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Interesting note. The last episode of "Man Woman Wild" on the Discovery Channel featured the couple being lost in the Smokys and "survival" techniques. The fire starting technique was a little weird with the use of chemicals no one is likely to be carrying, but the episode taking place in the Smokys caught my eye. It will repeat next Friday if you want to check it out.
"Here fishy fishy."
Yeah I think they filmed it on private land adjoining to the park from what I heard. They eat crayfish and salamanders in the show apparently which wouldn't be legal to do I don't think in the park itself. I haven't seen it but was talking to some folks who had.
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Here is some more discussion on the show:
"When Mykel and Ruth wander far off the beaten path in the Smokey Mountains, their deliverance depends on eluding hungry black bears and a host of hidden hazards lurking in the forest."
Also apparently they find a cabin in the woods and walk up to it "yelling out" in case there are any mountain people in there making moonshine so they don't get shot.
Sounds a little over dramatic but I would still like to see it lol.
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We watched it, and here are my thoughts:
Overall, it was fairly accurate as far as the environment and conditions, although they didn't stress the weather changes nearly enough - and pretty much went a little over the top on the "scary bears" segments. When you've been doing shows from rainforests, jungles, and deserts, the Blue Ridge should be a walk in the park.
Announcing your approach toward anyone's home out in the country is a good idea, even today....that goes for other rural places, not just the areas around the park. I'd never approach a cabin back in the woods in GA without first letting anyone that might be inside it know I was coming. Not surprisingly, this is also a common practice among many primitive people the world over.
Other than being afraid that a bear would crawl up into the tent with them(the wife is always a bit over-dramatic), or a snake attacking....I'd say they only got one thing wrong.
Unfortunately it's a big one, and I was really disappointed that this survival specialist from KY didn't get it right...
No stream, no spring, no creek - no matter how "high" you are - is guaranteed safe to drink from without first treating or boiling the water. I just couldn't help thinking that he just told millions of people that if they were "high enough" up in the mountains, they could drink the water safely without taking the proper precautions. But, what's done is done. There are folks on this forum who claim to drink straight from the streams and if you're up to the risk that's your business. But I've seen folks from other parts of the country taking handfuls of water from streams surrounded by all kinds of animal sign, including raccoon, bear and even hogs.
As for the show in general, at first I didn't think I'd be able to take the wife's whining and complaining.....and the rather dishonest narrative at the end that " she's so brave" or "doing so well" or whatever. However, lately as the episodes have rolled on, I really think she is getting to be a little more confident and a little less whiney than she was at first. Plus, she's not bad to look at either and kinda funny at times, so it makes her easier to tolerate for me. I wonder if her husband feels that way?
If they'd gotten the water thing right, and the fact that ornery hogs are probably more a threat than bears, it would have been a perfect representation of the dangers of the Southern Blue Ridge. As it was, it was 95% accurate, and sometimes that's good enough I suppose.
PS - even though I've been tramping around in the Blue Ridge for about 20 years along trout streams the "bear corn" was totally new to me! I've never even seen it in the wild...I thought perhaps they'd found some morels...but it turned out to be the "bear corn" stuff. It was very interesting to hear her say it tasted like " sun tan lotion." LOL
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It wouldn't be a believeable show if the woman "camping" wasn't complaining about something... right?? Just kidding.. I've saw it and it's better than "Bear Grills". The show where they were in Alaska and she asks "If I froze to death would you eat my leg?" After a minute of thought he says "yes honey I would eat you but, I would start with your leg." To that she asks "what would you eat?" "That butt of your looks mighty tasty." Spoken in true southern style.
Ya know, I hadn't thought about it that way. You are absolutely correct - at least as far as it goes at my house. LOL
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They say that fast running water is better to drink from that pools. I forget the life cycle of Ghiardia (sp?) but I'm fairly certain that if a mammal take a dump in the creek upstream from you, it won't matter what kind of water you drink from if it's infected.
I watched it........................that's 30 minutes of my life I wasted and will never get back. Hokey, staged, and totally predictable crap.
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Flyman (and Owl)--I wholeheartedly agree with Flyman--unmitigated crap and unrealistic in many ways, with an invitation to giardia being right at the top of the list. As for foodstuffs, how can you even think about starving, if you are reasonably skilled in woodscraft, in the most ecologically diverse area in the northern hemisphere? There are hundreds of edible plants, not to mention considerable fauna, in the Smokies.
Owl, the "bear corn" is much more commonly known as squaw root. It is incredibly abundant (my Grandpa Joe would have said "common as pig tracks"), and anyone who has done much turkey hunting in the southern Appalachians has seen plenty of it. The name comes from the fact that Cherokees considered it useful for various women's diseases and for use following childbirth. Bears do indeed love it, but in the season when it is at its prime I'll personally take a mess of ramps and branch lettuce, with morels on the side.
Standard wisdom may suggest staying put when lost, but in the Smokies I don't totally agree if you have decent skills in the woods. Obviously it is foolish to travel at night unless you have a good source of light, but in the daytime there are two logical approaches to take if you are lost or, as Daniel Boone once put it, "temporarily misplaced." Try to get to a ridge line or follow drainages. In general the latter is preferable, because more trails follow streams than they do ridgelines, although both are common enough. That wouldn't be for everyone, but for someone conversant with the land and with a moderate degree of fitness, it would be preferable to have the NPS spend untold man hours and expense to correct your screw-up.
One other thought, and I'll offer it despite the fact that I harbor a world of negatives about Horace Kephart and will be offering a son of the Smokies' view of him from something of that perspective in an event at UT in early November. Forget the literary abomination which is much of Our Southern Highlanders (when one scholar described it as the "Nadir of Appalachian stereotyping" he was dead on). Old Kep flat-out knew his woodsmanship and truly deserved the moniker "Dean of American Campers." Other than changes in technology, his massive work, Camping and Wodcraft, remains quite valuable and accurate even today, and some testament to its value is provided by the fact that it has never, since original publication, been out of print.
As for the show, I know any number of fine mountain folks who teach that pair not one but a whole passel of lessons in dealing with the land.
Jim Casada
I saw the show
It was the third time I have watched it, and it is somewhat entertaining. Survivior man was the first to do a show like this, and is the only one that seems somewhat legit. Others (Now 6 or 7 different shows - must sell well) seem to be more about egos and hype, but they do all end up giving me tidbits of info, that is still more fullfilling than watching HGTV with my wife
On a positive note, I didn't know the "Bear Corn" was edible, so maybe that will help me out one day.
What I'm trying to figure out is where the heck were they? I was guessing maybe the private land above Dunn Ck where it hits the apple orchard, but really have nop idea. I couldn't place it, and other than to guess it was private land adjoining the park. They said they were on the TN side. But also said theis was the area where the unabomber hid out, which was in NC, so I'm not sure if they put this which would be irrevelent to most, but confusing to us few that know better.
And the ones of you who are upset by this program, I hope you didn't confuse reality TV with reality.
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^^ Lol, that's hilarious.
Novak is way more clutch and he has more swag. His defense has improved, his all around game continues to improve. We're talking about a guy here who would start for most teams, its not like Stat is any better of a rebounder then Novak. I dont see why he cant start at PF for us
^^ Lol, that's hilarious.
I like Novak but he hasn't put in half the work Ray has. Plus they operate out of different systems. Put Ray here and put Novak in Boston then you'll have your answer. Novak still has a lot more to prove to even think about being in the same class as Ray Allen. I know some of us is loving the Knicks new look. However, at the same time that same look can be very blinding.
This thread is dumb, steve novak isnt in the same stratosphere as Ray Allen even in this stage of Rays career.Ray Allen is shooting 48.6% from deep and averaging 15 points 3 assists and 3 rebounds.Novak doesnt put those numbers up plus he can barely create for himself or handle the ball.I hate Ray Allen and even this is really stupid we are all caught up in the hype of the moment just like linsanity a week ago.
He just might be on a hot streak but the way the guy is shooting and contributing why not play the hot hand and get him 30mpg, let him play his way out of more minutes when and if he cools off.
You posted their respective scoring averages. Why would you do that? You have to look at the sample size and the other factors that impact them. Allen has played a whole season so far of 30 games and started every one. He has earned his scoring average of 14.8 over the course them against other teams starters. This factor is of great importance because Novak is asked to come in against other teams second units the majority of the time. He plays against poorer defenders on average as a result. He's also a guy teams leave open (which will start to happen less and less if he keeps making; teams will have to pick their poison) alot of times. Teams key in and try to take away from Ray Ray's impact every night.
Next, this system inflates the stats and value of guys like Novak because he can bacically sit on the perimeter and benefit from Lin's ability to get in the paint and kick the ball out to him. Novak is the perfect player to have for this reason. All he has to do is catch and shoot and right now he's making, which is good but you've gotten carried away. Allen plays in a halfcourt system that is not at all uptempo. He's also played a good part of the season without Rondo who gets him some easy looks throughout the course of games.
Allen is also asked to guard the other team's starting two (which is not easy at 36) and he's still a pretty good defender imo. Novak is not a good individual defender. He's a decent team defender who you can have on the floor if you have a guy like Chandler who can hide poor perimeter players shortcomings. He's our Steve Kerr or whatever.. our Mario Ellie.
Novak is doing what we want him to do and not much else. Allen is asked to do much more and is still getting it done in a starting role, at 33 minutes per.. at age 36.
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However with Novak's decent D and rebounding on this team I might rather have Novak. Is he better than current Ray Allen? No. Is he better for this team? Maybe. The reason I think this is because think of this way, Ray has more versatility as a shooter, is a great shooter, and gets very streaky. Novak however when he gets a shot up might be the better shooter. Of course he depends on his teammates and coach more than Ray, but, on this team, Novak is gonna get a lot of those shots if he keeps it up.
Take Derrick Rose's ball handling for example, that's not gonna go away, he might struggle in other areas such as his shooting, but it's not gonna go away, that skill. Same with Novak. Allen is a better player, but Novak's skill of shooting is ALWAYS there.
I think most would choose Allen though on the vet. min, so I'm gonna give a different example. Would you rather have Gallinari or Novak on this team? Gallinari is more versatile, but his versatility is not needed on the Knicks. Gallinari is an inconsistent shooter, which is something we don't need if we can have Novak. I know it's hard to not choose the better overall player a lot of the time, but the better player is not always better for a team.
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RunningJump might have a point, I see what hes saying. Gallinari is obviously the more versatile player, but Novak is the more consistent outside shooter which is more of a need on this team.
But my man Ron has a point too, look at Denver without Gallinari. They have been struggling big time which is proof that Gallo is approaching borderline all star status.
In the end Id rather have Gallo, he'd have to be a backup SF/PF like Novak. It'd give us a better oppertunity to rest Amare, obviously with Melo at the 3 theres not as many minutes at the back SF position. Whats Melo averaging, about 34 minutes a game im guessing? That would give him 14 minutes at SF, he could take like 20 minutes and have Stat play 28 (not that i would give him even half that many minutes, but Dantoni will). Yea, Im going with Gallo no direspect to Novak.
Novaks value cannot be overlooked on this team, hes a 3pt specialist and the more good perimeter shooters u have in Dantoni's system the better your offense will be. And it opens up the paint more, makes it easier to get to the rim or do well against a zone defense
Novak is a perfect fit for the Knicks.
With the 2 prima donnas (Melo & Stat) on this team, we need a willing elite 3 point shooter coming off the bench to play 10-15 minutes.
I'd compare Wade 2 seasons from now to the current Vince Carter, but at least Vince still gets his respect as the GOAT dunker.
Wade will be remembered as the guy that got a championship gift wrapped to him by Dallas back in 06, the guy who got injured all the time, the guy that choked in the 2011 finals, the guy that only got one ring, and the guy that became Shumperts b*tch
So no, Novak shouldn't start. He is a perfect fit for the Knicks in his current role. I just hope we can keep him next year, will anyone else overpay for him?


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I can't be the only one who feels like the schools pulled a sort of bait-and-switch job on us when it came to reading. When I was in elementary school, they went to a lot of trouble to make sure we thought reading was fun, with bookmobiles and read-a-thons and tons of fun books about mice and motorcycles and phantom tollbooths. I had confidence that I could go to the library and pull anything off the shelf except a Baby-Sitters Club book and I wouldn't be disappointed.
This is one of those books that you could judge by its cover.
That was the bait. In junior high and high school, they made the switch. I guess they heard about how drug dealers give you free doses of the good stuff until you are addicted, and then once you are hooked, they start cutting it with 50 percent baby powder or something. Actually, junkies notice when you do this. And kids notice when you swap their fun books for boring crap.
So one summer you are reading A Wrinkle in Time or Fantastic Mr. Fox or whatever, and then you show up for your first day of school and BAM, The Scarlet Letter. And get on that pronto, kid, because we are going to talk about metaphors and symbolism in Chapter 1 tomorrow. I opened these books thinking they would be great and rewarding, like the books I was used to, but it was like biting into a delicious-looking cake and finding a bear trap. After my face had been so destroyed by so many bear traps (to continue the metaphor) that the greatest reconstructive surgeon in the world could do nothing to save it, I stopped looking at books as wonderful presents I couldn't wait to open and started looking at them with a sort of low-level PTSD.
This is when the flashbacks start.
Let me be clear: I still love reading good books, but since experience has taught me that there's about a 95 percent chance that a random (adult) book I pick up is going to be unenjoyable, I spend more time researching a book before I read it than I spent researching my house before I bought it. It's crazy to have to be so scared and wary of something I used to look forward to so much.
I think this kind of experience is part of why only 50 percent of American adults have read any novel, short story, poem or play in the past year, and only 54 percent have read any kind of book at all that wasn't required. There was a bump up from 2002 to 2008, which they think was related to Oprah's book club, or Harry Potter -- you know, things reminiscent of the "Reading Is Fun" campaigns they targeted at kids, which I guess we need for adults now.
I'm not sure if this is a farcical joke about a dumb reading campaign or a satire on the way they are actually marketing books to grown-ups these days.
And as a disclaimer, I know there's going to be people out there who loved The Scarlet Letter or A Separate Peace or what have you and feel like they got a lot out of it, and teachers who manage to get kids really engaged in discussing literature, and that is cool, but I don't think that's the common experience. Here are the sorts of things I think are going on a lot more often:
4High School Required Reading Sucks
The Scarlet Letter, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Ethan Frome, Walden, Heart of Darkness, Madame Bovary, The Catcher in the Rye and The Sun Also Rises all suck. OK, that's just my opinion, but the average high school student -- hell, the average human being -- will probably agree on a bunch of those at least.
This cover is misleading because it is much more interesting than the book.
What really gets my goat is when people act like this is our problem. They say the reason we don't like these books is because we don't get it. Because we are stupid and like our stories spoon-fed to us with simple words. We hate to work our brains to think about deeper themes and ambiguity. We like our comfort zone, and we get confused and angry when asked to put ourselves in the shoes of people in different places and times.
They will say you are objectively wrong and the book is objectively good, and important. Maybe the piece of writing was a groundbreaker in covering a taboo subject, or maybe it introduced a new and important idea that influenced world events (Thoreau and civil disobedience), or is a great example of dramatic or situational irony or an unreliable narrator, or maybe it proves butt jokes are ancient and universal (Shakespeare).
I remember he created a character named Bottom who had an "ass"' head. Not subtle.
A lot of these may be good reasons why you should read the book, but they shouldn't be used to prove that the book is good. I'm not saying to strip all these books out of the curriculum or only make kids read things they enjoy. Life is hard and you have to do things you don't like. When you grow up, you will have to read boring/wrong things and listen to boring/wrong people from time to time, and figure out how to pay attention and understand their point of view, and that is a skill you need to practice. But when just about every single book on the reading list is something that makes the majority of your class go home and blog about how much they hate it, it starts to seem like a Fahrenheit 451-style plot to destroy people's interest in reading.
3You're Not Allowed to Talk Smack About the Books
Even if you love literature and had a pretty good high school reading experience, you probably can agree that at least one book you were asked to read (in your opinion) sucked. There might be excessive exposition, laughable imagery, characters intended to be sympathetic who are grating or characters intended to be grating who are so grating that you can't pay attention to the story (Holden Caulfield).
There are very few classrooms where you are encouraged to express this point of view, because I think a lot of teachers feel like if you admit to the book not being that great, then you open yourself up to the kids arguing that they shouldn't have to read it. I don't think it has to go there. I think teaching well-reasoned smack talk has a lot of value.
And not just if you get into a kung fu fight at work.
The stated goal of teaching literature isn't just to get kids familiar with famous books; it's also supposed to teach kids how to discuss stories and write intelligently. You teach them how to find symbolism and metaphors and hero's journeys and character arcs in an assigned book so that when they consume other media (other books, movies, long personal lies told by disturbed family members, etc.) in the future, they can point all those things out to explain why they're good or bad.
And to be totally realistic, most of the practical application of this would go to movies, because more people watch and discuss movies (or TV shows) than read books these days. This seems bad at first, because there are a lot of terrible movies and TV shows out there today. But there's a lot of very smart criticism and discussion of bad movies. I've mentioned Red Letter Media and their reviews before. You wouldn't think there would be anything to learn from the vacuous Star Wars prequels, but apparently there's a lot to point out about what specific elements of story and drama are missing, and a lot more intelligent observations to be pulled out of the movies than went into them, somehow.
So of course you don't want to let the kids get away with writing an essay about an assigned book saying, "It sucks, it was boring, Heathcliff and Catherine were stupid and annoying," even if you admit that Wuthering Heights is a piece of shit. But what if you let them write an essay that goes negative on the book as long as they make reasoned, intelligent points that show they understood the author's intentions and the methods they used to achieve them, and then explain why they think the author failed at this?
"I feel that Bronte was needlessly derivative in naming her main character after a cartoon cat."
They can't just say "The book was preachy" -- they'll have to say that a specific point was made "heavy-handedly," cite a passage they find particularly ham-fisted and explain which words and phrases they feel butcher the idea of subtlety. They'll have to explain why a certain chapter might have appealed to the author's contemporary audience by showing an understanding of those readers and their situation, before explaining what's changed in the intervening years to make that part of the story mawkish and cartoony. (Am I talking about Dickens? You decide.)
It's a lot more motivating to write something you really believe. When you look for supporting points for your assigned essay on which character in The Great Gatsby best symbolizes the American Dream, you'll probably be looking through your notes trying to figure out what your teacher wants you to say, and you'll learn how to repeat things people want to hear. If you're writing about why The Sun Also Rises sucks, your points will come from actual opinions you have and you'll learn how to organize your own opinions and express them.
Without using penis-shaped emoticons.
Even if the kids are wrong, like they say Shakespeare was a hack, being able to actually support that opinion with good points that show they really understand the material is pretty impressive. And the real world is full of murky issues (religion, politics, which character class is overpowered) where there's no authoritative adult to come in and say which is the "right" opinion. They need to learn how to back their shit up themselves when nobody else is there to back them up and tell the class they got the right answer. People who don't know how to articulate their reasoning just put down their stakes defensively and end up getting into a grown-up version of "Nuh-uh"/"Uh-huh." And it's not cute at that age.


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5ME < Anglo-Fr < OFr < L munimentum, a fortification, defense, protection < munire, to furnish with walls, fortify: see MUNITIONS6
1 [Rare] a means of protection or defense
2 5ML munimentum6 [pl.] Law a document or documents serving as evidence of inheritances, title to property, etc.
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Mussalchee - Dear achita: diligent search failed to disclose definition of this word, beyong its inclusion in a list of Anglo-Indian words. May I hope that you can help us with this?
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I'm sorry Dr. Bill, but this word is beyond my scope of whatever language it belongs to... It has a ring of belonging to Urdu, but my knowledge of that language being limited to the common words used in Hindi, I'm unable to place it. I did try to look it up in a few online Urdu dictionaries I could find, but none of them has anything to say about it... I guess we'll have to put it up to someone more knowledgeable...
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Urdu, Hindi, in either case you've got transliteration problems to deal with.
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MUSSAULCHEE, s. Hind. mashalchi from mashal (see MUSSAUL), with the Turkish termination chi, generally implying an agent. [In the Arabian Nights (Burton, i. 239) almashaili is the executioner.] The word properly means a link-boy, and was formerly familiar in that sense as the epithet of the person who ran alongside of a palankin on a night journey, bearing a mussaul. In Central India it is the special duty of the barber (nai) to carry the torch ; hence nai commonly = torch-bearer" (M.-Gen. Keatinge). The word [or sometimes in the corrupt form mussaul] is however still more frequent as applied to a humble domestic, whose duty was formerly of a like kind, as may be seen in the quotation from Ld. Valentia, but who now looks after lamps and washes dishes, &c., in old English phrase a scullion.
1610.He always had in service 500 Massalgees.Finch, in Purchas, i. 432.
1662.(In Asam) they fix the head of the corpse rigidly with poles, and put a lamp with plenty of oil, and a mashalchí [torch-bearer] alive into the vault, to look after the lamp.Shihábuddín Tálish, tr. by Blochmann, in J.A.S.B. xli. Pt. i. 82.
[1665.They (flambeaux) merely consist of a piece of iron hafted in a stick, and surrounded at the extremity with linen rags steeped in oil, which are renewed by the Masalchis, or link boys, who carry the oil in long narrow-necked vessels of iron or brass.Bernier, ed. Constable, 361.]
1673.Trois Massalgis du Grand Seigneur vinrent faire honneur à, M. lAmbassadeur avec leurs feux allumés.Journal d Ant. Galland, ii. 103.
1686.After strict examination he chose out 2 persons, the Chout (Chous ?), an Armenian, who had charge of watching my tent that night, and my Mossalagee, a person who carries the light before me in the night.Hedges, Diary, July 2 ; [Hak. Soc. i. 232].
[1775. Mashargues. Torch-bearers.Letter of W. Mackrabie, in Francis, Letters, i. 227.]
1791. un masolchi, ou porte- flambeau, pour la nuit.B. de St. Pierre, La Chaumière Indienne, 16.
1809.It is universally the custom to drive out between sunset and dinner. The Massalchees, when it grows dark, go out to meet their masters on their return, and run before them, at the full rate of eight miles an hour, and the numerous lights moving along the esplanade produce a singular and pleasing effect.Ld. Valentia, i. 240.
1813.The occupation of massaulchee, or torch-bearer, although generally allotted to the village barber, in the purgannas under my charge, may vary in other districts.Forbes, Or. Mem. ii. 417 ; [2nd ed. ii. 43].
1826.After a short conversation, they went away, and quickly returned at the head of 200 men, accompanied by Mussalchees or torch - bearers. Pandurang Hari, 557 ; [ed. 1873, ii. 69].
[1831. a mossolei, or man to light up the place.Asiatic Journal, N.S. v. 197.]
the spelling would seem to be quite problematic and hardly the stuff for spelling bee!
#104093 - 05/23/03 03:34 PM Re: Mussalchee
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You're right Faldage! I knew that 'mashaal' in Hindi/Urdu meant a torch... but never got down to correlate 'mussal' with 'mashaal'!!
Thanks tsuwm, for the details...
#104094 - 05/23/03 03:43 PM Re: Mussalchee
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aThanks, anchita, Faldage, and tsuwm
I refrain from expressing my profound annoyance that this word should have been on a list for highschool kids to learn to spell.
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The Count of Monte Cristo: Gankutsuou
Act 19: Even if I Should Stop Being Me
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The Count escalates his plan for revenge, launching a bitter blow at his next target, the Danglars Bank. The impact will be felt by many - including Albert.
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A bridge too farJuly 17,2014
If further evidence were needed showing the breakdown of the federal government, the stalemate over rapidly dwindling transportation funding would be it. The House has passed a lame stopgap measure that would provide transportation funding for another six months through budget gimmicks that ought to be an embarrassment to any respectable member of Congress.
Its not an overstatement to call it a breakdown of government. Even a responsibility as fundamental as the maintenance of the nations roads and bridges has proven to be beyond the capacity of Congress to handle. And it is not a breakdown by accident. Rather, it has been intentionally engineered by ideological conservatives whose purpose is to wreck the government itself.
The problem is not complicated. The federal Highway Trust Fund relies on the federal gasoline tax for its revenue, and that tax has been stuck at 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993. Several things have happened in the past 21 years. Inflation has caused the cost of road building to rise, and more efficient vehicles have caused motorists to use less fuel than they otherwise might have. So if new money is not found, the trust fund will run out Aug. 1.
Rep. Peter Welch supports a plan to add a dime to the gasoline tax, which is a common-sense response to the problem. Not only would the new tax provide revenue to fix our roads, but higher taxes on fuel would reduce consumption. It has long been argued that what the nation needs is a new gas tax of $1 or more to combat the emission of carbon dioxide.
Republicans, however, have become rigidly committed to an ideology dictating opposition to any new tax no matter the circumstances. Keeping up with inflation? It doesnt matter. Crumbling infrastructure? Find the money somewhere else. And because Republicans hold a majority in the House, they have the power to cripple the governments ability to do one of its most basic jobs.
The stopgap measure the House passed is risible. It comes up with revenue not in an honest, straightforward manner, but through sleight of hand. It allows businesses to put off payments to their pension plans, which would require them to pay higher taxes now, while addressing their pension obligations later. So instead of encouraging responsible fulfillment of pension obligations, the bill actually encourages irresponsible procrastination the kind of irresponsibility pioneered by governments that have gone bankrupt. Congress has become a friend of the grasshopper rather than the ant.
Hard-core conservatives say they oppose new money for the highway fund because they think the federal government ought to get out of the business of road building altogether as if a city or the state of Vermont is not already shouldering a considerable tax burden and can easily come up with the cash for the 100 projects around the state now in jeopardy.
The real purpose of conservative ideologues is to carry out their primary mission: to starve the beast. That is the phrase used to describe their intention to cripple the federal government by starving it of revenue. That way the governments capacity to build, regulate and enforce the law will be scaled back, leaving criminal bankers, corporate polluters and other malefactors free rein to go about their business unmolested.
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January 29, 2014 —
Let's face it: the weather outside is frightful. Arctic blasts and powerful gusts have combined to create record-breaking temps across the country and right here in the Upper Delaware River region. To add insult to injury, I live on top of a mountain, exposed to the elements, teetering on a precipice, constantly flirting with the kinds of challenges that life in a trailer (that's right) provides. That said, there is plenty of action in the mountains. When the snow flies, it blankets the hills and valleys in stunning detail, creating photo-ops worthy of a postcard, pretty as a picture and (for the armchair observer) warm and dry. For visitors, this is swell. For those of us who call the Catskills home? Just another day in paradise.
While the schools have seen an increase in snow days and delays, the majority of us workaday folks brave the frigid temps, shovel our way to the garage and hit the road with care, leaving some wiggle room in our schedules for the occasional slip and slide. Like many of you, I have missed out on a few events due to circumstances beyond my control, but wake each morning determined to celebrate the world of arts and leisure provided to us throughout the area. Running out of words to describe the bitter cold, I decided to make my way to Main Street in Liberty, NY to check out the newest art installation happening behind the Green Door (www.greendoormag.com [2]). In conjunction with the Outsider's Studio Collective (www.outsidersstudio.com [3]), Akira and Ellie Ohiso opened their doors and bared their walls to allow curators Andrea Brown and Elizabeth Ennis to invite scores of artists to participate in their latest pop-up gallery show, titled "Crowd." The exhibition, based on the theme "People and their Pets," showcases paintings, sculpture, photographs and multi-media expressions of that concept and there are some (IMHO) amazing works on display through March 1. During the opening reception, Brown was overheard to say that "In the dead of winter, one does not often encounter a crowd; we were looking to create that atmosphere with this show." With over 150 people (and one pet) in attendance, it was more of a mob scene, with plenty of action, but now that the crowd has died down, one can peruse the gallery space at leisure and stand back to admire.
Last Saturday brought more snow, and while slightly daunting, it did not deter me as I headed out for Monticello's annual "Family Fun Day" now in its eighth year. By virtue of the place being a ski, sled and snowboard destination (www.holidaymtn.com [4]), I was pretty sure the wintry precipitation was an added bonus, so I bundled up, grabbed the camera and skidded down Route 17 in search of the fabled Cardboard Sled Race held by the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce and third annual "Winter Wing Fling," sponsored by Thunder 102 and YEL! (Young Emerging Leaders) under the auspices of the chamber. I jumped on-air for a few minutes with "Ciliberto and Friends" (www.thunder102.com [5]) to explain why Dharma (the wonder dog) was nowhere to be seen. With plans to photograph the race, which features sleds made entirely of cardboard and tape, it was far too cold to expose her to the weather, so she got a (much deserved) day off.
The action was off the chain as teams competed in categories like most creative, fastest and most destroyed, and while the wind whipped and the constant flakes swirled, I snapped away before my camera batteries (and those of some others) froze up, sending me trudging back to the chalet, to join a team of "celebrity" judges for the "Wing Fling," with restaurants competing for bragging rights as King of the Wing. Some were scrumptious, while others strayed, but the sold-out crowd clamored for more while the sled race winners were announced. With proceeds of the event going to the Sullivan County food pantries, everyone was a winner in this worthy event, but Dutch's Tavern in Rock Hill was happy to don the (judges' favorite) crown, while the People's Choice went to Holiday Mountain itself. Sufficiently thawed, I managed to capture some moments and have posted pics at www.facebook.com/riverreporter [6] for readers to like, tag and share with your friends.
Arriving home to a flood in the kitchen (more frozen pipes) and no power (don't ask) provided plenty of stimulation to propel me into action and the beginning of another adventure-filled week here at Green Acres. I missed a (so I hear) fabulous show in Honesdale, PA (www.thecooperageproject.org [7]) and one in Hawley (www.silkmillharmony.com [8]) too, so apologies to the Jill's are in order. Mea culpa, ladies. Weather permitting, I'll see you all soon.


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Green Initiatives
The Alamodome has become one of a growing number of facilities across the United States to "go green." All divisions of the Alamodome including Operations, Maintenance and Event Services have implemented initiatives to maximize the energy and water efficiency of the Alamodome.
Since 2006, In addition to procedures implemented in 2006 like the implementation of , the facility has gone the extra mile and added substantial recycling programs, environmentally-friendly cleaning products, and energy-saving initiatives.
Part of the "going green" initiative means purchasing environmentally sensitive cleaning supplies, which are now cost-comparable and equally effective to conventional cleaning products, reducing the amount of chemicals used, and using equipment that utilizes less chemicals and as importantly – less water.
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Since 2006, the CSEF has recycled more than 70 tons of paper each year. Estimated results of these efforts are calculated in approximate resources conserved annually.
- 1,329 trees
- 547,050 gallons of water
- 4,689 lbs of air pollution
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Currently, all Alamodome offices, employee break rooms and workspaces are equipped with recycling bins to commingle items including office paper, aluminum cans, plastic, and glass.
In 2009, the Alamodome invested in new recycling containers and other program enhancements including two single stream recycling compactors, allowing the department greater recycling capabilities. A strict cardboard recycling policy is in effect for all decorators/contractors. Recycling compactors are easily accessed and clearly marked. Any vendor found placing cardboard in the trash dumpster is notified of the violation and asked to comply. Approximately 900 cu yds of cardboard are recycled per year.
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Whenever possible, the Alamodome pursues conservation policies related to energy and water. Alamodome staff practice stringent energy conservation. Lights, air conditioning, and escalators are scheduled at reduced or off settings when areas of the facilities are not in use. The facility's Performance Contracting Initiative utilizes expert recommendations to assist the Alamodome in maximizing its conservation efforts and realizing savings as a result of these system efficiencies.


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Forest Oaks Country Club
Greensboro, North Carolina
June 14-18, 2004
GREENSBORO, N.C. â Robert Riesen of Pinehurst, N.C., the No. 1-ranked player in North Carolina, showed his hometown crowd exactly why he deserves that honor by shooting a 3-under-par 69 to move into a tie for the lead heading into the final round of the FootJoy Boys Invitational. Tied with Riesen is Florida native Jon McLean of Weston, who shot a 1-under-par 71 for a three-day total of 210.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the FootJoy Boys Invitational features 101 players â ages 12-18 â from 24 states, Chile, Japan, China and South Africa. The tournament field includes 41 Rolex Junior All-Americans, and 14 competitors from the host state of North Carolina. The 72-hole stroke play event is being held at the par-72 Forest Oaks Country Club, home of the PGA TOURâs Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.
With a gallery full of North Carolina natives looking on, Riesen hit 13 of 14 fairways and 14 of 18 greens en route to four birdies and one bogey on the day.
âIf youâre playing well and hitting good shots, the crowd gets behind you and you just seem to hit the ball better,â Reisen said. âI just have to stay calm and try not to be nervous.â
McLeanâs round included five birdiesâthree of them coming on the par-5s.
âIâve played the par-5s at 8-under-par this week,â McLean said. âI just need to go out tomorrow and make some birdies. As long as I donât rush and just stay patient, Iâll be ok.â
Harman, the first and second-round leader, sits two shots back at 212 for the tournament. He carded a 2-over-par 74 on Thursday and is now tied for third with Seung-Su Han of Bradenton, Fla.
âI just canât seem to finish any of my rounds,â Harman said. âIf I could just play the final three holes at even par, Iâd be 12-under-par for the tournament. Thatâs just inexcusable.â
Han served notice that heâll be a presence on Friday. The 2002 champion shot a 4-under-par 68 on Thursday for a tournament total of 212, putting him in the final group with McLean and Riesen. Han collected three birdies during his round and an eagle on the 529-yard, par-5 No. 13.
Tied for fifth with tournament totals of 213 are California natives Cameron Tringale of Laguna Niguel and Jordan Cox of Redwood City; Jace Moore of Southlake, Texas; Ben Spickard of Roswell, Ga.; and Philip Francis of Scottsdale, Ariz. Tied for 10th, four shots behind the leaders at 214, are Jarred Texter of Millersville, Pa.; Webb Simpson of Raleigh, N.C.; Peter Uihlein, of North Dartmouth, Mass.; and Robert Gates, Jr.,of Gainesville, Fla.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.
The final round of the FootJoy Boys Invitational begins Friday at 7 a.m. off the No. 1 tee at Forest Oaks Country Club.
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Hildene announces Lincoln essay contest winnersApril 05,2013MANCHESTER Two of the winners of Hildenes annual Lincoln essay contest were students at local schools.
While first place winner Isaac Dodson, who won $1,000, is a student at Edmunds Middle School in Burlington, second place winner Sarah Mangiacotti, who received $750, is a dual student at Maple Street School in Manchester and Stratton Mountain School. There was a tie for third place, for which both students won $500, between James Reilly, of the Maple Street School, and Rebecca Berlind, of Edmunds School.
The winners of the 2013 Hildene Lincoln essay competition were selected from 145 entries submitted by eighth-grade public, independent and home study students coming from 30 Vermont schools.
The programs goal is to promote awareness in the minds of a young generation of Americans of the contributions of this nations 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. This is an objective that fits squarely within Hildenes mission: Values into Action, said Hildene executive director Seth Bongartz.
This years subject was, Is civil discourse necessary for civil society? The essays could be no longer than 500 words and were evaluated by a panel of judges based on the content, the students understanding of the subject and his or her ability to convey that understanding using good writing practices including style, composition, factual accuracy and grammar.
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Tomato soup
To make the tastiest tomato soup you'll ever experience wait until the tomatoes are at their most ripe and juicy, around September
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
Nutrition: nutrition per serving for four
- kcal123
- fat7g
- saturates1g
- carbs13g
- sugars1g
- fibre4g
- protein4g
- salt1.08g
- 1-1¼kg/2lb 4oz-2lb 12oz ripe tomatoes
A member of the nightshade family (along with aubergines, peppers and chillies), tomatoes are in…
- 1 medium onion
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 1 small carrot
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- 1 celery stick
A collection of long, thick, juicy stalks around a central, tender heart, celery ranges in…
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 2 squirts of tomato purée (about 2 tsp)
- a good pinch of sugar
Honey and syrups made from concentrated fruit juice were the earliest known sweeteners. Today,…
- 2 bay leaf
- 1.2 litres/ 2 pints hot vegetable stock (made with boiling water and 4 rounded tsp bouillon powder or 2 stock cubes)
Firstly, prepare your vegetables. You need 1-1.25kg/2lb 4oz-2lb 12oz ripe tomatoes. If the tomatoes are on their vines, pull them off. The green stalky bits should come off at the same time, but if they don't, just pull or twist them off afterwards. Throw the vines and green bits away and wash the tomatoes. Now cut each tomato into quarters and slice off any hard cores (they don't soften during cooking and you'd get hard bits in the soup at the end). Peel 1 medium onion and 1 small carrot and chop them into small pieces. Chop 1 celery stick roughly the same size.
Spoon 2 tbsp olive oil into a large heavy-based pan and heat it over a low heat. Hold your hand over the pan until you can feel the heat rising from the oil, then tip in the onion, carrot and celery and mix them together with a wooden spoon. Still with the heat low, cook the vegetables until they're soft and faintly coloured. This should take about 10 minutes and you should stir them two or three times so they cook evenly and don't stick to the bottom of the pan.
Holding the tube over the pan, squirt in about 2 tsp of tomato purée, then stir it around so it turns the vegetables red. Shoot the tomatoes in off the chopping board, sprinkle in a good pinch of sugar and grind in a little black pepper. Tear 2 bay leaves into a few pieces and throw them into the pan. Stir to mix everything together, put the lid on the pan and let the tomatoes stew over a low heat for 10 minutes until they shrink down in the pan and their juices flow nicely. From time to time, give the pan a good shake – this will keep everything well mixed.
Slowly pour in the 1.2 litres/ 2 pints of hot stock (made with boiling water and 4 rounded tsp bouillon powder or 2 stock cubes), stirring at the same time to mix it with the vegetables. Turn up the heat as high as it will go and wait until everything is bubbling, then turn the heat down to low again and put the lid back on the pan. Cook gently for 25 minutes, stirring a couple of times. At the end of cooking the tomatoes will have broken down and be very slushy looking.
Remove the pan from the heat, take the lid off and stand back for a few seconds or so while the steam escapes, then fish out the pieces of bay leaf and throw them away. Ladle the soup into your blender until it's about three-quarters full, fit the lid on tightly and turn the machine on full. Blitz until the soup's smooth (stop the machine and lift the lid to check after about 30 seconds), then pour the puréed soup into a large bowl. Repeat with the soup that's left in the pan. (The soup may now be frozen for up to 3 months. Defrost before reheating.)
Pour the puréed soup back into the pan and reheat it over a medium heat for a few minutes, stirring occasionally until you can see bubbles breaking gently on the surface. Taste a spoonful and add a pinch or two of salt if you think the soup needs it, plus more pepper and sugar if you like. If the colour's not a deep enough red for you, plop in another teaspoon of tomato purée and stir until it dissolves. Ladle into bowls and serve. Or sieve and serve chilled with some cream swirled in. For other serving suggestions, see opposite.
Choosing the best tomatoes
The best British tomatoes for making soup are Elegance, a deep-red classic tomato (often sold on the vine) with a thin skin and sweet, juicy flesh. Aranca are good on-the-vine cocktail tomatoes with a superb flavour and aroma, but if you prefer the larger beefsteak variety, go for Jack Hawkins. Plum tomatoes to watch out for include Santa, Jester, Mona Lisa and Baby Sweetheart.
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Is the author of this lovely recipe paid by the word?? Great soup but I really want to just type the instructions out again.
Please keep it SIMPLE. We don't need to be told to "throw away stalks"and to "stand back for a few seconds while the steam escapes" surely!
Maybe I'm humourless but I would love this to be concise, clear and with less flowery childish language. This language would never end up in a book (one hopes!).
This is my go to tomato soup recipe, especially around now when we have more tomatoes in the garden then we know what to do with! It really is much much better made with fresh, seasonal and ripe tomatoes - the watery white ones you get in the supermarket just don't make tasty soup.
I've experimented with throwing in a few sun dried tomatoes with the veg, but it doesn't really need it. I only ever use 1l of stock though as that is more than enough!
Nice recipe. Easy enough to make and tasty. We did peel the tomatoes and also used about 2/3 of the stock suggested. Total amount would have been too much. Did not like the way the method was written though! Even my young daughter couldn't understand why the descriptive piece about pulling stalks off was needed.
Great soup. I found the recipe fine however had read about it being too watery and having to add extra ingredients. Instead, i allowed it to reduce down by about a third (took about 1 hour on simmer) and the flavour was great and concentrated. I also added 4 garlic gloves to mine. Still makes 6 servings of 320ml each. Enjoy!!
Really good base recipe from which we can build on to suit individual tastes. I found the quantities just right for excellent flavours. I didn't add any sugar, used basil instead of bay & added 80g or split red lentils to make it a bit more filling - and found that suited our tastes perfectly.
PS I found the way it is written just fine....
Have just made two different batches of this soup, which is delicious. We've got a surplus of tomatoes happening in the garden right now here in New Zealand, and I've been looking for good recipes to cook up and freeze. This is at the top of the list! After reading the comments I didn't add any water to my first batch, just put in the stock cubes. But found that the soup was too thick after I pureed it, and I added a bit of vegetable stock to get the consistency I liked. So moral of the story: it depends on your tomatoes. Ours were quite meaty.
Dear BBC Goodfood
You are my website of choice when looking up recipe ideas. Your recipes are invariably easy to follow yielding good results and you do not bombard me with surveys or make sign up to your site before I can even glance at one recipe.
However, just one small gripe if I may. Who was your intended audience for this soup recipe? Children? Why is it written SO simplistically using whimsical infantile language? Who talks about the STALKY bits on tomatoes? Are they just not simply STALKS? I have never read before in any recipe ever to SHOOT the tomato slices off the chopping board into the pan? Why do you suggest that the reader PLOPS the tomato puree into the soup?
Your silly language and moronic over instruction has quite ruined my pleasure my reading and trying out recipes from your site!
You are the BBC, the home of the KING'S English no less! Please remember your audience and our sensibilities unless you really are aiming to be the PEPPA PIG story book of the cookery websites!
Bethsheba (Lady)
2nd time I've made this soup but this time I added some potatoes as a thickener and the results were amazing, I also do homemade baguette to go with any soup I make and the wife loves it. This is the only tomato soup the wife will eat and I've tried a few different recipes. Fantastic for the colder weather that we're going to be getting.
Tried this out and loved it! Checked the comments before and saw that a lot of people mentioned it was a bit runny so i held back on the boiling water added to the cube. Other than that, followed instructions and it came out great. I didn't have celery so i opted for green peppers instead which gave the soup quite a nice touch. Would definitely recommend :)
A great quick & easy recipe. The soup turned out well, lovely texture, delicious with crusty bread. I decided to try it as the recipe says for the first time - except I used slightly less water than suggested and probably more tomatoes - but I can see myself making this again and again and adding my own touches to it. I also used the end of the season home grown tomatoes which I'm sure improved the flavour. Now an autumn favourite in my house!
Fantastic soup. I made two large batches using about 7kg of mixed tomatoes and also threw in about 750g of peppers, just because I had them and they needed using. I also added less stock, about 2/3 of the recommendation. Put the soup through a sieve to remove the seeds but made sure I got all the goodness and thickness out of the pulp. Absolutely fabulous, yielded about 12ltr of soup for the freezer :). I will make this again next year too :)
I made this soup with a variety of greenhouse tomatoes, cherry/beefsteak/salad both red and yellow and it turned out delicious! I didn't have any celery but it was still tasty. I used a stick blender then pushed through a sieve but still way easier than peeling the tomatoes to start with. Would probably use much less stock next time. Thanks for a fab recipe!
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Hi pgib8 thanks for your question. It's absolutely fine to eat the soup without freezing it first. At the end of step 5 we advise that this is the best point to freeze it but only if you are making it ahead. If you want to eat it straight away just skip the note on freezing and head straight to step 6. Hope this helps, let us know how you get on.


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Five – Best story of the year? Here's a contender...
Heard an astonishing tale over the weekend. The identities of those involved are going to remain anonymous, for reasons that will soon become clear.
Earlier this year a referee's wife ran off with a player. In recent weeks the referee has controlled a game involving that player for the first time since the domestic drama.
It seems the player had a pretty bad performance. Certainly if you look at the stats and see the number of unforced errors he made.
Apparently most of them came from rather dubious knock-on decisions. How unfortunate.


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020HandymanCertificate of Excellence 2015
We are a seasoned team of quality Tradesmen and operating in London and South East for the past 9 years. We have an experienced and disciplined team who have worked on hundreds of projects from small handyman jobs to larger more complex tasks such as renovations and kitchen installation, building bespoke wardrobes. We pride ourselves on our impeccably high standards and always strive to deliver on time and within budget. Having specialists in Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing and Painting, 020Handyman provides you with all the necessary support for your domestic and commercial projects. Call us now on 07881 524 592 to discuss how we can help you. 020Handyman quotes are always FREE!
AlanDESIGn PROPERTY SERVICESCertificate of Excellence 2015
We are small group of professional builders, engineers and architectural designer based in Ealing, West London. We offer full house alterations, renovations, complete refurbishments, maintenance and repair. We undertake tasks such as general building, painting and decorating, plumbing and electrical, wooden and laminate flooring, tiling, plastering, suspended ceilings inc. LED lighting and handyman service. We are proud of delivering bathrooms and wetrooms to high end specifications based on designer's plans and also to standard level accordingly to client's request. We have over 15 years experience in multi- trade field. We can improve and repair your property to achieve high quality and best result. We can do smaller jobs such as tiling, re- sealing and grouting, which falls under property maintenance category. Moreover we offer architectural services such as preparation of architectural plans for extensions, lofts and porches for planning and building control applications. Documents' submission and liaising with any council free of charge. Our engineer will visit you to take a photographic and measured survey, to discuss your future plans of required works and then we will follow with a quote at a later date. We have done similar jobs like yours in the past. Meanwhile you can have a look on our portfolio on Rated People with positive job ratings: http://www.ratedpeople.com/profile/alandesign-property-services/index and our website www.alandesign.co.uk bathrooms & wetrooms section http://www.alandesign.co.uk/#!bathrooms-wetrooms/c1iz6 gallery section http://www.alandesign.co.uk/#!gallery/c1qz9 We do care about every single client to ensure that the work goes smoothly. We are proud of quality, service and value to bring mutual success between us and a customer. Thank you for your interest in advance and we are looking forward to hearing from you soon to discuss your best deal with us.
Hapstead Property ServicesCertificate of Excellence 2015
Hapstead Property services provide a one stop property maintenance solution for domestic and commercial customers alike. Our aim is to provide a perfect solution to all your property maintenance and improvement requirements, with over 60 years combined experience on the tools you can be assured of a first class service. We carry out all aspects of property maintenance from the ground up to the roof and all in between. We can provide he following services, but are not limited to; Full refurbishments. Decorating. Carpentry. Door hanging. Worktop mitre service. Flooring - wood, laminate, tiled & vinyl. Kitchen fitting. Bathroom fitting. Roofing - all types. Roofline - soffits, fascias & guttering. Conservatories. Upvc windows & doors. Fencing. Decking. Patios. External cleaning/pressure washing. Odd jobs & much more... No job is too large or too small.
AllAround Cleaning ServicesCertificate of Excellence 2015
Our new website is under construction and will replace existing one soon. We're expanding our services and want you to be part of it! We offer: Building Services, Carpentry, Garden Maintenance and Cleaning. Call us today! Company offers: - Office Cleaning - The cleanliness of your office says a lot about the professionalism of your business. A clean, tidy and hygienic work environment gives the right impression to clients and boosts staff moral. Whether you're a small business with a single office location, or a large organization with offices spread across the area, AllAround cleaning services can develop a tailored cleaning plan. - Carpet cleaning - Family, friends, kids and pets all make their mark in your home, and especially in your carpets. The dirt, dust and grime of everyday life builds up and your carpets and rugs eventually show the wear and tear. However you don't just have to try and cover up these stains and marks. AllAround Cleaning can take care of it all for you! - You can customize our service to meet your needs and budget. You decide the frequency, duration and time of any service. You can choose from as little as two hours a week to help you with your weekly home cleaning.. Our services include all household chores such as dusting, vacuuming, mopping, cleaning, tidying, making beds, cleaning the kitchen. We can change the bed linen, clean the fridge, the oven – whatever it takes to help you get some time back. You can select a regular weekly, fortnightly or even a daily service or you can arrange a once only cleaning service. - Are you a tenant leaving, you want to ensure you receive your full deposit back? We will make sure that you do. AllAround have been performing end of tenancy cleans throughout Berkshire, Oxfordshire and surrounding areas for years and have the knowledge and experience to help you get your deposit back. End of tenancy cleaning is much different than your typical domestic home cleaning service. For the most part when moving out of a rental home you are required to leave the house in a similar state to that of which it was when you moved in. Your average domestic house cleaner will not have the attention to detail, nor the strength to scrub and clean thoroughly enough to remove stubborn stains , dirt and grime from walls, floors, bathrooms, kitchens, oven and toilets. The team at AllAround are specialists in rental property cleans and know exactly what real estate agents are looking for when they inspect a house end the end of a tenancy. Getting your deposit back with AllAround is a much better proposition that being refused because of inferior cleaning from a small in experienced domestic house cleaning service. At AllAround we know what we are doing and will ensure your house or apartment is properly cleaned throughout so that you have every chance of having your deposit returned. - AllAround provide a professional Driveway and Patio Cleaning Service. We use a selection of professional pressure washing machines for all our cleaning. We have an extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of block paving, driveway and patio cleaning including any hard surface cleaning including slab-work, paving stones, flag stones, crazy paving and natural stone. We can clean almost any surface and structure including the cleaning of pool surrounds, wood and decking, tarmac, pattern imprinted concrete, concrete, stone wall and brick cleaning. Cleaning with our professional pressure washers coupled to our commercial rotary surface cleaners we have the ability to clean any hard surface quickly and efficiently. Providing a first class patio and driveway cleaning. - Oven Cleaning No matter how careful you are when using your oven, spillages occur, food gets burnt, and grease covers the floor and walls. Everyone knows what a nightmare it is to clean the oven on your own, yet postponing the inevitable will just add to the mess inside your precious device. If you not looking forward to spending hours on your hands and knees, scrubbing the insides of the oven, breathing in the harmful detergents, let AllAround cleaning services take on the tedious task.
In-Ex FixturesCertificate of Excellence 2015
We provide a wide variety of property services for many sectors, the commercial and domestic , landlords, local authorities, housing associations, estate agents and even developers, pro-actively and efficiently delivering the services that cover all your property requirements.
TMC Building and Construction Group
TMC Building and Construction Group is a London based company providing quality refurbishment, property maintenance, property development and building services across the capital. Our team of builders have over thirty years' experience and a track record of putting our customer needs "first" and our successful strategy remains working closely with our clients to deliver first class services in a punctual, professional and personal manner. Our entire tradesman are fully accredited in their field of expertise and trained to get the job done to the highest professional standards. Our reputation as high end builders and refurbishment contractors has evolved into one of the leading providers of quality building and refurbishment services. We provide our clients with the highest-quality, all-inclusive solutions to everything from the most complex to the simplest builds. NO JOB IS TOO SMALL OR TOO BIG FOR OUR REPUTABLE BUILDERS We specialize in: - Kitchen Design and Installation - Bathroom Design and Installation - Full Refurbishment - Loft conversions - Property Extensions - General Building Services - Floors and Carpeting - Internal / External renovations - Tiling - Windows and doors - Property Development - New builds - Electrical installations - Plumbing / Heating / Gas works - Painting & Decorating - General property maintenance - Property Investment - Project Management Our Services include: - Free consultation and no obligation personalised quotation by one of our lead builders - Free project planning advice and scheduling services - Fully insured work - Warranty packages - High quality work with hassle free services - Specialist builders (English and Eastern European Builders) Please call us on 0203 504 1394 or 07939298659 or visit tmcbcgroup co uk
Ultimate contractors
THE COMPLETE SHOPFITTING & CONSTRUCTION SERVICE IN LONDON AND THROUGHOUT THE UK Commercial - Residential - Interior & Exterior Building Work All Types of Building work and Dental Clinics Carpentry and Bespoke furniture specialists Carpentry - joinery - dry lining all types of ceilings and partion walls - electrical - solar power - plumbing and heating - air conditioning - plastering - tape and jointing - painting and decorating - tiling - all types of flooring and much more Shopfitting and all types of building work carpentry-bespoke joinery-dry lining partition walls ceilings-plastering-painting and decorating-all types of wall papering-electrical plumbing and heating-solar power-air conditioning-tiling-all types of flooring. If you would like to view projects ultimate has undertaken or is currently undertaking please contact us on 0800 051 8446 and we will be happy to arrange a site visit. We also lead the way with our commitment to the environment we promote the use of green materials when appropriate with waste control systems and recycle whenever possible. Ultimate contractors was established in 1996 and became a limited company in march 2005 due to our consistent reliability and high quality work for well known shops restaurants and high street retailers, our team expanded from a group of 8 to a 43 man team full of experienced tradesmen and women who use the best tools for the job. We strive to provide you with the complete service. Whether you need a major project completed or a small refit our management and teams work together to fully meet your demands. Each program is meticulously planned with the client or architect and the project manager to ensure that it is completed on time and to the highest standard. Our teams have completed a wide variety of retail projects at competitive prices throughout the UK they have gained a reputation for their attention to detail and specialist finishes. If your in need of an experienced and dedicated team who can provide an immediate response to your changing needs, look no further than us. Since 2004, due to popular demand we started a residential division to provide services for suburban homes, mansions and stately homes. Our innovative techniques mean you can trust us to transform your property into a prized possession that stands out. We have developed new skills and gained vital experience working on commercial and residential projects around the UK. You can benefit from our experience to make your store look glamourous. Our team fit out commercial property working rigorously within a tight schedule so that you are able to trade as soon as possible you can also get tailor made bespoke furniture and joinery to suit the needs of your business we also work on many residential properties whether a flat, house, mansion, stately home in need of a make over or some tlc, our diligent and creative craftsman take care to respect the boundaries of your home and carry out the work with minimal disruption to you. We understand the impact a major home improvement project can have on a house hold and will go out of our way to minimise the disruption for every customer. We provide a highly professional service from start to finish and will work closely with you, advising and consulting on designs to meet your requirements. We will ensure that we provide the best possible deal for you, whilst not compromising on the quality of the service we provide. As members of the Home Improvement Guarantee/any deposit payable and all works completed by us are covered by an Insurance Backed Guarantee [valid for up to 10 years. The electrical installation with in any construction project forms a major element of the requirements of a client and indeed is the part which brings any residential commercial or industrial project to life. With over 15 years experience in electrical installation and design ultimate can offer a full in house service to provide you with the most suitable and cost effective installation. With an initial consultation with you we will then design and cost a scheme that will meet and in most cases exceeds your requirements. From working with major high street names, large manufactures and various government bodies we are able to solve most problems and carry out installation works to a very high standard. We take pride in keeping up to date with the latest technical innovations and continually strive to increase our knowledge of the industry. We can provide the following services. Electrical installation and design to BS7671:2011. Fire alarm systems design and installation to BS-5859. Emergency lighting design and installation to BS-5266. Maintenance packages and services. Energy monitoring and assessments Updated lighting designs incorporating LED lights and Dali control systems LED complete change over packages for your property with energy sufficient break down costings.
K&M Wood Floors and Carpenter Services
We are professional floor fitters and carpenters. We do all kind of floor like wood, parquets (chevron, herringbone) and engineering. We fix and fit all kitchen furnitures, stairs,doors and windows also wardrobes, cupboards or bookcases-everything fitted as you like. We do sanding, varnishing and oiling. The best quality for reasonable price. We provide free technical support and free estimate.
Do It SMART
We offer high quality services in the sphere of Gardening and Hard Landscaping, interior and exterior building service including concreate, paving,flooring & tiling, walling, plastering, carpentry service, painting & decorating and other. With many years of experience we can guarantee high quality and reliability of our services. We perform work on the client and offer comprehensive design
KZ PCSCertificate of Excellence 2015
KZ PCS is a professional company and our clients can be assured of an efficient, integrated and professional service at every stage of the project - from inception and planning through to completion. All work and materials are fully guaranteed. On any stage of the project you have one KZPCS Team instead of many uncontrollable subcontractors. On a daily basis our client receives updates of the project's progress. With years of experience we are committed to deliver a top quality product and service, carrying out a wide variety of work from small domestic projects to larger commercial undertakings. Our team of friendly hard working builders take the job seriously and handle with care. We aim to give you the best possible product with our promise that every project goes as smoothly and stress-free as possible, no matter the size. We are happy to provide you with a free quote and professional advice. Call us today.
Greenmans YardCertificate of Excellence 2015
Experienced Gardener/landscapers , offering all aspects of gardening/maintenance and hard & soft landscaping including: -Regular maintenance -Garden prune &Tidy -Hedging/hedge cutting -lawn care -Fencing -Planting -Complete garden re builds -Patio building/steps/walls etc.. -Decking -Turfing -Irrigation -garden clearance And much more.. Please contact me for a quote.
Beechwood InteriorsCertificate of Excellence 2015
Beechwood Interiors is built on a wealth of knowledge extending back to the 1800's. The O'Connor family started devotedly restoring luxurious furniture as O'Connor Brothers of Windsor. Now as the company embraces its fifth generation the business has widely diversified, taking traditional craftsmanship to contemporary and modern designs. We create the highest quality bespoke furniture both for residential and commercial properties. Based in Iver, Buckinghamshire, we design and then carefully create our products using skilled craftsmen, finally finishing them in house using our fully equipped spray shop. We feel that if you are a person or organisation who strives on quality furniture and uniqueness in design then Beechwood Interiors should be the company of choice as we use the finest selected materials and the highest quality hardware all delivered to you on time and considering you budget. Areas We Specialise in are: - Bespoke Kitchens, Bedrooms, Bathroom - Walk in and Custom Wardrobes - Painting and Decorating, both internal and external - Media units and Living Room units - Flooring - Handmade Bespoke Furniture - French Polishing (both modern and traditional finishing) - Spray finishing - Shop Fittings - Exhibitions, Hotels and Restaurants - Total Renovation and Restoration.
LumenaCertificate of Excellence 2015
Kaliano DesignCertificate of Excellence 2015
Kaliano Design we are pleased to present our Building & Maintenance service . Ten years of experience means full professionalism: top standard, clean & tidy Job and huge knowledge in all Aspects of Building Jobs. Description . Helping with kitchen designs . Full kitchen refurbishments . Bespoke kitchen installations . Changing kitchen worktops: laminate, wooden, stone . Dishwasher and washing machine installation . Oven, gas hob and extractor installation . Plumbing: mixers, taps and waste pipes installation . Rearranging & organizing electrical to fit new kitchen . Wall and floor tiling . Linoleum and Vinyl floor installation . Wooden or laminate floor installation . Helping with bathroom suit design . Full bathroom refurbishment . Bathtub, toilet pan, wash basin, taps and mixer installation . Shower cubicle and shower screen installation . Walls and floor tiling . Power shower installation . Changing radiators . Wet rooms . Waterproofing and sealing . Towel dryer installation . Fixing leaks . Floor levelling . Vinyl flooring . Shelves & Shelving . Fitted Wardrobes / built in Wardrobes . Cabinet Making . Skirting boards installations . Internal & external door installations . The door lock & handles installations . Wooden & laminate floor installations . Changing sash windows / repairs . Spray & traditional painting . Walls and ceiling repairs . Coving installations . Plastering and skimming walls . Drywall / partition wall installations . Wall paper hanging & stripping . Wooden floor sanding & varnishing . External window sill repairs . Front & back porch repairs . Carpet installation . Sanding wooden floors and varnishing
Chris LaminateflooringLondon
Laminate & Engineered Wood flooring laid in London / north west kent / some of essex. This is how it works.. You get the flooring you want, and we come and fit it. (we dont supply materials but it works out cheaper for you WITH NO HIDDEN COSTS) Laminate floors are £100 per room to fit (without beading or skirting) Engineered Hardwood floors (and "real wood top layer") are £200 per room to fit (without beading or skirting) (a "room" can be up to 20 square metres) Stairs can also be fitted in laminate, price varies - enquire for quote Beading - £20 a room - 3 rooms £50 Door trimming - £10 a door (If required) Skirting Board Installation - £100 a room Please note specialist floors such as herringbone and bespoke designs will be more labor charges Old carpets/flooring can be uplifted for £20 a room if needed, and we can arrange disposal from a registered and responsible waste management company for you, for extra charge, upon request. Handyman & Property Maintenance jobs are also undertaken, from painting & decorating to putting up shelves, flat packs, wardrobes, drawers, curtains, blinds, baby gates, door locks, light switches/dimmers/plugs, TV wall brackets, wood/metal sheds, mirrors, electric cookers/hoods, coving, hanging doors, Floorboards, any job considered so if its not listed please feel free to ask www.facebook.com/LaminateFlooringLondon http://www.woodfloorfittedinlondon.co.uk email@example.com 07754082828 - Chris Feel free to add us as a friend and please share & like our page 12+ years experience, Honest, Friendly, Reliable, On Time and WE GET THE JOB DONE! CSCS / CIS / HMRC REGISTERED Thanks
Woodpecker Floors Ltd
ERDAL Construction LTDCertificate of Excellence 2015
We offer a wide range of building services: - Groundworking - Foundations - Brickleying - Plastering - Painting & Decorating - Plumbing - Carpentry - Landscaping
Luxury Wood Flooring Ltd
Luxury Wood Flooring is London Based, Bespoke wood flooring company. We are devoted to create unique & stylish flooring for your property. Starting from our long lasting tradition in the art of wood, we would like to present to your attention a luxurious and comprehensive range of wooden floors comprising of classic parquet flooring, as well as wide wooden plank, solid floor boards, engineered hardwood flooring and prestigious Marquetry floors.
Stone Home Improvements
Stone Home Improvements is a residential based service that originally catered for carpentry and joinery, with a customer base re using us we gradually incorporated additional trades to enable a single call from a customer to cover a wide span of services that negated the need for customers to ring round to other trades of which they had no knowledge. Consequently the use of plumbers , heating engineers, electricians and wet trades allowed a single customer quotation without several different trades attending and accessing, the business is still carpentry based but comprehensive in services where necessary. All general works covered include kitchens, bathrooms,wardrobes,internal/external doors (in wood, composite, and Upvc) wood flooring, stairs,windows any purpose made project or non standard application. Its our policy to ask customers if they would allow any future customers to contact them in order to obtain an unbiased referral of the service provided and only retain and use that information with their permission.
Glover Builders
Building is in our blood, and the family has over 100 years of experience of building in London and the south east. From new homes and renovations, to extensions, alterations, painting and decorating, Ricky Glover and his brothers provide high-quality work at an affordable price. Each of our tradesmen has a different background and range of skills, allowing us to offer such speciality services as high-end kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom design, and installation. At Glover Builders, we pride ourselves on being a traditional family firm that prioritises excellent customer service, along with a craftsman's attention to detail. At Glover Builders, we work effectively and efficiently to minimise disruption, taking a high level of care to ensure your home is kept clean and undisturbed. All our craftsmen are covered by comprehensive liability insurance, and we take a proactive approach to health and safety protocols. Whether you are building in Surrey or further afield, we can help you achieve your property dreams.
Sussex Floorings & Interiors Ltd
We are a home furnishing company based in Worthing West Sussex. We design both commercial and domestic interiors as well as retailing flooring, furniture, soft furnishings and window treatments at our shop at 146 Montague St in Worthing and also online at www.sfiworld.co.uk. Recent interiors work can be seen on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/SussexFlooringsInteriorsLtd or Twitter https://twitter.com/sfiworld
Woking flooring
At Painting Hands we provide a professional, reliable and high quality painting and decorating, property maintenance & repair services to both commercial & domestic customers in Brighton & Hove, Worthing and the majority of East Sussex and West Sussex.
Revamp Team
FORTEM SOLUTIONS is providing professional handyman service as well as all-round building solutions.
The Flooring Group Ltd
The Flooring Group Ltd is a London based commercial flooring company offering and providing wide range of flooring products and services at competitive prices. We strive to lay down quality flooring that lasts a lifetime. Our team of professionals are highly skilled, diligent and always on time. With over 40 years of experience we can help you deal with even the most complex commercial flooring job. Do not hesitate to contact us on 020 7435 5678 and request a quote.
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The Rug World
The Rug World provides you with a huge range of Cheap Modern, Contemporary, Classic and Traditional Rugs. We also supply and fit carpet, vinyls and laminates, including all accessories. We are solely based in West London and also offer numerous other flooring services: Carpet Supply & Fitting Vinyl Supply & Fitting Laminate Supply & Fitting Rug & Carpet Fringing/Binding/Edging/Whipping Bespoke service on certain ranges Reduce rug size to required dimensions with professional edging finish e.g. 160 x 230cm standard size to 160 x 160 square Customers are welcome to view our huge range at our Southall showroom. www.TheRugWorld.co.uk - Cheap Rug Supplier, Budget Rug Supplier, Quality Rug Supplier and more with FREE DELIVERY throughout the UK - We also deliver Worldwide!
The floor Stylist
The Floor Stylist trades as a fully independent family-run business serving domestic, commercial and business property throughout the UK. Our extensive experience, makes us the number one local supplier of premium quality solid oak, engineered wood and laminate flooring in Brighton and throughout Sussex.
Cabinet maker specialised in kitchen and all types of cabinets, openning windows and doors any type... Company started since 1959
Capital Home Fix ltd
Property refurbishments and maintenance is our speciality. We pride ourselves on the quality workmanship that we provide. Our work is guaranteed and 98% of our clients were recommended by a friend or family member.
Sterling Superstructures Ltd
We have an experienced and disciplined team who have worked on hundreds of projects throughout London, from small jobs to larger more complex tasks such as bathroom renovations and kitchen installation, hardwood flooring, roofing ,complete renovations.
karma construction
All carpentry and building work, carried out. tiling,painting, floors. also kitching fitting and shopfitting . been in the business for 34 years.
we've been completing services for customers since 2012 and have had some excellent results and feed back. We specialize in Carpentry, Painting and decorating, Plumbing repairs, Tiling.
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Hi We offer a bespoke service tailored to your requirements . This includes an initial consultation (1st hour free ) which allows me to see your aspirations for your property . Mood boards are then prepared for each area to be designed , cost of £150 per room . Once the design has been agreed by you a quote will be prepared for the total cost of the project . We offer a complete refurbishment service tailored to the clients budget , using only the finest craftsmen . See our website below , Best Beryl W www.colourpaletteinteriordesign.co.uk M 07983 488036
At AnJ's our goals are perfection and customer satisfaction. AnJ's is staffed and run by ex British soldiers and this is reflected in the standard of our work. We are happy to undertake all aspects of work no matter how big or small. From a leaky tap to a full property renovation, AnJ's is the company you need for quality work at competitive rates. Please feel free to take a look at our gallery for a portfolio of our previous work. Call us today for a free no commitment quote.
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