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My husband and I are traveling to Nevis for two weeks in October (lucky dogs!). On the advice of a couple of Fodorites, and a poster named Viceroy on myeyez.net, we have booked Yellow Bird villa, located just above Oalie Beach. Sunnyboy, if you read this, do you have a comment on this villa?
We would like to rent a car for two weeks. My AAA membership shows Hertz available for $228/week plux 5% tax. Not bad, except that is for a Daihatsu Charade, a tiny sedan - we would really prefer a Suzuki type jeep with removable cover. I called Hertz 800 number to see if they offer this vehicle, and they were NOT helpful (couldn't even find the location). Anyone know if Hertz has these vehicles? Also, are there any other fees besides the low 5% tax?
Is $228/week a good price on Nevis? How about for a 4WD vehicle?
Also, anyone have a favorite guidebook for Nevis? We'd like to explore the beaches and the hikes - is a guide a must, or can we wing it on our own with the hiking?
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We stayed at the Oualie Beach Resort in June and really liked the beach there. The restaurant is fabulous and the people are just great and very friendly. We went to the beach at Nisbet Plantation and at the 4S. Also, wonderful beaches. I bought the Fodor's 05 Caribbean Guide, which has info. on all of the islands and it was very helpful. While in Nevis, we also ate at Banana's, which was superb. It might be closed in Oct., since they were relocating. We were not there long enough to rent a car, so Sunnyboy or MIM04 would be able to answer those questions. The locals did talk about some "dumb American" ( I guess I am one, too) who hiked by himself and got lost for 5 days! We hiked in St. Kitts, but not in Nevis and we did have a guide through the rainforest. So much information was gained by having O'Neill. What is so great about these islands is that you can go to any beach that you want to without feeling like a crasher! We had drinks at the 4S and visited Sunshine's. Hope you have a great trip. After corresponding with MIM04 after our return, I do think a villa is a great and affordable way to go!
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I've not actually been inside Yellow Bird Villa but people I know who have stayed there report it is quite comfortable. The term "villa" can always be mis-leading as some people visualize a villa to be a large luxurous home appointed with fine furnishings and exquisite linens. In this case from what I know Yellow Bird Villa is more akin to a cute one bedroom cottage. It is nicely appointed and appears to be well maintained. From what I've seen driving by it is accurately described on the various rental villa web-sites where it is listed.
Hertz is the newest car rental agency on the island and therefore has the newest vehicles. I don't believe they have any Suzuki SUV's available. You can rent 4WD Suzuki's from Noel's (the local Avis affiliate)at 869-469-5600, TDC 869-469-5600, Parry's 869-469-5917 or Claude Nisbet 869-469-9837. In addition there are several other smaller companys where you can rent Suzuki's. In October the island is not very crowded so you should have no trouble finding a vehicle that suits your needs. It's been a while since I've actually rented a vehicle but I seem to recall all the car rental companies charge about the same (for the same vehicle) - figure about $35 to $40US per day and you'll generally get a "free day" if you rent for a week or more. You'll have to get a Temporary Driver's License ($30US). You can purchase the CDW and the added liability insurance if you wish. You should check your own policy before you leave to see whether or not your policy will cover you in the event of a loss and sometimes your credit card will also provide coverage for you if you use it to pay the bill. Keep in mind that you are in a foreign country and if you are in a serious accident causing bodily injury and/or significate damage to a local you may have to pay damages out of your own pocket befoe you leave the island and then collect from your own insurance company or credit card company later so weigh your decision to purchase the added insurance carefully.
For lots of information on Nevis visit www.nevis1.com. Chances are the villa owner will have a book which lists many of the things to do and places to see on Nevis. If, by chance they don't, then stop in at the Tourist Office in the Center of Charlestown (it's on Main Street just opposite the road leading to the main dock).
There are many places you can hike to without a guide but you are likely to miss out on a lot of the local culture if you don't use a guide. Check out Top to Bottom Tours, Jim & Nicole Johnson offer no lees than 12 or 12 different hikes through the rain forests, to ruins, caves, etc. They are excellent guides and their fees are very reasonable. Whatever you do don't try climbing Mt. Nevis or taking some of the more inland hikes without a guide and the routes can be dangerous to the uninitiated.
Have a great trip.
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Thanks jw and Sunnyboy! Yes I've gotten lots of info from Nevis1.com - a great site!
No, I am certainly not expecting a lavish estate - I have rented villas lots of times and I realize I'm getting a cute cottage - which is just what we had in mind.
I will definitely check out the guided hikes.
I just called my car insurance company. Ha! They do not provide any coverage outside the US. I liked it better when I was ignorant of that fact! I will call my credit card company too.
Which leads to another question: we vacation often on Eleuthera in the Bahamas, another un-touristy destination. Credit cards are almost unheard of there...even the rental cars are paid in cash (or traveler's checks). Do you find Nevis to be similar? Are USDollars and credit cards widely accepted? I would like to use the CC for the rental car, and cash for other expenses. However we usually run low on cash at the end...do the non-resort restaurants generally accept CC's? (I realize there may be a transaction fee from the CC company)
Thanks much!
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Credit Cards are accepted by all of the major car rental companies as, of course, are $US. You can use credit cards at most restaurants and shops around the island and just about eveyone will accept $US in payment for anything on the island. You may, however, get $EC back in change (especially if you are buying something in one of the small shops). Consider bringing a samall "credit card" size pocket calculator with you to convert curency ($1US = $2.688EC but you'll get exchange rates that vary between $2.60 and $2.70EC to $1US). Some of the tourist oriented shops will mark items with both $EC and $US prices but usually if you see only one price it is in $EC (FYI - Four Seasons Gift Shop prices are all in $US). For me, I always assume prices marked are in $EC and pay accordingly. If you don't have a calculator handy use this sinple formula - divide $EC price by 3 and add 10% - the result will be very close to $US equivelent.
There are ATMs at all the banks in Charlestown that dispense $EC currency.
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As always, Sunnyboy has great advice!! I just received the credit card statement from our time in Nevis and St. Kitts. Groan!!!! Like you, Joan, we were afraid to use cash at the onset of our vacation, and charged a lot of stuff. I was amazed at the transaction fee that followed each charge, since we have never dealt with this before. Is it new? Are more people traveling to the Caribbean???? Anyway, we ended up taking too much cash and charging stuff, but came home with cash to spare and then some. Maybe we are backwards....grin...We saw most items in USD and had a few dinners in EC, which, as Sunnyboy pointed out, very easy to convert. Also, while the 4S is a great place to visit, their gift shop prices are really high!! Beautiful property, though. Happy trip, again. Karen
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Karen - you have made a good choice of villa. I am sure you will enjoy it a lot. There is so much to do and see on Nevis. I know you will really enjoy it a lot! [email protected] is the website for Noel's auto if you want to email for prices.
IW - I know who you are talking about getting lost... that was so crazy! Yes. I really think villa is the way to go. I think it is nice to stay at a resort, but I like to have extra space that you do not get in a hotel room.
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Thanks again, all!
Sunnyboy, I will take your advice and bring a calculator, but I do like your shortcut - but somehow I think I'll not be too good at it after a Killer Bee!
I called my CC company: they will cover a car rental on Nevis! With of course a million rules to follow...
By the way, iw, they will charge a 1% transaction fee for any charges in EC$. Sounds better than the 3% I've been hearing, but still - I'm sure it's an unfavorable exchange rate as well. So we'll probably charge the vehicle, but use cash elsewhere...
Re: car rental. One of the websites mentioned that TDC will exchange your rental car while on St. Kitts - you just park one at the pier in Nevis, pick up the other on St. Kitts for the day. Since we plan to visit St. Kitts at least once during our trip, this sounds like a great idea! Have any of you done that?
Mim, I will email noelauto and see what the rates are, and if he offers the same exchange. Thanks very much.
One more Q! I am really intrigued by the rail trip available on St. Kitts - I'd like to do that, wondering if any of you have tried it. It actually sounds like an old railway, refurbished perhaps for the tourist/cruise trade (don't think we can book privately unless there's no cruise ships in port). Cheesey or worthwhile - or both ?
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The website for the St. Kitts Scenic Railway is www.stkittsscenicrailway.com
You can contact them directly.
I haven't tried it and have heard mixed reviews.
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We spent 7 days in Nevis is summer 2003. Rented a sedan from Noel's right from the airport upon arrivalm for $318, so $228 is reasonable for 2005. A car is a must for island exploring on Nevis. Visit the Golden Rock Estates and take the short nature trail to see the monkeys. We were required to purchase a "St. Christopher And Nevis Temporary Driver's Licence", a cost of $62.50 several years ago. Robert
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An excellent web site on St. Kitts & Nevis is www.islandimage.com and www.myislands.myeyez.net
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To answer Joan - TDC does allow you to "swap" a rental car for a day trip to St. Kitts. Many people do it and it works out great.
I've not done the St. Kitts train but the cars are new specially designed passenger cars that travel along the existing narrow gauge tracks that run through the sugar cane fields. I've heard mixed reports about the experience mainly that it is a relatively long trip and therefore takes up precious time if you are only on-island for the day and it's a bit on the pricey side.
Regarding Credit Cards - It is now pretty standard for US credit card companies to impose a currency transaction fee on all purchases made in foreign currencies throughout the world, not just in the Caribbean. Generally speaking the fee is 3% so Joan's fee of 1% sounds like a bargain. FYI - this is not really "new" but rather the fees which use to be "hidden" are now disclosed for each transaction. It's really a case of "what the traffic will bear" - somewhat akin to ATM fees - you know the stuff that makes for humorous banking commercials.
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Be sure to post a Trip Report when you return on the various forums.
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Hmm...the Railway goes over 23 bridges! Now that is very tempting - I remember riding the Silverton Durango line in Colorado and I just loved it. However, it is not getting rave reviews, costs $89 pp, apparently during Oct it runs only if a cruise ship is in port. And if I already have a rental car, I guess it would be cheaper to drive ourselves around (especially compared to 2003 car rental prices, Robert - who'd have thunk it?). Heck, for $180 we could get quite a tour...we'll have to think some more.
Yes Liz I will def do a trip report! One to rival Viceroy's I hope
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Just got back from our honeymoon at Montpelier! I'll save all the details for a trip report soon, but just to address the car rental stuff (though others have already covered it quite well).
We had a 4x4 Suzuki Jimmy delivered to Montpelier by TDC (Thrifty) for 4 days--the final bill was $246. It was $45/day plus driver's license, tax, gas, and pick-up/drop-off. The ultra-sub-compact vehicles as you were quoted were about $30-35/day, FYI. I didn't specify what type of vehicle we wanted, Montpelier set that up. We were glad to have the 4x4 as there's no way we could've "explored" the island as we did. So, if you've got any inkling to go off the beaten path--get the 4x4.
Oh, and I did notice the Hertz office there, looked brand new.
If you have any other q's, feel free to email me: andyran26.2 at gmail dot com. Everything is still pretty fresh.
Good luck.
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Be sure to visit Miss June's when you're in St. Kitts. www.missjunes.com and a new restaurant called Coconut Grove.
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Liz, two of our best Caribbean memories are: Tortola, dining at Mrs. Scatliffe's home - not quite as elegant as Miss June's sounds, but fabulous food served by a wonderful woman (and her pre-teen grandson made the rum punches!) who came out of the kitchen after the meal and sang to us from the Bible. My kids still talk about her.
And, there was a restaurant in Grenada located inside an ancient home, I can't remember the name, but legend has it that the same pot of Callaloo soup was on the same stove for decades, always added to, even fed the American soldiers during the Grenada invasion. The dining room was filled with stacks of antique books and photo albums and autograph albums. It felt like you were eating inside a history book.
Anyway, we are definitely looking forward to Miss June. Will reserve before we go!
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Thanks to Joan for pointing me to this forum, I looking for some SKN "pro's" and residents to answer some specific questions about residing on Nevis. We are negotiating a purchase of an existing home but are having difficulty finding information about importing our own personal effects, household goods, our Jeep, etc. Bottom line, just what can be brought in duty free, at least the first time around? Is there a government source or bulletin that outlines the official rules?
Sunnyboy and anyothers...your assistance will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Richard.
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Hello, basically rule of thumb is used household goods get in duty free. You can ship stuff one time and customs is there when you unpack your containter. New household items are subject to duty. You should call the Nevis Customs office, if you have not done so already. GL
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Seems like I usually pay about the same amount too..........I liked The Ritz Carlton Rose Hall in Jamaica, The Ritz Carlton in St. Thomas and The Ritz Carlton in Cancun. All three were spectacular. I plan to go to Cap Juluca shortly. I did not like Little Dix Bay or Caneel Bay.
Another place that opens soon is The Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman.....
My wife loves the marble bathrooms and the spa's too...........
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To Viceroy (Richard) - getting specifics on customs duty fees is a very daunting task. Sometimes I think the customs people charge "what the traffic will bare". Actually, it's a complicated system with different duty fees for different items so the first thing you should do is hire a local customs broker on the island to assist you. They will be able to give you specifics and you can contact the Minister of Finance for up to date information.
Generally speaking, people relocating to the island can apply to the Minister of Finance for what is known as "First arrival Privilages" which will allow you to bring in one shippment of "used" personal belongings duty free. You must apply for this privilage prior to shipping anything and there is no guarantee approval will be granted for any or all of the items you declare. Your application must contain a detailed and itemized list of all the items you are declaring. For instance you cannot declare "1 box of household goods" but rather it should say something like 15 towels, 1 set of service for 8 dishes, 3 table cloths, 16 water goblets. You get the idea. Try to include as much as you can in your "First Arrival" application as you are only allowed to do this once. Anything else you bring in susequent to that first shipment will be subject to duty. Do not, under any circumstances, mix in new items or try to claim new items as being used as you risk having duty charged on everything (if you try this an get caught the customs people will thoughly check every future shipment you bring on to the island. First Arrival Privilages are limited to personal belongings, clothing and general houshold goods. First Arrival Privilages do not apply to such things as appliances, power lawn equipment, electronics, air conditioners or any other "big ticket" item. You cannot bring in any type of motorized vehicle or boat, whether new or used, without paying substantial duty. You may find it easier and more economical to purchase a car "on-island" rather than bringing in a used vehicle.
Even though you won't be paying duty on First arrival" items you will still have to pay a customs inspection fee, wharfage fees, and delivery fees. Give yourself plenty of time between your application for First Arrival Privilages and your anticipated date of shipment. Approval (if it's granted) happens on island time and nothing move quickly when it comes to getting things done on Nevis.
FYI - anything you bring on to the island subsequent to "First Arrival" will be dutible based on the CIF value (cost, insurance & freight). Duty rates vary but on average are assessed at between 25% and 35% of CIF. With the added fees you can expect to pay a total of 40% on the value of the goods you import.
Lastly, you do understand that having a home on the island does not automatically give you residency status and you will be subject to the "stay" limitations as any tourist. To apply for residency you must invest at least $250,000 in a residence or business, submit financial statements showing you have the means to support yourself without working on the island, you have to submit health statement and law enforcement background checks and other personal information. The process take anywhere from 18 to 24 months and if residency is granted you will be assessed a one time fee of about $3,800. Having residency does not allow you to work on the island, for that you will need a work permt (another difficult and lengthly process).
Good luck attaining your dream.
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Thanks Sunnyboy for posting all that info. I kind of new you would I just got a copy of all this info. myself and yes it is a lot of work and info. and time to spend to get it all right.
Richard - GL to you! Hope you get in touch with them ASAP so you can start going on this. BTW - I know someone who is moving to Nevis right now and was not planning on being there when the container is opened, not a good idea. You NEED to be there once that time comes... again, GL
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Thank you, Sunnyboy...yep, I figured a 2 to 3 year time line to get all the proverbial ducks in a row! If you can wait that long, the bar will be open (on our patio/porch) and rum punch is on me. Cheers, Richard.
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Maybe we should adopt these residencey requirments for the U.S......Hmmmmm? Robert
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Yikes, those requirement$ are truly daunting. Sounds like Viceroy is up for the challenge, though. I'm almost (almost!) hoping I don't fall completely head over heels in love with Nevis the way Viceroy has...I don't think I'd have the stamina (or the finances!) that the others have.
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I just re-read Sunnyboys post and I have to disagree with a couple of items. There are actually several categories of residency.
Permanent Residency: Property owners (land or house) can apply for permanent residency, which enables them to stay on the island indefinitely. It also permits them to work without a work permit, which is required of non-nationals working on the island. The application fee for permanent residency is $200 EC, followed by a one-time payment of $3,800 EC when approved. Approval usually takes 6 months to 1 year.
Citizenship Program: Property owners who have owned for 14 years and who are Commonwealth citizens can apply for citizenship based on their length of residency in the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis. The application requires a letter of verification of length of residency. The cost is $1,750 EC CARICOM (Caribbean nationals) and $3,800 EC for non-CARICOM nationals.
Economic Citizenship Program: Purchasers can qualify for citizenship in Nevis by virtue of investing $250,000 US in the Federation in certain areas that are located in an "approved investment project". On Nevis, these include Cliffdwellers, Fern Hill Estates, Villas at Nelson Spring, Four Seasons Resort Estates, Jones Estate, Hermitage villas, and Mount Nevis Hotel condominiums.
Hope this helps!
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MIM is definitely more accurate in her description of the 3 different type of residency. I wasn't trying to be completely definitive in my reply (it's difficult to cover every aspect of the Nevis immigration laws in a single short post) but rather only pointng out that purchasing a home on Nevis doesn't automatically give you residency status (excepting if you purchase in the few "approved areas"). Nonetheless, anyone contemplating purchasing a home on Nevis or any other Caribbean Island for that matter should hire a local attorney to assist them through the process. There's a lot of red tape but it can be accomplished by those willing to make the effort - and yes it cost some money, there's no way around that. You just have to recognize that moving to an island is no different that trying to immigrate to any foreign country. There are rules and regulations that must be followed - you just can't show up on the island one day and expect to move there.
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It's pretty difficult to seek extended stays in the Bahamas as well. Most still want to retain their American citizenship, to go back and forth. So, you can own a home in most Caribbean nations, without tons of immigration formalities; however, you still carry a visa and are considered by the authorities as a visitor to the island. In the Bahamas, home owners usually have to leave after 60-90 days (at last count several years ago). Home owners in the Bahamas simply turn around upon touching down in the U.S., and return the next day. You can visit friends for a week, then return to the Bahamas. There are no restrictions for leaving your pets in the Bahamas while you return to the U.S. Some U.S. citizens who own homes in the Bahamas can apply for a "Annual Residency", which runs close to $2,000/year, to avoid having to travel back to the US after the 60-90 day time restriction. Some apply for a "Permanent Residency", which is over $10,000. But, you need to document a minimum investment of a half million dollars in a home there, and also show that you have the financial resources to support yourself, because getting a job in the Bahamas is very difficult and the authorities want all jobs to go to Bahamians, first. This last process takes a few years of before approval, if you qualify. All three of these options in now way endangers your U.S. citizenship. Robert
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Again, thanks to both MIM04 and Sunnyboy for adding to my (ever growing) file of knowledge. While daunting, I'm sort-of appreciative of the restrictions. We have economic immigration policies in Canada, too!
Cheers, Richard.
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Hello To all.
I just moved to Nevis last year.
Purchased a property and opened a business.
It is not easy but with a good lawer it makes things get done in due time.
I still am not considered a resident even though I invested a large sum of money.
I am told that I need to be here longer to prove that I really want to live on Nevis.
I agree with the policies and think it keeps the unwanted away.
I live here with a work permit to run my own business. The work permit would never be denied as long as I use it for my own place. I had to show them that the business I opened is a business that a local could not do.Example :If you want to work in or own a BBQ restaurant they will not allow it....
If you need help come see me when you get to Nevis, I will be glad to direct you in the right path.
ask for Gary at Coconut Grove Restaurant.
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Gary is right that a good lawyer helps, but you have to apply for permanent residency after you acquire property. You can also apply for citizenship based on spending $250,000 on property in certain designated areas, or after 14 years on the island. There are also certain qualifiers for people depending on what country they come from. It's best to always check with a lawyer or the office of National Security on St. Kitts to get the rules.
It is really not as complicated as it may seem as a good real estate agent and a good lawyer will walk you through the process.
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To Garysxm,
Do you have a website for your restaurant ? I thought I saw it on nevis1.com, but can't find it now.
I'm spending the month of February in Nevis. Maybe you'd be interested in stocking my refrigerator/freezer ?
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We eaten in Gary's restaurant (Coconut Grove) several times and the food is very good. As he readily admitted in an earlier post they had some "theething pains" when they first opened a few months ago which was to be expected with any new restaurant but things seem to be going very well during our most recent. The restaurant is very attractive, the food is excellent, service was attentive without being overbearing and the presentation of the different courses is top notch. The restaurant has a comfortable bar area and a superb wine list. We wish him well.
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I remember reading some less stellar posts about Coconut Grove in the past, but Rome wasn't built in a day. Gary, wish you only the best with your endeavor!! If I ever get to Nevis, I will stop by. It's on my short list, but definitely not this year.
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To peruse the menu at Coconut Grove visit www.islandimage.com and Click on Travel Forum.
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Scroll down to "Travel News You Can Use".
Feel free to become a member...
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OK! I love the way this thread is going. I just have a few more visitor questions:
- Has anyone booked a rental vehicle via email before going? I have been unable to get a response from noel auto, and I would prefer to get a written quote vs a phone call. But hey I'm easy! Should I just bite the bullet and make some phone calls to Nevis? I checked Hertz online, actually got a great rate, but they don't have the vehicle I want: a soft top Suzuki 4X4.
- Should we bring snorkel gear? We are avid snorkelers, and no I don't expect the coral gardens I've seen elsewhere, but is there snorkeling off the beach? We love driving around, packing a lunch and snorkeling off the beach as the mood strikes. If the only snorkeling available is by boat, then we'll leave the gear home and take an excursion instead.
Thanks so much!
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Noel's Car rental is very reputable and we've booked rentals for our houseguests many times via e-mail but they can be a little slow in responding. Call them (ask for Mauva -I think I've spelled her name right)for a quicker response (869-469-7926 - the call is not very expensive from the US).
As for off-beach snorkeling is concerned, as I've said in many previous posts, it is not all that good on Nevis. Quite honestly it is not worth taking up valuable luggage space with your snorkel equipment (if the mood strikes, you can probably rent gear at Oualie Beach Watersports). The best snorkeling in the area is at Shitten Bay off the South Penninsula of St. Kitts and is accessible only by boat (there are several day trip operators who can take you there and they have equipment available).
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To Sunnyboy and MIM - thank you so much for the valuable information regarding used household goods that can be brought into St. Kitts. We recently purchased a place on St. Kitts and will hopefully be able to retire there for the winter months in a few years time. This is exactly the kind of things we need to know. I'm printing it out and keeping it for when I need it. Richard (aka Viceroy) - you make the rum punches for when we visit Nevis and I'll reciprocate for when you come to St. Kitts!!
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Hey Nancy, don't forget me! As the starter of this thread, and a soon-to-be occasional visitor, I'll bring the ice and the shrimp cocktail!
Sunnyboy: Are you Shitten me?
Sorry, I tried to resist. I really did.
OK I will not bring snorkel gear, that's what I figured.
And thanks for the phone number for noel's auto - I will use it and get everything all set. I hope he does the free St. Kitts exchange like some of the other car companies.
Can't wait to try Coconut Grove - Gary will you be open for lunch also?
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Joan - Groan!!!- Shitten Bay does have a strange name. I'm not sure if Noel's does the Nevis/St. Kitts trade but I do know that TDC (869-469-5690 - I seemed to have mis-typed that number in an earlier post) does offer that particular service. Coconut Grove is not open for lunch but their take-out pizza stand is. FYI - Right now the pizza shop doesn't take phone-in orders so you have to place your order in person and wait while it's being cooked.
Have a great trip.
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Joan - BTW the pizza is pretty good. I am sure you will enjoy it.
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Eventually, it will happen.
Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell will cut one of his own draft picks.
Caldwell has selected 17 players in the two drafts he's orchestrated. The nine players selected in May are all likely to be a safe bet to make the final 53-man roster.
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However, that might not be the case with cornerbacks Jeremy Harris and Demetrius McCray. The Jaguars took the pair with the 208th and 210th overall picks, respectively, in the seventh round.
McCray has already provided some production in his one year with the Jaguars.
Harris is hoping he can wipe away a lost rookie season in which he suffered a season-ending back injury before playing a snap in a preseason game.
The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Harris made his return Tuesday when the team began its organized team activities. Harris stayed in Jacksonville last season, despite being placed on injured reserve on Aug. 25, and attended meetings. That knowledge appeared to help him practice with little rust as he got in good position multiple times on balls thrown deep to his side.
"We really liked him coming out [of the draft]," Jaguars coach Gus Bradley said. "It was good to see him out there, not have any issues and perform. Now, he's truly like a rookie. He's going through it. Although he understands the defense, being on the field and actually utilizing the techniques is new to him. So we think he'll progress pretty quick because he does have a good knowledge."
Harris played for Jaguars defensive backs coach Dewayne Walker at New Mexico State. Walker said Harris did the best he could do to make the most of his unfortunate situation.
"It was a redshirt year, so to speak," Walker said. "He had a year off but sat back and learned from the older guys. He knows this is pretty important for him to come out and have a fast start. Through the OTAs so far, he's looked pretty good and moved around pretty good."
Harris has been encouraged by how his time in meetings helped him make a smoother transition back to the field. He broke up two deep passes in one practice, opportunities in which he could've made an interception.
"I felt I did good staying on top of the receiver on the deep balls," Harris said. "I dropped two of them that I wish I could have back. I was in good position to catch the ball, but I've got to finish the play. Now, it's coming more second nature, all of the nuances. I'm able to play fast without really thinking. The mental part is going well."
For McCray, the biggest strides he made in the offseason were physical. The long and lengthy McCray added seven pounds of muscle, increasing his 6-foot frame to 195 pounds.
Walker says that McCray is perhaps the fastest defensive back on the team, so his added strength could take his game to a higher level.
"The one thing is he can run," Walker said. "In this system, a guy that can run like that really helps. So far, he's really improved on his on-the-line, bump-and-run technique. That was something he struggled with a little bit last year because it was brand new for him. The strength helps, but just the pureness of the technique. You can see he's spent a lot of time with that in the offseason. It's early, but I definitely see an improvement in how he's playing."
McCray played in all 16 games last season, mostly seeing time on special teams. He was forced to start against Seattle in Week 3 because of injuries to starters Alan Ball and Dwayne Gratz. McCray played 65 snaps against the Seahawks, making five tackles with two pass breakups in the 45-17 loss.
On special teams, he finished fourth on the team with five tackles on coverage units. Bradley said he remains excited about McCray's speed and length.
"He's really going to be competing this year," Bradley said. "I think he's another one of those guys that I think is more mature for his age. Coming in here, it definitely was not too big for him. We saw that in the Seattle game. He went in there and did a nice job."
McCray can see how valuable the time he got as a rookie has helped him heading into his second year.
"My confidence level is going up every day," McCray said. "I'm more comfortable with a year of experience. I learned and watched. It's not slower, but I can go through it a little smoother."
The Jaguars didn't address the cornerback position much in the offseason. No veteran free agent was signed. Caldwell selected Aaron Colvin in the fourth round, but he's recovering from a torn knee ligament suffered in January's Senior Bowl. Colvin is likely to begin the season on the physically-unable-to-perform list, making him ineligible to play until Week 7.
Not counting Colvin, the Jaguars have eight cornerbacks on the roster seemingly competing for six spots. Ball, Gratz and Will Blackmon are likely atop the depth chart. That leaves Harris and McCray to compete with third-year veteran Mike Harris, mid-September waiver-wire pickup Jamell Fleming and undrafted rookie Rashaad Reynolds for the final three spots when training camp opens July 24.
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When we have already installed it to the device, some problems may occur just like when we want to play flash game or view flash video on the web there is still appear a caution to install flash player plugin at first.
It's happened because the plugin setting on the web browser is disabled. We should enable it by opening the internet browser then go to setting menu and make the plugin setting to be "always on".
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Amazon's E-Reader Out of Stock: Is It Demand, or a Kindle 3?
UPDATE: There's a new Kindle coming. The Journal's Geoff Fowler has the story.
If you're looking to buy a new Amazon Kindle right now, you're out of luck.
The e-reader is listed as temporarily out of stock on Amazon's site, and there isn't a delivery date available. "We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information," the company says on its site.
Amazon didn't immediately respond to requests for comment, and it's unclear whether the shortage is due to a surge in demand or supply-chain problems — or whether the company has stopped shipping the Kindle 2 in anticipation of a Kindle 3.
The demand for e-books and e-readers has picked up in recent months, and Amazon reported last week that sales of the Kindle device have tripled since the company lowered its price to $189 from $259 in June. Amazon hasn't released actual sales figures for the Kindle but also said sales of the e-reader accelerated each month in the second quarter.
This isn't the first time that Amazon has faced a shortage of Kindles. But many shipping delays came long ago and were accompanied by apologies from the company and estimates of an availability date, as technology blog Engadget points out.
On one hand, the apparent shortage could indicate unexpectedly strong demand for the device — a good sign for Amazon given concerns that its e-reader would not be able to compete with the computing power of Apple's iPad, which also has seen heavy demand and ships seven to 10 days after an order is placed.
But unlike with earlier Kindle delays, would-be customers now have more options if they want an e-reader now and don't want to pay $499 for the iPad. Without even an expected delivery date for the Kindle, they could turn elsewhere — to the $189 Nook from Barnes and Noble or to a plethora of devices from Sony and others.
The delay might also mean there are problems with some part of the supply chain. Companies that build the Kindle and its parts also build other devices, and the surge in demand for gadgets is putting pressure on suppliers.
But at least one Wall Street analyst thinks the shortage means Amazon has slowed production of the current Kindle as it prepares to release a new device. "Historically, Kindle 'out of stock' statements have presaged the launch of new versions," writes analyst Jim Friedland of Cowen and Co., who estimated the chance of there being a Kindle 3 soon at 80%. He expects a new Kindle to have a higher-contrast screen and be lighter and faster than the current device.
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You may have followed the hubbub today about the release of Mozilla's Firefox 3 browser. The company had declared today Download Day, in an effort to set a Guinness World Record for most software downloads in one day. Instead, Mozilla's download servers were down until about midday and you couldn't even visit the company's home page. Firefox 3–the official version–is available for download now though. This is the browser most all web workers will want.
One big difference in this new version, compared to the previous ones, of course, is that you can now use your Firefox extensions with it. Well, you can use many of them. I've run into a few of my favorite extensions, including iMacros, that aren't updated for version 3. Here are some other things to keep in mind if you're upgrading.
One of the huge initial attractions to Firefox, of course, was tabbed browsing. If you've gotten used to working with a lot of tabs, you'll appreciate the new version's much better memory handling. Also, version 3 is just much, much faster at rendering, due to its incorporation of the Gecko 1.9 rendering engine. In fact, Mozilla specifically claims: "Improvements to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimizations have resulted in continued improvements in performance. Compared to Firefox 2, web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office run twice as fast in Firefox 3."
I don't know about twice as fast, but I'm definitely getting vastly improved speeds with version 3. It's interesting to note that Mozilla specifically cites on-demand, web-based applications such as Zoho Office as benefitting from the performance improvements. If your application is web-based, you want fast page rendering.
Over on the OStatic blog, we recently did a roundup of over 40 ways to get more out of Firefox. If you spend some time with that, and get the new version 3 of the browser, you should end up surfing smarter. Mozilla bungled its early effort to deliver this browser today, but it's still good to have a much faster, smarter version of Firefox.
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities worked Thursday to identity a body found in the backyard of a Nevada home where a missing woman had lived with her husband before he committed suicide after police questioned him about her disappearance.
Washoe County deputies found the remains Wednesday at the home in Spanish Springs, north of Reno, while executing a search warrant involving the disappearance of Colleen Muhl, 56, sheriff's Lt. Tom Green said.
Before his death, her husband, Gerald Muhl, 51, told police she had died in California during a visit in mid-February. Authorities said he was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound soon after investigators told him his story wasn't adding up.
Detectives secured the search warrant after receiving a tip that Gerald Muhl had been seen moving rocks in the backyard.
It was initially unclear if the remains were those of a man or woman and how long they had been in the yard, Green said. He told the Reno Gazette-Journal (http://tinyurl.com/l2eon44) there appeared to have been a "sophisticated effort" to conceal the remains that were wrapped in plastic.
Colleen Muhl was last seen in Nevada on Feb. 17. In the days that followed, Gerald Muhl consented to multiple interviews with investigators and told them that California authorities had notified him that she died there on Feb. 22, Green said.
"It hadn't gotten to the point we were calling him a liar," Green said last week. "But his story changed back and forth. Things weren't adding up."
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Additional contact information Takashi Kato: Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
Akihiko Takahashi: Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
Toshihiro Yamada: Mitsubishi UFJ T rust Investment Technology Institute Co.,Ltd. (MTEC)
No CIRJE-F-841, CIRJE F-Series from CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo
This paper presents a new asymptotic expansion method for pricing continuously monitoring barrier options. In particular, we develops a semi-group expansion scheme for the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem in the second-order parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs) arising in barrier option pricing. As an application, we propose a concrete approximation formula under a stochastic volatility model and demonstrate its validity by some numerical experiments.
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Building techniques vary around the country. In the New Mexico desert where the Panteah, Nastacio and Sheche families built themselves homes over the past year using sweat equity along with government technical assistance and mortgages, snake wrangling became an unusually important skill when work was stopped to remove a rattlesnake from the foundation being constructed.
The ready-to-move-in snake was just one of many complications facing the three families on the Zuni Pueblo, a small American Indian reservation in gorgeous country south of Gallup, N.M. And while having three more self-help houses in the world may not seem like much in the grand scheme of things, the project shows what can happen when borrowers, lenders and housing entities are committed to paving new ground.
The process wasn't easy for the families or the Zuni Housing Authority, which took the lead on making it happen. What do you do when you're ready to stick shovels in the ground and the U.S. Department of Agriculture tells you to stop? (You stop.) What do you do when each of your three borrowers gets laid off from her job within a 30-day period? (You hold your breath until they all find new jobs.) What do you do when there's a gap in financing and you want to start building the units? (You front the money yourself and hope to be repaid when the mortgages are granted.) Removing stray reptiles actually proved to be one of the easier tasks at hand.
Some of it was serendipity. Mike Chavez, executive director of the Zuni Housing Authority, said that two years ago he had no idea the USDA could help him build and finance this kind of housing. But a circle of families helping each other build their homes was something that resonated within the heart of Zuni culture, he said. So when he found out about the USDA Section 523 Mutual Self-Help Assistance Grant, Chavez thought to himself, "This is something we can do."
A $279,000 USDA Section 523 grant was the seed money that provided technical assistance for the project, he told attendees of the New Mexico Housing Summit in Albuquerque. And the homes were financed with USDA Section 502 direct mortgages, at about $90,000 apiece. Three homes have just been completed and the original plan calls for a total of 12.
"It is really challenging" to do this kind of work, Chavez told the meeting, sponsored by the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority. For one thing, none of the three families had any construction experience. By the end of the project, they had contributed more than 250 hours of sweat equity.
Cedric Lupee, program coordinator for Zuni Housing Authority, said the houses were three- and four-bedroom units ranging from 1,283 to 1,500 square feet. All three of the borrowers were female single parents, and all of them were housing authority rental clients quite motivated to improving their living conditions.
The houses were built on available vacant lots in Zuni's Bluebird subdivision, Lupee said. An eagerness to get underway was checked when the USDA told the housing authority they had to finalize lease documents and obtain title search reports from the Bureau of Indian Affairs first. So they put their shovels away temporarily.
The individual mortgages under USDA Section 502 were also supposed to be closed before commencing construction, and they hadn't. So Zuni fronted the construction money, something that might be as rare in most building projects around the country as rattlesnake removal is.
The families didn't do all the work on the houses, Lupee reported. Workers from the housing authority did the plumbing and electrical work, and there were also volunteers on the project. Construction started last May, and completed in June of this year. Each of the three families provided sweat equity on all three of the projects.
In addition, the families opened Individual Development Accounts being offered through Albuquerque-based nonprofit Prosperity Works, and the money built up through contributions and matching funds is being used to help the families make some of their initial mortgage payments.
The families and the housing authority learned as they went, and it took them a good bit of time and trouble to get the project done. But they did, finally. The last picture in this story shows the dedication of the three neat and trim homes in the scenic New Mexico desert in June, as the beaming families of Kay Panteah, Reyanna Nastacio and Martha Sheche stand behind big unfurled American flags, gifts from the USDA. Even better to report, the families got keys to their new homes in July.
Building three houses in the desert may hardly make a dent in the housing need at Zuni Pueblo. But for the Panteah, Nastacio and Sheche families, their housing needs have been taken care of 100%. If you don't get a warm feeling from seeing three little kids peering out over an American flag they can use to fly over their new home, you may be in the wrong business. Because this is what it's all about.
Mark Fogarty, Editor at Large of National Mortgage News, brings more than 30 years of sector experience to his analyses of the mortgage market.


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In response to requests from Plumbing Manufacturers Intl. (PMI) and its members, as well as from other supporters of the U.S....
Clean Water Testing, a state-certified water laboratory located in Appleton, Wis., launched a website designed to provide educational and water testing information as well as online ordering of testing supplies.
Clean Water Testing has specialized in water analysis and testing for customers throughout Wisconsin and Illinois since 1985. Now water sampling supplies and specific water tests can be ordered online via the new website from anywhere in the country.
Customers can be assured of accurate test results by submitting samples via common courier overnight services. The website details six available contaminant tests for water as well as testing instructions, how to better understand the test results, options available for treating contaminated water, plus insight into common water testing questions.


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Movie goers at a local cinema at West Homestead, Pennsylvania had the fright of their livesduring a screening of the Dark Knight rises after a fight broke out during the playing of the film.
At the time it wasn't understood was set off the commotion but edgy movie goers didn't stick around to ask as they blindly bolted out the door, with several nearly getting trampled.
Said witness Colin Marks: "There were two people who got into an argument, and one person yelled something that induced people to get into a panic,"
Stopping on his way to the emergency exit to stop frenzied theater patrons from stomping on people who had fallen to the ground, Marks added: "There were some people that were very scared though,"
At present no arrests have been made but it might help to know that the lobby of the West Homestead movie theater where the near trampling took place was also the site of a shooting in November 2005 that resulted in the death of one man.
Nevermind now that we have one delusional kid blowing people up to smithereens in local cinemas we can all now pretend with certainty that we will all be blown away too. It is only just a matter of time. Welcome to a scary America….


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The 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach provides care to toddlers, children and teenagers who become critically ill or injured. Critical care is comprehensive care for patients whose condition may be life-threatening or who may require constant monitoring. Conditions that commonly cause critical illness and injury include severe infection, poisoning, trauma, extensive surgery, congenital anomalies and immunological disorders. Patients from multiple surgical specialties including congenital heart surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics and general pediatric surgery receive advanced level care. Miller Children's is a level II trauma center and admits patients with a wide variety of traumatic injuries, including head traumas.
The unit is staffed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week by onsite board-certified pediatric intensivists, registered nurses and respiratory therapists with special skills in the management of critically ill children, and the availability of an interdisciplinary team including social workers, dieticians, occupational therapists and physical therapists. This highly trained PICU care team of physicians, nurses, therapists and other staff possess the knowledge, skill and judgment to provide timely assessment and treatment. The PICU team is actively involved in research studies to help improve outcomes nationally. More than 1,300 patients are admitted to the PICU at Miller Children's each year and half of the patients admitted are transported here from other hospitals, by our specialized pediatric transport team.


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Runners from Hailsham Harriers Athletics Club enjoyed a successful day in the local Beachy Head Marathon.
16 runners from the club took part in the event, with some competing in a marathon for the first time.
Rob Chrystie completed the challenge first for the Harriers, finishing 103rd in a time of 3hours 59 minutes 51 seconds, an impressive feat in a race featuring over 1500 runners.
Dave Coulson arrived not too long after in 120th place in 4h01m47s, while Sue Cooper was first home for the ladies in an impressive 320th place after clocking a time of 4h32m59s.
The event was won by Rob Harley, who is a lecturer at the University of Brighton, in a time of 3h9m51s 3 hours, 9 minutes and 51 seconds.


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My Nonprofit Reviews
Review for Furry Kids Refuge, Lees Summit, MO, USA
Ego's are left at the door with Furry Kids Refuge, as volunteer's are too busy with placing, grooming, training, and loving the "Furry Kids". This is the most unified group I've ever seen! Last summer, a foster got loose and no less than 4 of us "hit" the Independence Animal Shelter to find him and/or spent hours driving around the area the pup was lost ---needless to say we found him. Have never seen a "kid" placed for adoption that wasn't "ready to go", meaning happy and healthy when adopted...nor heard of an animal being turned away. This group is dedicated to the protection and care of these little "refugees" and all of us take this very seriously...Foster care with this group seems very, very special too...these "babies" adore their foster Mom's and Dad's. I am very proud to be a member and hope to do more in the future (meaning fostering)
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Are The Lawyers Ruining Our Playgrounds?
Many of us can remember climbing up, up, up on tall slides, monkey bars, and jungle gyms as kids. It was scary but oh-so-thrilling when we made it to the top, so proud of our newest accomplishment and courageous stunt. And somehow, we lived to tell the tale.
But as The New York Times reports, across the world these tools of play and exploration have been disappearing as parents grow more protective, federal guidelines change, and manufacturers fear lawsuits.
Are we shortchanging our kids' exercise and risk-taking? Or keeping them safer?


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Powerful World Series of Boxing (WSB) Group B table-toppers Astana Arlans Kazakhstan can now focus on preparations for their quarter-final match later this month after comfortably overcoming the challenge of German Eagles at the Almaty Sports Complex. Signing off in style, the Kazak outfit saw Israeli hardman Konstantin Snigur, classy Iranian Ehsan Rouzbahani and talismanic captain Ruslan Myrsatayev deliver in front of an ecstatic home crowd.
The Eagles' untested Romanian Nicolae Razvan Andreiana produced the shock of the evening to give the visitors the early lead in the tie after the 22-year-old Bantamweight (50-54kg) displayed some excellent skills to outwit Kazakhstan's rangy Miras Zhakupov. The unbeaten Arlans orthodox fighter had looked on course for the win after having dominated two of the first three rounds but Andreiana showed tremendous stamina and work rate to overturn his deficit and record a win on his maiden appearance in the competition.
It was over quickly in the Lightweight (57-61kg) contest as orthodox German Robert Aramovic Harutyunyan was unable to continue in round two following an injury sustained at the end of the first, handing experienced 27-year-old Kazak Yerzhan Mussafirov the win which put the Arlans back on level terms.
It was a demonstration of power and poise by 29-year-old orthodox Middleweight (68-73kg) Snigur in the first three rounds of his bout versus the Eagles' Moldovan southpaw Vasilii Belous. The orthodox Israeli heavy-hitter was jabbing well before pouncing with the quick one-twos as he stamped his authority on proceedings against an opponent who had yet to record a win in WSB. Snigur was unrelenting in his attacks, constantly applying the pressure as he took the final two rounds to make it a resounding victory, his third in four this season.
The showdown between the Arlans' charismatic Rouzbahani and the accomplished German 24-year-old Serge Michel lived up to its billing with it being an enthralling Light Heavyweight (80-85kg) contest. Southpaw Rouzbahani began the better as his slight height advantage gave him the edge in the first. In rounds two and three, the two took turns exchanging some hard shots but it was the more proactive Arlans orthodox boxer who was getting the nod from the judges. The endeavour and good movement of Rouzbahani ensured his second win of the season which gave his team claim maximum points in the match.
Kazakhstan team spearhead Myrsatayev lit up the arena in the final contest of the night after the uncompromising Heavyweight (91+kg) knocked out 22-year-old German Eric Brechlin with a huge overhead right in the second round to put the gloss on an outstanding performance by the home team.
Astana Arlans Kazakhstan will now wait to see which team finishes fourth in Group A.


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This is a Lionel 2300 Oil Drum Loader from the mid-1980s. This accessory is a reissue of the classic American Flyer 23779 Oil Drum Loader from the 1950s. Used a fair bit, this item has a few scratches on the body. It is missing the Loader and the Oil Drums. The original box is included. Overall condition is Excellent-minus. Overall condition is Excellent -. The Trainz SKU for this item is 3254255. Condition: Excellent - TCA Grade: C-7 TCA Grading
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Building on the successes of their award-winning Midnight Mysteries adventure series, MumboJumbo has created an all-new adventure franchise. Boasting interactive backgrounds, story-driven puzzles, an animated main character, voice acting and a rich narrative filled with twists and turns, Angelica Weaver: Catch Me When You Can is action-packed and sure to be another hit!
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Jul 29, 2013
Down by the Bay
Historian Matthew Booker examines the intersection between human beings and the natural world. The associate history professor's new book serves as an environmental history of a western United States estuary where human desire for public access has led to far-reaching ecological changes in a highly contested urban and natural space: the San Francisco Bay.
Jul 26, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
Who's susceptible to email phishing attacks? Study says everyone
Also Baltimore Sun, WA Today (Australia), Brisbane Times, The Age. The results from a new study by NC State researchers found most people are overconfident in their ability to spot phishing attacks directed at them. Christopher Mayhorn, psychology, fea...
Jul 26, 2013 | Charlotte Magazine
Charlotte Stars in Wilton Barnhardt's "Lookaway, Lookaway"
Wilton Barnhardt's new novel, "Lookaway, Lookaway", hits stores in August. "Lookaway, Lookaway" could be Charlotte's breakout role. Wilton Barnhardt, English, featured.
Jul 25, 2013 | News & Observer
GOP voting changes will turn back N.C. turnout
Proposal to dramatically shorten the early voting period and eliminate the ability to register when early voting will mark a huge step backward for citizen participation in our state. Steven Greene, political science, featured.
Jul 19, 2013
Site Highlights NC State Student Leaders' Legacies
CHASS has a long history of fostering student leadership. That legacy is chronicled in a website created by NC State Libraries that uses oral histories, documents, photos and videos to share the experiences of more than 130 of the university's top former student leaders.
Jul 17, 2013 | WUNC-FM - State of Things
Is Higher Education Still Worth It?,
Student loan debt has reached a trillion dollars, and Congress has been unable to prevent the interest rates of some federally subsidized student loans from doubling. David Zonderman, history, featured.
Jul 16, 2013 | CNN
NC governor brushes off criticism amid weekly protests
Much of the nation's political rancor has spread to statehouses across the country. And the weekly demonstrations outside the North Carolina legislature, dubbed "Moral Mondays," are only the latest example. Andy Taylor, political science, featured.
Jul 15, 2013
No Worries for New Teachers
New teachers worry whether their students will like them, question their credibility, or worse: learn nothing worthwhile. Professor of Communication Deanna Dannels has coached hundreds of new teachers and hears these very concerns and the questions that arise from them. In her new book, Eight Essential Questions Teachers Ask: A Guidebook for Communicating with Students (Oxford University Press, 2014), Dannels shows teachers how to overcome their concerns by understanding the research, learning from mentors, and facing their fears.
Jul 9, 2013
It's Never too Late to Study Abroad: Turkey Part V
CHASS Dean Jeff Braden is traveling in Turkey as part of a delegation from North Carolina's Divan Center, a nonprofit committed to promoting cultural understanding between the United States and Turkey. He is sharing his experiences and perspectives through a series of blog posts.
Jul 8, 2013
It's Never Too Late to Study Abroad: Turkey Part IV
CHASS Dean Jeff Braden is traveling in Turkey as part of a delegation from North Carolina's Divan Center, a nonprofit committed to promoting cultural understanding between the United States and Turkey. He is sharing his experiences and perspectives through a series of blog posts.


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Tampa Bay Skates Past Philadelphia 4-2 - Recap
The Lightning beat Philadelphia 4-2 on Monday, earning a victory backstopped by Anders Lindback's 28 saves.
Bettors who backed the Lightning were rewarded as +100 underdogs at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go PUSH the closing total of 6.
Tom Pyatt, Teddy Purcell, Steven Stamkos, and Ondrej Palat each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Palat opened the scoring for Tampa Bay, finding the back of the net at 6:38 of the first period. The goal was assisted by Dana Tyrell and Sami Salo.
Anders Lindback turned in a 28-save effort for the Lightning.
Max Talbot and Claude Giroux scored for the Flyers, finding the net behind Anders Lindback.
Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 23 of 26 shots for the Flyers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-4, while the Flyers were 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
Philadelphia outshot Tampa Bay 30-27 in the game.
Tampa Bay looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Maple Leafs. The Flyers will aim to get back on the winning track at Pittsburgh.


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The Kaser Net's Go Android tablet is Craptastic
I'm only going to go through my reasons to avoid the tablet; my main reason is that it violates 3 cardinal rules.
I'm not going to get into a detailed hardware description (walmart product listing); this tablet is not worth my time. But I will say that this tablet truly feels like cheap junk, which is a first. Even cheaper, junkier tablets usually look better at first glance, but the Net's Go is straightforward about its shortcomings.
I came across the Kaser Net's Go while searching the Wal-mart website for another tablet. The product listing was unimpressive, and the image of the tablet was unappealing. When I finally got my hands on it I realized that the device actually looks worse than the picture, which was hard to believe.
Tech Support
As I said before, I got this for the keyboard and it didn't work. While troubleshooting the problem with Google I found numerous reports of poor or nonexistent service from Kaser. I have to admit that I didn't even try to contact kaser after I found the 4th complaint; it seemed like a waste of my time. But I did find the user manuals. The keyboard was not mentioned, unfortunately, nor did I find any tips on how to get it working.
Even if the Net's Go had not had any other problems, it would have entered my junk list as soon as I turned it on. It's using a non-standard home screen, and that's a no-no in my book. The home screen also has ads. I will not tolerate surprise ads after I've paid for a product. Fuck. That.
The 3rd cardinal rule broken by this POS is that it kept trying to force me to create an account and log-in. That is such a stupid design. There's no reason for them to copy Apple's mistake; this thing should run right out of the box.
There are better and cheaper tablets on the market. Get one of them, not the Kaser Net's Go.


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Loss to Osceola extinguishes New Richmond football playoff hopes
Two straight wins had given the New Richmond football team reason to dream.
But those dreams of reaching the WIAA playoffs were rudely dashed in front of a large NRHS Homecoming crowd on Friday. Osceola delivered a 32-7 thumping to the Tigers, eliminating New Richmond from contention for the 2012 WIAA state playoffs. The Tigers had won their previous two games against Ellsworth and Amery and had hoped to finish the season with four straight wins. The four wins would have qualified them for the playoffs. The loss drops the Tigers to 2-4 in the Middle Border Conference standings.
The Tigers will complete their 2012 schedule this Friday, when they play at Baldwin-Woodville.
New Richmond's coaches went into Friday's Homecoming game expecting it to be a defensive battle. The Tigers were surprised by the strength of Osceola's line and the versatility of Osceola's Michael Skiba, who was used as a halfback and wide receiver, depending upon the Chieftains' needs.
"We didn't match up very well with their size. They just pounded the ball on us," said Tiger coach Jason Eckert.
Eckert said the Tiger defensive front had been able to neutralize the inside running attacks of Durand and Somerset earlier this season, but they couldn't stand up against the Chieftain front wall.
Skiba tore through the Tiger defense for 175 yards rushing and three touchdowns. He also caught another pass for a touchdown.
Early turnovers put the Tigers into a difficult situation. New Richmond's first possession of the game ended in a fumble. The Tigers' third possession ended in an interception, which Osceola quickly converted into a score that gave the Chieftains a 13-0 lead early in the second quarter.
The Tigers then put together their best drive of the night, moving 73 yards in eight plays. A 17-yard pass from Kaleb Kier to Drew Durham got the ball near the end zone. Connor O'Loughlin finished the drive with a 4-yard scoring run that cut the margin to 13-7.
The momentum the Tigers built on that drive was squashed moments later. On Osceola's first play, Skiba broke through the Tiger defense for a 77-yard touchdown.
Osceola scored again with six seconds left in the first half on a 9-yard pass, making the difference 25-7.
The Tigers began the second half desperately looking for a spark and they thought they'd gotten one when Osceola fumbled the second half kickoff and the Tigers recovered. Osceola stopped the Tigers on downs and then used its ball-control offense to burn up the clock for much of the second half.
Osceola finished with 323 total yards of offense, compared to 145 for the Tigers.
"I thought we were mentally well prepared," Eckert said.
Eckert said the team's preparations will stay the same for Friday's game at Baldwin. The Blackhawks are coming off their first win of the season, romping past Amery 44-0 on Friday.
"We have the opportunity to end the year with a victory, to end on a positive," Eckert said.


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My Writer's Resume
Elfwood ~ Fantasy Art
Radio Rivendell
My Warhammer Site
Warhammer at FFG
My The One Ring Site
My Earthdawn Site
Earthdawn at FASA Games
(Possibility Wars)
My Torg Site
Torg at Ulisses Spiele
My Shadow Games Site
Modus Operandi
The Off-Unoff ME Site
My Aliens RPG Site
My Dark Conspiracy Site
Armageddon Unlimited
MechWarrior Online
You know how your parents tell you to come back to reality all the time, tell you to stop living in whatever fantasy world you think you're in? Well, I'm 45 and wish desperately I actually was living in that famed but parent-imaginary fantasy world, now; so, what I have to say is... screw that crap! I'll take my imaginary world over this real world, any day; it's a LOT easier to handle.
Oh, just a side note: while I don't expect anyone to read this all the way through, I will gladly tell you that there is a story thread that runs through all of these games, and you might just want to search to hear all of it. Good luck, and have fun.
When I began my gaming life in Junior High School, in '83, I think, I never thought it would have taken me to the places I have been, both in and outside of my imagination, the real-world and the others. Yes, I'm old, no need to make much of it, because I still love to play and have a great imagination, indeed. I have two boys of my own, both older than I was when I began playing, and they've been introduced to it, as well. As many others in my age group, and younger have done, I began with Dungeons & Dragons, by TSR, and have since played many other games by many other developers. No matter how many computer, console, card, or tactical combat sims I play, however, nothing compares to role-playing which is, typically, my only opportunity to escape the rigors of this world for the adventurous climes locked within the imagination.
This page is to share some of those experiences, to continue playing others, and to share things I've developed for various games since. Please note that the listings which follow are, eventually, meant to work into additional web pages, though this may take some time to accomplish...
My most recent role-playing acquisition (May 2015) is a game based in the world of Middle Earth, created by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is a good game, if somewhat esoteric; some of the mechanics are hard to get used to, but the game in and of itself is rewarding in the accuracy to Professor Tolkien's vision of what most people read in his works. Character generation is less about selecting a particular race and class than it is about being part of a culture of the world, such as a Woodman of Wilderland, Hobbit of the Shire, Elf of Mirkwood, or Man of Lake-town, including cultural Virtues, Rewards, and more to distinguish each character created within the game. Each of the concepts developed as a result of your character's birth in the game are used as important components of gameplay, and some can be used to grant automatic success, gain Advancement or Experience points, and more.
Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play, 2nd Edition, by Black Industries and Green Ronin, and Millennium's End/Shadow Games, below, run a very close race for second-place only to Earthdawn. Though I have so much more experience with Warhammer and ME than Earthdawn, this game is still lacking many of the things in the back-story that seem to come naturally to my favorite; as well, Warhammer is most assuredly a far darker world than Earthdawn, despite the post-apocalyptic nature of that game. I tend, however, to run Warhammer without the bleak outlook of the background, though with all of the other rules in place and, of course, the deeper into danger my character's move, the bleaker I have, and will represent the situation.
I ran a tabletop campaign recently, from early-mid 2009 to mid-late 2010, though a mistake I made stopped that, recently. It was called
Aid for Roezfels
and we were three-quarters of the way through that first campaign before I pulled that boner. The most successful game I've ever been able to run has been known as
The Legend of Goe Orthrond
, which will resume once I am able to get my life back together, and get this web site, in the process, updated and looking like it should. Once this is back up and running -lurkers have always been welcome- we will finish
first, and then
after that, likely followed by the beginning of a module campaign; after all, Green Ronin and, following them Fantasy Flight Games -at least until they switched out to the severely dumbed-down 3rd Edition-, produced some excellent adventure modules that I would love to be able to play through, to interweave them into the lives of the characters.
In case you haven't been able to tell, this has been my most successful Play-by-Forum game, to date.
This is my favorite game of all time, though it has a few compatriots that I deem very close seconds to it; these are listed, below. Though I've really not had the opportunity to play long in, or to run this game in a full campaign in all the time it's been out, just the stark imagery, the post-apocalyptic fantasy setting, the Star Wars-esque nation fighting, versions of the Old Republic and the Empire in fantasy form, keeps me coming back. One day, I am hoping to find a group my sons and I will be able to participate with where we will be able to play together in a world so fantastically vivid, with game mechanics that, although clunky, actually aid in pushing the game along, and then I can die truly happy.
I did explain that I had played some in the game, and that was in the hey-day for
, where Shane, Jeff, Lee, Ryan, Trey, myself, and sometimes others would join us, as well, and we would go anywhere from a couple of hours on a Friday night all the way up to the whole weekend playing. Lee managed to run the game in such a way that it was a blast to be in it, and I would love to get back to that sort of play one of these very long days. Finally, I managed to run much of a campaign while I was in Germany; had I not deployed to Bosnia in '96, we would have finished that campaign.
Until Earthdawn came out, Torg: Role-Playing the Possibility Wars had been one of my favorite games. The background of the game is amazing, the idea behind Possibility Raiders coming to earth to steal all of our abundant, though finite, possibility energy, or that which allows us to move forward as quickly as we do with technology and expanding to even further possibilities. I did run this game for a while off and on; the system is somewhat clunky, especially using the Destiny Deck within, but all of the mechanics, as with Earthdawn, are necessary to run the game successfully, and with the correct feel. That feel is supposed to be cinematic, supposed to allow the heroes to feel as though they're participating in a wild movie like
True Lies
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
-which I believe to be based off Torg-, though the game can also be a visceral experience, especially in the horror realm of Orrorsh. If there's one game I would absolutely love to get running with a good crew of role-players, again, it would be this one.
When Charles Ryan and Chameleon Eclectic put out the 2nd Edition of this game in '93 -I eventually got my hands on a 1st Edition copy from '91- and I saw the tagline on the front cover, I was instantly hooked.
Modern Role-Playing in the Techn-thriller Genre
became the thought foremost in my mind as I struggled through this very difficult game system. Roughly one month before leaving for my Army tour in Germany and Bosnia, I ordered everything available for the game at the time, including the Operative's Kit from the back of the main rulebook, with an ME T-Shirt and identification card.
While in Germany I ran Millennium's End twice a month, alternating with Earthdawn the other two weeks, for several soldiers, my wife in that time, and a thirteen year old young man with an extremely keen mind, named Jason. The job was something of an offshoot of Nightwalker/The Villee Affair, an official adventure module for 1st Edition Millennium's End, where the players had to fake their way, using DEA badges, attitude and cleverness, onto the local docks in Miami -where Millennium's End primarily takes place- to attempt the recovery of a microdot -I used ancient tech on purpose- leading to the next section of that adventure campaign. We had just completed the Sea City portion of my campaign before I was deployed to Bosnia.
The Aliens Adventure Game was first put out in 1991, by Living Steel producers Leading Edge Games; though it was designed as, almost solely, a combat game rather than a role-playing game, some of the best games I have ever run, some of the most fun we've ever had as a group, especially as the original
Rocky Mountain Knights
, was in this game. Several times per year, from the time I purchased this book in Westminster, Colorado, in '92 I was able to run this game for RMK, known in-game as Colonial Marine Corps Strike Team V3-306-1S2 (aka 23 Actual // Metallus Gravus); their missions and, hopefully their stories will be told on this site.
In 2004, I began a Play-by-Forum version of Aliens, starting Strike Team MSFE-3CMD-07 (Strike Dawgs) which I asked my friend Jon Paul S. to take over for me shortly thereafter. He attempted to run the game for a short time, but real-life issues soon took that away from him, and so I allowed Tony C., another good friend of mine from a long time past to take over and keep things running. Unfortunately, within three months, the game was on the ropes, the players were no longer posting and, by the middle of 2006 I had taken the entire site down. Hopefully the site, if not the forums, will be back up soon.
I picked up Dark Conspiracy perhaps a month after it came out in '91. I had never really been a fan of Game Designer's Workshop, but this game truly looked interesting. As with so many games from that time, I took quite a lot of time to read through it, enjoying particularly all of the commentary throughout. Lester Smith has a way with words that appeals to me, so I read it all, and promptly found and purchased everything I could, whether it was already out or due to come out; if nothing else, I was thrilled to read everything I could and, thus, it became an important game in my life. Lee, who was RMKs lead GM at the time, ran the game for us a few times, and I tried to run the game for others a couple of times, but outside of that not many people seemed to be all that interested in playing it.
So, why bring it up, now? First, because it's an extremely good alternate future horror game, looking on
things that go bump in the night
as aliens from alternate dimensions rather than the typical creatures of the night we have come to know and... well love, hate, whatever we choose to do with them. For my part, a monster is a monster. Second, because there's a resurgence of interest in the horror genre in the past decade. Finally, because Dark Conspiracy 3 is being made or, at least, 3 Hombre's is supposed to be making it. I have, in all of these years since first picking up the game, built a few things to assist me in running it that might be helpful to others or, even, to myself in the near future.
From 1985 to 1997, I ran a tabletop mercenary unit that went by a few names, but became Armageddon Unlimited in September/October 1997 for online play in MechWarrior II: Mercenaries and NetMech '95, MechWarrior III and Pirate's Moon, and finally MechWarrior IV: Mercenaries and NBT-Hardcore from that time to this. Now, as MechWarrior Online, the latest version of my favorite science fiction game universe of all time, has gone live and is growing steadily, I intend to also run Armageddon Unlimited there. If you would like to find out more, click on the image, above.
: 30 September 2016; more to come
This site is designed to function for, and within, the fantasy gaming genre communities for the express purpose of the enjoyment of the community, and not for the profit of any one individual. This site does not make money, nor is it for profit; just fun. Anything having to do with any fantasy or science fiction related movie, role-playing game, computer game, novel, comic book, etc. are expressly owned by their respective Copyright and/or Trademark holders and are used without permission. This site is not designed as a challenge to these Trademarks or Copyrights.
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Though I have developed and re-developed my sites several times, having learned a great deal more about html, php, javascript, dhtml, and more in the process, I never would've begun this journey without my good friend and space compatriot Tony (aka Niagol;
Blackclaws owner
). He turned me onto the process of being able to build web sites, and he's advised me ever since. I cannot effectively express my gratitude for his tutelage, as I have derived countless hours of fun and nerdiness these past fifteen years as a result.
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When a gorgeous stranger seeks refuge at Kerry's summer-share house, she knows her life is about to change. Daniel Blessing is mysterious and charismatic—and on the run from a powerful witch named Season. Kerry and her friends don't believe in witches and spells, but Kerry can't help believing Daniel…and falling for him.
But falling for Daniel pulls her into a feud his family has been waging for generations. A dark feud of passion, magic, and revenge. Which… (more)
Publisher: Simon Pulse (October 04, 2011)
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Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Telangana State Government?
M. Mahender Reddy, Commissioner of Hyderabad Police, has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Telangana State. He took charge on 12 November 2017.Reddy succeeded the first DGP of Telangana State Anurag Sharma, who retired from the service on 11 November 2017. Meanwhile, Hyderabad Police Additional Commissioner V.V. Srinivasa Rao has been made in-charge of Hyderabad Commissioner of Police. Anurag Sharma has now appointed as the advisor to Home Department by the Telangana State Government.
Which Bank has made online transactions through RTGS and NEFT free of cost from November 1?
Private sector lender HDFC Bank has made online fund transfer through RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) and NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer) free with effect from November 1, with an aim to promote digital economy.
According to the revised charges, customers of savings and salary accounts of HDFC Bank will not have to pay any charge for transferring funds online using its RTGS and NEFT facilities.
The oldest type of energy known to man is _____?
Geothermal energy is heat energy generated and stored in the Earth. Geothermal energy has been used for thousands of years in some countries for cooking and heating. It is simply power derived from the Earth's internal heat.
What is the currency of Singapore?
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