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The Globe-Union Endura: an electric car for the whole family
Since we last spoke with Bob McKee regarding the pre-fuel crisis Sundancer electric cars that he built, Bob has forwarded on to us plenty of paperwork he thought we might find interesting, including the paper regarding the Sundancer that he (along with Boris Borisoff of Tork-Link and Frank Lawn and James Norberg of ESB) presented to the Society of Automotive Engineers for the organization's 1972 congress in Detroit. Bob also happened to turn up the brochure that Globe-Union printed for the 1978 Endura, the car that he likes to refer to as the Sundancer's big brother.
Globe-Union, founded in Milwaukee in 1911, had at one point been the largest automotive replacement battery supplier, thanks to its agreement with Sears to produce the DieHard line of batteries. Ostensibly seeking to position practical electric cars as an alternative to dependence on foreign sources of oil (though probably more interested in expanding the market for its EV batteries), Globe-Union in 1977 or 1978 sought out Bob McKee and asked him to build them an electric car.
While the Sundancer that he built 10 years prior was a capable electric vehicle (Mechanix Illustrated called it a "practical" electric car), it was obviously not something the family was going to pile into for a trip to little Jimmy's baseball game. So Bob and his men at McKee Engineering trotted out the backbone battery bank concept that Bob had already patented, and whipped up a fiberglass-bodied four-seater around it, this time using a 20hp electric motor juiced by 120 volts of electricity (the Sundancer used an 8hp motor at 72 volts). Perhaps the most interesting thing about the body was the interchangeable rear body sections that transformed the car from a hatchback into a station wagon.
The brochure doesn't directly mention range figures or top speed, but claimed that the Endura could cover more than 100 miles at speeds of 30-35 MPH and could top 65 MPH. Charging time was given as 14-16 hours at 110 volts and seven hours at 220 volts.
So far, the fate of the Endura remains unknown. Globe-Union merged with Johnson Controls in 1978, and Johnson actually includes a picture of the Endura on its website. Could it be sitting in a Johnson warehouse somewhere in Milwaukee?
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Appears to have Olds Firenza headlight assemblies, assembled on the opposite side for a canted in vs. canted out look, however, the Firenza wasn't introduced until 1982.
Also predates the Nissan Pulsar's interchangeable wagon / notchback hatches by nearly a decade. Of course, this was a concept, the Pulsar was a production car, although the accessory 'wagon attachment' wasn't that popular. Would like to see that wagon hatch.
It would have been a far different automotive world if viable batteries had been around in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After all, electric motor technology was alive and well back then and they were soon put into fully developed electric cars, but unfortunately they didn't have the likes of lithium-ion batteries and light-weight materials. But if they did then the gasoline automobile may have been the second cousin instead of the globe consuming beast that it is today.
The first paragraph of the Endura brochure makes a lot of sense and shows foresight. There was a recognised problem of dependence on oil and many put their minds to solving it. But that was 1978 and now, more than 30 years later, we STILL don't have a viable electric car in the showrooms. Oh sure, there is the cottage industry, Tesla and others, turning out high-priced novelties, but a useful runabout for the masses is just in its infancy so far (Smart, Mercedes A class, etc.) You'd think, 33 years after the oil crisis was recognised and debated as a problem, and more than 100 years since electric vehicles were up and running, that we would all be able to buy a "Voltswagen" today. GM had what appeared to be a going concern, the fully developed and well loved (by its drivers) EV-1 in the mid 1990′s, but it was murdered by the oil companies. See the DVD "Who Killed The Electric Car" – Sony Pictures, and cry as I did. Toyota had a RAV4 electric vehicle that they had to kill off when they could no longer get batteries. The battery maker was bought out by an oil company!! The Chevy Volt was announced how long ago? Is it on the road in big numbers yet? If it was fully developed at the time it was unveiled then where are they now? Or did we only see a clay mock-up of a concept vehicle? No, it was the real thing but I've never seen one on the road. The big manufacturers tease us with announcements but we never see them in the flesh and I suspect that so long as oil remains a currency that so many economies depend on then the all-electric battery-powered cars that we all want will barely see the light of day. Electric cars should have overtaken gasoline powered personal transport by now if enough effort had gone into development, but they just tinker round the edges and make it look like they are doing something to appease us, and they'll keep doing that so long as the oil companies call the shots.
Not sure what planet you're on. The Volt is on sale now, and GM more or less is building one for anyone who wants one.
Not another planet, just another country. You can't get a Volt in Australia unless you import one at great expense and all my inquiries reveal that they aren't made in RHD anyway. If GM were serious about electric vehicles they would have made them for a world market, but again, my inquiries suggest they are exclusive to the US. I want an electric car, and not a half-hearted hybrid effort like the Prius, but I can't get one.
"the all-electric battery-powered cars that we all want"? Paul, speak for yourself. I would not buy one due to it's cost and limited range. For now, I will stick with my "globe consuming beast", a 2011 Mustang 5.0.
You can thank the Drill Baby Drill crowd who have supported politicians, mostly republicans, who have kowtowed to the oil companies for the last thirty years. Beginning with the clown Reagan the emphasis switched from developing solar for electricity and getting us off of carbon based fuels to increasing dependence and use of oil. Today we import TWICE as much oil as we did when Reagan was secretly trading arm with our enemies in Iran. Our vehicles are larger and more fuel inefficient yet consumers until recently continued to buy SUV's.driving the use of oil skyward as well as the barrel price on the open market. Today with gasoline approaching the high of the Bush summer of 2008 , the silence from the consumer is deafening. So now we use more gasoline than ever and the price is higher in real terms than it has ever been. In a word we are screwed and none of the Drill Baby Drill crowd gives a damn and their folllowers are stupid enough to believe we can drill ourselves out of the problem. And of course we can't.
See a need, fill a need.
Can't get a Volt in Canada either, I'm sure they'll fly out the doors of Vancouver's remaining GM dealerships, Pontiac being axed was a huge loss here, as per capita a far, far more popular brand in the Great White. Chev and Olds were always paired, as were Pontiac and Buick. Most Pontiac Buick dealers lost around 75% of their business. A lot of them are now flogging Hyundai. The Prius has been a smash hit from the start, almost all the downtown taxis are. Volts will do great here on the granola west coast, but I can't see why anyone would buy one on the prairies,nobody's said how long a charge will last @ -40.
So, if I understand this right, the Endura was roomier, more practical, and, driven judiciously, had a range similar to the Nissan Leaf….almost 35 years ago. Not too bad looking either, even by today's standards. So what the heck have we been doing for the last 3 decades? Hybrids (including Volt) are an impressive piece of engineering, but they exist beacause the design of pure EV's hasn't improved one iota.
Cool 60′s styling…
Way better than the current electric crop of crap. -
Regarding the Volt: my grandchildrens' grandchildren will still be paying for that in 50 years. That car is from Govt Motors which means it is not a profitably produced unless funded by US taxpayers. This govt support is why I will not ever buy any GM or Chrylser product (not to mention the fact that their cars are built in Mexico , China, and/or Canada anyway)
I'll have to see more of how the Volts batteries are effected by different weather temperature extremes. As far as your political statement, LOL, LOL! What kind of haulucinagentic teabag are you using?
The endura looks like the electric car used in the first Agent Cody Banks movie from about 5 years ago. So if you are looking for it I am sure it is out there. Why you want a coal fire car (yes0%
My Dad, Steve Norcross was the man who actually built this car for Bob in Urbana, IL at my Dad's fiberglass shop. I remember that Bill Cosby was the person who purchased it because his 1 requirement was that they find some way to get a set of golf clubs to fit into the trunk. Brings back a ton of memories! It's nice to know another one of my Dad's cars lives on! I have a box of these brochures down in the basement. Ha!
More stupidity for stupid gullable people. What good is any car let alone a FAMILY car that can only go 100 miles every 16 hours at 35 mph?
Detroit Electric was building electric cars 100 years ago with twice that range and speed for 1/10 the price.
Your going to tell me that we have new Plasma Drive engines for space craft that can make the trip to Mars in 34 DAYS but we can not build an electric car that is better than one built over 100 years ago?
Then again WHERE IS ALL THIS NEW ELECTRICITY GOING TO COME FROM? You liberals hate coal, fossil fuel, and Nuclear plants. Anyone with even a tiny brain knows that Solar and Wind are not economical enough considering you would need a generating plant the size of TEXAS to power the state of Rhode Island.
Then again this is typical of liberals, jump on an idea without any thought or plans on how to implement it or the possible ramifications. -
I worked on restoring the endura prototype a couple years ago. It was fun digging through that much of 70′s cutting edge technology!
I worked with Bob McKee on the Exide sponsored electric vehicles,
supplying the drive motors and controls in those early years when
his great talent produced amazingly practical vehicles.Bob Borisoff, Woodland Hills, Ca
a side comment: my dad was the plant manager at the Atlanta Globe-Union in 1955, he built an electric car, using a Plymouth chassis, an elevator motor and I think, 15 6 volt batteries. I drove it to high school each day that year.
Martin Fee said it all. Just plug it in and everything is wonderful.


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The Japanese government has declared reactors at the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant to be in a state of "cold shutdown", meaning that nine months after the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl has now been stabilised.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told a nuclear taskforce meeting that the crippled Fukushima reactors "have reached a state of cold shutdown to the point where the accident is now under control", Jiji Press reported.
Stabilisation of the reactors, whose molten cores spewed radioactive particles into the air and sea, marks the end of what the government has dubbed "Step Two" of the clean-up of the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
The focus of recovery efforts is now expected to move onto the decommissioning of the damaged units, amid warnings that this process could take decades.
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Kafani returns with a hot new single.
We last heard from Kafani this past Thursday when the rapper added a verse to DeJ Loaf's street hit "Try Me." Now, he's back with a single of his own. Produced by the illustrious DJ Mustard, "Knock Somethin'" finds Kafani and collaborators Sav & Smurf Hicks on the hunt for some women to knock. Fans of the Bay's hyphy movement are bound to find some enjoyment here.
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In the club every night; VIP shit
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As promised (to myself) I am getting a set workout routine in place by Jackson's first birthday and after a couple weeks of trying different times, schedules, and workouts I'm almost there. I'll write up my set new routine in a couple of weeks when I really feel like it's "set". It takes 28 days for something to become habit and that's where I'm headed.
In the meantime, the main component of getting me to that routine has been my new favorite fitness app, Nike Training Club app. This is a completely unsponsored post, I just really like the app. I don't care about being able to earn rewards or unlocking exclusive workouts or anything like that, although for some reason I was excited when I unlocked my first reward and got a bunch of smoothie recipes (that I could have made up myself but seemed more fun this way). Maybe I will care more as I get more rewards but the main reason I like the app is because I can pick from over 100 different workouts and find, for example, a workout that I can do in my office with dumbbells.
There are a whole slew (you're welcome for the specifics!) of 15 minute workouts per body part. For example, I've done a 15 minute back workout, 15 min leg workout, 15 min shoulder workout. They're 15 straight minutes with no rest (or no more than 30 secs) so at least you keep yourself moving. I've fallen squarely in the "a 15 minute workout is better than a 0 minute workout" lifestyle right now so even if the house is a disaster and dinner needs to be made and laundry needs folding and the baby needs attention I can almost always fit in 15 minutes.
When things aren't quite so hectic I can pick a 45 strength workout or 30 minutes of cardio or whatever. I haven't even begun to explore them all because there are so many.
I guess the point is that even though I'm more than capable of putting together my own workout routine I like the mindlessness of just picking something and letting the app tell me what to do next. In a perfect world it might not be my workout style of choice, but it's definitely working for me right now and this bizarre juggling act of baby/work/house/self.
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Admittedly I'm not a girly girl. A fact undeniably backed by my lack of make-up and hair products. If you run into me, chances are pretty darn good I'll be sporting a ponytail, flip flops, and some form of athletic apparel.
I've worked from home for so long that I've been spoiled by the ability to roll out of bed and start my work day without giving my clothes a second thought. But sometimes I meet friends for lunch or run errands, and I don't want to look like a total bum.
And I like to throw my husband for a loop every now and then by wearing 'real' clothes.
When summer starts to sizzle, there's nothing I love more than a comfortable dress. Throw it on, pair with my nice flip flops, and I'm ready to hit the town!
So when Kühl sent me the Vega Sleeveless Dress to review, I let out a very girly squeal!
Kühl is best known for performance pants and shorts, and after reviewing the Aktiv Pant, I can confirm they make a rockin' product. I was curious, could Kühl make a dress with the same attention to detail and superior design?
The answer: an emphatic YES!
Vega Sleeveless Dress Review
I received the reversible Kühl Vega Sleeveless Dress in Twilight N Eclipse (I can just hear all of the Twihards swooning!).
I usually order down a size in dresses because they tend to run a little bigger, plus you don't have to worry about the fit around the waist as much as pants. The XS fit perfectly. Snug but not too tight, it hugged my curves just right.
The Vega features a cowl neck with a drawcord. I was a little concerned about this feature and wasn't sure how it would look.
No need to worry! It drapes nicely and is a great alternative to sundresses with plunging necklines that aren't always appropriate for moms on the go! Date night, sure. Play dates and birthday parties, not so much!
The reversible design is like getting two dresses for the price of one, and you can go from day to evening with a quick flip! As Kühl so eloquently puts it, the Vega 'gives you two chances to cause a stir.'
I honestly can't decide which side I like better, so I've just been switching every time I wear the dress.
And I've been wearing the dress a lot. To birthday parties. Out to lunch. Running errands. It's become my go-to dress.
What I Love
Super Soft Fabric & Flattering Fit
The Vega is made from a modal fabric blended with organic cotton. The fabric is super soft and feels like your husband's most comfortable jersey tee. The fabric stretches just enough to be forgiving, so the dress drapes nicely and hugs your body without clinging.
Seriously, this fabric is amazing. Kühl should make more dresses, tees, and tanks out of this material. I'd wear a snuggie out of this stuff, it's that soft!
Beautiful Colors
The reversible Vega comes in beautiful color combinations. The fabric features a subtle heather that gives the solid colors depth & personality. I love the Twilight N Eclipse, but the Coral N Hibiscus would definitely kick up the heat!
Perfect Length
The Vega falls just above the knee, making it the perfect length for just about everything. No flashing innocent bystanders when I'm scooping up my toddler from impending disaster or reaching for that must-have item on the top shelf at Target.
There's a Wocket in My Pocket
The small, flush pocket on the right hip is perfect for keys, change, and even a phone. Unlike pockets on other dresses, it doesn't add bulk or width to the dress. Laid at a slight angle, it's streamlined with the rest of the dress, providing function without impacting form. I'm a sucker for a well-positioned pocket, and this one fits the bill!
Washes & Wears Well
I wore the Vega a few times before washing. I followed the instructions and washed on the delicate cycle in cold water. I laid the dress flat to dry and threw into the dryer (no heat!) for a few minutes to knock out the wrinkles.
After washing, the colors still looked great, and the fabric held its shape. The dress did feel a little snugger, but it stretched out after a few minutes.
What I Didn't Love
I had a very hard time coming up with anything I didn't like about this dress!
My only, very minor complaint is that the drawcord strings for the cowl neck are really long. Quick solution: tie in a bow, or snip and tie off the ends.
Making the Grade
For the first time in WISM history, I'm awarding the Vega Sleeveless Dress an A+ Plus! Supremely soft, super comfortable, and easy on the eyes, it's everything I look for in a casual dress.
The Vega will take you just about anywhere in style. I'd even pack this dress for business trips; it's definitely nice enough for business casual environments.
The Vega Sleeveless Dress retails at $74. For $5 more, you can get the full-sleeved version for spring and fall. I've already got my eye on the Zenith N Glacier Blue!
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Loblaw is the largest food retailer in Canada.
Store Count
Loblaw operates 576 corporate owned and 451 franchised stores across Canada, totaling 1,027 stores as of January 1, 2011, the end of fiscal year 2010. (Source: Loblaw 2010 Annual Report, p. 1.)
Key Banners
Atlantic Cash & Carry, Atlantic Superstore, Atlantic SuperValu, club entrepot, Dominion, Extra Foods, Fortino's, Les Entrepots Presto, Liquorstore, Loblaws, Loblaw Greatfood, Maxi, Maxi & Cie, NG Cash & Carry, nofrills, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore, Loblaw Superstore, Osaka Supermarket, SaveEasy, T&T Supermarket, ValuMart, Wholesale Club, Your Independent Grocer, Zehrs and Zehrs Greatfood. (Source: Loblaw 2010 Annual Report, p. 1.)
Private Labels
Loblaw is known for its strong portfolio of private brands, including President's Choice, no name, and Joe Fresh. (Source: Loblaw 2010 Annual Report, p. 1.)
- Loblaw is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol L. (Source: Loblaw Website, http://www.loblaw.ca/English/Investor-Centre/Stock-Information/default.aspx)
- As of March 17, 2011, a controlling interest in the company (62.9% of outstanding common stock) was held by George Weston Limited, a company controlled by Executive Chairman W. Galen Weston (the Canadian equivalent of CEO). In addition, Mr. Weston held another 1.3% of common stock, for a total of 64.2% of outstanding common stock controlled by the CEO. (Source: Loblaw Companies Limited, Management Proxy Circular for May 5, 2011 Annual Meeting, p. 3)
- Loblaw had more than 136,000 employees (including employees of franchised stores) at the end of fiscal year 2010. (Source: Loblaw 2010 Annual Report, p. 1.)
- The UFCW represents more than 70,000 Loblaw workers. (Source: UFCW Contract Directory)
Financial Performance
Sales. Company-wide sales in fiscal year 2010 were $30,997 million (Canadian), up 0.6% from $30,802 million in fiscal year 2008. (Source: Loblaw 2010 Annual Report, p. 3)


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How To Quit Smoking Once And For All!
So what if it is really that easy? What if all your beliefs about how hard it will to be to quit are completely false? What if, after just one session of hypnotherapy you find it incredibly easy to become and remain a happy, confident non-smoker for life? So, let's learn about how to quit smoking once and for all!
The reason why hypnotherapy is so successful is because both our beliefs about smoking and our habitual smoking behaviors reside within your unconscious mind. So whilst consciously we may wish to quit, all too often our all powerful unconscious mind simply would not let us.
You see when smokers first start; they buy into years of conditioning telling them that smoking made them feel better, more confident and more relaxed. And, as a result of lighting up those first few cigarettes, smokers permanently install these extremely unhelpful beliefs directly into their unconscious beliefs that also included the concept that quitting was going to be really difficult.
At the same time smokers make a conscious decision to choose those perceived benefits of feeling better, more relaxed and more confident, over the initial physical reactions of inhaling the poisonous fumes. So as time goes on and those uncomfortable physical reactions start to subside, as a result of their newly formed nicotine addiction, they started to mistake the relief of feeding that addiction with feelings of relaxation and confidence.
So many years later, after smoking tens of thousands (possibly hundreds of thousands) of cigarettes, they have re-enforced those unhelpful beliefs about smoking and how hard it is to quit and, they have also trained their unconscious minds to wrongly associate the process of lighting and smoking a cigarette with feeling good, confident and relaxed.
Hypnotherapy allows you to retrain the unconscious mind of a smoker to disregard those false beliefs about smoking and how hard it is to quit, and to swap those unconscious benefits for something altogether more exciting and fulfilling - feeling absolutely great!
So as a result, the all too familiar withdrawal pangs of irritability, mood swings and cravings, the primary reasons why people fail to permanently quit smoking, will be replaced with feelings of relaxation, improved self confidence and overall happiness.
In addition, take a look at alternative ways to quit smoking. Instead of going cold turkey, start to limit how many cigarettes you smoke each day. Start off by smoking only half of one cigarette then put it out. Smoke the second half at least an hour later. Pretty soon your craving for a full cigarette retreats. And, one pack will last twice as long (good as the prices have gone up).
What this means is that your desire to smoke will lessen each day. I've tried to quit this way and it worked. So please consider this method also and you will be a non-smoker very soon.
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Wednesday, July 22nd 2009
Different Techniques To Quit Smoking!
This article aims to expose different quit smoking resources which can help you to eradicate your smoking habit. Many people try different methods, some get favorable results while some take up the habit again due to inability of methods to give them strength to fight against withdrawal symptoms. Undoubtedly the nature of nicotine is addictive which creates problem for the smoker during quitting. The craving for nicotine starts in the human body which becomes the prime cause of taking up the habit again.
There are several quit smoking systems available in the market but the effectiveness of any system depends upon its ingredients and the individual as each human being is different from other. Let's discuss some of the techniques present to quit smoking:
• Acupuncture- Acupuncture is one of the methods employed by people to quit smoking. This method helps to combat the side effects confronted by the human being after quitting process. This method is useful but many people have to undergo several sessions to make this effective, due to which hefty cost is involved which cannot be afforded by all people. This method can be helpful to few individuals.
• Hypnosis- This technique has also produced mixed feedbacks from people across the world. Some people have reported that they have to incur $60 for one hour session which is an average one. Therefore this treatment proves to be an expensive one. Also with this method long term results are hard to achieve and people start to take up the smoking habit again.
• Going Cold turkey- people who stop smoking without lowering the quantity of cigarettes refers to cold turkey. In this method the results depends upon the mental power of the person. Some of the side effects of cold turkey include headaches, anxiety attacks, sweats, sadness, mild depression and others.
• Quit smoking programs- Quit smoking programs are gaining popularity with every increasing day. These programs understand the affect of withdrawal symptoms on your body and give immense power to you to fight against them. One such good quit smoking program is cig-arette. This is one of the herbal programs available in the market which does not test the patience of the smoker and give favorable results within the week.
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Wednesday, July 22nd 2009
The 5 Keys to Quit Smoking
Studies have shown that you have the best chances to quit smoking
for good if you use these five steps together.
1 - Get ready;
2 - Get Support;
3 - Learn new skills and behaviors;
4 - Get medication and use it correctly;
5 - Be prepared for relapse or difficult situations.
1. Get Ready: Set a quit date. Change your environments; get rid of all cigarettes and ashtrays in your home, car, and place of work....and, DON'T let people smoke in your home. Review your past attempts to quit. Think about what worked and what did not. Once you quit, don't smoke - Not even a PUFF!
2. Get Support and Encouragement: Studies have shown that you have a better chance of being successful if you have help. You can get support in many ways; tell your friends, co-workers and your family that you have quit smoking and want their support. Ask them not to smoke around you or leave cigarettes out. Talk to your health care provider (for example: doctor, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, psychologist, or smoking counselor). Get individual, group, or telephone counseling. The more counseling you have, the better your chances are of quitting. Programs are given at local hospitals and health centers. Call your local health department for information about programs in your area.
3. Learn New Skills and Behaviors: Try to distract yourself from urges to smoke. Talk to someone, go for a walk, or get busy with a task. When you first try to quit, change your routine; use a different route to work, drink tea instead of coffee, eat breakfast in a different place. Do something to reduce your stress; take a hot bath, exercise, or read a book. Plan something enjoyable to do every day. Drink a lot of water. Study educational information that will teach you why you smoke and the ways that will help you quit.
4. Get Medication and Use It Correctly: Medication can lessen the urge to smoke and help you to stop smoking. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as of January 2006, has approved five medications to help you quit smoking:
- Bupropion SR: available by prescription - Nicotine gum: available over-the-counter - Nicotine inhaler: available by prescription - Nicotine nasal spray: available by prescription - Nicotine patch: available by prescription and over-the-counter There is also all-natural nicotine replacement (herps - not medicine).
Ask your health care provider for advice and carefully read the information on the package. All of these will more or less double your chances of quitting and quitting for good. The use of medication is something that everyone who is trying to quit may benefit from. If you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, nursing, under age 18, smoking fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, or have a medical condition, talk to your doctor or other health care provider before taking medications. It is always best to consult with a health care professional under any circumstances.
5. Be Prepared For Relapse or Difficult Situations: Most relapses occur within the first 3 months after quitting. Don't be discouraged if you start smoking again. Remember, most people try several times before they finally quit. Here are some difficult situations to watch for:
- Alcohol. Avoid drinking alcohol. Drinking lowers your chances of success.
- Other Smokers. Being around smoking can make you want to smoke.
- Weight Gain. Many smokers will gain weight when they quit, usually less than 10 pounds. Eat a healthy diet and stay active. Don't let weight gain distract you from your main goal; quitting smoking. Some quit-smoking medications may help delay weight gain.
- Bad Mood or Depression. There are a lot of ways to improve your mood other than smoking. If you are having problems with any of these situations, talk to your doctor or other health care provider.
Questions To Think About: Think about the following questions. Talking to your health care provider about your answers is something you may want to do.
Why do you want to quit? When you tried to quit in the past, what helped and what didn't? What will be the most difficult situations for you after you quit? How will you plan to handle them? Who can help you through the tough times? Your family? Friends? Health care provider? What pleasures do you get from smoking? What ways can you still get pleasure if you quit?
You CAN Quit!
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Tuesday, October 21st 2008
10 Ways To Quit Smoking
A path in the write direction - Some helpful ways to quit smoking
With so much time and effort put into creating campaigns to help Americans quit smoking the progression has not resulted quite well. Studies have found that 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women still smoke. Leading some to believe that helping Americans in ways to quit smoking are in need of a more aggressive approach.
Kicking the habit for good is what troubles and stands in the way of quitting. Long term goals become short term results, ending smokers back to square one. So why do millions still continue to smoke? The obvious answer to that is the nicotine that all smokers are addicted to but it is the feeling in return that provides smokers the psychological comfort that comes with the many feelings of related stress.
With so many tools, programs and systems many have at their disposal considering quitting smoking is solely based on when you are ready. Try consulting with an expert or your doctor. But if you have started today, or at this moment these 10 ways to quit smoking will be a direction to the path of quitting smoking.
10 ways to quit smoking
1.) Consider counseling: Smoking is an addiction and any addiction is powerful many times over. Counseling will provide support and can increase your will power. You need to attend one on one counseling sessions, group meeting of experts and people that are like minded and that are there for the same reason.
2.) Try deep breathing techniques: Some find this one of the most powerful techniques. Every time you feel the need to smoke try the following three times.
Take in the deepest amount of air you can, simply exhale and release the air very slowly. Visualization is the key. You must picture your body leaving its tension as its being released through your energy and body. Follow through 3 times.
3.) Start to exercise: Get up and go to the gym. Changing your routine can help you jump of the same routine you were in. Consider jogging and/or walking.
4.) Writing it down: You want to take a page, split a line through it and write down good things about not smoking. Sit for a few minutes and notice how you feel. Write what you have accomplished.
5.) Try to stay away from smokers or have anyone close to you stop smoking around you. You want to be able to kick the habit and associating yourself in a smoking environment will only draw you back to square one. This is vital.
6.) Drinking plenty of water: Flush your system of the nicotine. Flushing out the toxins in your body and keeping yourself well hydrated will help fight cravings and also will make you feel better.
7.) Eating smart: Consider changing your eating habits. Kick the saturated fats, processed foods, and junk. You can find foods that actually do exist out there that are the exact same and taste just as good but healthier. Look for them!
8.) Sleep: When quitting smoking your sleeping habits can be erratic, you might not pull a good night of sleep. Try getting in 8 hours of sleep every night. Do not eat 4-5 hours prior to bed time. If needed in the day take some power naps to help keep you focused.
9.) Smokers usually have certain times in a day that that they smoke. It is a natural routine of smoking. You want to try replacing those particular parts of the day with a piece of gum or hard candy.
10.) Re-direct thinking: If you find yourself thinking of smoking or have cravings, it is your mind that is thinking of such things. When this happens, you have to try picking a topic or something you need to do tomorrow, errands to run, just pick something and brainstorm it in your head, think about it, re-direct your thought into another branch of thoughts from your initial one. Doing this occupies your mind. Do not come full circle back to your thought of smoking. This can take some control and time but it is not hard. It is your mind. Control it and direct it.
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How To Quit Smoking - A Critical Review Of The Many Different Ways To Quit Smoking
Thousands of people every day search online and ask "how to quit smoking". There are so many different ways that the mind can boggle and smokers don't know where to start. Which method is the best?
The Patch
A smoker can immediately quit smoking and switch to the patch. The idea is that you cut down your nicotine dose over 12 weeks.
Ask yourself, is this really any better than simply cutting down on cigarettes? It isn't. The success rate is only 7% after six months.
The Pill
There are 2 pills on the market now. Both work by cutting out the cravings temporarily. Both have bad side effects. One has less side effects but is less effective. Most people can quit within a week of starting treatment but most will begin smoking again within weeks or months.
Sadly, this is not a miracle cure as some people believe. It can help people with phobias but an addiction is another matter entirely.
A study by the Cochrane Collaboration concluded that "we have not shown that hypnotherapy has a greater effect on six month quit rates than other interventions or no treatment."
stop smoking Laser
If you wonder how to quit smoking then don't waste money on the laser. It is simply acupuncture but dressed up to look more acceptable to consumers.
Also, if you visit a laser clinic you'll find that nobody is medically qualified. The laser is simply a sham and several studies have shown this.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
The above methods fail because they only temporarily relieve the symptoms, the cravings. None will actually cure the root cause - they can help with the initial quit but in the long term around 90% will start smoking again.
CBT works differently. This clinically proven therapy has been used for decades to cure people with phobias (e.g. fear of flying). By truly understanding their fears, they can overcome them and think like a normal person again.
CBT works in the same way for cigarette addiction. After CBT, in your head you become like a non-smoker. You never have any cravings again and never miss your cigarettes. You truly become a non-smoker again and this is proven in success rates of over 80% in the long term.
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Effective Ways To Quit Smoking
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Every former smoker can tell you just how hard it is to stop smoking cigarettes. However, there are a range of stop smoking commodities that can assist you on your transition to a smoke-free lifestyle. Though there is no cure for smoking, there are a variety of smoking free videos, quit smoking aid groups and prescription and natural stop smoking aids that will make your endeavour to quit smoking cigarettes much easier for you.
Quit Smoking Tips
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao-tzu, Tao-te Ching
You may feel like you will never possess enough commitment power to quit smoking cigarettes. However, trying to stop smoking is just like all things else in the world. It takes practice. Very few individuals stop for good on the principal try. Each time you try to stop, it will get a little easier, especially if you are knowledgeable of some of the best ways to quit smoking.
These days, there are a variety of goods on the market that can assist you to stop smoking cigarettes. There are laser smoking restraint treatments, acupuncture cessation smoking methods, and even a smoking cessation shot. You can also see your physician to obtain a stop smoking antidepressant. These medicines help to relieve stress and to also cut down on your cravings, serving you to stop smoking faster and more permanently.
A person with some doubt but taking action is better than one with no doubt taking no action. Michael E. Angier
If you are interested in nicotine interchange methods to help stop smoking cigarettes, you might consider purchasing the patch or nicotine gum. The patch is just a patch that you apply everyday that delivers a stable amount of nicotine into your system. Rather than dealing with nicotine withdrawal symptoms such as irritation or hunger, the patch allows you to gradually wean yourself off of the drug by gradually reducing the amount of nicotine every week or so. The patch has proven to be one of the best ways to quit smoking.
Nicotine gum is another method that can help you to stop smoking cigarettes. Nicotine gum works greatly like the patch, except that you can control the amount of nicotine you are receiving. Every time you have a cigarette hunger, you can reach out for a new chunk of gum rather than a cigarette. If you strictly follow the directions that go along with these nicotine gum stop smoking products, you will discover that your cravings are drastically reduced. Rather than spending your entire day fighting your cigarette cravings, you can feel a bit more normal while you are trying to stop smoking.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. Anthony Robbins
No matter what stop smoking methods you use to stop smoking cigarettes, you can rest assured that it is worth it. You will have much more energy once you boot the routine, and you will also save a lot of cash. All of these benefits pale in comparison, however, to the fitness benefits you will giving yourself and the people around you.
I hope you have gotten some good quit smoking advice from this article and that you are able to use them.
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3 Ways to Quit Smoking Effectively
There are various ways to quit smoking or stop smoking tips that are available for a smoker to consider and choose from. Some ways quit smoking appear strange and simple but it has been proven effective by those who tried. Some are very elaborate and it also worked for some others who tried it.
It is entirely up to an individual smoker to look at the various options and decide on which one suits him or her best. What is important is that it can help the smoker to quit smoking.
Rubber Band Method
Mrs Janet MacAinsh of Howell Michigan managed to break her 26 years of a-pack-a-day smoking habit with the help of a rubber band. The rubber band is placed loosely around the wrist (to prevent blocked blood flow). Whenever she had the urge for a smoke, she just snapped the rubber band against her skin.
According to preliminary research done at the University of Oregon, the approach did help some people to quit smoking.
Changing Brand
Alias was able to keep his cigarette smoking in check by regularly changing his brand. The idea is to ensure that we will not get used to the same brand. Regular changing of brands can help us reduce the smoking habit as it will take some time for a smoker to get used to the different tobacco blends.
I have tried this method but after taking a more radical measure by switching to cheaper brands, I gave up after a while for two reasons. First, I started enjoying the tastes of these brands and second, I felt the 'cheaper' brands might convey the wrong message to my business contacts.
Stop Smoking Herbs
There are a variety of different companies that sell stop smoking herbs for the specific purpose of helping people quit smoking. Recommended as one of the best ways to quit smoking on the market today, you can purchase these herbal cigarettes in a variety of different flavors.
They are made with different herbs that have different effects on the bodies of those who are trying to quit smoking. For instance, you can purchase calming herbs that help you deal with the stress of quitting, or you can purchase herbs that help with your irritability, depression or moodiness. If you are planning to try one of these quit smoking products, you should sample a variety of different herbs in order to find the one that works best for your needs.
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Best Natural Ways to Stop Smoking
There's an endless line of products out there to help someone stop smoking. Drugs and chemical products line the drug store shelves, which is a testament to the popularity of quick and easy supplements. These products may be compelling, but what smokers sometimes miss out are natural ways of quitting smoking.
Here are some of the popular natural methods that one can take to combat the addiction.
Herbal Methods
St. John's Wort is an herbal supplement that is an anti-depressant. However, the medical community is finding that this herb can do more than help depression. In fact, recent preliminary studies suggest that the herb can aide smokers in lessening cravings. This alternative treatment is getting fast attention for those who want to stop smoking.
St. John's Wort works by increasing levels of dopamine in the brain—you can see why this is helpful for someone in depression. But smokers also lose dopamine levels after they quit. In fact, the loss may increase craving and even depression. This treatment will work effectively right when someone quits smoking.
With St. John's Wort, the former smoker can now find a way to naturally combat the cravings in pill or powder form.
One of the problems of smoking cessation programs is that they often don't deal with the addiction problem. Some programs focus on providing you with a replacement to the effects of nicotine, such as the nicotine patch. It's no wonder that some smokers don't find a way to psychologically eliminate their cravings.
Hypnotherapy provides a psychological approach to combat smoking addictions. The process centers on suggesting the subconscious mind to not submit to nicotine addiction. By relaxing the hypnotherapy patient to an alternate state, the therapist has a gateway to instill a message to stay away from cigarettes and avoid any psychological dependencies. Most commonly, the hypnotherapy patient relaxes on a comfortable chair or sofa so that he or she could relax the mind. Sometimes music is added to help the patient to fall deeper to the subconscious mind.
Cold Turkey
"Cold Turkey" is possibly the most well known natural way of quitting smoking. The procedure is quite straightforward since it involves quitting without any aid or help from other products. If you have a strong will power, cold turkey can be a good way to naturally stop the addiction.
Unfortunately, this method may be the toughest since there's no gradual reduction in smoking, just an abrupt cessation of smoking. Smokers are challenged to resist without any help from drugs or psychological means. By doing so, there are ways to avert your cravings and withdrawal effects. Drinking plenty of water helps your body to release some harmful smoking remnants. In the first few days the withdrawals are the worst primarily due to toxins remaining in the system. It's best to use every method available to combat the harsh effects of the first few days.
When one get cravings, a person can find substitutes to smoking such as drinking juice, or averting your attention to something else. Sometimes being extremely busy might make it impossible to find the time to smoke. These applications will all depend on one's will to stop smoking.
There are many more natural methods to stop smoking. These three mentioned are the most popular natural practices to cease the smoking habit. Natural ways to help someone to stop smoking may not be for everyone. But these methods give smokers more options to find ways to quit smoking.
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Buying Ballet Shoes - A Quick Guide
If you're just about to start ballet classes then you'll need to buy a pair of ballet shoes. With so many choices, it can be difficult to know which ones to choose. The best place to start is to ask your dance teacher who may be able to provide you with some guidance. If they don't recommend a particular pair, this quick guide is a good place to start!
If you're attending a beginner class you'll need soft ballet shoes. These are available in leather, canvas or satin. Though leather is slightly more expensive than other fabrics, it's often preferred by ballet dancers due to the fact that it is harder wearing.
Once you've chosen your fabric, you then need to consider the type of sole – one of the most important aspects of your ballet shoes. You need to ensure that your shoes have a flexible sole as this will help learning to ballet dance much easier and more enjoyable. There are two types of sole on offer – split sole and full sole. Full sole shoes are generally used by beginners as they offer more support than those with a split sole
Ballet shoes are available in any good specialist dance shop. Here, you will be able to obtain a great deal of advice about which ones to choose as well as information about any other dance gear you need. Specialist dance shops also stock a wide range of other dancewear such as dance leotards, jazz shoes, ballet socks and much more so you can get yourself kitted out in one place.
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The Vandenreich have left the 13 Court Guard with little hope for a victory, but Urahara may just have something to tip the scales back a bit.
The Good
The action of this chapter was good, but I can't resist this feeling of malaise. I think it comes from a sense that the progression we've witnessed is so incremental. I don't mean to sound as if I'm beating up on this chapter, or that I didn't enjoy the events. If you've been missing action in BLEACH, this has plenty. Perhaps I'm just a touch cranky due to the lack of Soi Fon.
Toshiro proves himself to be a very competent combatant in this skirmish against Bazz-B. Fighting shouldn't be about who brings the biggest gun to the battle. It's about knowing how to use the weapons at hand. Fight smart, not hard. That would be a great lesson for the shōnen audience.
The Bad
This edition has me a bit concerned for the pacing of this finale. Is this going to become the template for all the battles that follow? Are we just set to watch each of the Captains fight till they're nearly dead? Only to see them pull out a victory from the blue.
Jugram makes a valid point that Nanao should have taught more Soul Reapers to use her barrier technique, but that level of criticisms is a bit unwarranted given the Vandenreich's apparent strategy. Seems they came into this war with the rule that any captain who's lost their bankai can only be finished off by the Quincy who stole their power. That level of hubris will only come back to bite you in the rear.
Verdict 4/5
I can understand a reader enjoying this chapter without reservation, and that would be completely valid. Being a person who writes reviews for this series, I to have to approach it with a certain critical eye. I'm still completely open to where Kubo is taking this arc, and I refuse to behave as some internet-troll, who turns a blind eye to any potential. This action is well thought out. I could only wish for a slightly faster pace.
My heart goes out to all those Hitsugaya fan-girls, but try not to worry too much. Much like how I still have faith for Soi Fon's return, he's surely going to have his revival. We have a hint for that in this closing scene. I can't say I'm surprised with Urahara's discovery. I'm just surprised it's come so soon.
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We're waiting for gnarly photos of Kia windsurfing in a thong bikini.
Mom & Dad
Hiding Out
We spent an evening with one of Kia's high school classmates, Preston, on his newly purchased farm about 40km north of Punta del Este. Preston was escaping from nothing more dramatic than the routine of city life. In just three months, he has amassed a collection of pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, turkeys, dogs and a single cat.
Like a happy child with a new toy, Preston seems quite amused with the fertility of the various members of his menagerie. It seems that each animal is pregnant, nursing a new litter or just a few months from beginning to breed. (Preston and his girlfriend have even gotten into the act and are expecting next fall.) Kia and I left early in the morning in case this was contagious.
Seriously, Preston has developed a very nice little operation, but he asked us to mention that visitors are most welcome. If you are in the area, he is a great host and would appreciate the company.
Yesterday, we crossed the border into Brazil and stepped into a different world. The first problem we encountered is that Portuguese sounds nothing like Spanish. We can generally parse out the meaning of written words, but when we are listening, it might as well be Mandarin. Not that many Brazilians speak English. (I am not sure if they study Spanish or just are just reveling in their secret little language that nobody else can speak.) We are back to a combination of charades and pointing to what we want while emitting a grunt. As those of you with a two-year old are aware, the latter method is a surprisingly effective way to get what you need.
The traffic is a little heavier, the towns a bit more urban, the outfits a bit skimpier, the skin tones more varied and the vibe is a lot more developing nation. The temperature is also much hotter. We hit triple digits in the jeep today and are both a bit wiped this afternoon. Tomorrow, we get a dawn start to beat the heat.
This afternoon we are holed up in the mountain (maybe 3000 feet, but, hey, Brazil is not known for mountains) town of Gramado. The place was settled by Swiss and southern Germans who have decided to create a faux Tyrolean town complete with 25 different places to get fondue.
Tomorrow we head for the beach. Watch this space for pictures of Kia in her new Brazilian thong bikini.
Wow Kia in a dental floss bikini!
Okay, so I'm joking but you certainly look skinny enough to sport one should you dare! Looks like both of you are losing weight due to the constant travel! Hmmm, maybe I need to quit my job and travel! ;-) Enjoy the beach, we're still jealous.
Saved by the rain!
Gee, thanks for the compliment Tanya. But, for the majority of you who feared I might actually don a teeny brazillin bikini (called fio dentals here, or dental floss), there is NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. We just arrived at the small beach town, and IT IS RAINING. So we are hiding ourselves, from the rain, in an internet cafe. Darn though, I was hoping to try windsurfing here. Oh well.
Cheers, Kia
Gramado is a great place
Brad and Kia,
Gramado was the location of the international adventure race I did in the fall. Great little mountain town with the fatastic canyons just to the west. Hope you enjoyed as much as I did.
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'Yesterday, we crossed the border into Brazil and stepped into a different world. The first problem we encountered is that Portuguese sounds nothing like Spanish. We can generally parse out the meaning of written words, but when we are listening, it might as well be Mandarin. Not that many Brazilians speak English. (I am not sure if they study Spanish or just are just reveling in their secret little language that nobody else can speak.)'
- Portuguese DO sound a lot like Spanish. They are both latin languages of the same region (Iberian Peninsula). Ask another latin languages natives (italian or french);
- I am sure that much more brazilians are able to speak English than americans (or britsh) are able to speak any other language than their own;
- NO, Portuguese is not a secret little language that nobody else can speak. Today it is one of the world's major languages, ranked 6th according to number of native speakers (between 191 and 230 million). Portuguese is the official language of Angola, Brazil (190.6 million), Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal (10.6 million), São Tomé and Príncipe and Mozambique.It is also one of the official languages of the special administrative region of Macau (with Chinese) and East Timor, (with Tetum).
Re: About Portuguese
Will -
I apologize if you found my comments on Portuguese to be offensive. I had two observations. First, in Brazil at least, pronunciation is quite different than that of Spanish. We had a very hard time understanding spoken Portuguese but our limited Spanish gave us a head start for written Portuguese. Second, it seemed that far fewer Brazilians spoke English than citizens of most other latin american countries.
Let me know if you disagree with either of these observations. (I am well aware that both Spanish and Portuguese have similar origins and I understand the geography of the Iberian peninsula.)
My opinion is that English has become the de facto standard second language of the planet. When a Chinese businessman meets with his Brazilian counterpart, what language do you think they are likely speaking? How about a Japanese native meeting with a Argentine? A Dutchman and a Frenchman? If you were a Brazilian, what second language would you want your child to learn? What would provide the best head start for business, diplomacy, the arts or even tourism?
I believe Brazil is making a mistake by not including more emphasis on learning English in their schools.
I stand by my comment that Portuguese is not spoken much outside of Brazil nor is it a major langueage of international commerce, the arts or diplomacy.
Your thoughts?
I am uruguayan, I speak spanish and I find the brazilian portuguese very difficult to understand.
It is not exactly portuguese, but a brazilian dialect of the portuguese
However, most brazilians easily understand spoken spanish
I mostly understand the written portuguese,and sometimes the true portuguese spoken in Portugal, But the brazilian dialect is difficult,they speak very fast and with regional modisms
there is also a frontier dialect called PORTUÑOL that is like a mix of portugues and esapañol , something like the SPANGLISH
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Six Best Parties on South Beach This Week
Do the techno robot with Carl Craig.
How's that epic summer checklist of yours doing? Have you had that midnight bonfire somewhere off in the Everglades, conquered sky diving, or gotten in touch with your Southern roots and given cow tipping a shot yet?
Likely not. Although there's still time to scratch these quintessential summer activities off your list, here's one you can actually accomplish: pull a SoBe all-nighter and make it to work on time the next day.
Here are the six best South Beach parties going down this week, should you choose to accept the challenge.
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Luciano. Friday, July 26, 11 p.m., LIV, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; 305-674-4680; livnightclub.com. Tickets cost $75-$125 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. It isn't just Luciano's uhntz-uhntz that makes the crowd throw their fists in the air and pump 'em like they just don't care -- his charisma and energy alone get the people going.
Carl Craig. With Agoria, Ms. Mada, and ThunderPony. Friday, July 26, 11 p.m., Treehouse, 323 23rd St., Miami Beach; 305-614-4478; treehousemiami.com. Tickets cost $10-$15 plus fees via wantickets.com. Ages 21 and up. Techno was born in Detroit almost 30 years ago. And from the birthplace of the major electro movement that took the world by storm, reigns Grammy-nominated DJ Carl Craig. The EDM master incorporates elements of electronic jazz and soul into his music to create an intellectually electronic masterpiece. "Techno is music that uses imagination to develop the fantasy of what the future can be," says Craig. In that case, dive into the future, techno junkies.
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Kuala Terengganu
Travel Guide
The capital of the same-named state, for most Kuala Terengganu is just a hub town as they travel between the island access points at Merang to the north and Marang to the south (for Pulau Redang and Pulau Kapas respectively). If you have time up your sleeve, however, Kuala Terennganu is worth at the very least an overnight stay or for some far longer.
Kuala Terengganu saw a burst of development thanks to oil revenue piling in, and while the couple of towering hotels overlooking the ocean from Jalan Sultan Zainal Abidan may convey an image of industriousness and modernity, at its heart Kuala Terengganu remains a small and decidedly conservative Malaysian town.
Sitting at the mouth of the Terengganu River, where it empties out into the South China Sea, traditional Kuala Terengganu has a small fishing fleet (though the traditional boat building has largely died out) and not surprisingly the seafood here is excellent, especially from the city's good supply of Chinese restaurants. It is also known for handicrafts, and is home to a much underrated National Museum.
We liked Kuala Terengganu as a nice place to hang out. A few days spent on Pulau Duyong watching the river slide by from one of the cheap shacks at Awi's Yellow House then another day or so eating your way around town with a little light sightseeing (don't overdo it) worked for us.
While Merang to the north is the main gateway to Pulau Redang, there is a boat which departs from just to the north of the Central Market in Kuala Terengganu to the main village on the island which departs daily -- year-round. Despite what you may have heard, the village on Redang operates year-round and you may be able to arrange homestay-style accommodation in the village in off-season. You will need to arrange a boat from the village to any of the other beaches and this may be a bit pricey.
ATMs are located in the centre of town near the bus station.
There are two tourist offices: one near the base of Bukit Puteri and a second on Jalan Kampung Daik near the Citipoint Hotel.
Internet cafes are few and far between but there is a good 3G signal from Digi.
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Coconino County residents are preparing for more rain after a flash flood on Tuesday tore through the Timberline, Doney Park and Wupatki communities, prompting Gov. Jan Brewer to sign a declaration of emergency.
The area has been pummeled with rain, bringing with it mud and debris from the 15,000-acres charred by the Schultz fire last month.
Doney Park resident Cheryl Lee says a lot of homes are "pretty devestated."
In an attempt to help residents trying to protect their homes and property from more water damage, Summit Fire Station is offering wattles, wire-wrapped barrels of hay equal to approximately 10 sandbags.
Community volunteers are also helping with several sandbag stations set up along Highway 89.
Coconino County officials are holding a community meeting Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Sinagua High School.
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