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Talking Stick Resort Wins TripAdvisor Certificate Of Excellence
The 2013 Award Marks the Second Time the Hotel Has Earned the Award
Jul 09, 2013, 09:00 ET from Talking Stick Resort
SALT RIVER PIMA-MARICOPA INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz., July 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Talking Stick Resort, an enterprise of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, announced that it is a recipient of the TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence, an award given to businesses that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor. This marks the second time in two years Talking Stick Resort has been given this prestigious accolade.
"Winning the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence is a true source of pride for the entire team at Talking Stick Resort because it takes the hard work of everyone here to achieve it," said Steve Gerken, senior director of hospitality of Talking Stick Resort. "It is thanks to the tremendous effort by our employees that our guests have a memorable visit. Our staff is the most important component to this property's excellence."
In order to qualify for a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence, an organization must have been listed on the popular travel website for at least 12 months. In that time, they need to maintain an overall rating of four or higher, out of a possible five in reviews from travelers. An additional criteria for the award is the volume of reviews made about the property.
The 15-story Talking Stick Resort is the Southwest's leading resort destination. The property is home to 496 deluxe rooms including 15 luxury suites. For amenities, no other hotel compares, thanks to its oversized 240,000 sq. ft. gaming floor, 650-seat showroom for live entertainment and the luxurious 14-floor spa with relaxing Native American inspired treatments. The food and drink options are unbeatable too with six lounges and five restaurants including its signature Orange Sky restaurant with breathtaking 360-degree views of the Valley.
"Further, to get an award based on the feedback of our guests is a great honor. It indicates that we are hitting the right cord with them," elaborated Gerken. "All that we do is for their comfort and enjoyment, so it's nice to know we are getting it right."
Talking Stick Resort
Talking Stick Resort (TSR) is an AAA Four Diamond Rated Resort and a central landmark within the emerging Talking Stick Cultural and Entertainment Destination (TSCED). Located in Scottsdale, Ariz., just east of the Loop 101 on Indian Bend Road, TSR is independently owned and operated by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The property offers culturally rich experiences and luxury accommodations throughout its 496 deluxe rooms, 240,000 sq. ft. casino, 11 restaurants and lounges, world-class spa, 650-seat showroom, 25,000 sq. ft. grand ballroom, thriving cultural center and more than 100,000 sq. ft. of indoor and outdoor meeting space.
About TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor is the world's largest travel site, enabling travelers to plan and have the perfect trip. TripAdvisor offers trusted advice from real travelers and a wide variety of travel choices and planning features with seamless links to booking tools. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 200 million unique monthly visitors, and over 100 million reviews and opinions. The sites operate in 30 countries worldwide, including China under daodao.com. TripAdvisor also includes TripAdvisor for Business, a dedicated division that provides the tourism industry access to millions of TripAdvisor visitors.
The Certificate of Excellence award is given only to properties that are consistent in achieving customer satisfaction reviews on TripAdvisor. Talking Stick Resort is one of the top-performing businesses on TripAdvisor and this award only goes to those top 10 percent.
To receive this Certificate of Excellence award, the business must have been listed on TripAdvisor for more than 12 months. Certain criteria, includes a great volume of reviews received within that 12 month period. Within those reviews, Talking Stick Resort maintained an overall rating of four or higher, out of a five star possible rating.
Talking Stick Resort (TSR) offers a collection of accommodations, where luxury is the forefront in designing each boutique room. This resort is for the sophisticated traveler located in Arizona's most desirable location, Scottsdale, with breath-taking views of the Valley. The property offers a variety of amenities, including a spa, a number of dinning areas and a casino featuring the state's largest poker room. For more information, visit www.talkingstickresort.com or call (480) 850-7777
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Savannah River Remediation, the liquid waste contractor at Savannah River Site, announced a second round of job cuts Tuesday in which up to 100 more positions will be eliminated.
In a memo to employees, company president and project manager Dave Olson said the cuts were approved by the U.S. Department of Energy "as part of a workforce management initiative to balance resources" and will occur in two phases.
"The first phase will give employees an opportunity to participate in a self-select program," Olson said. "The second phase, if necessary, will consist of an involuntary separations program."
Employees will have until 5 p.m. Nov. 18 to volunteer to leave. Eligible participants will receive one week's pay for each year of service and may also quality for medical coverage under an Energy Department program.
If layoffs are necessary, that phase will occur in December.
Earlier this year, Savannah River Remediation and another contractor – Wackenhut Services – each cut 100 positions.
The site's primary management contractor, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, also implemented major workforce reductions this year that could continue into December.
Dwayne Wilson, who became the new SRNS president this fall, told employees in an Oct. 12 memo that the remaining layoffs are expected to affect about 50 people.
The company, which employs about 5,500 at the site, was given Department of Energy clearance Dec. 31 to cut as many as 1,400 jobs. Since then, 1,038 workers have been affected by two voluntary separation programs and two rounds of layoffs, and company officials have said the final number is likely to be fewer than 1,400.
A "transition center" established in Aiken to provide resource options to displaced workers has helped at least 126 laid-off SRNS employees find jobs.

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Keeping you up to speed
If you have never driven an automatic car (or van) before, you will find it rather strange when you first get behind the wheel. However, driving automatic cars is actually quite easy, and you will quickly adapt to the new set up and come to enjoy the simplicity of automatic driving.
The biggest benefit of driving an automatic is that you don't have to think about when to change gear, or about getting that all-important clutch balance right. This frees you up to concentrate on the road and focus on the traffic and pedestrians around you.
Many drivers find it difficult to relinquish control of gear changes to an automatic system, claiming that it takes the skill and fun out of driving, but others find it much easier and less tiring than a traditional manual transmission.
In essence, driving an automatic car is much like driving a go-kart, with one pedal to go and one to stop. However, there are a number of quirks that you need to be aware of when driving an automatic vehicle, especially if you are not used to the set up:
If in any doubt, ask someone who has driven an automatic car before to give you lessons or some hints and tips. Never set off in an automatic car unless you feel completely confident, or you will put yourself and other road users at risk.
Customers with a policy that started on or before 31st December 2016 can continue to use this website as usual.
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Gaffney finishes fifth in state golf championship
Bill Gaffney of Crag Burn shot a 6-over 77 to finish in fifth place at the New York State Amateur Golf Championship at Bellevue Country Club in Syracuse.
Gaffney finished with a four-round total of 291, just two shots back. He was slowed by six bogeys. He was coming off Wednesday's third round 68 that put him in contention.
Luke Feehan of Mahopac Golf Club won the title with a par on the first playoff hole to edge out Bryce Edmister of Braemar Country Club. Both finished at 289. The only other WNY golfer to make the cut was Greg Sibick of Park CC. He shot a 79 to finish in a tie for 38th at 311.
• Ben Reichert defeated Marc Holzhauer 2-and-1 to win the BDGA Junior Boys Match Play Championship at Sheridan Park Golf Course.
• Nolan Codd defeated Luke Stanley 4-and-3 to win the BDGA sub-junior match play championship, at Sheridan.


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Big Bill Tilden's shoulder was bothering him, and Don Budge was having dinner with President Roosevelt.
Little matter. Pro tennis's dinosaur division, the five-stop Advanta Tour, made its debut Thursday night at McNichols Sports Arena without a single visit by the paramedics. For a while there you needed No Doz--the six-set round-robin took almost six hours--but fire still burns in the bellies of John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg and Mats Wilander. None of them wandered off to the parking lot in mid-rally, and they all remembered their names.
"We're going to give the fans good tennis, and a good time," McEnroe said. "We have no intention of disappointing them."
Johnny Mac made good on his promise. At 35, this winner of 154 singles and doubles titles may have lost a step covering the baseline, but his most famous skills remained in peak form. Down 4-5 in a tiebreaker with Wilander, for instance, he volleyed one long, then executed a perfect racquet-toss into the net.
"Shit!" he explained.
McEnroe augmented his matchless finesse game with a brilliant forehand smash high into the arena lights and selected endearments. Clearly concerned about one linesperson's health, he inquired: "What is it? Are you blind?"
The crowd of 8,311 ate it up. Just as they ate up the 41-year-old Connors's trademark repartee with fans in the $50 seats, Borg's famous topspin forehand (it sailed long most of the night), and Wilander's patented court strategy. Of course, Mats is only 29--no wonder he beat all three of his tourmates one set each and took home $40,000 for his trouble. By current standards, peanuts.
"I'm playing because I love it," he said. "I never knew the prize in any tournament. I never cared. Now, playing against these guys, it feels like a bigger match than it really is."
Among the four of them, "these guys" have won 33 Grand Slam singles titles and almost $32 million in prize money. Of course, that was then and this is now. Before lying down for your afternoon nap, consider. It's been fourteen years since Borg won the last of his five consecutive Wimbledon titles: He retired in 1983, at age 27. Twelve years and one hairline have vanished since McEnroe won three U.S. Opens in a row. It's been twenty years since Connors won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in a single season.
And that storied showdown at Wimbledon--Borg outlasting McEnroe 18-16 in the fifth set for the title? That was 1980.
In this trial balloon season, the Advanta sponsors hope tennis buffs remember such great moments--just as Senior PGA fans remember Arnie's Army or Lee Trevino's win in the 1968 U.S. Open. The four players (a fifth, Ivan Lendl, will join them in September) also may offer something today's doomsday stroking machines often do not--color and texture.
Linesman John Sternbach, the object of Johnny Mac's fury at least three times Thursday, put it well: "People are searching for personalities," he said. "They want to get into the skin of the players. It takes a special chemistry to make people feel they are vested in the game on the court. But I like this format. It's all singles play, and there's pride here. None of these guys wants to lose to his peers."
Added Borg: "This is more than nostalgia."
Maybe, but it is also less than, say, Pete Sampras versus Boris Becker. Like Crosby, Stills and Nash, or the Grateful Dead, the four Advanta retreads--two Swedish icemen and a pair of Yankee hotheads--still push memory buttons. But they're required to run farther than Jack Nicklaus. By the end of the night, altitude and stiffness took their toll.
"These guys suck," one skeptical fan opined. "My forehand's better." Of course, the fan had his name scrawled on his sneakers in black and green ink and probably would doze through social studies the next day. Only when McEnroe smacked his racquet into the green carpet did the boy betray a glimmer of recognition.
With caution, then, the tour will move on this year to widely spaced stops in Anaheim, Chicago, Charlotte and Key Biscayne, doling out $425,000 to the players and tarnished glory to the fans along the way. If people respond, the schedule will expand next year.
Meanwhile, Wilander may be getting more out of the experience than anyone. In 1982, at age 17, this Swedish phenom burst upon the scene with an upset win at the French Open. He earned a million dollars by the time he was 19 and four Grand Slam titles by 21. In 1988, he won the Australian, French and U.S. Opens and was named the ATP Player of the Year.
Can you say burnout?
Wilander's game went sour, he was replaced in the Swedish tennis pantheon by another young star, Stefan Edberg, and he was seized by self-doubt. The Advanta Tour could be his comeback vehicle, and the driver could be Bjorn Borg. He is, after all, the man who invented Swedish tennis in the Seventies, the inspiration for all who followed.
Prior to the one-setter in Denver, Wilander had played just one match against his hero--not counting three exhibitions last year.
"For me, it's privilege to step onto the court with him," Wilander said after beating Borg 6-4. "He's Mister Borg. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be standing here. He proved that a small country like Sweden can produce fine players, and all the so-called Swedish tennis wonders result from him. We owe him so much. So does the game."
Or, as John McEnroe was saying to his linguistics class Thursday night: "Get your head out of your ass and make the right call!"
According to the conspiracy theorists (who sit high up in the bleachers, dreaming into their beers), the rabbitball is back.
In 1987, these geniuses assert, the poor Haitian devils who were paid nine cents a week to wrap yarn around rubber and then stitch cowhide around yarn, wrapped and stitched a little tighter than usual--under orders from George Steinbrenner, Napoleon and the Trilateral Commission.
This resulted in 89-pound shortstops with glaucoma threatening Roger Maris's home-run record.
Now the conspirators have struck again--even though baseballs are currently manufactured in Costa Rica. The American League averaged 1.57 home runs per game in 1992; as of last week, they were averaging 2.55 home runs per game this season. In the Senior Circuit, 1.3 dingers-per in 1992 has ballooned into 2.02. Not only that, the Atlanta Braves hit back-to-back-to-back roundtrippers twice last week. Virtually unknown Mets second baseman Jeff Kent has eight homers in April. And at least two players--Cubs outfielder Tuffy Rhodes and Chisox veteran Tim Raines--already have whacked three big ones each in a single game.
Here at Mile High Stadium, the Colorado Rockies have hit 26 home runs in their first seventeen outings.
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If that doesn't prove Wayne Newton poisoned Elvis, then what does?
Ball-derdash, we say.
In Costa Rica, quality control may not be what it should be. But the 1994 baseball is not flying into the next zip code because it's wound too tight or otherwise juiced-up. It's probably because guys like Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas are built like armored personnel carriers (only a lot faster), people like Barry Bonds have the reflexes of angry cobras, and specimens like second-sacker Kent now are larger than the average third baseman standing on the shoulders of the average catcher were a generation ago.
There's also expansion.
National League scoring (including home runs) shot up dramatically last season, when the Rockies and Marlins joined the Show, because their pitching staffs were Triple A level at best. In both leagues, moreover, the quality of play (especially of pitching) is diluted by expansion, and higher run total is the result.
What's harder to do? Pitch a no-hitter or run it up on the Cubs at Wrigley Field?
In conclusion, Mr. District Attorney, the only "rabbit" in baseball is still Maranville. Even if Judge Crater and Amelia Earhart were in Dallas the day of the Kennedy assassination.


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SHERIDAN — While a town of 17,000 may not have "traffic" when compared with a metropolis like Denver, Chicago or Los Angeles, drivers still get used to typical traffic flow through town and get their feathers ruffled when that flow changes.
In Sheridan, it's been several years since the Wyoming Department of Transportation installed "no left turn" signals on Main Street, and WYDOT Public Relations Specialist Ronda Holwell said most residents are familiar with the three peak times the signals are lit and plan ahead accordingly.
Typically the "no left turn" signals are lit from 7:30 to 8:15 a.m., noon to 1 p.m. and 4 to 5:30 p.m.
However, in recent weeks, the signals at Loucks Street and Brundage Street have been lit from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., a change that has left a few people scratching their heads.
The change in the signal timing was made at the request of the city, Holwell said. It was done to prevent traffic congestion around the construction site at the WYO Theater.
City Clerk Scott Badley said the change was specifically requested while a 190-foot Link Belt crane was in use over the last month to erect steel in the space next to the WYO Theater. Now that the crane is gone, Badley said, the city will request the "no left turn" signals at Loucks and Brundage streets to return to normal peak hour operation.
The reason WYDOT installed the "no left turn" signals in the first place was to uphold its mission to provide a safe, high quality and efficient transportation system, Holwell said.
"If we don't have them, the center two lanes virtually become turn lanes, and it cuts the flow of traffic," Holwell said. "The outside lane is turning right, the inside lane is turning left, and everyone else who is just trying to get down the street is stuck."
Holwell said she understands that downtown businesses would prefer drivers to pass down Main Street slowly so they have time to look at store windows, and that is why WYDOT only lights the "no left turn" signals during peak traffic hours.
"Main Street is the only through corridor from Coffeen Avenue to the north interchange that goes the entire way. The signals really help us get the flow of traffic down the corridor during those peak times," Holwell said.
The "no left turn" signals have also helped curb some rear-end collisions that were occurring on Main Street.
"Anytime someone stops in a corridor, rear-end accidents are inevitable," Holwell said.
Compliance with the "no left turn" signals seems to be fairly good, Holwell said, though she has seen drivers make a quick left turn if no one is approaching in the oncoming lane.


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Haiti (Haitian Creole: Ayiti, French: Haïti) is a Caribbean country that occupies the western one-third of the island of Hispaniola. The eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola is occupied by the Dominican Republic. The North Atlantic Ocean lies to the north, while the Caribbean Sea lies to the south. Haiti is a country with a troubled past, and its future still remains uncertain. Decades of poverty, environmental degradation, violence, instability, dictatorship and coups have left it the poorest nation in the western hemisphere.
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Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Tourists who are unsettled by grinding poverty probably should visit elsewhere. However, for those with patience and an open mind, Haiti reveals a rich culture that is unique among post-colonial nations.
It is extremely helpful when traveling in Haiti to have a local contact, through a church, a hotel, or just through making friends with someone. Experiences like dining locally, riding on a tap-tap, or strolling through one of the insanely crowded outdoor markets are great fun and very worth doing, but much safer and easier if you have a trusted Haitian to go along as a guide and interpreter.
Tropical; semiarid where mountains in the east cut off trade winds. Haiti lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and is subject to severe storms from June to November. Experiences occasional flooding, earthquakes and droughts.
Mostly mountainous, with a wide, flat central plain to the north. The highest point is Chaine de la Selle at 2,777m.
Haiti was inhabited by the native Taino Indians when Christopher Columbus landed on December 6th 1492 at Mole St Nicholas. Columbus named the island Hispaniola. The Taino were a branch of the Arawak Indians,a peaceful tribe that was weakened by frequent violent invasions by the cannibalistic Carib Indians. Later, Spanish settlers brought smallpox and other European diseases to which the Taino had no immunity. In short order, the native Taino were virtually annihilated. There is no discernible trace of Taino blood on Haiti today. The current inhabitants have exclusively African and/or European roots. In the early 17th century, the French established a presence on Hispaniola and in 1697 Spain ceded the western third of the island to France. Through the development of sugar and coffee plantations, the French colony of Saint-Domingue flourished, becoming one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean. Enslaved Africans were brought to Haiti to work on these French plantations. Work conditions for slaves on Haiti were the harshest imaginable, as sugar and coffee plantations required intensive labor. The French imported an enormous slave labor force, which ultimately vastly outnumbered the French planters 10 to 1. In August 1791, Saint-Domingue's nearly 500,000 slaves revolted, burning every plantation to the ground and killing all the Frenchmen they could find. After a bloody 13 year struggle, the former slaves ousted the French and created Haiti - the first black republic - in 1804. Since its revolution, Haiti has not had a stable government. It has had 32 coups over the centuries - a series of military dominations that focused on maintaining power and extracting wealth from a large peasant base. A lack of government and civil unrest led to the American occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1934. While order was brought about and much infrastructure was developed in Haiti by the United States, Haitians resented the occupation of their country. The withdrawal of Americans by President Roosevelt in 1934 left a power vacuum that was filled by Haitian military elite. The Forbes Commission in 1930 accurately noted that "the social forces that created [instability] still remain--poverty, ignorance, and the lack of a tradition or desire for orderly free government." The following 20 years saw ruthless struggles for power that ended with the ascension of François (Papa Doc) Duvalier. Duvalier's brutal dictatorship lasted nearly thirty years, with his son, Jean-Claude (Bébé Doc) Duvalier assuming power after Papa Doc's death in 1971. Bébé Doc was ousted in 1986, followed by more bloodshed and military rule that culminated in a new Constitution in 1987 and the election of former priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president in 1990. After a coup d'etat, Aristide went into exile. Most of his term was usurped by a military takeover, but he returned to office in 1994 after Haitian General Raoul Cedras asked the United States to intervine, negotiating the departure of Haiti's military leaders and paving the way for the return of Aristide. His former prime minister, René Préval, became president in 1996. Aristide won a second term as president in 2000, and took office early in 2001. However, accusations of corruption were followed by a paramilitary coup that ousted Aristide in 2004. Since then, Haiti has been occupied by U.N. peacekeeping troupes (MINUSTAH) and has once again elected René Préval as head of state in February 2006.
Get in
Visas are only required by citizens of China, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Panama. Citizens of other countries can stay 3 months.
By plane
International travelers will arrive in Haiti at Port-au-Prince (PAP) at the Aéroport Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport or Aéroport International Cap-Haïtien in the North. The plane tickets can be purchased via many online ticketing sites and agencies. There are intra-Haiti flights available as well. Prices on these flights can fluctuate from time to time due to inflation but, depending on the airline, are usually between USD125-132 return from and to Port-au-Prince - though cheaper between Port-au-Prince and Jacmel. In addition to avoiding rather dangerous and inadequate public transportation system by bus and tap-taps, flights offer a safe passage into and out of Port-au-Prince from other parts in Haiti.
Airlines such as American Airlines, Delta and Spirit serve Port-au-Prince from the US. Air Canada, Air France and Caribair, among others, also offer international flights to and from Port-au-Prince. Lynx Air flies from Fort Lauderdale and Miami to Cap-Haïtien . MFI (Missionary Flights International) fly to Cap also from Florida, but only registered non-Catholic Christian missionaries are welcome aboard. Other international airlines serving Cap-Haïtien include Sky King, Turks and Caicos Air and Pine-apple Air.
By road
There is a crowded border crossing between Dominican Republic and Haiti in Dajabón/Ouanaminthe. The border is open only during the day. From here you can catch local transport to Cap-Haïtien.
Get around
By car
Cars may be rented through Hertz, Avis, etc. Taxis in Haiti are usually in the form of SUVs or trucks, as most of the roads are long overdue for repairs, in addition to plethora of unpaved roads one faces while travelling in Haiti. The price is often fair (i.e., 450 Haitian Gourdes, or $11.53 at 39 Gourdes to a dollar, from PAP to Leogane), but offers safety and comfort that cannot be found in riding tap-taps or buses.
By bus
The people of Haiti call their forms of public taxis a "tap-tap" and they're often modified trucks or vans, usually with a raised wooden canopy-like cabin over the truck bed. Wood benches are attached to the bed and serve as seats. Tap-Taps are usually painted bright colors, and often bear a religious slogan, such as Jesus vous aime ("Jesus loves you").
Tap-taps are the most economical way to travel in Haiti with the ticket prices usually under a dollar. They are also quite convenient as they will stop along the route wherever you request. However, they are sometimes over packed and can be quite dangerous to ride in the mountain roads where the road conditions are less than ideal. First time travellers who do not speak conversational Creole are advised not to travel by tap-tap without assistance. There are also bus versions of tap-taps used for longer voyages. The prices are often expensive due to the distance traveled.
The official languages of Haiti are French and Haitian Creole (Kreyòl Ayisien), which is a French-based creole language, with 92 % of the vocabulary being derived from French. Haitian Creole is the native language of the masses, while French is the administrative language, even though only 15 % of Haitians can speak it, and only about 2% can speak it well. Even though Creole is a real language it is still mutually intelligible with French, so the competent French speaker should be fine. Many Haitians are very appreciative if you take the trouble to learn a little bit of one of the official languages (preferably Creole), rather than using an interpreter or expecting them to speak English. Haitians working in tourist areas usually speak English well enough for conversation.
You could go to visit Champs-de-Mars, once the most beautiful park in Haiti, but now covered in tents housing people made homeless by the earthquake. It was a public place where people went to relax, before the quake. It is located near the National Palace—which is not in a better condition either, as it's completely a collapsed ruin now.
The Haitian gourde, pronounced goud in Creole, is the currency of Haiti. It's notionally divided into 100 centimes, but as the exchange rate (as of July 2009) hovers around 40 gourdes to the dollar, you're unlikely to see these. Haiti has become famous for its very informal yet interesting bustling marketplace. Everything is sold here ranging from the curiously appealing to the dullest of objects for rather inexpensive prices. Haggling is wise and recommended and not doing so may cost you precious dollars. There are various large retail supermarkets in the capital that offer a variety of items. Haiti is a world of crafts waiting to be sought after.
Although by law, merchants are required to quote prices in gourde, rarely do they do so. Instead, virtually everything is priced in "dollars" -- not USD but Haitian dollars which are equivalent to 5 gourdes. This practice is a holdover from the US occupation of Haiti in the early 20th century, during which the gourde was pegged at 5 gourdes to the US dollar.
Haitian cuisine is typical of Caribbean métissage - a wonderful mix of French and African sensibilities. It is similar to its Spanish Caribbean neighbors yet unique in its strong presence of spices. Roast goat called 'kabrit', morsels of fried pork 'griot', poultry with a Creole sauce 'poulet creole', rice with wild mushroom 'du riz jonjon' are all wonderful and tasty dishes. Along the coast fish, lobster and conch are readily available. Haiti has a very fine collection of fruit including guava, pineapple, mango (Haiti's most prized fruit), banana, melons, breadfruit, as well as mouth watering sugarcane cut and peeled to order on the streets. Restaurants in the bigger cities provide safe and delicious meals, and precautions are taken with the food and water to keep things safe. However, even in resorts with purified water, it is not always safe to assume that raw vegetables (such as lettuce and tomatoes) have been properly washed. In smaller or more humble venues make sure to eat fruit and vegetables that can be skinned or peeled, drink bottled drinks only, make sure any ice is from a clean water source, and make sure any meat is well cooked.
When bottled water or boiled water is not available, a freshly opened coconut provides water and electrolytes with minimal health risk.
Haitian rum is well-known. 'Barbancourt 5 star' is a top drawer drink. 'Clairin' is the local firewater made from sugarcane that can be bought on the street, often flavored with various herbs that can be seen stuffed into the bottle. 'Prestige' is the most popular beer, and is of good quality and excellent taste. Also be sure to try the 'Papye' drink, a sort of papaya milk shake that is deliciously refreshing beyond words on a hot day. Cremas is a tasty, creamy alcoholic beverage that is derived from coconut milk.
There are many guest houses throughout Haiti. However, these are quite hard to find while overseas. Many of these guest houses run about 25 to 35 dollars a night and include 2 to 3 meals during the day. Sometimes these houses are associated with orphanages (e.g., Saint Joseph's Home for Boys).
Saint Joseph's Home for Boys is in Delmas 91, near Pétionville.
Fondwa Guest House is at the bottom of the hill from Anbatonèl (a small village 1/2 way between Léogane and Jacmel).
Camping is a high-risk activity in certain parts of Haiti and is not recommended.
Haiti's illiteracy rate is around 49%
Haiti's unemployment rate is the highest in the Western Hemisphere - over 80%.
Stay safe
Since the earthquake on January 12, 2010, many are still living on the streets in makeshift shelters. There have been a number of protests and an increase in criminal activity. Older advice is as follows: it is important that you use proper judgment when traveling in Haiti. Overall, do exercise a heightened level of caution based on common sense. Do not carry huge loads of cash around, or walk late at night in dark streets.
Stay healthy
Sanitary conditions in Haiti are poor. Tap water should be avoided. Drink bottled water only. Health care, while well below the standards of that in developed countries, is available in all large towns and cities. Many smaller towns and villages also have health clinics. However, medical equipment and a wide variety of medicines may be in meager supply.
The biggest concern in Haiti for travellers is malaria, and dehydration. One should make an appointment with a travel clinic for anti-malarial prophylaxis. Hydration requirements can be fulfilled by preparing one of the many water purifying systems as if one were going camping or by buying bottled water once in Haiti which is widely available and inexpensive by western standards. Washing oneself with water from places such as creeks or lakes is not recommended due to the risk of water-borne diseases.
Depending on your itinerary, you may have to walk a lot. Comfortable footwear is crucial for avoiding blisters. Hiking boots are recommended as well as comfortable sandals.
One thing a missionary or other visitor to Haiti learns very quickly is that the Haitians are a very dignified people; they have their pride, despite all they have had to endure. There are some beggars and peddlars in the cities, but they are the exception, not the rule. Don't expect kow-towing. Impoverished Haitians will always accept gifts, but they will almost always stand straight, look you in the eye, and repay you with a sincere "Mesi". Haiti is a nation of fairly conservative norms. Modest dress when exploring Haiti's cities is advised, especially for women. The smart visitor should look people in the eye, wave hello, and treat them with friendship and respect, as equals, no matter how poor or desperate their living conditions may seem. Try to learn some basic words of Haitian Creole. Ask permission before taking pictures of locals (don't be surprised if they ask you for money). Don't walk about sticking your camera in people's faces or taking pictures randomly. Do not solely take pictures of the piles of trash you may see in some of the bigger cities (such as Cap-Haïtien or Port au Prince), as it is offensive - or anything else that Haitians are not proud of. However, people have no problem with foreigners taking pictures of beautiful scenery, cultural events or historical sites. Carry a few gourdes in your pockets for the kids who carry your luggage/shine your shoes/hail your tap-tap at the airport (but be alert for pick-pockets). Sometimes visitors to Haiti walk about handing out candy or dollar bills. While many people, especially children, will accept your offering, this is offensive to most people as it compromises the dignity of Haitians. Carry an extra water bottle and food to share with your driver/guide/interpreter.
Be patient. Nothing moves fast in Haiti. Most people will find your whining amusing at best and severely insulting at worst.
Carry a few photos of the area where you live, your workplace, or your family to share with friends you make. These are the things that transform you from just another tourist into a real person. More often than not, the people will return the favor, and you might just find a friend.
Your emotions are real. It is okay to feel overwhelmed if you have not experienced this type of culture difference before. If you are easily affected by signs of poverty, Haiti is not for you. Be polite but not intrusive. It is OK to ask questions of the locals. Remember that you are a guest in their country. Don't expect to be treated as a king or a queen (though you might get some extra privileges) because you're foreign. Though with respect, Haitians are warm and helpful people.
The people on the Island of LaGonave have quite possibly less contact with Americans than say those Haitians in PAP. The children shout "blan, blan, blan" as you walk by. The children on the saline flats will readily walk with you, show you how to skip stones off the water and try very hard to communicate with you. They may try to charge you for picking up a shell from the flats, and up to 6 american dollars to take a picture of their donkey. You don't have to pay, but out of respect do not take the picture. They appreciate being asked if it is OK to take their picture. Woman should not walk alone on the island. The number of people that fled to the island after the earthquake is unknown, but the atmosphere on the island has changed some. Even when walking with men, the Haitian men may still utter remarks. They are not afraid to maintain eye contact, and their staires may make one uneasy. It is best to be polite, but engaged in your immediate group.


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Scavenger: Handmade Japanese Platform Bed for $300
The second in our three part series. Following up from Friday, today we are spotlighting this beautiful bedframe that needs to be sold before our friend moves to Boston at the end of the month.
Made of hardwood, with a tatami mat center and a slotted asssembly (no nails or screws), this is a gem. If interested, contact email@example.com directly. MGR
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Capable of measuring one voltage and up to six current channels, the new AFE provides high-accuracy energy usage and power quality data for each circuit. The AFE interfaces to standard microcontrollers, the ADE7816 energy measurement AFE is specifically suited for applications that require more processor flexibility and peripheral options than is offered by fixed-configuration SOC (system-on-chip) devices. Additionally, multiple ADE7816 energy measurement AFEs can interface with a single application processor resulting in scalable and cost-effective solutions.
The ADE7816 AFE supports flexible system design by interfacing with a wide variety of user-selectable microcontroller configurations and enables scalable system design by using multiple ADE7816 AFEs with a single application MCU.
Flexible system design supports shunts, Rogowski coils and current transformers and flexible I2C, SPI (serial port interface) and HSDC (high-speed data capture) provide access to real-time raw waveform samples.
The AFE saves board space and cost by replacing up to six single-phase energy metering ICs and saves development time by integrating power quality information, including over-voltage, over-current, peak and sag detection. Te device provides industry leading less than 0.2 percent error in active and reactive energy over a dynamic range of 3000:1 and meets accuracy requirements of Class 0.5 revenue-grade electricity meters.
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The best family theatre to book now
Sit down! Stop kicking the chair in front! Or there will be NO ice-cream in the interval or EVER AGAIN! Ahh, the swish of the curtain, the aroma of face-paint, the whispered threats... Christmas would not be Christmas without a family trip to the theatre.
And much better to do it after the pre-Christmas rush — that way you're not competing with Christmas shoppers as you haul them into town.
So what to see between Christmas and the back to school bell? First up, the pantos: Dick Whittington and His Cat at the Hackney Empire (Hackney, E8, 020-89852424, to Jan 6) couldn't be more Hackney if it tried, with a rasta King Rat, a fairy that teaches Indian dancing and lots of bad Boris jokes.…


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The humans have travelled to Equestria to share their knowledge with the ponies. However, what the human scholars bring with them quickly turns out to be a bit much for the simple-minded locals.
The humans have travelled to Equestria to share their knowledge with the ponies. However, what the human scholars bring with them quickly turns out to be a bit much for the simple-minded locals.
This is brilliant, just brilliant. Great job!
Buck that all, Math + Science + Pony + Angry human Teacher? GIVE ME MOAR!
This concept is so far awesome! Keep going, you earned a moustache , a like, a fav' and a follower.
Ok kind of finding it hard to believe that the Equestriani have no grasp of higher mathematics... in the current post Luna's Return era, so I'm going off the assumption that Equestria hasn't had their equivalent of the Enlightenment yet so the higher mathematics hasn't been invented yet, plus we all know Twilight would be there in the front row taking notes. This is certainly an interesting approach to HiE, no war, no fighting (between ponies and humans), no xenophobia, and certainly no bronies. Gnoll I look forward to seeing this story happen.
I'm already laughing at this. It's so good, that I can't even remember what math is.
2653935 cdn.dmad.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/vegas-mustache-770.jpg mustache received, thank you ^^
Stories with an angry human are flat-out awesome
Good concept here!
But seriously update this soon.
They need to get Twilight in there. She had the kinetic energy equations derived in a relativistic setting on her chalkboard during "It's About Time". You need at the very least basic calculus to figure those out...
Or they could settle for a lesser 'science'. They are clearly not worthy for the master science of physics and should go study something simple. Like chemistry. I mean seriously? Just study the interactions of a few electrons and call it an entire branch of science? Gimme a break
Oh my god, this is gonna be amazing!
This is just plain awesome. I loved how Celestia got terrified and chased out of the room by a simple human with a bad temper.
You owe me a new pair of sides. Now please write more.
"They should've sent a highschool teacher."
Wait. Ponies have airships. How could they have built airships without a knowledge of chemistry, physics, and calculus?
I call shenanigans.
Gnollreader, I was going to yell at you about getting back to your other stories, but this is pure genious!
Is it sad I understand most of Henningtson's lecture?
Doesn't take calculus to figure out that hot air goes up. Especially when one subsection of your species can fly and presumably deals with thermal drafts a lot. Not a big leap of logic to go from that to an airship.
I admit that was certainly humorous and in character. Had me smiling.
But then again...something doesn't quite add up. We've seen that Equestria does have math. (The Chrystal Empire.) And their knowledge seems to be, at least, in the 1900's, in some areas. So, unless the professor is talking about a type of math we've only just invented, I'd be hard pressed to take this lying down.
But hey, this is a comedy. It made me laugh and all's well.
I remember my first glimpse of Calculus and the higher maths... *takes out pipe*
True, they have math. But you have to factor magic into the "equation" (I put emphasis onto that word because of the nature of the story ) and the slightly lessened necessity of natural philosophy and mathematics to explain nature (at least in the same way we have.). However, it's pointless to discuss this, as the show has yet to provide us with sufficient canon that explicitly mentions these advanced mathematics and the fact that this story's world is up to the interpretation of the author. However, that doesn't mean I don't enjoy speculating about Equestria's achievements in the aforementioned fields ^_^. Besides... perhaps the crazy professor introduced Lie algebra as well. Considering he was talking about spheres at some point (and Lie algebra does deal with geometric groups if I remember my very lacking knowledge on it.) it could be possible that he completely blew the so-called "scholars" out of the water xD. (keep in my my earlier statement of not having much knowledge on Lie algebra).
Merely a basic knowledge of aerodynamics, several engineering fields, a decent insight on the characteristics of gases and a tablespoon of common sense....
...which isn't that bad. Mostly trial and error.
Exactly, trail and error. A dolphin can swim and play with bubbles. He doesn't need to know fluid dynamics for turbulent streams along his body for that.
The way I imagine airships where figured out was a few pegasi noticing that warm air goes up, telling this to the unicorns and dirt ponies who tried to exploit this with some cloth. After a while they figured out a closed shape holds in the air better and through trail and error they figure out how big the balloon needs to be to lift a basket.
There we go, from observation to airship without calculus or Archimedes. The ponies would have no idea how it works, just that it works.
This is pure gold!
Another note:
People didn't say, "let's add X and Y together to do task Z." Rather, people noticed that "X + Y did something that would make task Z a lot easier, and then put it on paper." Of course, there are deviations to this, but let's humor the previous thought for the heck of it.
Granted, that's changing nowadays, but a lot of engineering fields still use trial and error (called theoretical vs. real-world results, essentially) when designing the newest breakthrough.
Side note: Archimedes... ugh, I can never use his principle correctly. I know that the water/liquid an object displaces can calculate its weight and its apparently weight, but I never fully got it down.
From this chapter alone, I can already tell that this is going to be magnificent!
This is greatest thing I've read here since My Little Megas XLR!
Gnoll, did I tell you already, that you are my favorite writer in here?
It's not everyday that you see a human scaring the bejeezus out of the mighty Princess Celestia. So, what if I told you I was expecting Henningston to do exactly that?
Also, reading this story to this sound is recommended:
ITT : People getting too strung up on 'canon' to just enjoy a hilarious, and well written, story.
It wasn't about lie algebra. It was about coordinate systems. The typical coordinate system you think of is the x/y/z one called Cartesian coordinates, each dimension stands for up and down, left and right, and above and below. But you see, a lot of physics problem is insanely difficult if you do it on this coordinate system. So instead, you change the equations so that it matches with other coordinate systems. By choosing the right coordinate system, you can make many problems easier. One of them is called the spherical coordinate. It is composed of r/phi/theta. R stands for how far away you are from the center. Phi is the angle from center to left. And theta is the angle from top to down.
2654271 Magic, they enchanted the balloons to make it fly. Unknowingly making the air within the balloons lighter than air, but since they don't know what oxygen is they don't understand how the spell makes it fly. But it flies non-the less so they just go with it.
i can imagine the ponies are pretty dumb compared to humans since they have magic, so they explain alot of subjects such as physics and other subjects concerning the universe and such as just... it's magic, or it's celestia and luna that does those things.
so i think his reaction was justified
Does people really take this series "canon" seriously? I mean, even Courage the cowardly dog has a more consistent canon than this... in which Eustace dies multiple times btw. I actually prefer when author takes the liberty to take some parts of the show and make something more consistent instead of trying to work with that mess that some people call "canon".
Anyway...moar pls.
This is funny.
Uttely hillarious!
That was an amazing chapter.
Additionally, am I the only one who thinks Skyrim is a huge flop in RPG mechanics and feel?
love it, for some reason this level of frustration being directed at pastel colored horses seems hilarious, although sadly this story has suddenly made me realize I have the intellect of a horse
Additionally, am I the only one who thinks Skyrim is a huge flop in RPG mechanics and feel?
I know for a fact your not(ive forums where plenty of people bash skyrim), but personally I don't agree with that statement.
I thought it was up to six. I'm missing both Scar and the Purveyor. What is happening to them?
2657691 i bet he's working on them, but The Reader has over 80 chapters, so i think he's running out of ideas for that one
At the same time, each chapter is only between 1 and 3 thousand words long. LOL. I don't mind if he gets to an ending and stops it, but he left us with a cliffhanger.
2657762 naw, i'm sure he's still working on it. i'm sure he'd tell us if he cancelled it, and it says incomplete
IK, IK. He really should end some of his stories though. He has quite a few he's working on. I think.
2657889 I will finish the reader within the next chapters, so I'll have time to work on the other stories and prepare the sequel.


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Runic Games celebrates Torchlight 2 in Asia with new pets
Runic Games is localizing Torchlight 2 for Asia, and to celebrate launch in those regions, it's introducing some new pets.
One is (surprise!) a panda. The developer tweeted today that the pet would be available with the next patch.
Different companies are releasing the action-role-playing game in Japanese, simplified Chinese, and traditional Chinese.
Runic will reveal two more pets soon, and all three of them will be available to players around the world regardless of country.
The developer also confirmed to one Twitter follower that it's not planning console versions. That sets the title apart from its rival, Diablo 3, which Blizzard is bringing exclusively to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. It will reportedly work with offline multiplayer as opposed to the controversial always-online PC version.
Torchlight 2 has sold more than 1 million copies since its debut on September 20, 2012.
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Millions in taxes," Coral Gables Development Director Catherine Swanson intoned to the darkened room in the basement of police headquarters. Her slide projector clicked, and her audience, seated around the projector in a loose horseshoe of chairs, was treated to an illuminated chart. Another click: a slide that touted two luxury department stores, Nordstrom and Neiman-Marcus. "Destination retail," Swanson announced. Another click. "Grand open space," Swanson said as the wall brightened with architectural drawings of a plaza, to be carved from the center of a massive shopping, hotel, apartment, office, and movie theater complex that is being proposed for the city's so-called design district.
A woman timidly ventured a question.
"Um, I'm concerned," she began hesitantly. "What will this do to the downtown? I shop downtown and I'm worried about the --"
Swanson cut her off. "Do you really shop downtown?" she asked.
"Um, yes I do," replied the woman. "I buy my shoes there."
"Do you really?" Swanson shot back, putting an end to the exchange.
The message was clear: This recent city-sponsored public hearing, held ostensibly to evaluate the merits of two competing development proposals, was in fact an infomercial for the larger project, a "high-end" (as it was repeatedly referred to) shopping mall that would be the largest development in Coral Gables history.
"I don't think they are going to listen to anybody," says Sylvia Hofstetter, who attended the public forum. Body & Soul Fitness Center, the gym she manages near the proposed development site, is likely to prosper if Gables commissioners approve the mall later this year, but to Hofstetter that isn't the point; it's the city's lack of openness to public input that troubles her. "My opinion is that the city wants to make money, they want to get the City of Coral Gables on the map. And money talks. That's the way it is."
Despite the municipal cheerleading, public resistance to the mall has mounted, spawning a nonprofit committee and even a Website on the Internet (www.savethegables.org). But although Gables politicians have not yet announced their views about the mall, Hofstetter's sentiments aptly express the mood around city hall: The mall is a done deal.
"In more than 40 years [of working with different governments], I have never seen such one-sided rooting from city officials," huffs eminent architecture historian and Gables resident Vincent Scully, who worries that the mall will eviscerate one of South Florida's few well-planned communities.
No one denies that the city's equipment yard, an 8.4-acre repository for police-impounded cars and city vehicles, looms like a pimple on the City Beautiful's pristine face. Located just north of U.S. 1 on Le Jeune Road, the yard remains an eyesore, while the area surrounding it has evolved into a neighborhood of studios, trade showrooms, and professional offices.
In October 1996 city officials published a call for development to harmonize with the existing businesses. "The City desires a project that will serve as a catalyst for the continued vitality and evolution of the Design District as well as generating revenue for the City," stated the request for proposals. "While no specific uses are mandated, the City's preference is for a mix of uses that will be synergistic with the emerging use and character of the Design District, and create a clean, safe, and stimulating environment for the people of Coral Gables and surrounding areas to live, work, shop, be entertained, and enjoy."
One of the two finalists, a design by Miami architects Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk's DPZ firm, seemed a snug fit for the city's call for bids: a $55 million community of 614 apartments on top of a modest 21,000 square feet of retail space, to be occupied by video rental stores, coffee shops, and the like. "It's the opposite of suburban sprawl," was the way Swanson described the DPZ plan to the Miami Herald after the bids were received in February.
The other finalist, its critics argue, is suburban sprawl defined. While eight of the nine qualifying bidders carefully restricted their proposals to the 8.4-acre city parcel, the Rouse Company, developers of Baltimore's Harbor Place, Boston's Faneuil Hall, and Miami's Bayside Marketplace, was quietly cooking up something bigger. Representatives from the company furtively acquired the options to purchase privately owned property around the yard. Instead of squeezing a project onto the city-owned footprint as their competitors did, Rouse proposed a twenty-acre supermall: 800,000 square feet of retail, an art-house movie theater, a 180-room hotel, 60 apartments, and thousands of square feet in offices. The estimated price tag for the project is $275 million.
A seven-member evaluating committee unanimously preferred the Rouse mall, in no small part owing to expected annual tax revenues four times greater than those promised by the DPZ proposal.
"My job at that point," says Swanson, "became to go out and explain why the committee voted the way it did."
Her assignment differs dramatically from the city's recent efforts to work with its retail community, which until now has been concentrated in the downtown core designed by city founder George Merrick. In previous years the city beautified its Miracle Mile with customized trash cans and landscaping. To diversify the booteries and bridal shops that dominate the strip, planners recruited a Barnes & Noble bookstore and a Starbucks coffee shop.
Despite these efforts, downtown merchants in February 1996 voted not to create a Business Improvement District (BID) that would call for a special tax on affected shopkeepers to pay for further marketing and physical improvements of the core shopping area.
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"It's hard to reach a consensus with independent store operators," Swanson notes. "Many of these business people specifically go to a street to avoid the hassles of uniformity [in a mall]."
One Gables official, who asked not to be named, feels the city may have hurt the BID vote unintentionally. "The city's position was neutral," the official explains. "The city felt that if the people wanted to tax themselves, then they should, but the city shouldn't promote a special tax. But people thought if the city was neutral on it, then it must not be a good idea, and they voted against it. That neutrality hurt the BID."
That neutrality wasn't at all evident in the basement of the police department during Swanson's slide show. Midway through her presentation, a man raised his hand and asked a question that mustered a cheer from his fellow audience members. "Why don't we just get it out in the open?" he queried the development director. "It is obvious that this project is going to happen whether we like it or not."
Seated in the dark beside her slide projector, Swanson did not correct him.


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Economy on the Upswing in August on Strength of Exports
The Bank of Israel's composite state-of-the-economy index rose 1.3% in August for the fourth consecutive month, after suffering declines over the 10 preceding months. The central bank said that the index's positive trend in recent months supports its assessment that economic activity is on an upswing.
The composite index published by the Bank of Israel is an attempt to assess and quantify the dynamics and condition of the economy numerically.
The central bank uses a variety of indicators to study the big picture, including indices like production, the labor market, domestic consumption, and others, adjusted for seasonal effects.
Most of the indices are based on data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, and may be revised after the fact as the CBS updates its data as it is received.
The increase this month mainly reflects an increase in goods and services exports. Nevertheless, manufacturing production and revenues from trade and services declined in July, with minor corrections beginning in June and July.
With regard to the components of the index: The index of manufacturing production rose by 2.8% in July, after increasing by 1.6% percent in June. The trade and services revenue index declined by 3.3% in July, following its increase of 3.7% in June. The index of services exports jumped by 7.1% in August, after plummeting 16.4% in July.
The goods exports index registered an increase of 4.5% in August, following its 2.5% increase in July. The imports index sank by 1.5% percent in August, following a rise of 5.7% in July.
Industrial production still shrinking
Industrial production sank 4.2% in May to July 2009, and high-tech production was down 4.5%, all in annualized terms, according to figures published by the Central Bureau of Statistics yesterday. The number of jobs in industry was down 5% during this period.
Unlike the myriad of positive economic figures pointing to a recovery from the recession, CBS figures indicate that sustainable growth is still a long way off. Although May to July figures are a huge improvement over the previous three months, they remain far from levels prevailing in 2004-2008, a period of global economic prosperity.
Combined high-tech industry declined "just" 8.2% May through July, a vast improvement over the dismal results for the previous three months, which saw the sector plummet 20.2% (annualized). Traditional industry, which shrank by 22.7% from February through April, was down by just 0.8% in the following three months .
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Posted by Shae on June 24, 2003
In Reply to: Naaf theory posted by Word Camel on June 24, 2003
: I am almost certain this is wrong but I feel duty bound to report this. Friends I spent the weekend say they have been told that "Naf" or possibly "naaf" is (*cringe*) an acromym for "not at all fashionable".
: I know the acronym theories are usually rubbish, and it would have to be naaf for this to make any sense at all BUT there IS a line of French clothing called Naf Naf. I shrug my shoulders.
: Camel
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The word is 'naff,' so your friends' explanation seems doubtful.
NAFF: Unstylish, clichéd, or outmoded. British slang, C19. Possibly back slang for 'fan,' short for 'fanny.' Various dictionaries.


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It would be good to convert certain gyroscope/accelerometer actions map to specific events. Based on the event a specific action can be triggered.
For e.g if we rotate phone counter clockwise to 90 degrees then a event is generated (say leftrotatevent), with this specific event certain actions can be triggered. We can have numerous such events, but most frequently possible human actions can be mapped to events..
Is this possible to extend the codebase with this feature???


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Horsemen and racetrack officials are said to have met Thursday in Trenton, N.J., but the results of that meeting weren't available.
The sale of Garden State Park to a development company is viewed as the death knell for live racing at the southern New Jersey track, but officials weren't able to say when the last live race will be run.The track's Standardbred meet ends Dec. 16, and, as of Thursday, it hadn't been awarded 2001 Thoroughbred dates. Pennwood Racing, which leases Garden State, is said to have applied for a Thoroughbred meet; the application must be in to the New Jersey Racing Commission by Friday. A previous request from Pennwood to race six days at Garden State in 2001 was rejected by the commission.A fall Standardbred meet for 2001 has been approved, but again, much depends on the new owner's plans to develop the property. Some industry officials believe there will be one more Thoroughbred meet, but they couldn't say for sure. With Garden State apparently set to close, and Atlantic City Race Course a mere shell of its former self (it applied for a 10-day, all-turf meet in 2001), Thoroughbred racing in South Jersey is all but done. That leaves Thoroughbred racing at Meadowlands and Monmouth Park, both of which are operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.Horsemen's organizations around the country have said they will pull signals from Garden State if the track isn't awarded live Thoroughbred dates. Much depends on whether the track applies for a meet, and whether the racing commission accepts the application. Definitive action was expected Friday.In a related development, the tracks that comprise the Mid-Atlantic Consortium have agreed that none would take any simulcasts from states where horsemen are withholding the Garden State signal as a result of the dates issue.The Garden State case is interesting in that a racetrack must be licensed to conduct live racing in order to offer simulcasting. Since it is licensed for a 2001 harness meet, the Cherry Hill facility could offer simulcasting until it closes, but that revenue would be earmarked for Standardbred purses. That situation has led the horsemen's groups to take action.Pennwood, though it leases the property, does own 10 acres on which a simulcasting facility could be built. But that may not be possible until off-track betting legislation is passed in New Jersey. A bill to that effect was conditionally vetoed by Gov. Christine Whitman.


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It's been a tough winter, so a lot of us are counting down the days to spring, especially area baseball fans.
In Akron, the buzz around baseball goes beyond what's happening on the field.
With a new name, comes a different look. The Akron Rubber Ducks unveiled their new uniforms to fans in February. But that's not all that's changing, Canal Park is getting a multimillion-dollar makeover.
"This is our epicenter of great affordable family fun in Akron, Ohio and we are going to invest over $5 million before Opening Day" said Ken Babby, the Owner and CEO of the Akron Rubber Ducks.
"Left field we pulled out over a 1,000 seats of our traditional style seats for an area we are calling foul territory."
Foul territory will be a picnic style experience and feature premium seating called Duck Row.
"And you will be literally closer to the third baseman than the catcher is," said Babby.
In right field the bleachers are gone and a new Tiki Terrace will take their place. The Game Bar & Grill, a year round restaurant, will open in March.
And last year the largest HD video board in double A baseball was installed. All this is being done for the fans and they are taking notice."
"Hopefully this will attract a lot of people that would say go to Fairlawn or the Green area that might come downtown and bring the kids. It's affordable fun" said Malinda Sampsell.
"Our motivation is provide the single greatest experience whether or not you are coming for your son's or daughter's birthday party or if you are coming to just have a cold beer with your buddies at the end of a long week" said Babby.
Mark your calendar. Opening Day is April 10th.
"We are looking forward to it even more this year with all of the changes. We are really excited to see everything" said Jen Victor.
"We all ready have our home opener tickets" said Craig Sampsell.
All the additions to Canal Park are privately funded and local construction companies are handling the renovations.


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EUR/USD (a 4-hour chart)
General Overview
The European currency continued its growth versus the dollar and at a yesterday's session, however the single currency purchase was explicitly reserved; eventually Euro grew very significantly.
The pair broke the resistance at the level 1.3550–1.3660 and if it is able to stay above the upper boundary of the region, the growth will be continued to the resistance 1.3830 and probably further to 1.4000.
There is a strong northern movement. The buy signal is confirmed and strong. The price is above the cloud and below the Chinkou Span. The upward movement will be until the Kijun-Sen is below the price. The Kijun-Sen and Tenkan-Sen are directed upwards.
Bollinger Bands is broadening being directed upward.
MACD is in a positive area, the histogram is growing.
Trading recommendations
A 1.3650 breakthrough has occurred. The volumes do not show strong activity, buyers are weak.
A breakthrough 1.3700 upwards with subsequent movement to the level of resistance 1.3800 is expected.


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Kevin Copeland: Our side of mountain
May 2, 2013
Some people never cease to amaze us. These are the individuals "out there" who think that the lights come on with the flip of a switch and that hairdryers and electric razors work when plugged in. They take microwaves and refrigerators for granted, and that heating and air conditioning is waiting in the wings to make them more comfortable. They assume the materials and labor that built the homes and buildings in which they live and work were always in place.
They think the groceries on the table that nourish them are acquired from the store, and that after a short wait, hot delicious meals appear at the drive-in or favorite eating establishment, with cold ice cream for dessert. They think fuel flows from the pump at the convenience store, and that law enforcement, fire protection, medical facilities and local government all just function as designed and available when needed.
Oh, lest we forget, the computers they use to condemn the energy sources that enable them to criticize while they live and enjoy life in the Yampa Valley. The same energy sources, I may add, that helped and continue to build this great nation.
These people are sadly mistaken to think that emerging countries care that some individuals in temporary positions of power at the moment here in Colorado want to set an example for the rest of the world. Go no further than the California experiment and their shambled economy to see an example.
Until depleted, fossil fuels will be used to inexpensively provide the world's energy needs. Doesn't it make more sense to develop cleaner technology utilizing our existing infrastructures and abundant natural resources? It's a clear choice: Use it cleanly here, or ship it overseas. They'll gladly burn it, upwind from us.
So, people, tell us what alternative fuel sources at our immediate disposal are cheaper and more abundant than what we currently utilize?
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Hydro? I guess we could dam the Yampa, but where should we put the dam? Not in my backyard, you say?
Solar? A great idea but prohibitive in costs. I know. I've lived off-grid and have used it since 1981.
Wind? We know the only constant breezes in the valley come from hot air.
I suspect these individuals moved here when they realized what we have and now want to close the gate and dictate to we locals what they think is best.
It is frequently quoted in the media that, through polling, the majority of Coloradans favor the green platforms of the past two administrations in regards to renewable energy. I dare these polls to ever venture over here and ask the majority of Western Slope citizens what we think of Front Range political solutions and their condescending attitudes toward our side of the mountain.
Let's vote them out. They can go help California.
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A Prince George's County Police officer was involved in a single car accident at Route 1 and Contee Road around 2 a.m. Monday.According to police, the on-duty officer was driving a marked SUV when it struck a curb while turning from Route 1 onto Contee Road, then flipped over and hit a lamp post. The lamp post damaged several unoccupied parked cars when it fell, police said.Speed and weather contributed to the accident, police said, and the officer, a two-year-veteran, was treated at a hospital and released.
County police officer treated at hospital after early morning Route 1 crash
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NewCastle Historic & Picturesque, by John Albee, published 1974 by Peter Randall Press, 500 Market St. Extension, Portsmouth NH 03861.
Brief notes from a cousin
Originally, references to the "Pisccataqua" region could mean either NewCastle or Portsmouth, before the became separate towns. In 1693 NewCastle incorporated, and first selectmen included a JAMES RENDEL (RANDALL). Book also mentions (pg 87) BENJAMIN RANDALL, son of sea capt by the same name, of old NewCastle family...
Could he an ancestor of Abigail Randal?
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Look at me - all getting ahead of myself and setting things up way in advance (it must be my Dan Sullivan Goal Cultivator Community buzz). The September session of the Montreal Business Book Club is taking place on Tuesday, September 27th at 6:30 pm and we will be discussing And Now A Few Words From Me by Bob Garfield (thanks for the suggestion Harold).
Here's a blurb about And Now A Few Words From Me:
"Bob Garfield, Author of Advertising Age's widely read column 'Ad Review,' is the world's most influential advertising critic. And he is ticked off, wielding his pen like a flaming broadsword, striking out at rudeness, self-indulgence, irrelevance, irresponsibility, and outright sleaze.
Amid his take-no-prisoners citation of ad failures, though, Garfield also lays out rules for good advertising - commonsense rules too often forgotten between the initial brainstorm and the final 'advertrocity.' And Now A Few Words From Me is a primer, a volume of case studies, an earnest reflection, and a hilarious exercise in journalistic hell-raising. Advertising may or may not get better as a result of Garfield's book, but it will never be the same."
Ohhh, this sounds like a good one.
Also, if you missed my Blog posting, Montreal Business Book Club - Never Eat Alone By Keith Ferrazzi, we will be discussing Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi on Tuesday, August 23rd at 6:30 pm.
As always, all Montreal Business Book Club discussions take place at Twist Image.
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Stock of biotech Amylin Pharmaceuticals is down 23.49 percent today (Aug. 27) to $20.84, the lowest level in three years, as more bad news on its diabetes drug Byetta has been revealed. Those suffering from pancreatitis have died using the drug. After the market closed yesterday, officials of Amylin and its partner on the drug, Eli Lilly, told analysts in a conference call that four more people have died after use of Byetta. On Aug. 18, the Food and Drug Administration advised doctors to discontinue Byetta in patients who exhibit symptoms of pancreatitis. That followed the death of two people. On Aug. 18, the stock dropped 13 percent. Amylin stock has been as high as $51.10 in the last 12 months; biotech stocks generally have done very well during that period. Byetta represented 80 percent of Amylin's revenue last year.


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*We're tempted to say he's probably wanted to do it for a long time and when the opportunity came, dude went for it. After all, what man wouldn't want to wear a skirt, er, kilt out in public, at least once?
Yes, Mr. Sean Combs, AKA, Diddy, followed the creed of when in Rome … except he was in Scottland and during a recent appearance there, while his back up, Dirty Money's Kalenna and Dawn did their all black ensembles, Diddy rocked a kilt for his performance during the 'MTV Crashes Glasgow' show on Tuesday.
About half way through the set, Diddy changed into the kilt and boots, setting the blogosphere abuzz days later. He and the crew performed his hits like "Victory," "All About the Benjamins" and more including his most recent "Hello, Good Morning.'"


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