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Mayor floats idea of bronze Adirondack chair at Farmers Market in honor of Coleman Jewett
Courtesy of Jessica Black
So what better way to pay tribute to the recently deceased craftsman than a bronze Adirondack chair dedicated in his honor at the Farmers Market?
Mayor John Hieftje floated the idea at Monday night's Ann Arbor City Council meeting, noting the idea came from several individuals in the community.
"Several individuals mentioned something to me and I wanted to pass it on," Hieftje said, adding he looks forward to kicking the idea around with the city's Public Art Commission.
"It would just have a little plaque that said, 'This is Coleman's chair,'" Hieftje said of what some have in mind. "I think that it would be something that would be appreciated by every market-goer because he was indeed a fixture and often called the 'Mayor of the Market.'"
Jewett was a teacher and later assistant principal at then Tappan Junior High School from the 1960s to early 1990s. He died recently at the age of 78.
Lisa Carolin | For AnnArbor.com
John Kotarski, a member of the city's Public Art Commission, was in attendance and said he likes the idea a lot.
"I think it's a great idea," he said. "It would be something that the art commission would have to take a look at in terms of finding funding. There might be some ways in which we could possibly get vendors at the market to participate outside of the Percent for Art."
The city normally funds public art projects through its Percent For Art Program, which sets aside 1 percent of capital project expenditures for artworks around town.
The City Council took action in December to partially suspended the program until April 1 while a task force looks into options for taking public art in Ann Arbor in a new direction.
"The Percent for Art money right now is kind of in limbo," Kotarski said, adding there will have to be discussions about how to fund the project the mayor is talking about. "But personally I think it's a great idea. It's something that I'd like to see happen. It's just how?"
Kotarski said it's possible it could be largely or entirely funded through private donations, and he suggested getting vendors at the market to contribute.
"I think there's a way of doing that," he said. "And I for one would like to expand the way we fund art in Ann Arbor, and this could be an example of it. It sounds like there are a lot of people who would want to see that happen, and maybe it could be the vendors there themselves."
Ryan J. Stanton covers government and politics for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 734-623-2529. You also can follow him on Twitter or subscribe to AnnArbor.com's email newsletters.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 9:47 p.m.
I think Ann Arbor can only support this if the bronze chair in question costs thousands and thousands of dollars and is produced by a German artist with no city connections...and, that it be funded by a millage.
margaret Splittt
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 2:48 p.m.
Wonderful idea, where do I send my check?
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 8:24 p.m.
To Hieftje's reelection campaign
Dog Guy
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 3:52 a.m.
A bronze Adirondack chair is not likely to be taken as an Obama tribute. Locate it in the shade to avoid branding summer users.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 12:21 a.m.
As long as the money to pay for it doesn't come out of tax dollars. Nice idea for a PRIVATELY funded memorial. Oh, and no funds for this are to be skimmed from road maintenance and other budgets......
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 11:20 p.m.
How about the chair and a statue with him sitting in it. Now that would be a fitting image indeed.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 9:29 p.m.
I'd love to contribute to the memorial. Is there a fund set up?
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 9:17 p.m.
Where is the honor for his father, George Jewitt, the first black football player at the University of Michigan? He was studying medicine at UM until he was told he couldn't study medicine and play football at the same time so he went to Northwestern and studied medicine and played football for them. I don't read in the article what Coleman Jewitt did, which should be honored by a public art project. I am not saying he didn't do something honorable but I can't tell what it was from the article.
quintessential daughter
Thu, Feb 7, 2013 : 11:23 p.m.
When George H. Jewett (correct spelling) was playing football, African Americans were rarely honored with bronze statutes. If that were the case the University of Michigan should have done it a long time ago. If you can't tell what contributions Coleman Jewett made to his community, you need to do more research.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 11:06 p.m.
Until you can spell his name correctly, perhaps you should let more knowledgeable people talk?
buvda fray
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 6:04 p.m.
Perhaps establish a chair sharing program?
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 5:15 p.m.
In the future, to remember Hiefje, we will need to put up a bronze bike in the middle of a bike lane.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 4:59 p.m.
Set up a fund, I'll contribute! I'd love to see the bronze Adirondack chairs there.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 4:33 p.m.
Mr. Mayor, for once a wonderful idea!!!! my suggestion is that a special fund be set up, i.e., "pass the hat", my guess is the donations will come pouring in. then make ABSOLUTELY DARN CERTAIN that the $$$ gets used for this purpose ONLY.
John Hritz
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 3:59 p.m.
Sounds like a great use for a Kickstarter (or similar) campaign. I'd just want to know the family is ok with the memorial. http://www.indiegogo.com/ http://www.kickstarter.com/
quintessential daughter
Thu, Feb 7, 2013 : 11:14 p.m.
The family is definitely "ok" with the memorial. Finally, dollars spent on a bronze sculpture that actually has some meaning!!!
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 3:37 p.m.
this is a wonderful idea, I can't believe it came for the Mayor.
Real Life
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 3:17 p.m.
Sounds great! Who's going to pay for it?
Kyle Feldscher
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 5:59 p.m.
I think the point of the poll and the discussion on here is to determine who we, as taxpayers, think should pay for it.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 3:08 p.m.
I'd kick in $100.
Ricardo Queso
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:43 p.m.
Instead of funding one bronze chair how about providing seed money to establish a workshop that would allow the unemployed to build and sell similar chairs. Giving a hand-up to those in need would be a greater legacy for Mr. Jewett.
quintessential daughter
Thu, Feb 7, 2013 : 11:11 p.m.
Coleman was an administrator and counselor for his longest career with the Ann Arbor Community. He already has a great legacy. If he didn't, his memory would not be recognized as it is.
Linda Peck
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:31 p.m.
I respect the sentiment of Mayor Hieftje, but it is quite a lot of money for a bronze statue of a chair. A memorial it would be, instead of art. I also have furniture by Mr Jewett and appreciate his live and his contributions to the community. I don't agree with making the chair, though.
quintessential daughter
Thu, Feb 7, 2013 : 11:05 p.m.
I hope your weren't one of the many people who sat in Coleman's chairs for hours on end like many people did? If so, what will you do now?
Arno B
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:15 p.m.
Why aren't the "several individuals in the community" raising funds out of their own pockets? It would be interesting to find out how much these art advocates contribute to art activities themselves. There have been many of these "Artsy Folks" testifying at City Council meetings about how wonderful these art projects are but no one asks them this question. Regarding the "poll": The "Yes/No" is incomplete. An additional question should be added: "At whose expense?" Since new statuary seems to be coming I'd like to see a statue of Shakey Jake somewhere!
A2 rocks
Sat, Feb 9, 2013 : 12:58 a.m.
There is a tribute to Jake. Great sculpture in the front of Peaceable Kingdom on Main St.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 4:30 p.m.
Arno, WONDERFUL IDEA! Shakey Jake was one of my dearest friends, I will miss him for the rest of my days. I could see a statue of him on the southeast corner of Main and William, which was where one usually saw a lot of him. another possible location could be State & William. sign me, one of many who misses Shakey Jake, Madeleine a.k.a. Mady
Katherine Griswold
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:06 p.m.
Neal Elyakin says it best. "My vote is for two chairs; a big one, for all the big people who were touched by Coleman's smile, cheerful greeting, and warmth; and one little one, for all the children who loved those little chairs. Make them accessible to all, so all may enjoy."
Dan Ezekiel
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 10:57 a.m.
My amen is to Kathy's comment, by the way, not the reply.
Dan Ezekiel
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 3:03 a.m.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 12:24 a.m.
As long as they are privately funded, good ideas!
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:42 p.m.
I love the the idea of a bronze chair....why not make it oversize? That way adults and children could share. The apron in front of his stall would be a perfect spot.
Elaine F. Owsley
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:38 p.m.
Hey! there's more bronze in that ugly "imported" thing on North Main.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:30 p.m.
There ought to be two, because I never saw him sitting alone for long. Man, I miss him.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:32 p.m.
Incidentally, I love Neal Elyakin's idea of having one be a kid's chair, but I'm concerned a sculpture that small would get stolen.
Elaine F. Owsley
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:21 p.m.
No need to hire an artist - Jewett left the design for you.
Craig Lounsbury
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:20 p.m.
I'm generally opposed to tax payer funded art on two counts. One , Government at every level is financially strapped and the solution isn't singularly to raise taxes. Secondly "art" is subjective. Having said that, if there is any piece I could get behind with some portion of funding it would be this.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 12:25 a.m.
It should be privately funded, not funded with tax dollars.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 12:57 p.m.
Finally art that makes sense...and if you need bronze I think theres an obnoxious piece of junk on 5th ave ( " The spirit of stupid " ) that could be melted down to cast it .....
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 12:39 p.m.
May I suggest the Alchemist Foundry in Kalamazoo? They do amazing work!
Neal Elyakin
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 11:46 a.m.
My vote is for two chairs; a big one, for all the big people who were touched by Coleman's smile, cheerful greeting, and warmth; and one little one, for all the children who loved those little chairs. Make them accessible to all, so all may enjoy. This is exactly what the city fund for art was created to do. Public art for the public, accessible to the community.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 11:32 a.m.
Public funds should not be used.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 12:26 a.m.
Totally agree. Let the "artsy" people on the City Council who come up with these ideas fund the project.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 11:27 a.m.
Now, this is a piece of art I would fully approve of purchasing. Coleman was an outstanding citizen here in Ann Arbor and a marvelous, caring gentleman.
Elaine F. Owsley
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 1:40 p.m.
And, was, first of all, a teacher. The little chair along with the big one is so appropriate.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 11 a.m.
You would have no problem passing the hat and coming up with enough contributions to fund a memorial to Coleman. He was truly Ann Arbor's Renaissance Man.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 10:37 a.m.
#1 Budget #2 who's going to pay Things like this always are sweater when donations are involved. I really don't see this is going to be a problem. The city will be giving the property so there is a start. I believe in Chicago or New York there are bronze sculptures of people on benches or a man standing with an umbrella. When I was younger I thought these were the coolest things and as a tourist I had to have picture. So the chair idea and other installations in the future can be a great thing for the city.
Jessica Webster
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 6:46 a.m.
I think it's a great idea. Someone mentioned it at Mr. Jewett 's memorial Saturday and I've been thinking about it ever since. I'd contribute.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 5:58 a.m.
Rename Skyline High to Coleman Jewett HS. Then make an adult size and a child size permanent Adirondack chair at the market with a plaque about Mr. Jewett. Make sure these chairs are useable, not just a statue or monument to look at and use the public art funds to accomplish this end.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 12:27 a.m.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 5:50 a.m.
Coleman Jewett was a Great Human Being! I L-O-V-E the idea of a Bronze Memorial Chair at the Farmer's Market (and maybe an additional "Little Person's Chair"). But the project Must be funded with free-will donations; Not administered by the "public spirited" citizens that purchased the Waste-of-Taxpayer-Multi-Dollars for the City Hall Urinal "created" by the German "artist." Do it right (Bank of Ann Arbor managed, keep Hieftje politically-appointed "art experts" out of it) and I will Generously donate.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 6:03 a.m.
You have already donated to the Ann Arbor Art Fund if you pay taxes. Why not use the money and execute this memorial this summer?
Kai Petainen
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 5:49 a.m.
fantastic idea!
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 5:43 a.m.
I hope there is a photo of Mr. Jewett included in any memorial...of course if his family agrees to it.
Jack Baker
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 5:20 a.m.
I like Kathy Griswold's suggestion that it involve more than one chair, and especially it be welcoming for young adults/children. A fitting tribute for a great Ann Arbor icon! He touched many lives in our community!
music to my ear
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 4:09 a.m.
how about everybody donates one dollar ,take a bucket and put it somewhere safe at the farmers market ." wella "money for the chair " one dollar dog no holler "
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 6:15 p.m.
wella? Is that supposed to be voilà?
Katherine Griswold
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 4:08 a.m.
More importantly, I think Coleman would love the idea. My only suggestion is instead of one chair, why not two child-size chairs for children to actually sit in at the market. I remember Coleman placing stuffed animals in his small Adirondack chairs to get the attention of young children. It was always a delight to watch him interact with children and talk about the animals in his chairs. Two small chairs would honor him as an educator and a craftsman.
Dan Ezekiel
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 2:59 a.m.
Kathy, this is a fine supplement to the original wonderful idea. Coleman had a special place for children in his giant heart. When I bought two Adirondack chairs from him, he threw in a miniature one gratis, because he enjoyed my kids sitting and talking to him when I brought them to the market. I saw a picture of Coleman listening to a little girl and it brought back the way he listened to children with full attention.
Bob Needham
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 4:14 p.m.
Very nice thought.
Jack Gladney
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 3:36 a.m.
I think the mayor should en-panel a commision to study the matter. Let's budget $13,000 for the commission's research and feasibility study and site survey. Then let's put aside $10,000 for the commission to go on furniture shopping trips to find the right style of chair to dip in bronze so we have a prototype to present to several prospective artisans who should be paid out of a special fund not to exceed $20,000 set up to pay the expenses of said artisans so that their proposed works can be presented to the full Council so that they can determine a budgeted amount for the actual bronze chair.....
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 3:19 a.m.
Use all of the money from the silly Art Fund. I can think of no better use. But make sure the artist is local and not from another country or far away. And bolt it down so no one will steal it.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 12:29 a.m.
Use PRIVATE funds, not taxpayer funds. Bolting it down is a great idea. Make sure you can clean off the graffiti that will inevitably appear, especially since it's across from Community High.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 4:21 p.m.
good ideas, justcurious, especially the part where it gets bolted down so it doesn't get ripped off. some people in this town have no conscience what-so-ever!!!!
Yael Ganet
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 3:18 a.m.
sell the pathetic red messes in West Park to an alternate community who likes art which stabs you in the back...take the money and...VOILA! Plenty of cash for a Coleman memorial while causing Coleman to smile and be content to see the progress made on account of him!!!
Ryan J. Stanton
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:58 a.m.
The poll gets at the basic question of whether you like the concept. I'm hoping to see a good discussion take off in the comments section here about whether the city should help pay for something like this. If so, what would be a good percentage contribution? 20% city funding and 80% private funding? More than that? Less than that?
Wed, Feb 6, 2013 : 12:29 a.m.
0% from the city, 100% from private funds.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 3:34 a.m.
0% city funding other than the management of handling the public fundraising collection and maintenance of the piece.
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:47 a.m.
Great idea, as long as Hieftje pays for it himself, or privately raises the funds. Something like this should not be paid with public city funds.
Jeff Renner
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:32 a.m.
Wonderful idea!
An Arborigine
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 : 2:32 a.m.
Privately funded, this would be a fitting memorial by those who knew this man.


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PAE, Meekins, SHS take part in mock elections
Stuttgart's youth voted President Barack Obama in for a second term and newcomer Scott Ellington to the U.S. House of Representatives District 1 seat during mock elections at three Stuttgart schools.
Park Avenue Elementary School and Meekins Middle School both hosted in-house elections, which had its students voting for U.S. President. Stuttgart High School participated in a national mock election, allowing them to vote for both U.S. President and House of Representatives District 1.
"I think it is really great," sixth grader Bethany Crum said. "I think it is good that everybody gets to participate."
Park Avenue
At Park Avenue, the voters were students in Kindergarten and PREP classes. Kindergarten teacher Lisa Henderson said the children are learning about the United States and its symbols.
Approximately 160 students in eight Kindergarten classes and one PREP class voted. Henderson said they talked about each candidate with pictures of the candidates placed at the voting location.
The students were allowed to cast a ballot for either President Obama or his opponent, Mitt Romney, with the majority of votes going towards President Obama.
All five presidential candidates who appeared on the Arkansas ballot were on the Meekins' ballot. Sixth-grade social studies teacher Kerry Chastain said she wanted students to realize that voting is one of the freedoms they receive and she hoped it would also get parents involved in the process.
The mock election was a two-month project. Teachers led up to Election Day by having students look at newspaper articles, political cartoons and campaign mail while discussing components such as third parties and mudslinging.
On Election Day, the school's Gifted and Talented students acted as poll workers. Among the workers was sixth grader Angel Castillo, who said, "it's a little busy. There's a lot of ruckus — people moving in and out but I think I can take it."
He knew what the election process was before, and thought the best part was "that people get to decide whether or not they like this person (for the office)."
Every student and teacher was allowed to vote with President Obama receiving 91 fifth-grade votes and 71 sixth-grade votes. Romney received 55 fifth-grade votes and 42 sixth-grade votes while other candidates received two fifth-grade votes and four sixth-grade votes.
Crum, who worked the Meekins' poll location, said it was hard when more people came in to vote then they had spots available to vote at.
For Stuttgart High School, President Obama received 257 votes while Romney received 148. House of Representative candidates Rick Crawford received 170 votes to Scott Ellington's 176 votes.
Teacher Amy Marek said the vote took place on Tuesday, Oct. 30, as part of the My Voice, My Election, a national student mock election. The SHS Student Council ran the election with all students voting electronically in the library.
The school has participated in the event before. Marek said "the kids have been really interested."
"They thought only Romney and Obama were the candidates," she said. "They didn't know others were running so … they wanted to know who the other people were. It was an eye opener that its not just the Democrats and Republicans."
It's a lesson that's been well received. At Meekins, Crum said she didn't really pay attention to the general election or know how it worked before the school's mock election. On Tuesday, she said she'd definitely be paying "a little bit more attention than I was" in the future.

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Sorry... The Club Is Closed
Outrage Erupts in the HIV Community After the DEA Raids the L.A. Cannabis Resource Center
December 2001/January 2002
Now, the center is shut. And it's no longer quiet.
"Shame on George Bush for the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center's D.E.A.th," screams a bus-sized banner hanging on the building's Santa Monica Boulevard entrance.
On Oct. 25, the center was raided and shut down by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Computers, marijuana plants, grow lights and records were all seized.
"Thirty agents came in here to steal everything and throw people out in the street," says the Center's President Scott Imler, who calls the DEA raid an "invasion" and claims that it was set up with help from local authorities.
Voter-Backed Medicinal MarijuanaA former special education teacher, Imler came to Los Angeles from Santa Cruz in 1995 to help campaign for the legalization of medical marijuana. The following year, California voters passed Prop. 215, the Compassionate Use Act, and became the first of nine states to permit patients to grow and use small amounts of marijuana for medical reasons. Imler opened shop.
"It's critical to me," says Patricia Alvarado, a faithful client of the center who has opted against prescription medication. "The only way to come back from wasting is to smoke pot. Once you're on meds, you can't control your life. The pills control your life. This way I can live a normal life and smoke when I need it."
Rallying for the CauseOn Nov. 6, Alvarado and hundreds of Cannabis Resource Center supporters gathered for a rally to call attention to their outrage. The tone was one of non-traditional patriotism -- American flags waved by ex-hippies, patriotic songs sung by Judy Garland playing over the sound system. Pro-cannabis demonstrators were unanimous in blaming President Bush.
"The Bush administration has taken a hard stance because the man has no heart," says AIDS patient Richard Eastman.
There is no question the political climate has chilled for the medical marijuana movement. In May, the U.S. Supreme Court decided federal law trumped voter-approved state measures like California's Prop. 215. For months, there was a quiet standoff between the Drug Enforcement Administration and California's cannabis clubs. A DEA spokesman even told the L.A. Times the clubs were not on the Administration's hit list.
By fall, that climate had changed. In addition to the raid of the Cannabis Resource Center, a similar club, the Comfort Care Group in Santa Monica, was raided. Its operator is being prosecuted. A third cannabis club in Inglewood closed voluntarily.
"I have about a half dozen roaches that I've been breaking down, says one client. Luckily I saved them. That's how I'm getting by. Am I going to have to go to San Francisco to get my marijuana?"
Cracking DownThat may not be an option for long. There are far more cannabis clubs in the Northern part of the state, but the DEA is starting to crack down there as well.
Marijuana is always available on the street, but that's not a good option for the Center's clients.
"Now I gotta go illegal," says one client. "I have to spend more, and I risk going to jail."
"I've gotten it off the street, and it had a fungus," says a woman at the rally. "That caused me to have tumors."
Marijuana clubs like the Center prided themselves on quality control, growing their own cannabis and distributing it to patients only after they were checked and re-checked for physician referrals. Imler worked closely with physicians who prescribe marijuana for their patients. About 30,000 people statewide smoke pot on doctor's orders.
The Battle Has BegunImler is urgently trying to re-open the club. He has support from State Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, Congressman Henry Waxman and West Hollywood City Councilmember John Duran. The legal battle promises to be long and complex.
"The hardest part is having to say no to our members who are calling," Imler says. "It's just really painful to have to say 'no' after five years of being here for people. These folks are our friends. We're like family."
For his clients, Imler offers a parting message. "Hang in there and stay in touch, and as soon as we're able, we'll be back."
Back to the December 2001/January 2002 issue of Positive Living.
This article was provided by AIDS Project Los Angeles. It is a part of the publication Positive Living.


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Sometimes editors like to have fun with their writers — like this week when my editor at the Charleston City Paper declared that controversial Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and yours truly are actually the same person. Explains Chris Haire:
"You want proof? Well here goes: As you know, Rauf is the guy behind the so-called Ground Zero mosque. Not surprisingly, Sean Hannity doesn't like him. On his Monday afternoon radio show, Hannity played an audiotape of Rauf, one which Sean believes proves just how anti-American the imam is … The funny thing is, the main point that Hannity offers as an example of Rauf's virulent anti-Americanism is more or less the same point that the City Paper's own Jack Hunter has been saying for years now … . Namely that the United States has killed more innocent Muslims than Al Qaeda has killed innocent Americans."
This is true regardless of who says it. Rauf specifically cites "the U.S-led sanction against Iraq [that] led to the death of over half a million Iraqi children" in the 1990s, a death toll confirmed by the United Nations, approved of by former Secretary of State Madeline Albright (who said it was "worth it") and apparently deemed irrelevant by Hannity. Using math over emotion, the Iraqi death toll due to U.S. sanctions equals about 170 9/11s. Despite Hannity's outrage, the imam is absolutely right.
Trying to get Americans to comprehend the weight of the damage their government sometimes causes overseas is comparable to how some wives react upon learning that their husband is a child molester — many simply shut down, emotionally and morally, refusing to believe it even against overwhelming evidence. The very thought is so traumatic that they go into denial, preferring to ignore or endure the tragedy rather than let it upset their worldview. There are other, similar examples of such denial: many now ask about the decades-long sexual-abuse allegations against the Catholic Church — did they not know or simply not want to know? Some question whether Germans during World War II were aware of the death camps in their own backyard — did they not know or simply not want to know?
A half-million dead children is not insignificant, in Iraq or anywhere else — yet did Americans not know or simply not want to know? Separated by an ocean from the situation and captive to a media that barely reported it, for most Americans it was probably a mix of apathy and ignorance, but the degree to which that ignorance remains willful is worth noting. Writes Haire: "for both Jack and Rauf, this simple stat — that 500,000 innocents died as the result of American actions — is proof that the U.S. has blood in its hands too. But for Hannity, to point out this fact is to commit chicken hawk heresy. It is a challenge to Hannity's unchallengeable worldview, and as such, it must be wrong."
Naturally, most Americans want to believe their nation acts in a largely benevolent manner abroad — something conservatives hardly ever believe about their government domestically — and any stark evidence to the contrary is often too heavy to absorb or to hurtful to consider. Pundits like Hannity spends hours keeping their audiences focused on relatively trivial controversies like whether some random mosque should be built next to Ground Zero, but consider it heresy even to consider that overseas the U.S. puts ground zeros next to mosques all the time. In an audio clip Hannity features on his website, intended to condemn the now-famous imam, Rauf makes a more salient and valuable point than any of his critics: "What complicates the discussion … is that the fact that the West has not been cognizant and has not addressed the issues of its own contribution to much injustice in the Arab and Muslim world. It's a difficult subject to discuss with Western audiences, but it is one that must be pointed out and must be raised."
Many Americans might dismiss, as Albright did and Hannity does, the death of a half-million children as an unfortunate, yet necessary fact of war. Funny enough, this is exactly what many in the Islamic world consider 9/11. Racking up deaths with government approval does not excuse it in the minds of Muslims whose children perished, any more than those children perishing excuses 9/11 in the minds of Americans. There is no excuse for either. Blood is on the hands of both parties, something that too many Americans still refuse to acknowledge, weigh, or even consider, and now Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is being attacked for merely pointing this out.
There will continue to be reasonable arguments on both sides of the Ground Zero mosque controversy — but what is most detrimental is the extent to which its central figure has become even more controversial simply for making a perfectly reasonable argument.


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Blood Lite III: Aftertaste
Jim Butcher's wizardly PI Harry Dresden pranks some high-tech monster seekers—and attempts to save a friend's son whose life-energy is slowly being drained by an unknown adversary in "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot." The Author from Hell has dropped dead, but a stressed-out editor is harassed by her emails from beyond the grave in Sherrilyn Kenyon's "A Day in the Life." The flesh is weak— and possibly even rotting—as a teenage virgin werewolf discovers on a visit to a brothel in Kelley Armstrong's "V Plates." Murder comes alive in "Mannequin," by Heather Graham, as two thrill-seeking couples "axe" for trouble at a B&B with a bloody history.
Plus twenty-six other tales to tempt and terrorize you. . . .
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Dan Bull Auctioning Off Another Custom Song On eBay
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Karen Thompson Walker's debut novel, "The Age of Miracles" (Random House, 2012), weaves two very different genres – science fiction and coming of age – in a fresh and unexpected way.
The story is told through the eyes of 11-year-old narrator Julia, an only child who lives with her parents in a suburb of Los Angeles. Shy and not particularly adventurous, Julia, like many adolescents, confronts her share of challenges: her best friend moves away, her parents fight and one has an affair, and a boy she likes is aloof one day and nice the next.
One morning Julia wakes up to the news that the Earth's rotation has suddenly begun to slow, a phenomenon scientists call "the slowing." Mankind appears headed for doom – days and nights grow longer, people get sick, animals die and plants no longer thrive in the fields.
I suspect that Walker had a lot of fun thinking about what would happen on Earth if the days and nights grew gradually and unalterably longer. But even as the environmental impacts unfold, they do not overshadow the upheaval occurring in Julia's life. As bad things both small and large happen, Julia and her family continue to do the same ordinary things: they make plans, they make friends and they spend time with their loved ones.
The message of "The Age of Miracles" is that even in the face of catastrophe, people will continue to make the best of adversity and enjoy the small, everyday miracles that many take for granted. Julia says: "We persisted even as most of the experts gave us only a few more years to live. We told stories and we fell in love. We fought and we forgave. Some still hoped the world might right itself. Babies continued to be born."
What I liked most about "The Age of Miracles" is what it is not. It is neither a thriller about scientists' frantic efforts to understand and fix the "the slowing" (though some of this is described) nor a teen-pleasing tale of how Julia and her friends implausibly find a way to save mankind. In other words, "The Age of Miracles" is not a Hollywood crowd-pleaser with big-name stars and a predictable happy ending – and I hope that isn't the fate of this book.
I loved the sense of hopefulness in "The Age of Miracles." The only recent story I can compare it to is "The Life of Pi" (Mariner Books, 2003). Most book clubs would enjoy it, although I suspect that it would appeal more to women's groups.
Leslie Ashmore is a Mountain View resident who belongs to two book clubs.


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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — So when will it be?
North Korea vowed last month to carry out its third nuclear test but has said nothing about timing. As a result, the building suspense in Seoul has prompted many to look at the dates Pyongyang has chosen for past atomic tests, as well as rocket and missile launches.
Dates and numbers have great symbolic importance to North Korea's government. So Pyongyang often schedules what Washington calls "provocative acts" around U.S. holidays and important South Korean political events, an effort to send none-too-subtle messages to its main enemies — Washington and Seoul. Pyongyang also uses the tests to give a nationalistic boost to its citizens, often favoring significant milestones of the state, party and ruling Kim family.
Here's a look at the "meaningful dates" North Korea has selected for past tests and launches, as well as future key dates on which Pyongyang might choose to stage its third nuclear test:
Both previous nuclear tests were conducted as Americans celebrated U.S. holidays: Oct. 9, 2006, was Columbus Day; May 25, 2009, was Memorial Day.
North Korea also conducted missile tests on America's Independence Day in 2006. It launched a long-range rocket just a few months after Obama's first inauguration in 2009.
Some speculate that Pyongyang might make good on its atomic threat on the upcoming Feb. 18 federal holiday. That day is Washington's Birthday, also known as Presidents Day. South Korea's foreign minister has also suggested President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Feb. 12.
North Korea also has used inaugurations and elections in archrival South Korea to test its missiles and to launch rockets. South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye will be inaugurated Feb. 25.
Last year's successful Dec. 12 long-range rocket launch, which was condemned by the U.N. as a cover for a banned missile test, came just a week before South Koreans went to the polls to choose a new president.
North Korea fired a short-range missile on the eve of former liberal President Roh Moo-hyun's 2003 inauguration. Days before that, a North Korean jet also intruded into South Korean airspace over the Yellow Sea, turning back as warplanes in South Korea scrambled.
And in 1998, six months after liberal South Korean President Kim Dae-jung took office, North Korea launched what it said was a rocket carrying a satellite.
A failed North Korean rocket test last year fell on April 12, days before the April 15 celebration of the centennial of the birth of national founder Kim Il Sung.
The 2006 nuclear test also came a day before the 61st anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party.
North Korea has repeatedly sought to link the legacy of late leader Kim Jong Il — Kim Il Sung's son and the father of current leader Kim Jong Un — to the development of its nuclear program. His birthday falls on Feb. 16. Two days before that, Feb. 14, is the anniversary of Kim Jong Il being posthumously named Generalissimo.
Associated Press writers Hyung-jin Kim and Sam Kim in Seoul contributed to this report.


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Keith Law Has Kind – and Cautious – Words for Pierce Johnson and Other Bullets
That Opening Day falls on April Fools Day is undoubtedly a magnificent joke on the Chicago Cubs, engineered, I presume, by the Mayans. But I'm sticking to my theme of hope, if only for today. Don't fall for the gags today, folks. Nothing anyone says about anything is legit.
- The Astros and Rangers kicked off Opening Day-ish with an 8-2 Astros win last night. Silly, Astros – you're just screwing yourselves out of that number one pick next year! Hooray for exaggerated extrapolations! Rick Ankiel for MVP!
- The Cubs are expected to make an announcement on Darwin Barney's status today (knee cut). If he heads to the disabled list, Brent Lillibridge is expected to be the regular second baseman in his absence, and Alberto Gonzalez is likely to be added to the roster.
- Keith Law recently saw Cubs pitching prospect Pierce Johnson in action, and had some complimentary things to say … but also had a caution. Here's a portion of his comments: "He showed three promising pitches on Friday, working at 89-94 mph, more at the high end of that range starting in the second inning, with a slider that ranged from average to plus in the 70-84 range as well as an average change at 80-82 that he used to left- and right-handed hitters. He also showed better fastball command in that outing than he had previously in the spring. I wasn't a fan of his arm action when he was at Missouri State, and it's still the same today – he turns his pitching hand over extremely late, as he's bringing his forearm forward to release the ball, in a way that puts a lot of pressure directly on the elbow, called 'valgus stress.'" At least it's good to hear that likes his stuff – Law says Johnson could be a solid three – and we'll just have to watch out for the arm concerns.
- Dale Sveum is pretty confident that his players aren't going to get used to losing under his watch.
- Jon Greenberg previews baseball in the city of Chicago this year, and he says many things, but I choose to quote only this: "Nothing is for certain when it comes to rebuilding, but even a cynic like me has faith in the Theo Trio (Epstein, general manager Jed Hoyer and minor leagues boss Jason McLeod). As painful as a rebuild is, I think in a few years we'll be happy with the results."
- Jesse Rogers offers a thorough preview of the Cubs going into the season.
- Last year for the open of the season, I published a very long piece that I'd been working on for months. Because it's as appropriate this year as it was last year, because some of you may not have seen it, and because I'm kind of proud of it, I thought I'd share it here: If It Takes Forever: Mortality, the Chicago Cubs, and a Person Named Steve.


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Scalet '15 Balances Two Arts-Related Internships
Although she is just a rising sophomore, Sarah Scalet '15 is already nearing the completion of two simultaneous summer art internships. She works as both a costume designer for the non-profit Sitar Arts Center's summer theater camp in Washington, D.C., and an intern at Red Dirt Studios in Mt. Rainer, Md. Scalet has enjoyed working in a professional artist's studio but also gains great satisfaction from giving back to the community while working at the arts center. Her two internships are made possible by a stipend from the Jerome Gottlieb '64 Fund, which is administered by Hamilton's Maurice Horowitch Career Center.
One of the key advantages of working in two internships, according to Scalet, is the variety that comes with each day's work. She works at both internships during the same day and always has an opportunity to engage in hands-on tasks in a creative environment, which is an aspect of her internship she truly appreciates.
The Sintar Arts Center started out as a single class housed in a basement in one of Washington D.C.'s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Today the center has evolved into one of the city's largest accredited art centers for underprivileged children, offering classes in music, dance, drama, digital arts, visual arts and creative writing. Scalet's work at the center as a costume designer is particularly challenging and engaging because costume design is a field that is completely new to her.
In just her first week of work, she was placed into a leadership position in the costume design department of the center's summer musical, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. Although Sitar Arts Center is a non-profit, its plays are produced on a nearly professional scale under the direction of staff from such esteemed venues as Folgers' Theater. Scalet is responsible for taking measurements, brainstorming costume design ideas and gathering fabrics and other materials. She also directs the design of the sculpture elements which will be used in the play, including headpieces, crowns, scepters and even a full size chariot.
Although her second internship at Red Dirt Studios does not involve non-profit work, Scalet appreciates that the studio nonetheless makes an effort to give back by "bring[ing] diversity and culture into a community that might otherwise be overworked by the talk of politics." The studio's owner, Margaret Boozer, was a former professor at the Corcoran College of Art and Design who counts among her students Hamilton's own Associate Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh. Scalet spends her days assisting Boozer in various projects including the construction of custom modernist furniture and outdoor sculptures and water features.
Scalet has enjoyed the diversity of her experiences this summer, and while she says that she is not likely to pursue a career in art, she is glad to have learned that such a career is possible even in today's stagnant economy. She believes that this summer's internships have taught her problem solving skills that are universally applicable and that "the ability to take each twist in stride is an invaluable trait for any career [she] ultimately chooses."
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It's hard to believe that it was just two years ago that Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara was forbidden to fight by then-head coach Dave Lewis.
As the jumbo-sized defenseman proved tonight in the Bruins' 4-2 win over Atlanta at the TD Banknorth Garden – a victor that completed a home-and-home sweep of the pitiful Thrashers – beyond his imposing presence down low, his rocket slap shot and his munching of minutes, Chara can also intimidate and pulverize opponents with the best of them.
The stage was set when Thrashers rookie Boris Valabik, trying to do anything to rouse his team, which was trailing 2-1 late in the second period, took some physical liberties with Bruins leading goal-scorer Phil Kessel – who's upper lip was opened by the roughhousing.
Chara just couldn't stand to see that happen, and when the whistle finally blew the 6-foot-9, 255-pound Beast of the East made the 6-7, 235-pound youngster pick on someone almost his own size. While the diminutive Kessel and his black-and-gold-wearing brethren watched, Chara used his fists to make sure Valabik knew that he wouldn't get away with anything – not in the Garden, not anywhere.
Now remember, this is a kid in Valabik who grew up in Slovakia idolizing Chara. Before Friday night's first half of the two-game set between Boston and Atlanta, Chara honored Valabik's wish by granting the former first-round pick an audience to talk about hockey and making it in the big time when you're big-time big.
None of that mattered. All Chara saw was Kessel getting bullied, and Kessel appreciated that the son of a Greco-Roman wrestler played the role of bodyguard – even if it meant 17 minutes in penalties.
"I just think it says a lot about him coming to my defense like that," said Kessel, who tallied a goal and an assist in the win to run his league-high point-scoring streak to 15 games. "He's a great captain, a great guy, and it shows what type of team guy he really is."
It not only says a lot about Chara (who by the way, said – tongue in cheek – that he thought Kessel could thrown down with Valabik) to the other members of the Bruins. It sends a message to the league – that the chains are always off Chara and anyone trying to step outside the letter of the NHL law might have to go toe-to-toe with one of the scariest skaters in all the land. Sure, you might have to exchange blows with Shawn Thornton, Milan Lucic or even Shane Hnidy, depending on the situation and the infraction. But in the back of an opponents' mind, the thought of Chara bearing down and throwing knuckles from on high has to be prominent – and it has to have an impact.
That's why Chara, a Norris Trophy finalist last season, should always be among the top three defenseman in the league, and why he might be more valuable than any of the other top blueliners. Sure he's capable of playing air-tight defense for 30-plus minutes a game if needed. He can quarterback a power play, he can cause the great snipers like Alexander Ovechkin to switch wings in an effort to get away, and he can let rip with a slap shot from the blue line or even score on a wraparound like he did Friday in Atlanta. And Nicklas Lidstrom in Detroit and Scott Niedermayer in Anaheim, they can probably do those things too. But where's the intimidation factor? Where's the bodyguard element? Where's the ability to bring a team together by showing that, 'hey, I'm not any more important than the rest of you and I'll sacrifice 17 minutes of ice time to protect you'?
It's all packed in that black and gold (well, mostly black at home these days) sweater numbered 33 with a C above the logo in front. And it's an ingredient the Bruins have come to rely on and are going to need if this early-season success is going to turn into championship-caliber play come spring. It's why the Bruins invested the better part of their salary cap in Chara and why keeping him under wraps is never a good idea.
The rest of the league knows that, the Bruins know that and any opposing player that doubts it will find out the hard way.


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Travel across the sunburnt Australian Outback to Uluru, Watarrka and south through the Flinders Ranges to Adelaide and Kangaroo Island
Capture the sprit of the Australia and witness its diversity on this adventure from the heart of the Outback to the tip of Kangaroo Island. From Alice Springs to Adelaide, take a tour around Uluru with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander guide, discover the Lost City in the Kings Canyon, head underground in the 'Opal Capital of the World', explore the historic township of Port Augusta, and drive through the beautiful Clare Valley wine region. Stop in up-and-coming Adelaide, then board a ferry to Kangaroo Island, home to more than just its namesake roos. Search for koalas and sea lions, board down sand dunes at Little Sahara, hike through the bush, and marvel at iconic rock formations. This is a journey through the heartland of Australia, rich in wildlife, culture, and enchanting natural beauty.
This trips provides you with the best guides in the business who know the Australian outback like the back of their hand
Wander through the iconic domes of Kata Tjuta, and gaze in awe at the sacred rock of Uluru
Dine under the stars and camp within privately owned sites on the red earth of the outback
Hike through natural amphitheatres, rocky chasms and lush oases in Kings Canyon
Discover the spiritual importance of the outback landscape to local Aboriginal communities on guided nature walks
In the opal-mining outpost of Coober Pedy, scorching daytime temperatures have driven the town's few residents to live in underground 'dugouts'. Explore the opal mine, hang out with some rescued joeys and spend the night in a subterranean bunker
Loll about with the local sea lions at Seal Bay
Give sandboarding a crack amid the white sand dunes of Little Sahara
Walk through Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in search of koalas in their gumtree hideouts
Take in the impressive coastal views from Remarkable Rock
This trip is made up of two separate tours and you'll be traveling with a different guide for the Red Centre and Outback portion of your trip and Kangaroo Island. Each guide specialises in their region of touring
The Kangaroo Island portion of the trip are two full days of touring. Whilst there isn't too much physical exertion, there are early starts and arrival back into Adelaide on the second day is late in the evening around 10:30pm.
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1. This trip departs Alice Springs at 6:00am on day 1 and finishes at approximately 10:30pm on day 9. Onward travel must be booked the following day.
2. For the Kings Canyon Rim Walk it is a requirement that you have a minimum of 3 litres of water with you. Please consider bringing your own refillable water bottles.
3. This trip can also start in Yulara. See trip code PBOSCY.
4. The Kangaroo Island portion of this trip departs from the Adelaide Central Bus Station (85 Franklin Street) on the morning of day 4. Please meet at the SeaLink desk at 6.15am for a 6.45am departure.
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Lamai Wanta Resort
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Lamai Wanta Resort is located in the very heart of world famous Lamai Beach on Koh Samui, providing easy access within walking distance to all the local shops, restaurants and bars.
The infinity pool is directly on the beach overlooking the ocean with the large but cozy Coast restaurant next to it, with its high ceiling you always can enjoy the breeze here. The Deluxe rooms are located in the building in the back of the property in a beautiful tropical garden and the bungalows are in the exotic front garden and the leading ones of course have even sea view. All rooms offer a comfy outdoor area, are spaciously designed with modern facilities.
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Date of stay:
Feb 13, 2016
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Lamai Wanta was perfect for us as you are living close to the center of the main steet at Lamai Beach but still you had the privacy and no noise from the main road. Perfect room and a very serviable staff.
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Feb 29, 2016
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Katrine Povlsen Jensen
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Nov 17, 2014
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Tres bien place pres du centre, de la plage et au calme.Hotel bon standing,tres propre.
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Jul 25, 2014
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We stayed in their deluxe room? it wasnt anything deluxe whit that room. The toilet/shower room was Dirty and need of reapair. The doors to the balcony was not tightly enough so mosquitos came in to the room. and theres a lot of mosquitos. we felt that it was overpriced. i wouldnt stay here again.
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super !!
Aug 08, 2014
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Daniel Eriksson
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Feb 02, 2014
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Bra och fint hotell! Väldigt fint mottagande vid ankomsten med färskpressad juice och vi fick rummen tidigare än incheckningstiden. Fin frukostbuffé och barnvänligt! Enda minuset att en i sällskapet blev av med ett dyrt solpuder från rummet.. För övrigt bara positiva upplevelser här!
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Feb 05, 2014
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Linda Nilsson
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Dec 28, 2013
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Mycket bra hotell, ligger bra, rent och snyggt men dock väldigt dyrt.
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Jan 12, 2014
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Katarina Cederberg
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Jun 21, 2013
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This was my first time at Lamai Wanta but I will definitely be returning. The deluxe room was very comfortable. The staff, particularly in the restaurant, were welcoming and friendly and the atmosphere enabled me to have the relaxing holiday I was seeking. I was particularly impressed with the low volume of the restaurant music which meant that it didn t intrude on my enjoyment of the facilities. The included breakfast was one of the best I have experienced and the prices for other meals are quite reasonable. I am looking forward to my next visit there
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Peter Kidd
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Dec 26, 2012
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We loved this resort. The staff were friendly, the accommodation clean and neat, and the location perfect. We had originally booked a deluxe room but the hotel gladly upgraded us to a 2-bedroom garden villa at a good rate.
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Jan 10, 2013
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Diane Moor
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Dec 19, 2012
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great hotel right in the centre of lamai on the beach. great buffet style breakfast, nice comfy beds with decent pillows. would recommend
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great booking service
Dec 24, 2012
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mr hitten thakkar
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May 11, 2012
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很不错,小巧但是干净,海滩美翻了,我去的时候人很少。早餐正常。酒店的车送到机场500铢。房间里没有mini bar,只有免费的水。
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May 22, 2012
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Tang Wei
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Oct 13, 2011
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well located in Lamai beach but quite. Room clean service good. value of money. Beautiful sea view pool.
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Oct 16, 2011
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Aug 17, 2011
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Nice place to stay, beautiful garden
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worked well; problems with my credit card solved
Aug 22, 2011
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Georg Franz Fischer
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Jul 16, 2011
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Great Place to stay when in Lamai. Wonderful staff. Cafe that holds the clean food, good taste award and food is great. Only thing is that the umbrellas need changed as they are rusty and so was our shower but staff replaced it immediately. Will definately return soon.
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Jul 26, 2011
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Fun, flowers, smile and momentums of happiness is all about our boutique beach resort "Lamai Wanta Beach Resort".
Located at the main coast of Lamai, at the heart of Koh Samui. Lamai Wanta provides a perfect atmosphere to rejuvenate your soul, reward a floral holiday, recharge your batteries and relax at the most cozy private beach of Lamai Wanta.
The 60 meter frontage with wide beach and white sand faces the sea of the gulf of Thailand provides a spectacular view of Lamai. Added to the picturesque of the beach is our beach-front swimming pool with abundant deck chairs on the terrace which connected to the patio of our beach-front café.
The Boutique Resorts offer 74 most convenient room on floral theme with plush amenities and spacious size of bed. All rooms are designed on the modern concept and great care of American standard with a Thai classical touch.
:: Deluxe Room (30 sq.m.) - 48 units ::
These rooms are newly renovated and share the same layout and space as in basic rooms. The difference is better amenities and the location is a both closer to the beach.
:: Garden View Villa ::
NOTE: Not guarantee Only On request for Garden View Villa or Sea View Villa. It subject to room ability. ***
King / Twin size bed with daily change of linens
High quality mattress
Air conditioning
Cable TV and DVD player
Separate wet & dry area in the bathroom
with hot water system and basic toiletries
Hair dryer
In room safety deposit box
Mini-bar refrigerator
Wi-Fi internet access
:: Coast Cafe ::
Located at the very front of the property overlooking the ocean, Coast Cafe is perfect place where you can enjoy your delicious meals and appreciate the view at the same time. We serve both Thai and Western food at a very affordable price with high quality and standard.
Beach front swimming pool
Beach front restaurant and bar
24 hour reception desk and security
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Lamai is the most popular beach of Koh Samui, Thailand, Lamai Wanta is located just at the corner of most known beach of Koh Samui. We are 20 minutes away from Koh Samui Airport, 2 minutes away from most of the popular shopping centre and McDonald, 2 minutes away from the busiest nightlife area, just located on the beach.
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Who doesn't love an inebriated cooking show host? Who can keep their mouths off of a delicious midwestern style hotdog? And what geek in their right mind won't tune in for puppets? Combine all three, and you've got a trifecta of awesomeness and the newest episode of Hannah Hart's My Drunk Kitchen.
This time, we find our host "felt it" in the kitchen of her friend John, joined by a hilarious array of puppet pals and a recipe for a killer weenie (that sounds terrifying… and scrumptious!).
Check it out, try the recipe for yourselves, and invite all your best buds over for a feast, both human and "puppetly inclined".
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A man was killed Friday in a rare shooting in broad daylight in one of Mexico City's most crowded tourist zones.
An Associated Press photographer at the scene saw the man's lifeless body covered with a tarp on a blood-covered sidewalk in the Zona Rosa, an area crowded with hotels and restaurants.
An official of the city's Public Safety Department confirmed the man was shot to death. Under department rules, the official was not authorized to be quoted by name.
The official said that one of two men on a motorcycle fired several shots at the man and then drove off. Assassins commonly use motorcycles in Central America, but that has been less common in Mexico.
Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said the killers appeared to have been going after a specific victim, "clearly because of some quarrel."
Asked whether the killing could have been drug-related, Mancera said there were no immediate indications of that.
Mexico City has largely been spared the drug violence plaguing many parts of the country.


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Traders and investors on Wednesday said the best way for U.S. President Barack Obama to celebrate his re-election would be to avoid a budget crisis that could send the U.S. economy reeling.
Stock futures fell about half a percent after Obama edged out Republican Mitt Romney while bond futures rose. While the result ended uncertainty about regulation and monetary policy, some remained on edge about taxes and overall economic health.
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Investors have had a tendency of downplaying problems emanating from Washington, only to find themselves surprised when lawmakers cannot get together on critical issues.
The $600 billion of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that could take effect in January and send the fragile U.S. economy into a tailspin is the next such issue that could bedevil markets.
"There will be an immediate shift to government gridlock and the fiscal cliff issue, and that will be a headwind for stocks," said Michael Yoshikami, chief executive officer and founder of Destination Wealth Management in Walnut Creek, California.
With Republicans retaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives, some investors feared compromise on fiscal reform would remain hard to come by, which could keep markets under pressure.
Economists fear letting all the tax hikes and spending cuts take effect at once would hammer consumer and business spending, push the U.S. economy back into recession and batter markets.
The market reacted harshly to Washington gridlock after failed legislation to backstop the banks in 2008 and, again during protracted talks to raise the U.S. debt ceiling in 2011.
"The real challenge is for (Obama) to bridge the differences with Congress and work to get in the middle," said Jason Ader, a former Wall Street gaming analyst and a Romney supporter.
"Markets will have a knee jerk reaction tonight and tomorrow and find support over the next few days," he said.
But Steven Englander, head of G10 foreign exchange strategy at Citigroup, warned that the fiscal cliff "could become a bigger issue down the road, and if we don't see progress quickly the market may reconsider how risk-positive the next few months will be."
That could hurt the U.S. dollar, should investors worldwide think the U.S. deficit will drag on the economy. European nations have been hamstrung by their inability to escape their heavy debts and lackluster growth.
Though markets came into the night expecting Obama to win, most traders and investors supported Romney, who raised more money on Wall Street than Obama.
Whitney Tilson, a hedge fund manager and one of the only managers in the $2 trillion industry to publicly endorse Obama for a second term, said he was optimistic that the two parties would compromise.
"This was a victory for moderates," he said. "I hope both parties recognize this and move toward each other -- to the center -- to address the pressing problems our country faces."
Billionaire investor George Soros, another outspoken Obama backer, said he saw the result "opening the door for more sensible politics. Hopefully, the Republicans in office will make better partners in the coming years, most urgently in avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff."
Obama's win did remove uncertainty about the future of Federal Reserve policy.
Romney had said he would have replaced Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, whose dovish monetary policy has been a helped propel the gains in both U.S. bond and stock prices in recent years.
"Obama wins and will keep Bernanke and therefore the risk asset rally," said Tom Sowanick, co-president and chief investment officer at Omnivest Group in Princeton, New Jersey.
The benchmark S&P 500 has rallied 67 percent since Obama took office - one of the most impressive runs ever for stocks under a single president.
Benchmark bond yields, meanwhile, hit record lows despite a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating last year. Cumulative returns for all maturities on all U.S. Treasuries are at 14 percent since Obama took office, according to Barclays.
"Net-net, I think the market will say, ���Well, we never were that scared about the fiscal cliff anyway, and isn't it going to be great to have Bernanke at the Fed for the foreseeable future,'" said Michael Jones, chief investment officer at Riverfront Investment Group, with $3 billion in assets under management.
Gregory Whiteley, government bond portfolio manager at DoubleLine Capital in Los Angeles, said steady Fed policy could spark a slight rally in bonds.
But he said the prospect of higher taxes, and stiffer market regulation would likely keep growth sluggish.
"I don't think the result is good for economic growth, so there wouldn't have been much upward pressure on yields from that front," he said.
The U.S. economy has held up better than other advanced economies, but growth has remained sluggish and unemployment high. Economists expect about 2 percent growth this year.
Under a second Obama presidency, Wall Street will have to forgo trying to repeal Dodd-Frank financial reforms and instead continue to use their personal relationships in Washington to keep the law from harming the firms, said Karen Shaw Petrou of Federal Financial Analytics, a Washington-based research firm.
Wall Street has bristled at the reforms, which include stricter capital requirements for banks and the Volcker Rule that is intended to stop banks from making bets in the financial markets with insured deposits.
But some welcomed the changes.
"I don't think any reasonable observer would want to go back to the risk that we had in the system before the financial crisis," said Evercore CEO Ralph Schlosstein.
(Additional reporting by Tim McLaughlin and Svea Herbst-Bayliss in Boston, Atossa Abrahamian, David Henry, Rick Rothacker, Ryan Vlastelica, Sam Forgione, Nadia Damouni, Gregory Roumeliotis and Jennifer Ablan in New York, Doris Frankel in Chicago and Claire Sibonney in Toronto; editing by Lisa Von Ahn, Prudence Crowther, Andrew Hay and Leslie Gevirtz)


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Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal) is desperately trying to win back his girlfriend, Erin Hurley (Tatiana Maslany). When she collects money in order to run in the 2013 Boston Marathon, he helps her get support and makes a sign to hold for her at the finish line.
Since Jeff is always either late to everything or a no-show, Erin doesn't expect him to show up. Bombs go off just as she's approaching the finish line, but not until she sees a badly injured Jeff being carried away from the finish line, does she realize he actually was there.
With his lower legs blown off, Jeff has to go through a long healing process, not just physically but emotionally. Erin discovers that Jeff's family may not always realize what's best for Jeff's recovery and she struggles to be a positive influence in his life, while questioning her role in it.
Based on the book Stronger by Jeff Bauman and Bret Witter.
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I've noticed that Jim Carrey has been doing a lot of Personal Appearances lately. He's gonna go to the White House Monday, and then he's gonna speak at the Commencement Excersises at some college. That's quite a bit of Personal Appearances.
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Lawmakers Start Debate over Minnesota's Minimum Wage
ST. PAUL (AP) - From a small tick up to a big bump, Minnesota lawmakers anxious to boost the state's minimum wage start making their case to colleagues this week.
A Minnesota House panel opens its discussion of a probable hike to the floor wage Monday by reviewing presentations on the economic impact of the minimum wage. The same committee was planning to take public testimony on Wednesday. An all-Democratic state government gives good odds to an increase.
Minnesota hasn't raised its minimum wage since 2005. Minnesota's minimum wage is currently $6.15 per hour, though many workers automatically receive the higher federal minimum of $7.25 per hour.
Competing plans would raise it by a dollar or a couple dollars. Other bills peg future increases to inflation, automatically raising it without a legislative vote.
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Under a new peanut program, production in North Carolina and Virginia is likely to move east, says a North Carolina State University Extension ag economist. And, it's reasonable to expect a premium for Virginia-type peanuts.
Whether that's 2002 or 2003, the debate rages on at presstime. If the current program stays in place, Virginia-type growers are in good shape because of the small amount of peanuts in the government loan.
Much like the 1996 farm bill pushed production from central to west Texas, peanut farming in the V-C region will move to areas where cost of production is lower and yields are potentially higher, says Blake Brown, North Carolina State University Extension ag economist.
"Overall, it's hard to tell what will happen," Brown says, "but a number of farmers could exit production since Virginia-type peanuts are more expensive to grow and require more management than runner-type peanuts." It's equally unclear if production will increase. Those who remain will likely be growing for a premium price.
To gauge where peanut production will move under the new program, look to the east, Brown believes. Price is the wild card in the mix. Because Virginias may fetch a premium, it's likely that production will move to already-productive areas, as well as new production areas farther south and east.
Counties such as Gates, Martin, Bertie and Chowan in the northeastern part of North Carolina could gain acres.
Certain areas of counties, ones traditionally with more quota, but also with higher production costs and lower yields, could lose acres, Brown says. He predicts acreage could move out of some parts of Halifax, Northampton and Edgecombe counties into the "Blacklands" of North Carolina. "Some parts of these counties (Halifax, Northampton and Edgecombe, for example) may not be as competitive out of the current program.
On the other hand, "Pitt County would be a likely candidate to increase acreage," Brown says. He believes the same movement of acreage could happen in Virginia — from west to east. To a large degree, cost-per acre will dictate if peanuts stay in an area or leave for less-expensive environs, Brown says. Low production costs tend to fall to the better "peanut land."
On the average, it costs $450-$500 a ton to grow Virginia-type peanuts in North Carolina. "We have some producers who spend around $500 a ton to grow peanuts — many fall in the range of $450-$500," Brown says.
Under a new peanut program, peanut farmers who spend above $500 a ton to grow peanuts won't be able to survive, Brown says.
"I don't know how producers can do anything else to reduce production costs," Brown says. "There's not a lot more they can do to become more competitive."
Brown also points out that shellers are still trying to figure the role of west Texas in Virginia-type production.
Brown sees more contracts for Virginia coming under the new program. He also believes shellers will have to give some kind of assurance of premiums.
For runners, like they grow in Georgia, the price will probably be close to or at the new-loan rate of $350 a ton," Brown figures. "Virginias, on the other hand, will require some type of premium paid above the loan rate. For Virginias, there will have to be more contracting by the shellers, so they can assure themselves of a stable supply.
"Shellers will have to offer enough incentive for growers to raise Virginia-type peanuts," Brown says.
In the case of runners, Brown isn't sure that a contract will even be offered, because the price could be at or near the loan rate.
"We will have to wait and see in regard to prices," Brown says. The Senate and House versions of the new peanut program set the loan rate at $350.
Producers, as well as shellers, in the V-C area "really haven't known what to do this year," Brown says.
"Now, as it becomes more likely there will not be a new farm bill in 2002, that at least gives producers a starting point — assuming they will operate under the old program one more year," Brown says.
"This is a huge change," he says. "It's created an awful lot of uncertainty between shellers and farmers.
"Another year to figure out these changes would be great," Brown says.
While the pools are no longer needed under the new program, they may have a role to help the government with storage of peanuts, Brown predicts.
When the new program does arrive, it will create structural changes.
The largest change for growers in the V-C area may be a shake out of acreage from higher-production cost counties to counties that have traditionally had higher yields at lower costs.
"Fairly productive peanut land may see an increase," Brown says. "The main difference in a switch of programs is that the higher-cost producers with lower yields won't be able to survive under the new peanut policy.
"This, and the probable premiums for Virginia-type peanuts will move acres to lower cost counties," Brown says.


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Four young adults injured in UTV accident
One undergoes surgery on ankle
The driver of a utility terrain vehicle that flipped over on June 2 is recovering from a foot injury at home.
Alix Meisinger, 19, suffered deep tissue damage to his left ankle, his mother Mary said Tuesday.
Meisinger and three other passengers were taken by ambulance to Gothenburg Memorial Hospital following the accident on south Cottonwood Drive all with non life-threatening injuries, according to Gothenburg Fire Department rescue captain Jason Wagner.
Meisinger was later taken to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha where he underwent surgery last Friday and was released Saturday, Mary said.
Passenger Alec Foster of Gothenburg, who is 19, spent the night at GMH with road rash on his left side. He was released the next day.
The two other passengers, Kaylea Reyes of Cozad and Annabelle Greger of Omaha, were treated and released.
Greger is 19 and Reyes is 17.
The police report said Meisinger was southbound on Cottonwood Drive about 8:30 p.m. when the accident occurred.
Wagner said the vehicle was near the city's wastewater treatment plant, when the hood flipped up and struck the driver on the hand.
The driver, he said, overcorrected and the UTV fell on its side.
Seat belts were not in use, Wagner said.
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Sean Conboy uses GF23mmF4 to capture the magnificent Blackpool Tower Ballroom
American fine art photographer Claire Rosen shares her impression of the GFX 50S.
Cinematographer Richard Blanshard tests the X-T2's 4K movie recording.
X-Photographer Rinzi Ruiz from the US gives his impression on the X100F
Ray Martin from Australia documents the people in Tasmania with the GFX.
Part 2 of the series. Ray Martin from Australia documents the people in Tasmania with the GFX.
X-Photographer Kwangmo from Korea gives his impression on the X-T20 and XF50mmF2
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Winder Divorce Help Georgia 30680
So it has become obvious that a divorce is inevitable. You never dreamt it would come to this when you said I do at the altar but it has. How do you prevent yourself from making the same mistakes that led to your divorce in the first place? You need to face reality, prepare yourself and get some divorce help for men.
Below are 3 steps that you can implement right away but later on in the article I will reveal a resource that could make the difference between you winning in the divorce courts or losing everything you have ever worked for and cherished to your wife.
1. Do not move out of the house: The thought of continuing to live under the same roof as the woman you know you will soon be parting with can be a daunting one. This can be all the more difficult if the atmosphere is tense and uncomfortable, but it is important that you do not pack out of your matrimonial home.
Packing out, especially before any divorce hearing sends out the wrong signal. The signal it sends out is that you are financially able to afford another accommodation and that you don't mind your soon to be ex-wife getting the home you once shared.
So no matter how difficult it seems, it is important that you continue to live in that house until your divorce is finalised.
2. Set up a PO box or get an alternative address for all your correspondence: Make sure you change your correspondence address once you know that a divorce is inevitable.
Women are very curious and calculating creatures and your soon to be ex-wife will start poking her nose around everything that concerns you. She will start looking for evidence and information that will help her win in the divorce courts. Do not hand it to her on a platter of gold.
Set up a PO Box for all your correspondence as soon as possible, that way she does not know what you are planning or what your divorce strategies are.
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3. Do not sign anything any documentation (A binding document does not have to look like one!): It is important that you do not sign any papers or documentation your wife your present to you until you have run it by your divorce lawyer first, no matter how innocent or harmless it looks. Always remember a binding document does not have to look like one.24Custody Of Children | Easy Divorce
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Cirque du Soleil is pleased to announce that it is renewing its collaboration agreement with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for another four years. When FIG President Professor Bruno Grandi and Secretary General André Gueisbuhler visited our International Headquarters in Montreal, we seized the opportunity to take them behind the scenes of our new show Amaluna! View the highlights of the visit!
Curious on how Cirque du Soleil scouts talent? Learn more by watching this video about Krista Monson, Director of Casting in Las Vegas. (Courtesy of CNN International)
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Cirque du Soleil® is seeking professional singers with strong technique, stage presence and versatility for live performances in its current shows and upcoming creations.
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Check out this video of two former gymnasts specializing in swinging rings, Christian and Stéphane Detraz. These Swiss brothers are currently touring with our latest arena show, Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour. Learn more about their discipline, their act and their career transition.
Watch this video of parkour specialists Vincent Deplanche and James Stewart who are now training for Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour, a new Cirque du Soleil show that opens in October 2011. Learn more about their discipline, their career transition and their life at our international headquarters in Montreal.
Blogging from Los Angeles, world and Olympic medalist Raj Bhavsar describes his new life in Cirque du Soleil, which begins its newest show, "IRIS: A Journey Through the World of Cinema," Sept. 25 at the Kodak Theatre. Pictured: Bhavsar hits a handstand in LA's Runyon Canyon Park near the Kodak Theatre.`
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Kathryn Howard ran off and joined the circus. With her college gymnastics eligibility exhausted, the All-American performer was finishing her advertising degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln when she got a call from Cirque du Soleil, the Canada-based circus company with shows on six continents.
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Trent Harris' eyes welled up with tears on Friday morning during an unofficial visit to the University of Florida.
The Winter Park defensive end got his dream college football scholarship offer and he was overwhelmed by emotion.
"I didn't cry, but I definitely teared up," Harris said of what transpired as Florida head coach Will Muschamp told him he had a scholarship offer to the school he has always loved. "It was like the whole world just stopped. I've thought about it since I was a kid and it's still hard to believe it's true after all these years. Still feels like a dream."
When asked how often he had thought of himself wearing that Gator uniform and trotting onto the field at The Swamp, Harris said, "Every day."
That dream is a step closer to reality, and it wouldn't be all too surprising if Harris decided to pledge his intentions to join the Gators 2014 recruiting class in the next couple of days.
"I'll take a couple nights to think about it and talk it over with my parents, but then I think I'll have my answer," he said. "I just feel blessed and I thank my parents and my coaches and God ... God is always first."
He said it was difficult to not commit on the spot, but he had the scenario already planned out in his head that he would not do so. He also said he had no pressure to do so from UF coaches.
"[Coach Muschamp] didn't really throw the question out there, but he kind of hinted around," Harris said. "He told me I had no pressure and I didn't need to rush and he wasn't going to rush me."
The 6-foot-3, 231-pound junior said it was his father who had gotten emotional this past Saturday during a visit for a Florida State junior day when the Seminoles offered him his second scholarship invitation. He had already received an offer from Boston College.
Harris talked a bit on Tuesday about the possibility that UF might be close to offering. He grew up an avid Gators fan and his room at home is decked from wall-to-wall in everything you could imagine representing his love of UF.
That's why it was somewhat ironic in that the Seminoles got in ahead of UF. The twisted pattern continued Tuesday, when his third scholarship offer came in from the Gators second-least favorite opponent, Georgia. Harris also has a Kentucky offer.
"Yeah, I was born a Gator fan," said Harris, yet he tried to downplay his hatred for FSU. "Yeah, well ... I mean, that's not exactly true, except when they're playing the Gators."
He does however, have a newfound respect for FSU after meeting the coaches during his trip to Tallahassee.
"Oh yeah, I love the coaching staff up there," Harris said of the Seminoles, and he also said he could easily see himself playing in Doak Campbell Stadium.
Of course, he also didn't say what uniform he was wearing while conjuring up the image.
Harris, who had 50 tackles and 11 sacks last season, has seen his stock skyrocket since he's started making the recruiting rounds.
The No. 14-ranked player in the Sentinel's 2014 Central Florida Super60 has tentative plans to visit Georgia and South Carolina this month, but if he makes a decision with the Gators, there will be no more recruiting trips.
"No sir, probably not," he said.
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