text: af7cb168-ce9f-11e0-9b05-0024e880c1d2 eng utf8 dataset Dataset Arizona Geological Survey Arizona Geological Survey 1 (520) 621-2470 1 (520) 621-2508 1955 E. 6th St., P.O. Box 210184 Tucson AZ 85721 USA email@example.com http://azgs.arizona.edu http point of contact Arizona Geological Survey http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/collection/image/icon/u11/AZGS_logo_800x800_1.jpg icon originator 2013-07-11T14:36:28 ISO-NAP-USGIN 1.1 http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/usgin/dlio/1280 Geologic and Geomorphic Characterization of Precariously Balanced Rocks 2011-08-24T12:00:00 publication CR-11-B Haddad, D.E. originator Arrowsmith, J.R. originator Missing School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University 480-965-5081 Bateman Physical Science Center F-Wing Tempe Arizona 85287 USA http://sese.asu.edu/ http point of contact Seismic hazard analyses form the basis for the forecast of earthquake-induced damage to regions prone to seismic risk. Precariously balanced rocks (PBRs) are balanced boulders that serve as in situ negative indicators for earthquake-generated strong ground motions and can physically validate seismic hazard analyses over multiple earthquake cycles. Understanding what controls where PBRs form and how long they remain balanced is critical to their utility in seismic hazard analyses. The geologic and geomorphic settings of PBRs are explored using PBR surveys, stability analysis from digital photographs, joint density analysis, and landscape morphometry. An efficient field methodology for documenting PBRs was designed and applied to 261 precarious rocks in Arizona. An interactive computer program that estimates 2- dimensional (2D) PBR stability from digital photographs was developed and tested against 3-dimensional (3D) photogrammetrically generated PBR models. 2D stability estimates are sufficiently accurate compared to their 3D equivalents, attaining <8.8% error in estimated PBR centers of mass heights. Joint analysis reveals a mean PBR joint density of 0.39 m-1 with few PBRs formed in joint densities <0.22 m-1 and >0.55 m-1. Landscape morphometry shows that PBRs are situated in upper reaches of drainage basins near divides and hillslope crests. Surveyed PBRs are preserved on local hillslope gradients between 10° and 45°, and contributing areas between 1 m and 30 m. The close comparison between the 2D and 3D PBR stability estimates indicates that the program developed here may be used to quickly estimate PBR stabilities from digital photographs taken in the field within reasonable accuracy. The joint density results indicate that structural control on the bedrock from which PBRs are produced is critical vi to their formation and preservation; high joint densities create small boulders that completely decompose prior to exhumation while low joint densities create relatively large boulders that are stable. Morphometry results may help predict expected locations of PBRs in landscapes. More importantly, they caution that construction of PBR exhumation rates from surface exposure ages needs to account for their geomorphic location in a drainage basin given that spatial variation in PBR exhumation rates are controlled by the landscape's geomorphic state. completed Missing Arizona Geological Survey 520.770.3500 520.770.3505 416 W. Congress St., Suite 100 Tucson AZ 85701 USA http://www.azgs.az.gov http point of contact earthquake geomorphology hazard analysis joint density analysis LiDAR precariously balanced rocks seismic hazard seismic mitigation theme Historical Quaternary Recent temporal Basin and Range Province Glassford Hill Granite Dells Prescott Transition Zone Yavapai County place Arizona Geological Survey all rights reserved. eng geoscientificInformation 1 -112.507 -112.354 34.5398 34.6664 Arizona Geological Survey distributor http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1280 http information http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/1280 http information dataset This contributed report stems from David E. Haddad's Master of Science thesis from the Active Tectonics, Quantitative Structural Geology, and Geomorphology, School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University.


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Nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards are out today, and apart from being thrilled at the lack of recognition for the dreadful Hoodwinked Too!, I'm heartened by the deserved love for Moneyball. A few other quick thoughts — it's nice recognition for A Better Life's Best Actor nominee Demián Bichir, Best Documentary nominee Hell and Back Again, and particularly Best Original Screenplay nominee A Separation. Massively bummed about the lack of kudos for Drive and Martha Marcy May Marlene, though. Interviews with A Separation's writer-director Asghar Farhadi and Pina director Wim Wenders, also a Best Documentary nominee, coming later today. Hosted by Billy Crystal, the Oscars will be broadcast on February 26, live from the Kodak Theatre, on ABC.
Daily Archives: January 24, 2012
Andrew Sullivan Diagnoses GOP Rage
Post-South Carolina, Andrew Sullivan tees one up and smashes it out of the park, playing the world's tiniest violin for what is called the Republican establishment — which now consists of Rush Limbaugh, Karl Rove, Roger Ailes and their mainfold products and creations run amok — and a political party that is "angry at the new shape and color of America, befuddled by a suddenly more complicated world, and dedicated primarily to emotion rather than reason." This is what happens when you habitually enable, and indeed encourage, gamesmanship for the sake of gamesmanship, and politics as war.

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What Is Forced Retirement?
Forced retirement is the involuntary job termination of an older worker. An older worker may lose a job as part of a wider company downsizing or may retire early due to poor health or disability.
Mandatory retirement due to age is prohibited by U.S. law in most cases. In the real world, the statistics show a different story. A 2018 study by ProPublica and the Urban Institute concludes that 56% of workers over age 50 have been pushed out of jobs before they would willingly have retired. Only one in 10 of them ever gets another job that pays as well.
Key Takeaways
- The federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits terminating an employee due to age.
- Nevertheless, one study shows that 56% of workers over age 50 have been pushed out of jobs before they would willingly have retired.
- Some employers offer severance packages to older workers to get their agreement to retire earlier than planned.
Understanding Forced Retirement
When most people consider retirement, they assume that they will be able to choose when they leave their jobs, usually when they have reached a certain age and have accumulated enough savings to live comfortably. With life spans growing longer, many imagine starting a new phase of their lives.
Forced retirement removes the element of choice.
The Law on Forced Retirement
Mandatory retirement at a set age was abolished in 1986 by an amendment to the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. There are some exceptions for occupations that have high physical fitness requirements, such as military personnel and airline pilots.
The real world is murkier, though, especially since older employees tend to be better-paid employees. Companies that want to downsize without layoffs sometimes offer their most senior employees an early retirement package. Older employers caught in a round of job cuts sometimes get additional benefits in their severance packages, such as continuing health insurance coverage. In the corporate world, companies sometimes offer older workers attractive incentives to accept early retirement.
Forced Retirement Realities
The average American retires at age 62. That is the age at which Americans can choose to begin receiving Social Security benefits, although full benefits are paid only to those who wait until they reach age 66 to begin collecting.
However, the trend is moving in the opposite direction. Government statistics indicate that 19% of Americans aged 65 and over are still working, part-time or full-time. That is the highest level in more than 55 years.
What to Do If You're Being Forced to Retire
The American Society of Actuaries advises workers who are being forced to retire to consult a lawyer before signing any documents or waivers offered by their employers. The conditions may be negotiable. For example, the employer may agree to cover health insurance costs if the employee has not reached the Medicare-eligible age of 65.
The percentage of Americans aged 65 and over who are still working, part-time or full-time.
An employee of any age who is laid off may be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits that replace a portion of lost wages, generally for up to 26 weeks.
Early retirees who have reached age 59½ can withdraw money from IRA or 401(k) accounts without owing a 10% early withdrawal penalty, although ordinary income taxes will be owed on the withdrawals.


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Daniel Moth's Linq on Channel 9
We are working on putting together a session for MSDN Events on LINQ and how it changes the way that developers work with data in their applications. The basic question of what is LINQ is fairly straightforward, in that it is the name given to a collection of new language features that are part of .NET 3.5. While the next framework (3.5) does add a number of components for LINQ, it also utilizes a number of language features that were added in previous versions including 2.0 and 3.0.
Daniel Moth is a former MVP who has been blogging recently (http://www.danielmoth.com) on LINQ and even posted a video on Channel9 which does a great job of describing how LINQ evolves from existing language features. I summarize some of the points on how he does it with some screen shots, etc., but to get the most from it, click on the link & watch it for yourself.
The synopsis
Before LINQ
With LINQ
How do we get there?
Add Helper.cs
And then using these we rewrite in C# 2.0
Omit types that can be inferred by compiler <Person>, <Person, TempType>
Use inline anonymous methods to replace delegates MyPredicate & MySelector with code from helper.cs
Now use .Net 3.0 features
Change delegates to Lambda expressions by removing delegate and adding => after type
Drop type because compiler can infer type for p
Get rid of "return" keyword & extra curly braces
Next using object initializers we can create a new type & further simplify the syntax of results2…
Finally we use anonymous type because TempType is not used elsewhere
To have compiler infer type use the keyword var in place of TempType
Finally we look at extension methods to provide visibility to Select & Where functions declared in MyEnumerator.cs
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Tips for being healthy on a desk job routine!
Good Health is an aspect that yields result in long terms. People try a lot of varieties to lose weight, but don't get it fixed from the beginning. Unusual food habits, a sedentary lifestyle and bingeing junk food more than required are the most common reasons for weight gain.
Long office hours surely drains a lot of Mental Health. Amid a regular desk job, it is difficult to get ahead of the regular lifestyle and be healthy. But there is surely a couple of processes which can be induced to ensure that you can stay healthy and fit, with losing a couple of extra pounds.
Count on Calories!
When the time is limited to stay active, ensure that each and every gram is calculated. Maintaining a portion size of every meal will ensure that your meal doesn't go over the limits from the calories. Cook food, and have them carried to your desk, rather than bingeing upon unnecessary foods. At times avoiding unnecessary get-togethers, mostly in lunchtime is a remedy for your healthy routine. No matter what happens, always make use best of your portion size, and make a calculated approach to your macros.
Candy/Sweet cravings-A no!
Evening hours are always a delightful experience to pamper our sweet tooth. Make sure to carry your tiffins so that when you are full of your home food, there would be less to no room for sweets/cakes. Cakes and other sweet items are mostly empty calories, which are a lot more than one can think of. These calories do shoot your weight to an uneven number before you can even realize. So its always better to be stacked with good home food snacks which have a calculated macros scale.
Make sure you have your own lunchbox!
Having lunch outside is not at all a good idea when you know you are just sitting by the desk the whole day. If you plan to stay healthy, its always the best idea to bring home cooked food. Lunch from outside would simply make you overeat, as a general population tends to eat little to no food in breakfast. This simply means double the food at lunchtime. With restaurant menus being loaded with spicy and yummy pictures, it is always difficult to resist binge eating.
Walk more often, indulge in home exercises!
Long hours of the desktop can demand a lot of time, which can literally put every other thing such as gym in the red zone. In such scenarios it is always advisable to take walks to your workplace, considering it is only miles from your home. If it isn't, don't make a direct drop at the office, rather walk some distance, at least a Kilometer or two. Also, home workouts also can be attempted even during the tightest schedules, with simple types of equipment like bottles and resistance bands. These will give a grip to get ahead of the sedentary lifestyle and make you tackle unhealthiness.


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Citrix TIPs Series / Citrix on Azure FAQs
Last month, I joined Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect Jeff Mitchell to present the lessons learned deploying Citrix technologies on Microsoft Azure. In case you missed it, the webinar recording is available on our Technology in Practice homepage.
The event included a live Q&A portion at the conclusion of the webinar, but Jeff and I ended up with more questions than we could get to. We aggregated these questions here to address the key areas of interest that we couldn't cover during the session… enjoy!
Q: Is Citrix Cloud the only way to host workloads on Azure? How else can I use Citrix and Azure?
Using the Citrix Cloud XenApp and XenDesktop Service is one of the many ways to deploy application and desktop workloads on Azure. While this was the primary method highlighted in this webinar, there are multiple ways a Citrix customer can get started using Azure.
Read the entire article here, Citrix TIPs Series: Citrix on Azure FAQs
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Trying to crack fly fishing's technical waters on your own is a tall order.
Trying to crack fly fishing's technical waters on your own is a tall order. That's why we surveyed our network of professional guides and outfitters to bring you the inside scoop on fly fishing gear, tips and tactics.
I recently returned from a trip chasing bull trout. My good buddy Blair knows of a creek or two that's home to these rare char, and while he didn't promise anything big, he did say we'd get into some.
A half-hour after daybreak on a Saturday morning, I had an 18-inch bull trout in the net. When I later shared the picture on Instagram, I instantly got peppered with private messages. Everyone wanted to know where I'd caught the fish.
My answer was the same to everyone: in the water.
Joking aside, fly fishers are a reclusive, secretive, paranoid group. We're walking contradictions, too, since we love to share pictures of our catch but almost always refuse to share the location. For a lot of beginning fly anglers, that's one of the bigger hurdles to overcome in the sport. How do you find the best places to fish if everyone's tight-lipped about it?
And, following that line of thought, how can you become a better angler if you're not fishing diverse water, chasing as many species as possible on the fly?
You can't.
But luckily, you don't have to depend on begging other anglers for pointers to improve your game. Fly fishing guides, more so than other guides I've fished with, take the time to teach clients what they need to know to be successful on their own.
Earlier this year, we surveyed all of the fly fishing guides on Guidefitter, asking direct questions about the sport. The answers, which we'll detail below, give some great insight into what you need to do to become a better fly angler.
Guidefitter is home to tens of thousands professional guides and outfitters, all eager to share their knowledge, and help you land your dream catch or fulfill that bucket-list hunt.
We surveyed our fly fishing guides in June 2018. Participation was voluntary, and those who responded weren't paid or otherwise compensated. We distributed the survey via email and conducted the survey via an online system. The numbers listed below represent the percent of total responses.
Perhaps more than any other sport, fly fishing creates gear junkies like I've never seen. The only folks who rival us anglers are rock and mountain climbers. It's rare I see a piece of fishing gear and think, "Oh, I don't need that." That does beg the question, though, of what the most important gear really is.
Eighty-one percent of our guides said that a good rod and reel are the best gear investments you can make.
I support that 100%. I own around 20 fly rods, and I reckon I've fished and reviewed five dozen or more rods so far. While most anglers don't need 20 fly rods, they do need one that meets the demands of their most typical angling situations.
Expert anglers can make just about any rod work for a given situation – within reason, of course. You wouldn't try throwing a size 2 sex dungeon on a 0wt, for example. But it's best to have a rod and reel combo that match the needs of your usual fishing.
I'm partial to softer, shorter rods because I grew up fishing the small creeks of the Rocky Mountain high country. Other buddies of mine want the stiffest 6wt they can find because they like big streamers and heavy nymph rigs.
Regardless of how you fish, it's worth it to invest money in the right rod and reel.
It's an age-old debate that I don't think will ever be settled: What flies are the most productive year-round?
One of my long-time fishing buddies swears by dries. He won't fish nymphs or streamers. Hell, he won't even tie a cripple or emerger pattern behind a dun.
Other anglers – like my friend Lance Egan, a champion angler with Fly Fish Team USA – makes a compelling case for nymphing putting the most fish in the net.
Forty-nine percent of survey respondents said streamers are their most productive patterns, followed by 37 percent who said nymphs boat the most fish.
Streamer fishing is a blast, but it takes patience and persistence. Most days you'll cover a ton of water before getting into trout. But when push comes to shove and I can't figure out what the fish want, a streamer usually gets the job done for me.
If I had to pick between a float or wade trip, I'd almost always opt for the drift boat. You cover more water, present flies differently than when fishing from the banks, and you can always pull the boat over and wade the best-looking pieces of river.
Fifty-three percent of survey respondents said they see the best results when they combine wading and floating trips. As someone who spends a ton of time in boats, I can vouch for this result.
If you want to test your skills and see where you need to improve, 58 percent recommend fishing in the summer. This is when guides see the most success in terms of fish caught.
Fishing during the summer gives you a good chance at catching plenty of fish while at the same time showing you which aspects of your game are hindering your catch rates.
Thirty-six percent of fly fishing guides and outfitters said that if fly anglers really want to get better, they need to master reading water. Thirty-one percent said that the next most important skill is mastering catch-and-release techniques.
I agree completely with both of those results, and it's not surprising they finished so closely in this survey. Mishandling of trout – especially on a river that sees a ton of angling pressure – is one of the most common causes of decline in fish quality and opportunity. Trout aren't hardy like bass; as such, you have to treat them differently. Of course, none of that matters if you can't read water.
Learning to identify where fish are likely to hold will vastly improve your angling experience. It's not as hard as it sounds, either. As Mike Hegarty, a guide with Chick Hill Guide Service in Clifton, Maine, said, "Don't let the sometimes technical nature of fly fishing stop you from jumping in and trying it."
Another great piece of advice came from guide Justin Anderson of Justin Anderson Fly Fishing and Guide in Franklin, North Carolina: "Practice your casting in your yard and not on the water while you're learning to fish," Anderson said. "This will lead to less frustration and a more enjoyable experience if your casting skills are sharpened before heading out to fly fish."
Is a guide really the only way to up your fly fishing game? There's hundreds of thousands of hours of instructional fly fishing videos online, so what's the biggest advantage to hiring a guide?
Fifty-six percent of survey respondents said that familiarity with local waters and access points is the biggest advantage to hiring a fly fishing guide.
Visiting waters like Henry's Fork, and the Green, Missouri and Frying Pan Rivers introduces you to a wide variety of angling situations. What you learn while fishing the Henry's can help you better fish the Missouri, and vice versa.
Trying to crack these technical waters on your own is a tall order for most anglers. That's why a guide's knowledge of their local waters is the biggest advantage to hiring one for a few days. You'll learn more from a guide on their home water than you will in a month spent watching YouTube videos about fly fishing.
I've fished for the better part of two decades, and I've had the opportunity to spend time with world-class anglers and guides. I've learned more from those professionals than I have from any video or book. I'm not downplaying the importance of videos and articles in learning to fly fish – you need all three to really be successful, I think.
Rather, I can vouch for the legitimacy of hiring a guide. One day with a guide will pay off for years to come.
Looking for more information on guided fishing trips? Connect with a guide, ask a question or follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Like what you see? Check out the results from our freshwater fishing survey, and stay tuned for results from our deep-sea survey, scheduled to publish later this month.
What else would you like to know from our guide network? Let us know in the comments below.


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07.11.2019 to 09.11.2019
International Jazz Music Festival
For the second year in a row, Tartu-based international jazz and rhythm music festival IDeeJazz takes also place in Narva!
IDeeJazz delivers good vibes despite the dubious November weather, now for already the eight time!
Superb artists, buzzing atmosphere, modern venues and delicious tastes - that is all you need to escape the late autumn grey!
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"Ready Player One" is directed by Steven Spielberg, stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Mark Rylance, and Simon Pegg. This film, based off of the 2011 novel of the same name by Ernest Cline, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Zak Penn, has had a pretty solid hype-train since it was announced. Practically choked with references, the trailers promised a world of pop-culture nods and gags, prominently featuring famous fictional figures like the eponymous robot from The Iron Giant, the DeLorean from Back To The Future, and the titular ape from King Kong. While those figures do show up in the film, some may be surprised to learn that there is a pretty endearing plot behind all the allusions and references. The movie takes place in a dystopian version of Columbus, Ohio in the year 2045, where an immersive virtual-reality video game world called the OASIS, created by eccentric inventor James Halliday (Rylance), has become the primary means of entertainment for people, almost to a dangerous extent.
Upon Halliday's death, he left a game to be played within OASIS where the goal is the search for an Easter egg which gives the winner half-a-trillion dollars and full ownership of the OASIS.
The search for the egg is not as simple as it seems and hasn't been completed for years by the time the movie takes place. Then we get to our main character, Wade Watts (Sheridan), a kid living in "the stacks" of Columbus (literally trailers stacked on top of each other), who dons an avatar known as "Parzival" to explore the OASIS and search for the easter egg. Meanwhile, the villainous IOI Corporation, led by Nolan Sorrento (Ben Mendelsohn), has been forcing an army of people indebted to the company to hunt for the Easter egg, and when Parzival seems to be making headway in the challenge, Sorrento begins to scheme. I gotta say, this movie was fun. It wasn't a masterpiece by any stretch, and probably will be lost amongst the many films coming later this year, but it had that Spielberg-ian charm we all know and love.
The best part of the film easily was Spielberg's directing, especially the live action sequences. The OASIS, while an interesting and exciting concept, makes for an okay setting, and is never exactly explored beyond the areas important to the plot. For example, movies like Wreck-it-Ralph, which has a similar virtual world to Ready Player One, tend to take time to show off the areas of the places they're in, whereas Ready Player One goes only where the plot dictates and no more. Despite the ability to do basically anything with a virtual world and virtual actors, the scenes seem empty and plastic almost, and the directing seems more phoned-in. I'm not saying it's necessarily badly done; for any Marvel or DC film director, these scenes would be praised from here and back, but for a man like Steven Spielberg, these scenes seem like they didn't have his signature sense of wonder, which could have made the moments in the OASIS way more effective.
The acting is also really good… in the live action scenes.
It may just be that I am spoiled by too many amazing Andy Serkis motion-capture roles, or that I haven't read the book, but once the actors become their avatars, it's like they were told to over-act to compensate for the limitations of the technology. Olivia Cooke's character, Art3mis, is a good example of a genuinely great performance in the live action scenes and an almost Razzie-worthy performance in the OASIS scenes. Another issue is the lack of backstory for most of the characters, which is disappointing because almost all of them are actually really interesting, and I would've loved to have heard more about them, instead of the long monologues by Wade/Parzival that hold your hand through any and every bit of plot development. While I do have problems with the film, there isn't anything explicitly bad about it. Steven Spielberg offers one of his more fun films in recent years with Ready Player One and if you're in it for that, then I believe you'll have a good time, and if you want pop culture references to point out and discuss, then it's good for that too. Just shut your mind off, enter the OASIS with open eyes, and you will have fun.


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Link to someone else's photo of the sculpture Level Best by Amy Podmore at Flickr, which was displayed at Sculpture by the Sea at Cottesloe in 2011
2011 wasn't my fave year for the Sculpture by the Sea (I've never missed a year), but this piece bought a smile to my face. Would you call it Surrealist? Whimsical? I don't know much about art, but I do know what I like. The half-object, half-person Level Best felt as though it was pushing an unconscious perception to the point of absurdity. Almost believable and slightly alarming.
Ordinal-linguistic personification (OLP) is a harmless psychological phenomenon in which some people associate personal characteristics with numbers and letters of the alphabet. Like some other types of synaesthesisia it dates back to early childhood, it involves illogical but fixed associations between individual concepts from different sets of two different types of concept, it is involuntary and it is not intentional. I think it is generally agreed among synesthesia researchers that OLP is a type of synaesthesia. I have OLP and many other types of synaesthesia. The letter Y is male, yellow and cheerful, in my mind. The idiosyncratic and involuntary personification of things that aren't people appears to not be limited to concepts such as numbers and letters. Some synaesthetes report a sensation of personal characteristics in everyday inanimate objects such as pot plants, vegetables and cutlery. I'm sure these people aren't mad. I'm pretty sure that they don't actually believe that their household bric-a-brac have lives and feelings and gender identities. I fully understand that letters aren't alive, and I'm sure that other personifying synaesthetes also have a sure grasp on reality, but all the same the idea does sound more than a little bit flakey, like an old lady holding a tea party for her pets. I privately scoffed at my quaint fellow synaesthetes gifted with the ability to discern the gender of a Bromeliad or a Hoya. Then one day I chanced upon a discussion between synaesthetes about the sexes and ages of different types of cutlery. A crazy idea for sure, but the suggestion that a fork could be male just didn't feel right. A fork has such an elegantly rounded shape. No way could a fork be male, when it is self-evidently female! Forks always have been women (?) and knives men (!) for as long as I remember. It's a self-evident truth, but also utterly irrational and nonsensical. Sounds like synaesthesia.
Sculpture by the Sea 2012 at Cottesloe Beach starts today. I can't wait!
Sculpture by the Sea http://www.sculpturebythesea.com/Home.aspx


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Care set for coffee machines with BSH / Brita TZ70003 / TCZ7003 filter,
including Siemens / Bosch water filter, cleaner tablets and descaler tabs
Waterfilter TZ70003 / TCZ7003, suitable for the following devices:
Siemens: EQ.5 / EQ.6 / EQ.7 / EQ.7 PLUS / EQ.8 / EQ.9 / TK7 / TE50. / TE70
Bosch: TCA7 / TCC78 / C77V60 /CM250 / VeroBar / VeroProfessional / K750 / TES70
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Neff: TK7 / EQ7 / CV7760N / CV77V60 / Vero Professional / TE50 / TE70 / TES70
Gagennau: CM250
Please check the compatibility with your device before ordering.
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This gorgeous styled shoot brought to us by Katie B. Photography is the perfect inspiration for a romantic country wedding! Here's Katie to tell us more:
This styled shoot was inspired by the planner's own trip to Paris. She went with her boyfriend and absolutely fell love with the city's romantic and whimsical atmosphere. Think soft blush tones, lush green accents, crystal glasses, exquisite French inspired decor and a charmingly sweet couple.
See more after the cut!
The perfect setting for an intimate French inspired wedding! The venue was the perfect backdrop for this shoot, with its rustic yet elegant barn and miles of rolling green hills. The bride and groom, Faryl & Ryan Seabaugh, have been married since 2015 and have four beautiful kids together. Everything from the dress to the details was romantic, soft, and timeless…as they say "We'll always have Paris…"
Lovely, thank you for sharing! For more information about Katie B. Photography, please visit her WeddingLovely Vendor Guide profile.
What do you think about today's styled shoot? Let us know in the comments below!
Host/Stylist/Concept: KC Photography
Cake: Kneads More Frosting
Cake Topper: Ashley Lotecki Design
Flowers: The Botanical Studio
Signs and Invitations: Ms. Peach Plus Designs
Hair: Bilgah Moka Salon
Makeup: Makeup by NKC
Venue: The Venue at Murphy Lane
Caterer: Your Chef To Go, Inc.
Mannequin Rentals: J'Adorn Events
Bow Ties: ENVY Kraft House
Models: Faryl & Ryan Seabaugh, Danielle & Hector Tirado, Hannah Lee Yoder


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Convert Foot Square to Meter Square (ft2 to m2)
In next fields, kindly type your value in the text box under title [ From: ] to convert from foot square to meter square (ft2 to m2). As you type your value, the answer will be automatically calculated and displayed in the text box under title [ To: ].
Foot Square (abbreviations: ft2, or sf, or sq ft): (plural square feet) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit (non-SI, non-metric) of area.
Meter Square (abbreviation: m2): is the SI derived unit of area. It is the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre. The square metre is derived from the SI base unit of the metre, which itself is the length of the path travelled by light in absolute vacuum within time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.
How to Convert Feet Square to Meters Square
Example: How many meters square are equivalent to 86.6 feet square?
1 feet square = 0.092903 meters square
86.6 feet square = Y meters square
Assuming Y is the answer, and by criss-cross principle;
Y equals 86.6 times 0.092903 over 1
(i.e.) Y = 86.6 * 0.092903 / 1 = 8.0453998 meters square
Answer is: 8.0453998 meters square are equivalent to 86.6 feet square.
Practice Question: Convert the following units into m2:
N.B.: After working out the answer to each of the next questions, click adjacent button to see the correct answer.
( i ) 61.4 ft2
( ii ) 73.66 ft2
( iii ) 81.62 ft2


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Importantly, it has the ability to cross your blood-brain barrier and exhibits potent neuroprotective properties, suggesting it may be useful for neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Recent research also suggests it may be helpful against depression.
Remember, though, that curcumin is very poorly absorbed, so if you want to use it therapeutically, make sure you use a supplement that is optimized for maximum absorption; otherwise you won't get the results described below. Many believe that using black pepper helps. And while it does, it is only a marginal increase.
According to a meta-analysis2 of six short-term, placebo-controlled clinical trials, curcumin "appears to be safe, well-tolerated and efficacious among depressed patients," and could serve as a "novel antidepressant." Three of the trials also reported significant anti-anxiety effects.
Another recent study3,4 evaluating curcumin's effect on depression was done in Australia. A total of 123 people diagnosed with major depressive disorder were included in the double-blind, randomized study, receiving one of four treatments for 12 weeks:
After Twenty Years in the Field, We Strengthen Commitment to Remain as Long as it Takes
Many of our new volunteers who arrived after our field season in Gardiner came to a close have been asking what it's like there, and as they are all committed to returning next season, we took them on a short field trip to the Gardiner Basin. While there we checked on the fifty-nine bulls who remain captives inside Yellowstone's trap, awaiting the park's decision on their 50-year quarantine (domestication) proposal, which BFC strongly opposes. Volunteers were shocked by the industrial construct of Yellowstone's Stephens Creek buffalo trap as well as the excessive closure around it, and were doubly outraged to see the other imprisoned buffalo in USDA-Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service's pastures, where, just a few miles north of Yellowstone's boundary buffalo are being experimented on with the chemical pesticide birth control agent GonaCon. We prayed for these relatives and strengthened our resolve to end these cruel and unnecessary practices. And as we made our way back through Yellowstone toward Campaign headquarters, the wild reached out and touched us, in the form of marmot, elk, pronghorn, buffalo, and grizzly bear, shouting, "Still here! we are still here!" reminding us of who and what we continue to fight for.


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Italian Modernism: Villa Malaparte,Capri,Italy.
Designed by the rationalist architect "Adalberto Libera" in 1938, for "Curzio Malaparte" an Italian writer in Punta Massullo on the island of Capri.
In 1963 the French film director J.L. Godard used the villa for his exquisite film "Les Mepris" (The Contempt) with Michel Piccoli, Fritz Lang, Jack Palance and Brigitte Bardot, based on a novel of Alberto Moravia. Some scenes from the film in Villa Malaparte can be seen "here".
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The Catacombs
"Where Our Dreams Become Your Nightmares"
The Catacombs is a Haunted Attraction located in Chicago, IL.
6143 West Irving Park RoadChicago, IL 60634
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For close to one hundred years, there has been a place that has harbored the undead and jailed the damned – a place that was never intended on being unearthed by mortal men. Since 1914, The Catacombs, located underneath the historic St. Pascal Church on Chicago's northwest side, has long been a home to the ghouls and ghosts, monsters and madmen. The barrier that prevented these very creatures from entering our realm falls every October, allowing the undesireables to roam free.
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Aero India To Reach New Heights In 2019
From a Drone Olympics to a Students' Pavilion, expect several firsts
The 2019 edition of the Aero India, which is to be held at the Air Force Station Yelahanka between February 20 and 24, will see many firsts. From Drone Olympics to Startup Challenges, Women's Day events to a Student Pavilion, there will be several new elements at Aero India.
With drones being the next big thing in the aviation sector and widely believed to a game-changer, the organisers decided to hold a Drone Olympics. Various drone competitions would be held, a high being a surveillance competition. The competition would be held in two classes: Fixed VTOL and Hybrid Designs, which will be further classified in 4 Kilograms and 4-7 Kilograms categories. There will also be a weight-drop challenge and UAV formation flying challenge. The prize money for the three competition categories ranges from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 50,000.
A Startup Showcase Event will also be held on February 21, the second day of the five-day air show.
The fourth day of the air show will be dubbed Women's Day and US astronaut of Indian origin Sunita Williams is also expected to participate in the airshow.
Another first is the Student Pavilion, which will showcase the projects of students on aerospace related activities. The Students Pavilion will be hosted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Civil Aviation and students from all over India will be invited to present products and concepts on the Application of Aerospace Technologies for the Betterment of the Billion lives (AABB).


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Filo Mining has reported the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its 100% owned Filo del Sol project on the border between Argentina and Chile. The open-pit project would produce an estimated 50,000 metric tons per year (mt/y) of copper, 115,000 oz/y of gold, and more than 5 million oz/y of silver over a mine life of 13 years.
Preproduction capital is estimated at $792 million, including $71 million in capitalized pre-stripping. Mine production would be followed by heap leach processing to produce copper cathode and gold-silver doré.


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How Do Price Changes Affect Consumer Perceptions?
By Kara FinnertyJun 1
There's a buzz in the air. Excitement is stirring. New flower buds are fighting the long fight beneath blankets of snow, the sun is appearing for a smidgen longer every day, and social media enthusiasts are tweeting feverishly about Social Media Week.
Often touted as the biggest industry event of the year, SMW New York is shaping up to exceed expectations with excellent speakers lined up, each one more with more innovative ideas about social media than the last.
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Youngstar has minor bone chip surgery
Winx is enjoying a rest and will be joined by stablemate Youngstar who has had minor surgery.
Queensland Oaks winner, Youngstar, sixth in the Melbourne Cup, has had a small bone chip removed from her right front fetlock.
Trainer Chris Waller said the mare had pulled up sound from last week's Cup but precautionary X-rays detected the chip which was taken out on Monday.
"The surgery went smoothly and she is being discharged today," Waller said.
"We expect her to take part in the second half of the Autumn Carnival."
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Nearly 60 Snakes Turned In During Annual Hunt
The results of the 2017 Sinnemahoning Snake Hunt are in, with nearly 60 snakes turned in throughout the weekend event held at the Sinnemahoning Sportsmen's Club.
The event is hosted by the sportsmen's club and the Keystone Reptile Club, which facilitates several such hunts throughout the state annually. Of those, Sinnemahoning typically boasts the biggest turnout and the most snakes entered in the contest.
While many hunters register for the event, many non-hunters attend to learn about snakes and see the other attractions that are set up for the weekend. Vendors come from across the state with a variety of items, educational programs are held for children that include snake races and hands-on opportunities to interact with non-venomous reptiles, a chicken barbecue is held, and lots of other delicious food is available for purchase. Camping is available on-site for people who want to make a weekend of the event.


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Time for Fun with Your Peeps!
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Implementation of the "Twin Peaks" Model in the UAE
About This Event
Thursday, 6 December 2012
3:00 - 3:30 pm, Registration
3:30 - 5:00 pm, Program and Question Period
5:00 - 7:00 pm, Networking and Cocktails
The Ivy Restaurant
The Boulevard, Ground Level
Jumeirah Emirates Tower
Complimentary valet parking.
Bracewell & Giuliani's Paul S. Maco will provide a discussion on:
- General elements of the "Twin Peaks" model for structure of financial market regulation, in light of potential implementation of such a model in the United Arab Emirates.
- Regulation of banking systems and securities markets under the "Twin Peaks" model.
Robert L. Clarke
Senior Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Member of the board of directors of the Dubai Financial Services Authority since 2004 and former Comptroller of the Currency for the United States
Paul S. Maco
Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Member of the board of advisers to the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority board of directors; former senior official of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; former instructor at the Morin Center for Banking Law at Boston University Law School (Securities Law and International Securities Transactions); and former adjunct associate professor at American University Washington College of Law (Market Regulation)
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Southern LIving: Heirloom Recipe Cookbook review
"The food we love from the times we treasure." -on the front cover of Southern Living's Heirloom Cookbook. I couldn't agree more. I treasure an old notebook full of my grandmother's recipes. I've tried a few, and well, she was from a generation of a pinch of this and a dash of that. She didn't really "measure" things. She passed away when I was a teenager, and I was too young to appreciate her culinary skills to learn exact measurements of things.
When YC Media asked if I'd like to review this cookbook, I jumped at the chance. I love Southern Living, and this cookbook does not disappoint!
Southern Living Heirloom Recipe Cookbook: The Food We Love from the Times We
Writer: Marian Cooper Cairns
Publisher: Oxmoor House
The book opens with
Cocktail Hour
. The first recipe is for Iced Tea which is a southern staple, and there is no doubt why it's the first recipe in the book! Not only does the Heirloom Recipe Cookbook include Iced Tea and Refreshing Lemonade recipes, it also includes the Bloody Mary [you know when you're not feeling so hot at Sunday brunch;)] to an Orange-Champagne Cocktail to the Mint Julep [for that Derby party you're throwing].
The next category is "Cherished Breads." Since I have just returned from the beach, I cannot begin to fathom how excited I am to try the Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes from this section!
The other categories included are
Memorable Mains
All the Fixin's
Blue-Ribbon Desserts
Holiday Traditions
The Larder
and my favorite
Covered Dish Classics.
I love the
Covered Dish Classics
because they are one dish meals. Think potlucks at work, baby/bridal showers, things new parents can freeze, etc. Included are recipes such as Cheesy Chicken Tetrazzini, Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken-Pecan Quiche, Shepherd's Pie, She-Crab soup, and so many more.
And since I'm sure I have your mouth watering, here's one recipe from the book:
Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes
Prep Time: 21 minutes
Total Time: 33 minutes
Serving: 18 mini crab cakes
1 lb. lump crabmeat, drained
1 large egg
1 1/2 tsp. dried parsley flakes
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire pepper
1/8 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup mayonnaise, divided
4 saltine crackers, crushed
Lemon wedges
Garnish: freshly chopped chives
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pick crabmeat, removing any bits of shell.
2. Whisk egg in a medium bowl. Whisk in parsley flakes, next 3 ingredients, 3 Tbsp. mayonnaise, and 3/4 tsp. Old Bay seasoning. Gently stir in crabmeat and cracker crumbs. Shape crab mixture into 18
(1 1/2-inch) patties. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
3. Stir together remaining 5 Tbsp. mayonnaise and 1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning; spread on crab cakes, and sprinkle with paprika.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until golden brown. (Do not overbake.) Serve with lemon
wedges. Garnish, if desired.
I think this cookbook is lovely, and you should definitely check it out!
FYI-this cookbook is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon right now:)
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Seniors Taking Untraditional Paths After High School
While going to 4-year or 2-year college may be the most common places to go after school, they are certainly not the only places. Some seniors such as the three below choose more unique paths after high school.
Jason Skendrovich is going to pursue a career in the Air Force. He decided to take this path when he was just a little kid. "I was also fascinated with G.I. Joes and such. I always knew I wanted to make a commitment to serve to my country but I didn't know in what way." After joining the Esperanza AFC JROTC in his freshman year, he settled on the Air Force.
Skendrovich talked to an Air Force recruiter as soon as he was legal to be recruited into the Air Force in his junior year, and now he is already a part of the Air Force as an enlistee. "I think the military is great! My family and friends greatly support me," said him.
Skendrovich is going to become an ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) operative, which means that he will fly to provide vital intel to support or to pave the way for other military activities. Even though flying will be a big part, according to Skendrovich, but "it isn't too dangerous."
He plans to attend Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and enroll at a AFROTC detachment after four years of military service using his GI bill, after that, he plans to commission back into the Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant.
"I look forward to the benefits that come through military service … That and making my family proud, knowing that I am a success to my family," said Skendrovich.
While Skendrovich joins the military, Kyle Pearce decides to take a path in music. "Im finding an internship at a recording studio in LA, to try to learn more about music production," said Pearce. He has been involved in music production for about four years now. He has always loved music and started to play the trumpet and guitar in elementary school.
"I've always used a creative mind, music is a good way to express myself, music is a way to make me confident," said Pearce. According to him, his music has a "spacey" vibe, which is not too common, and also fits with what he thinks is vital to success: "Making yourself stand out, not sounding the same as everyone else."
Pearce is going to a community college and he is still indecisive about where to go after that. "My mom fully supports me, [my dad] doesn't support music fully. He doesnt think doing music is financially stable, and my dad is all about stability," said Pearce, who admits that this path is not all fame and glory: "There's no knowing if it will for sure work. I can easily get a bachelor in music production but that doesnt mean i will have a job." However, he is confident with his ability.
"It's a risk," said Pearce, "but it's just who you know, and to network yourself." When asked what he seeks in his future plan, he answered "probably just gain respect for my ability and finding my purpose"
Arianne Chance has a different plan. She will be attending the ATI college in october of this year. ATI College is a vocational college in Norwalk, California that specializes in healthcare education.
Chance is going to learn to become an ultrasound technician there. "I choose this path because I really like to help people and make them happy," said Chance. She has two cousins as ultrasound technicians as well, "they really like it", and she decided to pursue this path after one of her cousins graduated in her sophomore year.
Chance hopes to work in a hospital, where she can "see and do everything and ultrasound technician can offer." Working at a hospital is her current goal, and she believes she has the necessary qualities.
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asked Feb 28 '17 at 16:14 by CherrySound (31)
Hey, What happened to you guys!? Today is the day you announced Bitwigstudio 2 will be released. Well, it's March 1st in Korea time. Your time is probably around 4pm on February 28th. I think I waited so long to wait. Where on earth are bitwigstudio 2?
Hello, Log in to your account.
You will see the 2.0 release among your licenses. Click wether you want: win/osx/lin.
You've even checked the timezone, but it was as easy as enter into your personal profile.
Cheers. Have fun!
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THe v2 license is not showing up in my account yet... Is there something I need to do?
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The Saints were in reach of their first preseason win since August 23rd, 2014, but couldn't finish.
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I keep old posts on the site because I often enjoy reading old content on other people's sites. It can be interesting to see how views have changed over time: for example, how my strident teenage views have, to put it mildly, mellowed.
I'm not a believer in brushing the past under the carpet. I've written some offensive rubbish on here in the past: deleting it and pretending it never happened doesn't change that. I hope that stumbling across something that's 14 years old won't offend anyone anew, because I hope that people can understand that what I thought and felt and wrote about then is probably very different to what I think and feel and write about now. It's a relic of an (albeit recent) bygone era.
So, given the age of this post, please bear in mind:
- My views may well have changed in the last 14 years. I have written some very silly things over the years, many of which I find utterly cringeworthy today.
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A very strange story, this one. The centre of Birmingham – almost 20,000 people – evacuated for a night due to a 'real and very credible threat'. So what was this threat?
July 2006, BBC News site:
Part of the centre of Shrewsbury has been sealed off by police after what they describe as a "serious incident". West Mercia Police have not yet released any details about the incident but they have said they expect the area to be closed for most of Sunday.
I don't know if anything similar's happened in between these two times, but it seems odd to be sealing off town centres and evacuating people without ever releasing details of why. I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but clearly something is going on and we're not being told what. In the latter case, we were told by the West Midlands Chief Constable that "the people of Birmingham were in danger last night", but never told why.
Are these two incidents connected? I have no idea. I do know that towns (including Birmingham) have updated evacuation plans. Is that connected to any of this? Or this is all just co-incidental, or even relatively normal?
I have no idea what's going on with these events, and it doesn't look like anyone's going to be telling the public any time soon. So I guess the key question has to be: Why not? I'm not sure we'll ever know.
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I wanted to take some time to answer a few more questions that you AWESOME fans send me :) I love talking to fans it's very cool that you reach out to me and I love giving my thoughts and answering questions from you .
what is your daily routine when you're writing ?
Before I answer this question keep in mind that this is what I do and it's not for ever writer out there. I wake up at 7:45 and get my youngest two kids off to school, then eat breakfast then it's into the office to answer e-mail, calls, fulfill orders etc then I start writing for the day, break about 12:30 for lunch then back to the office for writing til 3:00 get my kids off the bus and start the daddy work after dinner and bath time I settle in and watch TV / movie with the wife then around 10ish I write again until around 2 or 2:30 am then it's bed time and I start allover again the next day.
That's the schedule for just starting a project if I'm in the middle I spend alot more time writing and if I'm nearing a deadline I write around the clock and lock myself in my office.
That's the schedule for just starting a project if I'm in the middle I spend alot more time writing and if I'm nearing a deadline I write around the clock and lock myself in my office.
Do you use special pens, pencils note pads when you write ?
Not really because I don't hand write alot of things for me its a waste of time. I have my phone with me 99% of the time and will usually write a quick note if I have an idea when out with my wife. I always type my notes, outlines, character details etc because honestly I have really bad hand writing, if you have got an autograph from me you know this LOL. So no I don't use alot of stationary or special pens when I write now but when I first started writing I had pens and notebooks that were specifically made for each genre that I was writing or a notebook for every project I was working on, I stopped doing things like that in an effort to cut cost on office supplies late last year .
Would you ever consider writing a sports movie ?
I have learned to never say never in this game because I said I didn't want to use CGI in SoM but I did because I like the practical effects of classic horror but we ended up using the CGI to make the movie better in the long run. While I don't know for sure if I will make a sports movie I can say if the right idea came along or if someone had a script that I really liked I would consider it, as I have stated before Wicked Carnival Productions plans to make more then just slasher films at some point we will branch out but for now we are working on horror films.
Where did wicked carnival productions come from ?
Wicked Carnival Productions came from the title of the first horror script I wrote Wicked Carnival, I worked on the script for 4 months with about a dozen rewrites and when I finished it and people who were allowed to read it said I should make it into a movie I started looking into costs etc. and realized quickly that it would take about $100,000 dollars make this movie (it involves alot of time at an amusement park) I knew that no one in their right mind will give a first time film maker $100,000 dollars to make a movie so I shelved the script and started working on Sins of Man and once my script readers came back and said "Make this movie" ! I started working on turning Sins of Man : Rise of Mortis into a movie someone said "Who's going to release the movie"? I said" I'm going to self release it" and the replied "You need a production company to release a movie" so I said "okay" and Wicked Carnival Productions was born. on a side note we plan on releasing a rewritten version of Wicked Carnival in a few years after we complete the Sins of Man Trilogy .
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Downtown hotel keeps four coveted diamonds but only Sutton Place and Pan Pacific in rarefied ranks with five
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The upscale Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver has lost its prestigious Five-Diamond rating from the influential American Automobile Association after securing the top award for 27 consecutive years.
The Pan Pacific and the Sutton Place hotels in Vancouver retained their Five-Diamond ratings, the only hotels in Canada to be so honoured.
Four Seasons Hotel general manager Ruy Paes-Braga said the AAA cited "numerous physical detractors" at the 28-year-old hotel in downgrading it to Four-Diamond status.
He stressed the hotel's service levels and food and beverage operations were all rated as Five-Diamond quality, but the building's physical limitations prompted the downgrade.
"We were built 28 years ago and things have evolved and styles have changed," Paes-Braga said. "Of course we're disappointed, but many Four Seasons hotels don't have a Five-Diamond rating and they are some of the top hotels around. This is just one of those things."
He said the AAA cited several physical reasons for the downgrade — including the "dated" appearance of the hotel's lower lobby, no separate showers in guest bathrooms, no spa facility and a lack of decorative ceiling trim in guest rooms.
The rating organization also said desks in guest rooms were too small, and felt public restrooms in the hotel lacked an "upscale appearance" due to dim lighting and metal stall doors.
Paes-Braga said the hotel will do what it can to rectify the problems cited by the AAA, but admitted it will be difficult to do it quickly.
"We've been thinking about building a spa on one of our lower floors, but the economy isn't the greatest right now so it's a tough time to make an investment like that," he said. "It would cost about $3 million."
Paes-Braga said the hotel just doesn't have the physical space to build separate showers in all guest rooms, and noted he would have to close the hotel to take out all the red floor tiles in the lower lobby and replace them with marble or granite.
"We'll do the best we can as far as the physical detractors are concerned, but they have to make sense," he said. "We are running a business here. We're a large company with shareholders and we have to do it properly."
The AAA evaluates more than 30,000 hotel properties throughout North America every year, and the 2004 list includes just 82 Five-Diamond properties, which are considered the ultimate in luxury and sophistication.
AAA representative Janie Graziani said there are a huge number of guidelines for properties to follow and when a downgrade occurs, it usually means the hotel has "missed the mark" on several guidelines, not just one.
She noted hotels are always told of a pending downgrade and given a chance to improve their standards to retain their rating.
"But sometimes properties decide that they don't want to go to the expense or the time to make those improvements," Graziani said. "It's an enormous commitment of time and money to keep up with the standards."
Former Pan Pacific Hotel general manager Susan Gomez said the hotel worked very hard to regain its Five-Diamond rating when it lost the award in 1996 and 1997.
"It was important for us to get it back because we were not a known entity like the Four Seasons, which can almost stand alone on its name because the company has such a great reputation," she said.
Gomez said new hotels with outstanding facilities have raised the standards for everyone in the industry.
"It's almost physically impossible for some of the older hotels like the Four Seasons to meet those standards without gutting the whole place," she said.
The Pan Pacific Hotel at Canada Place and the Sutton Place Hotel on Burrard Street both opened in 1986, about 10 years after the Four Seasons opened on Georgia Street. The Pan Pacific's Five Sails restaurant has also received a 2004 Five-Diamond rating from the AAA, making it the only hotel in Canada to receive both honours.
Vancouver hotel analyst Angus Wilkinson doubts the downgrade will hurt the Four Seasons in Vancouver because the hotel will still appeal to many clients who are loyal to the Four Seasons brand.
"It's the brand they believe in, whether it's in London or New York or San Francisco or Vancouver," he said.
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Definition of coveted five-diamond status, according to the American Automobile Association: These establishments reflect the characteristics of the ultimate in luxury and sophistication. Accommodations are first class. The physical attributes are extraordinary in every manner. The fundamental hallmarks at this level are to meticulously serve and exceed all guest expectations while maintaining an impeccable standard of excellence. Many personalized services and amenities enhance an unmatched level of comfort. Only two, the Sutton Place and the Pan Pacific, get this ranking in Vancouver.
Four diamonds are still impressive. The AAA puts it this way: These establishments are upscale in all areas. Accommodations are progressively more refined and stylish. The physical attributes reflect an obvious enhanced level of quality throughout. The fundamental hallmarks at this level include an extensive array of amenities combined with a high degree of hospitality, service and attention to detail.
These local hotels rate four diamonds: Four Seasons, Marriott Pinnacle, Le Soleil, Metropolitan, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Fairmont Waterfront, Westin Bayshore, Westin Grand, Wedgewood.
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