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A time of riot: England and the world
An explosion of unrest and looting by young people that began in London and spread to other cities is a particular case of a global pattern with shared roots.
In the four nights from 6 August 2011, London and some of England's largest provincial cities have witnessed rioting on a scale greater than for many decades. The prime minister David Cameron and his colleagues - on holiday and off guard - have sought to regain authority by promoting a clear narrative of the unrest that can appeal to many citizens, not least those concerned by looting and mayhem entirely out of their experience.
The government's central effort is to define the events in terms solely of absolute criminality and mindless violence. The perpetrators, according to this narrative, bear every bit of responsibility for what has happened; there is no need to explore any subtext whatsoever.
The penalties imposed on those arrested will be harsh. If the violence continues, then more stringent techniques - baton-rounds, water-cannon and more aggressive policing - will be employed, and prisons expanded.
The riots began as protest over a particular incident on 4 August, the police shooting of a man in north London, before developing into widespread looting. The switch was rapid, facilitated by modern communications and the ability of streetwise young people to outwit the police in rapid movements through city-centres and shopping districts.
In recent years the Metropolitan Police in London have become adept at managing large focused demonstrations, by employing tactics such as "kettling" (the enclosure of protesters in confined spaces, often for many hours) to maintain control. Such applications of force are, however, unsuited to handling small mobile groups of young people who have seen how kettling works and know how to avoid the traps.
What is most disturbing to the authorities, and especially to a government dominated by the Conservative Party, has been the palpable sense that they have lost control. This alone explains their utter determination to erect and maintain a dominant narrative that places criminality at the heart of events. This will be powerfully reinforced in the coming days, whether the unrest develops further or ebbs away.
The international pattern
There is a fundamental problem with this discourse, one reinforced by the sudden escalation in flash-looting: it leaves out entirely the motivations of the initial protesters and the environment from which many of them (and indeed of the flash-looters) have emerged. It also omits a much broader global context of protest, which in 2011 alone includes the violent protests in Athens in opposition to the government's austerity programme, and the sustained and largely non-violent protests in Madrid and other Spanish cities.
Many of those involved belong to a generation of 16-30 year-olds who are experiencing or facing unemployment, and life-prospects that are far more limited than their elders. Their frustrations are further exacerbated by real anger at the ostentatious wealth of elites, especially bankers.
This pattern is extended by the extraordinary risings in recent weeks in countries as far apart as Chile and Israel. In Chile, a nationwide wave of protest involving mainly school- and college-students continues, with demonstrations attended by as many as 100,000 people. Behind the educational issues that provide the principal focus is a much wider agenda. In one account:
"Even as Chile appears to the outside world to be a model of economic consistency and prudent fiscal management, there is deep discontent here with the neo-liberal model and its economic consequences for those who are not part of the economic elite" (see Alexei Barrionuevo, "Students Pressure Chile to Reform Education System", New York Times, 6 August 2011).
In Israel, a revolt that began in protest against housing costs has seen 200,000 people gathering in Tel Aviv and tens of thousands in Jerusalem and other cities. It "has been largely driven by Israel's working middle class, whose members are afflicted by rising costs of basics like housing, food and gasoline, and by high taxation. At the same time the country's social services have been shrinking and there is a growing gap between rich and poor" (see Isabel Kershner, "Protests Grow in Israel, With 250,000 Marching", New York Times, 8 August 2011).
There are specific factors in Israel, such as subsidies for the settlements in the occupied West Bank and the demands of a massive defence budget; but the underlying factor - shared with Greece, Spain, Chile and many other countries - is that same "growing gap".
The global chain
The connections go wider, for this transnational economic division reflects the persistent failure of the neo-liberal market-economy model to deliver socio-economic justice. The consequences, as many previous columns in this series have long argued, include "revolts from the global margins" - such as the Naxalites in India and the persistent if largely hidden social unrest in China (see "China and India: heartlands of global protest", 7 August 2008).
The extreme differences of wealth and poverty in such situations notwithstanding, there is a direct link between them and trends in western countries such as Britain. For there too, and increasingly since the financial crisis of 2008, the state's response has been dominated by spending cuts whose greatest impact falls on the poorer sectors of society.
The equivalents in Britain of the marginalised in India and China may not be in comparable poverty, but hundreds of thousands of them have far diminished prospects than would have been the case even a generation ago. Both unemployment and under-employment have grown, while even many young graduates have limited opportunities and life-chances. These groups have not, for the most part, hit the streets (at least not yet). But many others have, and the authorities' reaction - in the face of what they see as "mob rule" - is a strict reassertion of control. There is little or no attempt to dig deeper.
The reality gap
There are, however, useful exceptions. The city of Bradford, where I work, had a weekend of violent riots in July 2001, which led to numerous arrests and long prison sentences for the young participants. The city took years to recover, but by 2010 had done so to the extent that a deliberate attempt by the far-right English Defence League to come to the city and incite racial violence failed.
That whole process has been chronicled in a remarkable book by two Bradford academics that should be required reading for anyone dubious of the superficiality of the current riot discourse. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: The 2001 Bradford Riot and Beyond (Vertical Editions, 2011) by Janet Bujra and Jenny Pearce, is based on extensive research that includes numerous interviews with former rioters, the police and many other local people involved at the time. The findings throw light on the real causes of major urban disorder, which are far more complex than almost all today's politicians and commentators can begin to acknowledge.
An extra factor lends urgency to the current predicament. Among the relatively few academics and think-tankers who work in this field, there has been a belief that Britain would experience major urban unrest; but most thought it would come later - perhaps in 2012-13 when the current cuts in public spending had really started to bite. It has now happened, a lot sooner than expected and with much greater intensity - yet Britain, like most other countries, is wedded to a neo-liberal economic model that ensures the rich will get even richer, the poor poorer, and the gap between them will grow ever wider.
The risk now is that the British and Greek patterns of dissent will spread, the authorities will crack down, the prisons will grow, and control will be maintained - "liddism" will rule, OK (see "Beyond 'liddism': towards real global security", 1 April 2010).
Perhaps, though, the consequences of this week's experience in England will include serious analysis of the underlying context. That seems unlikely at the moment, and is a lot to hope for. But this is an argument that has to be won.
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Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca> writes: >> I had a new question from a client: is it possible to "cap" CPU usage >> for PostgreSQL running on Linux? > Anyway, would it be sufficient to simply reduce the priority of the > process? If the issue is to prevent Postgres *as a whole* from hogging CPU usage, I would think that nice-ing the postmaster at launch would work beautifully. Requests like "I want Postgres to use no more than 30% of CPU" make no sense to me: if the CPU is otherwise idle, why should you insist on reserving 70% of it for the idle loop? But what we commonly see is "I want to cap the resource usage of this particular query", and that is a whole lot harder. You cannot win by nice-ing one single backend, because of priority-inversion concerns. (The queries you would like to be high-priority might be blocked waiting for locks held by low-priority backends.) regards, tom lane
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'Prometheus', Ridley Scott's sci-fi follow up to his 'Alien' franchise got mixed to positive reviews and big audiences at the time of its release, but unbeknown to some it also ruffled a few cassocks in the Vatican.
The Vatican's official newspaper has attacked the film, taking issue with its premise about the origins of mankind and saying it is "a bad idea to defy the gods."
The film, which opened in Italy on Sept. 14, stars Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, and Charlize Theron. When the film opened in the USA and Britain in the summer few seemed to regard its religious opinions as an issue, but it seems that the Papal paper has a bone to pick with the movie.
'Prometheus' tells the story of a team of explorers seeking to understand the origins of mankind after discovering a series of clues left behind by ancient civilizations.
Charlize Theron in 'Prometheus', a movie now condemned by The Vatican (Photo: WENN)
L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official newspaper, wrote that it "mishandles the delicate questions raised by … the battle eternal between good and evil in yet another attempt to steak the secret of immortality."
The newspaper also opined that "the journey of Prometheus should instead symbolize the search for the supernatural," this refers to the original Prometheus story, which was the tale of aTitan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to man, with disasterous consequences for himself.
The Vatican has taken issue with films before, notably those based on Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code' and its sequels, although this is perhaps understandable given Brown's writing style and the fact that it accuses the Catholic Church of being the biggest conspiracy in history.
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"In fall, I plant things with real short maturity dates," says Colleen Golden, horticulturist at the Atlanta Botanic Garden. In her mild-winter climate, she can grow broccoli, kale, Swiss chard, beets, and lettuce of all kinds in pots around the garden's outdoor kitchen. The big pots are designed to be both decorative and delicious.
Golden sometimes plants snow peas in pots where tomatoes grew all summer, so the peas clamber up the tomato trellis. A couple of big leafy kale plants fill in, and she might plant curly parsley or cilantro in the same container. All of these tolerate cool temperatures and look pretty through the fall, she says. Golden uses a liquid organic fertilizer when she plants, and waters her pots well, but she is careful about overwatering in fall, which can be a wet season in Atlanta.
"Honestly, a lot of times fall crops in pots go beyond Thanksgiving for us — into December," she says. Italian Lacinato kale, sometimes called dinosaur kale, has deeply quilted, dark blue-green leaves that stand straight up, like lances, and Golden depends on it for dramatic effect in her fall pots. She plants it with white or orange chrysanthemums or with hardy ornamental cabbages. She fills pots with red-leaf mustard for its rich color, and uses broccoli plants as centerpieces, with herbs and lettuces around the edges.
Lettuce and greens of all kinds flourish in the short, cool days of fall. Kale actually tastes sweeter after a frost. To add a pop of seasonal color, Golden plants lots of violas among the vegetables in her fall containers. "They bounce back from a frost and keep blooming," she says.
Bull's blood beets are another of her favorite fall crops for a pot. The small, deep red leaves are beautiful and delicious in salads, "and they hold for a long time in the garden," she says. Leave an inch or two of the stubby tops when you snip leaves for salads, and the foliage will grow back. After about seven weeks, you can harvest the beets.
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Ireland coach Joe Schmidt wants to try out as many players as possible in Argentina and has therefore made seven changes for Saturday's second Test match against the Pumas.
Three of the changes are at the back where Rob Kearney, Fergus McFadden and Eoin Reddan who replace Felix Jones, Luke Marshall and Conor Murray.
Up front there are four changes with Dave Kilcoyne, Devin Toner, Rhys Ruddock and Jamie Heaslip coming in for Jack McGrath, Iain Henderson, Robbie Diack and Jordi Murphy.
Schmidt has identified the game as an opportunity for players to impress with Rob Herring, James Cronin and Noel Reid poised to make their senior international debuts off the bench.
He said: "We brought 29 players away on tour and we wanted to make sure we recognised the amount of effort that they made on the training pitch and to be well prepared to train well and they all have.
"So we wanted to give them an opportunity to demonstrate that in a test match arena.
Three players - Robbie Diack, Kieran Marmion and Rodney Ah You - made their debuts last weekend but are not included this time around.
However, three more are poised to make their international bows off the bench with Herring, Cronin and Reid all set to be introduced in the course of the second Test in Tucuman.
"I think it is a massive day for them," Schmidt added. "They have all acquitted themselves really well.
"We have been massively impressed with how they have acquitted themselves in the training environment, in the way they have prepared themselves and made sure that the training changes are reasonably seamless.
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so i have been out tinkering with the carb. i moved it yesterday, under its own steam for the first time in months, and the throttle has a dead spot. if you build up the revs steadily then its fine but if you just put the throttle down it wheezes and dies. i am not sure if its not getting enough air or fuel though. i did the usual trick of spraying easy start around one area at a time and listening for a change in engine tone which would point to an air leak, but i got nothing. then i tried using the priming bulb at the same time as revving to help along the fuel but still came up with nothing.
if i build the revs up then its ok, and if the revs are already up enough then it picks back up with no issue. its just coming up from idle. building up the revs can be done relatively quickly too, but you cant just put the boot down and let it catch up.
the timing is fine and the ignition is new right through.
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In the short time I've been here, It should be apparent that I'm a 1911 guy. I'm also a 45 ACP believer...In the small town I work in I have become aquainted with some of the local LEO's and they too see my obvious enthusiasm for the old war horse in all of the incarnations available. I lean toward the Colt Mfg weapons for alot of reasons that you either already understand or will never accept for reasons that likely are not reasonable...IMHO :D To the point...one of the officers I also work with in my job has come to appreciate my opinion and has ordered a new Colt Combat Elite...he wants to carry this in place of his 45 Glock service pistol...a decision that I personally consider a no brainer until I get to thinking about the transistion...carry condition...lower round count...all the things a 1911 guy has considered and trained for. I am sure that as he gets some trigger time with his Colt he will learn and get comfortable with it. Any LEO's have an opinon on this...I feel somewhat responsible for swaying him this way and it's likely many others at this department may change their carry pieces as well...
If you and your friend believe the 1911 is a superior platform, then I wouldn't feel bad for moving him towards it. Just realize, there is a certain amount of practice is necessary when changing up. I would make sure your friend realizes he needs to get repetitions with the mechanics of the gun, like using the manual safety, in order to overcome the training he has done with his Glock. Same would be true of any changes in the holster that would effect releasing the gun.
Yeah...Thanks, I'll be sure to encourage him to pratice the drills...I guess my feeling is one of getting involved to a degree in weapons choice. The term superior is subjective for sure as there are many schools of thought. For me personally, The 1911 is my choice but I recognize the many options available to folks. The post was likely a reflection of my thinking that if anything were to ever happen to one of these officers...at least a weapon related instance...I'm not sure how I'd feel...depending on all the circumstances. As I stated, my personal enthusiasm for the 1911 has apparently worn off on some of these guys and the option is theirs and the department approves of the 1911 so here we go...:cool:
(former MP) when we moved to the M9 berreta from the 1911 i felt unarmed even tho i had 8 more rounds in the gun.
personal opinion: it should be left to the individual officer what they carry as a duty weapon. if the officer doesnt like trusting his/her life to and carrying a dept issue piece of cheap plastic from austria they should be allowed to purchase their own sidearm.
:) Or an aluminum Italian made job?...
A quick update...The Colt Combat Elite arrived and it is one beautiful piece...absolutely perfect as has been all the offerings from this old company as of late...at least in my experience. I am now told that as a result of this pistol being shown around the department, apparently they all want one and the chief has even gone as far as requesting a grant to purchase several...needless to say, my initial concerns have come to fruition but my confidence in the system is strong. So there it is...another success story.
thats a pretty 1911. cant go wrong with colt by far the best 1911's out there in my opinion.
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I notice the Fantasy has been around since 1990. Anyone know how recent she was last renovated and to what degree?
I know in fall 2002 they were finishing work on totally re-modeling the promenade. It was a whole new theme, down to new floors etc. It looked like a different ship.
Then I read it had more renovation in 2005.
The Fantasy was refurbished again in October 2005. I will be sailing on her Feb 1st. Reports are she looks very nice.
We are sailing her again next month, I will let you know!!
We did the Fantasy for our first cruise (Honeymoon)... Where does she sail out of now and where too? Might be nice to do a 2nd honeymoon cruise on the referb'ed ship..
Fantasy has been moved to New Orleans and is doing the 4/5 day cruises to Cozumel (and Costa Maya on the 5 day runs).
hmm... that's almost close enough to drive to for a cruise...Maybe we will go back to Cozumel and be up the vendor that sold us the tanzanite jewelry that turned out to be nothing but glass....(and synthetic opal)...
Ahhh just Love the FANTASY been on her 4 times since 2003 she looks great... sad to see her leave Port Canaveral but went on her sistership That took her place The SENSATION in October and liked her just as much so I booked the sensation again for January.
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mroctober on the Fantasy feb 2004
i just got off it thanksgiving week ,,the carpet on the r deck halls are pittifull. drity stained.looks like it flooded or something? cabin clean up was good, i gave him an extra 20. we had a total of 3 towel animals,, yes i took pics too.
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text: 30 July 2001 Spice up your life? Food - To pepper or not to pepper, ponders Bee Wilson Sign up for our weekly email * We ran out of peppercorns the other week. Usually I would have replaced them straight away, but somehow, I developed a kind of amnesia about it and our pepper grinder stayed empty. The strange thing, if such a non-event can be called strange, is that after a few days, instead of missing pepper, I began to enjoy its absence. So often, you use pepper automatically in dishes that don't really need it. Salad dressings, for example, and many sauces, are often better without the intrusive harshness of pepper; you can really taste the salt more. Certain vegetable soups, too, particularly those involving potato, taste cleaner and fresher without specks of pepper to muddy them. Watercress soup is peppery enough without pepper. Even a creamy risotto, which seems to be yearning for the final ministrations of an enormous Italian wooden pepper pot, will survive without it. It is all too easy to fall into the Delia Smith trap of "freshly ground pepper" with everything. When you add ground pepper as you begin to slow-cook a dish, it often gets lost by the end, so that all you taste is a faint bitterness. It seemed for a few days as if we had converted to a life without pepper. But then, one night, we had a kedgeree, with squidgy halves of egg on top, holding their yolks up in anticipation of a little sprinkling of something pungent, and fairly soon we were climbing the kitchen walls, scrabbling to see if there wasn't just one precious peppercorn still lurking behind our chaotic spice jars that we could use to season our plates (there wasn't). Suddenly, it was easy to see why pepper should once have been thought such a luxury that the Caesars used it as currency, storing it in the Roman treasury along with gold coin; such a ridiculous luxury that Roman hosts outdid each other in the pepperiness of the sauces they served up at dinner parties; such a punishing luxury that King Ethelred charged a pepper toll of ships arriving at Billingsgate; such a terrible luxury that French medieval archbishops exacted tribute from the Jews in pounds of pepper. If it was a luxury, however, pepper was an everyday one. Alexandre Dumas noted that "pepper has always been, of all known spices, the most widespread and the one most used in cooking". Pepper was such an important European commodity that, in 16th-century Antwerp, the price of pepper was used as a barometer for international business in general, just as the Economist now uses the price of a Big Mac to compare economies. The heat of pepper, itself so distinctive, somehow also matches all Europe's different cuisines. The ancients believed that pepper was also an antidote to poison, and, with its warming, volatile oils, it is still considered an aid to digestion and a stimulus to the appetite (pepper literally gets your gastric juices and saliva flowing). It is precisely because pepper is so good, that it is tempting to give it a cameo role in everything and overlook it for the bigger roles, but it can easily hold its own in starring parts, such as salt-and-pepper squid or steak au poivre. Black, pink, white and green pepper all come from the same plant, Piper nigrum, a tropical climbing vine. Green peppercorns are just the unripe seeds. Pink peppercorns are picked when the seeds are riper. Black peppercorns are picked when red, but left to ferment and then dry in the sun; they turn black in the process. White peppercorns, which have always been more expensive than black even though they have less aroma (Pliny complained about their priciness), are harvested later and soaked until their skins come off. Their main advantage is that they don't leave specks in white sauces, such as hollandaise or bechamel. According to Alan Davidson, the best black pepper comes from India, for example the Tellicherry pepper from the north, which is used whole in Italian salami. You would have difficulty finding it in British supermarkets, though. I tested five different brands of black peppercorns, Schwartz, Bart organic, Sainsbury's, Co-op and Culpeper. They were all much of a muchness. So: to pepper or not to pepper? It depends a bit on your temperament. In Martin Amis's Experience, he tells us that his father, Kingsley, was infuriated by the "unbidden approach" of waiters, especially if they were bearing pepper mills. "'Would you like some pepper, sir?' "'Well I don't know yet, do I? Because I haven't tasted it.' "When my turn came," writes Martin, "I accepted a thick coat of pepper on my unbroached starter. Kingsley stared hard at me. I said, 'If you like it you like it. It's not the same as salt. That's why they don't go round with a salt cellar.' "He seemed to find this genuinely enlightening." Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 30 July 2001 issue of the New Statesman, So what tribe do you belong to? More


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"All in all, you're just another brick in the wall..."
Mallo should've known better. After rescuing his friends in Pushmo, you'd think he would steer clear of danger. He'd suffered enough. Yet he accepted an invitation to meet Papa Blox the mastermind behind the whole affair and his granddaughter, Poppy. Why? He didn't owe the old man anything
Well, aside from teaching him the block-pushing techniques that saved his life. Was it the prospect of romancing Poppy? Was Mallo that desperate for attention after Pushmo's hype died down? Even if he knew, he never got the chance to explain. Seconds after greeting each other, the party was struck with disaster. Due to an ill-timed stomp Mallo moonlights as a sumo wrestler, after all the birds that powered Poppy's balloon scattered into the puzzle-ridden depths of Crashmo Park. Thrust into an all-too familiar situation, Mallo must draw upon his skills and experiences to survive Crashmo's grueling challenges.
The premise is simple: reach the bird on top of each level. Getting that far is something else entirely. Like its predecessor, Crashmo is all about climbing giant three-dimensional puzzles. Every structure is comprised of blocks of varying shapes and sizes; you grab the lowermost section, pull or push it out, jump to the next section, and repeat the process until you reach the summit. A lengthy row on the bottom might be connected to a column higher up. Smaller pieces hidden within the walls can be used as stepping stones. While creating makeshift stairs and paths seems easy at first, the layouts become more complex with each passing level. Since Mallo can jump only a single block's height and length, you have to plan moves long before they're made. It's easy to be within sight of the goal, only to be stopped because you forgot to pull a brick out a dozen steps ago. Thanks to the rewind function, it's possible to fix any misstep if it's noticed quickly enough. But if your puzzle is beyond solving, you'll have jump all the way down and hit the reset button on the ground. Since there's no time limit, you're free to relax and tackle a puzzle at whatever pace is needed. A little trial and error (and a lot of patience) can get you through anything.
If you've played Pushmo, it's easy to assume this is the same thing all over again. However, Crashmo quickly stands out by taking the gameplay mechanics a step further. Rather than pushing or pulling blocks over a tiny, three block-deep grid, it allows you to grab objects from any side and move them accordingly. You don't just move in or out, but slide them to either side. The ground underneath each stage has been drastically increased, giving you the chance to spread out and experiment. Thanks to the revamped camera controls, you can now swing the view around the entire stage and examine it from any necessary angle. Puzzles that used to be limited to huge chunks now have multiple sections of walls and platforms. The routes up to the top aren't as obvious or straightforward as the used to be; rather than tackling a structure head-on, you'll have to peel back and rearrange its layers. As the game's title implies, anything resting on top of a moving piece will come crashing down. If you push one little brick the wrong way, you'll get pummeled by all the extra blocks connected higher up. Such things are typically indicative of a mistake and render your goal unreachable, but occasionally it'll be exactly what you need to get further into the stage. It's just a matter of figuring out how.
It's harder than it sounds, though. While the first twenty tutorial stages are fairly easy, the game quickly ratchets up the difficulty with its new obstacles. Pushmo's ladders and manholes are still built into the ceilings and floors of certain puzzle pieces, but you'll frequently find doors carefully positioned in the side surfaces. For example, you might enter a door on the ground level, only to step out of a door ten stories up. Since you failed to assemble other puzzle pieces into a walkway, you'll likely plummet back to the starting point. Then there are the cloud blocks, which stay floating in midair regardless if there's something underneath. Depending on how they're positioned, they can make or break your carefully-crafted solution. Some blocks also have arrow-shaped switches that let you move in whatever direction they're pointing. Aside from being reminiscent of certain Mario platformers, they're also capable of moving huge sections of a puzzle with just the push of a button. All of these obstacles and features might not seem like much on their own, but creative level design often results in mind-bendingly complex challenges. With 140 puzzles and another 90 in the training mode it'll take you countless hours to figure everything out.
But if that isn't enough, the Crashmo Studios lets you craft, solve, and share your own puzzles. Even the most nerve-wrackingly difficult puzzle starts with a few quick taps on the touch screen. It operates like a stripped-down version of MS Paint; you can doodle with the stylus, color in the individual blocks with the surprisingly varied palette, and erase any extra stuff. All of the obstacles and features seen in the regular gameplay are available as well. Considering the variety of puzzles in the main game (gigantic cheeseburgers, floating castles, and Mario Piranha Plants come to mind), the amount of freedom is staggering. Thanks to the increased scale of the stages and improved camera controls, it's easy to build and fine-tune everything. You'll need to pay attention to the details, too; before you can unleash your unholy monstrosities upon the world, you have to make sure they can actually be solved. Not only does it keep things balanced no one likes an impossible puzzle but it tests your ability to create around the few imposed limits. Once your creation is playable, it'll be converted into a QR code that anyone else can download. Unfortunately, Crashmo's multiplayer doesn't go any deeper. Larger, co-op based stages would be really interesting. Even an easier way to interact with other designers would be a small step in the right direction. Instead, the most you can hope for is the steady stream of Nintendo's DLC puzzles. It's something, but there's a lot of room to expand.
Considering how much content is already available, you probably won't even notice. Crashmo is such a great sequel that it makes Pushmo obsolete. Yes, the first killer app of the 3DS's eShop has been replaced. All of the gameplay mechanics it established have been expanded upon, creating a far more complex and difficult experience. It's amazing how drastically the implementation of gravity changes things. It's no longer just about pushing or pulling blocks; it's about slowly, carefully manipulating every part of a level, from the largest chunk all the way down to the tiniest brick. Now that you can grab and view a block from any of its sides, the ways to approach and solve puzzles are more varied and nuanced. Thanks to some deviously clever designs and new obstacles, reaching the top has never been more challenge. Lacking online features aside, the ability to create and share your own levels is one of the best uses of the 3DS's technology. Regardless if Nintendo continues with this series, Crashmo may be an impossible act to follow.
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Winston-Salem, N.C. - Jeff Bzdelik referred to getting his team motivated and disciplined as a "horse crap job" after Wake Forest (9-5) allowed nine more offensive rebounds and 15 more shots for the Terriers in a 56-52 loss to Wofford (8-6).
The Demon Deacons were without their leading scorer C.J. Harris (18.7 points per game), who is nursing a strained groin. Harris' absence was no excuse for the Deacs lack of focus (14 turnovers, which was five more than Wofford), or for why the Terriers beat Wake to loose balls and rebounds.
"We were shooting the gap instead of locking and trailing and stunting appropriate like we're taught to do, and we took shortcuts," Bzdelik said. "Throw it all on me."
Wake Forest's nonchalant play manifested itself most glaringly when Wofford outscored the Demon Deacons 14-6 in the final 5:40 of the first half to lead 32-22 at the intermission.
"We played with great energy, great teamwork, and great unselfishness throughout," Wofford head coach Mike Young said. "It's a big win for our team."
Teamwork is another phase the Deacs were lacking in. Travis McKie carried the mantle of responsibility nearly by himself with 25 points until Ty Walker answered the bell in the second half when Carson Desrosiers seemed to disappear. Walker finished with an impactful six points, 12 rebounds, three assists and three blocks as a substitute.
Only three players [Tony Chennault, McKie and Walker] scored for the Demon Deacons in the second half.
"We just didn't play well together as a team," McKie said. "We gave up 17 offensive rebounds. We just didn't play hard all 40 minutes. We were lackadaisical. I must take responsibility for that, because I'm the leader of this team. Everything falls upon me."
McKie may feel he deserves the brunt of the blame, but responsibility also falls on Tony Chennault and Anthony Fields to facilitate the offense and keep confusion from gaining a foothold.
Fields did not see any second-half action after playing eight minutes in the first half, reaching the box-score with two turnovers and a rebound. Bzdelik played rarely used walk-on Aaron Ingle as Chennault's backup following the intermission. Ingle did not turn the ball over a single time in his six precious minutes, which was better than Chennault (three), Fields and Fischer (four).
"I just got to do a better job talking to my guys more throughout the game," Chennault said. "This was a perfect opportunity for the guys to step up, since C.J. wasn't playing. Unfortunately we couldn't get the win tonight. We need him. He's a vital part to this team."
Down eight with 2:31 left in the game Wake battled back, trimming its deficit to 54-50 with 1:01, but Nikita Mescheriakov's turnover in the lane killed any last-ditch hopes for a miracle win.


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Jul 19, 2012
Am I the only one who thinks that theres nothing really great about M.A.C. Cosmetics? I don't really think M.A.C. is all that. I know a lot of people who rave about M.A.C, but I honestly don't see what's so great about it. I've tried a lot of their products, from eyeshadows, to lip glass, to lipstick, to their foundation. Sure, the eyeshadow is very good and pigmented, but 1 shadow costs $15. I could buy a Too Faced palette from Sephora that costs $36 and has 9 shadows and they're just as good as M.A.C. shadows. Their lip glass is also SO sticky and streaky. The lipstick is great, however, it tends to be a bit dry in my opinion. And as for their foundation, It is SO heavy on the skin, though I must say it does have very good coverage.
Am I the only one who feels this way? Let me know, I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks! x
Jul 19, 2012
I think some of their products are great and others not so much. That's how it is with most brands, though. There's definitely a lot of hype but their products wouldn't be nearly as popular if they didn't work well enough for most people. I agree with you about being able to find cheaper alternatives! It just makes sense to spend less money on something that's just as good :)
Jul 19, 2012
I think MAC gets all the hype of being the 'biggest and the best'. But really, they could have products made of gold, and it still won't work for someone. It's all personal opinion I think.
Jul 19, 2012
yes, too hyped up. i like their paint pot in painterly but recently i bought their concealer and mineralized skin finish and i must say i wasn't that impressed. not a horrible product, just had higher expectations for them because of how everyone raves about this stuff. i also bought their studio fix foundation before and it felt like i was wearing a mask. yuck.
Jul 19, 2012
I agree with you Gabriella. I'm not a fan of MAC. There are a lot of better brands out there.
I'll agree that MAC that is a bit overrated, but MAC still has products I love. MAC Carbon is my staple black, I enjoy Fix + & I LOVE LOVE Pro Longwear foundation. It's my all time favorite foundation. =]
Sure they're a bit over-rated, but these products & a few others work for me & I love them for that. Like Victoria said, some products just don't work the same on a lot of people.
Jul 19, 2012
I hate their mascaras I've tried most never found one I was happy with
Jul 19, 2012
I think it's okay, maybe a little overrated but their match master foundation is a DREAM! Also they have pretty average things like their eyeshadow isn't great and neither is the mascara and the list goes on, but they are still over priced. I must say tho their foundations and concealers work very well for me and definitely the match master foundation has been so well thought through and is worth every penny :)
Jul 19, 2012
<< It's all personal opinion I think. >>
As an aside, this is why I hate when someone uses the word "best" when they're asking for product recommendations, because "best" is a very subjective term. What works well for me may not work for you. A product I think sucks, you may like. The "best" of anything is the product that works best for *you*. As an alternative to "best", my suggestion would be to replace it with "favo(u)rite". :)
Jul 20, 2012
I don't think MAC is the best but there are products that I like and products I don't like.
I don't like their mascaras
I think blushes are so so
I like the lipsticks and lipliners
I like the eyeshadows and eyeliners
Foundations are okay some I like some I don't
I like their brushes.
Jul 20, 2012
I am so over MAC. I blame it on the fact that they've been pumping out multiple crappy collections practically each month and it's nothing interesting.
Jul 20, 2012
A lot of people flock to MAC because of the label, ya know?
I hate it :x
Jul 20, 2012
I love MAC!
love it so much, I even went to work there for a while lol
I think the main issue that ppl sometimes have with MAC, is due to such a large range of products... it can get a bit confusing sometimes, and even prevent you from finding the right products for your needs and preferences. because generally speaking - i do belive that you can find everything in MAC.
you just need to find the products that work for you...
and if you still dont like MAC... well, it happens :)
Jul 20, 2012
About 10 years ago MAC cosmetics was the major choice for pro artists around the world. They have bight vivid eyshadows, a wide range of foundations and concealers. But since Estee Lauder came in and took over the company the focus has turned from being artist worthy o sales driven and as a result the product line has suffered. Due to mass production I have found that the products are of poor quality ie. Carbon eyeshadow. I have one from 5 years ago that I recently found in in bottom of a suitcase that looks nothing like Carbon shadow that is currently on sale today. Today I found that I am leaning more to Nars, MUFE, OCC, Urban Decay
Jul 23, 2012
I have been obsessed with MAC for 10 years....and it wasn't until this year that I became more open to other products (only because I'm not working). To be honest....I always compare everything to MAC and so far I haven't found anything that I love as much as MAC. In my opinion makeup in general isn't cheap unless you get dollar stuff like elf. Even the drugstore shadows are around $7 so I prefer to pay $15 and know that I'm getting a product that I have swatched and that is of quality. MAC also lets you return any product if you're not satisfied. I have bought cheap stuff and it ends up being a waste of money because it usually sucks. As far as foundation and mascara.....I def think the MAC ones suck.
Jul 23, 2012
Its a marketing thing. Mac was started as a professional brand and sold onto the estee lauder group. With the massive budgets behind it they have built a cult following based on the companies initial history.
The products are still recognized as being professional quality but it depends entirely on the individual. Many productions are sponsored by Mac and the various other companies that estee lauder owns to boost their profile.
Individual items from different brands have different merits and you just need to experiment and find what suits you.
Jul 23, 2012
I can't speak out about all of MAC but with my local store I can't bother to go in there. The artists/associates in there are awful to try and deal with, they will brush me off if an older customer goes in or they have other things to do like text behind the counter or set up a display or two.
Although they have a huge selection, it's not worth it in my eyes to deal with rude employees. The products don't live up to the hype IMO and cost more than they're worth. I like the MSF and the Viva lipsticks (mostly 'cause I'm big on charities).
I'll just walk to the other side of the hallway and go to Sephora, it's less painful over there. Lol
Jul 23, 2012
I like MAC and buy their products often but they are not my all time favorite brand. I also think they need to really work on their Customer Service, ettiquette, etc. I was just there this past weekend to pick up a concealer & new lipstick. The girls helping me were rude, tried selling me stuff I wasnt even asking for & on top of that her makeup scared the crap outta me, her face looked very cakey, she over did her makeup to the point where she could pass up as a clown. I did not enjoy this past visit dealing with rudeness and the rude look on her face. MAC acts like they are "the best", I say not & work on your Customer Service bc a bad attitude in the makeup business is like a flat tire, if you don't change it, you don't get anywhere!
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The Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) is the City's economic development agency, committed to creating jobs, expanding the tax base and improving the vitality of businesses and neighborhoods. The URA achieves this mission by assembling, preparing and conveying sites for major mixed-use developments; and by providing a portfolio of programs that include financing for business location, relocation and expansion, housing construction and rehabilitation, and home purchases and improvements.
As Pittsburgh celebrates its renaissance from rust belt into boom town, the region recognizes that the URA has been a constant and transformative force behind in the city's positive evolution.
W|W successfully helped the URA navigate a branding initiative that re-positioned the organization to become commensurate with Pittsburgh, the "best place to live" City that it supports. Subsequent collaborations between W|W and the URA extended the branding into multiple branded touch-points.
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All this design gets squeezed into the web pretty well too. We built responsive design web experiences to support all devices and all the content the URA threw at us.
In addition to the name and branding, W|W designed & developed the www.launchPGH.com website for the URA, as part of the City's overall plan to create a more robust entrepreneur environment. The responsively-designed website connects entrepreneurs with opportunities and serves as a "launchpad" for local new businesses. LaunchPGH.com is a portal for entrepreneurs, investors and developers who want instant access to Pittsburgh's best business and networking resources.
Sometimes the message gets to the street. We help it along and frame it in the way it is meant to be seen.
W|W created a branding campaign for the URA that encapsulates the spirit of Pittsburgh and value of investment in the City, with a particular focus on the downtown core. The integrated marketing campaign leverages Pittsburgh's great assets and is helping to make the City's Golden Triangle top-of-mind; as a place to live, to invest and to visit.


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Park Slope Parents wrote to tell me that their new "Nanny Compensation Survey" is out. Over 800 parents participated in the survey which included parents from these Yahoo list serves: Park Slope Parents (68%), Hudson River Park Mamas, DUMBO Parents, BoCoCa Parents and Flatbush Family Network. (All of which can be found in our Directory by the way)
Here are some interesting stats from it:
- Paid time off for Nannies paid weekly (Avg hours = 40/wk) includes, on average, 11.5 vacation days, 8.2 holidays, and 4.2 sick/personal days
- Paid time off for Nannies paid hourly (Avg hours = 25/wk) includes, on average, 8.8 vacation days, 5.4 holidays, and 2.2 sick/personal days
- For those who reported paying their bonus as a ratio of "weeks of pay", 74% of employers paid 1 week's pay as a bonus, while 21% paid 2 weeks'pay, and 8% had a larger amount
- 58% of respondents had given their Nannies a raise during the past year, higher for nannies that are paid on a weekly basis — For those who gave increases, they tended to be $1/hour per year given at the hiring anniversary
- Pay increases for a second child range from $1 to $2/hr. This seems lower than last year's data which most likely reflects the economic downturn
- Respondents who pay on the books most commonly use their accountant to figure out the appropriate taxes and withdrawals, while many use Nannytax, PayPrep, PayCycle and Breedlove services. A few handle the accounting themselves and use TurboTax, Nannypay and Paycycle
- 43%* of situations involving a Nanny leaving employment involved a month or more notice because of a 'known'
situation change (e.g., Nanny was pregnant, mother left a job)
- 51% gave 2 weeks pay as severance, 30% gave 1 week pay, and 19% gave a higher amount
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Some like to say it is eternally spring in the San Diego area. Others who live here say they miss the changes of the season.
One thing we don't have to miss out on is the variety of potted spring flowering bulbs that flood the markets at this time of the year. They show up in a riot of colors: tulips in red and yellow, hyacinths in pink, white and blue, crocus in yellow, blue and white, and narcissus and daffodils in sunny yellows.
Of course, all these beauties were forced to bloom inside climate-controlled greenhouses, after having been exposed to an artificial winter while stored in a temperature-controlled walk-in cooler. Then they were potted up and forced along in a greenhouse environment. Towards the height of their prime blooming time, they were shipped out by the millions and we find them smiling at us in the supermarkets, garden centers and flower shops.
They always make me homesick for my native country, Holland, where at this time of the year, the bulbs are blooming in the commercial growing fields, as well as in numerous show gardens and private gardens all over the country.
Some of you might have visited the annual world-famous show garden "Keukenhof" ("kitchen-garden") in Lisse, Holland, where professional bulb growers introduce and display their brand-new hybrids as they plant them by the thousands.
This display entices millions of tourists from all over Europe, the U.S., Canada and Japan, as well as the local Dutch, who can place an order for their favorite bulbs that they see in full bloom. They'll be delivered to their doorsteps in the fall, just in time for planting and then will bloom the next spring.
We don't have to go to Holland to see the bulbs in bloom. They are offered in many places (check out the Carlsbad flower fields for their beautiful field-grown ranunculus).
When you bring home a collection of potted flowering bulbs, display them in the coolest room possible -- that means out of direct sunlight or on a cool, shady patio. Warm temperatures will speed up the lifetime of the flowers. Keep potting soil well-watered. As the bulb contains all the food it needs for this season, there is no need to add fertilizer.
When the flowers are spent, cut them off but allow the foliage to stay on until it dies back on its own. This allows the nutrients inside the leaves to be transferred to the bulb, where they will be stored for next year's growth. After all the foliage has withered and is yellow, cut it all off. Store the bulb in its pot in a shady location in the garden or garage. Depending on the bulb, they might bloom again next spring. But in our climate, you cannot expect much re-blooming except for daffodils in Julian, where the winter temperatures get low enough.
In the meantime, enjoy your potted flowering bulbs to the max. Have them all over your house. Use them as a centerpiece inside a basket arrangement, surrounded by elegant foliage plants, such as ferns, ivies, or other spring-flowering plants like primroses and cyclamen. These make beautiful last-moment gifts for someone in the hospital, for a birthday or as a baby-shower gift. Experiment and use your imagination. But most of all, enjoy them while they last!
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Yet another reason to be cheerful. Bill Kristol has written his last column
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Oh No - Shades of the opening of the Olympics at the Inauguration.
The somber, elegiac tones before President Obama's oath of office at the inauguration on Tuesday came from the instruments of Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and two colleagues. But what the millions on the National Mall and watching on television heard was in fact a recording, made two days earlier by the quartet and matched tone for tone by the musicians playing along.
And Garrison Keillor had his spontaneous moment as the crowds were departing.
But the great moment came later, as the mob flowed slowly across the grounds. I heard loud cheers behind me and there on the giant screen was the Former Occupant and Mrs. Bush saying goodbye to the Obamas in the parking lot behind the Capitol, the Marine helicopter behind them.
The crowd stopped and stared, a little stunned at the reality of it.
They saw it on a screen in front of the Capitol and it was actually happening on the other side. The Bushes went up the stairs, turned, waved and disappeared into the cabin, and people started to cheer in earnest. When the blades started turning, the cheering got louder, and when the chopper lifted up above the Capitol and we saw it in the sky heading for the airport, a million jubilant people waved and hollered for all they were worth. It was the most genuine, spontaneous, universal moment of the day. It was like watching the ice go out on the river.
There's a rather touching image of Obama practising for the oath taken by Callie Shell of Time magazine.
While it borders on the obvious cliche, I still found this image pretty striking
Dirck Halstead gives a good background to Callie Shell at Digital Journalist
Four years ago Time photographer Callie Shell met Barack Obama backstage when she was covering presidential candidate John Kerry. She sent her editor more photographs of Obama than Kerry. When asked why, she said, "I do not know. I just have a feeling about him. I think he will be important down the road." Her first photo essay on Obama was two and half years ago. She has stuck with him ever since.
There's a rather touching image of Obama practising for the oath taken by Callie Shell of Time magazine.
Hey, I just think a little performance anxiety in the elderly is quite understandable.
Roberts is only 54… but he has had two seizures. : )
He messed up the oath. Cute.
It appears it was Roberts who got it wrong.
12:37: The Chief Justice in fact screwed up the oath. The Constitution requires:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Roberts left out the word "faithfully." (He also said "President to the United States.") Obama saw the mistake and stopped himself to give Roberts a chance to fix it.
Roberts redid the line, remembering to throw in "faithfully," but putting it in the wrong place — after "President of the United States" — and, this time, Obama went along with the wording. Close enough, I guess he figured. I wonder what Barack Obama was thinking. Maybe: Some textualist you turned out to be!
Coverage starts TV3 5.30am NZ time. Obama sworn in approx. 6.00am. Hope we don't miss Aretha.
I just discovered via CRN that there is a citizen's briefing book where people can post their own suggestions to President elect Obama.
Thank you for sharing your ideas on the issues facing the new administration. Over 125,000 users submitted over 44,000 ideas and cast over 1.4 million votes. The best rated ideas will be gathered into a Citizen's Briefing Book to be delivered to President Obama after he is sworn in.
If you haven't been to Christchurch for a while it might be worth checking out the cultural precinct from The Cathedral down Worcester Boulevard to the Museum and Botanic gardens. Park in the underground carpark of the Art Gallery off Gloucester street, it's always half empty. The Art Gallery itself is under pretty dynamic leadership now and well worth a look.
The Arts Centre on the other corner has plenty of galleries, shops and cafes and is the base for the World Buskers festival starting 22nd January with shows each evening outdoors in the North quadrangle.
The Museum is full of the magnificent (the Antarctic collection from the age of exploration) to the bizarre, (Fred and Myrtle Flutey's paua shell lounge, rebuilt shell by shell from it's home in Bluff).
Even carry on to the rear of the museum to the old Robert McDougal art gallery where there is a craft glass exhibition on at present showing how well things can be displayed if you have a whole unused gallery to play with.
They have sense of humour at the chocolate factory. The first thing they do is sit you down in front of a very boring film about Mr Cadbury and just when everyone is thinking 'when is this ever going to end so we can get the free samples' a man comes through the door laden with free samples.


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2.1Three Growth Stages of Lenovo Group 3
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3.1Value Chain 4
3.2Supply Chain Management 5
3.3Supply Chain Integration (SCI)/Global Supply Chain Forum 7
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4.A case study of Lenovo worldsourcing supply chain 9
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Facing economic uncertainty, volatile energy prices and intensifying global competition, large multinational corporations are seeking strategic and operational advantages more than ever before. Among the key operational components most demonstrably tied to business success is the efficiency of global supply chains: the network of people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in supplying a product or service to a customer.
This paper aims to present a case study that illustrate the way in which the supply chain management process is used to improve the value of the product and service to the customers of Lenovo and how Lenovo gain the competitive advantages from its competitors--followed by the first coursework in which the author discussed the internal and external environment of Lenovo-- and for discussing the supply chain management ,firstly, the author will introduce the value chain of Lenovo ,secondly, the generic supply chain and Lenovo's global supply chain(supply chain integration) ,and then the supply chain management of Lenovo and the relationship between information system and supply chain management (SCM) as a logistic.
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How many of you here have and shoot the 38 WCF (38-40 Winchester) round? I have both a Winchester model 1892 rifle and a colt revolver and have used both for many years and with good success on hogs and deer all under 75 yards. I always load for both firearms and at times have duplicated the 1940s Winchester RIFLE ONLY load for use on hogs. The old Winchester load is close to 30-30 ballistics up close.


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In addition to her upcoming drama activities in Korea, IU is also confirmed to release a Japanese album this coming March.
Japanese music retail chain HMV had previously announced on their homepage, "IU is set to release original songs in Japan for the first time." LOEN Entertainment confirmed the news on January 28th: "IU will release an album featuring her first original songs in Japan on March 20th."
IU's upcoming Japanese project is said to include the participation of hit-making producer team, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, who are most famous for their works with Janet Jackson, and have also worked with other world famous stars as Michael Jackson, Prince, and Boyz II Men, just to name a few.
A representative commented, "It will be a production that showcases the moment that IU, who turns 20 (international age) this year, matures from a girl into a woman."
In other news, IU will be starring in the upcoming KBS 2TV drama, 'You're the Best Lee Soon Shin', alongside Jo Jung Suk, set to premiere this March!
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Get an overview of this hotelRio De Janeiro hotel 300 meters from Ipanema Beach
Popular property highlights
Ipanema Beach: 300 meters
Located in Rio's Charm Quarter, an area with fine restaurants, shopping and galleries, Mar Ipanema Hotel is 2 blocks away from Ipanema Beach. The hotel is within walking distance of Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and the Leblon neighborhood.
Complimentary buffet breakfast
A complimentary breakfast is offered daily. Mar Ipanema Hotel offers a restaurant, as well as room service. This Rio de Janeiro hotel has a smoke-free policy.
Complimentary WiFi
Guestrooms at Mar Ipanema Hotel include minibars, hair dryers, in-room safes, and TVs with premium cable channels. Wireless internet access is complimentary.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Proximity to shopping
- Beach
- Breakfast
- Helpful staff
- Guestrooms were a little noisy
Mar Ipanema Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Mar Ipanema Hotel has a restaurant and offers room service and complimentary breakfast served in the restaurant. There is a meeting room, free newspapers in the lobby, and complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests also have access to fitness facilities. Currency exchange, tour assistance, and concierge services are available on site. Guests who want to spend a day at the beach can borrow beach chairs, umbrellas and towels free of charge. The property is non-smoking and fees apply to violators.
- Smoke-free property
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 11
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Concierge services
- Fitness facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Pool umbrellas
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Total number of rooms - 86
- Rooftop terrace
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Year Built 1988
- Beach umbrellas
- Beach towels
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Steam room
- Free WiFi
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Free toiletries
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Desk
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Free wired Internet
- iPod docking station
- Minibar
- Soundproofed rooms
- Pay movies
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Designer toiletries
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Free WiFi
- Down comforter
Where to Eat
Armazem Devassa - Serves appetizers, salads, sandwiches, and entrees.
Breakfast Buffet - A complimentary breakfast is served in the restaurant from 6 AM to 10 AM.
Room Service - Available during limited hours.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 4 AM
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Hotel Mar Ipanema
- Mar Ipanema
- Mar Ipanema Hotel
- Mar Ipanema Hotel Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Mar Ipanema Rio De Janeiro
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Parents or a legal guardian traveling with children under 18 years must present the child's birth certificate and an identity card with photo (passport, for example) at the check-in. For international travels from Brazil, if just one of the parents is traveling with the child, she/he must present – in addition to the child's certificate of birth and identity card with photo – a letter authorizing the trip signed by the other parent with a notarial certification of signature. In case the parents or the legal guardian, as applicable, cannot or are unwilling to give this authorization, a judicial authorization is required. People who intend to travel to Brazil with children must consult with the Brazilian consulate before traveling for more information. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.