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Jewish World Review Oct. 31, 2005 / 28 Tishrei, 5766 Don't expect a joyride from Scooter, Dems By Mark Steyn
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The "Ding Dong, the Bush Is Dead" fever rages on, disappointments notwithstanding. Hurricane Katrina was, politically, a wash. And say what you like about Harriet Miers, but at least the disaffected right wrapped the whole thing up in a month. Meanwhile, the left's still panting orgasmically about Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into what Scooter Libby said to Judith Miller about what Valerie Plame knew about what Joseph C. Wilson IV said . . . zzzz . . . fingers growing heavy . . . losing the will to type . .
Most Americans have never heard of any of these people. What's that? You've heard of Scooter? No, you're mistaken, you're thinking of Skeeter Skeeter Davis, the late country-and-western singer who had a Top Three hit in 1963 with "Don't They Know It's The End of The World/It Ended When You Said Goodbye," which is apparently what George W. Bush will be singing as Karl Rove's led out of the Oval Office in handcuffs.
Just for the record, Scooter Libby is the highest-ranking Scooter in the Bush administration, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. All last week, lefty gloaters were eagerly anticipating "Fitzmas," their designation for that happy day when federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald hands down indictments against Libby, and Rove, and maybe Cheney, and boy oh boy, who knows? maybe Chimpy Bushitlerburton himself. Pat Fitzgerald has been making his list, checking it twice, found out who's naughty or nice, and he's ready to go on a Slay Ride leaving Bush the Little Drummed-Out Boy and the Dems having a blue blue blue blue blue-state Christmas in November 2006, if not before.
Well, I enjoy the politics of personal destruction as much as the next chap, and one appreciates that it's been a long time since the heady days when Dems managed to collect the scalps of both Newt Gingrich and his short-lived successor within a few short weeks. But, as I've said before, one reason the Democratic Party is such a bunch of losers is because they're all tactics and no strategy. Suppose they succeed in destroying Libby and a bunch of other non-household names. Then what? Several analysts are suggesting that the 2006 elections are shaping up like 1994, when Newt's revolution swept the Democratic old guard from power.
It's a bit early for my reckless election predictions, but I'd bet on the Republicans holding both the House and Senate. Though the electorate was disgusted by the sheer arrogance of Democrat corruption, 1994 wasn't just a throw-the-bums-out spasm despite Peter Jennings sniffing that "the voters had a temper tantrum." Au contraire, it was also a throw-the-bums-in election. Voters liked the alternative: a coherent conservative agenda. It's quite possible that the electorate will have a throw-the-bums-out attitude to the Republicans in 12 months' time, but I'd say it's almost completely unfeasible that they'll be in a mood to throw the Dems in. There are not a lot of competitive congressional districts, and those that are are mostly in Democrat blue states that, if not yet red, are turning distinctly purple. The Dems' big immoveable obstacle remains their inability to articulate a set of ideas that connects with the electorate. James Carville and Stanley Greenberg are said to be working on a Democrat version of Newt's Contract with America, but Greenberg's a pollster and Carville's an attack dog. Whatever their charms, these aren't the ideas guys.
The difficulty for the left is that if the problem is Iraq, Katrina or pretty much anything else, the solution is not obviously the Democratic Party. The future of Iraq is mostly a matter for Iraqis now, and it's not going badly, as you can sort of tell if you decode the headlines "Bitterly Divided Iraqis Take Time Out From Trembling On Brink Of Civil War To Overwhelmingly Ratify New Constitution," "Three Sunnis And Their Pet Camel Boycott Poll In Sign Iraq May Be Becoming Ungovernable," etc. In fact, it's Syria that's bitterly divided and becoming ungovernable, and Baby Assad's fall will not be long now.
Nonetheless, Colin Powell's former chief of staff, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, is full of gloom. As the Financial Times reported, "Vice President Dick Cheney and a handful of others had hijacked the government's foreign policy apparatus, deciding in secret to carry out policies that had left the U.S. weaker and more isolated in the world, the top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell claimed on Wednesday."
What does he mean by "hijacked"? Is Wilkerson saying that Cheney and Rumsfeld have imposed their foreign policy on the United States against the wishes of the president? I think not. If you read any Bush speech or talk to him for five minutes, it's clear that he's no supporter of the disastrously complacent State Department realpolitik herd mentality reflected by Wilkerson. Every word he utters on the subject suggests he inclines to the Cheney-Rumsfeld view of the world or, rather, that they incline to his. The president sets foreign policy. He's the pilot; he can't "hijack" his own plane. Wilkerson is a whiny stewardess in a snit because she doesn't want to learn a new spiel. "Do you want the chicken or the beef?" She's been serving up State Department chicken in Cairo and Amman and Damascus for decades, and she's not comfortable with the new Texas beef. But the only hijack that's going on is the State Department's bland assumption that it has the right to block the president's foreign policy.
The Bush caricature the idiot sock-puppet manipulated by Cheney and Rove to do their bidding is exactly backward. The president is his own man to such a degree that he seems not to notice that very few others are and, when he does, his response is to hunker down among a tight circle of loyalists. So, while he has a certain amount of stellar talent around him, most of his administration is either in the hands of opponents like Wilkerson or trusted non-entities like Harriet Miers.
In that sense, the Miers implosion and the Valerie Plame quagmire are an instructive contrast. The Democrats see the world in purely political terms. They have an increasingly tenuous grasp of the profound social, cultural and national security issues that transcend the politics and the passing figures associated with them. And, if their object in the Fitzgerald investigation was somehow to get the administration's Iraq policy criminalized, they failed utterly. Look at it this way: If "Iraq" is the James Bond movies, Scooter Libby is the gal who played Moneypenny in ''The Living Daylights.'' Happy Fitzmas.
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Pay management is said to be a mystery – at least, that's what many traditionalists who work in pay management would have you believe. Certainly we are entitled to some job protection. The unfortunate effect is that, given the current enforcement environment, far too many organizations are caught behind the eight ball and risk hefty government sanctions for not consciously building a system that holds up to scrutiny.
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There's something incredibly jolting about opening up a Christmas card from a guy described as a "pit bull" and finding him in a picture with a cat.
"Wishing you the blessing of the season," read the card from Dick Wadhams, his wife, Wendy Evans Wadhams, and their golden feline "Hemingway."
Dick Wadhams, Colorado's homegrown GOP operative, with a cat, a cat named after an author?
All I could think of was interviewing South Dakotan John Thune in 2004 after his seismic defeat of U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle. Wadhams ran Thune's campaign.
"We recruited the best pit bull out there," Thune told me. "We knew we were going to be under attack constantly, and we needed somebody who could punch back."
The Wadhams' cat is named after Ernest Hemingway, who owned polydactyl cats or felines with extra toes.
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Earth Day is April 22. This week brings us increased awareness of and appreciation for our planet. Reusing things instead of throwing them in a landfill is one way we can help our planet and ourselves.
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I like this raised garden bed in my neighborhood made from old closet doors.
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Katie Holmes is starring in a Broadway play called Dead Accounts, but it was her style that seemed to have flatlined when she stepped out for the opening night premiere in NYC. Suri's freshly single mom chose a printed Bottega Veneta dress from their spring 2013 collection for her big night.
This blah dress just simply isn't right for leading lady Katie. Did anyone tell her that she's the star of the whole show? She really isn't dressing the part in this frumpy getup, with the high neckline and super long hem that'd be better suited for a Scientology fundraiser. We'd love to see Katie, who's also a designer herself, wear something bright, colorful and fit for the starlet that she is.
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Ischemic hepatitis or shock liver is defined as an extensive hepatocellular necrosis associated with a decrease in hepatic perfusion due to systemic hypotension. Serum aminotransferase levels (ALAT and ASAT) increase rapidly after the ischemic episode and peak within 1 to 3 days to at least 20 times the upper normal limit. After recovery, aminotransferases return to near normal levels in 7-10 days of the initial insult. Histological it is characterized by centrolobular necrosis without inflammation. We report a 47 years old woman with a rheumatic mitral valve disease, atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation and congestive heart failure. She was admitted due to a rapid auricular arrhythmia and secondary severe hypotension. She developed rapidly progressive jaundice (bilirubin up to 8.9 mg/dl) and her aminotransferases (ALAT and ASAT) increased rapidly to levels near 100 times the upper normal limit. Other causes of liver disease were excluded. With hemodynamic support and after heart rate control she improved rapidly within the following 10 days with normalization of liver function tests and complete clinical recovery (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 131: 659-64)
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I am thinking to buy new Wilson proStaff raquet these days..(when will be available to buy.. let me know) but I don't know if Wilson will release another racquet during Australian open. Thank you in advance!!
my racquet head size is 95 and my present model is Wilson blx. I don't know what seems to you weird to my question. Me I just want to know if a new Wilson raquet will appear at Australian open! That was the title of my thread
If I remember correctly, he's going to be playing with the new prostaff... it's going to be released sometime early January (before Australian Open).
The last edition of PS95 was marvellous. I don't think there will be some radical constructive development of the blade except for some more ugly PJ.
Well actually you asked "which racquet will play federer" and in that case I was dying to find out how a racquet "plays" Roger Federer? Anyways...Don't think at this point in his career Rog will try anything different at a slam, maybe he'll experiment at a minor tourney, but slams represent precious few remaining op's and I think that is too much pressure to mentally accept a drastic gear change...no matter what the "Paintjob" implies....fact is as long as Rog is around I think the Pro Staff 90 will be...after him it's extinct...at least until they cash in on the predictable"limited addition re-issue".


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My vote goes to He-Man.
I consider them to be about equal in terms of power and ability, but I think He-Man has a slight edge on brute strength. I just can't see She-Ra beating He-Man in something like an arm wrestling match.
I'm not talking about who would win a fight. I'm just talking about strength levels.
Who is stronger? He-Man or She-Ra?
My vote goes to He-Man.
I consider them to be about equal in terms of power and ability, but I think He-Man has a slight edge on brute strength. I just can't see She-Ra beating He-Man in something like an arm wrestling match.
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I'm going to say equal and here is why. I think the power of Grayskull imbues the recipient of it's energies and augments the strength within that individual which is already present. Now, Prince Adam, if you follow the Filmation canon and the one I am going by as it is the most popular and widely accepted, receives this power on Eternia. I believe that the Prince Adam persona post He-Man is very similar if not exactly the same as the Prince Adam persona before discovering and accepting the Power Sword and the poers of Grayskull. That is, being a prince who loves his leisurely life and taking things free and easy without a care in the world. Therefore, Prince Adam would shun sword work and physical labors. His attitude towards these things more than likely changed after accepting the role of He-Man but he had to keep up the persona of "Prince Adam" so the better hide his secret identity.
She-Ra, on the other hand, was kidnapped as a baby by Hordak and brought up as a warrior. So great a warrior that she eventually became a Force Captain of the Horde. So I imagine that she had hundreds upon hundreds of training exercises and fighting sessions to bring her to the peak of physical conditioning. Such as when both He-Man and She-Ra power up, I feel that She-Ra would be the better warrior and would offset being physically smaller than He-Man through the rigorous conditioning she received as a Horde member. Hence, when calling on the power of Grayskull, both He-Man and She-Ra would be at equal physical prowess.
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At first I was going to say He-Man just for the sheer fact that She-Ra has others powers that He-Man doesn't have (healing powers, communication with animals) and it wouldn't be fair for her to have the same amount of strength, but I figured "why not?" and voted equal
He-Man of course. Even if they had identical powers it's man vs. woman. Even in arm wrestling Adora's stick arms are no match for Adam's steroid buffed arms.
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He-Man... Grayskull blessed him
Equal, is my vote.
Interestingly, my summer kiddos at work and I have been working on a MOTU and PoP (and NA, and...) version of Top Trumps (awesome, fun card game, for the uninitiated), and we placed their strength at 50 each (the max), but He-Man's durability is higher, while She-Ra's magic and fighting skill were a bit higher, based on her extra abilities and her Horde training.
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He-Man is physically stronger but She-Ra has more magical ability so at the end, it equals both.
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I feel that they have equal "superpower" level strength. But since He-Man is so obviously ripped, and also a man, he wins overall.
I think of it the same way that when Superman fights Zod, they are equals in as much as both same powerlevels. The stronger is the one who has the edge beyond that. So Superman vs Supergirl, Superman is stronger.
But I feel they have equal levels granted to them, and that the difference is probably negligible as far as anyone else is concerened.
He-Man. He's got to have SOMETHING that She-Ra doesn't. Geesh. Come on people.
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thats no fair
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They're twins. They both got the Power from the same source. Their strength levels are identical to me (though She-Ra relies less upon hers and more upon her wits and other abilities)...
Once I believed that He-Man and She-Ra were of more or less equal power as they are both twins and share similar swords that help draw upon the Power of Grayskull with He-Man having more strength and She-Ra having more magic. Nowadays I'm not so sure.
She-Ra also has the "stone of protection" in her sword and can call upon the "Power of all Etheria" as shown in the She-Ra Filmation episode "Glimmer's Story":
Her ability to call upon other powers than Grayskull seems logically as she has the additional magical home of the Crystal Castle on Etheria.
She-Ra could therefore be stronger as strength is one of her key capabilities and she appears to have greater power/energy available with which to increase her strength.
Furthermore, if the power of the twins is based on willpower as implied in the She-Ra MOTUC action figure bio it would be expected that Adora as She-Ra would be stronger and more powerful as she has a greater reason to do good as she is in need of redemption as a result of the bad things she has done while in the Horde.
Other observations in support of She-Ra being more powerful (and stronger) include:
- He-Man always seeming to allow She-Ra to lead when they team-up (This could also be for other reasons such as She-Ra having more experience of leading from being a Force Captain in the Horde);
- that she wears a crown/tiara unlike He-Man. The crown/tiara potentially indicating a greater power and/or higher status;
- Hordak clearly stating that "No-one is as strong as She-Ra" in the She-Ra Filmation episode "Enemy, with my face".
So unless it can be shown that He-Man has significant additional powers to the Power of Grayskull it would appear that She-Ra has the greater strength capability based on existing knowledge of their powers!
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I will present some counter points.
I forget the ep titles at the moment so you'll have to excuse me, but there is an episode where He-Man flies a wind raider into outer-space and pushes the moon out of orbit. In a similar episode She-Ra attempts to drag a moon out of orbit and is shown unable to do so as she and Swiftwind briefly hurl through space out of control from the effort.
In "Horde Prime Takes a Holiday" He-Man is shown anchoring the "most powerful ship in the galaxy" to Etheria, preventing it from leaving the planet's atmosphere. She-Ra says that "Not even my brother can hold his much longer" giving deference to his strength.
Of course, there is room for argument since it is never outright stated who is stronger, but really, did it need to be?
I believe He-Man is stronger based on a few assumptions we know are true.
1) There would be NO She-Ra if not for the success of He-Man.
2) He-Man is marketed to little boys, and no toy company or cartoon will ever expressively stated to little boys that their hero is weaker than his sister.
Amen! Those muscles aren't just for show, ya know!
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Equal. Can't see one being physically stronger than the other but if one were to bring up different qualities then, yeah, sure.
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Blue, I think you've missed the main point I was trying to make. If you take an impartial view and look at the currently available information on He-Man and She-Ra, then consider their best feats and potential capabilities, then She-Ra is not only more powerful but probably stronger too. I'm not saying that it's right but that's how Mattel and the Filmation writers appear to have made them. And it might have been done deliberately to give She-Ra more credibility as an equal of He-Man or because she needs to use more power to deal with the Horde forces she regularly fights. If the latter it leaves it open for He-Man to gain new powers too when faced with Horde armies, which is consistent, for example, with the upgraded armour and sword he gets in the latest DC MOTU comic after the Horde invade Eternia.
Personally, I prefer to see them as equals in power, but with He-Man being slightly stronger and She-Ra having slightly more magic as stated in the first paragraph of my first post. This is because it gives He-Man and She-Ra one of their greatest attributes in my opinion that few if any other male/female superhero pairing truly offer – equality between the sexes combined with strong family values!
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If He-Man & She-Ra entered the Octogon, i cant see She-Ra standing as the victor.
If she punched He-Man in the face i can see He-Man getting up, but if he punched her in the face, man that would be rough
He-Man is physically stronger, whereas She-Ra seems more powerful on the mental level.
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I think this is outside the scope of the thread. But I'm interested in the answer, so here's my viewpoint (as your post hasn't been moderated).
Both combatants would find it difficult to gain the upper hand physically in the confines of an Octagon having more or less the same level of power. This is because they would need to expend the same amount of energy in attacking as they would cause in physical harm and loss of energy to the other. Also, both have rapid healing capabilities so neither would be expected to injury the other for any significant length of time. The resulting evenly matched fight might therefore turn on points and who is the better fighter technically or who is the more aggressive. Of course, if one of them lets down their guard allowing the other to strike hard then they might be stunned or possibly KO'd thereby losing the fight.
Incidentally, special rules in the fight arena would be needed in the interests of fair play. For example: No swords (its a test of H2H skills); The banning of certain manoeuvres such as tossing the other sibling in the air for sufficient time that the referee times them out or disqualifies them (its meant to be a fight and not an acrobatic show); etc.
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Weather and a Whole Lotta Sewing
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I've just discovered your blog and I love it!! I've been scrolling through and literally cannot stop! My Dad keeps walking past saying "You done on that computer yet?!" - he'll just have to wait!
Loving all this weeks makes, especially that tea cup!!
Look forward to seeing more of your blog! Laura xx- Isabelle (from France)6 September 2010 at 16:02
Everything looks really beautiful, as ever! How clever to be able to make such a pretty cake stand!
As for the weather checking question, I have to confess to being just like you, and I'm a Belgian! Maybe it has something to do with getting older?? I've been following your blog for some time now. And I just want to comment on how lovely it is. I live in the US and love being taken to the English countryside every time I see/read your postings. I'll probably never get the chance to visit England...except through your blog.
Blessings to you!
SusanHelloooooooo there to one of my favourite bloggers ever! (Sssssh!!!! Don't tell anyone! :)
I must confess you that I have your same obsession for weather forecast and I'm even not British!
So tempting your table!!!
Hen, I wanted to ask you where Mr Henhouse buys those "poles" for cake stands, please! Perhaps we could swap your reveal for a rosey coffee cup+saucer?! :)
Lots of love from Venice ;-)
And hugs to Mr Munchkin!Hi Hen! I thought your comment about being obsessed with the weather was cute, because I'm exactly the same way! If I'm not watching it on the news, I'm looking it up on line. I look ahead 10 days to see if there might be hopes for rain, but usually find sun, sun, sun. :-( So, it's probably not a British thing, since I'm not, but I am married to one afterall!
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OOOOOH! What an exquisite tea cosy! Am so glad I requested it. :-) Loved peeking at all of the other bits and bobs, too. And I do believe your purple and green cushion will be a winner!
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PS: You are SO spot on re BBQs. (sigh) I am not so partial to them, but yes, they are a regular feature of our lives here..... :-) Hello there - I've just been reading my French magazine where they discuss the French obsession with the weather - forecasts, websites, conversation etc... apparantly they're getting worse! Is it catching, do you think? Have they caught it across the Channel from the Brits?
Thanks (as always) for the lovely pics. It's always good to see what you've been up to.I really need a good catch up with you Hen, I'm so, so busy, visiting you on your blog sometimes gets neglected, but you're always at the back of my mind, and I'm always wondering what you're up to in the sewing dept. Love the tea cosy! I can see that as a round cushion too, would look fab. Must get back to work, no more skivving, it's a race to get this book done I'm working on at the mo. Love Vanessa xxxxx
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Ohhhh, the cake stand is lovely! What a great re-purpose of orphaned plates!
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Hi Rebecca,
Do you know of a textbook that has been updated since 2004 that refers to a zygote as an embryo? I think that would be pretty definitive. I had one ESC advocate argue that she considered an SCNT-product a "potentiated adult stem cell," and therefore it was not an embryo. Pretty crazy. Steven
I do not, although this book looks like it might be promising:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195169506/102-9220948-6368129?n=283155 Although it is not a strict embryology book, I will keep looking Also, can I link to your blog? It is great!
Of course. I would be honored.
Thanks for that link. The book references a zygote as a "one-celled embryo," which works. Another quote came to mind that may be of help. James Thomson had the following exchange with MSNBC: Q: The people who use nuclear transfer generally say that the technique is optimized for producing the stem cells rather than making babies. They would not want to equate this with the process that produces embryos that were fit for implantation, and theyd argue that theyre using the reproductive process differently A: See, youre trying to define it away, and it doesnt work. If you create an embryo by nuclear transfer, and you give it to somebody who didnt know where it came from, there would be no test you could do on that embryo to say where it came from. It is what it is. Its true that they have a much lower probability of giving rise to a child. But by any reasonable definition, at least at some frequency, youre creating an embryo. If you try to define it away, youre being disingenuous. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8303756/
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
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A while back at work, intending to write the word "fishbowl" on a post-it note ("fishbowl" is a name for one of the shapes of glass we use), I, without hesitation or intention, wrote the word "fuck" instead.
Ah. So fitting a comment for every day of the last three months.
Fuck fuck fuckity fuck.
Holy Mother of Fuck.
Feckin' fucking fucker.
And below it: OMG.
With every step I look down into air, off the side of the cliff, the ground no longer present.
I would love it if someone -- anyone -- would FedEx me a patch of earth on which to plant my feet so that there is time to take a breath.
Living The Full Catastrophe, day in, day out.
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Well, you have to go through this so might as well make it the best it can be......it's all good, T., even the bad stuff! Sometimes jumping off a cliff is a good thing (I did it when I moved back to NM and it's been wonderful since then!!!).
WE'RE WITH YOU ON THIS.........don't forget! You have many friends and a good family....you are lucky!
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The trio from San Francisco known as Pance Party have been killing the hype machine lately with their excellent remixes and their rockin' EP titled A Million Puppies. The guys took some time out of their schedules to answer some questions for us at GDD so all of y'all could get to know the awesome Ben, Eric, and Andy a little better. Check it out!
B: Hey! Nice to meet you, we're Pance Party!
A: I think we found it in a fortune cookie?
E: I can recite every line of that movie, but no, the name of Pance Party was Prof. Swardy's concoction and I don't think Brick had anything to do with it…
B: Think Dance, think Pants, think Preposterous Dance Party (don't think Prance Party)… think waaay easier to standout in a google search. Stuff like that.
GDD: You've come out with the four-track Million Puppies EP this year and it is absolutely killer. Is the outcome what you originally thought it would be like when you first started producing it?
B: Music is like a huge donut. The bigger it gets, so bigger gets the hole. Ya know?
A: Well, since it was our first release we didn't quite know what to expect, but to see and hear the response we've gotten so far has been really exciting. Seeing random blog posts in Russian is pretty awesome, especially when they have lots of exclamation points after them.
E: Also it led to a great remix of Fun Factory by LA based "Valerna".
GDD: Why a million puppies? It seems like just so many puppies…
B: This one's for Eric. He really likes things like puppies and kitties and Taco Bell.
E: Well basically the intro of that song is the happiest tune of all time, and to me, the happiest possible thing imaginable is rolling around playing with a million puppies.
A: It actually started as a bit of a video concept…. And really, you can never have too many puppies. It's like having too many youtube videos of kids getting hit with big rubber balls…. just not possible.
GDD: What programs are you guys using to produce those nasty beats? Use anything different while doing a DJ set?
A: We produce with a little bit of everything: Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton, Reason, Reaktor. But our home base is really Logic. Too many awesome toys and effects to play with in that program to stay far away from it for long.
E: During the DJ set we're all Ableton.
GDD: Would you rather wear a permanent helmet or a permanent lifejacket, and why?
B: Life jacket — I really don't like in-ear headphones. I'm also fascinated with buoyancy…
A: I think it all depends on the kind of helmet we're talking about. I'd definitely choose permanent helmet if it were Viking or Spartan style, but an astronaut helmet? I think I'd have to go with the lifejacket there.
E: How about this…"hot dog on a stick" hat.
GDD: How did you three guys come together to make up the party? Have you all been into music for a while?
A: We're all finishing up music school together in San Francisco, and we've been working together for about seven months now.
B: Pance Party is a Nickelback cover band.
E: I like turtles.
GDD: What were your favorite bands/artists when you were in junior high?
A: I had some serious angst in Junior high, so I gravitated towards bands like Korn and Rage. But I also had a sensitive spot in my heart which I filled with Dave Matthews Band and lots of porn.
E: During middle school it was all about Smashing Pumpkins, Tupac, and Metallica. In that order.
B: When you play Battle Toads for Nintendo, and you hit pause, there's this really sick little pause-screen jam that plays as long as you want.
GDD: I know you've recently came out with a couple of remixes, are we going to see any new productions in the near future?
E: Currently we're just finishing up a Presets remix and a Chester French remix. But we've got a few originals in the works…
GDD: Andy I know you are actually building your own controllers right? That touch screen controller for Ableton is nuts how did you get into that?
A: So I've been working on that project for about a year now, and as fun as it is, I think that multitouch can't quite compare with real instruments and controllers that you can actually feel – but luckily I'm working on a few ideas that will address just that. Right now I'm working with Moldover, who's really the godfather of controllerism – if anybody's into custom controllers you should really check him out.
GDD: If all of you had one word to describe your music what would it be?
A: Panceparty…. That doesn't count? Alright: Fresh.
E: Omnispheric
B: Obama-esque
GDD: And finally, what do you have to say to your Pance Party fans out there? Any words of wisdom to beginning producers?
A: Well, to Pance Party fans: Hearing from you guys is the best part about this experience. Keep your eyes peeled for more new material soon.
B: And to producers, Socialize… Get out of your bedroom. Someone is already doing what your doing but better, and faster. So go make friends with a hundred producers in OR outside your genre and learn about their workflow. Then, follow @panceparty on twitter and we GUARANTEE 16,000 targeted followers in the next three months or your money back. By the way, we love GottaDanceDirty and so can you!
GDD: Thanks for taking the time guys. Can't wait to hear more from you in the future.
Here are two of their newest remixes available for download, and you can also download their whole EP here from a prior post.
•Chester French-She Loves Everybody (Pance Party Remix)
•The Presets-Kicking and Screaming (Pance Party's Never Grow Up RMX)


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Lot 41: Taino Human/Animal Transformation Pendant (1000-1500 CE)
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Description: Taino Human/Animal Transformation Pendant (1000-1500 CE). A large stylized human-animal transformation pendant carved from a grey basalt-like stone. Slit raised eyes emphasize a drug induced trance commonly experienced by spiritualists. On reverse are ribs and a belly button. 3.5"L x 1.75"W, (9 x 4 cm).


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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Town and country, and a party for a book
Last weekend, I went to Brighton on Friday night, and failed yet again to get any pictures of Jan, her flat or the views therefrom, or the Brighton ICHF Show. I started off well, with a nice photo of sunset over Chelsea Bridge [please correct me; I'm an ignoramus; from the map we thought that was the most likely candidate];
and then left my camera in the bag which was propping up a basket of yarn all day... But it was lovely, and Jan and Yvonne and Annie and Fred were there , and although I wasn't in the main drag of the teaching, I showed a few people a few techniquey-type things, and purchases were made. One has already been gifted, the other will be handed over tomorrow; and then There Was Yarn. Most of it has been dyed for the weekend. But I'll blog the rest as I knit it up...
Since then, I've tried to pack a five-day week into a three-day one, mainly by avoiding unhealthy things like sleep; but as far as I'm concerned, it's Friday night now...
Now going back to the title of this, and not wanting to get all Beatrix Potter on anyone (I'm not sure I was ever that keen, although Jemima Puddleduck and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle spring to mind, mainly because of pretty bonnets and sprigged gowns; the only one I really loved was the Tailor of Gloucester with its illustrations - cats, needles, cherry-coloured yarn, utterly unrealistic Christmas deadlines, nope, no idea why I liked that one...) , until I got this job, I'd have counted myself as a country-mouse; happy to go up to town every now and then but basically content to be provincial. On mornings like today's, travelling from this (village station, 8:03 am)
to this (corner of Westminster Bridge and Parliament Street looking over Westminster Abbey, 9:37 am)
is really very pleasant. (I've no idea whether it cleared up in the village during the day - the fog had re-descended by the time I got home 11 hours later...) I'm doing the village a disservice, but the Fens in February are not, and have never been, my favourite place to be. And there is something slightly unnervingly Ruritanian about those propane cylinders right next to the track, firing off semi-controlled pop-pop-pop-pop noises in little explosions under the tracks to keep the points ice-free...
even if you can't stay very long when you get there! That's Woolly Wormhead, signing my copy of her book. There were hats galore, a full array of the glamorous models from the book (I was leaving as the last arrived fashionably late), presents flying around, and lots of knitters. MLQ was also there, but we just sort of waved at each other in the distance... This blogging business is sometimes really odd - I think I'd met MLQ before at Ally Pally; but I'm not entirely sure...
The photo above is really unflattering; sorry, Woolly - you were looking very fine when not exposed to a horribly harsh flash!! So I'm also going to post this one, which probably qualifies as a Heroically Bad Photo, but actually conveys the essence better - I tried several without flash, but there was some Serious Explaining (and therefore general animation) going on... But once I cropped this, I really liked it...
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4 comments:
- Mary-Lou said...
Hello to you too!
- February 13, 2008 10:20 pm
- Rosie said...
I can't believe you've done all this, are about to do all you're about to do, have been to work and have still found time to blog. Oh, and the fog refused to shift from Girton all day!
- February 13, 2008 10:52 pm
- Liz said...
And yet still haven't blogged the very beautiful things people made me for Christmas? Denial, I think...
- February 13, 2008 11:02 pm
- Woolly Wormhead said...
I'm glad you could make it, it was lovely to see you! And thank you so much for the pressies - they shall be appearing onmy blog once I've taken some photos.... seems I'm struggling with the flash, too ;)
I like that 2nd photo also - much more atmospheric - why does a flash have to be so harsh? x - February 15, 2008 9:39 am
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(1) Mean dark rate including glow normalized to counts/pixel/second
(2) hot pixels (>1e-4 c/s) + base level measured in dark corner
(3) glow only (1) minus (2)
Data provided for 5 epochs
Epoch | Date range | Avg in glow region [400:800,1200:1600] |
Avg in dark corner [1800:2000,20:220] |
number hot pixels >1e-4 |
total exp time(s) |
epoch1 | Apr 1997 - Aug 1998 | 3.597E-6 | 1.644E-6 | 87 | 178803.5 |
epoch2 | Aug 1998 - Nov 1999 | 1.079E-5 | 1.652E-6 | 428 | 173880 |
epoch3 | Dec 2000 - May 2001 | 1.236E-5 | 1.605E-6 | 1431 | 194580 |
epoch4 | Mar 2002 - May 2003 | 1.539E-5 | 1.563E-6 | 2607 | 161280. |
epoch5 | May 2003 - Aug 2004 | 1.647E-5 | 1.541E-6 | 2489 | 172500. |
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- Flag hot pixels (>1e-4 c/s in mean dark) and remove them from the raw science image (set to average "dark corner" dark rate or to median of surrounding pixels).
- Subtract average "dark corner" dark rate from the hot pixel cleaned raw science image to produce an intermediate raw science image.
- Smooth the appropriate "glow only image" with a guassian smoothing kernel to reduce pixel-to-pixel noise in the dark. The size of the best smoothing kernel will depend on the nature of the science data and the science goals.
- Find a region in the science image where the dark glow is strong and the real external signal from the source is negligible (for long split spectroscopic observations, the part of the detector obstructed by the aperture bars might be suitable. Look at the wavecal image to find where this is). Use the dark rate in this region to scale the smoothed glow only image.
- Subtract the scaled glow image from the intermediate raw science image produced in step 2.
- Run the resulting image through calstis (with "DARKCORR" now set to omit) to perform other calibration steps such as flat field correction, and spectral extraction. Faint point sources are likely to require a customized spectral extraction (see STIS data handbook).


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... and you think YES this is awesome? Well, I unfortunately experienced it the other way around. Right from the first minute in HK I felt out of place. I don't know why.. There is plenty of stuff to do here, the city is actually great fun. I would love to spend a week and then head home, but 4 months is soooo long. On top of that I chose the wrong courses (darnit) and am struggling a lot to keep up, and I'm pretty stressed about not passing all courses ...
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... restaurant with a waiter who spoke 6 languages. Not so incredible here, in fact it is more rare to only speak one language.
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Alex and her friend, Chesca, arrived late last night for an unexpected visit. They slept over, no one got up for breakfast and, by lunch time, I knew that everyone could use a substantial meal. This pork steak stew was the lunch I prepared. A hearty stew with a blend of subtle flavors. A simpler version of caldereta, actually. I browned seasoned pork steaks in a cast iron skillet, added vegetables, broth, tomato and lechon sauce, and let everything cook slowly for the better part of an hour.
Pork steaks can be from any part of the animal. For even cooking, however, I recommend that they be similarly sized and be no more than three-fourths inch thick. I used pork belly, bone in, but you can use pork chops too. For better flavor, use a pork cut with some bones. Like I always say, the flavor is in the bones.
For non-Filipinos, lechon sauce is a sweet-tangy sauce made with mashed pork liver and traditionally served as a dipping sauce for lechon. It is available in bottles. If unavailable, liver paté or canned liver spread may be substituted — just dilute in a little broth until of pouring consistency.
- 4 to 6 pork steaks
- salt, pepper and a little cayenne powder
- 2 large potatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1 carrot, cubed
- ⅓ c. of sweet peas
- 2 tbsps. of sliced black olives
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ c. of tomato sauce, preferably homemade
- ½ c. of lechon sauce (I used bottled)
- ½ to ¾ c. of meat broth
- Sprinkle both sides of the pork steaks with a little salt, pepper and cayenne.
- Heat a cast iron skillet. If you're not using a cast iron skillet, you may have to coat the bottom of the pan with a little oil.
- Arrange the pork steaks in a single layer. Cook over high heat until the underside is lightly browned and the pork has rendered a little fat. Flip to brown the opposite side.
- Scatter the potato wedges, onion slices, crushed garlic, carrot cubes, olives, bay leaf and peas over the pork steaks. Sprinkle everything generously with salt and pepper.
- Pour in the tomato sauce, lechon sauce and ½ c. of meat broth. Bring to the boil. Lower the heat. Cover and simmer for 45 to 50 minutes. There is no need to stir.
- If the liquid dries up before the meat and vegetables are done, add the rest of the broth. Taste occasionally and adjust the seasonings, if necessary.
- Note that there will be very little but thick sauce by the end of cooking time. If you prefer a more saucy stew, add more broth. I have to say though that too much broth and you might end up with a soup rather than a stew.


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It's been three weeks since the City Council's vote for a major shake-up of the city's municipal judges, and the dust is only now beginning to settle. This week, the council narrowly endorsed the concept of adding Cheryl Williams and Tim Gonzalez back to the bench as additional full-time judges. A final vote on that idea comes next week.
So now, let's take a look at some of the factors that went into the judicial committee's recommendation of which judges should stay and which should go. As you recall, the committee sent the final candidates court-improvement recommendations created by Assistant City Manager A.C. Gonzalez. The candidates were to respond with their own thoughts.
"The responses we got from our judicial candidates were incredibly informative," judicial committee co-chair Angela Hunt told her council colleagues. She said they weren't looking for yes-men or yes-women; they were looking for the most thoughtful responses. "We didn't look for judges who were just going to line the city's pockets."
City Attorney Tom Perkins doesn't want you to see these responses. He's asked the state attorney general for permission to keep them secret. His reasoning is flimsy, but that's just my own non-lawyer opinion.
I got the candidate responses through another source. Check them out after the jump. Meanwhile, I also got the summaries for each judge of the evaluations by prosecutors and defense attorneys -- something else Perkins doesn't want you to see. Check that out here.
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Judges selected
Daniel L. Ryan
Daniel Solis
C. Victor Lander
Jay E. Robinson
Julie Clancy
Kathryn Hoang
Michael Acuna
Paula M. Rosales Aldana
Preston W. Robinson Jr.
Shereen R. Eldomeiri
William Marple
To be added as full-time judges with budget amendment
Cheryl Williams
Timoteo F. Gonzalez
To be added as part-time judge with budget amendment
Ruth Catherine Logan
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Carrie L. Chavez
David C. Indorf
E.A. (Elizabeth) Srere
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All of a sudden, Rachael made me realize that I could indeed make my own Miso soup. And that it was not that difficult. I trusted her (the same way I hope you trust me when I write that my daily cooking is not that difficult at all!) and decided to take her up on the challenge to make Miso soup this week.
The process is easy (I followed Rachael's recipe for dashi and then used wakame, edamame, and tofu for the soup). The results was good. I am sure that Rachael's tastes much better but for a first experience at home, I was quite happy with myself. Then it came to feeding it to my family! It was not a great success. Sadly. My husband, who I can say, has a much narrower palate than mine, never had Miso soup before. He does not like tofu (well, I don't think he has had good tofu ever). He did say that it was "good" but definitively not something he would crave for. As for my daughter, she ate a few spoons so as to try. But that was it. My son was already down for his nap so he did not eat Miso soup! Since I have plenty of Miso left, I'll make myself more Miso soups in the coming weeks. Super!
As I was explaining to my husband what ingredients were in the Miso soup he just had, I looked more closely at the Katsuobushi packaging and discovered ....a recipe for French Onion Soup! Well, an Asia version of soupe à l'oignon! That made us laugh! Comme quoi, everything is cultural when it comes to cooking, n'est-ce-pas?
This whole experience made me want to try to open up my family horizon when it comes to food : Indian, Chinese, Japanese, African, etc. This is my new personal challenge for the coming months. Cooking something different from what my family is used to at least twice a month... It will give us a chance to talk about other countries, other people... and to taste new things! Any good food blog/cook book you recommend?
One of the first challenges is to find a good recipe to feed tofu to my family. I will ask my friend Minh from Hodo Soy Beanery for help when it comes to tofu! He made me taste some of his tofu a few years ago when they were starting their company and that was an eye-opening experience. And since then, I do believe that tofu can be something different from this bland and spongy stuff....I'll keep you posted.
In the meantime, I think that we could all invest a little bit of time to expose our children to other types of food. It does not have to be fancy: you could well start with a vegetable or cheese that you have never purchased... (but please, no offense, but if you want a French recipe for French onion soup, come back to me, right?) So, next time you go grocery shopping, challenge yourself! Bon Appétit!
Ingredients (recipes from La Fuji Mama)
For the dashi (stock):
- 4 cups (1 liter ) water
- 3 pieces/sprigs Kombu
- 1/2 cup loosely packed katsuobushi (bonito flakes)
For the soup:
- 3 1/2 cups (875 ml) dashi
- 3 Tbs miso
- a few sprigs/pieces dry wakame, cut into small pieces and soaked in cold water for 5 minutes
- 1/2 cup edamame
- Tofu (cut into small cubes)
My Personal Comments:
- Soak kombu in cold water for 15 minutes
- Put water over medium heat. Just before boiling, remove from heat and drop the bonito flakes.
- Start soaking wakame in cold water
- After 3-4 minutes, strain the stock over a strainer covered with a coffee filter
- Bring 3 1/2 cups stock to a boil.
- Take 1/2 cup of the stock and pour it over the miso and whisk so as to dilute the miso.
- Add wakame and edamame to the stock and simmer for 1-2 minutes
- Add miso and tofu and reheat (but do not boil). Serve immediately
- If you want to read about different types of miso, go to Rachel's webpage.
- You could add white fish, scallions, green onions, mushrooms to your Miso instead of tofu and wakame. I used edamame because that's what I had at home (you can't see it on the picture because they drowned!)


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Elena Castillo worked to give her family an education
Published 7:35 pm, Sunday, June 16, 2013
Elena Castillo attended school only through the sixth grade, but she worked diligently so her family could get an education. She raised three children while her husband went to school and later saw her children attend college.
"She expressed her love by doing," daughter Irma Calderón Woodruff said.
Castillo died June 8 at 78.
She was born in Mexico City. Her father was a district judge and lawyer in Chihuahua and Ciudad Juárez. Castillo's mother would take her and her sister to dances in the community, and that's where she spotted José Antonio Calderón, whom she immediately decided would be her husband because he was a good dancer. She was 14.
They got married when she was 15 and had three children by the time she was 19.
She learned the importance of education from her father and convinced her husband to move to the United States so their children could get an education and dual citizenship there.
After the family's move to San Diego, Calif., Castillo's father hired her husband in Tijuana, Mexico, on the condition that he complete high school.
Elena stayed in San Diego, making pockets for men's suits in a factory.
Castillo's husband continued on to law school in Zacatecas, Mexico, and she and the children moved to El Paso, where she became her father's office manager, commuting to Ciudad Juárez.
"We've always had a cross-border lifestyle," Woodruff said. "We had a commuter relationship with my dad for four years."
Castillo often had her children spend time in Mexico with nannies who lived in colonias — in cinder-block homes with dirt floors and no air conditioning — so they wouldn't forget their humble beginnings.
"This is what's going to happen," Woodruff said, repeating what her mother told them. "You'll be like this if you don't go to college."
In 1993, after Castillo's husband had died and she retired, she moved to San Antonio with Woodruff.
They attended Holy Spirit Catholic Church, where they realized only English-language catechism classes were offered. So Castillo began a class for Spanish-speakers.
She also decided to hold a monthly meeting to educate the women about such things as health care and where to buy authentic Mexican food. The group became known as Las Rorras, or The Dolls. Woodruff said they still meet monthly to practice and retain their Spanish language and traditions.
Although Castillo understood the importance of learning English, she was outspoken about retaining her native language as well. In their monthly meetings, Castillo decreed that the women could speak only Spanish.
"She had a strong character," Woodruff said.


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My life in Korea! It was amazing, beautiful, passionate...
But mostly I am grateful for all the growing and learning I did in Korea. A place where the flow of life is non-Western makes one learn not just to survive but also fit in. I think I put in my best effort here. I embraced the culture by traveling to many sites around the country, engaged in cultural affairs and exercised respecting their way of life. Even though I'm leaving I know a piece of myself will always be dedicated to Korea and the hard work I spent living and surviving here. With that said I can't help but be grateful for my Korean life this Thanksgiving season.
I came to Korea as an eager 27 year old ready to see the world and explore. I was also full of a lot of ambition. What I encountered when I arrived in Korea were not just a set of challenges but situations where I realized my strengths and weaknesses. Even though I worked with some tough people, been left tired from working 10 classes at a hagwon, I never blamed Korea. I've always known that Korea is the way it is and there isn't much I can do to change it. However, the key was to adapt and fit in to this Korean life.
Who knows, maybe I will return to Korea someday if I really miss this place. Until then I'm going to keep positive and be grateful for coming this far and knowing I could have gone even further.
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Papaya Paradise
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That all looks delicious. I especially like the sound of the facial bars. Hm...I might need one.
ReplyDeleteRepliesYou want to do a soap swap? I'll send you a set of these goodies!
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i would love to order a puck.. what do you use for a mold, the soap looks like ahuge piece? jennyfilip@yahoo contact me.. thanks a bunch.
What a beautiful combination of facial and body, congratulations! Lovely color and I like the idea of papaya! Eating papaya I like lilikoi juice with lilikoi seeds sprinkled on top or lime juice. Ah when will these be cured?
ReplyDeleteI love papaya and this looks awesome! Can you/Will you share your recipe with us? I love handmade soap! Yummm Makes me feel good all over, and the best part . . . NO dry skin!
ReplyDeleteRepliesAmazing soaps! I am stunned how you come up with new ideas all the time! And the ingredients you use... gosh, you must spend a fortune! I am always looking forward to your new post!
DeleteDebrah, there's no specific recipe needed, any soap recipe can use papaya purée. All I did was using 1/2 water to dissolve lye then use 1/2 papaya purée + coconut milk + honey for the rest. This is not recommended for beginners, only if you have cold process soap experience!
If you had asked me 5 minutes ago if I would EVER use papaya in a soap, I would have vehemently said no, it is sacrilege, rather put it in your mouth! However, looking at these gorgelicious soaps I have this heavenly vision of making a papaya soap, gracefully stirring it to trace while sipping a tall glass of smooth, cold papaya juice and little soap angels playing their harps. Thanks for the 'creative playground'.
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Not long ago, venture capitalists were talking about how Bitcoin was going to transform the global currency system and render governments powerless to police monetary transactions. Now the cryptocurrency is fighting for survival. The reality came to light on January 14, when its influential developer, Mike Hearn, declared Bitcoin a failure and disclosed that he had sold all of his Bitcoins. The price of Bitcoin fell 10 percent in a single day on the news, a sad result for those who are losing money on it.
Bitcoin did have great potential, but it is damaged beyond repair. A replacement is badly needed.
Most currency and transaction systems today are opaque, inefficient, and expensive. Take the North American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ, as an example. It is amongst the most technologically advanced in the world. Yet if I buy or sell a share of Facebook on the NASDAQ, I have to wait several days for the trade to finalize and clear. This is unacceptable; it should take milliseconds.
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Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a poolside bar, and a spa tub are onsite.
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Holiday Inn Fort Lauderdale Airport provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests during limited hours. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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- Free newspapers in lobby
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- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 150
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- Cribs/infant beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Free dial-up Internet access
- Pillow menu
Where to Eat
Aquatic Cafe - This restaurant serves breakfast and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: USD 13.95 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Holiday Inn Fort Lauderdale Airport
- Holiday Inn Hotel Fort Airport Lauderdale
- Holiday Inn Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel