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Book your room at Marriott Executive Apartments Seoul
Studio, 1 King Bed
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Max Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)Suite, 1 Bedroom
Max Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)Luxury Seoul apartment in Yeouido with full-service spa
This luxury apartment is located in Seoul (Yeouido), close to Yeouido Saetgang Ecological Park, KBS Exhibition Hall, and Yeouido Park. Also nearby are IFC Seoul and National Assembly Building.
Property Features
Along with a full-service spa, this apartment has an indoor pool and a health club. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a sauna, and WiFi in public areas.
Room Amenities
All 103 apartments provide conveniences like washers/dryers and dining areas, plus pillowtop beds and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include sitting areas, WiFi, and wired Internet.
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Marriott Executive Apartments Seoul features an indoor pool and a health club. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Business amenities at this 4.5-star property consist of a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms.
A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. 5 meeting rooms are available. This luxury apartment also offers a children's pool, a sauna, and a terrace. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
- Total number of rooms - 103
- Number of floors - 16
- ATM/banking
- Babysitting or childcare
- Business center
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Full-service spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Computer station
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Health club
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Sauna
- Children's pool
- Indoor pool
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Valet parking (surcharge)
Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Children's pool
- Grocery/convenience store
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare
- Playground on site
- Separate dining area
- Washer/dryer
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: WiFi (surcharge) , Wired internet access ( 22000 KRW per day )
Available in some public areas: WiFi (surcharge)
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- DVD player
- Pay movies
- Separate sitting area
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Separate dining area
- Dishwasher
- Stovetop
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Washer/dryer
- Satellite TV service
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Climate control
- Free newspaper
- Room service (limited hours)
- Pillowtop mattress
Where to Eat
Park Cafe - This restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Playground on site
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the apartment's full-service spa. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a sauna and a steam room. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
- Steam room in spa
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Breakfast fee: KRW 26000 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): KRW 22000 per day (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: KRW 50000 per day
- Valet parking fee: KRW 10000 per stay
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Officials OK Hindu temple to be built in Robbinsville
The Planning Board has unanimously approved a proposal for a five-building Hindu worship complex after an extended presentation that took two board meetings.
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Jan 6, 2009
What ever you do there MUST be a LIMIT in SIZE placed on the new incoming TEMPLE. This type of building always starts out small and with DETAILS not spelled out. Partial use for sunday school, child care, religous services, etc etc.
MUST sent LIMITS on the SIZE and USES of this project. SMART PLANNING NOW, not taking advantage of in the FUTURE. |
Jan 15, 2009
You've got to be friggin' kidding me!!!!!!
Jan 15, 2009
Is this what's best for out town????? A Hindu temple????? What about some ratables or something the whole town can use? What a bonehead move on the part of the township planning committee!
Jan 22, 2009
Thay got trown out of our town due to vague listed uses and unclear listed areas between:
Religous service space Day care space Kitchen space Max occupancy All occupancy limits could of been exceeded by the combined use of all spaces at the same time: Also parking spaces could not fit proposed building size and or occupancy. Dont let the Town Fathers screw the Tax payers because their afraid of a Law Suit. How many people who would use the Temple live in Robbinsville vs travel from other towns???? The SIZE of the Temple should serve the size of Temple residents within ROBBINSVILLE |
Feb 8, 2009
WOW, I cant believe your town fathers lead you into the burning city of death. This approval is the worst this Robbinsville could do. Your tax dollars are going up for a group that doesn't even support your town. They could give a rats AZZ about the town, except for the fact that you IDIOTS let them get a foot in the door. Now you will see additions asked for, over use of the site, and neighbor properties being bought to expand. This YOUNG DUMB town of ROBBINSVILLE let the wolf in sheeps clothing in. JUST STUPID
Feb 8, 2009
Does anyone read these posts by informed citizens.?????
Mar 16, 2009
I think this is the best move by our Robbinsville Dept. Just imagine, what our society has become off late. Do we want our kids to grow up in this environment where they learn to smoke, inhale drugs and drink alcohol even before they are 18????
I have known this organization - BAPS- for a while now and they have done tremendous job in the past to improve the social well beings of individuals by imparting sound knowledge in their temples and educational facilities. I am up for this. Long live BAPS, long live ROBBINSVILLE!!!! |
Feb 3, 2010
I live within a very short jog of this site and already my neighbors and I have been approached about selling our homes to some temple worshipers.
I came home to find two men wandering in my front yard looking at my home! I'm always looking over my shoulder now because of it. We have already considered putting our home up for sale because once that building is in the traffic near my home will bring down my homes worth. Let them build this in East Windsor where I'm sure most of the temple's members are from. |
Jun 11, 2010
We need to throw out the school board, planning board, town council, and mayor. No one cares about the people of this town. This is a joke that will DESTROY property value yet the taxes will be sky high.
We are all screwed. |
Aug 21, 2010
I have just recently learned of this Mandir (temple/cultural center) 3 days ago. Do you know how I found out? We have the pleasure of looking out our front door at the whole shebang. We live on Hankins Road. A person just bought 6 acres next to my home and wants to build a 12,000 sq. ft. home in what is now woods to be close to his temple. I have been to the temple site 2 times and got 2 different stories. One said it'll be the 2nd biggest in the world, another said it won't be that big. The temple alone will be 20,000 sq. feet. Today is some holy day there and there are about a thousand Hindu's (bused in wit about 30 school buses) worshiping in a temporary structure as I write this. We have the privilege of listening to this construction over the next 5 to 7 years.
Anyone want to buy a home with a view? |
Aug 21, 2010
Watch dawg I Buy your house
Aug 22, 2010
I was kidding about selling. We will sell one day at least 7 years from now.
Aug 24, 2010
You haven't seen anything yet my freinds.The proposed development approved with smaller scale project but at the end it will be giagantic complex with some monument higher then Lincoln center in DC. Initially they will come by bus or van but once evrything is done good luck for traffic over the wkend. Township palanning board was presented with smaller scale proposal with cooked traffic impact report. Township sould have done there own traffic impact study.
Aug 28, 2010
long live Baps long live Baps long live Baps long live Baps long live Baps long live Baps long live Baps long live Baps
Aug 30, 2010
Well Jane, you may love BAPS, but I was misinformed. Cobra is correct. When I was escorted by a BAPS rep around the "grounds" I asked will this indeed be the 2nd biggest Hindu temple in the world and he laughed and said no. He told me the temple was only 16,000 sq. ft. However, I found a Mercer County Land Development Comittee report dated 4/14/10 stating approval (with conditions) was given to BAPS Mercer LLC to increase the size of the temple from 17,000 sq. feet, to 47,000 sq. feet during phase V of building. That's much larger than the biggest temple in Atlanta which is 20,000 sq. feet. Apparently they downplay it and it does indeed get bigger and bigger as time goes on. 5 - 7 years of construction; a real lot can happen. Check google for Hindu temple, Robbinsville, NJ and wikipedia calls it 2nd largest in the world.
Nov 19, 2010
WOW , Muslims keep building centers of terror and nothing happen.
Hindus are peaceful by nature. 1. This is not built by taxpayer money but BAPS. 2. No new businesses (which could bring construction jobs and later tourist based trade and shopping) would have come to this tract of land. Certainly the NYC Mosque would have attracted businesses but not here. 3. All temples are open to everyone and they provide food and help to homeless all the time. 4. Religious freedom is a step-stone to democracy. India allowed Christian missionaries to build all kinds of schools, churches. Yes there is opposition sometime by fundamentalists, but there are small minded people everywhere. |
Nov 19, 2010
This is absolutely ridiculous. NO ONE wants it built in Robbinsville!
Oct 5, 2011
Some of these idiots posting here don't know nothing about BAPS. Every town that has built a temple has gain so much money from the visitors coming to these complexes. The one in Chicago used to be the biggest outside of India until this one in NJ is being built. The one being built in NJ will be the 2nd biggest temple in the WORLD. Just search "BAPS Chicago" on google and you'll read so many good things coming from it. The people living around chicago embarrassed to have this temple built with warm arms. These people in NJ seem like worthless people. I wish from reading these comments they don't build here and find a town that deserves it.
Derby, UK |
Oct 13, 2011
to clarify: they are building TWO temples on this land
1. Akshardham - a 'Great Temple' which is more like a monument. it will be extremely huge in comparison to the smaller temple. it will be white and carved of stone. visit http://www.akshardham.com to see the Delhi version of this which is in pink sandstone. There are NO other Akshardhams in any other country outside of India at present. for a video of the Delhi Akshardham 2. Mandir - a smaller temple carved out of stone/marble, which will be used for daily worship and rituals. visit http://www.mandir.org to see the very similar London Temple. They already these in Chigago, Atlanta, Georgia, Houston, Toronto and another under construction in California. FOR DETAILS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN AND LAYOUT SEE THIS VIDEO. PLANS ARE FROM 4.24 IN THE VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch... You may be opposed to the Temples now, but after seeing the absolute BEAUTY of the architecture your mind will change. I am a European and NOT affiliated with BAPS or Hinduism. I wish they had a website though. And I wish they would build an Akshardham in London! |
Nov 8, 2011
I live on Hankins Rd. It is the worst.. Property values are going to plunge to the gutter.. I called the local Real Estate agent to appraise my beautiful home, and she said Hankins Rd is not an upcoming area where people want to live bc of the temple coming up. I am getting 100,000 less than what I should be getting, but her advise is to sell before the temple goes up.. bc after the temple goes up the traffic is going to be crazy. and value of properties are going down.. so my advice to my fellow Hankins Rd neighbors... sell your houses.. or ure gonna smell cury everyday you wake up.. and these people are dirty they walk on ur property they don't care.. they liter.. I went to the site and some indian refered me to the edison temple.. they destoryed the area... SO BYE BYE ROBBINSVILLE!!
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EM has obtained a copy of the Post-Dispatch's follow-up to the David Freese car crash story. What follows was written by Bill McClellan and deleted shortly after posting.
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Megarock Radio (@megarockradio) says :
Smells like BS.
"Duff was not home, but a cyclist who witnessed the accident left a note on his door."
How many cyclists carry paper and a pen?
Good day.
richard earls says :
I cannot make a decision without all the facts, neither should anyone else. There are police reports and accident pictures to look at closely, plus eye witnesses. I'm confident the officers made the right judgment call. There will always be conspiracy theorist with whom will look for guilt. Police officers arrest fellow officers ,judges, politicians, sports figures, famous people all the tim for impairedriving I don't think they'd show favoritism just for Freeze, they know his record! They wouldn't want innocent people harmed on their concupiscence. n. g. I don't think they would
Casey Tanner says :
HEY, if any of us hit that tree, drinking or not, noone would have heard about it. That being said, cops give cops dui's. If Freese was drunk, we have to asume he would have gotten a dui. Simple as that. If there was a "cover up" we'll never know, SO DROP IT
ToniferJames says :
If i had known this was a Bill McClellan column, I would have told you those don't normally go live until Friday….
Related note: It is extremely common for deer to move away quickly post-collision. I wonder why Freese was so far off the road in avoiding the animal, but I have no doubt that witnesses wouldn't see the deer at all.


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Patrick O'Farrell
Patrick O'Farrell (1933 – 25 December 2003[1]) was a historian known for his histories of Roman Catholicism in Australia, Irish history and Irish Australian history. He was born into an Irish Catholic family in Greymouth, New Zealand, and was educated at the Marist Brothers High School, Greymouth, and at the University of Canterbury, where he received both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in History. Having moved to Australia in 1956, he received a PhD from the Australian National University. He was Professor of History at the University of New South Wales from 1972 till his retirement in 1990, thereafter Emeritus Professor.
Prof. O'Farrell's first interests were in Labour history with the 1964 publication of a work on Harry Holland, an early Labour Party leader in New Zealand. The appearance in 1968 of his book The Catholic Church in Australia led to his recognition as the leading historian of the Catholic Church and community in Australia. He subsequently also became well known for his major contributions to the writing of Irish history and of Irish Australian history. In addition, he made notable contributions to a public controversy over the validity or otherwise of oral history.
- Harry Holland: Militant Socialist (1964)
- The Catholic Church in Australia: A Short History 1788-1967 (1968)
- Documents in Australian Catholic History 1788-1968 (1969)
- Ireland's English Question: Anglo-Irish Relations 1534-1970 (1971)
- England and Ireland since 1800 (1975)
- The Catholic Church and Community in Australia: A History (1977)
- Letters from Irish Australia 1825-1929 (1984)
- The Catholic Church and Community: An Australian History 1985, (3rd ed, w, Afterword, 1992)
- The Irish in Australia (1986, rev. 3rd ed. 2001)
- Vanished Kingdoms: Irish in Australia and New Zealand (1990)
- Through Irish Eyes: Australian and New Zealand Images of the Irish 1788-1948 (1994)
- UNSW: a Portrait (1999)
Further reading[edit]
Finnane, Mark. "Patrick O'Farrell (1933-2003)". Proceedings of the Australian Academy of the Humanities 28 (2003): 48–51. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
- ^ "Patrick O'Farrell Historian 1933 – 2003". University of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
External links[edit]
- Patrick O'Farrell website
- Patrick O'Farrell at the National Library of Australia
- The Religion Report (ABC Radio National) - Patrick O'Farrell


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Week 1
THEORIES OF TIME and "BACKGROUND" BACK TO TOP
- --cyclical theory of time
- --mechanical theory of time
- --evolutionary/biological theory of time
- --chaos theory of time
VISUALIZING TIME -- How time is visually depicted
- --What are the visual clues to understanding each time theory?
- --What are the relationships of:
- --perimeters -- boundaries -- limitations to interiors?
- --sizes of individual elements?
- --shapes of elements?
- --parts to whole?
- --Is there a before and after?
- --What is the duration of the lived experience?
- --whose voices? --pluralism
- --who's listening--and interacting? --inclusion
- --what's the discourse?
- --what's the form of the discourse? --appropriation, fragmentation & pastiche
WRITING There will be three types of writing: 1. Informal interpretative writing including notes, models, questions, etc. -- A, B, C Please include one question to ask of the seminar each week. This question should arise from the readings or from the readings in conjunction with previous discussions. 2. Short interpretative papers --1, 2, 3 Each writing (2 + pages) may be made of of several statements or it may be an integrated whole. Each paper should include new thoughts generated from the readings at hand. You may refer back to the theories of time and to the characteristics of time and how they bear on your current thoughts. Do not merely recapitulate the readings. In some cases you may choose to create a time model rather than writing a paper. 3. Long paper --10+ pages on a postmodern artwork(s) |
WRITING #1 --2 + page interpretation paper discussing one of the floor figures and readings + ? (see first meeting handout)
--Include 1 question arising from your thoughts and readings |
--"Telling Time and Seasons" ___________________ --Zeno of Elea's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise ___________________ --Zeno's arrow of time ___________________ --"Heraclitus Once" -- Heraclitus' river of time ___________________ --Heisenberg's principle of uncertainty ___________________ --"Schroedinger's cat" ___________________ --2nd Law of Thermodynamics -- entropy ___________________ --Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity ___________________ --the anthropic principle ___________________ --modern ____________________ --postmodern ____________________ --avant garde ____________________
FOR WEEK 2 1. Writing #1 draft due. This will be shared with seminar members. 2. Question--What is the nature of before and after in your time model? 3. Informal writing--Look up your time topics (here on the left) and be prepared to explain them verbally or visually. Turn in this information at the end of the class day. 4. Sketch-collect--5 cards visualizing time 5. List--words or phrases having to do with time in your field of study 6. Look over the Innocent Eye Test and its questions and make notes for discussion. 7. Question--What is the dilemma encountered when depicting time and space in two dimensions? (Investigate images on this website.) |
CHARACTERISTICS OF TIME (tools for engaging with artworks) BACK TO TOP
- --measurement (rate of recurrence, rhythm)
- --duration
- --direction
- --order/sequence/association
- --change
- --cosmic
- --geologic
- --cultural (situated in human activity)
- --personal/individual
- --Zeno of Elea -- Achilles and the tortoise
- --Zeno of Elea -- arrow of time
- --Heraclitus -- the river of time
HOW TIME IS PUNCTUATED AND FRAMED -- 20th-21st century physics
- --2nd law of thermodynamics -- entropy
- --general & special theories of relativity -- Einstein
- --principle of uncertainty -- Heisenberg
- --Schroedinger's cat
HOW TIME IS PUNCTUATED AND FRAMED -- THE MODERN FRAME -- 20th-21st century art BACK TO TOP
- --Cubism
- --Futurism
- --Surrealism
- --the avant-garde
- --formalism
Time Transfixed, 1939 -- Rene Magritte
HOW TIME IS PUNCTUATED AND FRAMED -- THE POSTMODERN FRAME -- 20th-21st century social and economic dimensions of time
Week 3
a. "Cyclic Worlds" (cyclical) b. "The Clockwork Universe" (mechanical) b." Newton's Time " b." The Image of Progress " c. "Fit to Rule" (evolutionary) d." Information Universe" (chaos) d. "Order by Chance" d. "Does Chaos Rule the Cosmos?" opt. "Einstein's Time" (relativity) opt. Einstein/Space, Time, and Light " opt. "Is the Universe Dying?" (entropy & arrow) opt. "Clock in the Box" (uncertainty princ.)
WRITING #2 --Revisit your Writing #1 in light of discussion, readings (listed here on the left or internet or book selections you come upon) and viewings. If you wish, just skip a space and continue with a new section of your Writing #1 paper. Turn in your Writing #1-#2 under my office 348 door by Monday. --Include 1 question arising from your thoughts and readings |
Week 4
Due Week 4--Revision of Writing #1- #2 if needed. |
TIME AND MOTION IN THE ARTS (more tools for engaging with the arts) BACK TO TOP
- --implied movement
- --apparent movement
- --real/actual movement
- --linear and non-linear narrative
TEMPORAL ORGANIZATION IN FILM AND LITERATURE (still more tools for engaging with the arts)
- --film composition
- --film movement
- --action before the camera
- --camera movement
- --editing movement
- --special effects (within the camera and computer-generated)
- --viewer/reader/participant responses
- Modern Times
- Citizen Kane
- Rashomon
See Writing #3 handout. |
THE LATE 20th-21st CENTURY POSTMODERN FRAME -- the context of our times BACK TO TOP
- --pluralism and diverse voices in the discourse
- --multiple coding and inclusion of popular culture
- --appropriation of historical imagery and diverse styles
- --fragmentation and pastiche
- --viewer interaction
- --self-reflexive
POMO (postmodern architecture)
Week 7
Week 8
Due--informal writing A or notes: What are the characteristics of postmodern created works? What are possible underlying thematic contexts? Include a visual example as a handout for the seminar members. |
Modern/Postmodern, 1980 -- Mark Tansey
Stomp video
- --Kiss of the Spider Woman (120 minutes) BACK TO TOP
- --Kuykendall room # ________
Week 10
DISCUSSION -- Kiss of the Spider Woman Discussants: _________________ |
Due--informal writing B (or time model) on Kiss as a postmodern film + ? See questions in film handout for possible directions. Turn in at the end of the class day. |
Week 11
- --Wings of Desire (130 minutes) BACK TO TOP
- --Kuykendall room # ___________
Week 13
Due--informal writing C (or time model) on Wings as a postmodern film + ? See questions in the film handout for possible directions. Turn in at the end of the class day. |
between Week 13 & 14
--deliver 1 copy of the draft to LR and 1 copy of the draft to your designated seminar member |
Week 14
DISCUSSION -- Wings of Desire, Kiss of the Spider Woman, POMO, pm visual arts, John Cage, etc. discussion based on questions and models |
--return seminar member's draft with lots of comments and suggestions in margins and between the lines |
between Week 14 & 15
Week 15
Week 16
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Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, New York, I've lived in South America and Europe, and visited many more places.I like to travel to meet new people, see different locations, and experience other cultures.
My passions are mountain sports, such as snowboarding, skiing and hiking; kayaking; film; and language.
Brian has completed online and offline ID verification.
We stayed at Brian and Pablo's apartment for 6 nights in February. They were great hosts, very communicative, and helpful. The apartment is in a good location, quiet residential, but just a 10 minute walk to the metro. The apartment is as advertised, and the balcony is the highlight. I recommend staying here on your visit to Santiago, we really enjoyed the city.
I have had a great stay at Brian's apartment on Holanda. The apartment is very roomy with good balconies and facilities. It is the biggest bathroom I have had in an apartment stay in Santiago! The area is a change for me too, usually I am looking at buildings and feel a little "hemmed" in when I use my usual places in Las Condes or Providencia near the river. Brian's apartment affords really nice views of the mountains and houses and trees below, tres good. My walking time to most meetings was around 20 minutes in the Las Condes/Providencia business districts if you are here for work. Cabs are plentiful so no problem if it is too hot or you're running late. Brian was the most attentive host to date, checking on my comfort level by email every few days. He left a bottle of wine, chocolates, nescafe coffee charges for the espresso machine and oranges which was terrific, thank you. If available for my next visit I will apply again!
Brian was a fantastic host; not only is his apartment beautiful, modern and inviting, but he did an incredible job helping to arrange my stay, give recommendations/suggestions on places to go, and even helped arrange an airport transfer for me. The neighborhood is great, views are spectacular, and everything was all-around awesome. Highly recommended.
ich muss gestehen, das Apartment von Brian mit dieser einmaligen Aussicht hat mich schon schwer beeindruckt, - & ihr solltet den Sonnenuntergang auf dem Balkon erst einmal sehen... :) Doch nicht nur die Aussicht sorgte für Wohlbefinden, auch Brians perfekt vorbereitete Tips für Ausflüge, Nachbarschaft, Restaurants & Bars, Geldwechselstuben, Einkaufsmöglichkeiten, Taxireservierungen etc., ließen mich glauben ich hätte in einem 5* Hotel eingecheckt & mit einem persönlichen Concierge! Ganz zu schweigen von einer vorzüglichen Flasche Rotwein als Willkommensgeschenk! :) Bedauerlicherweise konnte ich Brian nicht persönlich kennenlernen, da er ebenfalls im Urlaub war, doch standen wir immer über Mail in Kontakt, & ich hatte das Gefühl als wäre er direkt vor Ort.. Fazit: Eine wunderschöne Wohnung & ein perfekter Gastgeber, -das war mir jeden Cent wert! Absolut empfehlenswert
Brian was extremely clear and helpful in the run up to collecting the keys. That apartment was great. Well cared for, great neighbourhood, easy walking distance to metro and great views. Just as it said on the tin.
My husband and I were visiting Santiago for the first time and we couldn't have asked for better hosts than Brian and Pablo. They were incredibly communicative in the days leading up to our stay, kindly accommodated an early morning arrival, and provided detailed information about the apartment and helpful suggestions for things to do/see. Also, they are clearly seasoned travelers and they anticipated our needs, offering advice on transportation from and to the airport and even helped us make a reservation when we couldn't get through the local phone call. Their place is very clean, super comfortable, in a quiet and safe residential area close to metro. They also provide a local cell phone to use in case of urgent needs. We thoroughly enjoyed the complementary bottle of wine at the end of a long day of walking around the city. We loved visiting Santiago thanks to their hospitality. Thanks, Brian and Pablo!
We had a really amazing time staying at this beautiful place in one of the nicest Santiago neighborhoods. Upon arrival we got the key from Brian and Pablo directly. The two welcomed us warmly with some champagne at the apartment and gave us a heads up on useful information (including how to use the washing machine, coffee machine etc.) and throughout our stay they sent messages and recommendations to make the vacation even more perfect. Thanks - next time we'll stay longer :)
The apartment was clean and very well organized. The views and relax atmosphere was a plus. The apartment is on a higher floor so noise from the street is close to null. Location is great and in a beautiful area. I would stay here again!
Brian and Pablo were extremely friendly and helpful. They left us prepaid telephone and a bottle of red wine to welcome us. . Brian was a wonderful host. He gave us a lot of advices and the guidebook. It really helped us to understand the region. Brian helped us to choose hotel in Valparaiso and organized transfers for us from Valparaiso to Santiago and from his apartment to Santiago airport. Wi-Fi worked without any problems. We stayed at Brian's apartment for 3 nights only and it was indeed a pleasant stay. If we knew that Santiago is a such interesting city and the apartment is so comfortable and locate in a green and quiet area - we will stay much more days there. Highly recommend it!
We stayed at Brian's apartment for 7 nights and it was indeed a pleasant stay. Brian and Pablo were extremely friendly and helpful. They left us a cell phone with a prepaid sim, and also got us a bottle of red wine to welcome us. The apartment is in a quiet area, only 10 mins away from the metro station and 20 mins away from the tower. The apartment is so comfortable, we ended up spending a lot of time there just chilling (maybe too much time! Lol). The balcony is the highlight, it has a spectacular sunset view with nice breeze. Thanks so much for letting us stay at your apt Brian & Pablo!
It was a pleasure to host Brian and his partner. I was in NY when they got at my flat and Gustavo welcomed them. Communication was very good and they were very polite and friendly. Hope they'll come back to spend more days next time :)
Brian and Pablo are great Guests!!! We had good comunication, they're clean, very kindly, polite, respected all the house rules and left the Loft extremely organized! We highly recommend then and they're very welcome back anytime!
Brian and Pablo stayed in my apartment in Rio during one week . They were perfect guests . They followed all the apartment rules and are extremelly clean . We met for a coffe and i could see how these guys were so educated and interesting people .I definatelly recomend as guests and really hope to have the oportunity to meet them again .
Brian is a returning guest... great as usual I'm happy to host Brian and Pablo. **** Very Recommendable
Brian stayed at my loft in Buenos Aires and he was a perfect guest. Communication with him was very easy, and everything was very clean when he left. Five stars, highly recommended!
It was a pleasure to meet and welcome Brian. He and his partner are very nice people and enjoyable. Our email communication has always been great and everything went perfectly in their stay. In his commentary he wrote several tips: "We found this was the area with the best set of restaurants and shops in the neighborhood. The Pao de Açucar supermarket is right around the corner from the apartment, and it has an ATM that accepts American Express. HSBC bank is just a block away, has favorable exchange rates, and doesn't charge a fee to non-HSBC US banks. Rufos juice bar / cafe / diner, recommended for good inexpensive fare, is a half block away on same street as the apartment. A fun activity is the electric skateboard or bicycle rental at Rio Electric, Rua Ronald Carvalho 21, near Copacabana Palace". They took very good care of the house, and returned the apartment clean and organized. I recommend!
Brian es un excelente huésped. Él y sus acompañantes se comportaron óptimamente y cuidaron muy bien del departamento. Además me dejaron buenos comentarios y consejos en el "guest book". Espero tenerles de nuevo como huéspedes. ** MUY RECOMENDABLE **
Brian and his travel companions are great guests. We stayed in contact by e-mail and by phone during their stay. And they left everything very tidy at check-out. I Absolutely recommend Brian as a guest... I bet he is an excellent guest because he is also a host at AirBnB. I long to have them as guests again !
It was a pleasure for me to host Brian and her companions. They were very friendly and we had a good comunication from de beginning. Thank you for making your stay a positive experience! 100% recommendable!
Together, Brian and I have traveled all over, and we've had fantastic experiences with Airbnb; we are renting this great Bellas Artes apartment. The place is comfortable and modern, and has a wonderful location in Santiago Centro. It's very close to restaurants, cafes, lounges and bars. You're guaranteed an excellent stay in Santiago at our place.


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For the traditionalists out there…
My mum always said "empty vessels make the most noise" so I'm not going to use this as excuse to say how great I am….I do what I do because I like to. If people like it then great, if not – oh well.
I have many interests, usually to the detriment of myself – not enough time to do all I'd like…what I really need is a 30 hour day and a ten day week. I use Redbubble as a great resource to inspiration. There are hundreds of great artists and designers on here.
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A new episode of Mutatis Mutandis. Issue #4: *
Andy Byers and I are going to Birmingham today to participate in the #dataspring Sandpit Workshop from Jisc.
Our idea submitted to Jisc's Research Data Spring was successful in passing to the next stage. Today I´ll participate in a workshop in London to present the idea.
I couldn't post last Thursday, but here's a belated Mutatis Mutandis #3…
It's Thursday evening so it's time for another issue of Mutatis Mutandis..!
The HEFCE metrics workshop: metrics and the assessment of research quality and impact in the arts and humanities took place on Friday 16 January 2015, 1030 to 1630 GMT at the Scarman Conference Centre, University of Warwick, UK. I have uploaded to figshare a dataset of 821 Tweets tagged with #HEFCEmetrics published during the day of the event.
We have uploaded to figshare a dataset including data from Tweets publicly published with #mla15 during the days of the conference.
Mutatis Mutandis #1: A Queer Thing.
Today I'll participate via Skype at the HEFCE Metrics and the assessment of research quality and impact in the Arts and Humanities workshop, commissioned by the independent review panel. I share below some notes.
On Charlie Hebdo. A mash-up of two Op-Ed drafts I wrote on Wednesday January 7 2015 by request of one major American newspaper and one up-and-coming UK online journalism platform.
Je suis Charlie.
Here an attempt to visualise what I was up to in 2014 publishing, research and teaching engagement wise.
An 2014 annual report for my blog courtesy of WordPress.com.
A Christmas Day poem. Unedited.
I have uploaded a new dataset to figshare: The Twelve Days of REF- A #REF2014 Archive
The results from the REF 2014 were announced in the first minute of the 18th of december 2014. Here I share a quick first look at a sample corpus of texts from Tweets publicly tagged with #REF2014.
I will participate in a one-day workshop hosted by the University of Warwick, as part of the Independent Review of the Role of Metrics in Research Assessment. Friday 16th January 2015, Scarman Conference Centre, University of Warwick. Registration required.
I have uploaded to figshare a file that contains approximately 77,318 Tweets published publicly and tagged with #CometLanding between 12/11/2014 09:09 and 05/12/2014 18:07 GMT.
The taught component of Term 1 of the 2014-2015 year is over at #citylis. Throughout the term I archived the Tweets tagged with #citylis and I have now uploaded to figshare a spreadsheet containing 4940 Tweets.
Follow-up post where I share a list and chart of 2014 Top 25 Paywalled and Top 25 Open Access Outputs in the 2014 Altmetric Top 100 list including their Altmetric scores.


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HoopsHype Doug McDermott rumors
After graduating from college, instead of doing the normal move-out thing and saying goodbye to four-year friends and having one last party, the former Creighton star got drafted by the Chicago Bulls. Which means he left Creighton with some unfinished business — mainly in the form of bags of his clothes, leaving his former roommate Michael Vandevoort an idea that only works when your former roommate is one of the most well-known athletes from Creighton: To sell them. For The Win
As for McDermott, he was well aware of the noise out there about Love, and also aware that his name is attached to it. "I didn't really pay attention to it much,'' McDermott said. "I think rumors happen a lot. There's been a lot this offseason. So you've just got to stay patient. You can't really read into that stuff. I'm just focused on what I can do to become better.'' That's also why he admitted to staying away from asking his new organization about it. "To be honest, I get asked about it. I don't really ask anyone,'' McDermott said. "I try to stay off Twitter and I think a lot of people ask me or text me through my friends. But I just ignore it. Whatever happens, happens.'' Chicago Sun-Times
Joe Cowley: According to the source, Timberwolves reached out to Bulls last night to let them know Cavs offer was best on the table. Gar Forman played poker face for about 12 hours, and then pushed all the chips in this morning. Confirmed Taj and McDermott as well as "other assets.'' Mirotic is still unconfirmed. Twitter @suntimes_hoops
Joe Cowley: McDermott signing would hold deal back from being official for 30 days, but could agree in principle. If Forman and Bulls would have been all in on Tuesday for Love, they wouldn't have had McDermott sign. It's a Wed morning decision made. Twitter @suntimes_hoops
Darren Wolfson: NBA source w/ a big stake in the #Twolves/Cavs talks verifies @Chris Sheridan report: Gibson, Mirotic, McDermott on the table for Love. Twitter @DarrenWolfson
Sam Amick: Even before chatter about Bulls' offer (see @Chris Sheridan), some close to situation had been saying Love would likely wind up in Chicago Twitter @sam_amick
Darren Wolfson: As tweeted yesterday, #Twolves are big fans of Taj & Doug M. Where I disagree w/ @Chris Sheridan: have reason to believe Wiggins trumps all. Twitter @DarrenWolfson
The Chicago Bulls have offered a package of Taj Gibson and rookies Doug McDermott and Nikola Mirotic to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Kevin Love, a league source told SheridanHoops.com on Wednesday. The package is extremely intriguing to the Timberwolves, but there is a catch — it cannot be completed for another 29 days after McDermott and Mirotic signed their rookie contracts Tuesday. NBA rules prohibit rookies from being traded within the first 30 days after they sign. SheridanHoops
The source who spoke to SheridanHoops said he believed the Bulls offer was better in the minds of the Wolves than the Cavs' current offer of Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a No. 1 pick. SheridanHoops
But if Cleveland is willing to include a second future No. 1 pick (Cleveland owns the rights to Miami's first rounder as well as Memphis' in 2015), it might be enough to trump Chicago's offer. The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics also remain in contention for Love, according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. SheridanHoops
Doug McDermott and Victor Oladipo are among the 13 players named to the USA Basketball Select team that will practice against the group headed to the World Cup in Spain. Team USA unveiled roster on Tuesday. It includes McDermott, the sharp-shooting forward from Creighton who was drafted by the Chicago Bulls, and Oladipo, the second-year guard from the Orlando Magic. USA Today Sports
Doug McDermott wouldn't be an immediate option, after the team announced he signed his contract early Tuesday afternoon, which according to NBA rules, makes it so a rookie can't be traded until at least 30 days after he puts his name on the dotted line. Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Bulls announced today the signing of forward Doug McDermott. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. "We're very excited about the addition of Doug. We love the versatility of his game and his ability to shoot," said Chicago Bulls General Manager Gar Forman. "He's a fit for our team and organization on many different levels." NBA.com
You like 'McBuckets' as a nickname? Doug McDermott: I think it's funny. It's probably not going to be the same in college in terms of buckets, but it's pretty cool. Everyone says it's one of the better nicknames they've heard, so I guess so. NBA.com
Adrian Wojnarowski: Among USA Basketball Select Team invitees to Las Vegas, sources tell Yahoo. Marcus Smart, Doug McDermott, Victor Oladipo, Tobias Harris. Twitter @WojYahooNBA
Have you watched much video on Synergy? Doug McDermott: I watch a lot of Synergy. I don't watch Synergy on myself. I like to look at other players who I look up to. I think Synergy is so nice for guys if they want to reflect on what they're doing well, what they're doing wrong, but I don't watch myself a lot. KP: Do you think your reputation as a "shooter" undersells your ability to score in different ways, especially in the post? DM: I think so. I think being known as a shooter, guys tend to look at me as I can only spot up and shoot 3s. But I think the people who know are the people who watch Synergy, watched a lot of my games. I can score a lot of different ways and not just spot up. ESPN.com
The Chicago Bulls' first-round pick out of Creighton lit up the Cox Pavilion so brightly – 7-for-12 overall, 5-for-9 from the arc, 12-for-12 from the line and 31 points against Denver's squad – that anyone making a case for all the alleged other things in his game would have been drowned out, anyway, by the crowd's reactions to each bucket. Or would that be McBucket? "I'm fine with that," McDermott said afterward, his proficiency outside sparking the Bulls' group to 19-for-36 on 3-pointers. "Really, that's my biggest strength right now." NBA.com
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WWDC Demo: Balloons!
Balloons! for the iPhone (and iPod touch) made me smile. It's like Distant Shore, but more personal and fun. Don't get me wrong, I love Distant Shore, but Balloons! reminds me of being a kid and tying a message and photo to a balloon to send up into the stratosphere. Plus, you get a real sense of community. It's just plain fun to pick up a virtual balloon supposedly drifting past you. To see what I mean, check out the video. But if you ever tied a note to a balloon and let it go, that's what this does. Except now you get to catch other balloons, have conversations and attach photos all from your iPhone.
Unfortunately Balloons! isn't in the store yet, but from the build I saw looks pretty close to being ready. The Balloons devs are looking for beta testers, which you can apply for here.
Source: http://balloonsapp.com/beta
Software Updates
more updates- Apple Remote Desktop updated with Yosemite support
- OS X Yosemite 10.10.2, iOS 8.1.3 updates now available
- Sports Illustrated 120 SPORTS channel comes to Apple TV
- Logic Pro X update brings AirDrop support, new effects, tools, and more
- Parallels Access 2.5 released, adds file manager, computer-to-computer remote access
- The Google Translate iOS app is about to get a lot smarter


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Daily Show - in Alabama, Now Everyone Will Have a Lawyer! ( Even if You Haven't Been Born Yet )
I've got to tell our local "Feminazi" @geegeetee about this!
I've got to tell our local "Feminazi" @geegeetee about this!
Most of us here, probably realize that Fox News is a major outlet for spreading bigotry against Muslims, however, as Max Fisher, points out, they're only part of the problem.
On September 17, 2001, President George W. Bush gave his "Islam is peace" speech from the Islamic Center of Washington DC, tucked into a leafy stretch of embassy row. He urged the country to embrace "fellow Americans" who are Muslim as well as Islam itself "with respect," explaining to a country full of "anger and emotion" that the jihadists who'd struck a few days earlier were insane outliers and not representative of the religion.
Since then, there has been a tension in how Islam is discussed in American media, and especially in its most populist and popular form, television. Americans typically follow Bush's advice, but sometimes they struggle, particularly when violent extremist groups are in the news. In recent days, that strain of Islamophobia in the US has risen along with media attention to the attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, reaching crisis levels — particularly on American TV news. While this is often discussed as a problem of Fox News, in fact both left-leaning outlets and CNN participate as well,
normalizing and mainstreaming subtler forms of Islamophobia that may well be even more damaging.Because 38 percent of Americans say they personally know someone who is Muslim, most of us rely on the media to shape our opinions of Muslims and of Islam. And the media is badly failing in its responsibilities to portray Muslims carefully and accurately. It has forgotten Bush's entreaty, leaving Americans more ignorant about and more hostile toward the 2.6 million Muslim-Americans living in the United States, to the vast and diverse world of 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide, and to the Muslim populations of the Middle East and South Asia with whom our foreign policy, and often our military, is so heavily engaged.
I would really like to have a conversation on this. I think he makes some valid points, although I have an even lower view of the "Men's Right Movement," than he does.
People like David Futrelle have done an excellent job thoroughly exposing the extreme misogyny that permeates that movement.
I also think Anita Sarkeesian makes some excellent points when it comes to women in video games, although I don't entirely agree with her either.
Here's a link to the opinion piece by Laura Bogart kyle is criticizing.
I would like to hear your thoughts on this. Please make sure you watch both videos before you post any comments.
Once again Saudi Arabia shows the world how misogynistic their society is, in addition to being intolerant of non Muslims, or even Muslims with views that they deem unacceptable. This is fundamentalism folks. Sara C Nelson has more.
An image of a conference in Saudi Arabia on the topic of "women in society" - with not a single female present - has gone viral.
The picture features row upon row of men in traditional headscarves and white thobes. A single Westerner in a flannel shirt is the only person breaking up an otherwise uniform sea of what appear to be Arab men.
We traced the picture back to Beladalorb.com, which says it was published in Saudi newspaper Okaz last year.
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On Monday the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that the isolated Kurdish enclave of Kobani was "about to fall" to a massive, sustained assault from ISIS.
Also on Monday, Rooz Bahjat, a Kurdish intelligence officer stationed in Kobani said the city would fall within "the next 24 hours." By now ISIS was expecting to be slaughtering civilians by the score.Instead, something totally unexpected happened - ISIS has been forced to pull back.
A local Kobani official, Idris Nahsen, told AFP that fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) had managed to push ISIS fighters outside several key areas after "helpful" airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition
"The situation has changed since yesterday. YPG forces have pushed back ISIS forces," he said.
Mike Littwin flags a TV interview in which Congressman and Senate candidate Cory Gardner shows off his obfuscation skills.
Cory Gardner has mastered the art of not answering a question. But he ran into a reporter, in FOX 31's Eli Stokols, who refused to take a dodge for an answer.
It was early Sunday morning on Stokols' #COpolitics interview show, which became the strangest 22 minutes you're likely to see on TV. Stokols asked the two questions — on Gardner's co-sponsorship of federal personhood bill and on Gardner's claims on his canceled health insurance policy — for which Gardner has no apparent answer. Stokols didn't just ask them. He asked them over and over, vainly hoping for an answer.
And so the back-and-forth would go something like this:
Stokols asks a question. Gardner dodges. Stokols corners Gardner. Gardner feints. Stokols interrupts. Gardner interrupts back. Stokols quotes authorities. Gardner apparently doesn't hear him. Stokols quotes facts. Gardner blames [U.S. Senator Mark] Udall. And on and on.
More: Littwin on the great Gardner dodge and feint - The Colorado Independent
From The Guardian, by Jon Boone.
A gang of 10 Taliban fighters who tried to kill the teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai two years ago have been arrested, the Pakistan army claimed on Friday.
The military said a top commander of the Pakistani Taliban had told the men to kill the schoolgirl and 22 high-profile figures in Swat, the picturesque region where Yousafzai lived before being shot in the head by a gunman in October 2012, when she was 15.
The attack on a girl who had risen to prominence after campaigning against the efforts of the Taliban to violently stop girls attending school drew global condemnation. Despite serious head injuries Malala survived thanks to emergency care at Pakistani army facilities and subsequent surgery and rehabilitation at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
"The entire gang involved in the murder attempt … has been busted," said army spokesman General Asim Bajwa.
More: Men involved in Malala Yousafzai shooting arrested in Pakistan
As a September 1 deadline looms, nearly all of Texas's 41 clinics have shut their doors—and a few are still fighting to stay open.
come next week, abortions can no longer legally be performed at that old facility thanks to HB 2, the omnibus abortion bill that made national headlines last summer after Texas Sen. Wendy Davis' 11-hour filibuster. The law requires that abortions—though not vasectomies—be performed in ambulatory surgical centers, hospital-like facilities that specialize in outpatient surgery. This provision goes into effect on September 1.
Ahead of this deadline, women's health care providers have raced to meet HB 2's burdensome requirements, spending millions of dollars and countless hours of fundraising and construction labor. Converting a medical facility into a full-blown ambulatory surgical facility can be very expensive. Texas has 114 pages of regulations governing ASCs, which mandate wide, gurney-accommodating hallways, larger operating rooms, and sterile ventilation. According to one Texas provider, it will cost them about $40,000 more each month to operate an ASC than it would a regular clinic.
In the face of the law's requirements, all but eight abortion clinics in the state will close by September 1. Many were forced to lock their doors earlier this year as other HB 2 provisions went into effect, including a rule that required doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where they perform abortions by the end of October 2013.
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I received an email from a reader this morning that said, "A friend from Nigeria now living in the U.S….said BP has made such a mess in Nigeria that generations in some area have mainly experienced the great outdoors as an oily mess. He said BP would consider its leak off of the southern coast of the U.S. very minor by Nigeria-spill standards."
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That disaster, which claimed the lives of 11 rig workers, has made headlines round the world. By contrast, little information has emerged about the damage inflicted on the Niger delta. Yet the destruction there provides us with a far more accurate picture of the price we have to pay for drilling oil today.
On 1 May this year a ruptured ExxonMobil pipeline in the state of Akwa Ibom spilled more than a million gallons into the delta over seven days before the leak was stopped. Local people demonstrated against the company but say they were attacked by security guards. Community leaders are now demanding $1bn in compensation for the illness and loss of livelihood they suffered. Few expect they will succeed. In the meantime, thick balls of tar are being washed up along the coast.
Update: Craig Morris writes that the Guardian article contained a significant mistake in saying that "the Niger Delta supplies 40% of all the crude the United States imports." Nigeria as a whole provides about seven to eight percent of American imports, well behind Canada and Mexico as a supplier.
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Just the two words are enough to send a shudder of dread down the spine of older people -- truant officer.
Back in the day, he or she was a dogged bounty hunter who'd track a skipping student to the ends of the earth -- though usually only as far as the pool hall, mall, or the TV at home.
But truant officers also straightened out a lot of kids who needed help.
Truant officers such as Bill Rumley, who died recently and who was the last of his kind in Manitoba.
"There's a huge message to kids -- if they're missing, we send someone to look for them," and that person who comes looking really does care about them, said Seven Oaks School Division superintendent Brian O'Leary, who knew Rumley back in the day when both worked in the Winnipeg School Division.
"I remember him finding kids in Portage Place, in video arcades, talking to the owners about not letting kids in during school hours. He might bluff a kid, but nobody called his bluff. Bill could just bring in kids from everywhere," O'Leary said. "He had kind of a gruff manner, but Bill never quit on a kid.
"He'd challenge us: 'I brought him in the door, now it's your job to get him involved and build a relationship,'" recalled O'Leary.
"If your parents didn't call you in sick, he'd go to your door, or to the popular hangouts like Portage Place," said his son, Clayton Rumley.
His dad didn't quite finish high school. Bill Rumley sold industrial supplies until he saw an opening for a truant officer with the Winnipeg School Division.
Back then, a truant officer could physically bring a recalcitrant kid back to school, but that wasn't necessary very often, said his son. And sometimes it got more exciting than Rumley might have wished.
"He went to a house with a gang affiliation, and while he was at the door talking to the family, someone drove by and fired a shot," said Clayton. Another time, "He got threatened with a ceremonial tomahawk.
"There was a time he didn't engage the parking brake, and he got out to chase a kid, and the car rolled away," his son recalled with a laugh.
"His concern was to get the kid in school. He was an imposing figure, and just his presence was enough to get them in the car."
Rumley connected with the kids in his territory throughout the WSD's North End and inner city, said his son. Rumley came from a single-parent family and was Métis.
"He didn't give them any psychobabble," said Clayton.
Then came the provincial funding freezes and cuts of the 1990s, and in 1994, the WSD laid off Rumley and two other truant officers, the last truant officers in the province.
Those two found other jobs within the division, but Rumley soon put his years of experience to work as his own boss -- he formed ACES, Attendance Counselling Education Services, out of his home in West St. Paul.
He started working alone for the now-amalgamated Norwood School Division. ACES now employs half a dozen people working under contract for several city school divisions, but they're now called attendance counsellors, using persuasion and reason and a well-defined rule book, not traditional truant officers.
Clayton Rumley said his father was a deeply religious man who volunteered extensively with seniors and with inmates at the Rockwood correctional centre. His Billious Pond bluegrass gospel band played throughout southern Manitoba.
One of the kids who Rumley tracked down and brought back to school years later asked Rumley and his wife, Teresa, to be godparents to her child.
And there were times, said his son, "if the house seemed unsafe, he'd call Child and Family Services. A lot of the parents didn't have the tools to effectively control or discipline their kids," he said, nor would his dad ignore the plight of a child living in a dangerous household.
"He just had a huge heart for the kids," said Interlake School Division assistant superintendent Christine Penner, who was at St. John's High School in Rumley's day. "He was relentless in his pursuit to get kids to school. He didn't back down from any challenge."
Penner said Rumley had recently been writing a book on the North End, and would show her each new chapter when they got together. "He certainly made a huge difference in the lives of parents and children in Winnipeg's North End," she said.
School social worker Josette Lukowycz remembered Rumley as an imposing and severe-looking man, whose compassion and caring kids instantly recognized under the gruff demeanour.
"When Bill walked into a school he was immediately believable as the man who could and would help the schools improve their attendance. He exuded confidence and competence," said Lukowycz.
There were times, Lukowycz said, kids skipped school, knowing Rumley would come for them.
"These students had figured out that Bill could look severe on the outside but was an amazingly compassionate and caring adult who had the ability to hear their side of the story, sift through what was real and what wasn't, and never lie to them. He always told them the truth, whether they wanted to hear it or not, but then he also took it one step further and helped them look at positive solutions for their situations.
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