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Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
A manifesto for kids and parents alike to reclaim childhood.
Outwitting Squirrels
From spooker poles and Perrier bottles to water bombs and cayenne pepper, Bill Adler, Jr., has tried every conceivable method to rid his backyard of these fluffy gluttonous rodents.
The Urban Homestead
This celebrated, essential handbook shows how to grow and preserve your own food, clean your house without toxins, raise chickens, gain energy independence, and more.
Made by Hand
"This is a must-read book. Mark has lovingly and candidly documented the complex, myriad, intangible and often very tangible rewards of grabbing the world with both of your hands, and learning how it works." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters
The Windup Girl
This complex, literate and intensely felt tale, which recalls both William Gibson and Ian McDonald at their very best, will garner Bacigalupi significant critical attention and is clearly one of the finest science fiction novels of the year.
"One of the most brilliant reimaginings of the near future since cyberpunk wore out its mirror shades" - Publisher's Weekly.
Bitter Seeds
Debut novelist Tregillis breathes new life into alternate military history with this fun take on WWII. In this version of 1939 Germany, the insane Dr. von Westarp has given WWI orphans superpowers, such as fire-starting, intangibility, and invisibility
Zero History
Another smartly scouted roadmap of alternate routes through today's global culture, applauded the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and the other critics agreed.
When Gravity Fails
"You people are cheating yourselves if you don't forego food and rent to pick up on Effinger's work." - Harlan Ellison
The Kobold Wizard's Dildo
An absurd comedy about a group of adventurers (elf, halfling, bard, dwarf, assassin, thief) going through an existential crisis after having discovered that they are really just pre-rolled characters living inside of a classic AD&D role playing game.
It isn't easy to get a group of bestselling SF authors to write new stories for an anthology, but that's what Elizabeth Anne Hull has done in this powerhouse book.
Machine of Death
"It just spat out a sliver of paper upon which were printed, in careful block letters, the words DROWNED or CANCER or OLD AGE or CHOKED ON A HANDFUL OF POPCORN. It let people know how they were going to die."
Kill the Dead
James Stark, antihero of 2009's Sandman Slim, returns in this gritty, over-the-top tale of supernatural mayhem.
Zoo City
Zoo City is a fabulous outing from an extremely promising writer... [it] has so much fabulous wordplay, imaginative settings and scenarios, and such a dark and cynical heart that I was totally riveted by it. - Cory
Predictably Irrational
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely explores the hidden forces that shape our decisions, including some of the causes responsible for the current economic crisis.
The Big Short
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog
What do dog treats and chasing squirrels have to do with quantum mechanics? Much more than you might imagine, as Orzel explains in this fun introduction to modern physics based on a series of conversations with his dog Emmy.
If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be OK
Zibners, an emergency room pediatrician who divides her time between London and New York, claims that about 75% of all nighttime Emergency Department visits are unnecessary.
Honey I Wrecked the Kids
More life-saving parenting advice from the bestselling author of Breaking the Good Mom Myth
Proving that truth can indeed be stranger than fiction, Fordlandia is the story of Henry Ford's ill-advised attempt to transform raw Brazilian rainforest into homespun slices of Americana.
Cognitive Surplus
For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential
Upside of Irrationality
After a youthful accident left him badly scarred and facing grueling physical therapy, Ariely's treatment required him to accept temporary pain for long-term benefit--a trade-off so antithetical to normal human behavior that it sparked the author's fascination with why we consistently fail to act in our own best interest.
Robert A Heinlein, In Dialog With His Century
Given his desire for privacy in the later decades of his life, he was both stranger and more interesting than one could ever have known. This is the first of two volumes of a major American biography.
Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python
Each chapter gives you the complete source code for a new game and teaches the programming concepts from these examples. "Invent with Python" was written to be understandable by kids as young as 10 to 12 years old, although it is great for anyone of any age who has never programmed before.
Bad Science
Bad Science is more than just a debunking expose (though its that): it's a toolkit for critical thinking, a primer on statistics and valid study design, a guide to meta-analysis and other tools for uncovering and understanding truth - Cory
Indie Band Survival Guide
In this indispensable guide for indie musicians, Chertkow and Feehan, lead members of the Chicago band Beatnik Turtle, explain how they have managed successfully to get their music out to the public.
Where Good Ideas Come From
Johnson--writer, Web guru, and bestselling author of Everything Bad Is Good for You--delivers a sweeping look at innovation spanning nearly the whole of human history. What sparks our great ideas?
What Technology Wants
Verbalizing visceral feelings about technology, whether attraction or repulsion, Kelly explores the "technium," his term for the globalized, interconnected stage of technological development.
The Master Switch
The great information empires of the 20th century have followed a clear and distinctive pattern: after the chaos that follows a major technological innovation, a corporate power intervenes and centralizes control of the new medium--the master switch.
2600, Kindle Edition:
The world's foremost journal on computer hacking and technological manipulation and control.
"An excellent book for anyone wondering what the hell is going on. Triple A, as the credit rating agencies might say." - Irish Times
The Peoples' Manifesto
A funny and inspiring alternative election manifesto
Confessions of a Conjuror
Secret London
An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew London well, or who would like to discover the city's hidden face.
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
A madcap band of dancing, prancing monekys explain hands, fingers, and thumbsto beginning readers. Full color.
Looking at Paintings
This unique introduction to the techniques and history of painting takes the young reader through more than 15,000 years of art, from cave paintings to Picasso.
Animals at Play
"Read this book, share it with the children in your life, and incorporate its lessons into your classroom, family room or Board room." - Jane Goodall
For the Win
"It's hard to imagine any other author taking on youth and technology with such passion, intelligence, and understanding." - Booklist
Adventures of the Cat-Whiskered Girl
This spin-off of The Yggyssey (2009) features Big Audrey, a 14-year-old girl who, as the titles suggests, uncannily resembles a cat. This is only the start of Audrey's peculiarities, and although she is from another dimensional plane, she resides in Poughkeepsie with a couple who owns a UFO bookstore.
Beautiful Yetta, the Yiddish Chicken
With wry humor, this multilingual picture book tells the story of a brave chicken, Yetta.
Even Monsters Need Haircuts
Just before midnight, on the night of a full moon, a young barber stays out past his bedtime to go to work. Although his customers are mostly regulars, they are anything but normal--after all, even monsters need haircuts.
"A sweet, slender little pop-up book that illustrates the growth of a town from a single farmhouse to a thriving city in a series of stylized scenes that build, one upon the next, through a window cut out of the center of the page, so that each development literally overlays the ones beneath." - Cory
I Shall Wear Midnight
Chilling drama combines with laughout-loud humor and searing insight as beloved and bestselling author Terry Pratchett tells the high-stakes story of a young witch who stands in the gap between good and evil.
Deryn is a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and Alek is the heir to an empire posing as a commoner. Finally together aboard the airship Leviathan, they hope to bring the war to a halt. But when disaster strikes the Leviathan's peacekeeping mission, they find themselves alone and hunted in enemy territory.
Unwritten Vol 1
A taut thriller that slyly plays off the real-world mania for imaginary ones like that of Harry Potter, Carey's new series undercuts the mythology of such all-pervasive media-hyped creations while at the same time hinting at a brilliantly imagined one of its own.
Private investigator John Blacksad is up to his feline ears in mystery, digging into the backstories behind murders, child abductions, and nuclear secrets.
Captain Long Ears
Michael is no ordinary eight-year-old boy in a bunny suit. He is Captain Long Ears, Space Ninja, on a mission with his best friend (an imaginary purple gorilla named Jam) to locate the missing Captain Big Nose.
Sword of My Mouth
"If you love tales of the apocalypse but want something smarter and more character- driven...you must read this comic." -- Annalee Newitz, io9
Sweet Tooth
The latest entry in the postapocalyptic survivalist fantasy stakes has a peculiar sentimental streak in it. Gus, an almost parodically naïve young boy with antlers sprouting from his forehead and a taste for chocolate, is one of the few children born after some kind of manmade catastrophe.
To Teach: The Journey in Comics
"Yes, that William Ayers." - Cory
Koko Be Good
When readers dive into Wang's first graphic novel, they may at first believe they have another slacker coming-of-age story on their hands.
Scary Godmother
It's Halloween night and it's up to Scary Godmother to show one little girl just how much fun spooky can be! Meet Hannah Marie, who, with the help of Scary Godmother, stands up to her mean-spirited cousin Jimmy and her fear of monsters on her first Halloween adventure with the big kids.
The Snow Yak Show
"Some of my favorite Ryden paintings ever." -- David
Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool
Created in partnership with Asia Society Museum in conjunction with a major retrospective, this is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of art superstar Yoshitomo Nara.
Star Trek: The Original Series 365
The definitive, authorized guide to Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry's groundbreaking television program that first aired from 1966 through 1969 and went on to become a cultural phenomenon.
True Crime: An American Anthology
"50 stories that say just as much about America as they do about murder."
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
"With her wry humor and inextinguishable curiosity, Mary Roach has crafted her own quirky niche in the somewhat staid world of science writing, showing no fear (or shame) in the face of cadavers, ectoplasm, or sex."
Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times
These accounts often share definite physical features- such as the heat felt and described by witnesses-that have not changed much over the centuries. Indeed, such similarities between ancient and modern sightings are the rule rather than the exception.
Nomad Codes
H.P. Lovecraft, The Technofreak Legacy of Golden Goa; Tantric psychedelia, the Klingon language, UFO Epistemology, Peter Lamborn Wilson, and My Date with a Burmese Tranvestite Spirit Medium.
Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs
"Mirage Men turns the baffling world of UFOs and their investigators into a master key for decoding the twentieth century's dreams and nightmares." -- Mike Jay
The Red Book
C. G. Jung's Red Book (Liber Novus) is said to be the most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology.
The Night of the Gun
Carr, now a New York Times columnist, gives both the lowlights of his addiction (the fights, binges and arrests) as well as the painstaking reconstruction of his life.
Short: Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All
"Looking to dispel the popular myth that shorter people don't do as well in life, that they encounter far more difficulties, earn less money, and aren't as happy romantically as their taller counterparts, the author breaks down related studies and explains the real statistics behind the headlines and hype." - Jody Kopple, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential.
Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
Are you the innovative type, the cook who marches to a different drummer -- used to expressing your creativity instead of just following recipes? Are you interested in the science behind what happens to food while it's cooking?
Fuck You Heroes
'Friedman's always been crazy' -- Tony Alva
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Science is an edifice of tested assumptions, and just as physicists must assume the truth of gravity before moving on to quantum mechanics, so do biologists depend on the reality of evolution. It's the theory that makes every other theory possible."
MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
And the Moon came nearer...
Contemporary African Art Since 1980
The first major survey of the work of contemporary African artists from diverse situations, locations, and generations who work either in or outside of Africa, but whose practices engage and occupy the social and cultural complexities of the continent.
Black Tattoo Art
This amazing book is a photographic journey across the globe from Borneo to Belgium, Argentina to Athens, New York to New Zealand and beyond in search of avant-garde tattoo art that pays homage to the ancient roots of tattooing in their contemporary interpretations
Velo: Bicycle Culture and Design
"Who needs cars?" - Spiegel
Glamourpuss: The Enchanting World of Kitty Wigs
"Totally new levels of redonkulessness." --CuteOverload.com
Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design
Today's graphic designers, illustrators, and typographers are rediscovering old printing techniques and handcrafts.
Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet
This gripping espionage tale penetrates the network of international mobsters and hackers who use the Internet to extort money from businesses, steal from tens of millions of consumers and attack government networks.
What Technology Wants
"...consistently provocative and intriguing." - The Economist
Bicycle Diaries
Byrne's choice was made out of convenience rather than political motivation, but the more cities he saw from his bicycle, the more he became hooked on this mode of transport and the sense of liberation it provided.
Eating Animals
"If this book were packaged like a loaf of bread, its Nutrition Facts box would list high percentages of graphic descriptions of factory farm methods of animal breeding, mass confinement, and assembly-line slaughter" - Publisher's Weekly.
Eat To Live
"When Mehmet Oz or any of New York's leading doctors has a patient whose life depends on losing weight, they call on Joel Fuhrman.
The thrive diet is a long-term eating plan to help all athletes (professional or not) develop a lean body, sharp mind, and everlasting energy.
The Secret Life of Cows
"Remember that the greatest scientists have never discovered how to turn grass into milk." -- Michael Pupin
Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays!
"Likely the most spectacular book about comics ever" - LA Times.
Ninja Attack!: True Tales of Assassins, Samurai, and Outlaws
An entire generation has become fascinated with the stealth, ferocity and wisdom of the ninja--the epitome of the Japanese "tough guy."
Sinai Tapestry
A bizarre and wonderful historical fantasy; magic realism with a playful heart. Thomas Disch hated it!
Cleopatra: A Life
A story more exciting than the romantic myth..
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1
"The side-excursions are the life of our life-voyage, and should be, also, of its history." .
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
She's still alive, but for how long?
The leathery one has much to say.
Borges's stories are redolent with an intelligence, wealth of invention, and a tight, almost mathematically formal style that challenge with mysteries and paradoxes revealed only slowly after several readings.
America by Heart : Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag
And then there's this.
Written in Stone: Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature
Beginning with a recently discovered 47-million-year-old primate fossil, Switek effectively and eloquently demonstrates the exponential increase in fossils that have been found since Darwin first published On the Origin of Species.
Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA
Via several real-life firsthand accounts, public-health journalist McKenna lays bare, often all too graphically, the ravages of a disease with the potential to do grievous international harm because there is virtually no known treatment for it.
Brain Cuttings
The human brain has long been a mystery, but twenty-first century science is beginning to reveal some of its inner workings.
Potato Chip Science
"Holy potato chips! Batman. There's something about the crinkle of a bag of chips that is like a geek siren song." - ThinkGeek.com
The Matchbox That Ate a Forty-Ton Truck
Why can't a broken teacup reassemble itself? How do stars turn hydrogen into iron? This lively, nontechnical look at the physics behind the world around us is rich with entertaining anecdotes and examples of some pretty complex ideas.
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
Lynas has gathered global-warming information from an array of authoritative scientists: geologists, glaciologists, oceanographers, climate scientists, and paleoclimatologists, as well as "major scientific projections" from computer modelers.
Monkey with a Tool Belt
Chris Monroe's quirky hero and detailed illustrations will absorb readers in an entertaining adventure that shows there is an inventive way out of every problem--if you have the right tools.
The US Army War College Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg
This guide uses first-hand accounts to illustrate how this skirmish, only three days long, turned into one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
Fool on the Hill: A Novel
This exuberant first novel unfolds at Cornell University, the alma mater of its 22-year-old author, who has re-imagined his school as the center of a violent and funny modern-day fairy tale. Stephen Titus George is a young writer longing for true love and a great story to tell.
This supernatural suspense thriller crosses several genres--espionage, geopolitics, religion, fantasy. But like the chicken crossing the road, it takes quite a while to get to the other side. En route, Tim Powers covers a lot of territory: Turkey, Armenia, the Saudi Arabian desert, Beirut, London, Paris, Berlin, and Moscow.
Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Tufte coined "chartjunk" to refer to bad graphics that obscure information or are otherwise useless. This is the antidote.
The Princess Bride
"Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles."
History of the Peloponnesian War
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling the author's ambitious claim that the work "was done to last forever."
History of the Kings of Britain
Completed in 1136, "The History of the Kings of Britain" traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later
The Great Book of Amber -- Complete Chronicles
Roger Zelazny's books have three things in common: a flawed hero who sometimes fails, endlessly surprising plot twists, and a blend of lyricism, literary allusions, and sly puns that makes the pages fly.
The Negative
Handsomely illustrated with photographs by Adams as well as instructive line drawings, this classic manual can dramatically improve your photography.
How To Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People is just as useful today as it was when it was first published, because Dale Carnegie had an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated.
Machine of Death
MACHINE OF DEATH tells thirty-four different stories about people who know how they will die. Prepare to have your tears jerked, your spine tingled, your funny bone tickled, your mind blown, your pulse quickened, or your heart warmed.
Racing in the Rain
John Horsman is one of the fortunate few who can claim that their racing careers spanned the greatest decades in sports-car competition. His vivid personal account takes you to the world's greates circuits.
Damn you! I stared at that image for like 10 seconds before I realized that it wasn't a JPEG that was still loading.
Haha, same here!
@Cory: Thanks for that extensive shopping list and also the "description" on Derren Brown's book ;-)
Just finished Little Brother btw, very compelling and I love how you (and 2 fellow afterword writers Bunnie & Bruce) help the reader further by recommending other works. Thanks!
Me too!
Would it be too crass or pedestrian to recommend Terry Pratchett's entire body of work in one swell foop? That's been the main staple of my literary diet for the past year, and the only downside has been the difficulty of convincing my girlfriend that while Harry Potter is for kids, this is valuable social commentary.
Great list! But you should not judge the book "Predictably irrational" by it's cover, since it's the wrong one. Of course, I would have expected that.
I second the selection of Ian Tregillis' novel Bitter Seeds. Not only because it is a clever page turner, but also because Ian was a student of mine when he was a physics major at the University of Minnesora (who knew that physicists from the U of M writing about superheroes would become a thing?).
As his former professor, it is with great pride that I take full credit for Ian's success! Ian is not the first of my students who responded to the soul-crushing tedium of my lectures by retretaing to a rich fantasy world of the imagination, but he was the first to get a book deal from Tor and publish an exciting and rich novel. So, kudos to me!
Face Front, Fearless Reader!
Jim Kakalios
No Seth? Interesting. Good list though.
I swear you guys are going to bankrupt me. At least I'll be rich in spirit!
I want to win the lottery, buy ALL of these, and hole up for a month or so and just READ…
Nice to see Matt Ruff's Fool on a Hill here. He's a great, relatively unknown, author. I must say though, my favorite book of his by far is Sewer, Gas, & Electric.
"It isn't easy to get a group of bestselling SF authors to write new stories for an anthology"
Really? I'd say the natural state of SF authors is writing stuff for anthologies. Seems like it would be harder to stop them, the anthologising beasties.
Also, Derryn Brown seems to have magic-ed away the description for his book. Sneaky bugger.
@Pumpkin3point14: Agreed, Matt Ruff is ace, and deserves to be more widely known. Fool on the Hill does have some first-novel flaws in its pacing and structure, but in places it really hits the heights. An exuberant, wonderful book.
I love these reccomendations!
I've been meaning to read the Princess Bride for a very long time, and this reminded me about that!
Way to go @Jason, more people need to read Roger Zelazny!
@MonkeyRobo @Pumpkin3point14 Ruff is fantastic. I check Amazon regularly for new books and always mean to follow his blog. Sewer, Gas and Electric was great. Set This House in Order (?) was really a trip — but Fool on the HIll has been read over and over and over. I guess its the got enough sarcasm and feel good to be the distraction I need.
@zwimox I can't believe everyone hasn't already! I think 've been re-reading those Amber books since I was in grade school?
I can't believe neither of the Hasslein Books' reference publications, "Timeline of the Planet of the Apes" and "Lexicon of the Planet of the Apes" made anyone's list! Especially with Rise of the Apes hitting theaters next year, I had hoped interest in the franchise would start booming!
Good to see you pushing Borges. Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote, is still the best satire of literary post-modernism I've ever read.


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Loving Aunt Ruth is looking good for a spring 2014 release!
Yesterday was Veteran's Day, and there were no prouder veterans in our family than Aunt Ruth and Uncle Bob. He was a Captain, and she drove and repaired staff cars for the Red Cross. He served in Europe, and she drove on the army base in Richmond, Virginia.
Ruth was a great driver and skilled mechanic, and she was asked to consider pilot training! Uncle Bob didn't want his sweetheart in harm's way, so she stayed grounded and kept her eyes on the road.
As far as I can remember, each of them talked about their pride of service and love of country, and I am grateful to both of them.
Thank you, Ruth and Bob. I salute you both.
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In my caravan the gas lighter was not working and had to walk back again to reception after a tiering journey. After information at the reception twice it took around 30 mins to get a new lighter.I had a 2 year child and could not start cooking because of lighter not available.
The park has more than you need and some.
The location is perfect if you don't want leave Trecco Bay but not far away for so many attractions.
We had alot of fun.
Not the first visit to Trecco Bay and will not be our last 4 Adults and 2 Children 7 & 10 yrs always have a great time
It was an amazing first family holiday, the beach was stunning, we will definitely be going back again.
Very nice area and beaches would visit again
When we arrived there were ants in the holiday home, no big problem I went to reception who sent someone out with some spray and that was sorted. The first night neither my husband or I could sleep in the bed it was so uncomfortable, I went to reception the next morning and they delivered a duvet for is to put on the bed. This made no difference so 4 nights with no sleep was not how I thought it would be after spending several hundreds of pounds on this short break. I should add that I have been asked to change this review by the company and not put how much it cost me.
Good clean park would defiantly stay again Coast line and scenery fantastic,everyone polite and eager to assist and all amenities were clean and well presented
Very good overall first time experience at Trecco bay.
Location and surroundings are very good.
Has very high potential to develop more in terms of sporting activities; both indoors (e.g: more pool tables, snooker tables, table tennis, badminton courts, console areas for children and more cafe for older visitors) outdoors (e.g: Tennis courts and swimming pool) .... will certainly attract more family holiday makers.
Need to have Wifi in every caravan ....... a must in current era!
Very good location. We managed to visit Rhossili (voted best beach in Britain by Trip Advisor) and Aberdulais waterfalls in one day( with two kids under 4). If you are National Trust members, you won't have to pay admission fees.
Rhossili is stunning. I would highly recommend it.
Everything is in reasonable distance.
I would recommend to do shopping in Bridgend ( about 10 min drive) as prices in local shop are sky high.
Beach: clean and tidy.
Swimming Pool: great for kids. With slides and waterfall. It gets really busy in the morning. Changing rooms needs to be bigger.
Entertainment: starts at 6.30 and it is quite good. It was bit too long for our daughters though (finished at 8).
Staff: helpful. We didn't have occasion to check it, apart from check-in and check-out, as there were no problems.
Caravan: absolutely spotless. Very clean, very comfortable. The only minus is: why do you have to park your car BEHIND caravan? It doesn't make any sense, as it makes unpacking and packing your car very awkward. :) We stayed in 12ft caravan ( for 8 people). I think it was called Athan. 3 bedrooms and very spacious living room.
great caravan park very clean park , caravan nice beds very comfortable
Entertainment is amazing
The park was clean and tidy, easy to get around.
The swimming pool was nice and it was good to have two dedicated swim lanes, there were plenty of vigilant lifeguard's on duty.
The beaches were nice and well maintained, there was plenty of access from the park.
The shop has a limited selection at prices you'd expect for a captive audience, but there is a great little shop the locals use just outside the gate's.
The food in the court was nice but limited selection and small portions quite expensive, most night's there were only two staff on the bar trying to take orders for food and drink hence there was always a long queue. The staff were pleasant and helpful.
Been there, done that. Nice location, caravan a bit compact. Food not too good, scampi and chips where barely fried, wifi only in restaurant and not in bar.
We had a lovely time. The beach was fab, great place to take dogs and kids. Always something to do. Will go again for sure
Trecco Bay itself is lovely, but the site was not really what we were expecting/wanting. The vans were so tightly packed that there was nowhere really to sit outside, and any views were obscured by the other vans all round. Staff were doing a grand job keeping the site clean and there were plenty of places to get fast food, but the bar/restaurant was disappointing.
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AdTaily – when a reader becomes an advertiser
September 30, 2010 by marek.miller
Jakub Krzych is the man who stands behind AdTaily.com – one of the 20 most innovative startups in Europe, according to CNBC. The platform was also called the most democratising promise of online advertising. Jakub introduced the guests of INMA/OPA Europe conference to the idea of the new online advertising system – AdTaily.
AdTaily is a startup founded 1,5 year ago. It allows people who are used to advertise in traditional newspapers to move online in a very simple way.
Thanks to that, anyone can turn visitors to the site into advertisers.
AdTaily is based on one format of the ad, paid per day. Users can impulsively buy the ad. Readers who also have websites should know that if they are readers of a specific site, some other readers could be interested in reading the advertisers' site. That way, the readers become the advertisers.
Some AdTaily statistics:
16.000 publishers installed the tool
They generate 1 billion monthly impressions
1,5 million clicks each month
5200 paying customers
30000 ad unit sold each month
About a year ago it was only 2500 publishers engaged who generated 13 million impressions.
In the AdTaily model, readers can buy an ad, which can be interesting to the readers of any site. At the same time the tool is so simple, that when it is used by a publisher – publishers' salesperson can easily sale such an ad as well.
The main discovery from this system was that there are advertisers among visitors. Important for the ad sales persons is the fact, that in that case the efficiency is not that important (most advertisers are not as impatient as regular advertisers counting clicks and looking at other statistics). If the efficiency is not that important, the advertisers are willing to pay more!
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Also, you can pretty much custom order any sort of case you want, as far as I understand. If you want something more low profile for the 801 movement, there is also this:
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Thanks - that is about what I was expecting. I have a (vaguely) similar piece also housing an American-made pocket watch movemet (Hamilton cal. 917), and while I enjoy the watch very much, I do find it to be on the large side for a dressy / elegant piece. I have no problem wearing sports watches up to 45mm in diameter, but for a dress watch, I have a decided preference for 40mm or less. And that preference becomes more pronounced as the retail price increases.
That said, I have nothing but admiration and respect for what Roland has accomplished with this new caliber. I'd be more likely to purchase it in a sporty flieger-type configuration.


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Microsoft has discovered a Trojan that aims to sever the connection between a device and the cloud antivirus (AV) service that is meant to protect it.
The Bohu Trojan, which targets Windows machines, contains three main functions: evade detection, install a filter that blocks traffic between the device and service provider, and prevent the local installation from uploading data to the server.
The attack appears to aim to knock out the additional layer of security that many antivirus companies have added to bolster defences and reduce the processing burden of ever-expanding signature databases.
"Cloud-based virus detection generally works by client sending important threat data to the server for backend analysis, and subsequently acquiring further detection and removal instruction," Jingli Li and Zhitao Zhou of Microsoft Malware Protection Center wrote on the company's blog.
"The process can take seconds to minutes, and is designed to remove malware not handled by the traditional on-the-box signature approach."
Kaspersky, Microsoft and Sophos have developed signatures for the Bohu trojan, which the researchers noted relies on the user installing, installing a rigged video codec.
According to Microsoft's researchers, the network driver that Bohu installs probes for HTTP request keywords and the cloud-server names of major Chinese AV vendors, Kingsoft, Qihoo, and Rising, the company involved in a corruption fiasco, which resulted in a suspended death sentence for a senior Chinese bureaucrat.
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If Oprah Winfrey singles out just 13 items as her "favorite things" of 2011, and one of them is yours, it's safe to assume you're going to quickly become very — very — popular.
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Six per cent levy could be added this year and will generate $2.5 million more in tax revenue in five years
Council proposing to move forward with Capital Project Levy
Swift Current City Council is proposing a new Capital Reserve Levy, with a series of six per cent increases proposed over a five year period in order to help the city generate funds for future capital expenditures.
Council passed a Notice of Motion at a special City Council meeting on Wednesday night proposing a Capital Reserve Bylaw be approved as a new funding model in an attempt to eliminate the current tax breaks afforded by utilizing subsidies from the Light and Power surplus.
The proposal calls for an initial six per cent base increase, followed each year by six per cent increases which will generate $2.5 million more in tax revenue at the end of five years.
"It's difficult. We're certainly mindful of not only what our residents see, but what hits their pocketbook. But the reality of it is we've got to play catch up for a long time. Tax minimization as a strategy has put us behind the eight ball," Mayor Jerrod Schafer said following the Feb. 5 special council meeting.
By generating additional tax revenue this new financial strategy will allow the city to reduce their reliance on debt to pay for capital expenditures. It will also allow the Light and Power surplus to be directed to other priorities instead of simply as a revenue stream to fund general operations and subsidize property taxes.
"This isn't an increase that you can just jam down in a year or that would be pretty significant. So we're phasing it in over a period of time. But the reality of it is is what we're trying to do is get our tax strategy away from being so highly subsidized," Schafer said.
"We need to get to a situation where our Light and Power dividend pays for capital in this community, and the taxes that we pay simply pay for the services that we expect on a daily basis," he added.
City Council first proposed a change to their financial strategy back in December, with the community weighing in on the proposal to council members.
"I think everybody understands out situation. The discussion has been good to sort of enlighten everybody into the financial situation in Swift Current and how our community operates, and probably what we need to do obviously moving forward to be in a good situation," Schafer said.
"We have no doubt that there's some people that are going to be dead against something like this, because some individuals don't want to pay for anything that they don't use. They don't want to contribute to an iPlex or to an aquatic facility because they don't use them. But that's not the business that we're in. We have to look after an entire community."
Schafer again highlighted that the majority of the current city debt has helped provide some important community improvements.
"I know $73 million of debt is a big number for folks. And sometimes I think that's probably the hardest part to wrap our heads around. But the reality of it is, what I'm interested in hearing and it gives people the opportunity for hindsight, is what are the items that folks think that we shouldn't have gone through with?"
"Our debt, as I've often said, about $60 million of it is for property development, it's for our iPlex and Fairview Arenas, it's for landfills, it's for water, it's for wastewater, and it's for a hospital. So those are pretty significant items, and our community would look very different if you didn't have those items. That's where the bulk of our debt is."
"That's kind of the challenge that I put out is when folks are going to say that we shouldn't have the level of debt that we have, or they're concerned with our spending. What of those big ticket items that they would recommend us not having? Because those are the ones that really impact our financial picture the most."
Schafer highlighted that municipal governments face different budgeting challenges than other levels of government, which requires them to be more transparent with their decisions.
"It's a huge challenge that all municipal governments are facing because our revenues don't grow with the economy like they do at other levels. And we don't have the ability to run deficits like the federal government has for the last number of years. I think the reality of it is is we have to ask for tax increases, and I think sometimes the percentage numbers are quite shocking. But it's looking at the real dollars that we're mindful of, and how it's going to impact our residents. We think this increase, although nobody likes the sound of it, we think we're trying to do all we can to keep it reasonable on a per house basis when you break down the actual costs."
"Nobody likes to talk tax increases. As I said, this council wishes we were in a different position where this isn't a challenge that we had to face. But fortunately our tax structure in this city is that our taxes are very affordable compared to any other community in Saskatchewan by a large margin."
The Mayor also pointed out that all line items in this year's budget are being watched closely for cost savings.
"Out of all the budget processes we've been through, this is the most difficult," Schafer said of a conversation with fellow veteran council member Gord Budd. "This is one that actually we're seeing sort of the most cuts in this budget by a very wide margin than we've seen in any budget that we've been a part of in the past 10 years."
The bottom line for the proposed Capital Reserve Bylaw is to improve the city's financial position in purchasing equipment and improve city services.
"This will be helping us deal with the more minor items that are still capital, like new graders for snow removal, zambonis at our arenas, upgrades to certain city facilities, and things like that. So rather than using debt to finance those items, and paying it off over five, 10 or 15 years, we'll be able to just pay cash for it."


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it seemed like a typical drive home from the grocery store. roommate tom and i make these grocery runs on a regular occasion. today however, there were two distinct differences: 1) it was raining 2) we hit a jetta.
now i have been through my shares of accidents since being awarded my license to drive, but never have i been in the passenger seat. i now know that i have very little control over this sort of occurence whether i be in the passenger seat or the drivers seat. with the exception of a few headaches, all seems to be well, so let's move on to what i did this past weekend.
i journeyed up to big sandy bible camp in a car with my friend ellen. it was a weekend retreat for hope community church. it was a quite wonderful experience. nothing brings you closer to God than watching all of your church's pastors wrestle in huge sumo suits. i enjoyed the times of worship as i really felt the love of Jesus.
the speaker we had talked about how God has everything under control. he talked about how it is impossible for us to control everything, and most often it is best to just pray to God, and trust in his ways.
which kind of brings me back to today. i realize that i should try harder to let Jesus drive my heart, and i always struggle with this. because even when i try to drive my heart and i think i have control, i don't because i will stumble and fall. just as when i am driving a car and am under the misconception of being in complete control, i still get into accidents (almost averaging one a year since having my license). or even when i am in the passenger seat and something else is driving my heart, be it money, girls, popularity etc, it still ends with the same result-->stumbling and the fall. but it is amazing how God is always there for me, even when i am not always there for him.
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Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child is a collection of children's music by folk singer Woody Guthrie. Recorded in 1947 and first released in 1956, a remastered recording was issued by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings in 1991. Several songs in the collection are instructional, helping children learn to count. Others are songs of adoration written by Guthrie with his own children in mind. For example, the last song on the list was written for his son Arlo Guthrie who would have been nine years old at the time of the release.
"I really did try to slant these songs at all of your citizens from 4 to 6, but I spilled over a little on every side" - Woody Guthrie.


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T. S. Eliot's Civilized Savage revisits this poet's drafts and canonical poetry in a sometimes dismissive critical arena . While contemporary readers emphasize Eliot's charged personal life, his anti-Semitism, his political conservatism, and his misogyny, Laurie MacDiarmid argues that although...
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The U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), led by the United States Agency for International Development in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, implements malaria surveillance, research, commodity distribution and prevention activities in every country in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
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In 2002, Afghanistan had 45,886 university students. In 2013, the number has grown to 123,579. Despite this progress, increased focus is needed on the quality and relevance of academic programs and on managing the expansion of tertiary education to keep pace with burgeoning demand. USAID Afghanistan University Support and Workforce Development Program, is designed to help Afghanistan's higher education professionals effectively manage the growth of tertiary education while improving academic quality.
Global development is as critical to our nation's foreign policy as diplomacy and defense, and today USAID is being asked to do more than ever before, even in a constrained budget environment. To meet that challenge, USAID is following a new model of development emphasizing measurable results, more efficient national and local governments, thriving civil societies, and private investment, creating the conditions to eliminate the need for its assistance over time.
In the FY 2014 Budget, President Obama proposed common sense reforms that would enable us to reach up to four million more people in food crises around the world with the same resources, by making the successful USAID Title II program more flexible, efficient and effective. At a time when 51.2 million people around the world are displaced by conflict—the largest amount since World War II—these reforms are needed more than ever. Rising costs have dramatically decreased the amount of food that a dollar of Title II funding buys. This year, the President's request builds on positive reforms enacted in the 2014 Farm Bill that enable USAID to reach more people annually with the same resources.
With support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Coral Triangle Initiative improves the efficiency and effectiveness of conservation efforts in the Coral Triangle, which encompasses nearly six million square kilometers of ocean, islands, and coastal waters in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed and ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities in 2010, but has made little progress in implementing it. People with disabilities represent one of the most vulnerable and hidden groups in the country. With no structured state system of social care or community-based services, they and their families have nowhere to turn for support. They are wrongly viewed as incapable of participating in everyday life and excluded from society and, worse, are often placed in institutions that are located in remote areas and further removed from society. This is not in the spirit of the Convention.
The Mekong Partnership for the Environment is a four-year, $15 million program ending in 2017 and funded by the United States Agency for International Development to advance informed multi-stakeholder dialogues in Lower Mekong countries regarding the social and environmental costs and benefits of regional development projects.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) regional Private Financing Advisory Network-Asia will assist businesses, governments, and others in Asia's developing countries to mobilize and scale-up investments in clean energy.
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A French video blog has some footage of a new game for Kinect called Disneyland Adventures. Looks like you can free roam around the park and play mini-games based on the attractions at the park. Like when you go to ride Peter Pan you are flying with Peter Pan through rings and stuff. Looks fun for kids.
Tomorrow is the beginning of E3 so I assume Microsoft will show more of this at their Press Conference. I think Spike TV is showing it live at 9:30am tomorrow morning.


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Three top technologies have roots at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and their collaborators cultivated three technologies that were among this year's 100 most significant innovations named by R&D Magazine.
Pacific Northwest's yield included awards for technologies that reduce losses on food processing lines, help ensure food safety and may replace glass with engineered plastics in electronic displays.
R&D honors the most promising new products, processes, materials or software developed throughout the world each year. Awards are based on technical significance, uniqueness and usefulness. Since 1969, Pacific Northwest has received 54 R&D 100 Awards. The three budding technologies recognized in 2000 include
The Knife Failure Detector developed by Pacific Northwest and the Lamb-Weston Technical Research Center in Richland, Wash., takes less than one second to detect blade failure and trigger redirection of product flow. If not detected, broken knives cause defective cuts and generate truckloads of irregular product that doesn't meet quality specifications. This real-time process monitoring system is based on acoustic and wireless communication technologies and could be used in other industrial situations where measurements are difficult to obtain.
The Sunna Dosimeter™ addresses an expanding need for an accurate, inexpensive way to measure how much radiation food and other products are receiving—especially pertinent given the government's recent approval of irradiation to kill bacteria in red meat. The measuring unit, licensed to Sunna Systems Inc. of Richland, Wash., offers instantaneous readings that can be repeated. It uses light instead of heat to read the amount of radiation passing through a product. The Sunna Dosimeter also could be used for quality assurance in other irradiation proc-esses such as sterilizing medical equipment and the curing of environmentally friendly inks and paints that require no solvents.
Two products—Flexible Glass™ engineered substrates and Barix coating™—can overcome a major obstacle to the use of plastics in displays. Using plastics instead of glass would allow laptop computer monitors, cell phones and other flat-panel displays to be thinner, more rugged and lighter weight. Plastics also could make possible new flexible displays such as roll-up computer screens. Both ultra barrier coating products, which are licensed to Vitex Systems Inc., of Sunnyvale Calif., prevent oxygen and water vapor from passing through plastics and damaging display electronics. These products provide excellent levels of protection without affecting clarity or other qualities necessary for display manufacturing.


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Integrating coherences between defaults and loss given default (LGD) is postulated by Basel II. If there is a positive correlation between the two, separate models for each lead to biased estimates for the LGD parameters, and the economic loss is overestimated. Alfred Hamerle, Michael Knapp and Nicole Wildenauer show that the bias vanishes if a simultaneous approach is used, leading to lower predicted LGDs and thus lower regulatory and economic capital requirements
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AMP Research BedStep is a step with a high stress spring that folds up neatly under the rear bumper when not being used. Because it does not have a motor, it deploys manually with a touch of your foot. The BedStep is perfect for entering the rear of your truck bed. It's textured, non-skip surface provides added control, durability and safety step. The BedStep Line-up is perfect for those that need to load or unload tools and equipment. The New AMP Research BedStep2 is also a great asset when loading and unloading tools from the side of your vehicle.
Getting more usable length from your pickup's cargo bed has always been the dream of the working class men and women who use their everyday trucks for recreation and work. Now the AMP Research BedXTender Max, BedXTender Moto and BedXTender Sport, have answered our prayers. The AMP Research BedXTenders HD are made of the highest aluminum material on the market. Its strength and durability has lasted over the years and continues to be the leader in automotive technology. The AMP BedXTender continues to be used by numerous automotive manufactures and are offered directly to customers at the dealer level.
AMP Research Then and Now. What makes AMP Research so phenomenal? It is their ability to ceate practical, innovative, simplistic automotive parts that demonstrates their capacity to intuitively comprehend what is needed in the automotive industry. Though AMP Research has recently been sold to Lund International, the same quality and artisanship that AMP Research so meticulously shaped will not be compromised. AMP Research products will be incorporated under the new Lund International collection called "Innovation in Design." Nonetheless, prior to reaching this point of sale, AMP Research has a very distinct and unique history. A history that clarifies why the company has such an outstanding reputation.
Austrian-engineer and motocross champion Horst Leitner has always been a revolutionary with new ideas. His motor-sports company, ATK, produced innumerable advancements in motorcycle suspension, braking, and transmission in the 1980s. However, through the 1970s, Leitner put his engineering brilliance to the test and went to work for Mercedes-Benz and other European automotive and motorcycle corporations.
Working in product-development, Horst, helped to innovate motorcycle design. He came up with suspension-developments that permitted bikes to go faster and father through tough terrain with improved control and safety. Currently, motocross racing-bikes are still benefiting from the innovative genius of Leitner's suspension designs.Leitner relocated his-family to Southern California, the hub of mountain biking during the 1990s, and decided to take his knowledge of motocross and use it to solve engineering challenges presented by this fresh two-wheeled sport. This was the genesis of AMP Research.
Within a short period, AMP Research produced a large number of new products. The first hydraulic-cable actuated disc-brake, a linkage front-fork, and the well known "Horst Link," or "Four-Bar Linkage," a spectacularly unique rear-suspension design.
As ATK-Motorcycles developed into a bigger company, Leitner started to acquire an interest in launching another company that mainly focused on research and development. This was part of the AMP Research initiation that introduced the AMP-Link chain torque-eliminator, along with an innovative braking and transmission-system for Polaris snowmobiles. This was one of AMP Research's most successful creations, before its complete attention turned to the automotive aftermarket and OE-products. In fact, this product was the forerunner of all KTM link-less, rear-suspension bikes being sold around the world.
Leitner understood that in-order to develop a rear-suspension design that secluded suspension operations from chain-force, he would have to de-couple the existing-rear-axle from the main swing-arm. What happened was that the swing-arm was given more flexibility.
By positioning a pivot faintly ahead of, and somewhat under the rear-axle, Horst's creation managed to produce a way for the axle not to ensue a simple-arc. It can literally track straight-up-and-down as the suspension compresses, decreasing the impact of chain-force and brake-jack on the rear-axle.
AMP Research used the "Horst Link" on their-bikes for a few years prior to selling it to Specialized-Bicycles. Specialized integrated the concept into their Future Shock Rear, FSR, collection of full-suspension bikes. Ever since then, it has-been the basis of their off-road merchandise collection. In addition, this innovative creation is licensed to various manufacturers and believed by many to have been a part-of the transformation of full-suspension mountain bikes after its release in the later part of the 1990s. Still today, the "Horst Link" is used expansively on everything from full-blown downhill rigs to cross-country racing bikes.
Due to the advantages of the idea, a number of manufacturers have paid-Specialized Bicycles licensing fees to utilize the "Horst Link" on bikes on the way to the United States market. Smaller manufacturers, or companies not able or not willing to pay-licensing fees have created their own innovative knock-offs, some have had quite a bit of success. However, the patent for the "Horst Link" is supposed to expire-mid 2013. Since this time has already passed, the jury is still out on whether the stampede has already begun for the "Horst Link."
AMP Research designed products like Running-boards, BedStep2, BedStep, PowerStep, and the BedXTender. The very products, besides the "Horst Link" has made AMP Research a force to be reckoned with. For instance, products like the BedXTender are a novel truck-extender that has been selected by a prominent automotive magazine as a pioneering contender for top innovative product. However, this does not mean that the additional AMP Research products are any less pioneering. AMP Research has been a top innovator in the automotive industry without question. The very name AMP Research is equivalent to quality, innovation, and practicality.
AMP Research is a producer of modern, qualitative, sleek designs for SUVs and trucks. AMP Research automotive creations have also been used on Ford, GM, Hyundai, Kia, Chrysler, Fiat, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Suzuki, and Mercedes-Benz. In addition, AMP Research is owner of an astonishing international and US patents for bicycle, motorcycle, automotive, and various other devices.
The concept of AMP Research is straightforward and simple. They create a product, refine it, finish it, and distribute it. It may sound easy, but these phases are dealt with in a meticulous manner and each product is built to perfection. Complex automotive issues preferably include unambiguous solutions. This is where AMP Research "takes the lead." The automotive products designed by AMP Research are simple, but have their own uniqueness combined with practical application. Common, yes, but there is no other automotive company in the industry that creates practical products for trucks, cars, and SUVs so well!
The ground-breaking products that AMP Research offers the automotive industry are simply another part of a huge market. Though some of these products are already available, AMP Research manages to put their "spin" on the design giving them their own touch and uniqueness. They are always ahead of the pack. AMP Research produces practical commodities while never sacrificing function and quality. Every piece of merchandise is produced to resist all types of weather conditions. They look beautiful, but are made to be used everyday without relinquishing a bit of their "good looks."
Although AMP Research is under a new company, Lund International, AMP Research continuously highlighted products that made their customer's vehicles more functional. With Lund International at the helm, the same AMP Research quality and dependability will be available to their current and new customers.
Whether utilizing the adaptable BedXTender, or, PowerStep, AMP Research merchandise was meticulously designed and built to last for nearly a lifetime. In fact, AMP Research has built such a reputation for superb products they all come with their own guarantee/warranty.
Anyone who prefers top-rated devices for their vehicles will turn to the pioneering products that AMP Research has created over the years. AMP Research makes vehicles more functional and accessible. All AMP Research merchandise is supported 100% by the manufacturer, and Lund International has promised not to change this policy. The "Innovation in Design" series consisting of AMP Research concepts will carry on with the distinction that many have come to equate with AMP Research.
Certainly, AMP Research is capable of standing on its name alone; however, there comes a time when companies must make choices for their future sustainability. All that is known, outside of marketing details, is that Lund International is well qualified to carry the torch of AMP Research commodities. A new phase in the life of the AMP Research legacy has begun. One that is guaranteed to be just as innovative and refreshing as before.
AMP Research took the functionality and appearance of automotive products to the next level. They have the look of a modern-day gadget that is simple to operate, adaptable, and economical. It's no wonder that AMP Research products became the hot sellers that they are today. The company has managed to maintain a reputation for ingenuity and excellence. Starting from 1998, AMP Research set their focus on the automotive industry. Here are several of the most popular AMP Research products created for the automotive trade.
In 2011, AMP Research introduced a newly manufactured and improved tailgate extender and cargo-holder called the BedXTender HD. The creation is the most robust, heavy-duty designed BedXTender on the market. The design incorporates rounded-rectangle tubes and innovative torque-resilient composite uprights.
AMP Research created a means of entering and existing heavy-duty trucks much easier. The BedStep is a cleverly designed retractable-step for trucks that mounts to the bumper chassis attachments to the back-corner of the vehicle. The BedStep can be elongated down with the touch of a foot to simplify the processElectricStep / Electric Step


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Home sales across the Charlotte region in September rebounded strongly from a year ago, but fell from August, while prices declined from both August and a year ago, the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association said Monday.
There were 1,970 closings across the Charlotte region in September, up 26 percent from a year earlier when closings totaled 1,564. But that was down 13.9 percent from August, when 2,289 home sales closed. The figures are based on data from Carolina Multiple Listing Services Inc. (CMLS).
The average sales price in September 2011 ($196,686) was down 6.5 percent compared to September 2010 ($210,257), and down 4.5 percent compared to August 2011 ($205,854). The median sales price in September 2011 ($149,900) decreased 4.5 percent compared to the September 2010 median sales price of $157,000, and was down 5 percent compared to the August 2011 median sales price of $158,000.
The average list price in September 2011 ($246,472) increased 5.4 percent from last September's average list price of $233,906, and was up 4.9 percent from the August 2011 average list price of $235,021.
Pending home-sales contracts in September totaled 1,913, up 14.3 percent compared to September 2010, when there were 1,674. That also was up 15.5 percent from August's figure, 2,263. New residential listings in September 2011 totaled 3,349.
In another sign of improvement, the number of area transactions that deal with distressed sales continued to decrease, with the number of foreclosures for sale in the MLS in September 2011 totaling 662. Distressed properties comprised 15.9 percent of all new listings in September 2011 and accounted for 21.4 percent of closings, which indicates that consumers are absorbing these property types faster than lenders are listing them.
In April 2011, CMLS began using a new reporting tool to create reports. In order to report the most up-to-date figures each month, the tool is constantly "updating history" instead of allowing data to remain static once it's reported. Therefore, with each new month of reporting there could be slight variances in what was reported in the previous month as transactions are updated and adjustments are made within the MLS system.
For more residential-housing market statistics, visit the association's website at www.CarolinaHome.com and click on "Community Data."


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Though all signs indicate that the economy's looking up, it remains wise to aim for getting more bang for our buck. Here's a look at products that can seamlessly do "double beauty."
Vaseline® Petroleum Jelly has a few tricks up its sleeve for eyes, hands and hair. For eyes: tame unruly eyebrows with a thin layer and comb into place, use it as eye makeup remover or use a little on eyelashes for a fresh, no-makeup look. For hands: apply to cuticles to keep them soft, and to keep nail polish from getting on your skin. And for hair: use a dab to slick back stray hairs in a ponytail, and use a bit on ends to minimize the appearance of split ends. (Available at food, drug and mass retail outlets.)
CC creams are the new black. CC creams are similar to BB creams. In addition to the skincare benefits, CC creams offer color correction to address discoloration. The Smashbox Camera Ready CC Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 30 Dark Spot Correcting lessens the appearance of dark spots, sun spots and post-acne marks. The lightweight formula also controls oil and has SPF 30. (Available at sephora.com.)
NARS The Multiple is one of the more well-known all-in-ones out there. The cream-to-powder multipurpose makeup stick can be used on eyes, cheeks and lips. The twelve shades range from the iconic Orgasm, a peachy pink shimmer, to Undress Me, a ballerina pink with silver shimmer, to Palm Beach, a rich bronze. (Available at sephora.com.)
Bobbi Brown's Pot Rouge For Lips And Cheeks has a cream-based formula for a sheer, stained finish. It comes in five colors including Calypso Coral, a bright coral, Rose, a pink rose, and Fresh Melon, a pink peach. For cheeks, apply with fingertips, foundation brush or sponge. For lips, press onto lips with fingers or a lip brush. (Available at bobbibrowncosmetics.com.)
The stila Lip & Cheek Stain is a sheer formula ready to give a flush to your cheeks and lips. The clickable pen comes in eight shades including Cherry Crush, a sheer berry red, Mango Crush, a sheer coral, and Pomegranate Crush, a deep plum. (Available at stilacosmetics.com.)
And to finish up in the lip and cheek department, Josie Maran's new Argan Lip & Cheek Color Stick Set features four travel-sized color sticks that are 100% organic and 100% pure argan oil. Put a flush in your cheeks or lips right out of the tube in four of her favorite shades: Pink, Coral, Beautiful, a light bronze, and Twinkle, a plum. (Available at sephora.com.)
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NEW BRITAIN, Conn.
- Sophomore Ben Brink (New Rochelle, N.Y.) was the
top performer for the Crusaders, finishing with a time of 16:46.46
as the Holy Cross men's cross country team took 11th at the Central
Connecticut Mini Meet in New Britain, Conn. on Saturday.
Brink crossed the finish line in 69th place overall and 56th in the team competition. Freshman Brian Treadway (Albany, N.Y.) was next for Holy Cross, finishing 70th overall and 57th in the team portion of the meet with a time of 16:48.59 on the 5k course. Junior Chris Bergan (Shrewsbury, Mass.) was third across the line for the Crusaders in 61st place in the team portion of the meet (17:05.08), followed by freshman Nick Poles (Quincy, Mass.) in 66th (17:19.62). Sophomore Alex Dobens (Kansas City, Mo.) took 67th place in 17:25.26 and sophomore Mark Drago (Oak Park, Ill.) finished in 69th with a time of 17:37.90.
Providence won the team competition with 33 points, placing four runners in the top 10. Host Central Connecticut finished second with 71 points, followed by Quinnipiac in third (81 points) and Brown in fourth (117). Wagner rounded out the top five with 126 points.
The Crusaders are next in action Saturday, Oct. 31 when they travel to Hamilton, N.Y. for the Patriot League Championship. The meet is scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m.


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External Scholarships for Study Abroad
In addition to funding from Berea College, there are also external scholarships to help pay for a semester or summer abroad. Some of these can be used for programs anywhere in the world (e.g., Gilman International Scholarship), while others are specific to a region or country (e.g., Bridging Scholarship for Japan). Also, some scholarships are applicable only to a semester abroad, while others may be available for summer as well. Finally, some providers (e.g., AustraLearn, SIT Study Abroad, and others) offer scholarships to participants in their programs.
- DiversityAbroad.com Study Abroad Scholarship
- Fund for Education Abroad
- Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (Deadline for Fall 2015: March 3, 2015)
- Global Studies Foundation Student Grant
- National Security Education Program Boren Scholarship (Deadline: February 4, 2015)
- Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant (Deadline: February 15 for summer and fall September 15 for spring)
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Licensed electricity companies are likely to get an independent director, following the failure of electricity metering scheme in the country.
Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Sam Amadi, who confirmed the development, said an independent director would be somebody who has no equity and interest in the company.
Amadi who admitted the failure of the metering system, said NERC had a plan B, which would be announced next year.
He explained that the commission was not going to allow "the family business" syndrome that crumbled the banking industry to repeat itself in the electricity sector.
According to him, executive board members would be subject to tenure of five years, renewable twice.
"Electricity is a sector with long gestation of projects so we should have executives and management with longer period in office to drive the investment plans," Amadi said.
On the six-month minor review of the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO), Amadi said, the commission left the tariff unchanged because there was no change in the pointers that would have brought about modification of the tariff.
He said the commission would review tariffs early next year following complaints of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
He said the committee, which was set up for the purpose had almost concluded its job and that by first or second week of next year, the committee would have rounded off.


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The Des Plaines Oasis overlooking the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, one of the glass-walled icons of the Illinois Tollway system, will be torn down next year to make way for the road's widening, officials announced Thursday.
Opened in 1959 and long a stopping point for fast food and quick naps, the bridgelike pavilion will close in April to allow for the addition of a fourth lane in each direction under the Tollway's $2.2 billion reconstruction of Interstate 90 from O'Hare International Airport to Elgin.
The oasis is also smack-dab where a planned new tollway skirting the western edge of O'Hare will someday intersect with I-90.
The oasis "is an important part of our history, but it's important to do the (rebuilding) job right," Tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur said.
Motorists in desperate need of gas, caffeine or a Slurpee need not despair, however. The gas stations and convenience stores operated by 7-Eleven on either side of the tollway will remain open, officials said.
For generations, the Tollway's over-the-road oases have long been popular stops, if for nothing else than a way to quiet the kids during vacation trips. They've also been refuges in snowstorms and farmers markets in summer.
The Des Plaines Oasis parking lot was the setting for a scene in the 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers."
Customers often opt for seats by the oversized windows, which give them a bird's-eye view of the traffic streaming below.
While the loss of the Des Plaines Oasis is "bittersweet," it will be outweighed by the benefits from the expanded roadway, faster travel times and less congestion, Lafleur said.
Darren Grady stopped by the oasis Thursday for a quick lunch before driving back to Chicago from Sycamore. Grady, 32, an attorney who lives in Wicker Park, said he travels I-90 four or five times a month for work.
"To be honest, I would much prefer a tollway with less traffic than the convenience of an oasis," Grady said. "To me, that's a priority to getting … Taco Bell, which I can get at other locations. I can't get a better highway other places."
For Stephanie Bradshaw's family, the oasis is more than just a pit stop. Doctors diagnosed Bradshaw's daughter with a medical condition last year that has the family driving from their home near Rockford to the Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago every six weeks.
So stopping by the oasis for a quick bite and a restroom break has developed into a tradition.
"That would be awful if they closed it," Bradshaw said.
The Tollway's board approved an agreement with oases lessee SFI Chicago Tollway LLC to pay SFI $9.3 million in termination costs in accord with a formula outlined in the original 25-year lease agreement.
SFI paid the Tollway $813,000 in 2012 to lease and operate all seven oases, not counting the fuel stations and convenience stores operated by 7-Eleven, the Tollway said. Six of the oases are pavilions that span the toll roads.
SFI took over the oases in 2010 after the former operator, Los Angeles-based Wilton Partners, struggled to rent spaces to vendors and defaulted on its lease with the Tollway in 2008. Wilton subsequently lost them in foreclosure.
While the news of the closing caught customers off guard, some employees said they had a sense that something was coming.
"I thought it was a rumor," said a disappointed Shaketa Ellis, 21, who works at Panda Express.
Like other workers, Ellis expressed concern about the future of her job. She said she hopes to transfer to another location within the company before the wrecking ball swings.


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Travel like a local: Your neighbourhood guide to DurbanvilleDurbanville is not your average Cape Town neighbourhood. There is so much more going on than the daily school run. This is a neighbourhood filled with great experiences for everyone to enjoy.
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Dust off your vuvuzelas for The African Nations Championship (CHAN)
Listen up soccer devotees; we have some kicking news for you. CHAN is coming to Cape Town next year, and we want you to get behind our home team Bafana Bafana in this African Nations Championship.
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The last few fixtures of the Orange African Nations Championship are set, and then we'll bid farewell to a few weeks of pure soccer magic.
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