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Did you know?
Elephants are right or left 'handed'. The tusk on their favoured side wears out faster.
There is nothing about elephants that does not impress. Their sheer size (an adult easily weighs six tons), the vast quantities of vegetation and water they consume, their giant hearts, their outsize ears and trunks.
They also embody most of the nicest human traits.
Elephants are extremely emotional beasts. When clans reunite (after being parted for as little as a day), they fall upon one another, trumpeting noisily, trunks tenderly touching each other's open mouths.
Their lifespans are similar to ours too. Their babies are dependent on their mothers for roughly as long as ours, and the tender loving care lavished by elephants on their playful babies seems appealingly human.
When the Kruger National Park was formed at the beginning of the 1900s, though, they had almost been wiped out in South Africa by the ivory trade. In 1909, only 25 were counted. But over the decades numbers have risen steadily, and South Africa is now an elephant conservation stronghold.
Elephants also rival humans in sheer destructive ability, or as the biologists more diplomatically put it, in their tendency to alter habitat. When confined to small areas, their tendency to knock down or ring-bark trees can look like wholesale demolition.
In South Africa elephant conservation often forces difficult choices. An elephant overpopulation can destroy local eco-systems and threaten other species.
Most conservationists agree that the larger the area, the better chance nature has of being self-sustaining. Conservation islands, just like real islands, are continually vulnerable to population pressures. As a result, conserving elephants is indirectly driving the movement in South Africa towards megaparks and transfrontier parks.
More recently, initiatives are taking shape that create linking corridors between private and state-owned reserves so that South Africa's elephants, now numbering around 20 000, can roam over wider areas, as they have for millennia.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Addo Elephant National Park
SANParks reservations
Tel: +27 (0)12 428 9111
How to get here
Addo is about an hour's drive from Port Elizabeth.
Best time to visit
Get around
What will it cost
Accommodation ranges from a reasonable campsite for around R120 a night to safari tents for R500 and luxury chalets upwards of R1000.
Length of stay
Give it a couple of days for maximum enjoyment.
What to pack
Take comfortable safari-style clothing and a warm jacket for the nights.
Where to stay
If you want a guaranteed sighting of elephants then Addo Elephant National Park is a winner.


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Perished Nations
The people of Prophet Lut (as)
1. The Mediterranean
3. Jerusalem
5. Dead Sea
A satellite photograph of the region where the people of Lut (as) lived.
We quote German archaeologist Werner Keller:
Together with the base of this mighty fissure, which runs precisely through this area, the Vale of Siddim, including Sodom and Gomorrah, plunged one day into the abyss. Their destruction came about through a great earthquake which was probably accompanied by explosions, lightning, issue of natural gas and general conflagration.13
Photographs of the Lake of Lut taken from satellite.
As a matter of fact, the Lake of Lut, or the Dead Sea as it is otherwise known, is located right on the top of an active seismic region, that is, an earthquake zone:
The base of the dead sea is located with a tectonic rooted downfall. This valley is located in a tension stretching between the Taberiye Lake in the north, and mid of Arabah Valley in the south.14
The event was expressed as we rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer in the last part of the verse. This is in all probability meant to be the volcanic explosion that took place on the banks of the Lake of Lut, and because of which the rocks and stones that erupted were in a baked form. (The same event is related in the verse 173 of Surat ash-Shu'ara as We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!)
In relation to this subject, Werner Keller writes:
The subsidence released volcanic forces that had been lying dormant deep down along the whole length of the fracture. In the upper valley of the Jordan near Bashan there are still towering craters of extinct volcanoes; great stretches of lava and deep layers of basalt have been deposited on the limestone surface.15
These lava and basalt layers constitute the greatest evidence that a volcanic explosion and earthquake had once taken place here. The catastrophe depicted in the following expression as we rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer in the Qur'an most probably points to this volcanic explosion, and Allah knows best. The expression When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down which occurs in the same verse, must be referring to the earthquake which caused volcanoes to erupt over the surface of the earth with devastating impact, and to the fissures and debris brought by it, and only Allah knows the truth of it.
The Lake of Lut, or Dead Sea as otherwise called.
The obvious signs conveyed by the Lake of Lut are indeed very interesting. In general, the events which are related in the Qur'an take place in the Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula and Egypt. Right in the middle of these lands, is the Lake of Lut. The Lake of Lut, as well as the incidents that have taken place around it, deserves attention geologically. The Lake is approximately 400 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean. Since the deepest point in the Lake is 400 metres, the bottom of the Lake is 800 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean. This is the lowest point on the earth. In other areas which are lower than sea level, the depth is at most 100 metres. Another property of the Lake of Lut is that the salt content of its water is very high, the density being nearly 30%. Because of this, no living organism, such as fish or moss, can survive in this lake. This is why the Lake of Lut is called the Dead Sea in Western literature.
The incident of Lut's (as)people, which is recounted in the Qur'an, occurred around 1800 BC according to estimates. Based on his archaeological and geological researches, the German researcher Werner Keller noted that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were in fact located in the Siddim Valley which was the region at the furthest and lowest end of the Lake of Lut, and that there were once big and widely inhabited sites in those regions.
An overhead view of the mountains around the Lake of Lut.
The most interesting structural characteristic of the Lake of Lut is evidence showing how the disaster incidence recounted in the Qur'an took place:
On the eastern shore of the Dead Sea the peninsula of El-Lisan protrudes like a tongue far into the water. El-Lisan means the tongue in Arabic. Unseen from the land the ground falls away here under the surface of the water at a prodigious angle, dividing the sea into two parts. To the right of the peninsula the ground slopes sharply down to a depth of 1200 feet. On the left of the peninsula the water remains remarkably shallow. Soundings taken in the last few years established depths of only fifty to sixty feet. That extraordinary shallow part of the Dead Sea, from the peninsula El-Lisan to the southernmost tip, was the Vale of Siddim.16
Werner Keller noted this shallow part, which was discovered to have formed subsequently, was the outcome of the aforementioned earthquake and the massive collapse this earthquake had caused. This was the place where Sodom and Gomorrah were situated, that is, where Lut's (as)people lived.
On the left: an illustration showing the volcanic eruption and the collapse that followed it, which caused the whole people to disappear.
Page across: a distant view of the Lake of Lut
Once, it was possible to cross this region by walking. However, now, the Vale of Siddim, where Sodom and Gomorrah were once situated, is covered by the flat surface of the lower part of the Dead Sea. The collapse of the base as a result of the dreadful catastrophe that came to pass in the beginning of the second millennium BC, caused salt water from the north to flow into this recently formed cavity and filled the basin with salty water
The traces of Lut's (as) people are visible… When one takes a rowing boat across the Lake of Lut to the southernmost point, if the sun is shining in the right direction, one sees something quite fantastic. Some distance from the shore and clearly visible under the surface of the water, there are the outlines of the forests which the extraordinarily high salt content of the Dead Sea preserved. The trunks and roots in the shimmering green water are very ancient. The Siddim valley, where these trees were once in blossom green foliage covered their twigs and branches, was one of the most beautiful locations in the region.
The mechanical aspect of the disaster that befell the people of Lut (as) is revealed by the researches of the geologists. These reveal that the earthquake which destroyed the people of Lut (as) came about as a consequence of a fault line in the earth, along the 190-kilometre distance making up the bed of the River Sheri'at. River Sheri'at makes a fall of 180 metres in total. Both this and the fact that the Lake of Lut is 400 metres below sea level are two important pieces of evidence showing that an enormous geological event once took place here.
The interesting structure of the River of Sheri'at and the Lake of Lut make up only a small part of the crack or split passing from this region of the earth. The condition and length of this crack have only recently been discovered.
The fault starts from the outskirts of Mount Taurus, stretches to the southern shores of the Lake of Lut and proceeds over the Arabian desert to the Gulf of Aqaba and continues across the Red Sea, ending up in Africa. Along the length of it, strong volcanic activities are observed. Black basalt and lava exist in the Galilee Mountains in Israel, high plain regions of Jordan, the Gulf of Aqaba and other areas nearby.
Together with the base of this mighty fissure, which runs precisely through this area, the Vale of Siddim, including Sodom and Gomorrah, plunged one day into the abyss. Their destruction came about through a great earthquake which was probably accompanied by explosions, lightning, issue of natural gas and general conflagration. The subsidence released volcanic forces that had been lying dormant deep down along the whole length of the fracture. In the upper valley of the Jordan near Bashan there are still towering craters of extinct volcanoes; great stretches of lava and deep layers of basalt have been deposited on the limestone surface.17
Some of the remains of the city, which had slipped into the lake, were found on the banks of the lake. These remains showed that the people of Lut had quite a high standard of life.
National Geographic makes the following comment:
The mount of Sodom, a barren wasteland, rises sharply above the dead sea. No one has ever found the destroyed cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, but scholars believe that they stood in the Vale of Siddim across from these cliffs. Possibly flood waters of the Dead Sea engulfed them following an earthquake.18
The destruction of the people of Lut (as) has inspired many painters. An example is given above.
Above is a picture representing the luxury and prosperity of the city of Pompeii before the disaster.
The Qur'an tells us in the following verses that there is no change in Allah's laws:
They swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a warner came to them, they would follow his guidance better than any (other) of the Peoples: But when a warner came to them, it has only increased their flight (from righteousness) - On account of their arrogance in the land and their plotting of Evil, but the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof. Now are they but looking for the way the ancients were dealt with? But no change wilt thou find in Allah's way (of dealing): no turning off wilt thou find in Allah's way (of dealing). (Surat al-Fatir: 42-43)
Yes, no change will be found in Allah's way (rules). Everybody, who stands against His laws and rebels against Him, is subject to the same divine law. Pompeii, the symbol of the degeneration of the Roman Empire, was also involved in sexual perversity. Its end was similar to that of the people of Lut (as).
The destruction of Pompeii came by means of the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius.
The volcano Vesuvius is the symbol of Italy, primarily the city of Naples. Remaining silent for the last two millennia, Vesuvius is named the Mountain of Warning. It is noteworthy that Vesuvius is known as such. The disaster that befell Sodom and Gomorrah is very similar to the disaster that destroyed Pompeii.
To the right of Vesuvius lies Naples and to the east lies Pompeii. The lava and ash of a huge volcanic eruption, that happened thousands of years ago, caught the inhabitants of that city. The disaster happened so suddenly that everything in the town was caught in the middle of its everyday life and remains today exactly as it was two millennia ago. It is as if the time had been frozen.
On the next page are petrified corpses unearthed in excavations made in Pompeii.
The removal of Pompeii from the face of the earth by such a disaster was not purposeless. The historical record shows that the city was exactly the centre of dissipation and perversity. The city was marked by a rise in prostitution to such an extent that even the number of brothels was not known.
But the lava of Vesuvius wiped the whole city off the map in a single moment. The most interesting aspect of the event is that nobody escaped despite the terrible violence of the eruption of Vesuvius. It is almost like they did not even notice the catastrophe, as if they were charmed. A family eating their meal were petrified right at that moment. Numerous petrified couples were found in the act of intercourse. The most interesting thing is that there were couples of the same sex and couples of young boys and girls. The faces of some of the petrified human corpses unearthed from Pompeii were unharmed. The general expression on those faces was bewilderment.
Other examples of petrified human corpses uncovered among the remains of Pompeii.
Here lies the most incomprehensible aspect of the calamity. How did thousands of people wait to be caught by death without seeing and hearing anything?
This aspect of the event shows that the disappearance of Pompeii was similar to the destructive events mentioned in the Qur'an, because the Qur'an particularly points to sudden annihilation while relating these events. For example, the inhabitants of the city described in Surah Ya-Sin died all at once in a single moment. The situation is told as follows:
It was no more than a single mighty Blast, and behold! they were (like ashes) quenched and silent. (Surah Ya-Sin: 29)
In Surat al-Qamar, again the instantaneous annihilation is emphasised when the destruction of Thamud is recounted:
For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle. (Surat al-Qamar: 31)
The death of the people of Pompeii took place instantaneously as just as the events recounted in the above verses.
Despite all of this, things have not changed much where Pompeii once stood. The districts of Naples where debauchery prevails do not fall short of those licentious districts of Pompeii. The Island of Capri is a base where homosexuals and nudists reside and is represented as a Homosexual paradise in tourist commercials. Not only on Capri and in Italy, but in nearly all the world, a similar moral degeneration is at work and people insist on not learning from the awful experiences of past peoples.
Some other examples of petrified human corpses uncovered at Pompeii. The picture on the left is a very good example of how instantaneous thedisaster was.
13. Werner Keller Und die Bibel hat doch recht (The Bible as History; a Confirmation of the Book of Books), New York: William Morrow, 1964 p. 75- 76
14. Le Monde de la Bible, Archeologie et Histoire, July-August 1993.
15. Werner Keller Und die Bibel hat doch recht (The Bible as History; a Confirmation of the Book of Books), New York: William Morrow, 1964, p. 76
18. G. Ernest Wright, Bringing Old Testament Times to Life, National Geographic, Vol. 112, December 1957, p. 833

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AFC Wimbledon's caretaker manager Simon Bassey is in the running to take the hot seat full time.
Bassey, who is celebrating his testimonial after joining the Dons as a player 10 years ago, was asked by the club's board to apply for the manager's position after Terry Brown was sacked last week.
Under Bassey's leadership, the Dons claimed a League Two 1-0 win at Wycombe Wanderers - a result which ironically spelled the end for the Wycombe boss Gary Waddock who was sacked after the final whistle.
Bassey said: "I've done pretty much every job there is to do at Wimbledon and I would have loved to carry on working under Terry if the situation was different.
"The club has asked me to apply for the position and I will do so because this is a fantastic club.
"It was a great honour to lead the team on Saturday and to do it again this weekend at home will give me even more pride."
He added: "I love this club, but who knows how long I will be here should a new manager come in?
"Hopefully my time here will run for a lot longer yet."


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 28/12/2012 (1697 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
During the past week, our newspaper has been engaging in what a lot of what our readers have been doing at this time of year.
Maybe it's the holidays. Perhaps it's the rum-spiked egg nog. But the end of the year is a time when we tend to pause and reflect. And when the Free Press pauses and reflects, we tend to come up with lists, lots and lots of lists, that then get assigned to reporters.
We've had our news stories of the year. Our sports department has its stories of the year. Photographers have their favourite pictures of the year. Marion Warhaft has her best new restaurants of the year. Brad Oswald has his top TV moments. Toss in our picks for movies of the year, books of the year and local entertainer of the year, and you've had a lot of 2012 reflections to digest in your Free Press over egg nog.
Newspapers, much like readers, also make resolutions for the coming year -- and one of ours involves you.
Arthur Miller once said: "A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself.'' What I want the Free Press to do in 2013 is to build upon the conversation we've been a part of for 140 years by leveraging the digital technology at our disposal to broaden and deepen the dialogue. In other words, we want the Free Press to be a newspaper that invites you to be part of our journalism. A newspaper able to use conversations with its readers to generate headlines is one that will have a stronger connection to the community it serves.
Of course, readers have been engaging with the Free Press, long, long before the advent of online comments or Twitter.
Letters to the editor have been a forum for feedback since before the days of John W. Dafoe. There are always the story ideas sprinkled amid the critiques and compliments that come from reader phone calls and emails. Some, such as this one from Ginette Perrin who had not only high praise but a confession about being unable to resist the lure of our website, can brighten my day
"I LOVE my WINNIPEG FREE PRESS,'' she wrote to me in the fall. "It is so many things to me -- readable, engaging, community-based, in touch with the pulse of the city and province. I'm just an average reader, but I read every page, every day (even though I've cheated by reading the web page a few times in the day)."
But the ones that come from readers less enamoured with our journalism -- and on occasion even filled with profanity -- are just as important for us to hear.
During the past 20 months, the Free Press's efforts at opening our doors and welcoming readers in has been generating random acts of journalism daily at our News Café in the heart of the Exchange District. When we reflect on all we have served up at the News Café in 2012, the menu included everything from a federal finance minister showing his sense of humour to overflow crowds for a housing forum to live performances from bands such as Whitehorse that took to our stage Friday.
What the News Café gives us -- and by extension gives you -- is a chance for our relationship with the reader to be one that moves from passive to participation. For instance, take a look at the video on our website when we livestreamed Olympic soccer star Desiree Scott's stop at our News Café. What you'll see is an interview that clearly wasn't your standard newspaper Q&A between reporter and subject. This was a chance for our audience to be part of the conversation and the content we generated. This was an opportunity for a soccer mom to take her young daughter downtown to meet her hometown hero, to see her bronze medal, to step up to the microphone and to ask the question and hear the answer directly from Scott.-P96xavpg.js">
Starting in January, there will be more opportunities for you to join with us in the conversation that is part of what we do daily. What we want to build is a new relationship with our readers, one in which you not only help shape our strategy, but also help us deliver the news. Stay tuned for more details.
If all goes well with this resolution, I hope it will be readers like you who will generate the lists for our reporters on the top stories of 2013 -- stories you will have helped us deliver.
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Banksy arrest hoax?
The jig is up, they said.
According to a small handful ot people on Twitter (about a million or so), the entity known as Banksy was arrested in London yesterday on charges of vandalism, conspiracy, racketeering and counterfeiting.
And the street artist and all around provocateur's name, it was revealed in a media conference that may or may not have happened, is Paul William Horner.
Or is it?
Readers who think they can verify the existence of London police chief Wayne Leppard—have at her!
In the meantime, we'll consider Banksy himself as a chief suspect in what looks like a hoax that just cost me a valuable 60 or so minutes of my work day, THANKS.
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Feb 22, 2013 at 1:47pm
we got punked!
Feb 22, 2013 at 4:29pm
The moral of the lesson? Instead of street walls being mashed on this time the media got mashed on. By a troll no less. Not that the media isn't it's own dizzy troll mashing on the surface of the world's consciousness…
Feb 26, 2013 at 9:54am
I caught this Banksy kid trying to spraypaint a dick on my garage door. He belongs behind bars!
Pablo Picasshole
Feb 27, 2013 at 5:07pm
What Banksy? a hoax? No, Really? Didn't you see the "documentary"?


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- "Nobody wasted their breath pretending to feel very sad about the Riddles, for they had been most unpopular."
- —Description of Little Hangleton's reaction to the Riddle murders[src]
Mary Riddle (1883–1943) was the wife of Thomas Riddle and mother of Tom Riddle and thus the paternal grandmother of Tom Marvolo Riddle, also known as Lord Voldemort. She was part of the wealthiest family in the village of Little Hangleton. The Riddles were snobby and looked down on most other people in town, in particular the poverty-stricken House of Gaunt that lived nearby, becoming very unpopular amongst them.
Early life
Mary was born in 1883. At some point in her life she married Thomas Riddle, a man born into the wealthy Riddle family. In 1905, she gave birth to a son, Tom Riddle.
Son's marriage
Mary and her husband suffered great scandal when Tom abruptly married Merope Gaunt, the daughter of "tramp" Marvolo Gaunt. Merope was one of the Gaunts, a wizarding family. She had entranced Tom by means of the Imperius Curse or, more likely, a Love Potion. The couple left for London, where Merope became pregnant and stopped giving Tom Riddle with love potions. Coming to his senses, Tom left Merope and returned to his parents' home in Little Hangleton, claiming to have been "hoodwinked" and "taken in" by Merope. Merope would die soon after giving birth to Tom Marvolo Riddle, living only long enough to name him.
In 1943, sixteen-year-old Tom Marvolo Riddle, who would later take on the alias Lord Voldemort, ventured to Little Hangleton to investigate his heritage. He learned the details of his parents' union from his uncle Morfin Gaunt (Merope's brother) and sought revenge on what he saw as the man who caused his mother's death. Tom Marvolo Riddle went to the Riddle House to murder his father and ended up killing Mary and Thomas Riddle in order to erase his "filthy" Muggle heritage, too. Mary was buried in the Little Hangleton graveyard along with her son and husband, but their deaths were not mourned by the town due to their snobbishness.
The name "Mary" is the usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) and Μαρια (Maria) - the spellings are interchangeable - which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam). The meaning is not known for certain, but there are several theories including "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", and "wished for child". However it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived in part from mry "beloved" or mr "love".
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Name appears on tombstone)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (First identified as Mary Riddle)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)


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Brentford boss Uwe Rosler has admitted hanging on to his team's stars may be a bigger challenge than maintaining a promotion challenge.
Clayton Donaldson and Harry Forrester scored the goals in a first half performance that left the Bees chief speechless and secured a 2-0 triumph of Sheffield United at Griffin Park on Saturday.
The stretched Brentford's current run of good form to only one defeat in 14 league matches as they have climbed in to the League One top six.
Rosler has raided the loan market in recent weeks and saw Fulham 19-year-old Marcello Trotta impress up front and Wigan Athletic man Rob Kiernan doing the same for the Bees.
Forrester has blossomed this term, while other youngsters – including star goalkeeper Simon Moore – will no doubt be attracting admiring glances with the January transfer window looming.
And Rosler admitted that could pose a problem.
"That was the best week since I've been in charge at Brentford," he said as his side prepare to face visit Bradford City in the FA Cup second round.
"The way we played in the first half was unbelievable. With a team with the youngest average age in the league at 22.5 and the way we played against the best team, for periods in the game I was speechless.
"For me it is important to keep our best players and that will be a challenge. I'm so proud to be the manager. Hopefully we will find ways to keep this squad together.
"Rob Kiernan had never played at this level or in that position before. Young Marcello, who has only been playing in development squad football at Fulham, has proved he can play at that level. He did exceptionally well on Saturday.
"Harry Forrester was rested today and I told him to come out and inject energy and get the crowd going and that is what he did. Harry got a bit tired in the second half, but he is putting on the table what we know he can."


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Wade Miley won 16 games for the Arizona Diamondbacks this season, a total that tied him for sixth in the National League. He finished the year as the team's ace with a 3.33 ERA and 144 strikeouts in 194.2 innings of work.
Bryce Harper hit .270 for the Washington Nationals, smacking 22 home runs and tallying 59 RBI, a number that was good enough for 56th in the N.L.
So naturally Harper deserved the National League Rookie of the Year Award, right?
Well, the award was given to Harper Monday, much to the dismay of players and media alike.
Here is a sampling of what they had to say:
Now we know that it's officially a popularity contest… "@jonmorosi: Bryce Harper is the NL Rookie of the Year over Wade Miley."
— Brad Ziegler (@bradziegler) November 12, 2012
I'm glad reporters' ballots are public knowledge now. Hopefully they will take away future voting rights for ones who submit awful ballots.
— Brad Ziegler (@bradziegler) November 13, 2012
Wow. Wow. #DBacks RT/ @jaysonst: one voter left Wade Miley off his ballot completely. Bill Center of San Diego voted Harper/Frazier/Alonso.
— Steve Berthiaume (@BertDbacks) November 13, 2012
Unreal… #robbed
— Daniel Hudson (@DHuddy41) November 12, 2012
Bryce had a really good season guys, he really did. I just feel like one month shouldn't win or lose you an award. Wade should have won, IMO
— Daniel Hudson (@DHuddy41) November 13, 2012
Bill Center of San Diego Union Tribune left Miley off ballot…was only person who had Padre Yonder Alonso on the ballot. #Homer
— Vince Marotta (@Vincemarotta) November 12, 2012
Congrats to @wademiley36 on an amazing season. Certainly think he deserved to win but congrats to Harper. Wade is ROY in our hearts.
— Josh Rawitch (@joshrawitch) November 12, 2012
Who votes on these awards??? @mlb #embarrassing #robbed #ROY
— David Hernandez (@DHern_30) November 12, 2012
Bryce Harper totally deserved the Rookie of the Year Award over Wade Miley, especially if you don't care about stats. #Dbacks
— Adam Green (@theAdamGreen) November 12, 2012
Yonder Alonso over Wade MIley is pretty awful.
— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) November 13, 2012
Judging from all the #dbacks Tweets, Wade Miley's teammates certainly have his back.
— Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) November 13, 2012
Monday August 21
See who won the "True Dynasty" award, the "Tired Act" award and more.
Bickley Blast
Monday August 21
The D-backs were not feeling Minnesota.
Mike Ferrin, D-backs' broadcaster
Friday August 18
Mike Ferrin discusses the D-backs' getting through the toughest part of their schedule and the emerg
8-18-17 The Sports Kabob with Jarrett Carlen
Friday August 18
Topics include Chick Fil A, Taylor Swift + guy getting hit in groin. It's sports news skewered.
Monica Lindstrom, Legal Analyst
Friday August 18
What is the next step for the D-backs in their dispute with Maricopa County?


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Minutes - Summary of Jan. 3 Meeting
Summary Minutes for Meeting of Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Bipartisan Election Process Improvement Commission ("Commission") convened in Room 232 of the County Government Center shortly after 7:00 p.m. Members in attendance included: Co-Chairmen Katherine Hanley and Stu Mendelsohn, and Members Cesar del Aguila, Bettie Baca, Alex Blakemore, Keith Damon, Olga Hernandez, Jeremy Epstein, Tania Hossain, William Kreykenbohm, Jay McConville, James T. Parmelee, Lee Ann Pender, Ginny Peters, Kelsey Phipps, Susan Platt, Brian Schoeneman, Marcus Simon, and Jeffrey Wisoff. Members of the public were in attendance, as was County staff.
Chairman Bulova welcomed the Committee members, and she expressed her view as to the great importance of the task and the widespread public interest in improving local elections. Those remarks were followed by opening remarks by Co-Chairman Mendelsohn. All emphasized the need for the Commission to address its work quickly to take advantage of the County budget deliberations and the election preparations that begin early each calendar year. Mr. Mendelsohn stated that it was his goal that the Commission complete its work by March so as to report to the Board of Supervisors before their budget actions in April.
Co-Chairman Mendelsohn expressed concern that there was pending litigation on the past election and that the Commission needed to steer clear of those issues, and he asked Deputy County Attorney Michael Long to comment on that. Mr. Long responded that the litigation was styled as Fairfax County Democratic Committee v. Cameron Quinn et al., and that litigation generally concerned the training of election workers and the conduct of the last November election. To avoid issues related to that litigation, he stated that the Commission should concentrate its attention on possible improvements to future elections.
Next were introductions where members were asked to identify themselves and to state those issues that he or she thought that the Commission should address. Those introductions and statements continued around the table. While each member presented a number of issues, there seemed to be widespread interest in (i) reducing the length of time spent in line by many voters, (ii) expanding the use of absentee voting and satellite voting locations and implementing early voting, and reviewing the mail-in absentee ballot process, (iii) reviewing how and what kind of voting machines and electronic poll books were used and deployed, (iv) providing more poll workers, and (v) providing more training to poll workers.
In order to provide a brief summary of elections, Assistant County Attorney Erin Ward explained a handout that was prepared for the Commission members by County staff. That summary noted the source of Virginia election laws, the role of local electoral boards and the general registrars. That summary described the appointment of election officers and the establishment of precincts. Also included in the summary was information on the deployment of voting machines and absentee voting, and the election calendar, including the review required by Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. Deputy County Attorney Michael Long then provided a short explanation of a handout provided to members on the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Co-Chairmen Hanley and Mendelsohn promised to consider the members' comments, group those comments into issues, and bring back a plan at the next meeting to begin to address the issues raised by the members.
Following a brief discussion, the Commission decided to meet again at 7:15 on the evenings of January 17, January 24, and January 31. Each of those dates is a Thursday, and each of those meetings will be in Room 232. Dates for other meetings will be decided later.


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Geography, Income Determine Health Care in U.S., Report Says
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Low-income Americans' access to health care and the quality of care they receive vary widely based on where they live, according to a new report.
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Compared to wealthier people, low-income Americans lose more teeth, have more asthma flare-ups and miss out on vaccinations and cancer screenings. They also are less likely to have health insurance, finds the report, which was released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund, a health policy think tank.
The report provides a state-by-state comparison of health care for the 39 percent of people with incomes less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or $47,000 for a family of four and $23,000 for an individual.
"We found repeated evidence that we are often two Americas, divided by income and geography when it comes to opportunities to lead long and healthy lives," report lead author Cathy Schoen, Commonwealth Fund senior vice president, said in an organization news release. "These are more than numbers."
Low-income people account for at least one-quarter of total state populations, and almost half in some states, including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico, according to the report.
The report authors also compared the quality of health care received by people with low incomes and higher incomes -- more than 400 percent of the poverty level, or $94,000 for a family of four -- and found major disparities by income in each state.
Higher-income people in states with low health care scores are often worse off than low-income people in states with high health care ratings, the report says. For example, low-income elderly Medicare beneficiaries in Connecticut and Wisconsin are less likely to receive high-risk medications than high-income elderly people in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.
The report ranks states on 30 indicators, including access to affordable health care, preventive care and quality, potentially avoidable hospital use, and health outcomes.
Hawaii and states in the upper Midwest and Northeast had the best scores, while Southern and South Central states often lagged. Among low-income people, there were two- to five-fold differences in their health care and health outcomes scores, depending on where they lived.
Among the other findings:
The sharp differences in health care access, quality and outcomes identified in the report result in a substantial loss of lives and missed opportunities to improve health and quality of care, according to the Commonwealth Fund.
The report said that if all states could provide the same levels of health care accessibility and quality as the leading states:
"We are talking about people's lives, health and well-being," Schoen said. "Our hope is that state policymakers and health care leaders use these data to target resources to improve access, care and the health of residents with below-average incomes."
-- Robert Preidt
SOURCE: Commonwealth Fund, news release, Sept. 18, 2013


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If you live in a city, shop at a grocery store and have never set foot on a farm before, you are still involved in agriculture.
ôBecause you eat,ö said Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, a nonprofit organization representing agricultural communities.
And that basic relationship is changing, he said.
Urban and suburban dwellers are five and six generations removed from farm life. That creates a knowledge gap that can be all too easily filled with misinformation, Stallman said.
ôFarmers know what they do to keep food safe,ö he said. ôAnd they assume everyone else knows, too. There is an effort needed to bridge the information gap between producers and consumers.ö
Consumers want to know how their food is produced, the environmental impacts of the production and how animals are cared for on the farm, Stallman said.
ôFarmers need to learn to communicate the basics of what we do so that consumers feel good about their choices,ö he said.
Not everyone has the opportunity to visit a farm or see where their food comes from, said Amy Bradford of PennAg Industries Association.
To foster transparency and trust between farmers and consumers, PennAg sponsored an exhibit at the 97th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg to see how products like eggs, chicken, beef and corn are raised.
ôWe want people to be familiar and comfortable with where their food comes from,ö Bradford said.
Titled ôTodayĺs Agriculture,ö the exhibit features a barn built inside the farm show complex housing chickens, ducks, turkeys, pigs and cows at different life stages.
All the animals are kept in cages and pens that are the industry standard across the country, said Chris Pierce, president of Heritage Poultry Management Services, a consulting firm hired by farmers to help them keep up with regulation changes.
A family farm is likely to see four or five visits a year from regulatory officials who hold producers accountable for animal welfare, environmental impacts and food safety.
ôThatĺs just part of being a farmer today,ö Pierce said.
Rather than hinder production, the publicĺs interest in food has helped farmers, Pierce said.
The buzz created by consumers over food prices and standards has brought about technological advances in farm management that make production more efficient, cost-effective and safe, he said.
The basis of farming is consumer trust, Stallman said.
And the future of farming will depend on keeping the lines of communication open between provider and consumer.
At this time in the agriculture industry, farmers ôdonĺt have the luxury of saying Ĺsomeone else will handle the future of farming,ĺö Stallman said. ôItĺs up to us and the time is now.ö
Commodity crops by the numbers
7,400 dairy farms in Pennsylvania.
1.2 billion gallons of milk produced annually in the state.
97 percent of all U.S. beef cattle farms and ranches are classified as family farms.
Pennsylvania is ranked 13th in the U.S. for commercial red meat production.
A small family farm can raise an average of 250 veal calves at a time.
A mother pig -- sow -- averages two litters in a year.
The gestation period for a sow is three months, three weeks, three days.
The ratio of laying hens to people in the U.S. is approximately 1:1.
Pennsylvania is third in the nation for chicken egg production.
Pennsylvania has more than 1,350,000 acres of corn planted each year.
One ear of corn has about 800 kernels.
Pennsylvania harvests more than 20 million bushels of soybeans each year.
Source: PennAg Industries Association


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On The Rocks
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A colorful collection of coastal New England scenes from seagulls to fishing boats to nor'easters to classic yachts to Americas Cup yachts. A wonderful addition to your coffee-table collection.
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- Categoría Arte y fotografía
Apaisado estándar, 25×20 cm
40 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación abr. 02, 2007
- Etiquetas New England, coastline, lighthouses, photographs, photography, sailboats, scenic, yachts
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Patricia Cahill Taft has been in the art business for over 20 years. Based in New England, she has had numerous shows both solo and with other artists. Exhibit locations include: Ocean State International Exhibition of Photography; The Museum of Yachting; Newport Art Museum; International Yacht Restoration School; Photographic Society of Rhode Island; Gallery 297; Sheldon Fine Art Gallery; and Redwood Library. Her accolades include: first place in the Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Award; Marblehead Arts Festival; and finalist in the United States National Fine Arts Competition and International Exhibition. Her graphic arts expertise includes numerous magazine/newspaper ads, several billboard designs, and numerous CD cover designs and layout.


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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime Teardownby Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/4/2012 4:54 AM EST
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Ruben1075 - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkHave you tried to get a GPS lock without the aluminium back put back on? Reply
dunkhy - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linki guess i ll sound stupid here, but if internal antenna is blocked by the conductive case, why not connect the antenna to the case? signal would be less clear, but yet stronger, but i guess i m wrong else it would be done like that at first... Reply
andytran93 - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkBut then we'll probably get the same antenna issues the iPhone 4 had. Reply
silverwings - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkPlease can you test with the metal back off with screenshots. It would be nice to know what could be achieved if I had a plastic back made. I think its a mixture of design and software issues.
You mentioned in the review the prime had the wrong time zone set for the gps test. Can you elaborate on what you did to rectify the problem.
Thanks for the great reviews Reply
Solandri - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkIf you're going to be taking these types of close-up macro shots often for your site, you need to get DSLR and a tilt-shift lens. A tilt-shift lens will allow you to tilt the plane of focus so it's parallel to the circuit board, rather than parallel to the camera's sensor. Google for Scheimpflug principle if the following link doesn't work:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principle... Reply
CityZen - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkI disagree, I think the very narrow depth of field of these pictures is actually on purpose. This way, he can better highlight the part of the picture that's more relevant.
Maybe I'm wrong and he'd like all of the picture to be in focus, in which case your solution would be better.
Then again, given the narrowness of the depth of field, he's probably using a DSLR for these pictures (maybe using the trick of reversing the lens to get a powerful macro with very narrow depth of field? see: http://photo.blogoverflow.com/2011/07/take-macro-s... Reply
theledman - Sunday, January 08, 2012 - link...or just increase the f-stop so the depth of field isn't so narrow. You don't really need a tilt shift for a wide dof. Reply
Cerif27 - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkOk. So this might be crazy talk but how nuts/reasonable would it be to start drilling holes in the back of this case around all these choked antennas? I couldn't give a flip about GPS but having consistent wireless is pretty important. Plus, a lot of us are handy with a drill. If that DOES seam reasonable, can we get some more detail as to how to get just the back cover off?
Meanwhile I still sit here and wait for my 64gig tablet to come in the mail some time around the beginning of next month even though I just got my keyboard dock in the mail today...sigh. It's times like these that the word fiasco comes to mind.
Tommy Reply
vision33r - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkTegra 3 while powerful right now it is will be the slower chip after spring with the arrival of the iPad 3 and other Android competitors.
I don't see the need to get this tablet when it features mostly last year's features except for the quad core CPU. Reply
Hajduk_Veljko - Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - linkI travel a lot and sometime I am in the hotel room with not so good WiFi signal strength. I was in line to buy this tablet, but not any more. I want to see a hardware fix to improve WiFi and GPS features before I toss 600 bucks for 64Gb version. Or, get a different, soon to be available, Tegra 3 tablet. Reply
zappb - Thursday, January 05, 2012 - linkthe Asus Transformer I had, was knocked to the ground on a number of occasions by my 4 and 2 year old and just broke down.
I couldn't return it because it was my own fault.
So I did a tear down, hoping to find some sort of memory connector to see if I could recover some of the photos, Once I had it opened I noticed the battery started leaking (user error again no doubt), and the glass (which was broken at this stage (again user error) hehe) was splintering into a million pieces.
Be warned everyone, there are really tricky to open and tinker with, even if you've been building computers for 10 years, For health and safety reasons I had to get rid of it all, and realised it would have been impossible to recover the photos from the nand memory (because i couldn't even locate it on the motherboard of the transformer).
Anand is being too modest about what it takes to open these things, you are very skilled Anand and this is a good walkthrough on how to do a tear down properly. Reply
shopscounty - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linkShopping for all your favorite brands of tablets and laptops - ASUS Transformer Reply
shopscounty - Monday, January 09, 2012 - linkBuy from our selection of tables . Find your favorite ASUS Transformer http://www.shopscounty.com Reply
johnnythegeek - Saturday, January 14, 2012 - linkHello Mr Shimpi. I would like to know how you were able to open the Transformer Prime. I would like to do the same. There appears to be 2 rubber pieces and when I removed them I don't see any way in. Do I just heat this up with a heat gun and pry it open ifix it style? I would appreciate some help on this. Thanks. Reply


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Daddy's Home Comic Strip Features NJ Storm Recovery [AUDIO]
A nationally syndicated comic strip is being used to bring attention to the devastation of Superstorm Sandy and ongoing storm relief efforts.
New Jersey native Tony Rubino writes the scripts for the popular 'Daddy's Home' comic strip and sends the whimsical and dysfunctional family on a trip to the Jersey Shore this week.
Rubino says doing a daily comic strip gives him a unique platform where he can have a voice on hundreds of media outlets 365 days a year.
"I was very impacted by the storm because I grew up in the area and I know a lot of people who are affected," says Rubino. "So I figured the least I could do to try and help a little bit for at least one week. So I decided to showcase different areas that were affected and then also partner with some relief organizations and give out their phone numbers and e-mails and see if we can get some awareness going."
He says he got ideas for this week's strip from the media as far as who was affected the most.
"I concentrated on some areas that had some iconic images."
He says Tuesday's strip features Seaside Heights with the roller coaster in the water and he used similar iconic images to feature other communities impacted by the Superstorm.
"As far as working it into the story, basically I just had the family go on vacation and they went to the Jersey Shore and they just sort of observed what they saw."
Rubino says he's getting positive feedback from the nonprofit organizations that he's been featuring in the strip.
"I think I showcased seven organizations. I think four of them will be showcasing the comic strip on their website. So they have been very supportive."
He also adds that he's been getting a great response from his fans.
"I have a Facebook page and all this other stuff and there are definitely more people who are viewing the cartoon this week than normal, so it's definitely having some sort of impact."
'Daddy's Home' is featured in 200 newspapers nationwide. Get more information on their website.
Daddy's World comicrestrips appear with permission of Anthony Rubino Jr.


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Parts of Melksham were plagued with intermittent power cuts throughout the Bank Holiday Weekend, as a network fault played havoc with the power supply.
Homes on and around Speedwell Close, Hawthorn Road and Lavender Close were all affected by the temporary outages, as well as some houses in Seend.
The power cuts, which only lasted a few minutes, were caused by the network's safety features 'auto re-closing' after being triggered by a potential fault.
A spokesman for Scottish and Southern Electricity said: "We had an intermittent fault on the overhead network, where there has been auto re-closing.
"Power went out at 10.48am on Saturday for a minute or two, and again at 8.55pm.
"There was nothing on the Sunday, then on Monday we had another event at 7.07pm.
"We went out and did a line survey. We haven't been able to find any fault, but hopefully it has been resolved now.
"It may have been a branch that was been hitting the line, or a piece of debris hanging on the line."


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Olympic gold medalist James DeGale (12-1, 9 KOs) made the first defense of his European super middleweight title against Italian former world and European champ Cristian Sanavia (45-6-1, 13 KOs) via one-sided fourth-round stoppage in Denmark. From the very beginning it became obvious that the UK's DeGale was superior to Sanavia in just about every way. The Italian would march forward and make the effort to press his opponent, but he lacked the speed to catch the mobile DeGale and lacked the power to make a difference in the narrative of the bout. Instead, Sanavia took quick shots, upstairs and downstairs, from the Brit, easily losing the first three rounds on the scorecards. The fourth round seemed to be simply more of the same, but Sanavia would oddly double over and fall to the canvas up close to Degale and without a punch having landed. He would get up, only to be dropped three more times, this time with DeGale actually landing punches, before the fight was stopped. On th...
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Shopping centre group Charter Hall Retail REIT has swung back into the black with a first half net profit of $15.8 million.
The group's result for the six months to December 31 was in stark contrast to the $15.7 million loss recorded in the previous corresponding period.
Net property income rose to $56.3 million. from $52.6 million.
The earnings rise followed a string of acquisitions by the group, which has shopping centres across Australia.
It has been selling centres in the United States, New Zealand and Poland so it can focus on the Australian market.
The REIT's fund manager Scott Dundas said construction was underway on $97 million of redevelopment projects across the group's $133 million pipeline.
Another 165 leasing transactions were being finalised to maintain the Australian portfolio occupancy rate at 98.5 per cent.
Mr Dundas said the group remained on the hunt for acquisitions and was expected to lift its full year operating earnings.
"Barring unforeseen events, forecast FY13 operating earnings are expected to be in the range of 29.5 to 30.0 cents per unit, with distributions expected to reflect a payout ratio of between 85 per cent and 95 per cent of operating earnings," he said.
Charter Hall's operating earnings for the 2011/12 financial year were $86.3 million, or 28.81 cents per unit.
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Deborah Greenspan and John Greenspan Inducted as International College of Dentists Fellows
Deborah Greenspan, BDS, DSc, Professor of Oral Medicine and Chair, Department of Orofacial Sciences, UCSF School of Dentistry, and John S. Greenspan, BSC, BDS, PhD, FRCPath, ScD [hc], FDSRCS [Eng], Distinguished Professor of Oral Pathology, Department of Orofacial Sciences, and Associate Dean for Global Oral Health, UCSF School of Dentistry, were inducted as Fellows of the International College of Dentists (ICD) at the organization's 84th annual convocation in New Orleans on November 1, 2013.
Established in 1928, the International College of Dentists (ICD) is the oldest and largest international honorary dental organization, with over 12,000 Fellows worldwide. Fellowship is granted in recognition of a dentist's "outstanding professional achievement, meritorious service and dedication to the continued progress of dentistry for the benefit of humankind."
Both Dr. Deborah Greenspan and Dr. John Greenspan have been honored multiple times during careers that have included a long association with UCSF, pioneering research, and the leadership of international organizations advancing the cause of dentistry and oral and craniofacial research and health.
In 2012, Dr. John S. Greenspan was named the recipient of the ADA Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Dental Research.
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Meghan McCain continues to promote being Republican and Pro-Marriage Equality
Postedon Jul 17, 2009 at 12:24 pm
July 16, 2009
"There are a lot of people who have said, 'I'm Republican and I'm pro–marriage equality. Thank you for showing that you don't have to support excluding people from the freedom to marry to be a Republican.'," McCain said. "Homophobia is the last socially accepted prejudice...it's my generation's civil rights movement." [Link]
Bill Clinton Backs Marriage Equality
Postedon Jul 14, 2009 at 01:27 pm
July 14, 2009
Former President Bill Clinton has come out in support of same-sex marriage.
After speaking at the Campus Progress National Conference in Washington, DC, on July 8, the former president was asked if he supported the freedom to marry. Clinton, in a departure from past statements, replied in the affirmative. (Link)
Former President Bill Clinton Supports the Freedom to Marry
Postedon Jul 14, 2009 at 01:23 pm
July 14,2009
Former President Bill Clinton Supports the Freedom
Joins Ever-Increasing List of High Profile Political Leaders Speaking Out for Equality
Former President Bill Clinton now favors the freedom to marry. Following a speech on July 8th, the former President was asked if he supported marriage equality and he responded for the first time in the affirmative. He joins a list of other high profile political leaders including the U.S. Conference of Mayors, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Christopher Dodd (D-CT), former NY Senate leader Joe Bruno, Republican operatives Roger Stone and Steve Schmidt, and former Vice President Dick Cheney who have all within the past few weeks endorsed the freedom to marry.
"President Clinton's support for the freedom to marry has evolved over time, and shows the power we each have when we talk about why marriage matters to the people we know and help them rise to fairness," said Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry and author of Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality and Gay People's Right to Marry. "President Clinton has grappled with this question for a long time, and clearly he, like the country, has come a long way since fear and politics brought about such discriminatory measures as the so-called 'Defense of Marriage Act' that he signed and now has moved past." (Link)
Voice for Equality: Al Franken
Postedon Jun 30, 2009 at 03:25 pm
Alan Franken is an American entertainer-turned-politician. In 2008, Franken ran as the Democratice-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Minnesota. On June 30, 2009, the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld Franken's victory, and stated that he was entitled to be certified as the election winner. Hours later, former Republican Senator, Norm Coleman, conceded the race.
Franken has worked as a comedian, writer and liberal political commentator. He has also been a longtime champion for gay rights. In fact, in 2005 a blogger, wrote about a speech Franken delivered: "Franken first talked about gay marriage. He portrayed it as a basic issue of civil rights, invoking miscengenation."
Freedom to Marry salutes Al Franken - a Voice for Equality as far back as 2005 - and now one of 14 marriage equality supporters in the U.S. Senate.
**Make your NOMINATION for a Voice for Equality today!
It is time for us to make marriage equality in Rhode Island a reality
Postedon Jun 25, 2009 at 06:31 pm
June 17, 2009
Earlier this month, the New Hampshire legislature took another step in our country's ongoing struggle to ensure full equality for gays and lesbians by voting to permit same-sex couples in their state to legally enter into civil marriages. The vote makes New Hampshire the sixth state in the country - along with Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont and Maine - to provide equal marriage rights to all its residents, and it now leaves Rhode Island as the only New England state that does not permit the freedom to marry. To me, the issue of marriage equality boils down to a question of basic fairness. [Link]
Marriage Equality: A Question of Fairness
Postedon Jun 19, 2009 at 10:39 am
June 19, 2009
Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee writes, "Rhode Island legislators should follow in the footsteps of our fellow New England states and be true to our pioneering history of tolerance by advancing a marriage equality bill. But for that to happen, all of us in Rhode Island who believe in full equality need to do our part by voicing support for same-sex marriage loudly and clearly." (Link)
Mr. Bruno gets it
Postedon Jun 17, 2009 at 05:08 pm
June 17, 2009
Oh, for the days of Joe Bruno. It's hard to gauge how much influence a once very powerful and generally well-respected politician might have a year after his sudden retirement and five months after his indictment. But if Mr. Bruno's conversion could sway a vote or three on a freedom to marry bill languishing in legislative anarchy, let's welcome him to the cause. The issue: The former state Senate leader supports marriage equality. The Stakes: The 50,000 or so households in New York headed by same-sex couples would be liberated by such a law. [Link]
Voice for Equality: Jennifer Brunner
Postedon Jun 12, 2009 at 08:30 am
On June 10, 2009, she wrote an Op-ed voicing her longtime support for marriage equality: "In 1988, I applied for an appointment to the City Council of Columbus, Ohio. I was not chosen, but I chuckle when I think of the calls I received to vet me for the post. One of them was from the leader of a very conservative sect of our local Democratic party. He wanted to know if I supported legislation being considered by city council to allow domestic partnership benefits. I told him that if same-sex couples were permitted to be married, we wouldn't need such special legislation, and that I would prefer to see that. I don't think that was the answer he was looking for or expected."
Jennifer was elected Ohio's first woman Secretary of State in 2006, in the wake of Ohio's troubled 2004 election process, pledging elections that were free, fair, open and honest. During the contentious 2008 presidential election in which Ohio was a key battleground state, Jennifer defended Ohioans' voting rights in numerous cases in both state and federal court, eventually winning in the United States Supreme Court to protect voters and their ballots from being targeted for election challenges by partisan operatives. Her achievement in reforming Ohio's election system earned her a Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
As an Ohioan, I am proud to claim Jennifer Brunner as a Voice for Equality!
**Make your NOMINATION for a Voice for Equality
Voice for Equality: Joe Bruno
Postedon Jun 11, 2009 at 08:30 am
Joe Bruno is a businessman and Republican politician. He was the Temporary President of the New York State Senate and its majority leader.
Bruno, in an interview in June of 2009 about the freedom to marry bill pending in the New York legislature, said, "It's time. Now. For the government to back off, let people make their own life decisions, and about who they care about and who they don't care about...."
Voice for Equality: Dennis Kucinich
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easyFairs is delighted to announce that Logistics Ireland 2012 will take place at PACKAGING, PROCESSING & LOGISTICS 2012.
As always Logistics Ireland will host an array of industry experts to provide up-to-date and focused topics.
Speakers this year include:
Dr. Dermot Carey:
Dr. Dermot Carey is an experienced management consultant, trainer and business coach. He is a Doctor of Business Administration and part of his research focused on the implementation Integrated Processes and Systems in a complex business environment. He formed MRM Ltd in 1990 in Ireland dedicated to Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering with a specialist interest in Procurement & Supply Chain Management. Read more...
Patrick Daly
Patrick Daly is the owner and principal of the Alba Consulting Group based in Dublin, Ireland. Patrick is an international consultant, speaker and coach working with organizations to achieve dramatic improvements in business results through developing world class logistics capabilities.
Patrick has 23 years experience working on logistics and business consultancy projects with major Fortune 100 corporations such as PepsiCo, Proctor & Gamble, Alcoa, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Heinz and others in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Patrick is a regular contributor to articles and blogs internationally and is a regular guest speaker and lecturer with universities and professional bodies in Europe, the Middle East, India and China. Read more...
Randal Faulkner & Ronan McDonnell
Randal Faulkner is a logistics consultant with over 20 years logistics consulting experience for many of the world's and Ireland's best known companies.
Randal set up The Logistics Consultants in January 2006 with Ronan McDonnell. He is a former Director of Consulting with the National Institute for Transport and Logistics (NITL), which he joined from his previous position as Managing Director of the European Office of Cleveland Consulting Associates, the leading US logistics consultancy. There, he worked extensively both with Irish and International companies on projects involving Transport, Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Read more about Randal...
Ronan McDonnell is a consultant with more than 12 years' experience in the field of logistics and supply chain management. Prior to setting up The Logistics Consultants in 2006, he was a senior consultant with NITL.
He has extensive experience in using specialist Distribution Planning Systems and techniques to optimise delivery routes and sales territories. Typical projects have involved reviewing and modelling a clients' existing operations, testing alternative strategies, and developing cost effective plans that deliver optimal levels of service. Clients have included Unilever, Musgrave Food Services, Cuisine de France, Metroplex, Allied Logistics, Masterlink, Glanbia, and HSE. Read more about Ronan...
Joe Aherne
Joe Aherne is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), having received a Meritorious Distinction from the CPA Institute, with over 25 years' experience in the multinational sector. He also has attained qualifications from the Marketing Institute of Ireland and from Citibank in the US.
Joe established The Leading Edge Group in 1995 as a niche boutique consulting and education company supporting the multinational sector. The Group is now recognized as one of the largest independent consulting organizations in Europe with over 600 projects completed successfully since its inception. Read more...


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A much appreciated kindness was given to me a few months ago. Someone recognized my need for help and made a big effort to give it to me.
No one, regardless of how old we are, likes to be an orphan.
It was a rare, precious afternoon for me.
In my childhood home, I did not grow up surrounded with literature or commercial novels.
After having dinner with friends, David and Kim, we were leaving the restaurant when someone noticed a placard directing a group toward a reserved room.
Something the other day took me back to a time.
On a plane headed out west to Phoenix, I sat beside a very nice man who was flying to a job interview. It was for a bank job, I remember.
During my youthful days, I was too young to fully grasp the education I was receiving. That's typical of most teenagers I suppose.
My long-suffering and ever faithful people spent their lives toiling while looking forward to heavenly rest when death finally called.
A few months ago, a reader showed up at an event I was doing and handed me a newspaper clipping of a column I wrote eight or nine years ago.
Occasionally, sleep will sneak away from me in the middle of the night. I will try to keep my mind from going, because once it takes off, it will wear me out with all its thinking.
It happens all the time.
Only one thing scares me about dying. It is so momentous it rocks my heart with grief whenever I think of it. It is a tumultuous rocking that resembles the Mississippi River in New Orleans when the ocean is signaling that a vicious hurricane is headed that way.
Here's what happened, and I swear on Mama's cocoa-splattered chocolate cake recipe this is the gospel.
In the South, everyone has a story. Every name is followed by a few sentences or paragraphs. No one is known by name alone.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Osceola County Sheriff's deputies arrested Matthew Bennett, a registered felon, on charges of exposure of sex organs and stalking on Thursday.
A girl told detectives that a man asked her what time it was and exposed himself in front of her on Monday while she was alone at a mailbox in the Siesta Lago community, deputies said.
The next day, the victim said the same man approached her and asked her for the time and the victim walked away, according to deputies. Then later in the evening, the victim and her mother saw him outside a home on Siesta Lane near their residence and contacted authorities, according to the report.
The victim was able to create a composite sketch and help deputies identify Bennett.
He was arrested and booked into the Osceola County jail Thursday.
According to the Osceola County clerk of courts website no official charges have been filed.
The sheriff's office named Bennett as a registered felon in a release, however, no former felony record was located with the Florida department of corrections.
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The Octagon Museum is thought to be one of the most haunted house museum in Washington, DC. The home originally belonged to John Tayloe, an entrepreneur. The building was designed by Dr. William Thornton, the first architect of the US Capitol. The building now serves as the Museum of The American Architectural Foundation.
Natalie Zanin provides theatrical historic walking tours throughout Washington, DC. The "A Tale of Tayloes and Other Scary Things" tour is given for a limited time during the month of October. The price per ticket is $16 and must be purchased ahead of time by 5:00pm the day of the tour. The tour includes a tour of the grounds and premises of the museum, as well as some haunted areas in the surrounding neighborhood. Please visit the Natalie Zanin's Historic Strolls website for additional information.
Happy Halloween!
Alexis, Innkeeper
American Guest House in Washington DC


text: NEW YORK ( Real Money) --Why are we suddenly willing to pay 18x earnings for General Mills ( GIS) when we were willing to pay only 15x earnings last year and as little as 12x earnings in 2009? I am talking about the conundrum of multiple expansion and how we are supposed to simultaneously hate that fact and learn to live with it. Unless you are puzzling now over this very issue, I think you are simply not thinking seriously about what's going on in this market. First, the phenomenon of multiple expansion is not something we should ever be comfortable with. We know that it's totally legitimate to pay more for a stock as its earnings go up. When we decide that a 10% grower like General Mills should get a 15 multiple, then we can match those future earnings streams with that historical multiple and arrive at a price to pay, because in the end, the earnings estimates times the multiple does reveal the stock price. But how about when we suddenly decide we are going to junk the historical 15x earnings multiple and gravitate, some would save levitate, to 18x earnings? Over the course of just a few months, we have decided not that we should pay up for future growth but that we should pay more for the same growth than we did just a few months ago. That's pure multiple expansion, and we know it should be uncomfortable, because it always feels like you are being like a greater fool when you do. I mean you shouldn't wake up one day and say, "You know what, I am going to pay 19x earnings for General Mills, instead of 18," because implicit in that determination is that someone will come along and pay 19x earnings. If someone doesn't, you should get hurt, as the stock's multiple eventually should revert to the mean. Or should it? Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Real Money on March 27. To see Jim Cramer's latest commentary as it's published, sign up for a free trial of Real Money. That's where we are right now. That's what has to be examined. I think there are two ways to look at this. First, you could ask, what has changed about General Mills? And second, you need to ask, what has changed about the world that we are willing to pay more for the future earnings of the one we always affectionately called "Generous Mills" for its bountiful dividend policy, a title that this stock is indeed most worthy of by any stretch of the imagination?


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HAVING picked up maximum points from their two matches on Saturday, White Horse just need another victory to see them crowned Division Three champions.
The Westbury-based side, who were massive pre-season favourites, had four matches remaining in which to get the win they required but they did it at the first attempt by beating United FC 2-1.
The defeat for United also sees them miss out on the runners up spot which is now heading the way of Holt.
First-half goals for Pete Ayton and Kane Scott set up victory for the White Horse men and although Daniel Wosik pulled a goal back for United in the second period and although they searched for an equaliser it always looked as if White Horse had things under control as they chalked up what would be a 14th successive league win.
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Take Care will be tabling at next Saturday's NGA zine fair (Canberra), organised by Sticky to coincide with the exhibition Space Invaders, a street art exhibition that also includes a bunch of zines.
We be taking down quite a few new zines that we haven't had a chance to put online yet. It is exciting, believe us.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Debris flew into the stands, injuring a number of spectators, at least two of them critically during the Nationwide Series 300 race on Saturday. Attorneys say lawsuits could be on the way.
"There's no question the failure of the fence to protect the people sitting behind the fence, will open up the speedway to liability at the Daytona International Speedway," said attorney Gene Nichols.
NASCAR officials say some of the shredded debris flew into the fence barrier, while other pieces of debris were hurled into the stands reaching the second level about 20 feet up. A large hole was also seen in the fence barrier.
The back of race fans tickets reads, "The holder of this ticket expressly assures all risk incident to the event, whether occurring prior to, during and subsequent to the actual event and agrees that all participants, sanctioning bodies, and all employees, agents, officers and directors of the Daytona International Speedway are hereby released from any and all claims arising from the event, including claims of negligence."
Attorney Gene Nichols says the disclaimer may not hold up in court
Nichols says the maker of the fence barrier could also be accountable, if the fence failed to do what it was designed to do.
"If the fence that was put in by the fence maker didn't meet the needs of those requested by the Daytona International Speedway and essentially it failed, and should not have. Then there's no question, the fence maker could be liable in this situation as well. Whether it be a personal injury claim or a wrongful death suit," said Nichols.
NASCAR officials made repairs to the fence that was damaged Saturday.
A total of 14 race fans were taken to the hospital; 14 others were treated at the track according to race officials.
According to a spokesperson at Halifax Hospital, two fans were listed in critical condition Saturday night. Other fans may have admitted themselves to the hospital after the crash Saturday according to Associated Press reports.
Fans react to crash
Channel 4's Madiyah Mosley spoke a family that returned to the track even after they were hit by the flying debris.
"NASCAR, if you are a race fan, you love it. You love the sport. There is nothing better than getting on the track hearing those cars," said Travis Smith of Jacksonville
Smith was hit by debris Saturday. Debris even clipped his little cousin, Caroline Morris, who came from North Carolina for the races.
"Lug nut came flying and hit me. I didn't know what happened at first. I was in shock," said Morris.
"You are seeing it come right at you. All you can do is turn around and cover, turn back around and see nothing but panic, people hit the ground," said Smith.
A father and son from Jacksonville said they saw a tire fly over their heads.
"I didn't know a tire landed behind us. When I found out, I was pretty much scared," said Corey Hester.
"After everything cleared, we got back up and saw the the chaos, saw a lot of people hurt. It was a scary situation," said Bill Hester, Corey's dad.
The two said they felt more alert Sunday, but not enough to walk away from the NASCAR rush. According to Bill, he was more concerned about the traffic on I-95.
No matter how dangerous the sport can get, fans told Channel 4 they'll likely be back next year.
"As a race fan, you know you are going to take the chance of seeing wrecks. These things happen," said Smith.
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Do you Google your dates before going out? Do you chat on the phone after the first date instead of trading emails? Have you ditched the "three day rule" of waiting 72 hours before reaching out to a date? You're not alone! Dating website Match.com conducted its third annual survey of singles this year, polling 5,000 men and women about everything from how they stalk potential dates to whether or not to kiss on the first date. Match shared the results of this year's "Singles In America" poll exclusively with TODAY.com, and the data reveals a dating landscape with a lot more communication (and fewer rules) than ever before. Here's what they uncovered:
78 percent of guys reach out to a woman less than three days after a first date
So much for that old "wait three days to call" rule! Thanks to the ease of modern communication, men are more likely to text, email, or IM a woman soon after a first date ends. "I really do love to know how our phones are influencing our dating!" Match.com dating expert Whitney Casey told TODAY.com, noting that even if we don't use our phones to contact people we're dating, we will use the phone to get advice from friends — the old "let me pull up his picture on Facebook and you guys can tell me if you think he's cute" approach.
48 percent of women research their dates before they go out
Thanks to the Internet, stalking — er, "research" — has never been easier. Almost half of the women surveyed by Match said they used Facebook or Google to scope out their dates ahead of time. "The amount of information you can find out about somebody before your date can be really nice because you can see that you have some mutual friends," Casey said.
Only 7 percent of people meet their boyfriend/girlfriend at a bar
"You feel like it's such a meat market, but no one's actually meeting," Casey said of the atmosphere at bars and clubs. The majority of people polled said they met their partners through friends or online, where they could learn a lot about each other before even going out on a first date, thus upping the odds of having more in common.
47 percent of women want to know a guy's employment status on the first date
Casey says that this stat is all about the misconception that work is a good, neutral topic for a first date. "People always ask about work because it's safe," she said, "but when men hear 'what do you do?' they hear 'how much do you make?' no matter what your intention was." To avoid this possible miscommunication, Casey advises keeping work-related talk to only 10% of the total first-date conversation, and suggests coming up with a few interesting-yet-inoffensive evergreen questions that can help you get to know someone better, like "what's the most interesting place you've ever traveled?" or "what's the best meal you've ever eaten?"
61 percent of daters prefer to talk on the phone after the first date
Despite everything you've probably heard about the decline of the phone call and the rise of texting and Gchatting, dating is a place where the phone call still reigns supreme. Why? When people are still getting to know each other, it's easier to get a sense of someone's emotional state over the phone, Casey says. While Facebook is great for learning about a person's interests before a first date, it's not the best way to connect post-real life meeting. "We don't use social media to date — no one says 'I am going to like his picture on Instagram so he'll like me,'" she said. Daters also revealed they don't want to use FaceTime or Skype until they're further along in a relationship, because who wants to show off a messy apartment or bad hair day online?
While there's no "best city" to date in, some are better than others
Though Casey is married, she spends enough time studying dating behavior that she knows where she'd go if she had to start the relationship process all over again. According to the data, the best cities for singles aren't necessarily the most populous ones — rather, they're areas that have a dense population of young singles and a lot of vibrant industries to keep people busy. Two of her favorites are Austin (killer music scene, nice weather, busy startup community) and Denver (college town that retains young grads, and lots of athletic people who join hobbyist groups). In the end, though, relocating is a lot like dating — you should follow your heart.
Dying for more data? Match.com has even more details about how we're dating these days on their website.


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HOUSTON - A teenage girl said she was left bloody with loose teeth after a classmate punched her in the mouth during lunch.
"Everybody was looking at me. I got up I splashed my milk on him and he punched me right in the mouth," 16-year-old Brejuan Richardson said.
Before that, The Girls and Boys Preparatory Academy student said she was teased, pushed and threatened by 16-year-old Devonte Brown.
She says she was afraid for her safety, so threw milk at him.
At a news conference, Lorenthia Richardson said her daughter will need to have reconstructive surgery.
"I am angry that my daughter was assaulted by the hands of a guy, which is going to result in her losing four front teeth," said Richardson.
"That wasn't my intention. She charged me and I couldn't see nothing," said Brown.
"He's not a bully at all," said Brown's mom.
Brown was arrested and charged with assault. He claimed it was an accident.
Brown's mother sent KPRC Local 2 a picture of a scratch on his face. She said the whole thing started before lunch, in the hallway, when Brown accidently bumped Richardson. Brown's mother said her son apologized, but Richardson wouldn't accept it.
The Superintendent of The Girls and Boys Preparatory Academy sent KPRC Local 2 the following statement:
"Student safety is of paramount importance. We do everything we can to ensure safety. We are proceeding with internal discipline in accordance with the school's policies and procedures that govern student discipline. We can't release the video because of privacy concerns and can't comment on details of the incident." Dr. Victoria Dunn said.
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text: Mudra Gyaan is a science that deals with the routing of the energy in the body in a particular specified direction so as to get the desired effect or benefit out of it. Hand Mudras help us in achieving that goal. They are part of the hasta yoga. Yoga is again a bigger science that is having multiple different uses and advantages. Hand Mudra is just another part of this yoga. The mudra gyaan when…Read More


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The program in Women's & Gender Studies at William Paterson University is over 30 years old, making it one of the oldest such programs in the country.
Mission Statement
Women's & Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary department that foregrounds feminist analysis, intersectionality and social justice as key elements of an integrated approach to the study of social relations, cultural identities, and economic and political institutions that shape human experience. The program emphasizes the study of race, gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity and nationality, and a social justice approach for the analysis of diversity and multiculturalism, inequality and oppression in local and global contexts. Through development of conceptual, analytical and critical thinking skills, the WGS program seeks to engage students in their personal, professional and public lives with issues of social change, activism and citizenship.
Progam Goals
- Offer an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary academic program that engages students with community, civic issues and citizenship
- Develop conceptual, analytical and critical thinking skills and opportunities for experiential learning for the study of gendered lives and experiences
- Engage feminist analyses that foregrounds the centrality of gender relations, emergence and reproduction of sexism and patriarchy, production of feminist knowledge and theories, women's movements, and feminist methods of doing research
- Employ an intersectional framework for the analysis of gender, race, class and sexuality (concepts), racism, sexism, homophobia/heterosexism (processes), and the organization of these processes in social institutions
- Promote a social justice approach to issues of systemic oppression, resistance, change and activism locally and globally
- Enhance student professional skills through in-class activities and civic engagement
Expanding Perceptions
As an interdisciplinary course of study, students are encouraged to double major or minor in another discipline which then provides them with a better preparation in careers like education, social services, business, communication, law, politics, medicine, psychology, sociology, criminal justice, and the arts and science. Graduates work in diverse occupations as academics, communication consultants, community and union organizers, and advocates for social, health and human services programs.


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Miley Cyrus kisses girls now. Of course.
Miley Cyrus performed on Britain's Got Talent last night where she apparently kissed a female dancer because that's the next chapter in the Britney playbook after "Camel Toes! The Reliable Friend." Frankly I'm amazed the Cyruses can still read the damn thing. I just assumed it'd have cold cuts and mayo between the pages that survived the bite marks.
JAMIE SPEARS: Where'd I leave that playbook…
BRITNEY: *chomp chomp* This bread ain't right, y'all.
JAMIE SPEARS: Noooooooooooooooo!
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Ahhh, Spas: One Scottsdale spa destination — Spa Avania — gains national exposure, while another — Xona Resorts Suites — strives for more with marketing efforts
National Exposure: One of the Best
Spa Avania at Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa has been named by Travel + Leisure Magazine readers, in its 16th Annual World's Best Awards 2011 Readers' Survey, as the No. 1 hotel spa in Arizona based on its ambiance, treatments, service and values, as well as ranking 14th overall among hotel spas in the U.S. and Canada.
"We're absolutely thrilled to be honored, and the people who rated us, more than anything else, have experienced Spa Avania and realized how special a spa it is," says Angee Smithee, director of Spa Avania. "There are so many spas in the Valley of the Sun and there are so many great ones, but I think that the philosophy that Spa Avania was built upon really makes it special, and those kind of honors … you can't buy them."
Spa Avania offers various unique spa treatments, mineral water therapy — a 16,290-gallon outdoor heated mineral pool that helps enhance the immune system, among other benefits — seven different music zones to match specific body rhythms, a range of exotic and classic teas, natural lighting and more.
"The ambiance combines the best elements of indoor-outdoor experiences," Smithee says. "When you talk about ambiance and treatment, and the service and value, when you put all these elements together, you create an experience, and that's what makes us unique."
While Smithee says Spa Avania & Hyatt Regency experienced a great summer by "building up the local market and embracing the Arizona residents," it's during the fall and winter seasons when they receive out-of-state visitors.
"You start seeing the east coast travelers from New York and Chicago," says Ann Lane, senior director of advertising and public relations. "We always have stays from our California neighbors, but you'll start seeing the East Coast factoring in a lot more. You will also start to see from a group-travel standpoint more incentive travel, more corporate travel, where in the summertime they tend to go to other locales."
For more information about Spa Avania at Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa, visit scottsdale.hyatt.com or call (480) 444-1234.
Spa Avania at Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa
7500 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd.
(480) 444-1234
Gaining Exposure: Becoming a Competitor
With the many other resorts in the area, competing can be tough, especially for an independent, boutique hotel. According to Bruce Pittet, general manager of Xona Resorts Suites, a 14-acre Scottsdale hotel resort, this can be considered "a competitive disadvantage in the North Scottsdale marketplace as the majority of the hotels (in the area) have some sort of brand affiliation."
This is why Xona has joined forces with Ascend Collection and its membership program. The program is an upscale network of historic, boutique or unique hotels located in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. Xona is the first Arizona hotel to become a part of the program.
"(The program) was designed specifically for travelers who appreciate an upscale hotel with strong local flair," Pittet says. "We believe it's a perfect fit for Xona."
With more than 13 million members in Choice Privilege network, Pittet says, "Ascend Collection will help Xona increase its visibility and introduce us to a new customer base."
With this membership, Pittet anticipates Xona increasing the number of guests staying at the hotel in both the short- and long-term, allowing them to broaden their reach and effort in attracting new guests.
The Ascend Collection helps Xona increase its online visibility, too, with the hotel now found on Ascend's website, which is one of the most visited websites in the hotel industry, Pittet says. Xona also hopes to increase its advertising on Ascend's various online sales channels.
Xona Resorts Suites has recently undertaken a renovation project, enhancing the technology available, along with other improvements and additions. Xona offers four pools, 7,500 square feet of meeting space, suites ranging from one to four bedrooms, comfortable pricing, with quick access to championship golf courses, shopping and fine dining.
Xona Resort Suites of Scottsdale
7677 E. Princess Blvd., Scottsdale
(888) 222-1059