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Stirring the Pot
Adam Gopnik's guide to gastronomy as a life force.
I wish this book, The Table Comes First, didn't have to be a book. I wish it could be a dinner table, instead, with maybe six people sitting around it—not in a jammed-full New York restaurant where everyone is bellowing over the sound system but in somebody's home, where we've all been invited to eat and talk. And I wish Adam Gopnik were at the table, leaning forward intently as the plates come and go, yakking away happily about food and history and Paris and cookbooks and life, just as he does in these pages. Then the rest of us guests could jump in and interrupt him whenever we want, probably knocking over a wine glass in our enthusiasm: "What do you mean, there were no 'big books of recipes' before the 19th century? Hannah Glasse, 1747, indispensable for the next hundred years!" "You don't really think our current food obsession is the 'father' of the obesity crisis, do you? People are getting fat from eating heirloom tomatoes—poverty and junk food have nothing to do with it?" "Good grief, Adam, listen to your own language—'men' don't invite 'girls' to dinner anymore, and they haven't since about 1972."
Now that's what I would call a dinner party. In fact, although I don't know Gopnik, I bet he would have as good a time as the rest of us as he fields all the horrified exclamations that get tossed his way. His premises and declarations on food may be full of holes, but he's never dogmatic; and, anyway, he's far more entranced by ideas than he is by facts. What flows through all the fantasies and ruminations and the excited if precarious insights he's gathered up here is a deep fascination with gastronomy as a life force and with the way it's awakened and flourished over the last couple of centuries. The book is loosely structured around what he calls "the two pillars of modern eating"—restaurants and home cooking—but the more important organizing principle is Gopnik himself, who acts as reporter, historian, participant and philosopher as he leads us on a kind of walking tour of the food world.
Or, rather, his food world, and that's why it's sometimes hard to keep up. Food writing is self-referential almost by definition. Gopnik's heroes in the trade, notably Calvin Trillin and A.J. Liebling, are at the center of every sentence they write about food, whether or not they happen to be describing their own experience. But both, I think, would call themselves reporters and leave it at that. Gopnik works differently. He deploys many genres of writing simultaneously, with history and imagination and opinion often sharing space in the same paragraph, even the same thought. It's an exuberant style, and it's designed to be enjoyed, but if you're the sort of reader who anxiously scrutinizes sentences for what they say, you're going to need an invitation to that imaginary dinner party.
Here's an example. The restaurant, he announces, "is the primal scene of modern life. Most modern urban people mark their lives by their moments in cafes and restaurants, just as ancient people marked their time on earth by visits to the local oracle." Now at this point I could simply continue reading ("Hmmm, interesting comparison he's got there, first Delphi, then Olive Garden ..."). Or, more satisfyingly, I could project myself right over to that dinner table and start frantically waving a breadstick. ("For heaven's sake, Adam—'most' amounts to you and about six other modern urban people, all of whom live in New York and have disposable income by the bagful.")
Or there's the page where he credits the British journalists Bernard Levin and Kenneth Tynan with leading England out of the culinary dark ages in the 1960s and '70s. "No one did more to break down British puritan injunctions against eating as a humane act, and a kind of art," he asserts. "They were both utterly devoted to great food, which they identified, as most educated people did at that time, with Continental three-star cooking." Argh! Where to begin?
Elizabeth David, recognized as a soul-stirring culinary evangelist the moment A Book of Mediterranean Food appeared in 1950, was on the case a good 10 years earlier than these guys and never thought for a second that great food had to come from an expensive restaurant. (To wit: "In the shade of the lemon grove I break off a hunch of bread, sprinkle it with the delicious fruity olive oil, empty my glass of sour white Capri wine; and remember that Norman Douglas once wrote that whoever has helped us to a larger understanding is entitled to our gratitude for all time." Humane! Art! Not a restaurant in sight!) By the 1970s, in fact, even the Francophile Julia Child was losing interest in overhyped three-star French restaurants; she preferred the simpler places, which seemed to her much more characteristically French. And if "most educated people" believed anything about food in those days, it was that Elizabeth David and Julia Child—ardent spokeswomen for the home kitchen—held the keys to the kingdom.


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Section I: Chapters 1-3
Section II: Chapters 4-6
Section III: Chapters 7-9
Section IV: Chapter 10
Section V: Chapters 11 & 12
Section VI: Chapters 13 & 14
Section VII: Chapters 15 & 16
Section VIII: Chapters 17-19
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Skirting the Issue
In a live chat, Prudie advises a letter writer whose parents severely disapprove of a cross-dressing friend.
Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is online weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of the chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon. I'm looking forward to your questions (and why are we all stuck inside on a day like this?).
Q. My Best Friend Dressed in Drag to Meet My Parents: My parents flew in to visit me this weekend, and since my car was in the shop my best friend graciously offered to drive me to the airport and pick them up. The problem is my friend is a cross-dresser and my parents are diehard conservatives. I asked my friend if he wouldn't mind dressing in basic jeans and T-shirt and he felt pretty offended. I feel bad for asking him to dress his gender around my parents, but he is a straight male, and only dresses like a woman half the time. He showed up in a skirt and makeup! My parents stayed quiet during the car ride but I got an earful once we were at the hotel about the kind of people I hang out with and how I was raised better than that, etc. Part of me feels slighted by his silent (yet glamorous) protest, but at the same time I know I shouldn't have asked him to hide his lifestyle when he's the one doing me—and my parents—a favor. I've already apologized to my friend, but I still feel guilty and my parents just can't seem to let this go. What should I do?
A: You're the one apologizing, yet I think both your friend and your parents were in the wrong. Your friend is absolutely entitled to dress however he likes. But since you mention he only cross-dresses half the time, surely he decides there are occasions for which life is easier if he doesn't put on a skirt and makeup. Picking up the parents of a friend who you know will be shocked by cross-dressing is one of those occasions. Again, it's not your friend's responsibility to educate your parents. But your parents' getting to know your friend as an individual before they learn he is a cross-dresser is an opportunity lost. As for your parents, I hope you told them that you don't want to hear their insulting comments about your friend. You can say the lesson you learned about how they raised you is to treat everyone with respect, period. You can tell them that they don't have to educate themselves about this subject, but you won't listen to disparaging talk about what kind of person your friend is.
Q. Not a Cry Baby: My son is currently in basic training for the Marines. I am so very proud of him, but of course I miss him terribly. At times I miss him so much but because I haven't allowed myself to cry, I feel like I am spiraling into depression. Every time I feel my emotions coming to the surface I suppress them and tell myself that I mustn't cry—I've convinced myself that what my son is going through is much worse and I shouldn't be a cry baby. I know that is stupid, but I don't know how to allow myself to cry. I think if I could have a good cry it would be very therapeutic. But I don't want to be weak either. What should I do?
A: Your son is a Marine, and you are the mother of one, but that doesn't mean you are an officer in the reserve mother corps. You are a mom who understandably had roiling emotions about your baby being old enough not only to leave, but to serve his country. Please cry, Mom! Tears are nature's brilliant release valve—studies show that emotional tears contain stress hormones. If you keep your tears bottled up, you will not get the relief that a good cry is designed to bring. Don't spiral down into depression, let those ducts gush. I'm sure that afterward you will be more at peace and able to cope.
Q. Online Humiliation: I am a professor who has been teaching for 15 years. When I began teaching I spent a great deal of time obsessing about my presentation of self in the classroom. End-of-semester teaching evaluations and direct feedback from students and colleagues were the cause of great consternation at times. I like to think I am beyond the self-loathing and periodic humiliation that often accompanied self-improvement, but with the ever-increasing presence of public online evaluations I find myself back at square one. Online evaluations are far more harsh than any I have previously encountered—and they are seen by so many more people, colleagues and family included. As such, zinger comments (e.g. "She swallows her own spit when she speaks" or "She thinks she's something, but really she is a naive wishy-washy hack") have me reeling as if I were a newbie. Do I need to continue reading these online evaluations? Or can I just avoid the cringing shame and misery by pretending they don't exist?
A: And how anyone would like to spit on the kid who wrote that first nasty remark. I hope you know that if friends and family are looking at your ratings—and they very probably aren't—that they would react as anyone would to the examples you've given. That is, they'd deplore the fact that snot-nosed, spoiled, know-it-all jerks are given a forum to vent their ugliness. Comments that you've cited are their own self-commentary. That is, they say more about the students who wrote them than the professor they're supposedly critiquing. However, maybe there are some serious students who make helpful observations: "She knows her stuff, but can get diverted into digressions when people ask questions." Or, "The term paper is an easy A, so don't sweat it." My suggestion is that you have a trusted person—a sibling, a good friend—vet the comments for you, and only forward the sincere and useful ones. Let's hope you get to contemplate some useful criticism, and enjoy the compliments.
Q. Re: Not a Cry Baby: Are you sure the LW is the mom?
A: Great point! Thank you. And if it's apt, Cry Dad, cry!


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Napoli could DH -- in the spring
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Mike Napoli has hit a home run every 15.5 at-bats during his big-league career, a ratio that went down to one every 11.4 at-bats last season.
Those enticing figures have led many in the blogosphere to suggest the Angels keep his bat in the lineup by moving him to DH when he isn't behind the plate.
Napoli reported to spring training still suffering some discomfort from off-season surgery on his right shoulder. While he can swing a bat, he has not been cleared to start a throwing program yet and might be limited in that critical aspect of a catcher's game even into the start of the season.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Napoli will DH some during the spring schedule in order to get him ready for the season "in every aspect except throwing." But would Scioscia consider extending that DH duty into the season (as has often been suggested in internet debates)?
"This guy is a terrific catcher as far as gameplan, working with pitchers, blocking balls. We're looking long range for Mike to catch," Scioscia said.
Using Napoli as a part-time DH in order to take advantage of his power (which has proven to be very streaky) would cause a ripple effect on the rest of the roster, Scioscia pointed out. It would necessitate carrying a third catcher behind Napoli and Jeff Mathis (in order to avoid losing the DH and asking your pitcher to bat if the starting catcher has to leave a game). That would shorten the team's bench.
It would also mean less playing time for one of the four outfielders the Angels hope to have in the lineup every day -- Vladimir Guerrero, Torii Hunter, Juan Rivera and Bobby Abreu.
And at this point in the spring, Scioscia doesn't feel as desperate for offense as you might be.
"We're deeper with bats now than we've been in a long time ... I feel good about the depth of our offense," he said. "If there's a spot Mike carves out and he's the best option, we're certainly not going to rule him out. But we have some guys who can swing the bat and we want to see what they can do early in the year.
"If Mike is going to DH twice a week and not catch (because of limitations with his shoulder), we'd probably want him to continue his rehab. If a big hole opens up and somebody is down for a while and Mike is available to DH, it's certainly something we'd look at down the road."
In other words -- no, Napoli is not going to be a DH option unless something significantly changes the shape of the Angels' roster.
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March, 2009
From space-saving designs to the latest in sophisticated style, our design tips are made with you and your dream bathroom in mind.
30-Minute Makeover: Go from Bland to Grand with Quick Bathroom Upgrades
Go from Bland to Grand with Quick Bathroom Upgrades
As one of the most used rooms in our homes, we all dream of updating our baths to create a beautiful and inviting space. But in today's tough economy, many of us worry that we might not get a return on our investment. In fact, according to Consumer Reports, in today's market, we may only recover about 78 percent.
Luckily, you don't have to sink a hefty sum of time and money into your bath to achieve dramatic results that you can enjoy every day. Try these few simple upgrades that can change the entire look of your bath within minutes!
Mirror Miracles
About 30 percent of homes have at least one plate-glass bathroom mirror. While functional, these large mirrors lack a luxurious look. Luckily, adding a mirror frame, such as Mirrorscapes™ Mirror Frames from Moen® can create a custom look that makes a striking style statement in the bath… in minutes.
Mirrorscapes, which is available in five different styles and a variety of finishes to beautifully coordinate in your bath, features a unique installation system that is quick, easy and secure... even for a novice DIYer. "The system is nearly error-proof," said Laurie Birko, marketing and communications manager, Moen accessories. In fact, within 30 minutes, you could turn your bland mirror into a grand focal point of your bath.
Hint of Hotel Luxury
To start, a curved shower rod can make you feel like you have an oversized, lavish shower without adding any square footage. Plus, it's an affordable solution that provides up to 7 ½ inches of elbow room while adding terrific style and visual appeal. Moen offers both fixed- and adjustable-length curved shower rods with pivoting flange to make installation a breeze -- even on irregular wall surfaces.
Next, update your current showerhead with a more luxurious style. If you prefer a powerful, full-body spray, perhaps you'd like a rainshower showerhead. Or, if you like options, try a multi-function version that allows to switch from a relaxing wide spray to an invigorating concentrated spray – or somewhere in the middle. You can find a variety of designs and functionality at your local home improvement store, such as Lowe's.
Add Accessories
Just like in fashion, it is often the accessories that pull a look together to make a "wow" statement. You can quickly update your bath with new exquisitely designed and easy-to-install accessories, such as robe hooks, paper holders, towel bars, towel rings and shelves. Today's manufacturers offer a wide variety of styles and finishes to match or coordinate with your faucets to make a dramatic style effect – and add a bit of organization to your bath.
Cool Colors and Luxury Linens
As the final step to your newly designed bath, add a splash of color. Touch up any knicks or scratches in your baseboards and freshen the walls with a coat of paint in your favorite color. Next, bring in the soft finishing touches by adorning your new accessories and a shower rod with high-quality linens – a new shower curtain and fresh towel sets. Don't be afraid to treat yourself to something plush and cozy – you'll want towels that stand up to daily wear and still keep their attractive appearance.
Each of these simple projects can be accomplished with very little time or expense – but your enjoyment of your new bath will be immeasurable! For additional product or design inspiration, visit www.buymirrorscapes.com, www.csi.moen.com or www.lowes.com.


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News Archive - August 2006by Doug Ward, has named its top ships for
- Royal Caribbean Awards "Partner of the Year" to America's Vacation Center
- Crystal Symphony Emerges from Largest Dry Dock Yet
- New MSC Mascot Chosen by Children
- Liberty Cleaning Successful
- Weekend Update 11-25-06
- NCL Dawn Makes Virginia Pit Stop - Update
- Celebrity Canceling Dec.10 Millennium Cruise
- Carnival Delaying Liberty 11-19 Cruise to 11-21
- Crystal Symphony finishes $23,000,000 Makeover
- Carnival Triumph on new Exotic Itinerary
- Princess to hold Dual Naming Ceremony
- Weekend News, 11-11-06
- Cruise Ships Causes Pan-Euro Blackout
- Weekend News, 11-3-06
- Celebrity and Pullmantur to Swap Ships
- NCL Finalizes Mega-ship Contract
- World's Largest Cruise Night; 14,860 Bookings
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11-30-06 Royal Caribbean Awards "Partner of the Year" to America's Vacation Center Royal Caribbean International, parent company to Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, has given the prestigious president's award, "Partner of the Year, 2006" to America's Vacation Center, of San Diego, California. The company was the only cruise agency, selected from a pool of 25,000+ agencies worldwide, to receive this award.
"As a pioneer in the travel agency sector, America's Vacation Center was the perfect partner to receive this year's President's Award," said Adam Goldstein, president of Royal Caribbean International. "America's Vacation Center is setting the pace in travel distribution through its leadership, innovation, and reputation. We value their commitment to deliver an exceptional experience for our guests throughout their cruise vacation planning process."
Cruisemates is also very proud to have America's Vacation Center as a sponsor and as friends, and we congratulate them on this distinct honor. AVC is innovative in not only cruise sales, but also in creating new technoloy to allow customers to work directly with cruise agents through their web site. The company has been in business, beginning in the San Diego area and branching out nationwide through the Internet, for over 40 years and has served 1/2 million customers. They are one of the top-producing travel agencies in the American Express Travel Representative Network, and a leading seller of cruises from Carnival Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, Royal Caribbean and more. Back to Top
11-29-06 Crystal Symphony Emerges from Largest Dry Dock Yet Following a $23 million dry dock, Crystal Symphony has emerged with a dazzling new nightclub, a complete redesign of its main entertainment deck and a decidedly sophisticated and contemporary style. Crystal Symphony's comprehensive refurbishment, its largest ever, has transformed all staterooms and bathrooms, completely reconstructed a social lounge and casino, refashioned boutiques, shops and its famed Bistro caf�, as well as dozens of behind the scenes improvements. Underscoring the company's commitment to quality, this major construction project follows a multi-million dollar renovation two years ago that debuted a brand-new Feng Shui-inspired spa, a new Vintage Room - today one of the ship's most popular features, an expanded Computer University@Sea, redesign of specialty restaurants, and complete refurbishment of all penthouse accommodations. Within the last two years Crystal Cruises has invested in excess of $35 million dollars in new construction projects on Crystal Symphony, expanding the stylish choices in dining, recreation and relaxation. Major projects on Crystal Symphony included:
Staterooms Completely redesigned with the look of a chic boutique hotel, the staterooms are elegant sanctuaries of refined style. Notable appointments such as new Murano glass bedside lamps, Rubelli fabrics and handsome leather headboard adorn a reconfigured space with state-of-the-art features including special LED reading lights and new 20" LCD flat screen televisions. Bathrooms are newly reconstructed with a contemporary style showcasing oval glass sinks atop granite countertops.
Tiffany Deck - Main Entertainment Area As the hub of social activity, shopping, entertainment and casually elegant dining, Tiffany Deck (deck six) was completely transformed from stem to stern with new color schemes, new construction and new contemporary lighting that will create different moods as day moves into night.
11-29-06 New MSC Mascot Chosen by Children MSC Cruises introduces DO RE MI, a new mascot for children whose name chosen by children who have cruised on MSC Cruises to mirror the musical names of the ships in the line's fleet. The DO RE MI character is in the shape of the compass logo (keeping in line with the line's logo) with a smiling face, arms and legs. But DO RE MI is not just a design but a life-sized character that will keep the younger guests onboard MSC Cruises' ships company throughout their magical journey on the Italian cruise line.
DO RE MI will be on hand to welcome the children at embarkation and bid good day at disembarkation points. DO RE MI will entertain younger guests and parents, too, adding to the fun of the swimming galas and parties in the disco. DO RE MI is debuting this month onboard MSC Armonia and MSC Sinfonia as they make their way to the coast of South America to spend the winter season cruising to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Soon after, DO RE MI will appear on all the other vessels in the fleet, including the flagship MSC Musica, during her inaugural winter season of 11-night cruises in the Mediterranean.
The character will also be featured in a collection of exclusive and dedicated products for children that will be available onboard MSC Cruises' ships.Back to Top
11-29-06 Liberty Cleaning Successful On the Carnival Liberty's previous 16-day transatlantic voyage, close to 700 people fell ill from the highly contagious norovirus, a stomach bug. The outbreak was one of the largest in recent memory, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is investigating the cause. The ship spent two full unscheduled days in cleanup and disinfecting in Ft Lauderdale before continuing on, and apparently the cleanup was a succes as only about a dozen people (out of 4000 approx.) fell ill on the following cruise. Back to Top
11-25-06 Weekend Update 11-25-06 *** The 4,500-ton Lyubov Orlova, a Malta-flagged cruise ship, was grounded in Antarctica and rescued by a Spanish Oceanographic Navy icebreaker and Research vessel on Monday night. One hundred and fifty passengers on board the Malta flagged cruise vessel, were visiting Deception Island in the south Shetlands when it run aground in Whalers' Bay. The captain immediately radioed for help and the distress call was picked up by Las Palmas anchored next to the Spanish Army base. Las Palmas sailed to the spot and, after making an assessment of the situation, waited for the high tide and begun towing activities that were successfully concluded eight hours later. Lyubov Orlova returned under its own steam to Ushuaia and passengers were flown back to Buenos Aires.
*** The "Norwegian Dawn" finally pulled out of port in Norfolk Thursday morning. The cruise ship left New York last weekend but had to detour to Norfolk because of engine problems.
*** Norwegian Coastal Voyage's air-inclusive 19-day "Antarctica and Chilean Fjords" and 21-day "Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands" expedition cruises just got easier to book with the company's decision to make more cabins available for sale to the North American market. A $300 per passenger discount and free cabin upgrade is also being offered on five January-February departures of the 19-day itinerary if booked by December 31; the discount can be combined with AARP member savings of $150 per cabin. Designed for active, experienced travelers, the sailings depart Buenos Aires and Santiago on the 490-passenger MS Nordkapp and MS Nordnorge, both rated Ice Class C and limited to 350 passengers for these voyages. Back to Top
11-22-06 NCL Dawn Makes Virginia Pit Stop - Update
UPDATE: Wed. Nov. 22: The ship is still in Norfolk, citing continuing poor weather conditions and mechanical issues. But you cannot fault NCL for the compensation they have provided. All passengers sitting on that ship and still about to sail tonight at 5:00 pm are getting a FULL refund, plus $100 shipboard credit and a discount on a second cruise. Nothing like getting paid to cruise, is there?
The cruise line also offered passengers wishing to leave the Dawn a free bus ride back to New York last night. Norfolk tourism officials say about 38 people took that trip. Some passengers took tours to Norfolk and Williamsburg, and others went shopping -- some for warmer clothing.Update: Below we reported that passengers were upset because there was no refund offered for the inconvenience. Now we are getting word the passengers will receive a $100 per cabin on-board credit and 25 percent discount on a future cruise. Norwegian Dawn was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Virginia to repair its port-side propulsion pod. The decision to do the repair now instead of later was forced by extreme weather on its route which was protracting a problem with the ship keeping to its scheduled itinerary. NCL has stated there is not a safety issue, but apparently that wasn't the number one concern for some passengers.
A local television station in Norfolk Virginia, Channel 3, has reported receiving a phone call reporting "a very large disturbance" on the ship by passengers complaining about the unscheduled stop and demanding a partial refund to compensate for the change in itinerary and the unscheduled stop. In addition, Norfolk police report that they have arrested one passenger from the ship because he was wanted in Florida. The information was passed on to the Norfolk police by another passenger.
The weather, combined with the technical issue, has prevented Norwegian Dawn's planned Tuesday morning arrival in Orlando (Port Canaveral). Weather permitting, the vessel will continue on to Orlando tonight (Port Canaveral) sailing a revised itinerary. Back to Top
11-17-06 Celebrity Canceling Dec.10 Millennium Cruise Celebrity Cruises is canceling one sailing on Millennium to replace the port thrust bearing in the ship's propulsion system. The ship must enter drydock to replace the bearing, which will result in the cancellation of its December 10 sailing. The ship is expected to return to its scheduled sailings on December 17. The cancelled sailing is a seven-night Caribbean cruise, roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale.
Guests booked on the cancelled sailing will receive a full refund and a free Celebrity cruise of equal value from North America of up to seven nights, departing on or before December 31, 2007, excluding holiday and Celebrity Xpedition sailings. Travel agents will receive full commissions for the cancelled sailing, plus a $50 rebooking fee per stateroom when their clients reschedule their cruise.
"I sincerely apologize to our guests for the disruption this cancelled cruise will cause them," said Dan Hanrahan, president of Celebrity Cruises. "We will do everything we can to assist them onboard other sailings. Millennium continues to operate safely, however, this is a matter that can only be addressed through repairs in a drydock."
Celebrity has established a special help desk to assist guests and travel agents with rebooking, air transportation, land tours and other issues. That toll-free number is 1-888-281-9343. Back to Top
11-15-06 Carnival Delaying Liberty 12-19 Cruise to 12-21 Carnival Liberty, now on a 16-day transatlantic voyage from Rome to St Martin and eventually to land in Port Everglades was hit hard by a norovirus bug with some 556 guests and 154 crewmembers on board repoting symptoms lasting one to three days. The ship is carrying 2,804 paying passengers and 1,166 crewmembers.
The outbreak, which often spreads via hand-to-hand contact on contaminated surfaces, began within 24 hours of the departure and peaked during the first five days while the ship was crossing the Atlantic Ocean, Forney said. Under CDC supervision, the ship's crew launched a program of cleaning equipment, isolating sick passengers and other steps aimed at containing the spread of the disease. The measures appear to have been worth while as since Monday, the number of passengers reporting symptoms fell dramatically, according to reports. Nobody had to be removed from the ship, Carnival said.
When the ship reaches St. Maarten today the CDC will put three environmental health specialists on the ship to oversee the cleaning operation and lead the hunt for the cause of the outbreak. Plus, the ship was originally scheduled to set sail again Sunday, but Carnival pushed the departure day back to next Tuesday so that the crew could have two days to disinfect the ship, Carnival officials said.
Passengers are being offered two options: Option #1: Take the 4-night cruise and receive:
Option #2 Cancel your cruise and receive:
11-14-06 Crystal Symphony finishes $23,000,000 Makeover The cruise ship Crystal Symphony departed for Miami ahead of schedule Friday morning from BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair after a $23 million makeover. The whirlwind nine-day overhaul, which Knut Aune, vice president of marine operations for ship owner Crystal Cruises, described as the ship's "busiest dry dock in the shortest time," included refurbishing 411 staterooms, building a nightclub and casino, reconstructing shops, and sprucing up the hull and rudders.
Using huge cranes, BAE Systems offloaded 105 20-foot containers stuffed with old carpet, furniture and other debris and lifted on 111 containers full of new furnishings. Workers aboard the Crystal Symphony labored on as the ship got under way. Final touches and tidying up might end minutes before passengers begin boarding at 3 p.m. Sunday in Miami for a cruise to Costa Rica.
Aune said the 11-year-old ship will be ready. Back to Top
11-14-06 Carnival Triumph on new Exotic Itinerary Carnival Cruise Lines' 2,758-passenger Carnival Triumph will operate a unique new four-port seven-day "Exotic Eastern Caribbean" itinerary from Miami beginning April 2007 that features stops at Half Moon Cay, a stunning Bahamian private island; San Juan, Puerto Rico, known for its rich cultural heritage and fascinating historical sites; St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., whose postcard perfect beaches, gorgeous mountain terrain and endless shopping make it a venerable favorite; and Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, the Caribbean's newest port of call, offering world-renowned snorkeling, diving and beaches. Back to Top
11-14-06 Princess to hold Dual Naming Ceremony Princess Cruises has plans to hold a historic ceremony in which two of their ships will be named and christened at the same time. The ceremony will bring out the new Emerald Princess (3100 passengers) and the new newly acquired and soon to be re-christened Royal Princess (710 passengers), originally the Renaissance R-8, and will be held in the beautiful waters of Santorini Island (Greece), voted by Travel & Leisure readers as Europe's most beautiful island.
Emerald Princess will include the many new design innovations introduced aboard Crown Princess earlier this year, including a dramatic piazza-style atrium and an adults-only retreat called The Sanctuary. The ship will also feature the many hallmark features that define the Princess experience, such as the dramatic Movies Under the Stars poolside movie screen, multiple dining and entertainment options, a Lotus Spa fitness center, an extensive children and teen's center, a wedding chapel and nearly 900 staterooms with private balconies.
Royal Princess will offer passengers the opportunity to add some interesting new destinations to their travels with a series of 12-day Elite Mediterranean cruises to a variety of unusual destinations. These five unique new itineraries, including Princess' first sailings to the Holy Land in more than five years, also feature the new ports of Ravenna, Italy; Split, Croatia; Kotor, Montenegro; and Canakkale (for Troy), Turkey. Other unique destinations include Corsica and Sardinia, and the Crimean coast. Back to Top
11-11-06 Weekend News, 11-11-06 *** A retired Los Angeles police sergeant and former TV reporter who was Los Angeless KTTV-TV's law enforcement specialist and helicopter reporter until he left the station in 2004 was indicted Thursday in connection with encounters he had with two 12-year-old boys aboard the Diamond Princess on a weeklong cruise to Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas.
Roderick "Rod" Bernsen was arrested in October by FBI agents investigating a complaint by the mother of one of the boys. A grand jury hearing evidence of the allegations indicted Bernsen on two counts of abusive sexual contact. Bernsen, scheduled to be arraigned last Monday, was free on an $850,000 bond posted following his arrest when the cruise ship docked. The indictment alleged Bernsen, during an encounter in the ship's steam room, tried to talk with the boys about sex and then touched one boy's penis with his toe and spanked another's bare buttocks, according to an affidavit. Bersen was naked at the time, according to the indictment.
Bernsen was KTTV-TV's law enforcement specialist and helicopter reporter until he left the station in 2004. His broadcasting career followed service in the Los Angeles Police Department as a sergeant and LAPD police spokesman. From late last year until May, he filled in as a host on KFI-AM, Los Angeles' most popular talk radio station. Bernsen is the cousin of "L.A. Law" star Corbin Bernsen. He now lives in Monument, Colo.
*** Crystal Symphony departed for Miami ahead of schedule Friday morning, leaving BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair after a $23 million makeover. A whirlwind nine-day overhaul, which company officials described as the ship's "busiest dry dock in the shortest time," included refurbishing 411 staterooms, building a nightclub and casino, reconstructing shops, and sprucing up the hull and rudders.
Using huge cranes, BAE Systems offloaded 105 20-foot containers stuffed with old carpet, furniture and other debris and lifted on 111 containers full of new furnishings - one of the yard's big challenges, Chief Executive Officer Bill Clifford said. Workers aboard the Crystal Symphony labored on as the ship got under way. Final touches and tidying up might end minutes before passengers begin boarding at 3 p.m. Sunday in Miami for a cruise to Costa Rica.
Still, Crystal VP of ship operations for Crystal, Knut Aune said the 11-year-old ship will be ready. "Everything is fine," he said. "If you want to see how a ship should look, you should be in Miami on the 12th."
*** Coast Guard rescue crews from Air Station Miami and Great Inagua, Bahamas, medically evacuated a 17-year-old boy suffering from possible appendicitis from the cruise ship Freedom of the Seas in Labadee, Haiti. A Coast Guard aircraft arrived at the Coast Guard Air Station in Opa Locka, Florida, with the boy.
The boy and one of his parents were hoisted from the ship, by a Coast Guard helicopter crew while the cruise ship was in port on the northern side of Haiti. The pair were then flown to Georgetown, Bahamas, and met by a Miami-based Coast Guard Falcon jet. Local Emergency Medical Services were standing by when the Falcon jet arrived at the airport in Opa Locka.
*** The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 42-year-old Asian American man who was last seen falling off of the Carnival cruise ship Conquest, late Saturday night. At about 8 p.m. Monday, the Coast Guard search that cover 520 sq. miles and 17 search patterns flights was suspended pending further developments. An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Houston conducted a first-light search Monday morning and an HU-25 Falcon jet crew from Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, followed with searches in the late afternoon.
The Coast Guard was notified at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday night by the cruise ship stating that a passenger had witnessed another passenger going overboard. The cruise ship and three other vessels in the area searched for about three hours before being released from the search by the Coast Guard. Coast Guard searched for the man with helicopters from four different air stations, an 87-foot patrol boat and long-range jets. Back to Top
11-06-06 Cruise Ship Causes Pan-Euro Blackout As a 380,000-volt line was turned off to let the Norwegian Pearl, a newly built cruise ship, pass on its way from the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg to the North Sea some sort of electric chain reaction left millions of Europeans in the dark for as long as 90 minutes in some parts of Europe and beyond. The blackout happened just after 10pm on Saturday, and stretched across Western Europe from Northern Germany all the way to Morocco.
The Germany utility company, which is one of the biggest in Europe, said that the problem may have arisen when it switched off a power line over the river Ems, in the north of the country, to allow the ship to pass underneath safely.
The power cut swept through large parts of western Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia. About 100 trains in Germany were brought to a standstill, causing nationwide delays to the rail network. In France, five million people were affected in the country's biggest blackout in 30 years. Firefighters in Paris responded to nearly 40 calls from people stuck in elevators. More than 100,000 people were affected in Italy, mainly in and around Turin. Back to Top
11-03-06 Weekend News, 10-3-06 *** Celebrity Cruises reported last Thursday that a 73-year old British man has gone missing from the Century while traveling near Madeira in the Canary Islands. A crew member reported the disappearance Wednesday, after it appeared James Ewan, of Fife, Scotland, had not used his cabin the previous night. The captain immediately began a search, reversed course to retrace the ship's path and began making public announcements, the cruise line said.
Ship logs indicate Ewan, who had been traveling alone, did not disembark in port, company spokeswoman Lynn Martenstein said, and the line was reviewing surveillance tapes and talking to people who may have seen Ewan. The ship was allowed to continue on its 14-night trans-Atlantic cruise from Barcelona, Spain, to Miami, which began Oct. 27, the company said.*** Carnival Cruise Lines is launching San Diego's first year-round cruise program. While other ships, from Holland America and Carnival Spirit sail from San Diego seasonally, Carnival Elation is going to start sailing on 4 and 5-day cruises to Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada beginning in June of 2007. The Elation, which currently operates four- and five-day cruises from Port Canaveral, will continue that program through May 12, 2007, then embark on a special 15-Day Panama Canal Cruise visiing the Caribbean island of Aruba followed by calls at Puntarenas, Costa Rica; and Acapulco, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; starting May 12 and arriving San Diego May 27, 2007.
*** Berlitz Guide to Cruising,2007 in Berlitz annual cruising guide: Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships 2007, due in bookstores this month. These seventeen luxury ships scored high enough for the Berlitz' prestigious Five Stars Club. The top ships, in order, are as follows:
click for pic *** Regent Seven Seas' guests on last month's "President's Cruise" were treated to an evening of cocktails and canapés followed by a seven-piece orchestra serenade at the Celsus Library in Ephesus, built in the 2nd Century A.D. One of the world's largest and most important Greco-Roman archaeological sites, Ephesus is accessible via Kusadasi, Turkey, a featured port during select Mediterranean sailings. Hosted by Regent President Mark Conroy, this special 14-night Mediterranean cruise featured several exclusive, complimentary events for Seven Seas Society members, Regent's members-only rewards program for return guests.
*** Carnival Cruises, for the eighth year in a row, has topped the Porthole Magazine "Readers Choice Awards," taking lead honors in 11 categories -- more than any other cruise line. Since the awards program was established in 1999, Carnival has taken home an unprecedented 83 Readers Choice Awards. This year Carnival was the top vote-getter in a wide variety of categories including:
11-01-06 Celebrity and Pullmantur to Swap Ships With Royal Caribbean's acquisition of Spanish cruise line Pullmantur coming Nov. 15th, Celebrity will swap its oldest cruise ship for one of Pullmantur's newest. Celebrity Zenith, the last of its oldest and smallest Horizon-class ships built in 1992, will be transferred to Pullmantur in exchange for Pullmantur's Blue Dream, one of two former Renaissance cruise ships owned by Pullmantur (the former R-6 and R-7) built in 2000. That ship will be renamed Celebrity Journey and will become part of the boutique Celebrity Expeditions.
Celebrity Expeditions currently has just one ship, a 100-passenger yacht that sails to the Galapagos Islands, and the 718-passenger Celebrity Journey will enable it to offer other itineraries. However, because cruises on Zenith to Bermuda are already sold for next year, the Celebrity Journey will spend next summer sailing the Bermuda itineraries from Bayonne, NJ.
Before entering service, the Celebrity Journey will be taken out of service for one month for a re-design, adding specialty restaurants, expanded spa services, expanded concierge service and additional guest suites. There are no current plans for changes to the other former Renaissance ship in service by Pullmantur, the Blue Moon.
Zenith -- which is eight-years older but almost twice the size of Blue Dream -- will be redeployed to the Pullmantur fleet in June 2007. Once customized, Zenith will sail seven-night Mediterranean cruises between Athens and Venice. Back to Top
11-01-06 NCL Finalizes Mega-ship Contract Norwegian Cruise Lines has confirmed the contracts with Aker Yards of France to build two new 150,000-ton+ cruise ships, with an option for a third. The ships will each be approximately 150,000 Gross Tons and 4,200 passenger berths. The contract price for each of the first two ships is 735 million Euros, and for the optional third ship is 700 million Euros. All together, that is approximately $2.8 billion at today's exchange rate. The first two vessels will be delivered in 2009 and 2010, with the optional third sister ship set for delivery in the first quarter of 2011.
The project has been code-named "F3" to represent NCL's third generation of Freestyle Cruising ships. The cabin mix will be the richest of any NCL ship to date, with 100% of outside staterooms having private balconies. In total, each ship will have 1,415 balcony staterooms and suites. The new ship design will offer 60% more passenger space than the largest ships built so far by NCL. Back to Top
11-01-06 World's Largest Cruise Night; 14,860 Bookings The second annual World's Largest Cruise Night conducted by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) on Oct. 19, in New York City, resulted in 14,860 cruise bookings, which are expected to generate an estimated $18.5 million in sales.
More than 700 CLIA travel agencies across North America hosted 35,000 consumers at a wide array of one-day events, which included luncheons, cocktail parties, dinners, expos, cooking classes and other promotional activities. Tellingly, 89 percent of the agencies that hosted events said they plan to participate in 2007, according to the CLIA survey. Back to Top


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Hoping to repeat the success of the first film, "Star Trek Into Darkness" premiered at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Tuesday (May 14).
Proud to show off their latest work, stars of the film Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine and Alice Eve worked the media line before heading in for the main event.
It's one of the most coveted lists of the year for both men and women, and 100 lucky ladies have managed to nab a spot on the annual Maxim Hot 100.
As previously reported by GossipCenter, Miley Cyrus' fresh new hair style and flawless body helped her reign number one for 2013, much higher on the list this year than her spot at number 68 in 2012.
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The "Underworld" star looked sexy in a red strapless dress with an opening on one side, revealing one toned leg as she posed on the red carpet.
Keeping her body camera-ready, Kate Beckinsale headed to the gym in Santa Monica on Tuesday (April 9).
The "Underworld" star held an armful of items in a pretty blue sweater, gray leggings, and black leather boots as she made her way back to her vehicle.
Taking a break from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood, Kate Beckinsale soaked up the sun while enjoying a vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on Friday (March 29).
The "Total Recall" actress showed off her flawless bikini body in a black two piece as she happily lounged around poolside with family and friends.
She's one of the most gorgeous gals in the land, and Kate Beckinsale took issue with Chelsea Handler's health and way of life in a funny new clip from "After Lately."
The "Serendipity" starlet invites Handler to a private yoga session whereupon she launches into a lecture regarding what she considers a "toxic" lifestyle.
Based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe, Kate Beckinsale just signed onto the upcoming film "Eliza Graves."
The thriller follows a doctor who takes a job at a mental institution and falls for another doctor there. However, chaos ensues when the facility becomes overrun by its patients.
Stepping out for some fresh air and sunshine, Kate Beckinsale showed up at a friend's house in Pacific Palisades, California on Sunday (March 3).
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When Points.com (http://points.com) launched on April 2, it purported to address a longstanding and deeply felt need of mileage aficionados: the ability to readily transfer miles among different accounts. While Points.com is a step in the right direction, most frequent travelers are likely to feel that fulfilling their dream of exchanging miles will have to wait.
Consolidation: Better Late than Never
While it is generally accepted that the sensible approach is to consolidate mileage-earning into a single account (to maximize awards, reach elite status, and simplify record keeping), that's often impossible advice to follow. The result is a dispersion of miles and points across multiple unrelated accounts, with diminished chances of reaching meaningful award levels and attaining elite status.
That all-too-common conundrum always begs the question: How can I convert those miscellaneous orphan miles into a single currency—preferably that of my primary program,—and still achieve the benefits of consolidation?
In the past, knowledgeable mileage-accumulators used the Reward Exchange feature of Hilton's HHonors program to convert miles from one program into miles from another. And more recently, Diners Club Rewards added miles-to-points to its venerable points-to-miles conversion feature, giving would-be exchangers yet another option.
But a simple, straightforward mileage exchange (like a currency exchange) was just a gleam in the eye of mileage junkies.
Enter Points.com
What a traditional currency exchange is to dollars, deutsche marks, and yen, Points.com endeavors to be for miles and points from loyalty programs (online and offline, travel-related, and not).
The centerpiece of Points.com's service is pointsxchange, which allows members to exchange miles and points among a variety of programs (see table below), including those of five airlines. Here's how it works:
- Establish a Points.com account by entering the required member information (name, e-mail address, etc.) on the Points.com website.
- Enter program information into the pointsfolio section. Users will be asked to provide their membership number and PIN, and to give Points.com limited power of attorney to access account information and buy and sell their miles. (This is similar to setting up an account with any of a number of online "account aggregation" services, which consolidate data from multiple accounts (frequent traveler, brokerage, checking, etc.) and deliver a single comprehensive statement.)
- Lastly, members enter the names of the programs to exchange between and the number of miles or points to convert. The Points.com calculator then determines the number of miles the conversion will yield. According to points.com, exchanges take between 24 and 72 hours to complete.
As you would expect, there's a price to be paid for this convenience—conversion loss. In effect, you pay a commission for the transfer, resulting in a conversion rate of less than 1:1. Taking an exchange between American miles and Midwest Express miles as an example, 10,000 American miles convert to only 1,046 Midwest express miles; and, reversing direction, 10,000 Midwest Express miles convert to only 1,465 American miles. And, over and above the cost of the conversion loss, you'll pay either $5.95 per transaction, or $14.95 for a year's worth of unlimited transactions.
Alternative Conversion Options
Points.com may be the only dedicated mileage exchange, but it is not the only way to exchange miles. The first was Hilton's HHonors Reward Exchange. Diners Club Rewards followed this, more recently. Both are two-step processes: first, convert miles into points (HHonors points or Club Rewards); then, convert the points into a different type of miles.
Exchange Costs
As with the Points.com exchange, users of HHonors and Diners will pay a price for the exchange in the form of conversion loss. The following table shows the beginning and ending miles when 10,000 American AAdvantage miles are exchanged for Midwest Express miles, and vice versa, using each of the three conversion programs:


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|Tuesday, 08 May 2012 13:47
What is ZERO's National Father's Day Golf-A-Thon?
More than 240,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, and more than 28,000 will die from the disease. By playing one round of golf on Father's Day weekend, you can save the men that mean the most to you.
ZERO's National Golf-A-Thon will be Father's Day weekend, June 15-17 2012. It is open to all golfers, regardless of their playing ability, gender or age. It is also both an individual and team competition. Participants can play for teams (departments, locations, courses, alumni) or as individuals. Participants play golf based on their own schedules on Father's Day weekend and are in competition to see which team or individual can raise the most money. Prizes will also be given out to the top three individuals or teams who raise the most money.
By participating in ZERO's National Father's Day Golf-A-Thon, 100 percent of the funds you raise will go toward prostate cancer awareness, research and testing.
Funds are raised for ZERO—The Project to End Prostate Cancer through pledges on holes played. The more holes a participant plays on Father's Day weekend, the more money they generate to fight prostate cancer. Participants will collect pledges from sponsors for each hole played during the ZERO's Father's Day Golf-A-Thon. If a participant plays 36 holes during the golf a thon and a sponsor pledges $1 a hole, the golfer will raise $36 towards the fight against prostate cancer. It's that easy!
The team or individual raising the most money will win the grand prize trip to the Know Your Score Celebrity Golf Tournament in Myrtle Beach, SC, benefiting prostate cancer awareness, research and testing. The trip includes lodging for four at Pawleys Plantation in Myrtle Beach, SC, four tickets to the VIP celebrity reception, four entries into the celebrity golf tournament, and four tickets to the gala. The runners up will receive ZERO golf apparel.What courses can you play?
You can play any 9-hole or 18-hole golf course from any set of course tees in the world, based on your own schedule. You can play with your own personal golf partners or foursomes. No handicaps required. Just get out on Father's Day weekend, get your free pass from your significant other and play golf for a great cause!How do I enter?
Golf-A-Thon participants will have their own personalized donation webpage that they can send to friends and family. It will be easy for supporters to make donations right on this page. You will also be able to include why you are participating and raising money for prostate cancer.Why Prostate Cancer?
One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. There are no noticeable symptoms of the disease while it is in the early stages, so testing is vitally important. The chances of a man getting prostate cancer are one in three with one close relative (father, brother) with the disease. The risk is 83 percent with two close relatives and 97 percent with three. African American men are at increased risk for the disease and have the highest rate of prostate cancer in the world - one in four men. They are also 2.5 times more likely to die from the disease.At ZERO, we commit ourselves not only to reduce prostate cancer or alleviate the pain from the disease, but also to end it. We see a future where all men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer will be cured or manage their illness with good quality of life, with the support they need to minimize physical and emotional suffering and cope effectively throughout their cancer journey.
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Good Morning Shooters, Or, You Can't Make a Salad With a Guncarolyncastiglia
Guns kill.
I don't know if you guys know this.
But that's what they're designed for. To kill people.
In fact, that's the only thing they're designed to do.
Guns don't have another function.
They shoot bullets and they kill people.
A gun killed 12 people and wounded many more last night, some of them young children. One of the wounded is a 3-month-old.
I've written umpteen posts about gun violence here on Strollerderby as we've covered school shootings, the attack in Arizona that killed several and ended the political career of Gabby Giffords, Trayvon Martin's death. I've talked about how my grandparents died as a result of gun violence. It doesn't matter how many people die at the hands of gunmen. There will always be someone who even in the face of a machine gun massacre is stupid and callous enough to post something like this:
Yes, this is real. And was posted on Twitter at 9:20 this morning. Their next tweet was not an apology for a poorly timed pre-scheduled tweet. It was a #FF list of more gun enthusiasts.
Louis C.K. went on The Daily Show to explain that he wasn't a "rape apologist" because he accidentally tweeted Daniel Tosh about liking Tosh.0 without knowing about the Tosh rape joke controversy that was happening simultaneously. The NRA? American Rifleman? You won't see an apology from these people about this. Not even if you held a gun to their head.
When shootings like this happen, many wonder, how? How is this possible? It is possible because we allow guns in the hands of almost anyone. That's how. When I called to check on a friend in Denver this morning, she said, "If you've got a gun and you're crazy, you can walk in anywhere and kill everybody."
And that just about says it, don't it?
Oh sure, gun advocates will tell you there are careful screening processes before anyone can buy a gun. That if guns weren't legal it would be easier for crazy people to get illegal guns. That "good guys" should have guns so that they can stop "bad guys" with guns from killing people. Either way, someone dies at the hand of a gunman.
So then they'll tell you, if there weren't guns, there'd still be knives! People kill people. Guns don't kill people! You can kill someone with a knife.
That's true. But you can also make a salad with a knife. You can't make a salad with a gun.
American culture is violent. Some would argue that is the nature of our nation. We stole this land from others. We killed the Indians not just in battle but with smallpox blankets. We enslaved Africans. We fought against each other in a "civil" war. We expanded our borders by conquering The Wild West with pistols.
Then at one point we decided we wouldn't live like outlaws and bandits anymore. We wouldn't let chaos and intimidation reign. We made laws that protected people from violence. But as long as there are guns, people will die at the hands of gunmen.
If you've got a gun and you're crazy, you can walk in anywhere and kill everybody.
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Your ability to attract men not some remote or difficult hidden knowledge. Actually attracting men can be one of the easiest things you can learn to do. Most men are the same and want the same. One of the main secrets to attracting a man is being able to read what is going on with him inside. You must learn now to know what a man truly wants in order to attract then capture him and his love. Continue reading to learn more tips on how attracting men.
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Iuter opens first flagship in MilanItalian streetwear brand Iuter has just opened its first flagship store in Milan, in Corso di Porta Ticinese 48. Following some previous tests for opening temporary stores, the brand's founders and owners Alberto Leoni and Andrea Torella decided to open this 150sqm store in the heart of the informal and young shopping street.
The store hosts the Iuter brand and focuses on tops and sweatshirts characterised by a strong attention for design and printed graphics. The men's and women's collections are completely made in Italy by the company, which is owned by the two entrepreneurs and based near Varese.
Iuter was founded in 2002. It is distributed in Italy to about 180 stores and only recently also distributed internationally. At present it is sold to 225 doors, mostly in Russia, UK and Germany. By end 2014 they expect to sell the brand to about 300 stores worldwide, while also starting to distribute it in the US.
The new flagship also offers a special series of products such as an eyewear line, a limited edition of the iconic M120 Boots made in collaboration with footwear manufacturer Fracap, a line of bags and a selection of items from the parent brands; Uppercut - an exclusive brand that is designed and produced by the duo's own company, and Octopus, also produced by the same company. The store also offers special edition Sennheiser cuffs made in collaboration with Iuter.
The store was designed by Mammafotogramma Studio and has a clean and modern look. The store features wood and metal, and utilitarian fittings. It is also characterised by a special 3D modular wooden geometric structure - Wood‐Skin™ - that covers the cash desk area and part of the walls of the store. Mammafotogramma Studio also developed the 3D modules. The store can also host shops-in-the-shop and temporary stores in one section of the store.
Store's address:
C.so di Porta Ticinese 48
20123 Milano (MI)
+39 02 84253390
Maria Cristina Pavarini
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Children in grades 1 to 6 are invited to participate in an action-packed day of games, basketball, and soccer along with educational programs on nutrition and physical activity; a special track is available for children with asthma.
The DiSepio Institute for Rural Health and Wellness at Saint Francis University has expanded its annual Asthma Sports Camp to the Flash Fitness and Fun Day. All children in grades 1 to 6 are invited to participate in an action-packed day of games, basketball, and soccer along with educational programs on nutrition and physical activity; a special track is available for children with asthma. There is no cost to participate.
Flash Fitness and Fun Day will be held on Saturday, September 29, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Stokes Athletic Center on the Loretto campus. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and morning refreshments will be provided. Students from the University's physical therapy, physician assistant sciences, and exercise physiology programs will be assisting in the event. Participants will be eligible to win prizes.
Participants will learn the fundamentals of games, basketball, or soccer while working/playing with the Saint Francis University varsity teams; learn fun facts about nutrition and physical activity; and have lunch with the varsity athletes. Participants in the asthma track will also learn the importance of asthma control; learn they can participate and thrive in sports and other activities without being hindered by asthma; and participate in spirometry testing and breathing exercises.
A parent or guardian must accompany each child through registration and the first session (until 10:30 a.m.) Parents/guardians are encouraged to stay for the entire event. General health screenings will be available for adults at no cost. Parents/guardians may purchase lunch tickets at $5 each during the morning registration period.
Deborah Gentile, MD (and a Saint Francis University alumus) and David Skoner, MD, both from Pittsburgh, are the participating physicians. Additional sponsors for the Flash Fitness and Fun Day include the Saint Francis University departments of athletics, physical therapy and physician assistant sciences, in addition to For Your Good Health and TEVA Respiratory. Pre-registration is required by calling 814-472-3923, by September 14.
Saint Francis University aims to be as accessible as possible. Please contact our Accessibility Services Coordinator, April Fry, with specific inquiries at 814-472-3176 or complete our online request form at
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What can i do to get rid of this cold/ sinus problem ?
I am 26 wks pregnant and i have had a head cold/ sinus prob. for about a week now , i have such a bad stuffy nose , very congested , a real nasty cough . I have been taking tylenol cold and sinus on and off for about 3-4 days ... it is not working for me anymore . my doctor is on vaction until 1 1/2 wk from now so i cant see him til then . just 2 days ago i started to have some pain in my left side of my jaw which goes from my upper cheek down into my throat and thats the side that i am more congested on . I have done all i can think of to try and get rid or atleast releive this stuff but nothing seem to work , i dont want to keep taking any meds but i cant afford to just sit down i hjave 4 kids to run around after at home . Any advice on what i can do ??????
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Sharjah Biennial director dismissed, exhibition to be reviewed
Artistic Director's departure comes at a time when some art installations are at the centre of controversial debate in the decade-old Sharjah Biennial.
April 6, 2011 11:10 by Precious de Leon
Artistic Director Jack Persekian has been dismissed from his post, following orders from HH Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, Kipp has learned.
Persekian's swift departure comes at a time when a specific collection within the exhibition has been gaining notoriety among visitors, with some describing it as "offensive" and "culturally insensitive".
A representative from the Sharjah Biennial Office told Kipp that an official statement is being drafted and "will soon be publicly announced".
Initially rumoured to have been shut down, event organisers have confirmed with Kipp that the event, which opened on March 16, will continue to run until its scheduled closing on May 16.
Twitter and Blackberry Messenger posts in the UAE's art circles have reportedly been ablaze with comments, mostly in Arabic, against Persekian's decision to include the art pieces in the Sharjah Biennial.
Event organisers did not confirm which art pieces have caused controversy. However photographs of art installations and t-shirts printed with Arabic and English phrases that are said to contain sexually explicit descriptions of religious figures have been connected to the dismissal.
The National spoke to Persekian, from his home city of Jerusalem, where he received the phone call about this dismissal. "It was foolish of me, I had not looked at it carefully because I couldn't, there were so many works and so many things to produce – films and books and publications and videos, a million things I didn't go through. I'm not in the habit of checking everything, and people just didn't like what they saw in that work and took it out on me personally," he said, declining to reveal which work caused his dismissal but that it had already been removed from the show.
Already in its 10th anniversary, the Sharjah Biennial was opened by HH Sheikh Al Qasimi, who toured the different pavilions during his visit.
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I think its some sort of summer bulb ..
then again maybe not. sorry new to this! thought I'd take a stab!
chives or some type of allium
mmm it could be some form of alium Fleurisa - that rings a bell.
If you rub the leaves you'll know. They all have a hint of garlic/onion about them
Def an Alium, I've got some almost flowering in my front garden Unfortunately I have no idea which one as Ma Panda mixed up all the alliums in a paper bag and passed them to me as I planted them. Was going for a more natural look
Snap.. On moving house they ended up in a mystery paper bag - Never a pen around when you want one
The picture is a bit blurred, but if it is an Alium it will smell oniony!
Its started to flower and now Im not sure again lol
Still looks like my alliums If I remember I'll take and post a pic of them when I get home
As promised, here is my allium:
Isn't it pretty
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