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TV rates as best ad medium
Despite a plethora of new and innovative media, consumers still consider TV the most effective, informative and responsive medium for advertising.
By Marketing Week	 26 Apr 2001 12:00 am
Consumers consider television to be the most informative, entertaining or interesting advertising medium, when compared with newspaper and magazine, poster or Internet advertising.
Research by The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) reveals that traditional commercial television remains the most effective media channel for communicating with consumers.
Some 67 per cent of respondents cited TV as the most successful media by this criterion. Even the small number of consumers sampled who did not own a television or had "light" viewing rated TV as the most informative and entertaining advertising medium.
Seven per cent of respondents thought newspaper and magazine advertising was most informative and five per cent considered radio as the most effective advertising medium in this category. Only two per cent of consumers rated posters as an informative, entertaining or interesting advertising medium.
According to the CIM research, only six per cent of respondents had not seen any TV advertising during the previous week. This compares with more than 70 per cent for digital television ads, mobile phone advertising messages and Internet banner ads.
The research also showed that consumers are three times as likely to respond to TV advertising than messages delivered by other individual media.
Terrestrial television seems to fare particularly well among certain consumer segments. Households with children are almost ten per cent more likely to recall seeing more than 50 TV ads than those without.
By region, those in the South-west report the heaviest TV advertising recall. Some 73 per cent of respondents in the South-west recall seeing more than 20 ads during the past week. The weakest recall was amongst those in the South-east of England. Only 17 per cent recalled seeing more than 50 TV ads in the week before the survey, and that figure drops further for consumers in London.
Variations also emerge between readers of different classifications of newspapers. Only 14 per cent of broadsheet-reading respondents remember seeing more than 50 TV ads in the seven days prior to the sample compared with 27 per cent of tabloid readers.
The study shows that direct mail is the second most remembered media channel for advertising. Less than 20 per cent of consumers failed to recall receiving a single piece of direct mail in the week before the survey. Some 62 per cent recalled receiving up to ten direct mail items.
Regional variations were even more strongly pronounced here, with 79 per cent of respondents in the West Midlands remembering receiving direct mail as opposed to 52 percent in the North of England.
Newspaper and magazine ads are the third best remembered media channel for advertising, with posters fourth. The benefits of using unusual ambient media have managed to edge posters narrowly ahead of radio, which comes fifth.
The survey also asked the respondents about their media intake during the 24 hours preceding the research. Only 35 per cent had seen newspaper or magazine ads in that time. Direct mail and radio ads had both been noticed by 25 per cent of those surveyed.
Only six per cent had seen a digital TV ad and a mere two per cent had received a commercial message on their mobile phone in the 24 hours prior to the survey.
These attitudes towards different types of advertising go some way to explain the lack of exploitation of new media by advertisers. Out of the new media channels, digital television fared best, with one per cent of respondents saying its advertising was the most informative, entertaining or interesting. Some 18 per cent of readers of broadsheets consider newspaper or magazine ads as the most entertaining or interesting advertising medium.
The value placed on commercial messages on TV is reflected in what people believe they are most likely to respond to, with 51 per cent more likely to respond to TV advertising than any other media. Some 14 per cent cited newspaper and magazine ads as the source of advertising they were most likely to respond to. Digital television ads also fared well here. Although only one per cent of respondents cited the medium as the one that they were most likely to respond to, it equals the same number of consumers who are most likely to respond to poster advertising.
The highest scoring new media channel, in terms of ease of use, is Internet banner ads. It may not be rated highly for entertainment or interest, but the comfort of accessing it simply through a click of a button has an obvious impact on the consumers. Consumers cite banners as being twice as likely as digital TV ads to make them respond.
Some media are more effective for encouraging response, while others are better at generating awareness. While some media might have advantages over others, consumers consider television as the most dominant advertising force.
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Promoting Adolescent Mental Health Education through Art
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Patient decision aids are informative tools that educate patients about health conditions and promote shared decision-making between patient and provider. They have been shown to improve patient knowledge, reduce decisional conflict, and encourage patients to take an active role in their care.[1] When made available in medical offices and public spaces, patient decision aids such as booklets, posters, videos, or other interactive tools can supply accurate, accessible information well beyond the reach of the specialist's clinic.
I created "Depression: A Deadly Predator" to provide adolescents with psychoeducation on depression. I designed this patient decision aid in a colorful, engaging format to appeal to a young population, believing that in order to have an impact, the reader must first want to listen. Cartoon comics like this can more broadly provide quality health information than can an individual physician, and in a way with which young people easily connect.
According to the World Health Organization, depression is now the leading cause of disability worldwide with over 300 million people affected.[2] Although psychiatrists specialize in treating mental disorders, the majority of mental health issues are often tasked to primary care physicians (PCPs). One study shows that two-thirds or more of patients with depression receive their treatment in the general medical setting,[3] and PCPs identify approximately one-third of their patients as mental health patients.[4] One major reason for this is that the need for mental healthcare far outweighs the number of available psychiatrists, especially in rural and underserved areas. A recent study reported that about two-thirds of PCPs could not obtain outpatient mental health services for their patients.[5] Lack of services can lead to missed detection and under treatment of mental illness.[6] Mental health outreach is thus in high demand but limited by geography and availability of specialist practitioners. Patient decision aids may help surmount these barriers.
Only about half of teenagers experiencing a depressive episode contact someone in the healthcare sector.[7] Although barriers to seeking care are multifactorial, a major one is a desire to appear "normal," leading patients to minimize symptoms to themselves and others.[8] Even if a depressed teen seeks medical help, information provided in the form of a text-heavy office brochure is likely to be ignored or thrown away. Teenagers today are overburdened with information, spending an average of nine hours a day consuming media,[9] and are less receptive to information requiring sustained attention. This suggests that, in addition to the existing barriers to seeking care, professional and quality medical information has to compete for the attention of young patients' oversaturated minds.
An effective modern patient decision aid needs to be not only accurate but also easy to understand, entertaining, and available to be widely disseminated, such as on the internet. When creating this comic, I tried to encompass all of these qualities. I aimed to make it eye-catching and easy to access yet accurate. I avoided the sensationalism seen in internet blogs and, on the other end of the spectrum, avoided the inaccessibility of densely written medical texts. Mental health does not discriminate, and the hundreds of millions of patients suffering from depression represent all demographics, levels of medical literacy, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Approachable patient aids are also particularly crucial with depression, because it is the nature of the disease to foster feelings of inadequacy; therefore people believe that they do not deserve help.
We need to ensure that patients are receiving engaging information that can help them gain better control over their health and their lives. I plan to draw a series of these patient aids to introduce often-misunderstood conditions such as anxiety, psychosomatic disorders, and borderline personality disorder. I hope that the aids serve to start constructive conversations and possibly encourage people to ask for help. The path toward mental health is often a long and arduous one. There are those who cannot make this journey alone, and art is a great way to both connect with and inform these individuals.
O'Connor AM, Rostom A, Fiset V, et al. Decision aids for patients facing health treatment or screening decisions: systematic review. BMJ. 1999;319(7212):731–734.
Depression: Key facts. World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression. Published March 22, 2018. Accessed September 9, 2018.
Oxman TE, Dietrich AJ, Williams JW, Kroenke K. A three-component model for reengineering systems for the treatment of depression in primary care. Psychosomatics. 2002;43(6):441–450. doi:10.1176/appi.psy.43.6.441
Abed Faghri NM, Boisvert CM, Faghri S. Understanding the expanding role of primary care physicians (PCPs) to primary psychiatric care physicians (PPCPs): enhancing the assessment and treatment of psychiatric conditions. Ment Health Fam Med. 2010;7(1):17–25.
Cunningham PJ. Beyond parity: primary care physicians' perspectives on access to mental health care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009;28(3):w490–501. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.28.3.w490
Vermani M, Marcus M, Katzman MA. Rates of detection of mood and anxiety disorders in primary care: a descriptive, cross-sectional study. Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2011;13(2):PCC.10m01013. doi:10.4088/PCC.10m01013
Ustün TB. Cross-national epidemiology of depression and gender. J Gend Specif Med. 2000;3(2):54–58.
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Tsukayama H. Teens spend nearly nine hours every day consuming media. Washington Post. November 3, 2015.
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Re'uven Schaeri (, Geburtsname: Re'uven Schreibman ; * 7. April 1903 in Komrat, Kaiserreich Russland (heute Moldawien); † 6. Juli 1989 in Israel) war ein israelischer Politiker. Er war in der 2. Legislaturperiode vom 2. April – 8. Oktober 1951 stellvertretender Verkehrsminister in Israel. Er war von der 1. bis zur 2. Legislaturperiode Knessetabgeordneter des Mapai von 1949 bis 1955.

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Schaeri erhielt eine gewöhnliche traditionelle hebräische Erziehung, bevor er die Hochschule in Kischinau besuchte. Er studierte Rechtswissenschaften an der Universität und gehörte zu den Gründern des rumänischen Zweigs der Ze'ire Zion (). 1925 wanderte er in Palästina ein, wo er Mitglied der Haganah wurde. Er war Sekretär des Arbeiter-Rates von Kfar Saba (1930–1934) und später des Arbeiterrates von Rehovot (1934–1943) und von Jerusalem (1943–1949). Während der Schlacht um Jerusalem (30. November 1947 – 11. Juni 1948) war er ein Mitglied des Jerusalem-Komitees. Im selben Jahr wurde er Gemeinderatsmitglied der Stadt Jerusalem und wurde stellvertretender Bürgermeister Jerusalems bis 1951.

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 1984: Sheri erhielt den Yakir Yerushalayim (; Würdiger Bürger Jerusalems) von Jerusalem.

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Who Made the Call? Applying the Fundamentals of Pleadings to TCPA Actions
By Daniel S. Blynn & Stephen R. Freeland on February 25, 2019
Posted in Class Action, Telemarketing
Twombly and Iqbal—two names that invoke fond memories of the first year of law school for the (much) younger attorneys—have defined the bar that each plaintiff must meet to survive a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. Walk into any first-year civil procedure class and you'll hear the students muttering the following like a nursery rhyme or a page from a Dr. Seuss book, "Twombly said 'enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face' and Iqbal followed '[a] pleading that offers labels and conclusions or a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do.'" The lesson the students are supposed to take away is that a complaint must connect the dots between a defendant and the claim.
In a recent ruling issued by the Southern District of California, Ewing v. Encor Solar, LLC, No. 18-2247, 2019 WL 277386 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 22, 2019), the court confirmed that this fundamental requirement applies, unsurprisingly, to Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") claims against multiple defendants. In particular, the court dismissed the TCPA claim because the plaintiff failed to identify who actually called him.
In Ewing, the plaintiff named six defendants in his complaint, alleging that each defendant used an automatic telephone dialing system ("ATDS") to call his cell phone and home phone at least thirteen times. The defendants included three different companies, two officers of one company, and one officer of another company. One of the corporate defendants filed a motion to dismiss the TCPA claim, arguing that the plaintiff failed to properly connect any defendant—either on a direct liability theory or one framed in vicarious liability—to making the calls and that the plaintiff failed to adequately plead the defendants' alleged use of an ATDS.
The court agreed with the defendants, finding that the plaintiff failed to (1) "differentiate his allegations against each defendant" and instead impermissibly "lump[ed] defendants together without distinguishing the alleged wrongs amongst defendants," and (2) "adequately allege[] an agency relationship between the defendants . . . instead offering confusing allegations regarding the role each of the defendants played in the purported scheme."
The court, however, noted that the plaintiff had met his burden with regard to pleading the use of an ATDS. When accepted as true, the plaintiff's factual allegations that "repeated calls [were made] 'within a period of time and the presence of a pause or click'" sufficed to infer that the equipment allegedly used by defendants was an ATDS. However, having "failed to allege the first element of a TCPA claim, namely that [the defendant], or an agent acting on its behalf, called a telephone number belonging to Plaintiff," the court dismissed the plaintiff's claim.
For many of us, law school is but a distant memory (or one purposefully forgotten). But Ewing serves as a reminder of a plaintiff's burden to connect the defendant to the claim, especially in cases involving multiple defendants. With this in mind, all parties involved in TCPA actions should ask the fundamental question: Who made the call?
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Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, has called on the Federal Government to improve power supply to his state.
The governor, who addressed State House Correspondents after a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday, also allayed the fears of insecurity in his state and pledged to do all with his capacities to ensure peaceful coexistence in the state at all times.
Asked why he came to see the vice president, Al-Makura said: �Basically, I spoke with the Vice President about the issues of power and energy in my state. And as you must have known, Nasarawa State being very close to the Federal Capital Territory, and I raised a lot of demands for power and energy for domestic and industrial purposes.
�Given the sophistication of this area in terms of different kinds of activities. And ironically, the state which was first connected to power in 1978, is still within 33KV which is not even enough for the state capital not to talk about other local government councils.
�So, I have come specifically to request and plead with Mr. Vice President and the chairman of NIPP about the impending power initiative in the country to consider Nasarawa State as one of the states that will benefit from the 330KV which is the robust infrastructure for power that comes all the way from Enugu to Benue and to Plateau States.


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After arriving to the Beijing International Airport in the afternoon, we will take a bus together to the Kou family home in at the foot of the Great Wall for orientation and group goal-setting. Here we will stay with Kou family who will teach us to cook traditional Chinese food and host us in their humble and rustic farmhouse. In the evening, we will share our first meal as a group together and begin to share individual and group goals for the trip, followed by an early night to sleep.
During our first full day in-country, we will dive into a rugged hike up through a scrub forest to a picturesque and dilapidated section of the Great Wall to conduct orientation and group-forming activities. Atop the great wall, we will orient to important health and safety guidelines and build a group culture that maximizes student leadership and collective buy-in. After lunch, we return from the quietness of Xiangshuihu to the massive metropolis of Beijing to explore the historical icons and cultural pluralism of modern China. Our base for this portion of the trip will be the Qianmen neighborhood, renowned for its winding hutongs and bustling night markets.
During our two-week exploration of the theme of "center and periphery," this is about as "central" as it gets. Starting at the ancient entrance to the former old city wall, Qianmen, we will gradually make our way through the old city's central axis, traversing the Forbidden City and Jingshan park, until arriving to the end of the axis at the Bell and Drum towers. As we explore each different site, we will return to this idea of "center and periphery" to discuss the centuries of cultural exchange and that have made Beijing what it is today.
An early flight westward will take us to China's breadbasket, the wild and wonderful province of Sichuan. From here, we will dive directly into the homestay portion of the program in the small riverside village of Linshi outside of Chengdu. This will be the most rugged portion of our trip, but will provide us an invaluable glimpse into the daily life of farmers in rural China and their perspectives on the country's continued change and development. During our time in Linshi village, we will also partner with local NGO "Urban Rivers Association" to learn more about the village's water management and the ongoing struggle to maintain ecological integrity amidst massive economic and industrial growth.
After our first evening with homestays, we will continue to orient ourselves to both the spatial layout and daily life of the village. We will begin the morning activities with a village mapping project and finish with an introduction to the village river and cleanup efforts led by local volunteers. In the afternoon, we will partner with the residents of Linshi community to paint a mural for the village to show our gratitude to the community for hosting us. We will finish off the day by helping to cook dinner, assisting with chores, and spending time with our homestay families.
In preparation for our return to Chengdu, we will spend the morning diving into issues of Tibetan identity, history, and culture as well as the politics of ethnicity in China more broadly. Before lunch, we will also come together to plan lessons and games for a visit to Linshi village elementary school. In the afternoon, we will connect with local elementary school students by leading activities in English, as well as learning games and songs from these children in Chinese. After our last dinner with homestay families, we will gather together in the evening for a mid-course ceremony to share what we have learned so far and what we hope to accomplish before the end of the course.
After several days working and living with our homestay families and exploring local river ecology, we will make our way to the village's water source in Dujiangyan, a UNESCO-recognized irrigation system with over 2500 years of history. In the afternoon, we will make a stop at Huashang High School, where we will partner with local school students in a recycling service project and learn to make local Sichuanese dishes in school's culinary education center. After enjoying what we cooked for dinner, we will travel to the Xinnanmen neighborhood of Chengdu and transition to the fast pace of one of China's largest cities.
Arriving into the Provincial capital, we will first explore the ethnic and religious diversity of Chengdu through a morning scavenger hunt in People's Park. In the afternoon, we will explore the theme of "center and periphery" through the lens of food in an interactive discussion with the founders of Chengdu Food Tours. To finish off the day, we will walk to the nearby Taiguli commercial center, where towering skyscrapers are juxtaposed against humble Qing-dynasty temples and marketplaces.
The focus of this day will be to gain a deeper understanding of the many facets of Tibetan identity and culture through exploration of Chengdu's Tibetan neighborhood or "Little Lhasa." We will start the day with a visit to the Tibetan Hotel for a Tibetan tea ceremony and tour of the hotel's gallery of Tibetan art and jewelry. In the afternoon, we will explore Chengdu's Tibetan neighborhood with our guide Huatse Gyal, an expert on Tibetan issues and PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Michigan. We will end the day with souvenir shopping and delicious street food at Jinli Street, one of Chengdu's most renowned night markets.
A trip to Chengdu is not complete without a visit to the city's Panda Research Center, which will be our destination for the entire morning. In addition to observing these cuddly bears, we will also talk about the history of China's "panda diplomacy" and how pandas became a national symbol for China. In the afternoon, we will visit the city's famous "wide and narrow alleys" and discuss the complex history of this neighborhood, which has been home to Manchu warriors, Nationalist generals, factory workers in the early communist period, and now some of the trendiest restaurants and shops in Chengdu. We will end our day with Chengdu hotpot for dinner, a Sichuan specialty.
Our final expedition for the course will be westward to the sacred Taoist mountain Emeishan, where we hike to serene temples and create space for reflection and course wrap-up. During this transference phase of the course, we reflect inward on how the course has impacted ourselves and our community and begin to look forward to how we might integrate our experience back home. The day will begin with an early ride on the high-speed rail train to Emei, followed by a journey up a cable car to the top of the mountain. From there, we will hike down from Jinding peak to our guesthouse for transference activities and group discussions.
We will spend the last full day of our course reflecting on our experience over the past 12 days. We will talk about our favorite memories, how our conceptions of China have changed, and what we hope to take home from this experience. Between discussions, we will hike to different temples scattered around Emei national park such as Baoguosi and Wannian Temple, some of the most renowned Buddhist temples in all of China. After a full day of hiking and reflection, we will take the train back to Chengdu for the last night before our departure.


The box art for Amnesia: The Dark Descent is notorious for looking absolutely hideous and terribly misrepresenting the game.
I'm very pleased with how it turned out. What do you think of it? You might prefer this version, without the blur and yellow glow.
Perhaps, once this game reaches the "Kickstarter" stage, one of the backer rewards can be a physical boxed copy of Yandere Sim, adorned with this glorious illustration, signed by me and addressed to you personally.
Hehe X3 Love the art work!
Btw: do you have a twitter or something faster to communicate or keep informed?
Well, I always update this page whenever I have something noteworthy to show. I don't know what I'd post on Twitter that I wouldn't post here.
Nice eye, you caught it! It's the same girl!
P.S:I just saw this game and instantly watched a bunch of videos about it.I was impressed to say the least.The Idea of this Game is Awesome,Inovative and it still keeps the elements of japananese games.I've read and watched all on "YandereDev The Yandere Game Development Blog",and your Ideas so far are the best(please stick to them,esspecially the one with the torture room).To keep this short there are only the best of words about what u'r doing.Next Time I'll come up with some examples of game mechanichs on the comments.Keep it up.
I'm currently working with an artist to produce some promotional artwork / "box art" for the game. I'm really happy with his concept art so far, so I think that the final game's artwork is going to turn out really well!


KINO SLANG: What Was Done Once Away from the Trusts in New York by Allan Dwan, For Example.
What Was Done Once Away from the Trusts in New York by Allan Dwan, For Example.
"In his elegy for Allan Dwan, Jean-Claude Biette (CDC 332) called him "a great narrator" and "a great poet of space." An anecdote Dwan told Peter Bogdanovich about his early days shows how these compliments are linked: Scouting for ideas with his cast and crew near Lakeside, California, the young director saw a cliff and filmed a fight that ended with the hero throwing the villain over it. Still in search of a story, he then saw a flume "like a great bridge" which carried water from one ranch to another. Result: a two-reel melodrama in which the villain poisons the flume to kill his neighbor's cattle and is punished by being thrown off the cliff at the end of the film.
"The story has an archetypal quality. On the one hand, the setting (the cliff) inspires the action that takes place in it (without determining it: other actions could easily have been envisioned); on the other hand, a division of space (the two ranches) and the passageway which links them (the flume) generate a story to justify the action (THE POISONED FLUME, 1911)."
-- Bill Krohn, "The Cliff and the Flume."


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Q: Select every element inside ElementA that is not inside ElementB where ElementB is inside ElementA How do I write this idea in CSS:
Select every element inside ElementA that is not inside ElementB where ElementB is inside ElementA.
Here is an example:

Paragraph One

Paragraph Two

Try to turn the text "Paragraph One" to "color: red" without changing the color of Paragraph Two.
I tried:
#ElementA *:not(.ElementB *) {
    color: #ff0000;
}

This is not homework; Twitter Bootstrap is messing with google maps by changing the max-width and line-height properties of the controls on the map. I want bootstrap to apply to the info window (which when open is inside the element) but not the zoom control or distance scale.
Edit 1:
the better example for how your solution will be used is probably this:

Paragraph One

Paragraph Two

text

Goal: apply css properties to every element in ElementA except any element in ElementB.

A: You can use
#ElementA td:not(.ElementB)  p{
    color: #ff0000;
}

fiddle here
New example. With divs and sort of different structure
Now , for the new example you posted afterwards, you can use this other solution. Very similar
For

Paragraph One

Paragraph Two

text

use
 #ElementA >div:not(.ElementB)  {
    color: #ff0000;
}

or if you want to be more specific
#ElementA >div:not(.ElementB) p {
        color: #ff0000;
    }

both will work!
corresponding fiddle here
Remember: The not selector will work work as expected with compound selectors inside its parenthesis

A: I believe this can only be done if .ElementB is a known (set) depth from #ElementA. In your case here, the answer would be this:
#ElementA > :not(.ElementB),
#ElementA > :not(.ElementB) * {
    /* styles to apply */
}

See fiddle example.
If you intend .ElementB itself to also have the styles applied, then you have some other issues with inherited css (unless you don't mind that default behavior). You would have to reset properties that inherit by default if you don't want them to change:
#ElementA > *,
#ElementA > :not(.ElementB) * {
    border: 1px solid red;
    color: blue;
}

#ElementA > .ElementB * {
    color: black;
}

See fiddle example.

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If you have trouble seeing the keys on standard keyboards, you should rethink what kind of keyboard you use. The Azio Vision Keyboard easy to see and use, so we recommend this keyboard for the vision impaired.
This is a membrane keyboard, but it's louder than average if you like a little auditory feedback from your keys.
The font size increases, not the keys. Each key is designed to fit as much of the length and width of the keycap as possible. This way, the letters and numbers are bigger, but the key spacing is the same as a standard keyboard (you'll only feel a difference if you use island a.k.a. chiclet keyboards).
The keys are backlit and there are five different colors to choose from. You can also adjust the brightness.
This keyboard is designed to work on Windows, but Mac users have found success using it as well.
It comes with a comfortable wrist pad.
It's a full keyboard with dedicated media keys, so you don't have to sacrifice functionality for the ability to easily see your keys.
The keys stick or become unresponsive over time, but the three-year warranty should cover any hiccups along the way.
Keys that share characters show the main character at the top and secondary character at the bottom. This might be visually confusing for some since the standard layout has the opposite key design. The keys still function the same way.
Some users find the keys to be loud. We think this can be helpful for some people used to mechanical keyboards and we don't think the keys are overwhelmingly too loud for the general public to use.
Azio offers a three-year limited warranty, but their customer service team is on the slow side. They are ultimately effective and helpful, but require a bit of patience to deal with. Azio will also offer refunds within 30 days of purchase.


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Front page - Fighting the U-boats - Allied Warship Commanders
Listing of officers
Commander finder
Allied Warship Commanders
Solomon David Willingham, USN
Born 4 Feb 1904 Easonville, Alabama, USA
Died 3 Apr 1960 (56)
30 Jun 1936 Lt.
1 May 1941 Lt.Cdr.
15 Aug 1942 T/Cdr.
1 Aug 1943 T/Capt.
Warship Commands listed for Solomon David Willingham, USN
Ship Rank Type From To
USS Tarbell (DD 142) Lt. Destroyer 21 Mar 1941 20 May 1942 (1)
USS Mervine (DD 489) Lt.Cdr. Destroyer 17 Jun 1942 22 Jun 1943
We currently have no career / biographical information on this officer.
Events related to this officer
Destroyer USS Tarbell (DD 142)
USS Tarbell picks up 22 survivors of the American tanker Dixie Arrow that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-71 12 nautical miles off the Diamond Shoals Lighted Buoy in position 34°55'N, 75°02'W.
USS Tarbell picks up 25 survivors of the American merchant Lammot Du Pont that was torpedoed and sunk on 23 April 1942 by German U-boat U-125 500 nautical miles south-east of Bermuda in position 27°10'N, 57°10'W. Three of these survivors later died in hospital.
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How to watch Teen Titans Go!: Season 4: Labor Day / Ones and Zeroes on Netflix Austria!
Yes, Teen Titans Go!: Season 4: Labor Day / Ones and Zeroes is now available on Austrian Netflix. It arrived for online streaming on December 30, 2018.
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An Orchard Odyssey is a gloriously illustrated resource for fruit lovers everywhere. Packed with practical ideas and inspiration, it encourages the reader to re-engage with tree fruit in new ways: look at it the right way and everyone can have an orchard. There are many ways of incorporating orchard living into your lifestyle, no matter how busy or short of space you are. Whether you have a few trees already or have always wanted an orchard of your own, this book illuminates the possibilities and enables you to make it a reality. Covering fruit in the environment, orchard heritage, and the role of the trees in garden and landscape design; An Orchard Odyssey shows you how to plant and care for your trees. Full of inspiring facts and promoting the 'five trees' orchard principle of orchards, it encourages the reader to embrace the orchards in a way that is personal to them.
Naomi Slade offers fresh thoughts on growing fruit in the smaller gardens of many modern grow your own gardeners and suggests that the way forward may be for community orchards. She provides planting advice, cultivation and maintenance techniques, and then launches into ways to use and preserve the fruits of your fruit-growing.
For over 30 years I have grown ornamentals with never a thought for planting fruit trees, until now. Naomi combines a dream of yore with a challenge for the future. Count me in.
Good to see both home growing and commercial considerations covered. Well done!
This delightful book takes us on a sensual stroll through the orchard landscape, conveying both the romance and the practicalities of growing fruit trees.
From scrumping, hedgerow fruits and King Henry VIII to the random seedling cider orchards of New America, this is a major contribution to pomology, offering education, history and entertainment.
A horticultural fairytale, it also provides a practical roadmap to getting started – even in the increasingly tiny modern garden.
Naomi is an established horticultural journalist, who writes for the Telegraph, Kitchen Garden Magazine, Berks & Bucks life and many others. She also gives talks on gardening and is a regular radio guest, including BBC Radio 4.
With a degree in Biology and a lifelong interest in gardening, botany and the environment Naomi has, in recent years, taken over the restoration and management of the orchards at her childhood home in Wales. From where she has set up a successful micro-enterprise producing and selling boutique, single variety apple juice in the local community and beyond.
James Wong is an ethnobotanist, television presenter and garden designer.


Kiltubrid GAA and Kiltubrid Ladies GAA will be holding a WorkShop to formulate a Strategic Plan for the Years ahead on Saturday 11th February at 7pm in the Club Rooms. Everyone is encouraged to get involved with this exercise which is felt will be of great benefit to both Clubs and the Wider Community for the years ahead.
The annual membership fees are now due and are as follows: Child €25, Adults €40 and family membership €90. Please contact Patricia Lee, Club registrar.


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Q: Alternative to using an atom I have a small Clojurescript program that has an atom. A String gets put into this atom that is configuration for a function (low-level-fn) that is used by practically every other function in the program. There is one entry point for the program where all the configuration is received. The running structure of this program is an upside down tree where many of the leaves are actually low-level-fn.
My intention was always to get rid of this atom as part of finishing off the program - by making it a higher order function with the configuration String passed into the outer function. Either that or doing the same thing by adding a leftmost parameter that is the String config and creating a partial function. In either case this 'yet to be completed' function being constructed in the entry point function.
My problem is that the program will arguably become worse than it was with the atom, since the 'yet to be completed' function will have to be passed down as a parameter through almost all of the functions in the program.
Are there any other ideas I should be considering? I most likely will get rid of the atom to make the whole program one pure function. edit - actually with or without the atom, the program is still a pure function. edit - or is it?

A: When I understand your problem correctly, the easiest way to do is using closures.
What about the following:
(defn myrunner [param]
  ;; generate closures depending on the parameter
  (letfn [(my-fn [x]
            (* param x))]
    ;; now process everything inside the letfn
    (my-fn 2)))

(myrunner 2) ;; => 4
(myrunner 6) ;; => 12
;; parallel execution works, too
(pmap myrunner (range 100)) ;; 0, 2, 4,...

Edit: Removed side-effects from example.

A: what about this:
(defn original-lowlv-fn [cfg param]
  ;; your lowlevel fun that needs config
  (prn cfg param))

(defn init-library [cfg-from-user]
  ;; init-library must be called before library use
  ;; your new lowlevel-fn
  (def lowlv-fn
    (let [cfg {:my-cfg cfg-from-user}]
      (partial original-lowlv-fn cfg))))

Example:
(lowlv-fn :foo)


Bibble & Sip | Do. Be. Interesting.
As I'm typing this, I'm trying to think of a nicer way to say this, but nothing else seems to adequately convey the picture of how Starbucks owns every corner of Manhattan, and how surprisingly difficult it is to find a quality local espresso that doesn't have that smell of megacorporation.
So by the time we dragged our caffeine-starved carcasses into Bibble & Sip, we were about ready to give up on Manhattan.
I ordered my 8-ounce mocha breve, expecting to have to explain the whole thing as usual.
They even went down into the basement and got some unsweetened cocoa powder for Kailey.
We absolutely love this place and went out of our way to come back to these smiling faces every day.
If you appreciate a quality local espresso café, this is a dying breed in Manhattan.
Either way, get in here and well, bibble & sip!
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The Academic Skills Module enables students to refresh and hone their academic reading and writing skills, to practise conducting research for their own academic projects in the library, and to use exam and course registration systems as well as data management tools. The module can be studied flexibly across two to three semesters and consists of 4 workshops on a variety of academic skills (selected according to students' needs and interests), 6 one-on-one study counselling sessions, and a portfolio with 5 assignments. Students receive 6 ECTS for completing the module successfully.
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set -euox pipefail

if [[ -z ${ABSEIL_ROOT:-} ]]; then
  ABSEIL_ROOT="$(realpath $(dirname ${0})/..)"
fi

if [[ -z ${STD:-} ]]; then
  STD="c++11 c++14 c++17 c++20"
fi

if [[ -z ${COMPILATION_MODE:-} ]]; then
  COMPILATION_MODE="fastbuild opt"
fi

if [[ -z ${EXCEPTIONS_MODE:-} ]]; then
  EXCEPTIONS_MODE="-fno-exceptions -fexceptions"
fi

source "${ABSEIL_ROOT}/ci/linux_docker_containers.sh"
readonly DOCKER_CONTAINER=${LINUX_GCC_LATEST_CONTAINER}

# USE_BAZEL_CACHE=1 only works on Kokoro.
# Without access to the credentials this won't work.
if [[ ${USE_BAZEL_CACHE:-0} -ne 0 ]]; then
  DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS="--mount type=bind,source=${KOKORO_KEYSTORE_DIR},target=/keystore,readonly ${DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS:-}"
  # Bazel doesn't track changes to tools outside of the workspace
  # (e.g. /usr/bin/gcc), so by appending the docker container to the
  # remote_http_cache url, we make changes to the container part of
  # the cache key. Hashing the key is to make it shorter and url-safe.
  container_key=$(echo ${DOCKER_CONTAINER} | sha256sum | head -c 16)
  BAZEL_EXTRA_ARGS="--remote_http_cache=https://storage.googleapis.com/absl-bazel-remote-cache/${container_key} --google_credentials=/keystore/73103_absl-bazel-remote-cache ${BAZEL_EXTRA_ARGS:-}"
fi

# Avoid depending on external sites like GitHub by checking --distdir for
# external dependencies first.
# https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/guide.html#distdir
if [[ ${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR:-} ]] && [[ -d "${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/distdir" ]]; then
  DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS="--mount type=bind,source=${KOKORO_GFILE_DIR}/distdir,target=/distdir,readonly ${DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS:-}"
  BAZEL_EXTRA_ARGS="--distdir=/distdir ${BAZEL_EXTRA_ARGS:-}"
fi

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        --tmpfs=/abseil-cpp \
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            --distdir=\"/bazel-distdir\" \
            --keep_going \
            --show_timestamps \
            --test_env=\"GTEST_INSTALL_FAILURE_SIGNAL_HANDLER=1\" \
            --test_env=\"TZDIR=/abseil-cpp/absl/time/internal/cctz/testdata/zoneinfo\" \
            --test_output=errors \
            --test_tag_filters=-benchmark \
            ${BAZEL_EXTRA_ARGS:-}"
    done
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done

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Gov't breaching PRMA by refusing to reconstitute IAC
SOURCE: thebftonline.com | BusinessAndFinancialTimes
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has said the failure of the government to reconstitute the Investment Advisory Committee (IAC), exactly two years after coming into office, despite repeated calls to do so, contravenes the petroleum laws.
Section 29 of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA), Act 815 states "There is hereby established an Investment Advisory Committee to advise the Minister and for the general performance monitoring of the management of the Ghana Petroleum Funds."
Additionally, the membership of IAC, according to Section 32 (3) enjoins the Minister in consultation with the Governor, of the Bank of Ghana, to nominate the members for appointment by the President
The work of the IAC, includes, to formulate and propose to the Minister the investment policy and management of the Ghana Stabilisation Fund and the Ghana Heritage Fund (GHF) for submission for the approval of Parliament.
The Committee is to also advise the Minister on the broad investment guidelines and overall management strategies relating to the Ghana Petroleum Funds and subsequently the Ghana Petroleum Wealth Fund that the Minister shall provide to the Governor, taking cognisance of international best practice of investments of a similar nature.
Despite, these critical roles expected of the IAC to play in the use of the petroleum revenues, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is yet to fulfill this statutory mandate notwithstanding the repeated recommendations from PIAC.
PIAC's findings, in its just-released half-year report for 2018, notes that "as indicated in the 2017 Annual and Semi-annual reports, the Investment Advisory Committee (IAC) has still not been reconstituted following the change of government in January 2017."
In view of this, the Committee, which is tasked with the oversight responsibility of monitoring and evaluating the management of Ghana's petroleum resources, has again recommended as matter of urgency for the IAC must be reconstituted.
It repeated that the current situation is in contravention of Section 29 of the PRMA.
It also revealed in its latest findings that even though Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) received US$46,342,944.10 as proceeds from gas revenues, it made no payment to Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC) in respect of gas supplied, for which reason no gas receipts were realised in the Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF).
But PIAC said the GNGC explained that it used the realised revenues to cover its operational cost.
Following this development, it, therefore, recommended that the GNGC discontinue the practice of retaining gas revenues. "Receipts from the sale of gas derivatives must be applied to defray the cost of raw gas supplied by GNPC, for lodgement in the PHF in accordance with Sections 2 & 3 of the PRMA."
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Josh began in his position as SID/Student Athlete Engagement Coordinator in October, 2017. His primary responsibilites include serving as a liason between the local and national media with the athletic department, compiling and reporting statistics for each of USJ's 12 varsity sports, writing post-game press releases and managing the usjbluejays.com athletics website and social media accounts (@USJ_BlueJays).
He earned a B.S. in Accounting and a B.S. in Marketing from Central Conn. State University in 2014 and is currently persuing his M.S. in Communication, also at CCSU. Prior to joining the staff at USJ, Josh spent two years as the Athletic Communications Graduate Intern at CCSU where he was the primary media contact for women's basketball, women's soccer, cross country, track and field and softball.
While an undergraduate student at CCSU, Josh also served as a member of the Blue Devils varsity baseball team as an infielder and relief pitcher, captained the team his senior year and was a four-year member of SAAC. He still remains involved in baseball, spending the last two summers as an assistant coach for the Chatham Anglers of the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball League.
Originally from Hudson, N.Y., Josh now resides in West Hartford.


The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh seeking a detailed report in Bulandshahr incident within four weeks.
Two people, including a police officer, were killed during violent clashes over alleged cow slaughter in Bulandshahr on Monday.
Taking suo motu cognizance of the incident, the commission also sought details of action taken against the miscreants and relief and rehabilitation provided to the families of the deceased persons.
In a statement, the NHRC observed, "The incident is indicative of yet another incident of violent protest and rampaging by the unruly mob exposing lawlessness and failure of the administration to tackle the sensitive issues and situations. The contents of the media reports suggest that even the police officers do not appear to be safe and can be easily eliminated at free will of the uncontrolled lawless elements."
"'Right to Life' of the deceased persons have been grossly violated, which is a matter of concern. The safety of the public property and lives of its citizens is the prime duty of the state," the statement added.
The NHRC called for effective and prompt action from the state authorities in such situations so that a strong message could be given to the violators of the law.
Meanwhile, Amnesty India said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should take responsibility for the death of the police official while calling for the end of cow-related violence in the state.
Taking note of the incident, Adityanath has announced a compensation of Rs 40 lakh for the deceased police officer's wife, Rs 10 lakh for his parents and a government job for one family member. He has also called for a meeting with officials at his residence in Lucknow later today, over the law and order situation in the state.


Most people feel like in order to have that tropical trip, they're going to need to break the bank.
That's just not necessarily the case.
Welcome to Teacher-Budget Travel. I'm hoping to do a series of posts like this for different places we explore over these next couple years. WHY I think it's important for teachers to travel is here.
Let's start talking destinations with how to travel to Costa Rica on a low but efficient budget.
In college, I studied abroad in Costa Rica for 5 months in college (more on that here), and, it's the place I've traveled to the most. It also happens to be my favorite place on the planet. I've returned 4 times since studying abroad, once on my own, twice with my now husband, and once bringing 10 friends. Every time was incredible.
In my opinion, Costa Rica should be on every traveler's list, ESPECIALLY if you've never been to Latin America. The goal of this post is to give you enough information to take the plunge and go. Teachers are busy, so I want to make this easy (and cheap!) for you.
Estimate Cost of a Teacher-Budget Trip to Costa Rica?
1. It's absolutely gorgeous. If you've never been to a tropical country, prepare to be blown away. I am forever spoiled that the first country I visited was Costa Rica, because I'm not sure if any other beach will ever impress me more than las playas de Costa Rica. Though tourism is a huge industry in Costa Rica, they do have quite a bit of initiatives in place and growing to preserve areas of their beautiful country. The Manuel Antonio and Monteverde (which I talk about below) are spots that have preserved their natural beauty.
2. It's affordable. Round-trip flights to Costa Rica from the States can run anywhere from $250-$700. If you don't need too fancy of a place to stay, you can find places for under $15 a night. Food prices are comparable to what it is in the States. So that runs you anywhere from $600-$1500 for one person for about 10 days. Seriously, not bad for a tropical trip.
3. Pura Vida culture is life-giving. The slogan of Costa Rica, Pura Vida, literally means "Pure Life," for which the closest true translation I can come up with is "Hakuna Matata." Compared to harried teacher life in the States, Costa Rica is a 180. The culture is much more moment-oriented rather than time-oriented (don't know what I mean? This is reason #856 we need teachers to go abroad. Check out page 5 of this core cultural value activity). We need big doses of this, teachers (I'm looking at you, Miss "2nd period starts at 8:44).
Monkey hanging out on a water pump in Manuel Antonio. Pura vida.
4. The wildlife is incredible. Costa Rica has something like 6% of the biodiversity in the whole world. For a country as teeny as it is, that is something CRAZY. In Costa Rica, you won't just see monkeys, but animals, flowers, and trees you've never even heard of (even PLANTS THAT MOVE when you touch them #sensitiveplants). One of the biggest pluses to a biodiverse country? The diversity of fruits and vegetables it produces. You could spend your entire time eating fruit and vegetables you've never seen before. And they are SO. GOOD.
3 reasons fruit in CR is awesome: 1. There are so many you've never heard of before. 2. It's as fresh as it gets. 3. It's so cheap.
That is a sloth. It was 4 feet from our heads.
4. The weather is perfect. I'm from the midwest. Costa Rica is sunny and 78-82 degrees. It varies so little from perfection that when it was 76 degrees, my host mom would remind me to bring a scarf or sweater when I left the house because hace frío. Yes, please.
5. There are a million things to do. Love to hike? Climb the highest peak in Central America. Beach babe? Take your pick of some of the most gorgeous. Ziplining? It will spoil you as much as the beaches. Want to see a live volcano? Done.
Climbing Cerro Chirripó = possibly the best and worst thing I've ever done. Our giant group of friends that came with made it better, though.
Zip-lining in Monteverde. If you look closely enough, you can just barely make out my friend soaring across the cloud forest.
6.The people are wonderful. Costa Ricans, self-named "Ticos," value hospitality and taking time to enjoy life. Unlike some other places you might go, since friendliness and being present is a cultural value in this country, you can strike up some pretty great conversations with locals. Many Ticos will also be more than happy to help you find your way if you ask for some help.
7. Last and most realistic: you could meet your spouse. Ok, maybe this can happen anywhere, but it happened to me here. So, you never know.
Convinced? Great. Ok, so there are a ton of amazing places to go in Costa Rica, but I want to make things easy for you, if that's what you need.
If you were my friend coming up to me and saying, I want to go! Plan my trip! This is the starter itinerary I'd give you for a 1-2 week trip. I hope to write a few more posts about some more out-of-the-way travel in Costa Rica for the more adventurous, like walking through San Jose, climbing Chirripo, or jumping off waterfalls in Nuayaca or Montezuma. But for now, these two towns will satisfy most Central America first-timers.
Monteverde is a town in the middle of a cloud forest, which means amazing views, awesome hikes, and fascinating wildlife. It's located in the mountains, and within sight of Arenal, which is an active volcano in Costa Rica. When I was studying abroad, I even took a tour from Monteverde to Arenal via horseback, which was suuper touristy, but a blast. There are coffee farms to tour, hikes to take, and tons of ziplining that will put most other ziplining experiences to shame.
One of the many cloud bridges in Monteverde.
My recommendations are hostels–so they're basically a locked room with a bed and a communal kitchen. Usually you can get your own bathroom, too. If you're not into that kind of thing, I recommend looking through Lonely Planet's Costa Rica guide for other ideas. Out of all guidebooks I've tried, Lonely Planet has been the easiest to follow with the best ratio of text -> pictures (Kevin teases me about my need for pictures in guidebooks). I would suggest other places to stay here, but hotels are constantly changing so the most up to date look at Lonely Planet might be your best bet.
Regardless of where you stay in Monteverde, I do recommend staying in town (or relatively close to it) where you can find transportation easily to different activities, and also be in walking distance for many activities.
Every time I've gone to Monteverde, I've stayed here. It has a communal kitchen and basic rooms, and is clean. Best of all, it's centrally located in town, so it's easy to get where you want to go during the day. To be honest, there may be better hostels in Monteverde, but I've never tried them. If you find one better than Santa Elena, I do recommend finding one near to it.
Manuel Antonio is worth it for its National Park, which has THE MOST gorgeous beaches I have ever seen, which is why it made the cut. If you are going for gorgeous beaches, Manuel Antonio is where it's at.
Since it's a national park, the beaches are kept pristine and there are only a certain number of people on them every day. This also means there are no disgusting resorts on these beaches. Manuel Antonio does have a public beach as well, which is beautiful, too, but since it's public, there are resorts, hotels, and littering humans all over the place. If you're coming from midwestern America, though, it will still blow your mind. Entry to the public beach is free, and entry to the national park is around $25, I believe. The times I've gone, we've done public beach most days, and national park 1-2 days.
Iguana chillin at the Manuel Antonio National Park. The iguana says to book your flight tonight.
*Pro-tip: Manuel Antonio may not be your thing if you are not into being surrounded by tourists. Rule of thumb in Costa Rica for beaches: the farther you travel down the Pacific coast, the fewer tourists and resorts you'll find. We did Dominical this winter break, which definitely was less touristy. We were able to find waterfalls and hikes that had MUCH fewer tourists. The worst tourists resort-centered beaches I've experienced were in Jaco and Tamarindo, which are farther north.
One thing to know about Manuel Antonio is that it is located on the bottom of a long hill. Places to stay at the bottom of the hill next to the beach are more expensive, but you don't have to take transportation to the beach. I prefer places to stay up the hill because they're cheaper and cleaner. There is a very easy public bus that runs up and down the hill all day that is super cheap to catch (maybe around $1?).
hostel with dorm rooms and a public kitchen, but also reasonably priced double rooms and suites with private kitchens. Major plus: hammocks all over the place. I LOVED this hostel. Seriously. It's beautiful and awesomely priced.
$50-$60 total for private room sleeping 3 people (so $18-30 if traveling with at least 1 other person).
Costa Rica has two seasons: Rainy and dry. The rainy season goes from about April-December, and dry goes from the second half of December-first half of April. For that reason, I recommend Spring Break for teachers for the best shot coming during the dry season–as well as the cheapest. You might have a shot at the dry season during winter break, too, but that's also the most expensive time to go. Can't make it during one of those times? No worries. Even during the rainy season, it usually rains for only an hour or two in the afternoon, but is dry and even sunny during the rest of the day. Totally workable.
Public bus to Monteverde in the early morning. Lots of waiting. Lots of panic on how to find the station. But much money saved.
Now, there are local buses to get around, and I am ALL FOR taking public transport when you go to a foreign country. However, in Costa Rica, there are a ton of public transport companies, so schedules, pick-up locations, and bus colors change a lot. For that reason, I don't feel comfortable giving you step-by-step directions on how to take it, because it will change in a couple months.
Is it possible to take public transport when you go? Absolutely! I would just recommend Googling it when the time comes, and realize that if something posted is more than a few months old, then you should take it with a grain of salt and be ready with a plan B, or have a personality that won't freak out when you're in the middle of a bustling city with no idea where to go.
I've never taken a public bus that was more than $8-9, even to travel across the country, so that's a big plus. The task is getting to the public bus station, which is the middle of San Jose, which is about 45 minutes away from the airport. There are public buses that take you from the airport to San Jose which cost about $1-2. Then once you're in San Jose, depending on where you're going, you would go to the "Coca Cola station", which is about a 10 minute walk from where the bus will let you off, or the Tracopa station, which I believe is more reasonably reached by taxi.
*A word about taxis: Outside of the airport, only take a taxi that is red with a yellow triangle on the side (the airport has their own official-looking green taxis). Red and yellow-triangle taxis are government taxis. Even when you take one of these in San Jose, be aware of where you are going. There are many dirty taxis in San Jose (piratas), and foreigners walking around with backpacks full of goodies are a jackpot for taxistas that are not actually in the business of taking you where you want to go.
If any of that intimidates you, I recommend private transport–which if you have a group, doesn't end up being that much more money and could save you a lot of time.
This past winter break, my husband and I (really, mostly my husband, because: school) planned a trip for 10 of our friends to go to Costa Rica together. Kevin found the company, Anywhere Costa Rica, which worked really well for transportation. It's a company that contracts out work for private tourist companies in Costa Rica, and does the legwork of coordinating constantly changing businesses for you. Ideal for the teacher going to Costa Rica for a week or two and not up for making the transportation side of a travel an adventure, too.
If you're traveling by yourself, it costs ~$50 to get to places like Manuel Antonio and Monteverde on a semi-private shuttle picking you up at the airport, or $185 for a completely private shuttle that can take up to 6 people, which you would up to about ~$215 after tip. Personally, if I had at least 4 people, I'd just go private. Might as well. With completely private, you can decide the schedule and request stops along the way as you go, and you know they wouldn't leave without you. I've never heard of that happening with a semi-private, but still. You also have a little more security with your stuff, by nature of being the only ones in the shuttle other than the drive. That security is nice.
High(er)-end budget: Here is a Costa Rica budget spreadsheet that my husband made while we planned our group-trip this past winter break, leaving from Chicago. It ended up being around $1500/person, and that was because it was the high season AND we ate out every day AND did a $50 activity every day (SO not necessary, but we had a lot of excited friends).
Teacher-Budget: If we had gone during low-season, we would have shaved off ~$200-$300 for plane tickets, $5-$10/night for hotels/hostels. We could have also eaten out a lot less than we did (what's up, PB&J lunches and make-your-own breakfasts) and not done fancy activity tours every day, saving ~$350 more. If we had done all of these things, it would have been feasible to do a 10-day Costa Rica trip for under $1000. Feel free to use this spreadsheet to budget for yourself.
I know that was a lot, but I still feel like I only scratched the surface. A trip to Costa Rica is so worth every penny spent. This post is by NO MEANS an exhaustive guide, so feel free to recommend other places and tips to readers below. If you have other questions, don't hesitate to email me directly with questions. Happy planning!
Feeling that travel bug, too? In case you needed more inspiration, check out my post on why all teachers should travel.
Here's a post with concrete, step-by-step ideas for changing your mindset about work and prioritizing taking care of yourself. For you, for your kids, and for the profession itself.
Even more justification for taking care of yourself. Check out my post where I take apart why self-care can be so difficult to justify, and why it's one of the most critical things teachers can do for their students.
Read about why I decided to do a crazy and quit my teaching job to move thousands of miles away.


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