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Close to the Beach - 4th House from the Ocean in Sunset Beach
- bedrooms 4
- baths 2
- sleeps 8
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community Sunset Beach Island
rates (USD)
/ week
vacation rental description
Close to the beach and a direct beach access, this 1 1/2 story beach home with a loft has a well supplied kitchen (updated in 2005) and four large bedrooms - 2 beds in each bedroom, 2 Full Bathrooms (both updated in 2009 with new Tub/Showers) are located between each bedroom upstairs and downstairs. 2012/2013 update - new interior paint and washer/dryer!
Covered front porch lined with rockers to enjoy your morning coffee, and the cool evening ocean breezes. Enclosed outside shower with dressing area to wash the sand off after a relaxing day on the beach and a swim in the ocean. Charcoal grill with grilling tools, picnic table and outside furniture to conclude the fun day with a evening cookout.
Downstairs - Bedroom one: 1-Qeen/1-Double Bedroom two: 2-Double beds
Upstairs - Bedroom three: 1-Queen/1-Double Bedroom four: 2-Double beds
Beds have comforters or bedspreads, mattress pads, and pillows.
Maximum occupancy of 8.
property availability
Last modified on 11-6-2013 at 3:45 PM.
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Sunset Beach House, L.L.C. (336) 707-4095
house rental amenities
- Wi-Fi Broadband Internet
- Samsung 32" LCD TV
- Loft area has table w/2 chairs which makes nice area to do your computer work
- 4 TVs/DVD players with 76 channel TV cable package, VCR player
- Dining room table seats 8.
- Coffee pot, blender, toaster oven, mixer, crock pot, George Foreman grill
- Dishes, cookware, and silverware
- Dish cloths, dish towels and dishwashing detergents
- New Frigidaire washing machine/dryer and dishwasher
- GE smooth top stove and microwave
- Ceiling fans in living room and dining/kitchen area
- 6 Wooden Rocking chairs
- 4 Adirondack chairs
- Central Air Conditioning
- Lockbox with spare key in case of lock out
- Round PVC Table w/4 PVC chairs on covered porch
- Folding card/game/puzzle table with 4 folding padded metal chairs
- Fish sink
- Telephone for local calls
- Ironing board with iron
- No Smoking
- No Pets
activities and attractions in Sunset Beach Atlantic Coast
One of the most beautiful three miles of coastline in North Carolina. The smallest of the three Brunswick County barrier islands with natually wide, gently sloping, white sand beach with undisturbed sand dunes. The island is a natural habitat and nesting ground for abundant coastal wildlife, including endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Bird Island, an undeveloped barrier island, which is connected to Sunset Beach, is a natural 1300 acre State Preserve, and is reachable by walking, biking, or boating.
vacation rental rates
- Jan 1st through May 23rd $1195 per week
- May 24th through June 6th $1295 per week
- June 7th through Aug 15th $1595 per week
- Aug 16th through Sept 5th $1295 per week
- Sept 6th through Dec 31st $1195 per week
- Plus 12.75% taxes (6.75% NC Sales & Use and 6% Town of Sunset Beach Occupancy tax)
- Rates include Departure Maid Service.
- Refundable Security Deposit of $250 is required.
- Bed & Bath Linens optional @ $10 per person
- No add on fees to above rates. (local company charges $65 reservation fee)
- Saturday is day of arrival and departure.
- Check-in 3:00 pm. Check-out 10:00 am.
- Responsible person reserving and renting property must be 25 years of age or older, and must occupy the house the entire rental time.
- Calendar is consistently updated showing available weeks.
Sunset Beach House, L.L.C. (336) 707-4095
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text: I just loved this place there's nothing else like it! I wish I were there now! It was so relaxing and Bonnie was such fun & so welcoming, it was like staying with a friend who has a gorgeous home, and you don't have to offer to do the dishes! We have stayed in the first floor and the second... More

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So I took my cc3d off of my ht fpv and put my Naza on it much better
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AND IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!! I FLEW!!!! YEAAAAA! The next atempt after the last one in the video I posted worked like a charm. It was simply a motor reversed. You have no idea how happy and greatful I am right now. Thanks for all your help and support and all the knowledge on this forum and in this thread that made this possible. Now time to start adding on GPS and FPV gear one at a time slowly but surely. So far I've flown 3 times. My Futaba 9c transmitter ran out of batteries before my 3s 2200mah battery did. Flew for like 10 minutes and there was still juice in it, I wonder how long it would of went if the transmitter didn't run out. I guess I'll find out soon. It did have a tendancey to drift backwards but im 99% sure this is because of no camera or counterweight of any sort. It was not drifting badly. I flew up moved around a bit, changed the gains around a bit and learned to yaw and such. Good times.... really good times...I filmed it all and will continue to film it. May or may not upload the vids. |
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Ha! Just goes to show you that the solution is to complain publicly and things get fixed. I post here complaining and then give it one last shot of the night and I make it through the whole process.
-Mike P.S. In case anyone is interested, the issue was with the gostorego.com CDN, some of the images they use were holding up the page from completely displaying. I just blocked that domain via HOSTS and things went great. With that said, checking again now and things appear fine at the moment. |
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We all have fears, big and small. I'm afraid of spiders; they creep me out. I'm afraid of fish - you know, a big fish swimming up underneath me when I'm swimming. I'm afraid of running into the bear when I'm running or hiking.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
We all have fears, big and small. I'm afraid of spiders; they creep me out. I'm afraid of fish - you know, a big fish swimming up underneath me when I'm swimming. I'm afraid of running into the bear when I'm running or hiking.
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At least 3 swimmers at Ironman Cozumel 2011 were bitten by barracuda. One was pulled from the water with a serious bite on the butt. Another lost a chunk of bicep and got stitched up after finishing. The third was met in the medical tent after the run, so he likely finished too. Don't know where or how badly he got bit.
- December 1, 2011 at 12:02 AM
- Cheryl said...
All so very real fears Julie and handled beautifully by you as you continue to inspire and educate us. Love Chez xo
- December 1, 2011 at 7:02 AM
- Julie Goodale said...
Thank you, Cheryl.
The one time I've been diving was in Cozumel. My fish fear was tempered by my complete thrill at being in a completely foreign environment. Such incredibly rich aquatic life - truly awesome! But clearly, not always friendly. I'm so sorry for those swimmers. So disappointing to end their Ironman that way! I hope they will heal quickly & well. - December 1, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- gillian said...
What a terrifying wait it must have been to find out all is fine. Glad all is fine but of course, know all about fear too. Why does having had positive lymph nodes give one a greater chance of the cancer returning?
- December 4, 2011 at 6:44 AM
- Julie Goodale said...
Gillian, my understanding is that because the cancer had already spread through so many nodes, there is a greater chance that some cells had escaped the lymph system into other areas of my body.
- December 4, 2011 at 7:16 AM
I was the one pulled out of the water after 5 minutes with a chunk out of my bicep...finished the race in the hospital...
Barracuda man - December 6, 2011 at 10:28 PM
- Julie Goodale said...
Oh, Barracuda Man, that's so frightening. I wish you a good recovery with no lasting effects! So sorry your race ended that way. The very best to you in the future.
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A year ago, Lisa Annelouise Rentz, 41, an arts administrator and writer in Beaufort, S.C., made a simple but life-changing switch. "I heard that sitting is unhealthy, and after years of back pain, I decided to just stand up," she says. "I haven't used my 1950s rolling desk chair since."
Instead of vegging at her desk all day, accumulating aches and pains, Rentz now uses a multitude of small movements to wear a path between the various work "stations" she created in her home office—the desk with her phone, the antique sideboard where her laptop sits, the table where she spreads out projects. "After a few months I didn't feel tired at all and now I feel discernibly stronger," she says.
A burgeoning body of research suggests that Rentz may be gaining more than strength by getting up and moving. She's also developing protection from a variety of health risks. In study after study, sitting for long hours at a desk, behind the wheel, or in an easy chair has been linked to such ills as heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and premature death, even among those who exercise regularly. "The body is a perpetual motion machine," says Joan Vernikos, former director of NASA's Life Sciences Division and author of the recently released book Sitting Kills, Moving Heals. "We weren't designed to sit."
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A large recent Australian study makes the point. Researchers showed that adults who sat 11 hours or more a day had a 40 percent increased risk of dying during the next three years compared to those who sat for less than four hours a day. "This was after taking in account the individuals' exercise levels, weight, and general health," says lead author Hidde van der Ploeg, a senior research fellow at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health.
Similar data come from the American Cancer Society. Combing the records of more than 120,000 Americans, researchers found that women who sat more than six hours a day were at a 37 percent increased risk of an early death, compared to women who sat less than three hours. Men were at a 17 percent increased risk. The association held even among those who did regular workouts. And a 2010 study led by the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health showed that men who reported more than 23 hours a week of sedentary activity had a 64 percent greater risk of dying from heart disease than those who reported less than 11 hours per week.
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Activity breaks. Small wonder that more people, like Rentz, are breaking the sitting habit. Some are using desks that incorporate a treadmill or stationary bicycle, setting their computer's alarm to sound every hour or so as a signal to take an activity break, or wearing pedometers to motivate themselves to move more. Companies have instituted walking meetings, started employee dart leagues, and outfitted offices with sit-stand desks, all designed to increase employees' motions throughout the day. At Beneficial Blends, a Tampa-based company that markets coconut oil, employees take a 10-to-15-minute walk at 3 p.m. every day. "It keeps us sharp," says company founder Erin Meagher. "We talk through company strategies, brainstorm, and walk and talk off frustrations. Then we come back and are more productive than we would have been just stewing at our desks and staring at computer screens."
Robert Perez, 50, a public relations executive in Orlando, took up his employer's offer of a standing workstation a few months ago and now stands or walks about his office five hours a day. "The toughest part was trading in my comfy, high-back leather chair," he says. But increased stamina and weight loss have made him a convert to the concept.


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The Infected 184,828 Infected Strong
Ollie-G posted an update in the group Left4Dead Fans 4 years, 6 months ago
Welcome to all members, what's your verdict on Left4Dead 2?
I can't wait for L4D2!! The 1st is one of my fav games ever and the trailer for the 2nd just had me all giddy! i can't fn wait!!!
What is your favorite zombie to play as online? I like hunters, sometimes boomers.
I actually dont have my xbox connected to online (live), kinda cant but it's alright, but i would definatly play as the hunter online. i love his look and his style, but i'd def also play as the tank haha big fucker
ive seen some gameplay footage from part 2, and im glad they are improving the close quarters combat by adding an axe and a chainsaw. You need something for when those undead bastards swarm ya, that pistol whip just wasnt cutting it.
pistol whippin, or shotgun whippin, or m-16 whippin, worked fine for me durin swarms lol well for the most part
i dunno, that axe looks pretty brutal, cuttin heads off like dandelions, no whipping needed. lol. the chainsaw is purely to apease the nerds. lol. like me.
the axe may be brutal but itsnt it slow? i would think that that would make a difference durin a swarm, no?
I dunno. I think if it was like real life, you could get a good arc with that thing and cut off like three heads at once. And the chainsaw should be great for Close Quarters combat, I think that is where some improvements could be made to part 1
speakin of the 1st one, just lil random questions A) what was yalls fav campaign & Specific level and why? B) Which Special Infected Pissed You Off And Scared You The most? to me, my fav campaign was, ah, i cant remember the name of the campaign but it was the second one i believe where u had to get to a church in one level of it then the level…[Read more]
Yeah those tanks are fuckin evil, i almost always get clobbered by them. The witch is very creepy, you can hear her crying, and if you startle her, its curtains for ya. Not sure about a favorite level, i dont like the level where your in the woods, i think its either the second or third campaign. Too much cover for the zombies and you just have to…[Read more]
the level with the big cornfield? i think that's the last campaign
yeah that level with the cornfield is a bitch. I try to get up high and snipe those fuckers.
Anyone want to start a bloody d left 4 dead team? my steam name is markeatsbrains
uh… no wait, i guess its mr_halloween24_7
Very very excited about L4D2. I saw some rough game play and while it still needs a lot of work it looks like so much fun.
A wider range of guns would be nice in L4D2. But lets hope it keeps the manic, gory gameplay!
Damn I wrote so much, but the forum doesn't allow it. I'm too lazy now to make 3 posts and always hope, that it is short enough. … Maybe I'll wirte my opinion later, after I'm back from work.
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There will be more weapons, different ammunition types and melee weapons. Furthermore it looks more brutal and we will get 2 new special infected. -
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Sounds more like an add on…
The game will have only 5 campaigns. Check out [URL="http://www.l4dmods.com/"]L4Dmods[/URL]. There you can find some videos of L4D2 in the news. -
will do, ty
I'm very psyched about L4D2. I didn't have a problem with the close combat action in the first one, although axes and chainsaws would be a nice touch. Also, I wish you could hold more than just 1 pipe bomb and/or molotov cocktail at a time… that was really one of the only improvements I can think of.
Nah one Pipe Bomb or Molotov is enough. It would be to easy, if everybody has 2 or 3 pipes. The boomer would be unnecessary. He pukes and pukes and all the zombies try to catch the pipe like stupid dogs :he:
But maybe they add one or two new items ?
who do you guys like to play as online (L4D1)? Hunters are awesome, boomers are effective too.
I'm really looking forward to it! It'll be interesting to see how it plays out in the day… and the Wandering Witch should be interesting. I can't wait to try out the frying pan! Online, I like to play either Boomers :puke: or Smokers.
Really looking forward to part 2…. but it pisses me off a little bit that they barely updated the first one and never added a new campaign. They only added survival mode and the Lighthouse. Cool, but still kind of disappointing.
Dead Rising 2 looks like fun.
The first game was great in my opinion and I can't wait to buy the sequel! -
Check out [URL="http://www.l4dmods.com"]http://www.l4dmods.com[/URL] for new videos of the jockey, spitter, pax and melee weapons. I'm too lazy to post all videos here.
Finally chainsaws!! I was exploding with anticipation for L4D2 when I saw a preview for it. I am glad there are a whole new set of characters even if being Zooey is my favorite. Is there an official trailer for it yet or release date? I haven't seen anything about it except what they put on G4 and there was only enought ther to piss me off.
Go pre-order it and get the demo! It's awesome!
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Patience and the Argument from Virtue
16 comments:
- Phil Steiger said...
Very provocative – end enlightening about the consequences of naturalism. I wonder how Aristotle/an Aristotilian might commend patience in the light of suffering.
- November 21, 2011 at 9:34 AM
- Matthew Pianalto said...
Here goes. It's not clear to me that for the "naturalist" patient endurance is irrational; this might be the best way to contend, e.g., with an illness so long as one is resolved to fight to the bitter end (think: Dylan Thomas' poem, "Do not go gentle..."). What would be irrational is a kind of hope that is only vindicated by some kind of theistic telos. But the naturalist rejects that already. So the argument seems to be from hope, not patience, and so...begs the question against the naturalist.
I've been thinking about the possible relations between patience and hope, and I think it's true that hope could firm up one's resolve to endure with patience (but I suppose the same is true of faith). I've also been thinking about Sartre (and despair as he understands it), and it's true that patience--just as any other virtue--couldn't be grounded in an external telos. The telos has to be human flourishing (in spite of an indifferent world)--and not necessarily just one's own. So I think all the "naturalist" would need is a way of showing how important patience is for that. I'm in the wishy-washy stages of outlining some such ideas. And also the Dalai Lama wrote a book about patience and anger (which I haven't read yet, but might be worth looking at since he's operating from a very different kind of religious perspective). - November 21, 2011 at 11:45 AM
- Rob said...
How are virtues -- specifically, those dispositions both theists and atheists agree are virtues -- "practically undermined" if they lack some sort of relation to God? (I'd like to see this bold and intriguing claim developed as far as possible without presupposing that God exists.)
For instance, it's not clear to me that patience requires hopefulness in order to be rational. In the godless and ultimately meaningless world with which I'm familiar, though encouraging it in others is probably a good thing most of the time, hope is more of a temptation than a virtue, a distraction from the mindfulness about the ceaseless misery and suffering of existence lying beyond the orbit of one's personal experience. - November 21, 2011 at 12:04 PM
- Rob said...
- November 21, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- Mike Austin said...
As a first stab, the question would be why is that the best way to contend, if it is, on naturalism? To answer that we'd have to know in what sense "best" is being used and how that is explained, if it can be, on philosophical naturalism. Second, could you expand on why hope that is only vindicated by a theistic telos is irrational? Third, my view is that there are important connections between patience and hope, but I think there are likely things to say about patience apart from the connections here, which I'll need to develop.
For the second part of your comment, how might a philosophical naturalist account for human flourishing as a telos in a way that can objectively ground the virtues?
Rob, I'll have to leave the claim as mostly a promissory note at the moment, but consider humility. The best naturalistic version of humility sees it as the realization that luck or blind chance deserve the majority of credit for one's success, rather than God, who deserves this on theism. It isn't clear to me what it even means for luck or chance to deserve or receive credit, and if this is nonsensical then at least some of the motives for humility, properly conceived, will be undermined. - November 21, 2011 at 12:47 PM
- Rob said...
Mike, I guess I don't see why humility should necessarily have any positive concern with desert or assignment of credit, beyond the artifice of, say, moira, to which even the gods are subject. Why is knowing we are not our own work, that luck swallows everything, not enough?
- November 21, 2011 at 1:45 PM
- Matthew Pianalto said...
Mike: sorry, what I meant is that for the naturalist, hope (that the good will come) would be irrational precisely because the naturalist is operating outside a theistic view already. And in the naturalist's world, I take it, there are no guarantees that the good will come. That is, the naturalist qua naturalist has no grounds for hope. But that doesn't imply a lack of grounds for patience. Just not a patience based in eternal hope. (Unless one could reconstrue it on something like the model of hoping one wins the lottery. But that's a lot thinner than the hope available within the theist framework.)
On the second question: the short answer is that it's good to flourish, both for ourselves and others (and I assume that since we're social beings we can't flourish as individuals without others to, as it were, co-flourish with us--so our flourishing can't be at the expense of others...you know, let a thousand, or say, 7 billion, flowers bloom...).
I agree that there are connections between patience and hope, too. I'll have to think about how far one can press hope into the uncaring void (as it were) without it becoming silly: the question is, roughly, how far can the naturalist press the hope that it is possible to make something meaningful out of one's life and (in the bad cases) one's suffering. Of course, if meaning is open to experimentation, creativity, and invention, then perhaps even for the (imaginative) naturalist, the doors are pretty wide open. (You should check out Jonathan Lear's Radical Hope.) - November 21, 2011 at 2:16 PM
- Mike Austin said...
Got it. With respect to flourishing, though, the deeper question I'm interested in is what counts as human flourishing, on naturalism? And once we have a potential answer or set of answers, in what ways might the naturalist give an account of it within a purely naturalistic framework. I think there are problems with trying to square a teleological account of flourishing with a naturalistic view. - November 22, 2011 at 6:23 AM
- Matthew Pianalto said...
what counts as human flourishing, on naturalism?
I suppose one could say something to the effect that, at a general level, human flourishing involves the manifestation of human excellence--so, the cultivation of our moral, creative, and intellectual capacities. Flourishing, as Aristotle would say, is an end in itself, and I guess a naturalist could say that it doesn't need a deeper (i.e. theistic) justification. That is, the answer to "what's the point" is that flourishing is good (and much better than not flourishing). The meaning/satisfaction/joy/etc. is found within the activities that support and express human flourishing. - November 22, 2011 at 9:10 AM
- Rob said...
And maybe naturalism simply can't provide any positive account of human flourishing, but rather only provide the best resources available to identify and palliate the misery and suffering inherent in life, a project in which we can thank blind and purposeless Darwinian processes for selecting most human beings to have some capacity to be interested in participating.
- November 23, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- Mike Austin said...
My question would be how do we determine which capacities to develop? On naturalism, it becomes difficult to see which human capacities should be developed, and which should not, if we are the result of the blind processes of chance and natural selection--think of Russell's famous quote about this.
If it is true that luck swallows everything, then so be it. But what is luck, really? Is there such a thing, or is this merely a useful fiction for us? If the latter, it isn't helping us get any closer to understanding the universe and our place in it. - November 28, 2011 at 8:12 AM
- Matthew Pianalto said...
Mike-- I understand your point and almost posted something in anticipation of it. In short, I think the issue would be one about what capacities are conducive to flourishing as social individuals. Of course, as someone like MacIntyre might point out, there would seem to be a lot of room for variation here (and so a kind of "virtue relativism" might be lurking). At a minimum, a naturalist might, I suppose, try to work outward from Sartre's idea that if I value my own freedom then I ought for the same reason to value the freedom of others. And so whatever aims we select and virtues we seek to cultivate would need to be compatible with respecting the equal value of other people. Going beyond this, some virtues would cultivate a capacity to appreciate/empathize with/etc. others. I suppose an objection to this general direction is that one could argue that flourishing--even as a social individual--wouldn't seem to require virtues that conduce toward universal respect. (I.e. that one only needs a small group of peers amongst whom one can flourish--and to hell with the "herd.") I'll have to think more about it.
The other side of this would be that one could identify virtues/capacities that help individuals fare well given our own limitations/finitude and that enable people to contend well with adversity and change. (This is where I think patience, for example, would fit in...) - November 28, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- Rob said...
Mike -- An a priori proof of the impossibility of ultimate responsibility, while admittedly not directly orienting us towards a correct or right understanding of the universe and our place in it, does seem to at least helpfully rule out those views which cannot accomodate the Basic Argument. And that might release resources of enthusiasm and attention, which we now realize were squandered, for the work of making genuine progress. (God, I hate to sound so optimistic.)
- November 29, 2011 at 10:49 AM
- Mike Austin said...
An optimistic Rob--wonders never cease!
But to dampen it, how can you trust a priori reasoning, on your metaphysical views of the universe, human nature, and the like? - November 30, 2011 at 6:38 AM
- Matthew Pianalto said...
some more (inchoate) thoughts about this here
- December 1, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- Rob said...
Mike -- For present purposes, I'm committed to the reliability of an priori argument for the impossibility of ultimate responsibility insofar as God's omnipotence doesn't entail that he is able to do that which is logically impossible.
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Eamonn McKeon, chief executive of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation, advised Byrne to "stick to the acting," the Irish Independent reports.
"He's a wonderful actor and I greatly admire him but what a rant. Why do people immediately jump on any initiative and call it 'fleecing tourists'?" McKeon said.
Based on a similar tourism initiative in Scotland, The Gathering aims to increase tourist numbers with special events throughout 2013 throughout the country. During an interview with TodayFm earlier this week in New York, Gabriel Byrne was highly critical of Tourism Ireland's efforts.
"I wish The Gathering the very best of luck but they have to understand that the bridge between the Diaspora and the people is broken and I tried to fix that for two years and it's still broken," Byrne said.
He added: "Most people don't give a s**t about The Diaspora except to shake them down for a few quid."
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"I admire the work of Gabriel Byrne. He has been a fabulous ambassador for Ireland, but respectfully I disagree here," Kenny said.
Joe Byrne, Tourism Ireland Executive Vice President for North America, also came out in defence of The Gathering.
Speaking to IrishCentral he stated, "Respectfully I have to disagree with nearly everything Gabriel says: Visitors from the U.S. to Ireland do not feel "shaken down" - far from it, in fact Irish people don't laugh at U.S. visitors but welcome them sincerely and warmly.
"Irish Americans do not feel the Gathering is a scam, most have bought into it enthusiastically. I do agree with Gabriel that many in the Diaspora have a deep spiritual connection to the island of Ireland."
(I re-post here what I wrote under Paul Allen's article on IC, which pls see for another comment re the Global Irish Economic Forum; The Gathering is not a scam as defined in dictionaries). The Gathering 'plot' is unique in that it invites all Irish and Irish-of whatever countries and their families, family relations, friends and neighbours to come to Ireland in 2013 to enjoy what Ireland has to offer, to celebrate being Irish, search family roots, enjoy the beauty of Ireland, its culture and arts and help the Irish economy at the same time, throughout a year-long concentrated event. The Gathering is personal-, family-, business-, Irish economy- and fun- and enjoyment-orientated, concentrated all at once to bring an upward spike in the Irish economy. There are numerous unique events being prepared here at home right now by Irish people for throughout the year 2013 throughout Ireland for the benefit and enjoyment of those who do come and visit to be part of The Gathering. Don't miss The Gathering… be one of those who, in future years, will look back and proudly, with your regalings, say "Yes, I was there…" You'll be forgiven for being misty-eyed as you do.
Is it a scam?its all in how you look at it ,meself thinks its unnecessary and it wont bring tourists. As joan says get some more spots for direct flights in the middle of the US and lower the prices a bit,when i first went over it was affordable (1986) Now its out of sight for air and accomodations My Grandaughter just honeymooned in Ireland and i could have bought a small auto for the same price. They loved it but for me a retiree and a dual citizen i can not afford it on a fixed income.
Probably it is a scam, though I wouldn't try to talk any American out of spending money on it. The real worry is that, like the certificate of Irish heritage, it will fail to bring in more money than Irish Tourism spends promoting it. Is it well thought out? Do the planners understand the connections (Not Just football!) that Americans have with Ireland?
Marym: "I renounced any connection to Ireland several years ago". So why are you hanging around an Irish American web site and discussion list? Do us a favor and go elsewhere.
As I said previously,is there anyone who doesn't believe that airlines,B&B's ,car rentals etc. WONT raise their prices for the gathering?
JoeByrne is lying when he says ""Irish Americans do not feel the Gathering is a scam". How the hell would he know? We most certainly do feel that it is an attempted rip-off by a greedy and poor value Irish tourism product.
I would say to Irish tourism, why don't you shake your begging bowl in Europe, we US citizens (I renounced any connection to Ireland several years ago, after listening to Bertie Ahern's despicable referring to US citizens as chattel to exploit) have no interest in subsidizing your fat backsides. Beg in Russia, beg in the Middle East, beg in Africa, beg in China, we reject Ireland and it's socialistic, whinging disease.
I would say to Irish Tourism interests that they need to do a better job promoting Ireland in areas of the United States which do not have direct access. It's fine for those areas that are hubs for flights to Ireland but for the rest of us Ireland is a dicey expenditure when we don't know what is going to happen to the US financially. Tourism interests need to get out of their comfort zones of Boston, Chicago and New York and see the southwest.


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Because Fisher will be eligible for SWRC points, it's conceivable that he could affect Breen's title push, particularly if he is called on by PROTON to support Andersson's bid to win the WRC's fastest support category.
"Craig and I are good friends and we spoke about this a couple of weeks ago although we were more joking about it," said Fisher. "I obviously want to do the best I can but hopefully it won't come down to affecting the title battle."
Fisher has made one appearance in the SWRC this season - as a wildcard entry in a Ford Fiesta S2000 on Wales Rally GB - and was closing on the lead when an accident put him out. He eventually finished fifth.
"It's great that a team and a manufacturer like PROTON has put its trust in me and has seen what I'm capable of with my stage times," said the 24-year-old from Northern Ireland. "It's a big task to be jumping in at the deep end and I've obviously got to get use to the PROTON, and get the best out of it in a short space of time. But I'm not worried about it."