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The ocean view is breathtaking. Down town Ney beach is wonderful. Fun for every age, from cafe to coffee, and dinner to drinks. This has it all. Have to walk or drive 1/4 mile to acsess beach. But the view from our room was worth the walk.
We enjoyed the pool, and the hotel is a short walk to beach access. Our room was very hot and smelled awful when we arrived. We left the window open the whole time and the smell became tolerable. The continental breakfast doesn't start until 8. We paid for ocean view and had an OK view over a neighboring roof and through power lines and a power pole.
We came and stayed for 2 nights. Room was very clean. It was designated non-smoking. Shower had plenty of hot water (I have not always seen this to be true in economy hotels). Rooms were quiet (or maybe we were lucky and had quiet neighbors). Towels were of good quality. Although they used those really tiny bars of soap, housekeeping left a pile of them. The mattresses and pillows were average but fine. Although we did not need it, I was happy to see a clearly marked, easily accessible coin-operated guest laundry. Did I mention it was very clean? The hotel was an easy, several block walk into the historic district of Nye Beach. Breakfast was very adequate - a selection of breads with butter and jam, freezer waffles, hard-cooked eggs, cold cereals, fruit juice. The fruit bowl had lots of bananas. It was nothing fancy, but was completely adequate. Room also had dish tv and a DVD player. There was an eclectic selection of movies for rent in office. There was no direct beach access, which was disappointing. The one small window did not prop open very well, and that kept the room warmer than it needed to be (daytime temperatures were very warm). There are no balconies. No fan to help at window. The building we were in did not have an elevator and the climb to the 3rd floor was inconvenient (my knees are not good), although we liked our 3rd floor room. If we stay there again, I will remember to ask for the building with an elevator. My family did not mind not having the elevator. I hated that several guests came to breakfast in pajamas (really??!) - but that's not the hotel's fault! Decor was dated, but that would not prevent me from staying there again! There was a small alarm clock, that was not plugged in, but we had our cell phones, which we used for alarm clocks.
The swimming pool area was great. It was clean and plenty of towels Nice view of the ocean. Staff was very nice and acccomodating. Rooms were a bit stuffy and the beds were too hard for my liking.
The pool was nice It wasn't clean the floor was dirty and there where ain't in the bathroom and near the window
Was able to hear the ocean at night I'm not a picky person, but maid service should be able to vacuum around the bed and walls had not been done in sometime. Gap under door was large enough to let light in and shower was extra small with out proper shower curtain. Front desk person was not happy that we arrived after 10:00pm. Sorry our jobs do not allow us to leave early in day. But my next stay in Newport will be with a motel that wants me there.
facility not well maintained; faded, unfinished paint not very clean rooms have musty smell old carpets, old bedding, old drapery sheets did not fit bed even after request made that they do fit not much effort being made, obviously
Nothing Rude, dirty
I loved the ocean view from my room. The staff was friendly, helpful, and accommodating. The indoor pool was much nicer than I anticipated - very clean, with a nice hot tub and sauna. Because weather at the coast can be unpredictable, it was nice to have an indoor pool as back-up entertainment for me and my young child. I was also pleasantly surprised by the "continental breakfast." We had cereal, bagels, waffles, oatmeal, fruit, and more available to us. I'm not really looking for luxury in a hotel but, rather, clean, safe, well-located at a reasonable price and The Waves definitely delivered. Though you can see the ocean right out your window, beach access is rather far away. I didn't realize that going in, so it was a mild disappointment. But this was minor.
Clean Poor wifi. Terrible breakfast. Very small room
Clean rooms and good breakfast selection. Low rates for a good clean hotel room. Would be nice if they had a pool or spa.
conveniently located close to good restauarants spotty wifi
Easy to find and good location on main highway through town. Room was clean and comfortable. Wish breakfast had diabetic options.
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Clean Air freshener was way too strong when we entered the room, my daughter's sinuses kept her up all night long.
The quietness. Didn't hear anybody next door or from upstairs. Just really peaceful. Easy to drive in and get to your room. Smelled old, no bathtub.
location I liked that the rooms are non-smoking - I DIDN'T like that the room I was in was right next to (e.g. 2 feet from) the designated smoking area, which wasn't immediately apparent since it was two steps beyond the room (walked to the room, not past it)
Free Wi Fi was incredibly fast. Very close to the beach and walking distance to great food (Newport Cafe) No AC. So did get a little warm. Luckily we had a fan with us just in case.
Nil Not worth for the amount charged
It fit my budget. The manager was very nice and helpful, as was the lady who checked me in. I actually would have rated it higher than what others have. The heater was a bit noisy to sleep with on as I am a light sleeper, so it would have been nice to have an extra blanket in the room for warmth. Also, having dark curtains inside inside along with blinds would have worked better for me.
The location was fine, it was close to things we needed. It had places within walking distance that were very useful. There was free parking and internet. The 'breakfast' was continental, starting at 8:00am; we left by 7:00am. We wanted a hot bath, the room had shower only. The person at the desk was friendly, but not very helpful. We were the only people at the motel that night.
The beds were very comfortable.
The location was good, and the bed was comfortable. No AC or fan. It was extremely stuffy and too quiet. No cribs for use. The shower had no pressure and no hot water. The free breakfast was lacking. There was no selection or variety. The hostess wasn't very helpful on the phone. NOT recommended.
I liked the location. Staff was friendly! For the most part the room was clean. Although I didn't use them they had a refrigerator and microwave in the room. This is always a plus. Had to park on the street because all the parking spots were taken. The shower, not soogood. It was pretty much a trickle. I guess they were trying to save water and money but not thinking of pleasing the customers. The continental breakfast was a joke.
Not 1 thing horrible, dirty , even the parking lot was horrible , like you might get mugged . And apartments looking directly into my room.
The Staff was all great. The cleaning staff gets top kudos. Office staff efficient, and cordial as could be also.. My wife is pretty much a stickler about CLEAN... and I can say that she was totally impressed. So if you or yours like CLEAN...!!
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I liked free parkng ,lots of towels, comfortable beds,pet friendly room. they need to update bathroom fixtures,lites and faucets .Need lamp at table for studing or games.
The price was as expected, after reading other reviews I wasn't surprised when manager tried to up charge rate. I just looked at him for a few seconds without smiling and then asked him to explain the added 50 dollars, he stammered and said he was kidding Dishonesty of manager, ants, manager placed us as far as possible from entrance although plenty of vacancy. One towel for family of four, reading reviews I knew to bring own towels and double check for bed bugs.
Several pieces broken in the room, WiFi not very reliable
the room was very clean.... the rate was great!!!!
The bathroom was awesome roomy and great for us The staff was rude and we got charged extra for kids when I filled out the form I said I was bringing two kids. The beds could use another blanket and a couple bigger pillows.
The location was the best thing about this hotel, but there are lots of other hotels in the area. Spend the extra 10 bucks a night to upgrade to stay anywhere else. I wouldn't recommend this hotel to anyone and will never stay there again. It was absolutely disgusting. Stains on walls, the floor, mold on the shower curtain, the lock on the door didn't work, dirty hand/fingerprints around doors and light switches.also, they advertise wifi but they dont offer it to guests.
The bed linens were actually fresh and clean. Bed was comfortable. It had all the basic appliances like fridge and microwave, television. The bath tub had soap scum. Husband got shocked from coming in contact with the TV platform. TV was grainy. Stayed for 2 nights, garbage were not collected. No fresh towels. No wash cloths, no shampoo. Toilet flusher broke. Mirrors dirty. Bath mat stained
after driving four or five hours to reach this destination, we were greeted with a sign informing us that the office was closed until 8 the following morning.
Was right in the city. It was dirty. It had a very bad mildew smell. Cigarette burns all over bathtub. Had to run the water for 20 mins before jt would get warm. Was very run down and almost everything was broken.
Nothing Dirty and dated. 13' TV hanging on the wall that had a picture that was not watchable. Stains on carpeting beyond cleaning. I got what I payed for this room. What killed me is I wanted to add a night and the price almost doubled to 4 star room pricing!
It was the cheapest The bathroom fan didn't work.
Dirty dirty dirty no pillow cases on pillows . smelled horrible
If you are looking for a clean, decent hotel room close to the beach and attractions but are on a budget, this is a great place to stay. Friendly staff, great location and very clean. Bed was very comfortable too!
Short walk to beach access. Staff were friendly. I said I wanted a quiet room, they think the highway side is quieter but in no way is that remotely true. There was sticky brown substance on the microwave buttons, there was sticky clear substance on bathroom floor. There was an overpowering floral/fruit scent permeating the room which never subsided even with door and window wide open.
Checked out little late but they were totally cool with it. Folks working the front desk and cleaning was done very well. For the price, I really can't complain. Close to all the surf spots near Newport.
You get what you pay for. Old and musty. Good enough for a one nighter
I booked the day we came on Spring BREAK so I was thrilled I got something at all. But the bonus was the family who ran it was cheerful and polite. You could tell by the grouds and rooms they took in pride in their property. The only thing I'd change is the bed, it was a tad squeaky due to the plastic on the box spring. We'd definitely stay again.
Despite the name, the room was clean, bed was soft, they're located just up the hill from Rogue Brewery and a lot of adorable shops on the inner side of the Newport bay, and the beach on the other side. It seems weird to mention but the window opens - something a lot of hotels at this price level have sealed shut. That's great with what nice weather you get most of the year. The name kind of implies something a lot worse. There was a loud argument between 2 people in one of the adjacent rooms, but, I've had that at pricey hotels, so, not very relevant.
They do the best they can with what they have, and it's a quick 5 minute walk and you're on the beach.
Staff was very pleasant and helpful! For the price I paid I was very satisfied with the room and accommodations.
The location was great, just minutes from the ocean and all sorts of fun things to do The rooms are an average size and the beds are not the best.The bed was just thrown together and was not nice and neat with the clean straight bed cover. It looked like they just quickly threw the cover on there with no concern for professional appearance
The location, it is close to a state park, the aquarium, marine science center. They allowed our puppy, staff was friendly and brought us extra pillows. The walls are thin, there were people fighting and people running up and down the stairs at night. I guess it is an inexpensive motel, just wish people were more considerate. That was the only complaint I had about the motel.
The staff was very nice and helpful. The room stunk the bedding was very old. The room faced the main street not the beach view. It was also farther away from things then was advertised.
Location. Very close to beach and 24 hour taco shop
Liked having my own inclosed balcony, frige and microwave. Quiet but very full. No problems sleeping. Staff didnt want to open the door to the office to my mother and I. He only let us in after we had to yell through the door that I had a reservation. No knowledge of the area and very hard to understand. It was ok just a bit of an unsettling experience with the manager. Would recommend to people that good at dealing with people but people with social anxiety stay away. I dont have a lot of problems handling people but being a woman staying alone in a room the managers adittude made me feel like if I was having a emergency he wouldnt be much help.
The hotel is inexpensive. There is no breakfast included, which means you should factor that into the cost per night. The hotel is dated and hasn't been updated. I never could connect to the wi-fi, and ended up connecting to the Days Inn next door.
Let me state that the advertising for this site are deceptive at best. Should be advertised as a Boutique hotel. That being said the place was clean, well kept up and secluded, if not for the surrounding properties you would think you were in a place time forgot. It reminded me of the family beach house my grandfather built back in the 20's. The amenities in the kitchen were fine and the kitchen was sparkling clean. The property is so quite and the beach so private. The fact is the place and its charm grow on you and you settle in to a comfortable state of mind that one does not often find in to days crazy fast pace. An experience in nostalgia, a look back if you are like me a child of the 40's & 50's. As previously stated the place needs to be advertised as a boutique property. Explain the fireplaces are electric wall hangings. By comparing the average rates rates for the area I would consider this property about 15% overpriced when comparing amenities. The rate is equal to the Best Western at Agate beach which has food and beverage service and indoor pool among other things.


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With Bruce Willis's 10-year marriage to Demi Moore now officially over, the Unbreakable actor is speaking out about what caused the seemingly rock-solid union to sour.
"Things change," Willis tells US Weekly. "People grow at different rates. People change at different rates. It's difficult for any couple to keep their marriage intact under the best of circumstances, and our marriage was under a huge magnifying glass all the time. So it might have been a little more difficult for us."
Willis who declined to discuss his recent split with Spanish beauty Maria Bravo admitted that he has yet to pinpoint the specific cause of his failed marriage. "I haven't figured it out yet," he explains. "I still love Demi. We're very close. We have three children whom we will continue to raise together, and we're probably as close now as we ever were. We realize that we have a lifelong commitment to our kids. Our friendship continues. The institution has been set aside.
"Any form of a relationship ending is a painful thing," he adds. "The only thing I really know is, time is the only thing that heals any pain."
The 45-year-old multi-millionaire says that he's currently single, and plans to stay that way for now. "I'm taking a year to myself," he reveals. "I've been in and out of a relationship for the last 18 years, and I decided that I'm going to take a year to myself. See what that's like. That will be a far more unique experience to me than jumping back into a relationship."

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Saturday, April 21st 9:30 am – 3:30 pm at Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center
Keynote speaker: Auden Schendler, Aspen Ski Company Managing Director, Community & Environmental Responsibility
How can Juneau businesses and entrepreneurs be more economically successful and more environmentally successful? Additional participants from business sectors such as tourism, outdoor recreation, construction, energy, finance, forest products, as well as U.S. federal government and the City & Borough of Juneau. Admission is free.Sponsors
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Takeover target WMC Resources said yesterday that exploration drilling at its Olympic Dam copper/uranium mine in South Australia could increase sales by up to $2.2 billion a year.
A development study by WMC executive general manager of business Michael Nossal said the mine's current sales was about $1 billion, from 220,000 tonnes of copper and 4500 tonnes of uranium.
Output at an expanded plant could increase to more than 40 million tonnes of ore producing 450,000-500,000 tonnes of copper and 13,000-15,000 tonnes of uranium, he said.
This would increase annual sales to $2.7-$3.2 billion.
Expansion would cost an estimated $4 billion.
The mine accounted for 8 per cent of world uranium production but had 33 per cent of the global uranium resources, Mr Nossal told a South Australian Major Developments business briefing in Adelaide.
WMC last month rejected a $7.4 billion takeover bid from Swiss-based mining giant Xstrata.
WMC chief executive Andrew Michelmore said the board believed the $6.35 a share offered was too low and did not take into consideration his company's potential, including the Olympic Dam expansion.
Speculation of a higher, rival bid has driven the share price up almost 40 per cent since October 28 after confirmation of the takeover bid.
Mr Nossal told the business briefing that extensive surface drilling this year had revealed encouraging results, and it anticipated a significant increase in resource.
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AKIN to saying ''I'll never wash this hand again'' after a special handshake or kiss, chefs and restaurateurs are framing napkins instead of laundering them. The dishy Marco Pierre White hand-wrote letters of thanks, ''respect & admiration'' after dining his way around town and the chosen napkin recipients include Philippe Mouchel from PM24, Ronnie Di Stasio from Cafe Di Stasio, Nick Stanton from The Woods of Windsor, Maurizio Terzini from Sydney's Icebergs and David Chang from Momofuku Siebo. At Chris Lucas' Chin Chin, Pierre White drank a bottle of 2010 Domaine de Marcoux and crossed out the ''u'' to leave ''Marco x''. At Miss Pearls' Madame Brussels, he artistically spooned tomato sauce next to a sausage roll and his wicked humour was really revealed at Bar Americano, where a sign says: ''No shoes no service.'' He removed his shoes but was served. Tonight is when too many cooks enter the kitchen - in the TV ratings - and Channel Seven's My Kitchen Rules launches at 7.30pm to bump Channel Ten's MasterChef: the Professionals off the menu. It's activated-almonds devotee Pete Evans and Manu Fieldel versus Pierre White and Matt Preston. The formidable Brit with the soft centre sprinkled his charm like the stock cubes he endorses and won the hearts of the ladies - blonde, brunette and others in the Pantone colour chart, but those dreaming of a wedding cake should cease picking daisy petals and pondering: ''He loves me, he loves me not.'' The chef who had three Michelin stars and three wives, isn't planning on a fourth. He told a close friend: ''The only aisle I'll be walking down is a supermarket aisle.''
Wheely fun day
BICYCLE ambassador David Byrne, the gent with many hats from the band Talking Heads, swapped one of them for a helmet when here for his Love this Giant tour. When Weddings Parties Anything muso Pete Lawler invited pals to the Percy Grainger Museum, Byrne bypassed a limo service and hopped on a blue mean machine from Melbourne Bike Share. The author of the Bicycle Diaries raved in his blog: ''$2.70 for 24 hours! and mandatory helmets ($5 at the local 7-Eleven, with a $3 rebate if you return your helmet!)'' Glenn Peters, a fan of Byrne, said: ''He could be the only man in the world to make one of those blue bikes cool.'' And make them feel loved.
Agassi's cool serve
THE gentleman that is Andre Agassi felt the love-all at a soiree to toast his Australian Open ''Open Up'' film series for Jacob's Creek on Friday. The Maia venue at Docklands was the shrine for the grand-slam champ who opened his heart and soul to the CumminsRoss creative agency while making the films in Las Vegas. The conditions were tougher than on centre court because the supposed sound-proof sound stage in the studio was in the flight path of the airport and in 45 degrees, Agassi can even sweat in a swimming pool. The air-con went on and made a racket louder than a NASA space shuttle, and coupled with planes flying over, filming had to stop-start. Being the pro that he is, Agassi kept cool and waited patiently, using the break to reach for his phone and oversee his Foundation for Education and school for underprivileged children. At the soiree, conditions were cool and so were guests Mark Beretta, Brad Sewell and Natalie Grosby.
Who's unpopular in Zoo
NO GONG for me in the Australia Day honours (again) but there's another list to steer clear of. The bible for a certain demographic, Zoo Weekly, has compiled the un-Australian list and on top is tennis player Bernard Tomic for being an ''up-himself whinger''. Storming in at number 10 is Gina Rinehart for telling Aussies to up the nine-to-five and reduce the beer, cigs and fun. Another brickbat for the mining maven is artist Tony Sowersby painting her for the Bald Archy Prize, a spoof of the Archibald, the inspiration being her utterance that Africans are willing to work for $2 a day. Sowersby says: ''Gina has had a democratising effect on our country: she is, monetarily, the richest Australian ever but virtually no one envies her.''


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Clustering XML documents using frequent subtrees
Kutty, Sangeetha, Tran, Tien, Nayak, Richi, & Li, Yuefeng (2009) Clustering XML documents using frequent subtrees. In Advances in Focused Retrieval, Springer, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, pp. 436-445.
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This paper presents an experimental study conducted over the INEX 2008 Document Mining Challenge corpus using both the structure and the content of XML documents for clustering them. The concise common substructures known as the closed frequent subtrees are generated using the structural information of the XML documents. The closed frequent subtrees are then used to extract the constrained content from the documents. A matrix containing the term distribution of the documents in the dataset is developed using the extracted constrained content. The k-way clustering algorithm is applied to the matrix to obtain the required clusters. In spite of the large number of documents in the INEX 2008 Wikipedia dataset, the proposed frequent subtree-based clustering approach was successful in clustering the documents. This approach significantly reduces the dimensionality of the terms used for clustering without much loss in accuracy.
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|Beating The Odds
|By Kevin E. Bedore , Canadian Federal Correctional Officer
|Published: 08/27/2012
We face some of the ugliest statistics of mortality as correctional officers. Perhaps you have seen these, they are fairly commonly cited online in other articles, but just in case you need a reality check here it is:
Sources: "Stress Management for the Professional Correctional Officer", Donald Steele, Ph.D., Steele Publishing 2001 "Corrections Yearbook 2000, 2002", Criminal Justice Institute, Middletown, CT "Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 2003", Bureau of Justice Statistics, 31st edition, NCJ 208756 "Suicide Risk Among Correctional Officers", Archives of Suicide Research, Stack, S.J., & Tsoudis, O. 1997 Metropolitan Life Actuarial Statistics, 1998 Society of Actuaries, 1994
We need to take action now. What is the single most important thing that should be the focal point of a correctional officer's existence? It could be many things but most will rightfully say it is the wellbeing of their family and a close second place going to a happy, healthy and long retirement. I couldn't agree more!
I recall hearing some advice years ago from a bitter old guard that was one of my best teachers. He said, "I want the service to pay me forever – I will not die early and let them off the hook that easy." Though this might be a little jaded in thinking, he had a very good but skewed way of looking at the virtues of long living and being rewarded for his long 35 years of service.
I have also talked with far too many younger officers that have just begun their career. They hate their lives so much they are almost guaranteeing the bad outcomes presented at the beginning of the article. Some commit suicide on a weekly plan by the amount of alcohol and tobacco they consume. Many don't exercise, get enough sleep or watch what they eat and wonder why they feel so poorly. The worst thing I see far too often is officers that are so fixated on getting out of the system and retiring (usually early but not always) that they wish their lives away. This in law enforcement circles is called 'ROD' or retired on duty. This person is a burn out that wears a uniform and doesn't do the work expected of him or her. He or she is held captive to this dysfunctional state by one or more of the factors mentioned. Not surprisingly the ugly stats at the beginning are all about those types. To top matters off, working with ROD's makes everybody else's job harder and more dangerous because you must take up their slack, often times at the expense of having nobody watching your own back.
The ROD is an example of living life poorly, with the illusion that retirement will make things glorious. That is the Grand Illusion. For those types the only thing for certain is that they are probably going to have more free time in retirement to suffer more. Very sad!
So how do we take the action? There is no one simple answer. The answers are as unique as the individual but the best generic aspects would be:
Editor's note: Corrections.com author, Kevin E. Bedore has 28 years experience in law enforcement, 23 as a Canadian Federal Correctional Officer. He began writing as a form of personal therapy to combat the negative effects that the correctional environment was having on him. He then realized that he had discovered something truly amazing that definitely needed to be shared with other officers facing the same challenges he had.
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As was expected, the Eid al-Adha ceasefire in Syria – proposed by Lakhdar Brahimi – did not hold. This ceasefire was broken by the al-Assad regime which fired on crowds of Syrian demonstrators. The reality is that there was nothing surprising in the regime breaching the ceasefire, for this was expected, as were the regime's excuses and justifications.
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Have older people in private nursing homes received a fair deal from the State?
The Ombudsman yesterday published Who Cares? An Investigation into the Right to Nursing Home Care in Ireland. The gist of the Report is that the State is failing in its legal obligations to older Continue Reading
Bentham and judicial retirement
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) (left) was a utilitarian philosopher, whose radical ideas on education inspired those who founded University College London. Nowadays, the Bentham Association (formerly the Continue Reading
Mandatory retirement, again
In my last post, I mentioned that the question of the compatibility of mandatory retirement ages with EU law was pending before the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The Court has now handed down its Continue Reading
Is compulsory judicial retirement constitutional? or judicious?
The issue of compulsory retirement is not an uncommon one, but it arises today in an uncommon context. From today's Times Online, Judges take on Ministry of Justice over age discrimination Two Continue Reading


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Friends, family, and new friends gathered for the feast the was the Bengal Bomb Squad's "Ratbird Riot" before the Cincinnati Bengals took on the Raven for the second time this season.
New friends, excited Bengals fans eager to partake in the party as the team sat on top of the AFC North, came from all over the state, including two who drove from Toledo! They were among the first to arrive, walking up to the tailgate almost as soon as the Who Dey Heroes Bus pulled into the lot!
Guests were surprised this week with our new tailgate donation trinkets! All guests who donated to the tailgate were not only entered in our prize drawing giveaway, but they were also given their choice of beads or the new tiger tattoos! Either one let them proudly show their support for the orange & black!
It was a relaxing day at the tailgate for some! The sun was shining bright and nothing beats good friends, great food, and Cincinnati Bengals football.
For others, the party was just getting started! Jason, Dan, & Big John (with extra foreground dancing by Rob) treated guests to another rendition of "Kiss Me, I'm Sh*tfaced!" It was captured on video, so who knows where that may appear!
WhoDeyBaby, LilWhoDey, The Bengal Thing, and Tracy returned from a brief appearance at Longworth's with a couple cases of hot sauce ... and just in time for a round of Tiger Bombs!
The deep friend Ratbird (turkey) was a smash hit and was devoured in a matter of minutes! A BIG THANK YOU goes out to Rob & Darleen for getting the bird ready ... and to Bill for carving the beast!
It was a family affair, in many ways, this tailgate! Melissa's mom, Judy, returned to the tailgate after a two-game absence (We miss ya' Joe! Get better and get back here!), Rachel's mom Darleen enjoyed her first tailgate with the Bomb Squad, and new members Joe & Natasha brought their two daughters - Taylor & Tiara - to their first Bomb Squad Tailgate as part of a family celebration!
Speaking of family & celebrations ... it was also a birthday party! The tailgate celebrated the birthdays of Melissa, Big John, and Tiara with a birthday cake and fun (if not slightly intoxicated) singing of "Happy Birthday!"
The food & offerings were so popular, every chair was filled (for the FIRST TIME!) at the tailgate! Guests all had to take time and sample all of the surprising treats!
In an attempt to get everyone into the stadium a little sooner ... and make cleanup a little smoother ... this was the first tailgate with a little bit of scheduling used. Right on time, with 15 minutes until cleanup, LilWhoDey and WhoDeyBaby were busy pouring the final round of Bengal Bombs!
One of the largest rounds of bombs ever, everyone enjoyed giving a WHO DEY shout out before downing their Bengal Bomb!
Then came our prize drawing! Everyone who donated was automatically entered in the drawing and this week we gave away three Bengals car light ups! For the first time ever, The Bengal Thing did not win! It was all three winners first time winning the prize drawing!
In the end, it was time for the group photo, and what a group it was! With over fifty guests, this may have been our largest tailgate ever (the '09 Texans game is the only other tailgate to top fifty people)! The group was so large that members WhoDeyBaby & LilWhoDey didn't even make it into the final group shot!
In the end, a fantastic tailgate and one of the best parties all year! The day was complete as the Bengals dominated the Ravens and remained on top of the AFC North! WHO DEY!


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Cinema Nova
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DRY, witty, quietly surprising Argentine film about a grouchy, solitary man (Ricardo Darin of The Secret in Their Eyes) who reluctantly offers help to a young Chinese man who speaks no Spanish, then finds his life changes rather more than he expects. Writer-director Sebastian Borensztein tells a story of transformation in a restrained yet gently unpredictable fashion; the film's touch is light, but it has unexpected depths. PH
Selected release
(102 min) MA ★☆
JUST in time for Father's Day comes another serving of bloody mayhem courtesy of the band of super-tough mercenaries - played by Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and other superannuated action ''stars'' - who spend their time flying around the world listening to classic rock and slaughtering local henchmen. A step down from its nutty predecessor, this violent action-adventure is directed without much personality by British journeyman Simon West, but the script (co-written by Stallone) is peppered with characteristic dopey touches. JW
General release
(94 min) PG ★★★☆
WHIMSY king Wes Anderson returns with this dreamy 1960s romance set on an island off the coast of New England, where two young lovers are hunted down by a pack of authority figures played by Bruce Willis and Tilda Swinton, among others. It's been clear for a while that Anderson is bent on constructing a private mythology one film at a time; more than ever he comes across as an anxious American dandy, flaunting his connoisseurship while yearning for impossible innocence. JW
Selected release
(90 min) M ★
COMMISSIONED to accompany an album by the band Angels and Airwaves, this dreary science-fiction mood piece from newcomer William Eubank starts out like a feeble imitation of The Thin Red Line before developing into a feeble imitation of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Using an impressive range of technical tricks to make up for the limited budget, Eubank may well have a future as a cinematographer, or in special effects - but a filmmaker he ain't. JW
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(105 min) MA ★★
TO IMAGINE that the author of the Gettysburg address was also a vampire slayer is not in itself a terrible idea. But Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (adapted by Seth Grahame-Smith from his own novel and directed by Timur Bekmambetov) is such a messy combination of clumsy 3D action and naff historical cliche that the title is easily the best part of the whole enterprise. PH
Selected release
(136 min) M ★★★☆
A REBOOT of the series kicked off in 2002 by Spider-Man, with English actor Andrew Garfield in the Tobey Maguire role. Garfield is the best thing about the new movie: he makes an angular, startled, diffident Peter Parker who, in search of what happened to his parents, discovers remarkable new abilities. The second half of the film feels more mechanical and the villainy and mayhem are oddly confused. PH
General release
(138 min) M ★★★☆
AN INTELLIGENT, involving period drama from Nikolaj Arcel, set in the conservative, repressive Danish court in the middle of the 18th century. Mads Mikkelsen plays the royal doctor, inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment. He has an important, transforming role in political life through his rapport with the fragile, buffoonish young king (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard) and also, rather more covertly and dangerously, through his intense relationship with the queen. PH
Selected release
(105 min) R ★★★
THIS assured, if unpleasant, second feature from South African director Oliver Hermanus centres on a married sawmill owner (Deon Lotz), whose carefully managed existence - which includes a secret, gay double life - is disrupted by a sudden passion for a handsome young man (Charlie Keegan). Implicitly linking various kinds of prejudice and hypocrisy, the film is ultimately rather simple and schematic, but if Hermanus can maintain his steady gaze, there's the promise of interesting work to come. JW
Selected release
(104 min) M ★★★★☆
SET on director Richard Linklater's home turf of east Texas, this zany ''true crime'' story seems as outwardly cheery as the title character (Jack Black), an assistant funeral director with strong religious convictions. With Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey blending seamlessly into the largely amateur ensemble cast, the film is so funny and unpretentious, it's possible to overlook the way it poses a perplexing moral riddle. JW
Selected release
(135 min) M ★★★
A RETOOLING of the action-thriller franchise, introducing Jeremy Renner as a new operative with some of the same problems as Matt Damon's absent Bourne character - most of all, the threats to his life from those who first deployed him. Renner and co-star Rachel Weisz are very good, and there's plenty of action and atmosphere, but the story feels a little incomplete, as if waiting for a second instalment to flesh it out. PH
General release
(93 min) PG ★★
PIXAR is unlikely to appease its feminist critics with this strange, compromised animated fairytale about a Scottish princess (Kelly Macdonald) who is more interested in archery than in being a woman but who learns her lesson after she makes a magical bargain. JW
General release
(98 min) M ★☆
WHILE the subject of schoolyard bullying will resonate with anyone who survived childhood, there are numerous problems with this documentary, which cross-cuts between victims from middle America. Director Lee Hirsch never gets past the idea of bullies as bad apples, pinning the blame either on the kids or on their guardians. The viewer is invited to feel outraged and uplifted by turns, yet the problem is never defined with precision.JW
Selected release
(95 min) MA ★★★☆
FIVE college friends head off for a weekend at a remote cabin: it sounds like the oldest horror story in the book but it soon becomes clear director Drew Goddard and his co-writer, Joss Whedon, are bent on turning the formula upside down. Skewering every horror cliche in sight with glee, this ingenious parody steers clear of moralism but might well be taken as a rebuke to lazy screenwriters. JW
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(85 min) MA ★★
WILL Ferrell plays a self-serving, sleazy North Carolina politician challenged for the first time by a seemingly meek opponent (Zach Galifianakis), who appears at first glance to be a pushover. Despite a promising cast, directed by Jay Roach, The Campaign is a witless, wasted opportunity with a few topical references but little in the way of political satire or bite. PH
Selected release
(108 min) MA ★☆
A FIASCO that will dismay David Cronenberg's most ardent fans, this adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel is stiff, slow and dependent on a numb glamour left over from the '80s. Robert Pattinson is perfectly cast as a pompous billionaire who goes to get a haircut and spends the film gliding in his limousine through Manhattan. But a worshipful attitude to wealth blunts the presumably intentional humour. JW
Selected release
(164 min) M ★★★★
CHRISTOPHER Nolan's concluding film in the Batman trilogy is grand, grim and occasionally gruelling, but it's also a powerful, cleverly constructed work that brings together elements of the previous movies in an engrossing fashion. There are some intriguing political dimensions a reclusive Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has to face as he seeks to save Gotham City. PH
General release
(116 min) MA ★★★★☆
FRENCH director Leos Carax's beautiful, exhilarating and reflective film is in part about the nature of cinema, but it's also a work about human possibilities. Denis Lavant, Carax's signature actor, plays a man whose occupation apparently involves a kind of performance. We follow him during the course of a day and a night as he moves from assignment to shape-shifting assignment. Kylie Minogue appears in a haunting, poignant cameo. PH
Selected release
(100 min) M ★★☆
MERYL Streep (wistful, fluttering) and Tommy Lee Jones (crusty, uncommunicative) play a couple married for more than 30 years who attend a week-long course with a couples therapist (Steve Carell, playing it straight). Director David Frankel presides over a modest work, with occasional comic moments. It's a tale of diminished expectations and tentative moves towards intimacy, although he can get heavy-handed with musical cues.PH
Selected release
(95 min) M ★★☆
THERE are some wonderfully absurd moments in this tale of how medical intervention in the lives of Victorian women led to the invention of the vibrator. But as well as exploring this subversive tale, Hysteria, directed by Tanya Wexler, also sets out to be a romantic comedy with a message. And despite a spirited performance by Maggie Gyllenhaal as the idealised feminist heroine, there's something mechanical and rhetorical about how this aspect of the film plays out. PH
Selected release
(94 min) G ★★★☆
MELBOURNE filmmaker Genevieve Bailey headed around the world for several years with a camera and a plan to film 11-year-old children in every country she visited. The result is a lively and delightful documentary in which we meet smart, funny and moving children from England, India, Sweden, Morocco and Australia, among other countries. They all have distinctive voices but seem to speak to each other across the film and have common observations. PH
Selected release
(92 min) PG ★★★
THE fourth instalment in this series is once again a buddy movie with a spectacular prehistoric-disaster backdrop. The familiar mismatched team of a mammoth, sloth and sabre-toothed tiger join forces to save their comrades. There's also a pirate plot (with a villainous ape buccaneer voiced by Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones) used to underpin a moral about the importance of community, but there's saving humour amid the spectacle as well. PH
General release
(144 min) MA ★★★☆
AGNIESZKA Holland's World War II epic tells the true story of Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz), a Polish sewer worker who helped a group of Jews survive underground. There are some obvious, manipulative elements in David F. Shamoon's script but Holland manages to avoid bad taste while maximising suspense. JW
Selected release
(90 min) MA ★
THESE days, any old Scandinavian crime story can apparently be marketed as a quality product to the international public. Recounted by the sole survivor of a massacre, this gruesome anecdote penned by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo involves workmates who win big on the football pools and disagree about how to split the loot. Once the consequences are played out, the film has little ammunition left. JW
Selected release
(110 min) MA ★★★★
STEVEN Soderbergh's most accessible film in ages, this crowd-pleasing dramedy about a male stripper (Channing Tatum) offers a glimpse into a rarely portrayed subculture, a veiled statement about how the capitalist system erodes substance, and an excuse for the director to amuse himself with surprising visual choices. Tatum deploys his meat-head jock persona with ease and Matthew McConaughey is hilariously smarmy as the manager of the Florida club where the boys do their thing. JW
General release
(144 min) MA ★★★★☆
THE chaotic narrative of Kenneth Lonergan's riveting drama mirrors the shaken-up psyche of the protagonist (Anna Paquin), a New York teenager whose show-off behaviour plays a role in causing a fatal bus accident. After her initial shock, she sets out to do what she can to make things right. One of the films of the year. JW
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(145 min) M ★★★
ONE of the few global music superstars to emerge from a developing nation, Bob Marley had a fascinating, unique career, which is well chronicled in this straightforward but absorbing documentary from Scottish filmmaker Kevin Macdonald. It follows its subject from birth to death and includes new interviews with his wife, Rita, and bandmate Bunny Wailer, among others. The Marley who emerges here is a driven, complex figure far removed from the laid-back stoner of popular myth. JW
Cinema Nova
(99 min) M ★★
TOMMY Wiseau's unfairly trashed romantic drama might have terrible acting, dialogue and direction, but pay attention - the story actually holds together. Not as bad a film as legend makes out. Cries to be remade. JS
Cinema Nova
(103 min) PG ★★★
THE Sapphires, Australia's first indigenous girl group, got their big break when invited to entertain US troops during the Vietnam War. The premise could fuel a politically charged epic but Wayne Blair's adaptation of Tony Briggs' fictionalised play glosses over anything too painful. Still, you can't go far wrong with a musical comedy built on Jessica Mauboy's voice, Deborah Mailman's acting and Chris O'Dowd's blarney. JW
General release
(99 min) PG ★★☆
THE best scenes in this movie are those in which a guerilla dance group known as ''the Mob'' put on extravagant flash-mob performances in the middle of Miami. The storyline - in which the Mob take on a developer who plans to transform their neighbourhood - is pretty fatuous. And it's debatable, in the end, which side actually sells out. PH
Selected release
(112 min) MA ★★★☆
CANADIAN director Sarah Polley creates a quietly enveloping film about attachment, need and the sense of self, with an undemonstratively strong central performance from Michelle Williams. She plays Margot, a young, married woman who finds herself drawn to an artist (Luke Kirby) who has moved in across the road. Simultaneously down to earth about the everyday and acutely observant about the nature of desire. PH
Selected release
(106 min) MA ★★★
MARK Wahlberg plays a downbeat thirtysomething who spends most of his time hanging out with his best friend from childhood, a teddy bear who has acquired the gift of speech. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane co-wrote and directed this movie and provides the voice of the crass, slacker bear. Ted has its comic moments, and there's some of the gratuitously offensive flair of Family Guy in the movie, but not quite enough to save it from predictable male arrested development. PH
General release
(90 min) PG ★★★☆
I'VE rarely laughed at the original Three Stooges shorts but the idea of a blow-by-blow re-creation has a certain moronic beauty. Peter and Bobby Farrelly's tribute is utterly transparent and weirder than anything else in multiplexes at present. Stooges comedy is intensely ritualised: the puns, slaps and eye pokes, and the unified responses to challenges from outsiders. JW
General release
(118 min) M ★★
THE original Total Recall (1990) exemplified Paul Verhoeven's ironic approach to pulp fiction, with an everyman hero who hands his brain over to a company that implants customers with fake memories. The sarcasm is less firmly underlined in this mundane remake starring Colin Farrell. Hack director Len Wiseman is far less concerned with the deeper meanings of a story about the quest to separate reality from illusion. JW
General release
(93 min) MA ★★★☆
NON-PRUDISH viewers should find much to enjoy in this friendly, unbuttoned, often hilarious skit on the Hong Kong film industry, made on a low budget and filled with self-referential humour. The hapless hero is a B-movie producer (Chapman To) who recounts a series of scandalous tales from behind the scenes of his current film. The dialogue is as offensive as possible, but there's no onscreen nudity and a great deal is left to the imagination. JW
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in collaboration with the American Library Association (ALA) has awarded Librarian Allan Scherlen and Kim Hall (P&R, and chair of ASU Humanities Council) the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf Muslim Journeys Grant.
This grant provides Belk Library with books, video, and a Islamic Studies e-resource (valued at approximately $2500) to enhance the library's capacity to engage audiences in reflection on and conversation about Muslim cultures and to address the public's need and desire for trustworthy and accessible resources about Muslim beliefs and practices and the cultural heritage associated with Islamic civilizations. In complying with requirements of the grant, the recipients (in primary collaboration with the ASU Humanities Council and further collaboration with the Watauga Public Library, the ASU Lifelong Learning Institute, and the Muslim Students Association) will host a series of talks, forums, film showings and book discussions to be held during 2013.
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There's little in the Australian football world that John Kosmina does not know about.
So when he suggests it should be almost mandatory for coaches to complete their coaching education in the tier of Australian football immediately below the A-League, before taking on a job in the top division, perhaps we should listen and give the idea some consideration.
Of course, with privately owned clubs, such an initiative is difficult to mandate. Rich owners will exercise their rights and argue that as they pay the piper, they can call the tune and hire whoever they want. And if they want a recently retired big-name player with little coaching experience, that's who they'll employ.
Nevertheless, Kosmina's suggestion has merit, especially if Football Federation Australia wants the newly branded National Premier League to have credibility as a stepping stone to the big show for both players and coaches, as they say they do.
In recent times we have seen several men, who have taken on A-League posts without serving much of a club-based apprenticeship, falling foul of their owners and paying the ultimate price.
John Aloisi, a star Socceroo and a legend of the local game, had one season coaching Melbourne Heart's youth team before being catapulted to the main stage.
He lasted 18 months in the big time, his team enduring a record 19 games without a win before he was dismissed.
Alistair Edwards had a dream honeymoon at Perth Glory when he took over towards the end of last season. He spent several years in the national team development set-up but had not really coached for any time at senior level at a club before taking his A-League post. He was gone after failing to handle a dressing room insurrection and the politics of dealing with the club hierarchy in a power struggle.
Glance through the list of current A-League bosses, and it's apparent that those who are having success have enjoyed a solid grounding at a lower level, and crucially, as assistants at A-League level. Brisbane boss Mike Mulvey has not struggled since replacing Rado Vidosic, who was Ange Postecoglou's original successor at the Roar.
Mulvey had years in the state institute in Queensland, with the Australian set-up, and as an assistant coach to Miron Bleiberg at Gold Coast United before getting his chance. He also had a spell as head coach of Melbourne Victory's women's team.
Tony Popovic not only worked as an assistant at Sydney FC, he rounded out his education in one of the most unrelenting schools of all, the Championship in Britain, where he was an assistant manager at Crystal Palace.
Kevin Muscat, at Victory, and Phil Moss, at Central Coast, are both first-season coaches who had to take over midway through the campaign. Both have had their problems, but the fact the pair both served as assistant coaches at their clubs for several seasons should stand them in good stead as they look to manage their way through different challenges - a form slump in Victory's case, and a fire sale for Moss. The Mariners have sold off several first-team players in the last couple of years.
Adelaide's Spaniard Josep Gombau worked through the development and academy system at Barcelona, one of the best football ''universities'' in the world, before moving to Hong Kong where he coached local team Kitchee to two league titles and two cup wins. Now the standard of football in Hong Kong is hardly top-flight, but Gombau would have learnt plenty about managing a dressing room, tactics, motivation and dealing with owners and investors as head coach.
And that's one of the key points Kosmina made. Being a head coach, particularly at the top of the tree, involves far more than just picking and managing a team, or taking training sessions.
A coach has to be part psychologist, part motivator, part disciplinarian, a tactician, an innovator, a street-smart fighter who can think on his feet, when he might need to change his set-up, structure or pattern of play to cope with an unexpected situation.
He also has to be a politician, capable of dealing with a chief executive, a chairman, a board of directors; a wheeler dealer, capable of coping with the demands and tactics of agents; and an accountant, who has to juggle the pressures of a salary-capped squad with the constant call for success on the field.


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Child passenger safety is an important area of highway safety. Each year, over 250 children in North Carolina alone are saved from death or serious injury due to a strong passenger safety law paired with local education and enforcement programs.
As experts in the field of child passenger safety (CPS), HSRC was awarded a contract by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) to produce the updated curriculum used by CPS instructors in training other individuals to become certified CPS technicians.
Child passenger safety certification training classes are conducted by a variety of local, state and national agencies and organizations and are designed to teach individuals the technical and instructional skills needed to serve as child passenger safety resources for their organization, community or state. Those who successfully complete the training workshop are eligible to receive national certification as a Child Passenger Safety Technician through the Safe Kids Worldwide Child Passenger Safety Certification program. Nationwide there are currently 30,000 certified CPS technicians and over 1350 certified instructors.
With the final phase of the project to be completed in early 2008, the project allowed the Center the ability to review the existing curriculum and offer suggestions for technical content and instructional methods, while also serving as a production house for the curriculum by producing the manuals and accompanying presentation slides for the training classes.
The first nationally standardized curriculum for child passenger safety was published by NHTSA in 1997 in collaboration with the National Child Passenger Safety Board, an organization that provides program direction and technical guidance to states, communities and organizations as a means to maintain a credible, standardized child passenger training and certification program.
For more information on Child Passenger Safety training courses, please visit www.cpsboard.org/.
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Now that the FedExCup playoffs are over, everyone is looking forward to a Tiger Woods-Rory McIlroy Ryder Cup match.
Well, not everyone.
Colin Montgomerie, a former Ryder Cup captain, cautions against the Europeans penciling in McIlroy for heroics this week.
Writing in The Telegraph, Montgomerie says an early loss could be devastating psychologically:
"Of course, it's a hell of a boost to have the game's dominant player in our ranks. Indeed, such is his form I wish Rory could play 10 matches at Medinah, not five. But there is also a danger in having the undisputed No. 1, as America proved when Tiger Woods was in his pomp.
America relied on him too heavily. They put so much emphasis on the belief that Woods was going to win five points that when he suddenly lost the first game, it threw them completely. We knew that if we went out and took down Tiger it would be like cutting the head off the snake. It was only one point on the board, but it was worth so much more. America's momentum was lost â??totally and irretrievably.
It doesn't matter how good you are, 18 holes of match-play is very quick and can get away from you in a few instants. We must not fall into the same trap in making Rory the be-all and end-all in the party. José MarÃa Olazábal is as experienced as he is shrewd and will ensure that this will be a team effort and not allow the burden to fall on McIlroy. He's one man in a team and that's all he should feel."
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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PotBS - Preview of Patch 1.2 @ WarCry
WarCry has had the opportunity to get a preview of Patch 1.2, which will be released to the servers tomorrow. Some of the main aspects of the patch are:
"[Patch] 1.2 is the sum total of all the content that the art and mission design teams have been working on since we froze for the gold master in November, so we have quite a bit of stuff in it," Ludwig explained. In addition to ongoing bug fixes and game balance tweaks, 1.2 contains new zones and missions that appeal to novices and veterans alike. Perhaps the most notable change is to Pointe-à-Pitre, the French capital city. Pointe-à-Pitre sees a complete overhaul in Patch 1.2 that allows it to stand out from other French ports.
"The second biggest thing in the 1.2 content update is 'Bey's Retreat,' which is an epic mission," said Ludwig. "Basically, a really hard, really long group-oriented mission," The mission is available at Rank 25, but scales so as to remain a challenge to players of all ranks. Expect to take a full group of minimum Rank 25 players with you and make sure you allow a considerable chunk of time to complete the encounter. "Bey's Retreat" will subject players to wave after wave of enemy ships, multiple bosses and loot that will be attractive to even Rank 50 players.
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SP/MP: Massive
Setting: Historical
Genre: MMORPG
Platform: PC
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'Finding Your Way Around the Autumn Sky' coming up at Hardin Planetarium
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Finding Your Way Around the Autumn Sky will begin Sept. 18 at WKU's Hardin Planetarium.
The planetarium's star projector will be used in this program to examine the patterns in the stars of the Autumn Sky. As the patterns are identified, some of the stories that the ancients associated with these patterns will be shared. In addition, some of the bright stars, planets and other celestial objects of interest in the fall's evening sky will be discussed.
Show times are 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 14. Admission is free and the 40-minute program is suitable for all ages. Note that the show will begin on time, with no late entrance permitted.
Show times and dates are:
- Tuesday Sept. 18 7 p.m.
- Thursday Sept. 20 7 p.m.
- Sunday Sept. 23 2 p.m.
- Tuesday Sept. 25 7 p.m.
- Thursday Sept. 27 7 p.m.
- Sunday Sept. 30 2 p.m.
- Tuesday Oct. 2 7 p.m.
- Thursday Oct. 4 7 p.m.
- Sunday Oct. 7 2 p.m.
- Tuesday Oct. 9 7 p.m.
- Thursday Oct. 11 7 p.m.
- Sunday Oct. 14 2 p.m.
Contact: Richard Gelderman, (270) 745-4044.
The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU hosted its 34th annual Summer Program for Verbally and Mathematically Precocious Youth (VAMPY) from June 25 to July 15.
Western Kentucky University has surpassed its previous record of private support in a fiscal year with a new high of $36.3 million gifted in 2016-17.
The WKU Alumni Association recently thanked nine volunteers who are retiring from the WKU Alumni Association National Board of Directors after their term of office.
Get ready for the end of summer WKU PBS Pool Party being held at the Russell Sims Aquatic Park on Sunday, Aug. 6, from noon to 5 p.m.
The WKU Alumni Association recently elected 11 new board members for 2017-2018.
WKU alumni and friends will celebrate "There's No Place Like Home" for Homecoming 2017.
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We recently held a wedding reception at Baku, an Azeri/Russian restaurant on Emmons Ave., and I just wanted to report on that experience as well as several meals we had leading up to the event. We picked Baku as our venue (potentially for an 150 person event) after looking at the much pricier downtown brooklyn and prospect park options, as well as a range of other Turkish, Russian, Causasian and similar dining spots (I have to note that post-Sandy, quite a few, like Liman, that might have been in the running, were closed) -the bride and groom vetoed Chinese.
As I mentioned before the wedding we visiting Baku for several lunches - it is pretty quiet and empty feeling in the daytime, unless they are having a party but dont be deterred - they are there and cooking! Not saying this is the best Russian Central Asian or even Azeri place in town (I dont have any basis for that claim - but just to report our satisfying meals there)
On our first visit we had already struck out at several possible venues, which were too small/not attractive - we were hungry when we hit Baku and had our lunch there. We ordered baku salad (a very russian and delicious potato salad including canned peas, and smoked salmon and topped with red salmon caviar), tender and juicy lamb rib kebab , fried mushrooms and potatoes, and meat and green kutab (these are flat pastries, filled with finely ground lamb and spinach, respectively and in the case of the meat, served with a yogurt based sauce). Fresh baked bread was excellent. Everything was very tasty and the presentation was very nice - while the prices were not cheap, these were large servings which we shared, not individual portions, and we wound up stuffed and taking quite a lot of the amazing potato and mushroom dish home to share with husband..
Our second meal followed our meeting with the manager to discuss booking the restaurant - we were not that hungry, but sampled the eggplant trio - flat fried sliced coated with nuts, sliced rolled with cheese and and a delicious spicy chopped salad, eel salad (one of the items on the proposed banquet menu), and sigara (filo-wrapped cheese), and then they brought out (free of charge) a mixed grill with lulya kebab, sturgeon, and lamb chops,. this was served with a central asian rice dish yellow in color and scented with cumin and other spices that was wonderful, as well as a salsa like sauce for the meat and a sweet heavy pomegranate or tamarind based sauce for the fish - we liked the former, not the latter, but all the meats and fish were juicy and delicious. Finally they brought out excellent tea (earl grey or caravan type) served with ceremony in small glasses, accompanied by a bowl of delicious cherry conserves (I think from Moldova) and one of sugar cubes. All this food was very good, except for the eel salad (served with a monotonous sweet asian type sauce) and the shredded veg garnishes for the meats, which seemed rather underseasoned.
the week before the wedding we returned to the restaurant for final arrangements - at lunchtime of course - everyone was eager to return and son hadnt been before - since the reception menu was still changeable we tried the julienne (decision - YES), the kutabs and Baku salad (decision - YES) and son ordered a bowl of their kufta bozbash - a yellow-toned soup with meatball and chickpeas - this was tasty also, finishing with their tea service.
My lingering fear was that given how empty the restaurant had been at each of our visits and the care the cook was able to take with each dish, that the wedding food could never live up to our experiences. We were resigned to a likely reduction in quality for the wedding. this could not have been farther from the truth - Baku exceeded our expections in every way - with excellent food, friendly and able servers who were exceedingly helpful, great facilities (only issue - bathrooms were down two flights with elevator out, hard for the infirm). and the terrific food and presentation, I highly recommend the banquet menus, which offer an incredible spread (family style), presented over more than 2 hours, of cold appetizers, hot appetizers, main dishes and dessert/fruit/coffee tea. Georgian wine, soft drinks etc are included (no liquor license) so you can bring in your own alcohol (bartenders are available). The menus are highly negotiable and the quantity and diversity of of food served is great - our guests included every sort of person from south indian (and other) vegetarians to west indians to boston and midwestern family members, and all had a great meal. Highlights (for me) included salmon tartare served with fresh potato chips, the restaurant's incredible fried potatoes and mushrooms (not as crispy as a la carte but incredibly delicious), an excellent greek type salad (very good cheese), the eggplant trio described above, several types of good smoked fish, sesame tuna, julienne (wild mushrooms in cream, topped with melted mozzarella cheese), duck salad with citrus sauce, foie gras with rasberry sauce (actually ordinary grilled duck livers but excellent) grilled sliced filet, grilled lambchops, and fantastic grilled sturgeon (there was seabass too but did not sample) They excel at these grilled items. They have several rooms and great audio and lighting support for a cool party - dancing was fantastic.Highly recommended! We ate leftover duck livers and sliced filet for a whole week after the party. the only item that was not successful was the kutabs, which need to be eaten warm - with the mountains of food on the table, they were cold before anyone noticed them. Dishes that I was dubious about on the "French Banquet" menu, such as the foie gras, calamari and "shrimp bruschetta" (actually a very good dish of garlicy grilled shrimp in arugula, with some grated cheese), and duck salad turned out to be very tasty. We neednt have worried, this was an able kitchen.
An item that may be of interest to the planner- the host had suggested we could add blini with caviar to the menu - and I had agreed. As the service began the maitre
d came to me and asked if I had brought the caviar for the blini! It was the only real cultural disconnect and we got a good laugh and cancelled the item.


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Mythili Raman '94 Joins Covington & Burling LLP as Partner
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Mythili Raman, who stepped down last month as chief of the Justice Department's criminal division, will join law firm Covington & Burling LLP's white-collar crime and litigation department as a partner, the D.C.-based firm announced on Monday.
Ms. Raman is the fifth senior Justice Department official to join the firm in recent years. Most prominent among them: Lanny Breuer, her predecessor as criminal division chief. He joined the firm last year and is now its vice chairman.
"Mythli brings a deep seated knowledge of the process of decision making that can be really valuable. I don't think the power of somebody like Mythli is because she has friends or can get favors done, but that she understands the decision making process inside the Justice Department," said Covington's Chairman Timothy Hester. "She has a sophisticated understanding of a process that is hard to get without being there."
It is common for federal prosecutors and regulators to leave government service to join white collar defense practices at top law firms, where they they pull in much larger salaries than they did while working for the government.


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Written on: 28/06/2017 by frankharrison1960 (1 review written)
do not go here if you want to borrow money they are a front for citi bank they hide this from you until you are over half way thru an application with virgin also this as apparently too late to stop the application, as the moment you have already clicked over the first page they have already been given your approval to process the application without you providing all your data and finishing your application. to this end you have already had a credit check done even though you did not… Read Full Review
Written on: 17/06/2017
After my experience with Virgin Money I could not recommend this company for any financial product. Put simply I feel like I have been conned out of money. I took out a buy to let mortgage and found the stated 'offer' valid period affected the length of the discounted period of the mortgage. This means that if you accept the offer in March and like most mortgages do not complete the transaction for three months you will lose out financially as the discounted period clock starts to tick a lot… Read Full Review
Written on: 10/07/2016 by Tristiant498 (1 review written)
I joined Virgin Money because it was offering a higher interest rate for its savings account than other banks/financial groups. I was impressed with the simplicity of its subscription process and platform. All key information is readily available, and the 'chat' solution was very responsive… Read Full Review
Written on: 17/03/2016 by Coynerr124 (1 review written)
I am a buy to let investor and have used Virgin Money mortgages directly a couple of times now. The best thing about them is the staff are polite and knowledgeable. They do have tight criteria - but if you or your property doesn't fit, they will say. So I find them easy to simply ring and ask info. The staff also clearly have good notes on their system as you only have to give your mortgage or application number and they immediately have all info to hand. When applying for a mortgage I found it… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/02/2016 by ainifalla (1 review written)
I invested 15,240 GBP into a Virgin ISA in April 2015. Due to an administration issue regarding my maiden name verses my married name Virgin are still holding my cash nearly a year later. They won't open the account nor return the investment. They write stock letters one after the other asking for documents that don't and will never exist. Indeed they refuse to release my investment until the results of the Ombudsman's investigation which may run for months. In that case I will have… Read Full Review
Written on: 03/02/2016 by kgAlvarez24 (1 review written)
Virgin offer a good ISA cash rate at the moment. Opening an account and transferring other ISAs was fairly straight forward. Certainly not quite perfection - they did seem to struggle with a change of address during one of the ISA transfers but I suspect this was an issue at the other provider… Read Full Review
Written on: 30/01/2016 by Julianna323 (1 review written)
Account blocked for security reason, when I called advised they have no trace of my online account !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Read Full Review
Written on: 09/01/2016 by Bartlett63 (1 review written)
So we have a BTL mortgage which needed to be re done, decided to try VM.... biggggggg mistake!!! Used their solicitors, who did nothing! But despite wanting over £1000 from us, Virgin money blames me for the mortgage not being registered within their time frame. This is despite me telling the branch that the solicitors were being a problem. 2 complaints and nothing sorted. Customer services takes weeks to come back to you, or not bother to, you have to chase at all times. Branch is less use… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/10/2015
i deposited £1000+ by bank transfer to my virgin prepaid card account in March 2015.this was a resiseted account miniumum £3000.my money was not paid in ,after many phone calls everyday i final got an answer i was put through to 6 different call center staff .they said bank has not got my money after another phone call final staff admitted they have it .put my money into my account .here comes another word they can"t .return me my money by cheque no is the relpy .again i was tired of the… Read Full Review
Written on: 18/08/2015 by ahmetdaout (1 review written)
I was denied a Savers account despite having others accounts in other banks, Uk National since birth, 30 years teaching and have never been declined for any thing. When asked why, they opened the account and then closed it, they where unwilling to explain their actions. As all my checks indicate good standing and excellent credit I can only come to the conclusion that I have been discriminated against, either by age or by race or for having Turkish name. So if you do not fit the Virgin Money… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/05/2015 by Shieldswb352 (1 review written)
I've spend the last 8 months trying to close my credit card with them and get the outstanding credit balance refunded. Every time I call they have an excuse why they are unable to do it and make a promise that it will be sorted soon. There has been no transactions on the card for 10 months and the credit balance which they owe me hasn't changed either. So far, I had no luck and it doesn't seem like complaining helps either. Talking to customer services is like banging your head against a brick… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/04/2015 by Demarions390 (1 review written)
Called them. Now live in Spain. Want me dosh! £88k to be precise.Close the account please. Been with you 20 years. "Yes Sir". "You've passed security and you ISA / PEP will be cashed at 5pm today". Great, I said. "We need Bank Statement and certified copy of your passport" she said. No problem I will send them in the post. Be aware I live in Spain. "Do you have a UK address?" Yes. "No problem, we'll send cheque there". That was the start of the problems. Still waiting to get MY (MY)… Read Full Review
Written on: 06/11/2014 by MissReviewer09 (1 review written)
Virgin money have managed my ISA for the past 3 years & they have consistently provided me with the best interest rate in comparison to all other banks. I use online banking which I've always found very safe (in terms of account security) & user friendly. There's been a few occasions when I've entered my details wrong, you are locked out of the account with very few attempts (some may say it's an annoyance but makes it impossible for intruders to guess or attempt access) & I've always had great… Read Full Review
Written on: 31/10/2014
They do not manage your account. They do not use the phone, they do not email you. If there is a problem they write to you and if the letter gets lost in the post (tough). If you contact customer service they talk over you. They show no empathy for your problem they they have ultimately caused, they will hide behind their process, facts or comment sense is irrelevant , courtesy is an old fashioned word, service is something that happens to a car, customer care is something that happens in the… Read Full Review
Written on: 28/11/2014
I think you're exagerating a bit, I mean they DO close your account and steal all your money in it, but other than that Virgin Money is offer a fantastic and brilliant service
Written on: 08/03/2015
Virgin offer rubbish rates rubbish service useless foreign customer service probably paid peanuts so the man can make keep more profits Virgin and NOT interested one bit in customers (probably due to low wages they receive on commission probably for trying to rip you off .
sick, sick company, search " Richard Branson bids to PROFIT from dying children"
Written on: 22/08/2014 by Hutchison396 (1 review written)
Worst customer service ever. Complaints procedure is dire. Call handlers are at best incapable… Read Full Review
Written on: 17/05/2014 by Combsnq39 (1 review written)
Reading from a script the advisor really has no interest in helping the client. It was really quite a frustrating call that left me upset. I've closed my account… Read Full Review
Written on: 11/02/2014 by allyMro (2 reviews written)
I did bank transfer in error to my capital one account. The money have been transferred back to Virgin but they gone missing and now one from Virgin could find them! Every time I had to explain the whole situation even when I as transferred to different department during the same phone call! VERY VERY VERY unhelpful customer service, they have behaved like they didn't care at all… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/10/2014
I agree. Steer clear of virgin.
Not interested in customers or their money
Written on: 26/01/2014
I'm not sure where to begin. The opening process was challenging, but I thought at least they take security seriously. Unfortunately their processes don't seem to extend to carrying out customer instructions or, indeed, any instructions. My latest challenge has been the unauthorised closure of my ISA, on the basis that I had sent a letter with the word "closed" in it. That it was used in the context of another query, nothing to do with the overall operation of my account, was clearly not… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/10/2014
I completely agree.
Sent three instructions:
1/ needed a change of address. Ok, accept that and they wrote to me.
2/ second was returned from Barclays. No explanation! My problem?
3/ knowing that I could not give instructions by phone or email I sent an email to customer service asking which is the best approach to increase the amount to be transferred to x amount. No contact they just did it? I was seeking information and confirmation about a horrible situation. I didn't really mind because it solved a problem, but I then had an hour and twenty minutes involved in a very stressful conversation just trying to understand why it had suddenly happened and what were the processes involved. Surely they could have called me and said sorry, but this is what we can do for you. Would you like us to do that or not. It could have been a positive outcome to a horrible situation!
Horrible: I supported Branson's brand because it is British but at the end of the day it turned into a bit of a pickle! Avoid like Ebola!
Written on: 18/01/2014
I have to say, Virgin Money online services are a disgrace, the information they provide on their site is inaccurate and trying to get hold of someone to resolve any issues will make you very frustrated. Avoid them at all costs. … Read Full Review
Written on: 29/10/2014
I completely agree!
Awful experience.
Written on: 20/10/2013
Virgin money is the worst bank ever after sending in pension documents signed and dated by a viable post office person they decided that wasn't good enough as my person hadn't wrote post office on forms although She had provided contact details etc so I told them where to stick their pension all they were trying to verify is I wasn't some foreigner not paying tax and residing at the address stated what a joke hopefully I change jobs soon to be offered a decent pension scheme… Read Full Review
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No, that's not a 420 reference — unfortunately last Thursday, there was a fire at the Felton Trading Post, where my office is located. The fire ripped through the front of the story, wiping out most of Kelly's and Melanie's inventory, but left my office and the back of the store unscathed (save for a smoky scent reminiscent of a barbeque that many of the machines now have).
With no power for the next two weeks, at the least, I had to move out and back into my home. And for those of you who have been keeping score at home, I rented office space because having seven computers in the living room was a bit cramped, and my better half Kyoko, who is showing annoyance after being a paragon of patience (she married me, right?), is not exactly pleased.
Now I'm looking for new space, but first since it's Veterans Day — thank you to all those who serve our nation, by the way — the family is going to take a drive down to Monterey for a visit to the aquarium.
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The Nov. 19 House of Delegates filled two open positions for at-large delegates and unanimously endorsed filing an amicus brief supporting the Real Estate Bar Association in a lawsuit over the practice of law. The meeting was held at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem.
"We felt there is an important element of consumer protection," REBA Past President Sami S. Baghdady told HOD. He explained, for example, that conveyancing requires a lawyer's expertise to spot occasional problems in real estate documents.
MBA Vice President Robert L. Holloway Jr. spoke in favor of filing the brief.
"This has implications for other areas of law," he said.
REBA President Paul F. Alphen said the lawsuit was filed to protect both consumers and the practice of law from groups looking to replace roles traditionally played by attorneys, including real estate closings.
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