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It was a spring night in Turin, and to the outside world Gareth Bale had failed unforgivably for Real Madrid, in a wide role in the Champions League.
"It is very difficult when you are playing with 10 men as Gareth Bale did not show up," said Roy Keane, unsparing on the British television commentary as the Spanish side went down 2-1 to Juventus in the semi-final first leg.
Less clear to the analysts, though, were the extraordinary strictures which Bale was facing on that occasion last May: difficulties which are more akin to the school playground. One of the most lavishly assembled football teams on the planet were not passing to him again, as has so often been the case when Bale has played a wide role. On the big European nights, when Cristiano Ronaldo wants the spotlight, he expects the clique of players who looked up to him – James Rodriguez and Marcelo Vieira are prime among them – to pass to him and when they do not, it generally transpires that they get the sharp end of his tongue.
"Centro, centro," he tells them, demanding the ball. For Bale, out on the flank, this has meant a feeling of isolation and when Rafael Benitez arrived as manager last June, he told him it was a worry. Benitez immediately took to Bale. He liked the earnestness and seriousness of his approach to football, promised him he would make him a better player, and began moving him to a more central area. "Why are you putting him there?" Ronaldo immediately asked. "He's standing on my space."
Such is the bizarre world Bale occupies at the Bernabeu, where he remains the outsider in many ways. Benitez found a place for him behind the striker in a 4-4-1-1, though by the end of his reign at the club his best way of assembling the highly charged egos seemed to involve letting the key players find their own space. There were times when Bale would find an inferior full-back to exploit, only to discover Ronaldo had seen this and decided to go after the same defender.
Bale hasn't been at the hub of things off the field, either. Though not unhappy with his life in the Spanish capital, he is not engrossed in it. He has not mastered the Spanish language. He does show up at the dinner parties which are a part of the social circuit – but generally he leaves them early. The only one less inclined to join in than him is the German Toni Kroos, who doesn't generally appear at all. Bale's friendship with the Spanish full-back Dani Carvajal has created more of a bond but he is wondering how life will pan out now Benitez – who was less willing to adhere to the Carlo Ancelotti laissez-faire culture of management – has gone. The fear is that Zinedine Zidane will make it every man for himself again.
On the morning of the day Benitez was sacked, three weeks ago, Bale and his representatives let Real's president, Florentino Perez, know how much they valued the manager. To no avail.
It is against this backdrop that Manchester United's £100m bid last summer was given serious consideration by Bale. Ryan Giggs was one of the players enlisted to persuade him to accept their bid two years ago and it doesn't require too much imagination to see why the thought of working with him now would also appeal.
There is a strong suggestion that the impending birth to Bale and his partner, Emma Rhys-Jones, of a second child – they already have a daughter – might also influence a wish to be back in Britain.
Foremost among the obstacles to a Bale move is how willing Real would be to let him leave. There is confidence that a possible transfer embargo could be stalled for long enough to make this a summer like any other, though that could fail, which would make any sales unlikely. Perez likes a new marquee name each summer, so that can always mean fluidity, even for a player signed for £86m only three years ago. There is a feeling that Bale, more than Ronaldo, represents Real's future, yet Bale does seem less immovable than the Portuguese. The question where a 31-year-old Ronaldo is concerned is who else might conceivably take him and his wages now, especially since he brings Perez £50m in shirt sales, of which Madrid take half. The feeling is that Bale, more than Ronaldo, is the one United will go in search of again this coming summer.
The question for Bale and his advisers will be whether Old Trafford can offer a release from the Bernabeu madhouse. United's very pursuit of Bale last summer underlined an internal chaos of their own: a club now determined to go out and buy a marquee signing in each summer transfer window, yet lacking so much as a serviceable defence and not even sure whether the Welshman would go the same way as the last player they paid out a huge sum to Real for: Angel Di Maria. It is hard to see how Bale forms part of a coherent plan. Though most managers would say that such an acquisition would be someone to build a team around, Louis van Gaal and his management by numbers do not work that way.
There is no great affinity to United to draw Bale in anyway. He is not a supporter of the club. If they are to attract him, United's task must be to find an ambitious form of football which appeals and, you have to imagine, a Champions League stage.
In the meantime, the tantalising evidence emerges daily of reasons why a move home to Britain might serve him very well. Benitez worried about the club resolving the recurring calf problem which forced him from the pitch before half-time against Sporting Gijon the weekend before last. Marcelo says that Bale was not missed in the disappointing 1-1 draw against Real Betis on Sunday. "It would be unfair to say that we missed Bale when you look at the squad we have," he said. "James had a great game. He worked very hard."
Yet more not-so-subtle barbs for Bale to suffer at a club where he is to some extent trapped.
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Former presidential candidate and businessman Ross Perot is answering questions over at the Freakonomics blog.
Check out some of the interesting points:
Do you consider all deficit spending misguided? Surely there are some times when it is called for.
Classical economic theory calls for deficit spending by government when faced with prospects of recession and depression. The challenge, of course, is to spend money in a manner that will create the most benefit for the economy. This will prove to be an incredibly complex assignment and the subject of much debate.
Of course, wartime often requires deficit spending. World War II required huge amounts of deficit spending, for example. The difference between then and now, however, is that we ran budget surpluses after the war and paid off the debt.
I remember when you were running for president, they showed you driving around in your old Volvo. What are you driving now? And what would you do about the U.S. automakers' woes?
Actually, I was driving a 1986 Oldsmobile. I have always driven American-made automobiles, and I currently drive a Ford product.
Clearly, General Motors meets the definition of too big to fail, as do Ford and Chrysler. General Motors happens to be closer to running out of cash at this moment. The question is whether domestic automaker sales are slumping as a result of the short-term liquidity credit crunch or more basic reasons such as their business models. I suspect both are to blame, but the proportions are difficult to determine. An analytical approach would favor a prepackaged bankruptcy, but the situation is well beyond that stage. It's now in the hands of the politicians who are almost certain to craft some type of bailout or bridge-financing feature to keep G.M. out of liquidation.
Check out the full Q&A here.
It is time for savers to pay more attention to prices. That assumes savers are still interested in saving, but frustrated with ever lower interest rates.
In a depressed economy like we have in the United States, low interest rates should increase borrowing, spending and then jobs.
It should, but it may not. For example, low interest rates may encourage existing home owners to refinance at lower interest rates rather than encouraging those who are renting to buy a new house. In the case of refinancing, there will be few jobs created; in the case of a new house there will be construction jobs.
Those who refinance and save with lower monthly payments have more money to spend which might add to new spending. I say might because lower interest rates mean lower earnings for savers, which will cut their income and discourage spending as well as saving.
Right now, lower interest rates are not generating much spending, just lots of talking and proposing.
Low interest rates need to finance borrowing where something actually happens like building a new factory or a new house. Lending transactions that generates more schemes to buy low and sell high will not generate jobs.
Low interest rates are only one potential change that can help revive spending. Lower prices on goods and services can do that as well.
Just as lower interest rates can put people to work, lower prices get people to buy more, which means more work, more production of goods and services, followed by more jobs and more income.
Lower prices also translate into personal savings. Low gas prices help us save as individuals, but also generate mass savings that supports spending in other sectors.
There is other regular and discretionary buying that has potential for savings. Try the grocery store where savings on week-in and week-out buying can easily translate into four figure savings over a year. I never buy cereal, chips, crackers, or most prepared food unless it's on sale.
Yesterday, the local grocery had an end of aisle display announcing chips at 2 for $7. Chips on sale are supposed to be 2 for $5, but worse I took a bag down to check the size and found 10.5 ounces instead of 11.5.
I walked away, which we all realize is a tiny gesture in a mass market, but I still have my $7 bucks. In a computer age, the wholesalers back at the warehouse know exactly what the larger market thinks of their new price.
If others pay more attention to pricing and show more resistance, it will translate into price cuts and personal savings. We can also realistically hope it will work to revive our declining economy.
Fred Siegmund covers America's jobs as part of work doing labor market analysis and projections for a client base of recruiters, trainers and counselors. Visit him at www.americanjobmarket.blogspot.com
A recent headline from the Washington Post reads "U.S. Moves to Revive Consumer Lending."
The first line of the article tells readers "The government said yesterday that it will deploy up to $800 billion to make it cheaper for Americans to get a home mortgage, take out a car loan or borrow money through a credit card…"
The word "deploy" has never been a financial term in my memory. Troops get deployed, but money is typically saved or spent. Dollars need to be spent rather than deployed to revive the economy.
The article's use of the word deploy tells us the government knows Americans are short of more solid sources of money to spend: wages, salaries and savings. Instead they apparently hope consumers will return to their usual excess and borrow.
Spending our way to prosperity was the policy of Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930's and every president since, but a policy that deploys dollars for consumer loans differs from previous expansionary policies.
Will it work? As a saver, I believe there are many other savers like me who have matched percentage payments into defined contribution pension plans and 401(k) plans as well as other purchases of CD's, stocks and bonds. This fall's stock market and interest rate drops have caused a massive decline in purchasing power for this group.
As savers in a good economy, we were the least likely to use consumer loans or abuse consumer credit. In a bad economy, it is hard to think savers will be the ones most likely to resort to consumer borrowing. We are the group more able to postpone discretionary purchases like cars, clothes, electronics and vacations.
For the many others who defaulted on sub-prime loans and continue to struggle to pay credit card balances, it is hard to believe the government's plan will find them ready and able to borrow more and spend us out of recession.
When our government stops talking about consumer loans and starts discussing tax policy and the Federal Budget, there will be good reason for hope. If all they want to do is "deploy" consumer credit, expect another quarter of decline.
Fred Siegmund covers America's jobs as part of work doing labor market analysis and projections for a client base of recruiters, trainers and counselors. Visit him at www.americanjobmarket.blogspot.com
Thanksgiving is over. Black Friday has past. Before you know it, we'll be in 2009.
Since we're at the end of the month and almost the end of the year, it's time to start looking forward to your financial status when the calendar flips.
This week, we participated in two carnivals again: the Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by Living Almost Large and the Money Hacks Carnival at Steadfast Finances.
Check out a few of the great stories from the two carnivals:
Online Bank Accounts and More Savings Options To Keep Your Money Safe - The Digerati Life
In light of the current financial turmoil, many are exploring alternatives to the traditional brick and mortar bank for saving and securing their assets. Here are some of the options.
Ask the Readers: What are Your Favorite Internet Sites for Discounts (Revisited)? - Uncommon Cents
We've discussed Internet coupon sites here in the past (and of course, we've had the fabulous Kyle of Rather-Be-Shopping.com do a bunch of guest posts!), so they're not new to us. But there are other sites out there and other ways to spend less or get rebates, and I'm wondering which do you like?
Is Your Cash Flowing on a Daily Basis? - Debt Free Destiny
As more and more people are creating budgets to stay on track in a turbulent economy, it is important for those people to recognize their own cash flow situation and seal with it. Even if, on paper, your income meets your needs for paying bills, you still may not be off the hook.
Look around you. What do you have in your life to be thankful for?
It's probably more than you think.
So much of our society places an unneeded desire on material possessions, wealth and status. But that's not as important as you might think.
Believe it or not, you've got it good.
There are so many people in the world who have way less than you do. A lot less.
Even if you think you're in a bad situation, look at yourself through the eyes of the less-fortunate.
Whether it's family, a home to live in, or food on your table … you could have it a lot worse. And many people do.
So on this day of Thanksgiving, remember to be thankful for what you have. It's not all about the Fortune 500 job, the fancy new car or even being debt free. It's about taking a moment and putting your life into context.
There's always someone who has it much worse than you.
Be thankful for what you have. Have a happy Thanksgiving.
"Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business." — Warren Buffett
The U.S. Dollar is the premium brand of currency in the world. It's the standard against which all other currencies are measured and it's where the money goes when people want rock-solid security.
This has been true for decades, but in the last 35 years, the U.S. has gone from the largest creditor nation to the largest debtor. Our twin deficits combined with artificially low interest rates have left us with a $10 trillion national debt — $50 trillion if entitlement programs are included, as they should be.
We haven't been spending the money on factories or production. Instead we've been buying houses, cars, HDTV's, playing world cop, and dramatically overpaying for health care.
To put it bluntly, we are broke, both as a nation and as a set of individuals. The dirty secret is that our lifestyle of the last 20 years is unsustainable.
To fix this mess we've made, we need to tighten our belts and start saving money rather than borrowing to spend. That goes both for individuals and the government. In addition, we need to focus on producing goods that can be exported to other nations so that we can get money flowing back into this country rather than out of it.
Unfortunately, the government is determined to sustain consumption epidemic. Certainly consumption brings short-term pain relief, but it just makes the long-term imbalance worse, similar to giving a crack addict more crack to avoid withdrawal.
People keep saying the the bailouts will be paid for by our children, but the truth is that we'll have to pay the price ourselves. If the government continues its spending spree, which is even more likely now that we'll have a unified government of Democrats, inflation risk is very real.
Standard & Poor has already stated that the U.S. is at risk of losing its AAA bond rating.
If the dollar devaluation prediction comes true, the new financial capital of the world will be Asia. Asian countries have been effectively taxing themselves to subsidize U.S. consumption by buying and holding our bonds and thereby keeping our currency valuable.
If the U.S. economy collapses, Asia will decouple and begin to flourish on its own. They will be in excellent position with industrialized production, steady growth, and plenty of reserve savings.
If the U.S. dollar declined to 1/2, 1/4 or even 1/10th of its current value, chaos would ensue and a great number of people would be in deep trouble, especially retirees.
Are you prepared for such a contingency? Any bonds you hold would decline in value significantly, as would any cash.
According to the government numbers, inflation was around 4% this year, which means that any cash you had in a high-interest savings account has actually been declining in value at 1% rather than increasing by 3%.
If we're headed for dollar deflation, as some say, then it's a good idea to keep your cash. If you believe the inflation scenario, then you should buy some commodities such as gold. Or of course you could hedge your position and buy some gold while also keeping some cash on hand.
If you do decide to buy gold, it's a good idea to avoid futures and stick with real, physical gold or a fund that holds physical gold to avoid counterparty risk of the futures not being delivered.
If you want to take more risk and attempt to profit off the possibility of a falling dollar rather than simply maintaining your wealth, buy mining companies rather than physical gold, but still don't buy futures.
As for equities, Asia is a solid long-term investment but it will suffer in the short term along with the rest of the world.
An open question to everyone to start off the week: how many funds do you have?
In funds, we're talking about savings, not mutual funds. Examples:
I'll start off. In our savings onion, we currently have 5 funds:
We used to have a car fund, but we got rid of that when we bought a car! (More on that soon.)
How many funds do you have? Tell us in a comment below.
There's a comment on my 1929 and 2008 post from Mickey Blue Eyes that deserves a reply.
The problem with promoting an even distribution of wealth is that it is a euphemism for Marxist "from everyone according to their ability, to everyone according to their need."
Doing a quick Google search, I could not find a global per capita income, but the per capita income for the U.S. in 2006 is $44,970. That's less than what I'm making now, and I'm not in evil top 2% of income earners.
Assuming everyone continues to be as productive (or unproductive, as the case may be) as they are now, everyone will receive a paycheck for $44K per year. That might be great to some high school dropout living off of welfare, but do we really expect productive people who studied in school and work hard for their >$44K/yr job to continue working that hard?
If the most you can earn is $44K/yr, are you going to work more than you absolutely have to to get your $44K paycheck?
Distribution of wealth, especially when forced by the government; e.g., USSR, N. Korea, Cuba, Maoist China, et al.; is a sure recipe for disaster.
It appears to argue that it is wrong to have social policies that reduce the inequality of income. It calls such a policy Marxian.
Marx was a 19th century guy who looked at the poverty and gross inequality of income he saw during the industrialization period in England. He could have said it is unfair, but instead he wrote a long boring book trying to convince people there is a natural and scientific reason that makes income inequality a bad thing.
Now we have free enterprisers that look at corporate CEOs who help themselves to millions of dollars of corporate funds. They could just say it is fair, but instead they write long boring books trying to convince people there is a natural and scientific reason that makes income inequality a good thing.
Truth is they are all posers and bluffers. Today's free enterprisers are doing exactly what Marx did, only with the opposite conclusion.
If you think income inequality is a good thing you will have to convince people the current inequality is fair and should not be changed. Good luck, but my vote is no.
The headline in the Washington Post reads "Greenspan Says He Was Wrong on Regulation."
The former Federal Reserve Board Chairman told Congressional Committee members the "… crisis has shaken his very understanding of how markets work, and agreed that certain financial derivatives should be regulated – an idea he long resisted."
After his opening comments to the committee, Mr. Greenspan argues against regulation and warns Congress that regulation is a threat to economic growth, despite the collapse of derivatives markets this fall.
Greenspan worships free markets so much he forgets that free markets and regulation work together all the time. Take physicians. Physicians are regulated because they have to go to medical school and get a license before they practice medicine.
Across America, biology students dissect frogs, but without that licensing regulation any one of them could decide they know anatomy so well they can be surgeons, ready to do surgery on you and me.
Regulating doctors lets us be confident they are competent to be physicians; without regulation many would suffer before word got out and free markets acted to eliminate incompetent physicians.
Free markets need equal opportunity and they operate best when we know what we are getting. Regulations requiring equal opportunity, disclosure, honesty and integrity aide and promote the smooth operation of financial markets just as they do in physicians markets.
Remember, banks and all financial intermediaries operate with one purpose: to attract the funds of net savers so the savings can be returned to the spending stream by loans to net borrowers. For many years savings accounts, certificates of deposit, stocks, bonds and mutual funds have served the millions in America who save.
Unless Mr. Greenspan will explain what unregulated derivatives can do for America's economy, which are beyond the established and regulated methods of saving and investing, then we can feel justified that he is arguing against disclosure, honesty, and integrity essential in financial markets.
After the collapse of derivatives markets, and then financial markets, further opposition to regulatory standards gets close to defending secrecy and deception. We would like to think better of Mr. Greenspan, but given his testimony he is making it hard.
Fred Siegmund covers America's jobs as part of work doing labor market analysis and projections for a client base of recruiters, trainers and counselors. Visit him at www.americanjobmarket.blogspot.com
I have talked with many people about last week's bailout and they are all angry.
Some that I have talked with were complete strangers who started ranting and raving at the newsstand and several at my neighborhood library. In my unscientific poll it is unanimous: everyone regards the bailout plan as a payoff to politically connected cronies who caused the defaults.
Many recognize there are better alternative plans.
For the federal government to buy the current defaulted mortgage-backed securities has enormous potential for abuse. Salomon Brothers got the idea to bundle home mortgages together and re-sell them as bonds back in the 1980's.
They call these bonds various things like collateralized debt obligations or mortgage backed securities, but they are not the same as bonds at all.
For example, if I buy a $10,000 municipal bond at 5 percent for a term of 10 years, I get $250 every six months and after 10 years I get my $10,000 back.
If I need money before the 10-year term is up, I can sell my bond. If the interest rate is up I will have to accept less than $10,000 because potential buyers know they can earn 6 percent instead of 5.
To sell my bond, I will have to discount the price so that $250 twice a year will earn a 6 percent yield. If I sell after 5 years with a 6 percent interest rate, then $250 twice a year and a $10,000 final payout will sell at $9,573.*
A home mortgage all by itself is like a bond because it has known payment and maturity dates, which make it possible to determine the yield at any time. Mortgage-backed securities are many mortgages all bundled together as a lump sum and then divided into smaller but different parts to be resold to investors.
Trouble is the underlying mortgage holders can prepay at anytime and for investors who have mortgage-backed securities that contain many mortgages there is no way to know when prepayments will come.
Mortgage-backed securities were marketed by selling them at a discount over the total of their final payout. It is just that the date of the final payout could not be specified. Without a known maturity date or a known number of payments, a yield cannot be determined, but only guessed at as a gamble.
Any transaction of these securities will be a negotiation between sellers who do not know for sure what they are selling and a government that does not know for sure what it is buying. It is a situation ripe for cronyism and abuse.
Congress has the authority to ban the use of securities without a known yield, instead they did nothing but decide to buy them. It looks like a bad deal for savers and taxpayers.
*[Computations are Excel functions YIELD("1/1/2004","1/1/2009",0.05,95.735,100,2,1) also FV(0.06/2,10,250,-9573.5,0)]
Fred Siegmund covers America's jobs as part of work doing labor market analysis and projections for a client base of recruiters, trainers and counselors. Visit him at www.americanjobmarket.blogspot.com


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"We all work in the NHS. We are committed to its values. But we believe the time has come to consider a new way to deliver healthcare."
-- Doctors For Reform
Debate over health-care reform in Britain received a much-needed jolt yesterday as 500 senior doctors took out a full-page ad in the Times of London to call for radical change to Britain's National Health Service. It is no secret that Britain's once-admired NHS...


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Olive wood is an exceptional choice of wood for beginners and master carvers alike. Whether used for relief carving or 3D carving, olive wood is hard and dense and lends itself to magnificent finished products. The veins in the olive wood, depending on its maturity, can range from darkish red swirls to lighter planes of colour. The older the wood is, the darker the patterns in the wood will stand out.
Choose a pattern that complements the olive wood. The finished carving should reflect the underlying beauty of the wood. Tape carbon paper under the pattern with a strip of painters tape to position the pattern onto the rough out or block of olive wood. Trace the pattern onto the wood.
Secure the wood. Clamp the rough out or block of wood securely in a vice. The vice secures the wood and helps keep it stable enough for carving.
Test and sharpen tools. Sharp carving tools should slide through the wood grain with ease. Test each tool across the surface of a spare piece of wood. If the tool hesitates or sputters across the wood, sharpen the tool on a whet stone. Finish off the edge of the sharpened tool on a piece of leather.
Choose the best tool for the job. A flat-edged tool is more conducive to shaving off the excess wood for larger areas than a v-grove tool. Each carving tool is specifically designed for different detail work. When working through the wood with smooth strokes, change tools accordingly to detail, area and complexity of the pattern. Work first in the larger areas of the pattern before carving out finer details.
Sand and varnish the wood. When the carving is finished, sand the piece down to ensure the surface is smooth. The smoother the surface, the better the varnish will look once it is applied. After carefully sanding the finished piece, buff it lightly with a lint-free cloth. Apply a single coat of varnish with a sponge brush and set the carving aside to dry.
One coat of varnish is all that is required with olive wood carvings. The natural olive oil in the wood helps to protect the carving. As the finished piece ages, the veins in the olive wood will darken and become even more beautiful.
Taking the time to safely secure a piece of wood while working on it will prevent injuries to hands and fingers. Dull tools are dangerous tools, and will gouge the surface of the wood needlessly.
Tips and warnings
- Taking the time to safely secure a piece of wood while working on it will prevent injuries to hands and fingers.
- Dull tools are dangerous tools, and will gouge the surface of the wood needlessly.
Things you need
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'We can't keep feeding our cars when we are hungry' – Motorists
Nigeria's minister of state for Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) past Group Managing Director, Ibe Kachikwu has said the consumption of petrol in the country has dropped by 30 percent following the partial deregulation of the downstream sector in May, 2016.
Kachikwu made this statement when speaking in Abuja on Friday, July 8, 2016, while handing over to Maikanti Baru, the newly appointed GMD of the NNPC.
"Today, our consumption of fuel has gone down by 30 per cent, we have no queues in the filling stations, we have one and half months of self sufficiency, we have strategic reserves in place that we are putting together and we have a funding scheme to enable the downstream to be able to adequately fund itself", he said.
"I am happy to announce that in our May results, for the first time in the history of this company, the NNPC made a profit of N270 million"'.
ENCOMIUM Weekly spoke with motorists on the drop in petrol consumption. In the chat, many revealed to us their challenges since the deregulation of the sector which led to the N145 official pump price for the product.
Since the increase I've reduced by far the rate at which I use the product. At N87 per litre, N500 could buy me four litres and I'll have extra money. But at N145 per litre, three litres is already N500 and will run my generator in less time.
The economic situation of the country is terrible, I don't even think about my car anymore because I can't afford to buy petrol at N145 per litre to run the car. I have parked my car until the product is affordable.
It's normal to experience a drop in the consumption of the product. Since the increase, I no longer buy petrol like I used to do. It's not that I don't need the product but I have to economize what I have. There's no constant power supply.
I'm a graphic designer. In two weeks, there was no electricity in my area. I have been less productive, I don't have option than to manage the rate at which I purchase petrol. I never supported the deregulation of the sector. I just hope the product becomes affordable and convenient for Nigerians to buy.
When the new pump price was announced, I called my wife and made my intention known that I can only afford N15,000 monthly on fuel. Including our cars and generator, I know N15,000 fuel can't even carry my car for a week but I don't have option.
I can't keep spending on petrol while I have other issues to attend to. Most of my colleagues did same in the spirit of cost cutting. No room for big spending.
When prices rise, demand drops. Let them increase it to N200 and you all will see what happens. Consumption stimulates economic growth. This is not good news in any way. It's affecting every Nigerian. We are going through a hard time, especially those who use the product everyday to earn a living.
I personally don't use the product like I used to do, I have gradually reduced the rate at which I purchase the product. I don't use my car very often nowadays. I prefer commercial buses.
Basically, judging from my locality I don't think that there is much drop in how people buy fuel. The same lifestyle persists even though there is hardship, the bottomline is that the 30 percent and more reduction to come is as a result of bogus claims from marketers who are bent on exploiting the subsidy system. Let's look beyond sentiments and analyse issues properly.
A lot of people are still buying the product even more than before. The less privileged are lamenting hardship when the rich are not affected. So, where is the 30 percent reduction in consumption coming from. I don't believe it. I still use my car frequently because I need it for my survival.
True, many people can't cope with the new price. The hardship in the country isn't helping issues. Many people have parked their vehicles and are now using public transport, including myself, I find it very hard to fuel my car these days.
The Federal Government needs to help the masses. They told us that the idea is to create competition so we can buy petrol at a lesser price but its not working that way. No filling station is selling the product less that N145. The masses are suffering while our leaders are not feeling the pain.
The same problem will persist for years until we are able to fight for our right in this country.
The consumption must definitely drop. I have parked my car, two of my neighbours have also parked theirs, one sold his wife's car. What our President failed to understand is that everything in this country runs on fuel, The barber, the restaurant, manufacturing industries, even government offices.
We are not producing anything in this country and the government is urging us to purchase made in Nigeria products. It's funny, I think. Like I tell my friends, we have to develop the habit of praying for Nigeria. The country needs prayer.
30 percent drop in consumption of fuel is a direct hit on the country's GDP and overall economic well being of the nation. It simply means we are heading into recession. The drop in consumption is just as a result of the N145 official pump price.
The issues that baffles me about this development is that it doesn't affect the rich, only the poor are lamenting because we are struggling hard daily to put food on our table. Buying fuel at such outrageous amount is hard. I don't use both my car and my generator anymore.
I told a friend yesterday that I want to sell off my car, he thought I was joking but its the truth. Our government needs to help us out of the situation.
Demand does not just drop drastically this way because of increase in pump price. Petroleum price has always been higher than N100 in most parts of the country even when government was subsidizing it.
I see little change in the lifestyle of most Nigerians as regard their previous fuel consumption.
My family run a petrol station and our current total daily sales per litre has always averaged as that of several months back. The question to ask is why is the product suddenly available nationwide. I still don't understand. It baffles me.


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Tok- the end of our Alaskan loop
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Tok marks the end of the line for us on the Alaskan roads. We've looped around from Eagle, Chicken, Tok, Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula, Valdez and then back up to Tok. Most of the roads in our Milepost and Church's book have been highlighted and enjoyed.
We did not take the Richardson Hwy from Glennallen to Delta Junction, the Denali Highway between Cantwell and Paxson, nor the Steese and Dalton Hwys up to Prudhoe Bay. But we are glad we detoured for Inuvik on the Dempster Hwy, up the Dalton Hwy to Eagle, and the extras mileage to Kenai, Seward, and Valdez on the Kenai Peninsula. Yesterday, we crossed 10,000 miles on our journey!
We'll cross into Canada today in about an hour and a half, as we head for the Southest portion of the Alaska inside passage, where we'll hop on the ferry in Haines. We noticed this morning that the leaves were starting to change as it's now mid-August.
We finally have internet and cell phone connection now that we've made it to Tok. It has been a few days and we're woefully behind on our emails. Will try to upload photos too when I can.
We're trying to make it down to Kluane National Forest in Canada for tonight, so we can have a few nights in Haines before the ferry, so it may be awhile before I've caught up on everything as I don't use my Verizon aircard in Canada.
Alaska has been incredible! The sweet, clean air, dramatic mountains, clear water, glaciers, and wildlife appeal to all the senses. The people make it special too. We are so fortunate to have such an incredible state in our country - I'm happy that so much of it is protected wild lands.


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Caramel Apple Pie
- 1 can frozen apple juice concentrate
- 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 7 c. apples, peeled and sliced
Streusel topping:
- 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/4 c. brown sugar
- 6 Tbsp. soy margarine, cold
- pinch salt
- 1 1/4 c. pecans, coarsely chopped
- 1 can coconut milk
- 1 c. dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- pinch salt
- 1 1/4 c. flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/3 c. canola
- 3 Tbsp. soy milk
- To prepare the pie crust, mix the flour and salt. In a separate container, whip oil and milk together. Pour into flour mixture and stir with fork until all the flour is absorbed and forms a ball. Roll out and plate in pie pan. Flute edges and set aside.
- For the filling, place peeled, sliced apples into prepared crust.Mix cornstarch and apple juice concentrate until smooth. Heat until thickened, stirring frequently. Pour the thickened apple juice concentrate over the sliced apples. Pour into prepared crust.
- For the streusel, the flour, sugar and salt and cut in margarine. Add pecans. Sprinkle over the apples.
- Bake pie for 50 – 55 minutes at 400 degrees.
- For the caramel topping, chill the coconut milk until separated. Drain away the liquid portion. Combine coconut milk solids and sugar in a medium saucepan. cook over medium heat for 20 – 25 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and salt. Cool. Drizzle over pie when it comes out of the oven.


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In other parts of the world, when you're driving down the highway and someone flashes their lights at you, it might mean that the police are heading towards you. It could mean that you've left your high beams on. It might even mean that they're going to yield right-of-way to you. Here in Newfoundland, though, it often has a different meaning:
Though it's not in the official driver's handbook, when Newfoundlanders learn to drive, we get the message that a good driver warns oncoming traffic when there's a moose on or near the highway. When we see a moose, we slow down (because let's face it – those things are faster and more agile than they look!), flash our headlights at oncoming traffic, and then flash our brake lights at any traffic that's coming up behind.
That's the Newfoundland Road Code – be careful about moose, and warn oncoming traffic. With the warmer weather approaching and more traffic on the roads, we'll be watching for moose on the roads and following the code.
What about you? Have you experienced the Road Code for yourself?
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Risk-Based Dynamic Access Control for a Highly Scalable Cloud Federation
Cloud computing is already a successful paradigm for distributed computing and is still growing in popularity. However, many problems still linger in the application of this model and some new ideas are emerging to help leverage its features even further. One of these ideas is the cloud federation, which is a way of aggregating different clouds to enable the sharing of resources and increase scalability and availability. One of the great challenges in the deployment of cloud federations is Identity and access management.
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These Santas don't need a fleet of reindeer to get around.
Hundreds of Santas took to the slopes of Maine's Sunday River Resort on Sunday, but it wasn't just for a bit of holiday fun: The faux-St. Nicks raised more than $2,000 for the local Rotary Club's toy drive.
"It's a visually entertaining fund-raiser that allows us to give back to the Bethel Rotary's annual holiday toy drive," Sunday River marketing director Caroline Ochtera said in a statement.
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Following three days of deliberations, a seven men and five women federal jury found that the couple conspired to sell the influence of the Virginia governor's office to Jonnie R. Williams Sr.
The former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen were found guilty of public corruption, thereby sending a clear message that they believed the couple sold the office once occupied by Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson to a free-spending Richmond businessman for golf outings, lavish vacations and $120,000 in sweetheart loans.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonnell face decades in federal prison. U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer set a sentencing hearing for Jan. 6. He was a onetime Republican rising star considered for the 2012 vice presidential nomination, but was convicted of all 11 corruption-related counts.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive." Sir Walter Scott.
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Updating apps in the Store for Windows Phone 8
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you're developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
After your app is published, it appears in the Store catalog. Consumers can buy and download your app from a centralized location and payments are automatically handled for you.
If you make changes to your app, and you want to release the new version to users, keep in mind the following:
Your app must be certified again.
Your users are notified automatically that there is an update available.
You cannot charge users for updates. Updates are free to users.
You can update your app at any time using your Dev Center dashboard. For more information, see Guidance for app management for Windows Phone.
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When you update your app, any data in the isolated storage is preserved. However, data in the isolated storage is deleted if the user uninstalls and then reinstalls your app. For more information, see Data for Windows Phone 8.
If you change the app title or tile background image, and the user updates your app, the changes are not made automatically. You can try the following:
Send a push notification to update the app title and background image on the tile pinned to the Start screen.
If it is not important to preserve any stored data or settings, the user can uninstall and then reinstall your app.
App version numbers consist of major, minor, build, and revision components. The format of the version number is major.minor.build.revision, for example 220.127.116.11. The version number of your app is stored both in your app and in the Store. However, the Store only keeps track of the major and minor components of an app's version number.
Version numbers in the app
The version number of your app is stored in the manifest file. For more information, see App manifest file for Windows Phone 8.
The Store does not read the app version information from the manifest file.
The following is an example of the start <App> tag of the manifest file:
Version numbers in Windows Phone Store
When you submit your app for certification, you must provide the version number for your app. The version number that you provide here is the only version number tracked by the Store. Users see this version number when browsing the app catalog.
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Recently, I had a need to setup a build pipeline for a medium size .NET Core project and, having a good previous experience with JetBrains TeamCity, I decided to use it in this case as well. Professional Edition is free and its limitations are acceptable for the project – up to three build agents and up to twenty build configurations.
This post provides a step-by-step guide on installing and configuring TeamCity. The starting point is a clean Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server, and the goal is to run TeamCity server, build agents and PostgreSQL on this system using Docker containers. Additionally, the server and the agents are configured to support .NET Core project builds. This solution can be equally easy deployed on a local system or in cloud, like Azure or AWS.
For use of TeamCity in production environment, it is recommended to use an external database for storing the configuration data. For the described case, I use PostgreSQL running in a Docker container as well. So, the full stack includes five Docker containers, one for PostgreSQL, one for TeamCity server and three for the build agents. PostgreSQL database and all the data generated by TeamCity are persisted on a local drive using Docker mounted volumes.
Installing Docker
If you are starting from a clean system, you will need to install Docker and Docker Compose first. The detailed instructions on installing Docker for Ubuntu are available at https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation/linux/ubuntu/ and to install Docker Compose use apt-get:
sudo apt-get install docker-compose
Folder structure
I use /srv folder as a root folder for all the data related to TeamCity builds and here is the full hierarchy of folders you will need to create inside of /srv:
- /srv/docker is used to store docker-compose.yaml file (see below for more details)
- /srv/postgresql/data is used to persist the PostgreSQL database
- /srv/teamcity/agents/00X/conf contains the corresponding agent's configuration
- /srv/teamcity/data is mounted to the TeamCity container to provide a persistent storage for the database drivers, plugins, etc.
- /srv/teamcity/logs contains TeamCity's logs
When the folders are created, we are ready to define the stack.
Docker containers
Create a docker-compose.yaml file in the /srv/docker folder and paste the following content
It configures the stack of the required containers. The configuration is self-explanatory and I'd like to highlight just a couple of things:
- All containers are based on the latest version of the corresponding images. It is okay for experimenting and demo, but for the production environment you may want to replace :latest tag with the a particular version of the image to use.
- PostgreSQL password, user name and the database information will be needed later, to connect PostgreSQL with TeamCity.
- The default TeamCity port is 8111, however sometimes it is disabled by IT and the cloud-based server will not be available. The configuration demonstrates how to remap TeamCity from port 8111 to 8080 for the public access.
- While the PostgreSQL and TeamCity server instances are directly based on the official images, the TeamCity build agents are based on an image created (and available on Docker Hub) by me. This image is based on a JetBrain's build agent image, but also includes installation of the .NET Core SDK (1.0.4 at the moment), allowing to use it for building and executing .NET Core applications.
The only required change for the file is a correct PostgreSQL password and if it is updated, save the file, close it and start the configured stack by running
docker-compose up -d
It will download all the required images and start the containers. We are ready to open and configure TeamCity.
TeamCity first start
In a browser, open TeamCity site. There is nothing special about configuring TeamCity running in Docker comparing with a conventional deployment, so these instructions are provided just for the completeness of the guide and based on a version 2017 of TeamCity.
On the first page, just click Proceed, the data directory is properly configured already.
Now you need to connect TeamCity with the running instance of PostgreSQL. But before, you need JDBC drivers – they are not shipped with TeamCity. In terminal, open /srv/teamcity/data/lib/jdbc and put downloaded drivers here, for example by executing
sudo wget https://jdbc.postgresql.org/download/postgresql-42.1.1.jar
Back to the browser and click Refresh JDBC drivers – TeamCity should detect the newly installed drivers and allow you to connect to the database.
Provide the required information (use database name, user name and the password defined in the docker-compose file) and click Proceed. If you are receiving a connection error, verify that the database host name is entered without 'http' and the host allows access to port 5432 for PostgreSQL (most likely will be blocked if the instance is hosted by Azure or AWS).
On the next page accept the agreement, create an administrative account and you are ready to use TeamCity.
Using TeamCity for building .NET Core project
After the start, three build agents shall be detected by TeamCity automatically, but marked as Unauthorized. They need to be authorized manually.
So far, we managed to configure and launch TeamCity and connect the build agent. The last step, before creating a new build project, is to install .NET Core plugin. This step is optional, as you can run .NET Core tasks from the command line runner, but the plugin simplifies steps definition by adding a dedicated .NET Core runner.
The plugin can be downloaded at plugins.jetbrains.com and can be installed via TeamCity UI – just open Administration\Plugins List page and upload the plugin. To enable the plugin, TeamCity requires restart and, unfortunately, there is no way to do it from the UI, so you need to use console again, go to /srv/docker and do
docker-compose stop
docker-compose up -d
After that, the plugin is installed and the agents are capable to use it (see the agent's properties)
That's it – now you are ready to create a TeamCity project and configure the first build.
This guide demonstrated an approach for deploying a Docker-based TeamCity setup for running .NET Core build. It is based on a free version of TeamCity and allows an easy cloud deployment.blog comments powered by Disqus


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I've been on the lookout for comfy sweaters to wear with skinny jeans and boots, and I was so excited when I came across this one. This speckled sweater is adorable, slightly oversized, and oh-so-cozy. I'm loving it with my new black booties, and it will look awesome with taller boots as well.
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Only six months after arriving in Calgary, Stephen Plunkard, FASLA, has been promoted to senior principal for planning and landscape architecture at Stantec.
Plunkard, who is marking 35 years as a planner and landscape architect, established himself in New England as an authority on New Urbanism. He has quickly brought his brand of landscape design to Calgary with several major inner-city projects including a regional park, transit-oriented development, and master-planned communities.
In Calgary Plunkard is working with the city on the adaptive reuse of the McCall Lake Golf Course, transit-oriented development for the Whitehorn station and planning for the North Central Light Rail Transit Line, and a master-planning study for Stanley Park.
Plunkard spent the majority of his career based in Vermont, where he owned his own landscape architecture and planning firm before joining Stantec. He is a founding member of the ASLA Vermont chapter. He has designed community spaces in urban and rural settings across the United States and Canada, including the preliminary concepts for Mashpee Commons on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, regarded as one of the first New Urbanist communities in the United States.
The American Planning Association, with nearly 40,000 members in 95 countries, is pleased to announce David Rouse, ASLA, as the new managing director of research and advisory services.
Rouse is a planner and landscape architect with a special interest in evidence-based connections among public health, green infrastructure, and urban planning and design. He has more than 30 years of private and public sector experience in community planning, design, and implementation. He is currently a principal at Wallace Roberts & Todd, a private planning and design firm headquartered in Philadelphia. His official departure date is June 30.
Rouse will be responsible for the overall design, direction, and management of APA's research program, including sponsored research, the National Centers for Planning, the Planning Advisory Service, the Merriam Center Library, and other research initiatives. He will report directly to APA CEO W. Paul Farmer.
Rouse holds a master of landscape architecture degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a bachelor's degree from Harvard University. He is a certified planner by APA's professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, a registered landscape architect, and holds a Professional Planner (PP) license in New Jersey.
Scott C. Scarfone, ASLA, principal at Oasis Design Group, a landscape architecture and urban design firm in Baltimore, will join other top urban design and land planning experts from around the world as a speaker at the International Making Cities Livable 2013 Conference in Portland, Oregon, June 23–27. Scarfone will present "Create Signature Streets that Spur Vibrant Social Activity and Civic Engagement."


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Position Statement: AED Opposes BMI Reporting and Fitnessgrams in Schools
May 30, 2014
As a global professional association committed to leadership in eating disorders research, education, treatment and prevention, the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) opposes recent "BMI report cards" given to 870,000 public school children in grades K-12 this spring by the New York Department of Education. The report cards, known as "Fitnessgrams", reported students' weight and Body Mass Index (BMI), placing students in categories based on their weight. Many apparently healthy young students were deemed "overweight" or categorized as "outside of a healthy weight." Students responded with confusion and lowered self-esteem, as detailed by the New York Post. Although the New York Department of Education reports the belief that providing information about students' weight and BMI to be beneficial in "helping students set personal goals" and developing a healthy lifestyle, experts in eating disorders and body image strongly disagree.
There are numerous concerns associated with practices such as Fitnessgrams and BMI reporting. Body mass index is well established as a poor way of measuring weight in young children, and is influenced by issues such as muscle development. BMI reporting can therefore inadvertently contribute to overconcern with weight and shape, disordered eating and weight bias. Further, interventions based on BMI reporting have not been shown to increase student goal setting, physical or psychological health. Such assessments provide potential detriment to students' self-esteem and can lead to dangerous peer-based comparisons. Numbers represented by weight and/or BMI are not accurate depictions of individual health. Further, practices such as Fitnessgrams represent "fat-shaming," associated with the development of dieting and disordered eating practices.
The Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) opposes approaches that may be blaming, shaming or harmful. The AED urges media, health-care, educational and governmental organizations to focus on health-promoting policy and behaviour. The AED further opposes narrow focus on body weight and BMI, which may promote shaming and weight-based stigma.
The AED has published guidelines to address childhood obesity without doing harm. For more information about the Academy for Eating Disorders and to learn more about eating disorders and body image issues visit www.aedweb.org.


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I swear by these sleeping bags for the winter months, I had them for my older boy and now for my 3 month old- they keep them so warm and I believe this helps them sleep longer. Only minus is that they're not as easy as regular sleeping bags to do a quick nappy change with due to the zip being down the middle rather than on the sides. But they are so warm and cosy that I can forgive jojo this!
Annie , 21/03/2016
I would not recommend this sleeping bag. Usually sleeping bags have zips from the bottom of the bag to the top. The zip for this bag starts half way up. My baby is 6 months old at the moment so it's not too difficult to get her in but I'm sure it will be a different story when she is 12-18 months old. Also, the zip starts from the top down so I'd say that that's another design flaw. I would have returned the item if I hadn't have washed it without checking these things. Lesson learned! On the upside, it keeps baby's arms warm on cold nights and it is thick enough so it does the job.
Deepa , 09/02/2016
I love this sleeping bag, it's exactly what I was looking for. Practical, super comfy and cute. The detachable arms means my baby's lovely and warm in the coldest winter months and that I can remove them when it gets a bit warmer. Would highly recommend.
Stephanie Miller , 28/01/2016
Brilliant! So soft and cozy and warm for those winter nights.
Tamara , 26/01/2016
Lovely and soft sleeping bag works excellently with the car seat. Rather big on my 2 month old but hopefully lots of growing room! Only criticism is that a zip round the bottom of the bag may have made this easier to manoeuvre baby in and out and make changing easier.
Mary , 25/01/2016
Great product but annoying that you cannot tumble dry it.
Sara , 24/01/2016
Found the sizing on this very small, bought for my 3 month old and it definitely won't last for more than a few weeks. Sizing on Gro-bags much more generous. Disappointed as I really like the arms idea. The zip doesn't come down low enough either so you have to remove baby completely for changing nappy etc.
Steph , 13/01/2016
Lovely cozy sleeping bags. Tried to use it in the car but very fiddly to get seatbelt on through the hole and too much material between the baby and the seat belt to make it safe to travel (given that it's not recommended that you even dress them in a winter coat). Think he would have been too hot in the car too. Will be perfect for transferring him when using the buggy and will keep him lovely and warm. Also using as general sleeping bag. Appears very comfy but not as easy as other brands to get baby in/out of it.
Katharine , 17/12/2015
Fantastic product. The only one I've found that you can remove the sleeves making it versatile for different temperatures. Recommend it!
Nicola Leonard-Cook , 12/12/2015
I love this travel sleeping bag. The material is lovely and cosy and the removable sleeves are ingenious! I had bought it for traveling to family in Scotland over Christmas but I am actually already using it as a daily sleeping bag at home as in the morning I can pop my daughter in the car seat still in her sleeping bag while I do the school run - she gets a nice cosy lie in!
Hilary , 10/12/2015
Lovely sleep bag, really good quality, and great being able to travel in it too! Only downside a bit expensive.
Angharad , 01/12/2015
Really great sleeping bag!! Works really well going in and out of the car, which is what you need in the chilly winter months. The arms are a great addition and keep my little one snuggly and warm at night. My only problem with it is the colour seletions. I went for the rainbow colour, sadly the colours are really dull. I didn't fancy going for the black one
Susanna Turfkruyer , 01/12/2015
lovely product, think this will be a brilliant asset when travelling with baby, very warm for a winter baby
Barbara , 26/11/2015
Great product very warm and very useful with the place for belt clips would Def recommend
Naz , 23/11/2015
Fab,soft,snug and cosy
Vicky , 15/11/2015
Lovely and warm
Suzanne , 12/11/2015
Ordered specifically for the 'travel' part however the holes for the car seat/buggy straps are way too small to get them through! Also the zip not un-doing very far down means its harder to put baby in - you can't just lay them on top and then put legs & arms in, you have to put their legs in first. Disappointed. Gro-bag company bags seem to be better, wish I'd bought one of those instead.
Claire , 31/10/2015
Ordered online and found that there was a hole in the top of the right arm. As it was intended to be a gift I returned it to store and got a refund. The store said they couldn't do an exchange because the similar items that they had in stock were also faulty. Went to M&S instead.
Julia , 24/10/2015
Perfect! Just what I was looking for. Lovely soft fabric and not to thick. I love how I am able to transfer my little boy from his car seat to his cot wearing it, very handy.
Carly Marrison , 14/10/2015
Beautiful quality sleeping bag. Snug and warm. It's worth mentioning that the zip only opens halfway so I wouldn't have used this at an age where I needed to change my son's nappy during the night as would be tricky.
Sarah , 13/10/2015
Really great travel bag so pleased i came across this website as id never seen a sleepsack like this before,highly reccomend it.
Heather greaves , 30/09/2015
Absolutely perfect sleeping bag! Very good quality of the material- feels cozy to touch. Detachable sleeves are purely genius- and the car seat adjustment is brilliant for late evening journeys. As when you get home you can safely put little one to bed without need to change and disturb the precious sleep:-) 5 star buy. Would recommend to everyone:-)
Kat , 22/09/2015
Bought this for night to walks in September at centre parcs! Wow I'm impressed so soft & thick I'll be using all winter too. Detachable arms are genius! I'll be buying more
Kate , 02/09/2015
I bought this bag for transferring my daughter from her cot to car seat for a planned v early morning flight hopefully without disturbing her. It's a lovely soft cosy bag which is easy to thread the car seat buckle through. The only problem is that the arm openings are very wide without the sleeves attached and there are no poppers to tighten it under the arms and it tends to ride up over the baby's mouth even though she is 3 and half months old and weighs 6kg. For this reason I am afraid to use the bag at night until she gets bigger. Would not recommend for a small baby. Also the bag only opens half way down the front and at the bottom and sides so it is not easy access for nappy changing without taking the baby completely out of the bag.
Andrea , 26/08/2015
This is the best sleeping bag we have ever had. I like that it has the detachable arms, they are very handy for cooler winter nights and they can easily be taken off for the rest of the year. Very soft material, looks and feels super comfortable. It also looks lovely. I can find no faults with this item and will happily give it 5 stars. Will recommend this to my friends.
Conny McKenzie , 04/07/2015
Lovely soft, thick, sleeping bag. Perfect for long car journeys to visit the grandparents after baby's bedtime. Removable sleeves make it suitable for summer or winter use, and zip can be left undone for further temperature regulation. Easy to feed seatbelt buckle through the holes.
Katherine , 21/06/2015
Good product removable arms are great. Hole for the harness is a little small for my 5 point harness. There is no way we could put baby in without waking. We may be able to take baby out without waking but until we try I can't be sure
Georgy , 04/06/2015
A quality product. It feels soft and cozy. The only criticism I have is that it wrinkles around the zip a bit after a wash.
Rusx , 21/05/2015
Great buy, works perfectly! Was exactly what we needed when we had to transfer her between houses at nighttime.
Kate norton , 13/05/2015
A fantastic sleeping bag. Sleeves come off really easily and fits perfectly into car seat. Just what we were looking for. An excellent product.
susannah groome , 13/05/2015
high quality sleeping bag. Works really well with our maxi cosi car seat. Great option for having sleeves on or off. washes well and colours still look lovely. Only complaint would be that we had to return the first one as the zipper broke. The replacement seems fine!
Donna Turner , 08/05/2015
I ordered the same sleeping bag the second time as my girl grow up from the first one 0-6 month. I love it, it is very convenient that it is possible to remove sleeves.It is soft and cosy.
Yuliya , 03/04/2015
Lovely product and perfect for travelling with your baby and not disrupting their sleep too much. However, could do with poppers at the bottom to allow for easy changing of nappies.
Gemma Bowers , 01/02/2015
A lovely and high grade sleeping bag that makes travel so much easier & can be used anytime of year.
Rebecca , 21/01/2015
I brought this for my son aged 3 months as thought he was getting abit cold at night. Its fab! My son has been sleeping so much better since and it is lovely to put him in for walks out because it has the handy strap hole. Slightly difficult to get baby in and out but would definitely recommend to anyone.
Kimberley roberts , 20/01/2015
Warm and cosy, great that the arms detach for when it's not so cold.
Sarah , 18/01/2015
Lovely warm sleeping bag; however, I feel it's a little on the small side (the one I bought is 6-18 months and is allegedly 87 cms long which doesn't strike me as particularly long). To be perfect it ought to be a little longer, considering the child will be sitting in this in a car seat and not lying down; this would give them a bit more wiggle room.
Anna , 14/01/2015
Very comfortable and cosy. Not so easy to get baby into once they are sleeping. Great feature for travelling in car seat.
Claire Higgins , 09/01/2015
Very well designed and easy to use. Lovely and warm with the sleeves
Great quality great idea. Would defiantly recommend this product.
Helen Webb , 30/12/2014
Very nice and looks snug and comfortable. My baby seems to sleep well in these.
Bea , 29/12/2014
I bought this sleeping bag this week for my 3 month old in preparation for travelling over the seasonal period. Although the quality is good I am really disappointed with the sizing. To say we should have another 2-3 months' wear out of this is a joke and after one wear we are struggling with the lower part as it is now apparent that there is not enough room for his legs. I think the sizing is misleading and believe I have paid a lot of money for an item which will only be used for 2 weeks
Harriet Morris , 22/12/2014
My baby loves this sleeping bag, it gives him the warmth and security that he likes and helps him sleep through the night. The pattern is lovely and it washes easily. We'll worth the money.
Amy , 19/12/2014
I have bought 3 of these sleep suits for various grandchildren because they are so practical and of beautiful quality and last forever.
One of the best purchases I've made for my daughter. I love how the sleeves detach and reattach so easily. I tend to put her to bed without the sleeves and then put these on during the night when it's cooler. I also love how she can sit in her bouncy chair or car seat and be fastened in with the specially designed opening. The sleeping bag washes really well and I now own the sleeping bag in each colour as I love it so much.
Michelle Reed , 15/12/2014
Fantastic sleeping bag! Soft and cosy, it has really helped my daughter have a more settled nights sleep now the nights are colder and I feel confident that I would be able to remove the sleeves while she slept if she felt too hot during the night. My daughter is 9 months old and average size and I felt, with the sleeves turned up once, she was absolutely fine in this with plenty of space to grow. I will be ordering another one for when this is in the wash!
Jen , 14/12/2014
excellent item, perfect for moving from car/pram to the inside without waking the little one by trying to remove him from his pram suit. Would highly recommend!
Catharine Fleming , 09/12/2014
This is the best sleeping bag we have ever bought. Fantastic sleeves means your baby (who often sleep with arms above the head) won't get cold fingers no arms and the travel pocket at the bottom makes it great in doubling up as a coat for those chilly mornings when in the car seat. I bought these for my first child and now buying anotherr for my baby.
Karen , 05/12/2014
Very nice sleeping bag, ordered for my daughter. It is very soft and comfortable. We ordered the coloured one, but the coloures are a little bit different, more bright and dark but still very nice.
Yuliya , 05/12/2014
This item is amazing! It is so versatile with the removable arms, the zip is so easy to use for changing nappies at night; I don't even have to take the bag of and the pocket for car seats is ingenious! Worth every penny.. I could bot recommend enough!
Victoria Caryer , 05/12/2014
Lovely cosy, soft, well-made sleeping bag. I like the fact that the sleeves can be easily removed and that baby can be strapped into car seat/buggy while still in the sleeping bag. A v good buy.
Jean Rowland , 25/11/2014
Fantastic alternative to using a blanket when taking baby from house to car seat to pushchair without having any fuss! Baby stays nice and warm and cosy. Perfect while on the school run now the weather's turned colder!
MrsK , 05/11/2014
This is lovely warm grow bag with arms, made from super soft cotton jersey it really is beautifully snuggly!
Abigail Watson , 04/11/2014
Lovely sleeping bag. When my LO seemed hot I was able to take the sleeves off without waking him up. Very good quality.
Jo , 03/11/2014
A great sleeping bag that has a usefully thought out opening for purring little one in their car seat. Lovely looking too!
Helen , 24/10/2014
Really pleased with this sleeping bag, seems confortable and warm, the zip and neck area well design ( other zips are metal and not concealed) the removable sleeves will be handy in colder nights. My baby loves this. Washes well and collours look great.
Joana , 23/10/2014
Looks super snuggly and warm but really too big for my seven month old. Going to have to wait a while before we can use it. He's quite big for his age too. Suppose it's tricky to have a product to cover such a large age range 6-18 months.
Aimee , 23/10/2014
I bought this to take on holiday with us and was great for getting our baby all tucked up in her buggy at the airport and then easy to move her from buggy or car seat into her cot after meals out in the evening. Simple, but great idea!
Anna , 15/10/2014
I got this as we are travelling down to the in-laws and I wanted to be able to transport my son asleep from the car to bed - it is fab! Nice and cosy and easy to fit the car seat buckle through (he didn't wake up) - my son is big at 8 months and I can see this lastly a long time as it is very spacious
Tanya , 13/10/2014
Only 2 words for this sleeping bag ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC
Tracy Odonohue , 03/10/2014
Absolutely ridiculous sizing!!!! Purchased 6-18 months size ages ago for daughter, she is now 16 months (and not small for her age) and I still don't feel comfortable putting her in it. It is massive.
Kelly , 29/09/2014
Excellent quality, highly recommended.
Paula Johnson , 17/09/2014
The sleeping bag is well made and the pop on arms are very handy. The bag is very large though - I purchased the 6-12 month size for my 7 month old who is around 16lbs, but it's far too large at the moment as her head can easily wriggle under the neckline. It would be better with some additional poppers under the arms or around the shoulders to hold the bag in place snugly.
Bspencer , 03/09/2014
Absolutely fantastic product, it washes well and is is lovely and comfortable for our child. It's great for transporting.. However our child is 5 months old and in 3-6 month clothes,it's a great fit for now. I wouldn't have put her in it if she was any smaller .
Michelle Moss , 15/05/2014
My little girl gets really cold at night so looked every where for a sleeping bag with arms. Best bit is they can be removed so with I had just bought this item in the first place as can be used with or without. Plus can go out with her in her car seat as it has a slit for the car seat straps. Only problem is it's massive!! Gonna have to wait a bit for my 6 month old to fit in it!
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- 45 years old
- Date of birth: May 10, 1969
- Place of birth:
Schenectady, New York, United States
- Date of passing: Jun 27, 2014
- Place of passing:
Port Charlotte, Florida, United States
|Let the memory of Kevin be with us forever
Kevin J. Wiley, 45, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2014
He was born on May 10, 1969 in Schenectady, New York and moved to Port Charlotte, Florida in 2004
Kevin is survived by his parents Carole A. Jackson (Ivan) of Schenectady, New York, and George J Wiley (Mary) of Punta Gorda, Florida, a brother Kenneth J. Wiley, nephew Michael J. Wiley (Shana), and niece Kaelyn A. Wiley.
A Memorial Service is planned for 10am, Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Memory Gardens, Colonie, New York.
In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made in Kevin's memory to the Peace River Wildlife Center, 3400 Ponce De Leon Parkway, Punta Gorda, Florida 33950
Kevin may be kindly remembered at icscremationandfunerals.org and can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/icscremationandfunerals
"R.I.P. Kevin"
"Kevin my first love... I just can believe your gone.... I have to say I would hear a song and think of you. I would smell a very faint smell and it would remind me of you..I guess you never forget you first boyfriend... I will always cherish the memories of you!!! You are a very special person. I'm just sorry I couldn't find you to keep in touch. You my dear rest in internal peace. Now when I look at the stars I know your watching over all of us... You will be sooo missed!!! To Kevin's family I'm so very sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to everyone of you...
Tina Paige Adams
"I am so sorry for your loss. I am thinking of all of you
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"Kev - Although we lost contact over the years, it doesn't mean I ever stopped thinking or caring about you and it's all because of the tight bond we created when we were just kids. We were fortunate enough to do and see a lot of things when we were young and I am thankful for the great memories we shared. Rest well now and know, you'll never be forgotten.
Charlotte, NC"
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