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There are 200 people occupying a gravel pit outside Oslo without homes, food, or access to sanitation. Today, I am asking: why?
In NPPF seminar last week, we talked about the situation of the Roma* people in Oslo, a topic monopolizing recent local news. The Roma number roughly 6.6 million in Europe with a population of 300-400 in Norway. Their presence in Norway is not new; both Roma and Romanies are recognized as national minorities in Norway. However, this summer's particularly large group of 200 primarily romanian migrant Roma is causing a stir in the welfare state unlike it has experienced before.
Two weeks ago, the Roma established a group camp near Sofienberg Church to garner awareness of their mistreatment and poor conditions. The group traveled to Oslo purportedly in search of summer work, but without luck, most have resorted to begging. Their stay is possible courtesy of the generous Schengen agreement, permitting citizens of Schengen member states to travel freely in the Schengen zone without a passport and remain for 3 months without establishing residence.
After a few days in the public park, the Roma were pushed out for violating Oslo sanitation laws. They have since set up camp in a privately owned gravel pit outside Oslo with the permission of one (but not both) of the owners.
The response by Norwegians to the recent Roma group has been mixed.
Four Norwegian men attacked the Roma camp with fireworks and stones. Progress Party leader Siv Jensen said, "put them on a bus and send them out." Oslo's mayor used the incident to argue for the reinstitution of the ban on begging, an idea gaining popularity in Oslo.
Other voices are more sympathetic. For instance, NGO Folk er Folk (People are People) has taken to the Roma's cause, creating awareness of the group's problems and asking the state and Norwegian people to lend a helping hand.
The underlying question seems to be one of responsibility. Who is responsible to respond to the Roma issue: the welfare state? the home countries of the Roma? the greater international community? Stian Birger Røsland of the Conservative Party says the Roma should take responsibility for themselves.
I think its important to ask who the Roma are and why they left their home countries (do they have home countries)? What are their intentions: immigration, temporary work, or something else? Does the Roma presence indicate a systemic problem–a loophole in the Schengen agreement that makes Norway vulnerable to being taken advantage of?
Norway must address these and other difficult questions in the immediate future as the issue is pressing. The Roma are living in poor conditions, many of their basic human needs unmet.
*The various terminologies for this group are confusing, so even though it may be too general a term, I refer to the group as Roma to be consistent with the news sources I read. For the nitty gritty details on the history of Roma in Oslo and the government's past response see "Action plan for improvement of the living conditions of Roma in Oslo."


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Actress Ashley Olsen leaving the Bowery Hotel in New York City, while Ashton Kutcher takes a Coke Zero for the road as he leaves girlfriend Mila Kunis's apartment in North London, England. Mila has rented the property while shooting a science fiction film, Jupiter Ascending in London.
Lara Flynn Boyle visiting a clinic in Beverly Hills, California with her boyfriend. Afterwards Lara smokes a cigarette and the couple stop by Walgreens.
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Patrick Henry's Scotchtown
It was here at Patrick Henry's Scotchtown that Henry conceived his most influential revolutionary ideas. Scotchtown is the only original standing home of the Patriot and Orator of the American Revolution; Patrick Henry lived here from 1771-1778. It was at Scotchtown that he formulated the ideas of his famous "Liberty or Death" speech and it was from the house that he rode to St. John's Church in Richmond on March 23, 1775 to deliver it.
Built around 1720 by Charles Chiswell, Scotchtown is architecturally unique, and the house is surrounded by reproduction outbuildings and gardens. Since being acquired by Preservation Virginia in 1958, the house has been restored to its appearance during Patrick Henry's life and is open for tours seasonally.
Experience our dialogue based tour exploring Henry's ideals of "Liberty, Human Rights and Revolution." Also, explore the grounds, listen to a cell phone tour, enjoy a birding trail, shop in the museum store, eat lunch under our pavilion or participate in one of the site's many hands-on classes and special events. Patrick Henry's Scotchtown is also available for private rental. Visit our weddings section for more information about site rentals for reunions, festivals and feasts, photo shoots, TV/film shoots and of course, your special day!
Since the beginning of 2014, Patrick Henry's Scotchtown has updated our tour, furnishings plan and tour route. With more of a focus placed on Patrick Henry's life and legacy, visitors can expect to experience a dialogue based tour that discusses topics such as "Liberty", "Human Rights" and "Revolution".
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A conservative group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to have the federal health care law declared unconstitutional, arguing that the government postponed its so-called employer mandate without the necessary congressional approval.
The lawsuit came the same day that a congressional panel grilled Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, over problems that overwhelmed the government website intended to help people shop for health insurance.
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is seeking to have the health care law overturned. The group is seizing on a provision that was supposed to go into effect next year but ultimately was postponed for 12 months. That provision requires employers with 50 or more workers to offer affordable coverage or face fines, but it's been put off until 2015.
That employer mandate was originally to go into effect at the same time as a mandate requiring individuals to carry health insurance or pay fines. The lawsuit argues that since the two aspects have been separated, people will now have to spend more on premiums because they'll be required to buy insurance without the "protection" of the employer mandate.
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is a politically active group that favors having patients pay directly for medical services without the intervention of health insurance companies.
It sued on behalf of Robert T. McQueeney, a psychiatrist from northeastern Wisconsin who doesn't accept most forms of insurance and whose clients often pay in cash. If people are paying more for insurance premiums, the association argued, they'll have less cash to spend on medical services such as McQueeney's.


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For the past four decades, SF Pride has stood firmly to advance its mission to educate the world about LGBT issues, commemorate LGBT heritage, celebrate LGBT culture, and liberate LGBT people.
Thank you for your patience regarding the rescheduling of our community meeting to discuss the recent Electoral College voting. The integrity of the elections process and procedures are very important to SF Pride and the community at large. The SF Pride Board recognizes and regrets the recent error in the announcement of Mr. Bradley Manning as the Electoral College's Community Grand Marshal. As promised, in the spirit of fairness and transparency, we are calling for an open forum where we can hear the full range of the community's concerns.
With this in mind, we have secured the Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco sanctuary for Friday, May 31st starting at 6:30 p.m., which is located at 150 Eureka Street between 18th & 19th Streets in the Castro District. We encourage all concerned to participate in this public forum that will be facilitated by Scott Shafer, host of KQED's California Report.
We continue to be open to peaceful and constructive conversation with set ground rules but will not condone violence in any form moving forward. To ensure that community members have the opportunity to speak along with securing the safety of all attendees, we will have security on the premises. Please also note that MCC encourages attendees to be respectful of their space –and their neighbors– and to take their water bottles, coffee cups, etc with them when leaving. The event cannot go past 9:30 p.m.
About the 2013 San Francisco Pride Celebration & Parade
This year marks the 43rd anniversary of the San Francisco Pride Celebration and Parade – held over the weekend of June 29 and 30. With more than 200 parade contingents, 300 exhibitors and 22 community-run stages and venues, SF Pride Celebration and Parade is not only the largest annual gathering of LGBT people and allies in the nation and second largest in the world behind Sydney. SF Pride was listed on the top of the list by Bay Area Reporter readers as being one of the 2013 "Best of the Gays." The two-day celebration is free and open to all. For more information, visit sfpride.org


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Saturday Aug 07 2010
McLemore mended, firing again
By: Joshua Ansley Journal Sports Writer
Del Oro grad revives career in Chico after injury derails his Major League dream
His rocket arm carried him from the sandlots of the foothills to Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Mark McLemore was on the top of his game and living a dream, until just a year into pitching in the Majors, an injury to his left elbow cut it short. The former Houston Astros pitcher is now back in top form after recovering from Tommy John surgery. The surgery replaced a ligament in the elbow of McLemore's left throwing arm. While it kept him from pitching at all in 2008, McLemore is now pitching for the Chico Outlaws, an unaffiliated team competing in the Golden Baseball League. Tommy John surgery is common among baseball players, and usually takes a year to recover from. The road to recovery for McLemore has taken a little longer. After being out for a year, McLemore was still with the Astros at the end of 2009, but was sent back down to TripleA before he resigned. He signed briefly with the Minnesota Twins earlier this year, but didn't have the same velocity on his pitches after not pitching for so long. He was released after a brief time in spring training. McLemore is a former Del Oro high star who dominated opponents with a fastball that could reach the mid 90's by his senior year. After pitching on varsity for three years, former coach Sam Vaughn said he could have even used McLemore as a freshman. "He could've helped us, but we wanted to see him grow and develop, which he did," said Vaughn. "He was a quiet leader, always the hardest worker on the team, and very popular in the clubhouse. He is certainly the most successful to come out of the program." Vaughn coached for 12 years at Del Oro, and said his favorite years were with the teams McLemore played on. "He was on the teams that I most enjoyed coaching," said Vaughn. "It was during those years when we weren't particularly blessed with talent, and we really struggled, but we had fun." High school was an interesting time for McLemore. Although he had been playing baseball since he was 5, it wasn't his main priority. "I thought I was Mr. Football guy," McLemore admitted. "Baseball was just kind of something I did on the side. I was just a kid who could throw harder than everybody else. I was just really blessed in that area. It wasn't hard for me." While McLemore was pitching for the Oregon State Beavers his dependence on the fastball began to slow to down his success on the mound. Luckily for McLemore, he was left handed and could throw hard. "I didn't have a great college career," McLemore said. "It wasn't really until I started struggling early in my career in the minors that I began to develop other pitches." Besides his signature fastball, which McLemore said is every pitcher's greatest pitch, he also developed a reliable change-up. "That's the pitch that set me apart and gave me opportunities," McLemore said. He was drafted by the Astros in 2002, and pitched in the minor leagues for five years before being called up by the team in 2007. While McLemore knew he was getting closer and closer to getting the call each year, it still came as a big shock when he got the phone call. McLemore's whole family came out for his debut against the Arizona Diamondbacks. With the Astros trailing, and in need of a left hander, McLemore came in as reliever in the eighth inning. "It was a lot of fun for my friends and family," McLemore said. Unfortunately, it wouldn't last long. With other pitchers returning from the disabled list, McLemore was sent back down to Triple-A in Round Rock, Texas. He would go back and forth four times before spending the last two months of the season with the Astros. As is expected in professional sports, Mclemore had his ups and downs. While it was a thrill to get his first Major League win, later that season against the Phillies he pitched the worst game of his career. McLemore had a disastrous fourth inning in which he gave up three home runs. "It was the first time my parents saw me on television," McLemore said. "It was really awful." Family matters a lot to McLemore, who chose to play in Chico this year partly because it was closer to home. He said he owes most of his success to his family. "I couldn't have done it without my family and all their support through the years," McLemore said. "My dad was my coach all the way up until high school. He would always take time to throw me pitches for batting practice, and catch for me when I was pitching." McLemore has two brothers who are currently coaching football at Del Oro. His younger brother, Matt, is the defensive coordinator for the junior varsity, and his older brother John, is an assistant coach. John is a former catcher for the Golden Eagles, and will occassionally still catch for Mark when he needs some extra practice. When he is not with his brothers, or making batters miss, McLemore spends most of his time with his wife of six years, Amanda, and his new 8-and-a-half month-old daughter, Kendall. "She amazes us everyday with the things she does," McLemore said. While Vaughn recognizes McLemore's remarkable success in the game of baseball, his greatest admiration for the gifted left hander is his devotion to family. "It's great that he not only had the ability to chase his dream, but to see his face light up when he talks about his family is just wonderful," Vaughn said. Along with the new addition to his family this year, McLemore is looking to play winter ball after finishing the season with the Outlaws. He hopes that will give him another opportunity to sign with a Major League team and return to the top of his profession. "I think I should be able to," McLemore said. "I'm back to where I was in 2007, when I was at my best."


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Samsung has finally released its 4 minute product video of the newly revealed Samsung Galaxy S 4. While the hardware bit looks impressive, the key difference lies in its smart features such as Group Play, Sound & Shot, S Voice Drive, Dual Shot, Dual Recording & etc which is demonstrated in the video above.
In addition to that, the Galaxy S 4 includes of a couple of gestures and eye-tracking features such as Smart Scroll, Smart Pause, Air Gesture and AirView which lets you hover through the screen with your fingers like a S-Pen. Would these features be something you'll use on a day to day basis?
The Samsung Galaxy S IV product page is finally up over here.
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No one else? Did anyone else import email into iCloud from Gmail/Others?
One other piece of info - I attempted once more to relocate all the contents of my Inbox folder into the Archive folder just to try my luck. Same lack of search results in the Archive folder. I then moved everything back to the Inbox. At that point, I noticed that no messages were "searchable" after that date. Essentially, me moving the messages caused them to break some kind of searchability link and become un-retrievable via search. As new messages come in since then, they show up fine in search results, but I now have a black hole before 1/15/12 (the day I executed the above).
My iPhone email client has stand-alone search capability, so I get proper search results when I search there (including messages that would not return search results on icloud.com) - but only for the ~200 recent messages it caches. If I click "Find more on server" it immediately comes back with 0 results on server.
This seems like such an unlikely / simple problem for this day and age... why on earth is iCloud.com search ability broken?


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Trayvon Martin
On February 26, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old boy who was walking home from a convenience store in a gated community was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer who claimed self-defense although he apparently was the aggressor. Trayvon's death has and continues to spark national outrage. (AP)


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How soon can i start exercising after a c-section?
i had a c section on April 26,2010..i want to start shaping up..whn can i?
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This varies from one women to the other. Usually it takes between 3-6 days before you can start walking. To further exercise and to get back to shape, you may start your brisk walking or marching after 3 weeks onwards. I believe that it will not be good for your body should you want to exercise vigorously like e.g doing crunches in 6 months time. It will take time before you can do crunches or running.posted 12/14/2010 by Siti4
They recomend that you wait at least six weeks for anything strenuous. But going for a walk wont hurt you. I started walking 2 weeks after my c-section. I firmly believe in "trust your body" it will tell you when you are ready and when you have done too much.posted 06/04/2010 by Just_Jones_It
oh yea! I started moving around again and doing what I normally do in 3days and by 1wk I was walking again. As long as you're feeling good and no pain have at it!!posted 06/04/2010 by blbarton1
Well I had some complications with my first c section so it took me a little longer to get back out there but my doctor had told me before to do what feels okay if you start to hurt stop. But you should be okay to go walking I started walking 6 weeks after my c section I wish I could have sooner.posted 06/06/2010 by armyvetmom2be
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Bowling News USA - June 13, 2012 Andersson Rolls to Gold at Women's European Championships...
Rebecka Larsen, Joline Persson-Planefors and Sandra Andersson of Sweden posted two big games to win the gold medal in the Women's European Championships Trios event Tuesday evening at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands.
In the title match between the No. 1 and 2 seed, the top seeded Swedes flew past Patricia Luoto, Birgit Pöppler and Janine Gabel of Germany, 693-588, to wrap up the title.
It was the second gold medal in the second event for Sweden and the second gold medal for Persson-Planefors, who won the gold medal in Doubles with Ida Andersson on Sunday.
The Swedes led the 46 trios from 26 countries after six games preliminaries with 3946 total and an average of 219.22. They had the highest first block on medium oil with 2051 and also the highest block on long oil with 1895 to earn the No. 1 seed for the single-game playoffs.
The Germans were 166 pins behind in second place with 3780 (210.00). Third place belonged to Latvia's Jelena Celiseva, Marija Tkachenko and Diana Zavjalova with 3741 (207.83) and Stine Nørgaard Johansen, Charlotte Bach Madsen and Randi Kryger Pedersen of Denmark took the fourth and last place to advance to the finals with 3706 (205.89).
Andersson (199), Larsen (228) and Persson-Planefors (243) defeated the Danes in the semifinal match, 670-575, while Pöppler (198), Luoto (239) and Gabel (211) also scored an easy victory over Latvia, 648-555, to advance to the title match.
While Luoto (192), Pöppler (192) and Gabel (204) could not match their pace from the semis, Andersson (246), Larsen (214) and Persson-Planefors (233) even improved by 23 pins to cruise to victory, 693-588.
The Women's European Championships continues Wednesday and Thursday with the five-player Team event. All teams will be divided into two squads to bowl six games preliminaries - three games on medium oil on Wednesday and three games on long oil on Thursday. The top four teams advance to the semifinals and finals starting Thursday at 7.30 p.m. CEST.
With 18 of 24 games in the books, Krista Pöllänen of Finland maintained a 108 pin lead in All Events (combined individual scores in Doubles, Trios and Teams) with 4129 total and an average of 229.30.
Two-time gold medalist Joline Persson-Planefors of Sweden moved into second place with 4021 (223.39) and was followed by team mate Rebecka Larsen in third place with 3993 (221.83). Fourth place Birgit Pöppler of Germany is 96 pins off the pace for the medals with 3897 (216.50).
The 2012 Women's European Championships will be held from June 6 through 17 at Dolfijn Bowling in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Record 153 players from 27 out of 49 European Tenpin Bowling Federation (ETBF) member federations - Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Catalonia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and the host country Netherlands - participate in the event.
Each team consists of maximum six players, who compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in Doubles (12 games), Teams (6), Singles (6), All Events (24-game total) and Masters (top 24 in All Events, single-elimination, best-of-three games).
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9-29-03 Queen Mary 2 Passes Sea Trials Cunard's Queen Mary 2, the first ship purposely built for trans-oceanic travel between continents in 30 years, was floated out to sea and given four days of "rigorous testing of her power, manoeuvrability and vibration levels" off the coast of Britanny last week. Cunard Line reports that she passed all of her tests with flying colors. Cunard reports that the ship is right on schedule for her maiden voyage from Southampton to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on January 12, 2004. click image for full pic Back to Top
9-26-03 Weekend Cruise News *** Mariner of the Seas will be christened in Port Canaveral on November 14 with athlete Jean Driscoll serving as Godmother. An Olympian, Paralympian and international advocate for persons with disabilities, Driscoll's achievements range from winning the women's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon eight times - the only person in Boston Marathon history to achieve that feat - to victories in both the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games. She was recognized by Sports Illustrated for Women as one of the top 25 female athletes of the 20th century and is also a world record holder in the 10,000-meter track event as well as the 10K and marathon road racing distances. Driscoll, who was born with spina bifida, is actively involved with organizations for athletes with disabilities both in the United States and abroad. The fifth Voyager-class ship for RCI, Mariner of the Seas will be the largest cruise ship to sail from Port Canaveral when she begins alternating Eastern and Western Caribbean sailings from the port on November 16.
*** The new Carnival Miracle will sail from New York from June 7 to August 28, 2004. The first departure on June 7, is a five-day Canada cruise to Saint John, New Brunswick and Halifax, Nova Scotia. From June 12, 2004 Miracle sails seven-day cruises from New York calling at Port Canaveral/Orlando for 14 hours, as well as Nassau and Freeport in the Bahamas. The 88,500-ton, 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle is the fourth Spirit-class ship and enters service in March 2004 sailing from Jacksonville, Florida. The vessel's interiors are inspired by famous fictional icons and include 16 lounges and bars. Other on board features include four swimming pools, a jogging track, Internet cafe, wedding chapel, video arcade, numerous fine and casual dining options, including a reservations-only supper club located at the top of the 11-deck atrium. Also found on board will be a 14,500-square-foot health club and a comprehensive golf program with professional instruction both aboard ship and during excursions.
*** Sapphire Princess was floated out last week from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. Reconstruction work, following a shipyard fire last October, was completed in August. The vessel is on schedule for delivery in May, 2004, when it will begin sailing Alaska cruises from Seattle, along with sister-ship, Diamond Princess. The 113,000-ton, 2,670-passenger sisters will be the largest cruise ships to ever sail to Alaska. They have already experienced a name change: Their names were switched following the shipyard fire so that Diamond Princess would still enter service on schedule in March, 2004, sailing from Los Angeles (Long Beach) to the Mexican Riviera.
*** Clipper Cruise Line has chartered the Fantasia del Mar of Argo Line for daylight transits of the Panama Canal in 2003 and 2004. The nine-night "Exploring the Natural Treasures of Costa Rica and the Darien Jungle, Plus the Panama Canal" voyages are offered aboard the 138-passenger Yorktown Clipper. As small-ship enthusiasts are aware, the Panama Canal transit is often completed under cover of darkness due to heavy traffic and the higher fees generated from larger ships which are given priority entrance into the canal. Now passengers will board the Fantasia del Mar for the full-day Panama Canal transit which traverses all three sets of locks, plus the Miraflores and Gat�n lakes and the Gaillard Cut. An onboard guide describes the workings of the canal as tugboats and locomotives direct the ship through the locks. Built in 1978, at Boothbay Harbor, Maine, the Fantasia del Mar is 117-feet long, has three passenger decks and is certified to carry up to 600 passengers, however, it will solely transport the 138 guests aboard the Yorktown Clipper for Clipper's chartered transits. The Fantasia del Mar features a spacious observation deck for outside viewing and a comfortable, air-conditioned lounge with seating for 150.
*** Celebrity Cruises is the first cruise line to offer acupuncture aboard ship. Debuting aboard Infinity this month, Acupuncture at Sea will include lectures about acupuncture, feng shui, nutrition, and healing with herbs, in addition to the acupuncture treatments themselves. The professionals offering the service include Dr. Philippe Manicom, of OM Alliance, Coconut Grove, Florida who is an acupuncturist for celebrities and Olympic and NBA athletes. Celebrity's Acupuncture at Sea is scheduled aboard Infinity's September 26, October 8, and October 19 sailings. Dates on other Celebrity ships are yet to be announced.
*** As the Official Cruise Line of the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration, RCI has another special sailing planned, aboard Grandeur of the Seas, to wrap up the anniversary year. The December 13 commemorative cruise sails round-trip from New Orleans with calls at Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Costa Maya. It will feature performances by local legends Irma Thomas and Harry Connick, Sr., as well as Zydeco master Terrence Simien, the Mardi Gras Under the Stars cultural festival and a Louisiana Film Festival. In addition, menu items throughout the week will reflect the region's world-renowned cuisine. Grandeur of the Seas will return to New Orleans on Saturday December 20 in time for cruisers to attend the re-enactment of the Louisiana Purchase signing at the Cabildo, where the actual ceremonies took place in 1803.
*** Princess Cruises has announced the top Alaska shore excursions and tour guides for its C.R.U.I.S.E. (Courtesy, Respect, Unfailing In Service Excellence) awards program. Begun in 1999 in the Caribbean as part of Princess' customer service program, the awards were expanded to Alaska in 2000. Winners are chosen based on customer feedback. The awards ceremonies were recently held aboard the line's Alaska-based ships. Tour Guide of the Season award winners received $100, a tour of the ship, a letter of commendation, a plaque, and lunch onboard for their family. Operators of the Shore Excursion of the Season received a plaque and a letter of commendation, a tour of the ship, and lunch onboard for company officials. Here are this year's winners in Alaska:
- Juneau: Co-Shore Excursions: Whale Watching & Wildlife Quest, (Allen Marine Tours); Helicopter Glacier Trek, (NorthStar Trekking); Tour Guide: Jami Likins, Guide's Choice Adventure Hike (Gastineau Guiding)
- Ketchikan: Shore Excursion: Mountain Point Snorkeling Adventure (Snorkel Alaska); Co-Tour Guides: Rob Holston, (Guard Island Lighthouse Excursions); Aaron Fargo, Mountain Point Snorkeling Adventure (Snorkel Alaska)
- Sitka: Shore Excursion: Sea Otter & Wildlife Quest (Allen Marine Tours); Tour Guide: Mary Hames (Sitka Tours)
- Skagway: Co-Shore Excursions: Glacier Point Wilderness Safari (Chilkat Guides Ltd.); Pilot's Choice Helicopter Odyssey (Temsco Helicopters); Co-Tour Guides: Dave Marvin, Glacier Point Wilderness Safari (Chilkat Guides Ltd); Cory Thole, Heli-Hike & Rail Adventure (Packer Expeditions Ltd.)
- Seward: Shore Excursion: Resurrection Bay Wildlife Cruise (Kenai Fjord Tours); Tour Guide: Micki Van Deusen, Homestead Cabin & Exit Glacier (Trails North Inc.)
- Vancouver: Shore Excursion: Capilano Canyon Nature Tour (Rockwood Adventures); Tour Guide: Jeff Veniot (Gray Line of Vancouver)
- Victoria: Shore Excursion: Grand City Drive & Empress Tea (Gray Line of Victoria); Tour Guide: Dave Roberts, Victoria Highlight & Mt. Tolmie (Gray Line of Victoria)
- Seattle: Shore Excursion: Ride the Ducks of Seattle; Tour Guide: Nicole Hansen, Ride the Ducks of Seattle
*** Seven Seas Navigator will call at Tampa for the first time this fall. The four Tampa itineraries include Palm Beach to Tampa, two roundtrip Tampa voyages, and a Tampa to Ft. Lauderdale cruise with departure dates on November 8, 18, 25 and December 2. The seven-night Thanksgiving cruise sails round-trip from Tampa on November 25. It will feature the "Club Mariner" children's program. Ports of call are Grand Cayman; Costa Maya and Cozumel (Mexico); and Key West.
*** Star Clippers is offering discounts and reduced airfare on Caribbean cruises aboard the luxury sailing ships Royal Clipper and Star Clipper. From October to December, free air is offered from New York, Washington, DC or Miami while from January to March, 2004 air add-ons start at $95 per person. Discounts on the seven-night sailings are $300 per person for Royal Clipper cruises from Barbados, and $400 per person for Star Clipper cruises from St. Maarten. A number of theme cruises are planned over the fall and winter, including Jazz & Blues, Caribbean culture and Health & Well-Being.
*** Royal Olympia Cruises is selling three of its older vessels, including the Stella Solaris, built in 1953, which was a very popular ship in its heyday. The Apollon and Stella Oceanis are the other two which will be going to the breakers in India. Reports indicate that Triton will also be sold. Back to Top
9-19-03 Weekend Cruise News *** The largest ships ever built for Norwegian Cruise Line have been ordered from Meyer Werft shipyards in Germany for delivery in 2005 and 2006. The two vessels will be based largely on the Norwegian Dawn/Norwegian Star design, with modifications in both technical and passenger areas. Gross tonnage will be slightly higher than Norwegian Dawn at an estimated 93,000-tons with a passenger capacity of 2,400 (double occupancy). The new ships will also feature the very latest in environmental and safety management systems. On board features include 10 different restaurants including a steak house, an Asian restaurant/sushi bar/teppanyaki room (now with two tables versus the current one), Italian, French, and Spanish restaurants, two main dining rooms, and a coffee shop/casual eatery located in the center of the atrium; enormous health, fitness, and spa facilities; generous children and teen areas with a dedicated children's outdoor pool area; a 1000+ seat opera-style theatre; a high-energy top-of-the-ship nightclub; karaoke facilities and private karaoke rooms; a state of the art casino with player tracking and the highest table limits at sea; a department store-style shopping area, and extensive meeting and conference facilities.
*** Carnival Pride begins year-round sailings to Mexico on Sunday. Departing from Carnival's new cruise terminal in Long Beach, Carnival Pride will sail seven-night cruises every Sunday to Cabo San Lucas (9 hour stay), Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. The 88,500-ton, 2,124-passenger vessel takes over the route from the smaller Elation which on September 28 begins Sunday sailings from Galveston, year-round, to Progreso, Cozumel and Belize, City.
*** Architects and interior designers from Architectural Digest will be aboard the Queen Mary 2 as part of the 'Designing the Seas' enrichment series to be featured on select transatlantic crossings from May to October 2004. As well as giving lectures, they will be available for private consultations. The enrichment program aboard QM2 will also feature lecturers from Oxford University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Classes will be held in the 10,225-sq.ft. Cunard ConneXions facility which will house seven classrooms and an auditorium so several classes can take place simultaneously. Learn more about the Queen Mary 2 at Cunard's new QM2 site: www.cunard.com/QM2/home.asp
*** The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism reports growth in the state's cruise industry. The number of cruise ship passengers increased during the first half of 2003 with the number of out-of-state passengers rising by 16.7% over the same period in 2002. Out-of-state cruise visitors make up about 4.3% of all travelers to the Islands, compared with 3.6% last year and 2.4% in 2001.
*** NCL America has launched a competition for Hawaiian artists to create the hull design for Pride of Aloha, which enters service in Honolulu, October 1, 2004. The company is also looking for artists and students to compete to design an "Aloha" shirt for crew uniforms to be worn aboard both Pride of Aloha and Pride of America vessels. The line is looking for an authentic representation of Hawaii, reflecting the islands' rich culture. The winning artist will see his or her work displayed on the hull of the ship, receive a $10,000 cash award and win a cruise for two aboard Pride of Aloha's inaugural voyage.
*** An automated baggage conveyor system has been installed at Port Canaveral's Terminal 9/10 at a cost of $1.4 million. The automated system speeds up disembarkation as four conveyor belts carry luggage ashore where passengers retrieve it using the traditional color code system. Each conveyor can handle around 500 pieces of luggage at one time. The more efficient luggage handling system is needed as more and bigger ships begin sailing from Port Canaveral. Miami is the only other U.S. port to have the conveyor system.
*** Costa Cruises will construct and manage a new cruise terminal in the Port of Barcelona. The project will be funded entirely by Costa Crociere (parent company of Costa Cruises) at a cost of seven 7 million euros and will provide Costa Crociere and Carnival Corporation with priority use of the new facility. The President of the Port of Barcelona, Joaquim Tosas, and the Vice President of Cruise Operations for Costa Crociere, Giovanni Onorato, recently signed the agreement. Costa started sailing to Barcelona in the 1950's and is currently the main cruise operator in the port with 20 percent of the total number of passengers. The new terminal is scheduled to open for business in the early spring of 2005.
California legislators have passed a bill, applicable to all types of ships, which will increase the ban on ballast water discharge in coastal waters to 200 nautical miles from shore. Two bills applicable to cruise ships were also passed. They pertain to sewage sludge and bilge and hazardous waste. The International Council of Cruise Lines worked with legislature on the issues covered by the bills. ICCL president Michael Crye points out, however, that several practices that are already industry standards are included in the bills. The ICCL's mandatory environmental policies, adopted unanimously in June 2001, surpass regulatory procedures that exist in the U.S. or elsewhere. Back to Top
9-19-03 RCI Orders Ultra Voyager Royal Caribbean International has today ordered a larger model of its popular Voyager-class ships for delivery in May 2006. Called Ultra Voyager, the vessel will become the world's largest cruise vessel, surpassing Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 in size. Roughly 15 percent larger than the Voyager-class ships, Ultra Voyager will be 160,000-tons, measure 126 feet by 1,112 feet and stand 18 stories high. At 100 percent occupancy, it will carry 3,600 passengers and 1,400 crew. Cruising speed will be approximately 22 knots. The new ship will be built at Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland, continuing a shipbuilding tradition that produced five Voyager-class ships, two Vision-class vessels and four earlier ships. The yard and cruise line signed a preliminary agreement last June, outlining the design and specifications of the new ship. Today's contract formalizes that agreement. The yard also granted the company an option for a second Ultra Voyager, with a 2007 delivery date. RCI also announced it would not be exercising its options for a fifth and sixth Radiance-class vessel. Back to Top
9-12-03 Weekend Cruise News *** Crown Odyssey is currently sailing her final voyage for Orient Lines, a transatlantic crossing from Rome to Baltimore. On Monday the vessel joins Norwegian Cruise Line as the Norwegian Crown sailing in Canada/New England followed by winter cruises in South America. The vessel has switched names in the past. Originally built for Royal Cruise Line in 1988 as the Crown Odyssey, she sailed for NCL as the Norwegian Crown from March, 1996 to May, 2000. She then joined the Orient Lines fleet, once again named Crown Odyssey and remains with Orient until next Monday's transfer. Since last February's drydock in Singapore, the vessel has sported a white hull and many on board changes in preparation for the return to NCL and the 'freestyle cruising' concept. Changes made during refit included the addition of three restaurants - Le Bistro, an Italian pasta cafe and a covered al fresco dining cafe - a children's activity area, state-of-the-art fitness center, a number of new cabins as well as an expansion of the spa and casino. With the transfer, Orient Lines returns to a one-ship operation. Marco Polo will continue sailing Orient Lines' destination-focused voyages including Antarctica.
*** Bermuda's recovery efforts are proceeding well, following last weekend's battering by Hurricane Fabian. Cruise ships are being allowed to return next week. Some itineraries are being adjusted, however, as the causeway that connects St. George's to Hamilton has been badly damaged making transportation by road difficult. Norwegian Majesty will call at St. George's, King's Wharf and Hamilton next week instead of staying in St. George's only. Hurricane Fabian forced Bermuda bound ships to head for Canada and New England this past week. The ports of St. John, New Brunswick, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Bar Harbor, Maine benefited most from the redeployments as passengers arrived looking for tours and in need of warmer clothes for the change of destination. Celebrity's Zenith and Horizon, NCL's Norwegian Majesty and Norwegian Sea and RCI's Nordic Empress were all re-routed away from Bermuda. In addition, Princess Cruises' Regal Princess began her Canada/New England season this week adding to the number of cruise calls in the region.
*** Carnival Cruise Line's Celebration continues to experience propulsion problems which are slowing the vessel's cruising speed. Celebration has been forced to miss ports of call on four and five-night Western Caribbean cruises from Galveston. A replacement part has arrived and is expected to be installed prior to Celebration's Saturday departure. Passengers on affected voyages have been offered a $400 per cabin shipboard credit plus a 50 percent discount on a future four or five-day sailing. Those choosing to cancel, will receive a full refund plus 50 percent savings on a future cruise.
*** Radisson Seven Seas Cruises is expanding the advance reservation of shore excursions to include Seven Seas Voyager, Seven Seas Navigator and Radisson Diamond this month. The line anticipates adding the Paul Gauguin to the program in 2004. The pre-request tour program was introduced in Alaska this past summer aboard Seven Seas Mariner and was well received by passengers. Under the program, pre-request forms are sent to passengers with cruise documents 30 days prior to sailing. Beginning with the Seven Seas Voyager's Sept. 10 cruise, the Seven Seas Navigator's Sept. 24 cruise and the Radisson Diamond's Sept. 26 cruise, booked passengers may choose excursions by faxing their completed preference form to the line anytime up to 48 hours prior to their voyage. Requests are processed in the order received. Fax numbers for these forms only are: Seven Seas Mariner (305) 714-0463; Seven Seas Voyager (305) 714-0464; Seven Seas Navigator (305) 714-0465; Radisson Diamond (305) 714-0466. Passengers will find the shore excursion tickets in their stateroom/suite upon embarkation and charges will appear on shipboard accounts. Passengers will be added to the waitlist for requested tours that are already fully booked.
*** Carnival's 2,056-passenger Fantasy is currently undergoing an extensive multi-million-dollar refurbishment as part of its scheduled five-week drydock. The refurbishment is taking place at the Freeport Shipyard in Freeport, Bahamas. The 70,000-ton Fantasy entered service in 1990 and operates year-round three and four-day Bahamas cruises from Port Canaveral. When Fantasy returns to service on October 9, 2003, the first level of the ship's seven-deck-high atrium will feature a new lobby bar offering the ideal spot for before- and after-dinner cocktails and people watching. Popularized on Carnival's Destiny- and Spirit-class vessels, the new venue will also include a stage where a trio will play classical music during embarkation and throughout the voyage. Each of the Fantasy's 1,028 staterooms will receive a complete makeover with new wall coverings, furniture, bedding and linens. In-cabin bathrooms will be fully remodeled, as well, with updated vanities, new tile work and shampoo and soap dispensers. Via Marina, an enclosed double-width promenade, will also receive a facelift, with elegant new furniture and a decorative marble floor with carpet inlays, while The Forum, the Fantasy's conference facility, has been reconfigured so that it can be utilized as both a meeting space and entertainment venue. Windows on the Sea, the ship's poolside restaurant, will be enhanced with new tile work, carpeting and additional salad and dessert bar stations. Numerous other areas throughout the ship, including Cleopatra's Bar, Electricity Dance Club, Cats Lounge, and Celebration and Jubilee dining rooms, will receive cosmetic enhancements, with new carpeting and wall coverings throughout.
*** Seabourn is now offering a seven-day segment of the Great American Food & Wine Festival in October. The all-suite, 208-passenger Seabourn Pride will host the seven-day event on a cruise from the Washington, D.C. area (Alexandria, Virginia) to Nassau departing October 31, 2003. During the cruise, guests will enjoy onboard cooking demonstrations by guest chef Todd Gray of Equinox in Washington, DC. Signature dishes created by Chef Gray will be featured on menus in the ship's open-seating Restaurant and the casual alternative Veranda Cafe. Tours and visits to local growers and purveyors, green markets, historical sites and other culinary attractions will take place in the ports of call including Yorktown (for Williamsburg) VA; Charleston SC; Savannah GA and Port Canaveral, FL. The entire 13-day Great American Food & Wine Festival starts October 25th in New York. Celebrity chef Charlie Palmer of Aureole in New York and Las Vegas, kitchen 22 and other top-rated restaurants coast-to-coast will be presiding on board from New York to Alexandria. Ports of call include Newport, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Alexandria.
*** Oceania Cruises' 2004 European brochure is now available. The 74-page, full-color guide showcases the line's wide range of European itineraries, diverse culinary options, luxury amenities, and country club-casual atmosphere. Oceania Cruises' second ship, Insignia, debuts April 3, 2004 in the Med. Sister ship Regatta will also feature Northern European cruises next year. To request a brochure, call 800-531-5658 or visit www.OceaniaCruises.com.
*** Costa Cruises will send the CostaTropicale and CostaAllegra to South America this winter. Three to 22-night sailings are available from late December, 2003 to March, 2004. Both vessels will homeport in Santos, Brazil. CostaTropicale sails three to 11-night cruises to ports in Brazil while CostaAllegra sails four and six-night Brazil cruises and eight to 10-night cruises to Argentina and Uruguay. A 22-night cruise, January 29, 2004 calls at ports in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands and Chile. Rates start at $899 per person, cruise only. See your travel agent for more details.
*** The first-ever triathlon cruise has been declared a phenomenal success. The event was held aboard Royal Caribbean's 2,350-passenger Majesty of the Seas on Labor Day weekend. A group of 400 triathletes, family members, and friends sailed to Nassau to compete in "The Big One With the Big 3," part of the Publix Family Fitness Weekend / Coca-Cola Classic Triathlon Series. The sprint triathlon, which consisted of a half-mile ocean swim, 18-mile bicycle ride, and five-kilometer run, was the seventh event in a nine-race series managed by Exclusive Sports Marketing. Altogether, 164 cruisers - 108 male and 56 female, between the ages of 12 to 67 - competed in age and weight groups and in an Elite division. Most finished the Nassau test in one to 1 1/2 hours. The cruisers also held a one-mile ocean swim the next day at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean's private island in the Bahamas. During the cruise, an exception was made to a Royal Caribbean policy that prohibits bicycles being brought aboard ship. Among other special arrangements for the group was a pasta dinner on the eve of the race (to load up on carbohydrates), an awards ceremony, and clinics and Q&A sessions with "Big 3" triathlon superstars Dave Scott, Scott Molina, and Scott Tinley. Dave Scott is a six-time winner of Ironman Hawaii, a grueling nine-hour test that includes a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and a full 26.2-mile marathon.
*** Intuitive Vision Network is holding two psychic & spiritual healing cruises in 2004. Aimed at those interested in spiritual transformation, the seven-day retreats include workshops and psychic demonstrations. Next year's cruises will be held aboard Carnival Spirit, April 15-18, 2004 sailing from San Diego to Mexico and aboard Carnival Victory, July 8-July 12, 2004 sailing from New York to Nova Scotia. For more visit the group's web site at www.intuitivevision.com/main.shtml. Back to Top
9-5-03 Weekend Cruise News *** Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises have introduced luxury, glass-dome train service between Seward and Anchorage for 2004. The Wilderness Express, with 360-degree glass-dome viewing, provides some of the most impressive views in Alaska. On the Anchorage to Seward train ride it is possible to see whales, Dall sheep, cascading waterfalls, glaciers and other sights visible only on this stretch of rail tracks. Two new cruisetours are available in conjunction with the new rail service. The four and five-night tours include travel on the Wilderness Express train cars between Anchorage and Seward plus stops in Fairbanks, Denali National Park and Talkeetna. RCI and Celebrity are offering 19 Alaska cruisetours beginning May 28, 2004 in conjunction with cruises aboard Celebrity's Summit and Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas. All tours are escorted throughout by highly knowledgeable tour directors.
*** Regal Princess sailed from New York on Thursday after completing an extensive, three-day sanitation process. During the August 18 sailing from Copenhagen to New York, a total of 302 passengers (20%) and 45 crew members (7%) reported ill with gastrointestinal flu which turned out to be caused by the norovirus. Princess began extensive measures to interrupt the spread of the virus when it was noticed on the third day of the cruise. CDC's Vessel Sanitation Chief Dave Forney has expressed satisfaction with Princess' response procedures and disinfection measures, and feels that the ship is safe for embarking passengers. He called Princess' protocols "top notch," and said Princess "notified the CDC well before they were required to do so."
*** The Veranda Cafe aboard the yachts of Seabourn is now open for dinner on formal nights. Passengers who prefer elegant-casual dress over formal attire can now dine at the alternative, indoor-outdoor Cafe instead of the main dining room on formal nights, aboard Seabourn Spirit, Pride and Legend. At the Cafe, jackets, but no ties are required for gentlemen and dresses, skirts or pants with a sweater or blouse for women. In bars and lounges throughout the ship, either formal or elegant-casual dress is suggested after six pm. Richard D. Meadows, Seabourn's senior vice president of sales and marketing explains: "Many Seabourn guests consider a formal dinner integral to their enjoyment of their cruise ... but there are others for whom the formality holds little appeal, especially as we have created more seven-day cruises in the Caribbean and Mediterranean that attract and satisfy travelers with different ideas of what they like on vacation." The Veranda Cafes were redecorated at the beginning of 2003, with brighter, lighter colors and new furniture. Seabourn designed a new concept for the Veranda Cafe dinners, featuring different themes each night, such as Ginger and Spice (Asian), Modern Mediterranean and Seabourn Steakhouse. A re-design of the Veranda Cafe galley creates an "open kitchen" ambience in the room. In December, the Veranda Cafes will add new Rosenthal china as well, in a chic, contemporary design. The Veranda Cafes are also popular venues for breakfasts and luncheons. They offer indoor and outdoor seating, with lavish buffets and a casual atmosphere at both meals. In good weather, many Seabourn passengers opt for the family-style seating outdoors, overlooking the harbor when the ship is in port, or the ship's wake when at sea.
*** The latest addition to Crystal Cruises "Creative Learning Institute," is Parsons School of Design which will provide introductory classes in fine art, floral design, and interior design on selected cruises. Interior Design classes will introduce antiques and furniture, while fine arts classes students will explore drawing, sculpture and painting. Parsons joins a number of leading companies, including Sotheby's, Berlitz, Tai Chi Cultural Center, BOOK magazine, Yamaha and the Society of Wine Educators, in offering courses as part of the Creative Learning Institute which debuted on Crystal Serenity this summer. The program will begin aboard Crystal Harmony and Crystal Symphony in 2004.
*** Oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau will be the special guest aboard Paul Gauguin's November 15 Marquesas cruise. This is the fourth time Cousteau has sailed on the Gauguin's Marquesas itinerary during which the famed oceanographer gives lectures and leads scuba divers on underwater adventures into some of the Pacific's richest marine ecosystems. Jean-Michel Cousteau is the son of the Jacques Cousteau and a prominent environmentalist in his own right. The 14-night Marquesas voyage sails roundtrip from Papeete, Tahiti, to Rangiroa; Omoa (Fatu Hiva); Atuona (Hiva Ona); Vaipaee (Ua Huka); Hatihue and Tiahae (Nuka Hiva); Bora Bora which was the model for James Michener's fictional Bali Hai; Tahaa, for a visit to Motu Mahana, the ship's private islet; and Moorea, widely regarded as the most topographically interesting island in French Polynesia.
*** Carnival's Jubilee will be renamed Pacific Sun when she joins P&O Cruises Australia in October 2004. She will join Pacific Sky, formerly Princess Cruises Sky Princess, for year-round South Pacific cruising from Sydney and Brisbane.
*** Ship enthusiasts will be interested in the latest move of the former Crown Princess: Carnival Corporation is consolidating its German cruise operations into the AIDA brand. The cruise ship A'ROSA Blu will be transferred to AIDA to sail as the AIDA Blu while the A'ROSA brand name and riverboats will be sold. A'ROSA Blu is the former Crown Princess of Princess Cruises. As the AIDA Blu, she will sail with AIDA's three other vessels on informal, "Club resort" cruises aimed at younger, more active, German-speaking passengers. Carnival also owns Costa Cruises which has its own German division, Costa Kreuzfahrten, offering a more traditional cruise experience for German-speaking clientele aboard the CostaMarina. Back to Top


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For several years, the United Kingdom has been planning for the deployment of up to 12 new nuclear reactors to replace the advanced gas-cooled reactors that will be shut down over the next 12 years.
To that end, eight sites were identified around England and Wales that would be permitted to host new nuclear plants. Each of these sites has or has had a nuclear reactor there previously. Several consortia of utilities and vendors formed to develop new reactors at each of these sites, and one of them, Horizon Nuclear Powery, was a joint venture of the German utility E.ON and RWE npower, a UK-based electricity and gas supply generation company.
Horizon had planned to build new reactors at the Wylfa and Oldbury sites in the UK, but today they announced that they would not, siting the global economic crisis and the financial after-effects of Germany's plan to phase out nuclear power.
Last fall, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) announced that they were pulling out of the NuGeneration consortium, which has planned to build new reactors at the Sellafield site in Cumbria. The NuGeneration consortium still plans to continue without SSE.
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Somebody asked me the other day, "How can we tell if a baseball player is using steroids?" I said, "Look at him." It's pretty obvious. Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Jason Giambi come to mind right away, along with Barry "Balco" Bonds. They looked like Superman, Batman, Conan the Barbarian and Captain America rolled into one.
One of the valuable things about sports is that it's interesting to me to see what good nutrition, physical perfection (except for certain pitchers like The Bloody Sock) and finely honed eye-hand coordination can accomplish.
If you're going to throw performance-enhancing drugs in there, you might as well have bionic implants. I saw a report on TV of a guy with artificial spring-like legs who's running faster than most people on natural gams. Heck yeah, how about adding bionic arms as well. I'm sure science could come up with some kind of titanium catapult substitute for an arm. Look what they've done with golf clubs. I mean, if you're going artificial, go all the way.
By the way, my editorial cartoons are drawn without editorial cartoon-enhancing drugs. Except about 10 cups of coffee. And rum and diet Pepsi with a chunk of lime. And maybe a little scotch and soda around five.


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This Sunday January 12, 2014 is the annual No Pants Subway Ride Day!
If you are a regular reader of Shortcuts then you know my favorite holiday – it's No Pants Subway Ride.
It's time for fun, at least for us in LA, fun in the sun. I can't imagine doing this and being half nakey the on the east coast where Improv Everywhere 13 years ago started the now global No Pants Subway Ride.
For all of our literal readers, in this situation "no pants" does not mean naked butt…participants must wear underpants! Unless you want to be arrested! All kidding aside, Improv Everywhere does have some rules.
Oh now don't get your panties in a bunch the rules are simple, from their website a little prep for the east coasters.
1) Willing to take pants off on subway
2) Able to keep a straight face about it
When: Sunday, January 12 at 3:00 PM, Sharp! (Over around 5 PM)
Where: Seven meeting points spread out all over New York City. Details below.
Bring: A backpack/bag and a metro card.
Wear: Normal winter clothes (hat, gloves, etc)
Facebook: You can RSVP to the Facebook Event(Optional but appreciated)
Twitter: Use #NPSR and mention @ImprovEvery
Afterparty: Greenwich Village Country Club. Details below. Facebook Event for party.
In Los Angeles
Captains Agent Meow Meow and Agent Silky will coordinate groups together along the Red, Gold and Expo lines early Sunday afternoon. Look to them for any help you may need with paying fares, changing trains etc.
More information for Angelenos can be found here .


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In the half century since the U.S. surgeon general linked cigarette smoking to lung cancer, the smoking rate has been more than cut in half. But it is still very disturbing to hear that for every three young smokers, one will quit and one will die of tobacco-related causes. That's too many senseless deaths.
We need to keep up the fight.
That is especially so in Oneida and Herkimer counties, where the smoking rate far exceeds the state and national averages. In Oneida County, the rate is 24 percent; in Herkimer County, 21.1 percent. Statewide, the smoking rate is 16.8 percent, and nationally, 18 percent.
Anyone who has smoked will tell you the best prevention is not to start. But kids are invincible; death is a long way from them, and despite our best efforts, some will slip through the cracks and take that first puff, then a second and a third. Soon they're hooked.
We need a simple three-point plan to discourage smoking from the get-go. Kids should consider this one:
ä Smokers stink. Teens are very conscious of appearance, and how they smell is a big part of that. There is no perfume or cologne made that will mask the stink of cigarette smoke; in fact, it usually makes it worse. Want to attract others? Start by not stinking.
ä Smoking is expensive. A pack of cigarettes costs about $10. If you smoke a pack a day — once you start, that's very possible — that's 70 bucks a week or $3,640 a year. That's nearly enough to pay full-time tuition at Mohawk Valley Community College.
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Shall I Compare Thee to an Evil Tyrant?
The poetry of Guantanamo.
Prisons have always been surprisingly fruitful places for the production of poetry. But the detention center at Guantanamo Bay would have seemed an exception, since its purpose was the isolation and sequestration of high-level "enemy combatants." Yet, even here, inmates found a way to write. At first, detainees did not have access to paper or pens, so they carved words with pebbles on Styrofoam cups passed out with their meals, or inscribed the cups with toothpaste. Then they passed these "cup poems" to their fellow inmates. At the end of the day, guards collected the cups with the prisoners' meals and disposed of them. Eventually, the detainees were allowed to have writing utensils and paper. They did not anticipate that the verses they wrote would be published; they wrote, rather, to pass the time—as consolation, as memorial, as a way of giving shape to an incarceration that stretched indefinitely onward.
The results of this labor are now available in a slim volume, Poems From Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak (University of Iowa), edited by Marc Falkoff, a law professor who has done pro bono work for detainees. Containing a mere 22 poems by 17 inmates, Poems From Guantánamo brings us voices from a place that has been characterized by silence and obscurity. Though it is not the first literature of witness to emerge from Guantanamo—several former prisoners have published memoirs, and a number of these poems previously appeared in Bookforum—this book is distinctive for several reasons. First, because it is a collection of writers, it drives home the plurality of experience and attitudes of those incarcerated, pushing back against the tendency to view them as interchangeable "enemy combatants." Second, because many of the authors are still being held in Guantanamo, it serves as testimony in an ongoing debate over the rights of foreign citizens who have been labeled dangers to the United States. Third, poetry proves to be an ideal way for these authors to convey the frustrations of imprisonment. The supple restrictions of the form lend intensity to their despair (or fury) at being imprisoned without habeas corpus on a remote island.
In one sense, the work in Poems From Guantánamo is of a piece with other prison literature. What makes it interesting is not so much the literary virtues of the poems—some are quite artful, while others are less accomplished—as the way the poems restore individuality to those who have been dehumanized and vilified in the eyes of the public. (It is worth noting that these poems were not translated by literary experts, but by linguists who had the appropriate security clearances.) The poems short-circuit the entrenched scripts of "American" vs. "Muslim" and "us" vs. "them" and replace them, briefly, with the considerations of one individual trying to speak to another. Poems such as "To My Father" invoke an intimate sense of loss recognizable to a Western reader, even if the cultural details are foreign: "Two years my heart sending out messages/ To the homes where my family dwells,/ Where lavender cotton sprouts/ For grazing herds that leave well fed." Others form a potent picture of incarceration as an existential experience unlike any other. "O prison darkness, pitch your tent./ We love the darkness," writes a Saudi Arabian named Abdulaziz, who was tortured in an Afghan prison before being sent to Guantanamo. Even the night is viewed differently than it once was.
A lot of prison literature engages directly with the ideological conflict between the imprisoned and the society that has incarcerated him, and the poems here don't shy away from expressing clashing points of view. The words tyrant (referring to George W. Bush) and oppression recur, as does an acute frustration that Americans who employ the rhetoric of peace and democracy cannot see the hypocrisy of their actions. "They have turned their land of peace/ into a place for hypocrites," Emad Abdullah Hassan writes in "The Truth," a sentiment echoed in the poem "They Fight For Peace": "Peace, they say./ Peace of mind?/ Peace on earth? / Peace of what kind?" But the presence of intimate details and subdued longing helps the American reader dig past the simplistic notion that these men constitute "the worst of the worst" to imagine what it might be like to be an innocent man caught up in the post-9/11 dragnet that misidentified many potential terrorists. One young man who was released, a detainee from Bahrain, wrote, "When you pass by life's familiar objects—/ The Bedouin rugs, the bound branches,/ The flight of pigeons— / Remember me." While few would deny that a portion of Guantanamo inmates are guilty of terrorist involvement, it is evident today that a significant number were not—according to one study, only 8 percent of the detained were accused of being al-Qaida fighters.
Curiously, the Western reader may find herself unable to read a poem without trying to evaluate the author's relationship toward the United States. It is a hopeless task, and the kind of exercise in judgment better suited to a judge and jury than to a literary critic. Instead, as the scholar Flagg Miller argues in his astute introduction, one might more usefully try to understand the poems in the broader context of Muslim prison poetry known as habsiyya, which draws on the traditions of Persian love poetry to convey the author's suffering. The Guantanamo poets tend also to employ traditional Arabic qasida verse—rhymed and metered couplets that can run from 12 to 80 verses. Anthemic versions of qasidas were written during the intifada in Palestine, to be sung at political demonstrations. But Miller argues that the Guantanamo poems are notable for rejecting many of the overt tropes of jihadist poetry. He points out that the verse of these detainees is distinct from that of self-proclaimed jihadists in several ways. There's a "relative absence" of "overt religious imagery," archaic diction, and historical themes. Miller claims that "barely half" of the collected poems invoke Islamic terms traditionally found in such poems, such as "Islam" and "Allah" and "the book of God." When the poets invoke religious terms, he says, they "are usually employed in a mainstream manner, inserted into conventional supplications, rather than being used to develop themes of militancy."
That is not to imply that the detainees are not jihadists, Miller notes; but it does complicate the way we read the poems. When I spoke to Falkoff by phone, he told me that they had not received poems from any of the "high-value detainees," whose connections to al-Qaida are more evident than those of other inmates. Nonetheless, the anger and menace expressed by some of the most effective poets (among them Ustad Badruzzaman Badr) evoke a twofold response from a reader, of both admiration for the work and alienation from it. "Does oppression not demand/ Some reaction against the oppressor?" asks one poet. In "To My Father," by Abdullah Thani Faris Al Anazi, the poet writes:


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Oh, yes, you CAN eat cake for breakfast, especially when it's this healthy, Chai Spiced Gluten-Free Apple Pie Mug Cake! Last week I baked you muffins. Chai Spiced Gluten-Free Apple Pie Muffins to be exact. But they didn't turn out that great. Not that they were horrible or anything. They were just kind of...well... Blah. And when you're eating chai spiced apple pie ANYTHING, healthy or not, it should be absolutely, positively, 100 % delicious. Don't you think?! … [Read more...]
Autumn Chopped Salad with Apples, Fennel, Cheddar Cheese, Macadamia Nuts, & Apple Maple Vinaigrette
Inspired by my recent trip to Vermont to hang out and collaborate with an awesome community of healthy food bloggers at Blog Brulee {more on this in a post coming soon}, this Autumn Chopped Salad with Apples, Fennel, Cheddar Cheese, and Macadamia Nuts dressed with Apple Maple Vinaigrette is the perfect combination of tangy, sweet, crispy, crunchy, and creamy deliciousness. It's also just the ticket for those of you, like me, who are craving the comfy flavors of fall, but aren't quite ready to dig in to a big ol' bowl of soup. … [Read more...]
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How many times have you gone to a restaurant, eaten something super duper delicious, and wanted to re-create that meal at home?? Like this Super Duper Raw Power Salad with apples, kale, cabbage, and more?!! Me...um, about a zillion handful of times, but then my crazy busy life takes over, and my memory gets muddier and muddier, until I no longer remember what it was about that meal, that was so gosh darn delicious. Not this time though. A couple of weeks ago, Mr. Spicy treated me to lunch at one of my favorite local eateries, Urban … [Read more...]
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This apple pie smoothie tastes like autumn in a glass! Do you say autumn or do you say fall??? Inspired a few weeks ago by these seasonal fruit smoothies, I decided to create my own fall inspired smoothie with 5 simple ingredients you probably have in your kitchen right this instant: fresh apples {of course!}, oats {certified gluten-free for me}, milk {dairy or non-dairy...your choice!}, maple sugar {or any natural sweetener will do}, and, naturally, a little spice {cinnamon}. Oh, and if you like your smoothies nice and cold, don't … [Read more...]
Food Bloggers Virtual New Year's Eve and My 12 Favorite Recipes from 2011!
Happy New Year's Eve my friends! {Or, for those of you reading this in 2012, Happy New Years!!!} What better way to celebrate the new year, than with a party??? {A huge thank you to Lora from Cake Duchess, and Sanjeeta from LiteBite for hosting this virtual party...to Junia from Mis Pensamientos for coordinating the partiers...and to Heather from Farmgirl Gourmet for her lovely and festive logo design!} So what will we be serving at this party you may be asking??? Why a bit of champagne the bubbly, of course, and for those of you … [Read more...]
Spicy Apple Gingertini {Join Me in a Celebration!}
It's hard for me to believe, but The Spicy RD Blog is 1 year old today! And, honestly, I wouldn't have kept up The Spicy RD blog this past year without the support, encouragement, comments, and most especially shared laughs with all of you, my awesome readers, so THANK YOU from the bottom {and top :-)} of my heart! You guys ROCK! I realized my one year mark was coming up last week after reading Amy's fun blogoversary post over at The Fearless Homemaker where she celebrated with a glass of champagne. After that, I started looking back … [Read more...]
#applelove: Gluten-Free Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Crisp
Care to join me in a Candycrisp??? Apple that is! Today I went to the store to pick up some apples for my #applelove post, and happened to stumble upon a brand new apple variety I had never heard of before. Apparently the clerk at Jimbos hadn't heard of it either as she said to me, "What kind of apple is this?" "Candycrisp" I replied. "I've never heard of it, and thought it looked good." Well... It was good, and, as you would imagine, it was sweet. My tastes run towards tarter apples though, so although I liked it, I'm glad I also … [Read more...]
Homemade Applesauce with Mulling Spices.
Do you have 25 minutes to spare ??? Yes? Then how about making some applesauce...homemade applesauce...with mulling spices...and, perhaps, some fresh whipped cream on top??? OK. To be honest, the homemade applesauce should take 50 minutes altogether, but for 25 of those minutes, while the applesauce is cooking on the stove, you can be: A) Taking a bubble bath B) Reading a book, paper, magazine... C) Drinking a cup of coffee D) Writing a blog post E) ????? It's so easy... And, SO good! Homemade Applesauce … [Read more...]
Veggie experiment #1: Parsnips
In honor of fall, and all the delicious seasonal veggies available, I've decided to try and write a semi- regular post about a veggie I haven't eaten lately or one I have never tried at all. This weeks post is in honor of the (very humble in my opinion) parsnip. I actually have rather fond childhood memories of eating parsnips. This is in no part thanks to my veggie avoiding mom, but rather, thanks to my veggie loving dad. I didn't much enjoy eating cooked carrots as a kid (love them now!), but I did like to eat cooked parsnips. Not … [Read more...]
Comfort food for a rainy day-Apple and Brown Rice cereal
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Under the President's FY 2001 budget request, the U.S. contribution to this effort will be more than $4 billion. The initiative includes:
The Clinton-Gore Administration has been working to strengthen resources and leadership among G-8 nations for the fight against HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease threats. The global challenge of infectious disease is major focus at this year's Summit, and G-7 nations are making significant pledges to prevent and control HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB. The initiative includes:
The World Bank has committed $600 to $700 million in lending for HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB and immunizations. The Clinton-Gore Administration has been urging multilateral development banks to increase their resources for health care systems, including vaccination programs and HIV/AIDS prevention and care. World Bank President James Wolfensohn has committed to triple concessional lending in FY 2001 for AIDS, malaria, TB, and immunizations from $200 million to between $600 and $700 million. This step will complement the Cologne Debt Initiative, which will help free the resources of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries so they can invest in health care, education, the fight against AIDS, the alleviation of poverty, and future prosperity.
Today's announcement builds on the Administration's aggressive response to global disease challenges.
The Scope of the Problem of Infectious Disease in Developing Countries:


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What is Movie News After Dark? This is a question that I am almost never asked, but I will answer it for you anyway. Movie News After Dark is FSR's newest late-night secretion, a column dedicated to all of the news stories that slip past our daytime editorial staff and make it into my curiously chubby RSS 'flagged' box. It will (but is not guaranteed to) include relevant movie news, links to insightful commentary and other film-related shenanigans. I may also throw in a link to something TV-related here or there. It will also serve as my place of record for being both charming and sharp-witted, but most likely I will be neither of the two. I write this stuff late at night, what do you expect?
Up first, a Public Service Announcement: The first trailer for Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class will be online tomorrow via the X-Men Movies Facebook page. As a prelude, the studio handed Entertainment Weekly the image you see in the header. Michael Fassbender as Magneto, from behind.
Baz Luhrmann is still on The Great Gatsby, and he's still bringing Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan along for the ride. He also may be getting Warner Bros., who is reportedly closing in on a deal to acquire the project. Money will make a director grow closer to a project.
Glee creator Ryan Murphy is being courted into directing the remake of Annie that will star Will Smith's daughter Willow. It's an interesting choice, as Murphy does know how to spin a tune into something flashy and make it stick with today's audience, youth or otherwise. That said, I'm still against this Will Smith giving movies to his kids thing. I can only imagine what Christmas looks like.
Craig Gillespie, the man currently behind the Fright Night remake, is the latest in line to direct Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. We anxiously await the announcement that he has moved on to other things.
Screenrant has spotted a few really cool fan-made posters for Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises. Eventually we will become tired of these, but I think this one gets it:
There is a remake of Highlander happening. That's the bad news, I think. The other bad news (fooled you, there isn't really any good news here) is that Twilight scribe Melissa Rosenberg will be writing it. As much as I've loved her work on Dexter, she lost me somewhere along the way.
Watch this never-before-seen footage of the puppet work in James Cameron's The Abyss, from the documentary Back Into The Abyss, which is currently available for pre-order.
Need to slip back into Christopher Nolan's dream world? How about a great behind-the-scenes featurette exploring the world of Inception:
As it turns out, MGM and Sony aren't just getting into bed with Bond 23, their newfound partnership may also give legs to Joss Whedon's Cabin in the Woods and the 80s reboot of Red Dawn. In this situation, fans appear to be winning.
Lindsay Lohan is now being rumored (by TMZ, who continues to be the pinnacle of quality journalism) for a role in Zack Snyder's Superman. It would be interesting, if there was any weight to it. It won't be the most ridiculous rumor we'll here, unless they announce casting soon.
John Torturro has joined Cars 2 as the rival car of Lightning McQueen. He will voice a smooth-talking Italian racer named Franceso Bernoulli. Meet him in the following video:
We've got the first clip from Kevin Smith's Red State, in which Melissa Leo seduces several young men the old-fashioned white trash way.
We close tonight with the video of the week, in my opinion. Superman Classic from animator Robb Pratt. Lets hope Zack Snyder has an eye on this as he preps his own Superman movie. At the very least, lets hope Warner Bros. gives Pratt a deal to make a feature out of this:


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Agusan del Sur eyes 20,000 hectares rubber plantation
Butuan City — A 20,000-hectare rubber tree plantation is being programmed in Agusan del Sur after having been seen as another key factor in climate change mitigation and sustainable livelihood to farmers.
The government and rubber growers are looking for bigger areas in the towns of Loreto, Trento, Rosario, Bunawan and the province's lone city of Bayugan.
Agusan del Sur has already an existing 13, 321 hectares planted rubber trees, with 4, 972 hectares productive and producing a total cup lump volume of 15, 273 metric tons with an average of 3.1 metric tons per hectare.
Agusan del Sur Gov. Adolph Edward G. Plaza mobilized the province's agriculture office to provide more materials to the rubber nurseries in Bayugan City, Trento and other areas in the province.
The rubber tree plantation program of Philsaga Mining Corporation/Mindanao Mineral Processing and Refining Corporation (PSMC/MMPRC) is also set to plant 130,000 budded rubber trees in the municipalities of Rosario and Bunawan, both in Agusan del Sur province.
The company's rubber plantation program is seen to help more than 27,000 members of Manobo tribe in the said towns and neighboring areas. PSMC/MMPRC President Atty. Raul C. Villanueva and Resident Manager Engr. Ferdinand A. Cortes said the company is adding some funds for inter-cropping of various agricultural products as additional livelihood to highland folks, especially the natives.
Meanwhile, with the rubber development program of the province, the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) is set to construct a P31.6-million Rubber Processing Center/Natural Crumb Rubber Processing Plant in Agusan del Sur, the first ever modern rubber processing center to be established in Northeastern Mindanao.
The processing center will be equipped with a creeper and macerator, shredder, trolley dryer, hydraulic baling press and weighing scale.


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THACKERVILLE, Okla. -- Rainfall is even affecting some water supplies in the region, including customers outside of Thackerville.
More than 220 customers with the Thackerville Rural Water District 2 are being asked to boil their water as a precaution until further notice.
Water officials say the recent rains have flooded at least one well.
The boil order affects customers who live east of Interstate 35.
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Several people sickened after eating beef contaminated with E. coli from several restaurants
(WXYZ) - The Michigan Department of Community Health and other local health authorities have confirmed that recent cases of E. coli across metro Detroit are linked to tainted ground beef.
Between April 22 and May 1 three individuals were hospitalized and an additional two were confirmed ill with E. coli.
Lab results confirmed the E. coli came from undercooked ground beef.
Health Departments in the following counties are investigating: Oakland, Livingston, Washtenaw, Kent and Ottawa.
All of the individuals reported eating ground beef at different restaurant locations.
Several local health departments are working with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to find out where the tainted beef is coming from.
"E. coli O157 illnesses can be very serious or life-threatening, especially for young children, older adults, and people who are immunocompromised (sic)," said Dr. Matthew Davis, Chief Medical Executive at the MDCH.
Dr. Davis further explained how important it is to cook ground beef to the proper temperature to avoid E. coli illness. MDARD strongly suggests using a food thermometer to make sure ground beef is cooked to 160° F to kill harmful bacteria. Symptoms of E. coli include diarrhea, which can be bloody, and abdominal cramping.
The elderly, infants and those with weak immune systems are at a higher risk of serious complications.
Those who have consumed ground beef and are feeling these symptoms are urged to contact a health care provider to be tested for E. coli infection.


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Porcelain veneers & Composite veneers
Discoloured, crooked and uneven teeth can be corrected with porcelain veneers: veneers are also called facings.
There are two types of veneers for your teeth:
- Porcelain veneers (also known as lumineers)
The quality of the porcelain and the accuracy of the customized veneers determine the end result.
- Composite veneers.
The advantage of composite is a quick result.
Have a look at the possible results: before & after veneers pictures
What are veneers?
Beautiful, good quality veneers are hard to distinguish from the real thing and feel just like your own tooth or molar.
Veneers (or facings or lumineers) are thin (porcelain) shields that are bonded to the teeth. It is a delicate technique that demands considerable skill and expertise from the cosmetic dentist and dental technician to achieve a beautiful, natural-looking result.
A veneer is hard to distinguish from a real tooth and feels just like your own tooth or molar.
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- 100% custom
- specialized Clinic
- specialized laboratory
- ISO 9001 Quality Assurance
- 25 years experience
- Waiting list up to 6 weeks
If you want the best quality porcelain veneers then choose E-max:
The ultra thin E-max porcelain facings (0.3 mm) are specially designed to give you the perfect smile. Each E-max facing is custom-made for you. As a result the colour, structure and shape of the porcelain is a perfect match for your teeth.
- First the dentist makes an impression and mock-up of your teeth.
- E-max veneers are produced digitally - to order - using the very latest 3D-technology.
- The colour is a perfect match.
- Zirconia core with a porcelain veneer.
- Facings can be produced for the incisors, cuspids and molars.
- The seam with the gums is absolutely flawless.
- E-max porcelain is naturally translucent.
- It is suitable for people who work in front of the camera.
- It is the preferred choice of top actors, photographic models, TV presenters and politicians.
- It is suitable for correcting tooth shapes, colour and position.
- It is suitable for a single tooth or a whole set of teeth.
- Positioning is fast and painless.
- It is good for your health; is free of metal and biocompatible.
- It is incredibly strong.
- It comes with a 5 year guarantee for breakages.
Porcelain veneers: E-Max porcelain facing
Custom-made work requires time and accuracy
During the initial consultation you will have a comprehensive discussion with the dentist. You explain your wishes and the dentist explains your options.
The procedure is extremely precise:
First the dentist will make an impression of your teeth to make a study model. Using this model as a base the dentist can discuss your situation and wishes with the dental technician. Then the technician can produce a simulation of the treatment on the study model: the so-called wax-up.
The dentist fits the simulation (wax-up) in the second session. The porcelain facings are only manufactured in a special dental technical laboratory when you are entirely satisfied with the result.
In a third session your porcelain facings are permanently bonded.
E-max veneers
At the Wellness Kliniek we use E-max facings. E-max is a beautiful porcelain, which maintains its colour for life and bonds tightly to the teeth.
Porcelain or composite facings?
What is the difference and what are the advantages and disadvantages?
There are two types of facings: composite or porcelain.
What is the difference and what are the advantages and disadvantages? Please find a schematic explanation below:
*Discolouration occurs as a result of smoking or drinking black tea and red wine etc. It is usually easy to correct by polishing.
Composite facings / Composite veneers
We can also obtain stunning results using attractively priced composite veneers
A precise procedure also applies to composite veneers (facings). The advantage is that during the treatment in the chair, progress can be discussed and adapted if necessary. Colour, shape, and to a certain extent position, can be modified immediately during the procedure without the dental technician's intervention.
Before affixing a composite veneer (facing), the surface of the tooth is roughened. Then the composite is affixed to the tooth in a meticulous bonding procedure. The composite is then properly shaped and polished to produce a high gloss appearance.
You should count on a treatment session lasting approximately half an hour per tooth.
Live your life as beautifully as you can
A beautiful smile is your calling card. You can decide which treatment is most suitable for you and which will offer the best results in consultation with your aesthetic dentist.
Make an appointment
To make an appointment with the cosmetic dentist it is best to contact us by phone.
We try to keep our waiting lists as short as possible. We can usually see you within 4-6 weeks for aesthetic dentistry.
After the intake consultation we will compile your treatment plan and cost estimate.


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