work in a team environment. In addition, volunteers must demonstrate reliability, openness and a non-judgmental attitude.
Volunteers must support the agency mission, mandate and values.
How to Apply
All volunteers must complete an application form prior to the screening process. (Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator to receive an application form.)
The screening process includes (but is not limited to) a personal interview, a police record check with vulnerable sector screening, signing an oath of confidentiality and providing additional reference checks. For some volunteer positions, further screening may be required. Thorough screening can take some time but is critical. Following acceptance as a volunteer, an orientation is arranged and training for the position is planned.
Choose an Opportunity that matches your skill and committment level
Learn the details about different volunteer positions available, from volunteer driving to working closely with children as a mentor. View the various skills and time commitments involved in each.
Remember that volunteering is the best way to find out if you are ready for the challenges of foster parenting and adoption.
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Read about how Joan Wakeling, Pam Salvador and Alyse Payne, connect three generations through volunteer work at the agency.


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Articles from RotoWire's fantasy archives that mention Anthony Swarzak's name.
July 11, 2017
Collette Calls: Bullpen Watch at the Break
Jason Collette reviews each team's bullpen and looks at who might move as we enter the second half with the trade deadline approaching.
June 1, 2017
Collette Calls: Be Bold
Jason Collette breaks down five bold predictions for the rest of the season, including a big one about the Rays' Evan Longoria.
April 30, 2017
AL FAAB Factor: Waiver Pickups of the Week
Erik Siegrist sifts through the free agent pool in the American League and thinks Avisail Garcia's hot start makes him worth a look in shallow formats.
June 12, 2016
Clay Link offers up his estimate for Tim Anderson and 31 other players from around the American League.
May 14, 2015
Friday Lineup Card: Streaking Quintana
Quintana has been spectacular since his April 19 implosion against the Tigers, where he gave up nine earned runs in four innings pitched
May 9, 2015
Sunday Lineup Card: The Cubs' Forgotten Young Gun
For all the hype surrounding Bryant, it's another Cubs' infielder with short-term value.
April 5, 2015
Monday Lineup Card: Let's Grilli for MLB's First Full Slate
February 25, 2015
Indians Team Preview: Rolling Tribe Gathers Moss
The Indians weren't very busy this offseason, but their big trade was to acquire Brandon Moss from the A's. Darin Brown previews their chances for 2015.
September 21, 2014
Draftster MLB: Pricey Returns and Weekly Picks
Masahiro Tanaka will be back on the mound Sunday, but will he be worth the hefty price tag?
September 20, 2014
Sunday Lineup Card: Beantown Building Blocks
The Red Sox starter has recaptured his 2013 form just in time for the season's close.
September 14, 2014
Monday Lineup Card: Buckle Down On Buchholz
Clay Buchholz is 3-0 with a 2.10 ERA over his last four starts.
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suspended from work, invited to an investigatory meeting....please help!!
i was called by my boss on saturday morning to tell me that i've been suspended from work with full pay as they're alleging that i changed dates on a sick note i submitted on the 15th january. she told me that she had known friday but "hadn't had the chance to contact me". she told me i needed to call HR on monday. monday comes, i call HR who informed me that dates had been changed on my sick note, and that they had had this confirmed by my GP. on monday i also got a letter informing me of my suspension which stated that they have suspended me due to "taking part in activities that cause us to lose faith in your integrity, further particulars being that you deliberately falsified your sickness certificate".
today i had a letter saying that i am required to attend an investigatory interview next tuesday. they've told me that i will be interviewed by a manager and that there will be a nominated person there to take notes. in the letter they state that there is no statutory right for me to be accompanied however they will allow me to be accompained by an employer.
i have no idea what has been changed on my sick note. i went sick a few weeks ago (self cert for a week) and a sick note by my doctor to cover me for the rest of the time i had off. i only had a sprained ankle....the doctor offered me longer off work but i declined it because i felt i would be fit enough to return to work. i contacted my boss straight after my appointment and confirmed with her the day i would be returning. as we have no base as such, and i was unable to drive due to my ankle, she advised me to post my sick note to her home address. which i did the following day. the only mistake i did was not to look at the dates the doctor had put on the sick note before i posted it, i just trusted he'd put the right ones down.
i'm so worried about this, i 've never been in trouble in work in my life?! not so much as a telling off!! i'm a member of the RCN and i have to call my union rep tomorrow for more advice etc. i'm also arranging an appointmengt with my GP for monday to discuss this with him in hope of clarifying what he wrote on my sick note.
i have some questions though that i hope you'll be able to help me with....the wording they've used in the letter "involved in activities" suggests to me that there is more than one problem....or is this just jargon used by managers? if there was something else they were concerned about they would have to tell me right?
am i allowed to be accompained to this "informal" investigatory meeting? it just doesn't sound very informal to me when there is someone there taking notes.
do they have to present all their evidence to me before this meeting? like the sick note prehaps?
also do compaines have the right to contact my Gp without my permission regarding sick notes?
any advice/help would be most appreciated. i'm going out of my mind with worry, haven't eaten, slept or thought of nothing else but this for the last week. i just can't believe this is happeneing to me, and as i've never been through anything like this before i have no idea what the correct procedure is or what to expect?!
many many thanks
suspension is a neutral act to allow time to investigate the allegations and you should be paid. you do not have the right to take someone with you to an investigatory meeting but it seems they are happy for you to take a fellow employee. i do not believe that they can contact your GP without your permission. this is a breach of confidentiality and you will be able to ask him/her if in fact they did do this when you have your appointment. in the meantime you can only wait to see what the allegations are. it maybe that you have no questions to answer but before you attend any investigatory meeting you must speak to your rep for advice on how to conduct yourself.
so do you think that there are more allegations that i don't know about? all i've been told is that dates have been changed on my sick note....but do you think there is something else they're not telling me? the wording "taking part in activites" suggest to me that there is more to this than they're telling me.....opinions?
Just sounds like verbose HRspeak to me !
But, be cautious - suspension is usually a precursor to a disciplinary for gross misconduct.
Obviously, the document itself will be absolutely key evidence, and may either clear or condemn you.
You have every right to examine this; to get a copy and to get your GP'sa comments re the alleged alterations.
Best of luck !
would i be in my rights to request this document prior to the investigatory meeting? and also would i be within my rights to postpone the meeting until i've spoken to my GP? i'm unable to get an appoint with him until next friday (meeting is on the tuesday). my Gp surgery has been giving me teh wrong information all week about when the Gp is next in, as they've been followig the wrong rota all damn week!!!!
thank you for all your replies!!
also one thing that concerns me is that my sick note was sent to my boss's home address....who is to say that someone had her home haven't changed the dates etc on the note? i have no idea where this note was kept after i sent it to her?!
i'm so worried about this, i just dont' know what the hell has gone on. wish i'd taken the 2 weeks the Gp offered me now, rather than being loyal to my company and only taking just over a week off work
In theory this should be fairly easy to clear up – your GP can confirm the dates that were on the note, and you might want to lay it on thick and get them to state that they offered to sign you off for longer but you refused – this might undermine any case based on you wanting to increase the amount of time off you were due, if all you actually needed to do was get your GP to give you a new note and knew that they would do this.
Your GP should certainly not have given any information to your employer, and you might want to query how they got confirmation of the dates without your authority. I should stress that it doesn't mean that your doctor's surgery didn't release this information, only that they shouldn't have done so – it seems odd that an employer would try to ask for it without getting your agreement first, but it's possible. You would then have grounds for a complaint against your doctor, but that's a separate issue.
But if, as you suspect, the note might have been changed after you posted it to your boss then it becomes a different fight. But there's not much point in getting too drawn into speculation about what the charge might be when you don't know what it is, and when it could be as simple as your GP smudging or amending the date – although why they had to suspend for something that could be easily cleared up is very odd. Though it may just be an overreaction by the NHS – a friend of mine who is a nurse narrowly escaped disciplinary action for doing something that was completely legal, not forbidden in her contract, didn't affect her NHS employment, and actually something that her employer had no authority to discipline her over. Her manager left it at a verbal warning, thinking that they were doing her a favour by not making it an official disciplinary sanction.
I agree with Bubbles about the wording of the charge – I think they are simply making the point that if you had changed your doctor's note then it would undermine the integrity of your position.
For the meeting, they do not have to give you the evidence beforehand – this is to ask you for your version of events, not for you to present your defence. They will have to give you copies of the evidence before any disciplinary meeting, in sufficient time for you to be able to prepare your defence (and at that point you can ask for more time if you need it). If your story is that you did not alter the dates on your sick note and that you will be getting your GP to confirm this later that week, I would simply expect them to wait to receive the info from your GP before making a decision of whether to take it to a disciplinary meeting. Obviously they will give you details of what the note says at the investigatory meeting.
As Crocodile says, they are not required to allow you to be accompanied to the investigation, but get the RCN all over this, and they may well flex their muscles to get themselves allowed in.
For now, difficult as it is, do your best to stay calm and not worry too much over things you can't control. You will find out exactly what's going on once you go to the meeting, so concentrate on preparing your defence.
thank you for all your help people!! i'm at a loss as to why they've chosen to suspend me when all they had to do was call me in to clear up any problems. it just all seems very drastic to me!
although i'm a nurse i work for a private company, which is why all of this feels so alien to me. this would never have happened in the NHS, they would have simply called me and asked for clarification or as you say another doctors note.
i am concerned about them contacting my Gp regarding this without my permission, and the fact my GP gave them information. although i'm confused as to what the Gp is allowed to give out, i thought they were allowed to confirm dates etc, because i thought agenices such as the benefit agency etc can contact Gp's regarding sick notes.
got a meeting with my union today so i hope they can offer me more support so i can at least have a good nights sleep over the weekend!
thank you again
Yes, it does seem very inept / heavyhanded HR practice
Best to get a copy of the workplace disciplinary procedures and to make sure these are being complied with fully.


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The Dumpling Directive
From Turkish manti to Korean mandoo, Polish pierogi to any number of Italian stuffed pastas, dumplings are basically just meat or vegetables plopped into a pocket of dough. But Seattle's diverse restaurant scene offers plenty of opportunities to learn the difference between your xiao long bao and your bánh bột lọc chay.
Dom Polski
On Friday nights, Seattle's Polish Home Association opens the basement of their Capitol Hill building to the public, inviting all comers to experience authentic Polish cuisine. Pickle soup and steak tartar are specialties, but the heart of the meal is the pierogies; a thick egg dough with a choice of filling: meat, saurkraut and mushroom, or potato and cheese. Don't be fooled into thinking this is a light or vegetarian meal, though, as they arrive sautéed in bacon with sour cream to plop on top.
Traditional Korean Beef Soup
The menu has only a few items that are not variations of the namesake soup—simplicity is the name of the game here. But the mandoo are one of them, and are worth ordering. Watch for the tub of filling and giant ball of dough on a table in the back, where someone folds each dumpling, one by one, until a tray is full, lined up with what appear to be a Korean version of oversized tortellini.
Din Tai Fung
A Taiwanese chain with outlets around the world, Din Tai Fung has taken the art of xiao long bao, or soup dumplings, to the masses, including two outlets in Seattle. These are difficult to make, requiring exactly 18 folds, traditionally, of the delicate wrappers. With piping hot soup encased along with meat filling, they can be equally difficult to eat. To do so like an expert: gently pick up a dumpling, being careful not to rip the wrapper, and place it in a soup spoon, then bite a small hole in it, allowing steam to escape. Pour a little of the vinegar and ginger sauce into the hole, adding flavor and cooling the dumpling off, before proceeding very carefully to either take a bite or suck the soup out before eating it all.
Turkey straddles the border between Europe and Asia, and it's only appropriate that the dumplings that hail from there straddle the line between ravioli and Chinese jaozi. The spiced ground meat of an Asian potsticker is pressed into a ravioli-like wrapper, and sauced with garlic yogurt sauce and hot butter, then sprinkled with red pepper and mint.
Anchovies and Olives
With Italian stuffed pastas (ravioli, tortellini, etc.) being among the best known and most widely served in the U.S., it's surprising how few restaurants bother to make them by hand. Anchovies and Olives knows better, stuffing their agnolotti (tiny ravioli) with butternut squash, sage, and walnuts, before sautéing in brown butter.
Ba Bar
A completely different texture of dumpling from the traditional wheat flour dough, the Hue dumpling (bánh bột lọc chay) at Ba Bar takes many diners by surprise. The tapioca starch and rice flour outside is stretchy and chewy, enclosing a dried mung bean paste. Without the spicy soy vinaigrette and caramelized shallots, they can come off as dry, but a proper saucing makes each one a soft, savory pillow of flavor.
In need of an outlet for her effervescent enthusiasm for all things edible, Naomi Bishop started sharing her thoughts on food at her blog, TheGastroGnome, in 2006. Her lack of fear—she'll eat anything and go anywhere—lead her to discover restaurants hidden in plain sight or find the most delicious needle in the haystack of a menu. Her writing appears on Serious Eats, Eat Your World, and in the Seattle Weekly. Download her app, Unique Eats of the Northwest to find the best restaurants you've never tried.


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If a government agency were willing to pay big bucks for a new program to be developed, yet demanded that it must be compatible with an obsolete web browser used by an obsolete operating system, would you think that was sarcasm, or a joke? Apparently it is a requirement, not a joke, for the U.S. Secret Service social media sarcasm detector.
"Compatibility with Internet Explorer 8" and the "ability to detect sarcasm and false positives" are just two of many requirements listed for the new software, according to the request for proposals posted on FedBizOpps. IE 8 is tied to Windows XP; both are at "end of life" and no longer supported. Microsoft previously warned, "If your Windows XP PC is connected to the Internet and you use Internet Explorer 8 to surf the web, you might be exposing your PC to additional threats."
Making that compatibility a requirement is sad, but maybe the Secret Service doesn't have much in terms of its own up-to-date software. The Secret Service has been using FEMA's Twitter analytics, according to Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan. He told the Washington Post:
"Our objective is to automate our social media monitoring process. Twitter is what we analyze. This is real-time stream analysis. The ability to detect sarcasm and false positives is just one of 16 or 18 things we are looking at. We are looking for the ability to quantity our social media outreach. We aren't looking solely to detect sarcasm."
Good thing that monitoring of First Amendment-protected expression is not all about spotting sarcasm, since computers can't comprehend language nuances. In fact, the Secret Service's software will likely fail, according to the EFF's Peter Eckersley. "It's difficult not to be sarcastic about the idea of the Secret Service automatically, algorithmically, examining all of your social media posts to determine, among other things, that you're being sarcastic," he told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. "It's kind of like having a cop at your dinner table all the time, and that cop isn't in on your jokes."
CIA lit up Twitter
Speaking of spotting snarky and snide comments on Twitter, the government had some fun on social media last week when the CIA sent its first tweet.
We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet.
— CIA (@CIA) June 6, 2014
A huge portion of the quarter million retweets accused the CIA of monitoring everyone even if that was allegedly the first official tweet. The CIA picked up over 533,000 followers with that tweet, but many Twitter jokesters worried what it meant if the CIA followed them back.
DARPA tweeted a funny welcome, before recommending VAPR, its "Vanishing Programmable Resources" that is supposed to do more than delete tweets. The VAPR "program seeks electronic systems capable of physically disappearing in a controlled, triggerable manner."
.@CIA, if that was, in fact, your first tweet, welcome! If you change your mind later on, might we recommend http://t.co/DRtDPXjF8O
— DARPA (@DARPA) June 6, 2014
The Department of Defense yucked it up as well.
Welcome to twitter @CIA! Although we've never "officially" met, I hear we run in the same circles.
— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) June 7, 2014
Then there were the "sarcastic" and fake CIA tweets, such as these captured as a screenshot by searching @CIA:
Nice try, @CIA. Nice try. pic.twitter.com/pSoRVQEUB4
— Jamie DMJ (@JamieDMJ) June 7, 2014
Not everyone was laughing and some like the New York Review of Books flat out tweet-attacked the CIA.
WikiLeaks also got in on the action, tweeting:
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— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 7, 2014
After the barrage of tweets and retweets, the CIA then responded:
Thank you for the @Twitter welcome! We look forward to sharing great #unclassified content with you.
— CIA (@CIA) June 7, 2014
Twitter wasn't the only place where the CIA got "social." People should perhaps think twice before "liking" the CIA on Facebook … at least according to Julian Assange three years ago when he called Facebook "a spy machine for U.S. Intelligence agencies."
Nevertheless, expect more "social media presence" from the CIA as the agency said, "The launch expands CIA's online presence, which already includes the Agency's public website, CIA.gov and CIA.gov mobile, and official Flickr and YouTube accounts. In the coming weeks, look out for other CIA.gov enhancements, including live streaming capabilities via Ustream."


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When the popsicle man came around, my mother gave me a nickel.
I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.
For every dollar of wealth owned by white folks in the United States today, black folks on average own less than a nickel.
If I had a nickel for every time an Palestinian was paid under those terms, I wouldn't have any nickels.
Back then, when you made a movie that lost money, you lost every nickel.
An when yous want a nickel or two, let me know, he said with manly tenderness.
It is the source of a considerable supply of nickel and cobalt.
When I want to use the 'phone I pop round to the drug store and have a nickel's worth.
For every nickel that she lost for him, she brought a new customer.
White belts, with nickel buckles, are worn and white cross-belts.
whitish metal element, 1755, coined in 1754 by Swedish mineralogist Axel von Cronstedt (1722-1765) from shortening of Swedish kopparnickel "copper-colored ore" (from which it was first obtained), a half-translation of German Kupfernickel, literally "copper demon," from Kupfer (see copper) + Nickel "demon, goblin, rascal" (a pet form of masc. proper name Nikolaus, cf. English Old Nick "the devil;" see Nicholas); the ore so called by miners because it looked like copper but yielded none.
Meaning "coin made partly of nickel" is from 1857, when the U.S. introduced one-cent coins made of nickel to replace the old bulky copper pennies. Application to five-cent piece (originally one part nickel, three parts copper) is from 1883, American English; in earlier circulation there were silver half-dimes. To nickel-and-dime (someone) is from 1964 (nickels and dimes "very small amounts of money" is attested from 1893).
nickel nick·el (nĭk'əl)
Symbol Ni
A silvery hard ductile ferromagnetic metallic element used in alloys and in corrosion-resistant surfaces. Atomic number 28; atomic weight 58.69; melting point 1,455°C; boiling point 2,913°C; specific gravity 8.902; valence 0, 1, 2, 3.
Symbol Ni
A silvery, hard, ductile metallic element that occurs in ores along with iron or magnesium. It resists oxidation and corrosion and is used to make alloys such as stainless steel. It is also used as a coating for other metals. Atomic number 28; atomic weight 58.69; melting point 1,453°C; boiling point 2,732°C; specific gravity 8.902; valence 0, 1, 2, 3. See Periodic Table.
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Note: yes, I know that technically FB is not a SE but the topic is about PPC....and I like to twist the SE tiger tail every now and then.
FaceBook now offers a reasonable alternative to AdWords. If you are interested in PPC (pay per click) / CPC (cost per click) then take a look at FB's offering. The targeting is amazingly granular and the cost is typically a fifth to a third that of equivalent AdWords.
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How did you target your ads?
Do you know if keywords can be targeted?
Posted 28 December 2011 - 11:50 AM
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I think the basics are well covered. The rest is a matter of spending a couple hundred dollars running tests before creating full ad campaigns.
How are interests identified?
Interest targeting allows advertisers to target people based on information they've provided in their profile (timeline). This includes listed likes and interests, the Pages they like, apps they use, and other profile (timeline) content they've provided.
What is Topic targeting?
Topic targeting (marked with a #) lets you target everyone who has expressed interests closely related to the term you select. For example, "#Cooking" lets you reach interests like "cooking," "cooking tips," and "cooking and eating." Precise interests (unmarked) target people who have expressed that specific interest. For example, "cooking" includes only the interest "cooking."
Note: I recommend considering FB data and adjusting rather than simply plugging in whatever works in AdWords.
Posted 28 December 2011 - 01:29 PM
I did look at that page and read the targeting options... but didn't see "keyword" so that's why I asked.
I think that the targeting options explained will work nicely with a lot of products. But, not so well with others. If they had keyword targeting they would get more business.. but that might be hard to do.
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When you run a campaign you can put in a bunch of keywords and facebook will show your ads to people who have identified those keywords as things that they like. (I am assuming facebook will use the contextual content of the page to determine if your ads fit as well.) When I started up my forum for veterinary technicians I ran facebook ads that only displayed for people who had identified themselves as a veterinary technician, veterinary technologist, veterinary nurse or animal nurse. You can narrow it even further and only display to certain age groups, or to single/married people, or only women/men or only to certain countries or cities.
As you make your selections Facebook tells you how big your audience is likely to be.
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My understanding on Facebook keywords is more about interests and not questions - in my experience so many get PPC (adwords - I ignore adsense) wrong and it end up with so much negative press ("Yeah tried it - it was rubbish)
In essence both are about quality and defining right into the most niche areas to get hte best results
Both need a lot of time, effort and patience
On a further matter any having success with Linkedin ads?
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Glad we did it, but probably never cruise again.: Carnival Victory Cruise Review by twocastles
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Glad we did it, but probably never cruise again.
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: San Juan
If I were to rate thise cruise as more objective, the marks would be lower. But I can't be completely objective because of my situational circumstances for even going on the cruise in the firts place. My wife is not a US citizen. We were married in her country in November, 2011. Having no vacation time left, I had to leave the Sunday after the wedding. She could not come with me while waiting for the green card. It's more complicated than that to explain, but ultimately we didn't want to risk any problems with her green card application, so we had to wait until January, at least, to see each other again. We decided on the cruise in the third week of January for price reasons.
So, the reason I can't be 100% objective is, after More 11 weeks of only seeing my wife on "Vsee" (like "Skype", but better connection), I could have been on the Italian disaster cruise and still given decent marks, because I am just happy to hold my wife in my arms again!
That aside, I was glad we cruised. There wasn't anything horrible. In fact, we have many memories to enjoy. The motion of the ship did affect her though. And, yes, it is noticeable.
So, I guess I will list the specs of my cruise and then the pros and cons.
Carnival Victory.
I had an outer cabin on deck six at the front of the ship. It was a corner cabin, very roomy. Lots of closet space. Bathroom was large, relatively speaking. I paid a little extra for this cabin, but in my opinion worth every penny after seeing other cabins walking through the hallways.
Cruise Pros:
The cleaning staff/stewards. They cleaned and prepped the room twice a day. It was almost annoying, but you'd certainly feel guilty for being annoyed, because they do a great job and are very thorough and work their hearts out. Hotels should be so clean and have such friendly cleaning service staff. They'd address you by name if they saw you anywhere in the ship. Noel was our main steward, though he disappeared the last couple days. It was a pity, because we wanted to leave him an extra tip in person and say good-bye.
The wait staff. At the buffet, the wait staff were very efficient, cleaning tables, taking trays and plates away, stocking missing food items. Many restaurants could take lessons. They were generally friendly or at least smiling. The sit down dinner staff was phenomenal. Edi, was our main server. He was fantastic!! His recommendations were always spot on for us. There was a young Asian woman (or Asian American woman) assiting him with water, bread, dishes, etc., I didn't get her name though. She too was fantastic. There was a third short haired Asian (or Asian American) woman taking drink orders. She was pretty good, but we didn't really order drinks, but if we did, we only saw her once before the meal was over. Anyhow, these people and the cleaning staff, in my opinion, are the hardest working people on the ship, and they always had a smile on their face, and made you feel welcome and pampered. Seriously, if I were a business owner or manager, I would try and hire several of these workers at a good wage, no matter what my business was...because hard, dedicated, energetic workers like that aren't so common and could only improve my business with the proper training. They really make an impression.
While on that subject of impressions of the workers...I was amazed by the multitude of languages spoken by staff of all levels. English was everywhere. Spanish was everywhere. But many also spoke the sister languages French and Italian or German, Polish and Russian. And many spoke Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, and Japanese to name a few more.
Things to do? There are plenty of things to do. Some of it is corny, so of it is not. The comedy acts were really good and for us, our main attraction. The on-deck cinema is a nice touch, though we didn't really watch it. The pools and hot tubs were pretty nice, though we didn't really use them either. Just being on a cruise ship is a nice experience...open water, the rocking of the boat (if that doesn't make you nauseous), the breeze blowing on you. It's something I won't forget.
The sit down dinners were quite tasty, and I really enjoyed the changes to the menu from one night to the next, while having an "every day" menu to enjoy as well. The "Didja" item of the day was pretty cool too. It's an item described as "Did you ever...try?" And it would be something a little more unusual, not so common. It's a nice way to try something new. I tried half of them before, but was happy to try again. Escargot, Alligator (was like a crab cake, but with alligator), Shark and Langoustine (again, like a crab cake), Frog legs...my first exposure...pretty good, but I'd never order again. Like juicier chicken, but smaller than chicken wings...a lot of work with little reward in my opinion. There was something else I tried, but I can't remember what it was.
Seeing many island countries is a nice way to get a taste of which island you may want to return to some day.
The port prices for drinks were great. (Ours were St. Thomas, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Maarten) $2 bottles of beer! That's great even where I am from (a low cost of living city)!
I reviewed each port in a different area of this survey, but in general, favorite to least favorite, St. Kitts, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Barbados, St. Lucia. Maybe the hotel/resort areas would change my mind, but from a port perspective and their offerings/prices in the port, that is how I would rate them. With St. Kitts and St. Maarten far and away much nicer ports than the rest.
24 hour Room service (food only) is included...that is actually impressive, even if the menu is limited.
The sandwich place is pretty good, but my wife is very anti-sandwich for some reason, and gives me a hard time whenever I eat them.
Cruise Cons: (And I preface this saying I knew alcohol was extra going in)
After spending hundreds to get there, and thousands to get on board, you still have to pay for almost everything outside of food! You really have to watch yourself, because using your room key as a credit card, especially if you like to gamble, can make for a miserable homecoming and a scary bill. You pay for all drinks, except "tap" water, orange drink (not real juice), apple drink, coffee, and decaf in the mornings, and "tap" water, lemonade, unsweetened iced tea, coffee, and decaf in the afternoons/evenings. The soft drinks part really annoyed me, as I expected that to be included. And you don't just pay a little, you pay a LOT!!! Like elite Manhattan / Boston club prices! Martini type drinks were the only things that I saw that were inline with the priciest places in my city. $6 for a bottle of beer when I can get them in port for $2...just seems stupid. Why not mark them at $3 and have more sales? But $2 for a 12 oz. can of pop (soda) is highway robbery in my opinion. You can buy unlimited soft drinks for $42 per person, but...one, you shouldn't have to. Two, I would be hard pressed to drink THAT much Diet Coke, and I drink a LOT of Diet Coke in a normal work week. At their prices that is 3 cans a day. But at my work's price of $.75 a can, that's 8 cans a day!
Buffet times. Watch your buffet times, because they are short and non-overlapping. All-inclusives generally have much longer open buffets, and if breakfast is closed, lunch is open. Not here. It's hours between buffet seatings. You can go to the 24 hour pizza shop, 24 hour burger place, 24 hour ice cream station, or 24 hour room service menu. So, it's not so bad, but when you are hungry and are rushing your port vistis to make the buffets...it's incredibly annoying. So we often ended up spending more money at the ports and eating there.
Food offerings. I don't know what I expected or why, but both my wife and I were disappointed. We had it in our heads, maybe from television and movies, that there would be crab legs, shrimp, lobster, etc. available. But instead, there were bland tasteless meats / fish smothered in some gravy to try and add flavor. Nothing was hot. Maybe that's a safety thing due to the "sue-happy" freaks that do not know that something that is steaming is hot, so everything is kept luke-warm at best. But by the time you get to your seat, or especially after you find a working lemonade dispenser, it's cold.
The 24 burger? Blech!! I'm not sure it was actually beef, to be honest. The grill is right there, and often no line. But you get a cool already cooked burger in a tin pan thrown on the grill for 30 seconds reheat with a slice of cheese that doesn't even melt a little in those 30 seconds. Why wouldn't they cook it fresh? Or at least wait until the cheese melts? I'd rather have it nuked in the microwave than a lame attempt to appease my senses by throwing it on a low heat grill for 30 seconds, and then give me a scoop of premade cold fries.
The 24 hour pizza? I LOVE pizza, and even gas station pizza often does not sway me in a pinch. But, much like the burger experience...No line...I thought, "wow, I'll get a nice hot freshly made pizza. Even if it is cheap, hot pizza is good." Nope!!! Cluke warm, pre-made pizza. Nonetheless, I can still describe the quality...much like that you might find at a movie theater or gas station that has been sitting a while under a warm (not hot) heat lamp. Thicker bread, a splash of sauce, and cheese that forms a near plastic shell when melted but not hot.
Outside of the sit down dinner, the food was pretty much OK at best...but rarely was it at best (except deli sandwiches).
We always felt rushed and not rested. To a degree it is our fault, but if you sleep in a little, take your time eating breakfast, and get off the boat, you find you really have little time to enjoy the island. You are always thinking, "We have to be back by 2:45 for the buffet to eat lunch" or "back by 4:30 before the ship leaves."
Getting on and off the ship, they do their best and often it is a good job, but it's still a hassle compared to just being at a resort/hotel. Especially if you get off the boat and then you realize you left something in the room.
The CONSTANT peddling of goods! OMG! It is like living in a 24 hour infomercial! "Well folks, there are lawts and lawts of things going on this evening, and please remember to visit the fun shops ion deck 5. We have jewelry at 40% off of US retail prices! Yes! That's right FORTY percent off!" And I'm just thinking to myself, "Big deal...if you shop a little in the states, you get a lot more off retail prices than that!" It was a constant push on jewlery. In fact, every time they talked about shopping at the ports...they ONLY meant jewelry. Everything is about Jewelry and Diamonds International. They must have a prtnership or something.
The constant pushing of their shore excursions. I understand this, but, their prices were very expensive. $90 per person to take a 3 hour driving tour? or worse, a walking tour? Heck I'd pay less than half that to a decent cabbie for the BOTH of us including tip. Or go to the beach and haggle for a smaller catamaran cruise, much more personal, better drinks or at least more drinks with less wait time. Snorkeling with 100 other people flopping around you is no fun. We did do the kayaking in St. Kitts though...It was fun, no regrets!
Tips included. Uggh! This is a double edged sword. I'm not the type of person to say I want a refund on this, or a partial, because service was not so good, etc. Unless it was absolutely awful in the worst way. All-inclusives do this too, and I understand why. One, it is attractive to not have to bring extra for tipping. However, often times the service isn't so nice unless you still tip on top of your so called "all inclusive." I'm speaking generally, and not to this particular cruise. Our service was awesome and we rewarded a few select individuals at the end of the week, though I can only imagine what the service would have been like if we tipped extra at the beginning. Anyhow, my biggest complaint with "tips included" isn't so much my lack of control based on level of service...my biggest complaint is more a question...How do you know that money actually gets to the people? When I have 18% gratuity included, are they really getting the extra $18 for every $100 spent? You can't ask them, because they'll obviously say "no". But I do know of normal restaurants that force wait staff to turn in their tips and collect some of it for themselves as a "team effort". Or Some split tips...there's a whole host of issues that can arise. The main being, is my guy/gal actually getting his/her full 18%? My experience in the Dominican Republic tells me otherwise...You offer them a couple 20 dollar bills in the beginning of the trip, and they'll treat you like a king or queen for the rest of the week.
In summary, again, I am glad we went on the cruise for the experience of being on one. Generally speaking, without considering that this was essentially our honeymoon after 11 weeks separation, we had a good time. Yes, much was annoying. Yes, the layouts of the buffets were not conducive to a hot or even warm meal by the time you sat, and ultimately you will always choose the drink station that needs service. But we managed to enjoy ourselves, thanks in part to a great staff. That said, I'll probably never go again. To me it's just not worth it. All-inclusives (w/ drinks) are far better deals if you book at the right times for high season vacations, or especially for not so peak demand times. I think the food was far better at the all-inclusives I've been to, including the one in the Dominican that made me quite ill for my flight home. (Think twice about Dominican-Japanese style restaurants!) Less
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