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The Graduate Center offers enrolled doctoral students a range of professional development courses designed to help them in their careers and professional activities. These courses do not carry credit, are ungraded, and do not appear on the student's transcript. Students register for them as they do their academic classes and can find them listed under "Professional Development" in the course schedule. For further information, contact the Provost's Office at 1-212-817-7282.
Course Descriptions
Below are descriptions of some of our regularly offered Professional Development Seminars. Courses and schedules vary by semester.
Teaching Strategies - The workshops are especially valuable for graduate students who will soon be teaching undergraduate courses on CUNY campuses and are open to all matriculated Graduate Center students. These professional development seminars are designed to provide students with practical advice and hands-on exercises to help them design future courses and prepare for classroom teaching.
Advanced Spoken English - Teaching and Presentation Skills - This course is designed to help students improve their spoken English in a variety of academic and casual settings through guided instruction of American-style conversation and direct instruction of spoken English fluency and pronunciation skills. Additionally, students will be instructed in the standard methods and style of teaching and presenting for the American university classroom. Students will also be discussing and learning about American culture via themes and topics that are relevant to the students' interests.
Effective Academic Writing – for Native English Speakers - This course is designed to help students improve their academic writing. This section is meant for native English speakers who want to address issues in their writing and overcome particular writing hurdles.
Effective Academic Writing – for Non-native English Speakers - This workshop course intends to help students improve their academic writing skills. The section is restricted to students who speak English as a foreign language and will address common issues and problems that they may face when writing. All students are required to share with the class a draft of their own academic writing in progress.
Colloquium on College Teaching - This colloquium will critically examine issues concerning a professor's teaching responsibilities and related collegial obligations. Among the subjects to be discussed are academic freedom, institutional governance, teaching strategies, testing and grading, research responsibilities, departmental duties, professorial-administrative relationships, and faculty recruitment (as viewed by both employers and applicants). The colloquium is intended for doctoral students planning for academic careers.
Improvisation Techniques - In this workshop, students will use various improvisational theatre games designed to enhance teaching skills in any discipline. Through these games, students will develop a heightened sense of self-awareness, the ability to initiate and enjoy interactive relationships, and the art of adaptability. By participating in this workshop, students will acquire skills that are essential for success in any venue, particularly the classroom. Performance experience is not necessary for participation in this workshop.
Working Outside the Academy - This seminar is for all doctoral students interested in pursuing employment outside of academia, either in business or for non-profit organizations.
Professional Development Activities conducted by Programs at the Graduate Center (Selected List)
In addition to the professional development activities sponsored by the Provost's Office, a wide variety of such activities are sponsored by individual programs and by other divisions of the Graduate Center. Students are encouraged to contact the program office of the program in which they are enrolled in order to obtain additional information about program-level activities, which may include:
Grant Writing Workshops
The Graduate Center periodically offers mini-courses on Grant Writing. These courses are intended for Level Two and Level Three doctoral students who want to write dissertation proposals for which they will seek external funding. Although we will discuss sources of external funding, most classroom time will be spent on topics such as: framing a proposal; developing research questions; strategies for preparing a literature review; issues of methodology and design; constructing a budget; discussing the rationale, significance, or utility of proposed research. Students will prepare a draft of a proposal, and improve the draft based on feedback provided by the workshop instructors.
Contact Us
Professional Development is administered through the Provost's Office, Room 8113. For more information, please contact Ms. Rachel Sponzo at 212-817-7282 or email email@example.com.
Required for all dissertations
Also required for any non-dissertation research involving human subjects
If you are planning to conduct research involving human subjects, whether funded or not, the CUNY assurance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requires The Graduate Center Institutional Review Board (IRB), also known as the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, to review your research design for compliance with human subjects regulations. This requirement is mandated by federal law and is given further impetus by the ethical standards set by professional societies and those of the Graduate Center.
IRB Meetings are generally scheduled on the last Monday of each month during the semester. Upcoming meeting dates* and respective deadlines (noted in parentheses) for submission of materials are as follows: January 31 (January 10 ); February 28 (February 7); March 28 (March 7 ); April 11 (March 21 ); May 23 (May 2 ); June 27 (June 6 ) ; no meeting in July; August 29 (August 8).
* Note: Not all applications need a full committee review and do not need to meet the deadline dates. Expedited and Exempt reviews do not require full committee review and may be submitted at any time, with an approximate three-week turnaround. The committee chair determines the review category for all applications.
For information on submitting an application, please go to our website.
For further information, contact:
Graduate CenterHuman Research Protection Program
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The Federal, New York State and New York City Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) are refundable tax benefits for working people with low or moderate incomes. They have several important purposes: to reduce the tax burden on these workers, to supplement wages, and to provide a genuine incentive for working.
Workers who qualify for the EITCs and file Federal and State tax returns can get back some or all of the income tax that was withheld during the year. They may also get extra cash back from the IRS, New York State and New York City if their EITCs are higher than the taxes they owe.
To be eligible for the Federal and New York State EITC, you must:
• Have worked full or part time at some point during the calendar year,
• Be a single or married person raising "qualified" children at home,
• Have income below *$35,535 (or $40,545 if married)—for families with one child,
• Have income below *$40,363 (or $45,373 if married)—for families with two children,
• Have income below *$43,352 (or $48,362 if married)—for families with three or more children, or
• Be a worker between the ages of 25 and 65 and earn less than $13,460 (or $18,470 if married) for families with no children.
• Have worked full or part time at some point during the calendar year,
• Be a single or married person raising "qualified" children at home,
• Have income below *$35,535 (or $40,545 if married)—for families with one child,
• Have income below *$40,363 (or $45,373 if married)—for families with two children,
• Have income below *$43,352 (or $48,362 if married)—for families with three or more children, or
• Be a worker between the ages of 25 and 65 and earn less than $13,460 (or $18,470 if married) for families with no children.
*These figures are based on Tax Year 2010 levels and change every year.
To be eligible for the New York City EITC you must, in addition to the above requirements:
• Be a full-year or part-year resident of New York City,
• Claim the federal earned income tax credit, and
• File a New York State income tax return.
• Be a full-year or part-year resident of New York City,
• Claim the federal earned income tax credit, and
• File a New York State income tax return.
The Graduate Center has partnered with the credentials management service, Interfolio Inc., to offer current and former students a more efficient and effective way of managing dossier files. Interfolio is the easiest and most affordable way to store and deliver application materials. Student Affairs will no longer be sending out dossier materials by mail.
Interfolio's online system allows you to build an online portfolio - a complete file of all your credentials. Nearly any document can be stored, including, but not limited to:
Using Interfolio:
We are excited about this new partnership and hope you will take advantage of this service. Please call or email the Student Affairs office if you have any questions, 212-817-7400; email@example.com.
In recognition of the challenges of balancing the demands of doctoral study and parenting a new child, this policy is intended to further the Graduate Center's commitment to supporting programs and services to help graduate student parents to meet their family care obligations while they pursue their academic goals. The Policy assists doctoral students immediately prior to and/or immediately following the birth or adoption of a young child. The purpose of the Policy is to make it possible for a student to maintain registered full-time student status, along with all the benefits of such status, while facilitating the return to full participation in courses, research and teaching. The Policy is not intended to replace communication between the student and the program, but rather to serve as a framework and to provide support for family situations. At all times, the student should work proactively with the advisor and Executive Officer to ensure progress towards academic goals. Faculty should be flexible in their expectations of students who become new parents, so that students can meet the demands of graduate study at the same time that they face new demands in their parental roles.
For more details, read the complete policies and access the request forms:
Committed to providing a high-quality, developmentally appropriate early childhood education, the Child Development and Learning Center is open to preschool children of students enrolled in the Graduate Center. The center provides a warm, nurturing environment that encourages each child's natural curiosity and fosters a love of learning. Play and exploration are valued as two of the most important means by which learning takes place. The emphasis on all projects and activities is on the process of interacting with the materials and integration of knowledge rather than the acquisition of specific academic skills. The center also serves as a lab school for faculty and students doing research pertinent to preschool children.
The program is licensed by the New York City Department of Health to serve twenty-seven children between two-and-a-half and six years old, and is staffed with certified early childhood educators. The daily hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teaching staff helps parents to develop individualized schedules that meet the specific needs of each child and family. The center observes the Graduate Center calendar, but a June program is also available.
If you are interested in learning more about the program or would like to place your child on the center's waiting list, please contact the director, Linda Perrotta, at 212-817-7032.
The Affirmative Action Office is available to assist the campus community with its recruitment and retention efforts and provide guidance regarding its equal employment opportunity and affirmative action policies and procedures.
Chief Diversity Officer/Title IX CoordinatorThe Graduate Center7301.06
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The Ombuds Office offers a safe and neutral place for students, along with other members of the GC community, to voice concerns, evaluate situations, organize their thoughts, and explore options for handling problems that arise—all in strictest confidence. Options can range from informally talking about concerns to requesting a formal grievance. The Ombuds Officer can gather information, serve as a "shuttle diplomat," or mediate, as well as provide referrals to relevant authorities. The office has been established outside the existing administrative and academic structures and is completely independent. The most important job of the Ombuds Officer is to LISTEN. Concerns that people bring to this office include feelings of stress, disagreements about grades, problems with tuition charges, interpersonal conflicts, professional misconduct, academic dishonesty, safety concerns, ethics and whistle-blowing, and intellectual property issues. Students should feel free to visit this office.
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A disability is any physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. A person is considered to be a person with a disability if he/she has the disability, has a record of the disability, or is regarded as having the disability. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, qualified persons with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations to achieve non-discriminatory access to programs, services, and activities of the GC. Some examples of covered disabilities are visual and hearing impairments, mobility impairments, impairment of hand function, and such "hidden" disabilities as AIDS/HIV, learning disabilities, ADD and ADHD, heart conditions, chronic fatigue syndrome, and being in recovery from substance abuse. The Graduate Center does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission and retention of students. To ensure equal access for persons with disabilities to all academic and other programs, services, and activities of the GC, as required by law, appropriate accommodations will be made. These may include auxiliary aids and services for students with visual impairments (readers/library assistants and such technology as adaptive computer software and hardware, etc.); qualified sign-language interpreters; scribes; extended or divided time on examinations for students with learning disabilities or reduced physical stamina; adjustments in course load when appropriate; voice-recognition software; use of a computer for exams; and taping classes.
Adaptive equipment and computer software are available at the Graduate Center. Computer users have access to screen-character enlargement, text-to-speech, and optical-character-recognition scan-and-read software, a closed-circuit television and voice-recognition software. For students with hearing impairments, the Graduate Center has available a personal FM listening system (for use on an individual basis for classes and meetings). The auditoriums are equipped with infrared equipment to assist those with hearing impairments. Contact Ms. Lerner or Miss Perram in Student Affairs to request accommodation and for additional information about facilities and services available to students with disabilities.
The Mina Rees Library can provide students with disabilities with such services as staff assistance in catalog searches and location of books and journals.
Students with disabilities should register with Security and Public Safety (Room 9117; Telephone:1-212-817-7761) so that provision may be made for their safety should an emergency arise.
Users of TDD (Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf) within New York state should call the Telecommunications Service at 711 or at 1-800-662-1220. Users of TDD outside New York state should call their local Telecommunications Service.
The Vice President for Student Affairs is the 504/ADA Coordinator (Room 7301; 817-7400). For more information (with confidentiality) contact Elise Perram or Clare Wilson (212-817-7400 or firstname.lastname@example.com) and consult the Graduate Center Student Handbook.
Under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, in connection with the provision of student disability services by the Student Affairs Office, Student Affairs is an agency-based voter registration site where voter registration application forms and information are available and where students will be offered the opportunity to register to vote. If you would like information, voter registration application forms (which we can mail in for you), or voter registration assistance of any kind, please call Student Affairs at 212-817-7400 or email our office at firstname.lastname@example.com. Voter registration information and application forms are also available at the website for the State Board of Elections of the State of New York
The Latin/Greek Institute offers total-immersion language programs in Latin or Ancient Greek that enable students to master the material normally covered in two to three years in a single summer. Graduates from the program are prepared to excel in advanced or upper-division reading courses and to pass graduate departmental translation exams.
The Language Reading Program offers intensive noncredit courses in a variety of modern and ancient languages specifically designed to assist graduate students in meeting the language requirements for their degrees. These courses, which are offered in the summer as well as during the academic year, develop or increase the student's reading knowledge of a particular language.


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Every Marvin Window and Door is made to order, one at a time. An unparalleled value in the market, Marvin offers craftsman-quality construction, energy-efficient technology and the industry's most extensive selection of shapes, styles, sizes and options.
Integrity's windows and doors are made with Ultrex® Fiberglass, an innovative material created 20 years ago. For two decades now, Ultrex has outlasted and outperformed the competition on virtually every measurable scale.
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The people that make up the Marvin Family of Brands are dedicated to enriching the places where we live and work. What began as a family company built on an old-fashioned code of honesty, hard work, and service to their neighbors is now one of the world's premier window and door companies. Through our three unique brands—Marvin, Integrity, and Infinity—and each brand's unique offerings of customization and performance, we can provide a solution to any project. For everything from new construction to remodeling and replacements, to commercial building and even historical restorations, we never take shortcuts, and we always adhere to the highest possible standards and the highest levels of service. We stand behind every one of our products, every step of the way.We make it our priority to be a partner to our customers through every step of the process, and go above and beyond what is expected. That includes making sure our products continue to live up to our high standards every single day.
The Marvin brand is Built around you®. Built on a heritage of quality and innovation, we are continuously leading the industry in product design and function. Each product is made to order, one at a time, to meet your exact specifications. With our customization capabilities, exclusive innovations, high-performance energy efficiency options, and our unmatched personal service at every point in the process, you will be able to find beautiful windows and doors for your project.
The Integrity brand is Built to Perform®. Our products, made with Ultrex® pultruded fiberglass, feature the industry's first and only AAMA verified 624-10 finish. Ultrex outperforms and outlasts vinyl, roll-form aluminum, and other composites. Superior material performance and unmatched fast, efficient delivery make Integrity windows and doors a great overall value."At Integrity from Marvin, we didn't join the fiberglass window and door industry, we pioneered it. In 1994, Integrity was born from The Marvin Companies' century-long heritage of service, craftsmanship, and quality with a focus on all-out performance."- Susan Marvin
The Infinity brand is Built for life®. Infinity Replacement Windows was created in 2002 when we recognized an opportunity to offer high-quality fiberglass replacement windows and doors for discerning homeowners, that are professionally installed by retailers. Our products are made of Ultrex fiberglass and were designed by Marvin experts to replicate the look of traditional wood windows while providing modern features and low maintenance. The combination of superior materials, design experience, and professional installation has resulted in a product line of high performing, energy efficient, and long lasting windows and doors.
The TruStile brand is Driven by Design®. TruStile Doors is the leading manufacturer of quality architectural doors in ecofriendly medium density fiberboard (MDF) and natural wood. With a made-to-order manufacturing process, TruStile offers customers style, selection and design flexibility with more than 400 styles and the ability to fulfill any custom design. TruStile's full-line of interior and exterior doors can be individually tailored to reflect personal design styles, adding beauty and character to any project. TruStile provides the shortest lead times in the industry and limited lifetime product warranties. For more information, visit www.trustile.com.
Just south of the Canadian border, nestled next to Lake of the Woods, sits the small town of Warroad, Minnesota, home to Marvin Windows and Doors--the world's largest manufacturer of made-to-order wood window and door products. Heralded throughout the world as an industry leader, Marvin is known for its craftsmanship and rich legacy of producing high-quality and innovative products that are a result of the talents and entrepreneurial spirit of the people who work there.
The Marvin Family of Brands is dedicated to creating products that make the places where we live and work more meaningful by developing high-quality products built on a foundation of heritage values, innovation and craftsmanship.
The recognition we have received for our commitment to our communities, our partners and our customers reflects the pride we take in the work that we do each and every day. We are honored by every commendation and award that we receive, and we remain committed to upholding the values and traditions of the Marvin Family of Brands for many years to come.
There is no better way to experience the rich history, innovations, and commitment to excellence of The Marvin Family of Brands than a visit to the William S. Marvin Training and Visitor Center. The 6,000 square feet of exhibits include a combination of artifacts and interactive presentations that will wow visitors of all ages. The Visitor Center is located in Warroad, MN, and is open to the public with free admission weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends from 1 to 4 p.m. We also invite you to tour the Marvin manufacturing center to meet our dedicated team members and see our commitment to quality and craftsmanship in action.
At Marvin, as a privately held, family-owned company, we're used to taking the long-term view, and we recognize that a serious commitment to sustainable operations is just good business. We are committed to sustainable business practices for the environment and for the communities in which we serve. Sustainability is much more than "green" business practices. It includes implementing environmentally friendly manufacturing processes and building sustainable communities in the USA where Marvin products are manufactured.

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Sale strikes out 10 in loss to Scherzer
Allows solo homer to V-Mart; offense shut down on three hits
CHICAGO -- In one corner of Thursday's series finale between the Tigers and White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field stood Max Scherzer, the reigning American League Cy Young winner and the man placed in the way of his team getting swept out of town.
On the home side was Chris Sale, also one of the game's top starting pitchers in the midst of one of the most dominant stretches of his career.
Anyone expecting an offensively-charged affair wasn't paying close attention to the accomplishments of these two. And anyone surprised by the Victor Martinez vs. Sale matchup ultimately causing Sale to "flinch" in this 4-0 Tigers victory doesn't know the career track record between these two.
Martinez is 13-for-25 lifetime against Sale (5-1), with two homers. One of those came leading off the fifth Thursday, marking his 16th of the season, and providing all the support Scherzer (8-2) needed in his first career complete game and first shutout in 179 big league starts.
To use the word "flinch" on a 2-1 connection from a viable American League Most Valuable Player candidate might be a bit harsh in the self-evaluation department from Sale.
"Since my last start, I had a lot of time to ruminate about what I needed to get better at: Didn't look like it tonight," Sale said. "The last game, it was giving up a homer [a Mike Trout game-tying grand slam] and this game it was giving up a homer.
"He's probably hitting about .700 off me now," added Sale of Martinez. "But I just have to be better against him in those situations."
That slider slashed down the left-field line emerged as just about the only mistake made by the southpaw. Sale yielded five hits over seven innings and 116 pitches, striking out 10 and not issuing a walk.
Sale came into this start having given up six hits to the last eight hitters he faced against the Angels on Saturday, a true anomaly for a hurler who has yielded just 31 hits over 59 1/3 innings. There clearly was no carryover, as Sale retired the first nine hitters before giving up a Rajai Davis single off the glove of third baseman Conor Gillaspie.
After picking off Davis, Sale had faced the minimum 12 through four innings. Sale has struck out 68 and walked nine this season, and Thursday's start marked Sale's third career game with zero walks and 10 or more strikeouts and his second such performance this season. He recorded his 13th career game with 10 or more strikeouts to tie Javier Vazquez for third all-time in franchise history.
Somehow, it still wasn't enough to defeat Scherzer and the AL Central-leading Tigers (34-28).
"Yeah, he was great," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of Scherzer. "We only had a couple shots at him. Whether it was a fastball or offspeed pitch, we just couldn't get to him."
"He was dominant," said Sale of Scherzer. "That's about all you can say about him."
"Shoot, he was very good tonight," added White Sox center fielder Adam Eaton of the Detroit ace. "Early, I felt like he lost some of his command, but we as hitters, knowing how good he is, we chased a lot of pitches. It seemed like fourth, fifth inning, he really found his groove and I feel like as hitters we felt that."
Scherzer kept the White Sox hitless until Alexei Ramirez's two-out double in the fourth and then stranded runners at second and third that inning by getting Dayan Viciedo to fly out to right. The White Sox (33-34) didn't get another hit until Gordon Beckham's two-out double in the eighth, ending a stretch of 10 straight retired by Scherzer, who fanned eight and walked three during the fifth shutout of the White Sox this season.
"It's awesome. I finally got the monkey off my back, finally was able to go nine and finish the deal," Scherzer said. "We know Sale's going to be tough and there's not going to be a lot of -- it's going to be slim pickings, and fortunately Victor was able to capitalize on one of his mistakes."
Detroit took quick advantage of Sale's eighth inning departure by scoring two off of Jake Petricka. Miguel Cabrera drove home both with a two-out, slow roller up the middle that Beckham tried to bare hand but couldn't corral. Bryan Holaday came home from third and Eugenio Suarez raced home from second, with Ramirez shaded too far toward third to be able to get to the baseball.
"Sometimes you don't have to hit it hard for it to hurt," said Ventura of Cabrera's single. "Maybe you just place it in a perfect spot."
Even with Scherzer winding up as the ace-high against Sale, the White Sox depart with a series victory and a 3 1/2-game deficit behind the Tigers. They dropped to 8-11 in the third game of a series but still seemed satisfied despite coming up short of the rain-shortened three-game whitewash.
"We ran into a guy that was great tonight, but in the end you look at it as you won the series, which is good," Ventura said. "That's something that we're always shooting for. Tip your hat to him and get ready for tomorrow."
"When you have a chance to sweep, you want to," Sale said. "But winning the series is important. You win every series and put yourself in a good position."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) The crew members of the China-bound merchant vessel, who went missing after their ship sank near Sagar Island in West Bengal, were located Sunday night by the Coast Guard.
The 18-member crew comprising mostly Chinese nationals of the Panama registered MV Bingo left the ship in a life raft after the vessel was caught in the cyclonic storm Phailin Saturday night.
They were located some 45 nautical miles off Sagar Island, Coast Guard commandant Rajendra Nath said.
"We have requested both the West Bengal and Odisha police to help us in rescuing the crew," he said.
The ship carrying iron ore left Haldia Dock Complex Saturday.


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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Kodak with free breakfast and outdoor pool
Popular property highlights
Situated in Kodak, this hotel is 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Smokies Stadium and within 6 mi (10 km) of Adrenaline Park and River Islands Golf Club. Eagle's Landing Golf Club and Sevierville Convention Center are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an outdoor pool, this smoke-free hotel has a 24-hour fitness center and a 24-hour business center. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, coffee/tea in a common area, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a meeting room are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 87 rooms offer free WiFi and free wired Internet, plus premium bedding and coffee makers. Other amenities available to guests include free weekday newspapers, free local calls, and hair dryers.
Guest Highlights
- First-rate property condition
- Spotless guestrooms
- Breakfast
- Helpful staff
Hampton Inn & Suites Sevierville at Stadium Drive
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Hampton Inn & Suites Sevierville at Stadium Drive features an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Event facilities measure 600 square feet (54 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a fireplace in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Hampton Inn & Suites Sevierville at Stadium Drive is a smoke-free property.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 600
- Conference space size (meters) - 54
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Free breakfast
- Number of floors - 4
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Outdoor pool
- Luggage storage
- One meeting room
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 87
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Microwave (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Air conditioning
- Microwave (on request)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free weekday newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Phone
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.0 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.0 per night
Hotel Name
- Hampton Inn Sevierville Stadium Drive
- Hampton Inn Stadium Drive
- Hampton Inn Stadium Drive Hotel
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Ray Brooks and Rita Tushingham in The Knack
Colin (Michael Crawford, before his days as The Phantom of the Opera), a clueless schoolmaster who owns a posh townhouse in London, is landlord to Tolen (Ray Brooks), a notorious womanizer whose numerous liaisons have become a source of humiliation for Colin. When Tom (Donal Donnelly) shows up, looking for a room, along with Nancy (Rita Tushingham), the stage is set for a battle of the sexes in which Tolen finds himself exposed as something of a fraud, while Colin realizes that he is something more than just a "great steaming nit," as one of his students rudely calls him.
Sharply directed by Richard Lester, who helmed both A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965) for the Beatles, The Knack . . . and How to Get It employs every editorial trick in the book, including freeze frames, split screen work, reverse motion, slow motion, multiple dissolves and elegantly sculptural black and white cinematography to bring the Swinging London era alive, with a superb jazz score by 60s era composer John Barry, all on a budget of roughly $350,000; the film grossed more than $8,000,000 worldwide.
Based on a play by Ann Jellicoe, and surprise winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, where the film impressed both audiences and critics, The Knack . . . and How to Get It is both a valentine to a lost era, as well as reminder of the joy and insouciance of youth, and a time of innocence, when the world is your playground.


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Monday, 19 May 2008
Brand Tags - what do you really think of a brand?
It's based on a principle that we all use in adland: you can write a definition of what you would like your brand to stand for, but a brand is an abstract concept, so the only real definition is the one that exists in people's heads. The site therefore prompts you with a logo and asks you to write the first word or phrase that comes into your head. It then collates these into a word map, a true definition of the brand in question.
It's largely American, so its use to us Brits is a little limited, but I laughed out loud when I checked out what Budweiser really means to people. Bud Light is even better. Compare this with Sam Adams, and you realise that there's hope for the mass palate yet. We're confused about Heineken, which maybe reflects how that brand is perceived differently in different parts of the world, but we absolutely love Guinness.
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Three Sheets to the Wind and the deleted scene
An hour later, walking again when the rain has slackened fractionally, I spot a bar painted all black outside, with red curtains pulled closed across the windows. Through the door, all I can see is a dull red glow. The smell of a university gig venue wafts out.
A stag's head perches above the bar, almost hidden under a collection of lacy red, black and pink bras draped from its antlers. A sign taped on the mirror behind the bar reads, "Do not touch the bartenders."
I order a Sam Adams. The guy leaning on the bar next to me, bulging T-shirt and wispy ponytail, snorts with derision when I speak. All the guys perched at the bar are drinking bottles of Bud, apart from one who is nursing a Pabst Blue Ribbon. I didn't think they even made this stuff any more. I find out later that there is a growing market for 'relic beers', the brands that disappeared in the Beer Wars. Now brewed under licence as budget brands, they sell for nostalgic reasons, but also benefit from the protest against globalisation and saturation marketing. In Portland's one anarchist bar Pabst outsells Miller Lite.
Something tells me that my friend here is not drinking it to demonstrate solidarity with the anti-capitalists. I'm at the corner of the bar, and the guy who sneered at my Sam Adams is talking across me to another guy whose arms are covered in tattoos. "Yeah, when I was doin' time, I used to do a lot of painting. Guys would come up to me all the time and ask me to do tattoos. The whole thing – they had the needles and ink ready to go. I'm like, no, no, I don't work on skin. But they just kept on and on." He shakes his head and takes a long pull from his bottle.
"So… did you do 'em?" asks the tattooed guy.
"Well, no. I told you, I don't work on skin."
They go back to contemplating their beers in silence.
I become acutely aware that I'm carrying a Saks Fifth Avenue bag. This is only because I always buy underwear whenever I come to New York because it's half the price it is at home, but these guys don't know that, and my poncey craft beer has just arrived (in a Bud Light glass, admittedly – maybe the barmaid is trying to protect me.) Suddenly, with overwhelming certainty, I realise I am Niles Crane.
There's one vacant stool at the bar, between the Sam-Adams-hating Prison Artist and the – really rather large – tattooed man. I decide to head for a table instead. This means I stand no chance of being able to strike up a conversation, but maybe that's for the best.
I can choose between two tables: one right by the exit, the other by the jukebox. The only other seating in the place is a long bench running around two walls. A pool table dominates the centre of the room, a Galaxian video game and a pinball machine the remaining wall. I take the jukebox table, to prove (to myself) that I'm not totally chicken.
Someone has scrawled above the juke box in pink chalk, "Play 4202 and Jamie will dance." I wonder if Jamie is the barmaid on duty. She looks like she might dance, if the music was suitably industrial: tall, stick-thin, dressed head-to-toe in black with lace, rips and piercings throughout. Or maybe Jamie is a boy's name. He might be one of my new friends at the bar.
A couple of guys go outside for a fag (sorry, I really should say 'cigarette' while we're in here). Even here the no smoking rule is observed. They come back in, and now the barmaid goes out. Then the guys all follow her back out to chat to her while she smokes. Suddenly I'm entirely alone in the bar, with a big bunch of guys outside blocking the exit.
The bar is called 2 by 4 because it's on the corner of 2nd Street at 4th Avenue. (You can visit next time you're in town). But now the name suggests a piece of two-by-four; a hefty chunk of wood, such as you might use to beat someone to death. Once you've broken all the pool cues.
Perhaps now I could go and check out what 4202 is, but I really, really don't want them to think I'm about to put on some music in their pub. I waver too long, and they drift back in. My exit clear, I dart out and head west, carrying my Saks bag low.
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Neo-Prohibitionism Update
- Boris Johnson's first policy announcement as London mayor: drinking to be illegal on public transport from June 1st
- Westminster council to prohibit all outdoor drinking (including in Soho)
- Tesco to ban alcohol sales to parents shopping with their children to discourage under-age drinking
- Glasgow Celtic and Rangers to remove Carling logo from replica kits sold to children to discourage under-age drinking
- Binge drinking blamed for 10% rise in crime among girls as young as ten
Ever wished you could just slap a hysterical country around the face?
There is no objectivity here whatsoever. Absolutely no research or reasoning that any of these measures will discourage the minority of people who drink dysfunctionally.
We're demonising drink. Independent anthropological research by Brown University in the US shows that it is this demonisation - this removal of drink from the context of ordinary life - that plays a major contribution in developing a dysfunctional relationship with alcohol. If you don't believe me, spend an afternoon on the ferry between Elsinore (Denmark, where drinking laws a relatively liberal) and Helsingor (a couple of miles across the water in Sweden, where dirnking laws are extremely tight). Which nationality do you think are sitting outside cafes in the sun, sipping a beer slowly, watching the world go by? And which do you think is loading up trolleys with beer, tearng open cartons in the street and necking cans as fast as they're able?
The perfect pint - does it exist in an objective reality?
I've just started reading Beer and Philosophy, edited by Steven D Hales. It's a collection of essays, sometimes serious, sometimes tongue-in-cheek. In one essay, "Good Beer, or How to Preoperly Dispute Taste", Peter Machamer argues that the notion of 'ideal beer-tasting conditions' is nonsense, because beer appreciation is so closely linked to its context. He gives the example (it's an American book) of Samuel Adams Honey Porter - "lousy when sitting in the hot sun on a summer picnic, but fabulous in front of the fire on a snowy winter's evening".
It's the same thing as the eternal holiday beer conundrum - you fall in love with the local brand, but when you stick a couple of bottles in your case and bring them home, a miraculous transformation to urine occurs inside the bottle.
This all reminded me of a favourite game I play with drinking buddies. Ask someone what their favourite beer is, and they may insist that it changes over time, but they'll give you the name of a beer, or maybe a list. But ask them what is the best beer they've ever had, and they'll tell you that it was on their honeymoon, at this fabulous hotel, and they'd just had a wonderful day on the beach/on safari/walking in the hills, and the sun was shining and they were sitting by a pool and they were so damn thirsty, and the beer was brought over and condensation was running down the glass, and... you interrupt them and say, "Yes, but what was the beer?" They often reply, "Oh. I can't remember the actual beer. But it was definitely the best one I've had."
While thinking about this yesterday, I saw a story in the news: researchers at Herriott Watt University have discovered that the type of music listened to by people drinking wine has a significant affect on how the wine tastes.
They used four different styles of music:
- Carmina Burana by Orff - "powerful and heavy"
- Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky - "subtle and refined"
- Just Can't Get Enough by Nouvelle Vague - "zingy and refreshing"
- Slow Breakdown by Michael Brook - "mellow and soft"
The white wine was rated 40% more 'zingy and refreshing' when that music was played, but only 26% more 'mellow and soft' when music in that category was heard.
The red rating changed by 25% with 'mellow and soft' music, and a whopping 60% with 'powerful and heavy'.
This is apparently due to something called "cognitive priming theory". I just googled this term and got scared and ran away, but apparently it's to do with the music sets up the brain to respond to other stimulus in a certain way.Does all this mean that there is no such thing objectively as a good beer or a bad beer? Is Rate Beer a complete waste of time? Was that last question rhetorical?
It's unarguable that beer can taste completely different from one occasion to the next due to factors that have nothing to do with temperature, condition, food matching etc. Combine cognitive priming theory with the huge variations in taste buds from person to person, and it's no wonder that the beer community's favourite occupation seems to be arguing.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Meet the UK's newest champion of cask ale
The country's biggest tabloid is going into the beer business. Market research organisation Mintel reported last week that the plan is to launch a lager under the page three 'brand' -interesting to see what the Portman Group and every other alcohol regulatory body will have to say about that one, given that it is strictly forbidden to link beer and sex these days - and a cask ale under The Sun brand.
On the one hand, I despise Rupert Murdoch and all his works. I never pay any money to anything to do with News International if I can at all help it. On the other, you can't help but think this will benefit the market as a whole.
Why is The Sun launching a cask ale as well as a lager? It can only be because they think it's worth their while doing so. It ties in with the fact that premium cask ale is now consistently outperforming the rest of a dire beer market.
And The Sun has phenomenal power to change people's opinions. At the very least, it puts beer on the media agenda more firmly than it has been for ages. We currently have the worst decline in beer volumes for nearly thirty years. Surely this can only help. It is bound to upset purists who drink ale partly in order to show how different they are from the stereotypical Sun-reading, white van-driving lager lout, but how much of that is really about the age-old pastime of pouring scorn on working class men?
Will it be shit beer because most things The Sun does tend to be lowest common denominator? Or given that what they do, they do well (Sun journalism is actually very skilful), will they produce something that's accessible, but decent quality?
Good or bad, it's going to be interesting.
Thursday, 8 May 2008
I am so having one of these...
So imagine my delight when this was forwarded to me:
In case you can't see it from the pic, it's an inflatable pub. Pitch it wherever you like to redefine your local!
You can hire one here.
I've just spotted the pun in my first sentence. I didn't even realise.


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Hi everyone!
I have a hypothetical situation for you. Hopefully this is the right place to ask. Suppose you're a Buddhist in Chicago. You have no job, no home, and a small sum of money - a few hundred dollars or so. You have very few possessions, and you like it that way. You do not own or have access to a car. Aside from being alive and healthy, the most important thing to you is studying under a particular martial arts master who teaches at a school in the city. What do you do?
One possibility which I would be particularly inclined towards is living and working at a monastery as a layperson. However, I'm not sure this is possible in Chicago. What do you guys think?
So I've come to the conclusion that this hypothetical individual is thinking too much into it. Things will work themselves out for him, and, if they don't, that's fine, too.


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If you missed the launch last year of powerful art collector Charles Saatchiâs foray into the online networking, donât worry you are not the only one. We only recently learned of the growing phenomena that are the Saatchi Galleryâs two online spaces for artists, Your Gallery and Stuart. Realizing the potential of tapping into the MySpace format, Saatchi started Your Gallery to provide a free online platform for artists. A New York Times article last month reported that since launching in May the site has, "contributions from about 20,700 artists, including 2000 pieces of video art. Everything there is for sale, with neither the buyer nor the seller paying a cent to any dealer or other middleman. About 800 new artists have been signing up each week."
Capitalizing on this instantly successful formatâthat demonstrates artistsâ need for self promotion and to communicate with other artistsâSaatchi launched a sister site in November called Stuart (student art) to cater for the worldwide student art community. The result? In one month 1300 students created web pages for themselves there. They now have upwards of 6 million visitors a day.
Itâs not only the students and professional artists who are benefiting from these online galleries, Saatchi himself is fascinated by the opportunity to see so many artistsâ work from all over the world in one place. He says he spends hours each day looking at work on both sites, though for now he is leaving it to others to snap up the creations. As the rest of the art industry, dealers, gallerists, museum directors and collectors, gets involved, Saatchi is just enjoying the spectacle.


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Also I think that it makes things unnecessarily complicated.
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Also I think that it makes things unnecessarily complicated.
Yep, I knew that if we didn't get the seer with btown, we were done. You can ask the rest of the wolves, my PM right after that night was titled "Well, we just lost"
Seer can't live past like three or four nights, by then he has either found one or possibly two wolves while also building up a human alliance that is equal to how big the wolves posse is.
What could be kind of fun and is a rule I've played before, is that once per game, the wolves can choose to "infect" a regular human rather than make a kill that night. Which makes their numbers stronger and also throws a wrench in voting strategies. The infected person becomes a wolf or recruited into the mafia whatever, and plays like that for the rest of the game.
The ability to infect or convert also somewhat limits the seers abilities while also not crippling them, now when Ms. PIggy had come out and said she had been contacted we could have "infected" her and learned the identity of the seer.
Reading about it on wikipedia, apparently the "angel" is typically not allowed to save the same person twice in a row. How's that for mitigating the seer's power instead of not allowing him to reveal himself?
Infection seems cool but also powerful. What is the con to infection? Why wouldn't a wolf do that every night? Can they infect the seer/angel? Would trying kill either the wolf or the seer?
You can only do it once per game TA, not every night. So you would have to save it. The goal with a wolf's infection would be to infect either a confirmed human or possibly the seer himself.
So once you use it though, it is gone to you, so it's kind of pointless to do it early in the game. Also, the angel role could protect someone from being infected just like dying, so if the angel protected you that night, the wolves would not be able to infect or kill you, and if the wolves use their infection (conversion, recruitment whatever) attempt on a night you are protected that counts as their one time use.
So it really would add another level of strategy to the game, mitigate the seer's power a little bit, and make it less likely that a confirmed human would out themselves in thread, as they would almost certainly be infected.
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You're right - that was an original rule that has slipped through the cracks.
We'd had a situation where it became an issue before.
Good find on that rule - the not revealing still has to stand though, because I was enforcing that rule last time and the game was still ruined. The seer can come out and say "The following are wolves and not wolves:...." And they STILL have another night to find someone they think to be suspicious because the wolves can't get him that night.
I guess I'm just cautioning against making dramatic rule changes to give the wolves more power based on how the last game played out. That game was an aberration where the puzzle was solved via means not intended to be available. The wolves have plenty of power - how they use it is more important than their needing more.
I do agree with that btown.
I think adding the one infection though would kind of spice up the game, I guess it would be up to each GM, but it adds a different feel.
But how long does it take a seer to discover so many wolves? To find 3 wolves should take at least about 6 viewings. That's 12 dead people already! This rule gives the wolves ample time to try to find the seer. Let's put it this way: the wolves and the seer are in effect playing the same game, trying to hunt the other party down. However, there are more wolves, and the seer has to look through a larger sample (wolves + humans, vs. just humans). The wolves have a much, much better chance of finding the seer before he can find all the wolves.
Personally, I think the seer should be able to reveal himself whenever he wants, and the angel should not be able to protect anyone twice in a row. Those are standard rules, right?
The seer revealing has never been a standard rule here.
And I suppose it should take at least 6 viewings, but I tend to think that's if the game if being played in a vacuum. People are smart - and some of the forum members here know each other well enough that we can ascertain posting behaviors and patterns. The process of elimination makes it easier to pick out wolves than just guessing might.
Yup. And the wolves failed that last time, so the humans won.Originally Posted by binarysolo
If that's what people want to do, whatever. I'm just cautioning against it because I've seen it tried here before and it failed spectacularly.
In a vacuum, I think the number is probably more like 10 viewings (definitely don't remember how to do the math on this). Six I think is very generous -- this means wolves are being found at a 50% rate when they really number 25% or so.
It took me 5 turns to find 2 wolves and I felt very fortunate.
Last game was a good example of how the seer can remain hidden and eventually win the game for the humans. I am perfectly fine with how things played out.
What I am not in favor of is a rule to artificially restrict the seer's ability to communicate. I would much rather see a gameplay modification to balance things out. Especially when something as vague as "veiled hints" are allowed.
Again, if that's what people want, that's fine. The game's been run a dozen times around here just fine without that change with everyone's ability to communicate restricted by the same rules (albeit that rule only impacting [thanks Jay] certain players), but maybe it will help.
But there's no question last game played out differently because of the tools available on the forum. Once those are removed, it's entirely possible a game could play out in a very similar way - but many of the humans have themselves admitted that using such tools significantly guided and shaped their search and lists of possible candidates.
Yeah, I can certainly agree on that point. Looking at forum history is really not in the spirit of the game and needs to be abolished one way or another
Honestly, LA didn't hurt too much, he got one..someone who others were already suspecting, and he thought I was human for a long time.
What hurt was Ms. Piggy coming out and saying "these two are wolves" I don't know how that should be restricted or if it should be restricted. I would personally suggest that people can't reveal identities. And that in that situation you need to convince the rest of the group that those two are wolves instead of citing the seer. Because with the majority being human, once the seer finds a wolf, all they have to do is contact one of the known humans, and that human can say "wolf"..and meanwhile the wolves probably have to spend that night taking out that human instead of looking for the seer. With four wolves, people will take out themselves just to get a wolf.
I would think the seer outing himself could lead to his quick death. However, if btwon says it ruins the game. I suggest we don't do it. And like I said...keep the identities hidden, with hints but not outright references.
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Looking at someone's profile has been the go to method for veteran players for a while now. I remember when i first started SiG told me that strategy and that was like 4 years ago so... If there is a way around it, like appearing offline, that'd help but it may not change the list of who has been viewing MY profile (as opposed to what I'm doing right now) So it might be able to hide how long or often we're PM'ing but not hide the fact that we've PM'd player X recently.
I don't want a bunch of drastic rule changes but I do like the clarifications we've made and I'd like to see something change with the seer/angel/wolf dynamic. Not a huge shift, just something to spice it up a bit... Like infection, OR the angel changing who they protect nightly, OR the seer being able to "come out", OR my Wild Card Role idea (with some work). I'd like one of these things but not more than one!
haha... I actually wore my underwear backwards yesterday. So don't feel too bad
I love the idea of a one-time infection. I believe that would limit the seer's powers w/o having to construct a bunch of artificial rules. The seer can use a proxy if he dares, but a move like that becomes considerably more dangerous.
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
I think the infection idea is a really good idea. Is add that the seer should be able to see someone twice during the game if they suspect something is up. How does that story work then?
I assume that upon infection, the GM declares "Infection has occurred!" with no further details?
What if the wolves figure out who the seer/angel is, or if it were just blind luck. If I were a wolf, I would want to infect them. But changing anyone of those roles to a wolf would give a boost to the wolves, I doubt any humans could overcome.
I think the infection is simple and really spices up the game for the seer, wolves, and regular humans. It'd be kind of cool to suddenly have a special role halfway through the game.


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Wow...only yesterday we were at the 400 mark and today it increased dramatically. Thanks all you wonderful people.
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Wow...only yesterday we were at the 400 mark and today it increased dramatically. Thanks all you wonderful people.
I am watching the donations coming in. Somehow we are stuck just below the five thousand mark. Let's see what happens tomorrow morning.
WOW! I'm impressed Marion. All you did was mention it and it happened!
Mighty impressive!
Ha, ha, Darla...will have to repeat it tonight. How are you doing?
Hugs and love,
And they keep on jumping! Thank you all very very much indeed!
Hugs to you all,
And it just keeps on going up. Awesome!
I'm doing OK Marion. My sisters and I are dealing with my 85 year old parents who can no longer live on their own and everyone but them realizes it. At the moment they are in an assisted living apartment on a trial basis. The situation changes daily. They aren't happy and want to go home. It's so sad to see this happening to them. I feel like first I lost my husband and now I am slowly losing them. I may have to start a web site or atleast a blog some day on all the issues involved with elderly parents.
Love & Hugs to all,
Darla, I know what you are going through. My Dad lived to 93 and my Mom passed one month after Teddy at 94! She even had a boyfriend except they both forgot who each other was! One of the hardest things in life is to tell parents what to do! In the end I told them that they could have moved to my brother or sister but they chose me and Teddy so now they had to trust us to do what was right for them. It worked. First we moved them to a retirement home and my Mom balked but I told her Dad needed to get her settled so that he knew she would be taken care of. She ended up with her biggest problem being what to wear to dinner!!! They loved it. Then about 4 years after my Dad passed Mom started getting some dementia and I had to move her to assisted at the same place. I had Robin (my daughter) take her out for the day, I moved her over and she never went back nor questioned the other apartment. Found out assisted was not taking good care of her and after a year there I moved her to a private care home. Best thing I ever did. There were 3 ladies and all had dementia/Alzheimers so each day was a new experience! Too funny. Mom and one other lady would sit side by side watching TV and never say a word. Then they would get up and go to the table for lunch and Mom would say, "Hi, so how are you doing today?" If I may say, the Assisted was $4,000 a month. They took terrible care of her. The private home was $2,000 with homemade soups and meals and wonderful, wonderful care. That was $2,000 a month. They took care of her like a little baby right through the end.
Darla...I recall you speaking of your aging parents some time back and am sorry to hear that things have progressed to the point of assisted living. How were you able to convince them to try this?
Hugs and love,
Thanks for all the helpful info Lainy. This is just the beginning for us. I can see it progressing and it will be an up hill battle all the way.
Marion, we had to really push to get them to do a 28 day trial period. We are hoping that if they last the 28 days they will like it and stay. We started by asking nicely, then got mad and said they had to atleast give this a try. We tried to reason with them, resorted to begging, pleading and even some tears and then had to holler a little. Tough love at it's best. If my dad refuses to stay, I think mom will end up in more of a nursing care facility. At one point I told my dad that I wouldn't mind living there and he said "then you go!" At this point I think mom realizes she needs to be there. She has Parkinsons among other things and my dad is not capable of taking care of her at home, but he is really giving her a hard time. He does not want to be there, but if mom stays, he is not capable of being home alone either. So we are taking it one day at a time and dealing with a different situation every day.
Wish us luck, we will need it and thoughts and prayers couldn't hurt either.
Have a good evening ladies.
Love & Hugs,
Darla.....Oh. this is not an easy situation. Given your Dad's responses, it is surprising how far you have come already. Considering the difficulties laying ahead for your parents, I am hopeful that your Dad comes to the realization that the much needed support is necessary.
Fingers crossed and
hugs and love,
Thanks marion.
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Professor McCollum's work, Geronimo Sugar Pops,
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(for those who dont know the course its a narrow fairway w/ an ob creek on the left, trees on both sides 3/4 the way down the fairway, ob road right about 35' wide landing area between trees, its a hard anny to lay up on to the green where its nearly 80' wide, and if you end up right youre putting straight at the creek, 320' ?)
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darvki wrote:Alex123 wrote:If there are multiple lifetimes then suicide will not deal with problems inherent in existence. If there is one life, then suicide is a shortcut.
This, of course, assumes that one finds the "problems inherent to existence" solvable only by its termination. Many surely think otherwise.
Buddha couldn't avoid all dukkha. I don't think that I can do better than a Buddha.
Angulimala as an Arahant still experienced severe physical pain. He wasn't above that.
In MN144 due to severe illness Bhikkhu Channa, to quote the Buddha,
- Sāriputta, there may be the families of venerable Channa's friends, well-wishers and earlier relatives, I say, there is no fault to that extent. Sāriputta, if someone gives up this body and seizes another, I say it is a fault. In the bhikkhu that fault is not apparent. Bhikkhu Channa took his life faultlessly.MN144
It is said that the Buddha could prolong his lifespan for remaining of Kappa, or that he could die naturally, or shorten his life.
- 10. And at the Capala shrine the Blessed One thus mindfully and clearly comprehending renounced his will to live onDN16
Why did Buddha shorten his life so that he would die within 3 month? Why didn't He remain longer to help more people?
To exist more means to experience more pain, aging, heat, cold, hunger, thirst, abusive people, and other complications inherent in having this body. Buddha was not exempt from it.
- 28. But when the Blessed One had entered upon the rainy season, there arose in him a severe illness, and sharp and deadly pains came upon him. DN16
What makes you think that you can do better?
According to 4NT, at least 2/3 of Dukkha in this life is unsolvable. The only thing is to stop rebirth to stop life with all that which comes with it.


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Hello Cc family,
We saw a Radiation oncologist this morning that Dr. Javle referred my mom to. She is to undergo radiation twice a day for three weeks along with Chemo tablet Xeloda 500mg. We talked about the side effects and wanted to know if you took xeloda, did u experience any? She had the internal stents out last week since they were useless but will have to deal with the external ones for a while. Overall she feels great, appetite is fair/average. Thanks in advance for your help.


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I do like this cable but I hope when the iPhone is docked it will be stable and not fragile because of how small the dock connecter has become.
i hope all these leaks are slipped out just to put us all off, or are old parts because the new design and this connector change, it doesnt seem to fit the trend of Apple, unless theres some "seriously important" new feature these things bring. anyway my hope is that the new iphone is something totally new that we havent seen yet.
I don't predict Apple introducing Thunderbolt as a means of transporting data between devices – desktop and mobile. Apple promotes Thunderbolt heavily as an external accessory connection such storage or display connections. If they were to release a cable to sync the iPhone over Thunderbolt, this would require anyone with external displays or storage to unhook these devices, which are generally considered dependent and permanent accessories in a desktop environment. It's not something someone will want to always unhook and re-hook, as storage units generally hold important information the user needs to get to and displays are important for the user that chooses to buy them for whatever purpose they bought it for.
Apple doesn't push these devices through USB and the boost to USB 3.0 gives Apple enough of an excuse to say it is faster than before.
I hate trying to find which side is which in the dark and same with micro USB not to mention the micro USB has given everyone I know problems! This smaller plug for starters is a blade type either side will work and it's got to be way more rugged, just one question? How long before Samsung copy's it?
and for me, "new features" pretty much makes or breaks it.
Well I guess I can unload all the soon to be out of date connectors I have.
I have heard about this cable. I think it's good because pretty much everyone else is using MicroUSB, as apposed to Apple who still has their big bulky cable.
On the other hand. we all have like 50 of those cables laying around, and I personally would hate to buy new ones.


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How the Corporation, Part Deux storyline is helping the WWE?
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With two of the WWE's most popular faces, John Cena and Sheamus reeling from their injuries, the WWE has been scrambling to come up with some fantastic storylines as it goes head-to-head with ESPN's Monday Night NFL beginning on Monday, September 9th.
What the WWE came up with was one of the most entertaining storylines when Triple H shocked the WWE Universe by Pedigreeing Daniel Bryan after Bryan defeated Cena for the WWE Championship and allowing Randy Orton to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeating Bryan to become WWE Champion at SummerSlam, turning heel in the process.
As a result, the WWE has been able to overcome the absences of both Cena and Sheamus with Triple H becoming the most-disliked figure in the WWE.
His stranglehold as WWE's head honcho would continue by berating WWE babyfaces such as the Big Show, The Miz, and Dolph Ziggler as well as "firing" Cody Rhodes after Rhodes lost to Orton on the September 2nd episode of RAW.
Which brings us to the WWE Championship match between Orton and Bryan at Night of Champions. Expect The Shield (by virtue of being Triple H's henchmen) to cost Bryan the match but expect the Orton vs. Bryan feud to last for several months.
This heated rivalry bears plenty of comparison to the Vince McMahon vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin feud, only this time with Triple H vs. Bryan.
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Our Tobey is 11 1/2 years old now. In human years, that's still pretty young. In dog years, that's pretty old, and it's quite apparent to us that he's slowed down considerably in the last year or two. We have always had a pet bed for Tobey, but I recently had the chance to check out the Pet Bed with Memory Foam from Nature's Sleep and I love it. It's a nice thick bed with a great amount of cushioning- the thickness means that it's easier for him to get on and off of his bed, the cushioning ensures he's comfortable on it.
This pet bed has a solid memory foam base to provide maximum support and durability, a therapeutic memory foam layer to relieve discomfort in joints, and a high-loft comfort layer to offer insulation and a nesting environment. A protective, waterproof liner prevents moisture from harming the foam. The outer cover is removable and washable.
The different layers of memory foam mean comfort and relief from muscle and joint pain for our boy. Just like with regular memory foam, the pet bed's top layer conforms to your furry friend's body, so as they nest, the bed conforms to their nesting. Now that we've had a pet bed like this for Tobey, we'll always have a memory foam pet bed for our furry family members. There are just so many benefits and with the waterproof liner and wash/dry ability, definitely worth every penny of the investment. We have had a lot of dogs in my family, throughout my entire life, and I always feel so sad as they age and aren't able to get up and around as well. At least with a memory foam bed I know my poochies are having restful, comfortable sleep or rest times.
- Solid visco memory foam base layer
- Thick Shredded Visco comfort layer ideal for "nesting"
- Top Fiber layer for soft comfort
- Fiber filled Bolster
- Removable washable cover
- Waterproof scrim preventing moisture from reaching & harming the foam
- Non Skid bottom panel
This bed comes in three sizes and 3 colors- small, medium and large (we have the large size, Tobey's kind of right on the cusp of the medium/large and we figured we'd err on the side of caution size wise). These beds are sized very generously…I think we could fit 2 Tobey's on his bed and they'd both still be comfortable. The colors are sage, taupe and chocolate- muted, and easy to work with any decor. It arrives in a long, narrow box and I won't lie, it was kind of weird…but once you open it, within a minute, the bed is unrolled and "adjusting" to being out of shrink wrap- and the more Tobey snuggled into it, the more it fluffed up. The back bolster area of this bed has ended up being Tobey's pillow-which I like. I don't want my head on the mattress with my body, why would he? I love my pillows! I'm glad he likes his pillow too!
I really like having a washable cover for a pet bed- especially with three little kids in the house- we have had spills on things I didn't even think COULD get spilled on- and honestly, between the kids and animals, anything that is able to be washed is a bonus in my mind. The scrim is waterproof which is a layer of protection, and the easy-on/off zipper makes washing the cover a breeze. You can even put the cover in the dryer (I haven't yet, but we use a clothesline to dry things in our house unless its an ice storm).
You can find the Pet Bed with Memory Foam from Nature's Sleep right on their website- pricing ranges from $95 for the small to $195 for a large. Shipping is free in the US. You can also use a 50% off code BEARS50 to use towards ANY purchase from the Nature's Sleep website. This is not inexpensive, but as with many other things, I can tell you I have spent far more on beds for him in 11.5 years than $195 and were I to have that to do over, I'd go memory foam from day one. There's just so many benefits for your pet.
I love this bed for the benefits for my Tobey, but also for the classic design (it'll blend in any decor) and muted colors. Most importantly? Tobey couldn't wait to get on this bed from the moment it was opened up, and he's hardly ever seen laying down anywhere BUT his bed now (unless he's laying down near the table at meal time…I do have three little kids!). He's never spent a lot of time on any bed we've purchased for him.
Be SURE to follow Nature's Sleep on Facebook– they have a mattress sweepstakes on their Facebook page with one winner every month! They are also on Twitter!
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My first Lebowski dye, although there are plenty out there! Walter Sobchak's death stare on a used Ion for another poster. Took the dye INCREDIBLY well, I can't wait to dye the new Ion I bought. Look at that baby shine!
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A KINGSWINFORD administrator with model ambitions will be aiming to win over the judges on the forthcoming series of Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model.
Anna Vokes is one of 20 aspiring models plucked from obscurity to battle it out through a series of extreme shoots and intense challenges for a chance to realise their dream of kickstarting a top modelling career.
The 21-year-old, who works for an interiors company in Dudley, has been branded the "kooky girl with big energy" by makers of the popular Sky Living show - hosted by supermodel Elle 'The Body' Macpherson.
Describing herself as "zany" and "alternative", six foot one Anna says she was bullied in her teens for "standing out as weird" and her ambition is to become a role model, an icon and an inspiration for young people struggling with growing up - not just a coat hanger for designers.
The former Kingswinford School student said taking part in the show had been a "crazy" experience.
She added: "It's definitely made me grow as a person and look at things differently."
Anna faces competition from a host of strong-willed beauties all hoping to get their hands on the top prize - a contract with international agency Models 1, a cover and feature in Company magazine, a contract with Revlon cosmetics and the chance to front an international campaign with high street fashion brand Miss Selfridge.
The winner will also scoop a luxury holiday to The Atlantis Palm in Dubai and a brand new Peugeot RC.
Fellow contestants include Miss Great Britain finalist Emma Grattidge, Essex mum Vanessa Cox and actress Diona Doherty - while joining Elle Macpherson on the judging panel will be Welsh designer Julien MacDonald; Whitney Port, of American reality shows The Hills and The City; and American male model Tyson Beckford.
Despite fierce competition to go far in the show - Anna, a former Stourbridge Carnival princess, says she and many of her fellow contestants have become "friends for life".
She added: "Meeting the girls was the most amazing thing about the experience. I was dreading living with 19 other girls but they made it.
"Going to Dubai as part of the show was also amazing - and meeting one of my icons, Elle Macpherson, was insane."
She said she tried out for the show as a "confidence booster" after years of being "called every name under the sun" by school bullies, adding: "I'd always watched it and wished I could be on it."
Anna makes her debut on the eighth series of Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model on Monday July 9 at 9pm.


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|Barry the Barrel of IPA on his way to India. Or so he thinks.
IPA may be the most beloved beer style of craft brewers. It may be the beer style that has driven the craft beer revolution around the world. But it is also the most mythologised, debated, controversial and misunderstood beer style in the world.
Some people become incensed, possessed by violent rage, at what they perceive as falsehoods or inaccuracies in IPA's history.
Others scream about commercial brands using 'IPA' in their name when they are not 'proper' IPAs.
When I discovered various new facets of the history of IPA while researching my book Hops and Glory, some people simply dismissed my claims out of hand if they didn't fit with their own story, ignoring facts I had discovered from primary research among original nineteenth century documents.
IPA is a cipher for all the various points of view and debates within brewing and beer fandom.
But it's also a spectacular beer style that has at some point inspired pretty much everyone who loves craft beer today.
So when Meantime Brewing asked me to host a beer and food matching dinner as part of a regular series they hold at The Old Brewery in Greenwich, and asked if I would perhaps like to do this with an IPA theme, I leapt at the chance.
IPA has been around for well over 200 years. Over that time, it has evolved, as tastes and brewing techniques have evolved. We can't say exactly what old IPAs taste like but we can infer things from various surviving recipes, contemporary accounts and recreations. What we may not consider to be a 'proper' IPA today may have been universally understood to be the only valid interpretation of IPA sixty or a hundred yeas ago.
|English troops enjoying Bass IPA, Bengal, 19th century
So what we've attempted to do is compile a list of beers for a tasting and then dinner which reflect how the style has evolved over the years, decades and centuries, and how it has reached a point in the last decade or so where it has developed into an extraordinarily broad range of different tastes and versions. I'll be talking about each beer and more generally about how the style has evolved.
It's not meant to be a point scoring exercise or a workshop in coming up with the definitive truth about IPA. It's meant to be a thoughtful look at arguably the greatest beer style, and an awesome evening of beer and food flavours. Here's the menu:


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Guiseley have consolidated their place in the Skrill Conference North play-off places and, even though they face a stern test on Saturday when they travel to the side immediately above them, they have a huge boost to propel them.
Manager Mark Bower and his assistant Danny Boshell have agreed new deals with the club and have been confirmed, along with physio Martin Stringfellow, as the men to take charge of the team for next season.
Three big wins on the trot have moved the Lions into fifth place and seen them open up a three- point cushion but with five games remaining they face a battle before confirming their place in the end-of-season extras.
A win at Hednesford Town on Saturday would take them above their hosts, and possibly above Altrincham into third spot if Lee Sinnott's men slip up.
It is one of just two away games Guiseley have in their remaining five fixtures, so Bower is hoping for a positive result - but has warned his players as to how tough the task will be.
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It's fun to have friends who are good cooks, and if you're a food blogger they may lead you to good recipe ideas like this Warm or Cold Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Roasted Red Pepper, Capers, and Basil Dressing my friend Trudy brought for a dinner last weekend (on my new deck!) I love artichoke hearts, red peppers, and capers, so no surprise that I'd love this salad and want the recipe.
Trudy credits The Barefoot Contessa as the original source, and this does seem like something Ina Garten might serve on her own deck in the Hamptons. You can make this ahead and chill, or it can sit for hours at room temperature, which makes it perfect for summer entertaining, but I can also imagine this salad served warm on a buffet at a holiday party.
One ingredient I love in this salad is capers, and if you're a caper fan, you might even increase the amount of capers! Capers are the small, buds of a plant that grows in the Mediterranean, with a lemony flavor similar to green olives. This salad with capers is my entry for Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted this week by Anh from Food Lover's Journey, and now managed by Haalo from Cook (almost) Anything At Least Once. To participate, check Who's Hosting and Rules for Weekend Herb Blogging.
Warm or Cold Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Roasted Red Pepper, Capers, and Basil Dressing
(Makes 4-6 servings, adapted by my friend Trudy from a recipe by Ina Garten.)
16 oz. frozen or canned artichoke hearts (I prefer frozen artichoke hearts, but canned artichokes are often cheaper)
1 T extra virgin olive oil
salt and fresh ground black pepper
12 oz jar roasted red pepper (or use one red bell pepper roasted on a barbecue grill)
3 T capers (drained but not rinsed, next time I might use even more)
1/2 cup chopped red onion
freshly chopped parsley or basil for garnish (optional)
Basil Dressing Ingredients:
2 minced shallots (or use about 2 T finely minced red onion)
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil (or use 3-4 tablespoons purchased basil pesto, frozen basil, or Pistou sauce)
3 T fresh lemon juice
1 T white wine vinegar
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (I'd use a bit less if using pesto, frozen basil, or pistou sauce)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Thaw frozen artichokes in the microwave, or drain well if using canned artichokes. Put artichokes in large bowl and toss with olive oil, salt, and fresh ground black pepper. (Use a bowl that's big enough for finished salad, so you don't have to dirty two bowls.) Spray small baking sheet with non-stick spray or olive oil, then arrange artichokes in a single layer and roast for 20 minutes.
While artichokes roast, fit food processor with steel blade and process minced shallot (or red onion) and chopped basil (or basil pesto, frozen basil, or pistou sauce.) When shallots and basil are fairly well chopped, add lemon juice, white wine vinegar, and Dijon and process 30 seconds. Then measure 1/2 cup olive oil (or a little less) and with food processor running, add it slowly through the feed tube and process 1-2 minutes, until dressing mixture is well-blended.
Put roasted artichoke hearts back into the bowl and toss with 1/2 cup basil dressing, then let it marinate for a few minutes if you're not rushed for time. While artichoke hearts marinate, cut roasted red pepper into same-size pieces (I cut them into small strips about 1 inch long.) Chop red onion into very small pieces and drain capers. Add roasted red pepper, chopped red onion, and drained caper to marinating artichoke hearts, and enough dressing so that all ingredients are moistened. (You will not need all the dressing, but save it to re-moisten any leftover salad.) Season salad with salt and fresh ground black pepper, sprinkle with chopped parsley or basil if desired, and serve.
This can also be chilled and served cold. You may want to stir in a bit more dressing before you serve it after the salad has been chilled.
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More Salad Ideas with Capers:
Sliced Tomato, Olive, and Goat Cheese Salad with Onion-Caper Vinaigrette from Kalyn's Kitchen
Cauliflower Salad with Green Olives and Capers from Smitten Kitchen
Salad with Tomatoes, Avocado, Feta, Shrimp, and Caper Vinaigrette from Kalyn's Kitchen
Egg Salad with Mozzarella, Asparagus, Capers, and Pesto from Lucullian Delights
Barley and White Bean Salad with Parsley, Lemon, and Capers from Kalyn's Kitchen
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