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The world according to the remarkable scholar and celebrity historian.
I'd like to congratulate Bernard Lewis: Not only did he celebrate his 100th birthday on May 31 – an achievement which obviously owes something to forces and good fortune beyond his direct control – he should be congratulated for not spending the better part of the century, and certainly recent decades, saying: "I told you so!" The temptation must be enormous.
In an interview with him written in 2007 by then editor-in-chief David Horovitz and reporter Tovah Lazaroff, Lewis was asked: "In your writings you have spoken of the feelings of humiliation and rage in the Muslim world. When will their rage subside, if at all?" The answer: "One way [for them] to alleviate their rage is to win some large victories. Which could happen. They seem to be about to take over Europe."
Post: "'About to take over Europe?' Do you have a time frame for that? It sounds pretty dramatic."
Lewis: "No, I can't give you the time frame, but I can give you the stages of the process: Immigration and democracy on their side, and a mood of what I can only call self-abasement on the European side – in the name of political correctness and multiculturalism, to surrender on any and every issue.
Post: "'About to take over Europe?' Do you have a time frame for that? It sounds pretty dramatic."
Lewis: "No, I can't give you the time frame, but I can give you the stages of the process: Immigration and democracy on their side, and a mood of what I can only call self-abasement on the European side – in the name of political correctness and multiculturalism, to surrender on any and every issue.
"I was talking only the other day at the Herzliya conference with a German journalist.
We were chatting informally over a cup of coffee. He was expressing his profound alarm at the mood of what he called self-abasement among the Germans at the present time. 'We mustn't do anything to offend them. We must be nice to them. We must let them do things their way,' and so on and so on and so on."
What does that mean for the Jewish communities of Europe, even in the short term, Lewis was asked.
"The outlook for the Jewish communities of Europe is dim," he replied.
Soon, he warned, the only pertinent question regarding Europe's future would be, "Will it be an Islamized Europe or Europeanized Islam?"
LEWIS IS a rare breed: a celebrity historian and scholar. He coined the phrase "the clash of civilizations" – made famous by Samuel Huntington – and many of his studies on the Ottomans and the Middle East are still considered classics.
Not bad for somebody born the same month as the Sykes-Picot agreement dividing the Middle East between the British and the French.
A few years ago, I reviewed a collection of his essays, speeches and articles titled Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East.
A line of thought that appears throughout is that the separation of "church and state," such a basic concept in most of the Western world, is not compatible with Islam.
Among his insights: "The emergence of a population, many millions strong, of Muslims born and educated in Western Europe will have immense and unpredictable consequences for Europe, for Islam and for the relations between them."
I don't want to hear a "Told you so!" so much as an update in the wake of the current mass migration to Europe's shores, as borders in the Middle East disappear and fences are erected even within the European Union.
He doesn't get everything right – who can? – but some special Lewis touches that I found in the book when I first read and reviewed it, stood out again when I dusted off my copy for another look in honor of his centennial birthday.
"Comparing the relationship between property and power in the modern American and classical Middle Eastern systems, one might put the difference this way: In America one uses money to buy power, while in the Middle East, one uses power to acquire money," he writes.
Similarly, Lewis recognizes the "intensely personal character" of almost all aspects of Muslim government, where the ruler, families, clans and ethnic loyalties are far more important than the state itself.
This, I believe, is the key to understanding what is going on now, and will continue to be true.
It's not a criticism. It's a phenomenon that requires recognition and understanding.
Any discussions on a future Palestinian state, for example, should take into account the rivalry (to put it lightly) between Gaza and the West Bank, and even between different cities within the West Bank.
TRIBALISM IS inherent in human nature.
It is natural to identify with a smaller unit.
We may live in the global village, and even consider ourselves citizens of the world, but ultimately there is always some other identity closer to home.
This is an underlying message behind Britain's upcoming Brexit vote on whether or not to leave the EU – which will have tremendous implications for the UK and also for nationalist, breakaway movements throughout the continent.
It's the premise that every major sporting event is based on.
If the vast majority of its residents were to consider themselves primarily as Europeans, whose nationality is of secondary importance, the 2016 UEFA European Championship, the 15th such quadrennial football championship, would not be kicking off on June 10 and the world would not be gearing up for the Rio Olympics later this summer.
The heightened security is a sign of the downside of the tribalism. More classic Lewis: In a chapter headlined "License to kill," he stresses: "At no point do the basic texts of Islam enjoin terrorism and murder," adding, however: "Terrorism requires only a few."
That is true for terrorism committed by supremacists of all backgrounds, of course.
My British background made it inevitable that I have an affiliation to a football club, even without understanding the game. In England, it was easy: My family has traditionally been Arsenal supporters and I saw no reason to break that multi-generational chain.
When I arrived in Jerusalem, I gravitated to Beitar Jerusalem, which was on a winning streak, and quite often my work for the Post's local paper in the late 1980s took me to events and parties where the team members would hang out. (I recall local legend Uri Malmillian telling me that playing football was similar to playing chess, you had to have a strategy and be able to think a few moves ahead.) I remained loyal to the team as long as I could. Ultimately, it wasn't the players who got me down but the fringe group of violently racist fans known as La Familia.
It takes a huge amount of courage and conviction to break away from a top team, but Beitar Nordia Jerusalem did just that – it created a fan-based club where, unlike Beitar Jerusalem, everyone could feel safe and at home.
Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, I often followed its most recent – hugely successful – season via Facebook updates as I prepared for Shabbat on a Friday afternoon. A new coach, Moshe Salmi, was appointed this week.
The team, and its fans, are good sports, crying "foul" at racism and proving that pride does not have to be accompanied by prejudice.
In the Irving Kristol lecture delivered in March 2007, Lewis said: "A favorite theme of the historian is periodization – dividing history into periods. Periodization is mostly a convenience of the historian for purposes of writing or teaching. Nevertheless, there are times in the long history of human adventure when we have a real turning point – the end of an era, the beginning of a new era. I'm becoming more and more convinced that we are in such an age at the present time – a change in history comparable with the fall of Rome, the advent of Islam, and the discovery of America."
What the future will bring, only time will tell. That, and perhaps, a thorough review of Bernard Lewis's remarkable work.
Video of the week: Why The West Doesn't Care If Terrorists Kill Jews http://tinyurl.com/j26fe47


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Mike Brandl is a fellow LEGO MCP and all-round outstanding LEGO builder. His latest project certainly pushes the envelope when it comes to putting the NXT in a harsh environment. This time he has built a LEGO submarine that can navigate successfully underwater. The NXT is housed in a plastic sealed bag, with glue around the holes for the cables to emerge.
The submarine is powered by power functions motors; two motors can drive forward and the turntables allow the motors to rotate to permit dive/surface. Mike has trimmed the submarines to neutral buoyancy by adding and removing bricks from the underside of the submarine – I wonder how many times he sunk his sub in the process?
You can watch a video of this amazing creation in action here:
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They call it the weekend pill. I call it relief from a medical condition no one likes to talk about, but which many men suffer under. It's erectile dysfunction and the solution, at least for me, is Cialis. It's a drug that is often used to treat lung hypertension, but one of it's side effects is that it increases blood flow to the penis. Thus those suffering from ED quickly learn that they are capable of having an erection, and an erection that lasts as long as needed. Needless to say, this discovery leads to a happier outlook on life indeed!
Most people know about Cialis, and most people get it from their doctor. All well and good, but what happens when costs go up and you suddenly find yourself in between jobs and without health insurance? My previous insurance through my employer paid for this stuff. They even paid for about ninety percent of it, which is amazing and not found in most insurance policies. I had really good insurance and I doubt I'll find an equivalent policy any time in the future. But in the meantime, I needed my Cialis without paying more.
That meant going online where I could purchase the drug without a prescription and get it delivered to my house. I soon found a site that sells it, made sure they would send it to where I live, and ordered what I needed. Less than a week later the package was sitting on my kitchen table. It arrived in perfect condition and I saved a fair amount of money purchasing it in this manner. Considering my new insurance policy won't pay for almost the entire cost of the drug, I'll probably be ordering from this place again and again in the future. I'm certainly not going to go without it, that's for sure!


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Cloud evangelist with a passion for Microsoft Private Cloud and Public Cloud. Hopefully you will find something useful here. -Kristian Nese
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Explaining Windows Server Containers - Part Three
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Why are you calling binaries run from cmd.exe cmdlets? Not even all commands inside Powershell can be considered cmdlets.
C:\Users\User> Get-Command | Group-Object commandtype -NoElement
Count Name
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17 Alias
934 Function
647 Cmdlet
Calling commands outside Powershell cmdlets is just wrong and misleading.
- September 29, 2015 at 2:44 AM
- Kristian Nese said...
What exactly are you trying to say? Docker doesn't require Powershell, and Powershell is only used in this blog post when installing the Web-Server role into the container.
When you log on to a server core, a cmd prompt is what you get and you can take it from there.
- September 29, 2015 at 8:25 AM
- mterwoord said...
Great explanation on Windows Server Containers!
One questoin though, is the only way to manage things using docker command line?
Matthijs ter Woord
- October 2, 2016 at 11:09 AM


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|Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish
Another short top for me. I can't think of many finished series that I have yet to finish (I checked on Goodreads). However, I can think of some series I've to catch up with that aren't finished yet. Yep, I'm always late! Too many books and so little time...
Top Five Series I Have Yet to Finish
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor - I only read the first book of the series this year during Bout of Book 14 Read-a-Thon. It seems I only start reading a new series when everyone has already read it. I told you: I'm always late!
Dust Lands Trilogy by Moira Young - I loved Blood Red Road so much! I already own the following books, but for some odd reason I haven't picked them out yet from my TBR pile.
Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier - This is embarrassing to say, I know. I'm always telling you how much I love Juliet Marillier and yet I haven't finished the Sevenwaters series. I my defense when it was first release I was young (I still liked my books with pictures).
The Maze Runner by James Dashner - Book three was spoiled for me. So, I haven't found the courage to read it yet. But I will! It is on my reading list since January.
Unwind Dystology by Neal Shusterman - I read Unwind in a day. I couldn't put the book down - also, I was participating on Bout of Books 11. I've to read the following books as soon as possible!
Which finished series have you yet to finish? Is there any you'd like to recommend? ;)


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For a complete schedule of College of Arts and Architecture events, including performances and exhibitions presented by our museum and performing arts units, visit the college's Web Events calendar at http://www.events.psu.edu/cgi-bin/cal/webevent.cgi?cmd=opencal&cal=cal160.
Center for the Performing Arts
~ Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jeffrey Tate with Guy Braunstein, violinist, Thursday, January 19, 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium
~ Seussical, presented by Theatreworks-USA, Sunday, January 22, 2:00 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium
~ Mike Daisey: The Island at the Birth of the World, Tuesday, January 24, 7:30 p.m., Schwab Auditorium
For more information on performances and other events at CPA, visit http://www.cpa.psu.edu/
Palmer Museum of Art
~ Seriality: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, continues through January 15, 2012
~ Recent Acquisitions, continues through January 22, 2012
~ Painting the People: Images of American Life from the Maimon Collection, January 31-May 13, 2012
Painting the People features selections from the impressive collection of American Scene painting amassed by Lee (1956 Liberal Arts) and Barbara Maimon, and reflects a diverse array of Depression-era figurative paintings by some of the best-known artists of the period, as well as notable works by painters whose names may be less familiar.
Paper Views:
Held the last Friday of each month in the Print Study Room, Paper Views is a series of one-day exhibitions that highlight works on paper from the permanent collection.
~ Urban America, selected by Craig Zabel, associate professor and head of the Department of Art History, Friday, January 27, 10:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
For more information on exhibitions and other events at the Palmer Museum, visit http://www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.
Patterson Gallery
~ Seeing is Believing: Mixed Art Exhibit by Michael Crawford, January 16-24, with opening reception on Tuesday, January 17, 5:30 p.m.
School of Music
Mark Lusk, professor of trombone, will present his fiftieth faculty trombone recital on Sunday, January 15, 6:00 p.m., in Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I. He will be joined by his friend and former teacher, Dr. John Marcellus, Distinguished Professor of Trombone at the Eastman School of Music.
Steven Herbert Smith, professor of piano, will complete his three-year performance cycle of all of the Beethoven piano masterworks on Sunday, January 22, 8:00 p.m. in Esber Recital Hall. Smith has performed as a concerto soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Britain, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.
~ Graduate Recital: Daniel Twenty, trombone, Friday, January 13, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I
~ Graduate Recital: Christopher Brown, trombone, Saturday, January 14, 2:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Graduate Recital: Renata Ribeiro, viola, Saturday, January 14, 4:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Undergraduate Recital: Bryan Powell, trombone, Saturday, January 14, 4:00 p.m., 128 Music Building II
~ Graduate Recital: Ryan Rongone, trombone, Saturday, January 14, 6:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Graduate Honors Recital, Saturday, January 14, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Undergraduate Recital: Luke Gall, euphonium, Tuesday, January 17, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Bach's Lunch: Voice Jury Honors, Thursday, January 19, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
~ BBQ: Low Brass Quartet, Thursday, January 19, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Graduate Lecture Recital: Jamie Rousak, voice, Friday, January 20, 5:00 p.m., 122 Music Building II
~ Undergraduate Honors Recital, Friday, January 20, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Horn Fest, Sunday, January 22, all day, Esber Recital Hall
~ Graduate Brass Quintet, Monday, January 23, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Competition, Tuesday, January 24, 7:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall
~ Bach's Lunch: Brass Jury Honors, Thursday, January 26, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel
~ Guest Artist: Christy Banks, clarinet, Friday, January 27, 8:00 p.m., Esber Recital Hall Christy Banks is assistant chair of the music department at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches clarinet and saxophone.
School of Theatre
~ Grand Hotel, February 14-28, 7:30 p.m., Pavilion Theatre
Based on the novel by Vicki Baum and subsequent MGM feature film, this seamless musical captures the high life and optimism of Berlin in 1928 through a powerful and sweeping score. The world's most expensive hotel brings together a collection of rich characters, both wealthy and poor, where "one life ends while another begins," and "one heart breaks while another beats faster."
Penn State Centre Stage
Studio Performances/Events (unless noted, events are free, no RSVP required):
~ Taboo Plays in Repertory (adult content), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center ($3 admission):
Race (by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Mamet), Monday, January 23, and Thursday January 26, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, January 27, 5:00 p.m.; Saturday, January 28, 9:00 p.m.
A riveting play in which three attorneys, two black and one white, are offered a chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman.
Frozen (by Bryony Lavery), Tuesday-Wednesday, January 24-25, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, January 27, 9:00 p.m.; Saturday, January 28, 5:00 p.m.
Angry, humane, and compassionate, Frozen is an extraordinary play that entwines the lives of a murderer, the mother of one of his victims, and his psychologist to explore our capacity for forgiveness, remorse, and change after an act that would seem to rule them out entirely.
~ Dance Concert, Thursday-Saturday, January 26-28, 7:30 p.m., Playhouse Theatre ($3 admission)
Zoller Gallery
~ The New Sauce: First-Year M.F.A. Student Exhibition, January 13-24, with opening reception on Friday, January 13, 5:00 p.m.
A&A Faculty Research Forum
The Associate Dean for Administration, Research and Graduate Studies announces the second in a series of informal gatherings where A&A faculty discuss their research ideas and interests for the purpose of seeking collegial feedback, advice, and support, Wednesday, February 1, noon-1:00 p.m., 121 Borland Building. Open to all A&A faculty, the topic of this forum is water conservation and will feature Steven Carpenter, professor of art education, and Barry Kew, assistant professor of landscape architecture.
Carpenter has founded the Reservoir Studio, whose mission is the research, development and distribution of ceramic water filters at the point of use. To learn more about the Reservoir Studio's efforts, view this online video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubmNiSl4fE.
Kew is leading a team of A&A and Engineering faculty who are trying to determine how storm water can feed and support a living wall while testing various systems of irrigation. Dubbed "The Greenwall," a prototype of the living wall can be seen in the Stuckeman Family Building work yard.
Bring your lunch and share your ideas with your colleagues. Beverages will be provided. Anyone with an interest in the quality of life, sustainability, public policy, and the individual good is especially encouraged to attend this forum.
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Stuckeman School to Co-Sponsor "Architecture and Energy" Symposium
Dan Willis, professor of architecture and interim director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, is co-organizing a symposium, "Architecture and Energy," to be held Friday, January 27, at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Co-sponsored by the Stuckeman School, the symposium will address whether energy consumption influences architectural style. Willis and 11 other experts will present and discuss working papers on this theme, which will be collected in a book published later in 2012. The symposium is part of the Penn State-led Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster (GPIC) grant, which is funding the development of the Energy Innovation Hub at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Stuckeman School faculty members Brian Orland, Mallika Bose, Katsu Muramoto, and Stuart Echols are also part of the interdisciplinary Penn State team involved in the grant.
Educational Gaming Commons Hosts Free Brownbag Session
Penn State's Educational Gaming Commons is offering its first free brownbag session of the semester, "Amazing Race to Geographic Literacy," Wednesday, January 25, noon-1:oo p.m., 202K Rider Building. Laura Guertin, associate professor of earth science, will discuss the Amazing Race game and how participants can learn how to promote geographic literacy through games. To register for the session, visit http://its.psu.edu/training/. The Educational Gaming Commons is a service of Information Technology Services.
Updates to Adobe Connect Include Guest Accounts, License Change, and New Website
Information Technology Services (ITS) recently upgraded Meeting@Penn State to Adobe Connect. Now all faculty and staff are able to create their own meeting rooms. Other enhancements include accessibility improvements for users with disabilities. In addition, users outside of Penn State no longer have to get a Friends of Penn State account to be able to join in a meeting. They can now log on to public meetings using the Guest log on, greatly simplifying their participation.
To learn more about the new features or schedule a demonstration session, go to http://meeting.psu.edu, the new landing page for Adobe Connect at Penn State.
Bonnie Collura, associate professor in the School of Visual Arts, will show the sculpture "Prince (2)" in the show End of Days at Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY, January 11-February 12, 2012. End of Days is a group exhibition that explores the notion of revelation—both apocalyptic and transcendent. Each artwork functions as a moment of suspended time, capturing the world in a state of silent reflection, imagined ecstasy, mangled deterioration, or a complicated combination of all three.
Madhuri Desai, assistant professor of art history, has published her book review of Indian Art History: Changing Perspectives, edited by Parul Pandya Dhar, in the Journal of Art Historiography, no. 5 (December 2011). To read the review, go to http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/desai1.pdf.
Charlotte Houghton, associate professor of art history, will present a paper, "On the Down-Low: The Double Life of Michelangelo's Doni Tondo," as a speaker at the Queer Visual Culture Symposium, addressing sexuality and the arts. Sponsors of the symposium include the Institute for the Arts and Humanities and the Palmer Museum of Art.
Gary Kesler, associate dean for Undergraduate Studies and Outreach, has been invited by WPSU to participate in a "design charrette" for an upcoming public service media project titled Water, Naturally. The day-long event will be held January 23 in the Washington D.C. headquarters of the American Society of Landscape Architects, one of the partner organizations for the project.
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January 13, 2012
Penn State's Art Education Program to Offer Saturday Art Classes for Children
January 12, 2012
Henderson Selected for Prestigious Creative Artists Fellowship
January 12, 2012
The '80s Are Back In a Big Way in Rock of Ages January 25 at Eisenhower
January 12, 2012
Cuban Piano Legend Chucho Valdés Performs at Eisenhower on January 31
January 10, 2012
Mark Lusk Presents 50th Faculty Trombone Recital
January 9, 2012
SoVA Faculty Members' Artful Solution to Rat Problem
January 5, 2012
Storyteller Mike Daisey Performs Show About Trip to America-Worshipping Island
January 5, 2012
TheatreworksUSA Performs Seussical Musical Matinee January 22 at Eisenhower


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The Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator, more generally known by its acronym, MACD, is a readily available tool to analyze stock price movement. Based on moving averages and easily charted, the MACD, like other tools of technical analysis, is used to predict future price movements. Investors need to have a thorough understanding of the MACD and practice to make the most of it.
Moving Averages
A moving average is simply the average price of a stock over "n" number of days prior to the current. By itself a moving average provides insight into investor sentiment. If the current price of a stock rises above its moving average, investors would regard it as bullish. If the current price falls below the moving average, the investor outlook is bearish. The length of a moving average (e.g., 10-day, 20-day or 200-day) that an investor employs reflects the time horizon he is investing in (e.g., day trader, short-term, buy-and-hold). When two moving averages are analyzed together, their relative movements show investors likely stock movements.
The MACD is an index that tracks the daily difference between two moving averages -- one half the duration of the other. The index fluctuates around a zero base line. If the MACD is positive, it is bullish since the short-term sentiment is stronger than the longer. Conversely, if the MACD is negative, it is bearish since short-term sentiment is weaker than the longer. MACD analysis is enhanced by the addition of a nine-day moving average of the MACD (not the underlying stock) called the "trigger" line. All of these lines can be plotted using free investing programs on the Internet.
MACD Analysis
MACD trend lines can be interpreted in a number of ways. Some investors use MACD to identify overbought and oversold conditions. When the MACD rises -- the short average pulls away from the longer average -- the stock is becoming oversold and ready to rise in price. Crossovers occur when the MACD crosses the trigger line. The crossover represents a movement by the short-term trend that is stronger than the longer. It is a buy signal when the MACD crosses above the trigger line and a sell signal when it crosses below. Divergence occurs when the trend of a stock does not follow the trend of the MACD. When the MACD reaches a new high and the stock does not, the outlook is bullish since the stock price will likely follow the MACD. When the MACD reaches a new low and the stock price does not, the outlook is bearish.
MACD Effectiveness
However concise an indicator appears it must stand the test of accuracy. Like all stock market indicators, MACD is not always accurate and may be subject to volatility. Although it is simple in appearance, it may be difficult to interpret. Investors should not consider it to be an absolute predictor. Instead, investors should also consider the fundamentals of a stock and use the MACD as a tool in conjunction with other technical indicators.
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Storybook splendor unfolds as you enter the hipped vestibule of our Holly Room. The lighthouse bedroom sits at the top of a narrow staircase and features a double bed. Settle into the room's carpeted banquette with a drink from the wet bar or a refreshment from the refrigerator as the sounds of the Pacific echo outside. This visitor-favorite features cozy, low-pitched ceilings and an intimate bath with a full shower and pedestal sink.
Festive and bright room with beautiful floral wallpaper and gabled ceiling with double bed. Small but oh-so-cozy and charming.
Our cozy Palm Room is situated at the top of a short, winding staircase. This charming private room features a sitting area, refrigerator, and a Queen size bed beneath a quaint, varied pitch ceiling.


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A new page has been added under News to advertise the board vacancies of Secretary and Treasurer positions. Deadline to apply is Monday October 19, 2015 at 4PM (by email) or in person on Tuesday October 20, 2015 at 7PM (during our meeting).
2015-2016 Meeting Dates
We have submitted a request for our 2015-2016 meetings to be held at Faraday School. The dates are as follows (once approved) and we have moved the meeting date back to Tuesdays:
Tues. October 20, 2015
Tues. January 19, 2016
Tues. March 15, 2016
Tues. June 14, 2016
*Please note that there will NOT be a picnic in 2016 and there will not be a meeting in December due to the holidays.
We're hoping that the move back to Tuesdays and moving the dates up one week than usual, will bring more residents out to the meetings. Please remember that the meetings can be cancelled last minute; like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, where we will update in the event of a cancellation.
The residents association is also looking for a Treasurer and a Secretary. Please attend out meeting on October 20 (not an AGM year), to learn more about the positions. All positions with the RA are volunteer based only, it is not a paid position.
All dates have been posted to our Google Calendar and can be found under the heading "Events Calendar". Agenda items can be submitted one week prior to the meeting; deadline the Friday before the meeting date.
Community Garden Update
I visited the garden this afternoon and everything is growing quite lovely. The recent rains sure have spruced up the boxes! It looks like we will have a lot of gourds for the fall and peppers too! While the veggies aren't quite ready (we're thinking August), there are A TON of chives in the center square box (top platform). Chives are great for sauces, toppings, add-ins, etc. I believe they're garlic chives, so they will add extra flavour!
Please stop by to see how well our garden is doing. Once the veggies are grown, please take what you will need! That is what they're there for!


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Go Blue Central America Takes OffWritten by Super User
Solimar's Go Blue Central America campaign is in full swing as team members work to increase revenue in local communities through sustainable tourism. Both destinations, Roatan, Honduras and Bocas del Toro, Panama, began a comprehensive marketing campaign through Go Blue back in December when Solimar launched the Go Blue Central America travel planning website. Local businesses created nomination pages that were submitted to the website for review before publication. During the summer of 2012, Geotourism Stewardship Councils (GSCs) were formed in both locations to manage the geotourism project, and under Solimar's guidance, the GSCs reviewed and selected which nominations would be included on the website based on their qualifications as a sustainable business.
In May of this year, Solimar's Lucia Prinz traveled to both Go Blue sites to conduct weeklong training sessions with the GSCs where there was also a review of their roles and responsibilities. The training was aimed at organizing and strengthening the councils. Topics included how council members can share their knowledge of "Best Practices" and "Codes of Conduct" by training the businesses participating in the Go Blue website, as well as prioritizing a business strategy that will generate funding to pay the yearly maintenance costs of the website and further promote the destination.
Back in Solimar's home office, we've been working on the marketing program that focuses on building an online community surrounding the two Go Blue destinations, ultimately driving more visitors to the region and increasing revenue for local businesses. Our online marketing campaign has included an active Facebook page where we make posts weekly about the many things our member businesses have to offer, featuring an average of four businesses each week. We also created a blog that was launched at the end of July where we will post helpful travel tips and information about the destinations for potential visitors. Member businesses will also have access to a series of webinars offering instruction on online and other techniques of marketing that will be available this fall.
The GSCs are very excited about the push provided by the online marketing and educational tools their communities have been given and are now reaching out to local resources to fuel their own projects. The Bocas del Toro GSC has crated an alliance with a university in Panama. The university will send photographers to produce a photo book of Bocas and the profits from the sales will go to both the GSC and the university, allowing funds to be put towards further marketing and educational efforts.
Guidelines for Improving Tourism OperationsWritten by Jeff Yerxa
A great business plan and strategy are important first steps in developing sustainable tourism in an area, but real results are a direct reflection of the operations and management on the ground. Take for example, Solimar's work in the Pearl Cays region of Nicaragua or Big Bend-Rio Bravo, Mexico. Both of these projects, which started in 2012, required developing sustainable tourism strategies that empowered conservation efforts—among these, in both destinations, was protecting sea turtles.
But how does a destination go about implementing the strategy to ensure the protection of sea turtles?
The destination will develop operating guidelines or a 'code of conduct'. These operating guidelines will build off regulations that may already exist in the protected area and incorporate further regulation with scientific input to mitigate the negative effects of tourism. It is also extremely important to successfully develop and promote these operating guidelines before a destination becomes popular. Operating guidelines will be more difficult to implement and much less effective if the destination is already a popular tourist spot.
Educate Visitors
One strategy to optimize the effectiveness of those operating guidelines is promoting them to your visitors. When visitors know the sustainable guidelines, they become empowered to make sound judgments and decisions when visiting the natural areas.
In the cases of Pearl Cays and Big Bend-Rio Bravo, the code of conduct addressed restrictions of flash photography, group size, waste management, and visitor behavior around the turtles. You can promote these operating guidelines through 4 main avenues:
- Guided Interpretation – Local guides are the most effective strategy in promoting your code of conduct, because they have a deep knowledge and appreciation for the destination. The effectiveness of guided interpretation relies heavily on educating and training the tour guide. In Pearl Cays and Big Bend-Rio Bravo, Solimar conducted a one-day guide and tourism training workshop to community members and provided a "Tourism Toolkit" for future trainings.
- Interpretive Signage – Because beaches where the sea turtles lay their eggs are typically unmanned and open, visual signs are essential to reaching visitors. Signs should be in all languages common in the area, and provide interesting information in addition to restrictions.
- Signed Statements of Understanding – The code of conduct may also be presented to visitors on a document that requires them to review and sign, acknowledging their understanding of the code.
- Promotional Materials – Websites, brochures, and other promotional material are platforms to display your code of conduct as well. Displaying the code of conduct on these materials not only prepares visitors by exposing them to the code, but also appeals to potential eco-savvy clients.
Promoting the code to your visitors is only one possible avenue. Ideally, the promotion of your operating guidelines will take a multifaceted approach—promoting to visitors, through the travel industry, and through social media. How well you can promote these operating guidelines will directly impact how effectively you can reduce the negative impacts of tourism on species and habitats in a destination, and will be helpful when seeking sustainable tourism certifications.
For more information on tourism management and operations, download our Tourism Destination Management Toolkit.
Best Practices in Integrating Sustainability in Tourism Management and OperationsWritten by Carmela Otarra
The importance of sustainable tourism development is increasingly recognized throughout the sector. However, it has been a challenge for many organizations to integrate sustainability into tourism management and operations.
Here are a few tips and examples on how to incorporate sustainability in your destination's tourism management and operations.
Involve Local Residents and Communities in Tourism Planning
Sustainable tourism development requires the participation of local residents and businesses at the planning stage. By consulting with local stakeholders, you gain their support and reduce conflict as the plan progresses.
In Solimar's Geotourism projects, which seek to highlight the unique culture and heritage of a region through the voices and stories of the people that live there, local residents are invited to nominate places of interest. This provides more economic benefits to local businesses especially those that are less known. The nominations are reviewed by a Stewardship Council, composed of representatives from the region, before being used to create an interactive website, a MapGuide, and a Smartphone app.
Establish Partnerships with Different Stakeholders
Effective collaboration among different stakeholders from the government, tourism boards, businesses, and local communities is crucial to successful sustainable tourism management and operations. This facilitates a more balanced system of decision making as the priorities of various sectors are considered.
To assist Uganda in tourism development, Solimar actively involved stakeholders from each part of the tourism and conservation sectors. The cooperation among the stakeholders was important to enhance tourism products, build strong community enterprises, strengthen linkages among different attractions, and bolster the success of the program.
Develop Products Based on the Destination's Strengths
What are the local assets that your destination can highlight? Destination assessment should be conducted to identify the strengths of a destination and determine the best tourism products based on the findings.
In our destination assessment for the Sierra de la Gigante region, Solimar and RED Sustainable Travel identified potential conservation models that leverage the region's strengths in order to address conservation goals and provide economic opportunities for the local population.
Strengthen Local Capacity to Manage Tourism
Sustainable tourism management and operations need to equip local businesses with skills to succeed. Workforce development and training is therefore integral to a successful strategy.
To strengthen the capacity of the Ethiopia Sustainable Tourism Alliance (ESTA), Solimar conducted workshops and created materials to train personnel in using the necessary tools and activities to implement community tourism in Ethiopia.
Target High-Yield Market Segments
High visitor numbers aren't inherently valuable for your destination. In sustainable tourism management and operations, it is important to serve the proper target markets. Fortunately, there has been a growth in the number of travelers who demand more responsible travel and have higher visitor expenditure.
The Namibia North American Destination Marketing Campaign targeted travelers who would most appreciate the country's strong conservation and special interest selling points. These include curious conservationists and experience seekers. This is why a destination assessment of strengths is so important—you must know what you are marketing and to whom.
Use Guidelines to Limit Impact
Creating guidelines is important in sustainable tourism management and operations. It not only helps the destination preserve its ecological value, but also helps businesses limit their negative environmental and socio-cultural impacts. Educating visitors and locals on best-practices matters.
Solimar is part of the Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC) Initiative , which fosters increased understanding of sustainable tourism practices and promotes the adoption of universal sustainable tourism principles.
Have you used any of these tips at your organization? Are there others you would like to share? Your ideas and comments are welcome in the comment section below.
To learn more about becoming a more sustainable tourism enterprise, download the Sustainable Tourism Enterprise Development Tool Kit.
Three Natural Heritage Sites Our Grandkids May Never SeeWritten by Clinton Tedja
Natural heritage sites are changing in this ever-evolving world, and not for the better. Organizations like the PUP Global Heritage Consortium are working to revolutionize the way these sites are managed, with a holistic, adaptable approach. They are the ones working to ensure that our grandkids will get the chance to see these sites. But what are Natural Heritage Sites and what is happening to them? UNESCO defines them as "superlative natural phenomenon or areas of exceptional beauty and aesthetic importance." They contain "the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity".
Unfortunately, many of these sites are facing extinction.
For many of our grandkids, all that may be left of these wildly unique heritage sites will be a faded picture or a passed down story. Our grandkids may not get the chance to see the rare gorillas swinging in the trees, but only frozen in a museum.
Read this list and memorize every detail to one day teach your grandkids on your rocking chair. Or, better yet, you can play your part in supporting conservation efforts and maybe then, you can take them there yourself.
1. Simien National Park, Ethiopia
Amongst awe-inspiring mountain peaks, cliffs and valleys live an array of rare animals as diverse and wonderful as the opening scene of The Lion King. Endangered animals such as the Walia Ibex (a wild goat found nowhere else in the world), a cat called the caracal, the Ethiopian wolf and the Gelada Baboon (both pictured above), are rare animals which call this place their home. But as the park is compromised by unsustainable agricultural grazing, human settlement and soil erosion, these animals are further endangered.
A lack of effective tourism and conservation planning has meant that this park and its colorful inhabitants are in danger. Without such planning, human inhabitants will continue to graze the land for natural resources in an unsustainable way, putting pressure on wildlife and ultimately making the park more like the Lion King's elephant graveyard than the circle of life. No more Hakuna Matatas.
2. Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Also home to endangered wildlife, the Virunga National Park is Africa's oldest national park, with eight incredible volcanoes (two of which are the most active in Africa). The park once had the largest hippo population in the world, as well as a significant number of forest elephants.
However, it is the fight for the critically endangered mountain gorilla which has garnered significant media attention. Nearly half of the world's 700 remaining mountain gorillas live in Virunga, but they are being hunted by poachers for meat or for sale. Many have even been senselessly murdered in the last decade. Since 1994, about 140 park rangers have been killed in their fight to protect the park from illegal poaching and land acquisition. This is no easy fight, but increasing media coverage and sustainable tourism development may just give this special animal a fair chance.
3. Los Katios National Park, Colombia
Come to this site and you'll find the fastest flowing river in the world, the Atrato River. You'll also find yourself surrounded by varied landscapes, from forests, to floodplains, to low hills. This diversity extends also to the native fauna. Native species of mouse, grey-headed chachalaca, as well as 440 bird species and 550 species of vertebrae have been found in the park.
This diversity, however, is being threatened by illegal fishing, human settlement and deforestation. Trees are coming down all over the park as timber is illegally extracted. Anyone knows that without trees, a forest cannot be a forest and birds will have nowhere to rest their heads at night. Without adequate tourism and conservation planning, bedtime stories about forests will be like stories about distant planets.
We live in a unique moment in history where we have the ability to not only visit these sites, but to also try and preserve these sites for future generations with sustainable tourism development. Organizations like the PUP Consortium and UNESCO are leading the way in conservation and protection. The PUP consortium, in particular, offers adaptive training and reports for heritage sites, helping them thrive in an ever-changing environment.
The challenges are many, but if we make the right moves, these areas and their wildlife may survive. At the end of the day our grandkids will thank us. That is, in between texting on their iPhone v82 of course.
To learn more about tourism and conservation planning, visit our website or check out the work of the PUP Consortium.
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Why Washington DC Is The Perfect Place For US Marketing RepresentationWritten by Clinton Tedja
In this day and age, tourism's growth is a force which simply cannot be ignored. This year, the tourism and travel industry will accelerate faster than the global economy, making up 10% of Global GDP and 9.5% of employment worldwide. It's clear that the decisions affecting tourism will have tremendous impacts on lives everywhere.
Washington, D.C. is at the heart of this change - a vibrant world capital itself, it's host to diplomatic envoys from all over the world. Seeped in the cultures of hundreds of nations, it is at the forefront of development and growth.
D.C. is home to world travelers, with over 400 international associations, 1,000 internationally owned companies and more than 180 embassies and international culture centers in the Greater Washington region. In all, D.C. is a prime city for introducing a destination to the North American travel market.
Here are 7 reasons why Washington DC is the perfect place for US marketing representation:
1. DC is a Pedestal for International Relations
Washington is where decisions regarding tourism issues are decided upon and/or announced. Being close in a relational and geographical sense to the center of decision-making is integral, because just as in any other industry, knowledge is power. DC offers a world of exactly that, through the endless connections, meetings and conferences held there. For example, just last week, we found ourselves learning secrets about tourism's future in Bhutan, from the mouth of the Bhutanese Prime Minister himself. This kind of information is priceless for tourism marketing representatives.
2. Partnerships with DC Embassies are Invaluable
The fact of the matter is this: Embassies and US Tourism Marketing Representatives are like our left and right hands. Though they both possess different skills and abilities, they both work towards the same goal and work better together. So collaboration isn't just smart, it is essential.
In many of our projects, having a close proximity to the plethora of embassies lining the DC streets has not only been convenient, it has been absolutely instrumental in ensuring streamlined and efficient communication.
3. Endless Opportunities for Partnership
National Geographic, the various Smithsonian Institutes, as well as World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are among the many potential partners in DC who are outstanding partners for destinations. Tourism development (especially sustainable tourism development) are priorities for DC groups as well as destinations. If that's not enough, DC is also home to great travel trade- tour operators and travel agents, essential parts of a compelling sales strategy.
4. It is an International Hub
In the past few years, Reagan National Airport and Dulles International Airport together have amassed over 40,000,000 passengers yearly, and are served by over 42 different airlines. Travel is a DC priority. In 2013, 6,988,903 international passengers arrived at Dulles International Airport.
5. Visas
Any North American tourism marketing representative knows the dread and fear caused by the word Visas. Having the Embassies at our fingertips can make all the difference in making things run smoothly, especially when time is tight.
6. Mutually Beneficial Public Relations
Little needs to be said about how effective partnering with the forces in DC can be when it comes to attaining stronger public relations and advertising. We've seen that when tourism marketing representatives and embassies agree on the image and message they want to present, they are able to work together to create far more effective public relations than they would be able to on their own.
7. High Level Officials Representing at Road Shows in DC
There's no doubt that no other North American city has a larger concentration of high level officials than DC. Almost any global destination automatically has high level officials in the area by nature of diplomatic positioning; a DC-based marketing representative will be able to woo them to tourism events and activities promoting destinations, giving events more prestige and bigger opportunities for PR and marketing.
For more advice on marketing representation and sustainable tourism, feel free to try our "ask an expert" page.
And don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!
Solimar Kicks Off Destination Management Planning Initiative for the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWritten by Yiran Lu
Tourism contributes significantly to the inflow of people and to the infrastructure development at cultural heritages. It is both a duty and an act of self-interest for the tourism industry to be invested in the conservation of these heritage sites. This cannot be handled by an external force; rather, the local stakeholders need to embrace the concept of sustainable tourism management using a "destination approach".
Local destination management organizations (DMO) are usually in the best position to advocate holistic tourism development. They work to facilitate communication between different types of stakeholders, as well as to present commercial and community demands to policy-makers. For cultural heritage sites, without economic investment it can be difficult to maintain conservation of the site from internal and external pressures. For that same reason, destination management cannot effectively be carried out without the involvement of the local community.
Chris Seek, Solimar CEO, explained the destination approach at the "Analysis of the Sustainable Cultural Tourism Situation in the Colonial City (Santo Domingo)" workshop July 8, which was co-hosted by Solimar, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Dominican Ministry of Tourism, and UNESCO. The workshop was the first of three to be carried out under Solimar's consultancy for the Tourism Development Program – Colonial City, Santo Domingo (the program's official name in Spanish is "Programa de Fomento al Turismo – Ciudad Colonial, Santo Domingo").
The ultimate goals of the consultancy are:
1. Enhanced understanding of the operational structure and understanding of the potential of a DMO by local managers and other stakeholders.
2. Active use by local asset managers and guides of the tools for development and implementation of a Sustainable Tourism Strategy.
3. Increased knowledge of local managers on structuring tourism management using a "destination" approach.
4. Integration of all the parties involved in the planning, development and management of sustainable tourism, using a destination approach for the conservation and empowerment of local communities.
5. Implementation of the proposed governance structure for the DMO, achieving interagency agreements and work commitments.
6. Design and implementation of mechanisms for the operation of the proposed governance structure.
7. Development of an Action Plan as a basis for the strategic implementation of the Sustainable Tourism Strategy and Strategy for the Development of a DMO.
These goals will be achieved in part by hosting three workshops in the Colonial City in order to:
• Conduct a thorough analysis of the current situation based on an analytical framework for sustainable tourism;
• Create a shared, strategic vision, mission, and priorities for a DMO for the Colonial City; and
• Develop a comprehensive strategy for the management of sustainable tourism that unites all Colonial City stakeholders around a common vision.
To achieve the Colonial City's conservation, economic and social objectives there first needs to be a shared vision. The Colonial City, the place where native, European and African cultures had their first encounter and left their combined marks, has suffered from natural disasters and most importantly, human impact. Land conversion, the development of underground transport, visitation facilities and tourism itself are taking a toll on the old city. Solimar and the Tourism Development Program – Colonial City, Santo Domingo have set out to address these challenges.
Solimar believes that a successful strategy is one that was developed by the people who will be implementing it. Upon completion of the analysis of the current situation and after achieving consensus on the vision for the Colonial City and the DMO, Solimar will work with local stakeholders to draft the Sustainable Tourism Strategy and Strategy for the Development of a DMO. The strategies will emphasize the promotion and protection of cultural assets in the destination management practices, as they are crucial in attracting higher-spending tourist segments and maximizing tourist contribution.
Through appropriate destination management planning, development and implementation Solimar aims to minimize the possible negative impacts of tourism, improve economic and social development, and preserve cultural heritage sites so that they can share their tales for many more years to come.
To learn more about destination management, here's a useful toolkit:


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With the popularity of my recent post about best Symbian belle games of 2013, today I am going to share a list of top 5 best car racing games for android users. Android application developers always come up with quality and addictive racing games. These days a number of HD car racing games are available at Google Play Store. Car Racing games are becoming much popular and android gamers always try to find out latest released racing games for android phones. If you cannot afford paid car racing apps for android phones then my today's list will help you out to enjoy Premium like Android car racing games totally free of cost.
Best Car Racing Games for Android Phones/Tablets
GT Racing: Motor Academy Free+
It is the best ever racing simulation game for android phones and tabs. You will have to win races and pass some driving tests to unlock more difficult levels and powerful cars. There are total 111 licensed cars from 26 manufacturers you can drive and enjoy. You can have a most realistic driving experience on your android device by playing GT racing game. Have a race with your friends or people from all over of the world using multiplayer option.
Fast and Furious 6: The Game
All cars from Fast and Furious 6 are included in this game. Earn cash while you drive through the streets of London and have an amazing driving experience. Unlock new cars and upgrade those you already have by spending the money you earned by winning races. You will surely love HD stunning graphics of this game.
Real Racing 3
It is another incredible car racing game with a number of licensed tracks and popular racing cars from manufacturers like Porsche, Audi, Bugatti etc. Test your racing skills on your android device by playing Real Racing 3 with your friends. Boost the performance of your car by upgrading different parts. This game includes number of game types like cup races, drag races, eliminations and race challenges. Download Real racing 3 android application by clicking the link below:
Drag Racing
Have a realistic driving experience by playing Drag Racing Android game. Choose your favorite one from a collection of 50+ powerful racing cars and challenge your friends. Improve your driving skills with this thrilling car racing game and have a smoother driving experience. This game supports 9 players racing at a time with multiplayer feature. Download Drag Racing APK from Google play store by clicking the link below.
CSR Racing
CSR Racing is another best car racing game you must play on your android device. This game requires more disk space (183MB) as compared to those I mentioned above. Its stunning HD graphics make this game much more realistic and wonderful. A number of famous cars like Audi R8, BMW M3, Chevy Corvette etc. can be driven and you can use turbos and nitrous to boost the speed of your car. Win against other experienced drivers and rule the city. You can download CSR Racing APK file for android by clicking the link below.
So, Which one is your favorite android car racing game?


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Ashraf & Jeremy Koo keep the pressure on Hazwan
The Monsoon Cup, the final round of the annual ISAF World Match Racing Tour, is the most prestigious sailing event in Asia and the first of three qualifying events, the Malaysian Match Racing Championship, continues to grow in stature as the experience of the local match racers continues to grow.
Today was the second day of Malaysian Match Racing Championships 2010 Round Robins, being sailed from the Ri-Haz Resort in Pulau Duyong, in Terengganu Malaysia.
Conditions were very light this morning, with a west south westerly breeze blowing at only four knots and the current running at 1.5 knots. However the breeze lifted to 10 knots during the afternoon.
After the five flights yesterday, Hazwan Hazim Dermawan the defending champion, was well placed with five wins and no losses. Today he completed the balance of the first round robin with one loss to Jeremy Koo and then picked up another against Nulul Elia, after missing a course change signal to have an overall 10-2 win loss record.
The young skipper was all smiles after coming off the River this afternoon. 'We are pushing hard; we enjoy the light conditions as we are almost a 100kg under the ideal weight if conditions strengthen. But in these conditions and if our luck holds, we will qualify for the semi-finals with just two more wins in the morning.'
Behind Hazwan on the leader board is Nik Ashraf Qaedi, with an 9-2 win loss record.
He was too was smiling this afternoon. 'We are pleased to have won all our races today. We came into this event a little under prepared but we are happy with progress so far.'
After being in the thick of the action today Jeremy Koo finished with an 8-3 score line. 'We know we can sail well, we were the only team to beat Hazwan who has been otherwise dominant, but we need to concentrate more. Having beaten Hazwan we lost by eight seconds to Nulul Elia, so we will really have to lift our intensity now. 'We are OK for now but there is a long way to go. We are hoping to have a better second half to the round robins and we hope we have our mistakes behind us.'
Mohamed Razali Mansor has a 7-4 score line beaten only by Hazwan Hazim and Nik Ashraf Qaedi (twice).
Razali used a number of his 'get out of jail' cards today. He was behind against Jeremy Koo but managed to glide past his rival. 'We worked hard on just keeping moving through the very light patches and I just managed to roll him on the run.
'This is our best result so far at the Malaysian Qualifiers. We practiced as a crew match racing again Masyuri for over six weeks and that obviously paid off . Now we start the second round of the round robins so we will have to work hard to maintain our concentration.'
Tiffany Koo, currently 7-4 commented 'It was a funny feeling sailing against my brother yesterday and I don't think I was as aggressive as I could have been - I won't repeat that mistake. In flight 9 today we beat Rizal by just nine seconds, so that reminds us that every tack, every gybe really matters.
'This is the first match racing event for some of our crew so we are still getting our crew work organized and we expect to see more improvements tomorrow.'
Some key battles took place today. Mohamed Razali staged an excellent 'come from behind win' against Jeremy Koo. After his win yesterday against Tiffany, that was as one sailing pundit commented, 'a double Koo'.
A classic match race transpired between the reigning Champion Hazwan Hazim Dermawan and two- time winner Tiffany Koo. Hazwan held Tiffany out to the left of the course until they were both overlaid the first mark. A light air gybing duel down the first run had the boats line astern at the bottom mark. Hazwan's superior light air speed allowed him to extend the lead on the next work, but Tiffany closed to within two boat lengths down the final run.
The closest match of the day was between Tiffany Koo and Nulul Elia and featured everything - tack after tack being thrown at Tiffany upwind and a luffing duel at the top mark where the boats parked up for two minutes until Tiffany just managed to sneak around with just a single boat length lead. Elia was not going to be bettered and a spirited gybing duel had her round the leeward mark just a metre astern. In a repeat of the first lap, Elia threw tack after tack at Tiffany. After a dozen gybes downwind the boats split and ran to either end of the finish line, Koo taking the win by the barest of margins. PRO David Tallis confirmed the delta was 1.5m at the finish.
In the third match of flight 8, Jeremy Koo and defending champion Hazwan Hazim Dermawan put on a masterful display of boat handling in the prestart with aggressive circling, as each tried to get the upper hand. Hazwan earned a penalty for gybing too close but led off the line.
Jeremy Koo worked the current perfectly to close within a boat length with the final run to go. Hazwan tried to hook Koo in an attempt to wash off the penalty but the luff came too late allowing Koo to cross half a boat length in front at the finish.
Principal Race Officer David Tallis commented 'There are no easy matches
in this fleet. The depth of talent goes right to through the fleet. I
am really looking forward to some wind tomorrow as all the skippers push
hard. This is some of the best match racing I have seen.'
All crews are looking forward to another big day tomorrow.
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The Danity Stamp Set from Close to My Heart. As for last week's DT spot, we will announce that later this week, as we all have to agree to the same one, and it is going to be HARD. Thanks for all those whom expressed an interest. Well without further ado here are the DT Pieces this week. . .
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Just before I went to bed I checked on "Romy", one of the scorpions (Centruroides flavopictus) I keep. I hadn't seen her since Friday, and normally she is the least shy one of the scorpions I keep as pets.
So I lifted the big rock she normally hides under, and then ...
I asked Esme to come and have a look too, and bring a flash light. And what I already had seen become even more clear with the addition of some light: the scorpion was covered with scorplings, babies. We started to count, and it looks like Romy has 8 or even 9 little ones. It's a bit hard to get an exact figure since the scorplings are even on top of each other. So when I found this scorpion, the 27th of January, she was already pregnant.
I tried to make a few pictures of the mom with her newborns, but this was not an easy task. So for now the best out of a few, and I try to make better ones tomorrow.
I also checked the scorplings under UV light, and indeed, the young ones don't glow yet either because their cuticle (exoskeleton) hasn't hardened or tanned.


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Let's be honest, it's fuckin' hot out there. July, and it's only just begun. We've started exploring ways to keep cool this summer, and so far these blend-and-pour frozen pops are at the top of the list. Super easy to make at home and appropriate for any time of day- you've got to try this one (or countless other combinations) for yourself!
Watermelon-Coconut-Lime ice pops:
- 2 ½ cups of fresh watermelon cubed
- ½ cup of fresh raw coconut cubed
- Juice of 2 limes
- 1 tbls Honey
How to:
- Combine all ingredients into a blender. Pulse to desired texture (longer blend = smoother texture)
- Pour into pop molds
- Put in freezer
- Wait 6 hours
- Enjoy
See how easy? And oh so refreshing!


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Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the death of John Belushi, and while the occasion is still one of distinct solemnity, the impact is somewhat diminished now, as time continues to pass for the rest of us. Belushi only made it to 33, but he left a pretty indelible legacy, not only with Saturday Night Live but also via The Blues Brothers and the still cruelly underrated 1941. And then there's Animal House, in which Belushi almost literally set the screen on fire. Now a team of Broadway big shots, including Casey Nicholaw, the Tony-winning co-director of The Book of Mormon, are laying plans to bring a musical version of the House to Broadway. No dates, no cast, no nothing yet but the Barenaked Ladies confirmed to score and the aforementioned Nicholaw to direct and choreograph. Still, though, an Animal House musical. If there's a heaven, Belushi must be rolling right now. (Dave Itzkoff, ArtsBeat, The New York Times)
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First Snow in Big Bear
Last week it snowed in Bear and Brett Wilkinson, Beef, Jake Schaible, Lenny Mazzotti, Ian Sams, and Jordan Small all went and got theirs. Take a look at this little edit from Beef to see for yourself. Winter's coming soon, when do you think you're going to be able to get yours?


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RiverMist Pools & Spas is a custom pool design and build company. We are intentional to incorporate the highest quality equipment and workmanship into every pool. Our top priority is to treat our customers the way we, ourselves, would expect to be treated. Find out more about us by watching this short video or by clicking the view more button below.
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Write an iPhone application -- 3
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- Quantity: 7 Dice
- Type: Jumbo Dice Set
- Pattern: Opaque
- Primary Color: Yellow
- Number/Pip Color: Black
- Number/Pip Style: Etched
- Size: 30mm
- Manufacturer: Koplow
When you come to the gaming table, come heavy! These jumbo polyhedral dice from Koplow, the NICE DICE (R) Company, will boldly declare that you are here to thrash any opponent that gets in your way. This tube of yellow dice includes a dice 20, a dice 12, a dice 10, a dice percentage (a d10 with 10, 20, 30, etc on it), a dice 8, a dice 6, and a dice 4. That's seven jumbo dice in all.
Please note that the pattern on these dice are not one perfectly solid color. The process used to make these jumbo dice creates a streaking pattern which can be visible on the surface of the dice. This will only matter if you need a perfectly solid color. Other than that, the streaking is actually an interesting effect that adds some variation to the otherwise plain color.
Each measures roughly 24 to 30mm tall (depending on the particular die). Koplow dice are some of the finest in the hobby, durable with well painted numbers, these dice will last for years.


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Travellanda Partner with Top Dog Travel Systems
Top Dog Travel Systems, a leading travel technology company and Travellanda, the fastest growing travel company have recently announced a strategic partnership to increase hotel distribution throughout the UK market.
Integration between the two companies will provide travel agents, tour operators and OTAs within the United Kingdom with an additional choice of over 200,000 hotels worldwide. Following on from Travellanda's latest distribution strategy, this partnership aims to provide consumers in the UK with great rates on more hotels in all key destinations around the world.
Denise Atkinson, Key Account Manager, Travellanda said: "With our head office in London, the UK market has always been important to us. Whilst we focus on a global level in general, we are very excited to be working with Top Dog to further increase our footprint here in the UK and to allow more clients to start working with us via the API so we can all maximise business on a seamless basis."
Lindsay Gauton, Technical Director, Top Dog said: "Our link up with Travellanda greatly extends the variety and uniqueness of stock available through our Infinity gateway product, now allowing all our clients access to 65 Accommodation suppliers, 100 Flight providers and many ancillary product suppliers such as Car Hire, Transfers, Parking, Attractions and Payment gateways."


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Sprint and remote health management provider Ideal Life have introduced wireless touch-screen kiosks to help patients track their health and wellness.
Wireless machine to machine (M2M) technology allows patients to send vital health data to doctors using various mobile monitoring devices other than smartphones. The cloud-based kiosks run on Sprint's 3G network.
Ideal Life already offers wired kiosks in hospitals, community centers and employee wellness programs. It also makes remote-monitoring devices to manage conditions such as congestive heart failure (CHF), diabetes, asthma and obesity.
The company plans to place the new wireless kiosks in libraries, schools, clinics and doctor's offices as well as community health centers such as assisted living facilities.
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Large corporations are interested in acquiring the kiosks for their employee wellness programs, according to Kelly Robinson, manager for M2M marketing programs in the Emerging Solutions Group at Sprint.
Pharmacies may also have a use for the kiosks, since they're already offering flu shots, she said. The kiosks will allow pharmacies to store and transmit additional data on patients. "Now this just takes it to the next level, and gets info uploaded to your record that's unique and private," Robinson told eWEEK.
Although pharmacies have featured health-management devices such as Ideal Life's before, the ability to send data in the cloud is new, Steve Wheeler, general manager for Ideal Life, told eWEEK. "There have been blood pressure machines in drugstores forever, but data never went anywhere," he said.
Sprint and Ideal Life announced the wireless kiosks at the CTIA Wireless conference in San Diego on Oct. 11.
By keeping track of blood pressure, weight, blood glucose levels and other biometric readings and submitting the data to doctors for their review, the kiosks could allow patients to prevent health crises and save money on health care exams and hospitalization, according to Wheeler.
"The goal of these products is to keep people in the home longer and keep the costs down as low as possible," Robinson said.
If a patient experienced a sudden weight gain or blood pressure climbed, the kiosk could record the data and send it to a physician or hospital ER department for quick decisions on care, she noted.
Once entered into the kiosk, patients or doctors can upload data to electronic health records (EHRs).
"The key is it's not a stand-alone kiosk," Wheeler said. "Data is going up to the Web."
Data is transferred into Ideal Life's collaborative care software, which features a built-in algorithm to help physicians analyze the information, Wheeler said. The algorithm also analyzes abnormal readings such as high blood pressure and asks patients questions such as, "Did you take your medication?" or "Did you exercise?" he explained.
In a recent Ideal Life study, 200 patients with CHF were able to reduce the cost for hospital admissions from $1.26 million to $540,000 when they used Ideal Life's remote-monitoring system, the company reports.
Meanwhile, 88 percent of doctors would like patients to be able to monitor their health independently, according to a report by the Health Research Institute at PwC.
Remote-monitoring devices are among the diverse mobile products the health care industry will need to support to accommodate workers' diverse communication needs, according to a recent report by research firm Frost & Sullivan.
The wireless component of the kiosks will allow hospitals to place the devices in areas that lack Internet access, Wheeler said.
Although the kiosks now work on 3G with no patient video capability, they will eventually work on 4G with video functionality, Wheeler said. The kiosks currently run educational videos tied to specific conditions such as hypertension, he added.