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By JOSEPH ELERSON | News-Telegram Sports Writer
Oct. 19, 2007 - COMO - After a district-opening loss to the Hawkins Hawks last week at home, Como-Pickton head coach Paul Tullis wants to see his team make fewer mistakes against the Quitman Bulldog tonight in Quitman.
Against Hawkins, the Eagles had 40 yards of penalties and a passing game that went 3-of-12 for 71 yards in a 35-20 loss.
"We have to eliminate the mistakes that we made the other night," he said. "Hawkins played a good game and had a good gameplan but a lot of things that hurt us were things that we did to ourselves. We dropped a lot of balls and had some penalties when we should haven't had penalties.
"We need to make sure that we are taking care of us to do what we need to do to make sure that we are successful."
The Eagles (3-3) look to even up their district record against the Bulldogs with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff. Last year, the Bulldogs defeated CPHS, 42-14, at Ron Heflin Field.
"Like I have said in the past, every game is really important to us now since we have started district play," the coach said. "Our goal is still to make the playoffs and we need to get some wins to be able to do that."
In six games this year, Quitman's (5-1 overall, 1-0 in district) defense, led by linebacker Blaine Shackelford and cornerback Lance Evans, has held opponents to 98 points.
For the Eagles to pick up a win tonight, they want to pound the ball with sophomore running back James Carter and senior fullback Mitch Lowe. They also need the passing game of senior quarterback Noe Tellez, as he is averaging 37-percent passing (17-of-46) on the season.
"I think on offense we need to be patient and run our offense," Tullis said. "I think banging the ball at them - even though they are big and strong - I think there are some gaps that we can be all right with."
The Bulldogs run the same offensive scheme as the Eagles as the running game will be the main focus for both teams.
The Bulldogs will likely run the midline veer and use a heavy dose of tailback Doug Carden, along with quarterback Colten Peek and wide receivers Shackelford and Hayes Peckham.
Tullis said the main key for the Eagles this week during practice was to improve on their assignment defense to make sure they stay out of bad situations.
"Quitman's offense is similar to us in that they are going to put two backs in there," Tullis said. "They will go two tight ends and a wingback and try to bang it in there on you. They will try to beat you down and that is what we will see.
"We are going to have to be more physical up front then we have been in the past. I think a lot of the times that we play teams with the spread they think we have to be finesse and play here and there instead of being physical."
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Richard S. Walsh - Of Kalamazoo, Died July 20, 2002 at his residence. Richard was born March 5, 1970 in Kalamazoo, the son of Richard and Virginia (Piazza) Walsh. He was a 1988 graduate of Notre Dame of Canada. He enjoyed golf, skiing, bicycling and playing chess. Richard studied philosophy and a variety of religious beliefs. He is survived by his parents, Richard and Virginia Walsh of Daytona Beach, FL; two sisters and two brothers, Linda (Albert) Ikeda of Atascadero, CA, Diana (Gary) Christopher of Sarasota, FL, Patrick (Nan) Walsh of Portage, and Daniel Walsh of Kalamazoo; nine nieces and nephews: Daniel, Alyssa and Elana Ikeda, Xander and Sean Walsh, Deshawn and Daniel Walsh, and Jennifer and Jason Emmert; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. The family will be present to receive friends Wednesday 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Betzler Funeral Homes Stadium Dr. West of 131 375-2900 Cremation will take place. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated Thursday 1:00 p.m. at St. Catherine!
of Siena Catholic Church. Food and fellowship will follow the service at the Elks #50 on West Main Street. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice. Share a memory online at www.betzlerfuneralhome.com source: Kalamazoo Gazette Tues July 23, 2002 (submitted by a volunteer, no further information)
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Season Kicks Off on Thursday, April 9th
By Jon Schaeffer / Lehigh Valley IronPigs | August 18, 2014 10:07 AM ET
A Thursday night opener on April 9 at 7:05 p.m. against the Pawtucket Red Sox, 47 games during the prime summer months of June-Sept. as well as 34 games tabbed for either a Friday, Saturday or Sunday highlights the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 2015 home schedule, the club announced on Monday.
The eighth season in club history debuts Thursday, April 9 with the IronPigs home opener against the Pawtucket Red Sox to kick off a seven-game homestand which also includes games against the Syracuse Chiefs.
The 144-game schedule once again features 72 home games at Coca-Cola Park although 50 of those dates occur during the traditional summer season that begins with Memorial Day weekend. The home schedule coincides with a number of celebrated summer holidays, including Mother's Day (May 10), Memorial Day weekend (May 22-24), Father's Day (June 21), the week leading up to Independence Day (June 26-July 3) and Labor Day weekend (Sept. 4-7).
The IronPigs host their biggest rival Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the New York Yankees Triple-A affiliate, for a total of eight games beginning with a three-game series, June 19-21. The teams will also square off at Coca-Cola Park for a three-game series June 29-July 1 and for a brief two-game set, July 29-30. The winner of the annual series between the IronPigs and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders captures the IronRail Trophy along with a number of other unique bragging rights and incentives.
Due to a new scheduled format in 2015, the Pawtucket Red Sox, Boston's top Minor League affiliate, will play a total of ten games at Coca-Cola Park with series scheduled for April 9-12, July 7-9 and August 14-16.
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With a slightly altered scheduling format in 2015, the IronPigs will play each team in their division (The North Divison) either 17 or 18 times and teams in the South and West Division anywhere from six to eight times. Lehigh Valley's North Division opponents are the Buffalo Bisons (Toronto), Pawtucket Red Sox (Boston), Rochester Red Wings (Minnesota), Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York-A) and the Syracuse Chiefs (Washington). Teams in the South Division are the Charlotte Knights (Chicago-A), Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay), Norfolk Tides (Baltimore) and Gwinnett Braves (Atlanta). The West Division consists of the Columbus Clippers (Cleveland), Louisville Bats (Cincinnati), Indianapolis Indians (Pittsburgh) and Toledo Mud Hens (Detroit).
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I know you're a big Melky fan (or was) but this had to be done. I like the move as we have enough players that pop out everytime they are up with men on base (*cough* a-rod) and I don't think I've ever seen someone swing and miss as much as Sexson. I actually kind of feel a little bad for Sexson. He seemed like he was liked by everyone but he has just fallen faster than I've ever seen anyone.
I'm still a Melky fan, but not to the point where I want to hurt the team. I'm just amazed that a guy whose walks equaled his Ks in his rookie season has regressed this much. Maybe AAA will be a wake up call.
More importantly, I hope Gardner can figure things out. His speed and OBP could really help at the bottom of the lineup.
Sexson probably got a raw deal, his numbers weren't atrocious w/ the Yanks. Ransom can play short, though, so maybe this has something to do w/ Jeter's injury as well.
Sexson was hitting .250...? That surprises me.
Melky and Cano staying out late...? That surprises me. Cano, as a son of a former major leaguer, seems to take things too casually.
I would love to see Cashman move Cano for a front-line pitcher. Second-basemen are a dime a dozen.
Glad to see Gardner back up...let's hope Christian gets sent back down.


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Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia
TEAM specimen from near La Selva:
Kaspari specimen from Las Cruces:
Mexico, Belize (type locality), Costa Rica. Costa Rica: Atlantic lowlands, southern highlands.
Abundant flexuous setae on dorsa of head, mesosoma, and gaster; no shorter decumbent pilosity; eyes small; petiole with a distinct node; face and mesosoma coarsely rugose; propodeal spines very long, stout at base, tapering to sharp points; WL 1.12-1.30mm (in Costa Rica); propodeal spine length (measured from outer edge of propodeal spiracle to tip of spine) 0.35mm.
This species is known from very few specimens. The holotype and paratype were collected from Berlese samples of forest floor leaf litter, from Belize and southern Mexico, respectively. Costa Rican material is tentatively identified here as R. cornuta. Two specimens were collected as part of Mike Kaspari's Species Energy Theory project. The specimen data are:
Costa Rica: San Vito, Las Cruces BS, 8°47'N 82°58'W, July 1996, L and A Alonso, MEK54044.01. barcode: MEKOU221471. This specimen is currently in the Longino collection in Olympia.
Costa Rica: San Vito, Las Cruces BS, 8°47'N 82°58'W, July 1996, L and A Alonso, MEK54254.03. barcode: MEKOU221408. This specimen is currently in the Kaspari lab in Oklahoma.
Two additional specimens were found in mature lowland rainforest, at 100m elevation in Braulio Carrillo National Park, immediately south of La Selva Biological Station. They were collected in two different Winkler samples of sifted leaf litter from the forest floor, as part of Conservation International's TEAM project at La Selva.
There is substantial variation among the different collections, and it is unknown whether this is intraspecific geographic variation or interspecific variation. Costa Rican specimens are larger than the types. WL of the Belize holotype is 0.93mm; WL of the Mexican paratype is 1.02mm; WL of TEAM specimen from near La Selva is 1.12mm; WL of a Kaspari specimen from southern Costa Rica is 1.30mm. Within Costa Rica the TEAM specimens from near La Selva are different from the Kaspari specimens from Las Cruces. The former are smaller, the rugose sculpture is more irregular and less longitudinally oriented on the mesosomal sides and dorsum, the postpetiolar dorsum is more coarsely rugose, and the propodeal spines are smaller.
I used to refer to the Las Cruces specimens as a distinct morphospecies, JTL-005.
Literature Cited
Kugler, C. 1994. Revision of the ant genus Rogeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with descriptions of the sting apparatus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 3:17-89.
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Holiday traffic is starting to ease on NSW roads, after vehicles travelling north of Sydney on the Pacific Highway were banked up for 25 kilometres earlier on Friday afternoon.
It was the second consecutive day of traffic bedlam at Kempsey, where motorists were stuck in a traffic jam that stretched for 23 kilometres on Thursday.
The Transport Management Centre initially believed that the worst of the holiday traffic had passed and conditions would ease on the state's roads throughout Friday.
But by 1.30pm in Kempsey, where the temperature was forecast to hit 33 degrees on Friday, the traffic queues had blown out to longer than Thursday's. Motorists were warned to add an additional one hour and 45 minutes to their travel times.
The queue in Kempsey had reduced to 19 kilometres by 3.30pm, adding an extra hour and 15 minutes to travel time.
In Bulahdelah, a seven-kilometre line had eased back to normal by 5pm, while in Macksville the four-kilometre queue had dropped to two kilometres.
Heavy eastbound traffic had cleared on the New England Highway approaching Hexham Bridge.
Queues at Milton, which had been four kilometres, had cleared by 5pm, but two-kilometre jams remained at Kiama, Batemans Bay and Albion Park Rail.
Around Kempsey, a bypass under construction will eventually resolve a lot of the congestion and allow motorists to avoid driving through the town on a road that narrows from two lanes in one direction to one.
That bypass should be finished in months, meaning this is potentially the last Christmas period in which traffic is concentrated in the area. The bypass was first proposed in 2001.
Planning started on the Bulahdelah Bypass in 2000. That road, which should also alleviate the bottleneck in the area, is due to open in March.
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New law means $500 tickets for stores and people in possession of synthetic drugs
ANCHORAGE – It's official. Any business or person caught selling or using synthetic drugs can now be fined $500 per individual packet or container.
The new ordinance was passed Tuesday night by the Anchorage Assembly and signed into law Thursday.
The law bans all synthetic drugs, be it spice, bath salts, potpourri or whatever manufacturers may rename it in an attempt to skirt the law.
This is actually the second ordinance passed in an effort to combat synthetic drug usage in Anchorage. Only this time around, wording covers all items sold for the purpose of human consumption that contain misleading labeling, omit ingredients lists and leave out manufacturer's information — as opposed to the first, not-so-effective law that outlawed specific ingredients in these now-illicit substances.
Municipal prosecutor Cynthia Franklin said there are 23 businesses in Anchorage that sell synthetic drugs.
Franklin said this new law means police can enter any one of these locations and cite the store $500 for every single synthetic drug packet or container they find. If authorities believe store workers are hiding these products, Franklin said, they will obtain a search warrant to look further.
While many area businesses have been cashing in on the use of these dangerous substances, others have not and have lost customers that migrated to other businesses selling synthetics.
One of those shop owners is Deneen Tuck. She said she hopes this new ban will bring the business back she lost when these substances hit the scene.
Tuck owns Sourdough Tobacco and Internet in Downtown Anchorage. She has not and will not ever sell synthetic drugs, she said.
"I don't want to watch the news at night and find myself wondering, 'is that a kid I sold spice to?'" Tuck said. "No, I want to be able to go to sleep."
Tuck said even though the loss of customers to "spice shops" has taken a bite out of her business, she believes this is a moral issue.
"It's just my morals, my ethics, how I sleep at night and what my integrity is," Tuck said. "There's certain costs that it's not worth making that dollar."
Tuck said she doesn't want any of what she considers blood money, lost to shops like Tudor Smoke Shop and Smoker's Choice. It's been two days since the Anchorage Assembly passed this new ban on synthetics, yet these two shops still have the products proudly on display.
One manager of Tudor Smoke Shop said the new law hadn't been signed, so she didn't believe it was in effect. Franklin said otherwise.
"It's signed. It's right here," Franklin said pointing to the signature affixed on the ordinance. "We have a tool and we're going to use it. We're going to continue to use other tools, too, but we're going to use this one right now."
Enforcement that Tuck hopes will mean a business boom for Sourdough Tobacco and Internet and shops alike.
"Hopefully, you know I'll regain some of the customers," Tuck said. "And the smoke shop owners who didn't have a conscious who were selling this just to make the dollar, I hope they go out of business because they didn't care about these children's lives or their families. Money is not always the value of what integrity is."
Franklin said while this may be the second ordinance passed to help combat synthetic drug use, it won't be the last. Expect another ordinance to pass over the next few months that'll make these substances even more difficult to get a hold of, she said.
Until synthetic drugs are completely off of Anchorage streets, Franklin said, they will remain a top priority for area lawmakers and law enforcement.


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- Companies are increasing their dividends at the fastest pace in 35 years and are expected to continue.
- In you have been investing in S&P indices over the last 2 years, then you have been dividend growth investing.
- Can dividend growth investors apply the same principles that they use in stock picking to value and subsequently invest in index funds?
Market Outlook
In my first article here on SA, I asked whether dividends were becoming too popular. A lot has transpired since then and the market has seemed to go straight up in a "risk on" manner. During this time, the utilities sector and some of our other dividend payers have underperformed.
However, I believe that things like our national debt, student loan bubble, and housing troubles- not to mention the mess in Europe- will continue to weigh down our recovery. Therefore, my thesis has been that dividends, and the companies who pay them, will remain popular for the next couple of years. I think companies are listening to their shareholders' desire for that "bird in the hand" of which we often speak.
Dividend Growth Indexing
A few years ago, a friend of mine has asked for help with investing in regards to her company-sponsored 401k. She had access to a number of high cost funds that have underperformed the market and a bunch of low cost indices; it was easy to pick the low cost funds that matched the S&P 500, small-cap, and mid-cap indices. The other day, after reviewing her portfolio, I stumbled across this press release by S&P.
S&P announced that…
- Dividend increases were $50.2 billion in 2011. This was an 89.2% increase from 2010.
- Historically, payout rates have been around 52%, but are "near their lows at under 30%."
- They expect, due to strong cash-flow and cash reserves, to see record dividend payments in 2012.
Then it occurred to me: My friend is taking part in dividend growth investing!
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More experienced investors will know all of the arguments in favor of indexing, but it is always a good idea to review and apply to current assumptions and actions.
- When you include costs, 50-80% of fund managers underperform the index (depending on the year).
- With indexing, you don't have to worry about beating the market because you "are" the market.
- Diversification, which provides a measure of safety.
(Note: Most often, indexing goes hand in hand with dollar cost averaging)
Remember, in an index like the S&P 500, you still get ownership of companies like Procter and Gamble (NYSE:PG), Coca Cola (NYSE:KO), Abbot Labs (NYSE:ABT), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), etc., but it also gives you the opportunity to grab a piece of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), a company that I haven't felt comfortable enough to own outright.
"But Indexing Doesn't Work…"
I can hear some readers shouting: "Indexing doesn't work; the S&P 500 has had poor returns over the past 13 years!" I think this is a valid point; however, I began to wonder as I was writing this: Can some of the same principles used in dividend growth investing be applied to indexing?
- In regards to entry points: Buy when the market is undervalued or its dividend yield has reached a certain target, etc.
- In regards to selling: Sell when it becomes too overvalued or a certain percentage of companies cut their dividend, etc.
Perhaps actions like this would have helped you to buy low and sell high during peak periods of fear or greed. Some may argue that this defeats the purpose of indexing, but, for those who have left indexing for dividend growth investing, I think it might be an idea worth considering.
As S&P noted, companies have plenty of room to increase their dividends; I think this will happen as they respond to the wishes of their shareholders, who are asking for higher payouts, in this ZIRP world in which we live. So, perhaps for the next few years, one of the safest ways to be a dividend growth investor is by indexing. Can dividend growth investing principles be used to determine when to buy or sell indices? Maybe, but I think that is a bigger discussion for another article.
Disclosure: I am long INTC, ABT, KO, PG.
Additional disclosure: As always, this is my own opinion; do your own due diligence.


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Sorry, Scandal fans. In the rush of upfront news, a release purported to be from ABC about an actor named Eric West, whose name had been circulated for weeks, replacing troubled Scandal co-star Columbus Short got to me. It turns out it was an elaborate hoax, which is very unfortunate. Scandal creator said on Twitter that she has never heard of West and there are no plans to recast Short.
UPDATE: No Replacement For Columbus Short On ABC Drama 'Scandal'
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Wtf?! Why don't they just kill Harrison off?
Shonda Rhimes shot down rumors of the Burke role on Grey's Anatomy being recast after Isaiah Washington's exit by saying "The (idea) that one black man was interchangeable with another seemed disturbing to me." What a hypocrite.
Shonda just tweeted this:
'I've never heard of Eric West. Harrison is not being recast EVER. How about reporters CHECK THEIR SOURCES before running with a story?'
So she's not a hypocrite, this website just needs to check their sources as she said!
This is ridiculous.
Here's hoping he is in fact a new character and not taking on the character of Harrison. A show riding as high as Scandal is right now cannot get away with changing an actor of one of its main ensemble.
Sure fire way to lose 'passive' viewers who aren't loyal to the show.
I'm sorry, who?!
Why not just create a new character? Switching actors is distracting.
I mean…what the what? We have decided to replace asshole actor with random nobody, this is how our network works.
That is soooooooooo stupid. Recasting is dumb, they should have just gotten rid of him.
Shonda Rhimes is flat-out denying this on twitter right now.
can someone proofread before posts are made? if you're going to "apologize" for errors, maybe don't follow up with a statement that doesn't even make grammatical sense.
Just REMOVE the UPDATE and delete your tweets about it. It's not that difficult to comprehend. It's NOT a story. Not even your mistake is a story. TAKE IT DOWN.
Not a hypocrite, she has flat out denied this story. Little bit of an overreaction from you, don't you think?
Oh for the love of god, this yutz is STILL at it? He's been trying to SEO his way into a Wikipedia article for years (which has been deleted multiple times) based on his illustrious career as an Oprah studio audience member, person in the background of Times Square on GMA (he bizarrely claims both as roles on his IMDB) and a whole lot of nothing extra roles which he inflates as 'special guest star' nonsense. Along with this and his paid red carpet and unwatched webshow appearances, this is a new low for him. Shonda wouldn't even have him on as a key grip at this point!
No matter how veteran you are, you need to remain skeptical and vet your info.
Jesse l Martin !!! I know he loves Shona !
Well they do need to replace a regular role but were these rumours relating to Harrison staying but the actor changing? This isn't a soap…
Thank god it was a hoax
Thank God!!! Look, I like consistency in casting. Please no replacements, meaning, don't recast the role, just introduce a new character and kill off the old, or write him out in some other way.
How is it UNCLEAR? Shonda Rhimes said he wasn't being recast, EVER. That's pretty clear.
Unless it's Becky
What happened to Stephen Finch (Henry Ian Cusick) from Season 1? Why not bring him back? Shonda?
Harrison gets killed off by B613 he discovered that olivias father killed fitz son.


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A Purdue University political science professor is suing school officials and other professors for the treatment he faced after he posted criticism of Muslims on Facebook, the Associated Press reports.
Maurice Eisenstein claims Purdue-Calumet officials violated his rights of freedom of speech and religion by subjecting him to a disciplinary investigation. The lawsuit says Eisenstein was cleared of violating the school's bias policy but was reprimanded for retaliating against the two professors who complained.
"This is not the first time and it won't be the last time we will see a university punish a student or professor for constitutionally protected speech on Facebook," Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, tells AP.
The complaints filed last fall cite comments posted by Eisenstein, 64, an Orthodox Jew, on his personal Facebook page questioning the response of moderate Muslims to other Muslims killing Christians in Nigeria, and insulting the prophet Mohammed.
Chancellor Thomas Keon's office had no immediate comment, AP says.
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"sweet staff"
Posted by: margaretta on Jul 15, 2014
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Probably the most luxurious all-inclusive hotel in Varadero, the Paradisus Varadero offers spectacular buffets, an entertaining staff and a wide range of water sports.
One scuba-diving session included in price!
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Visited on: Jun, 2014 | Leisure | Family and Kids
328 people found this review helpful
I have heard lots of talks about this Paradisus hotel and decided to go see it and experience it for myself and it was worth the decision because it is worth the hype. I and my daughter visited here for the vacation and she cant stop talking about the holiday and says she will be coming back with me to this hotel for our Christmas vacation. The beach was immaculate so we spent our every day on the beach; the weather was perfect so what more could we ask for. The beach was very clean and calm, new loungers were available and they were never short of any the lounge chairs. The beach was never crowded during our stay and the building we were in was close to the beach so it was perfect. The staff here always treated the guests like family, they were so sweet and the cleaning lady we had was more than sweet to us, we really appreciate it. I can say that I and my daughter liked most of the restaurants at the Paradisus Varadero resort, they served nice meals especially the Japanese, it was our favorite. The buffet restaurant had many varieties making us looking forward to meal times every day, it was the perfect holiday. The rooms were really pretty, well designed and clean, daily cleaning service, nice beach that is clean always; nice loungers and wonderful staff who made us feel at home. The restaurants were amazing; we had a wonderful holiday and will definitely come back.
Posted by: mon
on Jul 10, 2012 >
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Visited on: Jul, 2012 | Leisure | Family and Kids
527 people found this review helpful
i went to this resort about 3 years earlier and it was amazing. However, when i visited this time, it was far from it. The beach is amazing, but the food was severely lacking. The buffet always had flies all over the food and even little birds would fly in and peck at the food. I was disgusted. This happened everyday. I went to the French a la carte restaurant and it was very bad. The portions were tiny and nothing compared to last time. The piece of lobster was burnt and very small. I went to the Japanese a la carte and it was also horrible. We also saw 2 cockroaches crawling beside our table. We told the waitress and she acted like it was nothing, so we left early. I got sick from something in the food and had to stay in the room for a full day. The entertainment was average. I can also say that the service quality declined compared to 3 years ago. Some of the cooks at the grill would be ignorant to people unless you gave them a peso, just so they can cook you a few pieces of meat. I don`t know why the reviews on this hotel are so great, but honestly don`t waste your money here.
"A great hotel"
Posted by: prakash dayanandan
on Jan 12, 2012 >
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Visited on: Jan, 2012 | Leisure | With friend
581 people found this review helpful
Fantastic hotel with great staff.recommend it wholly as one my best stays .rooms are older so i would recommend royal service .sumptious buffets and private dining in the theme restaurants are realy not worth writting home about .royal service restaurant is michellin star.beautiful bay with low shelf out to 100m.i really does feel like paradise when your there.left the hotel once in 6 days.that says it all!its that good.
"Fantastic service, beautiful rooms- way overcrowded"
Posted by: Greg Blayone
on Dec 2, 2011 >
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Visited on: Nov, 2011 | Leisure | With friend
631 people found this review helpful
My girlfriend and I stayed at the Pardisus in November/2011. We upgraded to Royal Service as we were only there for a week and thought we would live it up for the short time we were there. The rooms were great, that staff was very good the problems were that there are 75 Royal suite and only 20 cabanasa near the pool so needless to say over 50% of the people never had anywhere to relax. The beach on the RS side of the resort was terrible, actually due to the rocks it was not usable. In order to find sand it was at least a 1/2 km walk one way or the other, not the worst thing of course but it seems foolish to pay an extra 100 euros a day for the displeasure of not being close to the beach or pool.
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Posted by: Susan
on Oct 14, 2011 >
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Visited on: Sep, 2011 | Leisure | With Spouse/Partner
569 people found this review helpful
Our first trip to Cuba and it was magnificent. We were at the Paradisus for one week in the Royal Service section and will definitely return. Everything was done to perfection including rooms, service, meals, staff, transfers and anything else I can think of. No negatives. Thank you, Paradisus for making our 20th anniversary memorable.
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Personal transfer from the airport, champagne on arrival, personal check in. No line ups, no buses. How great is that?
Excellent with marble/granite; modern bathrooms with vessel sinks, private toilet/bidet. It did take us a day to bet accustomed to showering outside in the Balinese shower but what a great experience.
Restaurants and Bars:
Absolutely no complaints. We tried all the a la carte restaurants and found them exceptional. Our own private restaurant was exceptional as well.
The grounds were kept very clean and trimmed. The pool was delightful. The private beach at the Royal Service is currently being upgraded as I write this. The private beach at the main hotel was great. Love the Balinese beds.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
For those of you who are avid golfers, save your money and bypass the Varadero Golf Club. It is very rough, not maintained even though the bones are there for an excellent golf experience. They charge way too much for carts and club rentals so if your green fees are included in your package (as ours was) it will still cost well over what you pay at a first class club.
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Get to know your manager and the staff as they make your holiday a great one. Don't forget to tip on a regular basis and then you are assured of a delightful experience. We took small gifts from Canada for the room staff and they do appreciate it.
"Paradise found at Paradius Varadaro"
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Del on Aug 10, 2011 >
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Visited on: Aug, 2011 | Business | Family and Kids
662 people found this review helpful
This is my favorite island I have gone with my daughter and myself.and just by myself.
I have been to Cuba numerous times. But this is where I try to go every year. for me Cuba is one of the safest places to go.I have made many friends and they tell me of their customs culture and help build my Spanish vocabulary one phrase at a time.
The Guest relations are the best .there is a bank there as well.We stayed at ibestar and have friends at both resorts but I would choose Paradisus.a
Ibestar does have a pharmqcy.
Very clean I leave what I can school supplies soap as gifts.but I try to give to gardeners,guest relations towel personel.there is a bathtub and shower and only one occasion water was Luke warm. The gals make swans out of towels .If u need anything just ask.
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There are a few restaurants.I like the one by the pools for lunch and the main buffet for evening.Jocelyn makes a mean strawberry daiquiri as well as lobby bar has exspresso .I buy coffee for my friends here but I don't drink coffee so I cant spell it right.There is a little shop in complex.food is great Cuba has great ice cream and my daughter will agree.
I find food good and fish poultry dishes very good.There are different types of bread and excellent.
There are several pools to choose from kids quiet pools swim up bar.there are no vendors asking u for anything but there is couple on this stretch of beautiful secluded beach.there are sports activities.the grounds are magnificent. I did mind getting lost on the complex as there is such beautiful flowers gazebos
The gardeners make little creatures for the kid from palm fronds..I gave one of the gardeners a pair of gardening gloves and every day he smiled and gave me a flower .
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There is ping pong and pool activities nite shows.there are baby sitters.for the kids and I know my friends there are great with kids.and super busy .
Irvine and Oscar at the towel return are helpful love to share a joke and professional.if u want to know where to go see or best deals.
For Repeat customers a discount is given.Everyone is helpful and smile.Cuba loves Canada.A smile a please and thank you shown goes a long way .
I also know I take a Spanish english dictionary and I also have given many of the planet dictionaries as gifts as they want lot learn English.
5stars .
"An unforgetable hotel"
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Visited on: Jun, 2011 | Leisure | With friend
694 people found this review helpful
An absolutely amazing hotel. Opposed to other hotels we saw in Varadero, this hotel meets every expectation. When you arrive champagne is handed over. The hotel complex itself looks fantastic. A beautiful private beach, a huge pool, nice lounge with much entertainment. Also the restaurants were good.
One negative point, we didn't had warm water, something you would definitely expect for this hotel and this price. Probably it was a temporary problem.
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"Paradisus Varadero Royal Service Raves!"
Posted by: Fiona
on Jul 5, 2010 >
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748 people found this review helpful
This is our 3rd trip in 2 years and we were lucky enough to experience the Paradisus Varaderos brand new Royal Service. I reviewed the main resort previously; this review is largely specific to the new Royal Service.
Butler service
The PV has chosen their most experienced, charming and multi-lingual staff for the Royal Service. They bent over backward to make our stay great. Extensive room service is available 24 hours a day.
Your Arrival:
Once again, the best staff have been assigned to Royal Service. Check in, check out, questions, etc. were all handled very quickly and easily.
The entire reception, lobby, etc. is air conditioned and therefore mosquito-free if thats a concern for you. We didnt encounter many mosquitos this trip but have on trips in the summer. There's a nice little lounge area with a decent pool table for a lazy end to a long, hot day!
Most of the villas have 2 suites upstairs and 2 downstairs. Ours was downstairs and had a private patio with table, chairs and a lounge/sofa. The bedroom-sitting area is attractive and large, and has a couch, 2 armchairs and a coffee table, flat screen TV, built-in bar fridge (fully stocked) and picture windows/doors out onto the patio. Full water view. The king-size bed is more comfortable than the usual PV beds; still not luxurious but a definite improvement. There is a pillow menu, from which you can choose various shapes and fills. We tried several lots of fun! Large walk-in closet with lots of hanging and drawer space and a safe.
Bathroom yes, it rates its own review!
The bathroom is as wide as the bedroom, with a large spa-bath. There are various aromatherapy products for the bath and your butler will actually come and draw your personally-selected bath for you. I didnt avail myself of this, but if youre into that kind of service, have a blast! There are his and hers counters, each with a sink, large mirror, lots of counter space. Between the 2 counters is the door to your private Roman courtyard with a latticed roof for semi-shade and privacy, little palm tree, gardens and a path down the middle to the outdoor shower in the tiled wall. WOW! Gorgeous! I couldnt get enough of standing in the warm Cuban air while showering. It was a very clean vacation!
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Pool bar
Has its own mint patch for freshly-made mojitos! Really great service unless there is a large group of guests on hand, in which case they need more backup.
Private restaurant
Excellent food, excellent service for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This is the closest to really fine dining that we have encountered in Cuba - we have always enjoyed the food in the main resort but this is a step up! There are lots of choices of meat, fish and vegetarian dishes, as well as soups, desserts, etc.
Lobby bar
Air conditioned and therefore mosquito-free if thats a concern for you. We didnt encounter many mosquitos this trip but have on trips later in the summer. The 24-hour lobby bar is small and not many people used it but we enjoyed getting an early morning tea or a drink after the show. If youre looking for more action, head over to the main resorts lobby or disco. You can always ask for a ride in one of the little guest transports.
The lovely private pool is surrounded by lots of those big, square palapas with mattresses, bolsters and room for 2 or more. Curtains tie up for sun or hang down for shade. Also very comfortable lounge chairs. It was marvelous to have the option of this (usually) quiet pool in the Royal Service, or the bigger pools with more going on in the main resort.
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Spa and gym: A gorgeous, full-service 5* spa and fully-equipped gym are now available.
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The rest of the resort: Well, we wouldnt be back again if we didnt love the place! Check out the newer reviews for more info on the fabulous beach, lovely grounds, great restaurants, big pools and friendly staff!
"The beach is the best one I have ever been to"
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Erica from Mississauga, Ontario on Jun 1, 2009 >
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Visited on: Jun, 2009
742 people found this review helpful
Arrival: June 25 - July 02
This was a beautiful resort. The people in Cuba are very welcoming to Canadians and were very pleasant. Air conditioning is only in your room and the restaurants. It was very very very hot and humid but we stayed at the beach most of the day.
Rooms were very spacious.
Restaurants and Bars:
Great restaurants especially Italian and Japanesse. Make sure air conditioning is working though it can get very hot at this time of the year.
The beach is the best one I have ever been too. White sand , clear, turquoise water. This beach is absolutely beautiful.
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Didn't want to go on any tours because we were only there one week and we loved the beach too much too leave it. But we did speak to others who went to Havana, swimming with the dolphins and said they were great tours.
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The only compaint would be the mosquitoes. They would hover around your door first thing in the morning and come out again at night. Many of the guests were bitten on legs and arms and they became very itchy. There would be mosquitoes in your room at night and it became hard to sleep as they buzzed in your ear. They were quite annoying. Not sure if this would be a problem in the winter months though. So if you travel in summer bring spray and after bite. Make sure to bring items such as soap, hats, t-shirts, clothing(for men,woman and children) ,toys, etc. the Cuban people appreciate everything and we wish we had brought more for them. So please if you go bring what you can. It was certainly a great feeling to see how happy they were to receive our gifts. Bring medications from home i.e. advil, pepto-bismol etc. the store does not carry too many drug store items so bring what you need !!!!
"I can't think of a single problem we had at this resort"
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Milan from Calgary, Alberta on May 1, 2009 >
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Visited on: May, 2009
730 people found this review helpful
Arrival: May 17-24
We booked with Air Canada Vacations, and flew directly from Calgary to Varadero. Bus waited for us at the airport, and after about 30 min we where at the resort. Checking in was within a couple of minutes, and shortly after, our luggage was transferred to our room. Everything went smoothly.
The resort has 28 bungalows with 8 rooms each. It really doesn't matter in which bungalow you are, as everything is within 5 minutes of walking distance. Our room was very clean and comfortable. What we really liked is the central air-conditioning system, as opposed to a window type at some other hotels, which was very efficient and noiseless. Furniture shows some ageing, but nothing of a serious concern. I've read some reviews, where people complained about mattresses being too hard to sleep on, but we didn't find it to be true. They are firm, but not overly. Room service was excellent, and whatever you ask, you get. The only missing thing in the room was an alarm clock, so don't forget to bring one along, if you need it.
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We really didn't come here for food or drinks, but we were truly amazed with food. There are 4 al a carte restaurants (reservation required), main buffet restaurant, pool restaurant, and beach restaurant. They are all first class restaurants even by western standards. Variety of food was unbelievable, and it's quality very good to excellent. Although, everything was within short distance, the best part was daily barbeque at the beach, with no need to leave the beach, or step out from your swimwear. There are bars everywhere. Beach, lobby, pool, swim-up. Drinks flow in rivers, alcoholic, or non alcoholic. We were told that the water from bar machines is purified, and even ice is made from it. We did not experience any health problems, neither with food nor water.
The beach, resort grounds and pool is something what truly makes this resort stand up to it's name Paradisus. There are dense and fully grown coconut palm trees on the spacious beach with numerous palapas, both proving plenty of shade. White powdery sand, turquoise crystal clear waters, and palm trees look exactly the same as you would find in best advertising brochures. The beach was very clean, and maintained. No glass or garbage to be seen anywhere. Right from the beach you step into the resort grounds, beautiful lush tropical forest, extremely well maintained. Wherever you walk, you are in the shade, surrounded by dense vegetation. Same in the pool area. You can even find shaded areas in the pool, while swimming. The pool is huge and irregular in shape, with swim-up bar, and with different depths suitable for all ages. Me and my wife are mostly beach people, but our 8 year old kid really enjoyed the pool. No battle for beach chairs, neither at the beach nor at the pool, at any time of the day, as this resort is capacity wise designed not to be crowded.
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There was plenty of entertainment. At the beach, pool, restaurants, lobby, with live music, dancing, shows, etc. Some excellent, some OK, but none of them too loud to be irritating. We also appreciated their Kids Club, where they (the staff) took our kid for a tour of an ecological reserve adjacent to the resort. There are also other kids activities. Very thoughtful of the staff, giving parents to enjoy some time of their own. Considering our short stay here (1 week), and our preference toward beach, we did not take any lengthy excursions. Outside of the resort we only visited the near-by Dolphinarium. The dolphins show was one of the best I ever seen and our daughter got a chance to swim with dolphins (for about $100 fee), which made here really excited and happy. It was well worth the money.
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The resort staff was extremely friendly, and forthcoming. I can't think of a single problem we had at this resort. We tipped, not much, but often. One peso or two (equivalent to one US$) left in the room's fridge, at the restaurant table, bar tender, or beach boy, goes miles long. And don't forget the gardener. Clothes and other things you don't need are very appreciated too, so don't hesitate to bring them along. To summarize, this resort is very well worth every penny we paid for, and would highly recommend it to anyone, especially to families with kids. We would definitely go back again.


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Pointing forward: Bucks look to future with Antetokounmpo
Three decades ago, Don Nelson took a 6-foot, 5-inch forward out of the University of Tulsa and helped create a new position in the National Basketball Association – the point forward.
Paul Pressey was the player Nelson chose to help run his Milwaukee Bucks, an oversized (for the time) point guard that took two years to truly develop Nelson's vision. In Pressey's third season, the 1984-85 campaign, he averaged 16.1 points and 6.8 assists per game.
In a six-season stretch from 1984 to 1990 that began under Nelson and continued with Del Harris, Pressey averaged 15 points and 7.4 assists per game as the Bucks made the playoffs each season, a stretch which included one trip to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Milwaukee won 301 games over that period, a time of sustained success and competitiveness not seen again until George Karl and Terry Porter led the Bucks to another conference finals berth within five playoff appearances and a 246-214 overall mark from 1998 to 2004.
Three decades later, the Bucks return to those point forward roots with the selection of 18-year-old Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo No. 15 overall in Thursday's NBA Draft.
"I started watching this kid – I'm not going to say who he really reminded me of watching," first-year Bucks coach Larry Drew said Thursday night, a smile curling as he spoke. "But I saw some things I really found to be really intriguing."
Antetokounmpo perhaps filled in that gap on Friday.
"I'll be like Magic, you know?" he said with a wide smile. "Like 'KD' – mix 'KD' and Magic Johnson."
The initials are a reference to 6-foot, 9-inch Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant, a comparison presented to Bucks general manager John Hammond on Thursday after the pick was made.
"There was no question there were safer picks - but nothing with this kind of upside," Hammond said. "Nothing close to this. That's the real key component of what we have here. You know, how are we going to get ... who's our next All-Star?
"I think he has that skill set to become that if it all falls together for him."
The reason for the excitement is because Antetokounmpo didn't start playing basketball until he was 12 when his older brother Thanasis – also a professional in Greece – pulled him into the gym off the soccer pitch. At the time, Antetokounmpo was a "normal" for a boy of Nigerian descent, which is about 5-feet, 5-inches. Then, he began growing. Now, he stands 6-9 without shoes (he'll play at 6-10) and doctors have told him he could grow a few more inches.
"It's very difficult because you lose your explosiveness," Antetokounmpo said of learning to manage his skill set while growing so much every year. "You lose that. It's very difficult because your bones grow and your muscles stay little. But, I think it's better I that I grow because I'm a point guard – 6-10 – maybe point forward as the coach says, and I think it's better.
"I can play the point guard position. I can handle the ball very well. But the thing that makes me special in the game is I'm an unselfish point guard. I pass the ball to my teammates. And when the team needs a scorer, I'm that scorer."
Drew sees the soccer background in Antetokounmpo, from the way he can seamlessly change directions, move laterally, his endurance in running up and down the court, and his spatial recognition. And, it has provided a solid base to help him develop even as he adjusts to his height.
"You don't find 6-9 guys that move up the floor and defend 94 feet," Drew said. "You just don't find that. This kid does that. Certainly you do see where soccer did enhance his footwork. The footwork is there. His ability to move on the floor, to change direction, particularly when he has the basketball, you could see where soccer, I think, has really benefited him."
Antetokounmpo will play for the under-20 Greek national team this summer and will not participate in the Bucks' summer league. Then, he will move to Milwaukee with his family prior to training camp.
"In the beginning it will be the culture, for sure, because I've lived in Greece for 18 years," he said. "I've never left the country. It'll be a little bit difficult but I'll have my family together with me and it will be easy."
On the court, Drew sees Antetokounmpo playing all over the court. He sees him in the post, and in the open court. It's a mix Milwaukee has not seen in a long time.
"He'll be able to play two, three, (the) one. Point forward. That's what he plays," Drew said. "That's what comes to your mind when you watch him play because he has the ability to take the ball off the glass and he can take it coast-to-coast. And he makes plays. That's very, very, very intriguing. It's just not a lot of guys that can do that."
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Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are an enabling technology of context-aware systems. The Internet of Things (IoT), which has attracted much attention in recent years, is an emerging paradigm where everyday objects and spaces are made context-aware and interconnected through heterogeneous networks on a global scale. However, the IoT system can suffer from poor performances when its underlying networks are not optimized. In this paper, an ontology model for representing and facilitating context sharing between network entities in WSNs is proposed for the first time. The context model aims to enable optimal context-aware management of WSNs in IoT, which will also harness the rich context knowledge of IoT systems.
The Internet of Things (IoT) can be seen as an evolving suite of technologies which make it possible to interconnect digitally augmented everyday objects and spaces—e.g., home appliances and environments instrumented with sensing, processing, and communication capabilities—and creating interactions between them over large-scale interconnected heterogeneous networks such as the Internet. The IoT gives rise to the possibility of an omniscient awareness of the fine details of our physical world by providing anytime anywhere access to information about any interconnected 'things'. Therefore, the IoT is a potentially large-scale context aware system, where such awareness is used for making intelligent decisions and autonomous responses to situations and events that have occurred.
The IoT is also a heterogeneous system where multiple types of devices can co-exist over different types of networks. Different devices can have their own operating mechanisms. Therefore, it is difficult to communicate between heterogeneous devices, but it is possible to make such interactions easier by contextualizing the information to be shared or exchanged in order to reduce the dimensions of information (e.g., range of possible values) to be communicated.
Existing context aware designs have focused mostly on the application level aspects of the IoT,
There exist designs for implementing context aware services and applications for the IoT, but there have been hardly any attempts to bring context awareness down to the underlying networks. The IoT can integrate physical and virtual objects seamlessly in an Internet-like structure, and let applications and services interact with those interconnected "smart objects" based on contextual information. Unfortunately, the network itself has been left out of this "context aware" paradigm, and network optimization designs are not yet considering this context aware approach. Optimization techniques can be difficult to apply in the network as heterogeneous devices operate over hierarchical networks and every network device of different types can operate with its own standards and mechanisms. Not only do modifications have to be made to devices of one type to understand and interact with devices of other types, but additional communication and processing by the devices is also often required to make this happen. By contextualizing information such as network states and conditions to be shared or exchanged between heterogeneous devices, interactions between such devices can be made easier and the application of network optimization techniques involving heterogeneous devices can be facilitated [
The motivation of this paper is to provide a context model for modeling different situations and conditions of an IoT system with the aim of optimizing the underlay network using contextualized information. The networks can react autonomously to the contextual information, executing appropriate tasks and actions according to the system contexts. In this paper, an ontology-based context model is proposed for facilitating context sharing between heterogeneous devices and network optimizations exploiting context awareness in WSNs. The remainder of the paper is organized as follows:
Due to the nature of the IoT environment
The original concept of the IoT is to interconnect a plethora of pervasive distributed devices through the Internet. Thus, the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) was adapted initially to manage the networks in IoT [
There exist other works that focused on the issue of resource allocation. In [
As the IoT network management is expected to evolve towards the distributed and more automated management paradigm, promising enablers of such automation—context awareness and ontologies—are introduced in the next section.
The term "context" is defined as "any information that can be used to characterize the situation of an entity" [
This concept of context can be extended to describe the situation of any entity relevant to a network when designing context-aware networks. The entities can be nodes, links, or protocols. It may also include human users and the physical environment of the network. Similarly, context can be shared between context producers and consumers in the network. The resulting increased level of context awareness can empower the network to make more informed and intelligent decisions for its operations, which will lead to more automated management and optimized performance.
A number of context-aware designs for WSNs have been proposed, which aimed mostly at addressing, through context awareness, one specific network-related issue, such as medium access control (MAC) [
Context modeling refers to the process of creating an abstract representation of situations in the real-world such that it can be interpreted and exchanged by machines. Various context modeling approaches exist, such as key-value models, object-role based models, and spatial models [
Ontology is a mechanism that allows a formal and structured description of a set of concepts and relationships between them for an entity [
There exist few ontology-based context models specifically for WSNs. In [
As discussed in
Network heterogeneity can increase the difficulty of network management due to the large amount of different information needed to be shared and understood between heterogeneous entities in the network. While there exist ontology-based context models for mitigating this complexity issue through system context awareness in a heterogeneous operating environment, most if not all of them are focused on modeling application or system level contexts (e.g., [
Existing context definitions and models are not appropriate to be applied directly to many network scenarios since they target mainly the application or system levels, and do not encompass contexts about network elements and events. In this paper, we modified and extended the context definition in [
The device context provides knowledge about local device conditions, such as the energy state, storage level, and services provided by a node. The network context represents network wide situations and states, such as network topology, overall transmission capacity, or path qualities in the network. The system context represents status of the IoT system, such as the current executing tasks of an application or the state of the IoT system performance, which can be shared with the underlying network. The environment context provides knowledge for a network to understand the changes of its environmental properties or attributes, such as the occurrence of a fire incident or detection of hazardous objects. Other types of context may also be included according to the system specifications. For example, user activity and user preference can be modeled under application context if the system has a user-centric design.
Generally, all contexts of an IoT system can belong to the category of either local or global contexts. We refer to the entire contextual information of an IoT system as Context Resource, as shown in
Local and global context.
Hence, a single node is aware of not only the contexts about itself, but also about other nodes, the underlying network and the IoT system based on which context-aware management of WSN in the IoT can be performed.
Although contextual information can be classified according to their scope,
Relationship between local/global and high/low level contexts.
Low level local contexts refer to context about individual sub-components of a device, such as protocol states or sensor readings. Multiple low level local contexts can then be used to infer a high level local context, which represents the aggregated state of a device.
On the other hand, high level global contexts can cover the overall status of an IoT system and its underlying network, such as the overall QoS of the network, or the general performance of an application service provided by the IoT system. Low level global contexts can describe the status of those constituent parts of the system and network, such as the status of a routing path, the resource allocation states for data processing, or the environmental state from aggregated sensor readings, which are used to deduce high level global context.
For any context-aware network management scheme, when possible, it is essential to use high level contexts. Not only can high level contexts be inferred from multiple low level contexts, it is also possible to deduce low level contexts from a given high level context. For example, a single node can be constituted of multiple subsystems, such as the energy resource module, transceiver module, data storage module, and microcontroller module. Each subsystem is controlled and monitored by the operating system (OS) or firmware of the node. A high level local context such as "node is a cluster head" can be decomposed into corresponding low level local contexts for each subsystem, e.g., "fast energy depletion" for the energy resource module, "high inbound data traffic" for the transceiver module, "high memory load" for the storage subsystem, and "high CPU usage" for the microcontroller module. Thus, it is possible to make each single module aware of the status of other modules by deducing from high level contexts directly without having to exchange low level local contexts between them.
It will be even more necessary to use high level contexts when dealing with global contexts. Transmitting a piece of high level global context to be shared by all nodes in the network should incur less communication overhead than transmitting multiple low level global contexts. As communication can consume the majority of the overall energy resource for a node device [
The proposed context ontology model provides vocabularies to represent context knowledge about network related situations and states of the IoT systems. The model is designed to facilitate context exchange and the understanding of such exchanged contexts between heterogeneous nodes of an IoT system to enable optimal context-aware management of the system's underlying WSNs. Each node holds one instance of the model, which can use expression axioms to deduce the corresponding context knowledge according to the information exchanged at different levels and scopes.
This model is designed as a hierarchical structure of context classes where each class characterizes the contextual information of one or more constituent parts of the IoT system. The bottom level of the model is raw information directly inherited from device components and system entities. The upper levels are the proposed context ontology to model and present inferred contexts for constituent parts of the system.
Here, raw information refers to any information, typically in numeric format, acquired directly from hardware and software components of a single node. In addition, raw information can be exchanged between nodes to infer low level global contexts, e.g., nodes in a given area can exchange raw sensor readings to derive the environmental context of their surroundings.
Normally, low level contexts can be derived by comparing numeric values of raw information with predefined thresholds. As a simple example, the "HIGH"/"LOW" energy state of a node is a low level context derived by comparing the level of residual energy on a node with a threshold value representing half of its full battery capacity. In addition, probabilistic frameworks such as Hidden Markov Models (HMM) [
The structure of the proposed context ontology model is shown in
Context ontology structure for the IoT systems.
On the left side of this model shows the context ontology of the
On the right side of this model shows the context ontology of the
In this paper, a context-aware multi-path selection (CAMS) algorithm for video streaming in wireless multimedia sensor networks [
The original CAMS algorithm does not explicitly consider the issue of heterogeneous nodes. However, in this analysis, we consider a network composed of heterogeneous video sensors of different resolutions. As a result, differences between video sensors in their end-to-end delay requirements can be expected. The end-to-end delay requirement of a high resolution video sensor will be more stringent than a low resolution video sensor as more information bits will be transmitted for a given image or audio frame,
Based on the proposed ontology structure, the context model for CAMS as proposed in [
Context ontology model for context-aware multi-path selection (CAMS).
Syntax definitions for CAMS algorithm.
|Brightness of the split image frame
|Loudness of the split audio frame
|Brightness threshold for deciding the frame priority
|Loudness threshold for deciding the frame priority
|A single routing path between a source and destination
|Set of
|End-to-end delay of a path
|Set of
|Maximum time for end-to-end transmission of a high-priority frame
|Maximum time for end-to-end transmission of a low-priority frame
|Set of available paths for high-priority frame transmission
|Set of available paths for low-priority frame transmission
|Total number of available paths in
|Number of paths in
|Number of paths in
|Set of exchanged available paths for high-priority frame transmission
|Set of exchanged available paths for low-priority frame transmission
In CAMS, a video stream can be presented in Description Logic [
Based on the above definitions, only one type of frame—image or audio frame—of the same split video frame can be assigned as high priority,
All available node-disjoint paths between a source-destination pair can also be assigned with a qualitative context based on their transmission latencies. Two qualitative context values used are:
If a path satisfies the end-to-end delay requirement of either the high- or low-priority frame, the path is assigned with a guaranteed transmission delay context (
The available routing paths for high-priority frame transmission (
Similarly, the available routing paths for low-priority frame transmission (
It should be noted that the above
The CAMS supports multi-path routing, and the relationship between the number of available paths for high-priority frame transmission (
The original CAMS algorithm is modified to use our proposed context model as discussed above and shown on the left side of
As mentioned earlier, the CAMS as proposed in [
The scenario involves multiple pairs of source-destination nodes performing CAMS at the same time. As in previous scenarios, the
Overlapping node-disjoint paths of two communicating pairs.
The common relay nodes
Under the extended CAMS, nodes will behave as follows: After the source node determines its routing paths for high-priority (
As shown on the right side of
An available routing path cannot be categorized into
For a path 'marked' as having one or more shared nodes, the source node may perform a decision function to determine whether or not it should keep this path for frame transmission. The design of the decision function is often application/scenario specific, which may be based on probabilistic models, fuzzy logic, decision trees, or other reasoning mechanisms.
Handling of shared paths in CAMS with global context.
As a formalism for ontology representation, the RDF/XML serialization of the proposed ontology in
<owl:Class rdf:ID="CAMSPriority">
<owl:Class rdf:ID="LocalContext">
<owl:Class rdf:ID="ContentPriority">
<rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#LocalContext"/>
<owl:DatatypeProperty rdf:ID="PriorityState" >
<rdfs:domain rdf:resource=" #ContentPriority"/>
<rdfs:range rdf:resource="xsd:string"/>
</owl: DatatypeProperty >
<owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="ImagePriorityState">
<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#ContentPriority"/>
<rdf:range rdf:resource="#PriorityState"/>
<owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="AudioPriorityState">
<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#ContentPriority"/>
<rdf:range rdf:resource="#PriorityState"/>
<owl:Class rdf:ID=" DelayPriority">
<rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#LocalContext"/ >
<owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="RoutingDelay">
<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#DelayPriority">
<rdf:range rdf:resource="xsd:double">
<owl:Class rdf:ID=" LocalPathUsage">
<rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#LocalContext"/ >
<owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="
<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#LocalPathUsage">
<rdf:range rdf:resource="xsd:string">
<owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="
<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="#LocalPathUsage">
<rdf:range rdf:resource="xsd:string">
<owl:Class rdf:ID="GlobalContext">
<owl:Class rdf:ID="GlobalPathUsage">
<rdfs:subClassOf rdf:resource="#GlobalContext"/ >
<owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="
<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="# GlobalPathUsage">
<rdf:range rdf:resource="xsd:string">
<owl:ObjectProperty rdf:ID="
<rdfs:domain rdf:resource="# GlobalPathUsage">
<rdf:range rdf:resource="xsd:string">
The above use cases have illustrated how the proposed ontology-based context model can be applied to contextualize the mostly numeric data in the network, and how the contextualized data can be used beyond their sources by facilitating context sharing between network entities, all with the goal of enabling context-aware management of WSNs, which can also harness the rich context knowledge of the IoT systems. In comparison with the original CAMS, the 'contextualized' CAMS presented in this paper,
This paper proposed an ontology based context model for context aware WSN management in the IoT. Unlike previous models that focus mainly on contexts at application and service levels, an ontology model is proposed for the first time that focuses on representing network related situations of an IoT system as contexts which can be shared, understood, and utilized by heterogeneous nodes for context aware management of the underlying WSNs. Under the proposed model, context knowledge from system, network and node levels can be classified as local or global, and high or low level contexts according to their scope and level of aggregation. A use case of the proposed model is presented in which a context ontology is designed for and applied to an existing context-aware algorithm for cross-layer optimization in WSN.
The designed ontology models the contextual information found in common WSN scenarios, and makes them shareable between different parts of a system. Hence, a potential direction for future work is to further investigate the applications of the proposed model in particular for context-aware WSN algorithms or mechanisms that wish to harness the rich context knowledge of the IoT systems. Another promising direction is to deal with the practical challenges of realizing a small-footprint ontology store or database management system that can perform context storage and querying efficiently under the constraints of limited bandwidth, memory and processing resources of sensor devices. Furthermore, given the heterogeneous nature of IoT, multiple context ontologies may co-exist in the same system. Thus, ontology merging or alignment represents another interesting dimension for future investigation.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Cameron Diaz, Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera: Hottest Star Sightings of the Day (PHOTOS)
Christina Aguilera, 31, played soccer mom and cheered on son Max from the sidelines in Studio City on Sunday. The Voice judge leaned on her boyfriend, Matt Rutler, 27, for support during the game.
What other famous faces were spotted out and about?
Katy Perry, 27, had a ghoulish girls' night out at the 4th annual Haunted Hayride at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The "Wide Awake" singer spent time there with actress Lucy Hale and Modern Family's Sarah Hyland.
Meanwhile, Cameron Diaz enjoyed some retail therapy in New York City over the weekend. The Bad Teacher star couldn't get started on her shopping spree without a steaming cup of joe to keep her warm.
Diaz just celebrated the big 4-0 on August 30 and is welcoming the milestone.
"Getting older is the best part of life," she told Esquire's November issue, on stands Oct. 4. "I feel better at 40 than I did at 25." And with age also comes wisdom: "I know more than I've ever known," she added. "I have gratitude. I know myself better. I feel more capable than ever."
For more celebrity snaps of the day, check out the gallery above.


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Chat has been a big hit since we released it a couple of months ago. Even though it's still in Wikia Labs, around 2,500 unique users are chatting on Wikia each day!
We're excited to announce a pretty cool feature on Chat: emoticons. We know that many users have been requesting these yellow-faced icons, and we're confident that their addition will make Chat even more fun and enjoyable. Check out some of the available emoticons here.
The coolest part about adding emoticons to Wikia Chat is that each wiki can customize them! By default, every Chat starts with these emoticons, but if you visit the MediaWiki:Emoticons page on your wiki, you can add or change any of the emoticons. For more information on how to customize, please refer to the Chat Help Page.
When emoticons went live, it didn't take long for some users to notice and start customizing them. After releasing the new feature last Wednesday, I kept close watch on the community; by the time I went to lunch at noon, there were already dozens of custom emoticons across a number of wikis. Here are a couple of the many awesome examples that have popped up:
- Community Central: This is a very organized approach, and users are doing a great job of sticking to the 19x19 size. Check out the Help Page for more info on sizing emoticons.
- Pokemon Wiki: This wiki is seriously trying to Catch 'Em All ... they already have around 600 emoticons!
- Camp Halfblood Roleplay WIki: There are pretty creative examples here that you should check out.
- My Little Pony Wiki: What more could you ask for?
Emoticons are a feature that I built (with some help) during a 48-hour "hack-a-thon" at Wikia headquarters last week. The hack-a-thon is an event that takes place every three months — we set aside two days for Wikia engineers to work on whatever they want. The hack-a-thon lets us play around with fun features (like emoticons!) that we normally don't have time to develop.
The idea of having editable emoticons originally stemmed from a chat with fellow engineer Christian Williams; he mentioned that since Wikia is a platform for communities, we should be build a tool that encourages users to get creative and make their own emoticons. This was a "light bulb moment" — it was a pretty natural transition from that great idea to the system we have now.
To develop the initial starter set of emoticons (and to get them to look awesome like and ), we turned to our talented Wikia designers. Lauren Robinette worked on the the default emoticons — it's amazing how many she was able to crank out in one day! Steve Profumo also jumped in to make the custom (rock) emoticon that we use on LyricWiki. A big "Thank You!" to our design team!
Have you been using custom emoticons in Chat? Do you have have any questions about emoticons? Share your experiences and suggestions by leaving a comment below. Want to receive updates on the latest Staff blog posts? Then click here to follow this blog.


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Kim Kardashian on What She Loves About Kris Humphries
Morning Links — Kim Gushes About New Fiancé Kris
- Kim explains what she loves about Kris — People
- Kara DioGuardi shares a scary story about pot brownies — Huffington Post
- Where will The Hangover Part II rank on Zach Galifianakis's best movies? — Rotten Tomatoes
- One Harry Potter actor bids a sad farewell to his character — Lainey Gossip
- Shenae Grimes is interning at Teen Vogue — PopEater
- Find out the trend stars are loving this season! — TooFab
- Is Jennifer Aniston really diving in headfirst with her new guy? — Us Weekly
- Kelly Ripa's party-planning advice — Wonderwall
- Could Pippa get a show on the new Oprah network? — Celebitchy
- Why did Hilary Duff pose with two melons? — Amy Grindhouse
- Amy Poehler shares words of wisdom with Harvard graduates — Zap2It
- Did Arnold use state funds to cover up his affairs? — Fox 411
- Please enjoy Jon Hamm's hot Bridesmaids scenes — ICYDK
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A ROW has erupted at the Great Western Hospital after chiefs announced plans to demote nurses, eventually slashing their salaries by up to 20 per cent, a union has claimed.
A total of 62 band six theatre nurses could be forced to reapply for just 26 jobs while the rest would be downgraded automatically to band five level under proposals put forward by the Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
This would mean a pay cut of between 15 and 20 per cent, according to UNISON.
There would be no reduction in salaries for up to two years, however.
The workers are now threatening management with strike action and have so far refused to apply for the band six posts.
Roger Davey, chairman of the Wiltshire and Avon Unison Health branch, told the Adver nursing staff were furious at the situation.
"They are trying to make them reapply for their jobs but there are only about 25 jobs," he said. "Those who are not successful will be downbanded.
"But they would still be doing roughly the same job for less money and they are very angry about it.
"If management don't make significant reductions in the amount of staff they are downbanding and if they don't listen to the concerns of the nurses the option would be for industrial action.
"Management have basically said that they don't need so many band six nurses working in theatre. "But we believe it's part of a cost-cutting exercise.
"This is part of a strategy to reduce labour costs and that's the way they are going about it."
A Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust spokesman said the move would eliminate the unfair discrepancy in staff wages.
"We have been consulting with theatre staff about making some changes to the nursing structure within the department to ensure that all teams are structured in a way which supports high quality patient care," he said.
"The existing structure needs to be updated to reflect modern best practice. "Staff are not at risk of redundancy, but it is important that roles and responsibilities are fair, clear and consistent across the whole department. "These changes will eliminate current inconsistencies in pay which are unfair for some staff.
"We hope Unison will play a constructive part in supporting us to modernise the service."
Julie Connolly, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) South West regional officer, said the organisation was working closely with those affected by the proposed restructuring.
"The RCN has secured agreement with the trust to extend the consultation period to enable staff to give as much feedback as possible," she said. "While we are engaging with the process, this is not the same as agreeing with these proposals. "We are working hard to ensure that the hospital retains enough experienced nurses to lead on patient care and safety, which is an absolute requirement."


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As Cate Blanchett prepares for the opening night of Uncle Vanya in New York, it could also be a chance to scout out other theatre opportunities in the Big Apple.
The Sydney Theatre Company's (STC) acclaimed production, which has been adapted by her husband Andrew Upton, and stars a cast of well-known Australian actors, opens at the 2012 Lincoln Center Festival, tonight.
The STC production first hit the Sydney stage two years ago to much acclaim and then had well-received run in Washington DC last year. It stars Richard Roxburgh in the title role, with Blanchett as Yelena, along with Hugo Weaving, John Bell and Jacki Weaver, bringing the Anton Chekhov classic to life.
While Blanchett and Upton have been serving as the STC's artistic heads since 2008, the couple will step down next year, but the pair, who have three young boys, tell New York media that they would be excited for an overseas opportunity in the future.
Oscar-winning Blanchett told broadcaster NY1 she hopes to eventually make her Broadway debut. "I'd love to. Yeah, I'd absolutely love to."
While The New York Times reports that Upton is very enthusiastic: "Totally. Totally," he said.
Blanchett took a moment to contemplate the question, then said: "Well, I'm with him. So if he goes, I go."
Uncle Vanya is now playing at City Center until Saturday, July 28.


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Mumbai lass Erica Fernandes, who is making her Sandalwood debut with Ninnindale, has said that the lead actor Puneet Rajkumar is chilled out and zero attitude person.
Miss India 2012, who is currently performing a daredevil sky diving stunt for the movie in United States of America (USA), has said that they are working hard on the set of Ninnindale and also they are enjoying it to the core.
In her recent interview to a leading daily, Erica Fernandes said that only after working with Puneet, she realised how chilled out he is. She quoted, "When I heard about how big a star Puneet Rajkumar is, I was anxious about working with him. It was only after we began shooting that I realised how chilled-out, and down-to-earth he actually is."
Erica also said that 2013 is turning out to be a very lucky year for her as she is making her debut in several other South Indian languages. Talking about Sandalwood, she said, "Honestly, I was quite unaware of the industry and the people here until I got this offer. Now, I am very happy to work in Sandalwood, and few of my relatives are based out of Mangalore."
Erica made her on-screen debut with Tamil movie Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu starring Bharath. She is also awaiting the release of bilingual Tamil and Telugu movies Virattu and Dega respectively. She is also doing Vizhithiruin (Tamil), and a Bollywood movie Love is Not Mathematics.


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