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Hazara (Hindko/Urdu: ہزارہ, Pashto: هزاره) is a region in the eastern part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located east of the Indus River and comprises six districts: Abbottabad, Battagram, Haripur, Mansehra, Kohistan and Torghar.
Hazara (Hindko/Urdu: ہزارہ, Pashto: هزاره) is a region in the eastern part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located east of the Indus River and comprises six districts: Abbottabad, Battagram, Haripur, Mansehra, Kohistan and Torghar.
The population is multiethnic and multilingual, and consists of Hindkowans, Pashtuns and Dardic Kohistanis. Hindko, Pashto, Urdu and English are the main languages used, while the minor Kohistani languages of the region include Maiya (Abasin Kohistani), Bateri, Kalkoti, Chilisso, Gowro, Torwali and Shina.
"The origin of the name Hazāra is obscure." This respected source continues: "It has been identified with Abisāra, the country of Abisares, the chief of the Indian mountaineers at the time of Alexander's invasion.[1]
The name Hazara has also been derived from Urasā, or 'Urasha', an ancient Sanskrit name for this region, according to Prof. Aurel Stein. Some distinguished Indologists including Dr H. C. Raychaudhury, Dr B. N. Mukerjee, Dr B. C. Law, Dr J. C. Vidyalankar, Dr M. Witzel, Dr M. R. Singh and Prof K. N. Dhar concur with Prof. Stein's identification of modern Hazara with ancient Urasa.[2]
Evidence from the seventh century Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang,[3] in combination with much earlier evidence from the celebrated Indian epic, the Mahabharata,[4] attests that Poonch and Hazara District of Kashmir had formed parts of ancient state of Kamboja, whose rulers followed a republican form of government.[5]
Although the region was called Hazara earlier, it was only made a district of that name, when under the British.
It is also possible that the name Hazara comes from the phrase Hazara-i-Karlugh
Alexander the Great, after conquering parts of the Northern Punjab, established his rule over a large part of Hazara. In 327 B.C., Alexander handed this area over to Abisaras (Αβισαρης), the Raja of Poonch state.
Hazara remained a part of the Taxila administration during the rule of the Maurya dynasty. Ashoka the Great was the Governor of this area when he was a prince. After the death of his father Bindusara around 272 B.C., Ashoka inherited the throne and ruled this area as well as Gandhara. Today, the Edicts of Ashoka inscribed on three large boulders near Bareri Hill serve as evidence of his rule here. The Mansehra rocks record fourteen of Ashoka's edicts, presenting aspects of the emperor's dharma or righteous law, and represent the earliest irrefutable evidence of writing in South Asia. Dating to middle of the third century BC, they are written from right to left in the Kharosthi script.[6]
Hazara has several places of significance for the Hindus related to the Pandavas.
" | 'There are the five Pandavas, the heroes of the Mahabharat favourite objects of worship in the east and sometimes addressed as the Panj Pir. Many are the legends current about these heroes and they are localised at quite a number of places. The Hill of Mokshpuri, just above Dunga Gali has an elevation of 9232 feet. Its name means 'the hill of salvation' and on its summit is a Panduan da Sthan, or place of the Pandavas, where it is said they were visited and tempted by Apsaras who still frequent the place .[7] | " |
In the 2nd century CE, a mythical king Raja Risalu, son of Raja Salbahan of Sialkot, supposedly brought the area under his control. The local people consider him as a popular folk hero. When a Chinese pilgrim, Hiun-Tsang, visited this area, it was under the control of Raja Durlabhavardhana, the ruler of Kashmir.
The Shahi Dynasties ruled Hazara one after another. Among the Hindu Shahi dynasty rulers, Raja Jayapala is the best known. Mehmood of Ghazni defeated Raja Jayapala during his first campaign. However, there is no historical evidence that Mehmood of Ghazni ever visited or passed through Mansehra. After the fall of the Shahi dynasty, in the 11th century, the Kashmiris took control of this area under the leadership of Kalashan (1063 to 1089). From 1112 to 1120, King Susala ruled this area. In the 12th century, Asalat Khan captured this area but soon after Mohammad of Ghor's death the Kashmiris once again regained control of Hazara.
Amb and its surrounding areas of Hazara have a long history which can be traced to Alexander the Great's invasion of India. Arrian, Alexander's historian, did not indicate the exact location of Embolina, but since it is known that Aoronos was on the right bank of the River Indus, the town chosen to serve as Alexander's base of supplies may with good reason be also looked for there. The mention in Ptolemy's Geography of Embolima as a town of Indo-Scythia situated on the Indus supports this theory.
In 1854 Major James Abbott, the British frontier officer from whom Abbottabad, administrative centre of Hazara, takes its name, discussed his location of Aornos on the Mahaban range south of Buner. He proposed, as M. Court, one of Ranjit Singh's French generals had done before him in 1839, to recognize Embolima in the present village of Amb situated on the right bank of the Indus. It lies about eight miles to the east of Mahaban and is the place from which the later Nawabs of Amb take their title.[8]
In 1399, the Muslim warrior Timur, on his return to Kabul, stationed his Turk soldiers,( who belonged to a sub-tribe of Turks, called Karlugh Turks) in Hazara to protect the important route between Kabul and Kashmir. By 1472, Prince Shahab-ud-Din came from Kabul and established his rule over the region. Prince Shahab-ud-Din, a Turk of central Asian origin and a descendant of Amir Taimur, founded the state and named it Pakhli Sarkar and chose the village of Guli bagh as his capital.
During the period of Mughal rule, local Turkish chiefs acknowledged Mughal authority. In fact, Mansehra (Pakhli) provided the main route to Kashmir and was the most commonly used route for Emperor Akbar to travel to Kashmir.
In the 18th century, Turkish rule came to an end due to the increased aggression of the Swathis and their allied forces. The most crucial attack was that of the Swatis in collusion with Syed Jalal Baba in 1703. Syed Jalal Shah was the son in law of the last ruler of Turkic dynasty, Sultan Mehmud Khurd. During the absence of the Sultan Mehmood Khurd, Syed Jalal Shah (Jalal Baba) took advantage of the his father in law's absence, conspired with Swatis and invited them to invade (Pakhli Sarkar).They succeeded to overthrow the Turkish rulers from the Sarkar. Thus Swatis ousted the Turks and captured this area. The descendants of this Turkic dynasty still live in various parts of Hazara, such as (Behali), Manakrai, Girwal, Mohar etc.
The last Karlugh Turks ruler of Pakhli Sarkar was Sultan Mehmud Khurd. One of his brothers, Sultan Qyas-ud-din, was Wali-e-Tanawal (Lower), and the Wali-e-Tanawal (Upper) was Sultan Sahwaj. His brother Sultan Muqarrab was Wali-e-Dhamtor, i.e. Rush areas of present Abbottabad. Pakhli Sarkar had two other important governorships. One in the areas between Battagram and Thakot ruled by Shamsher Khan and other of Kashmir governed by Sultan Kamal. Both of these governors were close relatives of Turk rulers of Pakhli Sarkar. At that time Kashmir was part of Hazara PakhliSarkar.
The introduction of Sikh rule into Hazara, commenced after 1818. In this year Kamal Khan, Turk, of Manakrai, was murdered his fellow-chieftain, Hashim Khan (Karlugh)who was also known as Hashim Khan lakhay in order to grab throne. Kamal Khan was the son of the ruler Malook khan. Hashim Khan was ruler of appx. 84 villages which were later snatched by the Britishers. The latter's cause was espoused by the Tarin chief, Muhammad Khan, Mohammed Khan Tareen helped Kamal Khan to over threw Hashim khan who was the son of Ruler. Then Hashim Khan took help of one of his Sikh friend general and conquered mankray again and took back his throne and killed Kamal Khan. At his invitation Makhan Singh, the Sikh Governor of Rawalpindi, invaded Hazara with 500 sowars, built a fort at Serai Saleh, and levied tribute from the Haripur plain. Note that Hashim Khan later died in British custody, all of his jahgeer ws snatched and his son Hayat Khan was given 1000 rupees at that time as expense by the British.
Sultan Maqarrab revolted against his own brother Sultan Mehmud Khurd, but was defeated by the Sultan due to intervention from the Delhi Sultanate. But this incident weakened the Turks permanently and they could never restore their previous strength. Karlal tribe gained strength and Jadun tribe came from across the river Indus to hasten the overthrow of the Turks. Ultimately, Jadoons from Swabi subjugated the Rush areas.
Hazara remained part of the Afghan Durrani Empire from the mid-18th to the early 19th centuries. The lower Hazara plain was a separate administrative region attached to the Chacch and Attock areas of Northern Punjab whereas most of upper Hazara was attached to the Durrani 'Subah' or governorship of Kashmir, with the exception of the Tanawal 'Ilaqa' or area, which enjoyed independent status. The most important Tanoli chief then, Mir Nawab Khan, fought the Durranis in a number of small battles and ultimately met his death at the hands of Sardar Azim Khan Durrani in 1818.
Durrani rule had weakened considerably at the beginning of the 19th century. The Sikhs annexed Hazara in two stages. Lower Hazara except Karlal country became tributary to the Sikhs, with the exception of the ongoing struggle against the Sikhs led by the likes of Sardar Muhammad Khan Tarin, Shaheed, Bostan Khan Tarin and others of this tribe .Eventually, Ranjit Singh himself then attacked Hazara and reduced the warring tribes into submission, carrying the Tarin chief Muhammad Khan with him, as a prisoner, while the Karlals fled to the higher mountains for refuge; and the Sikhs were thus able to subdue the entire Lower Hazara . The Upper Hazara suffered a similar fate when the Sikhs took Kashmir from the Barakzai Durranis in 1819, with the exception of the Tanawal area, under the leadership of Mir Painda Khan, who was the tribal chief of the Hindwal section of Tanolis at the time and kept up a staunch rebellion against Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Governors of Hazara, which he continued after most of the resistance had gradually ceased in other parts from about 1819,and his son Mir Jehandad Khan later followed in his footsteps, and when Sikh power was on the decline in 1845 Jehandad Khan blockaded the garrisons of no less than 22 Sikh posts in Upper Tanawal ; and when they surrendered, he spared their lives, as the servants of a fallen Empire. These Tanoli chiefs were the actual founders of Amb (princely state).
After the First Sikh War, under the terms of the Treaty of Lahore, the area was governed by Major James Abbott. Abbott managed to secure and pacify the area within a year. During the Second Sikh War Abbott and his men were cut off by the Sikh army from supplies and reinforcements from the rest of the British Army, but were able to maintain their position.[9] James abbott was helped by few well known personalities of that time most prominently Qazi Abdul Ghafar, a man of immense energy, who rendered valuable service to Major Abbott in the critical years of 1847-49. He was made Tahsildar in Hazara.
By 1849, the British had gained control of all of Hazara. However, the western Pashtun tribes were occasionally rebellious. These tribes included the clans of Allai, Batagram in the Nandhiar valley, and the The Black Mountain (Tor Ghar) Tribes.The British sent many expeditions against these tribes to crush several uprisings between 1852 and the 1920s.
The British divided Hazara District into three Tehsils (administrative subdivisions) : Mansehra, Abbottabad, and Haripur and annexed it to the Punjab. In 1901, when the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was formed, Hazara was separated from Punjab and made a part of NWFP. Throughout their rule in Mansehra, the British met fierce resistance from the local tribes and declared martial law. Meanwhile, the people of Mansehra's many villages largely governed themselves. Many of Mansehra's citizens joined the Khilafat movement and several were imprisoned for this.
From the early 1930s onwards, the people of Hazara gradually became active in the freedom movement for an independent Pakistan under the active leadership of renowned All India Muslim League leaders such as Khan-Bahadur Jalal-ud-din Khan a.k.a. Jalal Baba, Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, of Talokar (1877–1939), an early member of the (then) Frontier Legislative Assembly, and others. Even before the All-India Muslim League started its movement for Pakistan in 1937, after the historic Lucknow Session of October that year, the Hazara Muslim League was properly formed and convened at the residence of Noor-Ud-Din Qureshi in Abbottabad in 1936. In this meeting the leaders of the All-India Muslim League, Nawab Bhadur Yar Jang, Mulana Shoukat Ali, Hamid Badayuni and others, came from India. The local people joined the movement in large numbers. In Mansehra in the same year the Muslim League was organised by Ali Gohar Khan and Hakim Abdul Karim, who were elected the first president and general secretary of the tehsil Mansehra Muslim League. During the final phase of the movement for the creation of Pakistan, Capt Sardar Zain Muhammad Khan, OBI, and Khan Bahadur Jalal-ud-din Jalal Baba defeated their Congress rivals in the elections of 1946 from their respective rural and urban Constituencies, and politically routed the All India Congress from the region. Due to active involvement of Jalal Baba. the Muslim League captured all the Hazara District assembly seats except one in the crucial elections of 1946 against the than ANP who wanted to accede with India. In the Delhi Convention of Muslim League parliamentarians chaired by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, which finally voted for the division of India and the creation of Pakistan, Capt. Zain Muhammad Khan represented Hazara. These Muslim League Leaders were also able to mobilize the people of this area in favour of the referendum for the creation of Pakistan.
Sometime before the time of Partition/Independence, Nawab Sir Muhammad Farid Khan (KBE) of Amb State also developed good relations with Jinnah and Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khanas a politic move. His contributions to the Pakistan movement have been acknowledged in letters from Jinnah[10][11]
During British rule, the region of Hazara had formed part of Punjab province, until the western parts of that province were separated to form the new NWFP. The areas around Abbottabad and Mansehra became the Hazara District of Peshawar Division, whilst areas to the north of this became the Hazara Tribal Agency and the Kohistan Tribal Agency. Sandwiched between Hazara Tribal Agency and Hazara District were the small princely states of Amb and Phulra. This system of administration continued until 1950, when these two small states were incorporated into the Hazara district.
From 1955 to 1970, NWFP province became part of West Pakistan under the One Unit policy, with the Hazara district forming part of the Peshawar division of West Pakistan.
Kashmir was the first biggest challenge for Pakistan, right after Pakistan's creation; the Maharaja of Kashmir, signed the Instruement of Accession of his state 'Jammu and Kashmir' in favor of India. This was not acceptable to the Muslim majority Pakistan. Thus Pakistan Army infiltrates it's soldiers to Kashmir. From Hazara Nawab Muhammad Farid Khan sent an army of 1500 Amb State soldiers under the leadership of Subedar Major Shah Zaman Khan to take part in the Kashmir Liberation Movement from 1947 to 1948 (Kashmir Conflict). The Amb State force carried its own artillery to the battle. They fought bravely alongside other frontier tribesmen and came under fire by the Indian airforce just three kilometers from Baramulla sector. Around 200 Amb State soldiers lost their lives in the battle. Kashmir Conflict is still under dispute.
On the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to form the new Hazara Division with its capital at Abbottabad. The division was initially composed of three districts (Abbottabad, Kohistan and Mansehra) but within a few years, Haripur district was spun off from Abbottabad District and Batagram District was spun off from Mansehra District.
Hazara remained a District right up to its conversion into a Division in 1976. In October 1976, Mansehra was given the status of a full fledged District, which consisted of Mansehra and Batagram Tehsils. Subsequently in July 1991, Haripur Tehsil was separated from Abbottabad and made into a District. Thus only the old Tehsil of Abbottabad remained, which was declared as Abbottabad District.
In 2000, administrative divisions were abolished and the fourth tier districts were raised to become the new third tier of government in Pakistan.
Hazara is bounded on the north and east by the Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir. To the south are the Islamabad Capital Territory and the province of Punjab, whilst to the west lies the rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The river Indus runs through the division in a north-south line, forming much of the western border of the division. The total area of Hazara is 18,013 km².
Because it lies immediately south of the main Himalaya Range, and is exposed to moist winds from the Arabian Sea, Hazara is the wettest part of Pakistan. At Abbottabad, annual rainfall averages around 1,200 millimetres (47 in) but has been as high as 1,800 millimetres (71 in), whilst in parts of Mansehra District such as Balakot the mean annual rainfall is as high as 1,750 millimetres (69 in) . Due to its location on the boundary between the monsoonal summer rainfall regime of East Asia and the winter-dominant Mediterranean climate of West Asia, Hazara has an unusual bimodal rainfall regime, with one peak in February or March associated with frontal southwest cloudbands and another monsoonal peak in July and August. The driest months are October to December, though in the wettest parts even these months average around 40 millimetres (1.6 in) .
Due to the high altitude, temperatures in Hazara are cooler than on the plains, though Abbottabad at 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) still has maxima around 32°C (90°F) with high humidity in June and July. Further up, temperatures are cooler, often cooler than the Northern Areas valleys due to the cloudiness. In winter, temperatures are cold, with minima in January around 0°C (32°F) and much lower in the high mountains. Snowfalls are not uncommon even at lower levels.
Hazara lies close to the crossroads formed by the river Indus and the Grand Trunk Road. The Karakoram Highway begins at the town of Havelian and goes north through the division towards China via the Northern Areas.
The population of the Hazara region was estimated to be over 4.5 million in 2005. The total area of Hazara is 18013 km²: See table below.[citation needed]
District | Area (km²) | Population (Millions) |
Abbottabad | 1969 | 4 |
Batagram | 1310 | 1 |
Haripur | 1763 | 1 |
Kohistan | 7581 | 0.8 |
Mansehra | 5957 | 2.4 |
The society is multilingual and multiethnic. The two major ethnic groups of the Hazara region are the Hindkowans who speak Hindko as their mother tongue, and the Pashtuns who speak Pashto. Hindko, including Kagani and other northern Lahnda dialects are spoken by the majority of population in Abbottabad, Haripur and Mansehra districts. Pashto is spoken by the majority of population in Battagram and Tor Ghar districts and parts of Mansehra District, including Oghi Tehsil, and the Agror valley which includes Baffa town. The Sirikot area of Haripur District is also predominantly Pashtun. In Kohistan District, the Kohistani languages of Maiya (Abasin Kohistani), Bateri, Kalkoti, Chilisso, Gowro, Torwali and Shina are spoken by most inhabitants, but Pashto is spoken in the southwestern part and some of the main towns of the district.
In the hilly areas of Abbottabad and Haripur districts some of the Gujjar tribes speak Gojri. In all, according to the 2001 Census of Pakistan, Hazara has an ethno-linguistic majority of Hindko and northern Lahnda-speakers of around 60%, whereas about 30% speak Pashto, and 10% speak other languages like Kohistani, Gojri, etc.
The main tribes of Hazara are the Dhund Abbasi, Jadoon, Gujjar, Tanoli, Karlugh Turks, Karlal, Syed, Awan (tribe), Swati, Utman Zais, khawaja Sidique, Sulemani (Suleman Khel), Ghakkar(Rajputs), Maddakhel, Kohistanis, Tarin (or Tareen), Qureshi, Mishwani, Piracha, Mir, Mughals, Tarkheli, Kashmiri, Dilazak, Shilmani (Suleman Khel) and the Isazai tribe of Tor Ghar District. The population of Hazara was estimated to be over 6.5 million in 2005.
Afghans, although predominantly Pashtun (including the Ghilzai and Durrani tribes), and other smaller groups are found throughout Hazara Division. There is also a considerable presence of Tajiks, Uzbeks, Kazakh. Bakhshe Khel and many there are tribes of Khel and Zai which are Pashtun tribes. Pakistan has provided shelter to them for more than three decades. However now intense popular demand exists for repatriation of all Afghan refugees from Hazara and Pakistan. It is hoped that the Government has extended their stay for a final time up to the end of 2012.
Hazara has one of the major industrial areas of NWFP, including Telephone Industry of Pakistan (TIP) and the Hattar Industrial Zone. The region includes Tarbela Dam, which is the largest earth filled dam in the world and generates most of the hydro electricity generated in Pakistan. The Karakoram Highway passes through Hazara. Tourism is also a big industry in Hazara. There is huge potential of hydroelectric powers in Hazara. The Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul, Abbottabad, is where all military officers of Pakistan are trained. The region has tea plantations and the best grade tobacco in Pakistan, in Mansehra.
This section may be slanted towards recent events. (January 2011) |
The people of Hazara raised a voice for Hazara Province. This movement, founded in 1987 by the late Malik Asif Advocate, is named "Hazara Qaumi Mahaz" (HQM). The movement which has members across the country recently rose to prominence again with leaders again raising a demand for separate Hazara Province.Peoples of Saraki areas in south Punjab also raised the voice for separate province by disgraced PM Yousuf Raza Gulani similar to Hazarawal peoples.[12]
In April 2010, it was announced that through an amendment in the Constitution of Pakistan, the name of NWFP would be changed to 'Khyber Pakhtunkhwa' leading to protests across the Hazara region under the leadership of Haider Zaman, where Hindko and Gojri speakers are dominant as compared to the Pashto speakers.[13] The announcement of the new name also led to calls from Hazara for a new separate province.[14] Ten persons died, and nearly two hundred were hurt during the rallies and protest all over Hazara region against NWFP and creation of new province Hazara in April, 2010 and a complete wheel-jam and shutter-down strike was again observed in the Hazara on 2 May 2010,in support of this demand. Large public meetings in this regard as well as public protests have been regularly organised by the HAI (Hazara Awami Ittehad) and 'Tehreek I Hazara' movement, since; but the name of the NWF Province has been duly changed to 'Khyber Pakhtunkwha' and is a 'fait accompli'. The leadership of the Hazara movement, however, have vowed to continue their struggle until the achievement of their aims via peaceful and constitutional means.
Peoples of Hazara Division are determined for just rights and their future with achieving the goal of separate province where official language will be Urdu, education for all without any discrimination, Students from Hazara will be given preference in Ayub Medical Collage & Engineering Collage, Cadet College Batrasi, Army Burn Hall School/ College, APS. Hazara province will be model province where there will be no difference between man and man and district and district. There will be no prejudice on the bases of language and tribal identity. Services will be provided to Hazarawals as this is their just right similar to other citizens of the country. Vacancies available will be filled with deserving Hazarawal young peoples in their own province. This movement belongs to peoples of Hazara and every leader no matter he hail from any party will be Voice of their peoples and would be province. Almost all political parties including the PPP and the PML are in favor of a separate province of Hazara. The PML Nawaz has made the creation of a separate province of Hazara its manifesto for the 2013 elections.


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May 8th, 2013 08:10 PM #1
Completely hypothetical situation. What would you do if you came across a boy named Dragon?
Not Drake. Dragon.
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I'd probably ask where his parents got the name...if he was named for a specific reason or they just thought it sounded cool.
It's VERY unusual, and I can imagine it'd come with quite a bit of teasing (especially for certain children), but I've also heard much worse.Lillian Elizabeth 6.16.13
May 8th, 2013 08:19 PM #5
Pity him immensely.
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May 8th, 2013 08:22 PM #7
It's a guilty pleasure for me. Great meaning, cool sound... With the nickname Drag and teasing possibilities. I much prefer the Japanese Ryuu (which would sound a lot like Liu to the average American), which is also the word for dragon that is used as a name.
Draven also has a similar sound. Drake is also pretty cool, and is also the Swedish word for dragon.~lucy reine~~ celestine eira ~ mary simona ~ elizabeth echo "ellie" ~ eleanor heaven "lena" ~ vivienne ailsa ~~ jasper red ~ evander lachlan 'evan'~ kai sacha ~ ezra link ~ satoshi rowan ~
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Wisteria Falls in Cayuga Lake
- bedrooms 3
- baths 1
- sleeps 8
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 950 - $ 950 / week
$ 3,400 - $ 3,600 / month
vacation rental description
Wisteria Falls is a rustic, old style west side Cayuga Lake cottage on 100 feet of lakefront. It is very private with a three story deck that wraps around the main living area offering a great place to sit and enjoy the views.
This cottage sits on the west side of Cayuga Lake at its widest point providing clear water and serene surroundings with a gradually sloping water level great for swimming.
Located near Sheldrake Point in the heart of the wine country, there are many wineries within a short drive: Hosmer's, Sheldrake Point, Thirsty Owl, Cayuga Ridge, Buttonwood, Lakeshore, Goose Watch, Americana and a newly opened distillery "Myers Farm," as well as several fine restaurants.
It is also situated close to several state parks including Taughannock Falls, Cayuga Lake, Watkins Glen, Buttermilk Falls, and Treman and a short drive to Ithaca, Watkins Glen, and Seneca Falls.
A wonderful place to get away to relax, but still within easy access to many fun and family friendly activities.
There are about 74 steps down to the house since it sits on the beach. Water shoes are highly recommended because of the stone beach and lake bottom.
property availability
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house rental amenities
Our cottage is fully furnished and provides the following amenities:
- Fully equipped kitchen - all utensils, dishes, refrigerator, new stove, microwave, coffee maker, toaster.
- Three bedrooms - two with queen sized beds, one with a full sized futon, there is a queen sized futon in the living room ell, this space could be turned into another bedroom
- Charcoal barbecue grill
- Large dock with boat lift (boat lift can be made available with prior notice and can accommodate a medium sized boat)
- Extensive decks with chairs and tables for lakeside enjoyment and lounging.
- Two canoes and a kayak with paddles
- Life preservers available and recommended
- Up to 10 gallons of drinking water will be provided
- Floating and swimming toys - inner tubes, swim rafts, etc.
- Games, jigsaw puzzles, books, cards
- All sheets, quilts, and towels provided
- Cleaning supplies, vacuum cleaner, garbage bags provided
- Three TVs with DVD players and VCR - many DVDs and VHS movies - family and children oriented
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Thanks!!!! The problem isn't access or see the files... The problem is trying to delete files in the folder System Volume Information. I want to delete them to save a few gigabytes when I make a backup.
Apparently the new NTFS permissions on Windows Vista/7 has made changed a bit. But still if I use the latest version of BartPE that I have created (with WindowsXP SP3) I can delete these files without problems... and with WIn7PE I can't do it.... and I haven't managed (the needed settings) to run the security permissions editor to change the Ownership of the files/folders.
For anyone interested here is the registry entries which worked for me.First you should mount the WIM file and load SYSTEM hive in the name 'WINPE'.Copy 'accgain.sys' to the system 32\drivers folder(if the sys file name is different,must rename it to accgain.sys).Then apply the reg entries.For some reason accessgain works better on full explorer.Micro explorer or BSexplorer is not 100% compatible with it.
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Haha, I feel with the others. It was a huge surprise, when I saw a "Harvest of Art poster. I regularly checked if you would play in Austria, or somewhere close, I even almost bought a ticket for one of the festivals in Germany where you play. Many Austrians are going to enjoy this special opportunity and for me it is a great chance to spend an amazing day with my crush, she's also a huge fan :-)
Oh, and if you're ever going to read this, the location where "Harvest of Art" takes place is spelled "Wiesen", just an annotation ;-)
I'm looking forward to make this great experience, also the festival is on my last day of school, so it is a grandiose way to start the summer vacations.
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cant wait to see you guys! you bring tears to my eyes with almost every song.
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December 19, 2010 Benchmarcs Performing to Expectations?
by Marc Foster
One of the earliest Sabermetric tools adapted for hockey was Bill James Pythagorean Analysis. It was based on the idea that a team scoring 800 runs and giving up 800 runs should theoretically finish the season with a .500 winning percentage, and conceived to determine what winning percentage can be expected based on different values for and against. The key here is expected, because its the variance that makes this an interesting measure. Teams dont perform as expected, for which we have to determine why.
But before I jump in, lets look at how we determine a teams Pythagorean Winning Percentage (Pyth%):
Where GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
You can adjust the exponents based on the era to reduce the average total error, downward as you go back in time, but for general use, theres no reason to adjust it because its the outliers on the bell curve were most interested in, and tweaking things isnt going to change the status of those teams.
Once a Pyth% has been calculated, you can multiply it by GP x 2 to convert to standings points, which is an easier value to compare than percentage points.
Now, when I originally adapted this tool for hockey, times were easier (Rob Vollman was kind enough to remind me that there are now 30 teams in the NHL and that the Rockies play in New Jersey). The reason things were easier was because the standings were simpler. There was none of this three point game nonsense. With three point games, everyone was going to overperform relative to Pythagoras based on how many OT points they received, which doesnt tell us much. I believe I have a solution for this, however. The base equation stays the same, but when converting to standing points, you use the average value of a game. A third of the way into this season, the average value of a game is approximately 2.224 points.
Now that we have a conversion factor, the idea of three point games actually makes the tool more interesting, because now you can evaluate performance and look at it in the context of how a team is performing beyond regulation.
In his 2010 NHL Review, Alan Ryder examines the idea of lucky and unlucky teams and suggests that its better to be an unlucky team in the regular season. I dont view teams performing above or below Pythagorean expectations as lucky or unlucky. Instead, they are either over- or under-performing.
But lets go back to Alans thought about whether its good to be lucky or unlucky. I can see where hes going with this, especially if teams are unlucky in shootouts and to a lesser degree in regular season overtime. There is no shootout in the playoffs and overtime is a different animal, and its probably best to predict that performance based on an even strength Pythagorean analysis (a subject for another column). But I pulled together the data on the Expansion Era prior to the advent of the third point, and based on the top/bottom five performing teams, theres not much evidence that regular season luck is important to postseason success.
Top overachieving teams of the expansion erapre-OTL point
Top underachieving teams of the expansion erapre-OTL point
So among the top overachieving teams, we have two in the Finals and one winning a Cup. The 1979-80 Flyers, for what its worth, lost to an Islanders team who was within a point of their projected value. The 1974-75 Bruins, on the other hand, lost in the first round to a mediocre Chicago team that finished with 82 points in the very weak Smythe Division, so their underachieving ways under coach Don Cherry continued into the playoffs. I realize that this is a small dataset, but I think theres some value in exploring this further and analyzing all seasons since expansion started for trends.
All that said, whats going on today? Here are where things stood through December 9th, exactly one-third into the season.
So Tampa Bay has about three more wins than they should, but thats not a big surprise given their goaltending. They were a fairly neutral 2-3 combined in OT and SO, so thats not really impacting their numbers. But looking a few spots below at Edmonton, we see a team 3.4 points above expectation thats 0-4 in shootouts. I dont believe in luck, but if they were breaking even in shootouts theyd be close to the Lightning as the most overperforming team thus far.
Looking at the bottom, we find a couple of teams with excellent goaltending in Florida and Boston who are the most underperforming teams. Is there a relationship between quality of goaltending and Pythagorean performance? Perhaps. I do intend to look at the standings at the two-thirds mark to see if things hold. That should give us some time to look for trends in the past.Marc Foster is a frequent contributor to Hockey Prospectus.
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Welcome Marc! It's an honour to have a contribution from one of hockey's early stat analyst writers. But why isn't your column entitled "Get Off My Lawn"? :)
Don't listen to the whippersnapper, Marc. When you say "Orr", he thinks "Colton".
You guys are making me feel old! But it's a long way off before I enter the Klein & Reif Home for Aged Hockey Writers. But seriously, thanks for having me.


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Once again, you probably didn't hear a thing about it in the U.S. media.
Last week Cyclone Ivan a storm mentioned worriedly in my last post collided with the island nation as a borderline Category 3/Category 4 storm. (The Daily Green reported on its initial impact, when 11 were reported dead.) Ivan's track is pictured below, with darker purple representing Category 3 strength and lighter representing Category 4:
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Ivan brought massively powerful winds and storm surge to its point of landfall but perhaps still more devastating effects were felt inland due to the intense rainfall. As a report from the Reuters Foundation's AlertNet puts it:
large areas of rice fields were flooded in the Ambatondrazaka region, where most of Madagascar's rice, the staple food, is grown.
Almost all the regions of Madagascar are flooded and accessibility is a real problem.
For visuals, see video or a slideshow. Reports suggest 15,000 are homeless because of the storm, and 22 dead.
Madagascar is an extremely poor country, and cyclones deal a devastating blow due to their twofold effects on agriculture: they can greatly damage production of rice, the staple food, and also of vanilla, a top export. Meanwhile, because many Madagascans live in huts or other fragile shelters, it doesn't require much wind at all to create large scale homelessness.
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jesus, on 26 April 2012 - 09:00 PM, said:
Ah, well. They did add 2-person platoons that one does not need a premium account to start, but I agree with you--it's a very cheap, and I think unnecessary, way to try to motivate people to buy a premium account. I think WoT has a good plan with the 50% more credits/xp for a premium account and don't really think anything more is needed. It's a strong bonus that incentivizes people to pay for it, is worth paying for if you get into the game more than passingly casually and does not introduce any "pay to win" elements.
The two greatest banes of WoT are it's absurd spotting system where tanks disappear 200m in front of you AFTER you've spotted them. As a friend of mine pointed out a while ago, with good camoflage you might not notice a tank 500 feet away, but once you've see it you don't magically UNSEE it. The second great bane is the single game mode, which gets dreadfully old. The matchmaker is poor, to be sure, but in all honesty it's not crucial that every single match be perfectly balanced (only that matches are, in general, balanced over the course of dozens and hundreds of games).
The two biggest game design choices in WoT that clearly favored money over sound game design are:
1) Intentionally designing away variety in clan wars (WoT's version of the endgame). Only end tier tanks are competitive. This was to motivate gold sales since people convert xp with gold to accelerate their progress up the tech tree, along with the premium tank to pay for it. This leaves clan wars participants mostly bored as balls after a month or two because there are only a few viable strats per map, with the same few tanks. Simply put, the clan wars endgame is boring, but by the time people get there they've usually spent enough real money for it to be worthwhile to wargaming, which is sad to me. Fortunately for WG.net, they've been aggressive in adding tournament play as an alternative to clan wars endgame play.
2) "Power creep" with new tank trees. The french tree was recently released with incredibly underpowered early tanks and grossly overpowered end tier tanks. This really rubbed me the wrong way, since it was such a transparent money grab. So many people converted free xp, including me, to skip the terrible early tanks to get to the end tier tanks, WG doubtlessly made a fortune from that expansion alone. Fortunately for me, I make my gold from the tournies, but obviously not everyone can do that. Then, ofc, a few months later they buff the lower tier French tanks slightly and give the high tier tanks a nerf. Figures, right.
But haters aside, the truth is that WoT has done a lot of things right. With a few changes, especially regarding endgame content and otherwise allowing money to dictate fundamental game design issues it would be pretty much the perfect model. I'm of the opinion that if you build a great game with longlasting appeal (read: viable and enduring endgame) then people will pay to play it over the long haul. I think trying to extract as much money from people on their way to the endgame, knowing they'll get bored when they get there (read: WoT) is fundamentally flawed and misses a great opportunity.
I would love to pay for a premium account to MWO for years, but they're going to have to give me a reason to and I hope that reason is sound, engaging endgame play.
What i think they did wrong is that they earned lots of money from players and now i was expecting they will make game a lot better
but nothing happend expect added few tanks and some other cheap stuff, and they are making two other games while wot is still not perfected it looks like it will never be. What games like wot need is players when they get to endgame then they just start to think about dominating over others fight for something, like in mmorpgs (e.g lineage 2 on weekends people fight to control main cities and gain gold +
castle), and when players achieve goal they have to fight to protect it and thats fun. too me it looks like WG guys are too greedy.


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The Power to Renovate
Have you got the power? It takes will power to not only think about renovating your home, but to actually go for it.
I talk to people every day who have the will and drive to remodel their kitchen, put on an addition or build an outdoor entertainment space. Fortunately, they're doing business with me. I love working with all of them. I think it was the architect I.M. Pei who said "great artists need great clients," and we seem to be doing our best work lately.
Incidentally, I was gratified to hear from my friends in Passaic County about a story that appeared in the Clifton Journal. The reporter cited Money Magazine's contention that now is a very good time to renovate (lower interest rates, lower cost of materials). Good job by Lakeland Bank in trying to drum up some business, too.
Wait a minute, I seem to remember watching TV one morning this winter and the same topic came up. Here it is! It ran on CBS News' The Early Show on 1/11/11…
The full story…
If you're looking for a relatively safe place to invest some money these days — how about your home?
Money Magazine writer Amanda Gengler says this is a particularly good time to do some renovations, even though logic might dictate otherwise, since the housing market is still slumping.
Fixing up is still cheaper than trading up, Gengler observes.
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Today's historically low interest rates mean most home-equity lines of credit are charging their floor rate. If you already have a home equity line of credit but have not tapped it yet, the rate on the credit line could be in the 3 percent range. If you apply for and take out a line today, you can get rates in the 4 percent to 5 percent range, because lenders recently put floors on many of these lines. Otherwise, rates would have gone to almost nothing, since they track the Federal Reserve's actions, and it has dropped rates to almost zero. So today, that 4 percent or 5 percent rate is still definitely favorable. Keep in mind that, in 2007, rates hit as high as 8.25 percent, according to HSH.com. So, compared to that, today's rates are great. And with the typical bank account and money fund paying far less than 1 percent, drawing down your savings barely costs you anything in lost income, so you're not giving up that much interest.
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Although the construction industry rebounded somewhat last year, business is still slow. Remember when getting a contractor to call you back was a challenge? Now, the best pros in town will happily bid on your job — and they'll probably offer you prices that are 10 percent to 20 percent below what you would have paid when real estate was going gangbusters. You can get even deeper discounts in harder-hit areas like Florida and California.
Materials Prices Declining
Home building material isn't in high demand like it use to be. Construction building has virtually come to a halt, so the demand hasn't been there, meaning materials prices and the cost of building supplies have tumbled. Plywood prices peaked in 2004, drywall in 2006. Since that peak in the mid-2000s, plywood is down 23 percent, drywall is off 29 percent, and framing lumber 35 percent. However, not all raw material prices have fallen all that much: Asphalt roofing is down only 7 percent over the past 2 years. Insulation, which has been in high demand because of energy rebates and high fuel prices, is down a mere 2 percent since 2006. Still, on the whole, construction supplies are bargains right now.
Framing lumber is the structural wood, meaning for the home's frame. That is a different type of wood than, say, the wood for floors, doors, trim, etc.
Fixing Up Is Indeed Less Costly than Trading Up
With the median home price down 22 percent since 2006, you might think this is an opportune time to trade up for the new master bathroom or other modern feature you want. After all, why not buy somebody else's remodeling headache at a discount? You can't assume that you'll easily sell your house in this tough market and then find a new place that has the exact features you want. For starters, commissions and fees to sell a $400,000 home could run $25,000 — you can get a lot of remodeling done for that kind of money. The seller can also pay up to $5-7,000 in closing costs on a new home if he or she moves.
Small Projects Still Add Value
That's the new rule in real estate today. You never want to be the most elaborate house on the block. In the post-boom era, the rule of thumb for gauging the potential payback from a home improvement is simple: If you're bringing your house in line with similar homes in the area, you'll most likely earn back the lion's share of the cost when you sell. If you're surpassing the neighborhood, you probably won't. In this case, upgrades make sense. I think essentially remodeling a 10-year-old kitchen because you don't like its style, you're not going to earn back the money. But what does pay is – let's say you're replacing/upgrading a kitchen from 1960 — you can still earn a good portion of your investment back there.


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National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief Chairman: THE DUCHESS OF ATHOLL. D.B.E., D.C.L. Vice-chairmen: THE EARL OF LISTOWEL, MISS ELEANOR RATHBONE. M.P. Hon. Secretaries: MR. D. R. GRENFELL, M.P. LT. COL. J. R. J. MACNAMARA, M.P. MR. WILFRID ROBERTS, M.P. HON. TREASURER: VISCOUNT CECIL OF CHELWOOD, P.C., K.C. Organising Secretary: DR. BETTY MORGAN ASSISTANT SECRETARY: FELICE CLARK. 30. ECCLESTON STREET. LONDON. S.W.1 TELEPHONE: SLOANE 9866 Dear Secretary, You have probably already read in the Press that the s.s. SINAIA, our First Spanish Refugee Ship, is to sail on May 23rd from Port Vendres (France) to Vera Cruz (Mexico), carrying 1,800 refugees to a new life. These are some of the many thousands from the camps and colonies in France whose lives would be in danger if repatriated to Spain. It is one of the biggest undertakings yet engaged upon by any voluntary relief organisation, and has been made possible only by untiring efforts throughout the country in such campaigns as you are organising. Chartered by the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief in co-operation with the British Committee for Refugees from Spain, the s.s. SINAIA was once engaged in evacuating Armenian refugees for the League of Nations. She is a first-class emigrant ship of 8,000 tons, oil-driven and capable of 12½ knots. Built in Glasgow, she has 500 berths in cabins, with other compartments for 1,300 people, spacious lounges and dining rooms. Her bathrooms especially will be appreciated by those of the refugees who have had no proper toilet facilities for months. The refugees' health en route will be cared for by the Spanish Medical Aid Committee, which is also equipping Spanish doctors for their future practice in Mexico. Before sailing, the refugees will receive medical attention and proper clothing in a section of the Bacares Camp set aside for this purpose. At another camp near Port Vendres families will be reunited and here wives will meet husbands whom until a few days ago they believed to be dead. Fathers will greet children they have not seen for many months.
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The Pointed Arch
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The pointed arch has become a common feature of most European churches. Where did it come from and how? The full article, see below, gives the full story and the debate concerning its origin. Below is only an extract from the full article in the pdf file where all references and end notes are found.
The Origin
Early historians of architecture such as Havell (1913) and Rivoira (1914) thought that the pointed arch occurred in India carved out of a solid block of some seventh century temples.
This view has been dismissed by the famous historian Hill (1993). He believed in the Muslim origin of the invention of the pointed arch. The first appearance of the pointed arch in the Muslim World was traced to the Al-Aqsa Mosque(endnote 1) (780), but the Palace of Ukhaidir - Iraq remains the first building where the pointed arch was used constructively and systematically.
The main advantage of the pointed arch was that it concentrated the thrust of the vault on a narrow vertical line that could be supported by the flying buttresses, a major feature of Islamic architecture and also European Gothic architecture. The pointed arch enables the reduction of the lateral thrust on foundations. It enabled architects to lighten the walls and buttresses which had to be massive to support earlier semicircular arches(endnote 2). Additionally, it resolved the difficulty of achieving level crowns in the arches of the vault allowing the vault to become suitable for any ground plan.
To tackle the question of height, Muslim structural engineers had employed a variety of techniques, in addition to the pointed arch. The method used in Kairawan Mosque - Tunisia (endnote 3) (836) is revealing. Here, in order to gain a crown level of height, masons have raised the arcade of narrow areas above the arcade of other areas as shown in figure 5.
In the Great Mosque of Cordoba, a more impressive method consisting of intersecting arches as well as building a second arcade on top of a first lower level arcade was introduced (figure 7). These clearly show the genius as well as the rational thinking in addressing various architectural problems.
Transmission of the Pointed Arch
Historic sources indicate that Sicily played the role of intermediary for the transmission of many Muslim motifs including the pointed arch. Professor Conant (1954) established the Sicilian connection through Amalfitan merchants who had trade links with Egypt where the pointed arch of Ibn Tulun - Egypt (figure 8) must have been the source. White (1971) Endorsed this theory(endnote 4) suggesting that it was transmitted to Amalfi - Italy in 1000 through commercial and trade ties with Egypt. It was first used in the porch of the Abbey of Monte Cassimo - Italy in 1071. This challenges the idea widely adopted in Europe that the pointed arch, on which Gothic architecture is based, was an invention of European architects in their efforts to overcome the static problems in Romanesque vaulting.
It is worthnoting that while works were being carried out, Monte Cassimo became the retiring place for the Tunisian Christian scholar, Constantine the African. A physician and a distinguished scholar in mathematics, science and theology, with large experience of Muslim building techniques and forms in Muslim Fatimid North Africa, Constantine would have undoubtedly commented or advised in the building process. Furthermore, according to Meyerhof (1931), Constantine had an assistant Arab monk nicknamed "the Saracen" who helped him in translating Arabic books. Such connections give credibility to this theory.
In 1083, St Hugh the Abbot of Cluny (South France) visited Monte Cassimo, five years before the work on the third Church of Cluny started (1088-1095). Conant (1954) revealed that the new church of Cluny used some 150 pointed arches in the aisles. Other Muslim features included the use of catenary vaulting, polyfoil cusps framing the triforium arches, and the rectangular frame enclosing the arch of the gate (1109-1115), known as Ijmiz, (destroyed in 1810). In 1130, Abbot Suger visited Cluny and between 1135 and 1144 he and his engineers built St Denis, the first Gothic building. The adoption of Cluny and Monte Cassimo, the two most influential churches in Europe, of the pointed arch and other Muslim forms encouraged the rest of Christian Europe to adopt it leading to its rapid spread across much of France, especially in the south, later in Germany in mid 12th century (Heer (1962, p.332), and eventually to the rest of Europe.
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1. Al-Aqsa was built in Jerusalem firstly by Omar (2nd Caliph in 632).2. The semi circular vaulting caused some static problems in covering such large and irregular areas.3. Originally built between 670-675.4. She traced the pointed arch to India in the second century AD. According to her, it was transmitted to Persia and then to Syria and Egypt.
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Perhaps no culture mastered the design and use of the arch more than the Muslims. Inheriting earlier arch forms from the Greeks and the Romans, Muslims developed a variety of new shapes including the horseshoe, multi-foil, pointed and the ogee arches. The passion they had for this motif is due to the regularly mystical/symbolic meanings associated with it, as well as its functional advantages. Their architecture uses it as a major structural and decorative feature. The arch soon spread to all cultures progressively becoming a global architectural motif. This article explores the significance of the arch, Muslims' understanding of it, and its transfer to Europe. The Horseshoe and Transverse Arches by: FSTC LimitedThe first Muslim adaptation and modification of the design of the arch occurred in the invention of the horseshoe type. Further development came in the 8th century when Muslims used, for the first time, the transverse arch in the Palace of Ukhaidir. Resources: FULL ARTICLE - The Arch that never sleeps, by: FSTC LimitedDownload the full version of this publication in PDF Format. The document includes all references and figures.PUBLICATION NUMBER: 4031COPYRIGHT: © FSTC Limited 2001, 2002 References: The Arch that never sleeps! by: FSTC LimitedExtracts from the full article produced by FSTC Limited. Download the above PDF Resource to view references.


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Tippetts priority here was to continue his exploration of traditional genreswith the old fantasia, with variations again and also with a preparatory study for a full-scale concerto. Thus the work consists of a nicely balanced sequence of theme, five variations (portraits of friends, mostly unidentified), development, fugue and theme recapitulated.
The Fantasia is one of the least performed of Tippetts works, chiefly because it is difficult to programme. It may also be remarked that its profoundly original language is to be heard more in the detail than in the general course of the music, whose flowing gestures are sometimes derivative (recalling Rachmaninov perhaps, in variation four) and whose interpolated cadenzas sometimes suggest a stereotyped concerto rhetoric (in variations three and five). Yet it remains a full-blooded and dramatic work, vigorous and gay, as Tippett wrote in his note for its first performance. Gay at that time had not lost its original meaning, although Tippetts use of it was in fact rather specialized, referring to W B Yeats, who thought that in times of conflict and misery art should not reflect suffering but be transformed into a defiant gaiety. As if to endorse that, Tippett once revealed that he found himself adding words to the Fantasias fifth variation: Ahwhoopee.
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Had two rooms and both were huge. The guys needed to use the sofa bed. It was very poor - did not sleep well. Staff was good - cleaning staff very helpful. Breakfast was ok but nothing to brag about. Location worked well for us near airport - less than a 5 minute drive to pick up arrivals.
- Also Known As:
- Kansas City Hawthorn Suites
- Comfort Suites Kansas City
- Kansas City Comfort Suites
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- Quality Suites Airport is a 2-room all suite hotel less than 2 miles away from the Kansas City International Airport. We are located just east of the junction at 1-29 and I-435 on NW Ambassador Drive, 20 miles from downtown Kansas City. Close to Worlds of Fun, Oceans of Fun, the Sprint Center, Kansas City Power and Light District and Zona Rosa Shopping Center Area. Royals and Chiefs Stadiums are just minutes away. ... more less
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