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Love the 24 hour access, the free parking, The super clean rooms and breakfast area Easy to hear people in other rooms
Location, home-like. Price indicated when booking did not match actual price. Room was oppressively hot, and too small for a queen sized bed.
Was located in the heart of Harvard...very nice people working at the B&B Was a little loud but expected since a B&B
A nice and warm place - particular the dinning room where you can always go and get a cup of coffee or even a piece of cake. The room is small, sound insulation not very good, and the bed a bit too soft.
The breakfast was very nice. The room was very comfortable and the bathroom was very clean. Very pleasant all around.
Love the 24 hour access, the free parking, The super clean rooms and breakfast area Easy to hear people in other rooms
Breakfast and snacks were great. Nice community atmosphere.
The staff were cordial and efficient. The guest house was well maintained and nicely appointed. Everyone was extremely helpful. The room was small and expensive. Sharing a bath can prove problematic.
The shared bathroom was very clean and well-stocked. There was more than one bathroom on my floor, so each room is just steps from the bathroom and I didn't encounter any waiting situations.
I liked the location near Harvard Square. I enjoyed the breakfast, which had some tasty items such as hard-boiled eggs and delicious little pastries. I also thought the staff was helpful and friendly. Finally the free WiFi was a nice perk, which came in handy because I brought my laptop. My room was tiny, and I needed to walk into the hallway to use the bathroom. Definitely felt like being in someone's house, which can feel a little awkward when you are surrounded by strangers.
Location, home-like. Price indicated when booking did not match actual price. Room was oppressively hot, and too small for a queen sized bed.
The beds were comfortable and the TV large. I liked the free wireless. The first room offered was extremely small. Also, there was a musty smell to the room we did have.
The location and the price. It is not really close to subway stations. If you are carrying large/heavy bags you will need a taxi.
The staff was wonderful. It was a pleasant surprise in the midst of Cambridge.
Good location very friendly owner great breakfast. Shared bathroom, however not a problem
I was in Boston for a downtown conference and conference hotels are sterile and it's hard to find anything resembling quiet and calm. Harrington House is a 25 minute drive from down town, a short drive (and $5 parking) to the T - which is 10 minutes to downtown and 20 to the Hines Convention Center. The room was perfect, the shared bathroom immaculate and the continental breakfast great - do have the home made granola (if you tolerate gluten and nuts) with the yogurt and fresh fruit. There are gluten free cereals and fruits - as well as homemade muffins and cookies, as well. It was simply icing on a fabulous cake that the owners were welcoming, engaging, and a joy to talk with... though it may have helped that when I was very young I live in the Cambridge neighborhood Joey - a professional comedian - grew up in and, in my teens, lived in the NJ town next to the one where Maggie's lived, we even graduated from neighboring high schools in the same year.
Perfect locale in Winthrop - the airport was more scenic than intrusive, and the waterfront was just as close and lovely as we had hoped. We lounged on the front porch for a while, soaking in the view and the sea air. Comfortable bed, nice (shared) bathroom, and quiet - only when I went into the hallway did I hear my neighbors snoring. Breakfast was nice (fresh muffins), but eggs and meat (bacon, sausage, etc) would have been better. Limited indoor common-room seating - I'm glad the place was nearly empty while we were there, we would have had to fight for a chair.
This hotel is well managed with a convevient location near Harvard University.
Near T stop Good price --Overall it got the job done for a business trip, but I would choose a corporate hotel chain for the same price next time. Cold and noisy room because of not tight windows Not efficiently run or professional Breakfast was corporate continental breakfast, not a "bed and breakfast" breakfast Greeted at the front door like I didn't belong, but other than that one staff person, others were nice Trouble with providing receipts for business travel
Nice breakfast. A pleasant 10 minute walk to Davis Square and another 15 minutes to Tufts. My room was in a different building from reception/breakfast - this was not really a problem in good weather, but would be less than ideal in the rain/snow/cold.
A very well kept B & B on Boston's Mass. Ave. A 5 min walk from Davis station on the red line. Wifi works, breakfast is standard. I especially liked the very friendly talk we had when I arrived.
The hotel had Gorgeous decor, good breakfast food, parking available, and was a short walk to the T. More towel racks in the bathroom.
I liked the hospitality. I don't really have anything else nice to say about this experience. The room was way too small for $189 a night. It was way away from anything. There was absolutely no parking there. Privacy was an issue because every little room was too close. I was very disappointed.
Walking distance to Porter sq and Harvard Sq. Poor breakfast
Lovely, friendly and perfectly located between Harvard Square and Porter Square.
We did not enjoy our stay - room was tiny - a single at most. Plumbing system started at 5.30 a.m. - our room was on top floor. Breakfast good. However we would not recommend.
Lovely, friendly and perfectly located between Harvard Square and Porter Square.
I have stayed there several times over the years and have found all the rooms comfrotable. The staff is friendly and welcoming and the breakfasts and breakfast service are always special. Each room is unique.
Individual 'feel' and great location
The staff was very friendly and the breakfasts were outstanding. The street directly outside the Inn was being worked on and was very noisy early in the morning. I think guests should have been warned of this work in advance which had been going on for some weeks.
Pleasant welcome. Excellent breakfast
Nice room well appointed clean and a very good breakfast. Each room was unique and the staff was very friendly b Construction noise but that was not the hotel's fault.
We did not enjoy our stay - room was tiny - a single at most. Plumbing system started at 5.30 a.m. - our room was on top floor. Breakfast good. However we would not recommend.
Accessible to Harvard College. Charming historic home. Free parking. Great breakfast.
The breakfasts were absolutely fabulous. During our visit, there were some road works in front of the Inn, which may make it difficult for those with cars.
The ambiance and the company. The gathering spaces were so clean and well-apportioned. I did prepare my morning meal, and was quite satisfied. Wide selection of on-trend coffees. A black-out curtain in the rooms to shield against outside light would be appreciated. All the guests were pleasant and interesting, but I could have benefited by other guests' mindfulness of wearing heavy shoes inside the house.
Location, close to Harvard Square and the the t Price, although Boston is an expensive city to visit
Location Bed was uncomfortable
The staff is extremely helpful. Rooms were very clean. The location is great with easy access to the T, Harvard Square, etc. The breakfast room is not very comfortable. Too small, no tables of appropriate height to eat off of. Food is mediocre; but not really any different than I would eat at home...
Very clean inn. Good location walking distance to Harvard/ Boston. Close to MIT. small bathroom
The location is excellent and the staff was perfectly friendly. Room was adequately clean. Room was very small and awkward, extremely basic appointments - would have been fine at a bargain price but for almost $200 per night after taxes, it was far from a bargain. To be fair i didn't find anything cheaper in Cambridge, but still i was disappointed - I should have stayed further out and taken the T in
Location is pretty good, with 10 mins to Harvard square and 20 mins to Porter square; fairly stable internet. The room was tiny, so was the TV (and placed on a high cupboard); no option to not have towels replaced everyday; have to go out to the hallway to make tea/coffee; slow internet.
My account was debited twice, as of three days of checking out it has still not come off.
Friendly service, location, very reasonable rate for that location, quaint room
Although breakfast time is from 7:00, most foods and drinks were ready very early. It was nice for leaving early in the morning. And the location was very quiet. The room had no bath (only shower).
Helping attitude of staffs. breakfast was too cold.
Staff The sheets and towels had way too much perfumed detergent.
Breakfast is poor, for such amount of stars should have been better, no warm food at all, just eggs


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More than half (54 percent) of full-time workers from ages 21 to 64 participated in their employer's retirement plan last year, according to a report released earlier this week by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Among all workers, including part-timers, the participation level was 40 percent.
That means a lot of people slip through the cracks.
The phenomenon extends overseas in England. More than a third of nonretired adults no longer pay into their plans, according to a Prudential survey. Nearly one out of three who don't participate (27 percent) say they just can't afford the contributions.
The fact is, they can't afford not to make them.
Frightening true story
What happens if you don't do any retirement planning and you have little savings to fall back on?
Let me tell you a story about my eccentric friend Jeanette, who many years ago received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Hoffberger Graduate School of Painting at the Maryland Institute in Baltimore. During most of her career she worked part time as an art teacher. She's also a talented artist in her own right whose works are being sold by an art gallery in Naples, Fla., though she hasn't seen any proceeds from recent sales. She doesn't want to press charges against the gallery owner because if she does, she says, her name would be mud in the art community. "No, you don't understand the art world," she says each time the subject comes up.
Between her pension and Social Security, Jeanette's income amounts to $900 a month. When her mother passed away some 20 years ago, she left Jeanette her condo and a small portfolio of stocks, about $50,000 worth. Over the years, Jeanette slowly liquidated the stocks, spending the money on necessities. Six years ago, she sold her condo at the height of the real estate boom and bought another cheaper one outright for $85,600 in a different area. The reason for the move? She thought her neighbors were trying to gas her. Jeanette is plagued by delusional thoughts.
Three weeks ago she was evicted from her condo. While movers hauled her furniture and all her possessions to the parking lot, two police officers seized her, put her in a "cage" and brought her to the psych ward of a local hospital. She had been "Baker Acted," involuntarily committed for detention so that psychiatrists could evaluate her mental health. I received a call from her that evening. "Barbara, you've got to come pick me up. I have to get out of here," she said urgently.
It wasn't that easy. They wouldn't let me take her anywhere, not even to look for alternative housing. The hospital's case manager wouldn't talk to me until Jeanette signed a form, which Jeanette was reluctant to do. It took me a week to convince her to sign it. Her stubbornness is exasperating.
When we finally talked, I told the case manager that Jeanette didn't belong in a locked ward, and she didn't belong in an assisted living facility either. That was where the case manager was trying to place her. Jeanette didn't go along with the idea. She said she didn't want to eat prepared food in a dining hall; she wanted to cook her own food. And she didn't want to give up her Social Security check to live in a facility. That would mean she'd have no way to make car payments. And if she gave up her car, it would be like giving up everything.
A couple of days after I talked to the case manager, Jeanette was released. Our mutual friend Louise picked her up and took her to a nice, but inexpensive, hotel.
Why was Jeanette evicted? It turned out she had ignored a $6,000 plumbing bill, which over time, due to fines and penalties, escalated to $15,000. She paid her bills, but that one she had dismissed, telling herself she had been singled out by the condo board. There was no proof the leak came from her apartment, she'd told herself. She ignored the bills, and then years later, the eviction notices. In her mind, it was all a big scam.
Now she feels she's really been scammed. She lost her paid-for condo to the condo board in a foreclosure for a judgment of $11,337.20. Prices for comparable units are on the market for around $35,500.
Getting back on track
Over the past couple of weeks, Louise and I have been trying to help her straighten out her finances and find housing. Her stuff had been put into storage, paid for by her brother in New Jersey. Jeanette can't go back and live at the condo; the board won't let her back in. Apartment rentals seemed out of the question, at a minimum of $665 a month. Luckily, a friend of a friend found a one-bedroom apartment for $410 a month.
On Monday, Louise and I accompanied Jeanette to visit her broker, and she sold the last of her stock -- 461 shares of Merck, 12 shares of Comcast, and three shares each of AT&T and Verizon. She got roughly $15,000 from the sale.
Jeanette is living on the edge and it's only a matter of time before she runs out of resources. This is what retirement looks like without retirement planning, but who's to blame for this? She's always lived a frugal existence. She was lucky to get an inheritance. But one big unexpected bill -- and her inability to take it seriously -- were all it took to throw her life off kilter.
Do you have a horror story to share? Bankrate is running a Halloween Horrors contest and is looking for scary financial tales. The winner with the most votes gets a $200 award. A selection of stories will be published in a future Bankrate article. You can also enter via Facebook. The last day to submit a story is Wednesday, Oct. 19.
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And OSA can sign up for their next Billion Years of not sleeping.
And OSA can sign up for their next Billion Years of not sleeping.
we will be watchingintheStates. Coordinated BBC ABC NY Times, St. Pete Times is HUGE press interest
" A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge." Thomas Carlyle
"L Ron Hubbard proves that one sure-fire way to "smash your name into history"... is to crash and burn spectacularly." quote by Freeminds.
I expect the entire OSA network has gone into an apathy so deep that they'll never snap out of it.
They've got to know by now they have NO hope of ever defending the cult successfully.
I'm sure they think Bryan Seymour's last story was "generally theta.":D
Paul David Schofield
"Scooter" to his friends
If he has no friends and everyone's against him
If he's failed in everything that he has tried
Try to lift his load, help to bear his burden
Let him know that you are walking by his side
And if he feels that all is lost and he is fallen
Try to place that poor man's feet on solid ground
Just remember he's some mother's precious darlin'
Always lift him up and never knock him down
Blind Alfred Reed
It's time to blow OSA. Locally, I'd like to see Alex Kutuzov leave first. Come on Alex!!
Yeah, we're really helping them to redefine "entheta".
Remember that Hubbard went nuts enough to do what he did when Paulette Coopers book came out? Suddenly that book looks like an alost favourable account of the Cof$, that is in the light of the last few years.
In fact the press exposing Scientology in the last five years is greater than the previous fifty and the last year's is greater than the previous five.....where have we heard that before?
In any case the next years wll be greater than the last sixty combined and may prove fatal.
Tell you what David Miscavige, if Lron returns to assume control of the church as he promised, well at least you've got plenty of land there at INT to hide the body.
Otherwise I don't think you'll fair to well when he finds out what you've done to his church.
Kevin Bloody Mackey
The Story of my Bridge to OT VII
"I'm not angry anymore, as more and more people rediscover their true selves through Scientology, together we WILL achieve a world without war, crime, and insanity." Rex Fowler, OTVII, before shooting his ex-partner three times in the head and then himself.
"L Ron Hubbard proves that one sure-fire way to "smash your name into history"... is to crash and burn spectacularly." quote by Freeminds.
is he scientology's Herod?
Dave Gibbons - Sydney, Australia.
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Pronunciation: kê-reen • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: 1. (Transitive) To turn (a ship) over on its side for cleaning and repairing. 2. (Intransitive) To rush headlong, swerving and tilting at high speed; to pitch or tilt to one side.
Notes: Today's Good Word was brought to Jon Freeman's attention listening to Carlotta's song "I'm Still Here" in Stephen Sondheim's Follies. In this song Carlotta croons that "Then you career from career to career". In singing so, Carlotta succumbs to a confusion of the obsolete verb career "to run headlong" with today's word that has plagued speakers of US and UK English for decades. The verb career became obsolete in the late 19th century, but its meaning is so close to that of today's word, it has been a long time dying. Also keep carom "to bounce off" discrete from careen, another potential source of confusion.
In Play: Today careen can mean racing at such a high speed as to barely maintain control of your vehicle: "When Randolph heard that Phil Anders was at Randolph's girlfriend's house, he went careening down the street on his bike like he was on fire." It can also mean to tilt or even pitch over: "Rick O'Shea turned the corner so fast, his car careened and turned over."
Word History: Today's Good Word comes from the Middle French word carene "keel". French inherited this word from Latin karina "keel" which, used as a verb, meant "to keel (a ship)", that is, turn it on its keel. Karina originally meant "nutshell", though, which explains how the same original root (Proto-Indo-European kar-) ended up in English as hard. This sense is not too far removed from that of Greek kratos "strength, power", also from kar-, which we find in such words as democracy "power by the people", and various other '-cracies'. (We hope that today's contributor, Jon Freeman, didn't careen any in getting this Good Word to us.)


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A CHILD rapist who made a seven-year-old girl urinate on him to re-enact scenes from a hardcore fetish porn movie has been jailed for 24 years.
As he was sent down, 60-year-old child rapist David Thompson was told by the judge: "the scale of your depravity was breathtaking."
One of Thompson's victims, who was repeatedly raped, was at times forced to watch a hardcore porn film called Beyond Perversion.
Thompson would then commit sex acts on her, urinate on her and make her urinate on him, depicting scenes from the film.
Thompson's trial at Bolton Crown Court was dramatically halted last Thursday after he admitted 30 charges against two girls including rape, sexually assaulting a child, assaulting a child, causing a child to engage in sexual activity and causing a child to watch a sex act.
But his victims had already had to relive their ordeal, giving evidence to the court, and the younger of the girls, still only aged 11, had to undergo a second invasive medical examination, which ultimately supported her claims.
Phillip Parry, defending, said that, until he pleaded guilty, Thompson, of Presto Gardens, Deane, had been unable to admit to himself and his family what he had done.
Mr Parry also paid tribute to the victims' families, who had embraced and expressed sympathy with Thompson's shocked relatives when he changed his plea.
Judge Peter Davies said he was not satisfied Thompson was sincere about his remorse as the guilty pleas only came after medical evidence supported the victim's allegations.
"You knew what you had done but you chose to contest the case," he told Thompson, who showed no emotion as he was sentenced.
Thompson pleaded guity to:
- 6 counts of rape of a child under 13
- 3 counts of sexual assault of a child under 13 with penetration
- 12 counts of sexual assault of a child under 13
- 6 counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
- 3 counts of causing a child to watch a sexual act
For two days last week a jury of eight men and four women had heard how Thompson began sexually abusing one seven-year-old girl for two years, starting in 2005.
This was only an experimental "rehearsal" for even worse abuse of Thompson's second victim, however, the court was told.
The second girl was abused by Thompson for three years, starting when she was seven in 2009.
Thompson would force her to watch a hardcore porn DVD then re-enact the scenes, including raping and urinating on her.
"She was entitled to be treated with kindness and love. What she got instead was brutality," said Judge Davies.
Thompson had sex with the girl on at least 20 occasions in what Judge Davies described as "a campaign of rape" which caused the child excruciating pain.
"Any mercy you could have shown was sacrificed to your lust," said the judge, who added that Thompson had committed "shameful, perverse and dehumanising acts of humiliation" on the girl, who has been seriously affected by the crimes.
"Her childhood innocence has been destroyed by the knowledge and experience of activities that no young girl should ever endure," said Judge Davies.
The girl was too terrified to tell anyone after being warned by Thompson, and the truth only emerged after she played a game of secrets with her sister.
Thompson must now sign the sex offenders' register indefinitely, is barred from working with children or vulnerable adults, and was given a life-long ban on contact with children.
Members of the girls' families sobbed quietly as Thompson was sentenced and were too upset to speak afterwards.
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But Det Con Lee Grindley, from Bolton police's child protection unit, said it was one of the worst cases he has ever dealt with.
He said: "Thompson is a depraved individual with extreme pornographic fetishes who subjected two innocent and vulnerable young girls to appalling abuse.
"In the case of one of the girls he went so far as to make her re-enact scenes from a fetish movie and I cannot begin to contemplate the lasting physical and psychological impact this will most likely have on them both.
"They have shown great strength and courage in not only finding a voice to report the abuse, but, at such a young age, in being prepared to give evidence to ensure this dangerous individual has been brought to justice.
"This case shows that, sadly, unimaginable things do happen to the most vulnerable members of our community behind closed doors."
He described both girls as "remarkable".
They are determined to help other children and want to fund raise for charities which help child sex victims.
"Both the victims are keen that no other children should suffer like they have," said Det Con Grindley.


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ASUS' Transformer Book T100: Atom Z3740 Inside, Available October 18th at $349by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2013 8:16 PM EST
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sherlockwing - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkFor $349 with Keyboard+Win8.1+Office 2013 the thing is not too bad. Although I'd pay extra for a 1080p version($399?)
One thing though, How much space will be left on the 32GB after installing Win8.1+Office 2013? Reply
sherlockwing - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkJust did some calculation, 32GB is only 29.8 GiB, Win8 & Office 2013 takes 23GiB on my computer. So you are looking at about 6 GiB or less of useable storage after deducting the recovery partition on the 32GB model. Reply
euskalzabe - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkGet a 64GB MicroSd for $50 and it's still unbeatable value at $400 total Reply
peterfares - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkIt would be MUCH better to get the 64GB model for $50 more and buy a 32GB SD for $20 if you really need more storage. You can't install things to the SD slot and Windows Updates alone will probably fill your drive up before the end of the year. Reply
CarlosLx - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkNot sure what "calculations" you did, but on my 32GB Surface RT, with a bunch of apps gobbling up several gigabytes (Halo:Spartan Assault alone uses up more than 1GB) I have a bit over 8GB free. Reply
Visual - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkWell, I guess it is time you learned Windows RT is not Windows 8. Reply
Sivar - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkIf you're going to post a snarky comment like that, you should at least provide data showing that Windows RT uses significantly less space than Windows 8. Reply
TheinsanegamerN - Saturday, November 09, 2013 - linkWindows RT does not have any of the x86 code from windows 8. thus, the reason it does not use nearly as much space. it is effectively windows 8 phone with a couple bells and whistles. Reply
dragonsqrrl - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkThe install size for 64-bit Windows is significantly larger than the 32-bit version. There's likely more than 6GB available, although it probably still won't be very much. Reply
Jaybus - Friday, September 13, 2013 - linkz3740 is a 64-bit chip, however Win 8.1 with Connected Standby is still 32-bit only at this point, so I would assume that Asus is shipping them with 32-bit Win 8.1. This means it's Windows folder will be a good bit smaller than the Windows folder of a 64-bit laptop or PC. Still, 64-bit Connected Standby will likely be added in the near future, so it would be wise to get a 64 GB model if planning to upgrade whenever MS gets their act together. Reply
dragonsqrrl - Sunday, September 15, 2013 - link...that and there's only 2GB of memory. The fact that Atom now supports 64bit instructions is irrelevant. The memory and storage capacity alone are enough to infer that this will be running 32bit Windows. Reply
euskalzabe - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkNot really. A 64bit CPU will process the same 32bit instruction faster than a 32bit CPU in many cases. Going 64bit can have a positive, if minimal, impact. Reply
euskalzabe - Friday, September 20, 2013 - linkI guess you could always get a device now and when 8.1 x64 is updated to support connected standby you can reinstall windows - the same key will be valid for your device, whether the installation is x86 or x64. That's what I'm planning on doing. Reply
duzenko - Saturday, November 23, 2013 - linkAre you going to pay for a copy of 64-bit Windows to upgrade to? Because surely Asus won't. Reply
clemsyn - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkI don't think they will include a recovery partition for the 32GB. They might just include a few recovery CD's to save space on the 32GB. Reply
AgeOfPanic - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkYou don't really need recovery cd's with Windows 8. You can just do a factory refresh that's build into the system. Reply
damianrobertjones - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkYou can disable system restore, hibernation file, virtual memory and a few more things to gain space Reply
max1001 - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - link$450 with full HD and 64 GB eMMc and I will buy it on day one. Reply
sri_tech - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkI don't mind paying $499 for FULL HD, 64GB and keyboard dock like this. Reply
JNo - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkDell Venue is 1080p. But not sure if it will be dockable or not and that is the bigger issue for me... Reply
teiglin - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkThat was my first thought as well. The Windows directory alone on my (win8) laptop is just shy of 23GiB (and that seems to include some compression--explorer reports the size on disk as 22.9GB and size as 23.5GB), and almost 26GiB on my desktop. Given that "32GB" of storage is normally just under 30GiB, that hardly leaves anything, especially once you add in a full Office installation--maybe enough free space to keep the eMMC running smoothly. I guess 32-bit Windows is probably lighter--but still, didn't they have huge outcry about the 32GB Surface RT? And Windows RT is probably smaller still. Having just 32GB on Windows is just a terrible, terrible plan. Reply
nerd1 - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkIt is actually quite usable. I once used 32GB win8 tablet, installed win8 32 bit and office, and I got 8GB left. That's not too bad, considering you still have SD slot for medias. Reply
extide - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkIt's not compresseion, it's that some of the files (the ones in winsxs) actually have 2 names and are counted twice in the size measurement, but not size on disk measurement. Reply
Visual - Friday, September 13, 2013 - linkI'd pay over $1000 for a 1080p (or 1920x1200) version with Wacom digitizer and Haswell CPU with Iris GPU, even if they have to make it bigger and a bit heavier for the extra cooling. I could even see myself paying way more if they up the resolution even more, add an optical trackpad or a joystick and a few programmable buttons on the bezel, maybe even a touchpad on the back side, a battery in the dock, a keyboard backlight, etc...
Sadly, no one wants to take my money. Reply
thedom - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkThe venue pro does ALL of that. The digitizer is synaptic though, which I believe is just as good as wacom's. Reply
loaddown - Thursday, September 25, 2014 - linkHow about a T300?
http://www.asus.com/in-search-of-incredible/us-en/... Reply
jospoortvliet - Monday, September 23, 2013 - linkInstall a modern linux and get the equivalent in functionality (though better performance, stability and more familiar interface) in 8-12 gb ;-) Reply
uditrana - Monday, September 30, 2013 - linkDell is supposed to have an event on October 2nd unveil a good 1080p Baytrail tablet. Reply
sri_tech - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkAnand,
Keyboard dock included in that price? Reply
GTRagnarok - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkFrom the article:
"There's keyboard dock included (!!) that adds a USB 3.0 port." Reply
danielfranklin - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkDear Asus,
Please give me a 1080P version with the top end CPU and 4GB ram.
Please dont make us wait 9 months + for it.
I will pay you $600 today.
Tech head community. Reply
fredbloggs73 - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkIsn't anyone excited that they used the Thinkpad and Macbook keyboards as a benchmark? Reply
meacupla - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkthe layouts used on those keyboards are quite good.
If the arrow keys were smaller on the transformer, it would allow a larger R-shift key, which is better for typing. Reply
fredbloggs73 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkthanks for pointing that out. That's a real shame about the smaller right shift key. Reply
euskalzabe - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkFYI - I use this keyboard in my VivoTab RT and it works pretty much fine. Yes it is a bit cramped but it's certainly usable if you don't have big hands. Reply
Visual - Friday, September 13, 2013 - linkDoes it matter what they used as a benchmark if you don't know how it scored anyway? Reply
euskalzabe - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkAhm... how would you measure keyboard scores??? Reply
linux4me - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkI'd rather see it ship with Debian 7.0 and all open source drivers with either LXDE or XFCE. This thing is useless under windows 8.1 with only 32GB storage. Reply
stadisticado - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkBecause I'm sure a SKU with a niche software stack that's going to sell (optimistically) 100k units would be a smart move for ASUS. Reply
Flunk - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkYou're free to configure yours as you like when you get it. The Windows tax is pretty low on these low-end machines. Reply
boskone - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkMy only hangup about this is that I would actually like it to be 12 or 13 inches.
I have the TF101, and have been very pleased with it, but I don't really need another 10" tablet. Reply
euskalzabe - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkAgreed, I would love it at 11.6", but keep in mind that anything larger than 10.6" will NOT come with Office 2013, so we're probably looking at a future filled with 10" devices. I've been using my VivoTab RT for months now and it's quite usable, but they 10" keyboard is certainly not my favorite as it's less than 100% size. I hope Surface 2 comes with Baytrail, in which case it'll replace my VivoTab RT, otherwise, T100 for me it is! Reply
rahuldesai1987 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkYeah me too. Give me an 11.6 inch screen/same res (happy with the same res on my 15.6 inch laptop now - lol ), 128gb Samsung 840 ssd and charge me $500. Reply
euskalzabe - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkMy VivoTab RT is 10". I've played with the HP Split 13 and can tell you that 13" is way too much when used as tablet (crazy heavy & unwieldy). I'd say 11.6" would be the perfect middle point. Reply
bleh0 - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkAt this price point I could see myself picking up the $399 model. While higher resolution, more ram, and more storage would be preferred I just don't see how they could keep it within such an attractive price range if they had added such features.
Linux would be nice as well if I could have 100% confidence in the driver support. Reply
Qwertilot - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkSuspect the Chromebooks are going to be better targets for subverting into cheap linux notebooks? Reply
marc1000 - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkwas my comment about "T100" name deleted??? how is that, you guys now delete individual comments but let spammers sell stuff here in comments at the same time? Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkWe don't delete anything but spam. Look hard for it, and I'm sure your comment is still here. Reply
marc1000 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkjust realized that and came here to apologize, Ryan. I made the comment using my cell-phone and only today I saw that there are TWO articles on Asus T100. my mistake. Reply
Assimilator87 - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkASUS, please make a Kabini version of this! Reply
nerd1 - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkPrice is SO incredible. I'd pay $599 for 1080p version with active digitizer. Reply
euskalzabe - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkIf you ask me, the Surface 2 now HAS to ship with Bay Trail. The value proposition of this T100 is absolutely unbeatable for the price. If Surface 2 ships with ARM, it's DOA, period. I've said it for the past year, it should be:
Surface Pro 2 - haswell
Surface 2 - baytrail
Surface mini - T4 Reply
nerd1 - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkRT is pretty much dead now - MS should release surface 2 with bay trail, 1080p, digitizer and I'd pay $599. Reply
euskalzabe - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkSurface 2 at 1080p + type cover, if you count the value proposition of this T100, I wouldn't pay more than 500. Heck, it should come at $400 unless they are looking to repeat GEN1 Surface's debacle. Reply
sorten - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkA Surface tablet for only $50 more than an ASUS tablet? I assume you've never owned an ASUS product. Reply
euskalzabe - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkWhy, I actually do, a VivoTab RT and it's pretty great. Good build quality and same performance as a Surface RT. I've used Surfaces before and they don't seem that much better. Also, the market seems to agree with me, otherwise people would have actually bought Surface RT en masse and not cause a 1 billion $ write-off. Reply
euskalzabe - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkBesides, Surface RT now costs $350, the exact same amount as this T100. Reply
rburnham - Friday, October 11, 2013 - linkA Surface version similar to this Asus tablet (with the Atom quad core CPU) would be amazing, especially if they can make the Surface a bit thinner than they are now. Reply
chizow - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkDefinitely interested in this as a low-end Surface replacement, Microsoft should take note. Certainly more interesting than any Windows RT based tablet given the current state of RT. Reply
ssiu - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkHow much slower is Z3740 compared to Z3770? Would it be closer to ~10% (non-turbo frequency) or ~30% (turbot frequency)? 10% is not bad; 30% is bad ... Reply
vcfan - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkactually,turbo would be 20% slower not 30%. If you're doing high loads,i think you'll be on non turbo more than turbo since your temps will be higher. Reply
ssiu - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkDoes keyboard dock has extra battery or not? If not, what do they put in to make it same weight as the tablet, lead? :) Reply
ShieTar - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkIf they made the dock much lighter than the tablet, I'm sure it would fall over at the slightest touch? It's probably just a more stable structure than the tablet itself. Reply
ssiu - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - linkHow much is 64GB model, $399? Reply
Bob Todd - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkSo...$150 more sounds reasonable for another SKU with a 1440p panel (just want desktop mode to be usable at quarter resolution), 64GB emmc, 4GB RAM, and possibly the fastest Bay Trail offering. I'd happily pay $500 for that, assuming the gimped graphics could push a 1440p panel well enough in 2D of course. Somebody build it!
And even this at $350 sounds pretty damn compelling since it includes the dock and a full version of Office 2013. I'm assuming that is Home & Student? That's still a $100+ software savings if you wanted those apps. Looks like Microsoft and the OEMs get it this round, I see some Windows 8.1 tablets showing up under the tree this Christmas. Reply
Daniel Egger - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkUnless I hear otherwise I'll assume that this is the same nonsense time-limited Office 2013 demo they ship with a lot of PCs nowadays and can be activated by paying up... Reply
rahuldesai1987 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkNo its the full version fre.. All touchscreen windows 8 devices upto 10.6 inches get a full version free. Reply
Jaybus - Friday, September 13, 2013 - linkThat's because you have to have young eyes to sit and work with full-page Office documents on a 10 inch screen. Reply
rahuldesai1987 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkWhy does anybody buy an Ipad now? When you get a full os with a full office suite with lesser weight, as good battery life and better performance and a keyboard for $350. Ipad costs $600 for 32Gb version and no keyboard and no expandable memory! Reply
ananduser - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkInertia. Simple OS and its equally simple ecosystem. Brand. Reply
ShieTar - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkA lot of people will walk into an Apple Shop and ask for an Ipad, because thats what they have heard is good at the lunch table.
And lets be reasonable and wait for an actual review of the T100 before we call it better? Reply
euskalzabe - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkAgreed. On paper it seems great, but we don't even have final product BayTrail numbers yet. Let's wait to see this T100 reviewed. Reply
p303 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkYou should try out one of these low cost Win8 tablets before disparaging the iPad. The last round of RT tablets were atrocious, performance-wise. Also, with a 16gb iPad, you start with 13-14gb of free space after the OS is installed. After Pages, Keynote, Numbers, twenty or so other apps, not to mention four or five magazines, a few books, and 20-30 comic books, I still have 3gb free.
I remember when the first round of RT tablets came out, I was sitting next to a guy in Starbucks chatting with his friends about the three he had on hold. I went to check one out at the MS store that afternoon, and I gotta say, I felt sorry for the guy. It was worse than a $99 Chinese knockoff Android tablet.
My guess is for $350 you're going to get another cut-rate paperweight. I don't understand why people think they're going to get the moon for nothing. Reply
rahuldesai1987 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkIts just that Apple fleeces us and makes huge gross margins and people still flock to buy. Reply
nerd1 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkiPad is basically a enlarged ipod touch running phone OS. Jjust every other tablets has sd slot so you can spend $5 to get another 16gb. Reply
euskalzabe - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkYou're quite wrong, and you don't seem to have used RT devices more than 5 minutes. If you used them on launch, they've gotten a LOT better/snappier. They're nowhere close to being GOOD, I'll give you that, and they're far from my Core i5, but frankly, I've been using a VivoTab RT for work for the past 8 months and it's served me perfectly fine. Far from atrocious.
Regarding your $350/paperweight remark, do your homework. BayTrail is pretty decent performance wise and will be able to push through Win8 at a good-enough performance. Again, far from Core i5, but far from atrocious too. Reply
JNo - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkExactly. ipad vs this? THIS IS SPARTA! Reply
r3loaded - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkI'd really prefer it if they'd used proper SATA storage. eMMC is full of fail, especially on something that will run Windows 8. Reply
JNo - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkThis is true. M.2 sata performance storage would rock. Reply
SrRaven - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkSo I'm starting Uni in October (CS) and for Coding...I really don't need something too powerful as I have a descent PC at Home (and I won't be in Uni much anyway, as I need to work most days).
Will the Bay Trail processor cause problems if I want to code for it?
Also any idea if they will allow a true digitizer pen input like the surface has? Reply
rituraj - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkDon't know jack about coding. Sorry..
But about the digitizer, I don't think it will be available. Asus has never included digitizer support in any of their products if I recall correctly. If you really want a digitizer, surface pro 2 will be for you. I think a digitizer is one of the most underrated features in a tablet. I am never going to touch a tablet without a digitizer. I hope somebody makes a bay trail based convertible with a pen, with battery-dock, with a hard drive in the dock with sd card (not micro sd) support. I don't think I am asking too much, am I? I am looking at you SAMSUNG. Others don't care about poor people.. Reply
Drumsticks - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkDepends on what you're coding on and in. An IDE is much more resource heavy than text editor and a command line. You could probably do some small work with sublime text and a command line, but no big projects. Reply
SrRaven - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkYeah I am considering the Surface 2, but I'm having some problems with the amount it will cost (I'm a poor student so 350$ for this Tablet PC or 800 $ for a Surface 2).
But yes, a Digitizer is amazing for some things. Reply
nerd1 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkASUS had some lineups with proper wacom pen (EP121 and some other tablets), so I expect Dell, Lenovo, ASUS and Samsung will soon release baytrail tablet with proper wacom digitizers. Reply
cbf - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkDon't do it.
2Gb of RAM will be too little for most modern IDEs. It may run, but it will be very slow.
As others have said, eMMC secondary store is second rate. Actually, not even that. Vastly inferior performance compared to modern SSDs, and potentially limited lifetime due to lower grade flash, inferior wear balancing algorithms, etc.
Finally, you really don't want to be programming on 10" 1366 x 768 screen. Try to get something at least 13" and at least 1440 x 900.
Yes, unfortunately, getting all that will be a fair amount more expensive than a T100. Reply
SrRaven - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkYeah. I would love the Chromebook Hardware but with a proper OS.
I like the Chromebook build quality, but sadly even when you dual boot into a "normal" Linux, its not that good for coding. Reply
bryanb - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkYou do know that Linus Torvalds uses a Pixel when he travels, right? Or when, like recently, his SSD in his desktop crashes. Reply
SrRaven - Friday, September 13, 2013 - linkYes, but the Pixel is on a whole different level price wise. Reply
mwarner1 - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkTHIS is the product I have been waiting for - at least in a 64GB format. It amazes me how long it has taken to arrive, but hopefully this will spark off something similar to the Netbook revolution started by the Asus Eee 701 (which I owned & loved tinkering with)
I bought the Asus VivoTab Smart ME400c earlier in the year as a compromise device, but I just couldn't get used to the lack of physical keyboard on a Windows device so had to get rid of it.
Looking forward to it - just maybe this will give other manufacturers, releasing decent specced devices but with awful TN screens, a serious kick in the right direction. Reply
bryanb - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkI wish it ran a better OS, like android or chrome. Silly how as soon as they switch the CPU from Arm to Intel they screw up the already successful OS choice of the transformers that preceded it. Reply
haukionkannel - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkNot bad for a tabled and reasonable good keyboard!
As many have sayed, 1080p resolution screen would be nice, but I think that we can expect to see a big brother to this device soon enough! Reply
Strausd - Thursday, September 12, 2013 - linkDoes the keyboard dock have an extended battery?
And does this come with a 32-bit version of Windows 8.1 or 64-bit? Reply
Hrel - Friday, September 13, 2013 - linkThat's awesome! I might FINALLY be able to buy a "laptop" that actually qualifies as portable and is cheap enough I'm willing to take with me in 3rd world countries where people are often robbed. With that said, I'd be willing to spend more for at least a 900p screen, preferably 1080p. Kick that thing up to $450, give me 1080p and 64GB of storage and you've probably got a deal. Looking forward to reading a full review. Having only one USB port could prove to be a deal breaker though... I'm one who can't use touchpads, gotta have a mouse. So if I can't plug in an external hdd all of a sudden I can't use the device for anything I want to. Reply
Impulses - Saturday, September 14, 2013 - linkCould probably hook up a drive via the micro port and a mouse receiver on the full size port, or just use a Bluetooth mouse and have all ports free. Reply
Hrel - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - linkMaybe you don't live in the US but here product's using bluetooth are very limited. There simply aren't any bluetooth mice I like. Reply
ssiu - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - linkFrom here http://ark.intel.com/products/series/76761 the Z3740 would cost ASUS $32 and Z3770 would be $37. Why didn't ASUS pay $5 more for the Z3770 -- I'd gladly pay ASUS $10 more for it. Reply
speedwheels - Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - link$349 and a keyboard doc included. Have netbooks finally come of age ? Very nice pricing by Asus.. Reply
X-Nemesis - Thursday, September 19, 2013 - linkIs ssd/flash storage really that expensive nowadays that they couldn't make the minimum 64GB and then 128 and 256, without ending up charging the end user through the wazoo? Reply
rburnham - Friday, October 11, 2013 - linkI was all set to get a low end Surface Pro, but then I saw this model. These specs, with the keyboard dock, at that price sounds great! It's a thin 10 inch model, so it'll be nicer to hold versus the Surface Pro or some of the larger 11 inch tablets. It's similar in price to some of the Surface RT units, but it's x86. There's a lot to like about this tablet.
I worry about build quality, but it is Asus, and they rarely disappoint in that regard. Even if the keyboard isn't that great, it'll still make for a great stand/charging station for the tablet. The 18th can't arrive fast enough. Reply
azazel1024 - Sunday, October 20, 2013 - linkCan anyone confirm if the micro USB port on the tablet is for charging only? Or does it support full USB host when not used for charging? A couple of early preview/product announcements indicated it could be used for both, but Anand and Lilliputings both mention the port is to charge the tablet and me ting no USB host functionality one way or another.
It would be kind of sad if it can't be used for both. Reply
eva2000 - Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - linkI'd love to see tablets with dual microsd slots so you can have 2x 64GB microsd cards ! Reply
policeman0077 - Friday, October 03, 2014 - linkin terms of cpu performance which one is better N2805 or Z3735? Reply


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where is usually the best surf in cr?
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where is usually the best surf in cr?
"CR" i am guessing you are referring to Costa Rica? From December to April is the dry season in Costa Rica, this brings consistent offshore winds and the coolest weather despite little rainfall, but the water is still in the low 80's. Going during the dry season is great because you will be able to access some of the hard to get to surf spots like Ollie's Point and Witches Rock via car that you would not be able to cross during the rainy season!
Yeah, that would be your most consistent area, but there can be surf all the way down to Manuel Antonio. Where are you thinking about staying?
trying to find a house in hermosa or tamarindo area
Anywhere on the Nicoya Peninsula. Grande, Nosara, Witches rock and ollies. The Nicoya picks up more of the N and NW swells. The more W the swell the more the rest of costa will recieve. Hermosa always has waves and like the other guy said, winter means offshore in costa!
There are some great places to stay right in Hermosa...some beach houses in front of "THE TREE" and a few private house down the road a bit from "THE TREE". At the north end of Hermosa there are a bunch of little hotels...Backyard is nicest. There are waves all up and down the 7 mile stretch of Hermosa. My wife and I have a condo that sleeps 4 in Jaco which is 5 minutes from Hermosa. Christmas time is one of the busiest times to be heading there so plan early.
"From December to April is the dry season in Costa Rica, this brings consistent offshore winds and the coolest weather despite little rainfall"
Wrong. This is there hottest time of year and why they call it "Summer", just for the reason you stated. No Rain.
i was just in tamarindo this weekend and have surfed jaco and hermosa and other beaches before in costa rica. december is the busiest time of the year, anywhere in costa rica. some of the break noted like ollies and witches are boat access only so plan on paying alot unless u know someone. jaco is for beginners, ive never seen it go off big there but hermosa and many of the beaches on the nicoya south and jaco are amazingly consistent. tamarindo has got a more relaxed/touristy scene and alot of fun bars but like i said the water will be crowded since its high season, or yea the end of the rainy season... summerrr!
Check this video out of the Tamarindo area and Witch's Rock going off, should get you pumped up before your trip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrbQQdi7Y4I
Have fun!


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Ordway "Hal" Cisgen
Date and Place of Birth: August 20, 1920 Lorain, OH Date and Place of Death: July 11, 1944 Periers, France Baseball Experience: Minor League Position: Pitcher Rank: First Lieutenant Military Unit: 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division US Army Area Served: European Theater of Operations
Ordway Cisgen was a 6-foot-6, hard-throwing lefthander who seemed destined for a crack at the major leagues.
Ordway H. "Hal" Cisgen was the son of Harold and Lillian Cisgen, and was born in Lorain, Ohio, about 30 miles west of Cleveland. His father was originally from Rochester, New York and had moved to Lorain in 1913 as a conductor on the B&O that ran through Willard and Akron.
Ordway attended Garfield Elementary School, Hawthorne Junior High School, and was a graduate of Lorain High School, where he starred in basketball and baseball.
"I knew Ordway ever since I was a child because we grew up in the same neighborhood," recalled Alex Olejko, a childhood friend and former mayor of Lorain. "Ordway was always mildmannered. He was a good kid, an excellent student, and a great ball player."
During his high school years, the left-hander played with coach Mike Telatnik's Lorain Elks, a premiere team of 15- and 16-year-olds that won three city Class D League championships (1936-1937-1938). It was a strong league that produced a number of professional players including Joe Kruppa and Ray Mize.
Following high school graduation in 1939, Cisgen signed a professional contract with the New York Yankees organization and joined the Butler Yankees of the Class D Penn State Association in 1940. Early in the season, he moved to the Easton Yankees of the Class D Eastern Shore League and made a couple of appearances before being sidelined with an appendicitis in June. After making a full recovery, Cisgen joined the Ashland Colonels of the Class D Mountain State League in August. As the tallest pitcher in the league at 6-foot-6, Cisgen had a 6–4 won-loss record in 12 starts with 70 strikeouts in 78 innings.
Cisgen was back with the Easton Yankees at the start of 1941, but after eight ineffective outings, he joined the Fremont Green Sox of the Class D Ohio State League, where he quickly developed into a useful starter. On August 19, he beat the Lima Pandas, 3–1, allowing just four hits, and helped the Green Sox clinch the Ohio State League pennant with a 4–2 win over the Fostoria Red Birds on September 1. Cisgen finished with a 9–6 record for Fremont and struck out 114 batters in 119 innings. On September 5, in a post-season exhibition game for the Green Sox, Cisgen hurled 15 innings in beating the Negro American League Birmingham Black Barons, 6–4.
On October 28, 1941, it was announced that Cisgen had been drafted in the annual Class B draft by the Cedar Rapids Raiders, the Cleveland Indians' entry in the Three-I League. Cedar Rapids assigned him to the Wausau Timberjacks of the Class D Northern League but by mid–May he was with the Charleston Senators of the Class C Mid-Atlantic League. On May 27, he defeated the Canton Terriers, 5-3, and the Charleston Daily Mail described him as "supreme in the clutch."
The Daily Mail went on to say, "Cisgen, a loose left-hander, went over with local fans. His deliberate actions gave Canton base runners large leads and they pilferred four sacks that had him in hot water. However, the giant angled his tricky curve across to whiff seven while serving only one free ticket."
Cisgen had six wins and six losses in 13 appearances for the Senators with a 2.35 ERA.
In July, he was on the move again joining the Utica Braves of the Class C Canadian-American League, and making an auspicious debut by beating the league-leading Amsterdam Rugmakers, 5–2, striking out 11. Cisgen made nine appearances for the Braves and was 5–3 with an excellent 2.32 ERA.
On September 4, 1942, Cisgen entered military service with the Army. He initially served at Camp Perry — a prisoner-of-war camp on the shores of Lake Erie in northern Ohio — where he pitched for the post team. He went on to earn a commission as a second lieutenant and was with the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry "Ivy" Division when it arrived in England in early 1944. The division landed at Utah Beach on D-Day, and relieved the isolated 82nd Airborne Division at Sainte-Mère-Église. The division then cleared the Cotentin Peninsula and took part in the capture of Cherbourg on June 25.
In July 1944, the division was involved in fighting near Périers. The 22nd Infantry Regiment launched an attack against German defenses at 9:00 A.M. on July 11, and met with heavy resistance, during which First Lieutenant Cisgen was killed.
"I had the chance to see Ordway once [before going overseas] when he came back to Lorain in uniform to visit his family," said Olejko. "Soon after that, we heard the devastating news of his death. I can clearly remember how broken up his family was at this untimely loss. Ordway Cisgen was always a gentleman and a superior athlete. I am proud to have known him and to have had the opportunity to play against such a great man."
In February 1998, Cisgen was among 11 athletes inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame
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Jane Austin purists put their tea cups down with a clunk this week when the Bank of England displayed a mockup of the planned 10 pound note that will honor the author. It's the quotation from Pride and Prejudice on the bill that's left them aghast: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
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With our Secretaries of State and Treasury both off in Beijing kissing all the ChiCom butt they can manage, Mr. Smith tipped me off to a piece by Jason Steck over at The Compass on the interconnected nature of the U.S. and Chinese economies. Smith himself had a thing or two to say, concluding with this:
The situation cannot continue indefinitely, with the US debt skyrocketing.
Okay, I'll bite...
You have to look at both sides of the equation!
There are only three ways Government can acquire a dollar to spend: it can take it away from the people (direct taxation), borrow it from somebody (debt), or print it (inflation).
Consider our economy as a pool of capital. Left to its own devices in a free society, this pool of capital will grow. This is a fundamental tenet of capitalism, and the mechanism of this growth is production, which is effectively the expenditure of energy to decrease the level of entropy--or, if you prefer, to INCREASE the level of organization--within the economy.
Any form of tax--whether direct taxation, debt service, or inflation--introduces friction into the equation. Taxes siphon off capital and reduce the pace of growth. Without getting into the details of how many dollars the government spends and for what, it's fair to point out that--ideally--a given dollar spent by Government should introduce as little friction as possible into the system.
So here's some hand-wavy math.
The highest-friction kind of taxation is inflation, because its entire effect is instantaneous: print a dollar, and you have instantly increased the cost of EVERY transaction and reduced the value of EVERY asset, globally and at once.
Direct taxes remove value from the economy on a quarterly basis, meaning that a given dollar can keep on generating production for up to three months before it is removed from circulation. Plus, it's never completely gone, since most dollars taxed are ultimately returned to some other place in the economy. The main problen with direct taxation is that the dollars usually start in a place where they generate LOTS of production and wind up in a place where they generate almost none at all. So, while the effect of inflation is to destroy the value that FEEDS production, the effect of direct taxation is to reduce the productive IMPACT of the average dollar.
Debt is interesting.
When Government borrows a dollar--all other things being equal--that dollar is NOT taxed, not directly. It is thus left in the economy to drive production. Whether or not this is an advantage depends on the difference between the long-term value produced by that dollar and all its children, and the long-term cost of servicing the debt. If the difference is a positive number, then the overall economy has benefited from the decision to borrow instead of tax. When you consider that the typical Treasury security takes decades to mature, even a small advantage can compound hugely.
So, if you work the numbers, it turns out that--even in the current economic slump--debt is manifestly our friend. Something really fundamental would have to change in our economy before direct taxation would become a better option than borrowing. The caveat, of course, is that the economy HAS to keep growing, or the debt WILL eat us alive. That's the bad news.
Now, technology is a production multiplier. It is, in fact, the ONLY production multiplier! Asserting that economic growth will come to an end is fundamentally equivalent to asserting that technological growth will come to an end... that we will reach the end of innovation.
Now, I'm not saying that there are no physical limits to innovation. What I AM saying, though--and this is the good news--is that there are so many orders of magnitude between our current technology and those theoretical limits that it really doesn't even make much sense to talk about them within our current context. Within our current economic context, the only REAL limits to the growth of production are not technological, but POLITICAL.
So what's the moral of the story? Worrying about our debt to China is completely putting the cart before the ox, because creating new debt is actually by far the most cost-effective way to fund Government, SO LONG AS OUR ECONOMY CONTINUES TO GROW.
Policies that damage economic growth don't just hurt us in the short term... by closing the gap between the cost of taxation and the cost of debt, they invalidate the most efficient mechanism we know of for producing that growth in the first place!


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Recently, the DMNS ornithology collection received a donation of
two passenger pigeons. The pigeons were rescued from the
auction block and came to us mounted inside a bell jar and are most
likely over 100 years old.
Why is this donation so important?
Passenger pigeons (Ectopistes migratorius) have
been extinct for almost a century. Once the most numerous
species of bird in North America, with estimates as high as 3-5
billion, they were gone from the wild by the beginning of the
20th century. There are reports of passenger pigeon
flocks blacking out the skies over the course of several days, an
infinite multitude indeed.
The last captive passenger pigeon,
Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914 and found a
permanent home in the collections at the Smithsonian National
Museum of Natural History. A combination of factors such as
overhunting and habitat destruction led to the demise of this
iconic bird.
We will dismount the birds from their rickety stand and
incorporate them into our research collections. You can see
more passenger pigeons on display in the Northern & Rare Birds
Hall on the 3rd floor of the Museum.


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A method invented at Princeton for dramatically improving web access in developing nations has been named one of "10 emerging technologies" for 2009 by Technology Review magazine.
Archive – February 2009
LEADERSHIP IN A TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD: Laura Forese, A Sharp Knife and a Steady Hand: Perspectives on Leadership from a Surgeon
AUDIO PODCAST (Right-click to save link.) Dr. Laura Forese '83 is chief operating officer and chief medical officer of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she oversees programs and operations for 1000 medical, surgical and psychiatric beds on two campuses. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University with a degree in civil engineering, and Alpha Omega Alpha from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. A board
Researchers may be able to "freeze" water into a solid, not by cooling but by confining it to narrow spaces less than one-millionth of a millimeter wide, according to new results from an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers.
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, a New York firm known for its careful attention to context, creative use of materials and innovative modernist work, has been chosen to design Princeton University's new Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.
Princeton computer science and technology policy experts are playing key roles in a new Google-backed project intent on illuminating the mysterious inner workings of Internet traffic.
Professors Garry Brown and Edgar Choueiri of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have been elected as 2009 fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Andrew Houck, a Princeton professor of electrical engineering, won a 2008 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists from the New York Academy of Sciences. The prize included $15,000 in unrestricted funding.
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, will be one of six recipients of the 2009 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award. The honors will be the first of an annual award presented to scientists whose work has helped advance the biodiversity of life on planet Earth.
Teams from 16 middle schools and 17 high schools honed their engineering know-how in the regional Science Olympiad tournament hosted by Princeton. Featured are electrical engineering graduate student Ekua Bentil and civil and environmental engineering graduate student Yan Zhang.
Princeton Pitch is a warm-up for the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club's annual TigerLaunch business plan competition. The business plan competition was featured during Princeton's Alumni Day 2009. Competition sponsors include the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education.


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Earlier this year, the land where Coup Des Tartes is located at 4626 N 16th Street in Phoenix was foreclosed on. The restaurant owner, Ron Pacioni, had seven years remaining on his lease and thought his restaurant would be able to stay in its current location. However, the new owners, The Van Tuyl Group, have other plans for the property and the 1932 farmhouse. While the car mogul was not willing to honor the seven-years remaining on the lease, Pacioni was able to negotiate an extension until January 31, 2014.
And so Pacioni and his staff began the hunt for another quaint little house that would still have the same romantic charm as his current location. The restaurant has a very devoted following and many of their guests were offering their assistance in the search. They received an abundance of emails, Facebook posts and calls offering leads to possible locations.
Pacioni says, "We have found a new location and can't be more excited for what lies in store for Coup Des Tartes and our guests. We have a lot of work ahead of us; we hope we will make our January 31, 2014 deadline."
The new building and land located at 17th Street and Osborn was purchased in early August. The 1922 duplex is constructed out of beautiful red brick with high vaulted ceilings that showcase the stunning wood beam accents. And just like their current little farmhouse, there are hardwood floors throughout along with a fabulous fireplace that will add that special touch to any romantic meal.
New to Coup Des Tarts will be a full service bar. Guests will be able to enjoy themselves either inside or out. The bar will extend out onto a large patio where guests can enjoy themselves under large trees and talk into the evening under the beautiful Arizona skies.
The one-acre lot provides room for a newly constructed Rendezvous Room, which will be larger than their current location and match the original red brick of the historic building. The new Rendezvous Room will be a private meeting venue with all the high tech amenities needed for a business meeting, yet still quaint enough for a special life events such as a bridal or baby shower.
Valley brides will have a special, romantic get away where they can exchange their wedding vows with the man of their dreams. Hidden away in the back of the property is a lovely green belt that flows under large trees creating a natural canopy for a unique, intimate wedding experience.
Pacioni is currently submitting the paperwork for zoning the new restaurant and working with the talented architect, Mark Candelaria of Candelaria Design, for the new upgrades to the property. Updates on the status of the construction will be regularly posted on their Facebook page and website.


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To the woman he paid $150 for sex after a cup of tea, the 74-year-old gardener was a good target to be robbed for a "quick money earn", a court heard today.
The woman, Rachael Kilpatrick, allegedly organised for her defacto partner to kidnap the gardener to get money from him.
Michael Murphy, 35, today pleaded guilty in the County Court to kidnapping the gardener, intentionally assaulting him and stealing $200 from him.
The maximum penalty is 25 years' jail.
Prosecutor Sally Flynn told the court the victim, Angelo Dinome, was retired but used to do casual gardening jobs.
Mr Dinome was contracted to mow lawns and do other gardening jobs at a set of units in Edina Road, Ferntree Gully.
Ms Flynn said Murphy was living in one of the units with Kilpatrick, his defacto partner. They were both heroin users.
The prosecutor said Kilpatrick invited Mr Dinome into the unit on one occasion in early 2012 for a cup of tea.
"Kilpatrick offered to have sex with the victim for $200, a price of $150 was ultimately agreed upon and they partially undressed and had sexual relations," Ms Flynn said.
"Afterwards, the victim returned to his gardening duties and went home."
Ms Flynn said that about a week later, after Kilpatrick had told friends Juanita Dunlop and Rodney Gosland that Mr Dinome had sexually assaulted her, she asked the gardener for a lift to their home in Boronia.
After going inside, Kilpatrick allegedly had a knife and demanded money from Mr Dinome, who handed over $700.
On March 7 last year, Kilpatrick told Dunlop and Gosland that the gardener was "pretty cashed up", would be a good target for a "quick money earn" and they could teach him more of a lesson for touching her up, Ms Flynn said.
"Kilpatrick stated that the victim would be scared and wouldn't go to the police about it," the prosecutor said.
Ms Flynn said Kilpatrick disguised her voice and used a different name when she rang Mr Dinome's home phone number to organise for him to clean up a garden in Elsie Street, Boronia, the next day.
Dressed in dark clothes and wearing black balaclavas and carrying backpacks with a spare change of clothes, Murphy and Gosland were hiding in bushes at about 7.45am before confronting Mr Dinome when he arrived, Ms Flynn said.
"They started to punch and kick the victim," the prosecutor said.
"Gosland produced a knife, took hold of the victim, and said, 'Give me your money or I'll kill you'."
The two men allegedly stole $200 from Mr Dinome before bundling him into his car and driving off to find an ATM machine to get more money, but the car broke down in Chirnside Park and they left him there.
Kilpatrick and Gosland are due to appear for a contested committal hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates Court next month on a number of charges.
Defence lawyer Jacqueline Kennedy told the court today Murphy had been a functioning heroin addict from the age of 18 and was earning $1500 a week as a carpenter before suffering pneumonia and a stroke in late 2011.
Murphy lost his job and was receiving Centrelink payments when his heroin use, alcohol use and prescription drug use spiralled out of control and he agreed to kidnap Mr Dinome.
He had met Kilpatrick at their mutual heroin dealer's home and the pair moved in together just before Christmas in 2011.
"It's consented the victim in this matter is an elderly man going about his business. It's been very terrifying for him," Ms Kennedy said.
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A 31-YEAR-old woman who crashed into another car after going through a red light was later found to be nearly double the legal drink drive limit.
And Blackburn magistrates were told the biggest sufferer as a result of Sarah Hall's actions would be her five-year-old daughter who suffers from spina bifida.
Hall, of Lansdowne Street, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. She was banned from driving for 18 months and fined £150 with £105 costs.
Angela Rossi, defending, said her client realised the incident could have been far more serious and was thankful nobody had been injured. The car she was driving was a motability vehicle which was for her five-year-old daughter who has spina bifida, " she said.


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Florence Welch's Chic New 'Ceremonials'-Inspired Jewelry Line Is Here!
The redheaded singing sensation has made her foray into the fashion world with a brand new line of baubles.
-Diana Denza
It's impossible not to swoon over Florence Welch's gorgeous getups and soaring vocals. Though the fiery-haired songstress isn't offering to help you fine-tune your singing skills, you can now wear a little piece of her around town.
Read Five Show-Stopping Awards Season Looks for Less
As avid Flo fans, we were nothing short of ecstatic over news of a Ceremonials-inspired jewelry line designed by our favorite redhead. Consisting of necklaces, earrings, a bracelet, and a cage ring inspired by Welch's finger tattoo, this collection's accessories are priced from $33 to $82.50. You can find them all on the aptly-named Flotique.
MTV Style points out that the seven-piece assortment is quite "Gatsby-esque" –and we'd have to agree. Any of these baubles would make a drop waist skirt dress look deco-fabulous! Now if only we could raid the wardrobe that made Flo a style muse.
Diana Denza is BettyConfidential's contributing editor.


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Vox Pop - Jan 10
Conibear traps
The trap is really not the problem; it is the lack of responsibility of the owner to keep his dog at home. Most dogs that are let run in the country end up chasing deer at some point in their life. Most trappers do not put the traps in your dooryard or near your home. So keep your animals at home. Would you complain this much if your dog was killed by a timberwolf or cougar that we are told do not exist here!
Beer on the fairgrounds?
Did I read correctly in the Brainerd Dispatch that beer has finally been allowed on the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds through the curling club? This is a crying shame as I thought the people had spoken that they did not want alcohol on the fairgrounds.
Dogs in the woods
Dogs that get caught in traps are hunting. They have no business in the woods.
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Miss California defends herself on Today Show
Miss California Carrie Prejain who claimed marriage should only be between a man and a woman during the Miss USA pageant – with Perez Hilton as one of the judges – stopped by The Today Show where Matt Lauer gave her a chance to revise her answer. Here's what she said:
"The way that I answered might have been offensive … but for me, it was being biblically correct."
Unfortunately for Miss Prejean, mixing various fabrics together is forbidden in the book of Leviticus which means her entire pageant gown is biblically incorrect. Sorry, but Jesus says I have to stone you. Now, smile!
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By Dan Lachman, Staff WriterPosted Dec 22, 2012If by BearInsider Staff or Contributor, this article is Copyright © 2017 BearInsider.com
"We played with some enthusiasm, got people involved, did a pretty good job defensively I thought," said Coach Mike Montgomery after the game. "Just to be able to get away and get a win, and get people playing time, and get a little positive reinforcement was good for us."
Richard Solomon came back from a subpar effort on Tuesday night against UC Santa Barbara to score a career high 18 points. Solomon also grabbed nine rebounds, six on the offensive board.
"Just being more aggressive and attacking the boards, it kind of got everybody going," said Solomon. "If I play like this every game I think we'll be a better team."
The quality of opponent in Pac 12 play may present a considerably greater challenge for Solomon and his teammates.
Top scorer Allen Crabbe also seemed more engaged, with 23 points on just 11 shots. Breaking out of a shooting slump from beyond the arc, Cal's top scorer connected on three of four from distance. Overall, the Bears connected on 50% of their shots.
Cal dominated the visitors on the boards by a 45-25 margin. That included 18 offensive rebounds. Montgomery was happy with 18 assists, but noted that 17 turnovers were too many.
The Bears got off to their typically shaky start, and the visitors jumped out to a 9-4 lead on a trio of three-point shots. Cal then embarked on a 14-0 run to take the lead for good. Crabbe had six points during the run, with a left corner trey as well as an old fashioned three point play on a drive to the rim.
The lead grew to 17 at 40-23, but some foul difficulties led Montgomery to going deeper into his bench, and Prairie View cut the lead to 13 at the intermission. Crabbe led the way at the half with 14, and a more active and aggressive Solomon added 12 points and 5 boards. The margin should have been bigger.
Cal hit 52% from the field, and held their opponent to just 43% in the opening 20 minutes. Cal picked up the defensive intensity in the second half, and they were able to pull away. Prairie View made just eight of 29 shots after the break, a poor 27.6%. For the game, the visitors hit just 35.1% of their field goal attempts.
The players are definitely looking forward to their holiday break. The team will be off until the day after Christmas. "We haven't had a day off since November something. They need some time away," said the coach. He added that the staff could use the time off as well, and hoped that they would all come back refreshed.
Asked if his team is ready for the start of league play, Montgomery joked, "I thought about calling the league and saying, look, we're not quite ready and could we postpone this thing a little bit, but I didn't get much response. We're probably going to have to head down to LA (in January)."
Prior to the Los Angeles journey, California will play the Crimson of Harvard at 5:00 pm on Saturday the 29th of December at Haas. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Network.
Game Notes:
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Throughout the Pokémon game series, each game featured its own unique features that were exclusive to that specific Pokémon game. As the game franchise progressed over time, the newer games started to utilize features from a number of the previous games. Below is a list of changes in features throughout the franchise:
Red, and Blue Version
Being the first games of the franchise, Pokémon Red, and Blue mainly established the games basic gameplay such as training, trading, names, etc. The only features that made Red, and Blue unique was that they only utilized a single color scheme (Red being red, Blue being blue, etc.). Every location, scene, and character had their own design but used the same colors and shading depending which game it was. The only things that made locations in the games unique were the music and obstacle layouts. The length of the game was limited to a single region of Japan being, Kanto.
Yellow Pikachu Edition
Pokémon Yellow version(also known the Pikachu Edition) was one of the more popular and recognizable Pokémon games in the franchises development because it was the first game to utilize detailed color schemes and character designs. Rather than using a single color scheme for the entire game, every character and Pokémon in the game was carefully designed and colored based on their designs in the manga and anime. The locations of the game as well as the region of the game remained the same as the previous games. However, each area and town used its own unique color scheme to distinguish themselves from the others. Yellow version was also the first and only game to utilize the ability to have one of the players six Pokémon follow behind him. However, it was exclusive to your assigned starting Pokémon which was Pikachu. This feature was discontinued until the re-release of Gold and Silver.
Gold and Silver Version
Pokémon Gold and Silver underwent the largest number of changes(some of which were exclusive to them). Gold and Silver were the first and only games in which everything had its own color and design which eliminated the single color scheme location concept. Gold and Silver were the first and only games until the re-release to feature the ability to change the time of the game which would after the games time of day(night or day). They were also the first games to feature Pokémon genders and Eggs. As well as a variety of new Pokémon and the ability to trade them with the older games. The game also featured new starting Pokémon and the ability to traverse from the new region, Johto, to the region from the previous games being Kanto. The game also utilized the ability to contact and rematch previous opponents and the ability to carry a radio and cell phone.
Crystal Version
Pokémon Crystal utilized all of Gold and Silvers features but was the first game to utilize Pokémon animations in which summoned Pokémon performed brief moving animations during battle sequences. The feature was not reused until Emerald and the versions that followed it. It also was the first game to allow the player to choose a gender for their character
Ruby and Sapphire Version
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were the first Pokémon games to utilize weather changes. They were also the first games to utilize 2-on-2 Pokémon battles in which both trainers could summon two Pokémon at a time rather than the traditional 1-on-1 layout. The game also featured the ability to build customizable camps or "secret bases" in various locations of the playable region that served as makeshift homes for the player. The only features to carry on from the previous games were genders, eggs, and further graphic improvements.
FireRed and LeafGreen Version
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen were among GameFreaks first attempts to utilize several of the previously unique features exclusive to the past games. Fire Red served as the spiritual successor of the original Pokémon Red and Leaf Green served as the spiritual successor to the original Green version(which was unique on its own since Green was exclusive to Japan). The original Blue version did not receive a spiritual successor due to GameFreak's belief that Green version was practically unnoticed in the franchise and thought it deserved a second chance in the spotlight. Fire Red and Leaf Green were generally remakes of the original games that started the franchise but now feature massive overhauls in gameplay including graphic improvements(like the previous games), return of all 150 original Pokémon as well as evolved version and baby versions previously inexistent during the time of the original games along with some of the newer generations, as well as gender option, weather changes, and club houses.
HeartGold and SoulSilver Version
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver are the official spiritual successors of Gold and Silver version (much like Fire and Leaf succeeded Red and Green. Like their predecessors, Heart and Soul reintroduced features that were exclusive to previous games. They were the first games to re-utilize the "following Pokémon" feature that was first featured in the Yellow Pikachu Edition. This feature allowed the player to have one of their six Pokémon follow them much like Pikachu had in Yellow. However, this feature occasionally seemed unorthodox as Pokémon normally "ocean bound" can be selected to follow the player on land. Heart and Soul generally re-utilized all of the features that were carried over to Fire and Leaf. However, despite being the successors of Gold and Silver, Heart and Soul lacked the "time of day" feature that was exclusive to their predecessors. Heart and Soul was still praised for preserving the ability to travel from Johto to Kanto as well as the increase in the number of Pokémon featured in the game which ranges from the first generation to the fourth generation. In addition, Heart and Soul debuted the return of the Pokémon Walker which was prominent with its Game Boy Color counterparts.
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So, when I need to create an epub by hand, I'll put everything I need in a folder, and then use the Terminal & zip it up by hand.
Like so:
- Navigate to the folder.
zip -Xr9D book.epub mimetype *
Ok, so I realize not every one is comfortable working at the command line.
That's where MakePackage.scpt comes in. It's an Applescript script that will take a folder and turn it into an EPUB. It expects the folder to be the same layout as the EPUB should be. So, just as if you had renamed a file to .zip and then extracted the contents.
Anyway, it's here if you find it useful, if not, there's always the command line.


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|Located in the heart of Thailand's Eastern Seaboard province
of Rayong, Star Convention Hotel (Formerly Star Hotel) is Rayong's
premiere 5-star hotel. Ideally situated in the heart of Rayong city,
and just 18 kilometers from Maptaphut and Ban Pae, Star Convention Hotel (Formerly Star Hotel) is the
perfect choice for both business and pleasure.
Also owned by Star Convention Hotel (Formerly Star Hotel) is the M.P. Grand Hotel, which is located in the Maptaphut district of Rayong province, a few kilometers east of Rayong city. Here too, you can find the luxury and comfort offered by Star Convention Hotel (Formerly Star Hotel).
|With well-appointed luxurious rooms, the Star Convention Hotel (Formerly Star Hotel)
Plaza wing and Star wing provides optimum comfort and convenience in
unparalleled ambience.
Whether you are here for business or pleasure, our spacious rooms will make you feel right at home.
Deluxe Room(29 sq.m. | Pool / City view)
Grand Deluxe Room(43 sq.m. | Pool / City view)
Executive Suite(84 sq.m. | Pool / City view)
Family Suite(124 sq.m. | Pool / City view)
|Star Convention Hotel (Formerly Star Hotel) offers
you the ultimate in Thai, Chinese, Japanese, and Continental cuisines.
With a wide variety of gourmet foods, our 2 restaurants are sure to
cater for even the most exotic tastes. For your convenience, you can
also take advantage of our room service and select from a full a la
carte menu.
Sudsakorn Coffee Shop
Lobby level of the Star Wing
Special Buffet Lunch from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Open: 24 hours
Koh Kaew Restaurant
Lobby level of the Plaza Wing
6:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Laveng Vulla Lounge
Open 9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Star Wing
|With an array of eleven well-equipped seminar rooms
complete with modern audio visual equipment and superb catering services,
Star Convention Hotel (Formerly Star Hotel) provides a broad flexibility in meeting and party space.
For our business travelers, the Star Wing and Star Plaza Wing provides a modern business center equipped with computers, faxes, and internet connections.
|For your fun and pleasure, Star Convention Hotel (Formerly Star Hotel) provides recreation
facilities unmatched in all of Rayong. Take a dip in the pool, spend
some time at our snooker hall and sports center, or even play a few
games of bowling. At night you can enjoy exotic drinks and live music
at our hotel lounge and dance club. Day or night, Star Convention Hotel (Formerly Star Hotel) will keep
you entertained.
Star Fitness
is Rayong's premiere fitness facility equipped with a full range of cardiovascular, strength training, and free weight equipment. Yoga and spin classes are also available, along with an outdoor swimming pool. The best fitness center in the heart of Rayong, only at STAR FITNESS, Star Plaza, 2nd floor.
Star Bowling Center
26 lanes with computerized scoring system.
Open : 10:00 a.m. - midnight
Karaoke Club
Star Wing
Open 8:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
|Swimming Pool
|Room Service
Rayong is located on Thailand's eastern
seaboard, about 180 kilometers from Bangkok. Covering an area of 3552
square kilometers and 100 kilometers of beach along the Gulf of Thailand,
Rayong has plenty to offer for all visitors. The Samet Marine National
Park is located in Rayong province and consists of 10 islands with clear
waters and white sandy beaches. Rayong is divided into the 5 districts
of Muang Rayong, Klaneg, Ban Khai, Pluak Daeng, Bang Chang, and the
sub-district of Wang Chan. The population of Rayong province is around
420,000 people. Today Rayong is one of Thailand's premiere tourist
destination and industrial center with U-tapao airport, Laem Chabang
and Map Ta Phut Ports.