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A mum of two threw herself to her death after being tormented by toothache.
Janette Warburton was frustrated by medics failing to cure her chronic pain, her husband David has claimed.
An inquest found no gross failure in the 58-year-old doctors' receptionist's care, but David is convinced it stemmed from a cracked filling.
Janette suffered depression and severe anxiety from excruciating pain in her tooth dating back a year which spread to her temple - leaving her able to sleep only an hour a night.
She was admitted to two hospitals for treatment but ended up sending a string of text messages to her husband - one saying: ''It is what it is - the pain is unbearable.
"I haven't slept all night. My body is shutting down. I am being transferred to the heart ward cos they need the bed.''
Ten days after being sent home from hospital, the grandmother, from Blackpool, Lancs, was due to attend a dental appointment to remove one of her teeth but instead climbed to the fifth storey of a nearby car park told a parking attendant who tried to stop her: ''I am going'' before jumping 50 feet to the ground. She died from multiple injuries.
Two notes written by Mrs Warburton were found at her home, including one talking about not wanting to live any more.
Now, after a coroner recorded a verdict of suicide, David has hit out at the healthcare his wife received in the run up to her death.
Although it was suspected the pain stemmed from a cracked filling, he says doctors were unable to diagnose what exactly was wrong with Mrs Warburton and discharged her despite her husband's protests.
Factory worker Mr Warburton, 52, of Blackpool, Lancs, said: ''It seemed the NHS were short of beds, and now I am short of a wife. I was telling doctors how she felt – about the pain, the sleeping and the anxiety because of it.
"They said 'go and see mental health,' – why was that the first thing they offered her? Jeanette rightly said to me 'I am not mental.'
''She was moved around loads and that was really upsetting for her. At one point she was moved to a cardiac ward though it was clear there were no issues with her heart and nobody believed she wasn't sleeping.
"All they did was watch her and give her some medication – nothing that really found out what was wrong. When my wife walked out of the hospital she could barely stand and she was shaking all over."
At an inquest in Blackpool, psychiatrist Gillian Strachan said Janette had received visits from the Lancashire Care Trust's crisis team, amid concerns about her mental health.
But she cancelled the visits following her discharge from hospital. She said while Mrs Warburton had been depressed she had denied having any intention of suicide.
Blackpool and Fylde coroner, Alan Wilson said there was no evidence of any ''gross failing'' in Mrs Warburton's care.
But her widower insisted: ''I really feel she has been let down by the NHS. She should not have been let out of hospital.
"She was clearly not ready to be sent home and a lack of beds and staff is no excuse. It seems she was picked on by the hospital to get rid of for a bed for someone else.
''Something needs to change so this never happens to anyone else's wife, mother or child. Janette's seven month old grandchild will never get to know her.
"My wife was a lovely, chatty bubbly person. She loved cycling, going on holiday, spending time with friends.
"She changed over the course of a few months so she was unrecognisable all because of a tooth and head ache which started a course of self-destruction.
'''She was a brilliant mum and fantastic wife. We have spent 30 years together and she is the love of my life and it is so hard to be without my best friend.
"She was the life and soul."
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Coffee company carves niche in caffeinated market
Just a year after going into business, Cabo Coffee employs 25 people at five locations and has big plans for expansion.
ANCHORAGE – Molly Bates' career in coffee began with a four-cup-a-day habit and a love for business.
Today, Cabo Coffee includes four drive-through huts and plans for a new café inside City Hall. In the community where coffee stands line every major roadway, the burgeoning new brand has managed to carve its own niche in an already-saturated market.
"Business is just really fun for us," said Molly, who also operates several medical businesses with her husband, Kyle Bates.
From an unassuming office tucked into a Tudor Road strip mall, the couple described how it all began. Molly would buy several specialty coffee drinks every day. Kyle would add up the receipts. Maybe they should open their own coffee stand, they mused. Kyle surfed Craigslist for huts for sale, and the more they considered the idea, the more realistic it seemed.
It was August by the time they bought their first shop – an old stand on the corner of Spenard and Minnesota. Two months later, they were open for business.
The journey was only just beginning.
Through a combination of strategic branding, targeted customer engagement and business savvy cultivated through years of experience, Cabo Coffee took off. Just a few months later, the Bates' were on the hunt for a second stand. Then, a third.
"I looked at it like, you know what, I'm gonna try and take the market," Kyle said.
By the summer of 2013, less than a year after opening up for business, Cabo Coffee was operating four stands from South Anchorage to Government Hill.
When the small coffee shop space on the first floor of City Hall opened up for lease shortly thereafter, the Bates saw yet another opportunity.
"It's been a lot of legwork," Molly said. "A lot of knowing who to talk to."
But the legwork paid off. With 25 employees and steady, daily business, Kyle said his company's secret to success was simple, albeit surprising.
"I'm not really worried about anyone else," he said.
Not Kaladis, not Café Del Mundo, not Common Grounds or any of the other drive-by stands dotting street corners and parking lots around Anchorage.
Molly said her company focuses on delivering consistent customer service and a quality product from accessible locations. Customers come to expect things like chocolate-covered espresso beans on cup lids and coupons for local businesses printed on cardboard sleeves, and Cabo employees are rewarded for their success by financial incentives and other perks.
She said the company aimed to become a desirable brand, not just another quick cup.
"It's a different attitude, but I think it appeals to people," she said.
While data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows more than 50 percent of small businesses fail within the first five years, Kyle Bates said his company still had big plans for upward expansion.
"Honestly, my goal is to have 10 to 15 of these bad boys," he said.


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Westerdam - Alaska: Westerdam Cruise Review by bitbearmi
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Westerdam - Alaska
Destination: Alaska
Embarkation: Seattle
It has long been a dream of my sister to enjoy an Alaska Cruise and had decided that this would be the perfect way for her and her husband to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. My brother and I, veteran cruisers, would join them. When searching for itineraries, my sister found the "Quilting for Christmas" cruise sponsored by Quilt Camps at Sea. Since my sister is an avid quilter, this would combine the sights of Alaska with her favorite hobby. Because of this targeted cruise, we didn't really explore other cruise lines and routes and went along with the group.
That said, I can't say enough good things about the Quilt Camp organizers. They were very helpful in handling any and all requests and coordinating things with the cruise line. (For past cruises I have More used a major internet agency and have been very happy with the services and prices I've received, but that's a separate topic altogether).
So our group consisted of 4 adults in two cabins (8032 & 8030). As I have developed mobility problems over the past few years, the travel agent suggested that we would be more comfortable with a handicap stateroom with a standard adjacent verandah cabin. We were able to open the partition between the two verandah's throughout the cruise allowing us to have a very large balcony to use in enjoying the Alaskan views.
As for past cruises, we sailed together as a group to the Eastern Caribbean on the NCL's SS Norway several years ago. My brother and I have sailed a Mexican cruise on NCL and 3 Caribbean cruises on several of Princess' Grand Class ships.
Since we were all flying from different cities, we flew into Seattle the day prior to the cruise and scheduled our flights to meet around the same time.
After collecting our luggage we had arranged ground transportation to our hotel and the cruise port the following day with Airport Direct Shuttle (airportshuttledirect.com). They have an option of using a Chevy Suburban instead of a standard limo which was able to accommodate four "plus size" adult passengers, our 8 pieces of luggage and my large bariatric rollator walker.
Our efficient driver dropped us the pre-cruise hotel we had arranged, the Best Western Pioneer Square (pioneersquarehotel.com). This historic refurbished hotel had a good location for taking in some of the sights of the pioneer square area including the Seattle Underground tour and many interesting shops including the famous Seattle Mystery Bookstore. A number of good restaurants are within short walking distance from the hotel. The hotel offered a continental style breakfast with the room. Unfortunately the hotel is very small and the breakfast area was not well stocked and was quite crowded. Given the close proximity to any downtown hotel to the cruise ports and price of this "boutique" hotel, I would probably invest in staying somewhere more mainstream and up-scale if we were to do this again.
On the morning of the cruise at the cruise terminal porters were a bit hard to flag down from our shuttle. (This contrasts to the Princess dock in Ft. Lauderdale where there were so many luggage handlers they practically fight over customers to get tips.) Once inside the cruise terminal the "expediters" recognized that both my sister and I needed handicap assistance and had us wait in a special "chair-line" for people who can't stand in their feet. This is really nice, but not surprising since HAL has a reputation for catering to senior passengers.
The expediters were very nice and bar stewards from the ship walked around serving cups of water and juice to passengers as they waited in chairs and lines to check in. There was a bit of discussion with the expediters and the terminal folks to determine if they had the correct size of bariatric wheelchair to assist me in embarkation. Unfortunately they did not, and after a rather long wait I was required to walk up the exceedingly long gangway to board this ship. My sister, who can use a standard wheelchair was taken directly on board and assisted directly to the lido buffet for lunch. My brother accompanied me in the long walk and we met up with them at the buffet about 20 minutes later). Bottom line - the accessibility of the gangway in Seattle is fair-to-poor for people with physical challenges.
Our VA Class verandah staterooms were located on the forward port side of the ship quite close to the forward elevator lobby. Our stateroom, 8032, was a handicap room which provided ample space for movement around the room with the minimum 30" clearance around all fixtures and doors. This means that my rollator walker could be pushed basically anywhere in the room, into the lavatory, or through the door and out onto the verandah. The accessible lavatory had no tub but an integrated shower, toilet, vanity area with very efficient floor drains that generally kept the toilet/vanity area dry when the shower curtain was pulled. Handrails, the ADA height toilet, and fold-down shower stool were all extremely sturdy and well designed. The hose on the hand-held shower was somewhat worn which caused it to "kink" when held in some positions. One towel hook was broken on the door of the lavatory and our stateroom door also failed to close completely automatically requiring us to check the security of the door each time we entered and left the room. Although we didn't complain about either of these items, our cabin steward must have reported them because they were both fixed mid-cruise.
The handicap stateroom contrasted with the adjacent standard stateroom in that the standard room was about 30% narrower allowing for very little room to pass at the foot of the bed. The standard room included a sofa seating area while the handicap room had two chairs and small dining table. The standard stateroom lavatory was just slightly smaller and had a tub with shower in the tub. Lavatories are equipped with toiletries from the Steiner spa's Elemis lines that are very nice. Unfortunately it did not seem that items would be replenished throughout the cruise without specifically asking the room steward. (On past cruises, new toiletries were presented each day). Both rooms were equipped with a dressing table and 19" television and a mini/bar refrigerator. We brought 4 12-packs of diet coke on board in separate luggage bags checked just for this purpose and emptied the mini-bars into the bag and replaced it with the coke.
We informed our cabin steward the location of the mini-bar items. One disappointment was that we had to reset the mini-bar ourselves and did not have use of it during the last day of the cruise as it is locked for inventory the first thing in the morning on Day 6.
One thing I will commend HAL on, which has been noted by others, is the beds. These are the most comfortable beds that I have experienced on any cruise ship. Being a linen "snob" I recognized and appreciated that high-thread count linens were used on the bedding, also adding to the extra comfort. The beds have an integrated drawer at the foot which is used by the room steward to store extra blankets, etc. So they are unavailable for guest usage. Despite that, behind the drawer area there is room underbed for luggage storage. This is a good thing because the two closets provided were quite small.
In comparing the stateroom with the standard balcony stateroom on the Princess Grand Class ship, I would say that the handicap room was approximately the same size as the standard Princess room and the standard room was considerably smaller.
Ship Layout / Public Rooms
The Westerdam has three elevator lobbies with quite fast elevators. The forward and aft elevator lobbies each have four elevators with a coordinated "call" system. (Pushing the call button will bring any one of the four elevators.) At midship there are 6 elevators. Two scenic elevators each on the port and starboard sides and two central internal elevators. The call buttons are coordinated only with the elevators at the specific area, even though they share the same "lobby". The scenic elevators only had access to decks A - 9, while the central mid-ship elevators accessed deck 10 as well. One of the challenges of any ship is figuring out which elevators go to which levels.
Public rooms are found on Deck 1 - The Main Deck, Deck 2 - Lower Promenade, Deck 3 - Promenade, Deck 9 - Lido and Deck 10 - Observation.
On Deck 1 public areas are limited to the central atrium area that houses the atrium bar, front desk, and shore excursion desk. The Atrium area on the ship which extends across three levels (Deck 1,2 and 3) is actually quite small. It is really somewhat difficult to look down from Deck 3 to Deck 1 and see anything. This contrasts with Princess' Grand class ships where the area, despite also being only 3 levels, seemed very open and inviting. This is all due to the fact that the Vista-class HAL ships are significantly narrower at mid-ship than the similarly sized Princess Grand Class ship. This creates all sorts of problems across the entire ship with the size and feel of public spaces.
The forward area of Deck 2 is dominated by the Vista Lounge (the "show theatre"). This is really confusing to a lot of passengers since the theatre at the forward area is called "Vista" and the dining room at the aft is also called "Vista" (i.e. Vista Lounge vs. Vista Dining Room). The main floor of the Vista Lounge is quite accessible. I really like the fact that HAL has chosen to use primarily banquet seating over the tiny theatre style seats used exclusively on Princess. When I traveled on Princess my "girth" forced me to use a barstool at the very back of the theatre whereas I could have sat nearly anywhere in the Vista Lounge - a big plus. The large theatre has excellent sight lines on Level 2. The balcony on level 3, however, is obstructed in numerous areas by support poles creating "dead zones" in the seating and annoying people who get "stuck" sitting there.
The next area aft on Deck 2 is the casino/piano bar area. The casino is quite small and smokey. One plus is that HAL has one night designated as "non-smoking" night in the casino for those who are bothered by the abundant smoke in that area. The adjacent piano bar is strangely decorated in an off-putting yellow and purple motif but offers different types of music being played each night. I really liked the small, but upbeat sports bar that followed that area. Next forward is the Queen's Lounge/Culinary Arts Center. No culinary presentations were scheduled in the center during our tour, but I did see the really bad looking kitchen set (you'll see better stuff on the food network). The room is also really small for the types of shows and events that are scheduled there. I went to Digital Photography seminar there that packed the room. A late-night comedian show held later in the trip was standing room only and the dance floor was filled with cheap folding chairs. Really "un-elegant". They also showed movies there during the week, but the movie times and titles were difficult to find. This room is also very inaccessible for people in wheelchairs or requiring a mobility device. The aisles are very narrow and once you get to a place where you can "park" your device you can't sit in it because it will block an aisle making any programming in this area unreasonable for handicap passengers.
Directly behind the Queens lounge, with entrances on either side, was the flashy Northern Lights disco/bar. I really didn't explore this area so can't comment on its decor or how it was used.
Half of the atrium level on deck 2 is used for the Windjammer Cafe which servers at-cost coffee and smoothie beverages along with "free" pastries and confections. The remainder of the atrium is contains the Pinnacle Grill and Bar. This area was actually pretty large for a premium dining venue, but the fact that it takes up more than 1/2 of the atrium area and is closed much of the time really limits what could be a very attractive useful public space.
Continuing back across deck 2 is the Art Gallery where featured Art and the office of the Park West at Sea art auction is located. If you transact any business at the daily art auctions that monopolize the Ocean Bar on Deck 3 most days, you'll go here in the evening to "close" your deal. Beyond that is the Explorer's lounge. A less "gaudy" version of the Piano bar on the same level. What strikes me most about both the Piano Bar and the Explorers lounge is how HAL has chosen to make these long narrow spaces instead of large square spaces. Again, it adds to a claustrophobic feeling that dominates the entire ship and makes featured entertainment events like "team trivia" difficult for the entertainment staff to administer because they have to walk from one end of the space to the other to see participants. It also makes these events less interactive with the other passengers because you really can't see all the people you're competing/playing the games with.
The aft part of decks 2 and 3 are dominated by the Vista Dining room. This two-story area houses all of the tables for the standard-assigned dinner seatings on the Westerdam. We had the first seating in the Upper (Deck 3) Portion of the dining room as did everyone else in our "Quilting" group. I'll discuss dining more later.
Of course the outside of Deck 3 - the Promenade deck, is the place where you can walk around the entire ship on the teak promenade and view the ocean from the various deck seats and lounges that line the promenade. Moving aft from the balcony access to the Vista Lounge you will find the conference rooms (where the various sewing classes for the quilters where held), the Internet Center, and the Java Cafe. The Java Cafe is normally another "Coffee House" like the Windjammer on the deck above, but because of the quilters using the conference rooms this was used for the various computer classes that are normally held in the conference rooms. Nearby you will also find the Erasumus Library. This attractive room is rather large compared to other cruise ship libraries and has nice well lit desks and comfortable seating. Next up are the "Signature Shops" which offer the various duty free items that are common to cruise ships.
Since the shopping area encroaches on the normal pathways to the atrium, it becomes pretty congested at night and really forces you to "shop" if you are traversing the deck. The good thing about the shops is that the prices and service are very good. I bought a wonderful Citizen watch which the staff gladly sized to my large wrist with extra links and got a better price that a similar watch I purchased at a shop in St. Thomas a few years earlier. My sister also bought a very lovely ring at a reasonable price. What is strange about the shops is that they didn't seem to have an area selling sundry type items I've found on other ships (simple medicines, sewing kits, tissues, candy, etc.)
The Deck 3 Atrium was dominated primarily by the Ocean Bar which was used almost exclusively for the Art Auctions. Again, this limited egress around what would normally be rather attractive public space, but that was all cleared out in the evenings. The standard photo gallery lined the area from the Atrium to the upper level of the Vista Dining Room on Deck 3.
The forward area of Deck 9 is dedicated to the Greenhouse spa which offers the standard Steiner suite of services and a "thalasso therapy" pool which could be used only with an extra cost subscription from the spa. (This contrasts with the Lap Pool and Saunas on Princess Grand Class ships which, while located in the spa, are accessible to all guests without an additional fee).
The central pool area follows with tables lining both sides and a retractable cover which is, of course, closed during Alaska trips. This makes gives the area the standard pool "chlorinated" smell. While I did not use the pools, it is my understanding that the pools on HAL are saltwater as opposed to the Freshwater pools used on the Princess ships. What did impress me about the central pool layout was that it did seem like it would be relatively easy to use if you had limited mobility. The pool did not have the wheelchair "dipper" found on the Princess ships for passengers with no mobility, and pool entry was not "zero depth". What was different than other pools I have seen is that rather than using "climb up" pool ladders, access to the pools was done with teak steps that were wide like standard stairs and you could descend down to the shallow end of the pool without the need to "pull" yourself up a ladder.
The port side of the pool features the Ocean grill which has a taco/mexican bar and a hamburger/hot dog/pizza station. On the starboard sid of the pool is the pool bar.
Following from midships toward the aft on Deck 9 is the Lido Buffet which offers identical service areas on the Port and Starboard sides. The final aft area is the adult pool which is open to the aft of the ship and is for "adults only" and is uncovered. This area was not used frequently for the Alaska itinerary because, well, its just too cold.
Deck 10 is the home of the Crow's Nest lounge. This is a very large space with the best forward views from the ship. It is dominated by a large dance floor and a small bar on one side and bandstand on the other. Banquet seating extends around the sweeping windows and tables also arc the dance floor. It is notable that only this bar and the pool bar are the only bars that are consistently staffed both day and evening. Slightly aft from the Crow's nest lounge is the clubby Oak Room which offers an indoor/outdoor cigar bar atmosphere and is apparently pretty popular in the evenings. Most of the rest of Deck 10 is an observation deck with deck chairs and lounges and great views. At midships the elevator will take you to the area where the "Club HAL" activities for younger cruisers are found.
There are basically five choices for dining on the Westerdam - Main Seating dining in the Vista Dining Room, Specialty Dining in the Pinnacle Grill, Buffet Dining in the Lido Cafe, Buffet Dining in the Ocean Cafe by the Pool, and Room Service.
The Vista Dining room is open for Breakfast, Lunch, and High Tea with open seating. The hours for table service of breakfast and lunch are quite limited with breakfast being served only from 8 - 9:30 and lunch for 12 - 1. Since these times conflict with many activities, it makes the dining room service of these meals almost completely impractical. On Princess we really enjoyed dining room breakfast, but could only make the limited hours once on the Westerdam during the trip. In the dining room we found the breakfast service to be very spotty. Passengers were seated at the very farthest end of the dining room from the door and the breakfast menu was actually quite limited, and extremely poorly executed. I ordered eggs benedict which was topped with less than a teaspoon of cold hollandaise sauce on each runny poached egg. My brother ordered a sausage and cheese omelette and was served a cheese omelette. Pointing out that it was incorrect, the dining steward brought him a plate of 4 brown-and-serve style sausages over 30 minutes later. The selection of danishes and pastries were unappetizing and sub-standard. Toast was served cold. Later in the day all three of us (my sister was in sewing class and did not eat breakfast in the dining room) experienced different levels of abdominal distress which we attributed to the poor preparation of breakfast.
We rarely eat lunches while cruising, sticking mostly with a breakfast and the dinner feasts. On the couple of occasions where we did eat lunch we made selections from the lido buffet. The buffet meanders with different stations stretching from midships to the aft pool area. There really isn't one concentrated buffet but really 5 separated areas labeled "italian", "bistro", "dessert", "salads", and "deli". To create a meal you literally may need to walk in and out of dining areas to access each of these station all while carrying your tray. This is a nightmare for disabled passengers, and there was spotty service from the servers in this area to assist people. To prevent ship-bourne illness, the buffet stations are cafeteria style requiring that each selection be individually served and plated by the staff. At peak hours this creates long lines congesting an already poorly designed setup. Since I found it difficult to traverse the entire width of the dining area to view the selections I basically only ate salads that I could describe to my family member how to configure with common ingredients.
On our evening in port at Juneau our shore excursion returned too late for us to make it to our standard dining room seating so we were forced to eat at the Lido for dinner. We didn't think anything of it since we had read that there was an area in the Lido that was dedicated to table service for those who did not want to follow the dining room dress codes. When I asked the dining captain about that advertised policy I was told that "that didn't work out so we don't do that anymore". So we could not have the standard dining room selections and ate the lido selections for the evening which were (drum roll) the same courses served in the dining room the PRIOR evening. We basically had the same dinner (pretty decent prime rib - but the same thing) that we had the night before. My sister had the spaghetti from the italian station which she found quite delicious.
Breakfast and lunch, when we did have lunch, were relegated to room service. Room service breakfast is ordered from a card you place on your door the night before. There are no other breakfast options (the room service menu refers you to the card). You check off what you want for a selection of fruits, breads, cereals. The only hot choices were fried eggs or omelettes and a choice of ham, bacon, or sausage. Has browns were not listed as a selection, but if you ordered any "meat" you got one Arby's-style potato cake tossed in if you wanted it or not. For lunch, dinner, or snacks you could call from the room service menu. Any request that was not on the menu is automatically denied. Example: My brother-in-law wanted a tuna salad sandwich on wheat bread. The menu had a "tuna melt with cheese". Basically he wanted it with no cheese unmelted. The person taking the order said it wasn't on the menu, but he'd ask the chef.
Over our time on the ship we placed approximately 10 - 12 room service orders between our two rooms. Every single order, whether it was written on the breakfast request card or phoned in, was delivered with wrong or missing items. Hot items were invariably cold. Cold items were invariably warm. "Delicious Hot Cocoa" consists of a pot of hot water and packets of swiss miss for you to mix yourself.
The star of the culinary experience on the Westerdam was dinner in the Main Dining room. In general you could get all you wanted of (with one big exception) expertly prepared food.
The dishes tended on the blander side and our table was mysteriously absent of salt or pepper every night (we'd have to ask for it). For a "fixed" seating venue it took our waiters longer that I'd experienced on previous cruises to get our preferences down (like the fact that we wanted salt & pepper on the table). By the third night coffee, iced tea, or sodas as each preferred were waiting. (I mean it is nice to have someone note these preferences and execute them, but when you've been on other cruise lines where the waiters ask about this the first night and are able to follow through on nights 2 - 7 makes it noticeable that it took the waiters until the third night to do the same which seems a little "off" to me). In a bit of a change, the wine/bar steward at dinner was really attentive - going above and beyond the call of duty. This was the first time in 5 cruises where I thought the wine/bar steward actually deserved an extra tip.
As I mentioned before, the food itself was uniformly good. The portions were uniformly small - but you could always order extra helpings of anything that appealed to you. The only major problem we had was with the lobster at the "Farewell Dinner". One of my sister's two lobster tails was raw. I'm not talking undercooked, mind you, but actually raw - the shell had not changed to its signature red color and the lobster flesh was still somewhat translucent instead of white it should be when it reaches the minimum level of doneness. This should have been noticed by the line chefs or the waiter and serving it was not only unappetizing once the lid was lifted off the plate, but could have been very dangerous if eaten.
Bar Service
In other areas bar service was sorely understaffed. It seemed impossible to get a waiter to bring you anything, and if you decided to use your "coke" card, forget being served again. They seemed keenly aware that the best service should go to the people drinking the most expensive items. So even if you wanted to switch from a "coke" to a "Long Island Ice Tea" you couldn't do it because you had coke first. Its just bad form. On our past Princess cruises we purchased the "coke card" which consisted of a sticker attached to you cruise ID that entitled you to unlimited fountain drinks. On HAL they issue you a punch card for $18 good for 20 servings. Your card had to be punched each time you were served. Since we actually purchased the card on the gangway all the servers were "turned off" that they couldn't get the spiff on the first day for selling the card. I used my punch card 4 times because I couldn't get servers to assist me. That basically means I paid $5 a piece for fountain beverages. This entire system may just be problematic because of differences between Caribbean cruises (where people drink lots of fruity stuff all the time and they need lots of servers) to an Alaska Cruise (where you're just as likely getting someone asking for cocoa or coffee as you are the occasional bar drink).
Cruises provide a variety of outlets for entertainment. The most visible are the splashy vegas-style shows that are held in the theatre venue (the Vista Lounge in the case of the Westerdam) to more intimate shows or performers in the various lounges and bars. Entertainment can also be found in activities directed by the Cruise Director and his staff including hosted board games, trivia games, dancing lessons, lectures, etc. Warm weather cruises also feature a variety of pool-centric activities.
The glue that holds entire entertainment staff together is the Cruise Director and the way he or she motivate their staff. The Westerdam's cruise director, Steve Gayda, was by far the worst cruise director of any cruise I have taken. He was visible only at the large events as the brief host and I never, ever, saw him mingle with passengers on the ship. This is the first cruise (and mind you there were much larger passenger counts on my previous voyages) where I never actually met the cruise director in person at some point during the voyage. He was virtually invisible, along with his staff.
Our favorite activity during cruises is to participate in Trivia and "Game Show" events. On both Princess and NCL these were hosted at least twice a day by enthusiastic cruise staff. On the Westerdam, the once-a-day trivia events were treated like "chores" by the entertainment staff. In fact each of the trivia sessions were about 25% repeats of questions from previous sessions. The staff did nothing to generate enthusiasm about the event or to foster camaraderie among the passengers. I do have to make one notable exception, which is the cruise staff member Mike Soprano who ran the trivia on the last day of the cruise. He knew how to work a crowd and researched interesting and unique questions. You can tell he really likes his job, unlike all the others who acted like bored camp counselors.
The sailing included two "vegas-style" production shows entitled "Grand Tour" and "Stage and Screen". These were very entertaining shows which made the most of the elaborate staging available in the Vista Lounge. The singers and dancers were very good and seemed to enjoy their jobs. There was also a performance by a Comedian/Juggler, a Comedian/Magician, and a Featured Singer. The Comedian/Magician also hosted what was billed as a "bawdy adults only comedy show" late one night in the congested (as mentioned before) Queen's Lounge. Despite the "adults only" moniker, the short, amusing (not hilarious) show was more of a PG-13 affair than the "R-Rated" program it was billed to be.
Again, we were really disappointed with the number a variety of entertainment options compared to previous sailings, but then I can't be sure that these weren't toned down because of the many affinity groups that were booked on the cruise with their own agendas. In addition to the Quilters, there was also a large group of "Senior Bachelors" and "Nursing Professionals" that were holding their own events throughout the sailing, perhaps monopolizing venues that might have been used for normal activities.
With the lack of the types of activities that we normally frequent, we did choose to attend an art auction, which we usually avoid. This was actually pretty interesting, although I was surprised at the high price of the pieces shown. (They averaged $1000 up for starting bids). I did locate one serigraph I would have liked which was actually reasonably priced. Unfortunately for the HAL cruises all pieces are sold framed as displayed. I hated the frame on the piece and would have to buy the existing frame and have it re-framed at additional cost. Since framing is a good portion of the cost of the art I didn't feel that it was fair to pay for two frames and chose not to make a purchase. The auction did include free champagne, snacks, and if you stuck around to the end you had an opportunity to win some pretty substantial gift certificates. Each person also received a very nice signed lithoserigraph.
To keep track of all the events available on the ship a daily schedule was printed and delivered with the nightly turn-down service. While informative, there were numerous typographical errors in every edition often listing events at completely wrong times or in incorrect locations. On Day 4 included frequent references to the next port being Ketchikan, while this sailing substituted Prince Rupert for Ketchikan.
Ports of Call
Day 1 - Sea day. Nothing to see but sea and some land. It was very foggy and cool on the decks. Make sure you've got some warmer clothes for your Alaska trip!
Day 2 - Cruising Glacier Bay. It started out with an overcast morning and early in the day as we entered Glacier Bay the ship was board by a US Park Service Naturalist and a Native American Cultural representative. These people provided cruise narration throughout the day that could be heard on the outside decks and verandahs. We were very lucky because as we approached the first of many glaciers the sky cleared up and we had the rare beautiful sunny day to view everything. It was spectacular! The vistas were breathtaking. When we approached the highlight of the tour, the 2-mile wide 800-foot high Marjorie Glacier I was amazed at how we passed remarkably close to the face and were able to hear the roar and see the splace of ice calving from the face of the Glacier which moves 8 feet per day and constantly regenerates from its mountainous confines. Absolutely awe inspiring! I would highly recommend an itinerary that includes Glacier Bay.
Day 3 - Juneau. Here is the deal about Juneau which you find out from the natives when you get there. Average temperatures are from the 30s to 60s year round and it rains constantly. There are only 44 clear days per year, and by clear they mean these are days when it doesn't rain -- it doesn't mean it gets sunny which is even more rare. So our day in Juneau was one of their very rainy and windy days which resulted in many disappointments for people with helicopter-based shore excursions which don't fly if the winds or rains are too extreme. (The floatplane trips did apparently still fly). Fortunately for us we opted to take the Whale Watching and Wildlife Quest tour run by Allen Marine. After about a 20 minute bus ride north of Juneau with an excellent driver to explained all of the local sights we boarded a modern comfortable and accessible tour boat to view whales, sea lions, and bald eagles. The tour promises that you will see at least one whale or your money back. This is easy to do because the bay is the seasonal feeding ground for humpback whales. Our very lucky tour allowed us to see nearly a dozen whales. We were able get a rare sight of a mother and calf humpback in addition to a group of 4 adults who did a "synchronized swim" for us that was amazing! We also saw an island covered with cute sea lions and bald eagles perched off in the hills. This tour was really wonderful and I'd highly recommend it.
Day 4 - Sitka. Sitka has shallow docks, so tendering is required to visit this port. Because of this, only my brother and brother-in-law chose to go ashore. They enjoyed walking around the city and visited the Raptor Center choosing to walk there instead of taking the shuttle bus.
Day 5 - Prince Rupert. This itinerary substituted Prince Rupert for Ketchikan which was the normal port. Prince Rupert is a really small cannery town located at the very northern part of British Columbia. Since the town is not a big cruise-ship port, it had some additional charm by having more local artisans and fewer "tourist" type places.
Day 6 - Sea/Victoria. Again, because of the distance from the ship to transportation I did not go ashore after dinner in Victoria. The rest of the party did, however and really enjoyed their short time in what appears to be an extremely beautiful city.
Day 7 - Disembarkation.
Disembarkation was relatively smooth since we were in the first group going ashore. We chose to rent a car and do some independent touring of Seattle prior to our red-eye flights home to Detroit.
The trip was extremely worthwhile due to the fabulous sights in Glacier Bay and Juneau. The staff of the Westerdam was generally friendly, but overall service and food quality was spotty and inconsistent. Public areas of the ship while generally attractive, are poorly laid out and lack good accessibility. Excellent dinner selections were marred by sub-par breakfast, lunch, and lido-buffet services. The entertainment and cruise director staff were aloof and less friendly than previous cruises. Unless you are part of the affinity group (as we were) I would find it hard to recommend this HAL ship when there are other options in this competitive market. Less
Published 10/02/06
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What's the best way for an American manager to track the quality of work done thousands of miles away from headquarters?
Mary Kissel, CareerJournal
June 11, 2004
Keeping track of what expatriates do while working in foreign countries can sometimes present big challenges to U.S.-based managers. Given the expense of sending employees overseas, the issue of expatriate accountability is being raised more frequently within U.S. companies.
One way to address this concern is to ensure that expatriates receive clear instructions and understand the goals they're expected to achieve during their foreign stints. The second is to manage them effectively, say mobility experts.
Bill Maxwell, an executive vice president and managing director with Cendant Mobility in Danbury, Conn., counsels U.S. companies on how to manage expatriate staff. He also is in charge of the consulting firm's own 12 expatriates. When managing these overseas employees, "I believe in the three Cs," he says. "Communicate, communicate, communicate... I don't know any company or corporation that 'over-communicates' with its people."
Mr. Maxwell, 50, connects with his team abroad through frequent e-mails, one-on-one phone calls, and conference calls. Keeping tabs on overseas staffers using these high-tech methods is easy and relatively inexpensive. For Mr. Maxwell, though, there's no substitute for face-to-face talks. He regularly jumps on a plane and visits Cendant's employees abroad. "Our CEO and I firmly believe that it's better to have us continually cycling through our facilities globally," he says. "You get a better sense of what's going on."
Set Goals Before They Leave
Still, the most important issue is an expatriate's ability to achieve the desired results for the parent company while living and working overseas. U.S.-based managers must be accountable for the results of their employees, while the expats themselves should be held responsible for reaching their goals. So what's the best way for an American manager to track the quality of work done thousands of miles away from headquarters?
The first step is to set the expatriates' expectations and goals before they leave the U.S., says Brenda Fender, an Atlanta-based director of global initiatives for Worldwide ERC, an association for relocation professionals headquartered in Washington, D.C. She advises U.S. managers to write "assignment letters" defining an expat's mission abroad explicitly. The letter should say, "here's what it [your assignment] means to you, here's what your cash will look like, here's the system in which you'll go for merit reviews," she explains.
Once the expat is settled overseas, making sure that U.S.-based managers' instructions are crystal clear is what counts, says Priscilla Wisner, a professor of global business at Thunderbird's Garvin School of International Management in Glendale, Ariz. "The looser you are, the fuzzier you are, the more room for interpretation [and] for misinterpretation," says Dr. Wisner, who specializes in "organizational control" issues confronting global corporations. If objectives and expectations are well-established from the outset, managers at headquarters can more easily assess progress toward those goals during the assignment without constantly checking up on the employee. What's more, have the expat review his or her job description on an annual basis, say mobility experts.
Talk with Local Managers
It's also important to communicate regularly with local nationals who manage expatriates overseas. This practice has two benefits; first, it helps to train foreign managers and spread "best practices" globally. Second, it ensures that expatriates have a communication lifeline to the home office, by having a manager or mentor back home to whom they can voice concerns or turn to for career advice. Many firms that neglect this latter point see valuable, experienced expatriates jump ship to other companies that are more attentive to their needs.
"I personally believe that you have to watch them throughout the assignment and make sure that the company [headquarters] doesn't forget about them," says Carolyn Gould, a principal with PricewaterhouseCoopers Human Resource Services in Florham Park, N.J.
United Parcel Service Inc. in Atlanta has integrated this advice. "Ten years ago, we were just sending [expats] over," says John Valeri, vice president of international human resources for the global package-delivery company. "As we've matured and progressed, we're sending them out with a purpose in mind, to fill a need."
Over the years, Mr. Valeri and his associates developed a streamlined career-progression path for UPS expatriates, including an extensive orientation program that defines the terms of their assignments. Once the expat is abroad, Mr. Valeri keeps in constant phone and e-mail contact with the local manager, who tracks the expat's performance closely.
UPS also keeps a comprehensive database of expatriate employees' skills to help U.S.-based managers, such as Mr. Valeri, plan their future career paths. "We have a whole career-development process in place," he says. "We've become more sophisticated."
It Takes a Personal Touch
But despite consistent long-distance communication, it's hard for U.S. managers to understand fully an expatriate's environment without seeing it themselves, says Mr. Maxwell. Some might argue that the need to make personal visits is outdated, thanks to e-mail and Web-based audio- and video-conferencing ability. After all, why get on a plane if you can roll out of bed, flip on your computer, and participate in a meeting being held in the Hong Kong office?
But high-tech communication isn't a substitute for talking in person, says Mr. Maxwell. On-site visits allow managers to reassure expats that their work is truly valued and help to spread a U.S-based firm's culture to far-flung operations.
Going overseas helps U.S. managers to understand the social and cultural environments in which expats operate. They also can hold informal "water cooler" talks that expats miss when they're posted overseas. When Mr. Maxwell is abroad, for instance, he participates in employee-recognition programs and operating reviews and dines out with employees on an informal basis.
"Linkage to home is important," says Imran Qureshi, a consultant at Watson Wyatt & Co. in Chicago, who advises firms on expatriate programs. He cites an example of a U.S.-based manager who couldn't understand why his Tokyo-based employee was slow to win new business. "[The manager] hadn't actually visited Tokyo and didn't understand the environment in which [the expat] was working," says Mr. Qureshi, who says U.S.-based firms often lack managers with foreign experience. "You spend a lot of time giving training to the expat and the expat's spouse, but how much time do you spend giving training to the U.S. manager? That individual needs to appreciate the challenges that the expat is facing."
Communicating with Spouses
Communication shouldn't be limited to just the expatriates and their foreign managers. In the best-case scenario, U.S.-based managers should talk to the expat's spouse, too. This can help them gauge the family's adjustment abroad. Says Mr. Maxwell: "If the spouse and family aren't happy, the likelihood is that the associate [abroad] won't be successful."
UPS's Mr. Valeri, who also visits employees overseas, strives to talk often with expats and their spouses. He takes couples out to dinner when he heads abroad. "We ask, 'Hey, how's everything going here?' " he says.
On a recent trip to Singapore, he chaired a global conference call to discuss changes in the firm's global health-care benefits with expats and spouses. "We hooked up the expatriate's spouses from Europe, the U.S. and Asia and allowed them to get on and ask questions [about the program]," he says.


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Partner Ali R. Honarkar and his colleagues broke down the 80-foot street elevation with balconies and inscribed lines that create rhythm on each facade but continue through the development to link the town houses together. "Our goal here was to have the whole place look like a single complex, but one where you could read individual units," Honarkar says.
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ST. PETERSBURG — With an 11-0 victory over Orlando Christian Prep that lasted five innings because of the mercy rule, Canterbury again turned the Class 2A postseason into its own game of Monopoly, earning its sixth trip to the state semifinals in the past seven seasons.
The Crusaders (21-6), the defending state champions, have held the top spot in the 2A state poll since the season started, in large part by outscoring opponents in their classification by a combined 119-2.
But after beating state-ranked Cambridge Christian and Academy at the Lakes in the first two rounds of the playoffs in games that lasted seven innings, Canterbury had a relatively easy time against Orlando Christian Prep. The district runnerup had advanced to Monday's region final by knocking off defending state finalist Orlando Pine Castle Christian.
It didn't take long for the Crusaders to seize control. In the first inning, Canterbury scored five runs with the big hits coming on a sacrifice bunt that Taylor Bump beat out for a single and a two-run homer by Danielle Romanello.
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"We're right where we want to be," Moore said. "But we need to keep doing the things we've always done to get better. This is why we played such a competitive schedule during the season. We just have to keep staying focused, no matter who we play."
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Students of speed figures may turn up their noses at the 2005 Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) results--too slow and too lacking in class, with a 30-1 shot leading the way home. Yet the winner, Buzzards Bay, has done little wrong this season, and he has a pedigree that suggests things will only get better with maturity and distance.Granted, much of that pedigree is rather obscure. Marco Bay, the sire of Buzzards Bay, scored his biggest win in the Tampa Bay Derby in 1993 and stands in Florida for a modest $3,000. His sire, Copelan was a multiple grade I-winning juvenile and a good sire, but until now seemed to have few prospects of continuing his male line, which passes back through Fred Hooper's stalwart runner and sire Tri Jet and the 1957 Futurity Stakes winner Jester to 1953 Horse of the Year Tom Fool. Tom Fool, of course, is better known as the sire of Buckpasser, whose male line last reached the winner's circle of a Triple Crown race when Silver Charm won the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness (both gr. I).Marco Bay is out of Marimascus, a stakes-winning daughter of the
Damascus horse Bailjumper. Although a multiple grade II winner himself and a useful sire, Bailjumper's sole claim to any lasting fame has been through his son Skip Trial, a multiple grade I winner at ages three to five and the sire of 1998 Horse of the Year Skip Away.Buzzards Bay is the first winner and first stakes winner for his dam
Lifes Lass, whose first two foals have not raced. She is by Seneca Jones, a winning son of Alydar and 1986 champion 3-year-old filly Tiffany Lass but not exactly a household name as a runner or sire.The strong suit of this pedigree is revealed as we come to the broodmare sire of Lifes Lass, 1969 Horse of the Year Arts and Letters. Although not an outstanding stallion, Arts and Letters was a first-class stayer and a useful sire. He, in turn, was sired by Ribot, who was one for the ages. Undefeated in 16 starts--including the 1955 and 1956 runnings of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe--Ribot also proved a first-class sire and a great influence for stamina. He appears three times in the pedigree of Buzzards Bay: through Arts and Letters; through Maribeau, the second damsire of Marco Bay; and through Graustark, the broodmare sire of Tiffany Lass. Thus, Buzzards Bay is inbred 5x6x4 to the great European champion.Buzzards Bay is also line bred 6x6x5 to Bold Ruler. Although often considered a source of speed, Bold Ruler himself won the 1957 Preakness Stakes, and the strains of Bold Ruler in Buzzards Bay's pedigree have all been involved in the production of classic winners. Boldnesian, third damsire of Marco Bay, is also the grandsire of Seattle Slew; Irish Castle sired 1976 Kentucky Derby and Belmont winner Bold Forbes, sire of Tiffany Lass; and Bold Hour, third damsire of Buzzards Bay, is also the broodmare sire of 1988 Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors.As might be expected for a horse with a strongly stamina-laced pedigree, Buzzards Bay was not a particularly precocious 2-year-old, scoring once in four tries. But this year, he won the Golden Gate Derby at 1 1/16 miles, then ran third--beaten only a little more than two lengths--in the El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) despite bleeding. And his Santa Anita Derby effort was a gritty one: after taking the lead while racing three wide at the half-mile mark, he fought off the dogged challenge of General John B the rest of the way as well as the closing rush of Wilko, who seems back in top form after a winter season plagued by foot problems.Despite his courageous performance, Buzzards Bay will probably be overshadowed at Churchill Downs by the spectacular Wood Memorial (gr. I) winner Bellamy Road and Florida Derby (gr. I) winner High Fly, among others. Whether he can score another upset and take his place in Derby history is anyone's guess, but his heart has certainly earned him the right to try.
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Chapman and Burch have worked together for more than 20 years as architect and landscape architect, respectively. This is their first joint art show.
Burch said he discovered, while still in high school, that his artistic talents need not be limited to a canvas. As a landscape architect for the past 40 years, he has used the earth as his canvas.
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Understanding Web Addresses
The information contained in a URL gives you the ability to hop from one web page to another with just a click. When you type a URL into your browser or click a hypertext link, your browser sends a request to a remote computer, called a web server, to download one or more files. Every URL is unique, identifying one specific file.
What does a typical URL look like? Here are a few examples:
The home page of Learn the Net.
The Facebook page for Learn the Net.
A directory of files at MIT available for downloading.
A newsgroup on rose gardening.
A blog about soccer from the Reuters news service
The first part of a URL (before the two slashes) tells you the type of resource or method of access at that address. For example:
- http - a hypertext document or directory
- ftp - a file available for downloading or a directory of these files
- news - a newsgroup
- file - a file located on a local drive of your computer
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NAPLES, Fla. -- Troopers say a female black bear was killed by a car early Tuesday morning on Interstate 75, and its two cubs were also seen attempting to cross the road.
It happened around 5:30am in the southbound lanes just past the Immokalee Road exit (#111).
According to Florida Highway Patrol, a southbound Ford Mustang came upon a 285-pound female black bear crossing from right to left. In the dark conditions, the car was unable to avoid the bear and hit it. The bear crawled to the median, where she died.
As another car approached the same area, two black bear cubs, approximately 200 pounds each, were seen on the outside shoulder. One cub attempted to cross the road and was hit by a Toyota Corolla before heading back to the outside shoulder of the road.
The two bears were seen leaving the interstate towards the Wilshire Lakes development.
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Hrm, you'll need to ask email@example.com, I just forwarded the link

Back when I worked with them, they were in the midst of a war between debian and freebsd... Looks like Linux won, but I really don't know.

These would, most likely, be making routers for their microwave link.Ā

Again, I am out of the loop.

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Tom Longson (nym) <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:

Sounds like fun, but light on the details...

 What distro? What level of competency? What systems would the person
 be expected to keep running? Would the person be expected to be on
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 On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Corey McGuire<firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
 > Nerd needed for Linux nerdery for the Burning Man Org.Ā Event is from the
 > 1st until labor day, you'd work from Aug 14th until Sept 1st.Ā As someone
 > who has done precisely this, for 4 years, I can say tell you, preevent setup
 > is good times.Ā In fact, were it not for my responsibilities as a dad, you'd
 > not be getting this e-mail, and my stuff would already be packed.
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 > This probably isn't a paid gig, but you'll get 3 meals a day, a shower, and
 > rockstar status.
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 > From: Hilda Gutierrez-Kraybill <email@example.com>
 >
 > Date: July 27, 2009 7:05:09 AM PDT
 > To:
 > Subject: Linux - Burning Man ?
 > A friend that works at/for/with Burning Man is looking for some help and
 > you're the first people that came to mind that I know are going that may be
 > functional in that way. He does most work for Gate and Perimeter and a bunch
 > of other stuff. If your interested or know someone who's capable let me
 > know. (Michael, you probably know him from work)
 >
 > "Jeff Ward needs a Linux sysadmin to work with me @ Burningman August 14th
 > through September 1st (but you'll probably want to stay through the 7th).
 > Unexpected family responsibilities have affected our team.. Interested? Msg
 > me."
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 >
 > --
 > Success is a tasty spirit distilled from bitter failure
 > --Coreyfro
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Christine Jane Baranski (b. 2 May 1952) is an American stage, movie and television actress.[1] On stage, she played Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd and the title character in Mame. She has also acted in multiple movies. Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York.


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Psychology Faculty Amanda Sesko attended the 15th Annual Meeting for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (Feb 13-15), in Austin, TX. She presented a poster titled, "Communicating about others: Motivations and consequences of race-based impressions." This work was recently accepted for publication to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. She also attended the Group Processes and Intergroup Relations Pre-conference. UAS students Ashley Troupin and Izzy Rowland, attended the meeting with Amanda, with funding assistance from student government. Ashley and Izzy currently serve as co-presidents of the UAS Psychology Club.


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Audio recording of the interview with Miss Jane Sullivan
Miss Jane Sullivan
(Interview taped 10/19/1970)
My family came here in 1902 from Hoboken. They had two children when they came and ended up with six. My father John Sullivans was a photographer. Took many of the pictures being seen now. Our home at 15 Fairview Ave. is the background for many.
I went to School 29, a wooden building. We had two teachers, Mr. Jay and Miss Morris--four grades downstairs and four grades upstairs. When they built the school that is now the Town House they moved the old school over toward Church Street and that became the Municipal Bldg.
We went to the Catholic church in Englewood and I walked to Englewood to high school. I remember the original St. Anastasia Church. It was small. Donated by Mrs. Kelly. The sacred vessels were kept in our house. There was no water in the church so my father would take a pitcher of holy water over to the church--hoping in the winter that it wouldn't freeze.
My father was active in the fire department. I remember the hose wagon and ringing the gong which was the fire alarm. When they got their first La France fire engine and there was a fire my father would say to my mother "Heat some water, Ann, so we can start up the engine. The old fire house was across from the one where Lobbe and Flannery used to be. George Ahrens remembers I went to school with him and Oscar Peinecke. My sister, Mrs. Dale, teaches kindergarten. My sister Marie is a housemother at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Mrs. Dale's daughter teaches at Lowell School.
We move to Cherry Lane in 1926. It was a red dirt road with big trees in the center. My father tried to save the trees when they made the street. It really a tow path for Phelps to the railroad station.
We used to take our visitors to see the Phelps ruins. The golf course was pretty and I remember the Blue Bird Inn. We had quite a few socials at our church. We knew the Selvage family. Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Selvage's mother was blind. I remember Selvage Ave. when it was a daisy field. Father Peter used to come over from Englewood and we'd have our catechism in the daisy field. During World War I we tried to do things for soldiers, meeting in the schools. Our No. 2 school graduation was held in School 1. I graduated from Englewood High in 1915.
When I went to Montclair I went from the West Englewood Station to Bogota, took the trolley from Bogota to Paterson and then the bus from Paterson to Montclair. I only did this on weekends. I'd got up early Monday morning with my father. He'd carry my valise and then came that awful ride. I was sick every Monday and Friday.


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The two actually first met in London 13 years ago and O'Halloran tried to get Neal to come and work for QBE in 2000. Neal was too busy at the time establishing Lloyd's specialist commercial motor insurer Ensign.
O'Halloran, a serial dealmaker who ran the ruler over more than 100 acquisitions during his career, is no doubt responsible for transforming QBE into a global giant. However, today's annual result demonstrates the company was in worse shape than many realised when he stepped down.
Neal has now positioned the company for a new era with a raft of senior management changes and the exodus of many of the senior managers under O'Halloran. Chief financial officer Neil Drabsch is retiring, to be replaced by the head of its European business Steven Burns.
The United States is at the root of many of QBE's current problems, so it is fitting that US boss John Rumpler is stepping down. He will be replaced by an outsider, David Duclos, as chief executive of the North American business.
Neal is also taking the knife to costs, upping savings targets to $US250 million a year. This is in part due to a massive outsourcing effort, as revealed in today's Australian Financial Review, with plans to send 3000 jobs to Manila.
Instead of raising capital, Neal has cutting QBE's dividend payout ratio from up to 70 per cent to up to 50 per cent this financial year. It looks drastic and QBE shares dipped 6 per cent in early trade, but most investors will welcome his efforts to fix the business.
CLSA analysts note the only quick fix would be to sell the US business. There is now growing confidence that QBE can return to its former glory with earnings of more than $1 billion annually in coming years.
The annual underwriting result was disappointing due to past claims, particularly in the United States, which offset any upside from fewer disaster claims in the year.
The Australian Financial Review


text: The following are found in the ports tree: LinEAK is a utility designed to enable the use and configuration of those special keys on Internet, Easy Access and Multimedia keyboards in Linux (and other unices, like now FreeBSD). WWW: http://lineak.sourceforge.net AND Kmilo is a utiltiy that enables special keys on a number of custom keyboards on devices such as IBM ThinkPad notebooks. AND This program sits at the back and listens for the "special" hotkeys that you won't normally use on your internet/Multimedia keyboards. The buttons perform their intended behaviors, such as volume up and down, mute the speaker, launch applications, etc. NOTE: CDROM & APM features have been disabled WWW: http://ypwong.org/hotkeys/ -Andy Pavlo amp0928 at rit.edu On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:01 PM, flat. rose <flat.rose at gmail.com> wrote: > Here I go: > > 1. I'm enjoying acer laptop which needs additional drivers to recognize > keys such as: mute, sound-up/down and other special keys. On linux I had a > big pack of drivers for my precious but in PC-BSD I'm in need to get the > specialkeys working for me. Is there any way to let me adjust volume with my > keyboard on this system? > > 2. System Settings -> Advanced -> Input Actions doesn't work for me at all. > Nor PrintScreen macro, no-thing. I've tried to create own and trink up > what's wrong by myself, but I couldn't. Is it only me without input actions > working, or there's some system problem? > > _______________________________________________ > Testing mailing list > Testing at lists.pcbsd.org > http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/testing > > -- Drache - is still walking above ground and traveling between eternities - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.pcbsd.org/pipermail/testing/attachments/20080918/b468917d/attachment.html>


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Tottenham's inability to see games out reared its head again at Everton last weekend as Steven Pienaar and Nikica Jelavic struck in the final two minutes to give the Toffees a 2-1 win.
Spurs have conceded a whopping 13 goals in the last 15 minutes of their 24 games this season. Had their games finished at 80 minutes, they would be top of the table.
Villas-Boas, whose side dropped to fifth after the Everton defeat, is frustrated by the problem, but insists it will be resolved.
"I went through a similar situation before and it goes away through time, through practice, through experience," Villas-Boas told a press conference.
"We don't want to carry this further and I think we all recognise that.
"In these last moments of a game a lot of things are happening to us, and we want to shut it out.
"We have to incentivise the players on the positives, recognising there is things we can do better, but trying to revert what is a negative statistic."


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The 49ers lost their 3rd game of the season. This was a piss poor performance on the offensive side of the ball. The defense gave the offense 3 turnovers and they couldn't capitalize.
The 49ers had three redzone opportunities and failed on all three. Outside of a Frank Gore touchdown run. the offense didn't do anything.
I'm not gonna spend to much time discussing this game, because I'm pissed. I'm pissed off at this offense, and I'm pissed off at Alex Smith. Not being able to score in the redzone will not get them far in the playoffs. And at this rate they'll most likely lose a first round playoff bye.