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Griggitee said 217 weeks agoThis is pretty awesome. Almost reminds me of the old GI Joe logo.
The gonzo and kermit design is freaking me out.
Griggitee said 217 weeks agoOh, and I love honey mustard too. That and hot sauce. i put it on everything.
DuckTape said 217 weeks agoI might just have to get this shirt. Not for the fact that I watch the show, but for the fact that Bauer is my last name.
headsupcustoms said 217 weeks agoclever design
CaptinMal said 217 weeks agoThis is awesome!!! I love 24! I'm soo frickin bummed the series is ending... I wish someone had made this sooner! Lovin the side art too!
LengoStarr said 217 weeks agoPRINT DARTH VADERRRRRRR!!!
headsupcustoms said 217 weeks agooh man that side art is insanely hilarious - ME WANT SHIRTS!!!!!!!
Azu said 217 weeks agoDarth Vader pleaseeee
Ohcomeonnow said 217 weeks agoHey, where's Niku? Instant buy X 2 as my husband wants one of his own.
KyleMittskus said 217 weeks agoWell, since 24 is over and everything, it makes sense.
CaptinMal said 217 weeks agoOh and btw @AJ PAGLIA they've already finished the movie script!!!
bexlogan said 217 weeks agogreat art, and good idea.
love the gonzo side art even MORE! And the vader... would love as prints too!!
Ohcomeonnow said 217 weeks agoPlease print the Gonzo shirt.....it's great!
jeffytomato said 217 weeks agoha i love all the side art, not much of a 24 fan tho...
EricMorris said 217 weeks agoplease, please, please, please, please, please, ooooooooo please print the darth liberty shirt of awesomeness!!!!!!!!!
Parktron said 217 weeks agoVader should be holding a lightsaber
Jordamus_prime said 217 weeks agoZOMQ I WANT THE TERMIGATOR SHIRT! haha TOday's shirt isn't really for me, I'm not into 24, but it's still kind of cool for the people who do!
tariqparekh said 217 weeks agoKUDOS ON DARTH LIBERTY!!!!!!!
echoingtruth said 217 weeks agoZombie Gonzo and Termigator FTW!
MrMiniwheat said 217 weeks agoGonzo and Kermit side art, along with the Darth Vader one are awesome!
laTEEno FURY said 217 weeks agoA few things strike me as I look at this design:
1) I do not agree with this candidate's stance on torture
2)Chloe would make a great VP
3)This season of 24 has been pretty smurfy
4)I'm still sad to see the show go away
and 5)Bought!
lespaul06 said 217 weeks agodont we have enough "24" and "Lost" spoofalicious shirts?
Factory said 217 weeks agoThe vader side art is awesome.
Ramirezoid said 217 weeks agoI will buy the gentle caress out of each one of those side-arts if they are printed.
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SHERWOOD, Ore. – Police think burglars who ransacked a couple's Sherwood home may be involved in an Internet scam involving stolen credit cards, and valuable loot.
On Thursday evening, a couple returned home to find their home plundered, with more than $10,000 worth of property taken. The burglars moved meticulously from room to room, swiping laptops, televisions, power tools and other high-priced electronics, said Capt. Ty Hanlon with the Sherwood Police Department.
The burglary, however, may not have been random.
The couple had been working from home for a company called LWA Trade, which they were connected with through an Internet job site. They would receive packages at home and then send them out to a new address in Russia, Hanlon said.
In December, police alerted the couple to the scam, telling them the items were being purchased from stolen credit cards and then shipped to the couple's home for distribution. They immediately stopped shipping or accepting packages.
A month later, a mysterious man showed up at the home asking about specific items that should have been delivered. The couple told him they were not accepting packages and the police were involved.
The man then became very upset and told the couple they're "going to pay." He then took off.
He was described as a white man in his 20s, about 5-foot-10, 160 lbs., wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and a baseball cap pulled low over his eyes.
Witnesses said they saw a trailer with wood side panels in the driveway of the home between 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
Anyone with information or who was in the area of Southwest Timbrel Lane and Southwest Old Highway 99 Thursday afternoon and may have seen something was asked to call police at 503-625-5523.

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This page contains Crazy Snowboard Glitches for iPhone - iPod called "Crazy Snowboard at the Height of 100m" and has been posted or updated on Nov 11, 2011 by sportskota. Let us know what you think of this Glitch by thumbs voting. Note: This apple iPhone game app may also be compatible with the game app for apple iPad.
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- Genre: Sports General
- Release Date: Jun 3, 2009
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Crazy Snowboard at the Height of 100m
This glitch is pretty hard. You jump off the spring board, and try to go as much to the forest as possible. It will work about 5%, so don't give up. If you do it, you're like 100m off the ground. Do as much spins and grabs as possible.
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This full featured brake can stop on a dime or be feathered with precision you have to feel to believe. At a lean 315g, XO packs a huge amount of power and control into a trim package tough enough for any trail surprises. An updated TaperBore design incorporates a new air-trap feature, which prevents potentially trapped air from entering the system, while the two oversized pistons give you more stopping power. Super light carbon fiber lever blade with forged aluminum body, aluminum hardware, pad contact and reach adjustments. Front and rear sold separately. Rotors are not included.
Hint for breaking-in: New disc brake pads require a certain break-in period in order to provide the full brake power. The following procedure has proved oneself: drag braking on a downhill until the brake power noticeably increases. Then let the brake rotor cool out. Afterwards do 20 full stops braking from a medium speed. Attention: the rotors get very hot, do not touch them!
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Dave Says
|America's trusted voice on money and business, Dave Ramsey is a personal money management expert and extremely popular national radio personality. His three New York Times best-selling books - Financial Peace, More Than Enough and The Total Money Makeover - have sold more than 6 million copies combined. His latest book is EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches.
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Dear Dave,
What would you recommend for 401(k) contributions while getting out of debt?
Dear Chaz,
I recommend putting a temporary stop to investing while you're getting out of debt. Lots of people are shocked by this advice, because they're afraid of missing out on the wonders of compound interest or their employer's match. But the key word here is "temporary."
Millions of people have followed and been successful with the program found in The Total Money Makeover. The first step, Baby Step 1, is to save $1,000 as a starter emergency fund. Baby Step 2 is pay off all of your debts, except for your house, from smallest to largest with the debt snowball plan.
During this time you're attacking your debt with incredible intensity and putting every penny you can scrape together toward knocking out debt.
The average person working my plan can pay off all their debt, excluding their home, in 18 to 24 months. Some folks can do it faster, and for some it takes a little bit longer. But during this time I want your financial focus to be squarely on getting out of debt. Once that's done, you'll find that you have a lot more control over your biggest wealth-building tool: your income.
Many times in life we try to accomplish too many things at once. One problem with this is often it diminishes our ability to focus. When you spend all your time nickel-and-diming everything, the result is that nothing gets done very well. You need to really move the needle and see results because personal finance is 80 percent behavior and only 20 percent head knowledge. It's not really a math issue because if you'd been doing the math all along, you wouldn't have a bunch of debt.
That's why, for a short period of time, I want you to concentrate, with laser intensity, on knocking out debt. Once that's out of the way, you can pour even more money into saving, investing and achieving financial peace!
- Dave
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TIMES TRIBUNE (CORBIN, Ky.)
Trap game
South Laurel looking to end skid against unbeaten Corbin
Can Wildcats make it three in a row?
Lady Redhounds win fourth in a row
Lady Wildcats get win No. 10
Corbin captures win over Rock
Still searching
Whitley County hoping to get first win of the season Friday
Pick up a copy of today's Times-Tribune in newsstands across the Tri-County. Today's webpage will be updated with complete stories throughout the day.


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---- — MUSKEGON — Bellaire advanced to the Division 4 boys soccer semifinals with a 1-0 victory over Muskegon Catholic Central on Friday.
Drew Emery scored the game winner with 7:13 left in the first half on a cross from Hunter Rowe. Adam Crandall had eight saves in goal for Bellaire (24-1).
"It's hard to believe," said Bellaire coach Brad Rowe. "This has been a goal of ours. To actually do it was really quite an experience. There was relief, excitement. It was a mixture of emotions."
Bellaire had an opportunity to build on its lead with about 10 minutes left as Denny Hall sent a cross to Hunter Rowe, but the Eagles just couldn't connect and had to battle until the final seconds ticked off the clock.
"Our defense played exceptionally well tonight," Brad Rowe said. "Defensively, it was the best game we've played as a group."
The Eagles move on to Wednesday's semifinal against the winner of the Grand Rapids Covenant-Kalamazoo Hackett game being played tonight at Marcellus.


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By BRAD KELLAR
Herald-Banner Staff
The Hunt County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to approve a non-binding resolution of support for a potential toll road which is proposed to be built between Greenville and Lavon.
The 3-1 vote came following more than two hours of discussion and debate on the issue, with Precinct 2 Commissioner Jay Atkins voting against.
"This is going to cut a huge scar through the middle of my precinct," Atkins said.
Many of those who spoke out during Tuesday's meeting agreed with Atkins, although there were several people who said they were in favor of the idea.
Sally Bird, President and CEO of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitors Bureau said the Chamber's Board voted unanimously to recommend the commissioners back the proposal.
And County Judge John Horn noted that there are no definitive plans in place for the project so far.
"I don't know of anything that is etched in stone," Horn said. "The hurdles this company is facing ... are monumental to say the least."
Regardless, the idea of the toll road did not sit well with most of the overflow crowd. Many argued that they had moved away from the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex to the area between Caddo Mills and the Clinton community to live in the country, while others feared losing homes which had been in their family for generations.
"There's a lot of people here that you are really ruining their lives," said Robert Bird, who wondered what would be the next step in the process. "It is just greed and it is not worrying about your fellow citizens. I hope to hell you take my house, because I am not living next to it."
The proposal from the Texas Turnpike Corporation also includes a plan to build a new, non-toll road from west to east across North Greenville and connecting with Interstate 30.
Phase 1 of the project would be a privately owned and built toll road covering approximately 24 miles between just west of Greenville and Lavon in Collin County, along a portion of the Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District (NETEX) right-of-way.
The right-of-way has been secured through a long term ground lease agreement between the Texas Turnpike Corporation (TTC) and NETEX through the cities of Josephine and Nevada, to just west of State Highway 278 in Lavon.
The TTC is proposing to build a limited access four lane divided toll road in and along the right-of-way, leaving room for NETEX's rail restoration plan in the future, in order to help relieve congestion along Interstate 30 between Rockwall County and Dallas County.
Phase 2 of the project, between State Highway 78 and the President George Bush Turnpike will be planned and constructed in the future.
"I've got numerous issues with this," Atkins said, adding he had received 500 calls from his constituents who were opposed to the road, compared to just three in favor. "I've got to look at what that is going to do to the people that pay my salary. I represent Precinct 2 first, Hunt County second."
For one thing, Atkins said the route would bisect nine county roads in his precinct.
"I cannot expect you are going to give me nine overpasses over my county roads," Atkins said. "Most of those county roads will be dead end roads."
Atkins believed the road would benefit Greenville and Lavon directly, but do little for the rest of the county, aside from maybe Josephine and Nevada, which is where he grew up.
"Most of the folks there are opposed to this," Atkins said.
He noted how the company's lease with NETEX specifies that construction would begin by 2016, or the lease would be voided.
"It sounds to me like the trucks are loaded," Atkins said. "I just don't believe that this is the right thing for us."
Precinct 3 Commissioner Phillip Martin noted that the Texas Department of Transportation has no plans to do any expansions along Interstate 30 through 2020 and that, even if the agency did have the desire to do so, it has no money.
"That's what all this is about, trying to plan," Martin said.


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So claims interviewees from several companies in this piece from Biopharma-Reporter.com.
Antibody drug conjugates have been hot due to their utlity in delivering a toxic payload to cancer cells without being nearly as damaging to surrounding normal tissues as convention chemotherapeutic agents. And with the approval of a couple of ADC drugs in the past year(s), many players are flcoking to this market. This has caused a surge in activity not only at pharma companies getting into the technology but also a host of CMOs who can product the linkers and conjugated drugs needed.
In just the past couple of weeks, Roche, Novartis, Lilly and Astrazeneca have all annouced investments into this technology. Carbogen Amicis and SAFC have also made additional investments in the space as CMOs for these valuable products. You can expect to keep seeing more activity in this area on the immediate horizon.
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In general, ferrets are hardy and make excellent surgical candidates. A complete physical examination and appropriate pre-operative laboratory tests are essential parts of successful surgery.
A simple ventral midline celiotomy provides limited exposure to most abdominal organs in birds. The liver, pancreas and intestines are accessible through this approach.
The respiratory system of birds is significantly different, both physiologically and anatomically, from that of mammals.
One of the main reasons for neutering exotic pet mammals is to control reproduction. Medical and behavioral indications are also important factors to consider in making a decision to have a pet neutered.
In order for AI-PMMA beads to produce a positive outcome, many factors must be taken into consideration.
Foreign body (FB) ingestion is particularly a problem in ferrets less than one year of age. Young ferrets enjoy chewing on and ingesting soft rubber such as latex or foam rubber, cork, and occasionally cloth material.
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A simple ventral midline celiotomy provides limited exposure to most abdominal organs in birds.
Rabbits and rodents are popular pets in urban society because they require little space, are relatively easy to care for, and are a species with which the client can develop a bond.


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"The Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan is usually focused on rehabbing canines -- but he's now revealing some work he had to do on himself following a suicide attempt in 2010.
In February of that year, he lost his top dog, Daddy, to cancer after 16 years as a team. A month later, Millan's wife told him she wanted a divorce after 16 years of marriage. The combined blow knocked him for a loop, he shares in "Cesar Millan: The Real Story," a documentary on Nat Geo Wild.


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From Staff Reports
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FRANKLIN, W.Va. — Kyle Kretzschmer drove in eight runs in two games for Pendleton County as it swept Pocahontas County, 10-0 and 15-3, in the West Virginia Class A, Region II, Section 3 playoffs on Thursday at Pendleton.
Daniel Heavener combined to allow just two hits in the five inning first game. They were both singles by Brandon Hammons and Cody Sharp.
Luke Yokum and Logan Cooper each drove in two runs for the Wildcats.
Kretzschmer pounded a grand slam and a single for five RBIs in game two. Heavener belted a two-run homer. Yokum brought in three more runs and Jessie Lambert singled three times with an RBI.
Lucas Fuller raked an RBI double along with a single for Pocahontas.
Pendleton (18-10) hosts the winner of East Hardy and Moorefield on Tuesday, May 21, at 6:30 p.m.


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Loft living is an integrated part of the Portland real estate market these days, although it hasn't always been that way. The trend set by artists and musicians of seeking out open air live/work space in once forgotten neighborhoods is now enjoyed by people from all walks of life. The transformation of Pearl district real estate from a neglected industrial tract to a glitzy metropolitan neighborhood is one of the finest examples of re-purposing an urban space in the US. This phenomenon is not unique to the Pearl District of course but did work particularly well there.
Lofts can be broken down into two general categories; industrial conversions/retrofits or new construction. The exposed beams and soaring ceilings associated with lofts are almost always found in conversion properties whereas the steel and glass towers are new construction. Conversions are generally old warehouses divided up many times over into loft condominiums. The Marshall-Wells building was one of the first warehouse conversion in the pearl district and is a great example of a building that retained some of it's antiquated industrial charm. The Irving Street Lofts are another fine example of warehouse conversion.
Luxury new construction buildings have advantages as well. What is lost in ceiling height and character is made up for by modern amenities, building efficiency and less maintenance problems. The Pinnacle (1255 N.W. 9th Avenue) is a 14 story beauty of steel and glass. It is home to some of the finest condos in Portland. The Elizabeth (333 N.W. 9th Ave) was completed in 2005, it has high end finishes throughout and is another example of the Pearl's finest.
There are other loft buildings throughout Portland, notably in Inner NE and to a lesser extent in Inner SE. Keep an eye on the industrial area North of OMSI – Buckman for new projects (probably live/work in the beginning). The zoning is still predominantly warehousing and industrial but there are numerous artist studios, several good restaurants and even a couple galleries in the area, all leading us at M Realty to believe that we might be seeing the next metropolitan loft neighborhood forming on the Inner SE side.
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Hannibal Episode 106
Written By: Jesse Alexander and Bryan Fuller
Directed By: James Foley
Original Airdate: 9 May 2013
In This Episode...
The FBI is called in on a case that could be another Chesapeake Ripper victim. If it is, it is likely the start of a new cycle; the Ripper tends to kill three people in quick succession, then lies dormant for a year or more. Will almost immediately decides that the Ripper didn't kill this victim. He has a lot of the same hallmarks, but it wasn't the Ripper. This annoys the lab techs who are convinced this was the work of the Ripper. This victim was found with his liver surgically removed and the wound stitched up, but then with signs of the stitches being torn out with bare hands. Trauma to the heart suggests to the techs that the suspect was interrupted; Will realizes that this was internal cardiac massage. The suspect was clearly (well, clearly to Will) harvesting the victim's liver for sale on the black market. He didn't mean to kill the victim; he tried to save him. The Ripper never would have tried to save his victim.
A trio of new victims are found, but how they are found are of no importance; what matters is that these are Ripper victims. Each has organs removed, but they are not exactly popular transplant organs: things like intestines and spleens. Of course, we know these to be Hannibal's victims. While at the opera one night (ironically a concert for hunger relief), Hannibal runs into a society friend who is just devastated that he hasn't had a dinner party in a while. We later see him picking out recipes, then associating them with business cards he has collected. His Rolodex is like the Omaha Steaks catalogue. We even see him approaching one of his victims in a menacing way - but we don't actually see him kill.
Anyway, these new Ripper victims seem to quiet down the techs about the organ harvester being the Ripper. Security footage shows an ambulance leaving the first victim's hotel as the cops arrive. The track it down to a private ambulance company, then use GPS to find it. The driver of the truck is a med student named Devon Sylvestri, and they find him wrist-deep in a new victim's abdomen. Jack wants him to put his hands up, but doing so would cause the victim to bleed out. Hannibal steps in, gets control of the situation, and Devon is arrested without a fight.
Also: One of Hannibal's patients, Franklin, sees him at the opera and introduces him to his heterosexual life partner, Tobias. Franklin has some boundary issues, but in the brief moment that they meet, there seems to be a common interest between Hannibal and Tobias. This will become important in next week's episode (as we see in the scenes for next week). We also get to meet Hannibal's psychiatrist: Gillian Anderson, in an all-too-brief cameo. Jack is being haunted by Miriam Lass's disembodied arm. In a vision/dream/hallucination, Jack sees Will as a corpse, who sits up on the table and we see that it is his arm that is missing. Despite the fact that Jack is pushing Will hard to find the Ripper, clearly he is feeling guilty about it. Will informs Hannibal that Miriam's arm showing up was meant to humiliate Jack. "Did it work?" "It worked really well," Will says, with just a hint of smug satisfaction. Will is getting tired of Jack using him.
Dig It or Bury It?
I don't know what it was exactly, but something about this episode struck me more than any other. This show has such a quiet refinement, it makes the brutality even deeper. Maybe it was the urban-legend-come-to-life aspect. Maybe it was Gillian Anderson's appearance. Maybe it was because we learned more about Hannibal in tonight's episode than we have thus far. We see him in social settings; interacting with non-patients; preparing his feasts. We almost get to see him kill someone.
I also get the sense that Will knows that Hannibal is a killer, but there is a mental block preventing himself from making that thought conscious. That look the two shared over the organ harvester's victim was both very unknowing and blithely unaware. I am assuming that at some point (maybe not this season), Will will indeed find out that Hannibal is a killer, but Will won't be able to turn him in (and not just because it would back the series into a corner). Maybe it will cause Will to have a psychotic break.
Bon Appetit
Among Hannibal's recipes this week: crispy lemon calf's liver; chicken liver pate; braised beef lungs; and parmesan-crusted lamb brains. All of those sweetbreads are going to give Hannibal a heart attack. He also brews his own beer in wine casks. He made some just for Alana. It's classy beer.
Tobias returns. He is a killer himself and the two face-off. Each had planned to kill the other. My money is on Hannibal.


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NORMAN — Behind a big game on a milestone day for Lauren Chamberlain, Oklahoma moved to 25-1 on the season and remained undefeated against ranked teams with a 4-0 victory over No. 14 Arizona at the Judi Garman Classic.
Chamberlain hit two home runs on the day, a pair of solo shots that upped her season total to 15 and career total to 45, putting her halfway to the all-time NCAA record a third of the way into her sophomore season.
Keilani Ricketts struck out seven Arizona (20-8) batters in the shutout to earn the win. The Sooners have outscored ranked teams 61-4 this year.
Next up for OU is a doubleheader today against Penn State and Cal State Fullerton to close out the tournament, with the first game coming at 11 a.m.
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Greek to Me
Bring on the pita for Vera's savory spreads
by Gay Lyons
A gas station seems an unlikely place to go for Greek food, but Vera Pantanizopoulos-Broux is dishing up Greek treats and more at the Deli at the Big Orange Chevron on Chapman Highway, across from Baptist Hospital. It's strictly a take-out place, open 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Recently, a friend and I sampled several items from the menu of hot dogs, cold sandwiches, salads and spreads.
The all-beef hot dogs include a BLT dog, a BBQ slaw dog and a Greek dog. There's also a veggie dog. Fifteen toppings allow for a great deal of customization with condiments ranging from the basic (sauerkraut) to the exotic (red pepper eggplant spread). The BLT dog, wrapped in a slice of bacon with fresh diced tomato, onion and lettuce, intrigued me as did the veggie dog, to which I envisioned adding feta cheese and the red pepper eggplant spread, but we selected the Greek dog, which comes with chopped onion, crumbled feta cheese and tzatziki, a spread made from cucumbers, garlic and yogurt.
Next we turned to the "Cold Sandwiches (and a pie!)" section of the menu. Three sandwiches are offered, all served on ciabatta bread. The chicken salad sandwich, featuring Vera's homemade chicken salad served with fresh spinach, and the tuna salad sandwich, also served with spinach, sounded appetizing as did the feta sandwich, consisting of slices of feta cheese, tomato and onion. Continuing with our Greek theme, we selected spanikopita, which is the "pie" listed with the sandwiches. We were given two options—having the pie heated in a microwave at the deli or heating it elsewhere in an oven. If at all possible, choose the latter option as pastry doesn't microwave well.
There are three salads: Greek salad, a mixed greens salad and chickpea-radish salad. Forgoing the Greek salad was not easy, but we decided on the chickpea-radish salad because we both love radishes. Moving to the fourth and final category, the list of spreads sounded so good we would have had trouble selecting just one, but fortunately we did not have to. The pikilia, a platter of cold appetizers, includes tzatziki, hummus, baba ganoush and dolma along with black olives, feta cheese, a chunk of ciabatta bread and a piece of pita bread.
Lots of people love baklava, but, frankly, it's usually too sweet for my taste, so I didn't have a hard time passing up the large pieces of baklava on display at the deli counter. However, I didn't make it past the tiny little triangles next to the gas station's cash register. At 50 cents it was the right price and the right size for a sample.
Once home, we popped the spanikopita in the oven and started on the pikilia platter. The tzatziki was excellent, just the right creamy consistency with the yogurt, garlic and cucumber perfectly blended so that all three were evident but no one flavor was overpowering. The smooth, savory baba ganoush, made of pureed roasted eggplant and spices, was some of the best I've tasted. The mild hummus suffered in comparison with the tzatziki and the baba ganoush because these last two were so superb. I'd have added a lot more crushed garlic and a little more lemon juice to the hummus for extra bite. The dolma (rice-stuffed grape leaves) tasted like all others I've eaten locally—which is to say perfectly fine but nothing distinctive. The fresh and pungent feta cheese was very good spread on the ciabatta bread.
The biggest problem we had was that we ran out of pita bread too quickly. It's frustrating to have lots of delicious spreads left—and nothing to spread them on. We scrounged up some toasted rounds and some flatbread crackers, but I would like to have had more pita.
Within a few minutes, we added our warmed pie to the feast. The lightly seasoned spinach and feta cheese were pleasingly complemented by the delicate layers of flaky pastry. The Greek dog was a "knife and fork" dog, with the tasty wiener sprinkled with onions and feta cheese and drenched in creamy tzatziki. I could not have eaten it with my hands—at least not in front of anyone. The chickpea-radish salad was an attractive, vibrant mix of chickpeas, finely diced radishes, parsley, feta cheese and onions tossed in a dressing of lemon juice and olive oil. My friend and I agreed that we'd like to have had more radish bits in the salad, but there was probably enough to satisfy anyone but us radish fanatics. The baklava was more pleasing than most because the cinnamon was not overwhelmed by the syrup.
Prices are reasonable. A basic hot dog costs just $1. At slightly under $5, the pikilia is the most expensive item on the menu. The variety of toppings makes this a fun place to satisfy a hot dog craving, but the best news is that the spreads—including the exceptionally good tzatziki and baba ganoush—are available in quart-sized containers.
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I write about leadership myths, and bust them one-by–one.
Creating or expanding business relationships is not about selling – it's about establishing trust, rapport, and value creation without selling. Call me crazy, but I don't want to talk to someone who wants to manage my account, develop my business, or engineer my sale. I want to communicate with someone who desires to fulfill my needs or solve my problems. Any organization that still has "sales" titles on their org charts and business cards is living in another time and place, while attempting to do business in a world that's already passed them by.
Engage me, communicate with me, add value to my business, solve my problems, create opportunity for me, educate me, inform me, but don't try and sell me – it won't work. An attempt to sell me insults my intelligence and wastes my time. Think about it; do you like to be sold? News flash – nobody does. Now ask yourself this question, do you like to be helped? Most reasonable people do. The difference between the two positions while subtle, is very meaningful.
The traditional practice of sales as a business discipline has become at best ineffective, and in many cases flat out obsolete. You see, good business practices are not static. Stale methodologies and disciplines simply die a slow and very painful death, and it is my contention the overwhelming majority of sales processes I see in today's marketplace are just that – stale.
The problem with many sales organizations is they still operate with the same principles and techniques they were using in the 60′s, 70's and 80's. While the technology supporting sales process have clearly evolved, the traditional sales strategies proffered by sales gurus 20 or 30 years ago have not kept pace with market needs. They are not nearly as effective as they once were, and as I've alluded to, in most cases they are obsolete.
Trust me when I tell you that your existing and potential clients have heard it all before. They can see the worn-out, old school closes coming a mile away. They can sniff antiquated selling strategies, and will immediately tune out on presentations not deemed relevant. If your sales force is still FAB-selling, spin-selling, soft-selling or using any number of outdated, one size fits all selling methodologies, your sales are suffering whether you realize it or not. If you want to create revenue, increase customer satisfaction, and drive brand equity, stop selling and start adding value.
Lest you think I've lost my mind, I want to be clear that I'm not advocating taking your eye off the revenue creation ball. Rather what I'm recommending will help you generate more revenue, with greater velocity by simply doing the right thing in putting your customer's needs first.
I hear a lot of noise about the tough economy, and revenue being down for many companies. I hear complaint upon complaint that companies just don't have money to spend, and that nobody is buying. If you're experiencing this type of reaction from your customer, it's not because they don't have money to spend, it's because you're selling and not adding value. It's because you're talking and not listening. It's because you don't get it…
It's not about you, your company, your products or your services. It's about meeting customer needs and adding value. When you start paying more attention to your customer needs than your revenue needs, you'll find you no longer have a revenue problem to complain about.
Matt, you are spot on with your article. I spend day after day explaining the same thing to my clients and prospective clients. In fact there is a steadily growing trend to migrate sales activities to inside positions. Of course most inside sales folks are not "natural born" salespeople (otherwise they would be outside already), but the skills of rapport building, questioning, listening and building trust through a relationship based upon trust can be developed. I just finished a parable called "Hooked on Hopium" (available on Amazon) that details one of those old sales types you referenced. Perhaps collectively we can change the old paradigms of "Salespeople". Of course they will have to stop selling long enough listen to someone else!
Mike, with all due respect – you are crazy.
To start – the job of "SALES" has been around for a thousand years and will be around long after people have forgotten what a chief strategy officer or web architect was. I am a SALESPERSON – that is what I do.
Next – you obviously do not understand the role of a salesperson. You wrote: "When you start paying more attention to your customer needs than your revenue needs, you'll find you no longer have a revenue problem to complain about." This is simply not true. In the business world, companies will take advantage. Their needs will include you losing money working for them – if you let them. A real salesperson concentrates on meeting the needs of the prospective customer AND the needs of his or her company.
Then – you describe what an ideal sales process would be like and say that sales training like SPIN & consultative sale are obsolete – except that the process that you described IS what was taught (so how can it be obsolete)? Perhaps you have not experienced good execution of this training.
I agree that good sales organizations need to use all of the latest tools – internet, twitter etc. for marketing and lead generation – that is only common sense.
Finally, this one is a gem – "Teach your sales force to become true professionals focused on helping their customers for all the right reasons vs. closing the big deal for personal benefit." What???? Salespeople are not clerks, they are paid in large part on commission and they are motivated by personal benefit. If you don't understand this, then you don't understand sales.
Sam, speaking as a client and not a salesperson, I can tell you without hesitation that if you approached me in the manner that you have written, you would be shown the door. On top of that, you would never be invited back to the negotiating table ever again.
Mike's point in the article if you read between the lines, and honestly you don't even need to do much of that, is that before you even think about trying to sell me on a product or service, you need to get to know me as a customer first. You need to be willing to put MY needs above yours or your company's. You need to understand the problems I am trying to solve so that you can either provide a solution that will meet my needs or refer me to someone who can. In my mind, doing either of those means you are looking out for ME, and for me to get that "warm fuzzy" feeling means your efforts will work toward our mutual benefit.
Translation: If you can meet my needs in a manner that exceeds your competitors, you will get the sale. That's what being a "service organization", and not a "sales organization" is all about.
As a buyer, I can assure you that you would not sell me. If I am offered value and service and answers to my questions, I will be more likely to deal with that person. If someone comes in and tries to "sell" me something I will keep looking.
First of all, if you are good at selling – you the prospect won't even know you are being sold – so how are you going to show me the door?
My problem with this article is that it only looks at one dimension of sales and ignores the 2nd and 3rd part of a sale.
The first part is listening to the prospect, understanding their problems and meeting or exceeding their needs.
The second part is ensuring that the business is profitable for your company as a salesperson. There are endless buyers who think win-win is you losing money selling to them.
The third piece is insuring that the prospect can get the money to buy your product or service. In other words, there are many buyers who are enthusiastic about a product, can see real value in it – but cannot get the money from their CFO. Ironically they all say "getting money should not be a problem – I have not been turned down yet".
So as a salesperson (yes I said SALESPERSON), if you just concentrate on the first part – you will delight your company with unprofitable business or waste all your time with people who in the end can't buy.
I will say that I have noticed that the art of selling has gone down lately as many unschooled people have entered sales – perhaps that is what all the angst is about among buyers.
Sorry about the name Mike, I saw that as I hit "Submit" but as you know you cannot get them back. Think I combined Mike and Myatt – probably not the first time that has happened.
Another thought I do not see in the posts is the fact that buying behavior has changed radically. After making a decision to buy, or at least consider purchasing a product or service, buyers research that product or service via the web until the point they are comfortable contacting a vendor of same. They are 80% of the way down the decision trail when they first speak to a live person about the opportunity. Thus "show up and throw up" does not work, because the buyer probably knows as much about market alternatives as the salesperson. Only by asking questions to determine if there is a fit (for both parties) will a salesperson earn the trust required for a sale to occur. You earn respect based upon the questions you ask, not the facts/opinions/crap about your company you spew.
I half agree with you. I am a sales person. I take the consultative approach to a sales. But at the same time I build need with the customer for more services. Sometimes its more than the customer needs so I can boost my check and have more revenue for my company. Is this wrong? maybe. But I can tell you taking the consultative approach has gotten better results than a pushy sales person.
Having confidence in your product and building rapport/trust with a customer can go a long way with selling.
Hi Mr. Wentz,
I really appreciate that. I concur. Mike knows his stuff! You know yours, too! Yes….it's vital for us to read in between the lines what Mike is saying about today's atmosphere among potential and actual clients/customers.
Also, to add to Mike's reasoning: It's not all about "driving traffic" to your site, either. It's more like being sincere enough, accommodating enough, relevant enough, and congenial enough for others to whom this is demographically applicable, to want to visit it. If they do, they ultimately decide of what value our offerings can be to their lives and to the lives of others they're concerned for.
Of all the comments in Mr. Myatt's defense, to me, yours is the best! Thanks for sharing!
With all your due respect as well, you don't get the figurative way Matt expressed his points. The bottom line is that the entire 'sales' (call it the way you want) has shifted. We deal with EMPOWERED buyers and consumers these days. You must be part of the old timer type of sales guy group to be defending it, because really, this is the new reality. You don't adjust yourself, you'll soon be…out of work.
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There are skeletons in my musical closet.
I know it's only November. There's still a month's worth of Tuesday's left. But if I'm to be perfectly honest, there's no way any album released in December will be able to catch my attention enough to make this list. As it is, I listened to most of these albums in the latter half of 2012. In fact, I discovered one of them – Trash Talk – only a week ago (and become obsessed with it enough to know it will be one of my most listened to albums in 2013).
So my year end list is ready a month early and I thought I'd share it with you so you can quickly add all of the albums to your holiday gift list because you know I only have the most discerning taste and would never steer you wrong.
The albums are in no particular order. While they all stand out, there's not one that stands above the other mostly because I'm fickle and my favorites change from day to day.
2012 was a fabulous year for new music. In recent years, I've lamented making "best of" lists because I could never find enough albums I loved to make a list of more than five. And part of that is my fault. I get stuck on older albums and don't let them go, which means sometimes I don't make room for the new. The first half of 2012 found me obsessed with albums that came out in 2010 (Bad Books/Self Titled) and 2007 (The National's Boxer). When I finally got around to testing the new music waters I was both astounded and delighted to see how much I'd been missing that I ended up spending the past few months cramming for my Best of 2012 list because I knew there was going to be so much to choose from.
Absent are some of the usual suspects that have made the year end lists of the big guns in the music criticism world; I tried hard to like the offerings from Miguel, Frank Ocean, Grizzly Bear, The xx and Dirty Projectors, to name a few, but while none of them were awful (ok, I thought the Dirty Projectors was just this side of awful), they did not grab me the way the albums on my list did.
Some honorable mentions: Baroness - Yellow & Green, Passion Pit - Gossamer, Nas – Life is Good, Mark Lanegan Band – Blues Funeral.
As always, here's the Spotify playlist to go with the list.
Diiv's _Oshin_ for those who miss the 90′s and Michael Kiwanuka's _Home Again_ for those that miss the 70′s.
My fave album of 2012 is The White Wires: WWIII
Irresistible, hook-laden, basic punk-n-roll from Canada.
I'm surprised The Men's "Open Your Heart" isn't on your list–I think you'd really like it!
Passion Pit was my favorite for the year. Beach House, Amanda Palmer and Japandroids made my top 10 so I'm glad you like those. Have you heard the latests from The Walkmen, Lost in the Trees, Plan B, Hot Chip, Lana Del Rey, Shearwater, First Aid Kit, Sigur Ros, Andrew Bird, Of Monsters and Men, Sun Kil Moon, etc? I really liked Frank Ocean and Grizzly Bear. Maybe give those a few more spins?
Of your list I've only heard of the Baroness album, it's a worthy pick. I have to say though that my favorite release by far of 2012 is the Kindred EP from Burial.


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Hamas terrorists took over Waffa hospital in Gaza and were using it as a terror base. The IDF communicated with the medical staff to ensure no patients or staff were inside before blowing it up.
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24 Aug 2013
Hi guys,
I recentrly bought a fender hot rod deluxe george benson signature edition, thing is, as most of you will know: these amps dont come with an output for headphones. Since I play at home most of the time, I really need this so I can play at all hours of the day (night)
I was looking at a couple of attenuators, especially weber has some with headphone outputs. And I was looking at a SPL Cabulator and to be honest, I don't really understand the difference. Doing research on these things generally gets me more confused than I was before, so I was hoping for a little advice here.
Questions I have are:
Would the sound in my headphones be as good as comes out of the speaker?
Is there an option on any attenuator/cabulator to send the signal to my MIDI-interface? and with the same sound quality?
What is the difference between a cabulator and an attenuator?
Many thanks!
20 Apr 2013
Hi guys,
Just a quick question:
I'm looking for a chord finder website and/or app which gives you the chordname with the notes you select on the fretboard, instead of the other way around.
Any suggestions?
3 Sep 2012
Hi everyone!
What's going on?
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I;m finally back online after, say, three weeks? what's been going on?
There was trouble with my new internetprovider so I was off here for a while, hate it when that happens!
Anyway, I was looking for some modern funk bands with songs that me and my band could cover , Right now we're covering some stevie wonder, maroon 5 and John Mayer even, and probably "the haggis horns" and the bamboos in the future.
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2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."
3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes - sort of: "Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher and she weigh 500 pound."
4. The Blues is not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch... ain't no way out.
5. Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound freight train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the Blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.
6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the Blues. Adulthood means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Reno. ("Just to see him die")
7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or anywhere in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle is probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Memphis, and 'Nawlins are still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot have the Blues in any place that don't get rain. (ie; Phoenix)
8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the Blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the Blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chompin' on it is.
9. You can't have no Blues in an office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot and sit by the Dempsy Dumpster.
10. Good places for the Blues (a) highway ( jailhouse © empty bed (d) bottom of a whiskey glass.
11. Bad places for the Blues (a) Nordstrom's ( Art gallery openings © Ivy League institutions (d) Golf courses.
12. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you happen to be an old person, and you slept in it.
13. Do you have the right to sing the Blues? YES, if: (a) you're older than dirt ( you're blind © you shot a man in Reno (d) you can't be satisfied. NO, if: (a) you have all your teeth ( you once were blind but now can see © the man in Reno lived (d) you have a 401K or trust fund.
14. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods cannot sing the Blues. Sonny Liston could have. Ugly white people also got a leg up on the Blues.
15. If you ask for water and your darlin' gives you gasoline, it's the Blues. Other acceptable Blues beverages are: (a) cheap wine ( rot gut whiskey © muddy water (d) black coffee. The following are NOT Blues beverages: (a)Perrier ( Chardonnay © Snapple (d) Slim Fast (e) Scotch
16. If death occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a broken-down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or while getting liposuction.
17. Some Blues names for women: (a) Sadie ( Big Mama © Bessie (d) Fat River Dumpling.
18. Some Blues names for men: (a) Joe ( Willie © Little Willie (d) Big Willie.
19. Persons with names like Michelle, Amber, Jennifer, Debbie, and Heather can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Reno.
20. Blues Name Starter Kit: (a) name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.) ( first name (see above) plus name of a fruit (Lemon, Lime, Peach, etc.) © last name of a President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.). For example: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Pegleg Lime Johnson or Cripple Peach Fillmore, etc.
21. I don't care how tragic your life is: if you own a computer, you cannot sing the blues, period. Sorry.
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Friday, 16th March, 2012, 05:27 AM #11
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Sexuality is a great venue for roleplaying. Immaturity, however, isn't.
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Friday, 16th March, 2012, 05:39 AM #12
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I've played with the guy before. He usually ends up role playing a prostitute, so it's not entirely juvenile, though I am slightly disturbed by the frequency at which he plays them. The rest of the party is essentially eragon with a bat instead of a dragon, a master thrower with hammers, and a sacred fist/fist of the forest.
Friday, 16th March, 2012, 07:00 AM #13
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Friday, 16th March, 2012, 07:07 AM #14
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I'm fine with people playing cross gender, but there's a difference between that and constantly playing a prostitute.
Friday, 16th March, 2012, 09:49 AM #15
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I don't know which is funnier,
1) Someone has come up with a book for this
2) This comes up regularly in their game
3) So many people have posted variations of "I'm not helping", just don't post :P
I hope you enjoy this, it is a certainly strange concept from the way I game, I would imagine that a prostitute would be a level 3-4 commoner with 18 Charisma...and possible 18 Constitution but not much more
EDIT: Unless s/he is into something that requires Knowledge (Nature) I am guessing Knowledge (Local) would suffice (I don't think ANY ranks should be put in Knowledge (Religion)...*shudders*)
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Friday, 16th March, 2012, 12:42 PM #16
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For race, use an Elf with the Feykissed template from BOEF. For class, start with a Bard with proficiency in Perform (sexual techniques) then add either Rake or Sacred Prostitute as the prestige class. In addidtion to Perform, give the character Profession (prostitute) so they know how to keep things job-related, and of course Bluff and Diplomacy are very important. If the john needs som discipline then the pro needs Intimidate as well. Makes sure to one of the characters access to the spell Block the Seed just to be on the safe side...
Cell Factor Samuel M. Wright, Society of Sensation.
Friday, 16th March, 2012, 01:32 PM #17
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A rank in Profession (prostitute)? Rest of the character whatever you want, however you want it?
Because, you know, most prostitutes aren't specially trained or anything. Or even especially beautiful or charismatic or whatever. In fact, most prostitutes are very miserable women who got handed a lot of crap by life, and by men. They don't WANT to prostitute themselves, they're not getting anything out of it except for a little bit of money and a lot of abuse, and it doesn't especially make them good at anything an adventurer could use - except maybe a cynical enough outlook on life that being stabbed in the face by a random Orc's lucky crit at least doesn't come as a surprise.
IF a prostitute is indeed lucky enough to escape that life, and becomes an adventurer, she'd need to have an entire different skillset than cheap come-ons and low self-esteem.
Friday, 16th March, 2012, 02:27 PM #18
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What about a cleric of Lastai? Lastai is the goddess of pleasure, passion and love in the BoED.
Any of the ... squishy bits ... could be resolved by role-playing.
Awesome trumps rules.
Friday, 16th March, 2012, 02:31 PM #19
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I participated in This Thread discussing things pertaining to sexuality, pregnancy, motherhood, etc. The reality is, D&D has very intentionally avoided producing any official material on the subject, and that's a good business strategy. Keeps things simple, prevents people from objecting to the game any more then they might already, keeps them focusing on their actual subject.
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Friday, 16th March, 2012, 02:41 PM #20
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I find it amusing that so many people who I often see focused on having their games maintain a degree of realism and internal consistency are uncomfortable having sex in their games. It's natural, it's happening between millions of people right now as I'm typing this, and it's continuing our species, for better or worse. Now, to address the topic, for a typical prostitute, a Human commoner with only one rank in those mentioned above. Samloyal23's adivce is great for the higher end "escort services." A Nymph or Succubus, if you can make them loyal enough, would truly be a walking tall tale.
What we have here is failure to communicate.
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This Lichfield Trail 250 Sleeping Bag is the perfect way to stay warm when you're out camping in the great outdoors.
The soft lining boasts hollow fibre insulation, while the hooded design will keep you nice and snug on cold nights. The comfort range of 7 to 20ºC makes it extra versatile too, ideal for festivals, camping or sleepovers.
It also has a durable exterior, along with a 4 strap compression sack that ensures it packs small for complete convenience.
Useful info:
- Soft luxurious lining
- Easy wash hollow fibre insulation
- Comfort range: 7 to 20ºC
- Performance: 2 season
- Overall length: 215cm
- Chest width: 80cm
- Foot width: 50cm
- Total weight (including stuff sack): 1100 g
- Pack size: 33 x 21 cm
- Lichfield Trail 250 Sleeping Bag
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Vango 4 Leg Camp Bed
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This Vango 4 Leg Camp Bed ensures you can camp out in comfort.
The strong 6000d polyester and sturdy 4 leg steel frame mean you can get a good night's sleep, while the fold away design allows you to slip it in the boot of your car or store it away in the cupboard when you get home.
It's also great for sleepovers when you need an extra bed and comes with its own carry bag for added convenience.
Useful info:
- Fold away design
- 6000d polyester
- 4 leg steel frame
- Supplied in carry bag
- Pack size: 70 x 9 x 19 cm
- Unfolded size: 184 x 57 x 19 cm
- Weight: 3.69 kg
- Vango 4 Leg Camp Bed
Highland Trail Ohio 8-Person Tent
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Exceptionally large 8 person family tent.
2 large bedrooms large living area with ground sheet. Brightly coloured guy ropes. Easy to assemble. Full set of instructions.
Size: Lgth 630, W 280, H 200 cm.
Yellowstone 15-Litre Pack Away Water Carrier
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This handy Yellowstone Pack Away Water Carrier is an ideal way or storing water when you're on a camping trip or at a festival.
It stores an impressive 15 litres of water so you won't have to keep trekking back to the communal tap when you want to quickly wash up or have a cup of tea. It has a leak proof, easy to use tap and a strong polyethylene bag.
It also folds flat and comes with a carry pouch so you can easily pop it in your rucksack or car boot when you head off to the great outdoors.
Useful info:
- Leak proof easy to use tap
- Includes carry pouch
- Polyethylene bag with PP handle
- Capacity: 15 litres
- Weight: 15.22 kg when full, 220g when empty
- Yellowstone Pack Away Water Carrier
Highland Trail Arizona 8-Person Tunnel Tent
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Large family tent for up to 8 people.
Size: Lgth 650, W 460, H 210 cm.
2000 mm proofing with taped seams. Inner 170T breathable Polyester with floor 120 gm2 PE. 4x fiberglass poles 0.11 mm and 2 steel poles.
Packed in Oxford carry bag with zip. Easy to assemble. Full set of instructions.Colour: Red/Grey.