I will say that we have visited Hunting Island every year for nine consecutive years. I have always rated the park highly, but not this time. This park's location is incredible, but without serious investment by the state if South Carolina, this park will continue to degrade. The bathhouses are 10 years overdue for refurbishment. Due to ongoing beach erosion, when there are heavy rains (common in the coast) water will collect and flood many campsites. For two years now we have witnessed many tent campers have there entire site end up under 4-6 inches of water. The state knows these sites are flood prone yet they continue to rent them out to unsuspecting families who end up having to pack up and leave after a heavy rain. The roads need work and I would estimate 90% of the campsites need releveling to eliminate the low areas that hold standing water. The campground hosts as well as the Rangers and staff are top notch. They deal with so many guests dealing with poor conditions and should be commended. Hunting Island generates more revenue for SC than any other park, yet every year funds are withheld to bring the facilities up to date and renourish the beach. My family and I love this place, my kids have grown up here, but this may have been our last trip here until something is done to fix the problems. I really feel like South Carolina is simply stealing tourists dollars at this point and if they don't address the problems immediately, Mother Nature is going to reclaim this incredible campground. I hope the state will act soon. We camped at Hunting Island State Park in a Motorhome.
Surf fishing, great food locally, plenty of fresh fish and seafood. The campground store is well stocked with t-shirts and gifts. For a day trip, Hilton Head Island is an hour away.
Stayed on site #9 over Labor Day weekend. This is one of the nicest campgrounds we have ever visited. The site was very deep and afforded plenty of room for our 46 foot motorhome and the SUV that we toad. The way the sites are staggered along the ridge you do not feel as though you are too close to your neighbor. The views are incredible and the campground is incredibly clean and well kept. The bathhouse is the best we have experienced, private and cleaned regularly. Unlike a few of the earlier postings on this website, I found all of the employees willing to go out of their way to ensure we had a great stay. Very short commute into Asheville. We will be returning to visit again soon! We camped at Campfire Lodgings in a Motorhome.
This was our 4th year in a row visiting this park and we already have reservations for next summer. The biggest driver in rating this park is it's pristine location on the ocean. The entire island is state owned and as such has not been commercialized. With that said, this is a very old campground in need of work. The bathhouses are in need of renovation and are very damp and musty. The campground hosts and staff do a very good job of cleaning, but there is only so much they can do. As others have posted here, the sites are not paved but overall are pretty level. For larger campers and RV's bring wide leveling blocks as the sand/ground is soft. Both the deer and raccoons are very friendly. The deer will eat from your hand and the raccoons will eat anything they can get to, so secure your site when you leave or go to bed. Please don't let my rating of an "8" scare you away. This is a great campground with an uncertain future. Every year the ocean reclaims part of this campground. Visit it now while you can. In these economic times it may be a while before the state can step in and renourish the beach. We camped at Hunting Island State Park in a Motorhome.


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What Does Todd Chrisley Do for a Living? Details on How He Made (and Lost) His Money
Updated: Jul 22, 2020 3:45 pm·
Season after season, Chrisley Knows Best fans watch Todd Chrisley and his family live an extravagant life. So, naturally, viewers want to know what the real estate mogul *actually* does for a living that allowed him to score his own reality TV show and their luxurious life.
A Guide to the 'Chrisley Knows Best' Kids — From Oldest to Youngest!
Though Todd amassed his wealth through real estate, in recent years, he lost everything — and his net worth was actually listed at -$5 million (yes, that's a negative sign). But, various reports say the former mogul is bouncing back from bankruptcy, which he filed for in 2012.
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"He guaranteed a real estate development loan and it failed," his attorney, Robert Furr, told People magazine in March 2014 about his troubling financial history. "He was on the hook for $30 million. If he hadn't had that happen, he would have been fine."
He also filed corporate bankruptcy the following year for his company, Chrisley Asset Management. For someone who claimed to spend $300,000 a year on clothes alone during season 1, it was a major blow.
In 2014, Todd claimed the bankruptcy case was "truly in its final phases," and he had "moved on from it." However, legal documents obtained by the Daily Mail the following January stated the patriarch still owed around $70,000, and the trustee presiding over the case demanded he be found in contempt of court. The reality dad founded his company in 2002 but shut it down for good in 2008.
Eventually, the family also gave up their $2.4 million, 30,000-square-foot mansion in Georgia, which was often featured on camera. They since moved to Nashville, citing "security" as the reason for their relocation. In an interesting twist, Todd's wife, Julie Chrisley, actually has a small fortune of her own and has lent him at least $4 million during their marriage. "She is well-off," his attorney revealed in 2014. "She has her own money. This is money that she lent him over the years for his business. It's as simple as that."
The Chrisley family fell into more financial drama in August 2019 when they turned themselves in for tax evasion and settled. Despite facing possible jail time, the reality crew stayed positive.
Despite the Drama, Lindsie Chrisley Has Earned a Big Net Worth
"We stand in our faith and what we know is right fortunate to have the counsel we have and we'll walk this road because we know the good Lord will take us through," Todd said at the time. They were cleared of charges a few months later, agreeing to pay the Georgia Department of Revenue around $110,000 in October.
These days, it seems like the bulk of Todd's income comes from Chrisley Knows Best, advertising partnerships and media opportunities from the USA show. We'll be interested to see what happens with this famous brood in the future!
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I know for a fact that there are Apps out which are able to do this.
Any pointers on where to start?

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Who will rebuild Puerto Rico as young professionals leave island after Hurricane Maria?
Oren Dorell
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A graduate student here plans to abandon her thesis project and seek a doctorate in psychology at Stanford or the University of Michigan. A mechanical engineer with Honeywell is leaving for Arizona. And an accountant is asking friends on the U.S. mainland for a place to stay to look for a job.
Three weeks after Hurricane Maria left a path of destruction that brought Puerto Rico's economy to a virtual halt, students, young professionals and many others are seeking to rebuild their lives elsewhere.
And the move has many worried that the youthful exodus, particularly of educated and accomplished residents, could further hamper the island's slow recovery from the Sept. 20 storm, and leave a population dominated by older residents.
Viviana Quiñones, 28, was working on a thesis at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan about community participatory theater as a tool in psychological therapy. But now there's no theater, no therapy and "school is suspended until further notice," she said. "We're trying to find a flight."
Her boyfriend, Luis Enrique, 26, who works as an accountant and is also a grad student, pointed out that electricity and telecommunications are still down across much of the U.S. territory. "Nothing is telling us everything will be OK in one or two years. We don't have that time to waste," he said.
The trend of young people leaving Puerto Rico began before Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma striking two weeks earlier. But the overwhelming devastation is now accelerating a process of migration that could trigger a future financial crisis, said Carlos Méndez, an associate administrator at the Auxilio Mutuo Hospital, one of the island's top medical facilities.
"Younger people are leaving the island and older people stay," Mendez said. "There's not going to be enough (young workers). Eventually the structure will fail."
Orlando Lopez de Victoria, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Auxilio Mutuo, said his son Luis works as a mechanical engineer at Honeywell's aerospace lab in Aguadilla, in the hard-hit northwest corner of the island where power is not expected to be restored for weeks — or months.
"My son is telling me he's going to leave the island to go to Arizona or somewhere," Lopez de Victoria said. "In coming months, companies are going to go broke. The easy way out will be to buy a ticket and head out."
Atabey Nuñez, 25, who lost her job as an accountant with a TV series because of Maria, said her plan is "to finish this month's rent and go to the States." She's bilingual and hopes to stay with whichever friend can put her up the longest.
"I was going to look for a job here, but there's no electricity," Nuñez said. "It's hard to find Internet, so it's hard to find a job."
She had planned to backpack across Europe next summer, but that prospect is dashed because she's been dipping into savings to survive.
There is still a stigma to leaving.
Melisa Gonzalez, 34, and her husband Gabriel Viera, 32, are both affluent bankers in the capital who continue working despite the destruction elsewhere on the island.
"I think those who leave the island are not proud," Viera said. "They just leave and disappear."
He said if he lost his job at the bank, he would work for a coffee plantation doing manual labor, and others should seek farm or construction jobs to rebuild the commonwealth.
Gonzalez said she wants to leave. "But if we abandon the situation, we're not going to help the island move on," she said. "We have the finances to leave, but we don't want to because we're part of the solution. But —"
"We don't judge," interrupted her husband.
"— when the going gets tough, the Puerto Rican people stay," Gonzalez finished.
Quiñones, the psychology student, rejected that way of thinking.
"No one should tell me I'm not doing enough for my country," she said, sipping water on her front porch to take advantage of the natural light and fresh air. "Actually, my country is not doing enough for me."
More:With 80% of Puerto Rico still without power, Trump says FEMA can't stay 'forever'
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More:Puerto Rico health system on life support two weeks after Hurricane Maria
More:Puerto Ricans say Trump's visit helps recovery but comments are too political
More:With long lines for food, water and fuel and no electricity, Puerto Ricans help each other


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Pot clubs begin to spring up in Denver
by admin on January 1, 2013 at 9:37 pm
Not so many years ago there was an explosion in cigar smoking that led to numerous cigar clubs opening across the U.S.; this year, 2013, may be the year of the pot club.
North of downtown Denver a new type of club has opened that caters to smokers of marijuana. Club 64 opened this past Monday with an initial membership of 200. The owners put out an announcement only 24 hours earlier that membership would be a mere $29.99 and you bring your own pot.
The club's opening was much more popular than the owners could've hoped for with a large crowd gathering to revel in their drug induced state of euphoria.
With an air of 1920s opium dens these clubs have begun to pop up less than a month after Colorado's governor signed into law a constitutional amendment allowing recreational use of marijuana. The name "Club 64" comes from the number of the state's constitutional amendment.
Another club joined Club 64 as the first legal pot dens in the nation and many more are expected.
Colorado's marijuana amendment prohibits public consumption and the state's smoke-free laws ban indoor smoker gatherings; however Club 64 gets around these laws by neither selling marijuana nor allowing public access; membership is required to enter Club 64 and since members bring their own pot existing laws cannot deny members their right to recreational marijuana consumption.
The club also doesn't reside in a fixed brick-and-mortar location. Each month members will gather at different locations and the membership fee is only good for a single event. The first "meeting" was held at a very 1960s hemp-based clothing store near downtown Denver. Clothing in the store was shoved out of the way to allow for tables as stoned members puffed away to a showing of the movie "The Big Lebowski."
What, doesn't anyone respect Cheech and Chong anymore?
While Club 64 doesn't sell food, they did hand out sodas with their official snacks: Goldfish and Cheetos. These "official snacks" were inspired by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper infamous statement, "don't break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly." The only thing missing from the night was a few thousand bags of Doritos.
Corry said the pot clubs are intended for people who can't use marijuana at home because of local ordinance or because their landlords threaten eviction.
"It's just a place for adults to exercise their constitutional rights together," one member said. "We're not selling pot here."
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict that Colorado will see a distinct drop in productivity as its population "mellows out." Perhaps this will be a grand experiment, along with the other free-smoking state, Washington, to see what happens when the majority of the population of a state becomes pot-heads; yet one has to wonder how many Jeff Spicolis can one state have?
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There are a lot of different professions and blackboards. People work as man of arms, office employees, Kitchener and so on. And of course every human understands how important each career is. To give them thanks, humanity had written out of one's own head several celebrations, the National Day of Aviation is one of them. Well, when is National Aviation Day in 2019? It is on the nineteenth of August.
This play-day takes the beginning in 1939. It came into existence not for a extemporaneous circumstance. Question at issue is that Orville Wright (an aviator of the Wright Flyer) was born on the twentieth of August. It is considered that the Wright brothers were the first contrivers of the flying machines' superintendence. But that was not just a common monitoring – that was a checkout which made aircrafts be on the wing, using motionless airfoils.
In general, Orville and his sib afforded a credit for a construction of the premiere prosperous plane with flying vessels handling that permitted them to have control over the volant ship. The opening voyage was brought to pass by Orville and it was continuing for 0,2 minute (it is about twelve seconds) and its highness was nearly one hundred twenty feet around the position of National Wright Brothers' Monument.
A question about the condition of Orville's and Wilbur's by way of originators of the aircraft has been an poser of deliberation, in particular as there were competitive pretensions with reference to the rest of rathe-ripe flying men. The second national surveillance in the united Stats of America is Day of thwo legendary brothers on the seventeenth of December. But it would be great to not forget what day National Aviation Day in 2019 (friendly reminder – it is on the nineteenth of August).
This feast-day is a buiseness holiday, but it is not a reason to not have any fun. On this banner day dwellers of America and eager beavers are enlivened to solemnize the backward of air force, reminisce a long way that we have turned up as a humanity, and speak in support of the times to come of aircraft. The main entertainments are shows the way in places, connected with flying machines. Academies can accentuate on aviation-accompanying matters. Many people organize interest recreation centers and discuss what they can do to lend a helping hand to the national air industry. For taking part in all these activities do not let the answer on question "when is National Aviation Day 2019" run out of your mind, but if this has already happened there is a remembrance – the nineteenth of August.
Well, if you have no idea how to show out that red-lettered day, here is six manners to do it with joy.
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What if they held a revolution and nobody noticed?
This is not a rhetorical question. Apparently, Spain has had people marching in the streets for the last two weeks. Who knew? Not me.
Ruben said...
Probably because these were peaceful demonstrations in the midst of local elections. No blood, no overthrown dictators, no juice for the ever bloodthirsty global media :)
The movement itself outgrew its expectations, and some people have hopes that it will evolve into something with enough momentum to cause an impact in the next year's national polls. But it's not a revolution, and there's no actual short term challenge to the system.
By the way, from the wikipedia article one could get the impression that they were asking people not to vote, as an act of protest. That's not accurate.
What they were asking is that people shouldn't vote for any of the two dominant parties, but rather, for alternative smaller parties that never get enough votes to even have a seat. One of their slogans was "Don't vote for them".
Of course, politicians from both dominant parties were quick to characterize the movement as a call for abstention, some international press echoed those views. And the slogan was often quoted as "Don't vote", leaving out the telling "for them" bit :)
Jose Gonzalez said...
Fortunately there was some support in several US cities
http://www.elmundo.es/america/2011/05/21/estados_unidos/1306010783.html
(sorry, I didnt find it on the news in English, I think the Washington Post had some references)
This is a global crisis and only global actions will tackle the situation. Many movements in the US have similar connotations, i.e Wisconsin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_jnOXhDF6c
In Greece this kind of peaceful concentrations are increasing in the latest days. And you probably already know about the protests in Arabic countries
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About Mike 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Final
This marks our first day of hunting, and what a day of firsts it was. Mike Mills was our disabled veteran on the trip, and as much as he is an American hero, he is also a very fine father to his son. As much as Mike loves hunting, he loves Aaron even more; Mike asked that his son be given the honor of taking the first shot of the day, and the first trophy on this safari.
Right out of camp this morning we came upon a 14-year old warthog. Aaron, our cameraman, and the PH (professional hunter) got ready to move in for a shot. Aaron set up on a steady rest, but the hog moved off. They repositioned and set up again, but their quarry moved into brush and Aaron wisely held off the trigger. A third and fourth time they maneuvered to get a clear shooting lane, and then finally the rifle sounded and the old hog dropped where it stood.
Aaron was elated. Mike beamed with pride. We gathered around for congratulations and the sharing of photos and a recounting of events. This was not only Aaron's first safari harvest, but was his first big game animal period; he'd done bird shooting and deer hunting back home, but this was his first animal taken. He glowed with the success and was eager to make call on the satellite phone to tell his mother.
The midday hours were spent in a blind at a waterhole.


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Thingvallavatn er den største naturlige sø i Island med et areal på 83,7 km2. På det dybeste er Thingvallavatn 114 meter. På den nordlige side af søen blev Altinget dannet i 930. Søen er en del af nationalparken Þingvellir.

Det meste af indstrømningen i søen kommer fra af grundfjeldet, samt tilløb fra tre små vandløb, Villingavatnsá, Ölfusvatnsá og Öxará. Fra søen flyder elven Sogið, der løber ud i Ölfusá, der igen udmunder i Atlanterhavet. Der lever tre fiskearter i Thingvallavatn af de fem slags ferskvandsfisk der findes i Island. De tre er rødding, ørred og trepigget hundestejle. I Thingvallavatn er der fire varianter af røddinger, den største variation i verden. Alle disse er kun fundet i denne sø.

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Expat Or Immigrant
Joy Diaz at KUT.org writes, "The question of how Americans define friends living in foreign lands – and how Americans define people who've migrated to the U.S. – has been on Sheila Croucher's mind for the last decade or so. She teaches Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University of Ohio, and says a word as seemingly straightforward as "immigrant" is anything but.
"I think it absolutely is politically charged, and I think it is racially charged," Croucher says. "I think it is charged in a number of ways."
In 2006 Croucher went to the colonial city of San Miguel de Allende in Central Mexico, to study a large community of Americans living there. She noticed something interesting: No matter what their legal status, none of them called themselves immigrants.
"When I would push on the issue of terminology I would be told 'look, I'm just an American living in Mexico,'" she says.
"I don't refer to myself as an immigrant," Russell Henson says.
Henson lives in San Miguel – the city Croucher studied years ago. He's a retired engineer and pilot who now teaches aviation in Mexico.
"We are called temporary residents on our immigration status, but socially we identify with our tribe," he explains.
They identify with other Americans living abroad, who call themselves ex-pats, or expatriates. Professor Croucher says the term ex-pats could carry a negative connotation – as in 'renouncing one's country' – but it rarely does. On the contrary, the term often carries a certain cachè, and it's mostly used by Americans and Europeans living abroad.
"There have been some recent studies, and I think an interesting article in the Guardian within the past year or so about why the Brits in Southern Spain get to be ex-pats, when everybody else going in the other direction are immigrants," she says.
It may be because immigrants are often thought of as people who leave their homeland for economic reasons. But it clearly isn't that simple, since most of the Americans she studied in San Miguel fit that profile.
"They were absolutely moving for economic reasons and motivated by economic concerns, whether it was declining pensions in the United States or the rising cost of health care," Croucher says. "I think it would be politically interesting as a move for Mexican immigrants to say, 'OK, I'm an ex-pat too' and vice versa. I think it would be an important political move for the increasing number of Americans and Canadians living abroad to start calling themselves immigrants."
More American civilians now live abroad than ever before. Census data from host countries puts that number at around eight million.
At the same time, patterns of migration into the United States are shifting. In the last 5 years, fewer arrivals say they have come for financial reasons. The Pew Research Center says almost half are highly educated.
Juan Wah is one of them. He's a marketing expert from Mexico. His father is Chinese, and his mother Mexican. He was educated in the U.S. and once lived in Germany. Now, he lives in Texas.
So how does he identify himself?
"I don't know, it depends on who is asking," Wah says. "But sometimes I just describe myself as a 'foodie' or 'a happy person.' I don't think customs will take foodie. I don't think there's a box for foodie yet!"
Croucher believes the terminology is likely to change because millennials like Wah are the most racially diverse, gender non-conforming generation so far – and their identities often don't fit into neat little checkboxes on official forms.
For them, "immigrants" and "ex-pats" are just people.
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"""
Copyright 2014 Google Inc.

Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
found in the LICENSE file.

Test download.py

TODO(epoger): Create a command to update the expected results (in
self._output_dir_expected) when appropriate.  For now, you should:
1. examine the results in self._output_dir_actual and make sure they are ok
2. rm -rf self._output_dir_expected
3. mv self._output_dir_actual self._output_dir_expected
Although, if you're using an SVN checkout, this will blow away .svn directories
within self._output_dir_expected, which wouldn't be good...

"""

# System-level imports
import os
import shutil
import tempfile
import urllib

# Imports from within Skia
import base_unittest
import download_actuals

class DownloadTest(base_unittest.TestCase):

  def test_fetch(self):
    """Tests fetch() of GM results from actual-results.json ."""
    downloader = download_actuals.Download(
        actuals_base_url=download_actuals.create_filepath_url(
            os.path.join(self._input_dir, 'gm-actuals')),
        gm_actuals_root_url=download_actuals.create_filepath_url(
            os.path.join(self._input_dir, 'fake-gm-imagefiles')))
    downloader.fetch(
        builder_name='Test-Android-GalaxyNexus-SGX540-Arm7-Release',
        dest_dir=self._output_dir_actual)

  def test_create_filepath_url(self):
    """Tests create_filepath_url(). """
    with self.assertRaises(Exception):
      url_or_path.create_filepath_url('http://1.2.3.4/path')
    # Pass absolute filepath.
    self.assertEquals(
        download_actuals.create_filepath_url(
            '%sdir%sfile' % (os.path.sep, os.path.sep)),
        'file:///dir/file')
    # Pass relative filepath.
    self.assertEquals(
        download_actuals.create_filepath_url(os.path.join('dir', 'file')),
        'file://%s/dir/file' % urllib.pathname2url(os.getcwd()))

  def test_copy_contents(self):
    """Tests copy_contents(). """
    contents = 'these are the contents'
    tempdir_path = tempfile.mkdtemp()
    try:
      source_path = os.path.join(tempdir_path, 'source')
      source_url = download_actuals.create_filepath_url(source_path)
      with open(source_path, 'w') as source_handle:
        source_handle.write(contents)
      dest_path = os.path.join(tempdir_path, 'new_subdir', 'dest')
      # Destination subdir does not exist, so copy_contents() should fail
      # if create_subdirs_if_needed is False.
      with self.assertRaises(Exception):
        download_actuals.copy_contents(source_url=source_url,
                                       dest_path=dest_path,
                                       create_subdirs_if_needed=False)
      # If create_subdirs_if_needed is True, it should work.
      download_actuals.copy_contents(source_url=source_url,
                                     dest_path=dest_path,
                                     create_subdirs_if_needed=True)
      self.assertEquals(open(dest_path).read(), contents)
    finally:
      shutil.rmtree(tempdir_path)

def main():
  base_unittest.main(DownloadTest)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  main()

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A long-vacant 1920s office building in a recovering neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles has been purchased by prominent developers who intend to make it into a hip hotel for young people traveling on a budget.
The 13-story Commercial Exchange Building at 8th and Olive streets is in the midst of a rapidly gentrifying area where new apartments, restaurants, stores and a hotel have recently opened or are under construction.
Its new owner is Sydell Group Ltd., which has developed such au courant inns as the Ace Hotel in New York and the Line on Wilshire Boulevard in the Koreatown district of Los Angeles. Sydell's financial partners are Yucaipa Cos. and AllianceBernstein.
Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but the Los Angeles partnership selling the building was asking for more than $15 million.
Sydell will develop the Commercial Exchange Building in partnership with Yucaipa Cos., a Los Angeles investment company headed by billionaire Ron Burkle. The two firms formed a joint venture called Freehand to develop hotels that combine the social culture of a hostel with the amenities of a trendy hotel.
There is a Freehand in Miami Beach, and the Freehand Chicago is under construction.
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Improvements will cost about $40 million, he said. Construction is anticipated to begin in the third quarter of 2015 and be complete in summer 2016. The makeover is being designed by Killefer Flammang Architects of Santa Monica.
The tall neon blade sign that says "Commercial Exchange Bldg." at 8th and Olive streets will remain and be part of the hotel, Zobler said.
"We think the building is quite beautiful and we really like its location," he said. "We feel like it's sort of a nexus in downtown."
Interest in acquiring the old steel and concrete building was intense, said real estate broker Phillip Sample of CBRE Group Inc., who represented the sellers. Potential buyers considered making it into apartments, creative office space or mixed-use space.
"We had people looking at it from every angle," Sample said. "It's one of the best-located buildings in all of downtown."
The building was completed in 1924 after that southern section of downtown Los Angeles was rezoned from an upscale residential neighborhood to commercial use.
City officials decided to widen Olive Street in the mid-1930s, and the owners of the Commercial Exchange Building at 8th and Olive were obligated to remove a nearly 10-foot-wide section from the middle of the building. Engineers reunited the two pieces by sliding the western portion east, thereby opening up more space on Olive Street. The process cost $60,000, The Times reported in 1935. That would be more than $1 million in 2014 dollars.
Owl Drug Co. was once headquartered in the building, Sample said. Another occupant was "Tarzan" author Edgar Rice Burroughs, who operated his own publishing company.
That area of downtown fell out of favor in the decades after World War II as department stores followed their customers to the suburbs and white-collar businesses moved to newer offices closer to the 110 Freeway.
Now it is one of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in the state. A Whole Foods market is under construction in a new apartment complex across the street from the Freehand. And the Ace Hotel Los Angeles opened earlier this year on nearby Broadway, which is experiencing a commercial renaissance.
The Freehand will be another attraction for the neighborhood, City Councilman Jose Huizar said.
"As we continue to increase our hotel stock," he said, "this project will provide a unique option to travelers and those seeking a creative, social experience as they explore downtown."


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OK Senate income tax measure would increase taxes for some
Published: February 21st, 2014
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Senate has advanced an income tax proposal that was characterized as a tax cut in floor discussion.
Indeed, the Democratic minority has decried the proposal.
However, state Tax Commission analysis of a similar (and unsuccessful) prior measure indicates the new bill could, through elimination of certain deductions, increase tax burdens for some taxpayers.
Senate President Pro Temp Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, told Oklahoma Watchdog he supports a tax cut for income taxpayers, and that the proposal some described as Gov. Mary Fallin's bill is not a finished product.
When Democrats controlled all or most of Oklahoma government, frustrated conservative Republicans characterized the state Senate as "the place that good ideas go to die." That is not generally the case these days, but some critical scrutiny has come to bear concerning provisions in Senate Bill 1246, co-sponsored by Sens. Kyle Loveless, R-Oklahoma City, and Mike Mazzei, R-Tulsa.
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The Tulsa World reported Sen. Loveless said "the measure contains tax reforms to offset the cost of the income tax cut." The World also reported Mazzei believes "reform savings" would be more than $80 million.
"Reform savings" in this case translates into increased tax payments for at least some income tax payers – those who itemize deductions on both federal and state income tax forms. When similar language made it through the Senate in 2012, a Tax Commission analysis characterized it as a tax cut for most taxpayers, but an increase for some.
While some described S.B. 1246 as "the governor's tax cut bill," in this week's exchange with Capitol reporters, Senate President Pro Temp Brian Bingman, R-Sapulpa, said, "You can't really label any bill the governor's tax cut bill. There are a couple of House bills could say that, too."
Bingman told Oklahoma Watchdog, "At the end of the year, we'd like to have a tax cut."
In an exchange focused on deductions, Bingman did not quarrel with this reporter's assessment, that the measure would increase tax burdens for some. The affable leader smiled as he said, "We don't like to be cutting taxes on people and at the same time raising taxes on people, do we?"
In his conversation with reporters, Bingman echoed state Finance Secretary Preston Doerflinger, who said this year's comparatively tight appropriations picture presents challenges, but not a crisis.
Bingman is not taking any ideas off the table, including a "tax trigger" (linking possible tax reductions to growth in tax revenue).
To support a tax reduction, Bingman said he hoped there could be "offsets" elsewhere in the budget, but that there has been no discussion of "raiding a dedicated revenue source" for such offsets this year.
Bingman said, concerning the budgeting process, "I'm very optimistic. We may need to be careful about dedicated funds, moving forward. There are certainly situations where it's beneficial to decide ahead of time this is how we're going to spend money."
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At least part of the explanation for that is the dedication of some incoming revenue directly to pre-determined purposes, including pension funds, public education and other accounts.
Fallin called for an income tax cut in her State of the State address, and Secretary Doerflinger has pointed to proposed agency cuts and other savings as a means to support tax reduction this fiscal year.
In 2012, the lower chamber opposed "reforms" that would have boosted taxes for a minority of taxpayers, based in part on the Tax Commission's analysis.
You may contact Pat at pmcguigan@watchdog.org .


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Q: coefficient $x ^ n$ in development The advisor asks to verify that the coefficient of
$$x^n$$
in the development of:
$$(1+x)^{2n}+x(1+x)^{2n−1}+x2(1+x)^{2n−2}+......+x^n(1+x)^n$$
is equal to
$$\binom{2n+1}{n}$$
I tried for summations but not.
I did with the denominator change too, but I can not even,how can i match the 2 questions

A: It is convenient to use the coefficient of operator $[x^n]$ to denote the coefficient of $x^n$ of a series.

We obtain
  \begin{align*}
\color{blue}{[x^n]}&\color{blue}{\left((1+x)^{2n}+x(1+x)^{2n-1}+\cdots+x^n(1+x)^n\right)}\\
&=[x^n]\sum_{j=0}^nx^j(1+x)^{2n-j}\\
&=\sum_{j=0}^n[x^{n-j}](1+x)^{2n-j}\tag{1}\\
&=\sum_{j=0}^n[x^j](1+x)^{n+j}\tag{2}\\
&=[x^0](1+x)^n\sum_{j=0}^n\left(\frac{1+x}{x}\right)^j\tag{3}\\
&=[x^0](1+x)^n\frac{\left(\frac{1+x}{x}\right)^{n+1}-1}{\frac{1+x}{x}-1}\tag{4}\\
&=[x^0](1+x)^n\frac{(1+x)^{n+1}-x^{n+1}}{x^n}\\
&=[x^n](1+x)^{2n+1}-[x^{-1}](1+x)^n\tag{5}\\
&\,\,\color{blue}{=\binom{2n+1}{n}}
\end{align*}
and the   claim  follows.

Comment:

*

*In (1) we use the formula $[x^{p-q}]A(x)=[x^p]x^qA(x)$.

*In (2) we change the order of summation $j\to n-j$.

*In (3) we factor out terms independent of $j$ and use also  the formula from comment (1).

*In (4) we apply the   finite geometric series formula.

*In (5) we use again the formula from comment  (1).

*In (6) we   select the coefficient of  $x^n$,  the    other   term   does        not contribute    anything.

A: $$(1+x)^{2n}+x(1+x)^{2n-1}+x^2(1+x)^{2n-2}+...+x^n(1+x)^n$$
$$=\sum_{k=0}^{2n}\binom{2n}{k}x^k+x\sum_{k=0}^{2n-1}\binom{2n-1}{k}x^k+...+x^n\sum_{k=0}^{n}\binom{n}{k}x^k$$
for the $x^n$ coefficient in this summation we need to add each of the $x^n$ coefficients in individual terms. This gives us
$$\binom{2n}{n}+\binom{2n-1}{n-1}+...+\binom{2n-n}{n-n}=\sum_{k=0}^{n}\binom{2n-k}{n-k}=\binom{2n+1}{n}$$

A: Your sum is
$$S =\sum_{k=0}^n x^k(1+x)^{2n-k} $$
Developping, you get :
$$S = \sum_{k=0}^n x^k \sum_{j=0}^{2n-k} {2n-k \choose j} x^j = \sum_{k=0}^n  \sum_{j=0}^{2n-k} {2n-k \choose j} x^{j+k}   = \sum_{N=0}^{2n}  \sum_{k=0}^{n} {2n-k \choose N-k} x^{N} $$
You see that the coefficient in $n$ is equal to
$$\sum_{k=0}^n  {2n-k \choose n-k} = \sum_{j=0}^n {n+j \choose j} = {2n+1 \choose n}$$

A: You can explicitly evaluate your sum and extract the coefficient afterward.  Recall that  $$(y-x) (y^n + xy^{n-1} + \cdots + x^{n-1}y + x^n) = y^{n+1} - x^{n+1}$$  Letting $y = 1+x$ (so $y-x = 1$) gives
$$(1+x)^n + x(1+x)^{n-1} + \cdots + x^{n-1}(1+x) + x^n = (1+x)^{n+1} - x^{n+1}.$$
Then multiplying by $(1+x)^n$ gives your expression
$$(1+x)^{2n} + x(1+x)^{2n-1} + \cdots + x^n (1+x)^n = (1+x)^{2n+1} - (1+x)^n x^{n+1}.$$
The coefficient of $x^n$ of $(1+x)^nx^{n+1}$ is $0$, while the coefficient of $x^n$ in $(1+x)^{2n+1}$ is $${ 2n+1 \choose n}$$ by the binomial theorem.


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If one of your patients receives eardrops and eye drops simultaneously, you can create a simple marker so you don't confuse using them interchangeably. To avoid medication errors, always keep the patient's safety in mind while giving their medications. Last week the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices issued a National Alert for Serious Medication Errors. The alert warned health care professionals that dangerous medication errors could occur because of a shortage of Epinephrine prefilled syringes.
Alerts for Serious Medication Errors are only issued when there is a significant risk for serious or fatal errors. Doctors, nurses and pharmacists are expected to take the immediate actions described in the Alert.
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BRIARCLIFF HAVEN HEALTHCARE AND REHAB CENTER located 1000 Briarcliff Rd, Atllanta, GA 30306 was cited recently as of October 2013 by the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES for multiple counts of medication errors, lab tests not performed, physician orders not being followed and other related issues which could have resulted in serious harm or death to the residents. Additionally, for Resident #1, the facility failing to obtain the ordered laboratory testing related to the resident's [MEDICATION NAME] anticoagulant drug therapy, and also resumed the [MEDICATION NAME] therapy with no order. The Administrator indicated that the facility had been unaware of significant issues related to medication administration errors and thus had not put corrective actions into place.
The facility therefore neglected Resident Z by failed to provide effective pain management.
Based on record review, staff interview, and resident interview, the facility failed to ensure the provision of effective pain management, by failing to administer [MEDICATION NAME] medications in conformance with physicians' orders, for two (2) residents (C and Z), on the total survey sample of thirty-three (33) residents.
Even if your loved one has passed away, you can still make a difference for those left behind. A simple flaw in the administration of medication can put a patient's life in danger. You can do this by simply asking the patient's full name and date of birth to make sure the information given matches your medication card. Some hospitals even use a barcode scanning system where you can just scan the patient's arm band with a small device to verify their names. There are lots of drugs with similar brand names like clonidine and klonopin, celebrex and cerebryx and many more. Be careful as well with drug packaging as some medicines come in deceptively similar packaging or canisters. A drug handbook is a wealth of important information about different drugs like adverse reactions, drug incompatibilities, precautions and many more. Over time, you will memorize important information for different drugs before administration. To avoid miscommunication, there are simple things you can do in carrying out doctor's orders for new medications.
For this reason, it is important to have someone double check your high alert medications before you administer them to your patient. There are some occasions where patients forget to state their drug allergies upon initial history taking.
For these reasons, it is essential to verify and ask your patients about their known drug allergies when starting a new medication. If you have a smart phone, try to install a drug index app as it will be handy whenever you want to look up for a drug quickly.
If you think a newly ordered medication will do more harm to the patient than its intended therapeutic effect, clarify it with the doctor.
Relating the patient's case in carrying out new medication orders is helpful in making clarifications. The written order reads like "prednisone" but considering the case of the patient, the nurse decided to clarify with the doctor if the patient really needs prednisone as part of his maintenance drugs at home. Considering the patient's case in carrying out new medication orders saved him from unnecessary adverse drug reactions.
Applying a small colored sticker on one side of the container is helpful especially if you have lots of medications to administer in other patients. If you are just new in practicing the nursing profession, asking guidance from your senior nurses is also helpful in preventing medication errors. She is working as a staff nurse in the pediatric ward of a private city hospital for more than two years.
For decades, the firm has successfully represented thousands of people from all over the country who suffered injuries they weren't warned about. It is a web-based application that lets nurses remotely perform medication management tasks away from the automated dispensing cabinet (ADC).
Nurses often feel rushed if others are waiting in line, which causes stress and can increase the potential for medication errors. Nurse interrupted: South Jersey Hospital uses technology to reduce disruptions, avoid errors.
There are many things that can be done to accomplish this – below are some notes from my reading on a number of different processes that can be used. This resulted in a situation in which the facility's non-compliance with the requirements of participation caused, or had the likelihood to cause, serious harm, injury, impairment or death to residents. However, the Administrator acknowledged the significant medication errors involving resident drug therapy for the sampled residents of this complaint survey. The Administrator further acknowledged that, prior to this survey, the facility had not developed and implemented measures to address a problem involving a pattern of significant medication errors. Contact NHAA today on our toll free line, 1-800-645-5262 or visit our website here and fill out the contact form. A nursing home abuse and neglect specialist will contact you for more details regarding your loved one and their injuries very shortly. Fortunately, you only need one trait to reduce the risk of medication errors at work – attentiveness.
Be careful in crushing or cutting them up as these drugs will produce quick potent effects when taken without the extended-release coating. This is an easy technique in simplifying safety measures in giving medications to your patients.
Seasoned nurses know more techniques in reducing the risks of such mistakes so ask for their guidance and advice as you start working in your unit. This is general information and always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. However, the facility failed to administer pain medication as ordered for expressed pain, and these residents continued to experience pain.
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An estimated 30,000 runners participated in this year's various races.
Philly has long been more well-known for its stomach-busting cheesesteaks than for its record-busting runners. But the Philadelphia Marathon may finally be resuming its spot among the nation's best. "We don't try to compete," City Representative and Philadelphia Marathon Executive Director Melanie Johnson said yesterday. "Marathoners are very community-oriented. We've just taken our place within that community."
Yesterday's 19th annual Philadelphia Marathon saw the city's largest field of competitors to date. All 14,500 slots were filled by Oct. 1, which also set a record for the fastest Marathon sellout in its history.
And that was before Mayor Michael Nutter added 3,000 more spots for "refugee runners," New Yorkers whose race was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy. About 1,500 of those spots were filled, Johnson said, leading to a total of about 16,000 marathon runners and 13,000 half-marathon competitors, in addition to the 60,000 or more spectators who cheered them on.
Johnson said the additional out-of-towners only added to the race's camaraderie. "In talking to some of the runners afterwards – New Yorkers, as well as runners who had been signed up before – there was just a great feeling," Johnson said. "There was a feeling of togetherness. People were pumping their fists and just happy. You get that in a lot of marathons anyway because people are striving to achieve their goals, but I think there was something really special about this race and we were happy to be able to extend a hand to our friends in New York."
Johnson said that research has estimated the Marathon's economic impact on the city to be more than $20 million. Center City hotels were so full that officials resorted to lodging some runners near the airport and in the far Northeast. One big boon is the course's incomparable scenery. "We have the most historic square mile in the country," Johnson said. "Runners go by the Liberty Bell, the president's house, Independence Hall – this is birthplace of our nation, so people get to see that." She noted that the Parkway's "museum mile," the Schuylkill River waterfront and the Philadelphia Zoo – the nation's oldest – are also on full display. "So many marathoners, when they come, it's their first trip to Philadelphia," Johnson said. "They always say they'll come back for vacation – and they do."
So is Philly's marathon finally on the level of, say, that of Boston or New York? "We don't try to compete with other cities," Johnson said. "It's just like racers say: you run your race at your pace. Well, Philadelphia runs a race at our pace. New York is New York. Boston is the oldest marathon in the country. Every race has their own unique aspect, depending on how you market and organize it, but today, Philadelphia has shown we're right up there with everyone else."
It's safe to say it will be close to a week before I'll be able to walk without a limp and wipe the grimace off my face.
No complaints on this end, though. I completed my second Philadelphia Half Marathon yesterday and couldn't emotionally feel better than I do now.
People have asked me why I put myself through this, the trials and tribulations of training to get through 13.1 miles. The fact is, I'm not a huge fan of running - it can be boring and tiresome. Running a few miles here and there is not so bad, but once you have to start practicing longer runs leading up to the race, I'd much rather be doing something else.
It's about pushing yourself, pushing your body to the limits. Did I think a little over a year ago I could accomplish such a feat, preparing myself for my first half marathon? No. Heck, it was hard enough getting through my first 5K (3.1 miles) back in May 2011.
Now with two half marathons under my belt, I have quietly thought to myself since yesterday, what about aiming for the whole marathon next year? I have pushed myself this far, let's see what a little more effort can take me. It is quite tempting.


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Equifax avoids fines in deal with U.S. states over data breach
Patrick Rucker, Angela Moon
FILE PHOTO: The logo and trading information for Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. are displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Equifax Inc (EFX.N) on Wednesday avoided fines in a deal with eight states' banking regulators over a data breach that compromised sensitive data of more than 145 million people, as the credit reporting agency agreed to tighten up security.
Equifax's disclosure of the cyber attack in September 2017, one of the largest to date, prompted the ouster of top executives. Former Chief Executive Richard Smith in October told U.S. lawmakers that hackers got into its network by exploiting a known software vulnerability that the company had failed to patch.
Equifax must perform a detailed assessment of cyber threats, boost board oversight of cyber security and improve processes for patching known security vulnerabilities, according to the terms of the agreement. The consent decree was approved by regulators in Alabama, California, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina and Texas.
Equifax, which collects information on over 800 million individuals and more than 88 million businesses worldwide, said in a statement it had already completed "a good number" of the required actions.
"The findings, with a very few exceptions, are not new findings and are already part of our remediation plans," the statement said. "We expect to meet or exceed all the commitments made under the Consent Order."
The state regulators acted because federal agencies have so far failed to sanction Equifax for the breach, Maria T. Vullo, head of the New York Department of Financial Services, said in a statement.
"In an era of weakened federal government oversight, strong state regulation is essential," she said.
One consumer advocate said the lack of a financial penalty set a bad precedent.
"Companies don't change their practices unless they suffer financial consequences," said Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. "The fact that Equifax is not required to pay any fines is sending the wrong message."
Reporting By Patrick Rucker in Washington and Angela Moon in New York; Additional reporting by Karen Freifeld; Editing by Jim Finkle, David Gregorio and Richard Chang


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NRC Has Made Progress in Implementing Its Reactor Oversight and Licensing Processes but Continues to Face Challenges
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is responsible for overseeing the nation's 104 commercial nuclear power reactors to ensure they are operated safely. Since 2000, NRC has used a formal Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) to oversee safety.
NRC's Workforce and Processes for New Reactor Licensing Are Generally in Place, but Uncertainties Remain as Industry Begins to Submit Applications
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Matthew Arnold said literature is the best that humans think and write. Blogs are at the bottom of the scale of human expression. They tend to be dementedly mean, crudely written, and reveal little egos living out lives of desperation. Our education system seems to have elevated the sounds of primal frustration to the ultimate measure of self-expression.
The outright examples of verbal dishonesty I have noted in the press and on the blogs in the past months are enough to fill volumes. A few blogs, which I will reference in weeks to come, have acted to set the record straight.
Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, has been represented by blatant misquotation and racist finagling. He has corrected the dishonesty. But the press and its parasitic bloggers would rather let the n-word resonate.
Hillary has a forced laugh and can get shrill and unlikable. It is more important to let the b-word resonate than to hear her ideas.
If this is what our democracy has come to, what's the point? But there is huge population who neither writes nor reads blogs and pays little attention to cable news.


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By D.P. Heard, 55th Wing Public Affairs / Published April 19, 2019
Staff Sgt. David Blackburn, 55th Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment (AGE) journeyman, center, and other AGE personnel, look over recently acquired generators on Offutt AFB, Nebraska. (U.S. Air Force photo by D.P. Heard)
With five brand new generators and 12 on the way, Aerospace Ground Equipment's Airmen are getting the mission accomplished faster.
The previous fleet of generators were more than 20 years-old, surpassing their service life, and came with a laundry list of setbacks from system failure to the discontinuance of part manufacturing.
"Many of the component manufacturers have ceased operations through the last decade which has made parts procurement difficult, and in some cases impossible," said Tech. Sgt. Timothy Williams, 55th Maintenance Squadron. "This led the AGE flight to utilize the Civilian Off the Shelf Program to procure a commercially available option, which could fill the capability gap and power the RC-135 aircraft fleet into the next decade."
The generators are vital to Offutt's mission as they provide ground power to the aircraft for a multitude of uses, which made the method of parts procurement too lengthy to maintain readiness. The upgrade was a must.
The team got to work locating new viable options and found a model that was not only less expensive, but also more reliable.
"The procurement of the new generators will cut the fleet by half due to the availability of two power outputs versus one," said Staff Sgt. Christopher Blake, 55th MXS.
The generator inspections were done on the day of delivery and training immediately began. The manufacturer supplied a representative to teach the AGE flight a two-day training course.
Immediately following the course, the equipment was put to use.
In addition to the monetary perks, the new model features improved fuel efficiency and is much quieter. The generators also are under warranty and are repaired by the manufacturer.
"With the addition of the new generators, maintenance time is drastically reduced with more time available for training and developing new potential craftsmen," Blake said.


The question is: when you find the perfect place, do you share that info? Well, I have found the ideal spot. And, after much deliberation, have decided to reveal this paradise. It is a little island called NoaNoa.
And I found it in the Philippines, about a half hour speedboat ride off the town of TayTay in northeast Palawan. It sits in the middle of a gorgeous coral reef.
The owners, Andy and Chelo have been building and living on the island for about 10 years. And they have done and incredible job… it is so elegant. Last October they decided to let the rest of the world enjoy their little slice of heaven and started welcoming visitors. NoaNoa is neither hotel nor resort, but rather an experience. And one of the most significant things they want you to experience is the coral. Andy has been appointed steward of the reef, an unpaid and thankless labor of love.
The Philippines reefs are rapidly declining. It's a shame from so many levels. Not only are they breathtakingly beautiful but also they are important to local economies. If well managed, a square kilometre of reef can provide 15 tons of seafood per year. All the coral reefs in the entire world only have a total area of about half the size of France, yet they are home to about 25% of all marine species.
Most are poorly managed. Most are dying. And in the Philippines they are dying fast. On our first morning, in a Zen state, happily snorkeling along I was shocked by a loud bang… so booming I literally felt it in my stomach. We all popped up horrified. What was that?!?!? Well, it was a fishermen throwing dynamite (or more likely some kind of homemade bomb). He was about 3 miles away from us. You can just imagine what it did to the fish. And what it does to the coral. It takes more than 20 years for coral to start to recover from being blasted. It can take hundreds of years to return to its pre blast state.
Sadly, Andy is protecting his reef from more than just bombing fisherman. Rising water temperatures and pollution are both problems, even the sunscreen I was wearing was harmful. John, environmentalist that he is, decided to ignore my nagging and go with out. No fish were hurt; he got a bad burn! Careless tourists stepping on the reef causes further damage as do people taking shells and coral for souvenirs.
Cyanide fishing is also horribly destructive. Poachers dump cyanide in the water that stuns the fish so they can be caught alive and sold on to restaurants serving living fish or people with aquariums. It doesn't sound so bad except only 25% of the fish survive the trauma of the poisoning and transport. Those that make it to aquariums tend to die much faster than their net caught brethren. And I really don't like the idea of eating fish that have ingested a big does of cyanide. I also don't like that the cyanide kills the coral and the plants the fish live with.
Andy and Chelo don't preach, but if you are interested, they are happy to share their experiences and knowledge. They also try to help the locals by providing income alternatives to harmful fishing. They own a small hotel and restaurant on the mainland called Casa Rosa. And there are a ton of staff employed on the island, all of whom worked hard to make it such a special place for us.
When we weren't in the water snorkeling, kayaking, diving (not as good as the snorkeling) or exploring caves (amazing!!), we were indulging our laziest side. I convinced all (three) boys to try facials and body scrubs in addition to their usual massages and am pleased to report their metro sexual side came out. We ended up spending hours in the spa trying all the treatments. The rest of the time seemed to be spent eating… three huge meals of California influenced Filipino food and two snacks daily. We could barely waddle onto the plane when it came time to leave, which we did with great reluctance. We kept adding days but, eventually, there were other guests arriving and no more room for us.
I loved the Philippines in general and NoaNoa in particular. Go before it gets overrun with tourists. And head to NoaNoa if you are looking for gracious hosts and the luxury that results from attention to detail and harmony with the environment. Andy's email is andybowers1@gmail.com. Tell him I sent you.
Thank you so much for sharing this little piece of paradise! It looks amazing and hopefully Jacques and I will go one day.
I will contact you soon for an event with Veuve Clicquot at our place early June !!!
So beautiful! I think we NEED to go there together.
i hope you get the chance to visit NoaNoa. I think islands like this are wonderful… the more the better!


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I recall thinking that the Branagh Othello (w/ Fishburne in the lead role) was just completely emotionally brutal. One of those "it's so good but I can't possibly watch it again, it's too painful" movies.
I don't think you can do Othello at this point in America, unlike even 20 years ago, because the only thing that an audience would see is race. That is not progress.
That would certainly seem likely…but read Paula Cohen's piece. She was teaching Othello to a mixed audience of college students and local community people, many if not most of whom were clearly black.