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2014's fast food atrocities
Burger King's black cheeseburger: Made with squid ink and bamboo charcoal, arguably a symbol of meat's destructive effect on the planet. Only available in Japan.
Topics: New Orleans, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, News
Still reeling in the wake of the BP oil disaster, New Orleans is approaching the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Sunday. The city has replaced almost all its levees, moved and upgraded pumping stations, written new evacuation plans for the most vulnerable residents, and is now well prepared to withstand another 100-year storm like the one that hit five years ago.
New Orleans now hosts 354,850 residents, almost 78 percent of its pre-Katrina population. At the same time, the city has become significantly whiter since the storm: It is now only 60 percent black, compared to 67 percent black, pre-Katrina. And many of the poorer black people who left town after the storm have yet to return.
New Orleans has gone through a boom while other cities have suffered during the recent recession. The number of poor people living in Orleans Parish has halved to 68,000 over the last five years, with median household incomes rising to $47,585 — just as household incomes declined nationally over the same period. There is a healthier share of middle-class families in downtown New Orleans.
But these statistics are largely a result of poor people leaving the city after Katrina and not returning. And there's a growing divide in the greater New Orleans area between those who have benefited from the city's recovery and those who haven't. For example, there are now 93,000 people living in poverty in the six surrounding parishes around New Orleans, and there is a growing disparity in income in the greater New Orleans area, with African-Americans earning 44 percent less, and Latinos earning 25 percent less, than whites.
Does New Orleans' newfound livability for young white families come at the expense of the poor black families who made the city their home before the storm?
"By most measures, it's quite clear that the 100,000 people who are missing are the poorest and darkest former residents of the city," says Rachel Luft, professor of sociology at the University of New Orleans. "And they are being replaced by a slew of YURPs, or young urban redevelopment professionals, who tend to be whiter, wealthier and better educated than the traditional residents of New Orleans. I think they're being held up as the great white hope for rebuilding the city."
The YURPs aren't necessarily unwanted, and many traditional New Orleans residents are very grateful for their help — but their arrival, en masse, since Katrina has brought up some uncomfortable questions for the city, which is still struggling to set goals for its long-term recovery after Katrina. Especially with the demolition of federal housing projects, which once housed many of the city's poorer African-American residents.
In the racist words of Davis McAlary's Uptown mother in the HBO show "Treme," many Uptown residents felt that a certain "element" had been excised from the city after Katrina. Whether the result of a deliberate conspiracy or simply inept efforts by federal, state and local government to counteract prevailing socioeconomic forces, the result is that certain other "elements" are now coming to dominate New Orleans' political, cultural and social life.
Michael Ripski and Morgan Carter bought a double shotgun house on the border of New Orleans' Irish Channel and Uptown neighborhoods for just over $300,000 in April 2010. The house, which was originally two houses, was built in 1902 and renovated into a single home in the last few years. It's spacious and immaculate inside and out, with fresh paint on every surface and a vintage charm that might fetch millions in other real estate markets like Brooklyn, N.Y., or San Francisco.
Ripski, a Brown University graduate, first came to New Orleans in 2002 to work for Teach for America, then left for graduate school just before Katrina and returned in May 2009. A psychologist, he is now the director of school support for the Achievement Network, a nonprofit founded in Boston in 2005. Carter moved to New Orleans in summer 2007 after finishing a master's degree in education policy at Stanford University.
"Professionally, this is most interesting place I could be," says Carter. "And it's the most fun place, and it's a fun place to put down roots."
Ripski and Carter also value the ethnic and socioeconomic variety in their neighborhood, and point out that their presence in the area has been positive.
"This house, actually, from what we've been told, was the neighborhood crack house 10 years ago," says Carter. "It burned down, and they took it down to the foundation and rebuilt it with new electricity and plumbing."
Both Carter and Ripski are originally from the South, he from Tennessee, and she from Texas, and they refute the suggestion that they might be modern-day New Orleans "carpetbaggers." The term was given to Northerners by Southerners during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era between 1865 and 1877, suggesting opportunism and exploitation in the outsiders.
"I didn't come here to do well professionally," says Ripski. "I came here to help the children who were being done a disservice by a dysfunctional education system."
"My interest has always been providing for the educational needs of all children," says Carter. "And in New Orleans, there is a greater opportunity to effect change."
Indeed, Katrina was the catalyst for reforming a failing public school system. Before Katrina, there was only one charter school in the city compared to the Orleans Parish School Board's 120 public schools. Now there are 51 charter schools across the city, and only 37 traditional schools — with children doing better, academically. Most attribute the shift to a weakening of resistance to the charter school movement from unions, teachers, parents and certain legislators, after Katrina.
It's one thing for New Orleans to attract a booming YURP population, but it's another to try to keep such people once they arrive. Many young people have come to New Orleans for Teach for America, for example, and then left for graduate school or professional opportunities in cities like New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Indeed, Nathan Rothstein, the co-founder and executive director of the now defunct nonprofit NolaYURP (former slogan: Connect. Retain. Attract), has since moved back to Massachusetts to go to graduate school for an MBA in nonprofit management. A year ago the nonprofit was holding benefits and fundraisers. Now its Facebook page and blog have gone without updates since early 2009.
"I moved this summer; I'm starting grad school," says Rothstein. "I made a strong connection to the city, so I may be back. I don't think people going to school and moving away for a year or two or five years, and then returning, is necessarily a bad thing. I understand how it looks, but I felt it was the right time for me to go to school."
Rothstein says he feels good about how people he met in New Orleans have made connections and are now networking in New Orleans and around the country.
"As a 23-year-old starting the organization, I did it without any experience, but then to continue doing that kind of work I felt that this kind of degree would be right for me," he says. "No school in New Orleans really focuses on nonprofit management."
Rothstein also says that while New Orleans failed to "connect, retain and attract" him, personally, "the important thing is that people who would have never been exposed to New Orleans spent time there and are now ambassadors for the city, wherever they go."
After Katrina, former real estate agent Leslie Jacobs founded 504Ward, a nonprofit named after the city's phone prefix, to try to stop the "brain drain" she saw in New Orleans. 504Ward produces a newsletter and puts on regular restaurant nights and gatherings for its majority white membership.
"My daughter went away to school, and in my mind is very typical of the brain drain that has hit New Orleans for years," says Jacobs. "But many of her friends came back and wanted to be part of rebuilding. One of them said that rebuilding New Orleans, in essence, is their generation's Woodstock."
But is post-Katrina New Orleans, like Woodstock, somewhere for upwardly mobile people in their early 20s to come for a dose of gritty authenticity, before moving on to responsible, child-rearing lives elsewhere?
Marla Nelson and Renia Ehrenfeucht are urban planning professors at the University of New Orleans who have interviewed 78 YURPs since Hurricane Katrina as part of a research project into the city's attracting the so-called creative class, and they are concerned about overblown Woodstock-era rhetoric. Indeed, they see an internal tension in many of those who say they're moving to the city for altruistic reasons.
"Some of the people we interviewed see this as the civil rights struggle of their generation, but there is, I think, a little uneasiness to say that this is something we should celebrate," says Nelson.
"Our interviewees talk about New Orleans being such a great place, but then when they talk about their work there's a sense that historically the city has been very lazy," Ehrenfeucht says. "There's a real sense that not everyone in New Orleans is professionally competent."
Ehrenfeucht points especially to the charter school movement: The influx of young white teachers willing to work long hours without a union contract led to the displacement of many older black teachers who had been in the public school system for a generation.
"There's also this real reluctance to see this as part of gentrification," she continues. "On the one hand they'll say, 'I'm moving to this great neighborhood,' but they're not willing to see that they're part of what makes the neighborhood not so great anymore, and there's also this feeling that 'I'm in a great place, but that, hey, I'm the only one who wants to do any real work around here.'"
Meanwhile, the city continues to struggle with the highest per capita murder rate in the nation, overwhelmingly among young African-American men in the poorer areas. And eastern New Orleans is still at least two years away from serving its 90,000 residents with an emergency room: Patients who would otherwise survive are dying in long ambulance rides downtown.
"We are no longer rebuilding. We are now creating. Let's stop thinking about rebuilding the city we were and start dreaming about the city we want to become," the city's new mayor, Mitch Landrieu, said in May. "The world deserves a better New Orleans."
To his credit Landrieu, the first white mayor since his father, Moon Landrieu, left office in 1978, has not shied away from raising race as an issue to be tackled in the "re-creation" of New Orleans. Facing a $67 million hole in the city's budget following the departure of former Mayor Ray Nagin, Landrieu told residents of poorer eastern New Orleans and the Ninth Ward last month that repossession of vacant properties in their districts is crucial to the city's economic recovery.
"I want to talk about race," Landrieu told attendees at a recent neighborhood meeting. "You start taking people's homes, people start asking, 'Why you trying to stop people coming home, Mr. Mitch, looking the way you do' — do I need to say it?"
The crowd murmured support.
"The question is: Is this about race? Or is it about the city?" he said. "And when is the day when we start focusing on these properties? Is it now? Is it September? Is it November? Or yesterday?"
The crowd cheered when Landrieu said "yesterday."
"I'm just asking, I just want to make sure I heard you," the mayor continued. "Because I promise you as soon as I lay it down, somebody's going to lay it down, and there's going to be a march."
"We got your back, Mitch," shouted several people in the crowd.
Meanwhile, Brad Pitt's charity, the Make It Right foundation, has acquired the nickname the "Make It White" foundation, and has drawn quiet criticism for foisting $350,000 Frank Gehry-designed houses on poor black property owners in the Lower Ninth Ward, who may well, at some point, see an incentive to sell out and realize the nonprofit's equity in their homes.
Make It Right has raised $31 million in donations and so far, and it has built just 50 homes of a targeted 150 homes since building started in 2008. The organization employs 33 staff. By comparison, other nonprofits like Build Now will have built 38 houses for just $162,000 each, including all overhead. Lowernine.org helped to rebuild more than 50 houses for Lower Ninth Ward residents between 2008 and 2009 with a budget of just over $1 million a year.
"Anyone who is worried about Lower Ninth Ward families reselling their Make It Right homes and moving out of the area needs to spend more time talking to the homeowners," says Make It Right communications director Taylor Royle. "These are families who lost everything in this neighborhood and still worked hard — and many are still working hard — to come home.
"This is the place where their great-grandmothers and grandfathers lived and where they grew up and knew their neighbors," Royle continues. "Some of those neighbors are back and living next door again. Lower Ninth Ward homeowners will tell you that this is where they want to be and anywhere else is not the same for them."
"People get in their shit, and at some levels it has to do with professional jealousy," says Laura Paul, the Canadian, cowboy boot-wearing development director of Lowernine.org, about Make It Right. "But they've brought a ton of attention to the neighborhood. And Brad Pitt is really fucking handsome."
Meanwhile, Lower Ninth Ward residents have continued to express impatience about the pace at which the city has supplied services in their area.
"How come the only buses that are coming out here are looking at Brad Pitt's houses?" asked Lower Ninth Ward resident Patrick Shannon Spears, at another recent city budget hearing.
"When the tour buses come into the city to see Brad Pitt's houses, the buses come past my house and they shake it. Who's going to fix my house, now?" asked another resident, Rosa Ulmer. "And what do I do with the snakes? I had two in my yard yesterday. I have empty lots around my area, so that the snakes and the rats and the raccoons visit me on a daily basis. We have kids that want to play in the area but they can't because of the snakes and the rats and the raccoons."
Mayor Landrieu said he would at least try to do something about the snakes, the rats and the raccoons. In the first 65 days of his administration, Landrieu also brokered a deal, which had eluded his predecessor, to get a hospital reopened in eastern New Orleans.
Back on the border of New Orleans' Uptown and Irish Channel neighborhoods, Carter and Ripski insist that they have moved to the city for the long term. They will even send their children, should they have any, to New Orleans' public schools, which, presumably, if they are professionally successful, will be among the best in the nation by then.
Matt Davis is a freelance journalist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He blogs at matthewcharlesdavis.com.
Burger King's black cheeseburger: Made with squid ink and bamboo charcoal, arguably a symbol of meat's destructive effect on the planet. Only available in Japan.
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Taco Bell's Waffle Taco: It took two years for Taco Bell to develop this waffle folded in the shape of a taco, the stand-out star of its new breakfast menu.
Krispy Kreme Triple Cheeseburger: Only attendees at the San Diego County Fair were given the opportunity to taste the official version of this donut-hamburger-heart attack combo. The rest of America has reasonable odds of not dropping dead tomorrow.
Taco Bell's Quesarito: A burrito wrapped in a quesadilla inside an enigma. Quarantined to one store in Oklahoma City.
Boston Pizza's Pizza Cake: The people's choice winner of a Canadian pizza chain's contest whose real aim, we'd imagine, is to prove that there's no such thing as "too far." Currently in development.
7-Eleven's Doritos Loaded: "For something decadent and artificial by design," wrote one impassioned reviewer, "it only tasted of the latter."
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- Madasabull
- Reviews: 238
Self Catering House in Kissimmee
We wanted the freedom to be able to come and go as we please, as well as to have our own space, so we booked into a 4 bed house with a pool in a gated community in Kissimmee. It wasn't overly expensive, in fact, it was really great value we thought.
The kids could play in the pool, while we chilled out on sun loungers. When we weren't going out for the day, it was the perfect place to go back to or relax in. It gave us the chance to go shopping and fill the fridge with stuff from the supermarkets that we couldn't get in the UK, like cheese filled hot dog sausages that my daughter just loved, and doughnuts in a thousand and more varieties :)
- nicolaitan
- Reviews: 1042
Contemporary Hotel: Deluxe Lodging at Disney World
The Contemporary Hotel was one of two lodgings available at the 1971 opening of the resort, complete with a dedication by Bob Hope. The centerpiece is a 15 story A frame tower with huge indoor atrium extending from the fourth floor Grand Canyon Concourse up to the roof, lined by almost 400 rooms. The absolute highlight, presumably revolutionary at the time, was the fourth floor access to the monorail which passes right through the building (image 1), allowing speedy access to the Magic Kingdom and with transfer EPCOT.
A second highlight is the massive mural (image 2) by Disney idea maven Mary Blair - a 1700 sq meter mural dominating the concourse and entitled Pueblo Village. Hand painted tiles feature stylized wildlife and Native American children. We missed it but on a facing wall is a mural of a 5 legged goat. Ms. Blair apparently housed doubts about anything manmade being without flaw.
Construction was also advanced for the time - a steel building into which prefabricated rooms were placed by cranes. The secondary building, where we stayed, is a three story annex, the Garden Wing. The main building offers views of the Magic Kingdom and the adjacent Bay Lake and manmade Seven Seas Lagoon but may also include views of the parking lot. The Garden Wing faces either a Mickey Mouse shaped pool or a garden, our view, peaceful and quiet. The two buildings do not have an indoor connection and it is a bit of a hike particularly if one's garden room is on the far side of the building.
The Contemporary tower building offers a multitude of services including a shopping arcade, a game room ( expensive ), and multiple restaurants of varying cost and formality.
The recently redecorated rooms in the Garden Wing maintain the contemporary decor. Large, with two queen beds, desk and chairs, and flat screen TV. The bathrooms are reasonable size with dual sinks. Closet space is more than adequate. That said, these rooms are certainly nothing special in decor or conveniences, just adequate. Housekeeping was superb, still surprised how well chaos became order while we were out of the room.
Depending on room location, tower rooms offer great views of the Magic Kingdom especially when lit up at night and a perfect place to watch the fireworks. BTW, for other guests, the fireworks are visible from a terrace on the fourth floor.
Pictures to come.
- PinkFloydActuary
- Reviews: 922
Disney's Port Orleans - French Quarter: Good place to stay
There's so much to decide on when picking where to stay at WDW. The places that access the parks the best are the most expensive. The cheapest are still decent quality - but the bus rides can take forever. We ended up choosing a middle ground with the POFQ. We were closer to the parks (still had to take a bus), but didn't have to pay the top $ onsite.
(When figuring the cost of staying onsite, recall that with the bus system, you likely won't need to rent a car, take a cab, etc. if you plan on staying onsite the whole time.)
The complex is fairly sprawling - there are seven buildings that house rooms. The theme, of course, is the Big Easy and Mardis Gras.
In the center of the complex are all the amenities - the bus stop, a food court style restaurant, arcade, fairly good sized gift shop, and pool. The bus stop is a little of a free for all. Buses pull up with a sign as to where they are going and everyone tries to cram on. We never did stop anywhere else however, as most of the buses filled up here. The food court is a solid choice for breakfast - you'll usually be out and about for other meals. The arcade is small and extremely expensive. The pool area is cool - nothing too deep, but lots of chairs, a waterfall, and a waterslide. Kids had a great time.
The hotel is also on the Sassagoula River. There's a walking path along this where you can walk to the Port Orleans Riverside, and also you can catch a boat here to Downtown Disney if you get tired of the buses. Note the boats can get full later in the day, so you may have a wait.
The rooms are in great condition, and the cleaning staff does a wonderful job, including leaving little "towel animals" for the kids. Rooms have refrigerators, safes, and I really like the curtain between the sink and sleeping areas - made it nice to get going in the morning without waking everyone. My understanding is they recently remodeled quite a bit - the beds seemed newer and led to very good night's sleep.
The staff is friendly, check-in and -out were very easy. All in all, this was a really good choice, especially for our first time there. Not the cheapest place, but a good balance of all you can get.
- wendygemdavis
- Reviews: 2
Mystic Dunes Resort Orlando, FL: The Largest, Most Economical, & Beautiful Resort
My family stayed at the Mystic Dunes Resort. It was only minutes from WDW and we had over 2200 sq ft! Our bill for 5 days was only $900, which includes 11% tax. We got the 3 bedroom suite, which is enough room for 12 people. You could easily get the 2 bedroom suite and cut costs. They had a 52" flat screen in the main living area. It is situated on hundreds of acres of golfing. The linens were white and super comfortable! We had two full kitchens, two full living areas, three full baths, and so much more. They have a free shuttle running every day. They have 4 heated pools with a 2 story slide at one. We loved it!
Prof Wendy Davis
Outstanding Qualities include:
1. Huge space
2. Beautiful accomodations
3. Economical
4. 4 pools
5. 2 story pool
- cpgirl09
- Reviews: 1
Holiday Inn Main Gate East: Great accommodations and fantastic staff!
I used to stay at this hotel with my family when it was a Travelodge. Wow have they made improvements! My new husband and I stayed here on our honeymoon and couldn't have been more pleased. The hotel was clean and had a very pleasant atmosphere with bright colors and fun decorations.
Upon check-in, we were upgraded to a suite when the staff member found out we were honeymooning with them. We didn't even know it until we got to the room and opened our door. The rest of our stay was filled with hello's and smiles from all the employees.
We really enjoyed the pool area and the hot tub. It was great to have a place to relax after a long day in the theme parks! They have showers available in a building by the pool for anyone that would like to use them.
We also loved the drink bottles they had for $3.99. They were good for free refills on pop for your entire stay! What a money-saver!
The breakfast buffet is probably the only thing I would advise against. Not very many options and a steepish price made us regret getting it one morning.
The view of Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. and Old Town across the street were very pretty at night. The pool was nice and was only slightly chilly for it being October. Also, they are a Disney's Good Neighbors hotel so you can purchase tickets there at a discounted rate and it's sanctioned by the parks.
- slick2008
- Reviews: 1
Cumbrian Lakes Villa: Kissimmee's Best Vacation Rental House
If you can stay for 2 weeks, I would. It should be nice, and there are plenty of things to do. I wouldn't stay in a hotel, for that long stay in a rental house, is perfect for long term. I read about one on another fourm for $120 a night. The website is www.cumbrianlakes-villa.com
Good Luck
Everything a Vacation House should include, with 6 bedrooms, pool, and game room.
- rlg2706
- Reviews: 3
Dolphin Hotel: Fantastic Location
We had a great stay in the Dolphin side of the Swan and Dolphin hotel. The room easily accomodated our family of 5 and through obtaining a 40 per cent discount (check their website for offers), this accomodation was more affordable than staying in a Disney property. This is a truly luxurious hotel and I never thought that I would be able to afford to stay here. It is in a fantastic location on the boardwalk. You can walk to both Epcot and Hollywood Studios and enjoy leisurely evenings on the Boardwalk watching the street entertainers. This gives you a little more freedom as you are not tied to waiting for Disney transportation even though this is available to guests of this hotel. Taxis are available on demand at the hotel lobby. Hotel residents also qualify for Disney's Extra Magic Hours which is a big benefit. The hotel has a good pool area and beach. You can lay on the beach and see the Epcot ball! This also means that you can watch the Epcot Fireworks from this area. The buffet breakfast was excellent as were the milkshakes at the ice cream bar. They were a little expensive but good for a holiday treat!
We had the most amazing view from our room which looked out in the direction of Hollywood Studios. We could see the Tower of Terror and the cliff that Mickey Mouse stands on in the Fantasmic show. So if we were in our room at 10pm we would draw back the curtains and watch the Fantasmic fireworks and look out for Mickey at the end of the show.
- seabreezecat
- Reviews: 1
vacation village: rip off
made reservations with expedia.we got to the resort and were told it would cost 20.00 dollars more then we were told when we booked it.as we were deciding what to do the clerk said if you don't want it you wont be charged anything so we decided not to take it as it was the principle of charging more.we found a cheaper place to stay down the road.when I got my bank statement the next month i saw the resort took 75.00 out.i called to get it cleared up assuming they made a mistake.they said it was a no show fee.i told her we did show up.was told it would cost more and told there would be no charge if we didn't take it.she said they charge a no show fee like what I said meant nothing to bad that's the way it is.I emailed the reort and expedia with no result or anything back.what a surprise
never saw more then the lobby
- Gillybob
- Reviews: 791
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa: Luxury and Calm
The Grand Villas at Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa are luxury personified! These apartments offer sleeping for up to 12 guests with a master bedroom with en suite jacuzzi bathroom, two bedrooms (with two double beds in each) each with their own bathroom, whilst the lounge has a sofa bed and the fourth bathroom is located off the kitchen.
We stayed for 5 nights during Ann (TheTravelSlut's) Orlando Meet. This made a great base as the apartment is bigger than my own house! We had a meet and greet session as well as brunch on Sunday within the Grand Villa. There's a full kitchen with all the amenities including fridge/freezer, dishwasher, microwave, kettle, toaster, crockery, kitchenware, glassware and cutlery.
It is located a short (free) boat ride from Downtown Disney and has inter-resort buses available to some of the other Disney resorts within Walt Disney World.
Within the resort there is a pool (with lifeguards), spa facilities, restaurants (including fast food) and walks can be enjoyed through the landscaped resort and lake facilities.
Our Villa overlooked one of the small lakes.
The staff at the Disney resorts really take customer care to the maximum; when we arrived, we had a large amount of luggage and boxes and one of the bus-boys took their time to ensure he helped with a trolley and assisted with bringing it all up to our villa - it was very hot and we were all warm and sticky by the end of it but he always had a smille.
- princesitavale
- Reviews: 4
Coronado Springs: Disney's Coronado Springs
It was amazing, it is a really beatiful and huge hotel, with spectacular lakes all around you, all of the rooms from disney hotels, look exactly the same though, but they are big enough. it is very useful to stay at a disney hotel, if you want transport to all of the disney parks, they are offered in the hotel, the buses are really clean and safe, and on schedule since the moment the park is open to public, so if you wake up early, you can be the first person to enter the park. you can find restaurants there, with food aproppiate for kids, as well as a supermarket, everything you need. souvenir shops, is a very complete service. It is so beautiful, so far, one of the best hotels I have stayed in, and I was eleven back then, and I still remember how beautiful it was.
the huge lakes, you can't find that photo environment at any other disney resort. it also has amazing pools.
- widespreadhope
- Reviews: 2
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort: Disney's BEST Resort Pool!!
We were VERY Pleased with our Room here at Coronado Springs! The Room was quiet and the beds were SO comfortable! We also enjoyed a nice Mother's Day Dinner at the resorts restaurant, The Mayan Grill. The pool was the best part!Especially for the Kids. They have a HUGE Jaguar Water Slide and a Hot Tub! The play area was great too filled with lots of sand, swings and a slide. I really appreciated how thoughtful this resort is of smokers! usually i have to hunt for a place to smoke, but there were smoking sections EVERYWHERE! and the staff cleans the ashtrays every time you turn around! We will definitely be returning!
Water Slide at Pool and Numerous Smoking Sections for Smokers.
- our2jbboys
- Reviews: 2
Holiday Inn Main Gate East: Pleasant staff and affordable rates
I found this hotel to be affordable, convenient to disney and shopping and all of the hotel staff that I encountered was extremely friendly. Rooms where typical of a Holiday Inn; clean, somewhat spacious, good ammenaties, etc... If you stay, ask for a room in the rear tower. We stayed in the front tower, because we were offered an inexpensive upgrade, and the noise from the street was a little bothersome at night. Other than that every thing else about the hotel was very nice.
One thing I should probably mention is that we reserved this room on Priceline and received a pretty good discount compared to the average cost per night.
The one thing that really stood out to me was the willingness of the staff to go the extra mile. Upon arrival we were offered a very affordable upgrade from two double beds to a double and a bunk bed with a wall seperating the sleeping areas. When the alarm in an empty room next to us went off at 4 a.m. the staff took care of it within minutes after I called and we never heard again the entire time of our stay. At check out there was a minor discrepancy on the paymant meathod- they charged my credit card automaticlly and I had wanted to pay cash -the accountant was brought up to the front desk right away and the problem was taken care of immediately.
- gracia.walker
- Reviews: 1
Celebration Hotel: Celebration Hotels For Celebrating Life Moments
This hotel makes true of its name because visitor came here for celebrating his holidays with cool and funny days. This hotel provide all the facilities of expansive hotel and enjoy all visitors with its amenities.
Restaurant on site
separate smoking property
business center
closer to disney world and airport
- doug48
- Reviews: 5204
saratoga springs resort and spa: disney property
disney's sarasota springs resort and spa is a first class property located in the lake buena vista area of disney world. they offer very nice two story suites with a full kitchen. for golfers the resort is located just across the street from the lake buena vista golf club. saratoga springs resort is a very nice place to stay on disney property. expensive.
- matamis78
- Reviews: 18
Vacation Home Rental Emerald Island Resort, Kissim: Villa Direct Florida Emerald Lagoon
The Picture of this house was really nice. When we arrived I noticed that the tree was 10 times bigger in person that in the picture. (it has grown over the YEARS!!) Well there was a mold smell in the house. The back yard screened in pool was torn. The pool was not heated. We paid the extra $$ for the pool to be heated. While we tired to call the managers about the HEATED POOL we paid for. THey told us to refer to the Rental Guide. In the Guide said if the pool head does not work the $$ for Heat was non refundable. It didnt work from the get go. It was an OK rental. I would of rather stayed at a Hilton. I would never rent a house from VIlla Direct again.
Renting a house is pretty good if you are a large group and want to save money. It was a nice Idea we went along with some friends that invited us but the other 2 couples bailed out on us and we had to split the bill. we were there for 4 days and paid over 700 for a place to sleep. Like I said I would have rather stayed at a Hilton.
Next time when going with friend Collect the money first. I was not the one that planned the trip. If it was me I would of collected before I booked the accomodations.
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I think many here are Obama voters who feel lost and the illusion of the Libertarian Party is appealing, so they are trying the boots on for size.. for example.. "like minded progressives".. Progressives are Liberal. The Libertarian Party was NOT Liberal back in 76 when I joined.. now I'm seeing that there is a movement to make the Lobertarian Party LIBERAL (Obama blowback).
I don't feel defensive. I left the LP 20 years ago and don't miss itr, don;'t worry about it, know what it is, why it is.. and when I was asked to infiltrait, I said NO THANKS. But I can tell you the LP is controlled.
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So Griffin started off with a clear runny nose on Halloween. It never really went away and we were flying cross country on 11/8 so I took him to the Dr to see if he needed anything. She said try allergy meds first, if persisted, gave me an RX for amox. So my mommy instincts took over and I said "this is not allergies." So I put him on amox. It actually made things worse (mommy fail) so I stopped the antibiotic after about 4 days. Nose cleared up!! Woohoo...but between flying to and from Cali (we live in ga) and messed up sleeping habits, we were back on the east coast wednesday and started the morning off with a full load of vomit.....proceeded by 2 more times of vomit after giving him pedialite and rice. He was sooooo tired Wednesday. Since then he's been extremely sluggish....no more vomit, no fever, but 2 canines popped up!!! I'm just confused by this behavior...could it be teeth?? Sorry for the long post, I just feel like my instincts are leading me down a worried path!!
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US 7692461 B2 Abstract A charge pump for use in a Phase Locked Loop/Delay Locked Loop minimizes static phase error through the use of an operational amplifier. The charge pump further includes a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit coupled to the operational amplifier. The operational amplifier also mitigates the effects of low power supply voltage.
Claims(12) 1. A delay locked loop comprising:
a voltage controlled delay circuit having an input and an output;
a phase detector detecting phase difference between a feedback clock derived from the output of the voltage controlled delay circuit and the input to the voltage controlled delay circuit;
a loop filter providing a control voltage to the voltage controlled delay circuit; and
a charge pump comprising:
a pull-up circuit which generates pull-up current to increase voltage at a charge pump output, the charge pump in electrical communication with the loop filter through the charge pump output;
a pull-down circuit which generates pull-down current to decrease voltage at the charge pump output;
an operation amplifier having two inputs and an output, the operational amplifier configured to reduce phase error, one of the inputs of the operational amplifier connected to a charge pump output node; and
a reference current source having a plurality of select transistors and a plurality of mirror master transistors, said mirror master transistors coupled to slave transistors of a selected one of said pull-up circuit and said pull-down circuit to mirror variable current in said slave transistors.
2. The delay locked loop as claimed in
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Description This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/214,053, filed Jun. 16, 2008 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,616,035, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/636,876 (now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,408,391), filed Dec. 11, 2006, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/009,534 (now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,176,733), filed Dec. 10, 2004, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/528,958, filed on Dec. 11, 2003. The entire teachings of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference. A Delay Locked Loop (DLL) with an adjustable delay line is used to synchronize a first clock signal with a second clock signal by delaying the first clock signal. The DLL includes a phase detector, which detects the phase difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal. Based on the detected phase difference, the DLL synchronizes the first clock signal to the second clock signal by adding an appropriate delay to the first clock signal until the second clock signal is in phase with the first clock signal. The phase detector 104 generates phase control signals (UP, DOWN) dependent on the phase difference between CLK_REF and CLK_FB. The UP signal is set to a logic �1� on first receipt of a CLK_REF rising edge and the DOWN signal is set to a logic �1� on first receipt of a CLK_FB rising edge. Both UP and DOWN signals are reset to logic �0� when the subsequent rising edge of the two signals is received. Thus, when the CLK_REF rising edge is detected before the CLK_FB rising edge, the UP signal transitions to a logic �1� to increase the delay in the voltage controlled delay line (VCDL) 102 until the next rising edge of the CLK_FB is detected. Alternatively, if CLK_FB rising edge is detected prior to the CLK_REF rising edge, the DOWN signal transitions to a logic �1� to decrease the delay until the next rising edge of CLK_REF is detected. The phase control signals (UP/DOWN) of the phase detector 104 are integrated by a charge pump 105 and a loop filter 106 to provide a variable bias voltage VCTRL 110. The bias voltage VCTRL selects the delay to be added to CLK_REF by the VCDL 102 to synchronize CLK_FB with CLK_REF. The voltage at the OUT node of the charge pump 200 is dependent on the phase control signals (UP/DOWN) received from the phase detector 104 ( To increase the delay, the UP signal and the ENABLE signal are both asserted (logic �1�) which results in a logic �0� at the gate of transistor 209, turning transistor 209 �on�. With both transistor 209 �on� and transistor 210 �on�, current flows from Vdd through transistor 209 and transistor 210 to the OUT node. This current flows through the loop filter 106 ( The charge pump 200 includes two current mirrors labeled M1, M2 that control the magnitude of the current provided to the OUT node of the charge pump 200. Current mirror M1 includes master transistor 214 and slave transistors 210 and 212 and controls the pull-up current flowing from Vdd through transistor 210. Current mirror M2 includes master transistor 216 and slave transistor 215. Transistor 216 takes the current from transistor 212 in current mirror M1 and mirrors it in transistor 215 to provide the pull-down current through transistor 215 to ground. While the DLL is in lock condition, the phase detector 104 ( Thus, in order to minimize the static phase error, the drain/source currents through transistor 210 and transistor 215 should be matched as closely as possible. Ideally the magnitudes of the currents through transistors 210 in current mirror M1 and transistor 215 in current mirror M2 are identical. The current matching is performed by mirroring the current from device 212 into device 210 and down to device 215 via current mirror M2. However, the voltage at node OUT may not be the same as the voltage at node �ctrl�. This voltage difference results in the drain-source voltage of bias transistor 216 in current mirror M2 being different from the drain-source voltage of transistor 215. The same is true for transistor 212 and transistor 210 with respect to the drain-source voltage of bias transistor 214 in current mirror M1. A change in the source-drain voltage leads to a change in the drain current especially if transistors 215 and 210 have low output impedance. This results in a different drain/source current flowing through the devices in each current mirror, which finally results in a current difference between transistor 210 and transistor 215. The difference in current between transistor 215 and transistor 210 can be as large as about 20% which results in a significant static phase error when the DLL is in lock condition. In the embodiment shown, the static phase error increases as technologies become smaller because the output impedance of transistors becomes smaller. The DLL static phase error is understood as a constantly occurring phase difference between CLK_REF and CLK_FB when the DLL is in lock condition, and the charge supplied to node OUT through transistor 210 is equal to the charge drained from node OUT through transistor 215 during every clock cycle. Thus, the phase detector detects that the clock signals are perfectly aligned and does not vary the voltage level at node OUT. In submicron technologies (i.e., 0.13 microns and smaller) the output impedance of a transistor decreases as the channel length shrinks, so the transistors do not meet the requirements for the output impedance required for an output transistor of a charge pump. One known method of increasing the output impedance of the charge pump in order to minimize static phase error is through the use of a cascode current source. However, a cascode current source does not fit well with the trend of power supply voltage decrease. For example, with power supply voltage of 1V and typical threshold voltage of 0.25V to 0.3V, a 1V power supply voltage is too low to sustain two cascode current sources (each having two threshold voltages) in series. The static phase error in a charge pump is minimized through the use of an active current source. The active current mirror also mitigates the effects of low power supply voltage. According to an embodiment of the invention, a charge pump includes a pull-up circuit, a pull-down circuit and an operational amplifier. The pull-up circuit supplies a pull-up current to increase voltage at the charge pump output. The pull-down circuit supplies a pull-down current to decrease voltage at the charge pump output. The operational amplifier has a first input and a second input. The first input is coupled to the charge pump output and the second input coupled to a drain of a transistor that supplies current to the pull-down circuit. The operational amplifier output is coupled to the transistor and the pull-down circuit. The operational amplifier adjusts the voltage level at the operational amplifier output so that the voltage difference between the operational amplifier inputs is minimized and the difference between the pull-down current and the pull-up current is decreased. The charge pump may also include a startup circuit coupled to the first input of the operational amplifier which sets the voltage at the first input to a voltage level below the power supply voltage during power-up of the charge pump. In an embodiment of the present invention, the power supply voltage supplied to the charge pump may be about one volt. The pull-up circuit includes a first PMOS device and a second PMOS device. The drain of the first PMOS device is coupled to the source of the second PMOS device, the source of the first PMOS device is coupled to the power supply voltage node (or rail) and the drain of the second PMOS device is coupled to the charge pump output. The pull-up circuit supplies pull-up current while the first PMOS device is on. The pull-down circuit includes a first NMOS device and a second NMOS device. The drain of the first NMOS device is coupled to the source of the second NMOS device, the source of the first NMOS device is coupled to ground and the drain of the second NMOS device coupled to the charge pump output. The pull-down circuit supplies pull-down current while the first NMOS device is on. The charge pump also includes a reference current source which supplies current to the pull-down circuit and the pull-up circuit. In one embodiment, the reference current source includes a programmable array of transistors. The operational amplifier may be a low power rail to rail input, rail to rail output operational amplifier. The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following more particular description of preferred embodiments of the invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the different views. The drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the invention. A description of example embodiments of the invention follows. The charge pump 300 includes current mirror M1 and active current mirror M3. Current mirror M1 is similar to the current mirror M1 described in conjunction with the prior art charge pump 200 shown in Current mirror M1 includes bias PMOS transistor 314 and NMOS transistors 310 and 312. Voltage Vbn sets the bias voltage for current mirror M1 and sets the current that flows through PMOS transistor 314. PMOS transistors 314 and 313 provide a reference current source which supplies current to a pull-down circuit and a pull-up circuit. The current through PMOS transistor 314 is mirrored in PMOS transistors 312 and 310. The current that flows through each transistor in a current mirror can be modified by varying the sizes (width/length ratios) of these devices as is well-known to those skilled in the art. PMOS device 314 in current mirror M1 provides the initial current to the charge pump dependent on the voltage provided by bias voltage Vbn at the node of the source-drain connection of PMOS device 314. When the charge pump is used in a DLL system, the bias voltage adjusts the maximum current of the charge pump according to the total delay of the delay chain so that the ratio between the reference frequency and DLL bandwidth stays constant. The gate of PMOS transistor 314 is coupled to the drain of PMOS transistor 314. The gates of PMOS devices 312 and 310 are coupled to the gate of PMOS device 314 allowing this initial current to be mirrored to PMOS transistors 312 and 310. The drain of NMOS device 316 is coupled to the drain of PMOS device 312. Thus, the current mirrored to PMOS device 312 is the same current provided to NMOS device 316 in current mirror M3. The gate of NMOS device 316 is coupled to the gate of NMOS device 315, allowing the drain current of NMOS device 316 to be mirrored to NMOS device 315 in current mirror M3 to provide the pull-down current. Generally, when the charge pump is enabled (signal ENABLE is asserted or driven to a logic 1) and signal UP is asserted, transistor 309 is turned �on� by the voltage applied to the gate of transistor 309 through NAND gate 301, inverters 302 and 304 and pass gate 303. This allows current to flow through PMOS transistors 309 and 310 in the pull-up circuit. This current adds charge into the OUT node which is coupled to the loop filter 206 ( The paths from the UP/DOWN signals at the input of NAND gates 302, 304 through inverters 303, 304 and through inverters 307, 308 to the gate of transistors 310, 315 are matched to provide the same insertion delay. The pass gate 303 is included in the path to replicate the delay added by inverter 307 in the path from the DOWN signal to the gate of transistor 317. To compensate for the small voltage drop across the source drain path of NMOS transistor 309 when transistor 309 is �on�, PMOS transistors 311 and 313 are added to provide symmetry with the current path through PMOS transistor 309. NMOS transistor 318 provides symmetry with the current path through PMOS transistor 315. Current mirror M3 controls the ratio between pull-down current (through NMOS transistor 315 to ground) and pull up current (from Vdd through PMOS transistor 310). The pull-down current reduces the voltage at node OUT and the pull-up current increases the voltage at node OUT. Thus, the M1 current mirror sets the maximum current of the charge pump through PMOS device 310 and the M3 current mirror controls the ratio between the pull up and pull down current. Current mirrors M1 and M3 may be adjustable or programmable through the use of well-known techniques. Transistors 315 and 316 in current mirror M3 may be sized to deliver more or less current. This allows the circuit designer to compensate for other factors such as parasitic resistances and capacitances and parameter variations. However, such adjustments are static and cannot be re-adjusted once the chip has been packaged and it cannot compensate for voltage change at the OUT node. According to one embodiment of the invention, an active adjustment of the current mirrors is provided through the use of an operational amplifier, as shown in During operation of the charge pump, the operational amplifier 323 minimizes the static phase error by actively keeping the voltage on node �n14� substantially equal to the output voltage on node OUT. It is important to be able to produce the same pull-up and pull-down current pulses at the output (�OUT�) when the DLL is in lock condition. In a DLL which has achieved lock condition, node OUT is not actively being charged or discharged most of the time as the UP and DOWN pulses are of equal duration. Furthermore, the UP and DOWN pulses can be of shorter duration than in the prior art charge pump described in conjunction with The operational amplifier 323 actively controls the voltage at node OUT as follows: if the voltage on node �n14� is higher than the voltage at node OUT, the operational amplifier 323 increases the voltage at node �ctrl�. The increase in voltage at node �ctrl� results in an increase in the current flowing through NMOS transistor 316 and NMOS transistor 315 which reduces the voltage on node �n14� until it is the same as the voltage at node OUT. If the voltage on node �n14� is less than the voltage on node OUT, the operational amplifier 323 decreases the voltage on node �ctrl�. This decrease in the voltage on node �ctrl� results in a decrease in the current flowing in NMOS transistor 316 and NMOS transistor 315. As the voltage at node �ctrl� changes the voltage on node �n14� faster than on node OUT, a new balance point is reached with the voltage on node �n14� equal to the voltage on node OUT. With the voltage on node �n14� and the output voltage OUT being substantially the same, the source/drain current (pull-down current) through NMOS device 315 is substantially equal to the source/drain current (pull-up current) through PMOS device 310. By providing an active current mirror including an operational amplifier to the charge pump, the voltage conditions at drain, source and gate of NMOS transistors pair 315 and 316 and PMOS transistors pair 312 and 310 are substantially equal and much closer than in the prior art circuit shown in The operational amplifier 323 preferably has an input range from rail to rail (Vdd to Vss (ground)). In an embodiment in which transistors 315, 316 are NMOS devices as shown in During the power up phase, if the voltage at node �n14� is lower than the voltage at node OUT, the output of the operational amplifier, that is, node �ctrl� is driven low. As node �ctrl� is coupled to the gate of NMOS device 315, NMOS device 315 will likely turn �off�. The circuit may freeze in this state or may take a long time to recover. Either case is undesirable. A start up circuit including NMOS device 321 and NMOS device 322 assists the charge pump in reaching its operating point during the power up phase. The start up circuit initially sets the voltage of node OUT to a value less than Vdd. This allows the operational amplifier 323 to operate properly after the power up phase. A startup signal that is asserted for a predetermined time period after power up during the power up phase is coupled to the gate of NMOS device 322. NMOS device 322 is diode coupled with both the gate and source coupled to the node OUT. The drain of NMOS device 322 is coupled to the drain of NMOS device 322. While the startup signal coupled to the drain of NMOS device 321 is asserted, the NMOS device 322 is �on�. Node OUT is approximately equal to Vdd, thus, with both NMOS device 321 and NMOS device 322 �on�, current flows through NMOS device 321 and NMOS device 322 resulting in a decrease in the voltage at node OUT. Thus, the startup circuit ensures that the voltage at node OUT is less than the voltage at node �n14� during the power up phase, so that the differential input voltage to the operational amplifier 323 is initially positive and node �ctrl� at the output of the operational amplifier 323 is driven �high� during the startup phase holding NMOS device 315 is on. This forces node OUT to approximately the threshold voltage of an NMOS transistor for this predetermined time period. After the power up phase, the startup signal is de-asserted and the startup circuit is no longer required to be enabled. The present invention reduces the current offset, i.e. the difference in currents flowing between NMOS transistor 315 and PMOS transistor 310 to about 4%. This results in a highly reduced static phase error for the overall DLL system. By reducing the current offset of the charge pump from 20% to 4% in this embodiment, the overall static phase error of the PLL/DLL is reduced from 300 ps to 60 ps. The operational amplifier 323 includes two differential amplifiers 442, 444, a biasing circuit 446 and an output stage 440. The differential amplifiers 442, 444 have complementary input pairs with the first differential amplifier having an NMOS transistor input pair 411, 412 and the second differential amplifier having a PMOS transistor input pair 404, 405. The first differential amplifier 442 also includes transistors PMOS transistor 403 and NMOS transistors 406, 407. The second differential amplifier 444 also includes PMOS transistors 409, 410, and NMOS transistor 413. The output stage 440 includes transistors 401 and 402. The biasing circuit includes transistors 414, 415, 416, 417, 418 and 419 and provides bias voltages to transistor 401 in the output stage 440, transistor 403 in the first differential amplifier 442 and transistor 413 in the second differential amplifier 444. Node OUT shown in When the charge pump 300 ( Other embodiments can use programmable arrayed master transistors for the reference current source in the current mirrors to configure or test the operation of the circuit. The SEL signals can be controlled by a register, fuse programming, mask programming or any other technique well-known to those skilled in the art. While four sets of programmable master transistors are shown, any number can be used. A similar circuit using NMOS transistors may be used to add programmability by replacing both transistors 416 and 418 of The invention is not limited to charge pumps used in DLLs. For example, the invention can also be used in a charge pump in a phase locked loop. A Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) is another well-known circuit for synchronizing a first clock signal with a second clock signal. The phase control signals (UP/DOWN) of the phase detector 604 are integrated by a charge pump 605 and a loop filter 606 to provide a variable bias voltage VCTRL 110. The bias voltage VCTRL controls a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) 602 which outputs a clock signal CLK_OUT. The frequency of the output clock signal CLK_OUT is proportional to the bias voltage VCTRL 610. VCOs are well known to those skilled in the art. The CLK_OUT signal is optionally coupled to a divider 603 to produce a feedback clock signal CLK_FB. If the phase detector detects the rising edge of CLK_REF prior to the rising edge of CLK_FB it asserts the UP signal which causes VCTRL to increase, thereby increasing the frequency of the CLK_OUT signal. If the phase detector detects the rising edge of CLK_FB prior to the rising edge of CLK_REF it asserts the DOWN signal which causes VCTRL to decrease, thereby decreasing the frequency of the CLK_OUT signal. This invention has been described for use in a charge pump in a PLL/DLL system. However, the invention is not limited to a PLL/DLL system. The invention can be used in any system in which a very precise current mirror is required and where the output voltage of the current mirror does not reach ground, which would render the op amp in the active current mirror inoperable. 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- Posted by wbonesteel 7 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 20:39
From the southeast corner. The beds that appear to be empty have turnips, broccoli and cabbage, snow peas, lettuce and spinach. Yeah, it's late, but we'll see how they do. Notice to beds with the remains of acorn squash and watermelon plants, as well. That's my next little project. |
- Posted by wbonesteel 7 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 20:41
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That is really beautiful. You put a lot of work into it! |
You are a very neat person. I didn't know vegetables could look so neat. |
- Posted by wbonesteel 7 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 23:11
Thanks, folks. The layout was relatively simple, if tedious. All of that digging and re-arranging dirt? Not so much... Helen, as a part of the design, it's the straight lines formed by the edging that makes it all appear to be so neat. That,. and arranging the beds just so... I've actually let things go a bit, this summer. I usually keep it all but weed free. |
- Posted by slowpoke_gardener 6/7 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 1, 13 at 23:44
Those are really beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing. I could never be that neat. |
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Wow! Thanks for sharing and inspiring! |
- Posted by wbonesteel 7 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 4:46
Keep in mind that this is the front yard. Everyone sees it, and we're on a busy street. I hadda keep it neat, just outta self respect. (The back yard belongs to the wife's dogs) If we lived in the country, I'd have gone full English Garden on it, planting everything, everywhere and every which way. It would've been a beautiful, glorious mess! |
How do you keep the neighborhood dogs from peeing on plants meant as food?? Or do you just have really good neighbors? *envious* |
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wbonesteel, I would have loved to see your hand at an English garden. |
- Posted by GreatPlains1 7OK (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 13:24
I was going to say it looks reminiscent of the monastery gardens of Medieval England but you already said English Garden. Was that your inspiration? And, so you say the hunting hounds are located in back? |
- Posted by wbonesteel 7 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 17:57
The idea was to have a formal layout, while allowing the plants to maintain their natural growth habits w/o too much pruning. I also planned to 'over plant,' as much as possible, ala the original English country gardens. We don't have too many dogs running loose around here. Feral cats are another matter, but their numbers have been down this year as compared to last |
- Posted by wbonesteel 7 (My Page) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 18:06
I'm sure the local wildlife trembles in fear whenever those fearsome hounds are outside. After all, being kissed to death has got to be a agonizing way to go.... :) |
- Posted by ChickenCoupe 7a (email@example.com) on Wed, Oct 2, 13 at 21:02
Viciously cute. Looks can kill, I hear. |
- Posted by GreatPlains1 7OK (My Page) on Thu, Oct 3, 13 at 3:25
Woops, not hunting dogs, guard dogs. Especially that one with the pink collar. |
- Posted by borderokie none (My Page) on Thu, Oct 3, 13 at 8:12
The garden is beautiful. The pups too!! Love pugs!!! |
Oh you are an inspiration!!! I've got a whole back yard empty and waiting for gardens. Did you put weed block down and then dirt or just till up the dirt in the yard?' I've got all bermuda grass so any beds I make are going to have to have lots of weedblock,cardboard ,newspaper!! Thanks. |
- Posted by wbonesteel 7 (My Page) on Fri, Oct 4, 13 at 15:54
Sorie, I turned it all over by hand. Dug down to about ten to twelve inches deep. Had the soil tested. Mixed in my amendments - by hand - and pulled out all the Bermuda roots I could get. I keep after the Bermuda and focus on it a couple three times a year. Now, there's hardly any Bermuda in most of the beds, and only a little in others. I do have landscape cloth under the gravel walkways and under the sand, under the gravel. |
- Posted by ezzirah011 7a (My Page) on Fri, Oct 4, 13 at 20:02
just beautiful!!! |
I do it like you too. Dig about 10 to 12 inches down, pull all the bermuda grass and other roots out, and then plant stuff. But I am very impressed with your layout. Looks gorgeous. Moni |
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The Health IT Standards Committee's privacy and security standards workgroup on April 28 reviewed a document that outlined consumer engagement benchmarks that may be implemented in the next phase of EHR adoption, starting in fiscal 2013. The committee makes recommendations to the Health and Human Services Department.
Under the economic stimulus law, HHS will begin distributing $17 billion in fiscal 2011 to doctors and hospitals who buy and "meaningfully use" digital record systems.
To qualify for the payments, the providers must meet a number of requirements in fiscal 2011. The measures related to patient use include delivering electronic copies of medical records to patients, providing timely access to patients of their electronic data within 96 hours of a request, and providing clinical summaries to patients.
For fiscal 2013, more patient engagement requirements would be added, according to a proposal reviewed by the workgroup.
The 2013 requirements considered by the panel included the ability to transfer records in real time to populate a patient's personal health record, using secure e-mail exchanges between patients and providers, honoring patients' preferences on the format of information and receiving data from patient home monitoring equipment.
For fiscal 2015, two more requirements were considered for patient use: the ability for patients to conduct self-management and to electronically report on their experience of care.
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Marriott Bristol City Centre
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On the doorstep of the Hotel, Cabot Circus Shopping Centre stands proud. With over 120 stores, including Harvey Nichols, House of Fraser to name a few. This fantastic destination places Bristol firmly in the spotlight. Experience a mix of traditional and modern Bristol at the Bristol Marriott Hotel City Centre. Our hotel in southern England pampers the most discerning travelers. Located in the city centre close to businesses, shopping centres and area attractions, Marriott offers spacious rooms with air conditioning, high-speed Internet access, and 24-hour room service. Upgrade to our Executive Rooms for access to the Executive Lounge. Our Terrace Grill restaurant features a wonderful selection of international cuisine and fine wines and our Coffee Shop offers breakfast and lunch in a relaxed setting. Renowned as one of the largest conference centres in southwest England, the Marriott hotel - along with our superb catering and experienced staff - creates wedding ceremonies and conferences to remember.
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REFORUMULATED 2012 Please see http://www.makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/ItemId=159975/Double-Wear-Stay-in-place-Makeup/Estee-Lauder/Liquid for the current formulation of this product
I bought this product because of all the hype, it was always selling out at my local department store and people would rave on about it. I purchase a bottle after the SA colour matching me with Ivory Beige and thats where the problem with this foundation began. I returned home to find this had turned a ridiculous orange shade on me, sunk into my pores and grabbed on slightly dry areas on my face. It looked un-even and was sitting in every line on my face. This foundation aged me by about 10 years. I returned the next day thinking a different colour might rectify this. I was given Fresco, returned home to find this had turned a really un-natural shade of pink. Back I went and was given Sand which is a bit better but still this foundations is terrible. If you have slight dryness this will amplify it and look flakey, it will sit in every line and accentuate pores. Will not be buying this again. It was just a hype after all. nc15
Why oh why did I ever stray from you Double Wear? I started wearing this foundation about three years ago... After a while I got tired of it and just wanted to try some other lines out there... MAC, Lancome, drugstore brands... I thought I found the coverage I wanted in Studio Fix Fluid, it also blended like a dream with the 109...however, by the end of the day I was orange and an oilslick... gross. I compared my SSF to EL DW, and man I can't believe I was walking around with all that orange crap plastered on my face...eww! I am wearing the DW in Linen today and my skin looks so much more NATURAL! The coverage is perfect, the shade is spot on, no oilies, just nice looking skin. I did blend this with my 109 and I think that took the masky look of foundation away. I will be dumping the rest of my Studio Fix Fluid and it's back to my old HG standby DW! That is unless I get my hands on that MUFE HD stuff everyone on youtube is raving about! lol....
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When my acne reached its peak before taking accutane, I need something to cover it. My 2 year old Maybelline made me look like a Barbe gone horribly horribly wrong. And my bareminerals was doin't ZILCH for my face. While getting a toner from EL, I bought this product to get the amazing GWP. It's thick. You can't feel it on your face after a minute, but someone else can feel the foundation on your face (the face is sticky). it rubs off on clothins which is unavoidable. I LOATHE the packaging. I poured it into a jar so I didn't have to pour all that foundation which I didnt even use back in. It's a hefty price tag but I cansee this being a staple for photos or something. I use L'OReal true match now. Oh, and none of the EL colors matched me.
WOW! this is by far the BEST liquid foundation i've ever tried!!! I use either this or MAC StudioFix, and it honestly always looks natural, doesnt feel heavy at all! I'm so not a liquid found. girl, but I got this as a sample, couldnt believe how much I loved it, then bought it! highly reccommend this!! :)
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I really love this product. I had been using mineral makeup for years, and swore I would never come back to liquid. However, I was gradually becoming unhappy with the longevity of MMU in general and needed something long-lasting and full-coverage for my wedding. I tried this and have now given up MMU almost entirely.
First, the shades are fabulous. I have never had a foundation match me as perfectly as Ecru does. This line is great if you're looking for neutral tones. Also, this stuff looks very natural on your face. I find applying it with the MAC #190 brush produces great results. The coverage is very good; I can even get away with skipping concealer when using this. Finally, I find this stuff really does hold up well, even on my tremendously oily skin.
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makes my skin look very cakey! im a mac studio fix liquid foundation user and thought i'd try something better and new, however MAC is soo much better and way better coverage. I thought since estee lauder was more expensive it would be better, i was wrong! I tried this product for 4 days and it was horrible. I wore it in the morning before going to work and my skin looked bad by like 1-2pm. Parts of the makeup was off and my skin looked cakey. I went back to using my NW30 for MAC. This product dries out my skin badly! I would definitely NOT recommend.
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My favorite foundation ever! This is because it makes my skin flawless. If I have a pimple I don't even need concealer because this will cover it.
I do recommend using the foundation brush with it.
I have never used it without the brush. I am assuming that is why some people experience a caked on look with it. The brush allows you to smooth it on easily only using small amounts.
The price is high compared to drug store foundations. However, (in my experience using a brush with it) it lasts forever because you don't have to use much, & you don't have to buy concealer.
Go to your local department store and at the estee lauder counter they will match your skin with the correct color and put it on your face so you can see if you like it.
My ONE downside to this product is that you have to deffinantly take it off every night or you will start to break out. But you shouldn't as long as you wash your face extra good every night.
I have been wearing Dermalogica treatment foundation for 6 years--and I just switched to Double Wear due to the great reviews on MUA. Bought it at Nordstroms--in Sand--I have olive, somewhat oily skin--and I love this makeup!! It makes my skin look naturally flawless. I am 55 and very particular--so I am very pleased to have found this product.
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I love this foundation. I have normal/dry skin and this goes on beautifully. I wore this foundation on my wedding day - it stayed on and didn't need to be touched up...the best part was that it didn't look like I had a lot of heavy makeup on.
My mother also wears this product and she swears by it. It is a little pricey, but I think it's definitely worth it.
I have normal to dry skin and this is not the product for me. It really did last, but it brought out every line I have and made me look very harsh. Luckily I had a sample of this. When I went back to the counter the SA agreed that it was not the right foundation for anyone with even slightly dry skin.
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The Walk for Life West Coast was started by San Franciscans in 2005 to affirm the right to life from conception to natural death and particularly to change hearts hurt by the violence of abortion. While most of the organizers and a large proportion of the participants are people of faith, the Walk is a non-sectarian and non-denominational event that openly expresses belief in God but welcomes all who share a respect for life. It is held on the Saturday closest to the January 22nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling.
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