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Джон Маккрірі Фабіан (); нар. 28 січня1939, Гузкрік, Техас) — астронавт НАСА. Здійснив два космічні польоти: як фахівець польоту на шатлі «Челленджер-STS-7» (1983) і як фахівець польоту нашатлі «Діскавері-STS-51-G» (1985), полковник Військово-повітряні сили США.

Народження та освіта
Народився 28 січня 1939 а в місті Гузкрік, штат Техас, але своєю батьківщиною вважає місто Пуллман, штат Вашингтон. У 1957 році закінчив середню школу в місті Пуллман, активно брав участь у русі «Бойскаути Америки». У 1962 році закінчив Університет штату Вашингтон і отримав ступінь бакалавра наук по механіці. У 1964 році в Технологічному інституті ВПС отримав ступіньмагістр а наук з аерокосмічної техніки.

У 1974 році в Університеті Вашингтона захистив дисертацію і отримав ступінь доктора наук з аеронавтики і астронавтики.

Військова кар'єра
Під час навчання в Університеті пройшов навчання за програмою підготовки офіцерів запасу ВПС США. Службу в ВВС почав з навчання в Технологічному інституті ВВС. Після закінчення інституту був направлений на службу на базу ВПС Келлі в Техасі, в інженерне управління району матеріально-технічного забезпечення ВПС Сан-Антоніо як інженер з авіаційної техніки. Потім пройшов льотну підготовку на базі ВПС Вілльямс, в Аризоні, і протягом 5-и років служив пілотом літака «КС-135» на базі ВПС Вортсміт в Мічигані. Брав участь в операціях під В'єтнамом і виконав 90 бойових вильотів. У 1974—1978 роках служив на кафедрі аеронавтики Військово-повітряної академії США в штаті Колорадо. Загальний наліт становить понад 4000 годин, з яких близько 3400 годин на реактивних літаках. Після відходу у відставку з ВПС у червні 1987 року в званні полковника ВПС, працював у фірмі «Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER)», в Арлінгтоні, штат Вірджинія віце-президентом і головним адміністратором.

Космічна підготовка
16 січня 1978 зарахований до загону астронавтів НАСА під час 8-го набору. По завершенні курсу загальнокосмічної підготовки в серпні 1979 року був зарахований до Відділу астронавтів як фахівець польоту. У Відділі астронавтів займався питаннями запуску супутників за допомогою шатлів і повернення вантажів з орбіти. Брав участь у розробці канадського маніпулятора для шаттла.

Космічні польоти
 Перший політ-STS-7, шаттл «Челленджер». З 18 по 24 червня 1983 року — пілот шаттла. Тривалість польоту склала 6 діб 2 години 25 хвилин.
 Другий політ-STS-51-G, шаттл «Діскавері». З 17 по 24 червня 1985 року — пілот шаттла. Тривалість польоту склала 7 діб 1 годину 40 хвилин.

Загальна тривалість польотів у космос-13 діб 4 години 5 хвилин. Пішов із загону астронавтів і з НАСА в січні 1986 року.

Після польотів
Після відходу з НАСА служив заступником начальника штабу ВПС з планування та операціями, начальником космічного департаменту в штаб-квартирі. Співпрезидент, член Виконавчого комітету Асоціації дослідників космосу, член Ради директорів американського відділення Асоціації дослідників космосу. У 1998 році він усамітнився з родиною в Порт-Ладлоу, Вашингтон. З 2000 року до 2011 року брав участь у зустрічах — «Обід з астронавтом» і працював у Центрі Відвідувачів Космічного центру імені Кеннеді.

Нагороди
Має нагороди: Нашивка астронавта, двічі-Медаль « За космічний політ» (1983 і 1985), Диплом імені В. М. Комарова Міжнародної авіаційної федерації, Медаль «За бездоганну службу» (США), Медаль «За похвальну службу» (США), Орден «Легіон пошани», Орден Почесного легіону, Повітряна медаль (США) багато інших.

Сім'я
Дружина-Донна Кей Балбоц, у них двоє дітей. Захоплення: біг підтюпцем і катання на лижах, захоплюється філателією.

Примітки

Посилання
 Офіційна біографія НАСА

Астронавти США

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The Diamond Jubilee of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II Stamps
The 'stamp on stamp' design of one of the stamps featuring the Queen Elizabeth's Coronation 10 cents stamp of 'Malaya Selangor'.
Pos Malaysia issued some lovely stamps to mark The Diamond Jubilee of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II. My mother who is a great fan of a few series of the old Commonwealth stamps read an article on the launching from 'The Star' the day before. She instantly 'fall in love' with the 'stamp on stamp' design featuring the 10 cents stamp 'Queen Elizabeth's Coronation' Malay Selangor issue. After all, the old Commonwealth issues of the Queen Elizabeth II coronation series is one of my mother's favourite as well as the colourful Machin stamp series that look so wonderful in her album pages.
The second design of the stamps featuring Prince William and Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Knowing that the stamps would be popular among stamp collectors from all over the world as well as fans of the Royal Couple and the British Monarch, we left for the post office very early to avoid the long queue. We reached there at 8:30 am but unfortunately, as the door of the elevator slid open, we had a great shock to see that the queue had already stretched past the elevator all the way from the philatelic counter. Those who came just minutes after we did had to stand in the sun as the queue grew longer and longer.
The queue stretched all the way from the philatelic counter…
…to the entrance of the gallery…
…through the corridor…
…past the elevator (where I stood reading 'The Pickwick Papers')…
…and into the sun!
I was thankful that I remembered to bring a novel with me, which I read while waiting for our turn to come. My mom on the other hand, made friends with a few wonderful and lively Chinese ladies and a Malay guy slightly older than me behind us and they all quickly launched into a conversation which helps the time to fly by. After about half an hour queueing, Ali noticed that my little sister Anisah was weeping and he asked his big sister if she's alright. Anisah told him that she felt dizzy and as my mom was taking her to find a seat, she fainted. She soon recovered and she waited for us in the gallery.
Ahmad Ali met his friend, Abang Moza.
When we finally reached the counter almost four hours later, they told us that they had sold out all of their stamp sheets. Imagine my mother's dismay after we had been standing in the queue for hours just to find out that they were out stamp sheets! So my mother bought lots of the miniature sheets and stamps. However, the nice Pos Malaysia staff urged my mother to buy the folder and my mom, feeling that she'll have to buy one of everything after such a ridiculously long queue, accepted the advise. Just less than half an hour later, they put up posters saying that they had sold out of folders and my mom was glad that she had one to keep. My mother even bought first day covers which she would not buy during other stamp launch! After another long queue to stamp the first day covers and the folder, we found out that they had received a new stock of stamp sheets which we managed to buy some.
We managed to get some of the stamp sheets at last!
The folders were sold out.
We had a light lunch and left the post office at 3pm, somewhat hungry and tired but contented nevertheless. The stamps, miniature sheets, first day covers and folders are very beautiful. They proved to be a hit and sold like hotcakes. Even fans of the royal couple who are not stamp collectors do not mind to join the long queue. We even met a lady who queued for almost three at another post office when she was told that they had ran out of stock, and rushed to Daya Bumi and had to join another long queue for the memorabilia.
The place was still crowded by 1pm as people rushed in from all parts of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor after some of the post offices ran out of stock.
I hope Pos Malaysia would issue more lovely stamps in the future as it is such a delight to flip through your album and look at the rows of beautiful Malaysian stamps.
Posted in Hobby, News, Stamp collecting	| 1 Comment
Violence In Bersih 3.0 – Who Is At Fault?
Bersih 3.0 was promised to be a peaceful rally but things turned ugly when the protesters went violent, broke the rules and even acted brutally towards the police. As the dust began to settle, a new question sparked, who is to be blamed?
The protesters blamed the police for the the unrest caused. They claimed that the police violent act of spraying water and shooting tear gas to the crowd sparked anger among them thus caused them to retaliate with force. But according to several videos posted on the internet, the police only shot after the protesters broke the barricades. Isn't it what the police should have done, control the crowd and keep them from getting out of control? Surely the PDRM (Royal Malaysian Police) do not want to be blame if things got really out of control like what happened in London between 6th to 10th August 2011.
Let us look back at what the DAP vice-chairman Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim had mentioned in a news conference before the rally took place, by not using the locations offered by the police, the leaders of the rally were "encouraging the people to break the law" – The Star Online (DAP vice-chairman against rally (Update)) 26th April 2012.
Or is there any possibility that the violence is actually intended? The leaders of the rally claimed that they condemn the act of the protesters who broke the barriers blocking the road to Dataran Merdeka. But did they mean it? The opposition leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had been caught on video communicating with PKR deputy president, Azmin Ali and another man (who some had claimed to recognise him as a PKR Seremban member) using hand gestures just before the man pushed the metal gate blocking the road. Does this suggest that the two PKR leaders instigated the crowd to go against the police? Please watch the video below:
Even if (as the both PKR leaders claimed) they didn't instigated the breach, why couldn't Anwar, as the leader, use the megaphone to call back his people? Why wasn't there any such effort made? And why did he left the scene at that critical moment? If he knew the police would act violently, why didn't he step down and protect his people? Why did he let his supporters down and let them walked into danger by themselves? No wonder Mr. Benji Lim expressed his anger during the PKR press conference yesterday.
Had they really wanted to organise a peaceful assembly, why couldn't they agree with the police and settle for a stadium? In a stadium, it is much easier to control a large crowd and there is a less chances of starting violence within the assembly. With the crowd being led away from public roads and private buildings, tourists would not be scared off and this would not disrupt the sales of the shops around the city area as well; thus causing less unrest and possible damage caused. Why are they insisting on using the Dataran Medeka when the police rejects their request for their own safety? Or do they has hidden plans as been said, debated and discussed around the social media.
As a free citizen of a peaceful, democratic country, I wouldn't want my country to be ruled by unruly mobs who would in the end cause insecurity as what happened in Egypt, Libya and several more during the Arab Spring.
Posted in News	| Tagged Azmin Ali, Bersih 3.0, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, PDRM, Protest, Rally, Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim | 6 Comments
A Fire At Bukit Kecil
There was a fire in Bukit Kecil (Small Hill) in Kuala Terengganu burning down more than 19 hectares of the forest. Bernama said that the fire started at about 2pm yesterday but was extinguished at night when there was a heavy rainfall. However, the forest was reignited earlier this afternoon due to the hot and windy weather.
For rest of the news, read below :
TERENGGANU, 7 Feb (Bernama)– Lebih 19 hektar kawasan hutan di Bukit Kecil di sini musnah dalam kebakaran yang bermula petang semalam, bagaimanapun keadaan kebakaran kini terkawal dengan beberapa kawasan masih mengalami kebakaran kecil.
Penolong Penguasa Bomba Kuala Terengganu Mohd Khairul Anuar berkata Isnin, lebih 100 anggota dan pegawai bomba termasuk pelatih dari Akademi Bomba Wakaf Tapai dan Bomba Sukarela Kuala Nerus Manir bertungkus lumus 24 jam untuk mengawal kebakaran itu.
Katanya kebakaran bermula kira-kira 2 petang semalam dan hujan lebat tengah malam telah membantu memadamkannya, bagaimanapun kebakaran itu merebak semula tengah hari ini akibat keadaan berangin dan cuaca panas.
Setakat pukul 4 petang ini, anggota bomba masih lagi menjalankan operasi pengawalan api dan beberapa kawasan di hutan itu masih mengalami kebakaran kecil.
"Sebaik menerima panggilan kecemasan, kita telah menghantar jentera dan anggota bomba untuk mengawal kebakaran daripada merebak ke kawasan kediaman dan beberapa bangunan milik kerajaan yang terletak berhampiran kawasan kejadian," katanya kepada Bernama.
Antaranya bangunan Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri Kuala Terengganu, Jabatan Kimia, Radio Televisyen Malaysia Bukit Pak Apil dan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Chong Hwa Wei Sin.
Mohd Khairul berkata bomba masih menyiasat punca sebenar kejadian kebakaran hutan tersebut.
— BERNAMA
Posted in News, Terengganu	| Tagged BERNAMA, Bukit Kecil, Fire, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, Terengganu | 5 Comments
The Geminid Meteor Shower Is Back!
(from SkyandTelescope.com : http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/111588359.html)
Mention "meteors," and casual skywatchers usually think of the annual Perseid shower on display every August.
But the Geminid meteor shower of mid-December ties or even surpasses the Perseids as the year's richest and most reliable meteor display. Geminid meteors come from 3200 Phaethon, an asteroid discovered in 1983.
This year the Geminids are predicted to peak on the morning of December 14th around 11h UT, more or less. That's excellent timing for North America, especially out West. The Moon that night is only a day past first quarter and sets around midnight or 1 a.m. local time, depending on where you live. Even before then, on the evening of the 13th, the moonlight isn't bright enough to dampen the shower's visibility too much — and the Geminids, with their radiant near Castor and Pollux, pick up steam as early as 8 or 9 p.m. But the radiant is highest around 2 a.m., so the morning hours are the usually the most productive.
Bundle up as warmly as you possibly can, and lie back in a dark spot with an open sky. You may see as many as two meteors a minute on average if you have a very dark sky and are watching after midnight.
If your sky is not too light-polluted, you might try making a careful meteor count and reporting it to the International Meteor Organization. Such counts by amateurs supply much of what we know about meteor showers' behavior. For your count to be useful, you'll need to follow the procedures described on our page or at the IMO's website.
Don't forget that the shower lasts more than one night. Counts are especially needed on nights away from the maximum, because fewer people are watching. In any case, enjoy the show!
I've realised that many of you are searching for a good place to watch the meteor shower either in Kuala Lumpur or elsewhere in Malaysia. Just look for a dark area with no light source near you (and preferably away from the city's light pollution) and you could watch them well. According to my previous experience, the best time would be during the morning hours. Not only the shower is at its peak but the city's light is not as bright as it is before midnight.
Posted in Astronomy, News, Phenomenon, Science	| Tagged 3200 Phaethon, Castor and Pollux, Geminids, International Meteor Organization, Kuala Lumpur, Meteor shower, Perseids | 4 Comments
It's official: An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent Kate Kelland, Health And Science Correspondent – Thu Mar 4, 2:07 pm ET
LONDON (Reuters) – A giant asteroid smashing into Earth is the only plausible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs, a global scientific team said on Thursday, hoping to settle a row that has divided experts for decades.
A panel of 41 scientists from across the world reviewed 20 years' worth of research to try to confirm the cause of the so-called Cretaceous-Tertiary (KT) extinction, which created a "hellish environment" around 65 million years ago and wiped out more than half of all species on the planet.
Scientific opinion was split over whether the extinction was caused by an asteroid or by volcanic activity in the Deccan Traps in what is now India, where there were a series of super volcanic eruptions that lasted around 1.5 million years.
The new study, conducted by scientists from Europe, the United States, Mexico, Canada and Japan and published in the journal Science, found that a 15-kilometre (9 miles) wide asteroid slamming into Earth at Chicxulub in what is now Mexico was the culprit.
"We now have great confidence that an asteroid was the cause of the KT extinction. This triggered large-scale fires, earthquakes measuring more than 10 on the Richter scale, and continental landslides, which created tsunamis," said Joanna Morgan of Imperial College London, a co-author of the review.
The asteroid is thought to have hit Earth with a force a billion times more powerful than the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.
Morgan said the "final nail in the coffin for the dinosaurs" came when blasted material flew into the atmosphere, shrouding the planet in darkness, causing a global winter and "killing off many species that couldn't adapt to this hellish environment."
Scientists working on the study analyzed the work of paleontologists, geochemists, climate modelers, geophysicists and sedimentologists who have been collecting evidence about the KT extinction over the last 20 years.
Geological records show the event that triggered the dinosaurs' demise rapidly destroyed marine and land ecosystems, they said, and the asteroid hit "is the only plausible explanation for this."
Peter Schulte of the University of Erlangen in Germany, a lead author on the study, said fossil records clearly show a mass extinction about 65.5 million years ago — a time now known as the K-Pg boundary.
Despite evidence of active volcanism in India, marine and land ecosystems only showed minor changes in the 500,000 years before the K-Pg boundary, suggesting the extinction did not come earlier and was not prompted by eruptions.
The Deccan volcano theory is also thrown into doubt by models of atmospheric chemistry, the team said, which show the asteroid impact would have released much larger amounts of sulphur, dust and soot in a much shorter time than the volcanic eruptions could have, causing extreme darkening and cooling.
Gareth Collins, another co-author from Imperial College, said the asteroid impact created a "hellish day" that signaled the end of the 160-million-year reign of the dinosaurs, but also turned out to be a great day for mammals.
"The KT extinction was a pivotal moment in Earth's history, which ultimately paved the way for humans to become the dominant species on Earth," he wrote in a commentary on the study.
(Collins has created a website at http://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/ImpactEffects/Chicxulub.html which allows readers to see the effects of the asteroid impact.)
(Editing by Myra MacDonald)
Posted in Animal, Nature, News, Phenomenon	| 2 Comments
Gas blast at Conn. power plant kills at least 5
By PAT EATON-ROBB and JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press Writers
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring a dozen or more in a blast that shook homes for miles, officials said.
Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano said at a late-afternoon news conference that five people were known dead and at least 12 injured.
Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano told The Associated Press before a news conference Sunday evening that crews were still searching for survivors in the rubble at the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, about 20 miles south of Hartford.
Santostefano earlier said about 50 people were in the area around 11:17 a.m., when the explosion occurred. The mayor said at the news conference it was difficult to tell how many people were at the plant because multiple contractors were working on it with their own employee lists.
"They're trying to figure out who was on the job today, and where are they now?" Giuliano said.
The 620-megawatt plant was being built to produce energy primarily using natural gas. Santostefano said workers for the construction company, O&G Industries, were purging the gas lines, a procedure he called a "blow-down," when the explosion occurred.
Lynn Hawley, 54, of Hartland, Conn., told the AP that her son, Brian Hawley, 36, is a pipefitter at the plant. He called her from his cell phone to say he was being rushed to Middlesex Hospital.
"He really couldn't say what happened to him," she said. "He was in a lot of pain, and they got him into surgery as quickly as possible."
She said he had a broken leg and was expected to survive.
Officials had not released the conditions of the other injured people by late Sunday afternoon, but hospitals reported some seriously injured patients.
The thundering blast shook houses for miles.
"I felt the house shake, I thought a tree fell on the house," said Middletown resident Steve Clark.
Barrett Robbins-Pianka, who lives about a mile away and has monitored the project for years, said she was running outside and heard what she called "a tremendous boom."
"I thought it might be some test or something, but it was really loud, a definite explosion," she said.
Kleen Energy Systems LLC began construction on the power plant in February 2008. It had signed a capacity deal with Connecticut Light and Power for the electricity produced by the plant. Construction was scheduled to be completed by mid-2010.
The company is run by president and former Middletown City Council member William Corvo. A message left at Corvo's home was not immediately returned.
Calls to Gordon Holk, general manager of Power Plant Management Services, which has a contract to manage the plant, weren't immediately returned.
Plants powered by natural gas are taking on a much larger role in generating electricity for the U.S. Gas emits about half the greenhouse gases of coal-fired plants and new technology has allowed natural gas companies to begin to unlock gas supplies that could total more than 100 years at current usage levels.
Natural gas is used to make about a fifth of the nation's electricity.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell was on her way Sunday afternoon to the site after speaking with Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano, and called out a specialized search and rescue team to help firefighters.
The state's Emergency Operations Center in Hartford also was activated, and the Department of Public Health was called to provide tents at the scene for shelter and medical triage.
Rell said the emergency teams were expected to work through the night and into Monday.
Daniel Horowitz, a spokesman with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, said the agency is mobilizing an investigation team from Colorado and hopes to have the workers on the scene Monday.
Safety board investigators have done extensive work on the issue of gas line purging since an explosion last year at a Slim Jim factory in North Carolina killed four people. They've identified other explosions caused by workers who were unsafely venting gas lines inside buildings.
The board voted last week to recommend that national and international code writers strengthen their guidelines to require outdoor venting of gas lines or an approved safety plan to do it indoors.
In February 2009, an explosion at a We Energies coal-fired power plant near Milwaukee burned six workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is still investigating.
In the past few years, an explosion at a Dominion Virginia Power coal-fired plant in Massachusetts killed three workers in November 2007, while one worker and nine others were injured at an American Electric Power plant of the same type in Beverly, Ohio, in January 2007.
Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Stephanie Reitz in Glastonbury, Conn.; Mark Williams in Columbus, Ohio; Mike Baker in Raleigh, N.C.; and Anne D'Innocenzio in New York.
Posted in News	| Tagged American Electric Power plant, Associated Press, Beverly, Blow-down, Connecticut, Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano, Dominian Virginia Power, electricity, Explosion, Gas power plant, Hartford, Kleen Energy Systems, Massachusetts, Mayor Sebastion Giuliano, Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, O&G Industries, Ohio, Power plant | Leave a comment

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I've written before about how to create a template for a custom post type archive. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a custom page template in Genesis that highlights a particular category, or taxonomy, from your WordPress site.
You're relatively new to editing WordPress files (or don't have some development experience).
You're not using a site running on the Genesis Framework (although you could certainly take the general concept here and apply it to a non-Genesis site).
Don't wanna mess with code? You can easily and quickly crank out custom page templates with the Beaver Builder plugin.
My mission: Create a page, complete with all the goodies a WordPress page entails and, at the end of it, include a list of posts belonging to a particular category.
For example, let's say I have a page called Genesis Office Hours with some content about my podcast. Let's also say I have a category called Genesis Office Hours (slug = genesis-office-hours) where I recap each week's podcast. Now, I want to create a custom page template to use on my Genesis Office Hours page that also includes an archive listing of all posts in my Genesis Office Hours category. Ya with me?
It adds an archive headline and archive intro text to a category archive, but I want more because I'm greedy. I want to keep the convenience of the post editor and include some custom fields for the posts in the category archive.
Once we complete this step, we'll be able to change the template on our page. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Create / name your template file.
Using the WordPress Codex on Custom Page Templates as our guide, let's create a new file and name it something easily identifiable. Since this is a page template I'm going to use for Genesis Office Hours, I'll call mine office-hours-template.php.
Name your file whatever you want, but do not use the page- prefix as WordPress will interpret it as part of the template hierarchy. Here's a list of other reserved file names to steer clear of.
Add a custom loop that runs in addition to the primary page loop.
Here's the code I'm using for my custom page template. Digest for a moment and then I'll discuss.
The first thing to note is that I'm not removing the original loop. I want to see my page content in all its glory. Next, I've got a query that's pulling posts from the genesis-office-hours category, and ordering those posts by the post date.
Then, I'm looping through any posts returned in the query, printing a few choice elements to the screen. In addition to modifying the query to suit your needs, you'll want to change what's echoing to the screen. I'm grabbing a custom field on line 27 and using it to build some strings. Other than that I'm using a few functions like get_the_title() and get_the_date().
Go ahead and get your template customized just like you want it.
Save your file and upload it.
The hard work is now done. The rest is an easy downhill slide!
Remember earlier when I showed you this?
I was getting ahead of myself, but now we're ready. Go into the edit screen for whichever page is going to use your custom page template. From that Page Attributes menu, use the drop down to select your custom page template.
Don't see your template in the list? Verify you uploaded your template to the right directory per the last step.
Save your page, go view it in the browser and pat yourself on the back for your success.
Want to create a page that simply lists posts by category?
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Thank you Carrie. And I've put your Genesis Office Hours into my calendar.
Hi Carrie, how would one call the new template in the functions.php file?
Great question! You can use the is_page_tempate() conditional tag to catch it.
I am familiar with WordPress, HTML, & CSS and looking to learn the Genesis Framework. THank you for all your informative posts. They are making it easier to wrap my head around Genesis. Keep up the Great work. I'm looking forward to the next Office Hours broadcast.
Thanks Andy! See you during Office Hours!
Hi Carrie, I am wondering what font is used for "this is a fancy template" ? Thanks so much!
It's a free one I found online – KG Ten Thousand Reasons.
I've implemented your custom page template idea on w3.hetlandvanooitvanlego.nl/?page_id=643. I changed the maximum posts to display to 6, but pagination doesn't show up. The other items are just missing. What can I do?
What if i want to display custom menu for this particular template ? My theme already has 2 menus.
Doh! I'm so used to including that in code snippets I mistakenly put it there. I updated the gist!
Hi Carrie, Nice article, thanks. What if I want to create a custom home page in my very simple Genesis-sample theme? I don't want to display posts, but just the content of my home page. Maybe add a slider? I would like to display this content dynamically, let say don't put content in the code, but use WP the usual way.
Add corresponding styles to your stylesheet.
You can either pick apart an existing child theme that has front-page.php and deconstruct how it's done or use something like Genesis Extender, which comes with "EZ" home page layouts to generate something for you without the hassle of code.
Firstly, thank you so much for posting this – it is exactly what I needed!
Essentially created what we were after however the "posts" were pretty much just text with a "watch this" and "show me" link at the bottom – the show me link going to the post and the "watch this" link taking back to the category page.
Any idea why this occurred? Seems like everybody else got this working without any issues.
I left out an important step! I'm using a custom field on each of the posts called 'cd_youtube_id' and passing it the unique value of the YouTube file.
For instance, if this is the full URL to a Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp-GvaTL4L8, anything appearing after the = sign is the ID. In this case it's yp-GvaTL4L8.
Completing that step would make it work as intended.
However, if you're wanting to show something else besides the title, the video thumbnail, and the Watch This/Show Me links (i.e. post content), then you would need to change what's being spit out in the loop to whatever you want to display.
If you're wanting to display something different, let me know and I'll try to point you in the right direction.
Essentially I can't seem to make the posts display as they would on any regular blog page / loop. I can see from your code here why they are displayed like that…but would rather they appear as they normally appear on a category page / main blog page.
Does that make sense? I've been chopping and changing various bits of code to no avail.
If you want it to look like other category pages on your site, the easiest way is to use the built-in Category Archive settings. I went the custom loop route to display those "extras" instead of the usual output.
Touché but I also encounter the same issue as you – the category archive does not have the ability to have good quality editing of the article there.
I used your code to create a custom category page for one specific category. How do I add pagination at the bottom, so users can look at additional posts if they want to?
I changed to use the 'genesis_entry_content' action so that the generated content is inside the .entry-content div.
I converted the above code to get my CPTs and I use the Advanced Custom Fields plugin to store the custom fields (as it allows for a nice data entry form).
Love the tutorial however what I'd like to do is say in on my 'Furniture' page I'd like to add 4 of the most recent blog posts (with header & featured image) at the bottom all aligned in a row. The Php file is working fine but maybe its my css?
If you're getting the output you want, but the layout isn't right, that's the CSS.
I pretty new to WordPress in general, I haven't used in since '11 and was making my own themes.
I need a custom static homepage, can I build a child theme and add a front-page.php file to get the homepage I want. Basically I need something like a combination of the executive theme and the news theme home pages.
Yep! front-page.php is the way to go.
Hi! How would i edit the markup for the section, only on the interior pages? Basically, I want the header in the front-page.php to be different from the single.php pages. I created a template here that i can use for all my interior pages, but I figured there has to be another (simpler) way.
If it's just stylistic changes (as opposed to layout, etc), you can use body classes to target the CSS for a specific page without having to generate individual templates.
I have tried to get this work and it pull any posts to display. I even gave some old posts the category of "genesis office hours" and it still isn't pulling any posts to display. Is it because I have Prose, which is always confounding? Thank you for any assistance you can provide.
Thanks so much for this tutorial (and for EVERYTHING you do – really appreciate your twisted sense of humor you use to spice up your blog).
This might be a stupid question, but since I don't see you mentioning plugins / tools to create your custom post types, custom taxonomies, nor custom fields, I thought I should ask.
Be used to call custom fields that were created with Advanced Custom Fields plugin?
I know it might be strange to ask that here – and I am certainly not trying to ask you for support for a third-party plugin, but is a custom field always a custom field? I mean, do they live in the same place in the database no matter how they are created?
And if you don't use the ACF plugin, do you have a preferred way of creating custom fields?
BTW: Since I know I am not the only one who is really trying to understand the whole ball of wax of custom post types / custom taxonomies / custom fields / genesis CPT archives, and the Custom Page Template that you provided above, it sure would be great if there was a single road map to kind of put it all together for genesis 2.
The difficulty for people like myself is we are often having to pick up bits and pieces of code from different places around the internets, and some of it is for Genesis 1, some for Genesis 2, some for wordpress WITHOUT genesis at all. And each person who writes about it has a completely different method of doing it.
I know it is wishful thinking on my part. Maybe just an OVERVIEW of the start to finish process for creating custom post types, custom taxonomies, custom fields, genesis cpt archives, and your cpt page for people who are having difficulty putting it all together.
Good question. 🙂 Yep, you can call any custom field using genesis_get_custom_field('cf-name') (assuming you're using the Genesis Framework, of course).
Custom fields are stored in the wp_postmeta table as a key/value pair (key = the custom field name and value = whatever that value is assigned to that custom field). This database diagram may help make that more clear.
Thanks so much for the quick reply!!!
Ok, so all things being equal, it is probably better to call custom fields with the genesis built-in function than with a third-party plugin call function, since if there is a problem with that third-party plugin down the line, the genesis call will still be working, right?
Since you created the Winning Agent Pro theme (and I assume would like to see it become even more popular), maybe you could post some business and marketing tips on how us site developers might be able to get more real estate clients?
I'd say yes… take ACF for instance. You might eventually ditch that plugin for something like CMB, but the custom fields will still exist in the database, so you could continue to call them via the genesis function.
Hi Carrie, I am using your winning agent pro theme and I love it. I am wanting to create separate page templates for each cities properties, i.e., tuscon-homes, dewey-homes, and the like. I need to widgetize it so I'm going to start with the home page as a template and then try and tweak it from there.
I am doing this for SEO purposes and I would really appreciate your help. Thank you so much!
You're describing a fair amount of customization to build out all those templates. Unless each template layout is unique, I'd just make your customizations from functions.php to apply on those pages (using conditional statements). Also, if it's just a separate sidebar you're wanting on those pages, check out the Genesis Simple Sidebars plugin.
This tutorial was great! I have question however, Can I make it so It displays some content in the the page, them my custom loop content, then some more content from the page editor?
This tutorial will get you going in the right direction.
Really interesting tutorial Carrie. Thanks for your generosity.
Unfortunately, it didn't work for me. When I tried it – even with only genesis(); as the only line, when I go to that page, it just goes straight to my front page.
I'm sure it is something simple (these things tend to be), but I've tried various things and for now, have run out of ideas.
I'd appreciate some sort of clue as to what is going on and what I can do to fix it.
Especially as others have got it working.
I'm using the News Pro theme under Genesis by the way.
It just occurred to me that it might be useful to say something about why I need to create a page template.
I am wanting to dynamically construct a CSV file for download by users (involves quite a bit of SQL) and if I do it in PHP in the page itself, I can't send the headers required because Genesis (and maybe WordPress) has already done it and I get an error message to say that the headers have already been set. So I thought a template would allow me to do the processing including setting the headers before the Genesis loop happens.
It may be that there is a better way. If so, I'd be interested in hearing that also although I am still interested in knowing why my template just goes to the front page.
By the time you get to a page template, the headers have already been sent. You'll want to hook in your code (thinking genesis_init off the top of my head) in functions.php.
// Your code (inserted directly or just include reference to a file, which may be cleaner in your case.
You can also use the Query Monitor plugin to see the order of hooks fired on a page – if genesis_init isn't the ticket, you can see from the load stack which would be the better place to hook into.
Wow – Query Monitor is a powerful plugin. Thanks for that.
My function is being fired in the genesis_init() hook, but none of the code.
The "will-log" file doesn't get created.
which seems to indicate that genesis_init() is deprecated which is hard to believe as there doesn't appear to be any replacement.
Got the logging to work by creating an empty file "will-log".
//* Hook before genesis_init() to download CSV files.
About to check on the page id (3812) in.
which implies that the page ID isn't available at the point of genesis_init() – which sort of explains why my test on it isn't working.
Then you will see if that variable is available.
About to check on the page id (3812) in page: .
So it seems that $post is NOT available. Didn't know about var_export() though – so that's another notch to add to my PHP learning.
before the headers get set by Genesis.
It would appear that genesis_init() is not the place!
By the way – thank you again for your help with this – especially as I have now gone a bit off-topic away from page templates.
Regarding genesis_init() – that function was only a wrapper for genesis_init action hook. The function was deprecateed, but the action hook is still in place. Just confusing as there's quite a few instances in Genesis where a function and an action hook are named the same.
I trust you had a great Christmas. After the invasion, it's good to get back to do battle with WordPress.
I have only pasted the code as I am new to GitHub and haven't worked out all of the features yet.
I noticed that Damien Carbery suggests stepping outside of WP. I am reluctant to do that as I would not have access to the WP methods of accessing the database which would be a pity and would also involve setting up a mysql user for the purpose.
There are various posts on the web regarding setting up a CSV download, but I think that Genesis is getting in the way. I'm sure there must be a way.
@stgsunshine12: Can you email me (via the Contact form on my web site) to continue this conversation. I think that you should just link to the member_get_register_csv.php page and don't involve WP at all.
Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for. Great help.
I have a website that I'm building on the Altitude theme currently (formerly Agency), let's call it http://www.DCCompany.com. What I'm trying to figure out is if it's even possible to is to have a different "home" pages (i.e., having the sleek, widgeted look of the main home page) for different regions (e.g., DCCompany.com/Metropolis, DCCompany.com/Gotham). Is that possible withing a Genesis framework, or am i asking too much from it? Do you know anything about working with Dynamik?
It sounds like you're after landing pages for each of those regions. That's certainly possible with Genesis, although you're looking at some sort of customization. Have you taken a look at Rainmaker? They've got a lot of slick landing page templates.
Hi – I have a custom taxonomy for photos that gets there via Enhanced Media Library and I'd like to create a custom archive output (list all entries (photos) in a media_category in a special format I can style with css).
This looks like the right approach to take – but I'm not sure how I would call the taxonomy (in place of a "normal" category)? Little help?
Hi, Carrie. Thank you for your careful tutorial.
Can I ask you how would I code this template so that I could have these fields displayed alongside the genesis_entry_content (and not at the very end of the page)?
Echoing all the other followers praise for your tuts! Invaluable to those learning genesis late nights! I am setting up on Parallax Pro and trying to see how to use the widgetised parallax frontpage for other pages (aka a landing page). I created a full_landing.php and copied in the frontpage php code but of course while I could see the template in the template drop downs, it didn't render a replica parallax homepage. Not sure what I need to do now! I thought copying it would be sufficient. Or do I need to edit the copied front-page.php code somehow?
Thanks in advance for your help! I love parallax features – ideal for a sales / landing page – and hate the narrow landing pages Genesis provides!
Hi – I don't think this tutorial is what you're looking for. I'd suggest posting a question in the StudioPress.com forums.
Thanks so much for all the great information! I'm wondering how I would add a div around the custom loop? I'd like to style it narrower than the page content. Thanks!
What are you specifically looking to do?
Thanks for this tutorial. I am using it as a basis to create my page template, but I'm trying to figure out how to add a link to the title of the post, so I can just click on the title to go to the post. Any help with this would be much appreciated.
I'm also wondering how to add pagination.
It seems like this question has been asked few times however the answer was a link to codex. I would appreciate a fix to the pagination issue in the code itself in this article.
I have created a page here http://www.techquest.co/videos/ the only issue I am facing is pagination. If you go to this link http://www.techquest.co/videos/page/2/ you will notice that the previous page does show however it shows on top of the videos.
It would be helpful if you can help.
Hello! Let's say I want to completely change the header layout of my site. What files do I edit? /lib/structure files? Or do I just use some codes in my function.php? Thanks in advance.
Heya! Always make your edits in a child theme vs Genesis itself (that way you can always update Genesis without messing up your site).
You could definitely use functions.php or, depending on how extensive your changes, create a separate (non-template) file with all your header mods and bring it in via functions.php with require_once().
Basically just make sure to include get_the_content() in your loop.
Carrie -you've indicated you no longer use this tutorial to create a custom page template. What are you using now? Curious minds want to know!
I'll write a short version (I'm a terse writer) and Susan (or you) can write the fully story.
This is great, is there a way to add a class for styling which would go around the posts section of the loop part (ie: around the 'area' where the posts are pulled in) I understand how your brought classes in around each post, i'm asking about one class or 'wrapper' around all the posts area that the loop pulls in, yet does not encompass the top of the main page content area?
Sure thing! I think Damien's suggestion of adding a custom body class would work. Here's a tutorial for that.
Would it work for you to add the class to the div with 'one-third first' classes? Or do you want it higher up?
Another option could be to add a class to the body of the page by using the 'body_class' filter.
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Endicott Peabody ( - ) est un homme politique américain.

Biographie

Il est le petit-fils de , le frère de  et le descendant de John Endicott.

Il a été gouverneur du Massachusetts entre 1963 et 1965.

Liens externes

Gouverneur du Massachusetts
Naissance en février 1920
Naissance à Lawrence (Massachusetts)
Décès en décembre 1997
Décès dans le comté de Hillsborough (New Hampshire)
Décès à 77 ans
Étudiant de l'université Harvard
Joueur de football américain du Crimson d'Harvard
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Q: how to display on map the distance between two geopoints? I am developing an app where in user has to record location and then locate the car.When he selects locate car option the car that is parked should be displayed.I calculate the distance but distance always shows 0 metres..i dono why?can anyone tell how to show the the distance between person and the car parked on map... i want to show the parked car on the map

A: you saved the position of the parked car? you've got the actual position of the person? so, then you should be able to calculate the difference and get at least the distance (at least of the line in sight)...

A: If you have the position of USER and parked car...
then this should work
Location locationA = new Location("USER");

locationA.setLatitude(latA);
locationA.setLongitude(lngA);

Location locationB = new Location("Parked Car");

locationB.setLatitude(latB);
LocationB.setLongitude(lngB);

distance = locationA.distanceTo(locationB);

A: Use this function which calculates the real distance:
public static double distFrom (double lat1, double lng1, double lat2, double lng2 )
{
    double earthRadius = 3958.75;
    double dLat = Math.toRadians(lat2-lat1);
    double dLng = Math.toRadians(lng2-lng1);
    double a = Math.sin(dLat/2) * Math.sin(dLat/2) +
    Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat1)) * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(lat2)) *
    Math.sin(dLng/2) * Math.sin(dLng/2);
    double c = 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(a), Math.sqrt(1-a));
    double dist = earthRadius * c;

    int meterConversion = 1609;

    return new Double(dist * meterConversion).doubleValue();
}

and use it like this:
double distance = 0;
distance=distFrom(latA,lngA,latB,lngB);

if you want to convert the double to integer use this:
int distance=0;
distance=(int) distFrom(latA,lngA,latB,lngB);

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Vanadium Alloys with Improved Resistance to Helium Embrittlement
A series of experimental vanadium alloys have been designed with small MC-type carbides in their microstructures to trap helium produced during neutron irradiation, thereby reducing helium embrittlement. The tensile properties and fabricability of the alloys were strongly influenced by the amounts of metal carbide (MC)-forming elements, especially carbon. Alloys with 0.05 and 0.10 wt% carbon exhibited slightly lower yield strengths at 420 to 600°C than vanadium alloys such as V-5Cr-5Ti, Vanstar-7, V-3Ti-lSi, and V-15Cr-5Ti. However, this characteristic may actually be an asset from the standpoint of resistance to irradiation hardening. After implantation with 300 atomic parts per million (appm) 3He, both the V-Ti-C and V-Ti-Zr-C alloys exhibited less ductility losses at 600°C than the other vanadium alloys tested under comparable conditions. Examination of the experimental alloy microstructures by analytical electron microscopy (AEM) showed that the small MC-type carbides did, in fact, trap helium and that they were responsible for the increased resistance to helium embrittlement of these alloys.
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HomeInterviewsThe VeloVeritas Years - 2006: Jason MacIntyre, the British 25 Mile TT...
InterviewsThe VeloVeritas Years
The VeloVeritas Years – 2006: Jason MacIntyre, the British 25 Mile TT Champion
The 2006 season was wonderful for Jason MacIntyre, and we also Pippo winning in Sanremo, Tomeke taking Flanders and Fab winning at Roubaix – no complaints there.
But Le Tour was no epic, Floyd 'won' but Pereiro was declared winner – I'm sure you remember the saga?
Floyd's book 'Positively False, the real story of how I won the Tour de France' is the only cycling book I ever bought then gave away after I read it – they're on Amazon for 40 pence, now.
But back in Bonnie Scotland we had a lot to cheer about as the late – and it's not patronising to say 'great' – Jason MacIntyre had a fantastic season, winning the British Circuit Time Trial Championship and the 'Blue Riband,' the British 25 Mile Time Trial Championship to join the likes of Norman Sheil, the late John Woodburn, Alf Engers, Sean Yates, Chris Boardman and Graeme Obree on the roll of honour.
It's our featured memory for that season, and in fact was our launch article on VeloVeritas.
This article first ran on 5th June, 2006
Ten years after Graeme Obree became the first Scotsman to win the British 25 Mile Time Trial Championship, Jason MacIntyre has taken the holy grail of time-trialling north of the Antonine Wall again – all the way to Fort William. A common denominator over the ten years has been the presence on the podium of former world points race and team pursuit champion who won the 25 in 1999, Chris Newton [now Recycling, back then with North Wirral].
In 1996 he was third behind 'superman' positioned Obree [Scotoil] and Bob Hayles [Ambrosia]. This year he was second to Jason MacIntyre despite having been originally announced as the winner, but it's best if the winner explains. It's with great pleasure we bring you an interview with Jason as our launch article here on VeloVeritas.
Jason scorching to a British Championship.
Congratulations Jason, has it sunk-in yet, and how does it fell to be up there with Sean Yates, Graeme Obree and Chris Boardman?
"I'm not sure if it's sunk-in, I hadn't actually thought about it in those terms, when you do it makes it pretty special."
I think a lot of people have been surprised by your commitment and enthusiasm this year after the disappointment of non-selection for the Commonwealth Games…
"The time I spent guesting with the Recycling team in Australia at the end of last season when I was trying to get late selection for the Games taught me so much about preparation and I came back to Scotland very motivated. I trained right through the winter, I haven't been off the bike since the end of last season, but I've been under no pressure.
"Last year I had illness problems virtually all year and I was under the constant pressure of trying to get well and get selection, this year I'm much more relaxed."
Does not going to the Games still annoy you a little?
"My health wasn't good last year so the selectors didn't see the best of me, but of course it's a very political sport too".
You said the time you spent with Recycling was very influential. Can you give us an example?
"Their whole approach was just so professional but probably the biggest thing I got out of it was realising that I have always over-trained. I've seen me doing 70 or 80 miles hard on the Tuesday and Wednesday before an important event and then wondering why I'm a bit jaded in the race on Saturday.
"This year I have a different mind-set and have put much more emphasis on recovery, just going for a gentle ride; I never did that before."
Without giving-away any secrets, tell us about your training for the 25?
"As I said earlier, I had a very solid winter, right through November and December.
"I was putting in 60 or 65 miles most days plus weight training.
"The emphasis changed to intervals closer to the race and I've been using a Tackx 'Flow' indoor trainer.
"I've been concentrating on building my wattage, it's so much safer, you can ride yourself to the keeling-over stage without worrying about being run-over from behind by a car, but with that work as well I've been thinking about recovery much more than I did before."
Jason MacIntyre, British Champion – and we haven't seen the best of him yet.
What was the title course like?
"It was definitely suited to riders with a road back-ground, I had to use a full range of sprockets, I think I was in the 21 at one point."
What was the weather like on the day?
"That was a big factor, it's been 8 degrees up in Fort William – it was 25 down at Coventry. I'm so skinny that I feel it when it's cold and I just go so much better in the heat."
What was your race strategy and did you get a chance to ride the course before hand?
"We rode the course on Saturday and Mark [team mate Mark Atkinson who, along with Gary Robson backed Jason to the team title] said that I shouldn't bare my teeth for the first 10 or 11 miles, I should save the pain for the second half.
"That stuck in my mind and I felt that I rode within myself for the first half of the race, but when I look at the splits I was still flying; I was on Continental Olympics at 220 psi and they were just flying over the tar.
"I rode mostly 54 x 14/13/12 with a couple of bursts of the 11 but I was down to the 19 and even the 21. By the end I was happy I had done the best ride I could."
Were there any worrying moments?
"No, not at all, but it's like that when you are on a good day — everything just falls into place, I got round the roundabouts without any problem. Mark was held-up by cars a couple of times on the roundabouts and we saw Michael Hutchison get blocked by a car and lose time."
Was the win in your mind before the race?
"No, but the podium and the team title certainly were. Trying to win the team was a big motivating factor during the ride."
Jason says careful and focused preparation is the key.
I believe that the title was initially awarded to Newton?
"I still don't know what that was about. I thought I was second and was happy with that when the guy from Cycling Weekly came over and asked how it felt to be the first Scotsman to win it [As reported in our introduction, Graeme Obree was actually the first Scot to win the event in 1996. Ed.] so I said to him: 'Are you taking the piss?'
"He replied that he wasn't, he'd just come from the result board and I had won!"
I should ask you about your prize cheque…
"I decided to donate it to the promoting club and the chap I returned it to said that they would put the money to a charity ride which was being held in the week to remember one of their club mates who had died of bowel cancer.
"When I was a young cyclist my mentor was a guy called Billy Warnock and he died from the same thing so it seemed pretty appropriate somehow."
"It's the Davie Bell memorial road race then the Scottish 25 and criterium championships."
Last word Jason?
"When you win a big race like this it's not just you, there are people around you who form a team without whom it just wouldn't happen so I want say "thank you" to Velo Ecosse, to Mike Pooley who


kid mess. not related to renovation mess.
"tribal markings", courtesy of kiele. notice the little chest hairs. he had armpit hair too.
ryder's new trick, which he won't stop doing.
always asking to help with chores. well not always, but a lot of times.
playing on the front yard swing.
meeting more new friends on the farm, during kiele's riding lessons.
half of the time, i find her upside down somewhere.
where you'll find the little ones and i, every tuesday and thursday. where's skyler and ryder?
a few of my birthday surprises. can't even begin to tell you how much i love the art my kids create for me [thank you kim!!].
in the middle of the bathroom demo.
skyler: "hey mom, this looks like your hair".
i just love her knees. even more when they're dirty.
and here's to november and celebrating all that's to come.
there's a group of 12 of us participating in this monthly project. i hope you'll check them all out [clicking link to link]. next up is the awesome stephanie moore | tucson senior photographer.
since i was traveling (shooting in san diego and chicago) the first two weeks of september, here's what 12 days in september looks like... hanging out at the (closed) golf course.
purging and the birth of a growing goodwill pile.
the build-a-bear bed that charley loves to sleep in (even though he's way too big for it).
more new friends at the horse farm.
goofing around (until someone usually gets hurt).
a few of her drawing spaces.
the joy of handmade cards.
his bottom bunk and hanging animal friends.
her taped american flag. and the surprise gifts she leaves me, which i love so much (even if his eye keeps falling off).
fun at a friend's birthday party.
ETA: i just got out of the shower and this is how i found the littles, watching TV, of course. couldn't help but add it to my 'what 12 days in september looks like'.


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We are going to Bali for our honeymoon in Jan. flying from NYC. We are thinking of staying @ The Four Seasons Sayan for the first 5 nights and then staying at The Club @ The Legian for 4 nights. Does this sound like a good plan? Has anyone stayed at this hotels? Should we stay @ Aman resorts instead? Begwan Giri sounds like you could be stuck with other guests if you dont book the whole space for 10k a night.
Thank you in advance for all your advice!!!
Funny you ask this question as we just returned from Bali 2 weeks ago and stayed at 5 nights at The Legian and 5 nights at FS Sayan. We did not stay at The Club because it doesn't have an ocean room as they are across the street from the main Legian hotel, but if this is not important to you, I say go for it. The service, food, accomodations were all excellent. It is in the perfect location. It is withing walking distance to a few really good restaurants. We ate at KuDeTa, The Living Room, and La Lucciola-all excellent. The hotel is far enough away from Kuta but close enough if you want to there. The beach at The Legian is really clean and quiet. There are 2 life guards on duty all day. I highly recommend staying here.
We did not stay at an Aman resort in Bali but did stay at Amanjiwo in Java and this is something I definately recommend. Java is completely different and Pramandan and Borobadur are amazing. If this does't fit into your plan, then I would say you couldn't go wrong with an Aman in Bali. The service is unbelievable. We were never asked our names or room number. We were never required to sign for dinner/drinks etc. The stall already knew who we were. Incredible.
Hope this helps, if you have any questions fell free to ask.
Interested to know what rates you paid for these places.
We paid $400 per night (for a deluxe oceanview, corner suite including breakfast)at The Legian. To be honest, I have no idea what we paid for the FS Sayan because we had the rest of the trip packaged through Asian Affair Holidays.
That package included round trip airfare from Chicago to Bali (Executive economy class on Singapore airlines from Newark to Singapore and vice versa), all transfers from airports to hotels, 5 nights in villa at FS Sayan, airfare from Bali to Java, 2 nights at Amanjiwo, airfare back to Bali, 2 nights Oriental Singapore, and 3 tours. Breakfast was also included at the FS and Oriental. The total for 2 people through Asian Affair Holidays was $9700 for both of us.
Does anyone (24Lisa wink wink) have any pictures of either of these hotels?
jbb524, if you want to e-mail me I could send you pictures. My email is [email protected].
I think that would be the easiest way.
If you are thinking of splurging for an Aman on Bali, Amankila is generally considered the best - especially if you can get an ocean view room. We really enjoyed the private black sand beach and it is in such a secluded spot on the island. Amankila combines well with the FS Sayan so that you get a bit of the interior of the island and a bit of the ocean.
The service at all of the Amans is as 24Lisa describes it.
I'm a long time fan of the Legian. I prefer the regular resort to the Club (villas) because I think the ocean view from the rooms and balconies is incomparable. I've stayed many resorts in Bali and the Legian is the one that I keep coming back to because of the design, the location, the service, the food -- and that incomparable view! It's not perfect, but for a beach resort in South Bali I don't think there's anything even close.
The Club villas are also well designed and you still get to use all the Legian facilities plus the Club pool, but unless seclusion is your top priority, I'd opt for the ocean front.
PS A note on the Lisa's comments on the beach at the Legian. The beach is clean and quiet, but the surf is very aggressive. I always like to tell people that as it's not what I would consider a good swimming beach -- unless you're a strong swimmer. We swim in it and it's great fun for body boarding, but it's not for the faint at heart as you can get some serious surfing-size waves.
I've never stayed at Begawan, but people who have say that "sharing" the suite facilities isn't an issue. This is also a spectacularly beautiful resort.
3. I just spent a few days at the Amankila on Bali's east coast and this is my new favorite! (Just what I need is another expensive choice. It's perched on a cliff overlooking a spectacularly blue ocean. It's a short walk down to a lovely swimming beach -- or they'll drive you. The swimming pools are out of this world, one one the cliff, one in a cocoanut grove. The rooms are elegant and very private, same architect as the Amanjiwo. The service perfect. Can you tell I liked it?
I wouldn't really put it in the same category as the Legian, however, as Seminyak beach is a lively shopping and restaurant area and the Amankila is totally secluded. Two different end uses.
Bali is quiet now and I expect it will be in January as well. Rates vary widely, but this is a very good time to negotiate as reservation levels have dropped off considerably after the holiday season.
A side note on the rates at Amankila. Since we were traveling to Bali less than 1 month after the bombings, we considered moving from The Legian to Amankila so I tried to negociate a better rate than what was advertised. What they were willing to do was upgrade us to a ocean view room from garden view (a savings of 150 per night) and include breakfast. The nightly rate was still 650 plus 21% tax and this would have put me above my budget. In retrospect, we may have split our time up between 3 places as Marmot suggested. Maybe 3 nights at The Legian, 4-5 nights FS Sayan, and 2-3 nights Amankila. We did not go to east Bali and I wish we would have.
$786/night!!!!!!!!! Yikes tell them you only want to say there not buy equity in the place! Honestly (I know I'll catch flack for saying this)is any hotel worth almost $800 per night? if you are Donald Trump maybe I suppose.
24Lisa, when were you in Bali? My husband and I honeymooned there 11/7-11/16 (trip report coming). We stayed four nights at the Legian resort 11-12-11/16. We also flew to Bali from Chicago on Singapore Airlines thru Newark, NJ. Were we there at the same time? That would have been wild.
We were at The Legian from Oct 28-Nov2, Java Nov 2-4, and FS Sayan Nov 4-9, Singapore Nov 9-11 then home, so it looks like we just missed each other. That would have been crazy if we would have been there the exact same time.


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In the absence of meaningful content, politics is reduced to a series of controversies over Orange parades, the flying of flags, the naming of play parks. Unnoticed, and largely unrermarked upon, the intimidation of minority communities continues on a low level and out of sight of the TV cameras."
"The main act is a puppet show loosely themed around the politics of identity, which is both its greatest strength and a major vulnerability."
No policies equals no politics and deadlock at best, mismanagement and descent into conflict at worst.


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June 27, 2019 Dr. Brian Goldman
The host of White Coat, Black Art gives us his unique perspective on where the health care system is going—and what we can do to fix it
As a doctor, you're in a unique position—you get to interact with patients one-on-one, but you also have a bird's-eye view of the health care system thanks to your show.
It's true. Through the stories we've covered on the show, I've been exposed to more aspects of health care than almost any of my colleagues, and I would not be a physician doing what I'm doing today if I didn't have this second career. It has greatly accelerated my understanding of the patient experience, and of the issues that the medical system is facing. These are challenging times. But interesting times, too. If you're a doctor, you really have to have your eye on the future.
What are some positive changes that you'd like to see become more ubiquitous?
I think the idea of introducing peer support workers to health care is very important. A role that is missing in most hospitals is someone who advises, councils, and gives support to patients in emerg who have just been admitted with mental health issues. The idea behind peer support counselling is very simple: there is no one who understands what you're going through in the middle of mental health crisis better than someone who has also been through a crisis. And, like most simple ideas, it's very effective. I wouldn't know about peer support workers if we hadn't done a show about them.
What area of medicine do you foresee undergoing the most dramatic change?
Family physicians are undergoing a seismic shift. With more and more diagnosis tools and information becoming available to the general public, what role are they going to play going forward? A navigator of the system? A manager of chronic complex issues? Will they be team leaders instead of solo practitioners? The truth is, job security in medicine is becoming increasingly difficult to find. I worry about all the orthopaedic surgeons who are finishing their residencies and have to do an endless series of fellowships to stay relevant, all while searching for a job. An era of unemployment, or sub-employment, means that fellows can be easily exploited.
What is changing the most, in terms of how physicians navigate their careers?
There's an assumption – particularly among specialists – that they can come out of residencies with a fellowship, land in a practice, have the O.R. time they need, and find that dream job in the exact right urban setting. That simply isn't the case anymore. Income security is also becoming an urgent issue. And there is still, I'm sorry to say, bullying, harassment, and lack of opportunity. All these antiquated notions would have you believe that the system is 98-percent good and whole and coherent, and not in need of a serious shake-up. But, as those outdated notions are disproven, things are changing.
What do you think is catalyzing that change?
More women than men are now entering med school, and soon, hopefully, will be entering positions of power. There may be a tipping point coming soon, a major change in the culture of medicine. Younger physicians have a greater willingness to question the status quo—the question I would pose to this new generation is: will you continue to do that, or will you be silenced?
If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about how we practice medicine today, what would it be?
I'd create a system that identified complex patients instantly and seamlessly —it's something that would take the stress off of family physicians and specialists. We need to be able to quickly identify the needs of these complex patients (who are most often seniors)—they're the ones who turn a 10-minute visit into an hour-long appointment. If you could create a system that could deal with them, that would have a huge ripple effect. Complexity is the one of the biggest issues we have.
If I had twosnaps, the second thing I'd do would be to create a concierge position, someone who could tell staff what they should be doing from moment to moment and take some of the decision-making stuff off their shoulders.
What's the most important piece of advice you could give a young student or physician who is just about to take the leap into the world of medicine?
The most important piece of advice I can give: if you have a tendency to blame yourself for mistakes, if you're a perfectionistic and have a hard time meeting your own high standard—give yourself a break. If you want to be kind to others, be kind to yourself. If you want to empathize with others, the first person you have to empathize with is yourself. Treating yourself as a vessel filled up with good stuff to give to other people is a recipe for burnout. What you actually need is a recipe for continuous regeneration—and you can only achieve that by taking care of yourself, forgiving yourself for mistakes, and treating yourself well. That should be the golden rule of medicine: if you don't nurture yourself, you can't nurture others.
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Dr. Brian Goldman is a veteran ER physician and award-winning medical reporter. As host of CBC Radio's White Coat, Black Art, he uses his proven knack for making sense of medical bafflegab to show listeners what really goes on at hospitals and clinics. He is the author of The Night Shift and The Power of Kindness: Why Empathy is Essential in Everyday Life.
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"Serrano Limón is a fundamentalist who thinks that the modern world is wrong," stated Roberto Blancarte, a professor and investigator at the Colegio de Mexico and a specialist on religion. The organizers were sitting in front of a black backdrop on which had been mounted a simple, wooden cross.
And then, as Blancarte spoke, the light returned. An electric spotlight suddenly illuminated the speakers, cutting through the darkness like a celestial beam. The audience applauded.
"He epitomizes the right. He summarizes in brief what is a bigger phenomenon," said Blancarte.
"El Vocero de Dios: Jorge Serrano Limón y la cruzada para dominar tu sexo, tu vida y tu país", which translates loosely into "God's spokesman: Jorge Serrano Limón and the crusade to dominate your sex, your life and your country", is an in-depth look at the life of the conservative activist, who, according to the authors, "has influenced the Mexican public sphere for the last 20 years."
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Frausto and Gecko report that he has opposed works of theater and art exhibitions, pitted himself against lawmakers and film directors, and planted himself in opposition to the use of condoms, the morning after pill and the legalization of abortion.
Mexico City is the only part of the country in which abortion is legal. Serrano Limón was at the frontline of a anti-abortion campaign earlier this year to overturn legislation implemented in April 2007 which decriminalized abortion in Mexico's capital.
Blancarte said during last night's presentation: "The problem is how much resonance he has with many people."
To many Mexicans, Serrano Limón is a religious fanatic and moralist. In 2005, he was accused of diverting public funds in an incident that became known as the "tanga scandal". His anti-abortion organization, called Provida, was fined 13 million pesos for spending public money on expensive watches and women's underwear.
But the controversial activist has a broad base of support from many people in Mexico, as well as from the Roman Catholic Church and the more conservative strands of Mexico President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party.
Although Serrano Limón wasn't there to defend himself last night, we were told by the authors that he has read the book. His supporters produced the following video in response, in which Serrano Limón says that he is a truly happy man who loves his wife, his children and his job. He describes himself as a common man, like any other, with faults and defects, but as someone who has taken the decision to defend his ideals.
[video:youtube:yc8KZhEiFBI] "El Vocero de Dios: Jorge Serrano Limón y la cruzada para dominar tu sexo, tu vida y tu país" is published by Grijalbo, Random House.
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Taishan'sFushi Parade of Colorful Figures was first officially recorded in 1888 in a genealogy record. It is a formative folk art that keeps traditional characteristics and happens every year on the third day of the third lunar month. On the birthday of the Northern Emperor, villagers of Fushi Village parade through 10 lanes of the village carrying the figure of the Northern Emperor, accompanied by colorful flying banners, dancing dragons and lions,stilts, and eight- sound bands. It is a splendid procession with far- reaching influence, attracting visitors at home and from abroad, media attention, and photography enthusiasts.
The colorful historical or mythical figures are represented by 2 children aged 8 to 10.They stand on a cabinet carried by a number of people. The one standing on the box seems to be floating on air and is called the"upper color"or"flying color."The one sitting on the box is called the"lower color."The two performers are supported by a thin steel bar called a "color stem."The two complement and contrast each other. What is truly fascinating is the upper color figure, whose left foot stands on a peach branch while the right foot swings in the air. The body seems to be floating without any support. It is truly amazing to witness.
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