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Stephen Crane was an American novelist, poet and journalist. The eighth surviving child of highly devout parents—his father was a Methodist minister and his mother was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union—Crane was mostly raised by his older siblings in various parts of New Jersey. After attending several post-secondary institutions, including Claverack College, Lafayette College, and Syracuse University, he left schooling behind and traveled to New York to work as a reporter of slum life.
Crane's first novel was 1893's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, which he followed with numerous short stories, poems, and accounts of war, all of which earned him praise but did not bring him the great acclaim he received for his 1895 Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage. Capitalizing on the novel's success, Crane became a highly paid war correspondent, covering conflicts in Greece and Cuba for newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. During the last year of his life he took refuge in the south of England, where he lived with his common-law wife, Cora Taylor, the former madam of a Jacksonville brothel. Plagued by exhaustion and ill health, Stephen Crane died of tuberculosis in a sanatorium in the Black Forest at the age of twenty-eight. Today he is considered one of the most innovative writers to emerge in the United States during the 1890s and one of the founders of Literary realism.
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"In the desertI saw a creature, naked, bestial,Who, squatting upon the ground,Held his heart in his hands,And ate of it.I said: "Is it good, friend?""It is bitter-bitter," he answered;"But I like itBecause it is bitter,And because it is my heart."
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Yep, looks to me as though that combo of heft and flex won't put all that much on the ball. I'd also expect the string bed to be slightly less lively in a mid layout that my C10's... and those are sort of mellow. I tried the Yonex RQiS 1 Tour a while back and that racquet had some similar specs, including the static weight (don't recall the flex rating of the Yonex, but it was rather soft). Only after I put some 3/9 o'clock lead on the Yonex along with a bunch on the handle for the HL balance I prefer did that 95" frame come to life. In its stock layout with syn. gut at mid-range, there was just nothing to it. This O10 mid looks like it will perform a lot like that RQiS 1 out of the box.
If the racket ALLOWS a player to swing faster with better contact, it can hit harder than even a PureDrive....for that player. Not everyone can swing a PDR fast and consistent. Kinda like, you don't need to take a VulcanMiniGun into a gunfight inside a hall closet, when an ordinary pistol can do the job just fine.
I don't really understand how one knows how a racket will play until you actually spend time with it. Specs do not necessarily determine how a racket will play. The Organix sticks have a unique feel.
Well, physics can't really be denied unless the spec is dubious. It weighs this much, bends this much, swings this fast it is going to make the ball do X. J
Physics cannot be denied but it is constantly evolving. I would put more credence in someone's actually experience hitting with the stick. Specs will put get you closer to a good fit but hitting for several hours will provide you with definitive information that "cannot be denied".
Mine is on the way,Bit the bullet without a demo,the PB 10 with lead is an absolute beast,Solid,stable,the open pattern really allows the balls to fly off the bed,More pop then my Vcore 89" I have no doubt that with the extra head weight it"ll be ripping through wet kleenex,and my opponents.Really excited to hit this stick.i'll do my usual gut poly 50 lbs, and hit with it for a week,and ill post back to give a mini review. take care
hi Jolly,^^ My pb"s i have two 6" strips at 9&3,usually weigh them up to the 365g range, Gut/poly 50lbs.For banging with the big boys the pb mid really delivers a blow.The open pattern is what sets this stick apart from most mids,along with the buttery smooth contact,really dampens the stick no unwanted feedback, ill give it a go at stock to see how she plays and holds up to basline bashing.but ill have to lead it up for my likeing.never hit with an organix volkl,interesting to see how the technology will work.if it does at all?
That sounds like a nice all-courter's setup for a player who hits a clean stinging flattish trajectory (slight hump 2-3' net clearance) with enough spin to stabilize the arc, and kick forward a bit when it hits the court. I imagine it is solid and consistent in rallies, and has some sneaky pop when you need to sting one, but not something you would just want to constantly wail on the ball with and push the other guy through the back curtain. J


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Maus Habitos
Serves meat, vegan options available. Reportedly no longer vegetarian restaurant by day, but still veg-friendly. Youth culture clubhouse at night with handicrafts and homemade cakes sold, in addition to massage service, cocktails, and DJ spinning house music. Located on the 4th floor of an old parking garage in the city center. Open Mon-Fri 1:00pm-3:00pm.
Category: Vegan-friendly, Lacto, Ovo, Non-veg
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First Review by louis
nice location
place with a wide varity of vegetarian pizza options. the only vegan options on the menue are falafel and some ice-cream. according to a friendly staff girl the pizza dough is made with eggs. the falafel was not so good when I got it.
if you looking for some vegan food check another place.
Pros: nice location
Cons: only one vegan option
Really cheap place in the city centre!
Went here a couple of times and I think it's a pretty good restaurant. It's really cheap and their pizzas are good!
I think the veggie burger was alright aswell but it was a pretty small portion (its really cheap though so it makes sense).
They dont have that many options but the ones they have are good!
It's located in the city centre but a bit hard to find as they dont really have any signs outside.
Pros: Cheap, Good pizzas, Good location
Cons: Few choices
Nice place with veg and vegan options
Awesome and cosy place with a great view. Great food; my girlfriend ate a vegan burger which was very Nice. I ate a vegetarian pizza which was extremely good. Prices were good.
Possibility to have a menu ( 8€ for appetizer, soup, main dish, drink and coffee). Always a vegetarian option but not necissarily vegan...
Pros: cheap, good food, great location
Cons: they serve meat
After I heard about this restaurant being praised, I was disappointed when I tried it myself. The vegan/vegetarian options are not very extensive, while well-indicated in the menu. The staff wasn't too helpful when choosing either. After ordering and ensuring twice my food will be vegan, the ordered soup never arrived and the vegan hamburger came with a white sauce on the side. I asked if its vegan, and the waiter said it might not be. Being allergic to milk, I asked if he could confirm in the kitchen. It wasn't vegan, but no problem since it was on the side in a bowl. Anyway, the food wasn't as good as I'd expect. I will not go back.
Pros: Cheap food, Cool environment
Cons: Not enough choice for vegs, Brought non-veg sauce with vegan option, Staff is not very helpful
Nice alternative atmosphere
This place has a nice alternative atmosphere.
I have been there twice for lunch eating the menu which cost 8 Euros and includes a starter, a juice, soup, the main dish and a coffee. Both times it was delicous.
They also have a couch if you just want to chill out and have a drink.
Vegetarian restaurant and cultural cafe
This is the kind of place I would regularly visit if I lived in Porto. The location is a bit obscure, but that creates a unique kind of atmosphere. It's a place where you can not only eat, but also hang out, have a few drinks, listen to music, and more.
We came on a Saturday night; in addition to lunches during the week days, they offer pizza on Friday and Saturday night. There were six different options, and two of them were vegetarian. The guy working also told us we could mix and match, so get one of the "meat" pizzas but with veggies instead, etc. This kind of flexibility would also allow you to get a vegan pizza, as long as you asked for no cheese.
The food was food, and fresh, and tasty. Two pizzas and two drinks came to less than €20.
Pros: Great view , Tasty and inexpensive food, Laid-back vibe
Cons: Not 100% vegetarian like advertised
Very nice
This were one of the two favourite spots in Porto.
We had lunch. The atmosphere was relaxed and friendly, the meal was good.
The price had a very good value.
The restaurant is on the top of an old parking deck - very nice.
Sou cliente frequente desde Janeiro,pois fui muito bem recomendado por uma amiga que costuma ir varias vezes, ao contrario de certos comentários que foram feitos nesta pagina,sempre que vou la fui muito bem servido,como a nível alimentar tento sempre uma opção vegan ainda sendo um restaurante vegetariano,há sempre uma opção vegan,e a nível de staff um excelente atendimento,tento sempre um ambiente amigável onde sempre me sinto bem.
Ainda me privilegio de uma vista fantástica.
Recomendo tanto de Dia como a Noite.
Pros: comida fantastica, ambiente amigável , vista fantastica
Cons: nada a dizer
Not so good...
This place was a disaster!!! I had high expectation, l know this place for ages but I went for the first time during April 2013.
So they had no vegan options and we ended up eating vegetarian, not tasteful at all, raw badly prepared food, very small portions (we ended up going eating at some place else after!!! Really!!!). The staff was nice but didn't give any information on how it worked! We didn't even now we could eat dessert... A disaster! There are other amazing option in Porto!! Don't recommend it at all!!! If you want to know Maus Habitos go there by night!
Pros: Location, Classic Oporto's spot
Cons: Overpriced, Small portions, Not helpful staff
my favourite find!
As people have mentioned before, Maus Habitos is on the 4th floor of a garage/carpark.
The eating area has amazing views, and a little courtyard where you can sit outside and eat.
The menu is set and seems to change daily. The staff are really really helpful, and very friendly, its completely vegetarian, and there is always a vegan option too.
The day we went I had a tofu and olive pate with bread, broccoli soup, a rainbow chilli with yellow rice and salad, strawberry and lime juice and coffee for 7.50EUR, 9EURO would give you a dessert.
The food was tasty and fresh, the atmosphere chilled out. There is plenty of info on their website; http://www.maushabitos.com/
They have bands play on an evening, DJ set etc, although I didnt go to any of these.
I wish we had found this sooner.
Pros: beautiful views, fresh food, friendly staff
Good Food
It is a restaurant above a parking house. You can take a lift to the 4th floor. The atmosphere is very nice and friendly. The choice is limited (only one meal), but very good.
Pros: good food, friendly staff
Good Lunch
Maus Habitos is less a restaurant than a club for a bit of an alternative scene, including music in the evenings (Fado even). Not easy to find, it was recommended to us by the hotel we stayed at otherwise you can't 'stumble' upon it... Food is only served during lunchtime. It is a fixed menu of soup, main course and optional desert plus a drink. Only possible choice was between two types of beverage. We enjoyed the food very much in a nice atmosphere (we sat in the inner courtyard). The price is very reasonable for the amount and quality we received.
Pros: price, food, staff
Cons: only lunch
Maus Habitos
This restaurant provides easy atmosphere, children may play on the ground.
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wonderful restaurant
This restaurant is open only during the day. The waitress didn't speak English but she asked another guest to translate for us :-) The food is good and the price is cheap. I strongly recommend this restaurant if you stay in Porto!!!
Pros: price, food
Bad Habits
Called here for lunch on a Saturday. Cafe is situated within a nondescript building. Was told by a man doing some work there that the vegetarian cafe is only open week days for lunch. A shame as there are few options in Porto and this is situated in a busy area.
Pros: central location
Cons: week days only
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Cute Outfit of the Day: These Shoes Were Make for Walking
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It doesn't happen very often, so please take note....I'm wearing flats! I'm only 5ft tall and I just think I look better when I have a bit of a heel. I swear heels make you look 5-10 lbs skinnier! These are my fake Sperry's. They are originally from Target but I got them at Goodwill for only $4! They are some of the most comfy shoes I own! I always wear these when my husband and I take a walk.
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This investment textbook offers students the chance to learn about how they can take their knowledge from college study of markets and investing out into the real world and apply it. It does not focus to heavily on figures and analysis but rather teaches students how to apply their own instincts and perceptions of how the market works. These are invaluable tools for students who choose to pursue careers in this area. It is written in a perceptive and engaging style and uses plenty of market related examples aiding study and clarity. We offer many cheap investment textbooks that you can choose to rent or buy brand new. For those college students who have graduated we also buy textbooks meaning you can sell textbooks online to us. Zvi Bodie is the author of 'Essentials of Investments with S&P Card (The McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)', published 2009 under ISBN 9780077339180 and ISBN 0077339185.
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Sharon Wallace's "A House Full of Whispers" is the first in a trilogy about her life, beginning as an abused child and ultimately as a survivor of abuse. This first book begins with a little girl, Sharon, and her two older brothers, Paul and Mark, living with a foster family that abuses them. Eventually, they are returned to an orphanage—the local "Home for Waifs and Strays" in Caerleon, Wales.
Sharon and her brothers are well-cared for in the orphanage, although they do have their disappointments—Sharon is especially unhappy that she gets a broken doll for Christmas. But at least the orphanage is a safe place for them, safer than their foster home. As Sharon gets older, she questions what became of her parents; she only has vague memories. Her older brother tells her they are dead, but she is unsure when she picks up on contradictions in his story.
Then one day, a woman appears at the orphanage who says she is their mother. Sharon and her brothers are excited, relieved, and hesitant about accepting her, but eventually, they go to live with her, her new husband, whom Sharon calls Stepfather in her thoughts but Dad to his face, and their half-sister, June. Sharon asks her mother what became of her father but does not receive satisfactory answers for a long time—however, because her father does not provide any child support, her mother immediately makes Sharon and her brothers take on a paper route to provide income to help with their room and board.
At first, things seem to work out for the siblings in their new home, but overtime, it becomes apparent that both Mother and Stepfather are abusive and unhappy adults. At certain points in the book, I have to admit I found their words and behaviors almost comical because they were so over the top in their lack of logic, meanness, and violent behavior, which is like an addiction in their inability to stop themselves once they begin beating the children. Mother is especially colorful in her language, surprising her children by her swearing at first, but later, just plain ridiculous. For example, at one point she tells Sharon:
You are a nothing! You have no one and you belong to no one! Even a piece of f—g wood belongs to something; it starts as a tree and ends up being something. No one wants an ugly a—s like you! The Arscotts threw you away just as easily as I throw c—p in the bin!"
Beyond her temper, Mother is not much of a housekeeper. The children rarely get to take baths. They are only allowed to change their underwear on Sundays. And because their mother does not wash their sheets, their stepfather leads them in contests to see who can catch the biggest fleas.
Worst of all is that Mother cannot even support Sharon when Stepfather begins having sexual interests in her. The most gripping, compelling, yet repulsive scenes result from his sexual pursuits of Sharon and her efforts to survive in and escape a house full of whispers where no one will listen, much less help her.
Although stories of abuse can be depressing and repulsive, I found "A House Full of Whispers" a deeply satisfying narrative because of its fast-paced action as well as its character development. While the readers' sympathies are always with Sharon, both Mother and Stepfather are so ridiculous that they are hard to like, yet there are moments when I actually felt sorry for them, such as when Mother finally tells Sharon about her real father, and Stepfather's complaints about having to raise another man's bastard children. While I would never condone their behavior, these scenes made both people three-dimensional and made me wish to know more about their own pasts that made them such dysfunctional beings.
The saddest part of this book is that through everything, Sharon holds on to hope. She continually envisions her mother holding her, standing up for her, taking her side against a sexually abusive stepfather. She dreams of her real father arriving to rescue her from her abusive childhood. She never gives up hope of being part of a happy family. I'm certain readers will feel compelled to go on to the second book "Surviving a House Full of Whispers" to find out whether Sharon ever achieves that dream.
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NOTE: Due to the Sandy Hook massacre and the renewed debate over gun control, the Second Amendment, gay marriage, human rights, and America's CULTURE, Duh Progressive believes it is appropriate to again post this True Op-Ed, written last July, detailing how President Obama and his political comrades view America and what they wish to transform it into. Thank you.
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On July 12th President Obama told CBS News that a president's job is to "tell the story" behind their policies, and that he regrets not telling the "story" of his policies well enough to the public. Besides sounding like a president who is explaining away a pending re-election defeat (God willing), Obama's comment was his typical velvet-gloved, back-handed "love tap" across the face of America. Gee, Mr. President, I didn't know we were supposed to crouch before you after recess for story time, as if we were still in the third grade.
Aside from that, the "story" Barack Obama claims he has not told accurately is vastly different than the one he would like to tell. As for that story, there are innumerable ways to tell it, none of which are short or easy, given how closely one examines it. But speaking on the President's behalf, and trying to extract myself from my own national and social-economic sphere, here is my stab at Obama's true, ultimate story in a nutshell:
Obama's story actually begins in 1885, when the Germans established a "protectorate" colony over the Sultan of Zanzibar's possessions along the Kenyan coast. Soon the British followed, establishing their presence in the country three years later. From then until the conclusion of World War I, the British and Germans bickered over how much they would possess of Kenya and which resources they would gather and exploit. Following the Germans' defeat in WWI, the British gained full dominance over Kenya, which as one could imagine, did not please native Kenyans much.
Not only did the British rule Kenya, but nearly the entire continent of Africa was under European domination by the time of "The War to End All Wars". Needless to say, most Africans, as anyone would, found their colonization a bit…uhh… "irritating'' at times. Further stoking their agitation was the rise of a social-econimic perception and philosophy called "Marxism," which if you were a subject of a colonizing foreign power provided some clear explanations as to why you were a "subject"; however gave not so much a solution for how to deal with your predicament than as to why it was occurring (via ruthless, capitalist greed).
And so in 1934 there was born a Barack Obama Sr. into a society –entire continent, really– ripe to shed the shackles of foreign domination, and which had a clear explanation of why they were dominated by mighty Europe to begin with. After all, how many former European colonies have not at least dabbled in, if not completely embraced the antithesis of the economic system (Socialism) of those who ruled over them? Answer: A HELL OF A LOT. ...And such embracement was an understandably emotional and popular knee-jerk reaction to those and that which had been occupying and exploiting them for generations.
So no, as uncomfortable as this may be for some of our more conservative readers to hear, Barack Obama's father was not without a grain of evidence to equate capitalism with colonialism, oppression, exploitation, torture, and sometimes genocide. This conclusion may seem as foreign to many of us as planet Mars, but to a Kenyan man with kids to feed who cannot get a job because the ruling British brought in Indians from one of their many other colonies to work the fields, shops, or railways on which he could be working, such conclusions may be a tad easier to reach. And so was born a Barack Obama Jr. in 1961 to a man of this mindset, a guilt-stricken white mother of similar mentality, and with more than a "grain" of evidence to back them up.
PAUSE FOR A MOMENT. This is NOT a condemnation of capitalism. Capitalism is, after all, the economic manifestation of human nature. People can be compassionate and helpful to one another. We can also be ruthless and cruel to one another. Capitalism embodies all of those traits, and simply pointing out its natural flaws does not mean one is against the entire system —we may as well discard humanity itself then. But that more cerebral assessment falls upon deaf ears to people who live in squalor and take orders from foreigners whose homelands are thousands of miles away and whose cultures and customs are bizarre, to say the least, and in many instances antithetical to theirs. END OF PAUSE.
Now enter: The United States of America.
From the Marxist perspective, from the moment the first white foot stepped on to the beaches of North America, the European to whom that foot belonged gazed in awe upon the continent he would inevitably dominate and devour. America would become no more than a somewhat different, yet grandiose replica of Europe's Africa, only this time it would eventually reign under the banner of "United" States.
Hopelessly addicted to their habits of exploitation, dominance and repression, Europeans, (themselves divided into their own feuding ethnicities, religions, and colonies-to-be-states), still somehow went about doing in the New World what they did best: living off the resources of others. Systematically enacting a largely uncoordinated policy of bait-and-switch and playing-off Native American tribes against each other, Europeans eventually succeeded in driving the natives from their land, and in some cases, let's admit, out-right exterminated them.
So thinking as Obama, with the eastern half of the New World under European domination, along with their institution of indentured servitude having mutated into race-based slavery, their child laborers, witch trials, second-class treatment of women, and Christian fundamentalism —the pious hallmark of white oppressors, particularly in the New World— there arose a mighty new nation, a "New Europe" if you will, made up of thirteen colonies, the goal of which was to first serve the economic demands of their masters in continental Europe, but also themselves.
In fact, it eventually became evident that the vast natural resources of the New World were such that the fractured future nation could sustain itself and be better off without England's involvement, particularly its onerous taxation. In fact, the onerous taxes of the British were such that they eventually pushed us capitalists here to do what money-grubbing capitalists do: escape; abscond; break "free".
So we exploiters of the earth, we mighty mishmash of palefaces huddled together in the thirteen colonies struck out on our own to conduct our exploitive capitalist (economically manifested human nature) ways without British control. And this break, speaking as Obama, was expressed in a peculiar and self-contradicting writ called the "Declaration of Independence", which was a rather strange title since so many in the future nation then were anything but. Nevertheless, we were now free to behave as our former European masters did, only this time it was continentally contained, largely until the late 19th Century, and justified by a little ol' document called the "Constitution."
Obama, the Constitution, and Social Darwinism:
The President has let it slip on several occasions his overriding take on America and humanity at large; his best quip recently being his condemnation of Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed budget in June, decrying it as "thinly veiled Social Darwinism." And that is EXACTLY how Obama views not only the history of America, but its Constitution as well.
Social Darwinism is commonly explained as the "survival of the fittest"; those who have the means and ability to rise and/or remain at the top of the social-economic strata have every reason and right to do so. It is the farthest extent of the libertarian ideology with which the Founding Fathers were inculcated when drafting the Constitution, according to Obama. So America was founded on conditions that were "free" for individuals to economically conduct themselves as they pleased –i.e. liberty. But that "liberty" spells enslavement and doom to those within a Social Darwinist society who fall or are born at the bottom of it. And that ability to rise within the Social Darwinist society is hampered even more when one is considered inferior due to ethnicity, religion, or gender by the ruling class which has established it. This is what President Obama sees when he envisions America's birth and how it still relatively exists.
To Obama, the Constitution is a Social Darwinist document –perhaps it's greatest! And capitalism is the inevitable economic system that evolves in a Darwinistic, might-makes-right society. The Constitution gives free reign for those with the pre-existing capability to financially and politically thrive under an 18th Century dogma the founders (conquerors!) of the United States followed; establishing a largely lawless land that allowed its ruling class –the wealthy, the white, and the male– to maintain their supremacy generation after generation.
If it had not been a white foot which fist stepped upon North America in the 15th Century, but a black foot, an Angolan princess, for example, followed by other settlers from West Africa who behaved as white people did after discovering our land's endless beauty and bounty, then the tide of our Social Darwinist society would have granted supremacy to Angolan princesses and other West African peoples...(heh, we could have been hailing the election of the first white president in 2008 as a step towards racial reconciliation and harmony). Ergo, whatever ruling group establishes a society based upon the (informal) doctrine of "survival of the fittest", then that group (''class,'' if you will) which has established it will remain supreme, be they white, black, Chinese, Christian, Muslim, or purple aliens from outer space.
As it happens, however, the bulk of the world from the 15th Century until recently, culminating with the rise of its greatest triumph in the 20th Century, the United States, has been dominated by white people (Westerners). You could chalk it up to a matter of "wrong race, wrong place, wrong time". And with that ruthless, Social Darwinistc dominance came with it its inherent economic twin of human nature —capitalism. Thus, all things capitalistic become synonymous with Western culture, and all things associated with it to people like Obama Sr., Jr., and countless others.
Regardless that slavery, racism, sexism, exploitation and genocide have existed in all corners of the world since the beginning of time, the fact that Europeans ended up being particularly adroit at them during the last 500 years (i.e. during the age of mass media, beginning with the printing press) earned them inextricable identity with them. So Social Darwinism becomes synonymous with those who are its greatest known practitioners, victors...and victims.
Obama proclaimed during his 2008 campaign that he seeks to "fundamentally change" America. In truth, Obama and his ilk are out to do much more. They seek to eliminate callous Social Darwinism and its economic Siamese twin, capitalism, throughout the entire world, replacing them with a global paradise in which there is no chance for exploitation, violence, discrimination, or even judgement based upon racial, cultural, religious, sexual, or any other human differences; where there can be no inequality of any sort, and where no one can rise above another in any regard, be it by fair, hard work, intelligence or not…a world where everyone gets a trophy...the same trophy.
The President wants to tell us "stories"? Well this is it! This is the story of Barack Obama's macro world view; a sad, massive case of reflexive overreaction to hundreds of years of perceived white male dominance, economic exploitation (capitalism), enslavement, genocide, and the lifeblood of all those things, a cruel dog-eat-dog mentality (Social Darwinism) perpetuated by Earth's primary rulers of the latter half-millennium. I would proclaim Obama a Marxist if it was not for the fact that based upon this view of human existence and the American experience, Barack Obama, well, out-Marxs Marx!
I understand how Africans like Obama's father would be anti-British (hey, I'm no fan of them myself, and I'm white and part-British). I sympathize with his anger and the anger of everyone who suffered under colonialism, or worked hard and obeyed the rules in free societies only to get nowhere and die destitute. And yes, I can understand how a Marxist view of the world and how capitalism operates would be attractive to not just poor brown people who were once someone's subject, but to poor people everywhere.
However the "dream solution" to all of these injustices always ends up being worse than the injustices themselves. Obama and his comrades' dream solution quickly morphs into a nightmare when we realize that the ultimate destination of the path they're taking us down (the primrose "We Must Right All Past and Remaining Injustices" path) leads to nothing but a synthetic, contrived, suffocating pseudo world; a forced, equally repressive blend of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron and Orwell's Animal Farm; a tyranny of the bland, where everyone gets a trophy, no matter what. It's a "dream" nearly enough to make Rousseau himself bust out the Gadsden flag.
However, like all ideologues, Obama, et al, believe that all the Socialist experiments which have failed in the past did so due to preventable reasons (internal corruption, sabotage, outside influences, etc.), and certainly not because their view of how people should behave and society should work is fundamentally flawed beyond function. 'Just give it another shot' they say of the Utopia they wish to create, 'it'll work...this time'. In fact, I know Leftists who don't even care if "it" works, just as long as they are steering society opposite from who and what they view has ruled it, and to hell with where that opposite direction may lead!
In any case, this is the story Barack Obama would really like to tell. It is one with an honest history of pain and suffering, and of trying to make America into the complete opposite of the cut-throat continent ruled by greedy European hyper-masculinity he sees it as. In many ways I feel sorry for Obama. I can understand how someone looking at the history of the world and the U.S. would be angry at the humanitarian injustices that occurred. But I also cannot help seeing the vast amount of good America has done for its people and the planet, and how its noble accomplishments immensely outshadows any of its sins.
I can understand Barack Obama. But that is still no excuse for him being Barack Obama.
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Pope Francis meets Benedict XVI
For the Vatican, today brought another "first" – two popes, one retired and one in office, met, had lunch and presumably talked about the various challenges facing the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis and ex-Pope Benedict made sure they met in private, respecting Benedict's wish that he retire to a "hidden" life that would in no way interfere with his successor.
But in the eyes of the faithful, those concerns were not so important.
"I came here to see the popes, naturally," one Italian woman told Italian television as she waited in front of the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo, hoping the two would make a joint appearance at the window.
"The popes" is something the Vatican does not talk about, because of course there is only one pope, Pope Francis. But Francis seemed to have no hesitation in seeking out his predecessor – to thank him, to share some impressions of his first 10 days in office and, perhaps, to ask advice.
I think one reason Pope Francis made the trip to Castel Gandolfo, where Benedict is temporarily residing, is that since his resignation Feb. 28 the former pope has appeared almost as an exile. He was probably the only ecclesiastical figure in the Rome region who did not attend Pope Francis' inaugural Mass last weekend, for example; instead, he had to watch it on TV.
This is Benedict's intention, and there are valid arguments for a retired pope keeping out of sight and out of mind. An ex-pope who travels the world, gives interviews and pronounces on Vatican affairs could create confusion for Catholics.
But if Benedict were simply to keep a low profile, writing and speaking with his usual discretion but without trying to make himself "invisible," it might actually help demystify the figure of a retired pope and make the whole idea more normal.
The small crowd outside the papal villa, situated in the Alban Hills 17 miles from Rome, cheered as Pope Francis' helicopter flew over and touched down behind the walls of the compound. From time to time they chanted the Italian names of the two popes: "Francesco" and "Benedetto."
What they couldn't see was later described in detail by the Vatican spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, and shown in some video footage released by the Vatican Television Center.
Benedict, walking very slowly with a cane, embraced Francis warmly as the new pope strode from the helicopter. Both were dressed in white, but Benedict wore a simple cassock while Francis also wore the sash and shoulder-length cape that are part of a pontiff's specific garb.
The two got into an official limousine, Francis seated on the right – the pope's traditional seat – and Benedict on the left.
Inside the villa, they went immediately to the chapel to pray. Benedict deferred to Francis, asking him to take the place of honor on the front kneeler, but Francis replied, "No we are brothers," and insisted that Benedict kneel next to him.
Watching these images in the Vatican press office, I heard more than one person say quietly of Benedict: "He looks older." And it was true. In just four weeks, the pope emeritus appeared to have grown more frail.
The two then went inside the library for private talks that lasted 45 minutes. Francis brought Benedict a symbolic gift, an icon of Mary known as the "Madonna of Humility," and he told the ex-pope: "Allow me to say – I thought of you, and your pontificate." They clasped each other's hands.
They were joined for lunch by two papal secretaries, before Pope Francis headed back to the Vatican. A spokesman said that, true to Benedict's intentions, the two would not come to the balcony of the villa to greet the crowd.
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NWSB Insider and Vancouver Canucks' blogger Richard Hodges is back to give you his love 'em and hate 'em from Vancouver's win over the Predators. Richard points out we've missed you Ryan Kesler. The pivot's return has revitalized the team and the powerplay as the Canucks are really starting to look like the 2011 version. Need a negative? After a great start to the season, the inconsistency has been slipping back into Kevin Bieksa's game.
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Novel Writing Month:
• Takes place every November.
• Challenges writers to produce a 50,000-word novel in one month.
• NaNoWriMo: More than 90 published novels began as during the annual event, including No. 1 New York Times best-seller "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen.
• For more information, visit www.nanowrimo.org.
A typical workflow for a National Novel Writing Month participant goes like this: Get an idea for a novel, then sit down Nov. 1 and begin writing.
And write. And write. And write until you have 50,000 words and a complete novel. The sole caveat: You've got only 30 days to do it.
Craig resident Bethany Longwell, 20, took on that challenge for the first time this year.
She's in good company. More than 250,000 people around the globe — "armed only with their wits, the vague outline of a story and a ridiculous deadline"— are participating in the annual November event, organizers of the event, commonly known as NaNoWriMo, reported in a release.
The deadline may seem daunting, but in Longwell's eyes, it's a blessing, albeit a demanding one.
"I love to write," she said, "but I usually have difficulty just sitting down and writing large amounts of words. And I felt like this challenge would really get me going and really get something written."
Ready, set, write
The history of NaNoWriMo goes back to 1999, when freelance writer Chris Baty and "20 other over-caffeinated yahoos" launched the first event in the San Francisco Bay area, according to the event's website.
Since then, it has involved thousands of participants and, the release stated, has jumpstarted more than 90 published novels. It also was the starting ground for Sara Gruen's No. 1 New York Times bestseller, "Water For Elephants," which was adapted into a film this year.
Until five years ago, however, a challenge like this was far from Longwell's mind.
Until five years ago, she didn't even like to write, she said.
That changed when she was 15 and her mother asked her to write a poem on any scripture she chose. Longwell chose Psalm 23, she said, and was impressed by what she produced.
"And then after that, I started writing more," she said. "And when I got my idea for my first book, I just went for it."
That book is "still a work in progress," she said, yet she went on to self-publish a collection of poems titled "Wings of the Wind: Not Alone" in 2010.
When she got wind of NaNoWriMo through the website www.christianwriters.com, she decided to give it a try.
The novel Longwell is working on for the challenge centers around a young man who is disabled and a young woman who's preparing to make a marriage of convenience but instead "she finds herself falling for this guy in the wheelchair," she said.
This month, Longwell has spent anywhere between two and six hours a day writing on average, she said, normally in the morning before she goes to work and again at night.
Her goal is to punch out 2,000 words a day, "just to make sure that I stay ahead," she said.
That her characters seem to take on wills of their own doesn't simplify the process.
"Sometimes I come up with this character and I think that they're going to act a certain way, and then they change the way they act," she said.
Longwell has learned that this is a normal part of writing fiction.
"It's a surprise, but if I changed it, it wouldn't be real," she said.
Crash course in literary life
Trying to produce a novel in a month has taught Longwell a few things about writing.
Lesson one: Sometimes, you just have to put it all on the page and leave the tweaking for later.
She plans to edit her novel once the month is over, she said, but for now she's focused solely on writing.
To churn out 50,000 words in a month, "You have to push down your inner editor and just crush him down, don't let him say anything," she said. "Otherwise, you'll be stuck at a place, and it's easier to get writer's block then."
Lesson two: You don't have to write alone.
Longwell meets regularly with a NaNoWriMo group online, where she finds support and the occasional gentle nudge to get back to her work in progress.
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The third lesson has probably been in progress since Longwell made her first foray into the literary world.
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The words and stories don't elude Longwell anymore. Instead, they're clamoring to be written.
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Two women are arrested, accused of kidnapping and murdering another
Two women were detained and accused of kidnapping and murdering
another who, presumably, together with those arrested, had sold small
amounts of marijuana and engaged in prostitution in the Valle de
The suspects, Carolina Martínez Cardona y María Inés Jaramillo Ochoa,
were arrested under an order issued by a judge.
The homicide of Isabel Sosa Robles, 19, occurred in June 2008. The
body was found in the Ejido Loma Blanca, 2 km from the Juarez-Porvenir
highway and had been shot in the head with hands tied behind her back.
Presumably, the killers intended to make the murder appear as a
homicide linked to organized crime.
Official reports indicated that after one year, Sosa Robles had
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After a long day of running to town, making phones call and so on, I decided to go out to eat for dinner. Drug the kids out as hubby stayed home, but kids were happy to be out on the town.
Anyway...the winner of one ecopy of Say it Again is...
I think the odds were stacked in her favor. hehe. Thanks to everyone who entered. And I believe I have a new follower (waving hi.) So I have hit the double digits on followers and it only took me...um...I don't think I'll go there, but I do appreciate each and every one of my readers.
Have a great night and curl up with a good book.
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Use NOLOCK hint to avoid block – this is what I have often heard/see in many forums I participate in, during local user group events and meetings. I have always advised that its not that good idea to use hints, as it may cause data corruption and blocking. And anyways, there are many things that you can do to avoid blocking, like:
- use sp for everything (almost)
- try to avoid using cursor
- transaction shouldn't be too big etc
- and, use READPAST hint , I will still say, use this only when you don't have choice
But these all come from the experience from the field and haven't anything concrete to quote as reference point until last night, I was googling something and this blog article from Dave, on MSDN Blog showed up. Now, I can quote SQL Server NOLOCK Hint and Other poor ideas as reference to my peers and friends at local user groups, and I am referencing it here for you to read and make note.
I hope this helps.— Hemantgiri S. Goswami
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Cisco Cius Tablet Now Available, at Least for Some
Posted by Craig Horlacher in "Android News" @ 11:30 AM
"Cisco said in a blog post last week that its direct sales representatives and channel partners began accepting orders for the Cius on March 31. Through the end of May, the company is delivering the devices to "key customer accounts we've identified with unique use cases," spokeswoman Molly Ford said in an e-mail interview."
While your average consumer can't get the Cius until June Cisco has started selling it to "key customer accounts" that apparently have special needs for it. The Cius is made to work specifically with Cisco's teleconferencing applications. As far as an Android tablet goes these days, it's not very exciting with an Atom CPU and only Android 2.2. I guess it may do well in the corporate market but I can't see that it would sell well at all in the private sector. It seems to me it would be smarter for Cisco to write an Android app to work with their TelePresence software. What do you think? Would you be interested in a Cisco branded Froyo tablet?


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We've been encouraging him to wear his cap for the past couple of weeks in hopes that he'll get used to it and actually want to wear it. It's a little bit big and so sometimes it droops down in front of his eyes and so he has to tip his head backwards to try and see out from underneath it. So funny.
So today a spring training game was on TV - unfortunately right during naptime so we DVR'd the whole 3 hours to show him later. Right before bedtime we remembered we wanted to show him, so we put it on and let me tell you he could barely contain his excitement. This was him:
"bay-ball?" -points to the tv, looks questioningly at me-
"bay-ball?!" -points to the tv, points to the Angels logo on his pajamas, looks excitedly at Marc-
"BAYYYY-BALLLL???!!!" -starts running around the family room swinging his bat and throwing his baseball off the walls, putting both arms up in the air and shouting "hoooo-ruuuuunnn!", searching frantically for his mitt and his cap-
So maybe it wasn't the greatest idea to show him right before bedtime, as it got him all souped up and wanting to watch the whole 3 hour game. I had to drag him away from it and believe me - he wasn't happy about it.
I think tomorrow we'll be trading in Backyardigans for some tape-delayed, spring training, B-squad Angels baseball.


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In an article for the "In Focus" section of Political Insight (December 2013, Volume 4, Issue 3) Jan Fichtner of the University of Frankfurt a.M. and I analysed the size of the foreign assets in the world's largest offshore financial centres. All 'offshore financial centres' (OFCs) have one characteristic feature in common; they offer very low tax rates and lax regulations to non-residents with the aim to attract foreign financial assets. OFCs essentially undercut 'onshore' jurisdictions at their expense. The main beneficiaries are high-net-worth individuals and large multinational corporations that have the capital and expertise required to utilise OFCs. Beyond its geographical connotation the phenomenon of 'offshore' represents a withdrawal of public regulation and control, primarily over finance. Some important OFCs are in fact located 'onshore', e.g. Delaware in the USA and the City of London in the UK. However, historically many OFCs have literally developed 'off-shore', mostly on small islands.
OFCs as defined by Zoromé (2007) are jurisdictions that provide financial services to non-residents on a scale that is excessive compared to the size and the financing of their domestic economies. The graphic shows combined data on securities (Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey by the IMF) and on deposits/loans (Locational Banking Statistics by the BIS) at the end of 2011. Capturing the two by far most important components of financial centres allows a reasonable approximation of the real size of OFCs while avoiding double counting. The larger the size of the circles on the map, the more foreign financial assets have been attracted to the particular jurisdiction. The vast majority of the almost US$70 trillion foreign financial assets are concentrated in North America, Europe and Japan. Areas with assets below $US50bn are not shown for their relative insignificance in the global context.
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The Visualisation of Spatial Social Structure: Reflections on Critical Methods
'(How) do we understand Capitalism? Reflections on critical methods' was the title of a workshop on critical methods at the University of Manchester (September 13-14th). As the announcement of the workshop states, 'there is no consensus on what critical social science is, exactly. Largely it is defined as not orthodox economics or positivist social science'. Continue reading
In Focus: America's Debt to the World
Amid Europe's debt crisis it remains less noticed that the largest mountain of debt in the world is piled up across the big pond in the United States of America. The topic will be critically debated in US politics as presidential elections are due in 2012. In an article for the "In Focus" section of Political Insight (December 2011, Volume 2, Issue 3) Danny Dorling and I took a closer look at the foreign liabilities of America's debt.
The map we created for this feature is a cartogram with the world's countries resized according to the total amount of US treasury securities that are held in each country (as shown in data from July 2011). This is a preview of the maps that we created for the article:
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$54 Trillion Debt
Soaring debts and plummeting stocks – the financial state of world hasn't changed a lot in the last years. With debt levels continuing to rise, and economic activity stagnating, the impact appears to lead to yet another financial crisis (isn't it the same crisis that we are in for three years now?). The following cartogram shows the countries of the world resized to their total public debt in 2011 as estimated by the IMF (data taken from the World Economic Outlook 2011, with additional data from EUROSTAT and other IMF publications). To put the total values into perspective, the countries are coloured by the public debt to GDP ratio (see below for a worldmapper-coloured version of the same map). The small reference map shows the estimated GDP output in 2011, allowing a comparison of global distribution of public debt and the distribution of economic activity:
The World of America's Debt
The financial crisis continues to make it into the headlines. Mountains of debt piled up by the world's wealthiest nations (as shown in this map) stir up the financial markets and indicate that political measures since the early days of the economic meltdown in 2008 had little impact or simply were too meaningless to induce a real change into the mechanisms of the markets. The EU keeps struggling to calm investors over fears of yet another country going bust while on the other side of the pond the rating agencies start playing games with the world's largest economy. As the NYT explains, The rating agency thinks the United States has too much debt, or at least will: "Under our revised base case fiscal scenario — which we consider to be consistent with a AA+ long-term rating and a negative outlook — we now project that net general government debt would rise from an estimated 74 percent of G.D.P. by the end of 2011 to 79 percent in 2015 and 85 percent by 2021." (read more about credit agency ratings in the A 'AAA' Q. and A.). After some brief debates about credit agencies not long ago, these discussions seem to have disappeared again, and the old mechanisms of nervous investors and even more nervous decision makers, like it always did in the last three years.
At the same time an emerging super power starts to find its own political voice against its perhaps largest rival: After years of growing economic dominance, China seems to gain confidence in confronting the USA with bold statements. As the largest holder of US debt, they may start to worry with the investors' decline in trust in America, causing China to warn America over its addiction to debt.
The current American debt levels did not come out of the blue, but have long started piling up, as a look at the development of US debt over the last decade shows: The total national debt of the United States is at $14.3 trillion this year, up from $5.8 trillion in 2001. Particularly interesting for the global markets is the external debt that the USA owes to foreign holders outside the country. Here George W. Bush took over approximately $1 trillion in foreign debt from the Clinton administration (Bill Clinton managed to induce a reduction in national debt levels in his second term). After a short period in which this downward trend continued, foreign US debt started to rise after September 2001, and Bush handed over more than $3 trillion of National debt to Barak Obama in 2009, with a considerable trend upwards since the financial crisis hit the nation in 2008. Only recently this upward trend started to level off slightly, and foreign debt is now just below $4.5 trillion. Besides China, as the largest single holder of foreign US debt, the liabilities are spread around the globe, with a considerable amount of debt being held by some of the other indebted economies such as the United Kingdom (as the country with the largest external debt of European countries). The following map shows the countries of the world resized according to the total amount of US treasury securities that are held in that country. It uses the most recent data published by the US Treasury:
Shifting Economies in the European Union
The European economic crisis has been part of some previous maps shown on this website. So far, all of these maps on Europe's debt were based on national-level data which do not show the full picture of the economic structure of the European countries. A couple of weeks ago EUROSTAT published some more detailed economic data for the GDP output on NUTS 2 level, which allows to understand the subnational variation of economic output. The data only covers data ranging from 1997 to 2008 (so far), but it is the most detailed coherent picture of the shifting economic powers within the EU27 countries in over a decade and draws the picture of the European Union sliding into the global economic crisis.
I looked at the data in a series of maps that view the economic shape of the European Union from different perspectives. The first map displays the GDP distribution in the first year of the financial crisis (2008) and the NUTS2-areas are redrawn according to their total GDP output in that year. The colours indicate the GDP growth rate in that year, showing how well many parts still dealt with the approaching crisis, and as if the crisis followed a geographical path from its US origins, the UK and Irish economies were the first to be severely hit in their economic growth in the year of the Lehman collapse. Only Sweden shows a similar bleak picture, but on a much lower level. It is interesting to see that the initially collapsing banking sector in London is not only affecting the GDP development in the Southeast of the UK, but basically pulls the whole national economy into a downturn:


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TOS: Spectre of the Gun (Lost in Space episode on MeTV tonight was better.) DS9: Little Green Men & Trials and Tribble-ations (the only 2 episodes I actually watch). Currently watching Forbidden Planet... Hey it's kinda like Trek!
Also saw Spectre of the Gun on MeTV along with Lost in Space. Loved seeing a really young Robert Pine in that episode. Dr Smith flipping sides at the end didn't make any sense at all. As for Spectre; why didn't they just ambush and tackle the Earps one by one and tie them up? The guy that went after Chekov would have been easy to take down.
I recently ahve seen Startrek Enterprise Silent Enemy and Horizan I've also seen Tos Is there Truth in Beauty and Spectre of the gun.
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DS9 - "Let He Who Is Without Sin..." 2/5 stars This is the episode where I feel Worf's character gets damaged due to him getting more depth. I found him completely unlikeable this episode, and thats saying something as he's one of my favorite characters. Here, he's a dick to everyone for an entire episode because he killed another child when he was young, and that makes it okay. I actually like 'The Perfect Mate' quite a bit.
I watched Mirror, Mirror tonight. I chose that one because I met BarBara Luna this weekend at the Star Trek convention in San Francisco. Turns out her and her boyfriend are both big Rush fans too. We were at the same concert the night before in San Jose. We talked for about half an hour, mostly about music. Two wonderful people, kind and generous with their time and attention.


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Travel is Personal and Professional
As hoards of consumers head to their computers to make travel arrangements, the market for the independent travel agency has become competitive. An organization that assists the community-based travel agency to remain viable (even in a challenging economic environment) is Uniglobe, a Vancouver, B.C., Canada based travel management company that works with agencies to provide services that enable them to succeed in a fast-paced, technology-focused business arena.
According to John L. Henry, SVP for Uniglobe's Global Development Department, travel is an organizations' third largest line item, immediately following labor and space. Unlike other businesses where the owner/manager can control the product and delivery (i.e. McDonald's), travel agencies have to rely on their vendors to deliver the quality of service as promised, making the industry incredibly challenging.
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It is interesting to note that U. Gary Charlwood, Uniglobe's founder, has roots in the real estate market, having started Century 21. In 1980 Charlwood noticed that, with the exception of American Express and Thomas Cook, there were no global travel distribution networks with brand recognition. With research in hand, he formed Uniglobe whose target markets are small to mid-sized corporate travel accounts. Today the world's leading travel agency franchise operation can be found 750 locations in 55 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The annual system-wide sales volume reaches over $4.3 billion.
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During a recent TE exclusive interview with John Henry, Uniglobes' SVP for Global Development, Henry emphasized Uniglobe's value to the travel agent community and the business trekker. Totally supportive and utilizing the most modern technology, the success of Uniglobe is based on the organizations core values that include dependability, concern for people, customers and the community.
Accepting the fact that even in the expanding impersonal international e-marketplace, consumers still like to work with people they know, Uniglobe allows local travel agencies to keep their own name, while simultaneously accessing the global services that include purchasing enhanced technology and hotel programs (for best rates and guaranteed room availability), participating in training programs, accessing sales and marketing tools/systems, plus opportunities for world-wide networking.
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Some companies have developed a preference for Internet –based travel arrangements, and Uniglobe supports this inclination by providing websites that are part of the local travel agents operation. This combination of personal touch with global reach insures that the agent and client are linked; especially important during times of crises. When a client misses a flight, has to change a reservation, or is stranded at an airport because of weather conditions or political unrest, there is never a feeling of being "all alone." When a client calls their Uniglobe travel agency, the agent has instant access to the travelers' portfolio and begins to problem solve via access to a global vendor network allowing the client to deal with business concerns.
Aware of the competitive environment in which the travel agency operates, Henry has found that Uniglobe agents are well–equipped to succeed regardless of the economy. "It is the quality of service that keeps customers loyal. Our agencies handle all the travel needs of their clients…" and this runs the gambit from business to leisure. "If we do not meet the wants and needs of the client, they will go elsewhere. Agents are proactive and the absence of call-center model means that every call is a pleasurable experience."
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Business executives who are smart shoppers have recognized the duplicity of many onsite agencies and long ago put their important travel operations into the hands of a Uniglobe expert. According to a study by ShopSmart, online travel-sites have found the perfect way to charge users extra fees: a) fare jumping (click on a great deal and it is unavailable), added charges not immediately shown (i.e., taxes, surcharges), or fees that are not posted at all but charged at the airline counter or hotel; overpriced packages; price guarantees so bogged down in fine print that claiming a refund is a long-shot, and dynamic pricing (different people get different prices for identical searches).
As business traveling has become an endeavor that requires a technologically sophisticated distribution system, and resourceful, intelligent and caring professionals, it is no longer simple or smart to head to an electronic website to make a reservation, trusting that the airline will actually have a document recording the transaction, and entered names accurately. We cannot put our faith in the hotel will actually have a confirmation of our reservation at the quoted price, and there is certainly no assurance that there will not be airport strikes, destination storms and other mishaps that destroy even the most well intentioned travel schedule. Maybe we should all follow in the footsteps of the Uniglobe client and put our money on a sure thing. For additional information: www.uniglobetravel.com .