The Official Blog of Jeffrey Bean, Jr.

BBC video on eating behavior

2011-04-03T20:50:00.000-07:00

I found the below BBC video (posted on March 31, 2011) to be quite interesting. It discusses a study of eating patterns in children.

For some people, once they feel that they are full, that enthusiasm and interest in doing any more eating is just switched off. Whereas others, as long as the food that they're being offered is attractive and good-tasting, they're happy to carry on eating.

--Professor Jane Wardle

I generally tend fall into the second category.

Facebook and PR

2010-12-02T02:11:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine (M.G.) posted a status on Facebook yesterday decrying a new photo viewing interface that Facebook is apparently rolling out. I haven't seen the new interface yet, and neither have many others. But we probably will within the next few days.

I think I'll take this opportunity to point out that Facebook could do a much better job on the public relations end of the business. I joined Facebook in early 2008 (rather late), and from not long after that, Facebook's modifications have regularly led to loud outcries and dissatisfaction on the part of users. One of the earliest such changes I remember was the streamlining of posts and the elimination of the "Wall" as an independent feature. I--and presumably many others of the millions who protested--now understand Facebook's reasons for making that change and appreciate that the streamlined format is now used. But it seems that with more skillful management of public relations, Facebook could have saved itself much of the bad rap that came from that and later changes.

Facebook will probably not have any major loss of users from poorly managed public relations. As TechCrunch writer Michael Arrington said several weeks ago in a blog post on another Facebook-related topic, many people would be very hesitant to abandon the website:

Facebook is becoming the center of our Internet lives, more so each day. Dissatisfied users really don’t have a choice to leave Facebook any more. Giving up Facebook, for tens of millions of people at least, would be no more palatable than giving up their telephone. That means people can’t really vote with their feet any more.

Facebook might be able to attract much more goodwill on the part of users were it to work hard to persuade them of the need for changes instead of just springing the changes on them with little public announcement. (And by "public announcement," I mean something more than a post on The Facebook Blog.) Before Facebook introduced the "New Facebook" (the one you used to find at new.facebook.com), it did offer users a preview of the new interface before it eventually forced everyone to adopt it. This was certainly a good procedure. But perhaps some of the discontent could have been avoided had Facebook done more to persuade users.

As I am discussing Facebook here today, I should mention a problem I'm having with the site. I am unable to join certain groups--at least two so far. When I try to do so, I get the following "Group membership is restricted" message:

Someone who posted in Yahoo! Answers had the same problem more than two years ago was told by one person that he "may be suspended in violation of there [sic] terms and conditions and community guidelines."

Incidentally, both of these groups are public. As the message does not include a procedure with which one can dispute the restriction, I do not have a solution to this problem. If you have a solution or if you know someone who has an inside connection to Facebook (or, better yet, if you are Mark Zuckerberg) please let me know.

Happy Thursday!

Flaw in SRJC voting system repaired

2010-11-18T20:02:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, in another blog post, "Major flaw in SRJC online voting system ?," I pointed out a bug in Santa Rosa Junior College's student election system that permitted people such as me who are not enrolled in any classes to vote. After posting the blog post and video here, I emailed the president of the Associated Students and the director and assistant director of Student Affairs. They replied promptly, and had the problem fixed before 9:00 a.m. Apparently, 83 votes that were made by non-students were cancelled, and the flaw that allowed us to vote was fixed. Student Affairs Director Robert Ethington said that "Computing Services guarantees that the integrity of the process is intact." Voting will close on Friday night.

Major flaw in SRJC online voting system?

2010-11-17T02:48:00.000-08:00

UPDATE (Thursday, November 18, 2010): The problem was resolved. See my post here.

This week, Santa Rosa Junior College, my alma mater, is holding a student election to decide a student center fee referendum. If passed, the referendum would require that most students be charged a $1 per unit student center fee up to a maximum of $10 per student per academic year. The fee would be used for expenses related to student centers on the campuses, the new Bertolini Student Center, which opened earlier this year on the main campus, being the most notable such student center.

Elections have been online at SRJC from the time of the main student elections this past spring. On Monday, the first day of this week's election, I logged into the myCubby student portal (named after the school's mascot, the Bear Cub) online and found that it appeared that the system would allow me to vote even though I am no longer a student at SRJC. Last night, I installed a video screen capture program on my computer and attempted to go through with the process. It appears that I was indeed permitted by the system to vote in the election. As you will see in the video below, I was even shown a "Thank you for voting" dialog box. It is to be hoped that my vote and any votes like it will not actually be counted. The voting software should filter out the votes of people who are not registered in any classes; or, better yet, it should not even give the appearance that it is allowing these people to vote.

If adequate software safeguards such as those I have described above are not in place, it is possible that the validity of this week's election will be called into question. It is very possible, however, that the computers are indeed set so that only votes from enrolled students are counted. But there is no way to tell by looking at the website.

I was Vice President of Santa Rosa Campus on the Associated Students Senate from November 2009 until I graduated in May 2010.

Unintended consequences

2010-11-13T16:40:00.000-08:00

About two weeks ago, when I was at a Safeway here in Berkeley, I saw large signs in the parking lot advertising Mott's apple sauce. The signs did influence me to buy apple sauce. But, because of the price or the type that was offered, I bought Tree Top brand. Nice try, Mott's. I'm sure Tree Top appreciates the free advertising. Maybe next time, if you actually offer a better deal in addition to your parking lot ads, I'll actually by your brand.

Incidentally, I don't like apple sauce that says "sweetened." It has a weird taste.

Jeffrey's November 2010 General Election ballot

2010-11-02T11:52:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Here are my ballots for today's General Election. I might write more about specific measures and candidates tonight when I have more time. For now, I strongly encourage you to vote for Carly Fiorina in the U.S. Senate race. Fiorina is both a fiscal and social conservative who will be a good replacement for Senator Boxer. (And make sure you call her "Senator.") Currently Fiorina is slightly down in the polls, but there is still a possibility that she will win. Despite the fact that I voted for Steve Poizner in the primary in June, I voted for Meg Whitman in this race for California Governor. Unfortunately, it does not currently appear that she will win. But it will depend on turnout.

I voted for Debra Bowen, the incumbent Democratic, for secretary of state. Her challenger, Damon Dunn, voted for the first time in 2009. So I think he is unqualified for the job. I based my state judicial recommendations on those of Eagle Forum. All of those are likely to pass by large margins, though, since most people have no idea who they are confirming. If you live in Santa Rosa, I strongly encourage you to vote against Measure P, the new sales tax measure. And I have no recommendation for Santa Rosa's Measure O.

Click on the photos below to see them in more detail. Make sure you vote today, and I'll probably write another post later tonight. Have a great day!

Interesting but unfair debate

2010-09-23T18:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, after attending a "required" general meeting of The Music Connection in 60 Evans, I went over to 10 Evans to see whether or not the debate on Proposition 19 was still in progress. Proposition 19 will be on the California ballot in the upcoming general election. If passed, it will make it legal (under state law) for persons over 21 to use marijuana and to possess small quantities of it. California voters passed another proposition (215) in 1996 that legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Marijuana is still banned under federal law.

When I arrived to Room 10, I found that the debate was still in progress. After a couple minutes, they stopped for a short intermission at which point I took a seat. The debate was between Dan Rush (apparently a representative of some union), who argued in favor of Prop. 19, and Ron Allen (a black pastor who goes by the title "bishop" and is with a group called the International Faith Based Coalition), who argued against the proposition. The flyer (of which I have a copy made up of two mismatched pieces I found on the floor--people had torn flyers so that people could use them to write questions for the debaters) states the names of the cosponsors of the debate:

Students for a Sensible Drug Policy
Students for Liberty
American Civil Liberties Union
Cal Democrats
College Republicans

Since I am a member of Berkeley College Republicans (BCR), I found out about the debate from the email the club sends out each week.

Not long into the second half of the debate (which for the most part consisted of the debaters speaking on issues brought up by written questions from members of the audience), I commented on my own Facebook Status: "Is it just me, or are the majority of the slides on the background screen pro-19 slides?" Throughout most of the exchange, slides played on a screen behind the debaters and moderator. The slides contained various pieces of information and ideas on various issues related to the legalization of marijuana. Many of the slides displayed the logo of the pro-Prop. 19 campaign in the upper right corner of the screen. A man stood to the right of the stage near a laptop. Often when the topic switched, he would find a slide appropriate to the issue. Sometimes, he scrolled through several slides in an effort to find the right one. For example, when Bishop Jones talked about the hidden societal costs of marijuana, the man found a slide which stated that the costs are much lower than those of tobacco and alcohol.

After the debate, I saw Ben Goldblatt talking to the man about the unfairness of the slideshow. Ben pointed out to the man that someone who is against the proposition could have come up with a whole slideshow of facts that were against the proposition. After Ben left, I talked with the man about it myself. He was of the position that Bishop Jones was lying during the debate. The slides which he put up contained "facts" that were supposed to give people correct information.

I didn't know it at first, but it turns out that the man who operated the PowerPoint show is Mauricio Garzon. He is the director of the "Yes on Prop. 19" campaign.

Overall, I enjoyed the part of the debate that I heard. However, the slideshow thing was very unfair. So whose fault was this? Was it Garzon's fault? I think the organizations that sponsored the debate should have acted to keep the debate fair. Why didn't BCR or Cal Dems or one of the other campus groups do something to preserve the fairness of the debate. I believe that in the future, if BCR sponsors an event, it should designate someone to monitor the event to ensure that such things do not happen again.

Edited: Sunday, October 24, 2010 for punctuation, grammar, formatting, and addition of a parenthetical appositive.

Jeffrey's June 2010 Primary ballot

2010-06-08T10:45:00.000-07:00

Here are photos of my ballot as I filled it out for this election. Click on each of the two photos to view it more closely.

The race I am most interested in is the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. I voted for Chuck DeVore, whom I have met and heard speak several times. Assemblyman DeVore is both a fiscal and social conservative. And he has demonstrated his values during his 5 years in the state Assembly. His opponent Tom Campbell does not have the same socially conservative principles that DeVore has. And although Carly Fiorina claims to be a social and fiscal conservative, she has never been in office and therefore has no record to prove her values. Also, I believe her record from her time as CEO of Hewlett Packard would prove to be a detriment in a race against Barbara Boxer. After all, Barbara Boxer has never been put by CNBC in a list of Worst American CEOs of All Time. I strongly endorse Chuck DeVore for U.S. Senate. I hope you will join me in voting for him.

Although I am voting in the Republican primary, there is at least one Democratic race I wish I could vote in. The race for California Assembly in the 7th District is very contested. Noreen Evans has termed out and is running for State Senate this year. Were I registered as a Democrat, I would vote for Lee Pierce in this race. Although I have voted for Doris Gentry in the Republican primary, and although I plan to support her in November, due to the makeup of this district it is very likely that the winner of the Democratic primary will also win the election. If you are voting in the Democratic primary in this district, I encourage you to support Mr. Pierce with your vote.

Finally, I suppose I should explain why I voted for Orly Taitz in the Republican primary for CA Secretary of State. I will give you an explanation in a blog post later this evening. Until then, make sure you vote. And support DeVore. If you have any questions or comments, post a comment at the bottom of this post. And if you are wondering how I would vote in any other races, ask me.

Jeffrey

Mazzia for Judge mailer

2010-06-05T23:13:00.000-07:00

The other day, I received in the mail a large postcard-type mailer from the Chris Mazzia for Judge 2010 campaign. Chris Mazzia is running for the open Office #3 spot in the Sonoma County Superior Court. (No, that was not a hidden ad for OpenOffice, which I do not use anyway.) The other candidate in the race is Jamie Thistlethwaite, who wisely used only her first name in the URL of her campaign site. One side of the mailer pro-Mazzia. The other side is anti-Thistlethwaite. In large letters, it says, "Don't Take Thistlethwaite's Bait" and "Jamie Thistlethwaite is trying to lure your vote." Above is a picture of a fishing lure disguised as a small fish. Below are the words "Her Real Record?" followed by three "Claims" made about Thistlethwaite's campaign and the "Truth."

The first of these is rather bizarre. It says:

Claims: She is a "Criminal Law Attorney"
Truth: She is a Criminal Defense Attorney

Huh? The last I heard, a criminal law attorney was someone who practices criminal law. And it does seem that a criminal defense attorney practices criminal law. What other type of law would a criminal defense attorney practice?

It is true that Thistlethwaite did not specify that she is a defense attorney in the title she chose to appear below her name on the ballot. But she also did not in any way misrepresent herself in the title. I have no problem with Chris Mazzia pointing out that his opponent is a defense attorney. She even mentions on her websit that she worked in the Sonoma County Public Defender's office for ten years before going into private law practice. But I do not see why Mazzia needed to imply that she was misrepresenting herself in her ballot title.

Incidentally, I have been leaning toward voting for Mazzia. So I am not just trying to promote Thistlethwaite's campaign.

Worried that DeVore wouldn't beat Boxer?

2010-05-23T22:30:00.000-07:00

Following is an edited version of a response I wrote today to someone who is reluctant to support Chuck DeVore in California's Republican U.S. Senate primary out of fear that should he win the primary he wouldn't be able to beat Senator Barbara Boxer.

. . . I thought I might write a response to your concerns. Take a look at DeVore's polling results against Boxer. Then take a look at the results of Fiorina/Boxer and Campbell/Boxer polls directly above. You will see that DeVore did not do a whole lot worse then the other two candidates did against Boxer.

I do understand what your concern is, and it is true that there are some moderates who would vote for Campbell but who wouldn't vote for DeVore. And there are probably a few voters who would vote for Fiorina but who wouldn't vote for DeVore. But there are also people who would enthusiastically vote for DeVore but who wouldn't be as excited about Campbell because of his socially liberal positions. And it appears that Fiorina has a bit of baggage from her career at HP that might not work in her favor in a race against Boxer. See this CNBC feature on "The Worst American CEOs of all time." Carly Fiorina makes the list.

I am voting for DeVore because I believe that he is the best candidate. In addition to being committed to fiscally responsible governance, he is pro-life and has conservative positions on other social issues. He also has a voting record to show how he actually votes on these types of issues. Having never held public office, Fiorina does not have this record. And Campbell does not even claim to be a social conservative.

But not only do I believe DeVore to be the best candidate, I also believe that he is able to beat Boxer. Most of the polls in the link above were designed by professional statisticians. Statistics is a reliable science, and I think the polls are a pretty accurate representation of how people would have voted on the days the polls were conducted. True, DeVore was not shown to be ahead of Boxer, but neither were either of the other candidates in most of the polls. And in the time between now and November 2, I think DeVore will be able to make up the ground.

Finally, Chuck DeVore is a charismatic conservative who has a great record and who I believe will excite the conservative base in a way that neither Fiorina nor Campbell would.

Please give DeVore another thought. I hope you will consider supporting him and giving him your vote.

Tom McClintock meets George Zimmer

2010-05-21T17:23:00.000-07:00

This is one of two ads that the Chuck Devore campaign will be playing during Monday's (5/24/10) finale of 24. I haven't watched 24, but if you do, make sure you pay attention to the ads. This ad features Representative Tom McClintock. The other ad features Mike Huckabee, McClintock, and Dana Rohrabacher, another member of Congress from California.

You're gonna like the way DeVore votes. Tom McClintock guarantees it.

Fiorina implies endorsements from Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, National Tax-Limitation Committee, and Ben Franklin

2010-05-21T01:34:00.000-07:00

As reported on the website of the Sacramento Bee, Carly Fiorina's campaign has sent out a mailer that can be seen as deceptive. At the top, it features a Fiorina vs. Campbell banner with the words "Conservative Leaders Speak Out" below it. Then it shows anti-Campbell quotes from the leaders of two taxpayer associations. This implies that the conservative leaders are speaking out on that Fiorina vs. Campbell race that was mentioned at the top of the mailer. And if they're criticizing Campbell, they're obviously supporting Fiorina, right? Wrong. In fact, both of these associations have endorsed Chuck DeVore, the other candidate in the race. The Bee reports that the two associations are asking Fiorina's campaign to apologize. The leader of one of the associations even accuses her campaign of trademark infringement since the association's logo was used above the quote.
The other "conservative leader" quoted on the flyer is former Alaska governor and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Unlike the two taxpayer associations, Palin has endorsed Fiorina. Incidentally, many conservatives are unhappy with her choice and think she should have endorsed DeVore.

Although neither the Bee nor Devore's campaign has yet mentioned it, it is interesting to note that the flyer also includes an image of Benjamin Franklin. Since Franklin has long been dead and has not endorsed anyone in over 200 years, it must be assumed that Fiorina also used his photo without his permission or his endorsement.

Rothmann: Chuck Devore is "the most dangerous Republican"

2010-03-07T23:57:00.000-08:00

Hello,

It's been a while since I've posted here. In fact, this is my first blog post that is not related to last year's tour of South America. I hope to post more on various topics in the upcoming months.

Last Tuesday, a week after interviewing CA Assemblyman Chuck Devore on his radio show, San Francisco talk show host John Rothmann described Devore as "the most dangerous Republican." He believes that Devore is a real threat to Democratic victory in California in the upcoming election cycle. I listen to talk radio a lot and was glad to hear this. Below is the clip from the show.

On a horse (written 7-6-09, posted 7-16-09)

2009-07-05T22:59:00.000-07:00

Note: This post should have been posted early in the morning on Monday, July 6 when I was still in Argentina. Events mentioned as occurring "today" occurred on Sunday, July 5. But the internet at the hotel went down before I had published it. Here it is as it should have been, although I am now posting it on July 16. In a few weeks I will put up a final tour post or so with more videos and pictures.
Hello!
The tango show I mentioned in the last post was pretty cool. I´ll post some videos from it later. Now it is really late at night on Sunday, July 5 or early in the morning on Monday.
My cold is getting better now. So that is nice.
After the tango show on Friday, we rode the buses back to the hotel. On the bus, Yair (our conductor) made an announcement to us. Because of the swine flu, the government decided to close all publicly run universities, concert halls, etc. Our concert was supposed to occur in a law school. So our concert for the next day (Saturday) was cancelled. Yair also said that out of the many tours he had been on with the orchestra, he thought this one was the best.

So we didn´t have our big concert in Buenos Aires on Saturday. We will still be having our performance tomorrow (Monday) though before we leave. It will be in a very poor neighborhood in the city--a concert like the one we did earlier in Mendoza. We have driven past this neighborhood a couple of times already, and it is very poor. Some of the houses don´t even have walls.

Today we went to a ranch called Estancia Santa Susanna about an hour away from Buenos Aires. They had horses there and carriages to ride in. Then we ate lunch there and watched the people there and do tango dancing. Then we watched the gauchos (cowboys) do a contest. I´ll explain more and post pictures later.

Here is a picture of me riding a horse. I rode twice, on two different horses. This is the second time. It is a little scary at first.

We had our farewell dinner today. The tour company that is running the Argentinan portion of our tour made a video compilation of this part of the tour. It was pretty cool. There are a few shots of me in the video. One of them made people laugh. :) They will add more things to the video from Sunday and Monday and then send it to those people who order it. I´ll be getting a copy.

This will probably be my last post from Argentina. I will be getting to San Francisco (flying through Dallas) at 10:30 on Tuesday morning. And I will arrive home a few hours later. I will update the blog again on Tuesday or Wednesday with more pictures and videos from the tour. So make sure you come back.

The orchestra is coming back in two groups--one through Dallas and one through Miami. Those of us going through Dallas will leave the airport near Buenos Aires at about 9:30 on Monday evening (5:30 pm California time). We will arrive in San Francisco 17 hours later.

Until my next post,

Jeffrey

In Buenos Aires 7-3-09

2009-07-03T15:36:00.000-07:00

Hello!

We got to Buenos Aires today, Friday. Now it is 7.37 pm. We got here a little before 3. The bus ride was almost 4 hours. Some people have had a cold. And now I have it. I slept for a little while after we got here. Now I am in the lobby and we are about to leave to go to a tango show for dinner. It should be interesting. I´ll try to post some more stuff tonight or tomorrow.

Hasta luego.

Jeffrey

More from the last few days in South America 7-2-09 (Thursday)

2009-07-01T21:07:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Currently we are in Rosario, Chile. First, here are a few videos from the last week that I haven´t posted yet.

This video was taken outside of the cathedral I showed in my earlier post. It shows the Plaza de Armas in Santiago, Chile. It, like the other video, is from last Friday, June 26.

This next video was taken from the same location. You will hear the bells from the cathedral playing the Ode to Joy which you may know as the hymn ¨Joyful, Joyful we Adore Thee¨ or as the main theme of the last movement of Beethoven´s Symphony No. 9. Contrary to what I say in the video, I think the 12 bells for 12 o´clock actually sounded later on after the song and after the video.

The following video was taken the next day (Saturday, June 27, 2009) during the flight from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina that I described in my last post. The only passengers on the flight (Sky Airlines) were people with our group. You can see the Andes Mountains in the video. Although this was the shortest leg of our trip in distance, we flew, apparently because of the mountains.

This video explains itself for the most part. It was taken during the dinner following our concert in Mendoza on Monday, June 28. Dinner tends to be later here than it is in the U.S. So the video was taken around midnight that night. I believe our concert had been at 8:30 that evening. The restaurant was an all-you-can-eat buffet. We went to another restaurant that belonged to the same chain the next day in Cordoba.

This video was taken on Monday, June 29 in the hotel in Cordoba.

I´ll post more pictures from these places a little later. Right now it is late at night on the evening of July 1 (or morning of July 2). We left Cordoba this morning and arrived in Rosario, Argentina early this evening. The bus ride was shorter than the one from Mendoza to Cordoba that I described in the video. It was about six hours of driving plus time for lunch. The land along the route we drove was quite flat--very different from the places most of us are used to--probably more like the Great Plains. We went to a restaurant for dinner a little while after we got here. The hotel rooms are probably some of the nicest we´ve had yet. The rooms themselves are definitely the biggest so far. And the elevators are old-fashioned. The have an actually door that you open to get in and a gate-type door you slide closed inside the elevator. I´ll post pictures and videos later. Tomorrow we have a tour of Rosario. Then we have a lot of free time before our rehearsal and concert in the evening. The concert is at 9:00 pm. So we´ll have another late (by U.S. standards) dinner afterwards. The next day (Friday) we´ll drive to our final tour location, Buenos Aires. We are getting farther from the Andes and closer to the ocean.
Talk to you later.

Jeffrey

Here is a picture of most of the orchestra members. It was taken in Mendoza, Argentina on Sunday at a monument. I am third from the right near the back in the dark green jacket. The people in Orange in the front of the group are the people from the local company who are running the Argentina portion of our tour.
Click directly on the picture to see a much larger version of it; click on the back button when you are done.

Update from South America 6-28-09

2009-06-27T20:34:00.000-07:00

Hello blog readers! The video below shows a church in Santiago, Chile next to la Plaza de Armas. The video was taken yesterday (6-27)--our last full day in Chile. My narration starts a little way into the video, so keep watching.

Later in the day we flew from Santiago to Mendoza, Argentina, a city with a population of several million. The flight was scheduled to be a little less than an hour long. We flew in a (apparently regularaly scheduled) flight on Sky Airlines in a Boeing 737. The ochestra and managers and those travelling with us were the only passengers on the flight. We arrived at 12 something this morning. We also turned our clocks ahead one more hour. So we are now four hours ahead of PDT.

Today we played a concert in a poor area of the city. There were armed policemen near the place since it was not a very good part of town. Some of them carried what were either rifles or shotguns, so they were more armed than most American police officers. They walked with us back to the buses after the concert. I got a picture of me with two of the policemen. I´ll post it later.

The concert was in a gymnasium building. We played mostly shorter pieces, such as our encores. Several smaller groups from the orchestra also performed chamber music. We concluded the concert with ¨Stars and Stripes Forever.¨ The audience was not extremely large, but about the right size for they venue. And they showed a lot of enthusiasm.

Talk to you later.

Jeffrey

In Santiago, Chile with SJYS (6-24-09)

2009-06-24T14:25:00.000-07:00

Today SJYS got to Santiago, Chile. We flew through Dallas and arrived here around 8 am or so. When we were on the plane, the temperature was apparently below freezing since it is winter here in the Southern Hemisphere. Later on, it warmed up. In fact, later in the afternoon, it actually felt like it might feel in my part of California sometimes. After we left the airport, we went on our buses (three buses in total) and toured the city. We got out a few times to see the sites.

SJYS people in the airport afer going through customs and before boarding the buses.

This is the Precolumbian Museum, where they have art.

Me with a statue in the museum.

Me with a police officer in Santiago who is in this case a guard. He is guarding the building behind him.

Video of the hotel. Click to watch it.