“The first two weeks were a gold rush.”
That’s how William Ross of Halstead described the pace of sales at 388 Bridge St., the 53-story rental/condo tower in Downtown Brooklyn that put its condos on the market in June.
Since then, 42 of the 60 units on the market have contracts out. (The building will have a total of 144 condo units when all are released, alongside 240 rentals, which are about 75 percent occupied.) The condos have been moving at around $1,150 to $1,200 per square foot — with the unreleased penthouses expected to go for $1,600 to $2,100 per square foot.
“We’re thinking of raising prices again,” says Ross. “We’ve raised prices twice already.”
These condos have attracted young and old; families and singles — everybody who wants one elusive thing: To buy in Downtown Brooklyn, where rentals have reigned supreme in recent years.
“There’s very little to buy,” says Michelle Lipchin, who, while living at the Brooklyner, a 491-unit rental, decided she wanted to purchase something in the area. She looked at a few lackluster resales until she found a roughly 700-square-foot one-bedroom unit at 388 Bridge that she’s now in contract for.
“Downtown Brooklyn was largely rental-driven since Lehman Brothers fell,” says Doug Bowen of Core. Prior to that, condos like Toren and 110 Livingston took root, but when the market crashed, developers stuck with the safer investment. “Most of the development — especially anything of size like the Brooklyner, or [the upcoming] Avalon Bay — was rental.”
But perhaps 388 Bridge signals a change — are developers in Downtown Brooklyn going to start turning once again to condos?
According to a report released this week from the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, there are 7,800 housing units in the development pipeline; the Partnership told NYP Home that 2,000 of them will be market-rate condos.
Even Downtown Brooklyn’s handful of pre-Lehman condos have seen a resurgence of interest and activity.
At BellTel Lofts, which had its first closing in November 2007, Terry Naini of Town has seen six of her listings there go into contract in the last two months (two have closed). “Everything I have in contract is over asking price,” Naini says.
And BellTel’s resales have finally begun to appreciate. One of Naini’s sixth-floor units sold in 2008 for $896,135 — but it’s currently in contract above its asking price of $1.35 million (an appreciation of over 50 percent).
“We could see the neighborhood changing,” says Gregory Goldstein, who bought a three-bedroom in BellTel with his wife, Hannah, last year after renting in the building. (Naini was his broker.) “We figured at least it would be a steady investment.”
Other new condo projects taking shape Downtown include The Boerum at 265 State St., a 315,000-square-foot project from Flank and the Carlyle Group; it will be about one-third hotel, two-thirds condo and should open its sales gallery on Atlantic Avenue sometime this fall.
On Cadman Plaza West, on the border of Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn, proposals have been submitted for turning the Brooklyn Public Library into a new space that will include condos atop a rebuilt 20,000-square-foot library. Proposals have ranged from 99 to 167 units, totaling as much as 330,000 square feet of space.
But there’s a lot more that hasn’t been announced yet. “I’m doing rental and for sale pro formas and comp analysis for five other Downtown [Brooklyn] projects all in the pipeline,” says Bowen.
A number of residential buildings in the works have been notably mum about their intentions: Oro 2, the sister building of Oro, which was one of the pioneer condos of Downtown Brooklyn, is well underway even though the developers won’t say whether the finished product will be condo or rental.
Back in February, Brooklynites were beating their breasts when they found out that Junior’s was selling its location to developers. No deal has been finalized, but “If someone’s going to pay the price anticipated, which is $400 to $500 buildable, someone’s going to choose to do condos,” says Stephen Palmese, a partner with Massey Knakal.
JDS Development’s 340 Flatbush Ave. Extension, which SHoP is designing and at 70 stories will be the tallest building in Brooklyn when it’s finished, will consist of 555,000 square feet of space. But the developers say they still aren’t sure whether they’re going to make its 495 units rentals or condos.
It should be noted that JDS’s founder, Michael Stern, is one of the most outspokenly bullish people in New York real estate when it comes to Brooklyn.
“In Manhattan, land costs are higher than the costs to build a building,” says Stern. “In Brooklyn, that’s not the case — there’s quite a bit of room for growth. And there are a large crop of people who are choosing to live in Brooklyn as their first choice.”
Which definitely helps explain why developers have been so focused on Brooklyn. But something else is driving the trend towards condos instead of more rentals — and that is the explosion in land prices.
“In the last 18 months, asking prices have gone from $75 to $350 per square foot,” says Tucker Reed, president of Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. “That’s in the space of 18 months. That’s unheard of. And that makes rental development difficult. … That’s why developers have turned continuously towards condo.”
Gabriel Saffioti, a director at the investment sales brokerage firm Eastern Consolidated, is currently marketing a parcel of land at 295-309 Schermerhorn St. in the mid-to-high $50 million range, which comes out to around $400 per square foot of buildable space. “We’ve had people who have looked at it from a hotel, a rental and a condo perspective,” Saffioti says.
Plus, all of the commercial and retail development in the works is only going to make the area more attractive for buyers.
City Point, for instance, the 1.9 million-square-foot complex (of rental and retail) which will be released in phases and completed in 2020, promises 700,000 square feet of retail, including an Alamo Drafthouse theater and a CityTarget.
“There’s been significant growth in retail in last 7 years, but we still think there’s a tremendous gap,” says Paul Travis, managing partner of Washington Square Partners, which is developing City Point. As for future commercial tenants, “It’s going to be very Brooklyn.” By that he means artisan and local.
Collectively all this development has attracted the kind of buyer who never before would have considered Downtown Brooklyn.
“We’re probably going to retire there,” says Tom Golper, a physician and professor at Vanderbilt University, who is in contract on a unit at 388 Bridge.
Golper and his wife, Lee Ann, began visiting Brooklyn when their son Zachary and his wife Kate moved there and opened a bakery. (A grandchild also swayed them to visit.) “I love it,” says Lee Ann. “I love the neighborhood — the human scale of it. Even though we live in a high-rise.”


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Variety reports that the project will be a collaboration between Warhorse Studios and Wild Sheep Content, with Barmack and Warhorse CEO Martin Frývaldský producing the adaptation, which will take the form of either a live-action series or film. Barmack and Frývaldský are said to be in the process of reaching out to potential writers and directors to expand the creative team.Barmack spoke about the adaptable nature of video game properties and the ways in which they can deliver "amazing, non-U.S. worlds that are locally relevant, but with a regional and global popularity that streamers are looking for as they become more and more global."
"It's especially interesting that video games with heavy narrative, like The Witcher and Kingdom Come: Deliverance, are uniquely adaptable, and local but global all at once," Barmack said, referencing Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which was developed by Warhorse Studios and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One."The biggest feedback we got from the gaming community and reviewers is that this is a very believable and also very relatable story where it is easy to identify with a not so heroic hero," added Warhorse Studios' PR Manager Tobias Stolz-Zwilling.
Released in 2018, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a game for your inner historian. The story centres around Henry, the son of a blacksmith, who joins a resistance movement in his pursuit of justice for his murdered family. The game received widespread critical acclaim and went on to sell more than three million units across all platforms.
The Kingdom Come: Deliverance adaptation joins a growing slate of video game movies and TV series' that have been announced, planned, or are currently in production right now, including Amazon's Fallout TV series, Netflix's Cyberpunk 2077 anime, and Sega's live-action Yakuza movie, which is being produced by Erik Barmack, Roberto Grande and Joshua Long.
If you want to know more Kingdom Come: Deliverance, now would be the perfect time to revisit our opinion piece on why we think the action-driven roleplaying game would make a great TV series. Also, check out our full review of the video game, commending the creators for building an immersive experience backed by "strong characters and storytelling." Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

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Islanders dying of cancer before the age of 65 and an increased number of suicides are concerns raised in “Our Island, Our Health”, the Medical Officer of Health’s annual report.
The report looks at the overall health picture in Jersey. It highlights achievements with childhood immunisations and screening programmes, the importance of active travel, and ongoing concerns about alcohol consumption and the fact that 1 in 5 Islanders still smoke.
“There are many issues of interest, some positive and some worrying, which have come to light,” said Medical Officer of Health, Dr Rosemary Geller, who recommends in the report that States departments work together to tackle these issues, in particular the creation of a new tobacco strategy to build on the 2003 strategy.
“Many of the modern challenges to the public’s health are caused by a wide range of inter-connected factors, and joined up problems require joined up solutions,” she said. “As an Island, we continue to face future challenges, as we try to plan for health needs in the years ahead. Helping people with chronic health problems to stay well through proactive care is a particular ongoing challenge.”
The report shows:
- 1 in 5 Islanders are dying before the age of 65 - mostly from a range of cancers, circulatory disease and liver disease
- men are more likely to die young than women
- the main causes of ill health are tobacco, untreated blood pressure, alcohol and poor diet
- young men (25-34 year-olds) are particularly prone to suicide
- most Islanders commute by car rather than on foot or by bus or bicycle
Speaking about the findings, Dr Geller said “I recommend that services and measures which deal with the causes of premature death in Jersey receive priority, particularly with a focus on reducing smoking and excessive alcohol consumption.”
Regarding the issue of suicide, she said “This is a sensitive problem and it’s important to stress that suicide is never a simple issue. The causes are often complex and successful interventions require partnership working among a range of professionals and agencies. In a recent study by Southampton University about suicide in Jersey, particular attention was drawn to the importance of diagnosing and treating those with untreated mental health problems and to reducing alcohol consumption for the population overall.”
Referring to the successful childhood immunisation programmes, Dr Geller said “The contribution made by vaccines within the past hundred years has been incredible, earning immunisation the accolade of being the most important public health intervention after clean water. In Jersey, immunisation has dramatically reduced the incidence of serious childhood diseases, hospitalisations and disabilities so that diseases such as diphtheria, that were once commonplace, are now rare.
“The current immunisation schedule offers children under 5 protection against 10 infectious diseases. In 2008, the primary vaccination coverage reached its highest rate for 13 years, with 97% of Jersey children being vaccinated.”
The recent advances in local screening tests are also highlighted in the report. “Screening tests mean that people can be diagnosed and treated earlier, thus giving them a better prognosis” explained Dr Geller. “I have urged further improvements for cervical and breast cancer screening programmes which need better computer systems in order to reach all the women who could benefit. There are some screening programmes which we don’t yet have in Jersey, such as screening people for bowel cancer, aortic aneurysms and cardiovascular disease.”

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While federal workers know the importance of real-time information in performing their job functions, most lack confidence in their data center’s ability to meet their most critical uptime and failover service level agreements (SLAs), according to a new survey.
In fact, 36 percent of field workers gave their IT department a grade of “C” or lower for recent downtime management, according to MeriTalk, a public-private partnership, in its report, “The Drive to Thrive: Ensuring the Agile (News - Alert) Data Center.” What’s more, only 29 percent believe their IT department fully understands the impact downtime has on their ability to work.
“Federal field workers are dependent on instant information access to do their jobs — from food inspection and traffic control, to healthcare and disaster aid,” said Rob Potter, vice president, federal, Symantec (News - Alert), which underwrote the study. “Agile data centers— that optimize storage and ensure 24x7 availability, while accelerating virtualization and cloud adoption — are critical for efficient government operations and service.”
The study surveyed both federal workers who spent a minimum of 50 percent in the field as well as federal data center professionals. Analysis of the results compared the workers’ reliance on real-time information with the ability of the federal IT teams to deliver.
Among the findings, 80 percent of federal IT professionals cite data center reliability as a top priority for their agency. However, 42 percent of federal field workers state that downtime leaves them unable to support their agency’s mission.
Interestingly, federal IT professionals are aware of the problem — with 69 percent saying that downtime of more than 30 minutes is unacceptable and only 23 percent giving their agency’s data centers an “A” for effectively delivering the right information and resources to the right users on a daily basis.
It’s a problem that has far reaching consequences, with federal field workers reporting that real-time access saves 17 hours per week per worker, equating to approximately $32.5 billion in annual productivity savings.
IT professionals acknowledge the issue, reporting they only have 56 percent of the data storage, 52 percent of the computational power, and 45 percent of the personnel they need to provide a reliable and agile data center. Greater bandwidth, security, and senior leadership support were listed as the top factors in improving data center agility.
“The Drive to Thrive: Ensuring the Agile Data Center” is based on two online surveys conducted in June 2014. The first surveyed 152 federal field workers with a margin of error of ±7.92 percent at a 95 percent confidence level. The second surveyed 150 federal IT professionals familiar with their agency’s data centers, with a margin of error of ±7.97 percent at a 95 percent confidence level. To download the full study, please visit www.meritalk.com/drivetothrive.


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I’ve been thinking of the whole meaning of the word “style.” There is definitely the inclusion of being well-groomed, well-dressed, and caring for yourself—all done in a way which expresses your individuality. But I also think style is not just the way you appear to others, but the way you make others feel when they’re around you, and also in the interests you pursue. A true person of style leaves you with a smile, wanting to know more.
This led me to think of the people around me at home and at work. What I realized is the more I thought about it, the more it made me happy and feel blessed to see how many truly stylish people are in my life.
For example, at her 40th birthday party, my friend Julie could have knocked your socks off—she was so beautiful, but also the most gracious and fun birthday girl ever. Amazing producer Bobbi Peacock and outstanding photographers Michael Crouser and John Christenson donated their time along with parent volunteers to give our children’s elementary school a most memorable Art Night. Not only do these people have style on the outside, they embody the meaning of the word as they leave those they touch inspired, with smiles on their faces.
Please let me share with you two more stylish Minnesotans sharing their talents:
Lori Evert works is an in-demand prop-and-set stylist who makes makes every set she is on perfect, with no detail missed. From Select Comfort to Target and beyond, Lori is known for her outstanding work and work ethic.
And now she can add New York Times best-selling author to her list of accomplishments. Lori co-created the Wish series of photographic fairy tales with her husband Per Breiehagen, an award-winning photographer, and their daughter Anja, who is the main character in each story and was an active contributor to the recently released story The Tiny Wish.
The Wish series began with The Christmas Wish, a holiday story. Inspired by bi-annual trips to Per’s childhood home in Norway, the family continued writing the beautifully photographed tales, releasing The Tiny Wish earlier this year.
With Easter right around the corner, The Tiny Wish would be a wonderful addition to a child’s basket—I cannot say enough about how special these books are. You can look forward to The Reindeer Wish, set to come out in September 2015, and The Christmas Wish movie, a live-action film, which is now in production and slated for a holiday 2017 release.
And this Saturday, you can share in the excitement with Lori, Per, and Anja as they invite you to join them at the Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul for a Tiny Wish Party!
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Michael Lizama is another Minnesotan with style in every way. An independent graphic designer, recent projects have included creating crests for a new submarine and designing a T-shirt for a group of experimental pilots from Mojave.
But Michael’s talents go beyond the two-dimensional: He also has a gift for working with stained glass. His work is unforgettable, and unlike anything I’ve seen before. He will tell you he has spent many hours gazing at church windows, and that growing up in Hawaii and being in the ocean inspired his love of brilliant, transparent color.
Michael’s windows really took off after meeting John Salisbury, who owns Gaytee Stained Glass in Minneapolis, and attending two glass-painting workshops led by renowned New York stained-glass artist Richard Millard.
Michael looks at creating stained glass windows as illustrating with glass. His influences are drawn mostly from pop culture, including such features as robots, skeletons, and tikis. He began to incorporate salvaged pieces of painted glass that Gaytee would discard when restoring and repairing windows. “I couldn’t bear to see those pieces that had been painted long ago and seen by thousands of people in their original form just thrown away,” says Michael. “My main inspirations for stained glass are the Irish artist Harry Clarke and contemporary stained-glass artist Judith Schaecter. Both artists were and are revolutionary in subject and approach. I wanted to push the perception of what can be done with the medium.”
To see some of Michael’s windows, head to the Dunn Bros. coffee shop at Bryant and Lake St. in Minneapolis, where six are currently on display. You can find more of his pieces on his blog and on the MNArtists site under Mike Lizama.

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Most Raiders have nothing to look forward to except the end of the season.
That's what happens when your team is 6-9.
But Coach Art Shell says four of his players deserve to be in the Pro Bowl.
Shell named four Raiders he says are deserving of such an honor--cornerback Terry McDaniel, defensive lineman Howie Long, offensive lineman Steve Wisniewski and safety Ronnie Lott.
McDaniel, who has a career-high four interceptions this season for a total of 180 yards, is having his best year in this, his fifth NFL season.
Long, finishing his 12th season, has nine sacks, second on the team to Anthony Smith, and has been the Raiders' only constant in a constantly rotating defensive line.
Wisniewski, in his fourth season, has gained a reputation as a solid, consistent lineman.
Lott, a 12-year veteran, has only one interception and zero return yards, uncharacteristic totals for a man with 59 interceptions.
"He hasn't had the interceptions he has had in years before," Shell conceded. "But the intensity and the overall play haven't changed."

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Is there such a thing as the 'friend-zone'?
A recent study showed that men overestimate how good-looking they are to women. Women, on the other hand, think they are less attractive to men, which is not the case.
People who think they are highly attractive may incorrectly assume that the other person is sexually interested in them.
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A sense of humor is desirable in a relationship, as people, especially men seem more desirable if they are funny.
The humor effect is not universally the same, with short-term relationships g...
Generally, humor is a great ice-breaker and social lubricant, but if there are stressful situations in a relationship, humor actually increases the chances of a break-up or divorce.
An intimate relationship requires opening up with your partner and being vulnerable, something that may feel uncomfortable to some people. Relationship satisfaction is affected if:
Our own partner preferences may not be fully understood by us.
People may not be communicating well about what they want in their partners or may have a lack of awareness, or even a myopic view of their life. Experiencing it for themselves is a better bet to find out what works.
The dreamy idols that make up our early stages of attractions, especially at a young age, do not translate into someone one can spend the entire life with, where mundane activities like picking up groceries and taking care of the kids take precedence over being handsome or inspiring.

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The Navy will fund restoration of the historic Ferry House in Central Whidbey as mitigation for the EA-18G Growler aircraft impact on historic properties.
Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer sent a letter to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, or ACHP, an independent federal agency, explaining his response to the ACHP’s recommendations regarding the Growlers’ impact on historic properties, the last step in the Section 106 process under the National Historic Preservation Act.
He wrote that the Navy will contribute $867,000 to restoring the Ferry House, but he declined the ACHP’s recommendations to continue to measure jet noise and further study the effects of noise on the historic properties on Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve.
Some of those involved in negotiations with the Navy over mitigation were not happy with the Navy’s response.
Allyson Brooks, the state Historic Preservation Officer, said in a statement that the Navy rejected most of ACHP’s recommendations.
“Specifically, we were hoping for precise noise monitoring among other recommendations, including continued work with stakeholders,” Brooks wrote.
The Sound Defense Alliance said in a statement that the Navy is offering “no actual mitigation or actual monitoring” and that the response ignores input from the community and elected officials.
The response states that the “operational conditions” resulting from the increase in Growler practice “would be similar” to the conditions when Ebey’s Landing was created in 1978.
“They have proven that they are not interested in listening or being a good neighbor,” stated Maryon Attwood, chairwoman of the Sound Defense Alliance.
Speaking on his own behalf, Ebey’s Landing Trust Board member Fran Einterz calls it “a pittance” and pointed out that the money for the Ferry House will go to the National Park Service, which owns just 4 percent of the reserve.
Issuance of the letter clears the way for Spencer to make a final decision on the number of Growlers at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and how aircraft carrier landing practice will be divided between the Ault Field and Outlying Field Coupeville runways.
The preferred alternative under the Environmental Impact Statement would direct 80 percent of practice to OLF Coupeville, which would be a dramatic increase.
The response states that the “operational conditions” resulting from the increase in Growler practice “would be similar” to the conditions when Ebey’s Landing was created in 1978, which the Sound Defense Alliance disputes.
Spencer emphasized the ways in which the Navy agrees with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, or ACHP, and points out the years of work the Navy has done under the National Environmental Policy Act to study the impacts of Growlers, reach out to the community and research technological solutions.
“I am committed to ensuring that the Navy remains a good neighbor with the local communities surrounding our installations while at the same time meeting our urgent national defense priorities,” the letter states.
NAS Whidbey released a statement that echoes the secretary’s words. A representative of the Navy League did not respond for comment by deadline.
After it was determined that an increase in Growlers would have an indirect, adverse effect on the Central Whidbey historic district, the Navy went through a process governed by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The Navy negotiated with interested parties in an effort to come up with appropriate mitigation.
The Navy’s final offer was $1 million for restoration of the Ferry House. The Navy terminated discussions Nov. 30 because of an impasse on the “type and amount of commensurate mitigation precluded reaching an agreement on mitigation, the letter states.
Spencer explained in the letter that the Navy refined the estimated cost of restoration projects for the Ferry House and concluded that the Navy will provide the $867,000, plus $20,000 for interpretive historical signs.
The letter addresses other ACHP recommendations.
Spencer declined to follow the recommendation to continue additional noise monitoring efforts and to study the effects on the historic district from private property owners abandoning or not investing in buildings.
Spencer declined the recommendation to examine other means of funding, but strongly supports the community’s exploration of a partnership with the Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment to fund preservation projects.
Spencer agreed to pursue partnership opportunities “to promote the long-term preservation of affected historic properties.” The letter states that Navy officials will work with the community to identify potential projects for grants and will voice support for Whidbey projects to decision makers at the Department of Defense.
It will also support Whidbey Island joining a broad Sentinel Landscape effort.
Spencer committed to continue to pursue innovative technologies to reduce aircraft noise. The letter points to the work the Navy has done on implementing Precision Landing Move technology in the aircraft, reducing training by 30 percent.
The Navy is also researching chevrons to reduce the noise.

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Google-owned robot maker Boston Dynamics is typically secretive about the latest feats of its robotic flock. But for a moment this month, the curtain parted, revealing a slice of the action at the company.
Founder Marc Raibert joined an all-star panel of roboticists talking about two- and four-legged machines that walk and run and keep their balance at the Fab Lab Conference and Symposium held in Cambridge in early August.
Raibert showed a video of the company’s two-legged humanoid robot Atlas walking in the woods, noisily shuffling down what looks like a deserted hiking trail.
So far, we’ve only seen the company’s four-legged robots attempt such woodland forays. In YouTube videos posted by the company, we’ve watched the lithe and silent Spot tread lightly up and down a grassy ramp, seen BigDog splash through waves at the beach, and found that the LS3 can cheerfully romp through a few feet of snow.
Unlike its quadruped friends, the version of Atlas that walked through the woods is still tethered to a power source and therefore not completely independent, Raibert noted.
Still, having humanoids like Atlas walk through “wild” terrain brings them a step closer to making them useful to people.
Atlas wasn’t just taking a walk for the exercise — Raibert said that testing the robots “out in the world” is “a totally different challenge” to training them in the lab.
“Our focus is on balance and dynamics and working a little bit the way people and animals do where you move quickly in order to keep yourself stabilized if you’re disturbed,” he said.
A version of the Atlas robot got some extensive real-world training earlier this year as a contestant in the $2 million DARPA Robotics Challenge, in which researchers programmed the robots to tackle mock disaster scenarios.
DARPA-funded Boston Dynamics supplied robots to a half-dozen teams, which programmed their machines to perform tasks like drilling a hole through plywood and opening a door. A Florida team working on an Atlas robot took second place.
But, as IEEE Spectrum pointed out, every team struggled with a basic challenge: how to keep the keep the bots from keeling over mid-task. As Raibert’s presentation at Fab11 showed, that’s a problem Boston Dynamics has in its sights.
Other speakers at the event included Harvard swarm robotics expert Radhika Nagpal; MIT mechanical engineering professor Sangbae Kim, whose lab built the galloping “cheetah” quadruped; and Gil Pratt, a DARPA program manager who led the Robotics Challenge this year.


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The Sammy Davis Jr Estate have announced a forthcoming documentary on the life and music of Sammy Davis Jr. It premieres in Toronto next month and airs on PBS next year.
Sat Aug 19, 2017 5:07 am
I would very much like to see this documentary. I am a huge fan of Sammy's... he was such a class act and an extremely talented entertainer. I'll keep an eye out for it. Thanks Shane!
Sat Aug 19, 2017 8:42 pm
elvis-fan wrote:he was such a class act and an extremely talented entertainer.
He sure was. Looking forward to this!


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An appreciation will motivate the personAll human beings want to get the attention of others. If somebody is appreciating the good work done by a person in the presence of some other people, he will get the attention of other people at least for a moment. That attention will act as inspiration and he will try further to improve his performance so that he will get the attention and recognition. That will motivate him.
But nobody likes to get criticised openly. They may feel ashamed and their efficiency may further come down as they get demotivated with the remarks made openly. So when you want to point out the mistakes of somebody do that privately. That will be helpful to the individual to develop himself.

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The Polish Police force wants to increase its use of free and open source software in order to cut costs, announces Andrzej Trela, Deputy Chief of Police and responsible for logistics, in an interview in the Police force’s monthly newsletter, published on 15 January.
The Deputy Chief expects moving to open source will not be that difficult. There are only slight variations between proprietary and open source applications and these will be clear to the vast majority of users, he says. “Too often we think we need these proprietary applications, even though we only use about five percent of all that they can do.”
Replacing proprietary software by open source will result in savings on licences, he says.
The police deputy also wants to reduce the amount of money spent on maintenance. “We spend far to much on repairs and maintenance, and too little on development.”
The latter remark suggests to the Polish Foundation on Free and Open Source (Fwioo), that the police might use the savings on proprietary licences to pay for innovation. The Fwioo mentions the interview on the website of their project on Transparent and Correct Public IT Tenders (PPIT).
It is not just the Polish police force that is eyeing the possibilities of open source. Also in the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom the police are studying how to make use of this type of software.
In France and Sweden, the police are farther ahead. In France, the Gendarmerie in 2004 began replacing all of its 90,000 desktops with this type of software, a move that it says will help it to save millions of euro. In Sweden, the National Police Board (SNPB) expects to save some twenty million euro over the next few years, by switching to open source application servers, open source database servers and standard computer server hardware. Original article.


Senior Research Physicist, NASA Goddard Flight Center
12pm EST, Saturday February 20th
Bombshells at Bennu: Revelations from NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Return Mission
NASA selected the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission for implementation on May 25, 2011. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft launched on September 8, 2016 and traveled through space for a little over two years before arriving at its target, the asteroid Bennu, in October 2018. After two years of Bennu observations, OSIRIS-REx successfully touched down on the asteroid’s surface and acquired NASA’s first asteroid sample on October 20, 2020. This presentation summarizes the objectives and goals of the OSIRIS-REx mission and gives a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges and scientific surprises encountered by the mission’s operations team during asteroid proximity operations and sample acquisition.


Germany wants meeting over IAAF report
MUNICH – Germany’s athletics chief has called for an extraordinary meeting of the IAAF after the second part of a World Anti-Doping Agency report heaped more pressure on the sport’s scandal-hit governing body.
WADA’s independent commission said on Thursday that the former head of world athletics, Lamine Diack, ran a clique that covered up organised doping and blackmailed athletes while senior officials looked the other way.
German athletics (DLV) chief Clemens Prokop made the call for the extraordinary meeting on Friday and later issued a revised statement backing current IAAF president Sebastian Coe.
“The corruption allegations against the former IAAF leadership are so damning and have shaken the credibility of the IAAF so much that a signal of a new start should come from an extraordinary assembly of all members to show their support for Sebastian Coe’s reform programme,” the revised statement said.
“As well as the desire for an extraordinary IAAF Congress, the DLV is fully supporting the president in dealing with the corruption scandals.”
In response to the revised statement, the IAAF said: “The IAAF have been in touch with the German Federation to understand exactly what they were asking.
“Their request is the clearest example of how seriously the IAAF and its members take the details of yesterday’s WADA independent commission report. Together we will drive through the reforms required to tackle the governance weaknesses identified and rebuild trust in the IAAF and athletics.”
The damning report delivered by former WADA president Dick Pound added to the rapidly growing scandal involving organised doping and its concealment that has thrown world athletics into turmoil.
Pound had already rocked the sport in November with the release of the first part of his report, which led to athletics superpower Russia being banned from competition for state-sponsored doping.
But Thursday’s report said the IAAF’s governing council, of which Coe was a member, “could not have been unaware of the extent of doping in athletics and the non-enforcement of applicable anti-doping rules”, piling more pressure on the governing body.
“It is increasingly clear that far more IAAF staff knew about the problems than has currently been acknowledged,” it said. “The corruption was embedded in the organisation. It cannot be ignored or dismissed as attributable to the odd renegade acting on his own.”
The scandal has also drawn comparisons with a corruption and governance scandal at the global football federation, FIFA. (Reuters)


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2.The appearance of spunlaced nonwoven fabrics looks very similar to traditional textiles. Unlike cloth made of other nonwovens, it looks more natural and soft.
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5.The appearance design of spunlaced non-woven fabric is very rich, which can change a lot of patterns to meet various aesthetic needs.
Application of spunlaced nonwoven fabric.
The use of spunula non-woven fabrics are medical curtain, surgical cover cloth, medical gauze, surgical clothing, medical dressing materials, wound dressing, clothing lining base cloth, coating base cloth, disposable materials, aviation rag, electronic industry advanced rag, advanced instrument rag, towel, wet wipes, cotton, mask covering materials.


The metaphor of the ticking clock resonates with the state of EU-U.K. Brexit negotiations. First used in 2017 by Michel Barnier, the European Commission's chief Brexit negotiator, to describe the lack of progress being made, the ticking clock has come to symbolize the urgent need for both sides to agree on a range of matters to maintain economic and political certainty in the post-Brexit era. This is as true for data protection as it is for other issues that have dogged negotiations, including fishing rights, state aid and Irish customs arrangements.
As European privacy pros will recall, the U.K. government is seeking a European Commission data adequacy decision to maintain the free flow of personal data from the EU to the U.K. following the end of the Brexit transition period. A key deadline, Dec. 31, 2020, is just two-and-a-half months away. That is when the transition period, which has maintained a status quo position on data flows, comes to an end.
When the U.K. left the EU Jan. 31, the European Commission and U.K. government began formal negotiations to seek a decision on data adequacy. Though the two sides have met regularly, no agreement has been forthcoming to date. This is perhaps not surprising given the compressed time period available to hold talks but given that we are now in mid-October, the clock is ticking uncomfortably close to midnight.
The adequacy approval process is set out in Article 45 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. When assessing the level of adequacy provided by an applicant third country (as the U.K. has now become), the European Commission must consider a range of factors, including rule of law, respect for human rights and freedoms, relevant legislation, such as regulations for the onward transfer of personal data to another third country, and judicial redress for data subjects whose personal data are being transferred. The European Commission must also assess whether the U.K. has an effective and functioning independent supervisory authority in place that is responsible for ensuring and enforcing compliance with data protection rules.
Any adequacy decision must be first be agreed upon by the Article 93 Committee, which is chaired by the European Commission and comprises representatives from EU member states, before being referred to the College of Commissioners for final approval. We expect both the commission and the member states to focus on the opinion of the European Data Protection Board and the views of the European Parliament when considering the draft adequacy decision.
To date, the EDPB has not published its opinion on the draft decision, though previous reports have been lengthy and detailed. For example, the EDPB's opinion on Japan's draft adequacy decision was 41 pages long. These are not insignificant deliberations. In the meantime, the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs has discussed U.K. adequacy and asked the commission to present the state of play at a meeting Sept. 22. However, the meeting was held in private so any ensuing insight is unknown.
Given that the state of negotiations is somewhat opaque, data controllers in the EU are becoming increasingly anxious about the status of cross-border data transfers to the U.K. as the end of the transition period approaches. Will an adequacy decision be granted before the year-end or will measures such as standard contractual clauses need to be implemented to maintain existing EU-U.K. data flows? In light of the recent "Schrems II" judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union, will data controllers need to make their own assessments of U.K. adequacy in lieu of any decision from the European Commission? This may seem like an almost surreal position for controllers to be in, but the U.K. government has argued it has a comprehensive framework in place that underpins high data protection standards.
In its explanatory framework for adequacy discussions published March 13, the U.K. government provided documents to justify its claim that "The U.K. has a world class data protection regime," noting, "Protecting personal data is and will continue to be a priority for the U.K." The government argued that, through its implementation of the GDPR, robust principles are in place to protect personal data and that there are clear onward transfer rules to ensure personal data continues to receive an adequate level of protection when it leaves the U.K. Additionally, it said, "the U.K.'s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner's Office, has a strong track record as an independent regulator capable of handling complex cases and imposing tough sanctions where necessary."
As for the impact of the recent judgment by the CJEU in the joined cases of Privacy International, La Quadrature du Net, French Data Network and others, John Whittingdale, the government minister responsible for data protection, responded to a U.K. Parliamentary question Oct. 19, saying, "The ruling relates to a previous power (in the Telecommunications Act 1984) that has since been replaced by provisions in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016." Whittingdale added the ruling will now be referred back to the U.K. courts, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, for them to consider its effect on the U.K.’s current bulk communications data regime.
Key questions remain.
Will the U.K. be granted an adequacy decision before year-end? Although the clock is ticking, there may be just enough time to conclude the decision. Despite recent obstacles, the EU-U.K. free trade agreement negotiations have resumed with an aim to reach a deal by mid-November. FTA success may pressure the European Commission and member states to agree on an adequacy decision within the next few weeks. Any residual concerns raised by EDPB or European Parliament could perhaps be addressed through a robust monitoring and review regime once the decision comes into force. Failing to grant U.K. adequacy may also call into question all other adequacy decisions made to date; so, all of these factors will need to be taken into account.
In the meantime, data controllers in the EU should continue to monitor the situation closely and plan for all contingencies.
In a year that included a pandemic and the landmark "Schrems II" decision, this is perhaps one additional thing that privacy pros would prefer to ignore. However, the reality is that by Jan. 1, 2021, the transition period will have ended, and we will know then if the objective to determine U.K. adequacy has been met on time. All privacy pros in Europe should, therefore, keep a close eye on developments ahead of the clock striking midnight on New Year's Eve.
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I'm sure once you're done processing pie filling you'll have tons of energy to do apple butter.... I DON'T (we do 2-4 batches of filling and I'm beat). So I leave that baby cooking all night. Before bed I cram it full (because the skins cook down a lot) by using a simple corer/wedger and stuffing as many apples in there as I can. I fill a 2.5 qt and a 3.5 qt crockpot (so 6 qts.) and leave them bubbling all night.
Then in the morning we wake up to a heavenly apple smell. I turn off the crock pots to cool while we get our morning routine out of the way. A couple hours later I get going on it.
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1 1/2 tsp salt (w/out iodine)
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400g Icing Sugar
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Flour the surface you are working on and roll out the dough to a thickness that is about 1cm. Using your biscuit cutters of choice, get cutting out and place the biscuits straight on to the tray (lined with some grease proof paper, or... if you forgot to pick up grease proof paper just grease with butter!) so they are ready to hit the oven!
Bake the biscuits for 8-10 minutes or until they look slightly golden... not too golden though. These look best when they keep their pale colour.
Once out the oven leave then to cool before you even think about icing. If they aren't completely cool when you ice the icing will just run off the sides... not a pretty sight!
While you are waiting you can get some of that washing up done and start the icing mix. I actually made 3 different shades of pink icing. I iced half of the biscuits with one shade of pink.. before doing the second half with another. I actually planned to do three shades of pink but 2 bowls of icing ended up looking the exact same!
Make sure you sift the icing sugar as when you don't you get lumpy icing. I've seen it first hand! It's also very easy to over do the water but really try not to! The thicker the icing the neater it will look once set... and should all stay on the top of the biscuit rather than dripping down the sides. That's the aim anyway!
Before the icing has set make sure you add your sprinkles or decoration so they stick down securely!
And there we have it... Hopefully, 24 beautiful looking biscuits ready to be eaten by some hungry birthday guests of Darcey's!


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This essay analyses the manifesto of terrorist Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings. Reading Tarrant’s manifesto (The Great Replacement) as a cultural artefact of digital white nationalism, it is possible to identify a specific worldview and emotional subjectivity that is also shared with the actions and writing of Anders Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Oslo and Utøya massacre. After examining both terrorists’ manifestos, their biographical particulars and drawing from ethnographic research into the online communities that Tarrant frequented, a shared phenomenological framework emerges. This framework is presented as ‘the imagined past and present’ of the Replacement Theory terrorist. This essay will address these white nationalist imaginings via a cultural exegesis of Tarrant’s and Breivik’s manifestos, as well as an analysis of their comparable monastic aesthetic or ‘living death’ in the lead up to their attacks.
|Number of pages||25|
|Journal||Emotions: History, Culture, Society|
|Publication status||Published - Jul 2021|
- white nationalism
- digital radicalisation

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For the Monday Try a New technique challenge on Splitcoast, watercolored tissue paper.
Used four different distress inks each for the background and for the seahorse. Wrinkled up the tissue and used Versamark with gold embossing powder. Seahorse cut from the orange tissue piece. Dies are Tim Holtz. Added some twine rope, sequins, gauze that was dabbed with gold crackle paint, and mini shells.

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One of the most conservative members of Congress faces a tough challenge in Tennessee's Republican primary Aug. 7. U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais is defending his seat against state Sen. Jim Tracy, who is making the most of the incumbent's personal scandals.
The annual pop culture convention underway in San Diego is not just for comic books — it brings the biggest stars from film, television and books together with their fans to talk about upcoming, and vintage, work.
Renee Montagne talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell for an update on the 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped in April by the extremist group Boko Haram.
International observers and air-crash experts visited previously unexamined pieces of the Malaysia Airlines wreckage Thursday and made some disturbing discoveries, including unrecovered human remains and what may be shrapnel holes in the plane's fuselage.
The holy month of Ramadan comes to an end early next week with a celebratory feast, and Secretary of State John Kerry is hoping for a holiday cease-fire in Gaza. He proposed a seven-day truce.
For the first time in years, all of the major U.S. airlines are doing well. American Airlines Group said its second-quarter profits were the highest in the company's history. American only recently exited bankruptcy protection, so the results represent an impressive turnaround.
The Common Core State Standards in literacy and math have generated lots of attention and controversy, but what do they look and sound like in a classroom? The NPR Ed team continues its summer series on the Core standards with a report from a 10th-grade English class.
The Washington Redskins are kicking off their training camp more than a month after the football team's name was deemed offensive to Native Americans by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Despite pressures by activists to change the name, some fans continue to stand by the team.
Tony La Russa, who won more games than any MLB manager in the past 60 years, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Links to steroids have kept notable players of his from getting that recognition.
Roger Alvarez didn't make it to graduation, but he still wants to thank his high school English teacher. (This StoryCorps interview first aired January 29, 2012 on Weekend Edition.)
Printing your own book used to be seen as a mark of failure. But now, there are many well-known independent authors who have made a fortune self-publishing online.
Steve Inskeep talks with Honduran Foreign Minister Mireya Aguero de Corrales, who's in Washington to help find a solution to the thousands of Central American children arriving at the U.S. border.
The novels of John le Carre have been reliable sources of compelling cinema. The new adaptation of "A Most Wanted Man" stars Philip Seymour Hoffman in one of his last roles.
Massachusetts is offering to house hundreds of unaccompanied minors who've been detained crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. One of the proposed sites is on Cape Cod, but residents are blasting the plan.
The judge composed a rhyme to let an Oregon man know he'd been found guilty of the crime: stealing a bulldog puppy from its owners at gunpoint.
The former governor faces a fine for exceeding the limit in Wasila, Alaska. She joked that the Sammy Hagar song distracted her, adding, "I wasn't speeding; I was qualifying."
An open revolt among moderate Kansas Republicans has clouded Gov. Sam Brownback's re-election hopes and focused national attention on the tax-cutting experiment at the heart of his "red-state model."
Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars talks with Steve Inskeep about Israel's call to demilitarize Gaza and whether such a proposal is realistic.


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|The Sapphire Guard|
"And Soon, he believed more than anything in the power of honor, truth, and loyalty. He returned to Azure City and selected the noblest samurai to join him as his paladins."
The title held by the leader of the Sapphire Guard is Sapphire Commander. In addition to their role as leader of the Sapphire Guard, the Sapphire Commander also holds the position of Lord of Azure City ever since Soon Kim transferred power to Lord Ronjo.
After the Order of the Scribble dissolved, Soon Kim traveled south, sealed one of the rifts with a sapphire and created the Sapphire Guard to protect it. All of the members in the Sapphire Guard have taken an oath not to disturb the other gates.
The name Sapphire Guard was chosen due to the gem that the rift was sealed in, the sapphire found on the throne of the monarch of Azure City, and it ensured that it was assumed that the throne room was protected in order to keep the monarch safe; it was also to prevent any attempts to tamper with the sealed rift.
In the following years, the Guard attempted to purge and exterminate all forces who would threaten the gate and Azure City, including one of the Bearers of the Crimson Mantle. In the process, the Guard purged all mention of the gates and the rifts from libraries.
During the Battle of Azure City, the majority of the paladins defend the throne room from Xykon. However, Xykon kills most of them with a Symbol of Insanity, causing them to kill each other and themselves. O-Chul is the sole survivor, being paralyzed by Xykon before he could destroy the Gate. However, the Guard comes back as oathspirits, with Soon leading them. They almost manage to kill them, but Miko, who has escaped, comes in the throne room and seeing the paralyzed O-Chul, she used his sword to destroy the Gate. The explosion bisects and kills Miko, but O-Chul survives it.
Ho Thanh was not present for the Battle of Azure City due to being on a diplomatic mission to Nowhere at the time, unknowingly saving the king's life because of his presence. He lead the Azurite Resistance after Haley Starshine, but was killed by Redcloak when he destroyed the resistance.
List of Named Sapphire GuardsmenEdit
|Name||Post||Status||Cause of Death/Current Status|
|Hinjo|| Sapphire Commander||Alive||Building a settlement with the remaining Azurites.|
|Ronjo|| Sapphire Commander||Deceased||Unknown, most likely from age.|
|Shojo|| Sapphire Commander||Deceased||Murdered by fellow paladin Miko Miyazaki.|
|Soon Kim||Sapphire Commander; founder||Deceased||Unknown, most likely from age.|
|Ho Thanh|| Sapphire Guardsman|
Leader of the Unified Azurite Resistance
|Deceased||Crushed by a Osmium Elemental under Redcloak's orders.|
|Jiaya||Sapphire Guardsman||Deceased||Killed by one of her fellow paladins by a wakizashi through her eye during Xykon's Symbol of Insanity spell in the throne room.|
|Lien||Sapphire Guardsman||Alive||Observing the movements of Team Evil on Kraagor's Gate with O-Chul.|
|Miko Miyazaki||Sapphire Guardsman||Deceased||Bisected from the explosion from destroying Soon's Gate.|
|O-Chul||Sapphire Guardsman||Alive||Observing the movements of Team Evil on Kraagor's Gate with Lien.|
|Yunji||Sapphire Guardsman||Deceased||Killed during Xykon's attack in the throne room.|

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JP Enterprises has launched their latest offering with the JP-5 pistol caliber carbine platform.
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When investing in a futon mattress, you will need to determine a lot of things. You’ll consider the size, freedom, longevity, and what the mattress is constructed of. The product that the mattress is built of impacts the softness and the sturdiness of the mattress.
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Honest 2016 Shifty Rhythms stage
Back to 2016 Alumni
One of Arizona’s best kept secrets, Mason Reno who goes by the alias “Honest” has created a name for himself throughout the Phoenix valley and the rest of the world. With a strong love for house music, the 25 year old producer helped create and cultivate a style of music known as “Lush House” and is proving continually that he has the ability to get the dance floor moving with his unique and catchy melodies. After a string of strong remixes for artists like Ellie Goulding, Alex Wiley and Viceroy, Honest is looking to leave his mark on the scene this year with his lush new tunes.


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so so..good location though
Sat, 04 Mar – Sun, 05 Mar (1 Night) | 1 Room | 1 Guest
so so..good location though
(based on 63 reviews)
Excellent views of the valley. Good rooms, helpful staff, tasty food. Got a complimentary upgrade. Only downside is the location, that too only if you do not have your own vehicle - this hotel is a bit away from the main lake area.
I visited this hotel in Dec, 2015.. the room was dirty and provided bed with sub standard bedsheet and blanket. The wifi was not available...tv was not working...no proper facility of heater in room...the only good thing about the hotel is its location and property but not properly maintained by the staff....
The main issue with this hotel is that it lacks a manager who knows the basics of the industry. Reception becomes at night improvised dormitory for staff, the kitchen is extremely dirty, rooms smell of mildew, plumbing is pre-independence, loose (life) electrical wires and panels in bathroom, staff has no clue about what a guest wants. And so on. Staff is helpful but is in need of manager to train them and to tell them what to do. Unless you are caught in a blizzard in the mountain, avoid this hotel.
the best hotel in khajjiar with excellent employees . we were there from 25-28 august our package includes breakfast and dinner , food was delicious and our room was studio room its interior was beautiful. overall we had great time there thanks to royal residency.
1. Location map on several websites confuse Royal Residency - khajjiar with Royal Regency - Dalhousie. Make sure about location and keep in mind it's only 24 kms from Dalhousie but it takes about 1 hour to reach there. 2. Hotel entrance/reception is good but rooms are old constructed and looks like 90's. My score as per expectation and pictures seen online : 2/10 3. Though hotel have 32" Led tv but it works on local cable connection which is not clear and wire connections and fittings looks like they put it on temporary basis. All switch and sockets are very old and some even broken and loose. My score 1/10. 4. In night if your room lights were switch on even for 10 mins your room will get filled with mosquitos, insects, flys and many other flour and fauna insects. Hotel doesn't have management to handle this situation. My score 2/10. 5. Hotel food quality was below average but it's an average if compared to Khajjiar restaurants. Breakfast if you compare to 2 star level hotel in cities like Chandigarh or Delhi it's way below that. Table and chairs of restaurant I think they never cleaned, all tables got sticky surface if you put your hands on it you'll realise it's not clean. My score 1/10 6. Overall experience was below average as per expectation, please keep in mind before visiting this hotel. I have spoke to hotel manager at reception about some of my dislikes he informed me that hotel is under renovation.
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to room type. Please check what room conditions may apply when selecting your room above.

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New City Ordinance: Dogs & Cats Must Be Micro-chipped
Jun 6, 2010
Jun 7, 2010
Laredo pet owners listen up! There are new and very detailed updates to the City pet ordinance that could eventually add up to a fine if not followed.
It involves the micro-chipping of pets and Health Department officials say it's well overdue. The goal is to ensure animal safety as well as tracking Laredo pets. One of the biggest changes: a new registration process requiring that all pets be micro-chipped. "The local vets have partnered with the city, and for the first year it will only cost $5 dollars. The vets will then share the information again to enter into a database to track who's got pets, and if they're vaccinated and who they belong to," says Dr. Hector Gonzalez of the Laredo Health Department.
The ordinance went into effect May 1st, but Health Department officials say they want to roll out the new rules slowly to give people a chance to catch up.

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Unpopular Opinions: The Power of Judicial Courage
April 11, 2022 • 12:30 PM • Law School 4047
Join us for an engaging discussion on judicial courage with Judge Amul R. Thapar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Sponsored by the Federalist Society and co-sponsored by the Clerkship Office. For more information, please contact Mark Scalzo at firstname.lastname@example.org. Individual pizzas will be provided for those attending the event.

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Encore performance set for June 21 at NAT
Michelle Maves will hold an encore performance of her one-woman show at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 21 at New American Theater in downtown Rockford. Proceeds will once again benefit the Angela Rushford Childrens Organ Donation Fund, administered by the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.
Tickets are $10 and may be obtained by calling the Rockford Arts Ticket Hotline at 815-395-9586 or 800-208-9188. For information, call 815-964-5217.


Beer For Breakfast - Irish Band - Contemporary Irish Music, songs and tunes, as well as Celtic Rock and Country Rock & Roll.
About The Act
Beer For Breakfast – Irish Band are a professional four piece Irish and Ceili Band, who play a fantastic and lively range of real Traditional and Contemporary Irish Music, songs and tunes, as well as Celtic Rock and Country Rock & Roll.
They are all professional musicians who came together about 5 years ago from academic, formal, semi-pro and session music backgrounds, to form one of the most vibrant and lively bands on the Irish music scene today. They also do Ceili’s as a five piece band including a caller for all types of Ceili, with an Irish, Scottish or English flavour!
They come equipped and ready to play at all types of music venues from very small gatherings to very large events, e.g. festivals, pubs, clubs, corporate events, weddings, celli’s, birthdays, anniversaries, folk festivals, PTA do’s or for any other reason you wish. They can also play unplugged for that special occasion.
This is your event and we want to ensure it runs as smoothly and as successfully as possible.
They have a top quality and self contained Dynacord PA and Bose speaker system, covered by Public Liability Insurance and Electrical Equipment Safety Certificates. They are available to play 7 days per week throughout the UK, Ireland and the Continent.
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Vancouver Hosts the 48th Annual 2011 National Chefs Conference
National Chefs Conference, CCFCC 2011, June 10 – 16, 2011
Oh god! I am seriously so excited for this! I’m refraining from using a million exclamation marks. Imagine some of the world’s best chefs and best food all coming together in one room. Welcome to the 2011 National Chefs Conference!
If you haven’t heard already, Vancouver is hosting the 48th annual National Chefs Conference from June 10-16. These are a series of culinary events that are not to be missed by any foodie, food lover, gourmet, or food and wine enthusiast. Tickets are open to the public, so yes, you should come! For ticket info and event listings see here.
If you want to mix and mingle with some of Canada’s and the world’s greatest culinary chefs I strongly suggest this event. It’s a celebration of food and incredible talent and it’s a great opportunity to submerse yourself with industry professionals. The opening reception features 19 chef stations with CCFCC Junior Chefs and their Chef Mentors and tickets are available here.
The events range from exquisite buffets, 3, 5, 11, 12 course lunch and dinners, breakfast with Rob Feenie, breakfast with Robert Clark, chocolate demonstrations with Thomas Haas, molecular gastronomy demonstrations, competition dinners with up and coming chefs, a National Juniors Chef Challenge, nutritional seminars, an Aboriginal Potlatch Supper, a woman in the industry luncheon, a Chinese Chefs Luncheon, a golf tournament and last but not least, an extravagant President’s Ball on the last day. I know! Don’t you want to attend them all? There are actually many more events than this too, so for full details see here.
The conference is going to attract hundreds of people who are all passionate about food. Expect to see top celebrity chefs and of course some of Vancouver’s best. I’m certainly going to go to as many as I can so I hope to see you there! I’m so excited I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas! This is definitely one of the food festivals of the year and it is not to be missed!