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Randers turned out to be a very nice town indeed, full of architecturally interesting buildings ranging from the 17th century to the present day. Our search for Elvis certainly resulted in us spending a really pleasant day around the town and in addition we even tracked down the Elvis museum!
Introducing Randers
Town Hall, 1778, Randers
In 1930 it was transported on rollers 3 metres to the north of its original site
17th century house, Randers
Downstairs in "Elvis Unlimited" there is a shop selling back issues of fan club magazines, old Elvis records, photos, postcards and tee shirts. Upstairs is the museum of Elvis memorabilia and posters for his shows. It is the core collection from the Danish Elvis Presley Fan Club and even has a pair of his shoes – unfortunately not blue suede shoes, but white. As we explored the collection we were gently lulled by songs from his album Blue Hawaii. It was not well advertised in the town and we were almost the only visitors. Even Ian paid his 30 kroner for a look round. The best of the fun about it was that it had been collected so seriously by his Danish fans who would travel all over America to his concerts as evidenced by the many concert tickets and back-stage passes displayed in the exhibition. Sometimes Elvis would give their secretary one of his cast off sequined outfits and these would be worn by a club member at the next concert!
Proud memento for Elvis's Danish fans, Randers
Elvis's white suede shoes, Randers
Danish Elvis poster, Randers
Early Elvis publicity in Dutch, Randers
One happy fan, Randers
Having thoroughly enjoyed a morning of wallowing in nostalgia (well Jill had) we set off to explore the town. We were welcomed into the large, 15th century brick church of St. Martin by the elderly person on duty, who spoke excellent English though his deafness led to some interesting misunderstandings. This protestant church has a whitewashed interior and some very interesting monuments, paintings, chandeliers and carved wooden fixtures including a very impressive pulpit and a magnificent organ. It also has the oldest model ship to be found in any Danish church. It seems to be common practice here to commemorate ships, especially in coastal areas.
Church of St. Martin, Randers
Model ship dated 1632 in the church of St. Martin, Randers
The town's cultural centre houses the library, the art gallery and the museum as well as a smart restaurant with minimalist decoration in typical Danish style. Each table had a white cloth with a slim vase containing one poppy head. Crockery was plain white, chairs were very Scandinavian as were minimalist chrome light fittings. It was such a pity the aura of the room had to be destroyed by a couple of British pensioners who wanted coffees and rolls at one of the tables where white candles were burning brightly. Our snack lunch was nice but rather expensive. However, both the art gallery and the museum were free and an hour on the internet in the library cost us nothing.
Danish design in the Cultural Centre café, Randers
The art gallery contained both modern works and installations, most of which did not detain us for very long, and collections by local artists from the 19th century to date. These were more to our taste but the heat in the smart, Scandinavian building with its glass roof and large windows was quite unbearable. It could not have been pleasant for the staff working there. Why didn't the architect think through the whole thing when he designed the complex during a chilly Scandinavian winter?
Danish flag in Lego bricks, 20th century exhibit in the art gallery, Randers
The museum on the floor below was marginally cooler and we spent ages exploring the exhibits which ranged from 100 years of electricity in Randers, through to archaeological exhibits and ancient rune stones. There were interiors of old businesses and houses displayed, furnished as they would have been at the time. Generally these tended to be furnished in heavy dark wood, crowded and cluttered, very different from the smooth, clean lines and sense of space seen in contemporary Danish interiors.
19th century interior in the museum, Randers
The library in Randers was very smart, well stocked and with a number of innovative ideas including an automatic book sorting machine that classified the return books into order and arranged them ready for shelving by passing each book under a bar code scanner. The information required was all included in the bar code. Neat! All the staff spoke excellent English and explained how the sorter worked when we said we were English librarians.
Public library in the cultural centre, Randers
We were pretty exhausted by this time and it was really too hot for sight seeing. We walked down to the banks of the fjord where we found Randers' answer to the Eden project. This is a series of geodesic domes in which a tropical rainforest environment has been established. This must be a wonderful place to visit in the cold, dark, winter months but certainly not today.
We are very proud of our blossoming Danish. Once you start to crack a few words it is not so strange, frequently being rather like German or English. We read everything we see, guessing at the bits in between the words we can recognise. Sometimes this has funny results. Today we triumphantly turned up at what we thought was a spider museum, eager to see the large green pig spider. What could it be? We'd never heard of it. Neither had the museum staff. In fact it was a museum of Danish scouting and was full of toggles and woggles! Can't win them all! After that we decided not to take a wild guess at what the sign in the ladies wear shop meant by "Slutspurt." Sounds quite horrid!
Prettiest Slutspurt Ian's ever seen! Randers
Denmark is a land of trolls and Randers is a secret troll hotspot. They live underground and have small holes in the pavement through which they can reach to trip up passers by. Normally these holes are unnoticed and the trolls are rarely seen. However, if, like us, you are walking around searching for decorative manhole covers, you start to notice these little troll holes. They are not dissimilar in appearance to man holes but much smaller, just big enough for a corpulent little troll to squeeze his way out through. They are cheerful little chaps but as they don't tend to speak much English they shyly popped back underground when they saw us watching them.
Troll hole cover, Randers
Around 4pm we returned to Modestine and drove west and then north towards one of the campsites marked on our map. Denmark is really a collection of islands linked by bridges or narrow necks of land. Tonight we are at the southern end of the Limfjord, a huge stretch of water surrounded by tiny strips of land that hold back the waters of the Skagerrak to which it is linked by the tiniest of openings at Thyboren. It would be a very pretty area for a holiday but for us time is running out and we still have business in Norway to contend with. This campsite is not very busy at all. The lady here says the schools start back this week here! Strange when in England the holidays have not long started. Anyway that meant Jill had the swimming pool to herself and as nobody else was using the children's swings, slides, bouncy castle and climbing frame the campsite lady said it would be okay for us to play on them. The bouncy castle was particularly good but walking afterwards is not easy. After a game of mini-football where Jill won 6-2 we sat outside Modestine with a cold supper and glasses of wine until the sun set. Immediately though, the air cools down and it is quite chilly at night here. We have just been driven inside by the chill of the evening and the breeze from the fjord.
Wednesday 9th August 2006, Løkken, Jutland, Denmark
This evening finds us on the west coast nearing our destination of Hirtshals. We both feel very weary and surmise the cause to be the sea air. Gone is yesterday's heat and this evening there is even the odd spattering of rain. Actually we find this weather far more to our liking but being fairly flat the constant breeze blowing across the peninsula is very tiring. We are now on the most northerly of the islands that make up Denmark, a country of only five million people. We have been surprised at just how deserted the country is. It is sparsely populated, the roads are frequently empty and there is only a handful of towns of more than a few thousand inhabitants. We have now almost travelled the country from south to north. Since leaving Randers yesterday it has emptied out, leaving a land of ripe wheat fields waiting harvesting and a coastline of pale sand surrounded by a shimmer of bright sea. The light is very clear and bright and often the only activity to be seen is a cloud of dust from the harvesting machines as they cut an ever widening swathe around the fields, pouring grain from one end and chaff from the other. There are plantations of fir trees, and here and there areas of heath land with heathers, oak and beech trees, brambles and hawthorn bushes bent by the wind from the sea. The low sandy cliff tops are a riot of flowers even so late in the year with blue harebells, purple scabious and wild roses. Hedgerows are full of bright rosehips, crab apples, sloes and elderberries. Cattle graze right to the sea's edge, gulls soar on the constant wind and on the beaches there are signs warning visitors to avoid the young seals lying unprotected on the sand. We have been onto the beaches but have so far seen no seals.
Sandy clifftops at Ertebølle
Beach at Ertebølle showing granite boulders deposited during the Ice age
Cattle grazing on the clifftops at Ertebølle
Flowers on the clifftop at Ertebølle
Such was the landscape that greeted us this morning just a short distance from last night's campsite. There is here, as in other remote coastal extremes of the countries we have visited over the past year, a sense of quiet calm and timelessness. Here, as in Spain, Portugal and France, are the remains of Christian monasteries, remnants of an era when Christianity first reached the remote shores of Europe.
But here we have also seen many ancient burial mounds or tumuli. These are probably Bronze age as well as Viking. It could have been from these shores that the Vikings sailed on fishing expeditions and discovered Greenland. From here too they would have carried out their raids on the east coast of Britain. There is even a similarity in the feel of the landscape between northern Denmark and Northumbia both with their flat, sandy shores and remote fishing hamlets. Place names here show how the Danes influenced place names in England. Today we visited the peaceful wooded hollow of Naesby Dale leading down to the beach on the Limfjorden. Despite the name we have not popped back to Yorkshire for the day!
Limfjorden seen across the wheat fields from Naesby Dale
Naesby Dale
Villages tend to be streets of low, single storey cottages, colour-washed, usually in yellow. Sometimes they are thatched with crossed wooden pegs along the ridge to hold the thatch in place against the winds, almost like hair pins!
We stopped to explore the cloisters and the remains of the old Cistercian monastery at Vitskøl on the shores of the Limfjorden, the huge salt water area, almost like a lake, in and around which the islands of northern Denmark lie. Here, sheltered from the sea breezes by surrounding woodland we could explore not only the broken walls of the 12th century church, but also a beautifully laid out and tended herb garden filled with aromatic, flowering herbs. There were mint, lavender, tansy, camomile, sorrel, parsley, thyme, rosemary, feverfew, fennel, chives, basil and many more. They were laid out in different, walled area according to their uses – culinary, cosmetic or medicinal. They were further arranged according to traditional usage – circulation, nausea, headaches and nerves etc. It is surprising how many are familiar to many English gardens without us being generally aware that they have these useful properties.
Monastery at Vitskøl
Returning to the entrance we were offered free mugs of coffee in the sunshine. This seems to be a pleasant custom in Denmark. Often there are trays laid for visitors to museums and public buildings to help themselves to drinks. There did not even seem to be a box for voluntary donations.
We have generally pottered today, taking the interesting looking byways in preference to the more direct routes. Both the countryside and the climate feel very much like parts of England, be it the more remote areas of Cornwall, or Yorkshire or Northumbria. There are elements of them all here. It does though, also have very much a Scandinavian feel. The wide vistas of land and water, the clear light, the dark green of the pine trees and the undulating landscape with its soft sandy soil. Scattered, and almost venerated around the countryside, can be found large granite boulders. There have presumably been carried south from Norway during the ice age, rounded and shaped on the way and finally deposited here. They are used as grave stones and plaques or cut into shapes for public monuments. They are generally incised. Most inscriptions are modern but these granite boulders were also used for runic inscriptions over a thousand years ago!
Granite boulder shaped into a seal, Løgstør
During the afternoon we arrived at Løgstør on the edge of that part of the Limfjorden known as the Løgstør Bredning or Broad. This is a very pleasant, completely uncommercialised little town with a harbour and a canal. It gives the impression that it is there to supply the needs of the entire surrounding countryside of isolated little hamlets and that everyone drives onto Løgstør every couple of weeks to stock up on foodstuffs and clothing. In the library we were told we could have free access to the internet. This seems to be the policy in Danish libraries. We did not need to be residents or even library members. It is the most open country we have visited with regard to the internet. In Italy we had to sign forms and show our passports for police checks before we were allowed on and everywhere else has been charged for. When it seems Denmark is expensive because of restaurant and supermarket prices, it often balances out with free museums, internet and coffees! House prices here seem much lower than in England too.
Street in Løgstør
Løgstør canal
Carved tree in Løgstør
Leaving Løgstør we crossed the bridge that links Vendsyssel, the most northerly of Denmark's islands, to the rest of the country, and drove on for a couple of hours before deciding to find a campsite. There are many around here, nearly all on the beach. This not very pleasant here, being windy with sand blown up everywhere. There are beach huts and caravan parks and generally we didn't like it much. However, we have found a site for the night back from the sea sheltered by woods and far more pleasant.
Thursday 10th August 2006, Skagen, Jutland, Denmark
It is a year to the day since we left England at the start of our "gap year". At the time we did not know quite how the year would work out and neither of us envisaged that we would spend as much time travelling in Modestine as we have. As far as we had any plans they were to use France as a base and to travel out for a few weeks at a time from there. In fact we have done far more. Denmark is our 16th or 17th different country and we are not finished yet. Today we booked a ferry place to Kristiansand in Norway. It has been a wonderful, exciting and happy year, the opportunity of a lifetime, and as our blog confirms, a year where every day has brought new surprises and experiences. There's an exciting and fascinating world outside of work with so much still to look forward to. It will be good to see family and friends again a few weeks from now, and to return to our own home for a while. But settling back will not be easy. Although we will probably not travel like this again, we certainly hope to explore more of the world while we are fit and healthy. We have never been so healthy! Not once during the year have either of us suffered more than a slight cold or a bruised foot despite the questionable hygiene standards of living, sleeping, eating, blogging and driving in a tiny camping car in all weathers!
This morning we made directly for Hirtshals, the northernmost ferry port of Denmark. From here the ferries leave each day for destinations in Norway, Sweden and Iceland, but not England. So with the help of charming, blonde, young Lars Larsen (what else?) in the ferry terminal we have booked a crossing for next week to Norway and will drive around the coast to Stavanger where we understand we can get a ferry across to Newcastle. That's the plan. When we were staying with Anne and Ray in Rohrbach a few weeks ago, one of Anne's English students told us of her wonderful Norwegian holiday along this same stretch of coast so we thought we'd investigate it for ourselves.
After that flurry of excitement this morning we set about exploring Hirtshals. We actually have very tenuous connections with the town and were hoping for the opportunity to make contact with Jill's cousin's in-laws. However, we do not have their family name to search the phone book and all relatives in England who could help us seem to be away on holiday. So, here at what definitely feels like the end of a continent, we have walked around the streets half expecting to see a familiar face. In any case, even if we had the family name we wouldn't find them. There are five million inhabitants of Denmark and there only seems to be about five surnames! There appears to only be about five given names too. Of course they combine in various different ways but it still leaves an average of one million people for each of the five surnames in the phone books! The odds of finding the one you want in Hirtshals are not high!
The town is not exciting. We are reluctant to say so but actually it is all rather boring. There are parades of small modern shops, none of which looked interesting. There are a few cafés and pizzerias, all serving rather mundane, boring meals – pizza, spaghetti, chilli con carne and burgers. Prices for meals are generally not cheap and it definitely does not seem the custom to eat out here. A few imaginative granite statues relieved the boredom of the place slightly. For us as visitors it was okay but it cannot be a stimulating place to live. It is famed for the quality of its light which is appreciated by artists. Today it was raining steadily so we could not share this appreciation. The sea front is nothing but sand and dunes and generally the town appears to exist because of the importance of the ferry port. It is also the town with the most dog fouled pavements we have encountered since we left the south of France.
In its praise though, it has a very good public library with free internet access. It is a cheerful, lively place, very well used, well laid out and designed. Just what English librarians expect from Denmark
When we couldn't think of anything more to do in the rain in Hirtshals we decided to drive to the very furthest tip of Denmark, Skagen, some 40 kilometres further up the coast. It was pouring with rain all the way. Up here the northernmost tip narrows to little more than a sandspit with dunes to either side. It is the point where the North Sea meets the Baltic.
So few are the tourist opportunities that a moving sand dune is something to remark on in all the guide books! So bored were we that it actually sounded exciting! Wow! Let's go look at a sand dune and see if it moves! We've four whole days before our ferry crossing and it's moving at the rate of 15 metres a year! That's SO thrilling!
Believe it or not, we couldn't even find the wretched thing! How out of date is our guide book if it's moved on already? Maybe our hearts were not quite in it but we gave up searching fairly quickly.
Leaving Modestine in the mizzle amongst the dunes at the very tip of Denmark we strode off past struggling Nordic walkers and old wartime bunkers on the beach, out along the sands to the point where the waters of the Skagerrak on the North Sea meet those of the Kattegat on the Baltic. The waves come from different directions and converge at one specific point where a shallow ridge of sand has built up. It is thus possible to stand astride the ridge with a foot in each of the two waters.
Grenen sandspit and a wartime bunker seen from the dunes
Sand, sea, sky and solitude – well almost! Grenen
Right foot in the Skagerrak, left foot in the Kattegat, Jill at Grenen
Looking back towards Skagen from Grenen
For those too lazy or unfit to walk out there, a special sand bus will deliver them. After a quick glance passengers immediately huddle together in the damp wind waiting for the bus to return for them. At this point the land is far away, hidden behind the low line of white sand dunes. On all sides there is an endless sheet of grey, choppy water with perhaps a ferry on the horizon crossing to Oslo or Göteborg. Above, the sky is the same pale grey as the sea. The result is wonderful. There is a clear, bright light even on a dull day in the rain. No wonder this was the haunt of artists in the 19th century. The only mystery is what they actually found to paint! They flocked here in sufficient numbers though to establish a school of painting, similar to the Newlyn school in Cornwall. Here they painted endless seascapes, pretty girls in cotton frocks amongst the dunes and fishermen mending their nets or pulling in their boats. One of them, Holger Drachmann, is even buried amongst the dunes as his headstone testifies.
Grave of Holger Drachmann in the dunes at Grenen
The ever changing coastline leaves a bunker in the sea, Grenen
We decided to investigate camping possibilities locally and are now on a site at the edge of the village of Skagen which we later explored on foot. It seems a pleasant little place, far more lively and interesting than Hirtshals with streets of pretty, low colour-washed houses in grassy gardens. Everywhere looks clean, smart, bright and cheerful. The centre of the town is pedestriansised and is busy with tourists. Here there are restaurants and cafés with terraces outside where you can enjoy a beer and watch the passers-by. Admittedly temperatures here have plummeted compared to Hungary and Germany so now drinkers huddle with their jackets on under the overhead heaters which are running at full pelt to keep them cosy!
On the main street there is a shop selling amber ornaments and jewellery. There was an amber museum but it appears to have closed. Amber has been gathered on the beaches around here for generations and used to form a useful second income for collectors. It is formed from hardened resin from pine trees, millions of years old and is washed up presumably from Norway. Sometimes there are insects preserved inside the translucent deep yellow-gold substance where they landed before the resin had set.
Amber jewellery, Skagen
The town also has a local history museum that we will investigate tomorrow. We have been trying to discover something about the Battle of Jutland during the first World War. So far we have found nothing mentioned but perhaps there is something in the museum. Other delights of Skagen include the church, locked this evening, that is painted in yellow and pink, reminding us of a Battenberg cake, and also a teddy-bear museum! It the rain continues until next Tuesday we might even be reduced to exploring the teddies as a way of killing the time! That's Denmark for you!
Thursday 10th August 2006, Skagen, Jutland, Denmark
We find ourselves back on the same campsite as last night but on a different plot. This morning we moved off and parked in Skagen intending to look around during the morning and move on later. However, we found far more to detain us than we anticipated and by the time we were ready to move on it was 5.30pm with the thunder clouds looming. So we returned to the campsite, booked in for another night and sat comfortably in Modestine with glasses of wine for an hour while the rain teemed down and thunder and lightening rolled around the skies.
This morning Jill woke with a headache and the sensation of only running at 90%. This is something that frequently happens before a storm but somehow the link is never made until the storm breaks. Driving off the campsite we nearly had an accident because of the difficulty seeing an approaching car from the right hand driving seat. Fortunately Ian gave a warning just in time but it shook us both rather. Jill was glad not to do much driving today with the headache that has continued most of the day.
For most of the day we have enjoyed bright sunshine with just enough of a breeze to make it comfortable. We wandered around the pretty yellow houses in Skagen with their steep, red-tiles roofs. Many are recent but built in the same style as those from the old fishing village. All are beautifully neat and attractive with white wooden fencing surrounding gardens filled with hydrangeas and hollyhocks.
Street in Skagen
Guided by the smell of fish we made our way to the port. Skagen is the largest and most important fishing port in Denmark. We were too late for the fish auction, the only remaining evidence being the piles of melting ice on the quaysides where the catches had been unloaded. Around the port were black wooden store houses, container lorries and nets and ropes laid along the quay to dry. To one side were fishing boats and dredgers, on the other expensive yachts moored to the quay with their owners and guests sipping drinks on deck as they sunbathed and chatted on their mobiles.
Fishing port, Skagen
Fishing port, Skagen
Ropes on the quay, Skagen
Fishing boat leaving harbour, Skagen
Still with a headache and finding the glare on the quayside too much we explored a fish restaurant in one of the wooden warehouses. Empty at 10.30 in the morning the lady provided us with a couple of coffees and answered our questions about the different dishes on the menu in delightful English, with just enough uncertainty to make it sound really attractive. Displayed were sample dishes. All looked colourful, some rather strange. She did concede that the grilled squid and calamari were not actually caught in the North Sea but as they were popular they were brought up from Spain and the Mediterranean.
One of several fish shops and restaurants at the port, Skagen
Promising we would return at lunch-time we went off to explore further, checking up on the Battle of Jutland at the library. This took place in May 1916 off the west coast of northern Denmark. As it was between the British and German fleets and Denmark was not involved there is nothing mentioned locally that we can find. There were enormous losses on both sides and the result was indecisive. It apparently maintained Britain's supremacy at sea, Germany concentrating in future on submarine warfare.
At the Battenberg cake church, looking very pretty in the sunshine, we were just in time for a free lunch-time organ recital of music by Mendelssohn and Bach. It was well attended and provided a pleasant interlude in the cool interior of the church. The organ was modern and the church lacked the grandeur and wonderful acoustics of the cathedrals and major baroque churches of Austria but the recital was greatly appreciated by the audience.
St. Lawrence church, Skagen
After the recital, Skagen
We returned to the harbour to find the fish restaurant tables outside packed now with holiday makers enjoying huge dishes of prawns, squid, fish and chips, smoked fish, tuna and mackerel. We ordered sea bass, deciding this was the place to try it really fresh. It came with lemon, parsley potatoes, fresh salad and hollandaise sauce. Ian ordered a beer as well but Jill's headache was still with her and not knowing if we would be driving later she stuck to water. The meal was really nice. We ate squashed together on tables with Danish holidaymakers. This gave us a chance to actually hear the language properly. Mostly it was incomprehensible but there are lots of English sounding words in there somewhere. The Danes are a friendly, cheerful lot.
The museum turned out to be a picture gallery of works by local artists of the 19th century. It was very enjoyable, being mainly the works of the Danish painters Anna and Michael Ancher and P.S. Krøyer. From the 1870s to the start of the 20th century Skagen attracted a new kind of artist, lured by the remoteness of the location and the clear light. They preferred to paint outside rather than in a studio and the nature of their paintings reflects this. Many are of seascapes or fishermen hauling in their boats or sorting their catch. There are many portraits, both of the local community, the fishermen and their families, but also of the artists' community, each painting portraits of the other. While many are trivial scenes of daily life, some reflect the anxiety and tragedy to be found in the hard and dangerous lives of the fishing community - fishermen on the shore helplessly watching a ship in difficulty or a family's grief around the table on which lies the drowned body of a fisherman that has just been brought home by rescuers.
Finally we visited the home of the artists Anna and Michael Ancher where many more of their painting can bee seen. The building is typical of Skagen being single storey yellow rendered brick and timber set in a large green garden.
Gallery at the former home of Anna and Michael Ancher, Skagen
By this time we were weary and the sky was threatening, so we returned with Modestine to the camp site just as the storm finally broke.


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Shortly after Gertrude brought damaging wind gusts to the United Kingdom late last week, Storm Henry is set to slam Britain with another round of showers and strong wind.
Gertrude brought wind gusts to 132 mph (212 km/h) at the summit of Cairngorm Mountain in Scotland and caused power cuts to more than 13,000 homes, according to The Telegraph
While the wind from Gertrude was relatively quick hitting, AccuWeather Meteorologist Tyler Roys said that "Henry will bring a more prolonged period of damaging wind."
While breezy conditions began to develop in parts of the Isles on Sunday, wind will continue to strengthen on Monday and Monday night with significant impacts expected.
"Winds will be more of a bigger factor than rain. There will be more widespread wind gusts of 50 to 75 mph (80 to 120 km/h)," Roys said.
Northern Ireland and Scotland will once again be at risk for the strongest winds. It is likely for gusts to exceed 75 mph (120 km/h) along the western coast and in exposed areas. Gusts of over 100 mph (160 km/h) will batter the higher elevations in the Highlands.
Farther south, the potential exists for frequent wind gusts past 50 mph (80 km/h) across Wales and the Midlands.
"Much of the strong winds will remain north of London," Roys said. However, the start of February will still be windier than what was experienced during Storm Gertrude. There could be an isolated gust to 50 mph (80 km/h).
When compared to Storm Gertrude, Henry will be more prolonged in many communities. The strongest wind across the United Kingdom is expected to occur from Monday afternoon into Monday night.
"Winds will likely even persist into early Tuesday," AccuWeather Meteorologist Courtney Spamer said. Though by this time most areas will have seen the strongest winds subside.
The combination of the prolonged and more widespread nature of Henry will put more of the U.K. at risk for scattered tree damage and power cuts.
Travel disruptions, which could be more lengthy than during Storm Gertrude, are possible. This includes to rail, ferry and airline services. Drivers of high-sided vehicles will face dangerous crosswinds.
The strong winds also threaten to trigger another round of coastal flooding along the western coast of the British Isles during high tide.
While Henry will be remembered more for its wind than rain, any significant rainfall can lead to new localized flooding problems in the saturated areas of Northern Ireland, western Scotland and North West England.
"The good news is that there will not be much rain for places around Cardiff, which has received more than three times the normal monthly rainfall this January," Spamer said. Showers will affect the area on Monday and Monday night, but much of the rain will be light and fast-moving.
Despite the storminess, Henry will bring milder air across Wales and England on Monday, making it feel more like spring. The gusty south-west wind will cause temperature highs to be about 3 to 6 degrees C (5 to 11 degrees F) above average across southern Britain. This will equate to highs ranging from 11 to 15 C (52-59 F)
Temperatures will gradually trend back to more seasonable levels across the rest of the U.K. by midweek as Henry and its impacts pull away.

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The growing consumer trend of click-and-collect is giving Australian bricks and mortar retailers the advantage over online competition. Click-and-collect is when a customer buys a product online and then picks it up from a physical store location, a method which fuses the benefit of online with the convenience of local retail locations.
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The benefits of setting up this service in your business are obvious; just make sure you invest in the appropriate inventory management and POS system to support you. Attracting buyers into your store and improving customer satisfaction all add up to greater profits. Don't lose sales to a competitor, encourage consumers to shop locally, even if they purchase online.
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Date of Post: 2014-05-13
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It was a defiant President Mohamed Mursi who vowed to stay in power during a midnight broadcast. He refused to resign stressing he had been democratically elected.
Mursi appears on television vowing to stay on as president
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In a repetitive speech he appealed for calm, but rejected the military's ultimatum to share power with his opponents.
"We now have a reference, we now have legitimacy, an elected leader, a constitution voted by the people. We respect this legitimacy, it will be the only way to avoid civil unrest."
Mursi's tone turned slightly conciliatory when he admitted he had made some mistakes, but went on to blame much of the trouble on remnants of the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak.


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Care Medical Equipment Inc
1280 Charnelton St
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Care Medical Equipment Inc can be found at Charnelton St 1280. The following is offered: Wheelchairs & Walkers. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 12, 2013. In Eugene there are 2 other Wheelchairs & Walkers. An overview can be found here.
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Care Medical Equipment, Inc is located at the address 1280 Charnelton St in Eugene, Oregon 97401. They can be contacted via phone at (541) 343-0304 for pricing, hours and directions.
Care Medical Equipment, Inc has an annual sales volume of 10M – 19,999,999. .For more information contact Jennifer Curry, Lymphedema Specialist or go to www.providence.org
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Valentine's Day is a celebration of love. For thousands of years, people have demonstrated their deepest expressions about love through intimacy, romance, gifts, song, poetry, and other personal and cultural expressions.
There is an interesting question though about love—what makes certain people (and animals) able to keep love alive and stay monogamous, while others not? Is there a architecture, so to speak, for love?
The Wall Street Journal, 8 February 2008, reports that "neuroscientists are probing why some married couples can maintain the spark for years."
"Most couples find that the dizzying, almost-narcotic feeling of early love gives way to a calmer bond." Yet, others seem to be able to maintain a "lifelong passion" and moreover grow their love over time.
My father always said something that I believed was profound about love; that with your life's partner, the joy in life is twice the joy, and the sorrow, half the sorrow.
According to "one sociological study of marital satisfaction at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Penn State University [that] kept track of more than 2,000 married people over 17 years, average marital happiness fell sharply in the first 10 years, then entered a slow decline."
Yet, other couples remain in love and full of passion over their lives and this has been confirmed using magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain.
What's really interesting is that lifelong coupling is not only endemic to many people, but also to certain species of animals from the prairie voles to gray foxes, gray-headed albatross, pygmy marmosets.
A neuroendocrinologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago has found a hormonal link in animals for lifelong mating with Oxytocin, "the love hormone."
"There is much work ahead before scientists can map the human-attachment system and learn what factors affect it."
So can love be architected?
Over the years many have tried to architect love through matchmakers, forced marriage, the largess of the dowry, and even through the fabled love potion.
However, at its essence, love is a deep emotion that manifests itself in human behavior, thinking, and feeling. While manifestations of love are visible to scientists using brain scans, and maybe even through endocrinology, ultimately love is an expression of the hearts of two people for each other.


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According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, humans cannot attain self-actualization without first tending to such basic physiological needs as water, sleep, and buffalo wings. Achieve overall fulfillment with this Groupon.
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Beneath the glimmer of flat-screen TVs, Fleetwood Bar & Grill's tables display classic American, Mediterranean, and south-of-the-border dishes alongside pours of specialty cocktails from the full bar. An all-day breakfast menu catalogs such signature plates as Hippie Hash hash browns and omelets. Twenty-four flavors of ice-cream shakes, floats, and malts can satiate families' little ones, and specialty martinis and spiked milkshakes cool the craws of fully grown, of-age humans. Vibrant red walls and framed photographs complement the warm dining atmosphere, and rows of flat-screen TVs allow customers to keep up to date on current sports games, news stories, and groundbreaking vegetable-slicer infomercials. In the near future, Fleetwood will be expanding their bar to nearly double its size. Though not included with this deal, Fleetwood offers happy hours and buy-one-get-one specials daily.


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Flange Anchor Kit For Rogue2 Slide SKU: SR5866
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The new Rogue2 has a thoroughly modern flume that makes this slide the new standard for backyard fun. The Rogue2 is designed for quick and easy assembly, and has an improved high volume water delivery system that can be plumbed through the pool's return line or connected to a garden hose.
Height: 8′ / 2.43m (6'6″ / 1.98m to seat)
Available in right and left curves.
Flume is 9'3″ / 2.82m in length.
Required deck space: 5'6″ x 10'7″ / 1.67m x 3.225m
Weight limit: 250 lbs / 114kg
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Newsletter No 7 (July 12th, 2010)
We'd like to invite you to help support a charity that works to educate girls in Asia and Africa. We've set a tough target of trying to raise $500 this year which is a sum that will support one girl's education for 2 years. Please read why we have chosen charity Room to Read and please help us succeed in achieving our goal. Thanks.
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Irena Rain
Irena Rain was born in Russia and graduated from the Pedagogical Institute of Graphic Arts, with a concentration in classical painting technique. Recently, she developed her own unique style which is visually recognizable and became her trademark.
Traditional oil painting is characterized by applying layers of individual color on top of one another, building outwards from the canvas underneath. Irena was unsatisfied by this method and sought to reinvent it, aspiring her to develop her own process.
Her groundbreaking and instrumental approach consists of the removal of paint, contrary to the supplemental layers of color. As opposed to hiding the white canvas background, Irena reveals it. Irena manipulates and incorporates the canvas background as a highlight to the image itself.
The act of erasing causes transparency between the colors and white fabric. This technique produces compelling masterpieces radiating with delicate sensations and qualities. The subjects and compositions personifies simplicity and purity, recognizable at first glance.
Determining the composition and theme in advance, Irena begins working with assistance from her photography. The image is advanced through intense moments spurred by conceptualizing motion, similar to a story. Ultimately, she triumphs leaving the viewer opportunity to imagine details and grasp the entirety.
Irena also teaches children and adults in a private studio, both classic and her unique style.


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Google Piper
Piper spans about 85 terabytes of data (aka 85,000 gigabytes), and Google's 25,000 engineers make about 45,000 commits (changes) to the repository each day. That's some serious activity. While the Linux open source operating spans 15 million lines of code across 40,000 software files, Google engineers modify 15 million lines of code across 250,000 files each week.
Piper, not included in that excerpt, is Google's in-house version control system, which hosts the two billion lines of code that make up the functional Google web services.
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Recycling is by far the easiest and one of the most effect ways to help save on energy costs.
It reuses materials that still hold high value, helps reduce air pollution, assists in reducing our dependence on oil, water and other natural resources, and cuts back on the amount of waste we send to landfills.
There are many convenient drop off recycling locations, curb side collection spots and even buy back programs. One of the easiest items to recycle are plastic bags, and every bag recycled can make a big difference, especially if you live near a large body of water.
Initial Melting
When plastic bags are recycled, the plant will melt and then cool a large portion of the plastic bags down which will make hard plastic. There are a lot of bags that are melted at one time to make the product. Once the plastic is ready to go, it will be cut up in pieces and washed to make sure that it is clean. The plastic will be then taken to a second melting device, which melts the plastic with greater precision and molds it into a long and thin shape. Once this process takes place, the plastic will be cut down in to bead like size.
Bead Form
These recycled beads may be mixed with other virgin type material to make new plastic bags or to even create other new products. The other virgin beads may be a different dyed color and a heavier grade of plastic to work with. It will then go into another device which will add some air pressure which will decide the size and the thickness of the plastic bag. Once this is done, it will be time for the plastic bags to cool off and then it will be wound up into a huge roll. The bags will then be made at a certain width and will be sealed off with a hot metal wire so that the bag will seal itself. The bags are then ready to be used and shipped out to the consumers.
Other Recyclable Materials
There are many other items that are recyclable such as glass, metal, paper, plastic and electronics. Many of these items sit around the home and can be recycled and not thrown away in the garbage. There are many programs and communities that are stepping up to recycle to help the environment. You can always check your local newspapers or nearby agencies to find out who does recycling in your area.


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Cross-strait relations were the focus of the first presidential debate; DPP presidential candidate Tsai is confident that cross-strait relations will remain stable and that the "1992 consensus" should not be the only option for the people of Taiwan; Tsai denies allegations by KMT presidential candidate Chu that she will allow U.S. pork import into Taiwan despite public health concerns; the KMT says Taiwan's allies "distrust" Tsai; Japan to start negotiations with Taiwan on comfort women; a cross-strait hotline is launched for direct communication between Taipei and Beijing. Welcome to this week's edition of the Insider, and a Happy New Year to our loyal readers!
CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS FOCUS OF FIRST DEBATE: The first of two televised debates between the presidential candidates was held on Sunday, with KMT presidential candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫) relentlessly attacking his DPP rival Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on cross-strait relations.
Tsai said she believed cross-strait relations would remain stable as everything can be discussed. She expressing her confidence that Beijing would demonstrate a "rational attitude" when dealing with the DPP and urged China to respect Taiwan's democratic process. In response to Chu's challenge on her stance on the "1992 consensus" — a tacit agreement between the KMT and China which says that there is "one China" with different interpretations and which Beijing says any new leader of Taiwan must recognize — Tsai stressed that the so-called consensus "is an option, but not the only one."
Upholding the "1992" consensus during the debate, Chu affirmed that forging ties with China was a matter of economic reality and implied that the DPP "opposed everything China-related" while labeling Tsai as a "destabilizing force" whose election would undercut Taiwan's economy. In response, Tsai said that the KMT had given Taiwan only "one option" at a time when Taiwan needs to be comprehensively linked to the major global economies rather than solely bound to China. Tsai said she had never denied China's role in Taiwan's economy.
People First Party (PFP) candidate James Soong (宋楚瑜) was for the most part ignored by his two opponents.
After the debate, Chu was accused of using the platform to launch full-blast attacks against Tsai. The second televised presidential debate will be held on Saturday (Jan. 2) afternoon.
The full video of the first debate is available here.
Several civic groups protested outside the venue while the three presidential candidates held their debate to highlight the contenders' "failure to put forward concrete policies substantive policies to ensure labor rights" and to address the issue of "pro-China" school curriculum changes.
STANCE ON US PORK: Eric Chu and Tsai gave equivocal answers when presenting their stance on the import of U.S. pork containing the growth hormone ractopamine during the debate. Such support is regarded as a factor to win Washington's backing for Taiwan's bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Chu reiterated his determination to push for Taiwan's joining the TPP entry, while saying that stricter food safety guidelines must be available the help the U.S. understand Taiwan's rejection to ractopamine-laced U.S. pork. Tsai said she would prohibit the use of such drugs in domestically farmed pork to ensure competitiveness against foreign imports and would adhere to standards applied in South Korea and Japan. She denied her statement implied that her administration would allow the import of U.S. pork if she were elected.
Chu on Wednesday labelled Tsai as an advocate of U.S. pork imports despite public concerns over its health implications. Tsai countered that Chu was manipulating the issue to attack her.
CHU PROPOSES ADDITIONAL DEBATE: During a televised presentation of the three presidential candidates' political platforms on Wednesday, Eric Chu proposed that the format of the next platform presentation, scheduled for Jan. 8, be changed to a presidential debate. Despite Soong's support for such a change, both the Central Election Commission and Tsai said Chu's proposal deviated from the provision of law governing presidential elections.
SCAREMONGERING CAMPAIGN: The KMT stepped up its attacks against Tsai during the last two weeks of the presidential campaign, with legislator Alex Tsai (蔡正元) alleging on Tuesday that as many as 18 of Taiwan's 22 diplomatic allies could switch diplomatic recognition to China once Tsai is elected due to doubts about her ability to stabilize cross-strait ties. Later the same day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs promptly denied that such a thing would happen.
Meanwhile, the Presidential Office on Monday accused Tsai of attempting to reinstate former president Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁)'s "scorched-earth diplomacy." It based its claims on Tsai's "rejection" of President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) "viable diplomacy" during Sunday's presidential debate. Tsai's approach would pose "an enormous risk to the ties across the Taiwan Strait and to our international relations, and seriously undermine the peace and prosperity that has developed in the Taiwan Strait over the past seven-and-a-half years," Presidential Office spokesman Charles Chen (陳以信) warned.
Responding to Tsai's criticism that his "diplomatic truce" had led to Taiwan's diplomats "not knowing what they're fighting for" and "making Taiwan's diplomatic affairs subject to China," Ma on Tuesday said that whoever opposed his "diplomatic truce" policy had clearly forgotten the lessons of history. Tsai later described Ma's allegations as malicious "labeling," stressing that the DPP aspires to engaging both official and non-official allies to pursue mutual benefits with its promotion of a proactive diplomacy.
DPP FILES POLICE REPORT AGAINST SMEAR: The DPP filed a report with the police on Tuesday over the latest online rumor targeting its presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen alleging that she holds British citizenship and owns a luxury property in the heart of London. The party described the allegation as "grossly fabrication" with an attempt to influence the presidential race.
VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: The three vice presidential candidates took part in their one and only TV debate on Saturday, where they presented their policies and perspectives. The strong focus on education and low wages was regarded as an attempt to engage young people.
PFP presidential candidate James Soong's running mate, Hsu Hsin-ying (徐欣瑩), said she and Soong would seek to reinvigorate the economy as a means to address stagnant salaries and high housing costs. DPP vice presidential candidate Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) vowed to tackle various challenges facing young people, adding that he would also seek ways to mitigate the housing problem and provide long-term care for elderly people.
KMT vice presidential candidate Jennifer Wang (王如玄) apologized for a controversy over real estate transactions involving military housing units, while stressing her achievements as a lawyer in safeguarding the rights of women and people who have been abused. Wang's commitment to raising the minimum wage, however, was quickly questioned as there was a discrepancy between her proposed salary rate and that promised by KMT presidential candidate Eric Chu.
TSAI MAINTAINS SOLID LEAD: DPP presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen maintained a solid lead following Sunday's presidential debate, with Eric Chu remaining in second place and Soong still at bottom despite a slight increase in his support.
Recent poll results:
|Polling organization
Date(s) conducted
|Tsai Ing-wen
|Eric Chu
|James Soong
|Next TV
(Published Dec. 31)
|Taiwan Indicators Survey Research
Dec. 27-29
|Cross-Strait Policy Association
Dec. 27-28
Dec. 27
|United Daily News
Dec. 27
|Taiwan Brain Trust
Dec. 24-26
JUSTICE FOR WARTIME SEX SLAVES: President Ma on Tuesday demanded that the Japanese government apologize and provide compensation to Taiwanese women who were exploited as wartime sex slaves during World War II. Ma's request occurred one day after Tokyo and Seoul announced their deal on the long-standing issue, under which Japan agreed to apologize and give about ¥1 billion (US$8.3 million) to a foundation set up by the South Korean government for the victims.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was heavily criticized for failing to ensure that Taiwan be included in the negotiations. The "lethargic response" was attributed to the fact that its representative to Japan, Shen Ssu-tsun (沈斯淳), was on leave in Taiwan when Japan's landmark agreement with South Korea was struck. Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lin (林永樂) said on Wednesday that Japan was willing to start the negotiations with Taiwan on the issue in early January.
CROSS-STRAIT HOTLINE LAUNCHED: The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) launched a hotline on Wednesday, an initiative advocated by President Ma during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in Singapore in November for high-level dialogue between Taipei and Beijing.
While announcing the launch of the hotline at a routine briefing, TAO spokesman Ma Xiaoguang (馬曉光) warned of a possible "collapse" in cross-strait relations if Taiwan failed to continue to recognize the "1992 consensus" as the cornerstone for both sides. The comments were apparently in response to DPP presidential candidate Tsai's remarks during Sunday's debate, when she said that the "1992 consensus" was "not the only option."
ALLEGED KMT VOTE-BUYING: Prosecutors questioned several members of the KMT Hsinchu City chapter on Wednesday as part of an investigation into allegations of vote buying and other prohibited campaign activities during a year-end "thanksgiving" party hosted by the chapter on Saturday.
NATIONAL PALACE MUSEUM OPENING POLITICIZED: Lawmakers and academics accused the Ma administration of manipulating the opening the National Palace Museum's southern branch as an election ploy to boost the ruling party's achievements. Critics said the inauguration had been arranged "hastily" and while construction continues at the site. Its exhibition of artwork replicas donated by Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan (成龍), a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference who previously mocked Taiwanese democracy as "the biggest joke in the world," was also regarded as an insult to public taste and an example of China's "united front" strategy.
MA SLAMMED FOR CRIMINALS' ESCAPE: President Ma has failed to honor his commitment to judicial reform as the number of high-profile financial fugitives has increased in the past four years, the Chinese-language Next Magazine said on Wednesday. More than a hundred criminals have fled overseas during Ma's two presidential terms, with China the most favored destination, the report said.
CHINESE OFFER TO SPIL PUT ON HOLD: The board of Siliconware Precision Industries Co (SPIL, 矽品精密) has agreed to initiate a preliminary evaluation of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc's (ASE, 日月光半導體) proposed 100 percent acquisition and suspended its Jan. 28 shareholder meeting to vote on the share acquisition proposal by China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd's (清華紫光). The latter proposal has prompted concerns over increasing Chinese influence that could result in a hollowing out the IC industry. ASE has refused to accept the imposition of any conditions and maintains that all its terms remain unchanged.
NUCLEAR REACTOR FIZZLES OUT: One of the two reactors at the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City unexpectedly shut down on Saturday, leaving the nation with only two of its six reactors working. Taiwan Power Co. said the incident posed no dangers of radiation leak.
CLEAN AIR RALLY: Hundreds of activists, academics and clean air advocates took to the streets on Saturday, urging the government to step up its anti-air pollution efforts and raise awareness about the threat of global warming. Closing coal-fired power plants and reducing energy use were some of the key demands.
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Chevron has introduced a pair of new CJ-4 compliant heavy duty diesel engine oils offering backwards compatibility and improved performance.
Chevron RPM LE 15W40 and Texaco Ursa Super Plus EC 15W40 meet previous CI-4 Plus specifications and carry the CAT ECF-3 approval.
Both oils reflect the changes the diesel industry is making in engine design, based on lower-sulfur content fuels and the need for better wear protection and anti-oxidation chemistry. Company officials say these products offer competition to so-called "premium brands."
For more information on the new oils, click on www.chevron.com.
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Friday Five: Orthopaedic Mattresses!
It's Friday again, which means it can only be time for another Friday Five! This week, orthopaedic mattresses take the stage, as we share with you some of our favourite mattresses for fantastic backcare and comfort.
The New Legend Ortho from Snuggle
The Anniversary Pocket Ortho from the British Bed Company
Launched to celebrate the British Bed Company's first birthday and priced at £199 for a double, the Anniversary Pocket Ortho boasts 1000 body-moulding pocket springs and layers of high-quality fibre fillings for optimum support and comfort. The mattress has handles for easy manoeuvrability, while vents allow the mattress to "breathe" during the night, allowing you to stay cool and dry as you sleep.
The Backcare Firm from Sealy
Sealy are the largest manufacturers of mattresses in the world, with over a century of experience and a particular speciality in orthopaedic mattresses with their Posturepedic range. The Backcare Firm's base is the Posturepedic spring system, which is specially designed to support the spine in its natural position and helps to eliminate tossing and turning during the night. Hand-tufting secures the fillings in place, creating a firm sleeping surface. The Backcare Firm offers fantastic value for money, too, costing just £199 for a double.
The Billionaire Ortho from Healthopaedic
The Billionaire Ortho mattress, priced at £249 for a double, is fantastic for backcare, with a base of pocket springs that mould to the individual contours of your body and prevent roll-together between partners, allowing you both to sleep undisturbed. The fillings are hypoallergenic, making this mattress great for allergy sufferers. The mattress is hand-tufted, with handles to make moving and turning the mattress over an easy task.
The New Legend Ortho from Snuggle
If you like a very firm mattress, the New Legend Ortho is a great choice, as it's one of the firmest mattresses on our website, one of just two rated Extra Firm. The New Legend Ortho is now in our winter sale for £375 for a double. The base is comprised of a massive 2000 pocket springs, which mould around the body as you sleep to align your spine and support your body in its natural position. As it has so many strings and its fillings are so densely packed for firmness, the New Legend Ortho is quite heavy, but handles make it easier to move and to seasonally turn and rotate to prolong the life of the mattress. Vents keep the mattress cool and dry throughout the night.
The Ortho Cool Memory from the British Bed Company
The Ortho Cool Memory makes use of clever THERMIC technology, which limits the build-up of the sometimes uncomfortable heat that some people find with memory foam. The base is made up of 2000 pocket springs to provide outstanding support for your back, while the fillings include a massive 100mm of memory foam to mould to your body, prevent uncomfortable pressure beneath your hips and shoulders, and keep your spine perfectly aligned throughout the night. The Ortho Cool Memory costs £749 for a double.


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...because we're really far from having that and it makes people think the current clusterf*ck we have now is because of "market forces" or something. Yeah you Slate!
Cosmetic surgery doesn't count, except to show people what happens when people to pay for certain services: the prices for cosmetic surgery keep going DOWN rather than UP like almost every area of actual health care.
Remind me to write a longer post about HSA's. It's late now.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
i really wish people wouldn't say "consumer-driven health care"
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Daphne III Programme Announced
Daphne III is an EC funding programme, the general objective of which is to contribute to the protection of children, young people and women against all forms of violence and to attain a high level of health protection, well-being and social cohesion. These general objectives will contribute to the development of Community policies, in particular those related to public health, human rights and gender equality, as well as actions aimed at protection of children's rights, and the fight against trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation.
The programme's specific objective is to contribute to the prevention of, and the fight against, all forms of violence occurring in the public or the private domain against children, young people and women, including sexual exploitation and trafficking in human beings, by taking preventive measures and by providing support and protection for victims and groups at risk.
While your organisation may not be in a position itself to apply for funding, either by reason of ineligibility or lack of resources, you might know of another organisation which might wish to apply.
Please note that Cosc has no role to play in applications or decisions on funding. All queries should be addressed to the Daphne secretariat. Contact details available on their web-site http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants/programmes/daphne/index_en.htm


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The new Congressional Avenue Extension Bridge in Quezon City will be open to vehicular traffic on Friday, December 4, 2015.
The Department of Public Works and Highways - National Capital Region (DPWH-NCR) has completed the P23 million bridge replacement project ahead of schedule which is originally slated January 2, 2016.
According to DPWH-NCR Director Melvin B. Navarro, the 19.2 lineal meter bridge will be fully open in both eastbound and westbound direction. The remaining activity on the center island but will not affect traffic flow in the area, is to be completed by December 15, 2015.
"All types of vehicle, including trucks that were previously prohibited to use the temporary Congressional Avenue Extension Bridge can now utilize the newly completed permanent bridge," said Navarro.
Meanwhile, DPWH will also undertake reblocking and road repair effective 10 PM of December 4, Friday to 5 AM of December 7, Monday in two (2) sections of Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Quezon City.
Reblocking will cover Aurora Boulevard to P. Tuazon St, Service Road (1st lane from sidewalk, Southbound lane) and from New York Street to K-10 Street (2nd lane from sidewalk, Northbound).


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by Penny Clift
Timothy Olyphant didn't need tennis shoes to play in the 11th Annual KSwiss Desert Smash Tennis Tournament. The star played tennis in his bare feet during the charity tournament.
The tournament features comical tennis matches between amateurs and celebrities and pro tennis players. Olyphant seems to have brought his quirky sense of humor to the game.
Attendees can also watch exhibition matches between celebrities and pro tennis players. The event raises money to help cancer survivors attend college.
Other celebrities participating were Will Ferrell, Justin Beiber, Jesse Metcalfe, Cara Santana and Redfoo. Tennis players included Novak Djokovic, Bob and Mike Bryan and Eugenie Bouchard.
Capping off a day of tennis was an evening cocktail party and concert with special performances by Lifehouse, Natasha Bedingfield and DJ Bob Sinclar. Justin Bieber closed the evening with an acoustic set.
Enjoy the photos of Olyphant enjoying the event.


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work in progress
I've had an idea floating around in my brain for ages. It is starting to take shape. This is just the beginning.
SCBWI Ireland: 2016 spring featured member
The lovely Colleen Jones kindly invited me to be the featured member for this spring. I was truly honoured to be asked and really enjoyed the interview process! Thank you Colleen!
You can read the interview by clicking on the link below.
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Aprés SCBWI NY
My first conference, my first portfolio showcase! What a trip! It was an overwhelming but inspiring experience. I feel energised and eager to revise and create and be bolder in my choices. I hope that the momentum of the conference is something that I can maintain now that I am back home.
Red Riding Hood
This is my entry for the 2016 Tomie de Paola award. I submitted it back in early December but as the competition was anonymous, I'm only posting it now. I really enjoyed creating this piece. I decided to make it a contemporary version of the classic Red Riding Hood story so I added some backstory. I tried to represent Red as a spunky, energetic child in need of a "job" to occupy her. My Red is an older sibling in a household with an overworked mother with a small baby in need of a bit of a break. I didn't win but I'm pleased with how this piece came together.
This is my entry for the Susanna Leonard Hill, 2nd Annual Pretty Much World Famous Illustration Contest for Children's Illustrators
I've finished my piece for the scbwi "draw this" new monthly art prompt. Here it is:
It was done with watercolour and acrylic. No retouching once I scanned it in, although it was hard to resist!
Every time I visit wordpress I get frustrated. I just want to show some of my artwork in a gallery layout. I give up for today. Here is a little character study for a children's story that I'm working on. The background is watercolour, the figures are done in acrylic. My watercolour backgrounds need work.


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I was listening to the news recently, and two political analysts were "unpacking" comments made by a political figure. I thought, when did "unpack" suddenly come to mean something other than taking things out of a suitcase? Turns out it's good that I'm not an etymologist, because the answer is: more than 100 years ago. According to Merriam-Webster, one of the official definitions of "unpack" is: to analyze the nature of (something) by examining in detail.
I was reminded of this alternate definition in re-reading Denise Garcia's great blog post on Sales to Service, when she suggests the importance of serving and understanding your customer.
In working closely with hundreds of successful sales professionals over the years, I've seen it proven that a clear understanding of what's really important to you customer is critical to success on both sides of a vendor / customer relationship. This may be intuitive when it comes to the use and application of technology. In my experience, unpacking all of the information your customer provides (or alludes to) is just as important in making your solutions more consumable for the buyer. And making your products consumable for the buyer is essential in reaching your sales goals.
Let's look at a few areas where carefully unpacking information about your customer's finance and procurement preferences (and challenges) can drive success.
One of the most common objections we hear from prospective buyers is "we don't have budget available," and this should always beg for additional discovery. We need to understand what this means in your customer's words. Do they have a capital budget ("CapEx") shortfall? Or are OpEx dollars restricted? We then need to determine how each particular customer classifies purchases as OpEx or CapEx – there are no hard fast rules. (For a good read on this with more detail, see Greg Turtletaub's post here)
In response to solution proposals that include multiple years of support, or capacity for future growth, customers (particularly financial decision makers) sometimes say "we don't pre-pay for future needs." This can often be mitigated by offering the ability to pay for the solution as they plan to consume/deploy, and by eliminating the need for the customer to issue a multi-year purchase order. We can also be sure to present the offer in a way that clearly communicates the economic advantage of the incentive offer being presented vs. ongoing "transactional" procurement.
When selling for a customer's projected future needs, it's essential to get your customer's agreement regarding the true cost of doing nothing, or "business as usual." A well-vetted needs assessment, with cleanly documented information sources, can avoid debate over what business as usual looks like, and drive support for a multi-year commitment. A comprehensive cost / benefit analysis or business value assessment can demonstrate the potential business impact and resulting value that your solution can deliver.
Too many times we've seen purchases delayed unexpectedly, when the customer says "we don't have time or resources to get this done this quarter." To avoid this common pitfall, it's necessary to understand what the path to a purchase order looks like for each customer. What forms of cost justification are required for approval of the purchase? Have your supporters ever sponsored a purchase of this size in the past? How many, and what level signatures will be required, and will the required signatories be available to meet the desired timeline?
Finally, no conversation about making technology consumable is complete without giving thought to purchasing flexibility. Do you know whether the customer wants to own technology and infrastructure? Or are they transitioning to an outsourced or cloud model? Do you know how and when they prefer to pay for the solution? We conducted a series of interviews with enterprise CFOs regarding their roles in technology procurement and vendor selection, and flexibility in how they buy was cited as a common priority.
By making an effort to explore or "unpack" the information available from your customer, you can proactively mitigate many of the financial objections that can derail your selling efforts. By doing this early enough in the sales cycle to address any challenges, you can greatly improve the predictability of your results and your overall performance.
Happy selling!


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Aloe Vera for Candida can be a great choice for a natural thrush treatment.
We explore why below. . . .
Most of us know about Candida from having thrush, that embarrassing infection that we get down there from time to time, particularly after wearing wet swimsuits for a while!
It is caused by a type of yeast or fungus called Candida albicans.
But it's not just a vaginal infection. Babies get it in their mouths, and it can cause problems internally if it gets out of control, especially in people with HIV infection or other types of immunosuppression. It is also known as candidiasis, genital candidiasis, or vulvovaginal candidiasis.
Yeasts and fungus like to grow in moist, dark warm places. So you can see why they love to live where they do on our bodies!
Some causes of vaginal thrush may include:
A higher rate of colonisation by Candida albicans was found in the mouths of young people with tongue piercings than without. Read more about this study here.
Obviously some of the causes of thrush are hard to avoid, but you can take some precautions:
It has long been known anecdotally, by naturopaths and ayuvedic medical practitioners that Aloe Vera has anti-fungal properties, but it's now official! A recent study (2011) in India has isolated a protein which they have proved to have potent anti-fungal activity against Candida albicans, the main organism which causes thrush.
This is good news for any of us who have had that awful and embarrassing condition. At the same time, they showed that the same protein has anti-inflammatory activity, which would be excellent for soothing the red and itching skin that thrush causes.
Unfortunately, the medical research world has not got as far as creating a drug from Aloe Vera to treat Candida, though a study in Africa has found that the potent part of the plant is more in the leaf than the gel.
If you prefer using a natural product to the usual anti-fungal creams used for thrush, you might find Aloe Vera creams or gels useful.
For external use only, whole leaf gel may work best in this case. (Beware of using whole leaf Aloe Vera internally, as it can have laxative effects and is not safe for internal use.)
Avoid any which contain alcohol which will dry out the skin, or chemical preservatives.
You can find Aloe Vera lubricants which are more similar to the pH of human skin and which may help prevent infection. Using a lubricant will also help avoid any damage of delicate skin which can encourage infections to arise.
These are some of the products which we recommend for external thrush:
You can use Aloe Vera for other fungal infections too, such as Athlete's Foot, nail infections, rectal itching, and fungal infections in the belly button, under the breasts and in the groin area.
It is also good for dandruff. Read our page about treating the scalp here.
Candida of the mouth and the oesophagus is common in people suffering from diseases causing the suppression of the immune system.
If you wish to take Aloe Vera internally for a candida overgrowth, we suggest you consult your medical practitioner first.
There can be side effects and it is not safe to take without medical supervision if you are pregnant, have diabetes or heart conditions. Please read our page about the side effects of using Aloe Vera internally.


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In my last post, I touched on the failing reliability of the US electrical distribution system. This failing should not be confused with power company claims that we need a new high voltage transmission system or "Super Grid" as claimed by land based wind cheerleader Al Gore.
So, let's look at some facts about the reliability of the US distribution system. In August 2012, the US Congressional Research Service published a report on storm related blackouts that includes some basic information about how the US distribution stacks up against the systems of European countries. Here is that comparison:
Outage Rates in Other Countries
The United States is generally considered to have one of the industrial world's most reliable electric power systems. However, when compared statistically to other nations, the U.S. grid does not necessarily meet those expectations.
There are two main indices generally used to measure reliability. The system average interruption duration index12 (SAIDI) represents the average amount of time per year that power supply to a customer is interrupted, expressed in minutes per customer per year. The system average interruption frequency index (SAIFI) represents the average number of times per year that the supply to a customer is interrupted, expressed as interruptions per customer per year. However,
there is a lack of consistency in how the inputs to these indices are measured, both domestically and internationally. Much of the discrepancy again concerns whether or how storm-related outage events are counted as outage events. Some jurisdictions, both in the United States and internationally, consider storm-related outages as "extreme" events, and thus are not included in power outage statistics. Additionally, what is considered as unusual weather in one region may not be counted as unusual in another region.
"It should be noted, however, that weather circumstances that occur occasionally should not be considered as exceptional events. For example, snowstorms are not an exceptional event in Sweden, but could be seen as an exceptional event in southern Greece. Similarly, very hot temperature for sustained periods of time is not an exceptional event in Greece, but could be considered so in Sweden. Lightning should not be treated as an exceptional event anywhere
in Europe."14
SAIDI and SAIFI reliability indices for nine industrial countries are summarized in Table 2. As can be seen, the United States has the highest average annual outage time per customer, and the third-highest average annual number of supply outages per customer.
Here is Table 2, this table represents reliability indexes from 2007 –
And here is the report's conclusion about the current situation with the resiliency of the US distribution system. This will be a real blow to FERC and power companies who are claiming our highest priority is new high voltage transmission investment.
However, the generally degraded condition of the U.S. electric grid's infrastructure also likely contributes to the statistical quandary. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has labeled the nation's grid as a "patchwork system" that may ultimately break down without a massive investment of an estimated $673 billion by 2020.16 ASCE estimated that over the next decade, there is a gap between what it viewed as needed and current spending annually of $12.3 billion for power generation, $37.3 billion for transmission systems, and $57.4 billion for distribution systems. [emphasis mine]
Here is another graph from the report that shows clearly the increasing brittleness of the US distribution system, both in general and in terms of weather impacts –
And finally, we have a table from the report summarizing the causes of major blackouts in the US.
Did you see any causes like "lack of transfer capacity at peak load" or "lack of transmission capacity"? No, I didn't either. Look at "voltage reduction," what PJM in its scare propaganda called "brownouts" – less than 7% of all events. Maybe you could claim that PJM's scare tactics included "supply shortage," but that amounted to only 5.3% of incidents. ALL of the major blackout causes were weather related or connected with equipment failure. Here is clear evidence that there is not really any connection between real world blackouts and some claimed need for high voltage transmission lines.
As we know from reliability experts like George Loehr, the best way to increase system reliability is to keep electrical generation as close as possible to the places where electricity is consumed. Building more and longer lines, of any kind, is the wrong way to go. Building smaller generating systems IN our communities is the real source of resilient and effective power systems.


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17 things that are more iconically British than a blue passport
- Posted by
- Dave Fawbert
- Published
So, with Brexit on the horizon, it seems we're getting our blue British passports back.
That's good news isn't it?
Look, everyone's telling me it's great news, especially The Sun.
Apparently, according to Immigration Minister Brandon Lewis: "One of the most iconic things about being British is having a blue passport."
Now, having given this a little thought, I think I'd like to inform Brandon - may I call you Brandon? OK, great - that this is an absolute load of total bollocks.
I mean, it is isn't it?
I've never had one. Never even seen one. Never even given the slightest thought to what colour my passport is, or the colour of anyone else's. What colour is a US passport - apparently now our closest ally and a place I have visited quite a few times? I honestly couldn't tell you. No idea.
So, sorry Brandon, the colour of a passport has absolutely bugger all to do with what makes a country great.
No, I rather think that Tyron Wilson has got it rather more nailed than you.
THINGS THAT ARE ICONIC— Tyron (@TyronWilson) December 21, 2017
- the amy winehouse episode of buzzcocks
- the shakespearean beef between lady sovereign and jentina
- jackie stallone entering the celeb big brother house
- a pass for foreign travel being coloured blue instead of burgundy
These are all correct. And here are 17 more.
1. "I can't believe you've done this"
2. This classic Countdown moment
3. This beermat
4. Iain from Great British Bake Off presenting Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with a bin which he had thrown his ruined baked alaska into
5. Every single second of Elizabeth on The Apprentice
6. #puddlewatch
7. A Sports Direct mug
London in the snow as glimpsed from a train. Magical. pic.twitter.com/wbG2QwYASo— Patrick Dalton (@shitlondon) December 10, 2017
9. "Put your hands on the car and get ready to die"
11. Mascots observing minutes' silences
12. Chris & Kem on Love Island
13. Jemini getting nil points on Eurovision
14. Rylan on 'The X Factor'
15. Olly Murs falling down the stairs during a gig
16. Olly Murs becoming a terrorism expert
Fuck everyone get out of @Selfridges now gun shots!! I'm inside— Olly Murs (@ollyofficial) November 24, 2017
Being told no shots in Selfridges! Have no idea the whole store went crazy!— Olly Murs (@ollyofficial) November 24, 2017
17. This tube slide and quote
Top night last night, but this has to be the highlight 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/yMqDvOoVML— JG (@gower___) December 21, 2017
(Image: Rex)


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Feds Announce Plan to Address Sea Turtles Drowning in Shrimp Trawls
The National Marine Fisheries Service announced plans today to finally address the rash of sea turtle deaths in the Gulf of Mexico due to the shrimp trawl fishery. The Center for Biological Diversity, along with partner conservation groups, had notified the agency May 31 of its intent to sue over the government`s failure to protect endangered sea turtles from entanglement and drowning in shrimp trawls. A record number of dead sea turtles (more than 375) have turned up this year on Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama beaches " and government documents point to the shrimp-trawl fishery as the likely leading cause.
We are encouraged that the Fisheries Service is finally taking steps toward addressing a long-known cause of sea turtle mortality, " said Jacyln Lopez, an attorney at the Center. The agency needs to move quickly to fix this problem because while they weigh the options, sea turtles continue to drown in the Gulf of Mexico. "
Shrimp trawling has historically been a primary threat to sea turtle survival in the Gulf. Last year`s BP spill is likely to have weakened sea turtles, making them more vulnerable to drowning in shrimp nets. All sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, including Kemp`s ridleys and loggerheads, are protected under the Endangered Species Act. Killing or harming sea turtles is prohibited under the Act, although federal officials have created special rules allowing an exception for the shrimp-trawl fishery. Currently the rules require that most shrimp trawlers use turtle excluder devices that allow turtles to escape fishing gear meant to catch shrimp. Unfortunately, due to poor compliance with this rule and the recent popularity of skimmer trawls " " which do not use the turtle excluders " there has been an unprecedented increase in sea turtle mortality.
The Gulf of Mexico is a highly threatened ecosystem that is still reeling from the BP oil spill, " said Lopez. Efforts to conserve sea turtles and restore the Gulf of Mexico should be a high priority. "
In today`s announcement the Fisheries Service committed to evaluating several measures to better protect sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. The Center will continue to push for increased enforcement and on-boat observers to reduce turtle deaths from shrimp trawls, protections for sensitive areas, and broader requirements for shrimp boats to use gear that reduces turtle deaths.
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 320,000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places. www.biologicaldiversity.org


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A few hours ago, Dan and I biked around Central Park. Twice. I've managed to slip that little nugget of sports trivia into every conversation I've had since. I'm not one to go biking where there are people who I could potentially run over. I once skied into a group of children and have been scared of sporty crowds ever since. But today worked out beautifully. So beautifully in fact, that as I was riding along, I turned to Dan and said, "You know, I was just thinking. If we just had these bikes, and nothing else, we could go anywhere. We could just. . . go."
"That's what I've been trying to tell you all along," he said.
"I guess I wasn't listening," I said.
"We really don't need all that other stuff," he said.
"I know!" I said. "Like our house, right?"
"Or anything else. Just a bike and a change of clothes. And maybe a toothbrush."
"And a lip gloss or two."
We rode a little longer. . .
"And a credit card."
"And some sunscreen."
"That would pretty much do it."
"Yes siree. . .So basically we'd be like homeless," I said.
"We'd always find a place to sleep."
"Where though? Like a hotel?"
"What about the other times?"
"We'd have to play it by ear."
We sat quietly under a tree in Sheep's Meadow and I took off my shoes wondering if I didn't need them anymore either. We sat there for quite a while. Long enough for me to start picturing Dan with a long beard and no shirt, tanned, and with one eye missing. A tattoo on his bald head. He's riding his bike in front of me making the peace sign. I'm sticking my tongue through the area where my teeth used to be and swatting away the flies hovering over my dreads as I carefully follow him over state lines. I look down at my other hand to see if I need a manicure and notice that I appear to have rickets.
"We were just playing make believe back there when we were giving up all our stuff, right?"
"We were just talking, if that's what you mean," he said.
"Yeah, that's what I meant," I said, slipping my sneakers back on.


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Good Night Beach
Written by Adam Gamble, Mark Jasper ~ Illustrated by Cooper Kelly
Good Night Beach features building sand castles by the ocean, boating, swimming, exploring the seashore, waves, tidal pools, surfing, fishing, snorkeling, crabs, seagulls, picnics, campfires, sunsets, and more. Grab your beach ball and towel, it's that time of year again! This charming book guides little ones in discovering all the wonderful things the seashore has to offer.
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(MR) Mindray Medical International Limited to Display at CMEF
Chinese medical devices major Mindray Medical International Limited (MR) recently revealed that it will showcase over 90 offerings at the 68th China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) to be held in Sichuan, China during the period from October 18 to October 21, 2012.
The company will exhibit medical devices from each of its three segments, which includes medical imaging systems, in-vitro diagnostic and patient monitoring and life support. In addition, Mindray will display certain endoscopic and orthopedic offerings of companies that it has recently acquired.
Fresh offerings which will be displayed at the CMEF include the EH-2080 fully automatic urine sediment analyzer, the DigiEye380 digital radiography system and the BC-5390 auto hematology analyzer.
Mindray is a bellwether in the Chinese MedTech industry with a solid international presence. A key distinction with domestic competitors is that the majority of Mindray's products have CE Mark and/or Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.
Mindray maintains a decent product pipeline and brings out several new products each year. New products contribute in a major way to Mindray's revenues. In 2011, the company launched 13 new products.
The company has entered the premium segment globally, where its competitive advantage is still unclear. Also, on the negative side, health care reform in China and the U.S. may reduce demand for Mindray's products. Competition is fierce and leads to price erosion over time.
Mindray's competitors in different niche segments include GE Healthcare, a part of General Electric (GE), Philips (PHG) and Siemens (SI). We currently have a Neutral recommendation on Mindray. The stock currently retains a Zacks #3 Rank, which translates into a short-term "Hold" rating.
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/a/ try to listen to unjust life and not cry.
Bullying Tenshi was the only good episode of Angel Beats.
How about no
tenshi is best girl.
>your dreams of breaking a sickly girl's window and hitting it off from there will never come true
While the anime wasn't that good, I do hope that the VN will be.
the VN is pretty much guaranteed to fix the problems with the show, since the whole problem with the show was that it teased us with promises of character arcs and then failed to deliver them.
>TK's story time will never be finished


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