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New Slings & New Straps in Florida Since 2001
Having a difficult time finding high quality replacement slings or straps on the web? American Sling & Patio Supplies has been fulfilling customer's needs with the highest quality slings, straps, parts, and supplies available since 2001. We built our business by taking the time to understand what our clients need. Customer satisfaction is our highest goal.
At AS&PS, we know our customer's demand the highest quality possible. We maintain our good name in the South Florida community by striving to provide that. We have gathered many client testimonials from satisfied clients around the community.
We welcome all new customers! Please contact us with any questions you might have regarding straps or strings for your patio furniture today. We can always be contacted by clicking Contact Us(link) at the top of the page. We hope to become a company that people will know and trust.
Whether you need slings, straps, parts, or supplies, customer satisfaction is our number one goal. From the initial outline to the final implementation, everything is planned with the best end product in mind. We've built a reputable establishment in South Florida by maintaining high standards.
We welcome customer feedback. Please let us know about your experience by emailing us, or on our contact page, so we can improve. We want each and every one of our clients to be fully satisfied with the final product. We believe all our customers deserve a consistent and reliable industry leader like American Slings & Patio Supplies.
We strive to make the order process as easy as possible. Our website is designed to provide a simple, streamlined shopping experience. Orders can be placed online, or can be taken over the phone with one of our helpful Customer Service Experts. We always encourage our customers to call before ordering. Our Customer Service Experts are trained furniture-industry experts, willing to go the extra mile to help you with product selection, shipping, or any question you might have. Our Experts are not paid on commission, so you can rest assured that you will never be pressured or hassled.
We refuse to outsource our service to third-party call centers. We are here to help! American Slings and Patio Supplies' website reserves the right to refuse or refund any order due to unforeseen circumstances, including pricing errors and online ordering errors. Customers whose orders are affected by such unforeseen circumstances will be contacted within one business day. .
We ship all our products with a packing receipt/Invoice. Thus, the order confirmation that you received via email when you placed your order is your official payment receipt.
If you have discarded, lost, or never received your receipt, no problem; Email helpful Customer Service Experts, and we'll be happy to send another copy. .
Payment Methods
We accept several methods of payment as listed below. No matter what method you choose, we guarantee that every transaction you make on our site will be 100% secure. All prices are listed in U.S. dollars.
Credit Cards – We currently accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover cards. You can safely enter your entire credit card number via our secure server, which encrypts all submitted information.
Contact us at 561-948-4228 if your attempting to use a credit card that has a billing address outside United States.
Checks – We are happy to accept checks. They have to be made out to "American Slings and Patio Supplies. Please include your order list along with your check, shipping information, phone number. Please mail your payment to: 1000 E Atlantic blvd Suite #214 Pompano Beach, FL 33060.
Be aware that orders paid via check will not be processed until we receive the check, and the check has cleared the bank. If time is of the essence, we recommend paying via one of the other methods listed above. .
Sales Tax
Items shipped to destinations inside the state of Florida are subject to Sales tax. All orders shipped to other states are not taxed. .
Order Tracking
Your tracking information is emailed to you when your order ships. Orders are tracked using a tracking number and the website of the delivery carrier. If you have a registered American Slings and Patio Supplies account, you can always login and see the status of the order. If you have any questions, or if your delivery seems behind schedule, our friendly Customer Service Experts are always there to help. . Backordered Items
Occasionally due to popularity of an item, a product is placed on backorder until additional inventory is received. This happens very rarely, and when it does, you will be notified immediately by one of our Customer Service Experts.
Shipping: Slings & Pre-cut Straps
We ship all parts within 3 business days.
We Ship Rolls of strap, Slings by the Yard within 3 business days.
We Ship custom straps within 5 business days.
We ship Custom Slings within 14 business days. Orders are shipped USPS, UPS, or Fedex depending on the items ordered and their destination.
All returns and exchanges are customers responsibility. American Slings and Patio Supplies is not responsible for items lost or damaged during the return. All returned and exchanged products must have a Return Authorization Number (RA#) issued to you by American Slings and Patio Supplies. All returns must be received within 10 days of the receipt of your products. The customer is responsible for all shipping costs.
Request a Return or Exchange Authorization Number (RA#) to email@example.com. Any order that has been shipped cannot be changed or canceled. Any order that has been shipped falls under our Return and Exchange policy. There are no refunds, only store credit unless otherwise authorized by American Slings and Patio Supplies. Restocking fees may apply.
We will not be responsible for orders shipped back to us without proper RA#. They will get lost in warehouse. DO Not ship back your items without RA#. .
Slings & Pre-cut Straps:
All slings and pre-cut straps are custom cut and ARE NOT CANCELABLE or returnable, unless American Slings and Patio Supplies is responsible for the mistake. Be certain that your measurements, sling fabric, or strap options and quantity are correct. If the slings or pre-cut straps you received are not consistent with the measurements you provided in your order, or you have received the incorrect color or width of fabric or strap, only then will you be issued a Return Authorization Number (RA#) for your products to be replaced. .
50 feet and 100 feet Roll of Straps:
The 50 feet and 100 feet Rolls of straps are custom cut and are not cancelable or returnable, unless American Slings and Patio Supplies is responsible for shipping the wrong color or the wrong size. Be certain that the color you've selected is correct. If you're not sure about the color ask for our free samples before placing your order.
If you received the incorrect color or the wrong width or length of your strap, only then will you be issued a Return Authorization Number (RA#) for your products to be replaced.
If you need to change or to cancel an order, you must first request it via e-mail to: firstname.lastname@example.com or call us at (561) 948-4228, within 12 hours of placing your order.
We'll contact you with either an email or a phone call with and updated information as soon as we have received and reviewed your request. Only than if applicable your order will be cancelled and your payment will be refunded.
All custom made slings are under warranty for a period of one (1) year. The warranty only covers loose threads, stitching problems, or if the sling fabric unravels.
Color fading, punched holes, and rips slings and normal wear and tear are not covered by this warranty or any other warranty by American Slings and Patio Supplies.
If you need our warranty service please send us the Order Number, a detailed description of the issue and attach a digital picture or the defective location of your sling to us by email at:
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We collect personally identifiable information, like names, postal addresses, email addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by our visitors. The information you provide is used to fulfill you specific request. This information is only used to fulfill your specific request, unless you give us permission to use it in another manner, for example to add you to one of our mailing lists. . Cookie/Tracking Technology
The Site may use cookie and tracking technology depending on the features offered. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the Site, and understanding how visitors use the Site. Cookies can also help customize the Site for visitors. Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology, however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties. . Distribution of Information
We may share information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigation. We may do so when: (1) permitted or required by law; or, (2) trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; or, (3) investigating fraud which has already taken place. The information is not provided to these companies for marketing purposes. . Commitment to Data Security
Your personally identifiable information is kept secure. Only authorized employees, agents and contractors (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential) have access to this information. All emails and newsletters from this site allow you to opt out of further mailings. . Privacy Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about our privacy policy you may contact us using the information below:
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By Phone: (561) 948-4228.
We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted.
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Ordered 4 swivel chair bushings. Received 4 and they fit perfect as advertised and now I have 4 chairs that work as new plus I received them in record time, 4 days.
Thank You
Thank you so much Tunes I could not have got the strapping without your help .may I
wish you and your family a early Merry Xmas and a Happy New year I will recommend
you to all I know,
Yours faithfully
Thanks for your great service. Our previous orders have been handled well.
We just had a deck party. Our guests remarked on the comfort of our sling
Dear sir
the strap finally arrived today,,,very pleased ... thank you
I just received my rush order for the five slings. I know you rushed them
through for me and I just wanted to say thanks.
One less thing for me to worry about before the wedding.
Again, thanks to all.
We received the custom made slings for our Woodard patio furniture and installed them on our chaise lounge and ottoman. These three slings worked just fine on our frames.
Thank you for this solution to the problem. We look forward to receiving
the correct size for our chair in the near future.
Dear Tunes:
Thanks for your reply. I was doubtful but followed the directions and with the help of a wood clamp I was able to "just" get the bolts started and tighten the slings.
These will hopefully stretch in the Arizona sun to where I can fully tighten them in future.
Just a suggestion to hopefully help your business.
To whom it may concern,
The chair slings made some of my older family members extremely happy!
Thank you so much for the quick turn around Tunes. The off white color is exact match. So in future I will know. Have a Blessed day & as others go bad will be in touch.
You guys are great.
Appreciate all the updates and swift shipping.
The items I ordered arrived yesterday and everything was in order.
The US mail just came a few minutes ago. I did not realize that you were
sending the slings by US Mail. It looks like they arrived as you said they
would, but they were being held at the Post Office all of last week because
we were on a short trip. They were only delivered this afternoon. Sorry
for bothering you about this.
The slings are just right! They have been installed and look great.
Thanks very much,
Thank you for your services.
The Slings that we ordered fit like a glove. You obviously run an organized company.
Donald Roy
Your call and advice on how to properly install the replacement slings for the back worked perfectly. The chaise lounges are both back in service and look great. Thank you again for your courtesy and patience with a first time buyer. You have a
loyal customer.
Thank you very much for keeping me updated about my order. I shall look for it in my mail soon.
Just to let you know we are very happy with the slings we ordered for our Woodard patio furniture. Congratulations on your outstanding service.
We were very pleased with your service back in June of 2012, as I recall. We only needed to do a few strips but plan to eventually replace all with the material you supplied.
Thank you so much. I appreciate your attention. You will probably get an order from us soon.
Thank you again.
Thanks for checking. Once I learned how to go about doing the Installation it went pretty much without any hitches. The final result looks superb and we are very happy with the quality of the Sling material as well as with your help. We will certainly contact you when we are ready to do more replacements. We will also make sure to refer you to friends who may be in the market to make this kind of repairs to their chairs etc.
Thought you would like to see our "new" patio chairs. Sending you the BEFORE and AFTER pictures. You are welcome to use this in your advertising, if you wish. We were very pleased with how easy it was for us to renew our furniture and we love the new look!
Recently received replacement slings. Would like you to know that we received our replacement slings on Saturday – at first look, we thought that they would be too small, even though we had followed the measurement instructions properly - The slings fit perfectly - Of course, it took a little time and energy to replace the torn ones - Hopefully these will last for some time in the Florida sun - We are very happy with the results and the prompt service
- Thank you!!!!
1:00 pm on Monday, and my chair strapping just showed up.
It's the right size and you made the color change for me. Thankyou!
I'm not only pleased, my faith in your company's well restored.
As these chairs continue to deteriorate I'll use the website again.
I don't know what the problems might have been but you seem to have done your best to get 'em resolved.
Thanks again,
OK, got them and put them on.. Work great!
I found away to stretching it and it worked great. Thanks for your help. The chairs look great.
thanks tunes, as soon as you can get them to me the better and thanks for being so helpful...we like working with you thus far....
The order arrived in good shape.
The set of 4 chairs that I recently re slung worked out perfectly --- I am ordering these to sling 2 more chairs (different style) to match the ebonair that I purchased on order 3230.
thanks for the quality
Just wanted to say "Thank You". The shipment arrived today in perfect condition and it was exactly what I ordered.
Hope you had a great 4th of July.
Toronto, Canada.
Hi Tunes. Just want to thank you for all of your support and assistance for the 6 chair slings that fit perfectly and better than the original slings!
My son and I put them on this weekend. They fit perfect. We could not have done it without your assistance and without the quality craftsmanship by your company team.
Here in the Raleigh North Carolina area there is nobody that does this kind of quality work on patio chair slings so if you want to publish this letter so others can know about American Slings please feel free to publish this on the web.
If anyone is looking to have slings made for their broken patio furniture, American Slings is the place to go.
High quality craftsmanship, great prices, quick turn around time and delivery to your door!
Many Thanks again Tunes. Please pass along my thanks for the great job to
your team there.
Just wanted to let you know that I have completed all six chairs and they look great.
I installed the slings on the first lounge yesterday. No real
problems. The fit couldn't be more perfect!
Good job!
Perfect fit as usual.
Thanks for the great service.
Our slings were delivered some weeks ago, and we installed them. We followed the
instructions, and they look great!
Unfortunately, we received another set yesterday, on 6/23.
We didn't order these, and are returning them to you.
I just love the new slings, I will tell all of my friends they are just like new now!!!!!!!!
Thank You
Thought you might enjoy this photo of my recliner after re-webbing with
your material and tools. I think the color is great and exactly what I
expected. - check out the photo, and have a good day!
want to let you know that we have just received the new slings and we're very appreciative for the quickness.
Thank you so much for all your help.
Where do I leave a review. We love the replacements better than the
originals. Customer service was great. I did 11 chairs/4 Chaise with
great results. Was Nervous should not have been. And I am never happy
and don't leave reviews
Please use the form below to submit any questions or comments. We can also be reached by:
Phone: 561-948-4228 Fax: 561-948-4228 .
Mailing Address:
American Slings and Patio Supplies 1000 E Atlantic blvd suite #214 Pompano Beach, FL 33060


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My trip to Pahang, Malaysia
Tell us about your travel plans and our agents will be happy to help you get ready for Pahang.
Pahang is the third largest state in Malaysia, after Sarawak and Sabah, and the largest in Peninsular Malaysia. It has the longest river in Peninsular Malaysia the Pahang River), and by far the most ethnically diverse...More about Pahang

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Lindsay Lohan Names Her Clothing Line 'My Addiction'
Lindsay Lohan shows off her midriff in a crop top along with a matching jacket and pants as she leaves the Toy Room on Thursday evening (November 4) in London, England.
The 28-year-old actress went out with her friend Jordan Rocca, the partner and co-founder of Project London.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Lindsay Lohan
The day before, Lindsay launched a unisex line called My Addiction in collaboration with Civil that is for sale at PacSun.
"Its here: #CIVILXLOHAN @ Pacsun stores NOW! #civilregime @civilclothing @pacsun," she tweeted.
10+ pictures inside of Lindsay Lohan out with a friend in London…


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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Brazil's acting foreign minister says his country will work with Argentina to help find a solution to Venezuela's political crisis.
Venezuela is facing a severe economic crisis, with the world's highest inflation and shortages. Polls indicate most Venezuelans want President Nicolas Maduro out of office.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Jose Serra met with Argentine President Mauricio Macri on Monday. It was Serra's first state visit since being appointed after Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was suspended pending an impeachment trial.
Economic ties between South America's two largest economies have been hit by Brazil's worst recession in decades.
Both countries agreed Monday to search for mechanisms that can help secure trade deals independently rather than through the Mercosur trade bloc as they had been doing.


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I receive a stop error c0000219 {fatal system error} "The system has been shut down" when K&L2:DD starts. I got the game from Steam, and every other game I have works fine (HL2 and variants, Far Cry, etc.).
I have done the Steam 'verification' which I believe is supposed to verify the game's content. I've seen few ways to make this work, mostly OpenAL is mentioned, which hasn't helped.
Specs: Windows XP Pro SP3, Ath64/3700+ (2.21GHz) 2GB RAM, GeForce 9400GT.
However complex, I can take your advice!
were you able to fix the issues with the game following the advice given above? Please let us know how you did it or if you need more help. Thank you!
First of all, thanks for the advice! I know I have the latest NVidia drivers, with a caveat: This MSI Lanparty mobo was hard to identify w/out the original manual: NF4 series, which is the (well-aged) Nforce 4, so no 'new' drivers. Ath64/3700+, 2GB. Vid is GeForce 9400 GT, with latest. Funny, I use the SysReq plugin on Intel's site quite often, and have recommended the site... but didn't use it myself (and now will). SysReq says I meet/exceed specs. Tell me its not my TBeach SantaCruz! I really like this card's interface. Nothing I've found was so well done. I'll check DirectX and run a virus scan. .. have to find my original system disc to sfc. I'll post back when I get a chance. Thanks again for the help! PS: If you need a SIW report, no problem.
The Steam Game Cache Verification is pretty limited in it's abilities. It may detect problems but it often doesn't. Most of the time you will have to delete the local game files and re-download them via Steam.
However, this usually causes the game to (just) crash but not your entire system to bug check (BSoD). So, I agree with FIDELIS that there might be some problem with one of your drivers, DirectX or OpenAL.
I recommend to:
1. update/reinstall your Graphics Driver
2. download and install the latest DirectX package (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3b170b25-abab-4bc3-ae91-50ceb6d8fa8d)
3. reinstall the Games dependencies
You cand find them within
?:SteamsteamappscommonKane & Lynch 2
There are either installers for things like OpenAL, etc. or they might be in a directory called dependencies or redist. This changes from game to game.
Hello, I would say that if you get this blue screen as soon as you start this game, you have a driver that is not compatible with it. Does your system have the recommended requirements to run this game? Go to the following link and check your system specs to see if you can run this game:
It could also be that you got a corrupted file when you got your game. If you downloaded this game, try to downloaded again and this time make sure to check your hash/checksum to see if the information matches.
I would also make sure to run full scans with your antivirus and antimalware to check for possible infections. If this error happens whether you are running this game or not you might have to run system repair. To run system repair you need your installation disk. Do you have an installation disk?
Also you might want to try and run the system file checker. To do this, follow the next steps:
-- start
-- run
-- cmd
-- type sfc /scannow
-- have installation disk ready in case it asks for it
-- wait until tool finishes running
No hashsum is available on Steam (insofar as I know). Can anyone post the hash of what a 'proper' installation would be? I could then gen a hash of my own directories - assuming it gets rolled-out identically... If the other things I'm going to try fail, I'll drag this video card to another machine (also XPP) and see what happens.


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We are closed for the 2017 season due to brisk sales
combined with losses from flooding.
For those of you in the Saskatoon area who want a taller tree we can vouch for the quality at the Lawson Heights and Market Malls. They also have a lot at the Victoria Square Mall in Regina. They have Balsam fir and White spruce that were grown near North Battleford plus imported Fraser fir. If this is an option for you, go early.
If you get a tree from any lot, remember to ask them to give it a fresh cut if you are putting it up right away.
Facebook: Mason Tree Farm
Bob Mason & Cora Greer
Box 86, Kenaston SK, S0G 2N0
Phone: 306-544-2734
Fax: 306-544-2838
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Our farm is located on Road 300 between Hanley and Kenaston off Highway #11. See the map
We are centrally located between Saskatoon and Davidson, and between Outlook and Watrous off Highway #15.
- Take a walk through our "forest" of Christmas trees, find your favourite tree, and cut it down. (We provide saws.)
- Enjoy a cup of hot cocoa and cookies after your outing.
- Have your family picture taken.
- Pets on a leash are welcome.
- Bring your camera, camcorder...and Christmas spirit.
The Media comes to Mason Christmas Tree Farm
CTV Morning Live
Dale Cooper & reporter Shallima Maharaj
visited us on 5 Nov 2012
CBC Weather Girls
Genevieve Lefebvre-tardiff (French channel)
& Jamie Mauracher (English channel). Their visit was in Dec 2011.


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Hey there story readers! my name is SightX and this is my first ever fanfic. I usually read andcomment on storiesso you might have seen me gracing the pages of your reviews. Anyways, I want to keep this short.
Title: Photographs
Disclaimer: Me no own, So you no sue! Yugi-oh and post-it notes do not belong to me nor am I making money off of either. Too bad...
A Note to the Reader: I would love to write more to this so please review and let me feel appricited. Everyone loves it and I will love you in return. As for some technical things, in my story it takes place somewhere before the end of Yu-Gi-Oh, (no spoilers here,I havent cheated and watched the end yet myself ) and I use mostly the japanese names but don't quote me. Oh, and for the record, Yami (in my story) has no real physical body, he is a spirit...get it? I hope so. Any questions, just send me a review and I'll answer/try and fix whatever I can. Enjoy!
Yugi was bored. The young teen lay fully clothed in his bed, his one booted foot tapping irritably against the wall. He was waiting for Yami to return from his "quiet time" so that he could show the former pharaoh his new deck format.
The hikari had tried not to be offended, but it had begun to irk him that his other self needed to be alone at least once in a day. He said he needed a time of quiet; a time to think in his soul room, without Yugi. The boy had agreed not to intrude on these times, and had kept quiet about how much it was beginning to annoy him.
"He needs a break from me?" The teen muttered, still tapping his foot. "He's the one who always gets me into trouble, and drags me on these save the world journeys, and he has to take a break from me to think? What does he need to think about, he lost all of his memories." Yugi knew he was being bitter, but he couldn't help the words. The pharaoh was one of his best friends and even shared his thoughts. It hurt that he didn't want to share that bond.
Whenever Yami went on his "alone times", it was inevitable that Yugi would also be inclined to sit and mull over his thoughts. Yugi did not like to mull, he preferred just to be happy in an almost ignorant way. He believed everything would work out in the end so why bother worrying about it? But lately, he had been worrying. Yugi was troubled by one thought that danced endlessly through his mind. Am I truly happy?
Annoyed with this way of thinking, the boy got up swiftly; ignoring the mess he had made of the sheets, and started to prowl his room uneasily. His amethyst eyes roved over his belongings; a clock, a stereo, his duel deck and duel disk. Yugi's gaze caught and held on his desk. Nearly everything in his room was neat and tidy—his grandpa wanted it that way—but one of the drawers of his desk was hanging crooked and off the track as if it had been shut improperly in a hurry.
"Odd." Yugi muttered, reaching to pull it out and jar the drawer back into place, "I don't remember leaving it like that…" when he yanked on it, it rolled out and back onto the guide. Peering inside, he was surprised to see a small black photo album lying in the bottom. This drawer was empty this morning, the teen mused silently.
Confused, and—as always—curious to a fault, Yugi pulled it out, holding the object gently in his hands. He did not recognize the heavy book, and turned it over to see the front. Written there in bubblegum pink marker was "ANZU'S PHOTO ALBUM".
Strangely, it was crossed out, and written above in bold white letters was "My memories." Yugi felt a thought stir in his mind, he was certain he had seen this writing somewhere else before…
Tentivly, an odd feeling in his throat, the hikari opened the cover of the album. A tiny pink post-it note was crumpled and stuck inside. Gently he pulled it off and it read:
Hope you like the pictures! You said you wanted ones with all of us in them so I gave you all I had! Enjoy!
Yugi's eyes widened. "This is Yami's book?" he breathed in disbelief. "With pictures of…?" his heart started to beat erratically, but he couldn't place why. Trembling slightly—was it fear or anticipation?—he looked at the first picture in the album's plastic pages. It was of himself and Jounouchi, standing in front of their high school on their first day back. Jou had his arm slung over Yugi's narrow shoulders and was pretending to give his friend a noogie.
"I remember this day," Yugi muttered, passing a finger over the picture. "Anzu brought her camera, and she took the picture…"
Suddenly, the boy brought the photo close to his amethyst eyes and looked at it intently, his whole body numb as he tried to understand what he was seeing. He could make it out clearly, even through the plastic film. Undeniably, there in the hazy background, leaning casually against a tree with eyes closed, was…Yami.
Oo aren't you intriuged? please review! Happily accepting flames and worship! (pssst, worshipers get cookies, wink wink...)


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- Holidaymakers are key for numerous restaurants in the area. Bear in mind that visitor numbers to Alba ebb and flow according to the seasons, and winter, specifically, could see poorer trading.
- Working women. Married women undertake more than sixty percent of all household errands, so easy access to meals is welcomed as one fewer task to undertake. Price tends to be an important issue affecting the choice of this grouping, next to the excellence of the food.
- Kids. The influence of children has fashioned a considerable market collection that impacts on family choice for meals. This has been cheerfully picked up on by the huge conglomerates who, led by the burger franchises, target kids by means of their marketing.
- Grazers. As lifestyles have changed, the long-established three meals per day have been replaced by a tendency to graze or eat on the run. Convenience plays a hefty portion in this group's choice of venue.
- The coming out of a significant ensemble of retired persons with a higher level of disposable income and increased leisure time. Study indicates that this ensemble tends to eat out during the daylight hours as a leisure interest.
If you are running a restaurant in Alba, TX you should
- Identify the most excellent locality in order to be a magnet for footfall. Unless you are planning to rely on word alone and build up your custom over a very long period, position will play a decisive fragment in the eventual victory of your venture.
- Settle down into your schedule (and make sure your team are comfortable with their tasks!) and then summon reviewers from the Alba media to conduct a restaurant assessment - a superior review is liable to boost community attraction in your enterprise.
- Make certainly you're listed in native food and restaurant handbooks. This will necessitate putting your name down with the Alba holiday handbooks and this will also rally round folk from beyond immediate neighborhood.
- Broadcast in magazines read by your target addressees. Albabusiness magazines and newspapers regularly tender reasonably costed advertising space.
- Stand out from the crowd by selecting an exclusive image or theme and applying it to your decoration, workers uniforms, dinner service and cutlery, and menus.
- Market several audiences depending on the time of the day or season of the year. Equally daytime and evening menus might be provided, with daily specials on hand to change the customary bill of fare.
- Use special offers to increase business during relaxed periods, with mid-afternoon bargains for pupils and elderly diners, and special children's menus open to exert a pull on families. Christmas is a significant phase for most restaurants, seeing as it offers the opportunity to intensify business owing to corporate parties and can be a launch to your restaurant for likely new customers who may return throughout the rest of the year.
As word-of-mouth publicity is of the maximum significance for Alba restaurants, it is crucial that your customer service should always be conscientious, without delay and polite!
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A software error during routine maintenance at Charter Communications has resulted in the permanent deletion of 14,000 customer e-mail accounts. All contents in these email accounts, including messages, photos and other attachments have been erased and there is no way to retrieve contents from any folder.
Charter Communications is large cable TV operator in the U.S., and also provides telephone and high-speed Internet service. Charter provides service in 29 states and has about 2.6 million high-speed Internet subscribers. Charter gives each new Internet user a free e-mail account, but some customers opt to use other accounts instead. So every three months the company deletes inactive accounts. This gaffe apparently happened during one of those moments. Affected customers are not from a specific geographic area, but are from different parts of the Charter's service areas. Charter will give a $50 credit to each customer affected by this "Oops" and is taking steps to make sure it never happens again. They Better!!!
Hopefully, Charter's customer agreement has clauses freeing Charter from damages from lost email – such as lost business – otherwise, they'll be in a lot more trouble if a customer sues Charter for loss of an important document – after all, people are known to use emails as a document repository of sorts.
I for one don't use accounts from service providers because I don't want to have an email associated with a specific service provider, don't know when I might change my service provider, don't want to take a chance with the service provider interrupting service for non-payment of bills and then deletes the email account, and mostly because there are better known email services around (think Yahoo!, Gmail, MSN Mail, etc).
Frankly, I'm surprised that the email boxes were not backed up! A good lesson for CIOs!


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A foster mom in the United Kingdom thought she was being generous and kindhearted when she took in "Jamal," a migrant who was supposedly a 12-year-old orphan from Afghanistan.
The woman, identified only as "Rosie," welcomed the refugee into her home, where a 13-year-old boy and two girls, aged 12 and 14, also lived.
When the family went on a swimming trip, they became suspicious after seeing how hairy the young man was, and after a trip to the dentist, they found out Jamal was nearly a decade older than he had claimed — 21, according to the U.K. Sun.
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Rosie also remembered being concerned at how adept their new house guest was at climbing ropes and firing guns.
After Jamal's real age was revealed, officials found Taliban material and child abuse images on his mobile phone, according to the Sun.
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What's even more disturbing is that many migrants claiming to be children have been transported to the U.K. from a makeshift refugee camp in Calais, France, known as "The Jungle."
How many of these "refugee children" are actually young jihadis?
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"Adults are playing the system," Rosie said. "It's putting families like mine and society as a whole at risk."
The foster mom believed that officials should do more to verify the identification of migrants before placing them in homes.
"I don't see anything wrong with dental and bone density checks," Rosie explained. "Some say they are intrusive and degrading. But having a man in your home who's pretending to be a child is far more intrusive."
"Intrusive" may be an understatement, as the jihadi ended up being arrested for alleged assault and threatened his foster family.
"I'll kill you and I know where your children are," he told Rosie the last time they saw each other, she reported.
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Although the foster mom didn't want to call Jamal a terrorist, she did think that he came from a "training camp," and added that he was a "great actor."
Now, because of her country's failure to vet refugees properly, Rosie and her family live in fear.
"Every day I check the car, and that all the house windows are shut. I panic because I know he knows our routine," she explained.
This is exactly why conservatives have demanded that no refugees be allowed in our country without proper vetting. Clearly these jihadists know exactly how to circumvent the system, and we must not allow them to infiltrate our homes, schools and communities.
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Forget the amusement park. Anyone who wants to ride a roller-coaster might be better off purchasing Tesla stock. But no one has faced more ups-and-downs during the last year than the automaker's co-founder and CEO Elon Musk.
Even as Tesla appears to be resolving its production problems and seems poised to deliver a long-promised profit, the automaker and its CEO are facing a probe by the SEC, lawsuits filed by several short-sellers, additional investigations by the NLRB, NHTSA and the NTSB, and allegations of safety and quality problems by several self-styled whistleblowers.
No wonder, "This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my career," Musk said in an interview newly published by the New York Times. "It was excruciating." (more…)


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For the record, Luis Mercedes will say that the best thing to come out of his 1992 season with the Rochester Red Wings, the Orioles' Triple-A farm team, was a better ability to steal bases.
And, indeed, his 71-percent rate of success on the base paths was an improvement over 1991's 64 percent. His 35 steals this season led the International League.
But perhaps the best thing to come out of Mercedes' stay at Rochester this year was a renewed sense of purpose to get to the major leagues. The question is whether the 24-year-old native of San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic can get enough playing time to make people forget the bad things they've heard about him.


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Please find below a list of our Chocolate selection – this is a guide to what we have in our cabinet however they may not all be in the time as we do rotate what flavours we have. Please call the shop on 01263 735737 or email firstname.lastname@example.com if you require any assistance.
Milk Chocolate
Fudge Cup – Milk chocolate cup with fudge ganache topped with a piece Scottish tablet fudge .
Banoffee Cheesecake – Milk chocolate with banana ganache topped with gooey caramel topped with cocoa powder.
Rhubarb & Ginger – Milk chocolate with rhubarb and ginger crème fraiche .
Jaffa Cake – Milk chocolate layered with tangy orange ganache.
Sticky Toffee Pudding – Sticky toffee caramel in Milk Chocolate
Florentine – Almond praline topped with Pistachio & Almond Florentine in milk/white chocolate.
Raspberry Square – Raspberry ganache topped with raspberry fruit layer in milk/white chocolate.
Chocolate Brownie – Chocolate cream centre with biscuits in milk chocolate.
Crème Brulee – Crème brulee ganache with cane sugar topping in milk chocolate cup.
Salted Caramel – Fine salted butter caramel in milk chocolate.
Salted Caramel Cup – Deliciously different Milk chocolate cup filled with Caramel, topped with Milk chocolate and Rock Salt! – Delicious
Milk Gianduja – Classic milk chocolate filled with Gianduja (hazelnut).
Bounty – Snobinet chocolate shell filled with Coconut ganache topped with desiccated coconut.
Candy Bean – Snobinet chocolate shell filled with chocolate ganache topped with candy bean decoration.
Snickers – Snobinet chocolate shell filled with peanut and caramel topped with sweet toasted nuts.
White Chocolate
Eton Mess – White chocolate top and base filled with raspberry and meringue ganache, topped with freeze dried raspberry and meringue pieces.
Bellini – Champagne & Peach in a creamy white chocolate, topped with gold chocolate pieces.
Cookies & Cream – White chocolate layered with Cookie ganache and crumbles cookie topping.
Chantilly – Vanilla cream in white chocolate a croquant base.
Apricot – White chocolate with a Apricot ganache filling
Babette – Vanilla cream with praline in white chocolate.
Gin Fizz – A white chocolate shell filled with gin and lime flavoured ganache.
New York Cheesecake – Classic New York cheesecake with chocolate decoration.
White Coffee – Coffee crème fraiche in white chocolate.
Dark Chocolate
Lime & Pepper – Dark chocolate with a lime & pepper ganache – a must try!.
Fortuna – Rich dark chocolate with Forest Fruits ganache.
Falco – Blueberry with tutti fruitti and blueberry ganache with white glazing.
Coffee Praline – Coffee praline in a dark chocolate 'cup'.
Bora – Dark chocolate cup with Blackberry and Pistachio.
Dark Apricot – Smooth apricot crème fraiche in rich dark chocolate.
Mint Pyramid – Mint fondant in dark chocolate with mint crisp. (Unavailable)
Dome – Dark chocolate dome filled with Espresso finished with red 'splatter' design.
Mousse au Chocolat – Milk chocolate mousse in Dark chocolate finished with chocolate flakes.
Cherry Liqueur – Dark chocolate with a whole cherry enrobed in Brandy.
Cerisettes – A whole cherry in liquid Brandy enrobed in dark chocolate. Care!! Contains stone and stalk!
Lime & Chilli – Chocolate ganache flavoured with Lime and Chilli!!
Nero – Dark bitter ganache in dark chocolate.
Panache – Pistachio marzipan in dark chocolate.
Dark Raspberry – Dark chocolate with Raspberry crème, finished with raspberry swirl.
Oranga – Rich orange ganache in dark chocolate topped with an orange slice. OUT OF STOCK
Norfolk Truffles
Gin & Lemon – White chocolate truffle with London dry gin and lemon oil.
Cappuccino – The perfect combination, coffee & chocolate. Coffee ganache filling with a chocolate coffee bean topping
Lemon Meringue – A classic dessert – luxury Belgian chocolate cupcake filled with lemon ganache.
Millionaire's Shortbread – Delicious dessert flavoured cupcake with a shortbread topping and caramel and biscuit centre
Mint Choc Chip – Milk and white chocolate mint flavoured cupcake topped with mint and chocolate sprinkles
Nutty Surprise – Made from the finest milk chocolate, this delicious cupcake if filled with praline and topped with chopped nuts.
Pimm's – Pimm's flavoured chocolate cupcake with heart and sprinkle decoration (seasonal)
Raspberry Pavlova – Made predominantly from white chocolate with a raspberry pavlova centre and meringue and raspberry topping
Rocky Road – A combination of chocolate, marshmallow and biscuit – perfection! OUT OF STOCK
Vanilla – Milk and white chocolate cupcake with vanilla ganache, topped with a milk and white chocolate curl
Marshmallow – White chocolate cupcake filled with marshmallow centre topped with marshmallow and sprinkles.
Pink Prosecco – A classic Prosecco flavouring in white chocolate cupcake topped with pink chocolate and finished with a white sugar flower!
Honeycomb – Milk chocolate cupcake with honeycomb flavoured centre, topped with chocolate honeycomb pieces.
Cookie Dough – Cookie flavoured ganache topped with chocolate with cookie pieces.


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The first part of Destination: Out's 90s Jazz poll was posted earlier today, with contributions from Gary Giddins among others. They write that they will post more lists during the week in addition to the final summary, so watch out for that.
I have some comments written for my contribution, but that will have wait untill later - maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday. Please stop by.


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Ankylosing spondylitis is a acute form of arthritis causes pain and stiffness around the spine. Ayurveda has effective therapies and medicines to cure ankylosing spondytis problem using herbal / natural medicines.
Ankylosing spondylitis cause inflammation to spine and joints. Also it affects other tissues in the body. Ayurveda has effective solution for this disease with natural therapies like Abhyangam, ElaiKizhi, Steambath, other ayurveda therapies and Internal Medicines.
Shilpa Nagaram(City of Sculptures) has many monumental collections. The beauty of Kozhikode (Calicut) lies in the simplicity and love of people over there. The beach-side appeals the glow of Kozhikode. This is also a place where people rely for best ayurvedic treatments. Ayurveda treatments are more popular in Kozhikode. There are many trusted ayurveda centers you can find in Calicut district of Kerala
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Judge Makes Decision On Bond For Tanner Flores
During Tanner Flores' first court appearance, his public defense attorney said he'd file a motion to set bond.
Bond, however, has been denied, according to the Coloradoan.
Flores appeared in court via webcam on Monday, where public defense attorney Daniel Jasinski made a case for setting bond based on the 18-year-old's "extremely supportive family and no prior criminal history."
The Coloradoan reports a protection order has also been issued against Flores, restricting him from coming within 50 yards of Ashley Doolittle's parents and brother.
Flores' second court appearance is scheduled for Thursday at 8:15 a.m.
The teen was transferred to Larimer County Jail on June 17 after he was initially taken into custody in Mesa County. He is accused of murdering ex-girlfriend Ashley Doolittle, 18, of Berthoud after she didn't come home on June 9. After shooting her twice in the head with his father's .22-caliber revolver, Flores drove her body to Mesa County where he was arrested at his late grandfather's ranch in Collbran.


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Note – 13 December
Well done to the Chess teams who did so well in Dublin at the Mike Germaine Chess Team Event . This is another strong performance following the top placings in the Chess for All event in Ballinasloe last week . Well done also to the 5th and 2nd classes who played Sligo School Project and St. Aidens Ballintrillick on Friday last in the Checkmates Competition .
The Children's Cookery Book organised by the Parent association is still available . We ask every household to support this fundraiser . Books can be purchased online or by sending €15 to the office in an envelope marked Cook Book . The book will be sent home with the child
This Friday we have a dress up for Christmas / Christmas Jumper day in aid of the Children's hospital in Crumlin. We ask families to make a contribution to the charity on this day.
Carol singing for classes 1st to 6th continues this week and next The different classes will sing in the HSE Offices this Wednesday , the farmers market on Friday , Our Lady's Hospital Monday and in Arus Brefni on Tuesday .
The Infant classes will put on a little Christmas show for parents /Guardians next Tuesday at 1pm .
All parents are welcome to come visit the school before Christmas to see the room decorations and the art work done by the classes this year .
A School Children's Carol Service will take place in the Church on Wednesday December 21st at 7pm to 7:40. This will involve all children 1st to 6th class whose parents would like them involved .
The school will close for Christmas on Thursday December 22nd at 1pm . Children can be collected by parents /guardians any time following the visit of Santa that day. Please send 5 Euro per child or a maximum of 10 Euro per family in a sealed envelope marked Parent Association. Eight parents/guardians are also requested to assist on the day . Contact PA chairman Bernie at 087-7774111 or PA treasurer Joe at 086-6017826.
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Bozo the Clown is the name of a clown whose widespread franchising in early television made him the best-known clown character in the United States. Although the generic name Bozo is reckoned "of uncertain origin" by the Random House Unabridged Dictionary and given an earliest use of c. 1915Ð20, when it was a common term referring to hobo or tramp clowns, the equation of "Bozo" and "dunce" may be credited to Anselm of Canterbury, who laid out many of his treatises in the familiar form of a dialogue, between A, who was Anselm, and B, who was Boso, who never got it right. Bozo has been named in several US presidential elections as a write-in candidate when people felt they were choosing between the lesser of two evils. The name had previously been carried by numerous Carolingian aristocrats.
Created as a character in 1946 by Alan W. Livingston who produced a children's storytelling record-album and illustrative read-along book set which Livingston called a "Record Reader", the first of its kind, titled Bozo at the Circus for Capitol Records. Pinto Colvig portrayed the character on this and subsequent Bozo read-along records. The albums were extremely popular and the character became a mascot for the record company and was later nicknamed "Bozo the Capitol Clown." In 1949, Capitol and Livingston began setting up royalty arrangements with manufacturers and television stations for use of the Bozo character. KTTV-TV in Los Angeles began broadcasting the first show, Bozo's Circus, featuring Colvig as Bozo with his blue-and-red costume, oversized red hair and classic "whiteface" clown makeup on Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
In 1956, Larry Harmon, one of several actors hired by Livingston and Capitol Records to portray Bozo at promotional appearances, formed a business partnership and bought the licensing rights (excluding the record-readers) to the character when Livingston briefly left Capitol in 1956. Harmon had the vision and drive to take advantage of the growing television industry and make a better future for Bozo. He renamed the character "Bozo, The WorldÕs Most Famous Clown" and slightly modified the voice, laugh and costume. He then worked with a wig stylist to get the wing-tipped bright orange style and look of the hair that had previously appeared in Capitol's Bozo comic books. He started his own animation studio and distributed (through business partner Jayark Films Corporation) a series of cartoons (with Harmon as the voice of Bozo) to television stations, along with the rights for each to hire its own live Bozo host, beginning with KTLA-TV in Los Angeles on January 5, 1959 and starring Vance Colvig, Jr., son of the original "Bozo the Clown", Pinto Colvig. Unlike many other shows on television, "Bozo the Clown" was mostly a franchise as opposed to being syndicated, meaning that local TV stations could put on their own local productions of the show complete with their own Bozo. Another show that had previously used this model successfully was Romper Room. Since each market used a different portrayer for the character, the voice and look of each market's Bozo also differed. One example is the voice and laugh of WGN-TV Chicago's Bob Bell, who also wore a red costume throughout the first decade of his portrayal. The wigs for Bozo were originally manufactured through the famous Hollywood firm, Emil Corsillo Inc. This long time Hollywood company designed and manufactured toupees and wigs for the entertainment industry. Bozo's headpiece was made from yak hair, which was adhered to a canvas base with a starched burlap interior foundation. The hair was first styled, formed, then sprayed with a heavy coat of lacquer to keep its form. From time-to-time, the headpiece needed freshening and was sent to the Hollywood factory for a quick refurbishing. The canvas top would slide over the actor's forehead. With the exception of the Bozo wigs for WGN-TV Chicago, the eyebrows were permanently painted on the headpiece. In 1965, Harmon bought out his business partners and became the sole owner of the licensing rights. Thinking that one national show would be more profitable for his company, Harmon produced 130 of his own half-hour shows from 1965 to 1967 titled Bozo's Big Top with WHDH-TV (now WCVB-TV) Boston's Bozo, Frank Avruch, for syndication in 1966. Avruch's portrayal and look resembled Harmon's more so than most of the other portrayers at the time. Harmon was met with resistance though and the show's distribution was limited as most television stations preferred to continue producing their own versions, the most popular being Bob Bell and WGN-TV Chicago's more elaborate Bozo's Circus which ultimately went national via cable and satellite in 1978. Bell retired in 1984 and was replaced by Joey D'Auria.
The series successfully survived competition from syndicated and network children's programs for many years until 1994 when WGN management decided to get out of the weekday children's television business and buried The Bozo Show in an early Sunday timeslot as The Bozo Super Sunday Show. It suffered another blow in 1997 when its format became educational following a Federal Communications Commission mandate requiring broadcast television stations to air a minimum three hours of educational children's programs per week. In 2001, station management controversially ended production citing increased competition from newer children's cable channels.
In 2005, Chicago's Bozo returned to the national television airwaves in a two-hour retrospective titled Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics. The primetime premiere was #1 in the Chicago market and continues to be rebroadcast annually during the holiday season. In 2003, Harmon released six of his Bozo's Big Top programs with Avruch on DVD and a box set of 30 episodes in 2007 retitled "Larry Harmon's Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown Vol.1". The WGN-TV Chicago Bozo shows have not been released commercially in any video format.
The local WHDH-TV (now WCVB-TV) Boston production of Bozo's Circus with Frank Avruch aired from 1959 until 1970, and 130 episodes taped between 1965 and 1967 were produced and syndicated by Larry Harmon Pictures Corporation to local U.S. television markets that did not produce their own Bozo shows. The half-hour syndicated shows were retitled Bozo's Big Top and included Caroll Spinney as "Mr. Lion" and "Kookie The Boxing Kangaroo", who later went on to portray "Big Bird" and "Oscar the Grouch" on PBS's Sesame Street. Licensor Larry Harmon supervised the taping of these episodes, with Harmon-approved characters added, some based on characters in Harmon's classic animated Bozo cartoon shorts. The series was rerun locally in the late 1970s and early 1980s on WLVI-TV. In 2003, Harmon released six of these shows on DVD and, in 2007, 30 of them in a DVD box set entitled "Larry Harmon's Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown Vol.1".
The Chicago Bozo franchise was the most popular and successful locally produced children's program in the history of television. It also became the most widely known Bozo show as WGN-TV became a national cable television Superstation in 1978. Chicago's Bozo debuted on June 20, 1960 starring Bob Bell on a live half-hour show, weekdays at noon, performing comedy sketches and introducing cartoons. It evolved into Bozo's Circus on September 11, 1961, as a live hour-long show with additional cast members, a 13-piece orchestra, circus acts, games and prizes before a 200+ member studio audience. Erstwhile WGN-TV children's show host Ned Locke of Lunchtime Little Theater and Paddleboat presided as "Ringmaster Ned." Although Bell had previously portrayed Bozo, the character did not appear on the September 11th telecast due to a budgeting error by producer Jim McGinn. Hal Taylor, an NCAA trampoline champion from the University of Wisconsin, performed and served as Locke's foil in comedy sketches. Bell returned as Bozo the next day. In the early months of the series, a respected English acrobatic clown, "Wimpey" (played by Bertram William Hiles) worked on the show, providing some legitimate circus background and performing opposite Bell's Bozo in comedy sketches. Hiles continued to make periodic guest appearances on the show into the mid-1960s. In October 1961, Don Sandburg joined the show as producer and principal sketch writer, and also appeared as the mute clown "Sandy", a character partly inspired by Harpo Marx. (He was announced by Locke at the start of each show as "Sandy the Tramp", although Sandburg himself preferred to be called "Sandy the Clown"). By November, another eventual Chicago television legend joined the show's cast, Ray Rayner, as "Oliver O. Oliver", a country bumpkin from Puff Bluff, Kentucky. Rayner was hosting WGN's Dick Tracy Show (which also premiered the same day as Bozo's Circus) and later replaced Dick Coughlan as host of Breakfast with Bugs Bunny, which was rechristened Ray Rayner and His Friends. WGN musical director Bob Trendler led the WGN Orchestra, dubbed the "Big Top Band." Games on the show included the "Grand Prize Game" created by Sandburg, whereby a boy and girl were selected from the studio audience by the Magic Arrows, and later the Bozoputer (a random number generator), to toss a ping-pong ball into a series of successively numbered buckets until they missed. If they made the winning toss into the sixth bucket, they (and an "at-home player") received a cash prize, a bike and, in later years, a trip. (For many years, one "silver dollar" was dropped into Bucket #6 each day "until someone wins them all." When the show changed to a 90-minute format, shows no longer aired consecutively, so the final bucket now contained a $50 bill, increased to $100 in 1989.) The Grand Prize Game became so popular, Larry Harmon adapted it for other Bozo shows (as "Bozo Buckets" to some and "Bucket Bonanza" to others) and also licensed home and coin-operated versions. (On occasion, the child would miss the first bucket completely, prompting Bozo to take the ball, look at it, and say it was a lottery ball before throwing it away and giving the child a new ball and another chance.)
Over time, new characters were introduced to the cast. Some made a lasting impression while others were briefly tenured. In October 1968, Bell was hospitalized for a brain aneurysm and was absent from the show for several months. Meanwhile, Sandburg resolved to leave the show for the West Coast but stayed longer while Bell recuperated. To pick up the slack, WGN floor manager Richard Shiloh Lubbers appeared as "Monty Melvin", named after a schoolmate of Sandburg's, while WGN Garfield Goose and Friends and Ray Rayner and His Friends puppeteer Roy Brown created a new character, "Cooky the Cook." Magician Marshall Brodien, who had been making semi-regular guest appearances in which he frequently interacted with the clowns, also appeared as a wizard character in an Arabian Nights-inspired costume and by the early 1970s evolved into "Wizzo the Wizard." Sandburg left the show in January 1969 and Bell returned in March. Lubbers left as well with Brown staying on as a permanent cast member. By 1971, Rayner began appearing less frequently and last played Oliver on March 1 of that year. Rayner was briefly replaced by Pat Tobin as Oliver's cousin "Elrod T. Potter", and then by magician John Thompson (an acquaintance of Brown's and Brodien's) as "Clod Hopper." (Tobin previously had played Bozo on a local production on KSOO-TV in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Thompson has appeared on A&E's Criss Angel Mindfreak.) Rayner periodically returned to guest host as himself in his morning show's jumpsuit as "Mr. Ray" when Ned Locke was absent. By 1973, WGN gave up on Thompson and increased Brodien's appearances as Wizzo. In 1975, Bob Trendler retired from television and his Big Top Band was reduced to a three-piece band led by Tom Fitzsimmons. Ned Locke also retired from television in 1976 and was replaced by Frazier Thomas, host of WGN's Family Classics and Garfield Goose and Friends, at which point Garfield Goose and Friends ended its 24-year run on Chicago television with the puppets moving to an abbreviated segment on Bozo's Circus. As the storyline went, Gar "bought" Bozo's Circus from the retiring Mr. Ned and appointed "Prime Minister" Thomas as the new Circus Manager.
By 1980, Chicago's public schools stopped allowing students to go home for lunch and Ray Rayner announced his imminent departure from his morning show and Chicago television. BozoÕs Circus was renamed The Bozo Show and moved to weekdays at 8:00 a.m., on tape, immediately following Ray Rayner and His Friends. On January 26, 1981, The Bozo Show replaced Ray Rayner and His Friends at 7:00 a.m. The program expanded to 90 minutes, the circus acts and Garfield Goose and Friends puppets were dropped, while Cuddly Dudley and more cartoons were added. In 1983, Pat Hurley, from ABC's Kids Are People Too, joined the cast as himself mingling with the studio audience and periodically participating in sketches. The biggest change occurred in 1984 with the retirement of Bob Bell, with the show still #1 in its timeslot and over a 10-year wait for studio audience reservations. After a nationwide search, Bell was replaced by NBC's Gong Show contestant Joey D'Auria, who would play the role of Bozo for the next 17 years. One of the characters D'Auria performed and won for on The Gong Show was Dr. Flameo, which he also performed on The Chuck Barris Rah-Rah Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In 1985, Frazier Thomas died and Hurley filled in, serving as host for the final six shows to be taped that season, stepping into a semi-authority character through the end of the 1986Ð1987 season. At that point, Hurley was "downsized" in a series of cutbacks, the selection of cartoons featured on the show was streamlined, with the show's timeslot being reduced to 60 minutes. Also that year, a synthesizer performed by Andy Mitran as "Professor Andy" replaced the three-piece Big Top Band. Roy Brown began suffering heart-related problems and was absent from the show for an extended period during the 1991Ð92 season. Since this coincided with the show's 30th anniversary, a reunion special was produced (telecast September 8, 1991) and Don Sandburg returned to play Sandy, filling in for Cooky for the first two weeks of the season. Actor Adrian Zmed (best known from ABC-TV's T.J. Hooker), who was a childhood fan of Bozo's Circus and former Grand Prize Game contestant, also appeared on the special and portrayed himself as a "Rookie Clown" for the following two weeks. Actor Michael Immel then joined the show as "Spiffy" (Spifford Q. Fahrquahrrr). Brown returned in January 1992 initially on a part-time basis but suffered additional health setbacks and took another extended leave of absence in the fall of 1993.
Brown's presence on the show remained as previously aired segments with Cuddly Dudley (and a few with Cooky) were incorporated until 1994, when he and Marshall Brodien retired from television and the show was moved to Sunday mornings and rechristened The Bozo Super Sunday Show on September 11th. Brown, Brodien and Immel were replaced by new characters: Robin Eurich as "Rusty the Handyman" (whose father, Howell Eurich, had been the local Bozo in El Paso, Texas), along with the show's first female characters, "Pepper" (Cathy Schenkelberg) and "Tunia" (Michele Gregory). Schenkelberg and Gregory rotated each week until Schenkelberg left in 1996. The show's format was revised in 1997 in response to an FCC rule requiring broadcast television stations to air a minimum three hours per week of "educational and informational" children's programs. In 1998, Gregory left the show. The last show taped on June 12, 2001 was the Bozo: 40 Years of Fun! special, and aired on July 14, 2001, featuring a guest appearance by singer Billy Corgan, a loyal fan of the WGN show, who performed Bob Dylan's "Forever Young." The final rerun of The Bozo Super Sunday Show was broadcast August 26, 2001.
WGN-TV's Bozo returned to the national airwaves in a two-hour retrospective titled Bozo, Gar & Ray: WGN TV Classics on December 24, 2005. The primetime premiere was #1 in the Chicago market and continues to be rebroadcast annually during the holiday season.


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The New York City Audubon is an organization committed to preserving and caring for native wild birds and habitats. The NYC Audubon protects over 350 species of birds that live or pass through NYC every year, which totals almost a third of all bird species in North America! In order for NYC Audubon to operate smoothly, it has approximately 10,000 members, many of whom are volunteers from across all five boroughs of New York. NYC Audubon relies on communal participation to ensure that the wild birds and habitats in NYC are protected.
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Further to my last post on this subject I am still unable to resolve the issue. I seemed to have a corrupted boot ini file, only problem is when I use the Windows XP installation CD I can't get to the point when the 'Welcome to Set up' screen is displayed, therefore I cannot press 'r' and then run CDHSK to repair the corrupt boot ini file. How can I run CDHSK?
What point does it get to? When you boot from the XP CD you should get the 'press any key to boot from CD' then an 'inspecting your configuration' message, after which files should start loading, followed by the menu you want. Where is it getting stuck?
"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us..." Pink Floyd
I get the 'press any key to boot from cd', then the 'inspecting your configuration message', after that a blue screen with 'windows setup' appears and the grey status bar at the bottom displays the files/ drivers that are being loaded, but when the status bar displays 'Starting Windows' instead of the menu appearing whereby I could select 'r' I get the 'unmountable boot volume' page and therefore can go no further. :-(
OK, first thing to do is check the connections to the harddrive, then if they are all firm you need to check the harddrive itself using the drive manufacturer's own utility. You'll find the majority of manufacturer's now have iso files available for download that let you burn a bootable cd to test the drive.
Another alternative is to use BARTPE - you need an XP disk to be able to create it, but it has a standalone version of chkdsk as one of its tools. You can read about it, & get the appropriate files, apart from the XP disk, from HERE
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Employees are an important stakeholder of any organization whether it is large or small. However, managers are often too busy with running the day to day operations of the company that little, if any, time is spent on a motivation strategy. This is unfortunate because a high performance work team is actually an easy goal to achieve.
Why should you read on? So you can increase the bottom line. If every employee made one minor change, as a result of increased motivation, then the result on the bottom line would be astronomical. Having a proper motivational strategy for employees will give any manager an exponential return on investment. And better yet, to achieve this, proper motivational tools are not expensive. The most common mistake that managers make is to believe that all forms of motivation revolves around money. Whereas, the truth is that increase in pay and/or bonuses do not dramatically increase motivation.
What actually happens is that the employee is being offered a bonus for a job they should be doing anyway rather than actually rewarding them to do more and/or better. As such, the employee might interpret this to mean that they are working for a bonus versus doing the best job that they can because they enjoy it. However, do not misinterpret this and think that little or no pay is required.
The employee wages must be fair market in comparison to others in the industry otherwise motivation will actually decrease. An example would be a top level baseball player earning 6 million a year (which is about average). Increasing this players pay to 12 million a year would probably have little effect on their performance.
Decreasing the salary to below the average earning would decrease performance because the player would not feel appreciated. So what does work? Its Simple. Recognition. It is much better to give recognition to employees both privately and publicly. A leader should always praise his or her staff and be an integral part of their work life.
Most employees only hear from management when something is wrong and this negative reinforcement is not conducive for high level work teams. Studies have shown that little items such as sending a birthday card can increase work performance levels for months on end. E-Cards have the same effect and are easy to use plus have the added features such as date reminders and follow ups. Recognition works because it gives positive reinforcement to the employees and when an individual feels appreciated they will work harder for more recognition. This simplicity escapes most employers/managers.
People just want to be heard, recognized and appreciated. Will using a simple greeting card really work? Yes. It will if done correctly. If you want this to work, then take the time to write a personal greeting.
Sending a generic card to all staff members would most likely decrease morale as employees may find it offensive as it re-enforces the herd mentality. The message should be genuine and meaningful. Also, the message should be as close to the recognizable act as possible.
This means that if someone on your team did a great job on a project; send a thank you card to them ASAP. Sending a card out 4 months after the project has been long forgotten would have little effect. When is the best time to give out E-Cards? E-Cards should be given out on major holidays and for birthdays. Also, cards can be sent whenever an achievement is made large or small. The text of the card does not have to be complicated and overwritten. A few well chosen sentences will work extremely well.
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It's time, kids. Time to head on over to Kate's for Five Minute Friday. See you there!
Prompt: Dream
When I was little, my parents told me I could be whatever I wanted to be. No matter how big or small the dream, it was attainable.
And I believed them.
As I grew I knew that some desires of my heart would be harder to grasp than others. Some may never come to fruition and dreams changed. But still…I knew that if I really wanted it, with the love and support of my family, any dream was possible.
Motherhood for me was one of those dreams. It nearly never came true and the part of my dream where a soul was carried within me-that never did see the light of day. And yet there are four hearts that call me mom.
But there are so many hearts who are aching for that-for a place to call home and arms that wrap around them to call their own. There are some dreams that really don't come true. There are some hearts that are bruised and broken and in need of love. And there is some love that will never be received.
Foster care is near and dear to me. It has built my family. It is the reason I am a mother. And it took a long and winding road to end up here. Did you know that there are actually websites where you can view the profiles of children who are waiting to be adopted from foster care? It's true. When I first heard of these sites I was a little alarmed. Surely you don't actually see the children-but you do. They are there, profile after profile like the Facebook of broken hearts. But what you really see, when you look closely, are their broken dreams.
These beautiful souls who have never had a parent who encouraged them to have dreams and strive for them. Children who may have never known the joy of a restful night, one where you didn't worry about your next meal, the lack of blankets in the cold, or the dark corners mirrored by the void in your heart.
I scrolled through one of these sites tonight. The thought of fostering again has been weighing on my heart, and though I don't think we're in a place in our lives where we can or should bring a foster child into our homes, it is something I'm praying over. As I traveled down the page I took note of the ages of the children. The majority of them are in their teens, a time when they are the most difficult to place. The time where they near the cut off date for state support. Minutes away from being out on their own. Alone.
I cannot fathom this. I cannot wrap my mind around the ache that this must bring. No home for the holidays. No mom to call when you've had a bad day. No dad to fix your brakes. No grandparent's couch to curl up on. No one. What do your dreams look like when you are so alone? What does your heart feel like to be so broken?
I want to be a dream maker. My heart aches and pleads for this kids, and it is anguish knowing my hands are tied. I want for them to have hope in the future. I want to know their dreams. I want them to know real love. I want them to have a mom. I want them.
I want a big house in the country with room to run and grow and overflow with life. A home for those without one. A place to rest their heads and their hearts. But right now, it is only a dream.


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Gods and Idols
Gods and Idols is a free-to-play sci-fi MMORTS developed by Viking Tao for PC and is available for download on Steam Early Access. In Gods and Idols players can take on the role of a newly ascended deity by commanding cosmic powers, forging alliances with other players, and using their worshipers to further their influence.
Once a human, you have now become an immortal being. As a divinity you must lead your people through a time of darkness and gain your power through their worship. With so much destruction around your followers will be sure to find your leadership a breath of fresh air as you sculpt planets to fit their needs, creating lush wonderlands for them to enjoy. If you protect them from stellar radiation and the other, much darker forces lurking in the universe they will erect monuments in your name and launch massive fleets to help expand your empire. Star systems will never have seemed so small in the grand scheme of your immense power.
Don't think your human followers are the only instruments for growth either. You're forgetting, you are a deity! The raw, primal forces of the universe are also at your disposal. Swing asteroid belts to rain destruction down upon your foes, kidnap their planets into your own holding universe, and cause their suns to go into a supernova state, leaving absolutely nothing in their aftermath. It sounds cruel, yes, but at times like these when the threat of the Black Sun is evident it might not be quite as horrific as it initially seems.
By collecting resources, creating planets, and expanding your interstellar empire you'll ensure you're as prepared as possible for the impending doom sweeping the universe, but will you succeed in keeping your followers safe?
- Status: Pre-Release
- Release Date: Dec 12, 2016
- Business Model: Free to Play
- Developer: Viking Tao
- Publisher: Viking Tao
- Category: Stand-alone
- Genre(s): 3D, MMO, Sci-Fi, Strategy
- Platforms: PC, Steam
- +Great soundtrack.
- +Huge universe.
- +Awesome graphics.
- -Limited gameplay.
- -Tutorial lacks some core instructions.
- -Existing gameplay needs more logic to progression.
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- OS: Windows 7 or later
- CPU: AMD FX or Intel Core i7
- GPU: GeForce 700 series or later
- Description: Gods and Idols is a free-to-play sci-fi MMORTS where players can take on the role of a newly ascended deity and command cosmic powers! Everything from asteroid belts to massive suns will bend to your will as you try to keep your followers safe and gain power from their worship.
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A knife that reportedly turned up at O.J. Simpson's former home is being analyzed by Los Angeles police for any possible connection to the 1994 stabbing deaths of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. Here's what we know about the discovery:
KNIFE EMERGES: The knife was found at Simpson's former home years ago, possibly during demolition of the property, police said. It was turned it over to a now-retired motorcycle police officer who was working as a security guard at a filming location. The knife came to light in the past month, but authorities did not say how, stressing that the authenticity of the account had not been confirmed. The weapon used in the killings has been a mystery for decades.
THE SLAYINGS: The killings occurred June 12, 1994. The former football star was acquitted in October 1995 by a jury that deliberated only four hours. In 1997, a civil court jury found Simpson liable for the slayings and awarded millions of dollars to the victims' families.
POSSIBLE CRIMINAL CHARGES: The Los Angeles Police Department was looking into whether criminal charges could be filed against the former officer who held onto the knife. As for Simpson, even if the knife is linked to the killings, he is unlikely to be charged again because of legal protections against double jeopardy. Simpson is imprisoned in Nevada for a 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping conviction.


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H/T to one of our readers, Sadie, for letting me know about this!
Ooooooooooooh, good one Keith!
this is too good…. the way they inserted her voice so it sounds like she is speaking in a large room…. excellent.
This is the second of these I have seen. Whoever puts them out does a fabulous job. Thx Sadie and Keith.
My favorite line — if she was doing that much yoga she wouldn't need so many pantsuits.
My best friend, a little wire-haired Jack Russel, was just diagnosed with cancer, and that line made me laugh hard.
Well done Sadie and Keith.
Thanks for the post. I saw this as well the other day.
I liked the 1/2 of brain comment.
I assume the video footage comes from an actual movie; does anyone know what it's from? This is really hilarious!
Flat out genius! Brilliant.
Pretty funny – its a little much to make the Nazi comparison, no?
OT Donald Trump. I saw a comment that said one person was behind him largely because of the ideas he wrote in his 2011 book To Get Tough: Making America Great Again. The 2015 comments are very positive.
Haven't read it yet –a little pricey — but maybe he should refer to this –this was my core plan in 2011 and this is (with some modifications) my plan for America still. Or some such stuff.
Anyway check it out and if you buy….Keith is Amazon Associate.
Loved the yoga pantsuit reference.!!!
Very funny…
Creatively brilliant!
Thank You :))
And stupid videos like this are exactly the reason why Israel is considered disposable and nobody cares.
Except God. Believe it – God cares about His chosen people and God will not be mocked.
Video on Instagram from Trump re. Politicians Partying, World Burning.
I'm thinking of setting up a GoFundMe Campaign that will allow Geraldo Rivera to get off the air.
He is another person that I wish would shut his mouth and go live a life of ease in quiet and solitude.
Local murder (down the road a bit) Illegal alien from Belize kills three family members, including one pregant woman. Comes from a known Belize crime family. Yep, walked right in to AMERIKA, staying with family, same family he brutally murdered.
RIP to the victims. But I hope it's a wake up call locally.
Funny, but oh so truly sad.


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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
I'd like to sign on paper
Every time I go into those stores that have a "please sign on the machine" policy, I politely say, "I'd like to sign on paper." Their eyes glazed over, they point to the machine and say, "You need to sign there." "No, no," I say politely again, "I'd like to sign on paper." They insist (usually) that I must sign on the machine. I insist that I want to sign on a piece of paper.
Sometimes they call for a manager. If it's a store that I shop in often enough, I usually learn the key combination they need to press. Occasionally, after I insist, they go ahead and print the receipt for me to sign as if they knew all along how to do it.
And sometimes, they will ask why I won't just sign on the machine. So I explain:
-you know how there are people that hack into stores' info in order to steal credit card info and stuff?
-well, imagine that they steal not only the credit card info, but also steal your signature
-now, they can put that signature on anything, and how on earth could you prove it wasn't your signature?
PS Thanks to Peevish for kicking my butt, even though she probably has no idea, because as I read her post, I knew I was off that blogroll of hers. Yes, indeed, I have been out of commission for longer than I thought possible.
4 comments:
- Jen on the Edge said...
I never thought of that.
Perhaps I should start paying in cash.
- March 5, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Yay, you're baaaaaaack!
My signature on those electronic dealios is never anywhere near my real signature. Not even close. If someone is stealing that signature, that could already be signing away with any ole scribbly mess. (ooh, especially when the machines all glitchy and starts picking up the pen before it even makes contact...then i get a signature that looks like something a fetus would scrawl if they could grasp a pen)
But, yeh, the whole electronic everything does make me nervous.
Welcome back.
- March 6, 2009 at 8:55 AM
- might I add...? said...
Jen- Cash... what a novel concept!
dee- Of course, the signature is never like your real one, but does that make it any less binding? I know that I don't sign on the machine, so if someone tries to say "You bought this $25,000 mink coat" or whatever, I can say, "Oh yeah, let me see the paper that I signed on!"
- March 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
- might I add...? said...
And thanks, dee, for the welcome back. It's kind of weird, you know? I've been "gone" for a long time.
- March 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM