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Later, she confessed to the media she had lied but Foster was unable to enjoy his vindication because he was bundled onto a plane and deported from Ireland where he was staying.
He claimed that his entanglement with the Blairs and the Home Office had turned him into "a corporate and social leper", adding: "I can't make a living in Australia because of the way people judge me."
Asked whether he had written a pay-back book aimed at the Blairs, Foster replied: "I am not a vengeful person. I am just setting the record straight.
"It won't be vindictive or hurtful but truthful and insightful.
"I still remain the only person involved in the Cheriegate affair that hasn't told a lie. I hope people remember that."
In early October, Foster's yet-to-be-named 140,000-word autobiography will become the hottest publishing property in the UK with the American and European rights also commanding huge fees for serialisation.
For the past six months, he has been pursued by London publishers offering seven-figure sums to reveal his romance with Cherie Blair's close friend and lifestyle guru Carole Caplin, how he came to give Mrs Blair real estate investment advice and his insights into family life at No. 10, the prime minister's official residence.
"When I gave that public statement [apologising to the Blairs] last December, effectively closing down Cheriegate, it was a case of concealing rather than revealing," Foster told The Sun-Herald.
"I was following the party line. I did what I was told. Now I believe that people are entitled to know exactly what happened because I am sick of being the scapegoat."
Why should anyone believe a convicted criminal who has served jail sentences in England, California and Queensland?
"Wait for the book to come out and then be the judge," he said. "Every line I've written has been fully documented. The lawyers acting for the publishers demanded that everything I wrote was sourced and double checked."
He refused to give away any pre-publication secrets saying: "I am under a contract to say nothing about the book's contents at this stage.
"There are some people in Downing Street who are obviously terrified about what is coming out but I will be sticking to exactly what happened and let the cards fall as they will."
But he did volunteer modestly that the book was "political dynamite" and advanced the theory that the Blairs would not survive politically from the double-whammy of "Iraqgate" and Cheriegate.
Appraising the British Prime Minister, Foster said: "He is a good man but a weak man. He hasn't been able to control his wife's idiosyncrasies."
As for Blair's barrister wife, a senior QC, he added mysteriously: "Cherie's role in the dynamics of Downing Street is not fully understood. Read the book when it comes out."
Asked about Alistair Campbell, Mr Blair's legendary spin doctor, Foster said: "In January, I said Campbell was Tony Blair's malignant brain tumour - too dangerous to try to remove, fatal if allowed to remain and get bigger.
"Nothing that has happened since has changed my view of Mr Campbell."
Now 41, and exhausted by a career of celebrity highlights and punishing low moments in jail and on the run, Foster talked animatedly about re-inventing himself and making a clean start.
The first element in his rebirth is the new woman in his life, Jo Albers, a 37-year-old former Sports Illustrated model who he described as "a yummy mummy".
"She has most of Carole's [Caplin's] good attributes but none of the bad," he said, "which means Jo likes a good wine while with Carole, it was a good whine."
Foster, who had a headline-grabbing romance with topless model Samantha Fox in London in the 1980s, said he recently ended his long-distance relationship with London-based Ms Caplin.
"We tried to keep it going but, with 10,000 miles between us, it didn't last," he said. "Carole miscarried last December at the height of Cheriegate. Had she not miscarried, we would be proud parents by now. How our lives can change so quickly."
Since the Cheriegate scandal hit the front pages, Ms Caplin has been showered with celebrity success, writing a weekly newspaper column, fronting a weekly segment on a morning television program and being a guest on a weekly London radio slot.
His verdict on the romance with Ms Caplin? "In the end, she had to make a choice between the Blairs and the boyfriend and she chose the Blairs."
In the second stage of his personal renaissance, Foster wants to persuade the media to stop referring to him as a con man.
"Call me a maverick marketeer or a super salesman but not a con man," he said, while relaxing at his favourite Main Beach haunt, Scott Bugden's Shuck restaurant.
"My crime is being Peter Foster, nothing else. This con man tag is unjustified and it does hurt me.
"Don't get me wrong. Where I've broken the law I deserved to be punished. I played the game and paid the price.
"I'm not whingeing and I'm not blueing but I shouldn't have to carry the can for the rest of my life.
"I was the mug lair who was punished and I can accept that.
I've paid the price - I've overpaid - but it's now half-time so let's start the second half.
"I've learnt from my mistakes and I'm not going to repeat them. As someone once said, the easiest thing to lose and the hardest thing to regain is your reputation."
Foster said his view of the world had been dramatically changed by his brush with the British establishment and he now watched news and current affairs rather than the music channel.
"I've become angry," he said. "Twelve months from now Iraq will be another Vietnam and Australia is going to regret its involvement. John Howard is the only Australian prime minister ever to gatecrash a war.
"Bush, Blair and Howard . . . they will fail, all of them."
Does his new-found interest in politics herald a career change?
"It's pretty obvious that people are fed up with the Liberals, the Nationals and Labor and are looking for something else," he said. "We should stop following the party line and start following the Australian line."
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Council serves notice to county library system
Library's budget focus of study session
The Camarillo City Council voted unanimously June 23 to notify the Ventura County Library Commission that it wanted to move the Camarillo Library out of the countywide system.
The council's decision to serve notice to the 15-library system came after a study session in which City Manager Jerry Bankston pointed out the ever-growing financial costs Camarillo must pay to be part of the county system.
"They either have to reduce the county budget or increase the contributions of other libraries," Bankston said. "We understand that the latter may simply not be doable for (the other cities). We're not so sure that the county couldn't reduce its overall budget."
It costs about $10.7 million a year to run the county libraries. Property taxes account for a lion's share of revenue—about $9.9 million. Based on an agreement among the cities and the communities that are part of the county system, property taxes from each area go toward that particular city's library.
In addition to Camarillo, the county has libraries in the cities of Ojai, Ventura, Port Hueneme, Fillmore, Camarillo and Simi Valley as well as in the unincorporated communities of El Rio, Oak Park, Meiners Oaks, Oak View, Saticoy and Piru.
Bankston said he was frustrated by the fact that Camarillo pays the largest amount of money for the county system—about $3 million.
"There is an inequity, in my opinion, because of the formula not having been changed to reflect the added circulation that the Camarillo Library has brought to the benefit of the whole system," the city manager said.
Ventura pays about $2.5 million, while Simi Valley pays nearly $2.4 million.
Because Camarillo is contractually obligated to give the county six months' notice before it takes control of the public library, it was important the City Council announce its intention to exit the agreement before July 1 in order to qualify by Jan. 1, 2011 for property tax revenue that would help finance the library.
Pending negotiations with the library commission, the city has the option to rescind its decision and stay with the county.
The library commission is a seven-member board made up of one representative from each of the six cities it serves and a member of the county Board of Supervisors representing libraries in the unincorporated areas. Mayor Kevin Kildee represents Camarillo.
Libraries in cities that aren't part of the countywide system are either operated by the city, such as Thousand Oaks, or managed by a for-profit firm, as is the case in Moorpark.
Bankston said no decision has yet been made as to how Camarillo would operate its library if the city opts to move out of the county system.
State cuts and shrinking property values have put a strain on libraries. Recently, the Ventura City Council voted to shutter one of is libraries because it didn't have the money to pay for it.
About $1.9 million of the Camarillo Library's $3-million operating budget is paid for with property taxes. The remainder is paid for with $780,000 from the city's general fund, $117,000 in fines and rentals and nearly $214,000 in donations.
Bankston said the amount the city finances from its general fund continues to climb, with no say from the City Council.
"With all of our services—the sheriff's contract and the others— we've had budget control," Bankston said. "We can determine one more cop car, two more police officers. There's a cost, and we know what it's going to be. With the library, we have no budget input. We have no budget control."
When Camarillo built its new library in 2007, Bankston said, the city understood it was responsible for paying any additional costs associated with the building.
The city has paid about $1 million a year to cover facility costs, but Bankston said those numbers have recently gone up, and the city is paying a combined $2 million in building and operating costs.
The city manager said the hefty price tag warranted a second look by the City Council.
The decision to move away from the county library system, Bankston said, was made because the library commission has not reconsidered how costs are shared across the system. Moreover, he said, he questions the county's budgeting practices.
Jackie Griffin, director of the Ventura County Library system, said a revision to rewrite the memorandum of agreement between the cities that have libraries requires a unanimous decision by the library commission.
"I have been saying for a long time that this places an unfair burden on Camarillo, and we needed to change it . . . but it does take a unanimous agreement between all the members and that's a hard thing to come to in such a hard economic time, but we've been working on it," Griffin said.
She said Camarillo understood that a larger library would come with additional costs.
"We didn't impose that," she said. "The cities imposed that upon themselves.
Mayor Kevin Kildee said he understands the state's fiscal crisis has taken a bite out of the county library budget, but Camarillo still carries too much of a burden in financing the system.
"We've seen our numbers grow every year to a point now where we're thinking, 'Is it still beneficial to stay in the system or would it be beneficial to pull out and see if there's some other opportunities that could be available to us?'"
It's unclear what would happen to the other members if Camarillo left the county library system. Griffin said that although the county would lose Camarillo's revenue, the system would be able to sustain itself.
She said Camarillo would lose the $490,000 it receives from the unincorporated areas and that sharing administrative costs—in addition to the county's library catalogue— is beneficial to all the libraries within the county system.
"I really, really, really strongly believe in shared resources," she said. "I believe the economies of scale are really important now in this bad economic time."
Griffin said she'd like to reach a compromise in the coming months.
"We're all stuck in a frustrating situation, and I certainly un- derstand the position Camarillo finds themselves in, but I really want to come to a solution and not where we're walking away from an arrangement that is really good for everybody," she said.

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Tila Tequila is a 'Messenger from God'
Tila Tequila's publicist quit yesterday so she decided to mark the occasion last night by tweeting she's "God's messenger" sent to warn us of "the end" and, if I'm reading this right, not have lesbian sex with Casey Johnson because she's an angel, too. I don't even know:
This is the end of the end. Don't take your lives for granted because it will all end very soon. Sooner than u think.
Everything you do now is totally irrelevant to what is to come. I am only here to warn you as God's Messenger and Angel disguised as A Human
God Bless and pray. Pray for all the wrongs you have done to others, pray for all the hurt you have bestowed. Judgement day is coming…
God took the Love of my Life away from me because I promised him that I was only here to do my job. But I fell in Love with Another Angel
So he took her away from me. That was my fault. I broke the rules of being an Angel on Earth as a messenger. We're not allowed 2 fall in luv
With another Angel. Cuz it will distract me from doing my job of helping the world. The minute I fell in love with another Angel, I stopped.
She then claimed to be abandoning the name Tila Tequila, become an ambassador to Vietnam and quit Twitter forever. Which worked for about two hours until she returned to accept submissions for her new record label. You know, God's work.
GOD: Did you sign some successful artists today, Tila?
TILA: No, but I smeared Jell-O on my ass while tweeting I'm a dragon.
GOD: …. Well, that's one way to usher in Armageddon. I guess.


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A HIGH school is trialling an accelerated reading scheme to encourage pupils to read a million words in six months.
Pleckgate High School in Blackburn has already created four 'reading millionaires'.
But it said some students were managing only 20,000 words over the same period.
An average novel is 60,000 so children who hit the target are reading two books a month, as well as completing interactive questionnaires on the topics they have been reading about.
The accelerated reader scheme makes more than 25,000 books available electronically for every child who can select books which interest them.
Students take fun, motivational quizzes to test their comprehension of the books they have read, aiming for benchmarks and targets set by their teachers. The scheme was launched in October and already four students have read more than one million words.
Catch-up literacy co-ordinator Barbara Huddleston said: "The accelerated reader scheme is in Years 7, 8 and 9 and it encourages students to read more, and then once a book is completed there are quizzes to show that the book has been understood.
"When a student has read one million words they join our 'millionaire club' and we have our first four members."
Sadia Ali, Alya Irfan and Saniya Ali from Year 7 along with Rhiannon Fielding from Year 8 have all received certificates for their achievement and will be given a reward for their hard work with a presentation in school.
Mrs Huddleston said: "We have some students who have read about 20,000 words so that puts into perspective how well these four have done in just over six months.
"We do a reading test at the start to assess what level the students are at and then they read books that are appropriate to their reading skills.
"They choose books that are of interest to them and read in literacy lessons and tutor group time, and they are encouraged to also read at home."


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AMSTERDAM (Dec. 23)
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, conferred today with Daniel Wolf, Netherlands Jewish bankers and founder of the recently-organized International Jewish Colonization Society. Mr. Wolf told the J.T.A. that a definite resettlement plan would be discussed next month with the English and French member of the society's directorate at The Hague. Lewish J. Ruskin, of Chicago, owner of a chain of drugstores, who is the American member of the Colonization Society's board, left for home today after a visit to Palestine.


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Ted Nugent's a Michigan native, but he's less than thrilled with the commercials that try to entice tourists to visit his home state.
On the Michigan's Big Show radio program Thursday morning, the "Cat Scratch Fever" rocker said that the series of tourism commercials known as "Pure Michigan" should show the dead animals and fish that result from hunting and fishing in the Great Lakes State.
"How dare the Pure Michigan campaign not mention (hunting, fishing and trapping) because some hash bash hippie in charge of Michigan's promotional campaigns is afraid to put a dead salmon or a dead grouse or a dead deer on the tourist brochure, but will put para-gliding and tulip festivals on that brochure when no one is going to come to Michigan to go hang gliding or to go to the tulip festival," Nugent said, according to the Detroit Free Press.
"The Pure Michigan campaign basically is a facade," Nugent said. He went on to criticize the state's gun laws and said, "the overall direction of Michigan is very sad."
The Free Press spoke to a spokeswoman for the Michigan Economic Development Corp, which defended the campaign, saying the state certainly promotes its hunting and fishing opportunities. Fishermen are shown in Pure Michigan ads, which are narrated by actor Tim Allen, who was born in Denver but raised in Michigan.
Just over a year ago, on April 17, 2012, Nugent said that if President Barack Obama was re-elected, "I will be either be dead or in jail by this time next year."
Nugent is currently touring with Styx and REO Speedwagon.
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SANTIAGO, March 19 (Reuters) - Chile's new center-left government will decide in the next 60 days whether to axe the HidroAysen hydropower complex or allow the unpopular project to go forward, a special ministerial group said on Wednesday.
President Michelle Bachelet has called the 2,750 megawatt investment, a political hot potato, "inviable" as it stands, leading most to bet it will bite the dust.
HidroAysen has polarized Chile, with environmentalists staging massive marches to protest the project they say would wreck pristine valleys in wild Patagonia while miners and businesses look to it as a fix for the Andean country's soaring power needs.
Ministers will allow a window of time for joint venture leaders Endesa Chile and Colbun and local communities to make their points before issuing a final decision, Energy Minister Maximo Pacheco told reporters.
The $8 billion-plus project has been in limbo for months, frustrating HidroAysen and environmentalists alike.
Former conservative president Sebastian Pinera essentially deferred the final say on the project to Bachelet, who took office last week.
While she has shown herself frosty towards the project, some in the market latched on to her comment that HidroAysen is unfeasible "as it stands" to indicate tweaks could redeem it.
Not so, Environmental Minister Pablo Badenier suggested on Wednesday when asked by Reuters.
"We're not in the stage of changing the project," he said. "The Ministerial Committee isn't empowered to change the project." (Reporting by Alexandra Ulmer; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)


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Friday at UCSD: 3 years is enough! End the war!
indymedia oncampus | 02.03.2006 10:50
FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD, NOON: Student Anti-war Protest at UCSD. Student leaders from UCSD are organizing a massive anti-war protest at the school on March 3 on La Jolla Village Drive, at the edge of the campus. La Jolla Village Drive and Gilman Dr.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 7PM: OUT OF IRAQ! Featuring Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright and more at UCSD's Price Center Theater.
February 4, American terrorists raided several houses in Ramadi and kidnapped 10
the occupiers brutally beating some teenagers while saying "Oh yes, oh yes"
14 more bodies - of people who had been arrested by Iraqi police found in ditch
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UCSD Planning Massive Anti-war Demonstration
Student leaders from UCSD are organizing a massive anti-war protest at the school on March 3 on La Jolla Village Drive, at the edge of the campus. The leaders are co-ordinating with Truthout.org, which is documenting the effort on film.
"We will make this rally a beacon of youthful mass dissent," stated Dylan Seaton, student leader in the planning. "It's time that this generation, the one that's dying every day in Iraq and Afghanistan, voice their opposition to this criminal war" Seaton added. "I am tired of UCSD's status as a portrait of student apathy."
Other students reinforced Seaton's message, uniting in what is shaping up as a major event in Southern California. The organizers affirmed that the tide of student opinion has turned sharply against the war and the unlawful acts of the president. The action is part of a fast erupting student anti-war campus activity all across the nation.
"We will be networking with progressive student and non-student organizations from all over Southern California" student organizers stated. Details on protest hours, signage, music and candle-light vigil for the fallen are being studied.
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Ocean Center
Tuscawilla Park
The staff was amazing
ocean view was nice the room was small no refrigerator, no microwave, room was dusty and we had to enter from north tower when we stayed at the south tower. we had to have our vehicle parked across the street instead of at the hotel I understand there was storm damage from the hurricane but they could of told us the pool and spa were closed before we booked if we had known this in advance we would of stayed elsewhere. VERY DISPLEASED
Loved the location to the beach and the staff was awesome The window in our room was not sealed all the way, we had a view of literally only the roof, and the pool seemed small for a hotwl of that size. It was always packed.
ocean view was nice the room was small no refrigerator, no microwave, room was dusty and we had to enter from north tower when we stayed at the south tower. we had to have our vehicle parked across the street instead of at the hotel I understand there was storm damage from the hurricane but they could of told us the pool and spa were closed before we booked if we had known this in advance we would of stayed elsewhere. VERY DISPLEASED
I liked that everything was close to hotel. There was garbage in stairwells and so many homeless people hanging around.
Staff was very friendly Hôtel need some repairs
Staff was friendly and helpful to an extent, the hidden fees were your surprise when checking out. All the add on fees are terrible!
the rooms were spacious and nice. The check in lady was very helpful and went above and beyond to make our stay great. I would definitely recommend staying here nothing
The hotel was nice, clean and the staff were all very helpful. The restaurants offered good food (especially Hyde Park) and the pool area was fun to hang out in. The beach access was excellent and we enjoyed the ease of leaving at night to go on walks down the beach front. We didn't stay in Daytona much as we travelled to St. Augustine and Coca Beach but the hotel is a good half way point for both places. The food and beverages are really expensive and if you just add them to your room expense instead of paying cash the cost will add up quickly! The rooms are clean but very basic and had a little wear and tear. No refrigerator in our room nor a trash can in the bathroom which is just strange not to have. The windows and walls are very thin so you hear all the noise from the Amusement park which is right next to the hotel if you stay on the south side of the hotel. Valet is always nice but for $22/night again can add up quickly but they were very fast in getting my car!
Beach and buffet Construction
The hotel is amazing and at a perfect view right on the Beach. It was an overall terrible experience, I had 2 nights and it was pricy but I was willing to pay some extra money to enjoy my vacation, the first night the room next to me had a party with a music that was so loud and when I complained, they changed my room and I had to pack my stuff and walk to the other tower for another room at 1:30 am, there was no security and rooms were packed with at least 5 or 6 teenagers and they were so noisy and again no security or someone who can ask them to lower the noise at least at night time, 2nd night had a false fire alarm and had to evacuate the whole hotel and that took about 3 hours to resolve, got back to my room at 1 am, that might be a bad luck so that won't be the case for everyone but once again the hotel had no kind of security or manager that take care of the guests and provide a quiet, relaxing time for their guests vacation.
The location on the Daytona oceanfront can't be beat. We have stayed here every spring break for the past 5 years. I must say, it has gone downhill. Everything is just looking shabby. Our room smelled moldy. The staff were incredibly rude on several occasions. we paid a premium price for Motel 6 service. We'll be looking for different accommodations next year.
The staff was amazing
Ocean front room. Free upgrade. They rented bottom floor of garage to car show made parking horrific.
The carpet is Old & The Kichen is not clean Specially The Stove
It was nice to be on the beach and the staff was friendly. Walls are paper thin and neighbor came in with his entourage at around 1:30 am making quite the ruckus. Tossed and turned for a while after that, but then was woken up at 4:00 by the smell of pot. Not a relaxing night at all. I figured I'd at least get a good breakfast, but there was definitely something left to be desired. Grabbed a bowl of fruit and it tasted old and rubbery. Thank goodness for Lucky Charms and pre-packaged yogurt. They could probably stand to have some utensils out where you could actually spread cream cheese on a bagel too.
Location was amazing. Room did not get cleaned during whole stay. Had to get towels myself.
Found three roaches overall in our hotel. The blankets were very scratchy and uncomfortable my children did not like them and would not sleep with them. I had to call the front desk 3 times to get towels for our room. I asked for an hour late checkout and the lady at the front desk refused, when I went to check out she offered a late checkout to the man in front of me. When you walk around the hotel and see staff they roll there eyes at you and when they are standing in your way talking they don't move! Lazy staff and not enough towels and bedding to go around apparently.
Check out process took 1 hour
Nothing First off, I understand the LaPlaya Resort has a new owner... This is my review of the place since they took over... Have been staying at the LaPlaya Resort for 15 years at least two or three times EVERY year. Booked the room two months in advance thru a third party site because the hotel's website said they were booked completely.. Paid almost double what I normally paid. Booked three (3) nights for the Memorial Day Weekend, expecting another great time at the LaPlaya. So many disappointments.. Had to pay $10/day extra for Wi-Fi. Deposit $25/day for incidentals, AC unit hanging from wall (they re-attached) but the AC remained at a constant 80+ degrees in the room. Apparently they locked the temp adjustment and the blower was locked to Low. The room door looked like it had been broken into numerous times and the lock was not secure.. pushed open without key card. Roaches throughout the room.. NEVER saw ANY Roaches ever BEFORE this stay. The Veranda Restaurant is GONE!!! They are using the space to let the vultures have their so called free continental breakfast.. what a joke!!! Can't believe the Tiki Bar was actually open.. what a surprise!!! There was no DJ for the Holiday Weekend except for about 2-3 hours on Saturday... what a waste.. The whole point of going to the LaPlaya for a "Holiday Weekend" "WAS" because all entertainment was already onsite, hence the high price of staying there. You didn't have to get in your car and drive for entertainment.. it "USED TO BE" nice to be able to enjoy your cocktails, beautiful weather, entertainment, and food (delivered if you desire) all in the safety off the resort. I heard from a fellow patron that the owners are planning to gut the place August 2017.. It will mean nothing if the price and amenities are like this visit. Also found out other patrons had only booked their rooms just days before arrival and paid almost half of what I paid... remember I booked two months in advance.. talk about being steamed about that... that just made me nauseous to say the least. Needless to say I will never return to this place regardless of what name they give it!!! Sadly disappointed
Offered a new room after I found, and brought to the front desk 5 roaches on my bed. The 5 roaches that scurried across my bed when I was trying to sleep.
Terrible place to stay. Someone broke into the room when we were sleeping. Never come here
Comfy beds We payed for the beach side room and didn't get it. There was roaches all over the place. If the fourth floor was like that I would hate to see the lower floors. Wasn't worth the stay.
Staff was nice It was roach infested Not clean No parking it was so bad....couldn't leave cause we were scared of losing parking again Microwave broken Sliding door to balcony broken Tv broken remote.
The carpet is Old & The Kichen is not clean Specially The Stove
Proximity to the beach Nasty room, door had to be slammed just to shut, paint was pealing, there was rust on all metal pieces, the TV was from the 90s, elevators were SLOW and sketchy. There was continental breakfast but it only included breads, nothing exciting, except blocked for a private party in the same room, just teasing us, was a full hot breakfast that we could smell, but not eat.
Ocean front room. Free upgrade. They rented bottom floor of garage to car show made parking horrific.
Veey friendly staff, they meet all of our needs and made the stay very pleasant Very nice rooms. You are pretty much staying in a one bedroom condo
Not good. It was really rundown the carpet was filthy and the bathroom had water dripping above my head into the sink from the room above. We fled. It was not good. All the worst stereotypes of a bad hotel in Daytona Beach. I didn't like everything.
great staff...very helpful..enjoyed our stay no hairdryer
it's not fancy, but rooms are brightly painted. Small old tvs, couches were uncomfortable, maybe there was ice but I couldn't find it. I'll stay there again.
Excellent location, location, location and beautiful view of the ocean. People were very friendly and helpful.
It was a friendly environment. Breakfast was great. Nice heated pool, particularly nice since was in the 60's I did not like the instructions. My reservation information contained no information about after hour (5 PM) check-in procedures, I arrived late (11 PM). I did not see the lock box and there has no information from you explaining the lock box for after hours. I spent an additional $119 to stay at a Days Inn on Saturday night. Better instructions for late check-in would be very beneficial.
I love this place, it's a great getaway. I would rather stay here than any other resort. The staff was grest, super friendly and helpful. I've had several different rooms types here and all of them are absolutely beautiful. It's no regular hotel. The rooms are like a home away from home. I will continue to be a guest always. I have nothing bad to say about this place but it's truly epic..
The location and view was excellent. The room needed to have a complete cleaning.
Location, location, location... Nice to have the "living room".Ocean front balcony was delightful and roomy. Desk personel could not find reservation. She was abrupt and not at all helpful or reassuring. Problem was resolved but it could have been done in a more professional way.
Not good. It was really rundown the carpet was filthy and the bathroom had water dripping above my head into the sink from the room above. We fled. It was not good. All the worst stereotypes of a bad hotel in Daytona Beach. I didn't like everything.
Veey friendly staff, they meet all of our needs and made the stay very pleasant Very nice rooms. You are pretty much staying in a one bedroom condo
It was on the beach. There was a laundry facility on site. The colors of the walls and decor was fabulous for a Florida beach place. the young lady, Maria, at the front desk was friendly, kind, helpful, and very respectful The sofa was a killer...very uncomfortable. There were two burners on the stove that were not very good (crooked). No frying pan. Toilet paper needs a major upgrade
sat on balcony, walked on beach, ate at the pier, read, drank wine and prepared small meals damp rooms need new outer doors- everyones slammed
Very Friendly Staff. Good Service. Clean & Fresh Rooms. The hotel has done a good job of keeping their place updated & clean. The area. Daytona Beach is pretty run down, but that isn't the fault of the hotel.
We were in a handicap room with no option to swutch. Shower was very uncomfortable
Overall Perry's was fine. The staff seemed nice and overall I would consider staying there again - but I'll shop around first. Cleanliness could definitely be improved and we were disappointed that the two outdoor pools were not heated. They do have a heated indoor pool but it was mobbed most of the time.
Very Friendly Staff. Good Service. Clean & Fresh Rooms. The hotel has done a good job of keeping their place updated & clean. The area. Daytona Beach is pretty run down, but that isn't the fault of the hotel.
Clean, large room for the money, decently furnished, nice view Difficult parking, no food on location, older construction... Feels a little like 1960 around there
Everything. Nothing
everything about perrys is 1st class
We were in a handicap room with no option to swutch. Shower was very uncomfortable
I liked the indoor heated pool and so did the kids. Who doesn't like swimming in December? The kids also liked being right on the beach. The baseball team had their own polar plunge just for fun. The homemade donuts were tasty too. It was nice not to have to think what was for breakfast. I loved the kitchenette too. I hate having to eat out while on vacation. The kids could come in and quickly eat and were back having fun. We will have to come back!
The price was good. The rooms have been remodeled. Rooms were clean. The little resturant insure was delicious! Perry's is very old looking on the outside. Pictures on the web do not reflect what the place actually looks like. Halls were dingy. Parking was terrible.
It wasn't the most modern place to stay. But I had a ball being there. They have an activities calander. With fun things to do all day. I enjoyed that. They also have loyal guest that come back every year. I didn't ikebana he decor. Everything screamed 1950s. And the walls aren't insulated well so u here everything outside ur room. It's a family friendly hotel so it's lots of kids
Everything was great. Stuff was helpful. Enjoyed our stay. Would like to have a little more variety for breakfast. Even though donuts were good, breakfast with only donuts was not a good option. Especially if you stay for more than a couple of days.
I liked the fact that all of the staff was friendly, clean rooms and great location close to everything needed. Pipe burst causing shower not to work but staff provided option of using unused rooms to shower but problem went away at night
The pool and beach were outstanding
Clean place with great pool area for kids...but no room service, cleaning service or valet. So be prepared to wash your own towels.
The view and the staff at the front desk How unclean the rooms were
The jacuzzis and the lazy river are great! Great access to and views of the boardwalk AC unit broke on last day there, no one came to fix it, and apparently never even put it in the system. Children were throwing bread and liquids into the jacuzzi tub beneath their balcony. In the bedroom facing the hallway, the curtains didn't close all the way and the blinds left huge gaps where you could see in from the outside, plus light just just streamed in all the time, it was never really dark.
Beautiful view from balcony, and pool area nice. Make sure when you book it specifies ocean front! Wifi is terrible!
Good value and location. Nice pool. No maid service during stay, but maid came thirty minutes prior to checkout to get room ready for next guests! Next time will check the fine print because 10am check out time during Biketoberfest may be a deal breaker.
Pools & beach Room a little dated
Clean place with great pool area for kids...but no room service, cleaning service or valet. So be prepared to wash your own towels.
Beach and pools, Oceanwalk Restaurants, and the Turtle Bar We were never able to get a chair by the pool, we were forced to go to the beach. There should be more chairs by the pools. Also, there were many people by the pool without bracelets. The Security at this resort should be enforcing this, they just ignored it.
Good pool, good tv channel selection, good dinning area long waits for the elevators
The pool and beach were outstanding
The location is great, the view from my balcony. My room was not ready on time ,my waiting time was 40min Not towels my experience was not good Not good vacation
Hotel staff was horrible Waiting at the front desk for almost an hour and a half At 10:30 pm
The room was great, washing machine was a god send and easy to use, views from the room were fantastic, no maid coming into the room each morning was good, balcony was ace, no long ques for the lift, awsome place to stay for a family. it was very busy
I love the front desk help. Also like the activities Dept. They have activities daily for the whole family. Been there 4 years in a row. N/A
Large kitchenette rooms. 4th floor room internet was very poor. Remember dial up? Room was dated. View of parking garage. Shower only in bathroom with weak water pressure. They ask for another $10 resort fee when checking in. Not sure what that fee is for because if you want to use beach chairs there is another charge.
Large kitchenette rooms. 4th floor room internet was very poor. Remember dial up? Room was dated. View of parking garage. Shower only in bathroom with weak water pressure. They ask for another $10 resort fee when checking in. Not sure what that fee is for because if you want to use beach chairs there is another charge.
Room was very big, great view of both the ocean and city, staff was very helpful Router for the wireless connection was unavailable
I love the front desk help. Also like the activities Dept. They have activities daily for the whole family. Been there 4 years in a row. N/A
Convenience to dining,beach and price along with hotel comfort, also, the roominess. We have stayed with Daytona Beach Regency several times
location was perfect for us
I liked that the hotel was a few feet from the beach. The staff was friendly. Room was clean and we had kitchen stuff to cook with. Pans, plates, utensils etc. Little stove, microwave, refrigerator. We cooked our own breakfast. The pool area was very nice and not busy at all. They had an area where you can grill. Hotel provided daily activities for guest. I didn't partake but thought it was cool. I would stay here again but probably without a car next time. Parking was hard. We lucked out with it but seems like we always took the last parking spot, they push you to talk to the concierge to sell timeshare. I avoided that entirely. I had read in a review that they will call your room. They suggested to unplug the phone which I did. I'm not sure if the maid comes daily but our room was never cleaned. When she did knock we were still getting ready for the day. She never returned to clean. Other hotel housekeepers usually come back to clean. Our trash can stayed full.
The location. We hated the view, we go a view of the dumpster! We wanted to switch to ocean view and room wasn't available. The guest relation services would leave early and didn't always have the information I needed. That department really needed improvement,
The service and convenience was great. Amenities were better than expected. Very laid back made for a comfortable stay. Only way to underground garage is through elevator - no exterior entrance
Great value and the room was big.
Good location can walk to everything Had to wait to check in.
One front desk person was very nice, while the other was in the wrong job for customer service.
would be good if staff were able to answer questions about area better,for example,is there a local gym to work out at,local restaurants..
Some rooms look different from the pictures online. I had a couch with a king bed on my first stay and only and king bed on my recent stay.
The Conveniance/the large pool. Accesiability to the beach. The Constructions Noise going on at the time.
The view was breath taking. Moon lite nights, sun rise, sun sets was awesome The construction. We was awaken every morning at 8am to the noise of a jack hammer. We could not hear each other speak, thats how loud. The web site said slight inconvenience, Really!!!
To be frank , nothing The hotle is old and smells bad
All the rooms faced the ocean The room was very drafty, needed some paint.
old buid because not be cleaned and old build
The Hotel is pretty old but is ok for the price. The room was nice and clean. They are doing some renovation and trying to make it better.
They did not have our booking and we had to stay in one and then move to another the next day. This was awful The resturant was closed and the pool side bar was only open on Fri and Sat and their was constrution
The indoor pool The first room the kitchen was rusty and hair on the sheets. Moved to a different room which was better but the floor was dirty. Overall not that good at all .
Some rooms look different from the pictures online. I had a couch with a king bed on my first stay and only and king bed on my recent stay.
close to the beach, not crowded, helpful staff. The only thing that I did'nt like was the early morning odor. It may have been the area.
Location. Fair pricing. Cleanliness. I'd stay there again!
Great service, great access to the beach, employees are soooo nice and sweet overall great time and experience. Nothing.
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
The proximity to the beach was great. The interior was outdated, the windows were screwed shut, no direct beach access,
Tons of amenities! Their outdoor pool was perfect. The water was clear and sparkling, the chemistry was correct. It was the best maintained pool I've ever seen at a hotel.
It seemed to be clean Very dated decor. The floors in the room were all tile. The bed squeaked terribly.
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
The patio and pool were amazing. It was right on the beach. The size of the rooms were great. Full kitchens with dishwasher and stove with access to outdoor grills. GREAT HOTEL WORTH THE MONEY!
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
Great service, great access to the beach, employees are soooo nice and sweet overall great time and experience. Nothing.
Nice pool and beach access. Very rundown for a 3-1/2 star hotel. More a 2 star.
Need a lot of maintenance in indoor pool. Jacuzzi water was green and indoor pool are has bad smell.
The location and pool were the only pluses of this 'three-star' hotel. The staff was condescending, the 1-bedroom room only had 2 slated, sliding wood doors & the wall it was built into didn't reach the ceiling, so it offered 0 privacy, & the shower temperature swung wildly from scalding to frigid when other rooms used water
We loved everything! Very nice Staff and very helpful Our room was clean! Very comfortable! Parking was nice always had a place to park. Pool was nice. The elevators were slow. Internet was slow.


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Cardiac Effects of Sleep Apnea
Examines the functions of the heart and how this relates to sleep apnea.
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This paper examines research on the involvement of the heart and its processes in relation to sleep apnea. The reviewed material begins with a definition of sleep apnea and discusses the stages and prevalence of the disease along with cardiac complications associated with the different types of the disease. This is followed by a discussion of respiratory and hemodynamic changes associated with sleep apnea. The final section discusses methods and treatments for sleep apnea and the effects of these on cardiac effects.
From the Paper:"Sleep apnea can be classified as obstructive, central, or mixed, depending on the presence or absence of respiratory muscle effort (Imran & Khawaja, 1998). According to Imran and Khawaja (1998), with each type of apnea, airflow at the nose or the mouth is absent for at least 10 seconds. The authors also note that in obstructive apnea, ribcage and abdominal movements are still present while in central apnea, both types of movement are absent. In mixed apneas, both central and obstructive patterns occur during the same apneic event. The magnitude of any associated decrease in oxygen saturation depends on the degree and duration of apnea (Imran & Khawaja, 19980)."
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Some Experiences With Customer Service
30 August 2012
Jim took a 9am train into NYC for a meeting and Charlie and I went to two banks (because somehow the computers at the first one failed just at the moment I made a request -- second bank's personnel were far more amenable but, since Charlie does not often go to banks, I kept the glowy positive smile-ness a-glowing and he giggled at both places), the pediatricians' to get some health forms for school and thence to the burrito place where, as the above photo illustrates, we were all set to wait the 1/2 hour with the trusty iPad timer and the Pogues when the owner opened the door at 10.43am and said, come on in, and asked Charlie about his iPad and could he have it to which Charlie grinned and said 'have it' and handed it over and the owner took it, laughed, handed it back and gave Charlie a hug.
Charlie was done with his burrito before 11am, before the burrito place actually opened.
We went home and I amused myself by writing that I'm a tenured radical (I am) and Jim came home, there was a bike ride, there were repeated reminders that we are SO PROUD of Charlie because who wants to go to two banks and the pediatricians' and wait for your burrito?
But it's back to the Bronze Age and I can hear dactylic hexameters (Virgil's, Homer's) a-beating in my head just in time for the start of fall teaching, autumno MMXII, pridie Kalendis Septembris.


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Photos Courtesy of Christie'sThe first Andy Warhol @ Christie's online-only auction was a success with sales of $2,297,375. Taking place from February 26 to March 5, the results ended up being twice the amount anticipated by the high-end auction house. Proceeds from the cyber-only event will benefit The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, which focuses on supporting the growth of visual artwork. The selling rate for the show was 99 percent by lot and 99 percent by value, according to the auctioneer.
The excellent results of the first Warhol online-only sale demonstrate the international enthusiasm from both new and established collectors who bid from 36 countries, validating Warhol's democratizing vision, said Michael Straus, chairman of the board of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
The range of art, as well as the prices, gave many different Warhol collectors and enthusiasts an opportunity to participate in the event. Some items were even set as low as $600, while other estimates reached as high as $70,000. The most expensive item to sell went for $90,000, which was I Love Your Kiss Forever, a colored lithograph printed on two sheets of paper (initially estimated between $3,000 and $5,000).
The auction drew 263 bidders and more than 65,000 visitors from 36 countries. Christie's is now gearing up for their next online auction featuring Andy Warhol collectibles in April.
Andy Warhol @ Christies has advanced both our philanthropic programs and our work in keeping Andys legacy alive. We are thrilled with the results of this first sale and look forward to many more exciting online sales in the years ahead, said Joel Wachs, president of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.


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The Augusta Commission might give Shiloh Comprehensive Community Center $7,000 in federal funding to repair its leaking roof, but that falls short of what the center needs to keep its food pantry open.
The pantry, which has served the Augusta area since 1977, faces closing by March. It would be the first time in 30 years the community center has cut services, said Elizabeth Jones, Shiloh's executive director. Shiloh, a private nonprofit, also runs senior programs and after-school tutoring.
The commission's administrative services committee on Monday asked its staff to try to recoup money from a contractor that improperly installed Shiloh's roof in 1999.
If that fails, the committee would ask for a recommendation on whether to fix the roof using federal money. The money could be reallocated from another program, which is apparently defunct.
Despite the offer, Jones said she was disappointed. The center had asked the commission for $55,000 toward repairs and operations this year.
The city faces a $9 million budget deficit, and City Administrator Fred Russell has said the only way to help Shiloh would be to take money away from something else in the budget.
Shiloh's donor contributions have dropped 30 percent during the recession, Jones has said, and the center has used up its reserves. Shiloh cannot conduct a food drive because it participates in Golden Harvest Food Bank's brown bag service, and that program's rules prohibit such fundraising.
"We really do need the funding," Jones said. "I would not have asked if I had another way to get it."
The church across the street from Shiloh distributes food, but only for two hours on Saturday, according to Jones. Shiloh's pantry is open five days a week and people show up from all over the area to get help. It would be a tough time to lose the pantry, she said.
"After the economy got worse, it's families now that come," she said. "It's not just transient men and women. It's husbands with children."
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Phyllo-Layered Pastichio Recipe
My grandfather always made pastichio on special occasions or when we had guests coming for dinner. I cherish the happy memories I have of him teaching me how to cook one of his signature dishes. —Tina Waisman, Safety Harbor, Florida
- 1-1/2 pounds ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup white wine or beef broth
- 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pound ziti or other small tube pasta
- 1-1/3 cups grated Romano cheese
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3/4 cup butter, melted, divided
- 20 sheets phyllo dough (14x9 inches)
- 1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, cook beef, onion and garlic over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until meat is no longer pink, breaking up beef into crumbles; drain.
- 2. Stir in tomato sauce, wine, cinnamon stick, bay leaf, sugar, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 20-25 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Discard cinnamon stick and bay leaf.
- 3. Meanwhile, cook ziti according to package directions for al dente. Drain and return to pan. Stir in cheese, eggs and 1/4 cup butter.
- 4. Place one sheet of phyllo dough on a work surface; brush with butter. Layer with nine additional phyllo sheets, brushing each layer. (Keep remaining phyllo covered with plastic wrap and a damp towel to prevent it from drying out.) Cut phyllo stack crosswise in half; place one stack in each of two greased 8-in. square baking dishes.
- 5. In each dish, layer 2 cups pasta mixture and 1 cup sauce. Repeat layers. Prepare a second stack of 10 phyllo sheets, brushing each with butter; cut in half and place one stack over each dish.
Bake, uncovered, 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.
Freeze option: Cool unbaked casseroles; cover and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake casseroles as directed, increasing time to 60-70 minutes or until golden brown and a thermometer inserted in center reads 165°. Yield: 2 casseroles (6 servings each).
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It's the best time of year, folks: March Madness. Even though it's almost April, March Madness still consumes offices across the country as we move onto the Final Four. Whether you're a diehard Kentucky fan like me (go Cats!) or just someone who wants to win their office bracket, it's going to be hard to focus on anything else for the next couple days.
Basketball isn't the only thing we're watching on TV this week, though. If you're like me, your eyes will be glued to C-SPAN. Congress is holding a lot of big hearings over the next couple days on issues related to civil liberties. Here's what you should schedule your DVR to record:
Tuesday, April 1st
Pay Equity
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing titled "Access to Justice: Ensuring Equal Pay with the Paycheck Fairness Act."
Access to Justice
American University Washington College of Law is hosting the Civil Society Consultation with the U.S. Government on Access to Justice. Sarah Mehta of the ACLU Human Rights Project will present on Access to Justice in the US Immigration System on behalf of the ACLU.
Wednesday, April 2nd
The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee is holding a hearing on the budget of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske is testifying.
School-to-Prison Pipeline
The House Education and Workforce Committee will hold a hearing titled "Keeping College Within Reach: Meeting the Needs of Contemporary Students."
Thursday, April 3rd
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The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is expected to hold a vote on declassification and release of at least part of its 6,000 page report on the CIA Rendition, Interrogation, and Detention program.
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The House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee is holding a hearing on the budget of the Department of Justice. Attorney General Eric Holder will testify.
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No! Way! I graduated from NKU. I don't remember if they even HAD a team. I was in their Medical Technology program, which wasn't even on the same campus with the main buildings.
But I have a healthy opposition to the Wildcats, although I do applaud them for choosing to call themselves 'cats.'
I adore all cats whether large or small.
About that torture deal, Dick Cheney made me so furious I couldn't stand him. He admitted he lied about Iraq and said he "has no regrets he did."
I wrote to his FB page that he WILL have regrets if *I* can find a way to give them to him.
I won't stop until the day I die at trying to make them be accountable for what they did.
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The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to complain about it.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
BBC cuts
Here are my two observations - ones that I've not seen elsewhere:
1. The BBC needs a Wartime Consigliere at the moment. It shows how it has allowed itself to be strategically outmaneuvered that it has a drip like Sir Michael Lyons instead. Michael Grade would be parking his tanks on a few lawns at the moment, but Lyons is a disgrace and he needs to be moved on quickly. Don't suppose this will happen tho...
2. Mark Thompson and everyone who work in is outer office will probably be earning more in five years time working for one of the BBC's commercial rivals. There is no longer a caste of people who identify the BBC's survival with their own. Quite the reverse. If the BBC were led by less ambitious / careerist people, paradoxically, it would probably be better led than it is.
The BBC has caught this bug about highly paid management from the extortionate car-crash that is modern management. History may teach us that it probably shouldn't apply to the BBC even if it works elsewhere.
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- Jon Worth said...
Thanks for the link! :-)
I think your second point adds neatly to the points I raise. We see everything - management included - through the spectrum of the market. This even penetrates into the highest echelons of UK civil service where private sector management style and remuneration is thought of as good, and anything else is not.
How would we manage to build a cadre of better not for profit high managers I wonder? Better economic democracy, with less emphasis on the salaries of those at the top, might have a positive impact - even onto organisations like the BBC?
- 2:48 pm
- Alan in Belfast said...
Personally, I think you underestimate the Trust's chairman.
- 9:58 am
- Graham Majin said...
The BBC is the neighbour at the end or your garden with a giant leylandii. He smiles at you and is a nice enough bloke. But the problem is his tree. It's too big. It greedily sucks in nutrients from the soil and blocks out the sunlight. It's an impressive tree by any standards, but it casts a massive shadow.
BBC Cuts - Is Lightly Trimming the BBC's Publicly Funded Tree What Licence Fee Payers Really Want?
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- Paulie said...
I guess you're talking from the point of view of another potential broadcaster are you?
Surely it makes sense, instead, to look at it from the point of view of the public interest. Here's what the public see:
PSBs actually make programmes, spend money and are accountable.
Commercial channels *make* money but don't recycle it as actual content and they're accountable to no-one, not even their shareholders in reality (the condition of modern capitalism).
There is the old 'tragedy of the commons' problem. No-one makes programmes because they hope someone else will make them and dump it on their market below cost-price s that they can re-use it.
In most of the world where there isn't a big PSB (remember, the BBC invests more in original content than the rest of the EU put together) this 'dumping' role is fulfilled by the BBC, so at least the Dave channel has something made in the UK to screen. Elsewhere, this role is merrily fulfilled by the US content production companies with their large coherent internal market that makes original production worthwhile.
Reduce the BBC and the commercial sector won't step in and start making programmes. They will just find that a reduced competitor creates a gap that they can step into to make more profits.
If you doubt that this is the case, look and see how local newspaper markets have performed. Is it possible to make a profit making newspapers? Yes. Do newpaper owners hire journalists and do it? No. They boil down their existing titles, milk the brand value, reduce the journalistic content and start closing titles when they find (surprise surprise) that they don't have the infrastructure left to develop their business.
If I were you, I'd start asking for politicians to start regulating BSkyB the way that they *should* be regulated (and the way that broadcasters are regulated everywhere else in the EU).
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For those that followed me regularly on either Runners World or on my blog at Blogger before I migrated to Word Press know that I have committed my training to CrossFit Endurance (CFE). This all happened after reading Brian MacKenzie's book; Power Speed Endurance.
I have noticed some major changes in my endurance and feelings as I have progress through what I call Phase 1 of 3; the 6 Week Progression as Brian explains in his book. This notice was proven this Wednesday when I took my Semi-annual Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT). This is 2 mins worth of push-ups, sit-ups and a 2 mile run. I did very little physical training prior to starting with the CFE progression. It just so happened that I began it 6 weeks out from my APFT. Therefore I said this is the only training I will do for my APFT.
Side note; I have never scored well on APFTs. I have never ran sub 13:30. My best run ever was a 13:46 when I was 18. I have never maxed push-ups or the sit-ups. However, I am now 30 years old, trained only 3 days a week, and scored almost better than any other test in my 12 years of my Army Career. Although my score may be lower than some my age, or lower than some that are 18, it is still higher than some my age and some at 18. Regardless, it is the best I have done in a very long time.
Thank you CFE. I am very excited to see how much more I improve as I move into the 12 Week Linear Strength Progression. Stay tuned for future posts about major gains.
Official APFT Results:
Push-Ups: 71 (94)
Sit-Ups: 69 (86)
2 Mile Run: 14:36 (86)
Total Score: 266
Goal: 270 or Better


text: Referee Gavin Morris suspended Wed 26 Feb, 2014, 9:10amNRL Tweet Email Print The NRL Integrity and Compliance Unit has today suspended referee Gavin Morris for the first two rounds of the Telstra Premiership, imposed a suspended $5,000 fine and ordered he undertake a counselling program for a breach of the NRL's Code of Conduct.Morris has accepted the penalty and waived his right to appeal."The Integrity Unit has a clear mechanism for assessing issues. It is important to note that process has been followed in this case, as it would for any incident involving a player or club official," said NRL Chief Operating Officer, Mr Jim Doyle."The Integrity Unit's investigation found that there was behaviour that brought the image of the game into disrepute and we have taken appropriate action." Tweet Email Print Send to a friend: Your Name: Your Email: Friend's Name: Friend's Email: Close Submit loading image needs to go here


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Edible Institute 2014 - Day 1 8:30 am
Join the nation's food movers and shakers at a 2-day celebration and discussion of where the American food movement is, and where it's going. This annual...
The Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall
General Public
Parsons Fine Arts Pop Up Show 9:00 am
This exhibition showcases a selection of current MFA and BFA student work from the Fine Arts Program. Curated by Silvia Rocciolo and Eric Stark, The New...
University Center, U Center Lobby
General Public
Power, Pedagogy, and Philosophy's 'Woman Problem' 9:00 am
People in Support of Women in Philosophy is hosting its 9th Annual colloquium at the New School for Social Research in New York City. This three-day event...
Wolff Conference Room, Albert and Vera List Academic Center, 1103
General Public Alumni
MFA Photography Exhibition 10:00 am
This exhibition features work by first- and second-year MFA Photography students. The program seeks to redefine the creative role of photographer within...
University Center, 6th Floor Library
General Public
Parsons Festival 2014 10:00 am
Established to showcase the creativity, innovation, and scholarship of Parsons students in a diverse range of disciplines, the Parsons Festival offers an...
General Public
Printmaking Exhibition 10:00 am
This exhibition presents etchings, screenprints, monoprints, woodcuts, lithographs, and examples of letterpress and book arts in a comprehensive show of...
Kerrey Hall, Lobby
General Public
Making/Meaning 12:00 pm
Curated by graduate students at Parsons and presented under the thematic arc of Making/Meaning, this Parsons Festival exhibition showcases the work of...
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
General Public
Making/Meaning: Object of the Day 12:00 pm
"Object of the Day" is a weekday event that highlights one artist/designer's work per day as part of the Making/Meaning exhibition. An announcement will be...
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
General Public
Alumni Day 1:00 pm
It's been an exciting year at The New School, and we're delighted to welcome alumni back to campus. Hear about new developments at the university, reconnect...
University Center
Alumni Faculty Staff
Making/Meaning: Alumni Tour 1:00 pm
A tour of the Making/Meaning exhibition for New School and Parsons alumni. Details of this event are being finalized. Please check back soon. For more...
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
General Public
Michael Stephenson, saxophone | Spring '14... 2:00 pm
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music presents student Michael Stephenson (saxophone), who will be performing his senior recital. Michael...
School of Jazz Performance Space, Arnhold Hall
General Public
Allison Philips, trumpet | Spring '14 Ensemble... 4:00 pm
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music presents student Allison Philips (trumpet), who will be performing her senior recital. A fourth-year student...
School of Jazz Performance Space, Arnhold Hall
General Public
Mannes Opera Presents: Il Postino by Daniel... 7:30 pm
Under the direction of Artistic Director Joseph Colaneri, the critically acclaimed Mannes Opera Young Artists present a complete, fully staged performance in...
The Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College
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Last night's various post-nomination speeches in New Hampshire were mesmerising, for a variety of reasons, from the ridiculous quotes (Ron Paul: "We ARE dangerous;" Jon Huntsman: "Third Place we're on the hunt" — you have to wonder what genius strategist thought that one up) to the way battle for hearts and eyes is shaping up. The Republican stump style is solidifying. Read more
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Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 31
By Ilkin Izzet - Trend:
A new structure - 'Innovation Center LLP' has been handed over to the 'ASAN Service' to be run by this service, according to a message posted on Friday on the website of the Azerbaijani cabinet of ministers.
The cabinet of ministers has approved the 'list of structures run by the State Agency for Services to Citizens and Social Innovations, but those that are not governed by the agency'.
The list of structures run by the ASAN Service has included the above-mentioned organization, according to the decision.
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The all-new Sandero is not due in South Africa this year, so fans of Renault's locally-built hatchback range will have to make do with a few minor upgrades, to the existing model, for the 2013 model year.
Renault has ushered in these changes with a new limited edition model inspired by its new Sandero brand ambassador, SA surfing queen Roxy Louw.
The special edition is based on the Renault Stepway hatch, but adds a new Blaupunkt Bluetooth MP3/USB/Aux sounds system and a Tom Tom Live navigation system.
The aforementioned international surfing star and model has also added her own personal touch in the form of a body sticker featuring her signature turtle and hibiscus Cowabanga logo.
The edition also has a similar colour choice catalogue to the Model T Ford, except this Stepway is also available in red. Renault will build 50 black ones and 50 red ones, basically.
As before the Stepway is powered by a 64kW/128Nm 1.6-litre eight-valve petrol engine and its sits 20mm higher off the ground than the regular Sandero hatch.
This engine is also fitted to the lower-riding Sandero 1.6 Dynamique and a 55kW/112Nm 1.4 Ambiance continues to exist for entry-level buyers. Both of these Sanderos gain a front bumper spoiler lip and a new rear bumper with a black insert, while the 1.6 Dynamique gets a chrome exhaust tailpiece and the new Blaupunkt sound system.
The regular Stepway model benefits from the latter too, and is available in two new colours - metallic black and techno-grey.
Prices start at R112 900 for the 1.4 Ambiance, moving up to R129 900 for the 1.6 Dynamique and R149 900 for the 1.6 Stepway and 1.6 Stepway Limited Edition. All models come with a five-year/150 000km warranty (plus roadside assistance) and all but the 1.4 are sold with a three-year/45 000km service plan.


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Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie
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w. join. the ch. in its first week. For sec. w. he m. 1642, Lydia, wid. of
Nathaniel Tilden, but had no ch. was assist. from 1636 to 1657 incl. exc.
1638, and d. 1666. His will of 20 Sept. 1664, abstract in Geneal. Reg. VI.
187, is interesting. Few men deserv. higher of the people; but Deane, 282, has
ment. the honorable cause of his loss of in their favor. Often it is writ.
HATHORNE or HAWTHORNE, EBENEZER, Salem 1669. Felt, 1. 286.
EBENEZER, Lynn, may have been s. of the preced. or more prob. of first John of
Salem, m. 26 Dec. 1683, Esther, d. of Jonathan Witt, had Sarah, b. 16 Oct.
foll. was freem. 1691. ELEAZUR, Salem, s. of William, m. by one acco. 25 June,
by ano. 28 Aug. 1663, Abigail, d. of George Curwin, had Abigail, b. 14 Nov. 1665;
George, 17 Apr. 1668; Elizabeth 20 Feb. 1670; William, 9 May 1672; and Samuel, 23 Sept.
1674; was freem. 1665. His wid. m. Hon. James Russell of Charlestown. JOHN,
Salem 1643, had there bapt. Sarah, 2 June 1644; John, 18 Oct. 1646; and
Priscilla, 22 July 1649; rem. to Lynn, there had William, b. Nov. 1651, d. 14
Sept. 1676; Mary, July 1653, d. 31 Dec. 1676; Ebenezer, Mar. 1656; Phebe, 22
Mar. 1665; and Nathaniel; he d. 12 Dec. 1676. His will of 12 Oct. preced. pro.
27 June foll. ment. only the four last b. as then liv. ‡* JOHN, Salem, br. of Eleazur,
freem. 1677, rep. 1683, Assist. or Couns. 1684-1712, exc. the yrs. of Andros'
most active magistr. in the prosecut. of witches, exceed. mad
against them; but after, a Judge of Sup. Court 1702-15, d. 10 May 1717.
He m. 22 Mar. 1675, Ruth, d. of George Gardner, serv. in the Ind.
and Eastern war, as col. of a reg. and commander of the forces in
exped. 1696, on ret. of Church. His s. were John, b. 10 Jan. 1676; Nathaniel,
25 Nov. 1678; Ebenezer, Joseph, and Benjamin, of wh. the last three outliv. him.
NATHANIEL, Lynn, perhaps br. of first John, as Lewis gave him resid. there 1634,
but no more is kn. of him. ‡* WILLIAM, Salem 1636, had bef. been of Lynn or
Dorchester, conflict. claims for ea. town assert. by Lewis and Harris,
severally, from 1630, when he came in the Arbella with Winthrop freem. 14 May
1634, rep. 1635 perhaps for D. tho. this would not prove that he did not live
at L. but if, as I think prob. he was mem. for Salem, bef. he had gr. of land
there, it might add to his inducem. to fix his home in this place, wh. he,
rep. many yrs.; was speaker 1644, and six yrs. after, Assist. 1662-79, milit.
command. as capt. or major in Philip's war and in the foll. with the Eastern
Ind. d. 1681 in 74th yr. His will of 17 Feb. 1680 made w. Ann extrix. provid.
for ch. of his s. Eleazur (wh. was d.) viz. William, Samuel, and Abigail; for
Sarah, wid. of his s. William; for a gr.ch. in Europe, if he come here, if not,
then that devise to other gr.ch. viz. two eldest s. of his d. Coker, w. I presume
of Joseph. He had at S. Sarah, b. 11 Mar. 1635; Eleazur, b. 1, bapt. 6 Aug.
1637; Nathaniel, 11, bapt. 18 Aug. 1639; John, 4, bapt. 22 Aug. 1641; Ann,
12, bapt. 17 Dec. 1643; William, 1, bapt. 5 Apr. 1646, d. bef. his f.; Elizabeth 22,
bapt. 29 July 1649; and Mary, 1 May 1653; of many of wh. descend. still abound.
Ann m. 27.Jan. 1665, Joseph Porter, and Elizabeth m. 20 Nov. 1672, Israel Porter.
WILLIAM, Salem, s. of the preced. was capt. and d. 1679. His wid. Sarah ret.
small inv.
HATLEY, PHILIP, Milford 1639, went home to London 1649. RICHARD, came
in the Hopewell, capt. Babb from London 1635, aged 15, of wh. no more is kn.
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