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Friends of my parents, Eve is a fine Swedish woman and her husband is a fine Italian-Irish guy. Without fail they invited my parents (and me) over for Christmas treats each year, and this is Eve's recipe for her wonderful wassail. I haven't really kept in touch with Eve since my parents have passed; maybe it's time... Prep time includes "sitting time."
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- 1 cup sugar
- 1 quart water
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 4 whole allspice
- 12 whole cloves
- 2 tablespoons chopped ginger
- 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
- 2 quarts apple cider
- In a large pot, combine the sugar and water and bring to a boil; boil for 10 minutes then turn off heat.
- Add the cinnamon sticks, allspice, cloves and ginger.
- Cover and let stand 1 hour, then strain.
- Add the thawed orange juice concentrate, lemonade concentrate and apple cider.
- Bring to a boil and serve hot.
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The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) is the apex body representing the interest of the Indian Auto Component Industry. The Auto Component industry in India has a strong positive multiplier effect as a key driver of economic growth. The auto component industry registered a turnover of Rs. 2.34 lakh crore (USD 38.5 billion) in 2014 - 2015, with a growth of 11 percent as also CAGR of 11 percent over the last six years. More
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- , Å. FlockAffiliated withKing Gustaf Vth Research InstituteDept. of Otolaryngology, Karolinska Sjukhuset
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Light and electron microscopic observations on the ampullary organs of Polyodon spathula (Chondrostei, Osteichthyes) reveal a sensory epithelium similar to that found in the Lorenzinian ampulla, an electroreceptor found in marine Elasmobranchs.
The sensory cells have a very small luminal part provided with a cilium. They are innervated by many nerve endings. Each nerve fibre apparently makes synaptic contact with several sensory cells. The synaptic structure in the sensory cell is composed of a flat sheet, the outermost part of which is surrounded by 3 or 4 annuli of densely staining material. The sheet extends into a protrusion of the sensory cell, and there is a corresponding invagination in the nerve terminal.
The conclusion that these organs are electroreceptors, is supported by the finding that the fish responds to the introduction of an iron tube in the aquarium, whereas a wooden rod introduced in the same way causes no response.
Key-wordsLorenzinian ampullae Polyodon spathula Sensory epithelium Synapses Electron microscopy
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Make Ahead Chimichangas
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1 Using two forks, shred cooked chicken or meat (should have about 3 cups). In a large skillet combine shredded chicken or meat, the 16 ounces salsa, beans, undrained chili peppers, and seasoning mix. Cook and stir over medium heat until heated through.
2 In another skillet heat tortillas, one at a time, over medium-low heat about 30 seconds per side. To assemble, place 1/3 cup meat mixture onto each tortilla, near one edge. Top each with a cheese stick. Fold in the sides; roll up, starting from edge with the cheese. Place in freezer containers. Seal, label, and freeze for up to 6 months.
3 To prepare, wrap each frozen chimichanga in foil. Bake in a 350° oven about 50 minutes or until heated through.* (Or, wrap each frozen chimichanga in foil. Thaw chimichangas in the refrigerator overnight. Do not remove foil. Bake about 30 minutes.) Remove foil. Bake 10 minutes more or until tortillas are crisp and brown. If desired, serve with additional salsa and dairy sour cream
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Total Fat 17 g25.9%
Saturated Fat 7.1 g35.5%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 53.2 mg17.7%
Sodium 942.2 mg39.3%
Total Carbohydrates 25 g8.2%
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Protein 19 g37%
Vitamin A 12.3% Vitamin C 8.8%
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No 'recipe' for healthy families, but some shared traits
She is also, says Pierce, missing a chance to work with her son and share the task, to talk and connect. A better approach would be to say, "Let's go in together and we'll each do three things." Within 15 minutes, he says, the room is cleaner, they've spent time together, she's demonstrated some skills he needs, there's no power struggle, she got her respect and she's maybe had the chance to notice if he's high or not.
"I think most of us are doing parenting without a conscious intention and we don't stop long enough to wonder why we're doing it or is it the most effective way. I recently walked into the room where my son was studying. He had the sports channel on, music in the background and was talking to a girl while doing homework. I told him he couldn't be doing his homework well that way."
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Recently, Pierce watched two dads interact with their kids in a restaurant. One dad was "pretending" with his daughter, about 5, in a make-believe world. He was totally interacting. The other dad, with a boy about the same age, was messing around with his phone. The boy was well behaved, but ignored. Only when the food came did that second dad put his phone down. Then he concentrated mostly on his food.
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That's not what any of these experts recommend. "We need to ask ourselves, am I fully present," Pierce said. "We are really declining in our culture in the time we spend face to face interacting with each other as adults, but even more specifically with our kids. We are losing the ability to be connected, related and empathetic."
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Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
, Volume 1, Issue 4, pp 337-381
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Social organization and foraging in emballonurid bats
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Five species of emballonurid bats (Rhynchonycteris naso, Saccopteryx leptura, Balantiopteryx plicata, Saccopteryx bilineata, and Peropteryx kappleri), were studied in Costa Rica and Trinidad. Stomach contents suggest that prey size generally increases for bat body size, but within these species there is considerable overlap. R. naso, S. leptura, and P. kappleri each appear to be specialized for foraging in a particular habitat type; B. plicata and S. bilineata are more opportunistic and feed over a variety of habitats during the year. While the other species feed in the proximity of surfaces, B. plicata is further separated from the other species by wing specializations favoring high altitude flight.
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Foraging dispersion is more closely related to body size than it is to social structure at the roost: small bats group-forage while larger bats feed in solitary beats. In all of the species, food is spatially and temporally variable, and the location of foraging sites changes seasonally in accordance with these locally varying patterns of aerial insect abundance. In the case of S. bilineata, the locations of foraging sites were positively correlated with levels of phenological activity in the underlying plant communities.
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Colony sizes ranged from small groups of 2–10 bats (S. leptura, P. kappleri), to intermediate colonies of 5–50 bats (R. naso, S. bilineata), to very large colonies with hundreds of bats (B. plicata).
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R. naso, S. leptura, and S. bilineata colonies have colony-specific annual foraging ranges which are actively defended against conspecifics from other colonies. In most cases, all members of a given colony of one of these species will be found foraging in a common site at any time. In R. naso and S. bilineata, currently used foraging sites are partitioned socially. In the former species, adult breeding females occupy a central area and groupforage while younger non-breeding females and males occupy peripheral foraging areas in the colony territory. In S. bilineata, the colony foraging site is partitioned into individual harem territories defended by harem males and containing the individual beats of all current harem females. For this latter species, details of roost site subdivision are mapped directly onto foraging dispersions. In general, there is a close correlation between dayroost group membership and location of nocturnal foraging sites in all of the study species.
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- Social organization and foraging in emballonurid bats
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- 1976-12
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- 1432-0762
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- Springer-Verlag
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Two homers in first career game
Posted by Andy on April 29, 2009
Since 1954 two players have hit 2 homers in their first career major-league game. Do you know whom?Back in 1999, I remember when Mark Quinn of the Royals achieved the feat, and I recall it being mentioned that he was the first guy sicne Bert Campaneris to do it. The PI confirms:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Mark Quinn 1 Ind. Games Bert Campaneris 1 Ind. Games
How crazy that both these guys played for Kansas City?
Does anybody know if anybody did this before 1954 (I tend to doubt it...)
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April 29th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Bob Nieman of the St. Louis Browns did it on 09-14-51 & Charlie Reilly of the Columbus Solons (American Association) did it 10-09-1889. Both players did it in their first two Major League at bats.
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April 29th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Maybe even crazier is that, although both did it for Kansas City, the two did it for different teams - Campaneris for the Athletics and Quinn for the Royals.
Keith McDonald homered in his first two at-bats, too, but the at-bats came in different games. He only had one at-bat in his first game.
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April 29th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
I suppose the most interesting thing about Keith McDonald is that he accumulated only three hits in his major league career and they were all home runs.
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April 30th, 2009 at 11:49 am
As far as I can tell, McDonald holds the record for most homers by a guy who had more homers than strikeouts in his career. I had hoped that someone with a more substantial career had done it. I didn't search before 1903, though, so I don't know.
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May 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Looking at McDonald's minor league numbers, he looks like a modest hitter with some power (~.770 OPS, 27.7 AB/HR in AAA from 1999 - 2003). Given the fact that he's a catcher who hit 3 HR in 11 major league AB, it's surprising that he only got 2 AB in the majors in 2001 and didn't get another cup of coffee after that. His fielding looks decent (29% CS, .991 Fld%, 7.15 RF/G), though it's tough to gauge catchers based on numbers alone. You'd think SOMEeone would have been interested and have given him another chance.


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The two airports which service Lake Como are located in Milan. The closest being Malpensa and Linate Airport being slightly further from Bellagio. Cars can be hired from Milan Airport, the normal car companies operate from both airports. Avis, Hertz, Thrifty, Europcar plus others.
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Milan to Bellagio by car 75 kilometres from Milan.
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The best way to get around Bellagio and Lake Como is by ferry. The ferry service runs from Bellagio on a daily basis to direct ports within the region.
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The Bellagio ferry is located opposite Hotel Florence and next door to Hotel Metropole on the waterfront. There is a ticket operator box which is just near the entrance gate to the ferry.
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QUINCY – The group raising money for the Puppy Doe memorial bench has selected the Whitwell Street Playground to be the permanent site of the bench, which is to be unveiled in September.
Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch met with organizers Diane Holler O'Meara, Mike Albanese Jr. and Christine Iacone-Bandieri at the Whitwell Street Playground on Wednesday night, signifying the city's support for the memorial bench for Puppy Doe.
Puppy Doe is the name that was given to a brutally abused pit bull that was found in Quincy last summer. Because her injuries were so severe, she was euthanized.
The group started working on the project in early January, and it recently kicked off the fundraising campaign for the memorial bench. To date, it has raised more than $1,500 toward the $5,000 goal.
The black granite bench is being made by Custom Monument of Rockland. The city's parks and recreation board has approved the design and the location. The memorial bench will be unveiled at a ceremony scheduled for Sept. 13.
O'Meara said the bench not only honors Puppy Doe, but all animals that have been abused.
"It is our hope that this bench will stand as a symbol, a reminder that it is not OK to abuse animals," she said. "In fact, it is not only not OK, but it is also illegal, and if you are an abuser, then you will be reported and brought to justice."
The inscription on the memorial bench, "See something/say something," will encourage the public to get involved and help prevent the abuse of animals, she said.
To make a donation to help pay for the bench, mail a check made payable to the Quincy Animal Shelter to P.O. Box 690088, Quincy, MA 02269. Write "Puppy Doe Bench" on the check's memo line.
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Winery, U.S. Olympic Committee resolve conflict over use of . . . er . . . the name of our Peninsula
After nine months of legal struggle with the U.S. Olympic Committee, Kathy Charlton, owner of Olympic Cellars winery east of Port Angeles, is celebrating a qualified victory. Charlton will host a party today (Saturday) on the patio next to her small vineyard; shell wear a new T-shirt that reads, "Olympic Cellars vs. the USOC: The Name Is Still Ours!" -- Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
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The principal owner of Olympic Cellars has emerged from a fight with what her attorney calls "the 900-pound gorilla" the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Charlton is the victor in some ways, but she minces no words when describing the effect her dispute with the USOC will have on her and other businesses that bear the "Olympic" name.
"I can still operate as Olympic Cellars [and] sell wine via the Internet . . . as long as my sales and marketing of 'Olympic Cellars' branded wines beyond my local area are not deemed 'substantial,'" Charlton said this week in a written statement.
The settlement with the USOC means that although the word "Olympic" signifies this peninsula's beauty and identity and thus is an ideal brand name firms here cannot use it to promote themselves beyond the region.
"By forcing Olympic Peninsula businesses to be local in nature and restricting sales to the Olympic Peninsula, it unjustly limits our ability to grow, be competitive and survive," Charlton said.
"Sure, we could change our business names. It certainly would be easier, cheaper and less hassle.
"But that means shedding our heritage as well; basically giving in and giving up.
"And we just can't do that."
Told to give up name
The dispute began on Sept. 11, when USOC attorney Kelly Maser sent a letter to Charlton telling her she had to relinquish her winery's name.
The USOC owns the word "Olympic," when it comes to commerce, Maser wrote.
With the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 1998, Congress gave the USOC exclusive control of the word, with one exception.
Businesses on the Olympic Peninsula can use it but locally only.
Widespread Internet marketing of Olympic-named products violates the Stevens Act, and might unleash the wrath of the USOC.
Charlton has grown Olympic Cellars from the bankrupt operation she bought in 1999 to a brand that's won fans and wine competition medals across the West.
She and partners Molly Rivard and Libby Sweetser, along with youthful French vintner Benoit Murat, beckon the thirsty from on and off the Peninsula to the winery, a renovated dairy barn with a small vineyard and a big view of the Olympic Mountains.
The winery, one of the first 15 established in Washington, is located on U.S. Highway 101 near the Old Olympic Highway intersection.
But Olympic Cellars has no right to promote itself outside Western Washington, according to the USOC.
World Wide Web marketing of its products could mislead people into thinking the winery is an Olympic Games sponsor, the committee maintains.
This problem is pressing, with the 2008 Summer Games starting in Beijing this month and the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia less than two years away.
The USOC's Maser sent a second warning to Charlton in October, instructing her to turn away customers who'd found Olympic Cellars online without actually visiting the building.
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That's when Charlton sought help from Sequim trademark attorney Jacques Dulin.
"I realized that I couldn't do this alone," she said.
Dulin tops a list of people Charlton thanked this week for encouraging her to stay the course and negotiate a settlement with the USOC.
The resolution saves her winery's name but will choke future growth, Charlton believes.
And Dulin, the lawyer who calls the USOC a gorilla, doesn't think the committee has finished with the Peninsula.
A number of local businesses have heard from the USOC about the O-word, though he said they wanted to keep their communications private.
Charlton, for her part, communicated with the offices of Rep. Norm Dicks, the Belfair Democrat whose district includes the North Olympic Peninsula, and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Mountlake Terrace.
Aides briefed the members of Congress on the Olympic brand dispute, "but frankly, in an election year, they have much bigger fish to fry," Charlton said.
Still, she thanked Dicks' Port Angeles-based liaison, Judith Morris, and Cantwell staffer Michael Daum for at least listening to and conveying her concerns.
Amend Stevens Act
Now Charlton wants the federal government to amend the Stevens Act, and "to comprehend the dramatic changes in both electronic commerce (the Internet) and our flattened, global economy."
Charlton said she well understands the Olympic Committee's need to protect its brand and the corporations leviathans such as Anheuser Busch and Visa who pay millions to sponsor the Games.
But she doesn't understand why the committee sends attorneys after small businesses on the Olympic Peninsula.
"It makes far more sense for the USOC to simply limit its investigation to activities and companies outside the Olympic Peninsula using the mark "Olympic," and sue those who would try to create an association with, or trade upon the goodwill" of the Olympic Games, she said.
What's 'substantial'
For Olympic Cellars, there's another sensitive word: "substantial" as in, wine sales off the Peninsula must not be.
In interviews this week, both Charlton and USOC spokesperson Lindsay DeWall agreed that their agreement contains no definition of the word.
"We expect that Olympic Cellars will act in good faith with a reasonable understanding," of what constitutes substantial sales and marketing, DeWall wrote in an e-mail to the Peninsula Daily News.
And what about the "local area" in the agreement?
Where is that line drawn?
"In working with Olympic Cellars and seeking to reach a reasonable accommodation for them, the U.S. Olympic Committee agreed that it will not object to their use of the word within the entire state of Washington," DeWall wrote.
So Olympic Cellars can continue competing in the Washington wine marketplace. And Charlton can keep promoting the Peninsula as a potential grape-growing region.
She and her four-member staff have planted a diminutive vineyard south of the tasting room.
And Charlton, cosponsor of a study that found the North Olympic Peninsula to be a promising place for viticulture, last April opened Olympic Cellars to a Washington State University class on grape-growing.
The winery will host a series of concerts on Saturdays through this month, the "No Labor Day" party for working women and friends on Aug. 23 and the annual grape stomp and harvest party on Sept. 13.
Charlton, Rivard and Sweetser, aka the "Olympic women in wine," have built a healthy business since releasing the first Working Girl-brand wines in 2003.
Growing business
Olympic Cellars grossed more than $1 million two years in a row, Charlton said.
"We had growth of 25, 30 and 40 percent from 2003 to 2005. In '06 and '07, it started flattening."
At the same time, Olympic Cellars beefed up contributions to local charities.
The winery gave about $15,000 last year to organizations including Family Planning of Clallam County and the North Olympic Land Trust, Charlton said.
The winery also hosts an International Women's Day celebration every March.
Supporting such causes "gives the winery its soul and purpose," Charlton said.
Yet this summer, the living is not easy.
Steep fuel and food prices have customers buying one bottle of wine instead of the two or 12 they've purchased on past visits; shipping costs "are getting outrageous," Charlton said, and the flow of travelers into the tasting room seems thinner.
"I've reduced my risk by reducing my distribution," said Charlton, and like many Peninsula businesses, Olympic Cellars is renewing its local marketing efforts which, after all, aligns with the USOC's directive.
Charlton said she spent about $5,000 on legal help during her negotiations with the Olympic committee.
In addition, she had "pro bono support," in the form of legal counsel from a "major Washington corporation who chooses to remain nameless."
Without that help, Charlton said, she would have had to acquiesce to USOC demands much sooner.
"I didn't sign the first, second or even third drafts of the agreement," she added.
Now that the Olympic fight is finished, Charlton might be tired.
But she doesn't act it.
Today (Saturday), she and the other "working girls" will wear just-printed T-shirts that read, "Olympic Cellars vs. USOC: The Name Is Still Ours!"
"We're going to have cake to celebrate all day," Charlton promised.
And tonight, the local band Haywire will play a free, dance-friendly concert on the patio.
"Come enjoy the mountains," Charlton said, "and all that is Olympic."
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The Cable Area rolls out the red (and yellow and orange) carpet to accentuate this celebration with an old-fashioned Fall Festival. We'll have a Corn and Pig Roast on Friday, and ice cold beverages and non-stop live entertainment all weekend. Enjoy a pumpkin pecan pancake breakfast on Saturday with real north-woods maple syrup, and later stop over at the wine tasting and buy your favorite bottle at a special price. There's also giant craft fair, one of northern Wisconsin's best classic car shows, and of course games for the kids will have everyone declaring this as the best weekend of the year. Spend time this fall in the north-woods. Spend it in the Cable Area.
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Kicking off the celebration of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fiftieth anniversary, Mark Waid and Lee Ferguson's "S.H.I.E.L.D." #9 delivers a tale in the ongoing adventures of Phil Coulson's crew, but also expands the S.H.I.E.L.D. legend.
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In the Monday edition of the Peninsula Clarion there was an article by Elizabeth Earl describing the Alaska State Legislature considering a sockeye stamp for anglers. In the article it described the stamp being required for individual anglers, not personal-use fisheries (dipnetters), nor guide businesses that increase the traffic on both rivers to the point that local residents don't want to fight the boat traffic and rude operations of some of those companies.
Not only is there no smoking in most places, now they want to make it statewide! This is more government control and taking away more of our rights and our freedoms. When is this going end? I feel that smokers should be able to have a place to go and have their enjoyments also. We know it is not for us but it is our choice not the medical field and not health and social services. I don't know why people think they know more on how I should live than I do.
In preparation for the 2016 Job Shadow Day, 121 juniors at Kenai Central High School spent several months researching careers and preparing business portfolios, including job applications, résumés, and cover letters. The unit culminated with individualized, first-hand workplace experiences with local business hosts from across the Central Peninsula. KCHS students and staff would like to extend our sincere appreciation to all of the individuals, agencies, and businesses that helped to support this program and to make this such a positive experience for students.
Friends of Kenai Community Library had a successful book sale at the Kenai Library meeting room Mar 7-13. The Friends greatly appreciate members of the community who bought books at our sale. The funds raised will be used to support special library programs.
Over six years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court made one of the worst rulings in this country's history on Citizens United vs. FEC.
The majority on the Court decided that money is speech and corporations are people. Since that decision in 2010, unions and corporate entities have contributed unlimited funds to elections. It has to stop! We must demand that Congress pass legislation to overturn Citizens United and return the election process to the citizens of this country.
Funny thing happened on the way to 2016 concerning the celebration of Christ Jesus's Resurrection from the dead celebration 3 days after the Passover Sabbath.
Things changed along the way from Resurrection day also known as First Fruits, the 3rd Feast of the 7 Feasts Yahweh, God gave to the Hebrews after he delivered them from slavery to Egypt on the First Passover in 1447 B.C.
These 7 Feasts were to be Holy convocations and eternal as well, they all pointed ahead to Yeshua HaMashicah, Jesus the Messiah.
Through yet another challenging winter ski season, our Soldotna High School Nordic Ski Team supporters continued to offer encouragement and help to our student athletes. Adverse snow conditions created a problematic training situation and our team was especially grateful for the generosity of The Fitness Place who came through with flying colors to offer training options in a less than ideal snow situation. The Fitness Place has been helpful to the team for a number of years now and we are very appreciative of their support. Thank you!
Since 2005, Central Peninsula Hospital has had a smoke free campus policy. Quite simply, exposure to secondhand smoke is known to cause illness and disease and, as a health care professional, it is my responsibility to make sure that policies are in place to protect employees and patients at our facility from hazards of any kind.
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Two years after the Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that closely held for-profit companies do not have to comply with the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage requirement if the company's owners have moral or religious objections, this important health benefit is going back to the High Court.
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Yeah it was a bit before my time but I caught up with it on the replays on bravo back in the day
Didnt he also stall with contract negotiations to before Randy did him a favour...apparently
Tito had ZERO interest. Dana wanted to make the fight. Fans were begging for the fight. Liddell even came into the Octagon after one of Tito's fights and pointedly told him to take the fight. Tito came back with some bull**** about he needed to rehab some injurys or some *******s. There was a lot of bad blood between those two and the feud was real. Chuck was jealous of Tito's prestige, fame and the belt he coveted as well as Tito being the face of the UFC commanding top dollar. And Tito really played the heel well and was equally vilified and loved by others. He was a brash, mouthy and was hated in equal measure.
I don't recall those contract negotiations but i do recall Tito almost getting involved in a brawl after he fought Belfort i think in the cage with Liddell and Shamrock. Long and short was he mouthed off and both got in the cage to give it back. Was a great Promo for the UFC.
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I am writing a plugin, and I need to make urls to files that the plugin has uploaded.
Is there a constant or a function that can tell me the root of the wordpress website?
I don't want to use "/" because it assumes that WordPress is installed on the root of the domain, which is not always the case. For example, on my test box WordPress is installed at "/wordpress/".
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The life of a clown with the greatest show on earth
Published: Friday, January 21, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 21, 2005 at 12:00 a.m.
Elephants, tigers, wire-walkers, clowns and the pure magic of the big top have a way of touching the gypsy in all of us. As children, many of us have dreamt of running away with the circus.
Kelly James Ballagh received that opportunity in 2000. "I met some of the clowns that were on the blue unit of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. They got me with the clowning bug, and told me that I had what it took to be a clown. I sent in an audition tape, was hired and traveled with the blue unit for four years," Ballagh said in a recent telephone interview from Orlando, Fla.
"Before I got into clowning, I was a puppeteer. I performed in the U.S. and Asia, and I had a good knowledge of drama, but I never thought about being a clown," he said.
"During the first year I was with the show, I started to notice that things I did as a kid started to pay off with the clowning. I started to realize that maybe in the back of my head, this had always been there, even if I didn't admit it."
Learning to be a clown
In 1968, the first classes were held at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. Over 1,400 people received training in the eight-week course before the college was discontinued after the class of 1997.
Instead of an eight-week course at Clown College, today classes are held on tour. "We'll bring in the old instructors from the Clown College and have them work with the new people. We go out into the community and do slap-stick, make-up and clown classes in drama departments and large scale conventions. It keeps the spirit of the college alive, but it's not the same," Ballagh said.
"I learned a lot from the clowns that used to be on the show and then when I got here, I studied the clowns I was working with. I watched how they did things, how they interacted with the kids, and it helped me with my clowning," Ballagh said of his clowning education.
"It's one of the greatest jobs on earth. I'm in charge of all the goof balls," Ballagh said of his promotion this year to boss clown of the red unit. "The people I'm in charge of are some of the funniest people on earth. It's surreal that I'm in charge of all these clowns."
As boss clown, Ballagh serves as liaison between circus management and the clowns, and really is enjoying his new position. "Would you rather be a boss of people who work in cubicles or the boss of all these clowns that want to see how many people can fit in a cubicle?" he said.
Being a clown
"It's amazing to come out and know that you have 10,000 or more eyes focused on your every move. It's very humbling, but it's a joy. Every time you step on to the floor, you bring something of yourself to the audience," Ballagh said.
"It's the audience laughing and cheering and then hearing the applause that lets you know you are bringing happiness to people. In this world, with all the bad things that happen, you get to take people's minds off their day to day troubles. I still catch myself in awe."
Circus life
There are two units of the Ringling Bros. Circus -- the red unit and the blue unit. Each unit travels a two-year tour beginning on the East coast and then moving to the West coast. The second year brings the circus into the central states.
"Each unit covers 40 cities a year and probably about 85 cities in the two-year stretch," Ballagh said. "The two units allow audiences to see a new show every year. It also allows us to bring audiences the newest material and the best of the best.
"This year, we have a high wire duo that we do not consider wire walkers, they are wire runners. They do things that no one would expect."
Other new acts include an act that includes Arabian horses, zebras and elephants, plus one that has an acrobat performing in the tiger cage.
"We travel by train, the two largest personally owned. Each unit has its own train and we transport ourselves, the animals, the rigging and the props to the shows via rail to the next city," Ballagh said.
A million things have changed since the early days of this circus.
"Now we are in buildings instead of outside under a tent. Now we have the lights and the sounds that add to the experience, but traveling by the tracks brings back that old national treasure feel to the show," he said.
"This becomes your home. We travel 11 months out of the year. The people that you work with become your family, the train becomes your home and the cities that you perform in become your home town for the week.
"It's not every day that you can claim you have over 300 people in your immediate family," Ballagh said about life on the road.
Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Feb. 2 through 4; 11:30 a.m., 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, and 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville.
Ticket holders are invited to participate in the All-Access pre-show, one hour before show time. The pre-show let's the audience members enter the rings and perform with the entertainers.
Tickets range from $15 to $22. All tickets are $13 on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Tickets are available by calling Ticketmaster at 251-5505, or on the Web at www.ticketmaster.com or www.Ringling.com.
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The cluster resource manager Torque typically allocates compute nodes on an exclusive basis. However, when you have a lot of small jobs (like we do) running against multi-core compute nodes, this can result in a lot of wasted resources. Is there any way to configure Torque to allow non-exclusive allocation of the cores on a compute node?
(These jobs are all embarrassingly parallel, so we aren't concerned about contention for the shared network resource. We can't switch schedulers as our customer's job-scripts are all in PBS/Torque.)


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If you look around the landscape you will see certain plants are already pushing out new growth. In the past week I have seen citrus trees, lantana, viburnum and hibiscus sending out new green growth.
Through eons of time, plants in temperate climates have learned to send out their major spurt of growth once cold winter temperatures subside and warm spring days begin to occur. Therefore, it is the spring feeding that benefits many plants the most. This is when they are putting on their greatest amount of new foliage for the year.
We need to fluctuate our feeding program annually to coincide with the arrival of spring growth. Spring growth is like the genie in the bottle, once it comes out you can't put it back.
Because of the cold winter, you may wish to alter how you feed some plants this spring. If you have tropical plants that froze to the ground, it is obvious that they have to put out more growth this spring than in the years they do no freeze. This means they need extra nitrogen for heavy leaf growth to occur. Instead of using the 10-10-10 that you normally use you may opt to use a higher nitrogen product like a 16-4-8, a lawn fertilizer.
For hardy evergreen clipped hedges that did not freeze, like ligustrum or pittosporum, you may stick with the lower nitrogen product. This is because the more nitrogen you feed them the faster they will grow and the more you will have to prune them.
If you are concerned that feeding flowering shrubs to encourage leaves will delay blooming, you must first realize that until the plant comes back into balance with the undamaged root system it will not go from its foliar stage to it floral stage. Nature is about balance and the plant must regain this before it considers reproduction. If you have hibiscus that have frozen in years past you may have noticed that it may have been as late as July before it started flowering again. This is a perfect example of how the plant must come back into balance before it will next bloom.
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Great to have free stuff 'n all, but to have this plug-in loading these and using my site to gather data without letting me know and without an opt out doesn't seem sporting.
Or perhaps I'm mistaken.
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These two parts of the large work come mainly under the category of medical curiosities and special pleading. The author is a practicing ophthalmologist. The subtitle of the first pamphlet reads "The Crowning (Entthronung) of Bacteriology Through the Biophysics of the Atmosphere: Meteorology as the Basis of Physical Therapy; Medicine in the Service of Aeronautics." The dependence of living processes on the atmospheric pressure, the oxygen of the atmosphere and, in part, the temperature is now fairly well understood. To be sure, we do not yet know the mechanism of the poisonous effect of high oxygen tension, but the author appears to go far afield in his endeavor to correlate atmospheric changes with all types of disease processes.
The second pamphlet is largely one of special pleading for what appears to be a proprietary drug, and more than two thirds of the pamphlet is taken up with tables and cases
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WACO (July 18, 2014) Jovan Collier, 45, also known as "Joe", whose engagement to a Waco-area woman ended abruptly last month after the woman learned he served time for murder as a juvenile, and who was later charged with three counts of harassment-electronic communications, was released on bond Friday.
The release came a day after a state district judge agreed to reduce Collier's bonds from a total of $150,000 to $45,000.
As a condition of his release on bond, he must wear a GPS device, which will track his movements.
He had been jailed since July 5 when McLennan County deputies, acting on a tip, arrested him at Cantina Texas at 1207 Hewitt Dr. on warrants charging harassment.
According to arrest warrant affidavits, Collier sent unwanted emails, texts and Facebook messages to three women "likely to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, embarrass or offend the recipient."
Two of the three women had "ended a romantic relationship with Jovan," and two of the three said they were "in fear of Jovan," the affidavits said.
Authorities first learned Collier was in the area last month after his now former fiancée discovered his former identity as the result of a true crime TV show that recounted the case of 14-year-old Peter Zimmer, who murdered his adoptive parents and younger brother in 1983.
It turned out that Zimmer and Collier are the same person.
Hans and Sally Zimmer and their other adopted son, Perry, 10 were killed in May 1983 at their home in rural Wisconsin.
Hans Zimmer was shot five times and his wife was stabbed to death and left in a shed behind the house with a rosary on her body.
Perry Zimmer was stabbed more than 25 times.
Under Wisconsin law at the time, Peter Zimmer couldn't be charged as an adult.
He pleaded no contest to the murders and was found to be a delinquent.
There was no trial.
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Zimmer than reappeared in 2009 after authorities named him a fugitive in connection with three episodes of stalking involving an ex-girlfriend.
In 2010, he was arrested and jailed on those charges.
Authorities have learned that Collier has married twice, been engaged to a few other women and has had a number of girlfriends along the way, but the local woman whose heart he captured is no longer one of them.


text: Hi, Many thanks to everyone who shared their opinions — those were very helpful in re-thinking over the problem. Starting from the end... On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Thomas Burdick <thomas@...> wrote: > Hi, > > This isn't really a reply to your question, but possibly the question > behind it. For CPU heavy tasks, I've always used multiple processes. It's a > balance between the concurrent GCs, and reduced GC pressure, on the one > hand, and the cost of IPC and forking on the other. But if you can arrange > your worker processes to do a significant chunk of work and avoid going > into a global GC, it's probably well worth the cost of forking. > This is, actually, a way we're contemplating in the short term, because anyway we have a distributed application, and beyond an administrative overhead we don't have any other significant cost of having 4 processes instead of 1 (the memory overhead is acceptable, because anyway we won't be utilizing the full memory capacity). Still, I think, this is not the best solution in the long run. Regarding parallel vs concurrent GC. I agree with your points that increasing throughput can be better achieved with a parallel GC by reducing GC time proportionally to the number of worker threads (ideally). Additionaly, having a way to control the number of threads assigned to doing that work will really help in tuning it. Reducing consing is always a good advice, for sure, although it's not the path I'd prefer to take for our application, because it is constantly evolving, so we don't have a stable version that is worth spending a month optimizing. As for the question, why I think GC is the bottleneck here, I can't share the numbers as we don't have any specially-tailored benchmark. Our conclusion comes from 2 sources: - studying GC logs - playing with the sizes of generations: setting them to the maximal possible size (4Gb, as far as I understand) has significantly changed th load profile of the application. Actually, the throughput increased almost twice. The additional problem intoruced, though, was long GC pauses. It showed that moving from frequent short collections to seldom long collections was beneficial. And the problem became especially visible with the increase in the number of threads, probably, because each thread generates quite a lot of garbage, and the increase had pushed the application running in the mode of frequent small collections to some tipping point, when GC is run very often and that intoduces too much context switching. All that pointed me into thinking of concurrent GC, although I agree now that reducing GC pauses for big collections with a parallel one should be the most efficient approach for our load profile. Luís, I'd be grateful if you could publish your parallelization experiments. At least we can take a look at the amount of work needed there. Thanks again, Vsevolod


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How this plugin will work with Amazon S3 or another CDN provider?
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Thank you for your question.
The smush.it isn't compatible with CDN's such as cloudflare, Amazon S3, Max CDN etc. Sorry about this.
Please advise if you have more questions.
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Thanks for your prompt replay.
I will give it a try now on a new site, without CDN.
Let's see if there will be any result in the page speed tool.
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How is WP Smush.it incompatible with CDNs like Max CDN? The CDN works by fetching images from the local /wp-content/ - the initial copy is still uploaded there.
Wouldn't that mean the file is optimised as usual and the CDN just grabs the optimised copy?
Normally we tell users that Smush.it is not comparable with CDNs mainly because of how they work or how they are configured.
The Smush.it plugin can really only work against the local files on the site. This works great for new images uploaded to the site before they are pushed to the CDN. But installing the plugin and expecting the images on the CDN to be processed by Smush.it is not something we can control.
There are some CDN plugins that will resend or resync the local file changes to the CDN repo. For these Smush.it is comparable. But others once the file has been pushed there are no updates. So smushing the local files really does no good.
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Moderator Warren Wallo, associate director of scientific affairs, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company, welcomed Marta Rendon, MD, clinical associate professor of dermatology, University of Miami School of Medicine; Heather Woolery-Lloyd, MD, director of ethnic skin care, University of Miami Cosmetic Center; Rebat Halder, MD, professor and chairman, department of dermatology, Howard University Hospital; and Jeanine Downie, MD, assistant attending physician, Mountainside and Overlook Hospital, in a presentation titled, "Key Insights on Women With Skin of Color."
Rendon addressed "Anti-aging: Dispelling Myths and Legends," emphasizing the intrinsic factors, such as those birth characteristics and the extrinsic factors, for example, UVB and UVA radiation effects, geography, and environmental damage, and their affects on the way skin ages. She cited the appearance of deeper nasolabial folds, hollowness around the eyes and pigmentary alterations among the most prominent signs affecting women of color as they age; and discussed some of the new soy products being found to be particularly good for ethnic skin and pigmentary alterations.
Woolery-Lloyd zeroed in on sun protection, noting that ultraviolet light is the culprit, causing inflammation and collagen breakdown, and recommending some of the new ingredients such as feverfew extract and soy isoflavones for skin tone and texture. She noted in particular that black skin overexpresses melanin in the summer.
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Finally, Downie, addressed "Eczema: Soothing the Itch," which she noted affects 35–40 million Americans, and causes severe pain and intense itch. Triggers for eczema include extremes of temperature, emotions, excessively dry skin, irritants and allergies, with a higher incidence in skin of color.
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Swiss Stocks Decline Following Biggest Gain in Two Months
Stocks in Switzerland fell in the final minutes of trading after U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner said he will support President Barack Obama's call for action against Syria.
Roche Holding AG retreated 1.2 percent for the biggest decline in the Swiss Market Index. Holcim Ltd. retreated 0.9 percent after J&E Davy Holdings Ltd. downgraded the world's largest cement maker because it generates much of its earnings in emerging-market currencies.
The SMI slipped 0.3 percent to 7,866.23 at the close in Zurich. The benchmark gauge earlier climbed as much as 0.4 percent and dropped as much as 0.5 percent. The broader Swiss Performance Index also fell 0.3 percent today.
"Two events will be important in the next few days," Arnaud Scarpaci, who helps oversee $260 million as a fund manager at Montaigne Capital in Paris, said by telephone. "First, there is the Syria issue and the Federal Reserve meeting later this September. These are big issues, and there will be a lot of volatility in the next few days."
The volume of shares changing hands in companies listed on the SMI was 6.4 percent lower the average of the last 30 days, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The SMI rallied 1.9 percent yesterday for its biggest gain since July 4 as a gauge of Chinese manufacturing exceeded estimates and President Obama said he will seek congressional approval before ordering military action against Syria.
Boehner's Backing
Swiss stocks declined after Boehner told reporters that the use of chemical weapons requires a response and only the U.S. has the capability to stop Bashar al-Assad.
The Fed holds a policy meeting on Sept. 17-18 to decide whether to slow the pace of its bond-purchase program. Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has said that the central bank may consider tapering if the employment outlook improves substantially and the economy grows as forecast.
Roche, the world's largest maker of cancer drugs, declined 1.2 percent to 233.60 Swiss francs. That was the biggest contribution to the SMI's slide.
Holcim retreated 0.9 percent to 63.50 francs. Davy analyst Robert Gardiner cut his recommendation on the Jona, Switzerland-based company to neutral from outperform, meaning that investors should not buy more of the shares. The brokerage cited concern over Holcim's earnings from emerging markets, especially India.


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Book your room at NH Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Get an overview of this hotelHoofddorp hotel with pool, 10-minute shuttle from airport
City center: 14 km
This business-oriented hotel is 2.8 km (1.7 mi) from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Dam Square, the Rijksmuseum, the Anne Frank House, and other central Amsterdam attractions are about 14 km (8.7 mi) away.
Indoor pool, spa tub
The hotel offers an indoor pool, spa tub, sauna, solarium, gymnasium, and tennis and squash courts. NH Schiphol Airport also offers a complimentary airport shuttle, a restaurant with seasonal patio dining, and a bar.
Free wifi, minibars
Air-conditioned and soundproof guestrooms come with free WiFi, desks, satellite TVs, minibars, coffee/tea makers, and electronic safes.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
NH Amsterdam Schiphol AirportKruisweg 495 Hoofddorp 2132 NA
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In the airy lobby, clocks show the time in world cities, and monitors display up-to-the-minute flight departure information.
A complimentary roundtrip airport shuttle runs at scheduled times during limited hours. Guests can fuel up for the day with a generous breakfast buffet (surcharge).
NH Schiphol Airport also features a wellness center with an indoor pool, spa tub, sauna, solarium, outdoor tennis court, and indoor squash court. The Meeting Point restaurant showcases international cuisine. Gusto restaurant offers buffets, an à la carte menu, and fine-dining. Room service is available 24 hours. A dining patio is open seasonally. The Point bar has a big-screen TV broadcasting sports events.
Other amenities include 9838 square feet of event space, including meeting and banquet facilities, a concierge desk and tours assistance, 24-hour front desk, a terrace, and complimentary wireless Internet access in public areas.
- 24-hour front desk
- Free airport transportation
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 9838
- Conference space size (meters) - 914
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Garden
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Health club
- Indoor pool
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms 19
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of meeting rooms - 15
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Outdoor tennis court
- Sauna
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Tennis on site
- Terrace
- Total number of rooms - 419
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Turkish bath/Hammam
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor tennis court
- Soundproofed rooms
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Long-term parking (surcharge), Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free toiletries
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- Minibar
- Pay movies
- Private bathroom
- Room service (24 hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Separate sitting area
- Shower/tub combination
- Soundproofed rooms
Where to Eat
The Meeting Point - Restaurant serving international cuisine for lunch and dinner. Outdoor patio open seasonally.
Gusto - Restaurant offering buffets, an à la carte menu, and fine-dining. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A breakfast buffet is available daily from 5:30 AM to 11 AM (surcharge).
The Point - Bar with a big-screen TV broadcasting sports events.
Room service - Available 24 hours.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a health club, a sauna, a steam room, a fitness facility, and tennis and squash courts.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Racquetball/squash on site
Spa Services
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at Midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is Noon
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 20.00 per accommodation, per day, plus a one-time cleaning fee of EUR 20 and a deposit of EUR 20.00 per night
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same hotel / stay dates).
Minimum guest age is 18
- A 6.05 percent city/local tax will be charged
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 20.50 for adults and EUR 12.50 for children (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 17.50 per day
- Pet deposit: EUR 20.00 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 20.00 per accommodation, per day plus EUR 20 one-time cleaning fee
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
Hotel Name
- NH Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Hotel
- NH Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- Nh Hotels Hoofddorp
We should mention
Children 11 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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oh yes, Brilliant song
I know that Christmas isnt a happy time for everyone... are there any Christmas Songs that really reflect that? If you know of any, please post a link. id love to hear it :elf2:
I think mine is 'A Fairy Tale of New York' by the Pogues. I kind of like the fact that its not a completely glamorized portrayal of Christmas.
Fairy Tale of New York - The Pogues
i was at a work Christmas party last night and ended up having an hour long discussion about our favorite Christmas Songs! Everyone had a different opinion. it was very interesting as everyone had a...
I know how you feel. Christmas doesnt seem the same anymore.


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