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Photos and Description of this 2 bedroom holiday villa in Los Canos de Meca - Casa Guemon
Chalet with 2 bedrooms in Caños with tennis court, ping-pong,bycicles,swings
Living room with fireplace. Fully equipped kitchen open to the living room. - Double room. - Single room. Full bathroom. Porch. Garden furniture. Barbecue. Lawn area. - Parking. - TV,mosquitos nets, washing machine, refrigerator, freezer, toaster, sandwich maker, coffee maker, blender ,microwave,ketle. - The house hasone extra beds for children . Pets are allowed. - The house has tennis court, ping-pong, bicycles, firewood for the fireplace (everything included in the price). Located in the coastal area with over 25 km of virgin fine beach of exceptional quality, ranging from Mangueta up Zahara, to Canos de Meca. The views in front of the house are the Natural Park of the Breña . Attractions: Visit the Palomar St. Ambrose (It is the largest in Europe), Roman ruins of Baelo in Bologna, day trips to Morocco, whale watching.
Do you fancy a cycling holiday, exploring Cadiz province? We have bycicles at your disposal as well as a tennis court and a ping-pong table. Bird watchers take advantage of our experience to see the best of the Autumn migration. Imagine sitting in your own private terrace, with a refreshing drink, with the aroma of freshly picked vegetables on your barbecue as you watch the sun setting over the Atlantic Ocean. Casa Guemon is situated on the Costa de la Luz, Spain's southern Atlantic coast, halfway between Tarifa and Cadiz. The house is just, fifteen minutes from the white Moorish village of Vejer de la frontera and ten minutes from the beautiful beach at Conil.
Positioned at 800 meters ftom the beach of Zahora, the finca has spectacular all round panoramic views and being 300 metres from the centre of the nearest village, Zahora, the house is an idyllic venue for either a wonderful beach holiday, a quiet relaxing holiday, or both.
Casa Guemon is a purpose built cottage that has been designed to provide both space and comfort for four people, with a pouf bed in the lounge for a fith person.
The private patio, with a shaded area, looks to the east; offer complete relaxation while watching the natural Park of La Breña The two bedrooms and lounge windows face southwest and provide our guests with views to the garden.
The cottage and patio areas are very private Considerable effort has been made to ensure that adequate furnishings have been added to satisfy both short and long stay requirements.
Once you arrive, as our guest it is our desire to give you, a holiday you will wish to repeat, by providing high quality, spacious, clean accommodation , surrounded by well-maintained gardens. l ensure that your visit will be remembered with an abundance of pleasant memories.
Being on the flight path of migrating birds and near La Janda, the finca is the perfect location for bird watching and well situated for easy access to the local beaches and central to many towns and villages.
Without getting in your car, the surrounding countryside is ideal for walking, cycling and horse riding. Also, for golfers there are six demanding courses within half an hours drive.
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- Long-term Renters Welcome
- children welcome
- pets considered
- smoking allowed
- suitable for elderly or infirm
- wheelchair accessible
About Juan Carlos Guerra Dominguez
Myself Juan Carlos and Manoli have been running Casa Guemon now for 5 years .Previous to this I spent 14 years sailing all over the world.We both dreamt and wanted to own a property where we could provide holidays for people and use my skills of hospitality to ensure everyone had a great stay.
Once we found our property the rest all fitted in to place and now 5 years down the line we have a wonderful house where everyone has a fantastic holiday.We welcome everyone to come and you will love our accommodation and of course our wonderful area and we would love to meet you all!
We both love tennis , and we hope you also enjoy the tennis court, ping-pong and bycicles
Juan Carlos and Manoli bult this house in 2009
Juan Carlos Guerra Dominguez purchased this villa in 2009
Why Juan Carlos Guerra Dominguez chose Los Canos de Meca
.We chose to built here due its fantastic location and proximity to all the wonderful cities of Andalucia.Our property is only 15 minutes from the main motorway of Andalucia that gives you easy access to tour Cadiz,Malaga,Seville,Jerez,Ronda,Gibraltar, plus many more places including white washed villages that are wonderful,the real Spain!
You can enjoy our wonderful views and quiet location and then get to all the sandy beaches really easily.
Everyone who stays at Casa Guemon loves the area and coming back from a day touring to relax in the porch with a nice glass of wine and eating outdoors al fresco style!
What makes this villa unique
Everything is close by. College, church, supermarkets, restaurants and beaches. Although everything is near, you also can enjoy with the peace that the house offer you. Opposite to the house there is the Natural Park of la Breña, you can enjoy from the porch of its views.
Our property is very unique to our area having the best facilities around including games area,perfect for a holiday any time of the year.
Casa Guemon is a lovely and romantic rural house, . Hidden between plants and trees, it is situated at only 800 m from the magnificent beach of Zahora. It's suitable for families and lovers of nature and beaches, relaxing and discovering the old Andalusia. Situated at ones of the most beautiful landscapes of Costa de la Luz, this truly romantic house offer its residents the tranquility of the Spanish country life.
Casa Guemon has a beautiful Garden with barbecue,trees,sunbeds..


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i thought i would try a sample of this before i bought the full size because i read the reviews and some said it stings. well...it isnt the worst sting ive felt but i totally like Duwop Venom better. this stuff puffed (& burned) my lips for the whole wknd, w/ only 1 application! my lips were like dark pink/purple for the first day.
its great if thats what your shooting for but ill stick w/ DuWop Venom.
I got a little packet sample of this so can't comment on the packaging/application. But boy, does it sting! Now when I bought my first plumper (Lipfusion) I definitely felt the sting but I kind of liked it, felt like it was gently working. But this... it hurts, it is unpleasant. And the flushed lips look like they have some sort of inflammation going not a sexy pouty look. But they do look fuller (like after a bee sting)
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although i have full lips, i can't help but buying lip plumpers- i guess it's mostly media-induced curiosity. anyways.
the good parts:
-i like the tube and the applicator a lot, all lip glosses should have that kind of applicator
-i noticed some increase in lip volume and also it accentuates my natural lip color
the bad parts:
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- the plumping/tingling only works the first time you apply it during a day
-it's somewhat sticky
-kinda pricey
all that being said, i wouldn't buy again, but i think i'll keep the applicator
It somewhat filled-out my lips, and it made them a really nice natural flushed-red color. But man did it sting!!
I also wore it on a kind of windy day and my hair got in it, and i guess it got smeared on my face or something because it left red streaks all over my cheeks!!---so embarrassing >.<
i dont think i will be repurchasing....
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Mar 16, 2012Best game based on a movie this gen.. Ignore the stupid reviews from critics, go watch some gameplays and see for yourself, its an amazing game, one of the best hack N slash games this gen, truly underrated
Mar 16, 2012Awesome game.. Better than most movie based games, my favourite one since spiderman 2 on PS2 watch some gameplays before buying it, but i can tell you its a great game, one of the best adventure gmes this gen, very underrated
Aug 1, 2011Could not be more happy with this game. A lot more fun than I was expecting. Combat, graphics, achievements, all just excellent indeed. I enjoyed it more than i did the movie.
Oct 17, 2011This game is a mindless beat em' up at its best. There's plenty of action and blood to keep anyone entertained, and the game as a whole is a satisfying package. Although it's not a triple A blockbuster, it is fun for a play-through.
Mar 16, 2012Great game.. Better than most games that are based on movies, my favourite one since spiderman 2 on PS2, i advice you to watch some gameplays before buying it, but i can tell you its a great game, one of the best adventure gmes this gen, very underrated
Nov 19, 2013Un juego bastante recomendable, engancha desde el principio y lo quedras regugar minimo dos veces, el unico juego que vale la pena jugar siendo de una pelicula, muy bueno la verdad, lo recomiendo para los fans y los no tan fans, modo historia mas que aceptable, enemigos buenos, modo aventura bastante lineal, pero con toques que desmerecen un buen punto, en definitiva, un gran juego, con una trama mas que aceptable y unos graficos bien creados, un sonido muy bueno y mas sabiendo que esta en castellano y la innovacion esta bastante bien.… Expand
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Vikings Special Teams Unit Thrives On Talent, ContinuityPosted by on September 6, 2010 – 3:28 pm
The Vikings are often described as "a team with a lot of talent," with names such as DE Jared Allen, QB Brett Favre, RB Adrian Peterson and DT Kevin Williams often used to justify the description. When you add in the fact that the Vikings had 10 Pro Bowlers a year ago, the description becomes even more accurate.
The names mentioned in the above paragraph are deployed primarily on offense or defense. But according to Vikings special teams coordinator Brian Murphy, his side of the ball has talent to boast of as well.
"Coach Childress, Rick (Spielman), George (Paton), Scott Studwell and those guys have done a very good job of loading our roster, not only on the front end but those guys that you play with on special teams," Murphy explained on Monday. "We've upgraded every year, that talent pool. I think for the most part we're consistent this year and have most of the guys back, which I think is a plus. But the way the 53 shook out, it's a real credit to those guys and the work they put in to make sure every phase has their share of talent."
Several recent Vikings draft picks have been or currently are core members of Murphy's special teams unit. From the 2009 draft, Asher Allen, Jasper Brinkley, Percy Harvin and Jamarca Sanford all contributed significantly on special teams. Letroy Guion, Jaymar Johnson, Tyrell Johnson and John Sullivan were all taken in the 2008 draft and have been important members of the special teams unit. And from the 2007 draft you have players such as Brian Robison and even Peterson who've been special teams contributors over the years.
But it's not just draft picks brought in by the Vikings personnel staff that have become key special teams players. Undrafted free agents who've recently joined the team and have become important special teams players include Husain Abdullah, Eric Frampton, Erin Henderson and Kenny Onatolu.
The accumulation of talent has produced more than just a long list of names who've remained on the Vikings roster over recent seasons. Statistics show that the Vikings have made special teams a priority when it comes to making personnel decisions. In 2008, the Vikings ranked 21st in kickoff return average allowed and in 2009 Murphy's unit improved to 15th. The Vikings were ranked 32nd in punt return average allowed in 2008 (14.9 yards per return) and in 2009 that ranking jumped up to 12th (7.9 yards per return).
On the other end, the Vikings jumped from 20th in 2008 to 13th in 2009 in kickoff return average and they jumped from 24th in 2008 to 12th in 2009 in punt return average. Harvin earned a Pro Bowl berth as a returner last season and Heath Farwell joined him as a special teams Pro Bowler as well.
Credit goes to the Vikings personnel staff for bringing in players who've become special teams contributors. But credit also goes to Murphy, who has been able to take a collection of early-round draft picks, late-round draft picks and undrafted rookie free agents and turn them into a special teams unit that has improved in key areas over the last couple of seasons.
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Vikings List 7 On Initial Injury ReportPosted by on September 6, 2010 – 2:34 pm
The Vikings have issued their 1st injury report of the 2010 season and 7 names appear on the list. NFL teams are required to submit an injury report on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday before a Sunday game, so of course the Vikings and Saints injury report schedule is a bit different that it will be for most of the regular season.
Anyway, here's a rundown of the Vikings and Saints injury reports.
A pair of Vikings defenders did not participate in practice today – CB Chris Cook (knee) and DT Jimmy Kennedy (knee). A quartet of Vikings were limited participants – RB Toby Gerhart (knee), CB Cedric Griffin (knee), S Jamarca Sanford (ankle) and C John Sullivan (ankle). QB Brett Favre (ankle) was a full participant.
The Saints listed 8 on their injury report. RB Chris Ivory (knee) and LB Stanley Arnoux (ankle) did not participate. LB Jonathan Vilma (groin), T Zach Stief (knee) and CB Tracy Porter (knee) were limited. S Pierson Prioleau (knee), TE Jimmy Graham (ankle) and WR Marques Colston (kidney) were full participants.
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Celebrate Back To Football Thursday And Help A Local SchoolPosted by on September 6, 2010 – 1:46 pm
Vikings fans, thanks to an NFL program promoting the beginning of the 2010 season and benefitting education, you could win $10,000 in fitness equipment for your local school as well as a special Vikings fitness assembly with players, cheerleaders and Viktor the Viking on December 7th.
The national campaign is called Back to Football Friday. But for Vikings fans, it's Back to Football Thursday (the Vikings open their season on Thursday night). The contest runs from the Vikings season-openr opener on September 9th through September 17th.
The concept is to celebrate the start of the Vikings season at your local school in a creative way, such as decorating a classroom in a Vikings theme, encouraging students to wear Vikings apparel, etc. The key is to take pictures of the celebration and load them to www.nflrush.com; 3 essay questions (short answers) also need to be answered as part of the contest.
No, this isn't like playing the lottery. If you register your school, you have a reasonable shot at winning! So, click on this link. The Vikings wish you luck!
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Vikings Adjust Practice SquadPosted by on September 6, 2010 – 10:45 am
Building and maintaining an NFL roster is a never-ending process and that process continued today for the Vikings as they tweaked their practice squad a bit.
The Vikings have added G Seth Olsen and T Thomas Welch to the squad while G Thomas Austin was released.
Olsen stands at 6-4, 305 pounds and is a product of the University of Iowa. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 4th round of the 2009 NFL Draft but was among the team's roster cuts last weekend. Welch registers at 6-7, 310 pounds and comes to the Vikings from the New England Patriots. He played college football at Vanderbilt and was selected by New England in the 7th round of the 2010 NFL Draft.
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Reviewing Sunday's DevelopmentsPosted by on September 6, 2010 – 9:18 am
With the Vikings opening the season on a Thursday night, the team's schedule – and, consequently, our coverage of the team – leading up to Game 1 is a bit unusual. Yesterday's (Sunday's) schedule was just like a regular Wednesday schedule and today is just like a Thursday. On top of that, it's Labor Day Weekend.
So over the past couple of days and into today it'll be easy for aspects regarding the Vikings and their preparation for Thursday night's season-opener to fall through the cracks for fans. To avoid that, let's review what happened on Sunday…
– The Vikings announced a 7-member practice squad. We'll have more details regarding the Vikings practice squad shortly, so stay tuned.
– The Star Tribune quoted WR Percy Harvin as saying "I'm ready to play ball." That's a positive sign for Vikings fans.
– Speaking of Harvin, Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress indicated to reporters that Harvin will assume kick return duties and that Harvin, Bernard Berrian, Greg Camarillo and others will take looks at the punt return role.
– While meeting with the media following his team's practice, Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress addressed the backup QB situation. He explained that Tarvaris Jackson gives the Vikings the best chance to win, citing his knowledge of the offensive system and development during the offseason and training camp. Childress also said: "I think you have to understand that the guy that started with the first group (Jackson) got to play 8 snaps in the St. Louis game. The second guy (Sage Rosenfels) got 36 attempts and was 24 of 36 or something. 8 snaps – 36 snaps. The guys that they played. The guys that he played. It's a completely different set of circumstances. I would hope that if Tarvaris was in there going with the two's (2nd-team), that he would have been able to light it up that same way."
– When asked about the team's interest in free agent WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh, whom the Vikings took a look at in free agency a year ago before Seattle signed him, Childress said "Right now, I'd be more prone to see if we could find a younger guy or somebody that's been around in a West Coast offense."
– One thing that is easily lost when looking back on last year's NFC Championship Game between the Vikings and the Saints is how dominant Adrian Peterson was that night. Unfortunately, his fumbles overshadowed his production. Peterson ran for 122 yards and 3 TDs on 25 carries, an effort that Saints Head Coach Sean Payton hasn't forgotten: "They're one of the best rushing teams in the league. When you look at a guy like Adrian Peterson, and what they do as a front, they're a team that each week is a handful rushing the football. I think as you prepare to play them you have to start with defending the run, defending a great halfback and a great offensive line like they have. And now defending a quarterback like Brett Favre. They kind of threaten you on a lot of fronts. That's a big challenge."
– When asked what was the most important position to add depth at this point, Childress said "Right now casting a gaze towards offensive lineman. I don't think they are quite finished hammering through."
– Childress indicated that the trade compensation for Sage Rosenfels was a 5th round pick and for Darius Reynaud it was "possibly a 7th" round pick.
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Summary: In response to LG's suit for alleged patent violation, Samsung claims seven of the OLED patents LG Display owns are invalid.
Samsung Electronics has filed a lawsuit against LG Display, alleging seven of the latter's patents on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel technologies to be invalid as they lack innovation.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Monday that Samsung filed the suit with a local intellectual property tribunal, seeking LG Display's patents to be declared invalid.
The move comes after LG Display in September sued Samsung over an alleged violation of its OLED patents. That suit claimed five Samsung products, including the Galaxy S smartphone series and Galaxy Tab tablet device, had infringed on LG Display's patents, according to the report. Compared to liquid crystal displays (LCD) which require a backlight, OLED displays enable slimmer designs and more vivid images, and has led TV manufacturers to turn to it amid slowing TV demand.
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Big data
Big data is everywhere, and although the collection of huge datasets from sensors, machines and device-wielding humans has become increasingly automated, understanding causes and connections is still left to people.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to change that.
DARPA's Big Mechanism program will provide up to $45 million in contracts, grants and cooperative agreements for as many as 12 award winners that demonstrate "innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices or systems," according to a newly released solicitation.
In other words, if big data highlights the search for a needle in a haystack of data, DARPA aims to develop technology that explains why the needle is there.
"Big Mechanisms are causal, explanatory models of complicated systems in which interactions have important causal effects," the solicitation states. "The collection of Big Data is increasingly automated, but the creation of Big Mechanisms remains a human endeavor made increasingly difficult by the fragmentation and distribution of knowledge. To the extent that we can automate the construction of Big Mechanisms, we can change how science is done."
DARPA said new research will be necessary in numerous fields related to how machines and humans process massive amounts of data, including statistical and knowledge-based natural language processing, curation and ontology, systems and mathematical biology, and representation and reasoning.
As the solicitation points out, some of the systems that matter most to the Defense Department are complex, but they are studied in a fragmented, inconsistent fashion that makes it difficult to build complete, accurate models.
For its first project, DARPA plans to use the Big Mechanism program to address cancer pathways, which are molecular interactions that can cause some cells to turn cancerous.
Officials are seeking an automated way to extract useful information and causal mechanisms from abstracts and research papers about cancer biology. Computers should then assemble the fragments of data into "complete pathways of unprecedented scale and accuracy" to determine cause-and-effect relationships and how those relationships could be altered or manipulated to prevent or control the disease.
"The language of molecular biology and the cancer literature emphasize mechanisms," said Paul Cohen, a DARPA program manager, in a press release. "Papers describe how proteins affect the expression of other proteins and how these effects have biological consequences. Computers should be able to identify causes and effects in cancer biology papers more easily than in, say, the literatures of sociology or economics."
He added: "Unfortunately, what we know about big mechanisms is contained in enormous, fragmentary and sometimes contradictory literatures and databases, so no single human can understand a really complicated system in its entirety. Computers must help us."
If DARPA's effort with cancer research shows promise, the implications would be far-reaching. Any article or bit of published research about any topic of interest could become part of a computer-maintained and computer-examined causal model of a larger system -- what DARPA calls the Big Mechanism.
"Causal models are needed to predict how systems will respond to interventions -- how a patient or an economy will respond to a drug or a new tax -- and to understand why systems behave as they do," Cohen said. "By emphasizing causal models and explanation, Big Mechanism may be the future of science."
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Our last record was about showcasing that, and this one had nothing to do with that.There are almost no organic sounds on the album.Yeah. Well, there's some guitar, but it never feels like just a band in a room, which is what I love about it.There's maybe one song with an acoustic guitar, but there's not nearly as many acoustic instruments on this record as the last one.No. We pull an acoustic out once or twice, but it's never featured.In that way, the record is a lot more experimental than what you've done, but, as you've said, it's probably more pop-oriented as well.Isn't that kind of the dream? To do something weirder than you've ever done before and make it catchier? That's always been my dream. Everyone makes music for different reasons, but for me, that's maybe the biggest compliment you could have ever told me.The last song, "Cold Moon," is a bit of trip.Yeah, that song was really interesting. We did that about four different ways. I was just never happy with it. 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stay high over the next two years because recession-scarred Americans are likely to stay cautious making for only a moderate-paced economic recovery.
Fed policymakers say it will take "some time" for the economy and the jobs market to get back to normal. And, a minority think it ould take more than five or six years for that to happen. Previously, Fed policymakers suggested it could take five or six years for economic conditions to return to full health.
In updated economic projections, the Fed says the unemployment rate this year could hover between 9.5 percent and 9.7 percent. Next year, it will drop to between 8.2 percent and 8.5 percent. By 2012, the jobless rate will range between 6.6 percent and 7.5 percent.
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UBS - "The European Central Bank will be the focus in the week ahead, eclipsing the Bank of England, Reserve Bank of Australia and Bank of Canada policy decisions and America's ISM and payrolls releases. The risk of the ECB pursuing negative interest rates or expanding its balance sheet is set to keep the euro trading heavily into the Governing Council meeting. But the franc may incur more volatility in June if the Swiss National Bank matches any ECB decision to cut deposit rates below zero.…Continue
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UBS - "Financial markets are giving out inconsistent signals. A firmer yen, stronger Treasuries and bunds, weaker Eurozone peripheral bonds and lower stocks point to increased risk aversion. But the Swiss franc is weakening while commodity currencies are stable. The major currencies are more likely still to be driven by shifts in monetary policy. The Federal Reserve is set to keep tapering, helping the dollar recover from this year's lows. The likelihood of European Central Bank easing next…Continue
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UBS - "The dollar continues to trade at weak levels against the euro, pound and Swiss franc as the Federal Reserve is still printing money and buying bonds. In the week ahead the Federal Open Market Committee is likely to taper its asset purchases by another $10bn to $45bn a month. We expect the greenback to rise across the board as the end of quantitative easing comes into sight by the autumn. But this month's FOMC decision may only provide marginal support to the dollar as the Fed will…Continue
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Current upmove should be ended around 1.3804 - 1.3827. Any correction consolidation should find support in 1.3767 - 1.3752 zone.
irregular flat correction up 1.3877
Warning: Imminent end of bullish move
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UBS - "The foreign exchange markets reacted to America's March employment report by favouring higher-yielding emerging markets and commodity currencies. But US data is unlikely to remain 'not too hot' to spur fears of Federal Reserve tightening and 'not too cold' to raise concerns about the recovery. Instead Friday's payrolls report clearly showed America's economy emerging from the winter slowdown. The Fed is thus on track to finish tapering its bond purchases by the autumn, raising the…Continue
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The yen was the easily the strongest of the major currencies, gaining almost 2% against the dollar. The Swiss franc (0.6%) would have been the second strongest, but the hawkishness of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand helped push the Kiwi ahead of it (0.8%). Our technical work had identified the Australian dollar as particular vulnerable. It and sterling were…Continue
"The early March reversal in USDBRL has extended modestly this week and while the market has struggled to push through 2.36/2.37 (55-day MA at 2.3741 today), gains are enough to suggest to us that the track higher is more likely to extend further. Daily patterns are positive and weekly price signals are…Continue
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"USDJPY looked in good technical shape through the end of last week but the bind tone has quickly vanished. Losses this week have dumped the USD back below "cloud" chart support, with the confirming cross lower in the "tankan" span indicating a bias towards more weakness from here. The USD is just about holding on…Continue
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"EURUSD hesitated only briefly early this week, respecting the "shooting star" top noted last week for a day or two, before pushing on to new cycle highs Thursday. The drop back in spot from the high 1.39 area Thursday—close to the top of the daily channel—alerts us to the risk of a deeper turn lower in the week…Continue
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Disappointing Chinese date is weighing heavily on Australian dollar sentiment. New vehicle sales and RBA minutes scheduled for Sunday/Monday respectively. Disappointing data and dovish minutes will compound negative investor sentiment, and could drive the AUD/USD towards January lows. Positive data and hawkish minutes would likely create some short term strength in the AUD/USD, but may not be enough to reverse the longer term downtrend. Keep in mind the reason the Australian Dollar had such…Continue
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Some periphery spread widening since mid-week, lower EUR yield spread, increasing risk of fall-out from Ukraine crisis, and dovish comments from Draghi suggest that the recent bullish trend in EUR is at least due a correction.
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Any setbacks will be viewed as corrective and limited, with supports at
1.3812 and 1.3708. Resistance is at 1.3915, a break above this would
extend the strength to 1.4052.
The important resistance at 103.65 was tested on Friday and a close above
this will be positive, opening the way to 105.44. Support is at 102.48
ahead of 101.20.
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The short-term USDCAD charts are not telling us much we don't already know. The USD remains capped below short-term resistance in the low 1.11 area and, after a firmer start to the North American session, USDCAD has slipped modestly back towards support in the upper 1.10 zone. We see limited downside for the market…Continue
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Japanese investors are making a tentative return to Australian bonds markets. That's the clear message from portfolio flow data released last week, which includes activity up to end-January. That's quite a reversal of sentiment given Japanese investors spent most of the past 18 months as net AUD sellers. It seems FX valuations have now fallen back to somewhat attractive levels again – low enough to pique investor interest once more. These inflows have…
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Any setbacks will be viewed as corrective and limited, with supports at 1.3812 and 1.3708. Resistance is at 1.3915, a break above this would extend the strength to 1.4052.
The important resistance at 103.65 was tested on Friday and a close above this will be positive, opening the way to 105.44. Support is at 102.48 ahead of 101.20.
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sugar butter flour bakery in sunnyvale
Has anyone tried this place yet? There was a mention of it in the SJ Merc this morning. Any reviews? I tried searching for this on this board but without the "sort by date" feature I had trouble finding if anything recent was posted. Sorry if duplicate.
They opened very recently. I tried their raisin snails; very buttery and tender pastry, and the raisins themselves had been hydrated beautifully before being incorporated. Unfortunately, they are rather expensive (I've forgotten what I paid for them) and rather small. However, I'll bring them home again. Croissants looked lovely, and we'll be having them this weekend. Their dessert pastries looked wonderful. When I dropped in, they were not yet baking breads, but was told that they will be available soon and also baked to order if desired. I suspect they're up to full speed now.
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I miss Fujii's mocha buttercream and mousse cakes. However, it looks like his goods are being sold at Seto Deli, according to one of the ladies behind the counter. And, indeed, the mocha buttercream roll tasted identical: strong coffee flavor, not too sweet.
http://setodeli.com/ - 155 E. Maude Ave., Sunnyvale
I wonder if Sugar Butter Flour is aiming to compete with Satura? While I do miss the Fujii Bakery store, I am curious about this new one. Their website looks interesting, although I don't know if they'll be stocking all (or a majority) of the items they list there.
http://www.sugarbutterflour.com/ - 669 S. Bernardo Ave., Sunnyvale
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I hope to give SBF a try soon. Curious to see what they actually sell at their storefront. The Merc article said that the chefs have past affiliations w/ Manresa and Fleur de Cocoa in Los Gatos.
I stopped in this morning to try them out, and results were mixed.
Cookies: in general, the cookies I tried were not very sweet (a plus, IMO); the shortbread was thick and not as buttery as I would've liked; the peanut butter was very tender and not sweet; the ice box cookie was crisp and brown sugary; the chocolate was tender and very chocolatey - easily the best of the lot.
Chocolates: the caramel was good, but very runny; the brandied cherry was very alcoholic (which I liked) but not runny enough; I haven't gotten to the other 3 yet (hey, it's only 10:50am!)
Tarts: the tarte tatin tasted like every other one I'd every had - nice, but not very interesting, and the crust was soggy (to be expected, I guess, which is why I never flip my tt's over until just before service); the pear almond tart was so syrupy sweet that the few pear slices were overwhelmed and the almond filling (frangipane) wasn't even detectable. They should switch to the Cooks Ill. recipe for this one!
The croissant was perfect: small, crisp, buttery - the best I've had outside of Paris.
Breads appear later in the morning for lunch, etc. Prices were a bit high, but not as high as Neto nor Fleur de Cocoa, service was very friendly, and I hope they do well.
I went there yesterday and picked up three individual desserts for $11.50:
Paris Brest, my favorite of the three. A ring made of pate choux (same as a cream puff) and filled with a wonderful hazelnut praline cream.
Chocolate cake (cylinder shaped) with dark chocolate mousse flavored with a touch of Grand Marnier. I would've preferred a bit more GM to counter the richness of the chocolate, but it was still good.
Hazelnut mousse cake slice: There were a few chunks of hazelnut praline in the dark chocolate mousse, sandwiched between layers of vanilla sponge. I didn't taste much hazelnut flavor: the chunks were a bit jarring when I chewed on them. I feel they should've ground the praline more fine, and perhaps used more praline than chocolate, since the latter really seemed to overwhelm the former.
One of the owners, Kathleen, helped me with my order. She was very friendly and helpful. Turns out they use Guittard chocolate (yay!), at least in their truffles. I look forward to trying the other desserts, as they had quite a few available (at least a dozen? it was before lunch time).
We've regularly bought croissants from them at the Los Gatos sunday farmer's market the last few months. Very glad that their shop is now opening (and likely why they missed last week's market). We'd agree they are some of the best croissants in the area. I like their cinnamon croissants as well.
I love Sweets so when I saw on the mercury news that there is a new bakery in my neighborhood I went to check it out, and I am so happy I did.
I bought 4 different desserts for an evening party: Chocolate Opera Cake, Duo Chocolate Mousse, Chocolate Marquise Pyramid and Chocolate Dome ( I hope I remember the names right... :-)
As you can see I love chocolate and I wasn't disappointed: the dessert where absolutely amazing! Just what you will be looking for if you have a real craving for chocolate.
Prices were more than reasonable: $4 each which I found great for the quality.
The store has really big variety: at least 20 different kinds of individual desserts. All items look really good, I had hard time choosing :-)
I wish them luck and I hope they will keep the quality the same way even when they get really busy.
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I bought a slice of the Chocolate Opera cake last week and it was so dry that even my hubby wouldn't eat it.
Looking for Paris-style bakery in a San Jose suburb? Sugar Butter Flour is your best bet, considering product quality and presentation.
To give credit where it is due – I think these guys, who have just opened their bakery doors to the public, has done a fantastic job. I usually don't go out of my way to write reviews in public forums, however this time I decided that I should do it. I wanted to do what I can to help Sugar Butter Flour succeed.
I stumbled upon SBF last Friday, and was impressed by the simple and warm design of the store. The variety of cakes, individual desserts, chocolates, morning pastries and lunch items is absolutely fantastic. When I asked the person behind the counter (apparently one of the owners) how they came up with such large variety of products, she mentioned that they were doing wholesale for a long time, so they developed a pretty big product catalog.
Cakes and individual desserts are the most visible, and are beautifully designed and presented. I bought a Chocolate Dome, some Fruit Tartlets and a Vanilla Mousse Cake. I shared these with my fiancé and some friends, and everyone was ecstatic. In fact, our friends were so impressed that they went to the bakery to buy some stuff immediately after they left our apartment. They said the store was still open at 7:15PM (on Friday night!), which is very convenient if you want to buy stuff after work for a party and such.
Although I did not try the chocolates and morning pastries, they all look delicious and of the highest quality. Lunch items also look great.
In terms of prices,Sugar Butter Flour's Individual desserts cost $4 each, while at the closest competitor (Neto Café in Mountain View) desserts go for above $6!!! Not to mention, there is no way to compare Neto's product quality to SBF's. In my opinion, the only bakery in the bay area that really competes with SBF is Fleur the Cocoa in Los Gatos, which boasts similar quality but is much pricier.
To conclude – this is an awesome little bakery, with great product selection, great quality and good prices. I honestly hope that Sugar Butter Flour succeed and influence the baking scene in our area for the long run.
"In my opinion, the only bakery in the bay area that really competes with SBF is Fleur the Cocoa in Los Gatos, which boasts similar quality but is much pricier...this is an awesome little bakery, with great product selection, great quality and good prices. I honestly hope that Sugar Butter Flour succeed and influence the baking scene in our area for the long run." (Brad Johnson)
I totally agree. The croissants and fruit-filled danishes we purchased are outstanding. The brandied cherry, caramel, and hazlenut/ganache chocolates also. Next weekend we'll start sampling their gorgeous dessert cakes!
An observation from another trip to SBF: They have Parisian style macarons! There weren't that many, only a small platter of 'em in the display case.
Flavors: chocolate, pistachio, raspberry, coffee, cinnamon and caramel. They're about half the size of the ones at Pamplemousse, but at about half the cost ($0.90). The fillings look thicker, jammier than Pamplemousse's macarons, which remind me of those at Ladurée. :)
My b/f found this place and took me there. They are great. The owner was the pastry chef for some high end restaurant in Palo Alto (she served in the Israeli army for awhile). They also do wholesale to restaurants. Excellent stuff. They make wedding cakes too. Very good - highly recommended.
Also, if you go at the end of the day and they have left over pastries, they give them away, b/c they just get rid of them. Might as well try stuff for free!!! :)


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Local officials dig into fracking
RELATED: 'A lot of fear' about fracking
Essex County officials were so concerned about protecting the northern part of their county from development that they put strict zoning ordinances in place more than 15 years ago.
Farmers who want to subdivide property along the Rappahannock River are allowed only five homes per 1,000 acres.
"That's it. Forever," said Jeffrey Hodges, the county's building and zoning administrator.
Essex wanted to preserve its pristine farmland along U.S. 17 in upper Essex, which runs from the outskirts of Port Royal in Caroline County to Tappahannock.
"It's a scenic highway, and it's beautiful," he said.
It's also the part of the county where Shore Exploration and Production Corp. of Texas has acquired leases to drill for natural gas.
Despite Essex's strict ordinances, there's nothing in its code that addresses the prospect of drilling. The thought of losing the pastoral beauty of rolling hills and green spaces to rigs and pipelines bothers Hodges.
He's worked for the county for 36 years and remembers when Shore first came to the area to do exploratory drilling in the 1980s.
"We thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread," Hodges said, adding that there was a lot of enthusiasm for drilling at the time. "But all of that was before fracking."
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the process of injecting high volumes of water and chemicals deep into the ground to fracture the rock and release the oil and natural gas deposited there. Opponents fear the process can cause water, air and noise pollution and turn scenic farmland into industrial zones.
Shore Exploration, which has an office in Bowling Green, has acquired leases on more than 84,000 acres in the Taylorsville basin, east of Fredericksburg.
Like other localities where leases have been acquired, Essex officials are reviewing county ordinances to determine how to address possible drilling.
But as Westmoreland County Administrator Norm Risavi has discovered, there often are more questions than answers.
"What happens if for some reason the water is contaminated?" he asked. "How do you purify it? What does it cost, and who pays for it? How do we deal with this if something goes wrong because, invariably, something will go wrong."
Shore drilled some exploratory wells in the region in the late 1980s, but no production wells have ever been dug in the Tidewater area so close to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Friends of the Rappahannock held two informational meetings on fracking in December. Most area counties in the Taylorsville basin—which includes Caroline, Essex, King George, King and Queen and Westmoreland—sent representatives.
FOR also formed the "Taylorsville Basin Partners," which include several environmental groups as well as former state legislator Albert Pollard, who moderated the meetings.
Pollard told King George residents in January that they can't rely on state and federal regulations to address all the issues drilling would bring with it. He talked about "the industrialization of the rural landscape" and showed photos of well pads next to a church or in the middle of farms.
Pollard advised local governments to set their own specifications on drilling. Tippett agrees.
"It's critical," he said. "That's what everybody in a position of authority in local government should be doing."
Any company that wants to drill in the Taylorsville basin would have to apply for a special-exception permit from each county—after satisfying state regulations.
The Virginia Department of Mines, Mineral and Energy regulates the industry.
Shore's lease specifies that it won't drill within 200 feet of a house or barn. Counties can impose other restrictions that speak to the timing, pace and scale of activity as part of their "traditional zoning powers," said Greg Buppert, an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center.
"Counties regulate industrial activity all the time," said Buppert, who's also a member of the Taylorsville partners. "Gas drilling is an industrial activity that can be regulated."
But is fracking an activity that counties can prohibit altogether?
No, said Ken Cuccinelli, the former state attorney general, in January 2013.
He said counties could adopt zoning ordinances that restrict the location of wells as long as they're consistent with the Virginia Gas and Oil Act and the Commonwealth Energy Policy. But, he added, they can't ban them.
Buppert, the attorney, disagrees. His nonprofit group works in six states—Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia—on issues pertaining to clean energy, air and water.
He said he believes Cuccinelli's decision overlooks a key case from the Virginia Supreme Court that speaks to the power of local ordinances. It's from 1989 and involves Prince William County's decision to prohibit debris landfills. The company that wanted to build the landfill challenged the decision, saying the Virginia Waste Management Act pre-empted the county's action.
The Supreme Court ruled that localities have the full scope of zoning powers available to them, including an outright ban.
"And landfills are regulated under state statute just like gas drilling is," Buppert said.
The issue hasn't been tested in the courts, and Buppert doesn't know of any county that has instituted a ban on gas and oil drilling.
None of the counties in the Taylorsville basin mentions gas and oil drilling in its Comprehensive Plan. Drilling is defined in Westmoreland's zoning ordinances, but in the others, it's either limited to the exploratory drilling done in the 1980s or not addressed at all, according to officials.
Counties typically list permitted uses in their codes, "and unless it's specified, it's not allowed," said Mike Finchum, Caroline County's planning director.
However, his interpretation of Cuccinelli's statement clearly differs from that of the environmental lawyer—and speaks to some of the confusion surrounding the issue.
"I believe the language in the state code says local governments can't outright prohibit it," Finchum said about drilling. "We're trying to figure out exactly what the landscape is in terms of local regulations."
Westmoreland, Essex and King and Queen counties are doing the same.
King George's County Attorney Eric Gregory concluded in January that gas drilling would not be allowed under current ordinances. His findings concurred with Buppert, that state law did not override a locality's ability to prohibit the activity through zoning.
Still, because the regulations are vague and ambiguous, Gregory suggested—and the supervisors agreed—that the Planning Commission review what's on the books. If gas drilling is to be allowed under the county's special-exception process—and it hasn't been determined if it will be—Gregory suggested King George develop evaluation standards.
Risavi, Westmoreland's county administrator, wishes that each locality didn't have to reinvent the wheel in terms of understanding regulations regarding fracking.
It's an expensive use of staff time to have each county attorney examine the same state code and local ordinances, he said.
"I just think it's important for each of us who are going to be dealing with this issue … to be informed and to understand what we can do," Risavi said. "Hopefully we can obtain some assistance so each of us doesn't have to go out and get this technical expertise."
The Taylorsville Basin Partners already have gathered a lot of information and resources. Some they've borrowed from the Shenandoah Valley Network, which started its research in 2010 when a company wanted to drill a well in Rockingham County.
The partners offer examples of specific language that counties can put in their comprehensive plans. They suggest zoning options counties can consider and questions officials can ask of the Virginia Department of Mines, Mineral and Energy.
Megan Gallagher, who's a Taylorsville partner and a member of the Shenandoah network, said counties can be as specific as they like. If they don't want truck traffic on roads the same time as school buses or the companies building drilling facilities during a farmer's growing season, they can specify that in their ordinances, she said.
"Taylorsville needs to have a proactive approach," she said, adding that if counties "make it hard" for oil and gas companies to do business in an area, "they'll go where it's easy."
—Staff reporter Rusty Dennen contributed to this story.
Cathy Dyson: 540/374-5425
Shore Exploration and Production Corp. has leased 84,388 acres in the region in the Taylorsville basin for possible drilling.
CAROLINE COUNTY: 40,733 acres
WESTMORELAND COUNTY: 13,864 acres
ESSEX COUNTY: 13,338 acres
KING GEORGE COUNTY: 10,443 acres
KING AND QUEEN COUNTY: 6,010 acres
—Friends of the Rappahannock
The Taylorsville Basin Partners includes these members:
FRIENDS OF THE RAPPAHANNOCK: Bryan Hoffman, Richard Moncure and John Tippett
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: Greg Buppert and Rick Parrish
VIRGINIA LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS: Emily Francis and Albert Pollard
SHENANDOAH VALLEY NETWORK: Megan Gallagher and Kate Wofford
CAROLINE COUNTY COUNTRY ALLIANCE: Nancy Long of Port Royal, who worked to get landowners to informational meetings in December
Examples of resources the partners have gathered for county governments are available at fredericksburg.com on the blog News from King George.
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