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How do I get my child vaccinated against meningitis B?
Check if your child needs to get his or her Meningitis B vaccine.Read the full story ›
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Matt Dawson reveals two-year-old son's meningitis battle
The former England rugby star said his family had gone through "two weeks of hell" but little Sami was one of the "lucky" ones.Read the full story ›
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250,000 sign petition after toddler dies of meningitis
A mother has shared a photo of her two-year-old daughter dying from meningitis to campaign for a change government policy.Read the full story ›
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Fever warning as new meningitis jab launched for babies
Parents are being urged to stock up on paracetamol to help stave off a mild fever linked to a new meningitis jab for babies.Read the full story ›
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Teenagers urged to get vaccinated against meningitis
A student who contracted a deadly strain of meningitis has urged teenagers to get vaccinated.Read the full story ›
Brighton schoolboy dies of meningitis
A schoolboy from the Brighton area died this week after he contracted meningitis, health officials said.
A Public Health England (PHE) spokeswoman said letters have been sent to parents at the boy's school and only those who had come into immediate contact with the child would be at risk of contracting the illness.
Public Health England can confirm that a child from the Brighton area has sadly died of presumed meningococcal septicaemia. This is seldom transmitted from person to person.
Only close household contacts need antibiotics as a precaution against an extremely low risk of the contacts transmitting the disease to anyone else. The child's immediate household contacts have received these. Nobody else needs to receive antibiotics.
Our thoughts are with the family at this very sad time.
Meningitis B vaccine to be rolled out by September
The meningitis B vaccine looks set to become part of the national immunisation programme by September this year after the government reached a deal with drug maker GlaxoSmithKline to provide all babies in the UK with the potentially life-saving injection.
ITV News Reporter Duncan Golestani spoke to one family who have been affected by meningitis about why the vaccine is important:
Hunt: Deal means we can roll out meningitis B vaccine
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that a new deal with GlaxoSmithkline means that a meningitis B vaccine can be rolled out this year.
This is one of the biggest worries for any parent who has a baby or a young child - particularly as it affects five or six months olds.
Which is why I am delighted that we have now just secured agreement with GlaxoSmithkline, the company that manufactures the meningitis B vaccine.
We had a stand off for the best part of a year with the company that used to own this vaccine. Since GSK came on board they have reduced the price.
That means that we can now go ahead this year with rolling out the meningitis B vaccine.
I think that is something that families across the country would really welcome.
Charities welcome deal over meningitis B vaccine
Charities have welcomed the news that the government has reached an agreement with drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to provide all babies in the UK with a potentially life-saving vaccine against meningitis B.
Sue Davie, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said: "To know that babies will be protected against MenB is fantastic and another great step forward in our fight against meningitis.
"Families for whom this comes too late, and for whom we will always be here to support, have campaigned tirelessly and selflessly with us to make sure no other families suffer as they have."
Chris Head, chief executive of Meningitis Research Foundation, said: "When this vaccine is introduced it will save lives and spare countless families the trauma of seeing a loved one die or become seriously disabled because of MenB."
GSK said the deal represented "fair value" for the health service.
Nikki Yates, general manager of GSK in the UK said: "As a British company, we are delighted to have concluded an agreement with the Government just three weeks after we acquired the vaccine, which offers fair value to the NHS and at the same time is sustainable for GSK."
Government reaches deal on meningitis B vaccine
The government has reached a deal with drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to provide all babies in the UK with a potentially life-saving vaccine against meningitis B, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.
Mr Hunt said Britain would now become the first country in the world with a nationwide meningitis B vaccination programme.
The deal follows recent controversy over the Bexsero MenB vaccine after it emerged it was still not available to children despite being recommended by health advisers a year ago.
The drug will now be added to the national childhood immunisation scheme, meaning babies will receive the first vaccine at two months old, followed by two further doses.
Mr Hunt said: "I am very proud that we will be the first country in the world to have a nationwide MenB vaccination programme, helping to protect our children from a devastating disease.
"MenB can be severely disabling or fatal, especially in babies and young children. Losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare so I am delighted that we have reached an agreement with GSK to supply the vaccine."


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Hello Brian,
This is actually the way NAT works, and it cannot work any other way. The
ICMP protocol cannot in any way keep track of which ping reply belongs to
which LAN computer in this situation. This is not FreeBSD-specific, but NAT
specific in general.
//Thomas Hertz
> On both the linux boxes, I run fping -c 1 -w 1 ns1.google.com
> ns1.yahoo.com www.ingateusa.com and sleep for 5 seconds. Basically they
> send simultaneous pings to three hosts once a second.
> Note that some packets are not getting NATted?
> This seems to be a bug in freebsd but I was wondering if anyone had any
> pointers to how to fix it?

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Hanna's Autumn Swap: Stitched Postcards/
Above - some of the postcard fronts + backs.
Fronts and backs of 6 stitched postcards {there's an extra for a special buddy}
Materials: fabric, patterned cardstock, ephemera, quotes, labels, found typography, hand-painted papers, stitched papers, paint chips, ribbon. Stitched to cards approx 3.5x5.5" and trimmed.
This weekend I stitched postcards Hanna's 2012 Autumn Postcard Swap. Hanna has been doing Spring swaps of 10 postcards for several years so if you missed the entry deadline for this swap, be sure to watch Hanna's blog in March just in case she does another Spring swap! The Autumn swap is a smaller 5 postcard swap with the theme "Empowerment." I wasn't sure how to best transform this theme into postcard art. So I thought about what empowerment means to me personally and I think it's about individualism and independence, the ability to stand for oneself. I opted for strong bold colors and a quote on each card that I thought was powerful.
Here's a post I did a few years ago on mail art.
Love mail art? Here are some links to my postcards from Hanna's swaps: 2010 DIY Postcard Swap, a post on creating Mail Art, a classic must-have book about mail art called Good Mail Day, the 2012 Spring Postcard Swap, and the 2011 DIY Postcard Swap. I might even make a few extras and have a drawing for those. Doesn't that sound fun?
Feel free to share your creations in the Daisy Yellow Facebook Group and the Postcard Swap Flickr Group.
My art for DAY 25 of Art Every Day Month.
November is Art Every Day Month (AEDM) facilitated by Leah of Creative Every Day.
And an annoucement. While I was in Italy in October I grew intrigued with the pattern love that Anika of A for Anika and Dina Thanki were posting on Instagram with the #patternaday tag. I hopped around via my phone and a slow wifi connection and figured out what was going on!So for December I am taking the Pattern a Day Challenge with the creative A is for Anika. Read about the idea here. Because of the holidays I won't just post the patterns every few days but I will guarantee to CREATE every day! If you are interested, pop over to Anika's blog and read the rules. These are patterns you create, not copy, and you can use any medium. I'm thinking watercolor + slicci pen, separate and together!


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Amy Barker
Licensed Professional Counselor
I am a fully licensed Mental Health Counselor specializing in adoption issues and trauma recovery. I seek to provide a compassionate, respectful space that promotes healing and wholeness from a relational psycho-therapeutic and cognitive behavioral approach. I offer caring, individualized treatment in the following areas: adoption/foster care issues, birthfamily relationships and reunions, PTSD, sexual abuse, grief and loss, infertility, divorce, identity struggles, anxiety, depression, anger management, cross-cultural adjustments, and more.
My training includes Relational Psychotherapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Filial Play Therapy, and Sandtray Therapy. I also facilitate Adoptive Parent Survival Groups, Adult Adoptee Discussion Groups, and Birthmother Support Groups and retreats for Birthmothers.
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- Mars Hill Graduate School M.A. — Counseling Psychology 2010
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If you receive care on Breakthrough but your insurer declines coverage, you will be billed at the therapist's self-pay rate.
If you can not find a therapist who accepts your insurance, call us at 1-888-282-2522 and we will try to find a therapist who can see you.
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Pickler '100 Proof' positive about new album
NASHVILLE – Kellie Pickler's 100 Proof album, out Tuesday, begins with an opening line for the ages. "I stay torn between killin' him and lovin' him."
In Where's Tammy Wynette, the former American Idol singer invokes the spirit of the late country queen, figuring that only a honky-tonk angel could help her figure out how to run a household while hanging onto a nightlife-loving man, or "how you fry a skillet of chicken in high heels and a skirt."
"Tammy Wynette, you can hear a tear in her voice, and I just love those little breaks," says Pickler, 25. "When you hear that song, you know I'm a fan. You kind of know why, because her life was a country song. And my raising was a country song."
As viewers who watched the North Carolina native during the 2006 Idol season know, her life did, indeed, contain the elements of a country song: a spirited Sonic waitress abandoned by her mother and raised by her grandparents while her father was in prison.
That's the woman fans will hear on 100 Proof, which is receiving the best reviews of Pickler's career. It's a 180-degree departure from the sassy country-pop of her first two albums (1.3 million copies sold combined) and her biggest hit, 2008's Best Days of Your Life, written with Taylor Swift.
The new album is more twangy guitars and two-steps, emotional ballads and autobiographical tear-jerkers accompanied by the plaintive cry of a pedal steel guitar. It's got a traditional bent along the lines of Miranda Lambert and Lee Ann Womack, with whom Pickler shares a producer.
"It's a place where she can pivot," says Frank Liddell, who produced 100 Proof with Luke Wooten. "She's at a place now where she can guide her career where she wants it to go."
Early during the recording process, Pickler told her producers she wanted to make "a dirty country album."
"This is just going to be Kellie, like it or leave it," she says. "I don't expect people to like me or like my music. I want them to, but I can't make them. If I can't be me, then I don't want to do it."
As proud as she is of 100 Proof, Pickler does have concerns about how it will sell. First single Tough peaked at No. 28 on USA TODAY's country airplay chart; the follow-up, the title track, hasn't charted yet.
"I did worry that people are going to forget all about me when 100 Proof comes out," she says. "I don't even have a song on the radio right now."
Pickler wrote songs for both her parents. In The Letter (To Daddy), she addresses a father who has struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction: "Even in your darkest hour, I could still feel the power of your love for us."
Pickler calls The Letter her favorite and most personal song on 100 Proof. "So many years, the relationship my dad and I had was through letters," she says. "This is the letter I have always wanted to write to my dad."
Mother's Day, which Pickler wrote with Kyle Jacobs, her husband of a year, deals with a daughter who avoids the day even as she yearns for a relationship to celebrate. "Maybe one day God'll bless me with a daughter of my own," she sings, adding, "We'll have a love I've never known."
"I don't hate her," Pickler says of her mother, with whom she has no relationship today. "I hope, wherever she's at, that she's happy. I really do."
Without a hit single to help launch her album, Pickler expects to measure the ultimate success of 100 Proof by something other than sales.
"It's not going to sell as many records the first week as we would want it to," she says. "I care, but not enough to compromise.
"I can sing these songs for the rest of my life, and I'm going to love it. I want to hear that steel guitar, and I want it to break my heart every time."
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Botryosporium has an elogate branching main axis. At intervals along its length, the main axis (or its branches) produces lateral fertile branches in acropetal (youngest at the tip) succession. Each lateral branch terminates in a cluster of circa four ampullae (swollen vesicles). On any cluster of ampullae ALL the conidia are produced synchronously over the surface of the ampullae. The spores therefore mature sequentially from the base (oldest cluster) to the apex (youngest cluster). This remarkably microfungus can grow several millimetres tall and is erect at first but falls over with the weight of the elongated heads. The fngus is nonpigmenetd and colonies are chalk white.
Further Readng: Plant Dis. 67:1158-1159. (The American Phytopathological Society, 1983. DOI: 10.1094/PD-67-1158) In 1982, barn mold of burley tobacco caused by Botryosporium longibrachiatum caused moderate damage at several locations and severe damage at one location in Ontario, Canada. Lesions and sporulation of the fungus occurred first on the midribs and laminae of lower leaves. Eventually, the mold was evident on all leaves. Based on the pattern and extent of mold development, it was concluded that inoculum of B. longibrachiatum was probably present on the crop before harvest. Secondary infection and humid weather contributed to the damage. Botrytis cinerea was present in most curing barns but sporulation was confined to leaf midribs and plant stems.


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Green River carpentry students volunteer, help build Brannan Park playground
Two volunteer students use a beam saw to cut posts to length.
When the city of Auburn needed help building a new playground, they called Glen Martin.
Martin, the coordinator of Green River's carpentry program, invited his entire Carpentry 113 class to volunteer with him and help ready the playground site in advance of the official build day.
The morning of site-prep day, every single student in the class arrived on time and ready to work.
"When I looked around and saw that all 16 students were there, I felt nothing but proud," Martin said.
"They were doing what they thought was the right thing."
Martin, who has a long history of volunteerism and charity work, tries to teach his class the value of community service. The students also got a great opportunity to practice their newly-learned carpentry skills.
The student volunteers at the build site.
The carpentry students did all the work necessary so that hundreds of volunteers, scheduled to work the following Saturday, could easily build the new playground under supervision. They helped inventory, sort and store playground equipment, assisted the playground installer with playground layout and hole digging, sorted and labeled hardware, measured and cut lumber, among many other tasks.
KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit dedicated to creating playgrounds, organized the build at a brand new playground at Auburn's Brannan Park.
"Preparing for 250 volunteers to build a playground in just six hours is a lot of work," said Melissa Drouganis, Associate Project Manager of KaBOOM! "Glen and his students were eager and willing to take on any task to them and they were amazing! From unloading an 18-wheeler full of playground equipment to sorting, measuring and cutting lumber - they did it all."
The completed playground.
The following Saturday, Oct. 17, 250 volunteers from the Auburn community, the Auburn Food Bank, Delta Air Lines, and KaBOOM! arrived bright and early to build the new playground at Brannan Park. Thanks largely to the advance work done by Green River carpentry students, the build went quickly and smoothly.
"The student support was outstanding," said Auburn's Parks, Arts and Recreation Director Daryl Faber. "Their skills, willingness to work hard and community spirit were a perfect match for this project."
The new playground will provide hundreds of children in the Auburn community with a safe place to play.
It was a lot of hard work, but the carpentry students value the volunteer opportunity.Student Jordan King grins, "I can't wait to take my nieces to the park and watch them play on something I helped build."


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Barbecue is a distinctly American art form, much like jazz music and feigning an understanding of jazz music. Discuss the smoky notes with this Groupon.
Choose from Three Options
- $10 for lunch buffet for two, valid Monday–Thursday (a $19.98 value)
- $12 for lunch buffet for two, valid Friday–Sunday (a $25.98 value)
- $12 for $24 worth of any dinner entrees
The dinner entrees include tandoori chicken ($11.99/half portion; $16.99/full portion), beef ribs ($12.99), vegetable biryani ($7.99), and shrimp masala ($13.99). During the daily lunch buffet, open 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., more than 20 world-spanning dishes include halal Chinese, barbecue, and Indian options.
BBQ Tonight
Mere minutes away from family-fun attractions at Universal Studios, Disney World, and Sea World is BBQ Tonight, another family-friendly space serving quality zabihah halal food. Fitting for its location at the International Festival Plaza, BBQ Tonight serves Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, and barbecue for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The dining room is conveniently split up to accommodate guests looking for a fast meal experience and those looking for fine dining, though guests are welcome to wear gowns anywhere in the restaurant.


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* Canadian dollar at C$1.2550 or 79.68 U.S. cents * Bond prices mixed across the maturity curve By Solarina Ho TORONTO, March 2 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar dropped against its U.S. counterpart on Monday, pushed down by lower oil prices and data that showed the country's current account deficit growing faster than expected. Crude prices dropped after Iran said a deal on its nuclear program could be reached this week if the West lifts sanctions, a move that could boost the country's oil exports. The price of crude, a key Canadian export, has been under pressure due to excess supply and lukewarm demand. While oil prices had their first monthly gain since last June in February, U.S. prices are still below $50 a barrel. Cheap oil helped drive Canada's current account gap to C$13.92 billion in the fourth quarter from C$9.6 billion in previous quarter, according to government data on Monday. That was the biggest deficit in a year, and exceeded forecasts. Crude's drop has also hit business confidence with activity in Canada's manufacturing sector contracting last month to its lowest level on record, according to RBC's Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' index (PMI), putting more pressure on the currency. The Canadian dollar, which was a touch stronger ahead of the data, fell to C$1.2550 to the greenback, or 79.68 U.S. cents, at 9:56 a.m. EST (1456 GMT), weaker than Friday's close of C$1.2496, or 80.03 U.S. cents. Looking ahead, Canadian growth data for the fourth quarter due on Tuesday and the Bank of Canada's latest interest rate decision on Wednesday will be in focus. The bank cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points in January to 0.75 percent. The markets had priced in as much as an 80 percent chance of another 25 basis point rate cut this week before comments by bank Governor Stephen Poloz dispelled those expectations. Markets are now looking at about a 30 percent chance of a cut. "I think if the bank comes out suggesting they're leaving door open for rate cuts, the currency may be a touch weaker on that news," said Mark Chandler, head of Canadian fixed income and currency strategy at RBC Capital Markets. Canadian government bond prices were mixed across the maturity curve, with the longer term securities lower. The two-year was off 1 Canadian cent to yield 0.475 percent and the benchmark 10-year down 23 Canadian cents to yield 1.325 percent. (Reporting by Solarina Ho; Editing by Peter Galloway)


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Hollywood Interested In Making 'Moonfall', Fargo-Like Thriller Set on the Moon [Updated]
Posted on Thursday, July 17th, 2014 by Peter Sciretta
David Weil wrote a science fiction spec script titled Moonfall which has attracted a lot of interest around Hollywood this week. The Wrap is reporting that "several top filmmakers including producer Darren Aronofsky" are interested in making Moonfall, which has been described as a Fargo-like thriller set on the moon. The moon and a Fargo-like thriller? I'm in. Find out more about the potential Moonfall movie, after the jump.


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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
Friendly Staff. Clean, nice room. Perfect location. Good breakfast buffet. That thew allow people to smoke during breakfast.
Good Room. Great location. Helpful Staff. Not a lot of lobby. No coffee in room
Milchael the hotel manager very accomodating. Great location to everything. The beds could be more comfortable.
Excellent city centre hotel for the price, located on one of Palma's main shopping streets. This is not really a holiday hotel, but is perfect for business or short city breaks. The whole hotel was impeccably clean, the breakfasts more than adequate (cooked and continental buffet) and the rooms comfortable for a short stay. There were a couple of little niggles. The room safes are small and cost extra and the shower head/fitting construction means that there is a minor flood every time you shower.
location air conditioning unit was full of mold = unpleasant smell
Central location, close to restaurants and bars. Good breakfast.
Prime location. Easy access to all that Palma as to offer. Ideal for city weekend break. Rooms at the front of the hotel can suffer from street noise.
Pleasant spacious room.Roof top terrace for sunbathing.Very good central location.Building had character but was well modernised.Clean comfortable hotel with good staff. No, it suited our needs very well.
Very clean rooms and good breakfast
centraly located 1. The breakfast room was too small for all the quests. 2. More coffee machines needed, or coffee jugs on each table as you arrive.
Location, location, location....
Excellent service, the staff were very friendly and it is a great city location. I was so impressed I am contacting them provately to thank them. nada!
Located in the center of Palma, roof top bar and pool very nice, stylish and relaxing Lobby and rooms are still in 70s style. It seems that owners started to rebuild the hotel on the top and ran out of money before they reached the floor.
how the hotel is situated thin walls, noise from other rooms
large room with balcony quite expensive, normal doubleroom is very thight, the view is not nice
Shopping was close and in the area.. Nice breakfast dining area was nice and staff were excellent very friendly and helpful including the desk staff always nice to call you a taxi or answer a question and assist you anyway possible .. I was very pleased with the service that your staff and hotel showed me.
Great location for seeing madrid. room was very spacious as we needed room for 3 people Walls a little thin
Real good 4 stars for affordable price The only problem is that you can hear people walking through corridor, they should have put carpets on a floor.
The location and the facilitis within the hotel in particular the seventh floor bar and the rooftop pool. It's a very small point but it felt a little like the staff needed a wee bit of a nudge to make sure they were keeping their eye on the ball a bit more - things like unemptied ashtrays and dirty glasses not tidied up.
lady in the room next to use, were very noisy!!!
Nice, clean hotel with impressive modern decor. Comfortable beds with a good quality linen. Nice bathroom. Good location. Price I payed on booking.com was 30E higher than charged by the hotel to "off the street" customers. No parking offered.
location, modern spacious rooms
Good facilities, good location and helpful staff. Loved the modern and conceptional style/layout. The view from the room window (a rear courtyard facing room) was very limited which made the room feel dark. These 'courtyard' facing rooms would benefit from some additional lighting.
Cleaniness of the rooms Bar was very expensive
clean,good sized room . central Palma location . good choice of coffee and mineral water in the bar Noisy if street facing , very poor gym . Limited restaurant choice with patchy service
The location was excellent and the hotel very modern and comfortable. The champagne breakfasts were excellent! The bar shut at 11 p.m. which was a shame.
great location for city break only one small lift
An interesting hotel to stay in, with lots of art displayed including in the rooms. The breakfast and location was excellent.The spa was a nice addition after a long day. The price is fair The air conditioning started leaking and although we informed reception, nothing was done about it before we had checked out. The staff loose marks because of this as do the marks for cleanliness (which were otherwise good).
excellent breakfast sometimes the people at the reception could be smilier
Helpful staff and great location No hair dryer in the room!!
The man on reception was very friendly and very helpful. Room was pleasant and breakfast good.
Clean This was the noisiest hotel I have ever stayed in. Sawing, drilling & hammering from 9am til 3pm. At 1st they said there was noting they could do about construction next door, then I said to move me to a room away from it. They moved me up 5 floors which helped a little but I'll never stay there again. The 2nd morning it sounded like housekeeping was moving furniture.
location is perfect,near by main bus/train station to reach for the island's other destinations,personnel was very helpfull especially reception From Istanbul, Turkey
Very convenient location on No 1 bus route to and from airport. Staff were very friendly and helpful. As an overnight stop while getting to and from our holiday accommodation it was great. Showing it's age a bit.
My wife and I found this hotel very convenient and clean. The reception staff were exceptionally polite and gracious.If I was going to stay in Palma again I would not hesitate to rebook.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Palladium. We stayed for two nights to see Palma and do some shopping. I requested a room with city view, which I got. It was within walking distince of the Cathedral, the Old Town and all the main sites, and only around the corner from Ave. Jaime 111, with all it's designer shops - very well located and very well sign-posted.
The position of the hotel would have been difficult to better for the price. All the staff were friendly and helpful - don't recall better. Very pleased. Can't think of any, could have some info on the hotel facilities in the room.
Well located for all sights in Palma, very attentive staff.
Bus from airport costs 2 euros and stops literally outside hotel saving expensive cab fares. Very handy for shops and not far from all the sights. Good leasurely breakfast with adequate choice. Very helpful staff. Would revisit.
Very good position, close to the center. Spacious rooms, good breakfast (loved the ensaimadas). Free wifi. Old worn out furniture. No hair-dryer (you have to ask the reception). Rooms on the street can be a bit loud.
Central location with easy access to an excellent public transport system. Buses arrive at the door from the airport. Main Palma tourist attractions are within easy walking distance of the hotel. Hotel staff provided maps and bus information.
The food was superb and I would highly recommend eating at the hotel! The service staff also bent over backward to correct any problems, very helpful. Unfortunately, I am afraid of heights and this hotel has an elevator with a back wall that is totally glass. Had I known this I would have insisted on a room on the first or second floors.
Brand new everything, great rooms & bathrooms, close enough to the city. Great Breakfast, nice little spa in the hotel. Good hotel for a city trip! Internet was down.
Staff in the front desk were extremely helpful. Good quality toiletries in the bathroom. Comfortable beds.
Great postition, Great staff, nice rooms. Hot breakfast was only luke warm but plenty of choice.
Great hotel, spacious rooms, good shower, very good value for money. Walking distance to the heart of old city center (10/15 minutes); very quiet street. Bicycles for free: great service. Spa/sauna was not working well. Very small pool.
The stay was fully sufficient.
The hotel was friendly, spotlessly clean, comfortable and has a great location in the centre of Palma.
Quiet, yet central, location. More information on hotel facilites could have been available in rooms
The health center with pool was nice to have in the middel of a big town.
the room was modern There were several things - First our booking was not registered which ended up OK since they had rooms but was worrisome. Secondly, although we arrived at 1230 (after check-in time) we had to wait about 45 minutes for a room. No drink was offered etc while waiting. If you are enticed by the Jacuzzi - dont be... it is cold as is the pool - Would not stay here again although the staff were friendly.
Brilliant staff and location with nice rooms and lovely restaurant. Nothing was too much trouble.
The manager was very helpfull and the public spaces were calm and relaxing It was quite difficult to locate, I don't think that it is signposted well enough.
Very friendly and helpful staff who really took care of us; wonderful design, beautifully furbished room Room for a superior room rather small; if you are looking for a quiet room you should not take one that faces narrow street (city noise)
The location of the hotel was good great views of the cathedral from our room and the roof terrace and the staff helpful and friendly. Work was being carried out on the building next door but the noise was minimal
Liked the location, staff, and quirkiness dirty towels, dirty mat in bedroom and noise levels.
Excellent location in a characterfull hotel. Couldn't believe it was so peaceful in the centre of the city..a little haven. Staff were very friendly and helpful, nothing was too much trouble.They offered advice on trips, eating out, travel arrangements etc.Would definitely recommend and stay again Breakfast was very ordinary continental buffet but included good freshly prepared coffee
We liked it's central old town position with everything being close by. It is a charming old manor house with individual rooms and personal service. It has a lovely courtyard with orange and lemon trees and a roof terrace.
central location. old world charm no
A super Hotel for little Money, in the middle of the old City, 5 Minutes from the see... very frendly, good breeakfast... anytime again...
Nicely furnished rooms, pleasant patio for breakfast. Poor customer service, internal renovations being undertaken while guests are in their rooms
The location is fantastics. We also had a room with a view of the Cathedral. The bathroom was very small and not very comfortable.
Helpful and friendly staff Central location Not able to stand under a shower
Construction outside the hotel entrance, very noisy. No shower, just a tub with a hand shower.
Beautifully restored common rooms, a roof terrace and a private little spa area were presented to us on arrival. the staff were friendly and personable, proud of their hotel. The tasting menu at dinner was great value. I suppose old buildings come with a few annoyances, such as a few ants in the bathroom and very noisy plumbing clanking noises throughout the night.
Thank You)) Very beautiful hotell and very kindly people)))
The staff made such an effort to make our stay just that extra bit special. Service was impeccable! Breakfast should be included in the price or prices should be clearly displayed.
A beautiful hotel, where nothing is too much trouble for its staff.
Beautiful old palacio with wonderful rooftop terrace and view of the Cathedral. Lovely, thoughtful staff. Although very beautiful, didn't feel like a 5 star hotel and expensive for the area.
attention to detail was first class.ideal place to be at peace with a touch of class.
Extremely helpful staff Difficult to reach by car
The hotel was beautifully rennovated, preserving many historical features, yet providing many ammenities as well. Original Miro's displayed in the hallways, replica Monet kitchen, beautiful sitting area with a nice library, and a wonderful patio to enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, cake. The hotel staff was incredibly friendly, helpful, cordial, and accomodating. Service was excellent, rooms beautifully maintained. Excellent stay overall.
because the Hotel was reported in the Japanese travel books as the best hotel in Mallorca Keeping bed covers in the corner of the room in a bit messy way
this hotel is a cross between staying in a museum and an old English country home. The attention to detail is second to none: the latest English novels in bedrooms, afternoon tea with an amazing choice of tea and coffee and cake and biscuits in the Monet kitchen, drinks on the roof terrace with amazing mattresses and a good selection of magazines, evening sherry in the beautiful drawing rooms with music and a huge selection of art books, swimming pool, solarium and mini gym and sauna with swimming costumes and shoes of every size, in case you forgot to bring yours, and umbrellas waiting for you when it's raining. Nothing was too much trouble for the friendly, but unobtrusive staff to make one's stay very very special. The best hotel we h
Very interesting and convenient for short stay in the city
Nice atmoshere, very stylish and modern bar with good music and DJ, interesting design solutions in interior, sophisticated roof terrace with the pool. In the room that will be nice to have one more wardrobes and I prefer more light in the bathroom.
This hotel is very cool ! The staff are friendly and helpful and the rooms are fabulous with quality sound systems. We loved the stylish decor, gorgeous bathroom, roof top sun beds and excellent breakfast . As the bar was quite lively the hotel even provided earplugs when we went to bed but we didn't need them !
very good location and very nice staff member i liked it all
The location was the best aspect, it was very conveniently placed for the station, shopping areas and not too far from the main historic and cultural centres. The decor was contemporary and the courtyard a very pleasant outdoor space. Our room was very comfortable. The breakfast offered a varied choice and we ate one evening in the restaurant where the food was very tasty. The noisy plumbing and lack of sound proofing between bathrooms was unpleasant, we could hear other residents availing themselves of the lavatorial facilities in graphic detail. The front of house staff could be a bit stand offish, appropriating a hairdryer was painful. The housekeeping was a bit haphazard, the room was not dusted, soap and minibar not replenished, yet the towels were replaced daily despite being left hung up. The approach could be hazardous if people had been out walking their dogs recently.
The Shower cubicle needs regouted because of blackness all around the inside not nice.
hotel lobby and approaches of the staff as well as location nothing
Excellent friendly service, central position, reasonably priced restaurant, comfortable welcoming atmosphere Breakfast seemed expensive: used local cafe
Location is great, large rooms with large bed, newly renovated, nice bathrooms. Our room was in the basement next to a garage that would clank open and closed at all hours. Our room also faintly smelled like garbabe occasionally, I can only assume because they store the garbage in the garage. Also no hot water in the morning - staff was not very sympathetic to that complaint - apparently the norm, nothing they can do. Given these things, the value didn't seem right even with the reduced price.
\good location and very nice staff.
Everything was ok
Modern bathroom
The cleanliness and comfort of hotel
Excellent bed! Parking not included. 14€ extra charged!
The location was good and the old building it was housed in was beautiful. The rooms were too austere, had to ask for a deluxe after seeing the standard room which was so small and felt like a hospital room. The deluxe had a bit more character.
Reception is closed from 1PM till 6PM. Breakfast buffet is poor.
Excellent location for a stay in the city. Very welcoming and helpful staff. Fairly minimalist but spacious and comfortable room. Small fairy-tale rooftop terrace wih magnificent view of Mallorca's foremost landmark, the Cathedral.
The location is fabulous - in the middle of the tapas district and a stones throw from jazz and top end cocktail bars. The building is very well restored and beautiful to stay in.
The location of the hotel is excellent - in the heart of the bar/restaurant area of the old town and a short (20 min) bus ride from beautiful beaches. Staff are very friendly and helpful. The attention to detail in the design of the hotel is lovely.
Very nice and flexible staff. Served breakfast altough I was half an hour late.
The location was excellent, in the heart of the eating/ drinking district and easily accessible to the waterfront and cathedral/ shops etc. The co-owner of the hotel (male) didn't exactly have the friendly public-facing manner that you would expect in a place like this, to the point that he seemed rude at times- i am utterly sure that this wasn't intentional and was just his manner, but it did make us uncomfortable and reluctant to ask for assistance. However, all the other staff were very friendly and helpful. The atmosphere in the lobby was a little cold too.
Small boutique style hotel. Palma city centre location. Taxi can't take you to the front door of the hotel. Street too narrow, Not suitable for older people or those with limited mobility. Nice rooftop pool and sun area. Excellent reataurants in the immediate area.
The Service at breakfast was excellent. The room was sparse and poorly furnished although the bed was comfortable.The small pool was not as clean as it should have been.
Extremely nice helpful staff Overall a great place with everyone motivated and doing a good job Nice to see
rooftop bed small rooms, costs compared to other hotels (ie puro)
The friendliness of all the staff and the wonderful roof-top terrace and pool. It is quite minimalist for the high price.
The convenience of being so close to sights, shopping, sea etc, yet very quiet room at night.
Excellent location and nicely restored building with good facilities, very friendly and helpful staff, a charming place that can be highly recommended.
Central position for both shopping, sight-seeing and marina/sea front strolls. Friendly, helpful staff without being intrusive. Very good security given entrance off central side-street, and quiet tranquil haven away from hustle of city centre. I was travelling alone but good for both solo or groups. Really liked this boutique-style hotel and will stay there again.. Access is via a very narrow street officially only for taxis. No parking - best rent a car per day to minimalise underground public car park costs. Not much selection or menu choice (especially for vegetarian) and expensive for poorly presented plate.. eg.Had great lump of houmus surrounded by small bit of pitta bread. But lots of restaurants/bars close-by.
it was very central for where we wanted to be- the rooms are well designed and the bathroom was lovely. unusual design / lovely friendly staff especially Veronica in the bar who was really charming.
Very good location, Wonderful contrast between romantic 16c's appearance and modern interia, Excellent recepcionists, We love this place.
Friendly & helpful staff, great location & very nice room n/a
The staff were very helpful and professional yet very personable. The courtyard is an oasis from the outside heat. The rooms have plenty of smart storage areas to unpack your bag and put all your things away. Dont forget to checkout the terrace and pool.
The location is fantastic. No doors on the bathroom!
location room although superior had no window and water pressure to shower was poor and so shower was difficult to use
Great location in quiet part of town, but only5 mins from the cathedral and 10 mins walk into heart of Old Town bars and restaurants. Fantastic staff. Cool rooms and roof terrace. Great breakfast.
The staff were the most friendly and helpful that we have experianced in a long time
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Paco and Adrian provided excellent service. Roof terrace had beautiful views. Rooms very light, spacious and stylish. Good breakfast. The night porter was very grumpy
Very clean and new interior, quiet hotel, lovely roof terrace, helpful reception staff, great breakfast and breakfast service. Super beds, huge wardrobe with plenty of hangers, bathroom robes and lots of towels. Good spa (steam room, sauna and jacuzzi). No tea-making facilities and no room service/bar service during the afternoon, bar shut in evenings (staff offered to open especially for us) no full length mirror in room, poor selection of toiletries in bathroom. On balance a newly opened hotel still finding its feet - is very good now and could be excellent.
First impression, reception staff was excellent, and they upgarded me to better room, just because they could !! I will go there again, that says all.... Two issues so small, that i will not even mention.
Friendliness of staff , cleaniness of hotel , services provided and the standard of rooms were excellent lack of coffee/tea making facilities in the hotel rooms
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Georgia's Aaron Murray, LSU's Zach Mettenberger, Mississippi's Bo Wallace and South Carolina's Connor Shaw are among the many quarterbacks who have had a good start this season, turning the usually smash-mouth conference into an offensive paradise.
''We're putting so much emphasis on quarterback play, functioning and taking care of the ball in the system in which we're asked to run,'' Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze said. ''I know how hard we worked at it, and I'm sure others have done the same. It seems to me that it's been raised to another level.''
Last week's Manziel-McCarron showdown, whose teams combined for 1,196 total yards in the Tide's 49-42 victory, was the most obvious sign that this might be a banner year for SEC offenses - and especially quarterbacks.
But the gaudy stats are popping up everywhere:
- Georgia's Murray threw for 323 yards against Clemson and 309 yards against South Carolina. He's on pace to become the only SEC quarterback in history to have four straight 3,000-yard passing seasons.
- Mississippi's Wallace threw for 177 yards and two touchdowns, and also ran for 57 yards and a touchdown, as the Rebels walloped Texas 44-23. Wallace hasn't thrown an interception this season.
- LSU's Mettenberger needed just 18 pass attempts to throw for 264 yards and three touchdowns against Kent State on Saturday. He has the highest efficiency rating in the SEC so far this season, completing nearly 65 percent of his passes for 797 yards, nine touchdowns and no interceptions.
- South Carolina's Shaw picked apart Vanderbilt's defense, completing 21 of 29 passes for 284 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 84 yards.
- Even the Mississippi State-Auburn game provided offensive fireworks. Auburn's Nick Marshall threw for a career-high 339 yards and two touchdowns while Mississippi State's Dak Prescott countered with 213 passing yards, 133 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.
Quarterbacks will make this season awfully tough for proud, traditionally stout SEC defenses.
''What I've noticed the most is that quarterbacks now in the SEC are becoming more and more mobile as the years advance,'' Tennessee senior defensive end Corey Miller said. ''I feel like these guys are now able to make plays not only with their arms but with their feet. They're able to get outside the pocket, prolong drives, prolong passing plays.''
Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson agreed, saying the rise of the mobile quarterback has defenses scrambling to make adjustments.
Seven SEC teams averaged at least 30 points per game last season. So far this season, 10 teams are above that threshold.
''There are so many really good dual-threat quarterbacks coming out right now in our conference,'' Johnson said. ''There have been some good ones in the past, but I don't know if there's been as many. It's going to be a challenge.''
The SEC's quality and depth under center has also attracted the attention of NFL scouts.
ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. said the SEC doesn't have a quarterback who is considered a sure-fire first round pick, but at least a half dozen are drawing considerable interest from teams.
He said McCarron, Manziel and Murray are likely to go highest in the draft, but Wallace, Mettenberger and Mississippi State's Tyler Russell - who has been sidelined with a concussion - are also legitimate prospects.
''Obviously, with the level of the competition in the SEC, it's a good league to scout,'' Kiper said. ''They're playing against good defenses and these schools have a history of turning out quality NFL players.''
Wallace said he knows most of the SEC's quarterbacks through summer events like the Manning Camp and developed friendships. One of his habits is peaking at box scores to see how his friends are doing league-wide and he enjoys seeing all the big numbers.
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A federal Labor government could use Commonwealth power over the placement of automatic teller machines as part of a national effort to combat excessive gambling, the Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, has indicated.
He has also criticised around-the-clock access to gambling establishments such as Melbourne's casino.
Mr Latham, who believes much more must be done to control problem gambling, said another federal weapon was control over the internet.
But there had to be a joint state-Commonwealth approach, he said. Mr Latham said the Howard Government had raised expectations by having the Productivity Commission report on gambling, but then "did nothing".
He said ATMs, which come within federal banking powers, arguably should not be in gaming establishments because people losing money could easily get more cash.
Mr Latham also said he did not want to see states become "over-reliant" on gambling revenue, "knowing this might be something that weakens their resolve" to tackle the problem.
"I'm not saying it's happened in the past," he said.
"I want to have a look at their finances in detail." In some areas, states had taken good initiatives to combat the problem. As an example, Mr Latham praised NSW for capping poker machine numbers.
Victoria's acting Treasurer, John Lenders, said: "We are always open to suggestions for helping problem gamblers. The Bracks Government is not against gambling. Our focus is on helping problem gamblers."
Mr Lenders said the State Government had put in place measures to combat problem gambling, including banning gaming-machine advertising.
He welcomed but declined to comment on Mr Latham's proposals.
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wow OP, you seem more interested in maths than some of the people I know who are actually planning to take it as a degree
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Look at thedescripton of modules in undergraduate mathematics courses, then explore what you would find interesting. That way you dont have a time limit on what you are looking at (unlike he undergraduate of those courses) and you will be able to go at your own pace.
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Also, send me a PM with your email address and I will send you a PDF version of Stroud's excellent Engineering Mathematics and Advanced Engineering Mathematics textbooks.
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Shamika's suggestions would seem helpful. In principle there's no reason why you couldn't learn some university maths, in a self-taught way.
On the pure side:
(1) "Transition" from A-level to degree level: The number systems, N, Q, R and C, proof by induction
(2) Sets, functions and relations; the fundamentals of pure mathematics
(3) Sequences and series, followed by an introduction to real analysis
(4) An introduction to abstract algebra; groups, rings and fields (probably slightly focusing on groups), isomorphisms and homomorphisms (of groups rings and fields), isomorphisms and homomorphisms generally
(5) Linear algebra
Those aren't actual names of courses as such, rather a very brief description of courses that might, and do, exist.
But that would be the basics that you would cover in the first two years at a normal uni. Or in Fresher's week at Cambridge.
LOL at "Or in a freshers week at cambridge". I guess this is why they admit the very best!
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I wasn't sure quite where to put this, since it didn't really belong in the A Level Maths forum.
I love Maths. I can sit around and work my way through problems all day long and just genuinely enjoy it - I've done all the A Level Maths I possibly can (Regular, Further and Additional, although additional isn't aggregated past AS since I missed an exam).
I enjoyed Pure the most, followed closely by Mechanics. Statistics could be interesting at S3/S4 level, but Decision was pretty nonsensical outside of topics like Game Theory.
The problem is, I didn't like the idea of the end result of having done a degree in Maths (usually the result is either go into Banking, Economics etc or Teaching - there are very few actual 'academic' positions AFAIK), so I chose a different field to do at undergraduate (along with other reasons).
I was wondering if there was anything I could do beyond A Level that would keep my interest in Maths alive; any books or websites etc to use and problems to do that sort of build on A Level maths and go from there - i.e, they introduce a topic and explain it and give you some problems to solve (I know the dynamic of Maths changes once you get to university in that it isn't particularly about "Here's X - integrate it") - I've done STEP papers in my spare time, but the reality is that they are firmly grounded in A Level Maths - the questions are just a lot more difficult.
I'm not looking to get any qualification in it, or to not focus on my degree and I'm not trying to pretend I would be doing it at / understanding it at the level of someone actually doing a Maths degree, but I would just like to make sure that I have the same passion for Maths in 10 years time, rather than just slowly forgetting it all because it isn't being used.
Thanks for reading.
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Our beloved Cavaliers are in, what NBA experts would term, a "funk." There's no need to dance around it. Indiana obliterated the Wine and Gold on Friday night. New Jersey smushed us on Sunday afternoon. And the Big Fundamental stuck it to the Cavaliers at the buzzer on Monday.
I'll bet Seattle is licking its chops right now. They're thinking the Cavaliers are ripe for the picking, but those zany Sonics don't know what's in store for them at the Gund on Wednesday night. Aside from the usual dosage of TheBron and the large Lithuanian, Seattle can expect a big, wild Brazilian surprise. But we can get back to tonight's win in just a minute.
First, I'd like to be among the first to welcome Dan Gilbert, the Cavaliers new majority Owner, to the wonderful city of Cleveland. I haven't met him yet, but I hear he's very approachable. I'm not ascared either way. My buddy, Wayne, made a ton of bread on this past Super Bowl and his landscaping business has been killing every summer. So people with a lot of money don't frighten the Optimist.
Sure, Dan Gilbert is three years older than me and just bought a sports franchise for $375 billion. Sure, he's got a lovely wife and four great kids. Sure, his other company was ranked in the Top 15 in employee satisfaction and his brother is a successful movie producer. Those are all fine and good, I suppose. But what really impresses me about Dan Gilbert is how much weight this man can bench press.
Word on the street is that Gilbert can put up 310 pounds. Now, to put that in perspective, Senator Herb Kohl, principal owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, held the previous bench press record for NBA owners with an anemic 285 pounds – a number Gilbert shattered at this year's combine. Still, Kohl was one of 30 owners who unanimously ratified Gilbert to take over the Cavaliers' helm. That's why the Senator is one of my favorites.
I'm not going to be one of those employees who start asking for huge perks right off the bat, either. I'm going to work my way up and I'll always have the greater good in mind. For instance, if you're reading this, Mr. Gilbert, I'd like to request that the crowd gets Gorditas instead of Chalupas every time the Cavaliers score over 100 points. And if Cleveland happens to score more than 200 points, as they did against Atlanta a couple times in the first half of the season, I think the crowd should get a bonus MexiMelt.
I realize it'll cost a couple extra bucks, Mr. Gilbert, but I know you're loaded. If this causes you any consternation, my boy Wayne will be glad to take the Cavaliers off your hands. Wayne also fixes Volkswagons, so you can imagine the guy's got some serious coin stashed away. (Not a threat; just an option.)
Well, the new Owner can get back to me at his leisure on those items. Right now, we – and by that I mean you, me and our Cavaliers – have bigger fish to fry. And those fish are called the Seattle Supersonics, owned by the puny Howard Schultz, who makes a damn good cup of coffee, but would lose an arm-wrestling contest to our beloved Owner, ten out of ten.
But that's not the only reason that Cleveland brings home the bacon tonight.
Another one is that TheBron is poised for a monster game. The young man is bursting, I tell you. I'm thinking LBJ triple-doubles for the third time in his career and notches 33 points doing it.
The Sonics are in the second half of a road back-to-back and will be in no mood to deal with Z. The big man continues his reign of terror, going off for 21 points and 13 boards.
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Tonight begins the end of the three-game skein and the first win in what could be an undefeated remainder of the season for the new ownership as Cleveland wins it going away, 101-90. I don't know what would make Dan Gilbert any happier than a 27-0 run to close out his first season at the reigns of the Cavaliers. And I think it can be done.
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Azure Capital executive chairman John Poynton said Mr Wirrpanda's role as a consultant to the Perth-based corporate advisory firm had helped achieve results for miners and indigenous communities in recent years.
"He's been consulting to us for quite a long time in situations involving traditional owners of mining resources, and companies who are negotiating with traditional owners, so both sides of the fence as it were," Mr Poynton said.
"He's really been empowering the traditional owners to move probably beyond the traditional outcome of royalties to equity ownership in projects and ensuring that there's employment opportunities, not just blue-collar employment opportunities but others as well."
One indigenous group said yesterday that developing strong relationships with miners was helping deliver good results for the community. Vince Coulthard, chairman of Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association, a clan that covers 46,000 square kilometres in South Australia's Flinders Ranges region, said the group had been able to negotiate with mining companies "good" native title outcomes.
"It is good for mining companies to development relationships with my people," he said.
Mr Coulthard said the ATLA had been able to negotiate successful outcomes with mining companies.
"The economics (benefits), isn't the thing it's about, it's about protecting the country," he said. "It's a working relationship with the people, not about the money.
"The money is a benefit, a form of compensation for destroying sites."
Mr Wirrpanda will be called upon to help forge closer links with mining communities around Volta's tenements in Burkina Faso, but managing director David Sumich said he was chosen for his success in business rather than his community engagement skills. "It's more about his broader commercial skills," Mr Sumich said.
"But David clearly has a strong background in community engagement and we'll certainly call on that when it's needed."
Despite the step forward, Indigenous Business Council of Australia chairman Neil Willmett pointed out that among the top-100 listed companies on the Australian Securities Exchange there were no indigenous people on any boards.
"There would be less than 50 maybe, on subsidiaries," Mr Wilmett said.
"However, most indigenous Australians tend to sit on not-for-profit boards."
Mr Poynton said Mr Wirrpanda's hectic schedule made it unlikely that he would soon join more mining company boards, but that his role at Volta Mining would serve as a positive example for others.
"We believe that this is the way forward for leaders in the community like David and others to be engaging with a full gamut of commercial opportunities and adding to the work he already does philanthropically," he said.
The former West Coast Eagles star founded the David Wirrpanda Foundation in 2005 to help keep young indigenous kids in school.
The foundation is backed by miners and energy companies including Rio Tinto, Shell and BHP Petroleum.
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Starbucks has launches a pretty major national campaign to energize the product behind a taste test challenge to get its store patrons aware of the new away from home instant coffee. The ads are setting up a national taste test at local Starbucks to see if you can taste the difference between VIa and brewed coffee. The ad is clever enough to not make any claim of taste parity, but are instead saying that "We bet you can't taste the difference". I don't know what they will be brewing, but my hunch is that yes you will taste the difference. I was not at all impressed when I used Starbucks Via earlier this year, and the readers I heard from weren't either. Clever ad campaign, disappointing product.
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tried these VIAs recently as the local
store had them on introductory sale.
as a promotional idea, and a concept,
i think they have more merit than as
a superlative cup of coffee.
that said, i doubt the technoids and marketing
types behind this idea really expected them
to be as good as a good Starbucks coffee.
i did try them on a trip to a remote work site
in Ohio the other week, and for that purpose,
the cup of coffee i got was at least as good
as the black soup which was reheating on the
company kitchen server in their office.
i like the microground concept.
it usually (fine grind) makes a stronger
coffee which is my preference.
as i do travel a lot and am more often
near hot water than a Starbucks store,
i plan on following this going ahead.
maybe if i used their special...Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew 10-oz. Tumbler... i'd get
better results.
i was tempted to add the VIA coffee
to an otherwise mediocre coffee to
double up. will report on that later.
The VIA is a horrible product and not worthy of the Starbucks brand name. Rather than embrace pod coffee makers and market their own they have chosen a path that will lead to more brand erosion


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Strategies from parents who have done it Story by Carol Larson • illustrations by Denise Friant
Kathy Evers met her husband Russ on a volleyball court in 1998. Later that same year, they left the sands of beach volleyball for the sands of Las Vegas. In the heart of Elvis' Chapel of Love, the couple exchanged vows and were pronounced husband and wife. At the time, they dreamed of raising a family but they were in no rush.
"Our plan was to enjoy being married, travel, pay off credit card debt and postpone having children for at least two years," says Evers. But a few months after the wedding, a doctor confirmed that she was pregnant. Without warning-or time to fix their finances-the couple had to give up Plan A and switch to Plan B.
That included moving out of a small apartment in Lisle and buying a three-bedroom house in Wheaton. There they had easy access to relatives, church, parks, retail and restaurants and could provide a long-term, comfortable home for the baby-just like the childhood they both enjoyed. "Russ and I have many memories of playing in a yard when we were kids, and we wanted the same for our children," says Evers.
Plan B was working well-until the baby was born.
"The first year after McKenzie's birth was the most difficult year of my life," recalls Evers. "I couldn't keep up at work or with McKenzie."
She says she remembers coming home, sitting on the couch and wanting to curl up and cry. That year, her back went out and painful migraines followed. Her energy levels hit an all-time low. Finally, at the point when she started to lose a lot of weight, Evers saw a doctor who attributed the symptoms to stress.
"I talked to my husband and we both agreed that something had to change," says Evers.
Because Russ' job as an airline attendant requires him to travel extensively, he was rarely available to relieve Kathy of the pressures associated with taking care of a newborn, managing a home and teaching full-time. After weighing the options, they decided Kathy should quit her job. But with a child, mortgage and credit card debt, they wondered how they could afford to live on one income.
They are hardly alone. U.S. Census Bureau figures show that two-income families earn at least $30,000 more than one-income families. The result is a substantial economic gap. And the gap grows along with the number of children because of the high costs associated with raising a child.
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So how do single-income families make ends meet?
With a strong will and a strict budget.
It's not easy, but it is possible if you follow these money-saving tips and strategies.
• Create a budget based on needs, not wants. Paul Ranieri, financial planner at New Trier Federal Credit Union and adjunct professor of finance at Northwestern University, acknowledges that raising a family can be a challenge. He says: "The media always tells us to buy, buy, buy. This is a big problem. Our consumption habits make it extremely difficult to live off of one income. We associate obtaining products with being worthwhile human beings, so we just consume an enormous amount of stuff."
Most people who lived through the Great Depression seemed to save primarily by budgeting. With this in mind, Ranieri advises his clients to create a sound budget. "It's about getting a grip on your finances and setting up different accounts for every aspect of what you need. Segregate your money according to where it is going to go."
Former Oak Lawn resident Lara Thomas, mother of one, agrees. She streamlines her family's finances by consolidating loans and holds only one credit card. "It is a better way to keep track of what you're buying and how much you're spending."
• Minimize your debt. Living on a single income can be daunting in an era of fast cash, and it is easy to get swept up by offers for pre-approved loans and low-interest credit cards. But self-discipline is the key to keep from sinking into a pit of financial quicksand. One way to reduce your overall debt is to analyze your bills and pay off first the bad debts- those that have higher interest rates and fewer benefits. For example, if you have an extra $50 to spend on bills per month, there will be a greater payoff if you use it to pay down a high-interest credit card rather than adding it to your mortgage payment. Aside from prioritizing your debt, you can further reduce your debt by shopping for lower interest rates. If you have good credit, you may be able to call your credit card lender directly and request a better rate.
• Become a savvy shopper. Savvy shoppers have a system. They often buy in bulk, use coupons, find the sales and take time to research the best prices, even for nonmaterial items such as car insurance and telephone calling plans. Leyda Martinez, mother of two in Evergreen Park, learned how to stretch a dollar after she stopped working. "When we started living off of one income, we had to stop spending money on things we didn't need," she says. "Now, we buy in bulk and stock up on things we use regularly."
In addition, Martinez searches for coupons. "One thing that we do is to call in for coupons," she says. By phoning companies, Martinez says she sometimes receives coupons in the mail worth $10 and some sample products, too.
Buying lower-maintenance products will also reduce overall expenses. For example, clothing that can be washed at home will reduce dry cleaning expenses; landscaping with native plants may save money on water and fertilizers.
• Change your eating habits. After a major airline cut her husband's salary, Christy VanMerkestyn, mother of two in Oak Forest, changed her family's eating habits to save extra money. "If we were running errands, we used to make a quick stop for fast food," she says. "Now, if I know we are going to be out during lunch, I'll plan ahead and make sandwiches for the kids." Doubling the portion of food she makes for dinner and freezing half of it is also a quick way to cut back, she says. "So when my husband goes to work, he doesn't spend money on takeout."
There is a substantial savings when you choose to cook at home. For example, feeding a family of four a chicken entrée, a vegetable and rice can cost as much as $50 including tax and tip-even at a moderately priced, family restaurant. Preparing the same meal at home costs only about $10. That's a saving of as much as $40 per meal. Cutting just one restaurant dinner per week can result in savings of as much as $2,000 a year.
Other ways to save money on food are to reduce your meat consumption, grow your own vegetables and bring your own snacks to movie theaters. Karen Ritter, mother of one in Chicago, says she brings her own beverages and homemade trail mix to the show. "Movie theater popcorn and soda is extremely overpriced and fattening. If I bring my own snacks, my husband and I can save close to $10 and eat healthier food."
• Conserve, reuse and recycle. Conserving resources also saves money. For instance, you can reduce your spending on gasoline by car pooling, creating efficient errand schedules and buying a more fuel-efficient car. Since her husband takes the train to and from work, VanMerkestyn's family downsized one of their vehicles. "We purchased a smaller car and now we get nearly 40 miles per gallon," she says.
Besides conserving resources such as gas, water and electricity, you can save by reusing and recycling materials. Tyrone Martinez-Black, father of one in Oak Lawn, says he no longer buys as many disposable products such as disposable razors and paper napkins. "Instead, we'll get cloth napkins and reusable razors that will last and save us money in the long term," he says. He also recommends using the library and recycling gift bags to cut back on the expenses of buying books and wrapping paper. He says he probably saves hundreds of dollars a month budgeting this way. "Not only do we spend less money, but it is also better for the environment," he says.
• Find entertainment alternatives. After Martinez-Black's wife left the work force in 2000, they had to reevaluate their spending. Among the first things to go were regular trips to the movie theater and cable television. "At first, it was difficult because my wife and I love to watch movies," he says. "Now when we go to the movies, we look forward to it." He adds that even though his family has less money, they still have fun together. "We take advantage of our parks, museums and other local events," says Martinez-Black.
He says the free dance lessons and summer concerts in downtown Chicago keep his family active, entertained and offer great opportunities to hang out with family and friends more often. For vacation, he says he'll go camping or do something within driving distance. "It really boils down to being creative about what you do and a willingness to take the time to look for things."
• Use your skills and talents to supplement your income. In order to make ends meet, some parents find flexible, nontraditional methods for generating extra money. Kathy Evers uses her artistic skills to create crafts, furniture and jewelry. She plans to sell these items via Internet auctions, open air markets, arts and crafts shows, and consignment shops. Christy VanMerkestyn opened an Ebay store and now sells collectibles on the Internet during her spare time. Lara Thomas freelances as an analyst and works from her home. Not only do these activities bring in extra money, they also keep parents connected to the work force.
Cassie Luckinbill, mother of three in Aurora, believes that it is important to stay active while you are unemployed if you plan to return to a regular workweek. "If your resume shows a long period of no activity, you may be at a disadvantage in a competitive job market," she says. "You can stay active by getting involved in professional organizations, taking classes, volunteering, freelancing, etc." Seven years ago, Luckinbill quit her job to stay home with her children. In order to stay connected to her field, she volunteered for a professional organization. Now she works four hours a week as a human resource specialist.
Why work for only four hours? She makes a little money and, she says, "I can keep my foot in the door, stay tied to my field and still have time for my children."
Revisiting the Evers
Four years after the birth of their son, McKenzie, the Evers continue to live on Russ' income in spite of salary concessions and a new addition to the family, their daughter Elaina.
"In the beginning, we flushed out our finances," says Evers. "It was tight, and we had to make huge adjustments." To start, the Evers made their own coffee, ate at home, shopped sales and used coupons. Their goal was to use only cash. And for larger expenses and things they really needed, they put aside emergency money.
Evers says there have been times they've had to rely on family members. She says when Russ' salary was cut, they had to work seasonal jobs to bring in extra money for expenses such as insurance.
"It is difficult to live on less, but for me, it has been worth it," says Evers. "Once you learn to make things work, it definitely becomes easier. You just have to be a little more creative and change your frame of mind."
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Well that was quick. After a week of anticipation for SU's ACC Tournament debut, the Orange bow out after just 40 minutes of lackadaisical action against NC State. The Wolfpack win 66-63 to keep their slim NCAA Tournament hopes alive, while the Cuse head back to Central New York to lick their wounds and await their seed on Selection Sunday.
Once again the offensive numbers are disastrous for Syracuse, specifically in the first half. C.J. Fair is 2-12 from the field. The team as a whole is 7-27. Jerami Grant makes 3 shots, the rest of the team makes 4. NC State holds a 28-25 lead despite not playing well themselves.
State leads most of the second half as well, although the Orange are able to briefly take a 59-57 lead with about 3 and a half minutes remaining. A banked 3-pointer from Ralston Turner just a minute later, however, gives NC State a lead they never relinquish. A frantic final possession for the Cuse sees them go 0-6, including 0-4 from downtown, and ultimately SU is one and done in Greensboro.
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On Nov. 8, the Samsung ATIV S™ Neo lands at AT&T* for $21.00 per month with AT&T Next or $99.99 with a two-year contract. The ATIV S Neo is AT&T's first Windows Phone 8 smartphone from Samsung that takes advantage of the nation's fastest and most reliable 4G LTE network.**
"We are excited to add the Samsung ATIV S Neo with its large, sharp 4.77" HD display and expandable micro SD memory to our best-in-class Windows Phone portfolio," said Jeff Bradley, senior vice president- Devices, AT&T. "The ATIV S Neo brings together Samsung's sleek design, AT&T's blazing fast 4G LTE network and the award-winning Windows Phone 8 operating system. Now, customers can get their favorite features all in a single package."
Customers can choose from more than 175,000 Windows Phone apps, including the full Microsoft® Office suite built in. Enjoy apps and games, plus exclusives like Halo: Spartan Assault, available for download from the Windows Phone Store. Windows Phone also gives users the ability to try out the full version of many paid apps before buying them.
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No Respect For The Little Thing - Poem by Pushkar Bisht
What a beautiful flower in my hand,
I know that God has created it with a noble purpose,
And coloured white and yellow brilliantly,
Shape of the flower is so unique
It has sweet smelling for those who respect it from the heart
It was lying on the road with no respect,
No body gave due respect for this flower
For which it was really deserving,
But when I passed by, To my surprise,
I found this beautiful flower on my way crying
Oh how unfortunate the people are,
Not to see the beauty in the innocent flower
But I know the Almighty has provided me,
With good senses to feel everything
The little flower, I picked up from the road,
I understood the feelings of it in my journey
It was so nice to give me respect by its sweet smelling
Then I gave it to my little friend, asked him to care of it gently
The flower has got the wonderful friendship,
The little boy whom I offered the flower feels the love
Wow, the little boy is happy to get as a wonderful present
Now the flower deserves for what it really is in the world.
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