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Throughout the Middle East and North Africa, youth unemployment rates are some of the highest in the world.
Upward of 30 percent of the region's population younger than age 25 don't have jobs. That's more than double the global average, according to the International Labor Organization.
In Morocco, the story is no different. NC State graduate student Mary Sloan wants to know why.
As a 2015 recipient of the prestigious Boren Fellowship, Sloan is spending 10 months studying in Morocco, researching what's keeping young people from finding employment in the region. In addition to studying Arabic during her stay, Sloan plans to survey Moroccans ages 18-30 and also area employers.
"This will allow me to capture both the demand and supply-side constraints," Sloan said.
Her research will also include interviewing donors and program officials from current youth employment programs.
"Combined, I am hoping to use this data to evaluate the reach of these programs and their effectiveness," Sloan said.
After studying Arabic and economics at the University of Illinois, Sloan enrolled in NC State's Master of International Studies program in 2013 to further explore her interests in development issues in the Middle East and North Africa.
The Old Medinah in Tangier, Morocco. Photo courtesy Mary Sloan.
The summer before she began her graduate studies in NC State's School of Public and International Affairs, Sloan spent two months in Fez, Morocco, studying Arabic. She fell in love with the country, she said, returning the next summer through a College of Humanities and Social Sciences Paula G. Cothren Global Scholarship to intern with the High Atlas Foundation, a nonprofit that creates sustainable development projects in Morocco.
"As an intern, I was able to see firsthand how these projects were developed, implemented and evaluated," Sloan said.
The internship was also the first time she learned about the Boren Fellowship. One of her peers had received the international study award to research Moroccan language.
"It was exactly what I wanted to do after finishing my coursework, and so I decided to apply," Sloan said.
The application process was straightforward but rigorous, she said, requiring three different essays for her proposed project. Luckily, Sloan said, NC State Scholarship and Fellowship Coordinator Tiffany Kershner was there to help.
"She read over my essays numerous times and is very knowledgeable about the whole process," Sloan said.
School of Public and International Affairs professor Mark Nance helped her iron out the details of her research project and SPIA professor Jeffrey Diebold and NC State's Arabic Section Coordinator Jodi Khater wrote her letters of support.
"I can't over-emphasize how helpful and supportive these individuals were," Sloan said.
Graduate student Mary Sloan stands in front of her winning poster at the 2015 NC State Graduate Student Research Symposium.
Among other findings, results from the study suggested that donors have typically aligned aid with impoverished areas rather than human security hot spots, or areas where environmental, economic, food and health insecurities overlap.
After studying in Morocco, Sloan will fulfill a one-year commitment to the U.S. government, a requirement of the Boren Fellowship. She wants to continue monitoring and evaluating development projects and will apply for positions with the U.S. Agency for International Development and other agencies working in the Middle East and North Africa.
"Hopefully I will find myself back in the region sometime in the future," she said.


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Eugene Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K
Sunday, May 1, 2022 • Eugene, OR • Course Map
Runners get a chance to trek through Oregon's "Emerald City" at the annual Eugene Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K, which takes participants through, around and past several of the city's urban parks, the campus of the University of Oregon and across the Willamette River, which winds its way through the heart of the city.
Open to both runners and walkers, the race also includes a kids marathon, in which children who've completed 25.2 miles over the weeks leading up to the race will get to run the final mile of their marathon in downtown Eugene.
From the starting line in Alton Baker Park just south of Autzen Staedium, the 13.1-mile half marathon starts out taking runners across the Willamette River along Coburg Road before heading into downtown Eugene.
(MORE: 7 Amazing Photos of Oregon's Eugene Half Marathon)
Next, runners head east through downtown Eugene and around the University of Oregon campus before heading away from the campus and south toward the Amazon Parkway.
The course continues south along the Amazon Parkway, which skirts the western edge of Amazon Park, whose 90 acres feature running and walking trails along Amazon Creek as well as softball fields, open greenspace and restored wetland areas. They'll follow the parkway south toward Snell Street, then head north along the other side of the parkway.
They'll continue north along Hilyard Street before retracing their previous steps along the eastern part of the University of Oregon's campus.
From there, it's north along the footbridge, bringing runners into Alton Baker Park, which is perhaps the most scenic section of the race, as the beauty of the park's roughly 400 acres are on display, with plenty of ponds, big green lawns and walking and running trails.
Runners follow the roads through the park and cross the finish at Autzen Stadium's 50-yard line.
Photo courtesy Eugene Marathon
Located in the west-central part of the state, about 40 miles from Oregon's Pacific coastline and just over 110 miles south of Portland, Eugene typically enjoys some of its mildest weather of the year in May, which has brought record temperatures here as low as 25ºF (in 1936) and as high as 89ºF (in 1926).
On the day of the race (May 1), the average low is 40ºF and the average high is 63ºF.
2021 Eugene Half Marathon Results
See the race route map for the Eugene Half Marathon here.
3.5 hours – half marathon
7 hours – full marathon
$80 – $130 for the half marathon
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To reserve your spot in the 2022 running of the Eugene Marathon, Half Marathon or 5K race, register online at Active.com here.
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White Horse Lyrics
Taylor Swift – White Horse
Say you're sorry
That face of an angel
Comes out just when you need it to
As I paced back and forth all this time
'Cause I honestly believed in you
The days drag on
Stupid girl,
I should have known, I should have known
That I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale
I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,
Lead her up the stairwell
This ain't Hollywood, this is a small town,
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now it's too late for you
And your white horse, to come around
Maybe I was naive,
Got lost in your eyes
And never really had a chance
My mistake I didn't know to be in love
You had to fight to have the upper hand
I had so many dreams
About you and me
I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale
And there you are on your knees,
Begging for forgiveness, begging for me
Just like I always wanted but I'm so sorry
'Cause I'm not your princess, this ain't a fairytale
I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well
This is a big world, that was a small town
There in my rear view mirror disappearing now
And its too late for you and your white horse
Now its too late for you and your white horse, to catch me now
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Try and catch me now
Oh, it's too late
To catch me now
Lyrics submitted by lilwad1323
"White Horse" as written by Pam Rose Mary Ann Kennedy
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT LP, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
White Horse song meanings
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General CommentHe led her on to believe that she had a chance when really, he was playing games. And now that he wants her, she's over him and it's just too late.
This is exactly my situation and, believe me, it hurts..
baumeron October 02, 2008 Link
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I know how you feel.im going thru it right now.I found out he was "liking"this other girl alot.and so i told him fine have her,you wont have me when u come back.
Flag breannawilliford1on July 22, 2010
Yep that was me and my best friend for a while. The bitterness and the pain in this song is so raw, I love it. Especially the line: "And there you are on your knees-begging for forgiveness, begging for me. Just like I always wanted but I'm so sorry..." It's so true. All you ever wanted was for them to realize how much they care for you, but when he finally gets a clue, all the time you spent hurting kind of overrules the feelings for him.
Flag abravar2on April 09, 2012
General Commentthis song is simply amazing.
i think its about a girl who loves a boy. He probably doesn't feel the same way back, but in her mind they are perfect together. He either does something to make her realize he is not a perfect prince, or she just gets sick of not being his princess. Reality hits her and just when it does, he realizes he lost her and comes begging for forgiveness- but its too late.
horsie926on September 30, 2008 Link
@horsie926
General CommentThis may just be my interpretation in relation to myself and my relationship, but I think it's about being naive and hoping for something that just isn't there. She clearly cares for this boy and wants him to be the one, her "knight in shining armor," but he doesn't treat her like she deserves and she comes to realize that he isn't what she thought or hoped for at all.
Top40Girlon January 29, 2009 Link
@Top40Girl
General CommentThis a Good sequel to "Love Story".
THis makes me Cry cause i'm going through this.
2cute2bstraiton October 28, 2008 Link
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your right, love story made me cry as well cuz i used to and still do wish that my best friend and i will have a relationship like in "love story" but sadly, he made it clear that he just wants to be friends, very subtle but i got the hint :-/ so this song made me cry too :'(
Flag bellagrrawron January 14, 2010
General CommentThis song relates to me sooo much. 3 years ago, a guy made me fall head over heels for him. All my friends said he was a jerk, i didn't believe it. I made it clear how i felt to him, he just ignored the situation. Then, he betrayed me. Then he stopped speaking with me. Then, i begged him and pleaded with him to just talk to me, and he wouldnt. then, he dated one of my best friends for eight months. They just broke up, and he and i got into more fights. But now, he has started talking to me all of a sudden and i just ignore him, im finally over it. He can live with the pain, not me. Thats why i love this song so much, he was supposed to be prince charming on his white horse to come and save me. He wasn't .
Lilacsweetieon November 10, 2008 Link
@Lilacsweetie
I just wanted to say that I've loved this song since I heard it on Grey's. It's incredible.
Flag JessixLynn87on November 12, 2008
i just wanted to say that that exact sichuation could be me in 7 more months. the same thing happened to me and now he is dating my best friend. it hurts
Flag flipperalex95on May 21, 2009
Same with me.im still going thru it too.
General CommentI love this song!
i think its about a girl who really likes this boy, the boy plays around with her, making her belive that one day, maybe one day, the will finally be something. That day never came. She gave up. Now he wants her back. to late.
this song is the same exact situation im in, except he hasnt begged for forgiveness, or begged for me.
im still trying to give up.
vvblondie101on January 23, 2009 Link
@vvblondie101
me too.im waiting but im trying to forget about him.its for the best.): i still love him.
Took the words right out of my mouth! Exactly what I think the song means.
How I can relate is he hasn't begged for my forgiveness either
Flag MusicLover23on March 06, 2011
I never thought anyone was going through the same thing as I was. I totally understand, and I'm glad that now I know I'm not alone.
Flag tswiftie13on January 21, 2014
@vvblondie101 Same here.
Flag TomahawkChopxon December 06, 2014
General CommentThe whole song is amazing, and I can totally relate to it.
I love how in the last verse it changes from "I'm not a princess" to "I'm not YOUR princess" I think that's how every girl should feel, just like a guy treats her like crap doesn't mean she's not deserving, it means she needs to "find someone someday Who might actually treat [her] well"
MissingKeyToMyHearton January 30, 2009 Link
@MissingKeyToMyHeart
General CommentOmg amazing song, I love it.
I think it's about a girl who was really in love with a guy, and maybe they were good friends, but he never knew she liked him that way. Then he did something to betray her trust, maybe told her he loved her and then hooked up with another girl, and now she realizes that he never was her "prince" and she's not a princess.
Especially the part:
And there you are on your knees
Begging for forgiveness
Begging for me
Just like I always wanted
But I'm so sorry
He's begging for her to forgive him, he's begging for her, just like she always wanted him to, but she's not going to forgive him, because it's too late for him and his "white horse" to come and catch her.
anniewashere123on February 08, 2009 Link
@anniewashere123
General CommentI listen to this song everyday (and Im listening to it right now actually) because for the past few days I've been feeling like the girl in the song does. What I think is, the boy and girl are in a relationship, and he called her his Princess, but as time went on, he got busy with the rest of his life and wasnt' as dedicated to her as before, he didn't think of her as a priority, and he did so many things to hurt her, like not listen to her, or pay attention to her, and she forgave him every time, and always gave him a chance. She gave him so many chances she can't even count, but he doesn't even appreciate her for anything. For any little thing or any big thing. Now, she realizes she has to stand up for herself, that she doesn't have to take all this, there is someone out there who will treat her better. She's not going to give him another chance, no matter how much she loves him.
wafa927on May 07, 2010 Link
@wafa927
General CommentIts like when she fell in love with him there was a really thick fog and she couldn't see him properly but she still thought he was Mr Right. Then once the fog cleared she seen him for what he was and realised how wrong she was about him and even though she loves him she knows it won't be right for them together and she has to move on....
WannabePunkEmoKidon July 14, 2010 Link
@WannabePunkEmoKid
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Time To Change the Revere Narrative
By Ian Riccaboni
Revere's legs put the Phillies ahead for good yesterday. Photo Credit: Jesse Johnson
Ben Revere was traded to the Phillies on December 6, 2012 for popular, but injury-bitten starter Vance Worley and former top prospect Trevor May. Revere came to the Phillies fresh off a 2012 where he hit .294/.333/.342 with 40 steals in 49 attempts as a 24-year old player. Revere combined those stats with excellent play in center and right fields for the Twins, stunning crowds with his glove and winning MLB Network's GIBBY Award.
After an exciting Spring Training where Revere hit .326/.368/.382 with 10 steals in 13 attempts, the Phillies looked like they were getting exactly the player they traded for, except that maybe he was even better, with a year more experience.
You wouldn't believe that if you read the opinion of fans: here, here, here, here, etc. Some of those comments came in the middle of a four hit game last night, where Revere was almost single-handedly responsible for the game winning run, using his speed to bunt for a base hit, go first to third, and then take home on a ground ball to first base. All of them came during Revere's recent tear: since May 5, Revere has hit .321/.362/.376 with nine steals in 11 attempts, raising his average by 62 points in that time frame.
The point being: Ben Revere is exactly who he is supposed to be. And he's a pretty good ball player. It's time to change the inaccurate narrative surrounding him among Phillies fans.
Let's explore, if you will, how we got to this "Ben Revere sucks" narrative. Admittedly, Revere had a horrible month of April, hitting just .200/.234/.222 with just five steals in seven attempts and as many GIDP as steals.But this kind of outage is not new for Revere, or any ballplayer for that matter. All hitters go through hot and cold stretches and Revere ended 2012 hitting just .217/.283/.261 with 11 steals in 12 chances in his last 40 games after hitting .317/.346/.370 to that point.
And Revere narrowly missing a series of spectacular catches, including last night and the memorable near miss in Washington, has fans up in arms. Most center fielders don't get to those balls, yet alone narrowly miss them.
Or it could be that fans are angry that maybe the Phillies gave up too much for Revere in Worley and May. This guy is and our own Corey and Eric Seidman's pop Randy thinks the trade was horrible for both sides. Yet, Twins fans certainly don't feel that way, as evident here, here, here, here, etc.
And the numbers don't bear it out, either. Let's call a spade a spade: Vance Worley doesn't look like Major League-caliber pitcher this year, yet alone an asset that would net you a starting 24-year old center fielder. In ten starts, Worley averaged under five innings per appearance, with a 7.21 ERA (highest in the AL among pitchers with 40+ IP), a career-low 4.62 K/9 IP, and a career-high 1.99 WHIP. The pitching-strapped Twins sent their Opening Day starter down to Triple-A, where, to give Worley credit, he threw a five-hit shutout last night.
The 23-year old May is repeating Double-A this season and is fairing a bit better than he did in his first trip with Reading in 2012 but has quietly slipped off the prospect radar. May has a career-low 8.53 K/9 IP, a 4.71 BB/9 IP, a 1.53 WHIP, and a 3.95 ERA – numbers that aren't bad but ones that certainly aren't begging for a promotion to Triple-A.
To be fair to the Revere detractors, a lot of Revere's success comes down to luck. Revere is leading MLB with 64.9% of his batted balls ending up on the ground. And his recent success, batting average-wise, has come because of an inflated .357 BABIP. But this is exactly the type of player Revere is – hit the ball on the ground and run. With the bunt last night, we saw the benefit of having an extra runner, in this case, the winning run, on base. And after turning just 25 in May, Revere has a lot of life left in those legs and projects to be this type of player through his early 30's.
The most confusing part of this puzzle is the muffled enthusiasm for Revere – he has been well over a .300 hitter in the past 30 days and, short of Domonic Brown and Cliff Lee, the Phillies best player, and came over in a trade that is slowly tipping in the favor of the Phillies with each bunt for a base hit and stolen base. It's time to assess Revere fairly and give kudos where they are due before a lot of folks end up with egg on their face like they did with Brown. It's the perfect time to hop on Revere's bandwagon before it gets too crowded – he is an excellent player that has been defined by an inaccurate narrative.
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Herman Goodden: No signs of defeat on path of resistance
Though my legs and lower vertebrae sympathetically throbbed at the prospect of spending another 16 out of 24 sleep-deprived hours sandwiched into a chartered bus barreling back and forth between London and Ottawa for the National March for Life, I thought it was important to support the largest annual protest in our nation's capital each year.
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March brings out voices for life
Ottawa -- Despite new logistical challenges and competition from a new march in Toronto, the 22nd National March for Life drew thousands to Parliament Hill May 9 to protest the 50th anniversary of abortion in Canada.
17-year-old with Down syndrome becomes pro-life advocate in Canada
EDMONTON, Alberta - Sarah Joy Walker is alive today because her mother flatly turned down an abortion.
Toronto's first March for Life makes powerful statement
Christina Lee Fast is an athlete. She bowls and does track and field. She's in love with her boyfriend, she's learning to make her way around the kitchen, is better at housework than her mother, runs her own small business and is a young lady enjoying life to the fullest.
Toronto prepares to March
OTTAWA - For the first time, Toronto and Ottawa will both be hosting a March for Life on May 9 as organizers mark 50 years of legal abortion in Canada.
Archbishop Prendergast admits separate pro-life events show 'divided' movement
OTTAWA – Plans for a pro-life march in Toronto on the same day as the National March for Life in Ottawa is evidence the movement is "divided," says Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.
Bob Brehl: Covington kids encounter in Washington opens old wounds
The repercussions from last month's viral video of a confrontation between a group of Catholic high school students and a Native American man in Washington, D.C., feed into the schism of faith and politics in the U.S.
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National March organizers troubled by proposed Toronto pro-life march on same day
OTTAWA – Plans to hold a pro-life march in Toronto on the same day as the National March for Life in Ottawa are raising concerns about a split in the pro-life movement.
Covington student's lawyers warn dioceses of possible legal action
WASHINGTON – Two weeks after the much-talked about and interpreted incident that occurred between Catholic high school students, a Native American tribal leader and members of another protest group, lawyers for one of the students sent more than 50 letters to media outlets, individual journalists, celebrities and Catholic dioceses and archdioceses warning of possible legal action.
Covington boys incident won't deter Canadian March for Life
OTTAWA – Organizers of Canada's National March for Life will be vigilant but believe no additional safety precautions are required following a controversial incident that marred the March for Life in Washington, D.C.
Covington Catholic boys: Investigation begins, discussion ongoing
WASHINGTON – Days after the now-famous exchange took place between Covington Catholic High School students and a Native American tribal leader in Washington, the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, announced it would begin a third-party investigation into what happened at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial following the annual March for Life Jan. 18.
After outrage, claims of racism, clearer details of March for Life exchange emerge
WASHINGTON – An exchange between Catholic high school students and a Native American tribal leader in Washington Jan. 18 was vilified on social media the following day, but the immediate accusations the students showed racist behavior have been stepped back as more details of the entire situation have emerged.
U.S. nuncio says youth at Washington's Mass for Life is 'hope for the future'
WASHINGTON – They came from near and far, and even from Down Under, united in prayer and in standing together for life at the Archdiocese of Washington's annual Youth Rally and Mass for Life, held Jan. 18 at the Capital One Arena in Washington.
Jim Hughes isn't quitting the fight, but is stepping down as president of Campaign Life
The year was 1978. Jim Hughes had known his ups and downs in the business world. He'd experienced some failures but Hughes had worked through them and could finally consider himself a successful businessman. He was 35.


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The thoughts of Friederun Freiderichs's Ulysses radiate out of his brain as curly, lettered pages. These "text hairs" evoke the curly hair of the Greek hero, as well as twisted thoughts of author James Joyce's interior world as it bursts into reality.
The head of Ulysses thus serves as a reservoir for literary creation and a book of an extraordinary form—it can be opened to reveal three more books (in the shape of a brain, a comb, and a galley proof) and a bookmark containing a three-leaf clover.


The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Monday canceled the charter of a post in Santa Cruz because it adopted a resolution critical of U.S. military involvement in Central America.
VFW Post 5888 in Santa Cruz, which is about 80 miles south of here, last April adopted a statement supporting "self-determination and nonintervention" in Central America and then in December had a member deliver a copy to the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. The resolution on Central America adopted by the chapter was in direct opposition to the position of the national VFW.
Richard Anderson, commander of Post 5888, which was founded by Vietnam veterans, said his group would fight the charter revocation until "every last table and flag is forcibly removed from our building."
An attorney for the 80-member post, Eric Schenk, said he is preparing to ask a Santa Cruz County Superior Court to prevent the charter revocation from being enforced.
In a statement released Monday at the VFW's national headquarters in Kansas City, Commander in Chief Billy Ray Cameron said that he had no choice but to revoke the charter of the maverick chapter.
"I fully recognize the right of individuals to speak out on issues of concern," Cameron said. "However, elements of the organization must abide by the mandate of the national convention, myself included."
The VFW's official national statement on Central America, adopted at a convention last summer, urges Congress to take whatever steps are necessary to stop the spread of Marxist influences in the region, according to Howard Vander Clute Jr., VFW chief executive officer.
But members of Post 5888, formed less than two years ago by 25 Vietnam veterans, opposed that policy statement. Another VFW post in Santa Cruz, with 800 members, supported the national resolution.
"The post across town is a good solid post," Anderson said. "They just rubber stamp whatever is said at the national level. I guess we were also supposed to do that."
Instead, Anderson's group adopted a nonintervention resolution and tried unsuccessfully to get it adopted at a state VFW convention.
Then, last December, the group sent a representative to Central America to present its statement to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Following that, Cameron suspended the post for 60 days.
"The suspension came as a total surprise to us," Anderson said. "I guess there is no free speech here because the national office was saying that what we were doing was illegal."
Despite the suspension, Anderson said, his group has continued activities that include sponsoring lectures on U.S. foreign policy issues in accordance with its resolution to "encourage a free and open exchange of opinion and information concerning American policy in Central America."
In announcing the revocation, Cameron noted the group's "fine record of community service during its relatively short history."
"But after examining the relative documents in the case, unfortunately I had no choice but to order the revocation of their charter," Cameron said.
Vander Clute said that although revoking a post's charter is rarely done for adopting of a conflicting policy statement of this nature, the decision was clearly supported by VFW bylaws and was not without precedent.
"There is nothing in the bylaws that forbids a local post from passing a resolution that does not conform to one passed by the national convention," he said.


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Genre: Melodrama
Director: Hur Jin-ho
Starring: Bae Yong Joon, Son Ye Jin
Released By: UIP & Encore Films
Rating: NC-16
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At a live concert in Seoul, the staff is busy backstage preparing for the show. In-su is the lighting director for the concert and is busy working, but he suddenly gets a phone call, and passes his work over to his friend and rushes off. He is in a big hurry and speeds down the highway. He is in such a frantic rush that even though the speeding meter catches him on camera as he zooms by, he is unfazed. He is headed for the emergency room of Samcheok hospital, in the east coast of Korea. The fact is that he was informed that his wife, Su-jin, was injured in a car accident on a snowed over road and is in critical condition. Her car crashed into another. When he reaches the hospital, he is surprised to find out that Kyung-ho, who was the driver of the car his wife was in, is in the emergency room too. Kyung-ho and Su-jin were supposedly on a business trip. At the hospital, he happens to meet Seo-young, Kyung-ho's wife, for the first time. Being faced with the critical life and death situation of their spouses Seo-young and In-su share sympathy for each other.
As the police conduct their investigation of the accident, it turns out that the Kyung-ho and Su-jin had been lovers. And this trip actually had nothing to do with business. In-su and Seo-young are overcome with absolute shock. They can't admit the horrible reality that they've been in love with people who've been in love with someone else. The harshness of this realization causes them more pain than that which resulted from the accident itself.
Sharing the hard emotional times together, In-su and Seo-young start to become closer. They meet often while visiting the hospital, in places like the intensive care unit's waiting room and the cafeteria, and they slowly discover how much they have in common. Eventually, as fate would have it, they fall for each other. They begin to take more and more comfort in been together. But they are torn between feelings of guilt and happiness about having found each other. One day Seo-young asks "How is it that we are thrown into such trouble and pain, while they were so happy with each other without us knowing?" In-su is at a loss of words.
As they grow increasing and naturally closer to each other, while struggling with feelings of guilt, Su-jin one day gains consciousness. In-su seeing her crying, and finds it hard to hate her for what she did. Knowing that Su-jin is back in In-su's life, Seo-young tries to her best to detach herself from him. But the more she tries to stay away, she finds herself more and more attracted to him. They decide to get away on a trip together, where they share extreme happiness being alone together, but during their get away, Kyung-ho dies in the hospital. The pain and guilt Seo-young feels for not having seen her husband before he dies pushes her to forget about In-su, and they end their relationship. In-su then decides to care for his recovering wife, giving her all his attention, and when she finally gets well, he tells her about everything.
It's spring, April. A concert at an open stage is going on and suddenly it begins to snow. The audience goes wild to see that it's snowing. In-su is reminded of the previous winter. At the same time, somewhere else, Seo-young is also reminiscing while watching the snow slowly fall. In-su is driving to Samcheok, while Seo-young is on her way there too. The two of them are smiling with looks of anticipation to relive the happiness they thought they had one day lost for good.
Bae Yong Joon became a household name in Asia after his drama series "Winter Sonata" was very well received in the Asian countries, especially in Japan and Bae Yong Joon's popularity blossomed enormously since then. He had also been likened as the representative to spearhead the Korean culture wave in Asia. The same goes for his co-star, Son Ye Jin whose own group of fans (specially the males) has been growing ever since after her stellar performance in "The Classic" and "A Moment to Remember".
Putting these two Korean superstars together with Director, Hur Jin-Ho who has 2 blockbuster movies ("One Fine Spring Day" and "Christmas in August") to his resume, the buzz factor for "April Snow" couldn't be higher. However can the trio live up to the hype that was built up by the fans and media?
April Snow's story wasn't really a new take on the theme of affairs or adultery. The plot setup of April Snow is very similar to Harrison Ford's "Random Hearts" and Wong Kar Wai's "In the Mood for Love" in which all three movies depicted the story of a man and a woman who become romantically involved after they discover that their spouses had an affair. In this case, April Snow didn't really present any new insights or angles to the adultery theme that had already been presented before.
Similarities aside, April Snow was very effective in presenting the pain and sorrow that the adulterous couple inflicted on our two main actors with their reckless affairs. Especially the scene when Bae Yong Joon and Son Ye Jing had to attend a funeral of a driver whose death was caused by the actions of driving under intoxication by their spouses. Hearts would pour out to them as they try to pick up the shatter pieces of their marriage left by their irresponsible spouse who are conveniently in a coma.
However the transition from betrayed spouses to lovers seeking comfort in each other was an uneven flow. One might wonder if this film would have worked better in a drama series where the actors has the luxury of time to build up the creditability of the character's emotions moving from a motions of despair, betrayal and confusion to affection and desire of another person. Stuck within a movie's time frame, the romance between Bae Yong Joon and Son Ye Jing felt rather rushed and implausible.
The ending of this film, although beautiful and poetic, also came somewhat abrupt, leaving some of the issues unresolved. In fact this movie seems to draw out more questions than answers. Does two wrongs make one right? Or will they walk the same path their adulterous spouses did?
Fans of Bae Yong Joon and Son Ye Jing should be able to get their money's worth from April Snow as there are frequent close-ups of them and these close-ups managed to showcase how charming and attractive these two are. And then there is this sensational bed scene by these two stars, sizzling almost as much as the naked bodies of Bae Yong Joon and Son Ye Jing wriggling in the midst of hot passionate action. It was rather surprising to see Son Ye Jing revealing so much of her body in this movie but no complaints!
April Snow will not be the most memorable movie that will make one remember the trio of Bae Yong Joon, Son Ye Jing and Hur Jin-Ho for: even though it does have it's own special moments and both actor and actress bring about a certain degree of complexity of emotions in the characters they played.
("Not the finest performance from Bae Yong Joon and Son Ye Jing but good enough to warrant at least one viewing")


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KCLSU LGBT+ Network is a representative student community that aims to combat oppression, discrimination, and inequality faced by students on a local and national level.
Anyone who identifies as LGBT+ or questioning is automatically a member, whether that's publicly, privately or somewhere in between. We work both within the student union and the university to promote acceptance, raise awareness, facilitate events and consult on issues.
We represent you in Union Development and Diversity and Inclusion Steering meetings, and help organise and make decisions for LGBT+ History month. All committee members are elected; there are two Network Officers (one trans place, one open place), a Campaigns Rep and a Welfare Rep.


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Make sure to research insurance prices before buying a new vehicle. You can ask an insurance company or use online resources for information about which vehicles that have lower premiums. A higher safety rating will save you money in the long run on the lower insurance policies.
If you're insuring a teenager, shop around for adding them to your existing policy, in addition to them getting their own.
Most states have laws that require you to carry appropriate auto liability insurance for drivers. You need to be aware of the regulations regarding minimum insurance policies you are required to have. You are breaking the law and face financial consequences if you have no insurance and get into an accident.
You can often save money on auto insurance by obtaining a bundled insurance policies. Try to take part in these offers and insure both your house and your vehicle in one. Make sure you are getting a good deal and auto or insuring them separately before making the decision to bundle.
TIP! Just because auto insurance is cheap, does not mean it does not warrant further investigation. It may or may not be a good deal.
Don't buy your teen a car of his own.Adding a teenager to a family plan will be much cheaper than insuring him or her separately. Some companies offer discounts for students that get good grades.
The consumer complaint ratio" that you should check into. This number provides what the percentage of total claims with a complaint.
You can get less expensive car insurance rates by improving your credit score. It's amazing to think that car insurance companies will run a check your credit at all!


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Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett 'should be OK' after visiting hospital due to leg injury
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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett should be okay after visiting the hospital due to severe leg swelling, according to Adam Jude of The Seattle Times.
"He should be OK," Carroll said. "It shouldn't be a big problem going forward. … There's concern there could be some complications when you have something like that."
After Monday night's game, Carroll said there was some concern about a possible compartment syndrome because of the swelling in his leg. This is good news for a Seahawks team that has leaned heavily on Lockett for the offensive success this year. So far this season Lockett has caught 62 passes for 793 yards and six touchdowns.
According to Carroll, the injury could have been a lot more serious but since the Seahawks medical staff was on the issue right away, they were ahead of the curve and that helped eliminate the damage.
The Seahawks moved to 6-2 with a big win over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night that has moved them right back into the conversation to win the NFC West. With the win, the Seahawks have taken back control of their own destiny because the two teams will face off again in the last game of the season. If both teams can win out to that point, that game will decide the NFC West champion.
The Seahawks don't have an easy schedule moving forward but they do have a bye this upcoming week which gives Lockett an extra week to rest without having to miss any games.
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Why do you think she stays? Because she wants to? Because she loves him that much? Maybe. But she may also stay because red is the only color she can identify when she sees him. She may stay because she's terrified of the thought of her children having to live in a shelter, having no financial resources, having no one to rely on. She may stay because he threatens to take her children if she tries to leave.
In the eyes of others, he's charming and kind. But no one knows that he's also someone who pays the children's school fees if he feels like it, and the light bill or buy groceries some of the time, but there's usually a catch. He always makes sure she and the kids feel guilty about it, as though they're strangers depending on his unjustified kindness. He's someone and he's no one, all at once. This is where her confusion lies.
There are also other things he is not. He is not someone who can give love, because he cannot receive it. He is not someone who is able to put himself in anyone else's shoes. He is not someone who will share her burdens. He is not someone who wants to model compassion and integrity for his children. He doesn't know how to pretend to be these things, nor does he care to.
He is not someone who will protect his family, and in fact, he is the one from who they need protection. He is secretly proud of his cowardly ways.
So you ask, why does she stay? What's wrong with her? Well, would you leave if you had nowhere to go, no one who could help you, no money to feed your children or no way to get them to school or doctors' appointments? What about if he took away your family's medical insurance? And what about if your child had some chronic condition? What if he threatened to call immigration?
It seems easy to question some other random person. Yet, it's more often not some other random person, it's your co-worker, your neighbor, your friend, your sister. Maybe it's you. Maybe you don't know it is. Maybe you think someone else's situation is worse and so you justify to yourself that yours isn't that bad, so it couldn't be considered abuse.
He doesn't punch or slap you like those other men. He only occasionally curses at you or randomly accuses you of cheating when he's really angry. Sometimes he shoves you but always says he feels terrible afterward. He doesn't stop you from working. Yet he drops by unannounced from time-to-time, and come to think of it, more frequently lately.
He says he loves you so much he wants to spend all of his time with you, especially when you try to hang out with friends or make plans to see family. He says he wants to take care of the finances. He gives you an allowance because it's convenient. He feels there is no need for you to have access to the account. Access for what?
No, no, no. None of this is me, you say. Okay. But are you afraid to say the wrong things, to do something that might upset him, go to places he may not approve of, wear clothes he might find inappropriate? Do you have a running reel in the back of your mind of what he might say about this or that, about just about every decision in your life?
But you're always on his mind because he cares, you say. I get it. It's all very difficult. It's insidious. It's perplexing. Comprehending his intentions can be difficult and even the fleeting idea of leaving is not an easy one to consider.
Let's now once again reconsider why she stays, why you stay, why we stay, why we've considered leaving, why we don't have to do any of it alone whether we stay or go. Most of us, 1 out of 3 females in fact, has been abused, most often by a loved one. You are not alone.
So again I want you to believe me when I say it, you don't have to do it alone, no matter what you decide.
Originally published at http://www.girlsglobe.org on June 5, 2017.
"What are you?" people sometimes ask. It seems to come from a place of perplexity. There appears to be frustration because when someone's ethnicity isn't identifiable, the ability to categorize is suspended.
When people ask with malicious intent, they don't know exactly how to mistreat those of us who appear more racially ambiguous. Their slurs appear feigned as if they're practicing being insulting and hurtful. There's a fake barrier that feels almost protective because they seem silly in their attacks. It's poetic justice, their buffoonery.
But oh man, when people know exactly how they want to direct their behavior, they're heinous and ugly. It's premeditated, exact and ironically sincere. And that's the purpose the question serves for them. They're asking, What are you so that I can hate you with a special type of ignorance.
The are is sometimes drawn out and accompanied by a sneer. It's an inability to judge. Maybe they wish they could call me the N word, or maybe confidently accuse me of being an illegal "alien," or Muslim, although, if not so ignorant, they'd know that the latter isn't even an ethnicity.
Yes, it's happened to me before, on multiple occasions and in various forms. Sometimes it's blatant, most times covert. On business trips, my white colleague and I were consistently pulled out of the airport security line to be frisked and have the contents of our luggage overturned. "This only happens when I'm with you," she'd marvel, and we'd shake our heads.
Most often though the high-pitched, "What are you" with furrowed brows and head cocked to one side is asked by well-meaning people who are simply curious. And when I tell them, they usually respond with an, "Oh! I love Indian food" or "Have you seen Lion?" and we dive into intriguing conversations about what we are, far beyond our race. And that's beautiful because it comes from our ability to wonder and connect.
So what am I? What are any of us? Well, we're people and being human intrinsically means we're knitted in many fascinating, complex ways based on how we're created and the lives we've lived. So go ahead, I see the crease in your brows. Ask me what I am.
I think people really believe it's a compliment when they say it. When they find out my husband is black, they screech with excitement, "Oh, thattttt's why!" like they've been playing a secret guessing game and nobody told me because I'm the subject of the conundrum.
Or this, which happens every time my own friend introduces me to someone new: "Hey guys, this is my Indian friend, Patty. She's Indian, but she's really black. Cuz she's cool." Ouch. Cool does not equal Indian, apparently. I love this particular friend and I know she means no harm and most importantly, totally misses the underhanded comment. So, I quietly forgive her. Every damn time. I forgive her also because of the dumb stereotypes portrayed in the media of the stiff, Indian doctor with no bedside manner, droning voice and serious personality deficit. Or the heavily accented convenient store cashier who also lacks personality and wears a name tag with some version of Abu or Apu or last name default, Shah, Patel or Ali. Customers cringe as they try to get through a simple transaction of buying cigarettes because the guy's accent is as thick as cement.
Ultimately, I know it's not because of ill feelings or the intent to insult or belittle. It's just that people simply don't think of Indian-American me when they look at me, they (in their minds) see Indian, dot wearing, blingy sheet wrapped, molasses accented, curry smelling, personality-lacking, good at math, bobblehead-movement-having, Indian me. I'm none of these (well, except for the bobble head thing, when feeling particularly passionate about something).
People are accustomed to making rash estimations of who a person is. We make crazy ignorant assumptions in a matter of seconds. There's a reason for this. Survival. The part of the brain called the limbic system wants to know whether someone is a threat, a friend, foe, neutral, same or different. It's the same reason women quickly assume an unfamiliar man is a potential danger. And when the limbic system is trained by ignorance, it's the reason people clutch their purses when they see a black man walking towards them. It's the reason a person is convinced her attacker was some shade of brown. It's the reason a woman on an airplane thinks the person in the seat next to her intently solving math problems is a terrorist making plans to blow something up (even though he's a well-respected Italian economist). The limbic system isn't racist. A frightened society is. The limbic system isn't biased. People are.
Thus, in some folks' perspectives, I'm down not because I was born in Chicago and grew up among Puerto Rican, Mexican, Italian, Cuban, black, white, Indian and other ethnicities. It can't be because I have friends from many walks of life, like those who were once homeless to friends who have some really phat summer homes. It's because my husband is black. I'm reduced to my affiliation with the person I married.
It's cool though (my black husband didn't teach me to say that, by the way). I know most people don't mean to make ridiculous generalizations. They're fascinated by oddities like not marrying someone from the same race or people whose impeccable American accents don't match their brown skin. And that's why I'm teaching. Hopefully people are learning that individuals are just that, individual, dynamic and not reduced to how they look or who they love.


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An update from Google you'll genuinely be interested in
Today, search engines are considered the most reliable source of information for whatever we're looking for. While email marketing, social media and word of mouth are all important methods in reaching your audience, search engines are still top of the list for how we are introduced to a website for the first time. So making an impression and establishing a strong presence is crucial. The higher the ranking of your website, the more trusted and successful it's perceived to be. It's as simple as that.
Good practice Search Engine Optimisation is the key to climbing the rankings, but many businesses choose to utilise so called 'blackhat' techniques to unethically reach a higher ranking. This is what led to the introduction and evolution of the infamous Google Penguin.
What is Google Penguin?
Google Penguin rocked the industry last month with the much anticipated release of its 4.0 update. The original Penguin release was rolled out in April 2012 to catch out any sites spamming search results, with a focus on the quality of links pointing to a site. What does this actually mean? Well, any website seen to be buying links or obtaining them through link networks designed primarily to boost Google rankings, are penalised. It's not front page news to hear that links are one of the key factors for ranking high in organic search results, but penalties for poor SEO practices usually mean that websites can lose visibility for keywords or, in extreme cases, drop completely out of organic search results. Through the release of Penguin, Google has changed the way it values and ranks websites, with the end goal being to make sure users find what they are looking for with ease through their own search terms.
What's new with Google Penguin 4.0?
Google Penguin 4.0 is an official part of Google's core algorithm and will be the last ever update. So what makes this different to previous versions? Well, historically, Penguin's list of affected sites was frequently refreshed at the same time. However version 4.0 means that Penguin's data is refreshed in 'real time', making changes visible much faster. As a result, any demotions or promotions of organic rankings for your website directly generated through unnatural links now happen more quickly. The good news is that any changes to the ranking of your website will happen almost immediately. The bad news is that if you are using tactics deemed unnatural by Google, negative repercussions of this behaviour will occur faster as well.
The other significant change is an all new "page specific" approach. In the past with Google Penguin, websites that obtained poor SEO practices would have their entire site penalised, meaning that unnatural links would result in your entire site's ranking suffering. With the new update, pages and websites are viewed as separate entities, making penalised pages much easier to identify and an entire site's reputation less likely to be tarnished as a result.
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February US ethanol exports surge 58% on year, 148% on month: Census
The US exported 827.9 million liters (218.6 million gallons) of ethanol in February, 58% higher than a year ago and up 148% month on month, US Census Bureau data showed Wednesday.
It was the highest monthly export total on record and much higher than market expectations.
"I guess we should look at the average of January and February and use that number for January and February," said one source.
Given February's only 28 days, exports averaged nearly 186,000 b/d over the month. Market participants had expected high exports in the first quarter of the year, but last month's data showed January exports lower than expected.
Some market participants have said that Thursday's data may have included shipments to China that departed in January but were not reported until February.
Brazil was the largest buyer for fuel-grade ethanol in February, importing 390.5 million liters (103.1 million gallons) after taking 154.2 million liters in January.
Exports to Brazil are likely to taper off in the coming months as the new crop season has begun to pull ethanol prices lower and, combined with a 20% tariff on imports over 150 million liters in a single quarter, could make the arbitrage more difficult.
China appeared in the second spot after its unexpected absence in January's data. The country imported 125.2 million liters (33.0 million gallons) of fuel-grade ethanol in February, up from zero in January.
Another source said that an estimated 405.7 million liters left the US bound for China in Q1.
Low US prices in late 2017 prompted a flurry of cargo bookings to China but volumes will likely drop after the country raised its tariff to 45% from 30% earlier this week. The tariff-hike came in retaliation for US tariffs.
Canada continued its strong buying as it imported 80.5 million liters (21.3 million gallons), up from 71.9 million liters in January.
Canada is a consistent source of demand for US ethanol, frequently topping the list of buyers of US ethanol.
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Q: On click one button browser tab should close ( its not a popup window ) I have one html
<a href="#" onclick="close_window()">
    close me
</a>

i want to close the browser tab when i click on close button but my problems are :
1 ) i cant open my page in popup window.
2 ) i have no other option :-(
i tried to search the solution but didnt get any exact answer.
PROBLEM HAPPENING IN FIREFBOX ONLY .window.close working fine in ie and chrome.
<script>
function close_window() {
 setTimeout(function(){
alert(window.location)
ww = window.open(self.location, '_self');
ww.close();
},1000)
}
</script>

This is the script i am using for closing the browser
Thanks in advance

A: This works for me in FireFox:
function closeWindow() {
    netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalBrowserWrite");
    alert("This will close the window");
    window.open('','_self');
    window.close();
}

closeWindow();

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Additional academic research proving need and potential for euMetrica real-time monitoring & notification system.
Describes the fall-detection algorithm we are currently using in our Android front-end.
Makes the case for ubiquitous monitoring.
Describes the case for complex-event processing and the need for next-generation networks for using the former over the net.
Describes Amazon's approach to dealing with privacy: an approach to sending and storing sensitive medical data in the Amazon cloud, using Amazon Web Services.


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Whirlpool Demands Sears Return Appliances Ordered Before Bankruptcy
Posted on October 31, 2018 October 31, 2018 9:41 am
Whirlpool wants Sears to send back products it shipped before the retailer filed for bankruptcy protection.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Whirlpool, which stopped selling its branded products at Sears last year but still makes appliances under the retailer's Kenmore brand, has demanded that Sears return all merchandise that was received in the 45 days before it filed for bankruptcy.
In a letter filed in court last week, Whirlpool demanded that Sears "refrain from selling, disposing, or using … for any purpose whatsoever" the merchandise it received during that time without permission from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
Whirlpool and Sears both declined to comment.
Earlier this month, Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, making the move to close 142 stores after decades of declining revenue and hundreds of store closures.
Sears listed $6.9 billion in assets and $11.3 billion in liabilities in the filing, which is the culmination of years of effort on the part of Sears and Chief Executive Officer Eddie Lampert to turn the company around. Lampert had long vowed to bring Sears back to the days when it was a leading retailer, but his efforts failed to take off with consumers. Sears hasn't had a profit since 2011, and Lampert has faced criticism that he let the physical stores deteriorate. Sears has sold the Craftsman brand over the years, and is mulling an offer for the Kenmore appliance brand.
Under the bankruptcy plan, Lampert will be replaced with a three-person committee. He will remain as chairman of the board; Mohsin Meghji, a managing director of the M-III Partners corporate advisory firm, was appointed chief restructuring officer.
Soon after, one of Sears Holdings' vendors, InGear Fashions, filed suit against the company, claiming nearly $840,000 in unpaid invoices. And Sears announced that it would not be publishing its iconic holiday catalog this year, although its Wish List will still be available online.
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Q: PySpark how to incorporate user item features while building a recommender? PySparks mllib package provides train() and trainimplicit() methods for training a recommendation model on explicit and implicit data respectively.
I want to train a model on implicit data. More specifically item purchase data. Since it is very rare in my case that a user will purchase an item more than once, the "ratings" or "preference" is always 1. So my dataset looks like:

u1, i1, 1
u1, i2, 1
u2, i2, 1
u2, i3, 1
...
un, im, 1
where u represents a user and i an item.
I do have a lot of features for users demographics, location, etc. as well as item features. But I cannot incorporate user or item features in pyspark.mllib.als.train or pyspark.mllib.als.trainimplicit methods.
Alternatively, I have considered using fastFM or libfm. Both are packages for Factorization Machines which implements an ALS solver and frames recommendation as a regression/classification problem. Using those cases I can include the user, item and more features in the training data as X. However, the predicted variable y will only be a vector of ones (I don't have explicit ratings only purchases).
How do I get around this issue?

A: MF in Spark is a simple collaborative filtering implementation based on user-item events(implicit)/ratings(explicit). You can introduce a contextual information for 2D (user-item) recommender by pre-filtering or post-filtering data. For example, you have a demographic information M/F and kNN recommender (can be MF, doesn't matter), for pre-filtering first thing what you are doing is to select only records which have the same context. Than, you running kNN on them. For MF, doing the same way, two models have to be generated - for F and M. Then, while generating recommendation at first step you select the right model. Both techniques are well described in "Recommender Systems Handbook".
Modeling context - FM is a good way to go. Think, this post maybe useful for you: How to use Python's FastFM library (factorization machines) for recommendation tasks?. You will find there how negative examples are introduce for implicit users' feedback. And pay attention for a ranking prediction - mostly for recommendations is a right way to go.
Another option - introduce your own heuristic, e.g. by busting the final score. Maybe you got some knowledge/business goal/other thing that can introduce value for you or the users.


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A quick search of Victoria alone shows over fifty different hotels – how is one to make an informed decision about which resort to stay at on Vancouver Island?
Do we want to stay in a hotel on or near the ocean?
Will we have a vehicle? If not, do we want to stay at a resort that is within walking distance to the town or city's main shopping area?
How much privacy and open space would we like to have during our stay?
What is the difference between a hotel and resort – which should I choose?
The answer, unfortunately, varies from property to property. It is usually the case that resorts offer additional services like an on site restaurant, or a spa facility. To make things confusing, accommodation providers labeled as a hotel may offer these extra services too. As always, do your research and don't assume anything.
What sort of nightly price range should I be looking for?
Nightly prices vary dramatically from season to season.
Summer on Vancouver Island is absolutely stunning. This is the best season for weather and ocean conditions and it's a great time to vacation here. Naturally, this is also the most expensive time of year the stay in hotels. Expect rates from $120 – $500, depending on the location and amenities at the resort. Make sure to reserve your room well in advance if you are planning a vacation during July and August.
The winter season is almost always the most inexpensive season on the island, and – not coincidentally – is also the stormiest time of year. We think the winter on Vancouver Island is truly lovely: storms, snow on the mountains and the possibility of a calm, warm stretch of weather makes for a magical vacation. Expect rates from $60 – $300 and remember that it is rare to see fully booked hotels this time of year, so the properties definitely appreciate your business.
Expect variable weather in these two "Shoulder Seasons". Temperatures will likely not drop be below freezing, but rain is a real possibility. It's not unusual to have a week-long sunny stretch in these two seasons, at which time the phones at hotels and resorts across Vancouver Island start to ring. The island can be especially lovely in September and October, which is becoming a popular time to vacation here. The accommodation prices are usually in-between typical winter and summer rates (hence the phrase 'shoulder season'). Expect room rates from $80 – $350, depending on your level of luxury.
What are my options for different types of accommodation?
Hotels and resorts provide exceptional value and usually deliver fantastic service. But if you can't find a hotel that suits your needs, remember that Vancouver Island has a tremendous variety of nightly rental options to choose from. While researching your best options, have a look at rental homes and cabins, which provide a different experience than hotels, but may suit your vacation goals just fine.
Looking for a home to rent on the beach? Perhaps you'd like to snuggle up to the fireplace somewhere deep in the rainforest during the storm season. Or maybe you're more suited to a condo or a secondary suite off someone's private residence. All of these options and more exist on Vancouver Island, where vacation homes, cabins condos has become an industry within itself.
We've broken down the different rental options below for this type of independent nightly rental. Remember that these types of rentals are usually distinctly different than Bed and Breakfasts, in that they do not offer food service and the proprietor does not usually live on site.
Families or individuals may own second (or third) homes that lie dormant for much of the year. If these vacant homes are in popular destinations, it has become common to rent the place out on a nightly or weekly basis to travellers who would like the convenience and privacy of living temporarily in a private home.
These types of accommodation are usually best suited to larger families or groups that need more than one bedroom and a large kitchen to prepare meals.
It is common for these home rentals to be managed by a sole property manager or a vacation rental company that manages multiple properties.
Similar to vacation homes, cabins or cottages may be split into a category of their own because of their small size.
It is common for one property to have a cottage or cabin adjacent to the owner's home.
Hotels and resorts sometimes have clusters of cabins on the resort property. This type of accommodation may be the best of both worlds for some travellers, taking advantage of the hotel's conveniences but maintaining the privacy of an independent cottage.
Expect smaller units, starting around 200 sq. ft. But small is not always the rule here, larger suites and condos may be upwards of 2000 sq. ft. If the website doesn't specify size, it's best to ask.
This type of accommodation is usually adjacent to another inhabited building. Make sure you know about noise constraints if you are planning a function.
There are so many accommodation options to choose from on Vancouver Island, that sometimes travelers can get confused. Fortunately, bed and breakfasts offer a clear choice: a home away from home.
According to Wikipedia, B&Bs in North America date back to the end of World War II. As travel to Europe become more ubiquitous, home owners from the New World discovered bed and breakfasts, which had been commonplace in Europe for many years. In a classic case of entrepreneurship, Canadians and Americans came home from their European travels and began to create small accommodation businesses with their spare bedrooms, serving breakfast in the tradition that they had learned during their travels. This post-war surge in home accommodation businesses coincided with a desire to preserve and showcase historic buildings, which were occasionally eligible for grants or tax incentives.
There was a tremendous boom in bed and breakfast businesses throughout the 1980s and different styles emerged: self-contained suites with en-suite bathrooms and private entrances, homes with shared kitchens and bathroom facilities and completely autonomous vacation rental homes. Today, we tend to categorize B&Bs as a home with a room or rooms for rent that include a private bathroom with breakfast served and included with the price. The breakfast may be served and delivered to the room on a tray, or often there is a communal breakfast each morning with the owners' in the home's kitchen.
Sometimes home-based accommodation terminology varies from location to location. For example, a rental may refer to itself as B&B but not actually serve breakfast. Because of this large array of bed and breakfast styles, be sure that you research your choice of accommodation on Vancouver Island — often times folks will expect breakfast delivered to their bedroom door, only to find that a meal is not included in their stay. As always, buyer beware and most importantly, buyer be informed!
As you have likely observed, there is a huge range of accommodation prices on Vancouver Island. Usually, the most affordable option is a hostel or an inexpensive motel. Bed and Breakfasts are usually one step above this in the range of price options, sharing the mid-range room-rate with large hotel chains.
Often times B&Bs will have three different rates based on the season. The most expensive accommodation season on Vancouver Island is late June into early September. The shoulder seasons are usually during the spring and fall, with a mid-range price. If you are travelling in the midst of winter, then you will likely be able to find incredible accommodation deals on Vancouver Island, with rates starting well below $100/night.
Along the eastern side of Vancouver Island, the day begins with the sun rising slowly over the mainland mountains, its rays sparkling on the ocean and sandy beach just steps away from your campsite nestled in a grove of cedars.
Camping in the central island finds your campsite off the beaten path, a flat patch of land found after a day's backpacking. During the hike through the second-growth forest you marvelled at the mountain peaks, stopped at bubbling creek for a cold drink, skirted the diggings of a black bear and ducked under a rock ledge during a brief rainstorm. On the west coast, your campsite is found on a rocky prominence jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Just before dusk, a grey whale lolled in the bay, the mist from its blowhole rising ten feet in the air. The day ends with a huge sun slipping below the watery horizon. Overhead, millions of stars twinkle in the blackest of skies.
On the north end of Vancouver Island, you pitch your tent in view of the lighthouse at Cape Scott. For the past eight hours, you have slogged through the muddy trails of Cape Scott Provincial Park, past the remnants of turn-of-the-century Danish settlements and the rotting poles of a 1913 telegraph line.
Tomorrow, when the sun rises, you will explore the sea caves, wonder about those who went down in the 1868 sinking of the Louisa Dawn, and clean the mud off your boots in anticipation of the hike out.
Most private campgrounds offer water and electrical hookups at each site, sani-dump stations for RVs, playgrounds, laundramats, showers and flush toilets, and more. A cards, socialize or just sit and relax. Others even offer cable tv hookups. Many allownumber also have well-equipped common rooms where you can play pool, have a game of pets, but they must be kept leashed and on your site.
Sites are usually treed, quite private, have firepits and firewood and are on or have short access to a beach. Many are wheelchair accessible. Some have pools, hot tubs and boat launches.
It's the interior, west coast and north tip of the island where you'll find true wilderness camping. A number of the remote provincial parks have basic campsites with firepits, pit toilets and little else. The Ministry of Forests and the forest companies operate a number of free wilderness campsites that offer little in the way of amenities. You may find pit toilets. These remote campsites require you to pack in your food, water and everything else to ensure you are self-sufficient. Some of these sites are vehicle-accessible, usually over rough roads, many active logging roads. Many are only accessible by foot or boat. Maps of these remote campsites are available from Ministry of Forest and Provincial Park offices.


Other stories in "Shopping towns"
The Mall of America is huge, but take your time and you'll find its heart.
These roadside attractions dole out equal portions of schlock and awe.
In this colorful college town, materialism and muckraking co-exist.
On the shores of Elkhart Lake, a luxury resort imports a slice of Germany.
During the holidays, this glittering, festive town becomes the City of Broad Smiles.
In central Wisconsin, shoppers flock to a flea market like bees to clover.
The busiest of Iowa's seven Amana Colonies is both a living historic monument and a shopping heaven.
In shopping towns and woodsy retreats, April and May are prime time for girlfriend getaways.
The Wisconsin river town of Hudson has a treat for every visitor.
In northwest Illinois, this historic village is a favorite destination.
A scenic Mississippi River town is a magnet for day-trippers from the Twin Cities.
A fishing mecca in northwoods Wisconsin has become a fashionable place to shop.
In southwest Wisconsin, artists and shoppers alike are drawn to a lovely village.
In this historic resort town, crowds come for the shops and the scenery.
In southeastern Wisconsin, a historic village has perfected the art of the party.
Local versions of the traditional German Christkindlmarkt are a hit during the holidays.
Christmas draws tourists and locals alike into the lively heart of the city.
Few shoppers can resist these Shangri-Las of spending.
In a tidy Wisconsin town, a family's reach stretches far beyond plumbing fixtures.
In this St. Croix river town, shops harbor all kinds of treasures.
In laid-back Spring Green, any day is worth celebrating.
Cute, compact, accommodating — these are good spots for girlfriend getaways.
On a late-fall foray, six bargain hunters find treasure amid scenery.
Adults as well as kids enjoy a ride on the hand-carved basswood carousel at LARK Toys.
Down comforters, to nestle all snug on a bed. Fleece stockings, to wear with care. Bowlsful of jelly, and a shop full of toys.
These visions were enough to draw six Minnesota women toward the rolling folds of southwest Wisconsin, holiday lists in hand. Until that trip, my friends and I never had thought of ourselves as power shoppers.
We came, we saw, we bought — enough to fill every inch of a minivan and a Yakima Space Booster, too.
Our first stop was LARK Toys, along the Mississippi south of Wabasha. This nifty little complex is the home of a magnificent hand-carved carousel, where we hopped atop dragons and flamingos.
The tourists, however, had a hard time finding Amish farms on the winding roads and often asked neighbor Kathy Kuderer for directions. So Kuderer opened a shop selling Amish goods, and then began to lead tours of farms owned by Amish friends.
From the first farm, we bought cashew crunch — just butter, sugar and nuts, but so addictive — from young women in muslin bonnets, toiling in a toasty-warm kitchen.
Shops and galleries line High Street in Mineral Point.
At the second, we bought wooden spoons and puzzles carved by a grandfather of one of the young women, who patiently showed us how they worked.
At Uriah Herschberger's wood shop, Becky wanted an ingenious three-in-one child's desk, high chair and rocker, but knew we didn't have room to carry it home, so she settled for a collapsible wooden fruit basket.
In one home, a bed was piled with lovely, hand-stitched quilts, but we took home only quilted potholders, a child's apron and a vivid red rug.
In between stops, Kuderer told us how the Amish make do without such comforts as electricity, central heat or plumbing, according to the strict dictates of their order.
We were running out of time, so we had to bypass Spring Green, where dozens of artisans have set up shop. In Mineral Point, we stayed at the Brewery Creek Inn, a renovated 1854 limestone warehouse.
The next morning, after walks on the Cheese Country State Trail, just down the street, we hit the Bargain Nook on High Street. It's one of five non-profit resale shops to which Land's End, based in nearby Dodgeville, donates its returned catalog goods.
As we started looking, Sue Cimino of Lake Delton, Wis., was finishing her shopping, and she was flushed with success. Not only had she found some great deals — lambs-wool sweaters, silk long underwear, a down coat, clogs, a fleece jacket — but it was her birthday, so she got an extra discount.
We filled bags with our buys: a child's parka, sets of women's silk long underwear, wool-felt clogs. I wanted an enormous $245 rolling suitcases, $10 with a pull-out handle that didn't work, but my friends just shook their heads — no room in the van.
And we made a serious dent in our Christmas lists across the street at the Johnston Gallery, buying hand-dipped candles, earrings, art-glass coasters. At Brewery Pottery Studio, we bought bowls, trays and low, patterned vases.
Mineral Point's High Street is lined with shops and galleries.
Mineral Point is full of interesting shops and galleries, and we wished we'd had more time to explore them.
After a lunch of Cornish pasties at the Red Rooster Café, we moved on to Bargain Nook No. 2 in Darlington, 15 miles south of Mineral Point. While I bought khakis and fleece socks, Mary ducked into the antiques store next door and bought a porcelain rice cup to use as a votive.
At the office of Yellowstone Lake State Park, where we stopped to hike, she bought a half-price T-shirt for her son.
"So have we made a stop where we haven't bought anything?'' Becky asked.
In the picturesque Swiss town of New Glarus, we stocked up beer from the New Glarus Brewing Co., which doesn't distribute in Minnesota. The Belgian Red, made with Door County cherries, was requested by several husbands.
On Sunday morning, after walks and runs along the Sugar River State Trail, we bought Swiss pastries at the New Glarus Bakery and German Advent calendars at the Maple Leaf Cheese and Chocolate Haus, then headed toward home.
But we had one last stop — the Shoe Box in Black Earth, known not so much for bargain-basement prices as for its huge variety of sizes and styles. At 11 a.m. Sunday, every spot in the parking lot was full, and the store — "Voted Madison's favorite shoe store!'' — was packed.
In our allotted 25 minutes, I managed to find half-price Asics running shoe. Becky, who wears narrow sizes, found half-price Clarks clogs and fleece socks.
"I like to have more time to spend in a place like that,'' she said wistfully, as our friends hustled us into the van for the trip back.
At home, gathering up our many purchases, we looked just like bag ladies. But then, so does St. Nick.
The bakery, meat market, chocolate shop and Swiss restaurants are all on the same block of downtown New Glarus.
LARK Toys in Kellogg, Minn.: It's along Minnesota 61, six miles south of Wabasha; watch for the sign.
For more about the area, see All eyes on Wabasha.
Down a Country Road Amish tours: Kathy Kuderer rides along with visitors on tours. They start at her shop, Down a Country Road, two miles east of Cashton on Wisconsin 33. 608-654-5318.
For more about the area, see Valleys of Vernon County.
Bargain Nooks: There are stores in Mineral Point, Darlington, Spring Green, Platteville and Mount Horeb, open daily. Stock and prices vary from store to store, and a few of the Land's End goods are used, flawed or damaged.
Profits benefit the Mineral Point-based Hodan Center, which provides services for adults with developmental disabilities.
The Shoe Box: It's in Black Earth, at the junction of Wisconsin 78 and U.S. 14. Open daily. There's also an outlet store at the corner of U.S. 12 and Wisconsin 33 in Baraboo.
Accommodations: Brewery Creek Inn in Mineral Point has five classy rooms, four with tiled gas fireplace and double whirlpool, three with sleeper sofas. A restaurant and brewpub is on the first floor.
For more about the area, see Beauty in Mineral Point.
Chalet Landshaus in New Glarus has attractive rooms, some with whirlpools and some with three or four beds, including a large breakfast. It also has a pool, hot tub, sauna and steam room.
For more about New Glarus, see Swiss at heart.


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require File.dirname(__FILE__) +  "/invoke_call/cli"

module InvokeCall
  def self.call_phone_number(promo_number, config, &block)
    ringswitch_node = config['ringswitch_node']
    if config['client_number'].nil?
      client_number = "8055551212"
    else
      client_number = config['client_number']
    end

    audio_card_id = find_audio_card

    @scenario = ""
    instance_exec(&block)
    `(#{@scenario}) | pjsua sip:#{promo_number}@#{ringswitch_node} --log-level=0 --use-cli --id sip:#{client_number}@invoca.com --playback-dev=#{audio_card_id}`
  end

  def self.wait(seconds)
    @scenario += "sleep #{seconds}; "
  end

  def self.press(tone)
    @scenario += "echo '# #{tone}'; "
  end

  def self.find_audio_card
    built_in_audio_card_id = `(echo q) | audtool | grep 'Built-in Output'`
    built_in_audio_card_id[2..2].to_i
  end
end


Children Health Alliance is a network – created by The Hospital for Sick Kids (SickKids) , Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Holland Bloorview) and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario – Ottawa Children's Therapy Centre (CHEO – OCTC) – working together to improve the well being of youngsters and youth in our regions. Kids could also be born with well being issues. Being active can assist your little one do better at school, sleep higher at night, reach a healthy weight, and grow sturdy bones and muscle tissue. KidsHealth can't take the place of an in-individual go to with a physician, who can perform examinations and answer questions. Families who don't qualify for sponsored protection may purchase a competitively priced full-pay plan, making each Florida youngster ages 5 by 18 eligible.
Kids who are overweight or overweight as a result of poor consuming habits may lack necessary nutrients from consuming processed meals. A mom of 4 kids, Nancy's experience is within the care and management of pediatric bronchial asthma. In addition to a child's physical effectively-being, there are also issues a couple of kid's behavior and emotional health.