text: Rock n' roll is seldom a predictable affair. Just ask Chris Daughtry. Better yet, examine the very public arc the enigmatic musician carved against the grain of American Idol, electrifying the show's faithful audience with a gloves-off vocal style that revealed astonishing breadth with every new song. Still, he found himself at the center of the most surprising live rub-out in modern television ...more


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About the Book
365 days in the life of the city that never sleeps. This book is a photojournalistic look at the things that are overlooked in New York City. In this year long project, Bria made the ordinary extrordinary with a compilation which will have you looking at one of the world's greatest cities with a new pair of eyes.
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- Category Arts & Photography
Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
80 Pages
- Publish Date Nov 22, 2009
- Tags New York City, urban, Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, photography
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Incredible Art With A Single Sheet Of Paper
I just stumbled, randomly, on this dude this morning and....wow! It's incredible what the mind can do. I just can't help but be overwhelmed and truly impressed by creativity. A simple piece of paper. Just ONE sheet of paper.
Well, Peter Callesen is that impressive, creative mind that wowed me this morning. Check out this work.....it's, seriously, unbelievable.
And you can see even more his stuff, done with ONE sheet of paper, here.


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[Spoiler alert: This post is about the end of the movie, Kubo and the Two Strings. However, since, I believe, the ending nearly spoils the film itself, you can read this and still enjoy the other, real pleasures of the movie.]
In the dramatic climax of Kubo and the Two Strings, our young hero defies the cold will of his grandfather, the Moon King, standing in a graveyard with nothing but his shamisen and delivering a (frankly) pretty forgettable speech about stories, memories, and identity.
His point, anyhow, is that our memories are our stories and our stories make us who we are. The ghosts of the dead rise up from the graves to reinforce this, and through some incomprehensible mechanism Kubo and the ancestors break the power of the Moon King.
In the wake of the battle, the Moon King has been transformed into an old man with no memory. "Who am I? What am I doing here?" he asks the gathered townspeople.
They quickly jump in with answers: "You're one of the kindest, most generous citizens of our community," they say (or something along these lines). "You're loved by everyone." A child adds, "And you always give children candy." [Read more…]


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I told myself I would wait until it was officially fall to start sharing pumpkin recipes. From here on out, though? Get ready for lots of my favorite orange fruit (yes, it's actually technically a fruit, not a veggie)! :) First on the list? This delicious Pumpkin Pie Smoothie creation I whipped up last week.
A couple weeks ago, at Matt's friends Rob & Noelle's wedding, we received a fun recipe booklet as a wedding favor. Flipping through the book, I was happy to see a ton of healthy and creative recipes. The one that caught my eye immediately, though, was a pumpkin pie smoothie recipe.
Since reading that, I had pumpkin pie on the brain, so much so that I made a slightly out of the way trip to the grocery store on the way back from a work meeting just to buy a couple cans of pumpkin. The check out lady probably thought I was super weird.
Worth it. :)
Using the recipe from Rob and Noelle as inspiration, I whipped up my own version of it using the Almond Breeze vanilla almond coconut milk, which is SUPER delicious if you haven't tried it, btw.
The recipe came out even better than I hoped. The vanilla almond coconut milk adds creamy flavor, the banana adds sweetness, the pumpkin has you covered on the nutrient front, and the spices amp up the pumpkin pie flavor.
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Get in the mood for fall with this healthy and delicious smoothie. Great as breakfast, post-workout recovery, or an afternoon snack! If you're having the smoothie after a hard workout or want a little more staying power, feel free to also add 1 scoop of protein powder to the mix.6053985
Ingredients (1 smoothie)
- 1 small very ripe banana
- 1/2 C pureed cooked pumpkin (canned or fresh)
- 3/4 C Almond Breeze vanilla almond coconut milk
- 3/4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1 C ice
Throw it all in a blender, blend, and enjoy!Powered by Recipage
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A Nebraska nun's report that one of her charges was inappropriately touched led to the arrest of a Basalt man Wednesday on a felony charge of sexually abusing a minor.
John Cerise, 47, was advised Wednesday evening and released on a $2,500 bond.
According to a report by Pitkin County sheriff's deputy Bruce Benjamin, who handles crimes involving juveniles, he began investigating Cerise on Nov. 19.
The alleged victim, a female, was attending a private Catholic elementary school in Nebraska and allegedly told a friend that Cerise had touched her inappropriately during a three-year period. Their relationship is not being disclosed in order to protect the girl's identity.
The alleged victim made the same allegations to the nun and the school's bishop. The nun contacted a social services employee in Kit Carson County, and that person alerted local authorities.
Benjamin's report says the abuse happened in the Roaring Fork Valley between October 2010 and September of this year.
On Nov. 29, Benjamin and a Pitkin County human resources caseworker interviewed Cerise.
He allegedly admitted touching the girl and kissing her.
"At some point, I did mess up. ... I knew I was doing wrong," he said, according to the sheriff's report.
His next court date was not available Thursday.


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San Diego Big Bay Boom Sets Off All Its Fireworks At Once
Somebody is getting pink slipped today! Somehow, all of the fireworks for San Diego's Big Bay Boom 4th of July display were set off at once, resulting in 30 seconds of very, very intense fanfare. Whoops! See video above. [NYMag.com]


text: Campaign For Quality is pleased to welcome David Nash, MD, MBA, as the conference keynote speaker. Dr. Nash was named the founding dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health in 2008. He is a board certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in outcomes management, medical staff development and quality-of-care improvement. In his presentation, Dr. Nash will review the history of the failure of our healthcare system, explore the tenets of population health and connect population health to health reform.


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Transfer of Development Rights - An Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Transfer of Development Rights – An OverviewThe Jersey City Division of Planning received a grant from the NJ Office of Smart Growth to conduct a comprehensive planning study to compose a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Ordinance for Jersey City. Through this process, the City can explore ways to secure funding to preserve and enhance community resources by capitalizing on the demand for development.
In New Jersey, TDR is typically used to preserve agricultural and environmentally sensitive land. Jersey City would be the first NJ community to use this innovative tool in an urban setting to enhance and create open space and preserve historic resources. While unique to New Jersey , Jersey City would join major cities across the country that use this tool to enhance community resources. In fact, TDR was first used in New York City to preserve Grand Central Terminal, and is still used to protect the New York's landmarks today. Some other cities that are using TDR to preserve resources and create more open space opportunities include Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, West Palm Beach and Washington, DC.
The Jersey City study will include innovative preservation concepts to restore existing parkland and create new parkland consistent with the adopted Recreation and Open Space Master Plan, permanently preserve and restore historic resources consistent with the Historic Preservation Plan, as well as encourage and support community gardens and urban agriculture. Sending area properties will be spread throughout the City, so that all residents will benefit from development in high demand areas.FAQsWhat is TDR?Transfer of Development Rights, or TDR, is a land use tool that enables a community to preserve resources like open space and historic landmarks (sending areas), while redirecting growth to areas with the market demand and infrastructure to accommodate it (receiving areas). TDR transfers occur through a private market transaction that results in enhanced community resources at no cost to taxpayers.
What is a Development Right?First, it is important to understand the mechanics of land value. Every property has a certain "bundle of rights", which enable the owner to use, sell, mortgage, lease, devise, subdivide and develop according to local land use regulations. A landowner can decide to sever some rights from the property by putting an easement on the property that restricts that "right" for some set period of time - normally into perpetuity. In most cases, the landowner retains ownership of the property because the property retains all of its other inherent rights - that is to use, mortgage, lease, devise, and sell.
When a transfer of development rights occurs, therefore, the landowner is restricting the right to develop the land any further. The land-owner is paid for those rights, yet retains the remaining value of the land. If one adds the amount the landowner was paid to sever the development rights (easement value) to the amount that would be paid on the open market for the land with only the residual rights (after value), the value would equal what the land was worth on the open market prior to restricting the development rights (before value). The landowner, thus, is not losing any net value in the land by selling the development rights.How does a "Transfer" of Development Rights Work?
Development rights are equal to the amount of development that is legally allowed to occur on a particular piece of property. For example, a one-acre property with quarter-acre zoning (four residential units per acre) could potentially yield four homes. If the property had a resource that has been deemed suitable for preservation as a sending area , it could transfer, through sale, its four development rights to a property more suitable for development in a receiving area. In this example, the receiving area property owner can then develop eight homes instead of four.
The transfer of development rights is a private transaction between two parties, just like any other real estate transaction. When a City creates a TDR program, the City will maintain a public list of sending and receiving area properties and the number of development rights available for sale for each as part of its Zoning Ordinance. Interested buyers will have the ability to make an offer to property owners with development rights to sell. Sending area property owners can accept, decline or counter that offer. It is not until two parties agree to a reasonable price for the development rights that a sale will occur. Once the sale is finalized and a permanent deed restriction is placed on the sending property, the buyer can apply those development rights to a project in a designated receiving area. The transaction is publicly recorded like any other private real estate transaction and the City's TDR zoning list is up-dated to reflect the sale.How are Development Rights Assigned?
After initial public outreach and eligible sending and receiving areas are determined, development rights will be assigned to individual properties based on the potential additional development that could occur on that property. Because the sending area properties will be located in various zoning districts throughout the City, development rights will be converted to "development credits" that have an equivalent meaning to potential purchasers. An economist specializing in TDR will assist in the conversion of development rights to credits.How is the Value of a Development Right Determined?The real estate market decides the reasonable value for a development right. As part of the planning process, an economist will ensure that the value of sending area development potential is roughly equal to the value of additional development to be obtained in the receiving area (balancing supply and demand). Actual transaction prices, however, will be determined by negotiations between buyers and sellers based on current market and economic conditions. Does TDR Involve Eminent Domain?No. TDR is a private-market mechanism between willing buyers and sellers. Property owners in the sending and receiving areas do not have to participate in the program, and can continue to use their property in a manner consistent with zoning regulations without risk of eminent domain.Where are the Sending and Receiving Areas?
That is still to be determined. The City is currently going through a public planning process to choose the most appropriate areas. Will this Apply City-Wide?No. Only properties in designated sending and receiving areas can participate in the TDR program.
If a Sending Area is Public Property, Where does the Money Go?
The money goes into a dedicated fund that can only be used to restore, enhance and/or maintain the specific property from which the development rights were sold. Why is this Good for Jersey City?TDR allows the City to preserve and enhance community resources without taking away private property owners rights of development. In exchange for the ability to develop at higher densities and/or different use at one location, developers can provide critical funding to restore, maintain and create parkland or preserve historic structures at another location. In short, TDR is another funding tool to enhance the amenities of the City and improve the quality of life for its citizens. It directs development to appropriate, pre-approved locations and simultaneously protects unique properties forever.Why is this Good for Sending Area Property Owners?
In addition to using traditional zoning to protect resources and guide development, TDR enables property owners to obtain payment for restricting the property from future development. The funds from the sale of development rights can be put back into the property to help restore and/or maintain it.
Why is this Good for Receiving Area Property Owners?Because TDR is implemented after a comprehensive planning process, landowners will have a clear understanding of the density and design that is appropriate for their property. They will not have to go through costly variance hearings in hopes of possibly obtaining the desired density and/or use.
How does this Affect Me?Unless your property is in a sending or receiving area, TDR does not directly affect you. However, all Jersey City residents will benefit from restored and enhanced parks, newly created parkland and community gardens, and preserved historic resources. Not only are they wonderful amenities for people to enjoy; they enhance neighborhoods and increase property values.


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The staff was very friendly including when we checked in at midnight. We loved the community art pieces throughout the hotel. The room was perfect! The bed was very comfortable and we loved the amount of light entering the room from the window. The breakfast was delicious. Touring the entire hotel and finding musical instruments to play, take in the green wall, the art, and the outdoor trail with outdoor gym was great! Next time I am jumping in the eco pool as it looked so inviting. The coffee needs to be replaced. It was not good. May I suggest LaColombe?
Modern style Luxurious bed Stylish bathroom
Very close to airport with shuttle pick up. Also very nice staff and room was clean and comfortable. Highly recommend.
Traveling over 20 hrs it was great to have a Hotel that nice close to the airport. Shuttle was perfect. Carried our luggage and surfboard no problem. Breakfast...the manager comes to my wife,holds her hand and says"welcome". Who does that? Perfect.
fair price 4 great service friendly staff great breakfast nicely furnished rooms cool eco pool
perfect location near the airport with a free shuttle. Staff very helpful. Beautiful facilities and even free goodies in the minibar! There is nothing negative to report.
I like the efforts of going green. The building was built in August 2013, so it is fairly new! The food was pretty good. The free shuttle transportation to and from the airport and waterfront was awesome. Most of the staff was friendly. Good bang for your buck for sure! I didn't like the fact that breakfast was advertised as complimentary when I booked the hotel and the hotel charged me! Also, the staff wasn't helpful at times when I needed the Internet. They thought I was incompetent du cd their wifi wasn't working! I used the wifi the majority of the trip and they had some problems with it. I was very dissatisfied how they handled the situation.
This newly built hotel features refreshing modern design with a responaible emphasis on energy efficienxy. Breakfast selection the best we have seen in 3 weeks of travel in southern Africa.
Platinum LEED Rooms very modern and comfortable food was delicious very accommodating staff shuttle to airport shuttle to waterfront Location was a bit inconvenient, but if you rent a car or use their shuttle it is not an issue.
Breakfast was terrific! Good value for a one night stay.


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General FAQEdit
What's the difference between these main characters?Edit
Each of them has different original points and inherent skills. For details on the main characters, click here.
How to recover HP and SP?Edit
In addition to having something to eat to recover HP and SP, pressing ALT +1 to sit down and having a good rest can also recover HP and SP. If you have a bathtub or a shower in your tent, it can be used to speed up recovery.
How to collect?Edit
Left click on items to collect. Mushrooms,flowers, wood and shale can also be collected by left clicking on them. After breaking boxes, treasure cases, casks and vases, you will find useful items inside.
How to use a vacuum?Edit
Click on collecting points after the vacuum has been equipped.
How to use fishing rod?Edit
Open inventory when you are close to the water. Double click it to begin fishing.
How to get a tent?Edit
Talk to the Astrologian in Kelan Village.
How to use a tent?Edit
Open inventory and click tent to open it. You can close the tent by right clicking it. Tent can be used as a commercial real estate to do business. If other players' tents block your way, you can right click to move forward, or choose not to display the players' tents from the character information display in system options.
How to select many items and move them up at the same time?Edit
Press Ctrl while you drag multiple items from one spot to another. Type in the number you want to transfer and click confirm.
How to use alchemy?Edit
Compounding is alchemy. The result of compounding is related to the level of alchemy. At the bottom of your game screen, click on the compound icon. In the screen that appears, select at least two items by left clicking on each one time. Then, at the bottom, click on synthesis.
How to use world chat?Edit
A wireless radio set will be given upon completing the Dinner Incident quest. Then World chat can be used by spending 15 SP.
How to run a vending stall?Edit
Click on Commerce Money (indicated by the icon of gold) at the top of your game screen. Choose the type of stall you want to open. Place the items you want to sell in the available spots and set the price. Finally, click "Set a Stall" to open shop. Movement is not allowed while running a vending stall. Also you cannot trade or sell items or pets until you reach level 10.
What if pet inventory is full? Edit
Hotels in towns are used to shelter pets.
How to visit other players' stall?Edit
Double click the stall names.
How to get a coconut?Edit
Click the coconut tree to get a Coconut located on the first beach you begin the game at (coordinates are: X:502 Y:675).
What are those "X and Y" coordinates?Edit
On the bottom right hand side of your game screen is the name of the server you're currently playing on, the current region you're in, and your map coordinates. X is for your horizontal position, and Y is for your vertical position.
How to meet enemies?Edit
There are two different kinds of enemies.One has been indicated on map. You will enter a fight automatically upon meeting them. The other will be met randomly while you are walking.
How to return to the city?Edit
You can return to city by the spawn point in system option.
What is the punishment after characters die?Edit
If characters die, you will lose your experience you'll either be spawned or just leave the fight with 1 hp.
How to set nickname?Edit
There is a nickname setting in Social or press "Ctrl+E" to set a nickname under the "Social" tab.
How to get tent enlarged?Edit
Talk to the Official in Holy Village to get your tent enlarged by giving him a Title Deed and 5 stars.
How to use Resource RecyclingEdit
Put items into Resource Recycling to make new items. A confirmation screen will appear to let you know if recycling the item will regenerate into another item.
What if the warehouse does not have enough space?Edit
Build a Storeroom to store items or make use of Coin-Op Games to store.
How to cancel selected items while compounding?Edit
Right click on items you want to cancel.
How to use computer?Edit
After it starts to make a prop, click pause, repeat this operation five times and click on the computer to check out scheduling.
What to do if the gun is broken?Edit
You can get another where you get it for the first time.
How to use Stone Knife and planner tool?Edit
Drag them on the work platform,and then click the platform.
How to PK?Edit
Click the PK button located at the top right of the game screen (first button on the list), then the player you want to fight.
How to cancel the action for next step during a battle?Edit
Right click.
How to fight automatically?Edit
There is a function on the Remote Control for you to fight automatically. If you cast spells, the function will allow you to continue to cast spells until you don't have enough HP or SP. Then ordinary attack. More information on auto-playing can be found on the Remote Control page.
What should I do if I forgot my quest content?Edit
Go find the Astrologian in Kelan Village, she will give a notepad from which you can know all the information about your quests.
Why are my pets lost?Edit
If your pets' Friendship {Amity} is less than 20, they will be more likely to run away and the pets are no longer able to join battle, They will remain loyal if their {Amity} is more than 20. so it's important to increase the {Amity} of as many of your pets as possible.
How to increase pets' Friendship?Edit
By doing some special quests or improving your pets' levels, you can increase the pets' Friendship.
There is a heart shape at the bottom right corner of the interface, what does that stand for?Edit
It is the "Make Friends" function, the heart shape will appear when someone who is perfect for you is approaching (Perfection is estimated by using objective personal information).
How to obtain cheap replenishments?Edit
You can obtain some raw material by fishing,and then use a pan or some other tools to cook them to obtain cheap replenishment.
How to ride on pets?Edit
Click the "group" icon, click on the "Rest" button for the pet you want to ride, and choose "ride".
How to unlock new skills?Edit
You can unlock new skills by leveling up your player. When you level up you add points to Agility, Wisdom, Intelligent, Strength and Constitution. Click on the 'skills' menu on the bottom right hand corner and you'll see how many points you need to get the skill
Item FAQEdit
Q:What is the bloody armlet for?Edit
The Bloody Armlet is used in the quest to get Sam.
What is maid outfit for?Edit
The Maid Outfit is used in the quest to get Elin.
how do I get tent paletteEdit
It can be obtained by Purchasing it from the Item Mall, sometimes, you can also get it by purchasing certain Item Mall packs and boxes, you can also buy it from other player's shops.
How do I get crude oil?Edit
You can either compound it (food oil+coal), gather it from Oslya oil resource, or recycle coconut oil.
How do I know if I'm overpaying?Edit
Check Price Guide
Design FAQEdit
Where do I get (X) design plan?Edit


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L.A. artist draws on his roots
When Mario Ybarra Jr. stepped off the plane in September for his two-month residency at Artpace, the Los Angeles artist says "it felt like home to me."
Published 5:04 am, Sunday, December 6, 2009
When Mario Ybarra Jr. stepped off the plane in September for his two-month residency at Artpace, the Los Angeles artist says "it felt like home to me."
"All these hand-painted signs on the streets, flowers and pinatas, tire shops, people at the bus stop, pretty girls. . . . It was like I was at the wedding of a cousin I'd never met before," says Ybarra, a big, gregarious, mustachioed man in his 30s sporting sunglasses.
Ybarra grew up in Wilmington, he explains, which he calls "the harbor area of L.A., lots of refineries - it kind of looks like Corpus."
Toss into the West Side/West Coast mix the early work of Walt Disney, "urban scrawl," the ghost of Selena, a vintage drawing table, the drained carcasses of countless Sharpie markers, the Spurs logo ("That's not a spur! It's a Y, for Ybarra; that's mine!") and plenty of time for reflection, and what comes out the other end is "Silver and Blacks," Ybarra's exhibition of graffiti-influenced cartoon line drawings on view through Jan. 10 at the downtown art center.
The International Artist-in-Residence 09.3 exhibition, curated by Jens Hoffman of the California College of the Arts Wattis Institute, San Francisco, also features the conceptual work of Mexico City artist Adriana Lara, who makes insightful use of porcelain bathroom fixtures in "Artificial," and El Paso artist Adrian Esparza, whose "Dream Drought Landscape" features a massive quilted curtain representing the border wall sewn from 17,000 pieces of blue, black and white Walmart sheets.
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Ybarra's work is dominated by a playfully disturbing "mural" on connected eight-foot cardboard panels that is 40 feet long. Titled "Shawna, Kimberly and Donna," it is partly inspired by a rap track by the artist's friend MC Spew - the rare rap in which enchiladas play a prominent role - and reveals the confidence, a certain cockiness, of an artist returning to his roots and having fun. Shark heads, boom boxes and fists bloom from human bodies, faces grin and leer, and three topless dancers, presumably our title characters, shake their moneymakers as a pathetic dude in a 10-gallon hat and a "Selena Lives" T-shirt tries to take it all in.
"I went to the Selena museum in Corpus, and I got to meet her father," Ybarra says excitedly of the shout-out.
Adjacent to the imposing "Shawna" is a series of drawings titled "From S.A. to L.A.," whose skulls and aliens and masked men sprout from a fertile ground of surrealism, cubism and street savvy, while across the high-ceilinged room is a series of more abstract, spray-painted drawings called "Space Tags."
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Exhibits explore border, what it is to be an artist
Landscape has always been a vital element in the work of El Paso artist Adrian Esparza. When construction began on the U.S./Mexico border wall, "I saw this black line extending every day through this pristine landscape," he says.
Inspired by the vision, Esparza created "Dream Drought Landscape" for his Artpace exhibition. Created by sewing together thousands of rectangular swatches of white, blue and black bed sheets into an 80-foot geometrically patterned curtain, the piece reflects not only the artist's political and ecological concerns, but "the idea of objects becoming something new."
He bought the sheets at Walmart, and even created a suit jacket for himself - "I wore it for Halloween" - out of the plastic packaging.
Mexico City artist Adriana Lara explores "the notion of what it is to be an artist" in her highly conceptual work. "Oh, you're an artist?" she asks. "What does that mean? What do you do for real?"
For Artpace, Lara grouped borrowed plumbing fixtures - a urinal, a toilet, a couple of pedestal sinks - to spell out the work "artificial" and photographed it.
She had to return most of the fixtures, all but three, before the physical exhibition. Workman came and retrieved - she swears this is true - all the fixtures except the ones that spelled "art."
"That's the way art works sometimes," she says drolly.
"Coming from L.A., I have a real interest in graffiti culture," Ybarra says. "I'm not into football or basketball, but I follow urban scrawl mark-making like a sport."
A graduate of the University of California, Irvine, Ybarra is a founding member of an artists' collective known as Slanguage, and he has exhibited his installation work all over the world. He mentions, for instance, creating a "working barbershop" at London's Tate Modern gallery. Naturally, an international barbering competition was part of the show.
"I had been doing these large-scale installations, and they are a lot of work," he said. "It's my brainchild, my baby, but I don't touch every aspect of an installation. So I started to feel sort of disconnected from my work."
The Artpace residency coincided with an intensive investigation into the life and work of one of Ybarra's heroes, Walt Disney, so the "Silver and Blacks" work owes a debt to the early black-and-white films featuring the primitive Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, introduced in 1927.
"I read in a Disney biography that he went through the same situation, had the same feeling of detachment," Ybarra said. "I wanted to get back in touch with my work."
Things kept falling into place: Artpace residencies include living and studio space, in addition to an invitation to experiment artistically, and when Ybarra entered his space, there it was, he says, "this big, vintage drawing table."
"I said, ëThis is where I'm hanging out,' " recalls the artist, who refers to the entire residency as "a drawing class."
"I drew every day," he says. "This was a project for me to work on by myself in a kind of reflective space."
International Artist-in-Residence 09.3, featuring new work by Mario Ybarra Jr., Adriana Lara and Adrian Esparza, remains on view through Jan. 10 at Artpace, 445 N. Main. Call (210) 212-4900 or visit www.artpace.org.


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Local actors rub elbows with John Travolta
(Cleveland)-John Travolta is in Cleveland shooting the movie 'Criminal Activities'.
The actor first shot scenes for the movie Monday June 2nd outside the Renaissance Hotel.
Local Actor David Venerose is an extra in the movie and got to shoot some scenes with the famous star.
He says when the director would yell Cut Travolta would go out into the crowd and shake hands and sign autographs.
Venerose has been in over a hundred movies and says he's never seen an actor do that before.
According to IMDb David's work includes live performances with Bob Hope,Tony Bennett Frank Sinatra and Luciano Pavoritti. He has shot movies with Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried.
Photos Courtesy of David Venerose
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text: The first thing I did in Skyrim was join a group of warriors called The Companions. They turned out to be werewolves. Then I became a werewolf. Then I was cured of being a werewolf by cutting off a witch's head. Later, I realized I'd misread the instructions and the cure for being a werewolf is cutting off a witch in traffic.


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I am trying to only make desserts on Sunday's to maintain my girlish figure, so I make sure to make something that looks REALLY good! I came across this recipe at Our Best Bites, who actually got it from Cooking Light Magazine, so I didn't feel too bad about this dessert! These brownies were so good!
And the recipe is not lying when they say the batter will be thick. I had a few casualties in the process of making these brownies. It was worth it.
10 minPrep Time
35 minCook Time
45 minTotal Time
- 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk, divided (fat-free is fine)
- 1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
- 1/4 cup non-fat milk
- 1 box devil's food cake mix
- 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
- 1 (7 ounce) jar marshmallow creme
- 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- With an electric mixer, combine 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk, milk, butter, cake mix, and egg white. Mixture will be very thick.
- Spray 9×13 pan with cooking spray. Press 2/3 of the mixture into the bottom of the pan. Use either floured hands, or spray your hands with cooking spray in order to press it down without having it stick to your fingers. The layer will be thin. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Combine 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk and marshmallow creme in a bowl and combine until smooth. Stir in peanut butter chips.
- Spread marshmallow layer over brownie layer in pan. Carefully drop remaining brownie batter by spoonfuls over marshmallow mixture.
- Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool before cutting into squares.
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While it doesn't exactly affirm one's faith in humanity to learn that BAC, JPM and GMAC Mortgage appear to have been improperly booting people out of their homes, it shouldn't be surprising.
BAC, JPM and GMAC mortgage booting people out of their homes!
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by Staff Writers
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jan 04, 2013
Magnets have practically become everyday objects. Earlier on, however, the universe consisted only of nonmagnetic elements and particles. Just how the magnetic forces came into existence has been researched by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schlickeiser at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum.
In the journal Physical Review Letters, he describes a new mechanism for the magnetisation of the universe even before the emergence of the first stars.
No permanent magnets in the early universe
"All higher metals, for example, magnetic iron could, according to today's conception, only be formed in the inside of stars", says Reinhard Schlickeiser.
"In early times therefore, there were no permanent magnets in the Universe."
The parameters that describe the state of a gas are, however, not constant. Density and pressure, as well as electric and magnetic fields fluctuate around certain mean values.
As a result of this fluctuation, at certain points in the plasma weak magnetic fields formed - so-called random fields. How strong these fields are in a fully ionised plasma of protons and electrons, has now been calculated by Prof.
Schlickeiser, specifically for the gas densities and temperatures that occurred in the plasmas of the early universe.
Weak magnetic fields with large volumes
Everywhere in the luminous gas of the early universe there was a magnetic field with a strength of 10^-20 Tesla, i.e. 10 sextillionth of a Tesla.
By comparison, the earth's magnetic field has a strength of 30 millionths of a Tesla. In MRI scanners, field strengths of three Tesla are now usual.
The magnetic field in the plasma of the early universe was thus very weak, but it covered almost 100 percent of the plasma volume.
Interaction of thermal shock waves and magnetic fields
In this way, the fields were strengthened and aligned on a wide-scale. Ultimately, the magnetic force was so strong that it in turn influenced the shock waves.
"This explains the balance often observed between magnetic forces and thermal gas pressure in cosmic objects", says Prof. Schlickeiser.
The calculations show that all fully ionised gases in the early universe were weakly magnetised. Magnetic fields therefore existed even before the first stars.
Next, the Bochum physicist is set to examine how the weak magnetic fields affect temperature fluctuations in the cosmic background radiation.
R. Schlickeiser (2012): Cosmic magnetization: from spontaneously emitted aperiodic turbulent to ordered equipartition fields, Physical Review Letters, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.261101
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16 Quick, Practical, Fool-Proof Ways To Kill Off The Present Moment:
1. Stir up your own personal drama, insert yourself into soemone else's or at least become absorbed with it.
2. Add your own personal meaning to whatever happens that somehow makes it about you. In other words, take it… anything… everything personally.
3. Verbalize as much as possible what you don't like about yourself or how you should be better… if not verbalize, at least think about it a lot.
4. Be inauthentic – don't express who you really are; just give people what you think they want. Deny, hide, and suppress what you really think, feel, need or want.
5. Find something wrong with your life… then find something else… and then another… and another.
6. Maintain contact with toxic, dis-empowering people.
7. Keep mulling over what happened yesterday, last week, last month or last year.
8. Start worrying about tomorrow, next week, next month or next year.
9. Assume you are right about or know everything, and that you have very little left to learn.
10. If you've never done it before, don't try it. If it's different, no.
11. Get focused on what's next.
12. Condemn and dislike for any mistake or accident, regardless of how small.
13. Assume responsibility for everyone elses's happiness.
14. Make others responsible for your happiness.
15. Wait for all the perfect circumstances to come together in your life before you are at peace or happy.
16. Assume something bad will happen. If something good happens, wait for the other shoe to fall.
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>to htdig?
>Finally was able to debug a problem with a page on one of our servers not
>getting indexed. The URL showed up as being indexed, but htdig requested
>the page without sending Host: and the hostname of the URL.
>This causes it to pull up a different page when retrieving a page from a
>non-ip based virtual host.
htdig 3.0.8b2 has this capability; it works reasonably well on a machine
we're indexing that has 5 non-IP virtual hosts.
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Wayne Turner Joins Men's Basketball Staff
Sept. 24, 2010
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky head coach John Calipari is pleased to announce the addition of former UK guard Wayne Turner to the 2010-11 men's basketball staff.
Turner, who is currently finishing his undergraduate degree at UK, will assist pre-, during and post-practice and primarily focus on working with UK's guards.
A newly installed NCAA rule allows returning former players who are working toward their undergraduate degree to be used as on-court staff. With that opportunity Turner, who was part of two national title teams at UK, will join a list of former Wildcats and Calipari assistants and former players who have returned to their schools to finish their degrees.
"I'm really excited to be back in school getting my degree and to have an opportunity to work with the basketball team," Turner said. "Coach Cal is one of the best, if not the best coach in the world, and who better to learn from. I'm looking forward to the season and feel like I can give some great advice to the players."
Turner finished his career as the NCAA's all-time games played leader at 151. A member of Kentucky's prestigious 1,000-point club (1,170), Turner earned All-SEC status his senior year (Coaches) and was named the 1998 NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player as well as the SEC Tournament MVP that same season.
"I'm so happy to be able to bring back a player and person of Wayne's stature to our program," Coach Calipari said. "I've always tried to bring former players back to finish their degrees wherever I have been and I applaud the NCAA for this new rule. It's always been one of the pleasures of my career to bring people back to campus and finish their degrees and let them know their University hasn't forgotten about them.
"What's also neat is that we get to help guys like Wayne or Tony Delk or Scott Padgett - all guys who are members of our family - to get their start in coaching and help them pursue their next goals in life," Calipari said. "I've passed this information on to the NBA office and my contacts in the league so that players know this opportunity exists and is available if coaches will allow it on their staffs."
Calipari, who recruited Turner out of Boston's Beaver Country Day high school while coaching at UMass, said that he will be a valuable asset to the current team.
"Wayne will do a lot of work with our guys before and after practice, but there could be times when he needs to strap it on and jump in for practice," Coach Calipari said. "I used to be able to do that myself, but not anymore!
"It's funny, when I was recruiting him and I lost him to Kentucky, but I was okay with it because it was Kentucky! At that point, when UK or Duke or UNC wanted a kid, they got him," Coach Calipari recalled. "It's interesting to be on the other side of that now."


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Hi. I'm online and happy to answer your question today.
It sounds like the cream that the dermatologist gave you is a steroid. This will help. The visine, however, may just irritate your eyes more.
Thanks Dr. Rick.
I see.. I'm guessing I shouldn't use it again though, as she said to use it for one week only?
You know, many times symptoms like your are caused by more then one thing working at once.
Oh, I see. Any idea what might be going on?
I've noticed many times that there may be a component of dry eyes, allergies (this is what the medicine the dermatologist gave you treats) as well as blepharitis.
The good news? There is a home therapy that you can do that should help.....
When it comes to allergies it is almost impossible to pin down the offending agent(s) and, therefore, treatment needs to focus on controlling the symptoms. Dry eyes are very common and can be improved by a stepwise series of therapies. First, the use of natural tears 4-6+ times/day to augment your natural tear production, if this doesn't work then you can try temporary punctal occlusion of the lower puncta, then, if needed, temporary occlusion of all 4 puncta then, if indicated, surgical ( non-reversible) closure of the puncta. The openings to your tear drainage system are called puncta and you have one opening on each lid, near your nose.
Blepharitis is a condition where glands in the eyelids are not functioning normally. They become plugged and instead of putting out their normal clear, oily secretions, they put out thick, toothpaste like gunk. You may not be able to see this "gunk" yourself, unless it is really bad, but it shows up clearly on slit lamp examination.
The best treatment for this condition daily lid scrubs combined with warm compresses. I like to use baby shampoo for lid scrubs. In the shower, place the shampoo on your index fingers, close your eyes, raise your eyebrows (to stretch the skin on your eyelids) and scrub back and forth along your eyelashes for 3 to 5 minutes. The hot water in the shower helps to soften the plugged oils in the glands while the mechanical scrubbing with your soapy fingers removes the oils.
Baby shampoo lid scrubs will also help to wash away allergens and stimulate tear production, thereby addressing all three of your issues. Remember, this is not an instant fix. While you are waiting for the lid scrubs to have affect you can use over the counter allergy pills such as Travist, dimetapp or Zyrtec.
Should your symptoms get worse, your vision become significantly affected or things just not get better in 3 weeks or so you should have a complete eye examination by your local ophthalmologist to look for other, less common, causes of your symptoms.
Here is a good article on Blepharitis:
awesome! I am so uncomfortable right now ):
I will right that down
I would start using the cream that the derm doc gave you again for a week or so while the above therapy has time to take effect.
Does this make sense to you?
Is there anything else you would like to ask me this evening?
That sounds great. Is there anyway to get these directions of treatment in an email. I just don't want to lose what you wrote when we go offline.
You can right click on the text and hit print and print it out.
Oh, that sounds great. Thank you so much. This problem is driving me crazy! Have a good night, Dr.
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Would you mind please posting clear (in English) directions to use the Rescue Set? Thanks.
Following the last few posts, I'm not sure whether this is required anymore, but for anyone, like me, who doesn't have access to the Android system settings and is using Windows and needs to restore the T1 to a plain vanilla firmware...
*** Important ***
Fully charge the PRST1 before you start.
Warning: the Rescue process will reset all the PRST1 Settings. So if it's been a while since you last visited the Settings menu, you may like to remind yourself of what your current settings are
Download the Rescue Set zip file from the link in post #385, it's actually called
Unzip it to the PC.
Not sure whether this step is necessary, but I made sure calibre was fully closed before starting. Similarly, Sony's own Reader for PC software (or whatever it's called).
Connect the T1 to the PC, in the normal way, and select Data Transfer mode. Wait until all "external drives" are recognized by the PC before continuing.
In the unzipped directory, find the file called
and double-click it. It will open a Windows command box.
You will be asked whether you want to continue. Type
. Then let it run and do its stuff.
After a while (10-20 minutes? can't remember exactly) the T1 will reboot itself -- twice, I think.
Disconnect the T1 in the normal, safe way. That's it!
To be honest, I don't know whether this step is necessary or not, but I'm a tidy soul... The process will leave behind a few files in the T1's internal memory root directory (the user visible root, not the real root), which you might like to delete. From memory (???) there was
- a plain text file logging the fine tech details of what just happened. This file is harmless. I took a copy, just in case, before deleting it.
PRS-T1 Updater.package
- I'm not sure whether this file would do 'unwanted stuff' the next time you did a full shutdown/reboot, so I deleted it. It seems to be used in all these installer packages.
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Here's one thing millions of Americans can agree on: March Madness is fun, especially when there's a little money on the line.
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Combining all those $10 and $20 entry fees that go along with most of the 70 million-plus office pools being filled out as we speak, Americans will put in the neighborhood of $2 billion at stake when the tournament kicks off later this week.
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Even better might be combining this collection of documents with students searching out those from the kinds of revolutionary Americans discussed by Gary Nash in The Unknown American Revolution or some similar text which incorporates voices reaching beyond "the founders." Ed's students discuss precisely this point in their comments on his post (linked above).
In their personal beliefs, the Founders ranged from profound skeptics like Thomas Paine to traditional Christians like Patrick Henry. Nevertheless, most of the Founding Fathers rallied around certain crucial religious principles, including the idea that people were "created" equal, the belief that religious freedom required the disestablishment of state-backed denominations, the necessity of virtue in a republic, and the role of Providence in guiding the affairs of nations. Harris and Kidd show that through the struggles of war and the framing of the Constitution, Americans sought to reconcile their dedication to religious vitality with their commitment to religious freedom.


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broadleaf woods are characterized by complex fibre conditions, absence of resins, and greater weights.
"broadleaf," "deciduous," and "hardwood" trees are the same.
"Spanish Cedar" (Cedrela odorata) is a broadleaf wood, and not a conifer as is usually supposed.
The two kinds of wood belong to needleleaf and broadleaf trees alike; but palms, owing to their manner of growth, have neither.
broadleaf Willow (Salix amplifolia), known also as feltleaf willow, was discovered in Alaska in 1899.
A village about 10 kilometers southwest of Matas Romero; transition between scrub forest and broadleaf hardwood forest .
The leaves of broadleaf trees are easily distinguished from the resinous, usually evergreen ones of the conifers.
A better division is into broadleaf trees or woods, and needleleaf conifers.
Here we pitched the tent, with a soft floor of ferns and the leafy branches of veronicas, senecios and broadleaf trees.
Their woods stand pre-eminent among those of the broadleaf series and have been highly prized from early periods.


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2015-2019 Strategic Plan
Receivership Management Program
Program Description
When an insured depository institution fails, the FDIC is ordinarily appointed receiver. In that capacity, it assumes responsibility for efficiently recovering the maximum amount possible from the disposition of the receivership's assets and the pursuit of the receivership's claims. Funds that are collected from the sale of assets and the disposition of valid claims are distributed to the receivership's creditors according to priorities set by law.
The FDIC seeks to terminate receiverships in an orderly and expeditious manner. Once the FDIC has completed the disposition of the receivership's assets and has resolved all obligations, claims, and other legal impediments, the receivership is terminated, and a final distribution is made to its creditors. Receivership creditors may include secured creditors, unsecured creditors (including general trade creditors), subordinate debt holders, shareholders, uninsured depositors, and the DIF (as subrogee). The FDIC is often the largest creditor of the receivership.
Under Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, the FDIC may also be called upon to resolve the failure of a large, systemically important financial company. Although the Act makes clear that bankruptcy is the preferred resolution framework, the Congress also recognized that circumstances could arise in which a large, complex financial institution might not be resolvable under bankruptcy without posing a systemic risk to the U.S. economy. Title II, therefore, provides a backup authority to place a failed or failing financial company into an FDIC receivership process if no viable private-sector alternative is available to prevent the default of the company and if a resolution through the bankruptcy process would have a serious adverse effect on U.S. financial stability. In such circumstances, the FDIC's Orderly Liquidation Authority under Title II is intended to ensure the rapid and orderly resolution of the failure of a covered financial company in accordance with statutory mandates. The FDIC has been actively engaged in, and will continue over the next several years to pursue, resolution planning and operational readiness initiatives to make sure that it is prepared, if necessary, to fulfill this responsibility.The FDIC's assessment of the resolution plans submitted by bank holding companies, other covered companies, and IDIs helps develop and improve its capabilities to administer large resolutions under any of the available authorities. The actions firms take to address the shortcomings identified in their plans and the direction to address those shortcomings will improve the likelihood that the firms will be resolvable under bankruptcy and/or traditional FDIC resolution processes and will enhance the FDIC's ability to conduct a rapid and orderly resolution under Title II, if that becomes necessary.
Strategic Goal 5Resolutions are orderly and receiverships are managed effectively.
Strategic Objectives
|Receiverships are managed to maximize net return and terminated in an orderly and timely manner.
|Potential recoveries, including claims against professionals, are investigated and resolved in a fair and cost-effective manner.
|Resolution of the failure of a large, complex financial institution is carried out in an orderly manner in accordance with statutory mandates.
The means and strategies used to achieve these strategic objectives and the external factors that could impact their achievement are described below.
|Receiverships are managed to maximize net return and terminated in an orderly and timely manner.
Means & Strategies: Under the FDI Act, the FDIC in its receivership capacity manages the assets of failed IDI receiverships to preserve or enhance their value and disposes of them as quickly as possible, consistent with the objective of maximizing the net return on those assets. The oversight and prompt termination of receiverships preserves value for the uninsured depositors and other receivership claimants by reducing overhead and other holding costs. By quickly returning the assets of a failed institution to the private sector, the FDIC maximizes net recoveries and minimizes disruption to the local community.
In fulfilling its responsibilities to creditors of failed institutions, the FDIC, as receiver, manages and sells the receivership assets using a variety of strategies and identifies and collects monies due to the receivership. Given adequate time, the FDIC prepares in advance an information package and an asset valuation review for each failing insured depository institution to help solicit bidders and sell as many of the institution's assets as possible at resolution or shortly thereafter. The FDIC manages the remaining assets in a cost-effective manner to preserve value until they can be marketed. Most of the remaining assets are marketed within 120 days after an insured institution fails. The failed institution's assets are often grouped into pools to be most appealing to acquirers and are marketed through an Internet-based platform. From 2008 through 2012, whole bank loss-share transactions were used extensively to sell most of the assets of a failed bank to an acquiring bank.
External Factors: A severe economic downturn could lead to more institution failures and could affect the pace at which the FDIC markets assets and terminates receiverships. Economic and other factors, such as extended litigation and problems resolving environmentally tainted receivership properties, might also delay the termination of a receivership.
|Potential recoveries, including claims against professionals, are investigated and resolved in a fair and cost-effective manner.
Means & Strategies: When an insured depository institution fails, the FDIC, as receiver, acquires a group of legal rights, titles, and privileges generally known as professional liability claims. The FDIC's attorneys and investigators work together to assure that valid claims arising from the failure of an insured institution are properly pursued. The team conducts a factual investigation of the events that contributed to losses at the institution as well as legal research and analysis of the facts and potential claims. For each potential claim, the team recommends whether the claim should be pursued based on an assessment of the likelihood of a recovery exceeding the estimated cost of pursuing the claim. The prompt investigation and evaluation of potential claims against professionals who may have caused losses to the institution promotes fairness and leads to more cost-effective results.
External Factors: Each potential claim has a statute of limitations that establishes a time limit for the claim to be filed. A substantial increase in the number of failures could make it difficult to complete investigations of all potential claims and to decide within the established time limit whether to pursue a claim. The same problem could occur with very complex investigations or claims. In such cases, the FDIC may seek to enter into a tolling agreement with the potential defendant to extend the allowable timeframe for the claim to be filed.
|Resolution of the failure of a large, complex financial institution is carried out in an orderly manner in accordance with statutory mandates.
Means & Strategies: Large, complex financial institutions in the United States are generally organized under a holding company structure with a top-tier parent and operating subsidiaries that comprise hundreds, or even thousands, of interconnected entities that share funding and support services and span legal and regulatory jurisdictions across international borders. Functions and core business lines are often not aligned with individual legal entity structures. Critical operations can cross legal entities and jurisdictions, and funding is often dispersed among affiliates as needs arise. These integrated legal structures make it very difficult to conduct an orderly resolution of one part of the company without triggering a costly collapse of the entire company and potentially transmitting adverse effects throughout the financial system. In addition, it is the top-tier company that raises the equity capital of the institution and subsequently down-streams equity and some debt funding to its subsidiaries.
To improve the ability of firms to be resolved in bankruptcy under Title I, the FDIC and FRB have directed some firms to rationalize their legal structures as part of the development of their resolution plans. In addition to taking steps to improve resolvability under bankruptcy, the FDIC is preparing contingency plans for firms to be resolved under Title II should a Title II resolution be determined as necessary.
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The FDIC established and consults regularly with the Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee, which advises the FDIC on the potential effects the failure of a large, complex financial institution would have on financial stability and economic conditions and the ways in which specific resolution strategies would affect stakeholders and their customers. Members of the Advisory Committee bring a wide range of knowledge and experience to resolution-related issues, including expertise in managing complex firms, administering bankruptcies, working within different legal jurisdictions, and understanding the application of accounting rules and practices.
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Get an overview of this hotel3-star eco-friendly hotel, walk to Chateau de Saumur
Popular property highlights
Situated in Saumur, this eco-friendly hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Maison de Vin and Chateau de Saumur. Wine Cellar Louis de Grenelle and Notre-Dame des Ardilliers are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
Along with self parking, this hotel has a meeting room and free newspapers. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include multilingual staff.
Room Amenities
All 30 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and room service. For a bit of entertainment, guests will have flat-screen TVs with satellite channels, and other amenities include hair dryers and showers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Qualys-Hôtel Le Londres - Hôtel & Appartements features multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and room service (during limited hours). Event facilities measuring 377 square feet (35 square meters) include a meeting room. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Limited onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Total number of rooms - 30
- Number of floors - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Conference space size (feet) - 377
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Conference space size (meters) - 35
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator (on request)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Satellite TV service
- Individually decorated
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Spa Services
- Massages
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 10 PM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 5 per pet, per night
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- Resort fee: EUR 0.90 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 10.00 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 6.00 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 5 per pet, per night
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- Inter-Hotel Le Londres et Appartements
- Inter-Hotel Le Londres et Appartements Saumur
- Inter-Hotel Le Londres Hôtel et Appartements
- Inter-Hotel Le Londres Hôtel et Appartements Saumur
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- Inter-Hotel Londres Appartements
- Qualys Hôtel Londres Hôtel Appartements Saumur
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- Qualys Hôtel Le Londres Hôtel Appartements
We should mention
Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Awards & Affiliations
National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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It's difficult to assert that the GOP isn't anti-science, when their presidential candidates are quick to reassure the voters that they reject the cornerstone of modern biology and embrace Creationism. However, if you were feeling generous, you could argue that nominees say a lot of crazy stuff to win their primaries and the votes of their base. You could also say that, just because a few fringe members of a party say something, that does not mean the party itself embraces such ideas. Sure some Republicans say some pretty insane things, but it's not like the GOP leadership has these guys on the House Science Committee, right?
You know exactly where this is going…
Talking Points Memo has put together a profile of some of the brilliant minds that make up the current and former membership of the GOP's House Science Committee. Perhaps the most well known of the committee's (now former) members is Todd Akin, who gave us the phrase "legitimate rape" and said that you can't get pregnant from it. (I suppose if you're pregnant, it's only because you really wanted it, eh?)
Perhaps he was an anomaly?
Let's hear what fellow Science Committee member Phil Gingrey (R-GA), had to say about Akin's comments:
I've delivered lots of babies, and I know about these things. It is true. We tell infertile couples all the time that are having trouble conceiving because of the woman not ovulating, 'Just relax. Drink a glass of wine. And don't be so tense and uptight because all that adrenaline can cause you not to ovulate.' So he was partially right wasn't he?
For the record, no, he wasn't. So, clearly, reproductive biology isn't the strong suit of the committee. Perhaps more general biology will be better?
Say hello to current Science Committee member Paul Broun (R-GA):
"All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior."


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text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21380962626999111502010-03-13T13:29:41.738-08:00Cut-Up Cakes for Grownupssharonmattnadiahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-29297793068636649122010-03-13T13:29:00.001-08:002010-03-13T13:29:41.786-08:00This blog has moved This blog is now located at http://cake.sharonmattnadia.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://cake.sharonmattnadia.com/feeds/posts/default. sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-22010075441235746432009-11-15T17:21:00.000-08:002009-11-15T17:43:41.299-08:00Cake ChartAbstractFigure 1BackgroundIt's been an embarrassingly long time. For a while knitting design was consuming all of my creative energies. Then I got a job. While it is my dream job, it has been consuming all of my time, or at least it feels that way.I'm doing database development for public health researchers. Each year the programmers put on a poster session for the rest of the staff. Since this sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-90113540894621208192009-05-16T07:53:00.000-07:002009-05-16T08:10:18.203-07:00Chocolate DomeI didn't manage to think of a good birthday cake commission for Matt this year, so we made a cake designed by someone else, but that I've wanted to make for years. (I guess I'm developing a sort of chocolate mound theme for my birthday cakes.)During all those years of anticipation I referred to the cake as a bombe. In researching this post, I learned that a bombe is actually a frozen dessert (or sharonmattnadiahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-44526297699426666322009-03-18T09:34:00.000-07:002009-03-18T09:34:14.722-07:00Adelie Penguin Cake My brother recently celebrated a multiple-of-ten birthday, and my sister-in-law organized a surprise party for him. I don't know what made me look at airfares, but when I found they were ridiculously cheap, I decided to fly home to be part of the surprise.Of course I felt honor-bound to create a cake. (As usual, skip to the end for specs and recipes.) But what design? Sister-in-law suggested: sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-74581441266826386142009-03-12T19:59:00.001-07:002009-03-12T20:07:43.606-07:00Highly Imaginative CupcakesI recently ran across the blog Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit, which has a fabulous collection of recipes. Sadly, the blog is no longer active, but it will still take me a while to work my way through all of the attractive combos.I've tried the horchata cupcakes and the mooncake cupcakes so far. The cherry chocolate cupcakes with fennel cream cheese frosting may not be far behind. And if you made sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-33386521839898539832009-01-20T14:26:00.000-08:002009-01-20T15:04:15.685-08:00Dear Abby CakeThis is Matt's traditional birthday cake. I will never, ever get to make him any other kind of cake for his birthday. Fortunately, the Dear Abby Cake is both delicious and beautiful.The recipe was originally published in Dear Abby's advice column. I have added a lot of my own annotations.CakeGrease and flour the bottoms (not the sides) of two 9" round cake pans OR two 8" round cake pans and two sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-24462295332883899772008-12-31T17:56:00.000-08:002009-01-01T13:16:11.328-08:00The Quest for Green FrostingIn preparing for our biennial cookie making party, I continued my attempts to make green frosting without food coloring (cf. Article 5). I came up with a variety of interesting shades, but only one passed the Article 2 test of actually tasting good.The base frosting for all of these experiments was Quick Icing from the 1997 Joy of Cooking. Had I been planning better, I would have used vanilla sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-75810939404895305022008-12-25T14:22:00.001-08:002008-12-25T14:25:45.833-08:00JoyNow quit looking at the smart TV and get back to your celebrations!sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-38750247677009211792008-12-13T08:51:00.000-08:002009-01-01T13:22:15.155-08:00Hosting a Holiday Cookie Making PartyEvery other year in December we throw a cram-the-house-full, pull-out-all-the-stops cookie making party. Going over the top is one of our fun things, but rest assured that it is also possible to hold a most excellent party in a much more low-key fashion. (Apparently it is also possible to go even further over the top - why on earth would you make fudge to send home with people after a cookie sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-69676056919287006332008-11-18T14:27:00.000-08:002009-01-01T13:09:09.810-08:00Baby Dragon CakeWe made this dragon cake for a young friend's first birthday. It was one of our more difficult collaborations. Matt wanted a flying, twisted, fire-breathing serpent. I wanted something that I felt confident we could achieve in cake. We produced a vast number of sketches, and very nearly ended up making the cake into a representation of . . . a nicely frosted 13x9 rectangle.We finally settled on asharonmattnadiahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-87220338797559275352008-11-05T10:00:00.000-08:002008-12-29T09:47:30.152-08:00Cake in a MugGiven our enthusiasm for cake in a bag, and our recent foray into making teacup cakes, it should come as no surprise that we glommed on to the idea of cake in a mug as soon as we heard of it. Warm chocolate cake for two in under fifteen minutes? What's not to love?Unfortunately, the original recipe is not very good. It places a high priority on convenience, so it uses a full egg, which is far sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-55508318398166195102008-10-23T17:57:00.001-07:002009-01-01T13:09:59.687-08:00Four Tea CakeWe made this cake for a British friend's fortieth birthday party -- a tea party, of course. I came up with the "four tea" idea pretty quickly. I figured I'd just cut a flat cake into an appropriate shape and "draw" four tea cups on it. I sketched something up, thought of some decorating ideas and was quite pleased with myself. Matt the architect objected, saying it was cheating to make a flatsharonmattnadiahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-5184722004649592342008-10-09T15:22:00.000-07:002009-01-01T13:25:01.757-08:00Cake In A BagTraveling has been interfering with posting. Lots of backpacking, so I thought I'd share this recipe for backpacking cake. (For the person who reached this blog earlier on a search for "backpacking cake" - come back! We've got your answer now.)Baking while camping presents unique challenges. If you are car- or canoe-camping, and you have room in your luggage, you can bake directly in a Dutch ovensharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-39557131031722377752008-07-16T21:13:00.000-07:002008-07-16T21:24:22.198-07:00Cake LoveAs part of my recent immersion in all things cakely, I have been devouring a number of cake cookbooks from the library. At the moment, I am particularly enamored of CakeLove: How to Bake Cakes from Scratch. The author, Warren Brown, was a successful lawyer who had an early-life crisis and became a pastry chef. His aesthetic conforms to most of the articles of the cake manifesto. The book lives upsharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-76513599237499244632008-06-26T15:36:00.000-07:002008-06-29T21:03:30.592-07:00A Word About the Blog's TitleIn general, when we speak of cut-up cakes for grownups, we do not refer to "adult" cakes, although I did have one minor lapse. I was showing pictures of my cakes to a five-year-old girl recently and, encouraged by her enthusiasm, showed her a picture of the lapse, thinking I might get a really good giggle out of her. She was Not Amused. At her age, I suppose I might not have been either. I sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-56647285198056005192008-06-25T21:40:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:36:13.210-07:00A Paean to the Joy of CookingLest readers think I am a slave to the Moosewoodempire, I should say that another favorite cookbook in our house is the very hep 1953 Joy of Cooking-- so up-to-the-minute that it even includes special instructions for making cakes with an electric mixer.A cookbook is not just a compendium of recipes. It is a book with a voice, and I am completely charmed by Irma Rombauer's voice."To give this sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-75213486392437338712008-06-23T21:05:00.000-07:002008-12-30T15:46:52.666-08:00Volcano CakeI had a party on May 18, and wasn't sure which of the designs in the queue would be best for the event. When I found out that May 18 is the anniversary of the 1980 Mount Saint Helens eruption, the choice was obvious. A volcano it would be.I made a chocolate angel food cake from my go-to cookbook of the moment, the Moosewood Restaurant Book of Desserts. I'm not sure I'd ever made an angel food sharonmattnadiahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-53694041729101410182008-06-19T18:27:00.000-07:002009-01-01T13:09:09.812-08:00In Praise of the Graham CrackerWhen I was a child, there was still a treat to come after we finished the cake, because Mom served us the leftover icing on graham crackers. That dish is still one of my core comfort foods.In addition to making thrifty use of leftovers, graham crackers are also excellent templates for swatching frosting and toppings. Is spirulina boysenberry frosting really edible? Mix up a tiny batch, spread it sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-58578327137696004832008-06-14T21:09:00.000-07:002009-03-16T15:29:42.720-07:00Emperor Penguin CakeThis is the first cake Matt designed for me, and it remains one of his best efforts. He is particularly proud of how efficiently the design uses the cake.The penguin is straight out of Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems. This is one of our favorite books. Where else will you find poetry with rhymes like "can't you be" and "anchovies," or "featherweight" and "regurgitate"? Well, maybe here sharonmattnadiahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-3218397321596736742008-06-11T07:56:00.000-07:002008-06-11T08:39:57.354-07:00Cautionary Tales of Waxed PaperMy usual protocol when preparing cake pans is to grease, flour and apply waxed paper to the bottom of the pan. This always seems like belt, suspenders and helium balloon, but it's commonly recommended and cheap insurance at the price. After all, you want a cut-up cake, not a break-up cake.There are many theories on the order of application. It's good to start with grease, anyway, because it helpssharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-67755079656355025342008-05-26T16:04:00.000-07:002008-05-26T16:40:29.823-07:00Grey Jay, Part 3 (Finishing)We covered the back of the crown and the beak first with blue grey frosting and then with poppy seed filling. Theoretically one can buy poppy seed filling in stores (where it comes in cans and goes by "mohn"), but we couldn't find any, so we borrowed a friend's poppy seed grinder (dang that Article 6!) and made our own. One cup of whole poppy seeds made roughly 1/2 cup ground.I used a similar sharonmattnadiahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-26927083131033029942008-05-19T06:55:00.000-07:002008-05-19T08:10:22.875-07:00To Good to Not EatThe rest of the grey jay will follow shortly, but I thought it was time to engage in a quick little proof.If one accepts as axiomatic that food exists to be eaten, then it follows from Article 4 that cake exists to be eaten. People often asks us how we can stand to cut up one of our cakes. Because we couldn't stand not to! A cake is one work of art that is not consummated until consumed.Aside sharonmattnadiahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-92207785575753635362008-05-16T08:33:00.001-07:002009-01-01T13:09:35.165-08:00Grey Jay, Part 2 (Frosting)Crumb CoatWe like to freeze the cake before cutting and frosting it, to minimize crumbs. If you don't have room in your freezer, it helps to chill the cake in the refrigerator. I then apply a "crumb coat" - a thin layer of frosting to stick the crumbs down, so they won't get mixed up in the top coat of frosting. Until now I had just been using the same frosting I used for the top coat. This time,sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-38309779603540499452008-05-09T21:05:00.000-07:002008-05-11T20:17:25.996-07:00Grey Jay, Part 1When I started to write about this project, I didn't realize just how involved the explanations would be. As a result, I've divided the write-up into three posts. Today's post is about the design and the cake. The second post will be about the frosting, and the third post will be about the finishing touches.BackgroundMatt thought of this cake for the birthday of a good friend who has a terrible sharonmattnadiahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2138096262699911150.post-34356667224323815452008-05-05T11:01:00.000-07:002008-12-29T09:22:32.620-08:00A Cake ManifestoOver the years, our tastes in cake and cake design have evolved in a more or less consistent fashion, allowing us to deduce the following ex post facto manifesto:Article 1The designs should be at least a bit more adventurous and sophisticated than for the average kids' cake. Olivia the pig - yes. Teddy bears - no. Cute - yes. Cutesy - no. Extra credit given if others can identify an animal by sharonmattnadiahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Amherst College
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Amherst College Women's Squash
Jeffs Take Third in Howe Cup 'B' Division
February 18 - The Amherst College women's squash team posted a pair of wins and finished in third place in the 'B' Division at the annual Howe Cup competition at Yale University over the weekend, defeating Bates College by an 8-1 final on Friday, falling to Williams College 9-0 on Saturday and downing Colby College 6-3 on Sunday.
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W-Squash Falls at Second Ranked Trinity, 9-0
February 8 - The Amherst women's squash team fell 9-0 at national power Trinity College on Thursday. The host Bantams - ranked second in the nation in the latest Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association poll - swept all nine matches and dropped just one game overall en route to their seventh consecutive win.
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Jeffs Fall to Fourth Ranked Princeton, 9-0
February 4 - The Amherst women's squash team faced an uphill battle against visiting Princeton University on Sunday, falling 9-0 at the Davenport Courts. The Tigers-ranked fourth nationally in the latest Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association poll-boast five of the top 40 collegiate players in the nation, including 2000 Intercollegiate Champion Julia Beaver, who downed Amherst no. 1 K.C. Giese 9-0, 9-1, 9-0.
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Jeffs Win Second Straight, 8-1, at Wellesley
February 1 - The Amherst women's squash team won its second straight match on Thursday with an 8-1 win at Wellesley College. The Jeffs dominated play with seven 3-0 wins, including shutout victories by no. 1 K.C. Giese and no. 2 Roopali Agarwal.
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Jeffs Improve to 9-6 With 3-0 Win Over Smith
January 30 - Amherst broke a three-match losing skid with a 9-0 shutout win over visiting Smith College Tuesday night at the Davenport Squash Courts. Senior Co-captain K.C. Giese and sophomore Roopali Agarwal set the tone with a pair of 3-0 victories over Smith no. 1 Jean Lee and no. 2 Bree Carlson.
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Jeffs Fall to Colby, Brown & Yale
January 24 - The Amherst College women's squash team hosted three of the toughest squads in the nation in Colby College, Brown University and Yale University on Tuesday and Wednesday in what was arguably the most difficult section of the Jeffs' schedule to date, and came away with a trio of losses to fall to 8-6 on the season.
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Jeffs Sweep Amherst Invitational
January 20 - The Amherst women's squash team hosted St. Lawrence University, Middlebury College and Mount Holyoke College in the Amherst Invitational Tournament on Friday and Saturday and swept all three matches. With the trio of wins, the Jeffs upped their record to 8-3, holding onto their number-12 ranking in the latest Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association Poll, released Dec. 4.
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Squash Teams Fall at Dartmouth
January 17 - The Amherst men's and women's squash teams dropped a dual match twinbill at Dartmouth College on Wednesday, falling 8-1 and 7-2, respectively, in a matchup of four nationally ranked teams.
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Jeffs Post Trio of Wins at Williams Invite.
January 16 - In a marathon weekend tournament at Williams College on Saturday and Sunday, the Amherst College women's squash team played five dual matches and posted a trio of wins over William Smith (8-1), Bates (6-3) and Vassar (9-0) Colleges, and a pair of losses to Colby (2-7) and Bowdoin (0-9).
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Giese, Champion Lead Jeffs Over Tufts
December 8 - In a match that could have strong implications in the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association rankings, Amherst College outlasted Tufts University 5-4 on Thursday night behind a pair of solid performances by senior Co-captains KC Giese and Vanessa Champion.
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Jeffs Trounce Conn. 8-1 in Season-Opener
November 29 - With an 8-1 win over visiting NESCAC rival Conn. College in its season-opener on Wednesday, the women's squash team may have established itself as the team to beat in New England this season. In what turned out to be the match of the day, super-soph Katie Alburger endured a marathon five-game affair to outlast Conn. College powerhouse Lindsey Burke 3-2, including a deciding game that featured seven lead changes.
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