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Sometimes you get more than you bargain for.
When senior Jariya Phanpaktra first bought student tickets four years ago, she had no idea the ride it would take her on throughout her academic career at the University of Colorado.
"I knew it was a big tradition at CU to go to the football games and Folsom Field is so amazing," Phanpaktra said. "That's why I bought student season tickets four years ago. I knew the football team was trying to rally around something exciting and I wanted to be a part of it."
Tickets for students cost $140 for football games, a breakdown of $20 per game, and tickets include CSU and are still available to purchase at cubuffs.com/students. For just $35 more, students can get the CU Sports Pass which is good for every varsity sporting event, including men's and women's basketball.
"It's all worth it in the end," Phanpaktra said. "For what it costs, it doesn't even register when you account for how much fun it is to be part of the student section."
Last year, Phanpaktra was rewarded as one of the 50 C-Unit members (the student fan section) given a fully expensed trip to Los Angeles to cheer on the men's and women's basketball teams at the Pac-12 Tournament.
"When I found out I was going to LA with the basketball teams, I couldn't believe it," Phanpaktra said. "I couldn't believe the athletic department was footing the bill. I made 50 new best friends and was part of something legendary. It was beyond anything I could've imagined and it happened just because I bought season tickets."
The C-Unit brought CU national attention as they cheered the men's team on to the Pac-12 Championship, the school's first league title in 43 years. The Buffs won four games in four days to take the title and crashed the Big Dance into the NCAA Tournament. At that point, the athletic department then added to the original gang of 50 and took 100 students to Albuquerque, N.M., where the Buffs upset UNLV in the second round and gave Baylor all they could handle in the third round.
"Being a part of the C-Unit has transformed my experience as a student at CU," Phanpaktra said. "I feel like we are all appreciated by the players. Everybody knows about the C-Unit now because we got national attention and everybody's excited to see how we can help. In basketball, we were the sixth-man, we knew we were helping and they won a championship."
Kicking off the season ticket in style
The Buffs will again send student fans to Las Vegas, site of the 2013 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament, but selection is based on how many games you attend throughout the season, and you can't qualify unless you purchase student season tickets.
For those students who have not yet purchased season tickets, they are still available. Some basic info:
• $175 – CU Sports Pass (access to all varsity sporting events)
• $140 – Football only student season tickets
• Purchase student tickets at www.cubuffs.com/students
For those who do have student season tickets, remember the Buffs kick off the 2012 season Saturday at 2 p.m. at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Please be aware of the following:
Let's open the 2012 season with a great showing! We expect students from the University of Colorado to compete with class. Remember to represent the Buffs with integrity and show good sportsmanship towards our neighbors.
Your Game Ticket
Your ticket is NOT on your Buff OneCard. You will receive an email from Ticketmaster and you must print your ticket out and bring it to the game. If you forget your ticket, be prepared to wait in line to get one printed and you may miss part of the game. Remember to print your ticket and bring it with you along with your Buff OneCard, and remind your friends to do the same.
Buses to Sports Authority Field
If you need a ride to Denver, the CUSG and CU Athletic Department are teaming up to provide bus transportation to the game. Buses will board in front of the Coors Events Center beginning at 10 a.m. You must bring your Buff OneCard to ride the buses. Alcohol will not be allowed on the buses. Parking at Sports Authority Field is on a permit basis, so we encourage you take the bus. If you have any questions call 303-492-7473. The buses leave from Sports Authority field 30 minutes after the conclusion of the football game.
Once You Get to Sports Authority Field
Students will need to enter Sports Authority through Gate 1. Your ticket will clearly state if you have lower or upper level access to the student section. This year, the student section is general admission, but it is based on upper or lower level assignments. Look at your ticket and see which area you have been assigned and follow signs and instructions to access those levels.
Inside Sports Authority Field
The CU student section is located in the southwest portion the stadium. Be respectful of security personnel as they are there for your safety. Comply with their requests at all times. If you are in a situation where you or a friend needs help, ask for it.
Other Things to Remember
If you have any disciplinary issue at Sports Authority Field, it will be carried over and settled with Student Conduct at CU. Keep in mind that should you have a situation where you are sent to detox, you will be responsible for all costs incurred. These costs include $300 to go to detox, $180 for transport there, if you require an ambulance it costs $895 plus $14.95 a mile and other expenses, emergency room charges are in the ballpark of $5,000 and you will NOT be released from detox until you blow a 0.0, which can take up to 5-12 hours. You will lose access to games at Folsom Field until you are done with the Student Conduct office.
After the Showdown CU Volleyball Hosts Fresno State at 7 p.m.
When you return to Boulder from the Rocky Mountain Showdown, remember to stop by the Coors Events Center as your CU Volleyball team will be hosting Fresno State at 7 PM. Admission is free for all students with a valid Buff OneCard.
Photo courtesy of CU Athletics: Jariya Phanpaktra and the rest of the C-Unit cheering the Buffs to a win over Arizona at the Coors Events Center last January.


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Rays tracking Hellickson in Minors
MINNEAPOLIS -- Due to the Rays' abundance of off-days this month, right-hander Jeremy Hellickson was optioned to the Minor Leagues last weekend in order to continue pitching while the Rays go with a four-man rotation.
Hellickson, who began the season on the disabled list due to right elbow surgery, started for Double-A Montgomery Monday night and will start for Class A Advanced Charlotte Sunday at Clearwater.
"I guess he did OK his last time out," said Rays manager Joe Maddon when asked what he would like to see from Hellickson on Sunday. "Nothing specifically, just that he's healthy and well. [Bullpen catcher Scott Cursi] called him the other day and he said that he was really sharp. And seems like everything is trending in the right direction. Just so that his velocity numbers are good and that his arm feels well. Nothing specifically."
Hellickson went 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run and six hits while striking out two in his only start for the Rays this season on July 8.
Maddon did not have an answer for when the rotation would be expanded to five pitchers and Hellickson would be put back into the rotation. He did allow that the decision would be made, "when we get home."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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San Jose, Calif. -- SLI Systems said Wednesday that Cache has implemented its full-service Learning Search solution for Cache.com, resulting in an 88% increase in the conversion rate among site search users.
The company, said SLI, has also seen a 42% increase in site search usage by its online visitors, driving more sales and revenues.
Cache.com is also using SLI's Rich Auto Complete tool, which automatically shows images of products and search term suggestions once visitors begin typing in keywords; and refinements that allow visitors to search by material, fit, occasion, and specific collections. Cache.com replaced its previous Google-based site search.
"We're constantly competing with department stores and other online apparel retailers for the attention of fashion-conscious shoppers," said Kevin Metz , VP e-commerce, Cache. "By improving the customer experience with SLI's site search and all of its added features like Rich Auto Complete, our site is a bigger draw for apparel shoppers and helps us foster more customer loyalty, while also improving conversions."


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Serving individual desserts is a nice way to make the people around your table feel special. Especially after a big, family-style dinner when everyone is sharing large platters of food, a little something sweet plated just for one is a nice touch at the end of a meal.
I love the simplicity of this apple tartlet – it looks bakery-special, but it's easy to put together. I like to use a high quality prepared all-butter puff pastry that I can buy frozen at Whole Foods, but use whatever pastry dough is your favorite.
The only real project with this recipe is making the caramel, which can be made days – and up to 2 weeks – ahead. It just needs to be warmed to a pourable consistency just before serving. (You could (shhhhh) use a prepared caramel sauce to make life even easier)
But do try to use flaked salt such as Maldon – it adds a delicate crunch that doesn't really happen with regular or coarse salt.
Apple Tartlets with Salted Caramel
Caramel Sauce:
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
For tart:
- 1 sheet all-butter frozen puff pastry dough, defrosted in the refrigerator (I like Dufour brand)
- 2 apples, peeled
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- Flaked sea salt or fleur de sel, for sprinkling
- To make the caramel sauce, put the sugar in a 2 -3 quart heavy saucepan and place over medium heat. Cook the sugar until it melts into syrup, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon (NOT a metal spoon, which will get very hot and burn your hand).
- Once the sugar is completely melted, let it cook undisturbed until it's amber-colored. Lower the heat and very slowly dribble the cream into the pan. The mixture will bubble up intensely so be careful. When the bubbling subsides, bring the caramel to a simmer, whisking until any hardened lumps melt back into the sauce. Remove from the heat and stir in the salt and butter until smooth. If you end up with a few stubborn pieces of hardened sugar, you can strain the sauce into a heatproof glass measuring cup.
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Roll the puff pastry on a lightly floured surface to flatten slightly. Cut out 4 5-inch diameter circles with a pastry cutter or use the upside-down rim of a small bowl.
- Transfer the circles to an ungreased baking sheet. Cut the apples in half and remove the core. Slice each half crosswise into thin slices, keeping them together as you slice. Unfurl the slices onto each pastry circle, fanning them in a circular pattern to cover the dough. Brush with the melted butter and sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon sugar.
- Bake 15 – 20 minutes, until the apples are tender and the edges of the tarts are puffed and golden.
- Reheat the caramel to pouring consistency if has cooled, and spoon some sauce over each tart. Sprinkle with a little flaked salt and serve warm.
- You'll have more caramel sauce than you need for the tarts, but it will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks to use in any way you like.


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Caroline tries to raise money for an expensive pair of new pants through an online fundraising site. Meanwhile, Max's new smartphone comes between her and Caroline, on 2 Broke Girls, Monday, Sept. 30 (9:00 – 9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Caroline Channing (Beth Behrs), shown. Photo: Darren Michaels/Warner Bros. ©2013 Warner Bros. Television. All Rights Reserved


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Too much to cut and paste but it is an absolutely excellent summary on how Bernard reached the point where he was fired. It doesn't answer exactly how 'now' was chosen as the time to do it (at least before a replacement was lined up... which apparently there's no immediate replacement lined up, let alone how it (the timing) sends all the wrong signals to fans, partners, sponsors, and potential sponsors (and promoters)), and nothing to really counter that. But it squarely shows you how Bernard lost respect and support in the paddock.
It also goes to show you how the anti-Bernard crowd were emboldened because the board never strongly stood up for Bernard. So things quickly snow-balled from there.
Robin Miller became a bit of a Randy Bernard cheerleader and I think Pruett's summary of events as well as the knowledge of how it ended shows that Miller left some dirty laundry issues out of his reports (because he had to know these things and know they at least had the potential to quickly grow serious and were growing serious). Bernard certainly wasn't fired out of left field as it appeared to fans and as Miller led us to believe.
It'll be interesting to read Pruett's Part Two where he'll address the other side of the issue with supporters of Bernard.


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Jane Asher to visit Corsham children's centre
8:30am Tuesday 13th November 2012
8:30am Tuesday 13th November 2012
Jane Asher will be heading to Corsham today, as she visits a project helping local families turn their lives around.
The actress, author and entrepreneur and Barnardo's supporter, will be touring the Corsham Sure Start Children's Centre. The Kings Avenue project is managed on behalf of Wiltshire Council and provides free support to local parents and carers, including parenting programmes, cookery courses and links to training and employment.
In her first visit to a Barnardo's centre, she will meet staff and local families before cutting a specially-decorated cake to celebrate the registration of more than 1,000 parents and carers since it first opened in 2008.
Activities in the centre include antenatal and health visitor clinics, parenting programmes, support with speech and language, soft play sessions, young parents groups and a Dads and Kids Club.
Barnardo's team leader Sarah Nelson said: "We are delighted that Jane is able to visit our project and learn more about how we are helping so many families to turn their lives around.
"Our staff and volunteers have a great relationship with the local community, establishing a level of trust and understanding which encourages parents and carers to seek help if needed.
"So, although we're mainly targeting some of the more vulnerable and disadvantaged residents, nobody feels stigmatised when they walk through our doors.
"We are immensely proud of everything that has been achieved, not only by our own team but also by the parents themselves."
For more information call Corsham Sure Start Children's Centre on 01249 716254.
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text: Accelerated Genetics Hires Coulthard as Membership Sales Representative Accelerated Genetics announces the recent hire of Richard Coulthard as a Membership Sales Representative for southern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois. Coulthard will handle all direct farm sales, along with offering diverse Accelerated Genetics programs including dairy and beef genetics as well as an extensive animal health product line to customers. Coulthard grew up near Belmont, Wis. on his family's 60-cow registered holstein dairy farm. He was active in the Lafayette County Holstein Association as well as Wisconsin and U.S. Holstein Association. Couthard studied at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville where he earned a Bachelors degree in Agriculture Business. Upon graduation from UW-Platteville he operated his family's a 500-acre farm for 10 years and he worked as a dairy genetics consultant for another A.I. company for four years. He then served as a heavy equipment operator for four years. He now resides in Belmont, WI. Accelerated Genetics is a global provider of bovine genetics and research, reproductive services and solution-based animal health products. Our vision is to be the forerunner in developing innovative technologies and exceptional services that will aid our customers in achieving their ultimate herd goals. 7.11.2011


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TOM Knighton announced himself to the Hardenhuish Park faithful in style as his deadly goalscoring instincts shot down Totton and moved Chippenham Town to within three points of the Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division play-off places tonight.
Knighton's two classic pieces of goal poaching before strike partner Lee Phillips added the finishing touch with a late header as the Bluebirds turned in comfortably the best home performance of the season.
The former Yate Town man had opened his Town account with a spectacular overhead kick in the 2-0 victory at St Albans on Saturday and his brace ended the Bluebirds' torment that had seen them fail to register a home league win since September 18.
Boss Nathan Rudge rewarded the side who had triumphed in Hertfordshire by naming an unchanged team, only Mani Randhawa stepping on to the bench to replace his manager.
And the hosts nearly made the perfect start when Scott Lye's perceptive pass found Luke Ballinger on two minutes but, as Keeper Gareth Barfoot rushed out, his finish was weak and wide.
That merely sparked Totton into life, Michael Gosling's corner swirling in a strong wind and striking Town keeper Ben John's bar on six minutes.
Three minutes later another Gosling corner was headed goalwards by Dave Allen, but John somehow blocked from point-blank range.
The Bluebirds broke up the other end, but Phillips took a heavy first touch after a long ball was flicked on by Knighton.
The home side now held the upper hand and the breakthrough came just before the half hour.
Ballinger swept over a cross from the right and, when James Guthrie tuched the ball back across from beyond the far post, Knighton had the simple task of slotting home from five yards.
With Guthrie continuously posing questions of the Stags' defence and Knighton a contstant thorn in their side, the latter struck a post with an effort from the edge of the area.
Six minutes before half time, Tyrone Mings' cross to the far post was headed down by Phillips, but Ballinger shot straight at Barfoot.
Town's Williams and visiting substitute Chris Mason both went into the book for early second-half fouls, but 10 minutes in, the home side's lead was doubled.
Ballinger's charge down the right was halted but when the clearance fell to Guthrie, he unleashed a 35-yard effort that Barfoot could only parry, allowing Knighton to react quickest and sweep the ball home.
Perhaps a touch over-exuberant, the two-goal man immediately went into the book for a late foul on Stags' Ryan Hill but on 65 minutes, the points were wrapped up.
Guthrie sent over a corner and Phillips got up highest to nod into the net.
Guthrie chased the goal his performance deserved, firing wide on 73 minutes, before teeing up Phillips, who ballooned over the top.
And it really should have been 4-0 as Lye robbed a Totton defence that was at sixes and sevens and saw his toe-poke saved by Barfoot, Knighton's follow-up firing wide.
Chippenham Town: Ben John, Alex Kite, Tyrone Mings, Ashley Williams (Toby Osman 86), Steve Casey (capt), Adie Harris, Scott Lye (Iain Harvey 88), James Guthrie, Luke Ballinger, Tom Knighton (Alan Griffin 83), Lee Phillips.
Subs not used: Dean Griffiths, Mani Randhawa.
AFC Totton: Gareth Barfoot, Ryan Hill, Luke Whitley, Bailey Cargill (Chris Mason 45), Jamie Whisken, Dave Allen, Carl Pettefer (capt), Jonathan Davies, James Coutts (Jamie Rudd 61), Richard Gillespie, Michael Gosney (Luke Roberts 69).
Subs not used: Jack Odom, Ross Casey.
Attendance: 295
Referee: David Ricketts (Portishead)
Yellow cards - Chippenham: Williams, 46, foul; Knighton, 57, foul; Totton: Gosney, 66, foul; Mason, 46, foul.


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Whether it is a large fundraising event in the Ballroom or a more intimate gathering in one of our smaller rooms, Keele Hall offers a beautiful location for your private events. Unsurprisingly, the Hall is popular within its local community and is often selected as the venue for family celebrations and occasions. There is also a calendar of events available throughout the year for a number of occasions such as Mother's Day lunch and Christmas party nights.
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Duets for All enables any two instruments to play duets. Not only may two like-instruments such as two flutes play together, but two dissimilar instruments such as violin and tuba may perform all of the duets. The duets cover a wide range of styles and music from baroque through contemporary eras, and they range in difficulty from grades I through IV.
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It's amazing that in the year 2012 the majority of people in the United States still think the practice of agriculture is antiquated and stuck in the past. The image of agriculture remains the picturesque ideal of open lands with red and white barns. People don't think that some of the greatest, most advanced technology is being used on the farm.
The agriculture industry has struggled with its image in recent years. Activists want to paint the picture that agriculture is destructive; dumping chemicals and fertilizer on the ground and into the groundwater, uses monocultures that destroy wildlife habitats and produces food that is harmful to humans and livestock. Organic groups want to pit Big Ag against the family farmer. But nowhere in any of these groups is it revealed that agriculture has moved into the modern age of technology. Until now.
This week, USA Today published an article describing the variety of technology now used on the modern farm. Click here to read the story. "Technology is king down on the farm" highlights the use of precision ag tools, which have been reshaping the way the American farmer grows his crops.
The use of satellites, computers, microchips, GPS telemetry and biotechnology has coalesced into a whole precision agriculture package to make growing crops easier. All of this technology allows farmers to place the right product, at the right spot, at the right time in the right amount. Farmers and applicators have data at their fingertips on demand and often right up to the minute they need it. Data is transferred over great distances.
At the Agricultural Retailers Association annual conference and expo Nov. 27-29, retailers got a glimpse of how John Deere sees the future of farming. The company shared a video it uses to demonstrate its concept of farming in the future with FarmSight. You can view the video here. Several attendees mentioned how John Deere and the agriculture industry need to show the world this view of agriculture. They need to realize that agriculture has gone high-tech.
Auto steer tractors, sub-inch accuracy planting, variable rate fertilizer applications and sharing data from the tractor cab are all common place technologies being used today. This technology is new, advanced and critical for farmers to produce high quality crops.
With advances in seed technology, fertilizers and precision application, U.S. farmers are poised to remain the top ag producers in the world. Their job is more complex than ever and thankfully they have sophisticated technology to help them be the most efficient farmers in the world.
So when those city slickers say farming is old school, show them USA Today's article or the John Deere video. It's up to everyone in the industry to help share the true view of how agriculture is done today.


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After experimenting with running an older application in compatibility mode then uninstalling the application, I got a warning that essential windows files had been uninstalled (not an exact quote) please insert XP Pro SP2 disc. I inserted the disc and the issue appears to be fixed. Everything seems to be running fine even after cold re-booting. The one apparent annoyance is that my screen resolution is too coarse, icons too large, etc.
When I go into properties, it says it is set for 32-bit and 1024 x 768. I guess it was set for a higher resolution before, but there doesn't appear to be a higher option (?)
I can certainly limp along in this mode, but I would like to restore the resolution it to whatever it was before.
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotel5-star beach resort with a full-service spa
Popular property highlights
Nestled on the beach, this Bo Put resort is within 3 mi (5 km) of Central Festival Samui, Big Buddha Statue, and Phetch Buncha Thai Boxing Stadium. Chaweng Thai Boxing Stadium and Samui Crocodile Farm are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Resort Features
Spend the day relaxing on the beach or pampering yourself at Sareeraya Villas & Suites's full-service spa.
Room Amenities
All 49 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, along with free WiFi and sitting areas. Other amenities available to guests include DVD players, minibars, and room service.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Beach
- Breakfast
- Helpful staff
- Guestroom size
Sareeraya Villas & Suites
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- Dining venue
- Lobby
- One of the dining venues
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Lie back and work on your tan with relaxing beach amenities like umbrellas and sun loungers. Pamper yourself with a treatment at the full-service spa and enjoy amenities at Sareeraya Villas & Suites like an outdoor pool and a children's pool.
The resort offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include a swim-up bar and a bar/lounge. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Complimentary valet parking is available on site.
Sareeraya Villas & Suites has designated areas for smoking.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 49
- Number of floors - 3
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Full-service spa
- Computer station
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Designated smoking areas
- Free WiFi
- One meeting room
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- 24-hour front desk
- Library
- Concierge services
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Multilingual staff
- Free valet parking
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (feet) - 2153
- Year Built 2008
- Beach umbrellas
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
- Bar/lounge
- Wedding services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Pool umbrellas
- Laundry facilities
- Conference space size (meters) - 200
- Spa services on site
- Swim-up bar
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- DVD player
- Separate sitting area
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Slippers
- Shower only
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Sareeraya Villas & Suites has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Spa Services
The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms. Services include hot stone massages, sports massages, Thai massages, and massages. The spa is equipped with a spa tub and a steam room. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and reflexology.
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- Hot stone massage
- Steam room in spa
- Thai massage
- Reflexology
- Sports massage
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 5 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for THB 2500.0 per stay.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
- New Year's Eve gala dinner fee
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: THB 2500 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: THB 1500 per person (roundtrip)
- Rollaway bed fee: THB 2500.0 per stay
Hotel Name
- Sareeraya
- Sareeraya Villas
- Sareeraya Villas Hotel
- Sareeraya Villas Hotel Koh Samui
- Sareeraya Villas Koh Samui
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This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 48 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A fee for a mandatory New Year's Eve gala dinner is included in the total price displayed for stays on 31 December. Children 5 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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Topic: My new road: radiation?
Here I am in ANOTHER discussion section! I never thought I would be posting in radiation because at the very beginning of this horrible road I was told radiation would never be an option due to the placement of the tumor in my liver.
Well, here I am. It seems I have a group of nodes growing behind and between my intestines, pancreas, duodenum and getting close to my "good" bile ducts. It has doubled in size in 2 months. Xeloda did NOTHING for it.
So here I am. Surgeon says radiation is my best chance. Now the question remains: do I go into NY for my 5 day a week/5 week session? Or do I try to get into Fox Chase Cancer center which is 15 minutes from my house? Will they talk to each other? Or am I opening up another can of worms? I don't believe I have too much time to think about this.......
My trips to NY take 3-4 hours. I may have a possibility of staying a little closer to there at some friends' houses for treatment, or maybe even getting into Hope Lodge which is in Manhattan, not too far from wherever the treatment is going to be.
Or do I stay home where I can be at my house and get rides to Fox Chase? My mind is whirling with "what ifs" and what should I do????
"Don't just have minutes in the day; have moments in time."
Any opinions I give are based on personal experiences, and are not based on medical knowledge. I strongly suggest receiving medical care and opinions.


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(MCT) — CHICAGO — Before one crisp fall morning recently, nothing connected freelance photographer Lloyd DeGrane and convicted killer Larry Kurina.
Then DeGrane agreed to take part in a project aimed at fulfilling photo requests of inmates from Illinois' Tamms supermax prison, and so here he was shooting pictures of the gate at the old Union Stockyards, the sun rising behind him, the massive stone landmark in front of him.
"I don't know what the guy did and I don't want to know," said DeGrane, as he slowly stalked the gate on the city's South Side looking for good angles for the photographs. "But maybe he'll look at the pictures and be nice to a guard or something. It's a random act of kindness, I guess."
The dozens of photo requests were sponsored by the Tamms Year Ten project, an advocacy group that is critical of harsh conditions at the prison, which is supposed to hold the state's hardest-to-control inmates.
Tamms Year Ten wants to see the downstate prison shut down. Gov. Pat Quinn has, in fact, slated the prison and many of its inmates, including Kurina, have recently been transferred to other facilities. Kurina is serving his 500-year sentence at Hill Correctional Center in Galesburg, according to the Department of Corrections.
The photography idea, according to Tamms Year Ten organizer Laurie Jo Reynolds, is to give inmates a snapshot of the outside world they almost never see — especially in the stark isolation at Tamms. It is also to remind the public that inmates are "human beings with families and imaginations."
"The things the (inmates) are thinking about are images they already have in their minds," said Reynolds. "It's how they've survived."
One inmate sought a photo of the United Center and the Michael Jordan statue. Another asked for a photo of the block at 63rd Street and South Marshfield Avenue, where he used to live, "while there's a lot of (or at least some) people standing around outside on the block."
Other requests were for photos that might be considered more exotic. One inmate, who said he was Muslim, asked for a photograph of the Holy Mosque in Mecca. Another inmate requested a picture of a Mexican flag taken at sunrise in the public plaza in the heart of Mexico City.
Yet another inmate asked for a photo of a gray and white horse in action, perhaps jumping or rearing up on its hind legs and its breath visible in the cold, all combined to "convey the freedom, strength, and the wisdom of nature." One convicted murderer asked for a photo of a woman sitting by a lake fishing, with an empty chair and a cooler of beer next to her and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the background.
Kurina, who was sent to prison for his role in a 1976 double murder in which two people were stabbed to death behind a Chicago bar, said in his handwritten request that he used to climb on the stockyards archway as a child and hoped to see photos of it from different angles.
DeGrane has shown an interest in prisons and prisoners in the past. He had an exhibit of his photographs taken over much of the 1990s at the Cook County Jail and Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet. With Kurina's request, he said he wanted to "put something positive in someone's life."
As he methodically shot the photos, DeGrane wondered if Kurina, who has been behind bars for decades, would recognize the gate.
"It's probably going to look really different for this guy," he said.
The focus on inmates rankled Jennifer Bishop-Jenkins, the director of a statewide victims rights group, Illinoisvictims.org. Although she supports closing Tamms, saying its treatment of inmates is "tantamount to torture," Bishop-Jenkins said the photo project was misdirected.
"I think this can traumatize a victim again because it's all about the offender," said Bishop-Jenkins, whose pregnant sister and her sister's husband were killed in Winnetka in 1990. "You're talking about many inmates who have killed people and have left behind devastated lives."
The photographers and the artists who have joined the project have approached it in ways as varied as the requests that were received. Some, like DeGrane, made a point to not learn about the crimes that had sent the inmates to prison. But others studied the backgrounds and found peculiar conflicts. One photographer whose father is a retired police officer and whose brother is still on the police force agreed to take a photo for a Mundelein man convicted of trying to hire someone to kill a police officer and a prosecutor.
Caroline Carlsmith, a graduate student in fine arts at Northwestern University, said she had once archived an exhibition on prisons and was looking for a way to deal with the issue again. At the same time, she did not want the issue to inform or dominate her work. Volunteering for the project was a way to walk that line.
"I'm interested in the issue," said Carlsmith, "but I'm not totally comfortable bringing that kind of politics into my work."
The request she is filling is for a prisoner's portrait. Because she will not have access to the inmate, she will use a photo and likely draw something from that. Like DeGrane, she said she does not want to know the details of the inmate's crime.
"I don't want it to be part of the way the drawing works," she said.
Grete Grubelich, a fourth-year visual arts major at the University of Chicago, said she felt "drawn to the cause" behind the project.
She had heard about the project from someone at school, then attended an event for the Tamms project. She ended up choosing two requests from convicted murderer Charles Freeman. One is a portrait of Reynolds, the other a shot of the intersection of 63rd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on the South Side. She said she has gone to the intersection to scout it and has been thinking about Freeman's request.
She was curious about Freeman's criminal history but did not try to learn about it.
"I think in a strange way I want to keep the anonymity," Grubelich said in an interview. "They're just looking for someone to connect them to the outside world. Just because they've requested this doesn't necessarily give me the right to break into their privacy. I view this as a stranger helping another stranger in a way that I can. And that is art. I felt that that was a really important role, to be the connecter between two people."
Like Carlsmith, she did not want the crime to color the photo.
"If I knew the crime, I think I would have a harder time approaching it with no bias," she said. "I honestly just felt that they were calling on anyone to be their eyes."


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maybe someone can help me out:
I can remember having heard, that, not so long ago, there has been a meeting/convention, where representatives of many (all?) traditions have agreed, that the pali tipitaka is accepted the original teaching of the Buddha and is so to be use at least as the foundation for all traditions/schools ?
Does someone maybe has any details on that?
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Great series of plays, Danny.
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Great series of plays, Danny.
Yes, because their winning percentage would be higher if they win. (Adding 1 win and 1 loss (.500) to a below .500 record makes it a better winning percentage)
Quit taking ****ing timeouts...I bet the players must be pissed off...
Wow...Danny with a turnover for a basket, followed by an airball on a three, followed by fouling Arenas on what could now be a 3 point play. Good work
We really need to win the games in which we should 47 per-****ing-cent!
I have to say I agree 100%. Our team has 0% defensive intensity when it counts. I was against the tank talk, but what can I say now. I know: RC should be fired, I don't care what anyone says!
106-91.. 2 mins left
err my score guess was
press pause on the second slow-mo replay around 0:12 mark
The Pacers simply gave up which makes me sick.
Once again, TURNOVERS, TURNOVERS, TURNOVERS...that and poor shooting from the floor...cost them game #11 on these backwards slide.
Too many jump shots when they should have been driving to the basket!
Very few cutters going to the basket. Anyone w/TiVo replay the game and count the number of times the paint was CLEAR on a Pacers' possession and NOBODY CUT TO THE FREAKIN' BASKET on the inlet pass especially when JO was doubled!
We left Jamison or Arenas open too many times out on the wings.
Instead of switching off even in Zone defense where the ball handler wound up cutting to the basket, we instead tried to double him out along the perimeter. WHY!!!!???? STUPID defensive scheme!
We let this game get away in the 3rd qrt, and once again play stupid basketball here in the fourth. I can't watch anymore...turned the game off!
Remember, it's up to us. To tank the rest of the way and play like **** for the fans.
It's up to us.
Would someone please tell me why Shawne isnt getting 20 minutes a game. I realize when he does play it's against scrubs from the other team, but the kid has talent. He is clearly one of the best shooters on the team and when you rank dead last in fg% per game in the leage, doesn't that mean you should try to find shooters to put in? It's not like he's any worse defensively than anyone else out on the court.
Could we start an official "Play Shawne Bandwagon"? Me thinks we should....
I'm more in favor of starting a "Fire Rick Carlisle" bandwagon!
There's just no way I'd be allowing my players to stand around the perimeter when your team FG% is so terrible! No cutters even when the lanes aren't sealed. WTF???
That play by MDjr near the top of the 4th was the ONLY cutting play to the basket I saw.
This team also needs a player who can blow by his defender and get to the basket. I'm NOT talking about a guy who can get inside the lane for a short jumper, ala, Tinsley style, but a guy who's NOT afraid to take a hit and get to the cup and FINISH the play. It's as if everyone except McLeod, Greene and Army were too afraid to take a hit. I wouldn't mind seeing Army drive the lane more, but I don't think his 38 yr old body can take it (nor should he be taking such punishment at his age like that). These young cats need to be doing that sorta stuff, but they aren't.
And what's with the two coaches the Pacers have had these last six years constantly relying on perimeter shooting in crunch time instead of enforcing the idea of driving the lane and getting to the basket? I will NEVER understand why common sense basketball 101 is not emphasized w/this franchise.


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As a modest Midwest journalist, I suppose it surprises me to think that there are really people that read what I write. It is the opposite ego trip to the notion - which I am susceptible to as well - that simply everyone hangs on each word I pen in rapt wonder. Both ideas are silly.
Anyway, it was nice to hear from a reader by e-mail to say they do check in on Fresh Talk. Thanks for that, if you are reading these words - all 7 billion of you!
Every day I check the web for interesting tidbits. I don't always have time to process them and communicate them to readers. Perhaps this short-form approach may help.
Here are a few today.
Under the heading of lost causes, UK Supermarket Waitrose is offering a 1 kilogram pack of less than perfect tomatoes in what the online publication The Guardian calls a "supermarket first." The pack consists of round, cherry and baby plum tomatoes that are misshaped. The concept of marketing ugly produce has been attempted by Waitrose in the past, the coverage says, with blemished apples, odd looking strawberries and other items. Food waste has become more of a consumer issue after the Waste and Resources Action Programe reported that British families threw away about $100 per month in food per household. Will consumers really snap this up?
I was surprised that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack came out as strong as he did against potatoes in a recent teleconference. When a reported suggested that potatoes were being forced upon WIC by the House and the Senate, Vilsack didn't equivocate on the USDA's position.
From my coverage this week:
Vilsack also said the USDA remains opposed to adding potatoes to the Women, Infants and Children fruit and vegetable voucher, despite language in both the House and Senate appropriations bills instructing the USDA to do so. "Medical experts tell us that youngsters don't consume enough dark green, orange, red vegetables, and the WIC program supplements and provides moms the opportunity to purchase those vegetables they might not purchase to complement the potatoes that are already part of that family's diet," he said. The USDA doesn't think the inclusion of potatoes is necessary or consistent with the experts, he said. "Pediatricians know more about children's health than politicians do," he said. "This shouldn't be driven by economics of an industry, it should be driven by the health care of our children," he said.
While he appreciates that potato growers are capable of producing more potatoes, Americans sill consume about 84 pounds per person on average. "I think the key here for potato growers is for us to continue to be doing what we are doing in terms of expanding export markets so that potatoes are available to folks that could use them, but not in the WIC program."
Wow. Both the USDA and the potato industry are engaged in a holy war over potatoes in WIC. And, amazingly, it does not seem to be over yet. Years hence, the potatoes in WIC should be a great case study in public relations, for better and worse.
The PMA's Field to Fork blog notes the group's comment on high risk food regulation by the FDA. To put a fine point on it, the agency's approach is too simplistic, says Jim Gorny of PMA. Read more at the blog and on PMA's website.
Forget North by Northwest. The Census Bureau said U.S. population growth is all south and southwest. Austin, especially, shows well in the latest growth statistics, with nearby San Marcos, Cedar Park and Georgetown all rating among the 10 fastest growing cities with 50,000 or more.
Perhaps there is hope for the online grocer yet. The latest Census Bureau report shows rapid growth in electronic shopping, with the number of establishments growing 27.4% between 2011 and 2012. Census Bureau, retail edition, provides an interactive map to show location of electronic and mail order houses.
The federal marketing order for Florida citrus relaxed late season minimum regulations for valencias and other late oranges shipped from May 15 through Aug. 31. The move is expected to maximize fresh shipments this summer and will continue to be in effect in future years.
The Senate appropriations bill includes funding for the restoration of fruit and vegetable in-season reports, restoration of the chemical use survey. The Senate appropriations documents supports the USDA's intent to raise user fees quarantine and inspections services.
The barcode was first scanned in a sales transaction on a pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum on June 26, 1974. It's in the Smithsonian today; get this and other geeky facts on this website that is "celebration" of the barcode. Yeehaw! Remember President H.W. Bush scanner moment?
USDA FAS reports a big decline in Argentina's grapes, apple and pear production in 2014. Late frosts, rains will contribute most to the production decline.
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The Kentucky Science Center held their annual fundraising gala, Science with a Twist, Jan. 19 at the educational museum.
The celebration, themed "Every Body Will Be There,†offered those attending the unique opportunity to be among the first in Louisville to view the breathtaking new anatomy exhibition, Body Worlds Vital.
Proceeds from Science with a Twist will contribute to the vitality of the Kentucky Science Center, to provide impactful educational experiences in science, technology, engineering and math.
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text: Medicaid expansion: the sooner Tomblin decides, the better, advocates say By Lori Kersey March 10, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Advocates for Medicaid expansion say Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is right to carefully consider the option -- but the sooner he decides, the better."I think it's good that West Virginia is taking a good long look at expansion and weighing the options," said Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. "There's not a thing wrong with that, but I do think we need to move forward."As soon as we can make a decision, the better we'll be able to enroll people in the program. It's one of the pitfalls of waiting too long."Tomblin, who is waiting on an actuarial study about what it would cost the state to expand Medicaid to those making up to 138 percent of the federal poverty rate, is one of a handful of governors who have not indicated whether or not their state will expand Medicaid, according to a report by the research and consulting firm The Advisory Board.Twenty-four state governors have said they will expand. Four states have indicated they are leaning toward expansion.Fourteen states have indicated they won't participate in Medicaid expansion and three have indicated they're leaning toward not expanding.West Virginia is one of five states -- and the only one with a Democratic governor -- where the governor has not indicated at all whether or not the state will participate in expansion."It would be the largest investment we would make in low-income families in over four decades," Boettner said of Medicaid expansion.Providing Medicaid to working adults would not only benefit the parents but their children as well, he said.Opponents have argued the state cannot afford to expand. Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government would pay 100 percent of the cost of expansion for the first three years. After that the federal match would gradually drop to 90 percent.House Minority Leader Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, said last summer that the state should not expand Medicaid because it couldn't absorb the costs.Boettner said the money the state and the economic boom the state would get with Medicaid expansion would outweigh the costs to the state. "I think given the huge federal match, it will create more revenue than it costs," Boettner said. "[There have been] several studies that say the economic impact will create more revenue than it costs to do the matching part of the program."A study released recently by Families USA and West Virginians for Affordable Health Care estimates that Medicaid expansion would create more than 6,000 jobs in 2016 and generate about $539 million on health care spent in West Virginia.Opponents have also argued that expanding Medicaid could be risky. The federal government could promise one match rate but fail to follow through due to budget cuts. Boettner said the government couldn't run out of money, just political will."There's not a precedent for the federal government dialing back Medicaid dollars," Boettner said.Perry Bryant, executive director of West Virginians for Affordable Healthcare, said Tomblin is right to thoughtfully consider expansion, but he is disappointed the study has taken this long. "The major hold up is the actuary analysis," Bryant said. "I thought doing the analysis was due diligence and understanding the cost and benefits was the correct way to go. We were told early in January, then late January and now late March before it's publicly released."The delay has been disappointing," he said.If Tomblin moves forward with expansion, the state's Medicaid officials need to outline essential health benefits that would be offered to the state's Medicaid population. That's no easy task, and time is short. Enrollment in Medicaid and the state's health insurance exchange begins in October, Bryant said."Any time you deal with benefits it's a tough issue," he said. "There's a conflict between wanting a rich product and rolling down cost. You want meaningful public input."Opponents have also argued that Medicaid expansion would create too many new patients for the state's doctors to handle and physicians won't accept them all.But a significant portion of the uninsured that would qualify for Medicaid under the expansion are already being treated at the state's 27 community health centers, said Louise Reese, CEO of the West Virginia Primary Care Association.In 2011, those centers served 379,702 patients -- 91,000 of which were uninsured, according to the latest data available, Reese said.Many of them will qualify for Medicaid under the expansion, though the exact number isn't known, she said.Community health centers receive federal and state money to care for any patient regardless of his or her ability to pay. That money doesn't always cover all of the costs for the uncompensated care, Reese said."It's a fine balancing act using other resources to be sure they have the assets to cover the uninsured," Reese said.While officials wait on word from Tomblin, community centers are identifying their uninsured patients and making sure they have accurate contact information for them, Reese said.That way, they'll be ready to contact those patients and walk them through the process of finding out what they're eligible for -- be it Medicaid or a plan through the state's health insurance marketplace."Health centers will play an important role as the marketplace exchange is implemented and Medicaid expansion," she said.Other agencies will also be helping the uninsured people find out what they're eligible for, she said.Health centers want to continue to serve that population if Medicaid is expanded."[Health centers are] very adept about providing care coordination and managed care for certain populations," Reese said. "So we understand the Medicaid population well and we know we can do a good job treating them."Reach Lori Kersey at email@example.com or 304-348-1240. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 4 Reunions: Sept. 26, 2017 5 Huggins, WVU tap South Florida hoops talent Gazette drive collects more than 10,000 children's books Previous Story W.Va.'s uninsured urge Medicaid expansion Next Story


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Baby Play Group
Fridays, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. for babies up to age 24 months with a caregiver.
Meet new friends while taking little ones for their first group play experience. Join other moms, dads, grandmas and caregivers for a group playtime at the library. The library will provide a meeting room and developmentally appropriate toys.
Preschool programs
Holiday Stories and Songs -- Dec. 11, 10:30 or 11:30 a.m. for children age 5 and younger.
Parents are asked to register for only one session, with a limit of 20 per session. Celebrate the season with toddlers and preschoolers. Songs, stories and cookie decorating are sure to make everyone's December brighter.
Yoga and Stories for the Very Young -- Jan. 13, 10:30 a.m. for children ages 3 through 5. Registration requested, limit of 20. Nirvana Yoga will present a 30-minute program featuring story, yoga, breathing and meditation designed specifically for preschoolers and an adult companion. Stay afterwards to share a healthy snack.
Dance of the Animals -- Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. for children ages 5 and younger. Registration requested, limit of 30. How does a flamingo move differently than an elephant? What about a mouse? Morrison Dance Company returns with a program of music and movement for the very young child. Attendees are asked to wear comfortable clothing and come ready to move like the animals.
For children in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Holiday Fun -- Dec. 9, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Make and take holiday craft.
Art Lab -- Jan. 13, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Let your inner artist shine through and make some cool art to take home.
Valentine's Day is for Everyone -- Feb. 10, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Make valentines for everyone in the family and a Valentine's Day snack.
Family Programs
For all ages. Children younger than 5 should be accompanied by an adult.
Paws for Reading -- Every first and third Saturday of the month, 1 to 2 p.m. Look for therapy dogs, Caesar or Sophie, in the Children's area and improve reading skills by reading to a furry friend. Take along a book or choose one from the library shelves.
Nature Connect -- Visit the nature connect area and say "hi" to library turtle, Scooter. There is a bird feeding area just outside the window for attendees to bird watch. What birds will be seen? Changing displays help children and adults learn about nature all winter long.
Teen Programs
Decorated Jewelry Holders -- Dec. 10, 4 p.m. for grades 6 through 12. Paint and decorate a jewelry holder to keep or give as a gift this holiday season. Enjoy a special holiday treat. Advance registration is requested.
Teen Movie -- "Man of Steel," Jan. 14, 4 p.m. for grades 6 through 12. A young boy learns he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. The hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind. Rated PG-13, 148 minutes.
No Bake Valentine's Day Desserts -- Feb. 11, 4 p.m. for grades 6 through 12. Make yummy no bake desserts to enjoy and share with that special someone.
Advance registration requested.
Adult Programs
National Get Organized Month -- Jan. 7, 7 p.m. Sharon Kreighbaum, owner of Staged Makeovers, will discuss organizing questions. Advance registration requested.
Meditation 101 -- Jan. 15, 7 p.m. What is meditation? How does one begin? Where can I learn how? Join Paul DiFranco, clinical and spiritual hypnotherapist C.Ht., to discuss these questions and experience the self-healing aspects of meditation.
Self-Hypnosis for Stress Relief -- Jan. 22, 7 p.m. Paul DiFranco, clinical and spiritual hypnotherapist C.Ht., will teach participants how and why hypnosis works, and how it can be used for self-improvement, enrichment and wellness in all aspects of ones life. In this program self-hypnosis will be used for stress relief.
Crafting with Bea -- Feb. 4, 7 p.m. Learn to make floating Valentine heart jewelry with step by step instructions. Join in the fun and leave with a completed project. Advance registration requested.
Behind the Music of the Beatles -- Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m. Join Rick Yacobini as he gives a multi-media presentation about how Beatles songs were written, recorded and performed.
Book Discussions -- Mondays, 6:30 p.m.
Dec. 9 -- "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Jan. 13 -- "The Redbreast" by Jo Nesbo
Feb. 10 -- "Blind Justice" by Bruce Alexander
Monday Classic Movies -- Watch a classic movie taken from AFI's 100 years 100 movies. The Library will provide snacks and drinks.
Dec. 16, 6:30 p.m. "The Philadelphia Story," 112 minutes, not rated
Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m. "Rebel Without A Cause," 111 minutes, PG-13
Knit & Crochet Club -- Dec. 5, Jan. 9, Feb. 6, 3 to 4:30 p.m. All levels of expertise and all ages welcome. Free supplies provided to get participants started.
Tax Help
Mondays, Feb. 3 through April 14, noon to 3 p.m. Call the library to make an appointment.


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This opens the door to many possibilities to better use natural resources and improve many things.
Like "uncle Ben" said: "With great power comes great responsibilities" (I'm sure you know where that comes from ). There is always a way to misuse capabilities.
Recently I ran into an interesting video on Ted called Tracking the trackers.
It is basically about how many different sites that you may have never visited can track you and your information and you can't say anything about it.
You can find this video at: Tracking the trackers
It is about a basically unregulated industry doing what is called "behavioral tracking". Apparently it is a $39B industry!
the video is a little under 7 minutes. Enjoy.
It is easy to jump from stealth tracking to security concerns: What is going on in your network?
If your systems are accessible through the network, you should take a close look at how secure they are. Make sure your INFORMIXDIR files all have appropriate access control.
What about your users log ins? Have you setup your environment in case of denial of service attacks?
Maybe it's time to review this URL: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v117/topic/com.ibm.sec.doc/SEC_wrapper.htm


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Pickled Fiddlehead Ferns
Fiddlehead ferns are a fleeting spring delicacy. Found primarily in the wild, they are the fresh growth that appears at the top of a fern frond. The finished pickles are good served with poached eggs and toast, with runny cheeses, or alongside any rich bit of meat or pate.
About the author: Marisa McClellan is a food writer, canning teacher, and dedicated pickler who lives in Center City Philadelphia. Find more of her jams, pickles and preserves (all cooked up in her 80-square-foot kitchen) at her blog, Food in Jars. Her first book, also called Food in Jars, will be published by Running Press in May 2012.
Every recipe we publish is tested, tasted, and Serious Eats-approved by our staff. Never miss a recipe again by following @SeriousRecipes on Twitter!
- Yield:makes 1 pint
- Active time: 45 minutes
- Total time:1 week
- 1/2 pound fiddlehead ferns
- Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon dill seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 2 allspice berries
- 1 garlic clove, smashed
Place fiddlehead ferns in a large bowl of cold water and wash well. Rub away any brown chaff and trim cut ends.
Add two tablespoons of salt to two quarts of water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Add fiddlehead ferns and cook for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water.
Combine vinegar, 1/2 cup water, and 1 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Place spices and garlic cloves into the bottom of a prepared pint jar. Pack fiddlehead ferns into the jar and add hot pickling liquid to cover.
Wipe rim, apply lid and ring and process in a small boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes. Remove jar from canner and let cool on a folded kitchen towel. When jar is cool enough to handle, remove ring and check seal.
Sealed jars can be stored in the pantry for up to one year. Unsealed jars should be refrigerated and used promptly. Let these pickles age for at least a week before eating.


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MELKSHAM Without Parish Council has given its full backing to Chippenham firm Herman Miller's bid to build its new headquarters in Bowerhill.
The council has recommended the proposals, which would also see a new football pavilion built for AFC Melksham, are passed whe n they come before Wiltshire Council.
The parish council also assessed the plans for the sports facility, which will include four team changing rooms and one for match officials, disabled toilets, a kit store room and a club meeting room.
The plans have already been approved by the Football Assocation and meet all of Sport England's specifications.
After both schemes won backing at last Monday's meeting, council chairman Mike Mills said: "I'm pleased to see a unanimous vote to welcome the development and we look forward to it being built as soon as possible."
If they are approved work will begin immediately on the new pavilion, to allow the extension to Portal Road which will then lead to Herman Miller's new premises.


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From passion springs grief, from passion springs fear;
for him who is wholly free from passion there is no grief, much less fear
fragrant herbs wrote:How do we apply this in our life? Thanks in advance.
Renouncing violence
for all living beings,
harming not even a one,
you would not wish for offspring,
so how a companion?
Wander alone
like a rhinoceros.
For a sociable person
there are allurements;
on the heels of allurement, this pain.
Seeing allurement's drawback,
wander alone
like a rhinoceros.
One whose mind
is enmeshed in sympathy
for friends & companions,
neglects the true goal.
Seeing this danger in intimacy,
wander alone
like a rhinoceros.
To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.
Self-restraint, a holy and chaste life, the perception of the Noble Truths and the realisation of Nibbana — this is the greatest blessing.
fragrant herbs wrote:Hi,
You wrote: It might be a swifter process fragrant herbs if you tell us what your interpretation is, as you seem by implication to bring one to the discussion.
the way i see it is that you should not socialize very much, not have children, not get married, not have sympathy for friends hardships, basically meditate and read Buddha's teachings. I took the precepts, but i am surprised to read this. it seems that Buddha wants us to be detached from life in general unless it envolves doing all you can to become enlightened. it also makes sense why Buddha left his wife and wandered. Thanks for all your answers.
But to me it feels like we are shunning life; instead it seems like we should develop loving relationships, have a family and friends, be giving in many ways, have sympathy for those in need and help them. That life is about developing these things. So reading this the other day rather surprised me. I heard about the Rhino story, but only in that if you do not have a sangha and therefore no one to talk to about Buddhism, then go your own way, do it alone. I didn't realize it entailed all the other.
fragrant herbs wrote:It seems to me that those that really followed Buddha gave up their normal life and became hermits, living in the woods, just as the real followers of Christ did. If a person really desires to become enlightened they follow Buddha to a tee.
fragrant herbs wrote:i am just not sure if it really was meant to be postponed to the next life.
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Baked Ham with Cherry Sauce Recipe
- 1 fully cooked bone-in ham (6 to 8 pounds)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 can (16 ounces) pitted dark sweet cherries, undrained
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1. Place ham in a roasting pan. Score surface of ham with shallow diagonal cuts, making diamond shapes. Combine the brown sugar, syrup and mustard; rub over ham and press into cuts.
- 2. Cover and bake at 325° for 1-3/4 to 2 hours or until a thermometer reads 140° and ham is heated through.
- 3. For cherry sauce, in a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and water until smooth. Add cherries. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in lemon juice and extract. Serve with ham. Yield: 8-10 servings.
Nutritional Facts
4 ounce-weight: 557 calories, 26g fat (9g saturated fat), 96mg cholesterol, 1852mg sodium, 46g carbohydrate (42g sugars, 1g fiber), 34g protein.
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"I used 2 tbs amaretto & pureed the cherries.Got raves from the guests."
"This was very yummy. I can't wait to make this for company! The cherry sauce really made it special."
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — He is waiting in a bar for a friend.
Keith Petrin once was a legend in here: King of the Dance Floor.
"Girls lined up to dance with him," says Carol Koltz, a Swallows Inn regular who happens to walk by.
"He lit up the room," says another female patron.
"A ladies man," says a man at the bar. "They all wanted to dance with him."
These days Petrin, 51, is a walking science project.
"Go ahead, feel the back of my neck," he says, kneeling on the floor so an acquaintance can trace the wires under his skin that run from his brain to a device in his chest.
Without the wiring, he'd be unable to hold a conversation, among other things. The reason is pain, a pain that burns like fire in his bones. It is a pain that prescribed opiates can't subdue. A pain that makes some suicidal. A pain that is the result of a 2008 stroke that short-circuited his brain.
Because of that pain Petrin still struggles with his words, his thoughts and balance. And without those wires running into his brain, he wouldn't be here, in this bar, waiting for a friend.
Waiting for the music to start.
Waiting to see if the King of the Dance Floor can still do the one thing that makes him feel alive.
The headaches started in 2006.
Petrin thought it was stress from work, but in actuality it was a weak artery in his head that was starting to bulge.
It ballooned out and out. And out. Until March 22, 2008, when the artery in Petrin's head burst, spewing blood throughout his brain and causing a massive stroke.
Three days later Petrin awoke from a coma, unable to talk, walk or think straight.
Still, he believed: "I'll be fine in a few days."
But days stretched into a weeks, and weeks into years. Then one day in 2011 a new hurdle was thrown in front of him.
Intense pain. In his right ribs, shoulder and arm.
"It's like hot lava," he says. "Your bones are hot lava and it feels like they're melting."
Doctors prescribed more than a dozen pain medications, including narcotics, opiates and methadone, an opioid similar to heroin. None helped.
"I just stayed in bed," he says. "You writhe and you say, 'Oh God, why?' You just ask, 'Why, why?' all the time."
After six months, he saw a neurosurgeon who suggested a rare surgery. It meant cutting a hole in Petrin's skull and stitching electrodes to his brain.
Petrin had just one answer.
Recovering from a stroke is bad enough.
There are friends who abandon you. Strangers who shun you. There's therapy that never ends. Bills that never end.
And then, sometimes, there's this:
Petrin was told that his relentless pain was akin to a phantom pain — caused by a scarred thalamus.
Think of the thalamus as a conductor sitting atop the spinal cord, directing electrical signals throughout the brain. Petrin's stroke scarred his thalamus, and the scarring caused this conductor to send bad signals.
It's called "thalamic pain syndrome" and it's rare, occurring in less than 5 percent of stroke victims.
Three years ago, Duma first performed a new procedure called motor cortex stimulation to override the bad signals. And that's what he did for Petrin.
Duma implanted a pacemaker-like device in Petrin's chest that sends four volts of electricity to the motor strip on his brain. This stimulation masks the phantom-like pain, but not
He talks of a dream that he admits sounds goofy. He'd like to meet with others who've suffered a stroke or head trauma.
"A lot of them are hopeless," he says. "Even though my life is a sliver of what it used to be, I want to tell people there's hope. Do things. Try to do things. Try."
That's why he is here waiting for a friend. And the music.
There are two words Petrin uses a lot.
One is lucky, which is amazing given his run of bad luck.
The other is hope, which is amazing given how much of his former life he lost.
"This gives me hope," he says, pointing to his re-wired brain. "It gives me somewhat of a normal life again."
The key word is somewhat.
A new hurdle has risen is his life, a mysterious problem with its own pains and medications and surgeries.
"Every time things seem to be going my way," he says, "there's another hiccup."
He needs a spinal tap to see if he has low cerebral spinal fluid. If that's the case?
"I don't know," he says. "But I'm not giving up."
As he talks a woman enters the Swallows Inn. Sara Parkinson Sereika is an old family friend
"If you needed money, he'd pull out whatever was in his pocket and hand it to you," Sereika says of Petrin. "If you needed a jacket, he'd take his off and give it to you. If you needed shoes, he'd pull his off and dance in his socks."
At that moment, by chance, a country-western duo begins playing.
A few minutes earlier, Petrin could barely shake a friend's hand. But the music sends a jolt to his brain that no electricity could match. The jolt tells him he is alive.
It is a quiet night at the Swallows Inn. No one else is on the floor as Petrin takes Sereika's hand.
They dance.
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The pavements of Tewkesbury are lined with Italian food as the town enjoys a two day festive event this weekend with markets, specialty dishes and special promotions.
The event was launched with an outdoor continental market, Italia in Piazza. On Saturday the Town Hall will be brimming with Flavours of Italy indoor market with stallholders offering a wide choice of quality produce including specialty breads and cakes from Dimkins Bakery and cheeses from Tewkesbury Delicatessen plus unique gift ideas.
High Street retailers and outlets are offering special menus and promotions throughout the town which are even being served from the pavement for a real continental feel. You can find participating outlets by looking out for green, white and red bunting.


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Ophthalmic drugs: What's new?
While stimulating tear production is the most effective method of treating keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), often an agent is needed to improve lubrication and provide comfort until sufficient tear production is attained. If you have only used petroleum-based artificial tear ointments for your patients with KCS or other tear-film deficiencies, try some of the newer lacrimomimetic tear substitutes. Lacrimomimetic agents are preferred; they have an aqueous base more similar to natural tears than do petroleum-based agents, allowing for improved corneal health and animal comfort. However, owners must be able to apply these agents multiple times a day. Also note that if a lacrimomimetic agent is applied more than six times daily, use preservative-free preparations to avoid corneal epithelial damage. If owners cannot apply medications frequently, the petroleum-based artificial tear ointments remain the best choice, as they coat the cornea and slow tear evaporation.Many tear substitutes are available over the counter. These products are typically polyvinyl alcohol, cellulose, dextran, or viscoelastic-substance (sodium hyaluronate or chondroitin sulfate) based. Because of the large number of choices, try to recommend specific products to owners. The following three products work well for dogs and cats.
GenTeal (Novartis Ophthalmics) is a cost-effective over-the-counter preparation that contains a small amount of hydrogen peroxide as a preservative. When placed on the eye, the hydrogen peroxide is converted into oxygen and water. GenTeal is sold in multidose vials and is available in gel and liquid formulations. The severe and PF formulations of GenTeal are preferred since they contain the highest concentration of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (0.3%) and, thus, will remain on the cornea longer.
Lubrithal (Aventix Animal Health), a veterinary product, is a carbomer gel with sodium hydroxide and benzalkonium chloride as preservatives. The drop is well-tolerated and provides excellent corneal coverage. Lubrithal also comes in a multidose container and is slightly more viscous than GenTeal.
I-Drop Vet
I-Drop Vet and I-Drop Vet Plus (I-MED Pharma) differ from GenTeal and Lubrithal because they contain sodium hyaluronate (hyaluronic acid), which has excellent mucinomimetic properties and is an excellent ocular protectant. I-Drop Vet and I-Drop Vet Plus also contain glycerin to help retain the lubricant and better disperse it after each blink, thus they require less frequent application—twice-daily application may be sufficient.
Many practitioners are familiar with using cyclosporine (Optimmune—Schering-Plough Animal Health) in dogs to stimulate tear production. The benefit of cyclosporine in patients with kcs stems from its selective t-helper lymphocyte suppression1 and direct lacrimostimulatory properties.2 Because of its selective immunosuppressive properties, cyclosporine is often also beneficial in treating pannus and other immune-mediated corneal disorders.1
If cyclosporine therapy fails in a patient with KCS or the patient is sensitive to cyclosporine or the lipid bases in which it is formulated by a compounding pharmacy, consider using tacrolimus.
Tacrolimus is available through compounding pharmacies and should be compounded in a 0.02% ointment or solution. Tacrolimus is similar to cyclosporine in structure and mechanism of action, but few efficacy and safety studies have been performed. In one study, 0.02% tacrolimus administered topically twice daily was effective in increasing tear production in dogs that had never received tear stimulation therapy and in some patients that had responded insufficiently to cyclosporine.3 Since only limited information concerning the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus is available, its use should be reserved for dogs with KCS that are sensitive to or insufficiently respond to cyclosporine.


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Learn About the Emerald Ash Borer at Three Informational Meetings in March
Feb. 20, 2009
UPDATE: The Emerald Ash Borer information session scheduled for March 12 has been canceled.
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Learn more about the emerald ash borer and what Fairfax County is doing to combat this pest at three informational sessions in March. The meetings are March 4 and 12, at 7 p.m., at the Kingstowne Library, 6500 Landsdowne Centre, Alexandria, and March 5, at 7 p.m., at the Herndon Fortnightly Library, 768 Center Street, Herndon. RSVPs requested; call 703-324-5304, TTY 711, or e-mail email@example.com.
The emerald ash borer, a serious threat to ash trees, was discovered in the county last summer, including in the Kingstowne and Herndon areas. Ash trees are often used for residential and commercial landscaping, and these emerald ash borers have killed more than 25 million ash trees in the U.S. They are native to China, Korea and Japan, and first arrived in the U.S. from Asia in the 1990s.
At the meetings, county arborists will explain the signs of infestation, treatment options and how to hire an arborist.
To prevent the spread of these insects, residents should not take any firewood, live or dead ash trees or ash lumber outside the county or nearby areas. State and federal quarantines restrict the transport of all these items. The ban includes cut ash logs, branches, stumps, roots and composted or uncomposted chips from any species of ash. Homeowners may legally dispose of live or dead ash trees as part of their regular yard waste as long as they do so within the quarantine areas.
Firewood and ash products may be transported within the state quarantine areas — Fairfax, Arlington, Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park. However, these items may not be transported from these areas to any other part of the state. The federal quarantine bans the movement of these items across state lines.
Violating the state quarantine is a class 1 misdemeanor, which carries a maximum fine of $2,500 and a year in jail. Violating the federal quarantine could result in a fine of up to $250,000.
For more information about the public meetings or the emerald ash borer, contact the Forest Pest Branch at 703-324-5304, TTY 711, or e-mail email@example.com.
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director, Office of Public Affairs
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Former Forest Green favourite Luke Graham in New Lawn return?
2:07pm Friday 31st January 2014
By Ashley Loveridge
2:07pm Friday 31st January 2014
By Ashley Loveridge
FOREST Green are believed to be making a late swoop for former captain and fans' favourite Luke Graham.
The SNJ understands cash-strapped Skrill Premier rivals Hereford United have already turned down an approach from Kidderminster Harriers, but a cash bid from Rovers may force the Edgar Street side's hand to part with their captain.
Centre-back Graham,27, is also a target for Wrexham, signed a new one-season contract in the summer, where he also took up a coaching role at Edgar Street.
A move to the New Lawn could be rushed through if Eddie Oshodi moves to League One Brentford before the 11pm transfer window deadline.
If a deal fails, boss Ady Pennock may move for Graham in the summer.
Graham balances his football career with a part-time journalism course at Staffordshire University, which is funded by the Professional Footballers' Association.
He was part of the Great Britain side that bagged silver at the World University Games in Russia last summer.
Graham arrived at The New Lawn for his second spell at the club in July 2011 on a two- year contract.
Graham and Forest Green agreed to part ways midway through his two-year deal and he joined Hereford United two years ago.
Graham has also played for Northampton Town, Mansfield Town, Kettering Town, York City and Luton Town.
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The 1989 Air Mags were available by eBay auction and the proceeds went to the Michael J. Fox foundation to benefit Parkinson's disease. Click on the pages to see the expensive footwear and Cudi showing his off.


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Betty Buckley, Christopher Durang, and More to Be Inducted Into Theater Hall of Fame
On Monday, January 28, 2013 the Theatre Hall of Fame will welcome its 2013 inductees: Andre Bishop (producer/director), Betty Buckley (actor), Christopher Durang (playwright), Michael Kahn (director), Trevor Nunn (director), Martin Pakledinaz (costume designer), Paula Vogel (playwright), and Sam Waterston (actor). Tyne Daly will act as the Mistress of Ceremonies at the event.
The Theater Hall of Fame, on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre, was founded in 1971 by Earl Blackwell, James M. Nederlander, Gerard Oestreicher and L. Arnold Weissberger to honor Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater.
The mission is to preserve past theater history, honor the present theater professionals, and encourage emerging artists of the American Theater.
To be eligible for induction, the theater professional must have given 25 years distinguished service to the American Theater and, at least, five major production credits on Broadway. The annual ballot is voted upon by over 350 members of the Theater Hall of Fame and the American Theater Critics Association. There are 10 categories and over 50 nominees from which to vote. The final eight nominees receiving the most votes are ratified for the annual induction.
The Theater Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization and U.S. registered trademark. It is the only nationally recognized Hall of Fame honoring Lifetime Achievement in the American theater. It is funded by individual contributions, private foundations as well as event ticket and journal sales. Mr. Terry Hodge Taylor is Executive Producer.


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|Wittenberg, Cornell, and Slide
|We combined Wittenberg, Cornell and Slide into a nice weekend loop. We camped between Slide and Cornell. A great time in a great part of the Catskills!!
|Posted Nov 2, 2015 3:35 pm
|A Quick Trip
Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2014
|Started at the Woodland Campground Trailhead taking the Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide trail late Friday night and made it only a mile or so up the trail. Spent the night off of the trail. Started early Saturday morning and made it to Wittenberg, Cornell, and Slide and back to the car in just over three hours. Quite a bit of traffic on the trail.
|Posted Jan 23, 2015 1:27 pm
|New Year's Eve day hike
Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2014
|Started at woodland Valley trailhead and came over the Witt on my way to Cornell and back. Trails were mostly frozen with increasing packed snow/ice over 2,500 feet. No real issues climbing, light traction is very helpful. I had light cramp-ons on which were beneficial climbing the icy chutes and ledges over my Microspikes. Bumped into a gentleman on my way down and he had no traction with him. Was regretting it and having a slow go of it. A few blow downs but no real issues, though one required doing a limbo to get under with my pack on. ;-)
Weather was about 22F at the trailhead at 7am and about 8F at the summit of the Witt plus some spirited breezes. Turned my energy bars to rocks!
|Posted Jan 2, 2015 5:47 pm
|First real snow of the Winter
Date Climbed: Dec 14, 2013
|Had been planning to do the Wittenberg, Cornell, Slide Loop for over a month and things kept getting in the way so even though we had snow coming in I decided to keep my plans for the hike. Arrived at the trailhead in Woodland Valley from CT at about 8am which was later than planned but the usual 2.5 hour drive was slower than anticipated since the snow started earlier than expected. On the trail by 8:15 and the snow was in full swing but it was a very peaceful snow. Temps at base were about 16F with no decipherable wind. The structure of the trail was obscured by about 3-4" of light snow which made those gnarly roots and rocks I remembered from the summer even more miserable since you couldn't see them before they wrenched your foot into an unnatural position. The hike was easy and incredibly quiet up to the juncture of the trails for Terrace Mtn and The Witt. Then it got icier as I hit the various ledges. I found it much easier to climb from the point on with my ice axe instead of my trekking poles so I could pull myself up. In summer the hand holds in the rock are plentiful but not in the winter with mitts on and 5-10F temps. The summit of The Witt was beautiful with moderate winds of 10-12MPH and temps around 5F w/o the windchill. The view wasn't great, I could barely see the outlines of the nearby mountains. I headed on to Mt Cornell and had a fun time of the Cornell Crack... it was icy, snowy and challenging, but climbable with my micro-spikes and ice axe. Cornell was a nice rest with good wind protection but no views. I started down into the saddle between Cornell and Slide but decided that I was interested in climbing the final pitch to Slide alone in the ice, snow, and continuing storm so I headed back down. Descending Cornell Crack was tougher than ascending it with a pack on. When I got back to the Witt the weather had briefly cleared enough for me to see into the valley better and Samual's Point but not the reservoir beyond it.
The whole hike was about 9.3 miles out and back. I had planned to do the whole 16 mi loop to Slide and around but my pace was slower than usual with the snow and ice so it took me about 4.5 hours for the out & back trip.
Not enough snow yet for snowshoes to float you above the structure. I recommend microspikes through to Cornell... or cramp-ons and ropes if you plan to do Slide.
|Posted Dec 21, 2013 8:19 pm
|best of the cats
Date Climbed: Feb 2, 2013
|we pounded out a big day climbing Slide,Cornell,Whittenburg then a bushwhack to friday,Balsam cap,Lone and rocky summits. A tough day but very exciting. Whittenburg was definately the best of the seven
|Posted Feb 14, 2013 10:36 pm
|nice views
Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2012
|my first catskill mnt. great start! (it would be pouring by the end.)
|Posted Dec 6, 2012 7:53 pm
Date Climbed: May 4, 1993
|With Warren Hills High School Wilderness Experience
|Posted Dec 1, 2012 8:48 pm
|David Childs
|Re: Wittenberg
|Just touching base as it seems you have been active since our Catskills adventure.
Dave Childs
|Posted Oct 12, 2014 9:34 pm
|not the goal for the day but...
Date Climbed: Oct 16, 2012
|The goal for the day was Slide, after Cornell and Wittenberg. That having been said, Wittenberg was the best mountain of the day with incredible views. One hour and fifty minutes to the summit from Woodland Valley.
|Posted Oct 17, 2012 12:12 am
|Burroughs loop, give or take
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2011
|From Giant's Ledge did Panther out-and-back, then the Burroughs loop clockwise until the campsite just west of Slide. Beautiful day, lots of bugs.
|Posted Jun 21, 2012 4:29 pm
|Great view
|Excellent ascent with my brother passing by on our way to Slide. Great view of the reservoir and an awesome little spot to set up camp for a night
|Posted Feb 23, 2011 9:28 pm
Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2010
|Super foggy, warm November day. Finally got the nmoney view on the way down.
|Posted Jan 7, 2011 9:37 am
Date Climbed: Nov 22, 2010
|First longish day hike in the Catskills, did this and Cornell. Very nice hike. Misty and foggy and damp most of the day but the clouds finally parted a bit the second time we hit Wittenberg, coming back from Cornell. Gorgeous views.
|Posted Nov 24, 2010 3:52 pm
|Great Views
Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2009
|Awesome view from the top, great day hike.
|Posted Nov 14, 2010 3:36 pm
|Headed out to Woodland Valley from Slide
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2010
|Finishing up the Burroughs Range Trail. Nice hike.
|Posted Oct 3, 2010 4:02 pm
|OK hike
Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2010
|I did the loop of Wittenberg, Cornell, and Slide. With the exception of Wittenberg, the others were basically a lot of effort for little in the way of great views. It was enjoyable just to get out in the woods though
|Posted Jun 7, 2010 5:57 pm
|A Catskill favorite
Date Climbed: Oct 1, 1998
|One of the best views from a 3500er.
|Posted Jan 4, 2010 11:12 pm
|Best View in the Catskills
Date Climbed: Oct 26, 2009
|Great weather on the way up, summit view was the best I've seen anywhere in the Catskills.
|Posted Oct 27, 2009 9:46 am
|Wittenberg Mountain
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 2009
|Climbed with Slide and Cornell via the Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide Trail from Route 47. Arrived at the summit ledges in the fog and waited for things to clear up. Had some great views of the Hudson Valley and the Ashokan Reservoir when the clouds lifted before making the long trek back to the trailhead.
|Posted Jun 28, 2009 7:40 pm
|From Woodland Valley To Slide Mtn.
Date Climbed: May 2, 2009
|Fun route. Trail sucked! Thought for sure that I'd turn an ankle or knee before getting to Slide Mtn. Wonderful views though, and the weather gods spared us! All around good day!
|Posted May 3, 2009 10:45 am


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Interview By MIRANDA ROGERS MCDONALD
The Chic Sheet
What inspired you to create Bourbon Built?
Katie: Kevin and I have been bouncing ideas off each other for several years, and we both knew we wanted to work together. One day, Kevin pitched the name Bourbon Built. I was immediately struck by the name, so we set out to create a brand that could live up to such a strong name.
What do you think sets Bourbon Built apart from other local clothing brands?
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What is your fashion view?
Katie: Presentation and comfort. If you are well put-together, you will feel good about yourself.
Kevin: Fashion is an art form. Some people claim they are not concerned with fashion, but rather style. However, I think fashion allows you to construct your own style.
How is your fashion view reflected in the designs you create for Bourbon Built?
Katie: The shirts we choose are comfortable and versatile. They can be worn with jeans to a football game or paired with a sweater or jacket for a night out on the town. Whether it's our prints or our clothing, we want our products to be well-designed and reasonably priced.
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Miranda Rogers McDonald is the author of www.thechicsheet.net. When Miranda isn't blogging about fashion or flexing her social media muscle, she is spending time with her husband and feisty Chihuahua, Niles. She believes in celebrating the smaller things in life, such as good wine and food, an interesting book and sitting on patios while enjoying conversations with her closest friends. She strives to one day join the ranks of the fashion editors that she idolizes, and to show the world that a girl from Kentucky knows a little something about style.