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Anchoring Etiquette
What is the etiquette in regard to someone who has put down a stern anchor ? If another boat anchors nearby and as tide or wind swings the fore only anchored boat is in danger of colliding with the fore/aft anchored boat who has the moral right of way ?
It seems to me that if a boat decides to fore and aft anchor then its up to them to get out of the way of another boat that is swinging but it was only the other week that I faced this issue for the very first time. I wasn't interested in kicking up a fuss and for other reasons we decided to go elsewhere but in reality the fore aft boat had effectively commandeered a sizeable chunk of that anchorage, to my mind unfairly.
I appreciate that if an anchorage requires fore and aft anchors or where other boats are stern tied to shore that allowance has to made when one arrives in an anchorage. My question relates to a perfectly ordinary anchorage with plenty of room to swing.
TDW, after spending a long weekend, anchored up Howe Sound, you have aroused my curiosity. We briefly considered stern anchoring this past weekend, but opted to raft up with our friends.
While I have some experience with stern tying, I have no experience with stern anchoring.
However, I was told that the first boats in an anchorage have the right to ask later arrivals to re-set if they are concerned. This also holds true for stern tying. Would it also hold true for stern anchoring? If so, then if the boat with the stern anchor was there first, they would have the right to ask the other boat to move. If they weren't there first, however, then guess who would be moving in your scenario?
My initial reaction to your question was that people would probably like stern anchors more because they eliminate swinging circles. However, later arrivals still have to take into account the anchor off the bow, PLUS the one off the stern. Is a stern anchor really an advantage?
That's the extent of my brainstorming, for now. I'll break out the popcorn and see what other folks have to say. :D
The FIRST boat to anchor has priority, and no matter what methods used. If later the second boat comes close to hitting or fouling then the second boat should be the one to 'move'.
If you are the second or successive boat to anchor, just use common sense and anchor using the 'exact same' methods as those who anchored before you. As if they are lying to multiple anchors and you anchor with only one ... there is going to be a future "cluster festival" and YOU will be the cause of the grief.
It really still does boil down to who was there first. But having a single boat use a stern anchor while all others don't really is bothersome and irksome. I was in Marigot, St. Martin and the anchorage was full as only the French can do (it felt crowded enough so that you could almost step aboard your neighbour's boat) but there was one ornery Brit in a rundown ~25 foot with a stern line going sideways and if anyone came close to his boat he'd be on deck, jumping up and down and shouting obscenities; including comments that if everyone set a stern anchor more people could fit! His anchoring prevented at least 5 boats from staying in his vicinity.
After he'd vented his ire at me and I'd learned some new combinations of words not fit for print, I suggested we meet up ashore to discuss our political differences. Thereafter he always disappeared from deck when I dinghied by but that didn't stop him from shouting at others.
There are areas where a stern anchor is prudent and perhaps even necessary and no boater can be faulted for using that arrangement. The case above, with winds coming from roughly east all year long, was an example of a place where I feel a stern anchorer should be asked to reassess his or her anchoring techniques.
Since the OP question was etiquette, not your right, I say an optional stern anchor that blocks others should be removed. A necessary stern anchor to prevent grounding would take priority if set before you arrived. Technically, it is your right, subject to local harbor rules, to anchor as you wish, if you are there first.
ZanshIn..... When a German and Brit start duking it out, I start to worry that the US will end up sending a half million troops to France...... :)
Hmmm, that's a strange one, alright...
One option might be to invite him over for a beer, then try to gently steer the conversation around to the stupidity of lying to a fore and aft anchor in a situation that does not require it? (grin)
I probably would have done what you did, however... Anchoring in proximity to someone who has little regard for "etiquette" is one thing, but being in the vicinity of one who might not have a clue what they're doing is another matter entirely...
Standard etiquette would be that the first boat have the right and everyone else have to adjust accordingly. However stupidity or antisocial behaviour cancels that deal.
Normally when I encounter any of the above I anchor as I see fit for the anchorage and the dingy over and discuss the matter with the boat who are behaving "bad". Normally a smile and a friendly explanation of the problem is all it takes to make the other boat adjust to the logic of the situation.
Unfortunately there are a few strange people around who think their way of seeing things is the only one around and that everything else is a personal insult. However, in order to maintain the good etiquette and sailor culture it is important that we open our mouths and express our opinion when individuals behave irrational or antisocial.
I wonder, would it have been reasonable to radio the other boat and maybe ask if they'd heard any severe weather warnings that perhaps you missed that suggested to them that they needed a stern anchor? It could alert them to the fact that what they were doing was unusual for the conditions.
Or not. Thinking aloud here.
We ran into a similar circumstance over the 4th holiday. We had a large raft up (19 boats). There was another large raft (12 boats) ahead, and a circle raftup of power boats (10 boats) aft and to the right end of our raft. Of course the circle isn't going to swing. They were there first, no problem. We set stern anchors as well to keep everything more or less stationary. On the right end of our raft up, we had a power boat with 350hp that could fire up in seconds and easily swing the whole show away from the power boaters' circle if it were necessary. This was not a raft up of beginners, and to the best of my knowledge, none had any interest in colliding with anyone. Anyhow, to make a short story long, one member of the power boat circle raised holy hell every time a boat joined our raft. He sent his wife out in a kayak to photo and record all our boat reg #'s. When the last boat joined, they started to lower the kayak again. We told him not to worry and read the number to save his wife the trip. The poor guy was going to burst a vein. It was kind of funny just more or less ignoring him, but we did let him know if any anchors crossed, we'd get it sorted out. Of course this didn't make him happy, but that was his issue. During the night, we checked a couple of times... no swing, no change, no problem. Our raft broke earlier to catch an outgoing tide. I'm sure the guy's weekend was destroyed, but his personal issues weren't going to be ours. Sometimes there is absolutely no ability for some individuals to discuss things rationally and the 'ignore' button can work very well.
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Hi everyone,
Apologies first, i did post this originally in the 5 series section but in hind sight this section is probably more relevant
Having owned my BM for just over a couple of months now i'm really happy with it just one slight drawback with it and thats the MPG i'm getting. Now don't get me wrong, when i bought it i wasn't expecting 800 miles between visits to the petrol station, and i'm being realistic that it was never gonna be the most economical car to run. Having done some calculations, from a full tank to the yellow light coming on (370 miles later) i've calculated 26.4 mpg, the OBC is showing 25.7 so a slight variation there but not loads. A lot of my travelling is local stop start, however on this occasion at least half of the milage was motorway hovering between 60-70 mph.
I've seen posts asking what other owners MPG's are and they seem to vary from high teens to early 50's, so quite a difference there. Just wondering a couple of things really, does this seem a very low figure (or are the people stating 48+mpg expanding the truth?) and is there anything i can do to make it better. I'm aware of all the obviuos stuff like tyre pressures, carrying excess weight, heavy right foot (i do tend to be very light footed by the way), etc.
I've got the bits to change the transmission fluid as i've seen a few posts where people think this has improved MPG, the cars got 175k with full service history but no mention of a trans fluid change. A quick search on the web has come up with a few companies offering tuning boxes from £80 up to £400 and claiming upto 20% increase in fuel economy. Seems these are like a removable 're-map' that plugs in somewhere, anyone ever used one and are they as good as the sellers claim to be?
Any suggestions or examples of your Mpg on these oil burners.

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More young men and women in the San Fernando Valley want to be all they can be - in the Army - than at any time since the U.S. went to war in Iraq.
According to statistics released Tuesday by the Army, enlistments in the Valley region jumped almost 30 percent this year as a slumping economy sparked the biggest military recruiting year in Los Angeles since the Iraq War began in 2003.
The recruiting region from Glendale to Thousand Oaks reported 573 enlistments through Sept. 31, compared with 443 during the comparable period in 2008, according to the Army. One of the biggest jumps was reported in Glendale, with an 88 percent hike.
Recruits ranged from those arriving at boot camp as privates to those entering as officers, like Daniel Kwon, a sophomore at California State University, Northridge, who participates in the campus' Army ROTC program.
"I have had members of my family in the military, and I wanted to serve as well, as an officer," said Kwon, who is expected to graduate as a commissioned officer in 2012.
The Encino-based Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion, which covers Los Angeles County and eastern Ventura County, reported a 35 percent jump in enlistments - from 1,712 in 2008 to 2,313 this year.
"This is the first time we've seen this kind of increase in our recruiting operation," said Lt. Col. Somport Jongwatana. "We have come a long way from last year... and had phenomenal success."
According to the Defense Department, the recent recruiting uptick marked the first year since the return to the all-volunteer force in 1973 that all branches of the military met their respective recruitment goals.
Nationally, Army recruiting rates increased by 11 percent, while California saw a 27 percent jump.
The Army signed more than 63,000 active-duty soldiers nationwide from Oct. 1, 2008, through August 2009, according to the Defense Department. The Navy recruited more than 32,500 in the 2009 fiscal year.
During that same period more than 29,000 joined the Air Force and Marines.
Those recruiting statistics are good news to the military in an age when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the longest waged by an all-volunteer force in U.S. history.
Officials acknowledge that the patriotic fervor that made recruiting easy after 9-11 has waned, leaving the Army as the military branch having the hardest time recruiting new troops, partly because it has borne the heaviest burden - and suffered the most casualties - in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In a recent report on 2009 recruitment, Defense Department officials attributed part of this year's success to high unemployment, in addition to increased spending on recruits and improved G.I. Bill benefits and military salaries.
Qualified active-duty recruits may be eligible for a combination of bonuses totaling $40,000, according to the Army's Web site, and some applicants may be rewarded for their civilian educational experience - up to $5,000 for college degrees.
As for G.I. Bill benefits, enlisted applicants can qualify for up to $83,448 to help pay for college.
Community outreach includes job fairs, career days at high schools and the involvement of local supporters, officials said.
"We are engaging the community at a grassroots level in a way that we have never done before, and our numbers in the Los Angeles area are the result of that effort," Jongwatana said in a statement.
"The bottom line is that the Army offers some of the best education, medical and education benefits around. By working closer with the community, we are better able to get the word out about what the Army has to offer."
Michael Keane, a professor at the Marshall School of Business atthe University of Southern California who specializes in the economics of national security, said Army recruiting has historically improved during economic hard times.
"The recruiting increase is probably a combination of factors," he said, "starting with the absence of private-sector jobs in the economy as well as the drawdown in Iraq and the prospect of withdrawal there, notwithstanding the fact that there's an expected escalation in Afghanistan."
Lt. Sid Mendoza, head of the ROTC program at CSUN, said the program offers a number of benefits for recruits.
"Leadership is definitely one of the things that attracts them," Mendoza said. "Especially with the economy right now, even if you have a college degree, it's very competitive because so many people are unemployed."
The landmark recruiting numbers were released even as a recent study by a nonprofit group called Mission: Readiness reported that 75 percent of Americans from 17 to 24 do not qualify for military service because they are physically unfit, failed to finish high school or have criminal records.


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Of interest is that no respondent checked reasons — from the cost/time involved or the lack of necessity — they might not support certification. The lack of detractors in this informal poll seems to show that agents will embrace certification. Anecdotally, two master agents told Channel Partners on background they will do their part to ensure agents get certified. Their salespeople then will have greater selling power, one master said. "I think if [providers] put a little oomph behind certification, it gives the agent the ability to put on their card that they've gone through something, gone through an education process and know what they're talking about."
Of course, that remains the unknown. Do service providers' certifications merely reflect their existing training or do they contain more meat? That question is difficult to answer without greater visibility into the curricula so, agents, keep an eye out for these factors:
- Did the provider invest a significant or substantial amount of money and time in creating the certification?
- Did subject matter experts and credentialing experts craft the program?
- Does the curriculum surpass existing training and product description materials?
If the answers to those questions are "yes," sources say, then the programs are worth pursuing. Besides, providers offering certifications are going to be scrutinizing agents, too. These carriers "have more of a VAR mentality," said TCA's Wallace. In other words, they're becoming less willing to pay their channel managers and sales engineers to spend time on declining-margin circuit services. Verizon serves as a prime model of this. While a partner works toward certification, the operator will continue to dedicate a sales engineering team to that partner. But afterward, the company expects its more knowledgeable agents to take over the sales engineering role. Verizon still will keep its sales engineers available to partners but the idea is to cut down reliance on those internal resources. To be sure, preventing work overload on sales engineers is a byproduct of certification for EarthLink, Cook said; the trend also can justify additional partner commission expense, he said. MSPAlliance's Weaver said this philosophy is common, that all channel-centric suppliers "absolutely" aim to alleviate burden on their staff.
Third-party efforts by TCA and others before it notwithstanding, provider-driven certification promises to elevate a demographic within the indirect channel that has gone for years without some kind of sales acumen gauge. The timing may finally be right. Telecom services have grown complicated and at last, after years of forecasts, converged with the IT world. As such, certification appears inevitable. "It will be a major disruptor and rightfully so," said Weaver. "The old model of doing things in the dark, without peer review, without transparency, is coming to an end." And so, the time has arrived for service providers to deploy certification, Schijns said. "This is the minute that matters," she said. "This is the year."


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Taxpayer asks:
I have a weird question. My insurance doesn't cover the cost of my birth control pills. Can I deduct them on my taxes? What about other forms of birth control, like condoms?
Taxgirl says:
Wow, I didn't realize that there were any insurance companies left that didn't offer coverage for birth control pills. But that said, yes, you can absolutely deduct the cost of birth control pills as a medical expense.
Keep in mind that to actually take advantage of the deduction, you need to itemize your deductions – if you file with the standard deduction, the deduction isn't available. You report medical expenses on Schedule A of your form 1040. Unfortunately, there are some limits: medical expenses are only deductible to the extent that they exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income (AGI). This means if your AGI is $30,000, you'd have to rack up $2,250 in medical expenses before you can claim any of the expenses. For a list of what else might qualify, check out this prior post on medical expenses.
Almost anything that requires the services of a physician would qualify – IUD, Norplant, etc. Additionally, the costs of sterilization for women and vasectomies for men are deductible.
What you won't see on that list are other non-prescription forms of birth control, like condoms. As a general rule, non-prescription drugs and medicines, as well as "personal use items", are not deductible.
Like any good lawyer, I need to add a disclaimer: Unfortunately, it is impossible to give comprehensive tax advice over the internet, no matter how well researched or written. Before relying on any information given on this site, contact a tax professional to discuss your particular situation.
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text: Hello to everyone from sunny Southern California ! I am somewhat new to beekeeping and have been reading this forum all year long & I find it very helpful. Currently I have 2 thriving hives here in Orange County but I have earned them through some failures and sucesses. Looking forward to the wealth of information I can gain from those of you with so much to share. This may be the most unappreciated (and important) hobby I have ever undertaken but I truely love it. JC


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Originally posted on NESN.com | Last updated 2/12/13
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose still has no target date for his return from a torn ACL in his left knee, and he even indicated he might sit out the season. In an interview with USA Today posted on Tuesday, the three-time All-Star point guard said he's "far away" from being ready to play. Rose has been practicing and traveling with the team, but he has no specific timetable for a return from an injury he suffered in the playoffs last season. "I don't have a set date," Rose told the newspaper. "I'm not coming back until I'm 110 percent. Who knows when that can be? It can be within a couple of weeks. It could be next year. It could be any day. It could be any time. It's just that I'm not coming back until I'm ready." He was asked how close he is to 110 percent. "Right now, probably in the high 80s," he said. "Far away. Far away." Rose tore the anterior cruciate ligament during a playoff-opening win over Philadelphia, and the top-seeded Bulls wound up losing to the 76ers in the first round. The Bulls' point guard has granted few interviews since then, mostly limiting his comments to a shoe company campaign focusing on his recovery. He did not make himself available for comment on Tuesday. The Bulls, meanwhile, have repeatedly said they are taking a patient approach with their superstar, that they won't rush him back. As for Rose saying he could return any day — or next year? "That's what we've been saying all along," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "It's all the same. When he's ready, he'll play." Thibodeau hinted Rose is right on schedule, but doesn't exactly know when his All-Star point guard will be ready to suit up. "He's right on schedule," Thibodeau added. "When he's ready, we'll know. We'll go from there. That's why we've approached it the way we have. The team has to concentrate on their improvement and their next opponent. He has to do his rehab, and then at some point, he'll rejoin us and we'll go from there. Nothing has changed." It remains to be seen what type of player Rose will be once he returns. Even he's not sure. He said he's added about 10 or 11 pounds of muscle along with some new wrinkles to his game, and he's confident he'll still be a top-tier player. Thibodeau is, too. "I see what he's doing every day," he said. "He's coming along fine. He'll be fine."
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March 08, 2012
What surprises Apple had in store for us on the "iPad 3"
Yesterday Apple announced their latest and greatest 3rd generation iPad. Our development crew eagerly watched the live stream from engadget.com as the drama of the product launch unfolded. As case makers, what really matters to us is the external shape, not hardware and software upgrades. The rumor mill was mostly correct on new features headlined by the retina display, 5 megapixel camera w 1080p HD video and 4G LTE capability so no drama there.
"Say the name already!", one of us screamed as Tim Cook and other VPs continued to ramble on about software and technical specs. There was much speculation over what the new iPad would be called in the weeks leading up to the announcement. Most referred to it as the "iPad 3" while a few days before rumors started spreading that it would called "iPad HD". Finally, an hour and a half later the press conference ends with Apple simply referring to it as "the new iPad".
Our team was prepared to launch our new case but we needed to know what to call our product before we could officially put it online. "The new iPad case"? That is not gonna cut it as the name of our product. Apple always gets us with a curveball somehow everytime. Last time it was the magnets and smart cover. This time, the name is where they really surprised us all!
article written by Ken Tomita, Grove co-founder


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Geroge Steinbrenner dead following a massive heart attack at his home in Tampa, Florida in the early hours of Tuesday, July 13, 2010.
NY Daily News was first to report that the man who owned the NY Yankees for over 37 years while the team won seven championship titles and 11 pennants has died. Steinbrenner turned 80 years old on July 4th of 2010.
Steinbrenner's family representative issued a statement which read "He was an incredible and charitable man. First and foremost, he was devoted to his entire family - his beloved wife, Joan; his sisters, Susan Norpell and Judy Kamm, his children, Hank, Jennifer, Jessica, and Hal; and all of his grandchildren. He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again."
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"Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity." Ephesians 4:26-27 (NASB)
I opened the front door and smiled at the delivery man, "Four large pizzas, right?"
The look on the pizza guy's face told me the teenagers in my backyard were about to be disappointed.
"Ummm, well, actually there are only two. Let me check your ticket … oh, yeah you're supposed to have four. Give me 20 minutes and I'll be back with the other two." I took the two he had and said, "No problem. The kids can start on these and have round two when you get back."
As I walked into the kitchen, my husband Art gave me a funny look. "I thought you ordered four pizzas."
"Yeah, the delivery guy forgot two but will be back in a few minutes. No big deal," I quipped with a shoulder shrug.
Art tilted his head. "You didn't even ask for a discount or coupons?"
"I felt bad for the guy. It's not a big deal to ask the kids to wait a few minutes," I replied with a smile.
Remembering the way I'd reacted earlier during a little "growth opportunity" we'd had, Art said, "Wow. I'd like to receive that kind of grace."
Ouch. His point was well made. I'd gotten aggravated with something Art had done and let him know.
Why is it I'm so quick to give a gentle answer to a stranger but spew on those I love? Perhaps it's because of accumulated impact.
This was the only time I'd ever seen the pizza guy. My emotions toward him were completely neutral. When he made a mistake, I was able to let it go.
But I have a history with Art. We do life together. If I let aggravations collect, my emotions ratchet up, creating more and more tension. Then, when something happens, I find it much harder to brush off the offense and offer grace.
Accumulated aggravations equal accumulated impact.
Therefore, it's crucial I don't collect aggravations. I've heard many times: "Do not let the sun go down on your anger …" (Ephesians 4:26 NASB) I know it. But honestly, sometimes I ignore it. I collect aggravations because I'm too tired to talk. Or, I don't want to deal with it. Or, I try to convince myself it's no big deal to go to bed mad.
But when I keep reading one more verse, Ephesians 4:27, I understand why I should deal with little aggravations while they are still little. They might not stay little long. Why? Because verse 27 finishes with a strong warning, "… and do not give the devil an opportunity" (NASB)
The devil is just waiting for an opportunity. I picture him hissing, "Go to bed mad … and give me an opportunity." That just sends shivers down my spine.
I love my husband. I get aggravated with him. But I love him. So, I certainly don't want to open the door of opportunity for the devil to turn little aggravations into big ones.
I put down the pizzas and kissed Art's cheek. "I love you and I'm sorry I didn't give you that kind of grace."
To which he replied back with a big smile, "I still think we should have asked for a discount or coupons."
Like I said, I love my husband!
Dear Lord, I really want to follow Your example and live a life full of grace. Sometimes it is so hard to show grace to those closest to me. Help me. I don't want to give the devil any opportunities in my marriage, my relationships with my children, or in my friendships. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Related Resources:
Do you want to stop accumulating aggravations and start showing more grace? Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst shares wonderful wisdom to lead you in making those changes. Click here to order your copy!
The accompanying Unglued Bible Study is a great resource to get us into the Word of God and help us choose better reactions. To order your copy, click here.
Reflect and Respond:
Think about the equation, accumulated aggravation = accumulated impact. Choose one relationship in your life. In what ways has allowing yourself to accumulate aggravations resulted in a lack of grace?
What actions can you take to safeguard your relationships against the devil's attempts to create conflict and separation?
Power Verses:
Colossians 4:6, "Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone." (NIV)
1 Peter 5:8, "Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (NIV)
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Scientists Working to Keep Foods Safe
Salmonella bacteria, shown here in a petri dish, are a major cause of foodborne illnesses. Get this and similar photos on Flickr.
The Impact on You
Regulatory science is the science of developing new tools, standards and approaches to assess the safety, effectiveness, quality and performance of FDA-regulated products. Explore how regulatory science will affect your daily life by:
- Protecting Public Health
- Personalizing Medicine
- Reducing Drug Side Effects
- Embracing New Technologies
- Keeping Food Safe
Scientist Marc Allard uses a genome sequencing machine being tested for field applications to rapidly identify the genetic makeup of disease-causing bacteria. Get this and similar photos on Flickr.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is using science to prevent foodborne illnesses and to respond rapidly when outbreaks occur.
This alliance of food safety and science has been forged by two powerful forces:
- The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) gave FDA a mandate to implement a system that emphasizes prevention and prioritizes food safety challenges based on the risk they present to public health
- FDA's Strategic Plan for Regulatory Science is an ongoing initiative in which food safety is a priority. Regulatory science involves the tools and methods that FDA uses to evaluate whether products are effective and safe.
"Research at FDA links the strategic goals of FSMA and regulatory science. First and foremost, we want to prevent the introduction of bacterial and chemical contaminants in foods before they enter the marketplace," says David White, M.S., Ph.D., acting chief science officer at FDA's Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine (FVM). "And we want to provide the scientific foundation for regulations that will lead to a safer food supply."
"At the same time, we need to have the tools necessary to rapidly identify contaminants—in particular bacteria like Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli—when they do infiltrate food and to find their source before more people get sick," White says.
Hundreds of FDA scientists are at the forefront of this multifaceted research in the science of food safety.
Tracking Down Bacteria
Here is a sampling of the research being done at FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN):
- Marc Allard, Ph.D., heads the laboratory of comparative genomics, where work is done on the genetic sequencing of bacteria. (Genetic sequences are the ordered chemical building blocks of DNA.) Allard's team has been instrumental—since the lab opened in 2009—in developing the genetic sequences that will be part of FDA's contribution to the 100K Pathogen Genome Project, the creation of a public database of the gene sequences of 100,000 bacteria that have been responsible for outbreaks of foodborne illnesses.
Allard says this bacterial research will eventually allow scientists in the United States and other countries to more rapidly identify and locate the source of microbial contaminants. This specific genetic information will also allow experts to identify these contaminants based on tests of people who have become sick.
"These bacteria are constantly evolving," says Allard. Genetic sequencing allows scientists to distinguish between strains of bacteria that might otherwise seem identical.
His team has done extensive work in determining genetic sequences of Salmonella recovered from numerous food commodities, including eggs, spices, and peanut butter as these bacteria have been associated with nationwide outbreaks of foodborne illness. They have also worked on strains of disease-causing Listeria, E. coli and Cronobacter, Allard says, adding, "A lot of food safety involves the usual suspects."
- Microbiologist Vikas Gill, M.S., is studying how best to detect Salmonella in spices, using cloves as the test subject. The first step is adding Salmonella in liquid and solid forms to mimic how these spices would most likely be contaminated. The next step is to experiment with different ways to detect Salmonella. The lessons learned from the hundreds of samples that Gill has tested can be used to develop a way to detect Salmonella in cloves. If successful, this method can potentially be applied to all other spices, Gill explains.
- One of the food-safety puzzles that CFSAN scientists are tackling is: How are tomatoes becoming infected with Salmonella and what role does the environment play in the contamination that has caused many illnesses? The scientists conducted environmental surveys from 2009 to 2011 showing a persistent Salmonella contamination in the tomato production environment, especially in surface water and sediments on and near commercial growing fields. Back in the laboratory, FDA researchers have now discovered that Salmonella-tainted soil and blossoms have lead to contamination within tomatoes and tomato plants, not just on the surface.
In Other Labs and in the Field
- FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is researching the rapid detection of pathogens such as Salmonella in pet foods, pet treats and other animal foods and feeds. Scientists at CVM, in collaboration with colleagues at CFSAN, are working with a novel kind of molecular detection that has promise as a fast, accurate and cost-effective method. Called loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), this scientific tool amplifies a microorganism's DNA. Being able to rapidly identify the bacteria contaminating a pet food or animal food/feed will allow FDA to respond more quickly with steps such as product recalls and strategies to reduce risk.
- Researchers at FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research continue to study BPA—used in the production of plastics and resins in food containers—because of uncertainties raised about its effect on human health.
- FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) operates 13 laboratories across the United States. These labs are responsible for the testing of all FDA-regulated products, including human foods and animal and pet food. Their broad range of responsibilities includes testing for contamination of foods and feeds, targeted surveillance activities, and outbreak and emergency response. ORA's research and regulatory testing contributions include the development and validation of methods that will facilitate detection of the most toxic forms of arsenic in food. The data from these analyses will help identify potential sources and levels of arsenic in food, and support initiatives to reduce human exposure.
In the Future
FDA is working to keep pace with new food technologies, the expanding array of foods in the marketplace, and emerging hazards, such as new pathogens (disease-causing bacteria) and chemical contaminants.
One of the priorities in FDA's work on food safety is studying nanotechnology applications. This emerging field involving the use of materials so small that they can't be seen with a regular microscope is the focus of research at FDA, including at the new Nanotechnology Core Center located at NCTR. The safety of food products made with nanomaterials (including packaging) is among the areas of research.
"The domestic and international food industries are changing at a rapid pace with new technologies," says White. "And we must be nimble enough and have the appropriate expertise and resources to develop new tools, standards, and approaches to assess the safety of these innovative approaches."
This article appears on FDA's Consumer Updates page, which features the latest on all FDA-regulated products.
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"Hickoree League" Hand-Made Leather Baseball, Hickoree's Exclusive
We worked with Paul Cunningham of Lemon Ball to create this special-edition baseball just for Hickoree's. Its red and blue stitching and hand-lettered "Hickoree League" cursive logo were inspired by an antique baseball from the 1930s.
The leather used for this baseball is American boot leather - the same stuff that's used to make desert boots for the U.S. military. Each ball is hot-branded with a custom made branding iron.
Lemon Ball baseballs are hand made in Glen Rock, New Jersey. They represent an important transition in the baseball's history, from a home-made toy that appeared over 200 years ago to today's machine-perfect tool. They're noticeably softer than a regulation baseball, which is inspired by history: at one point baseballs were stuffed with rags and the rules of the game allowed for "soaking," or tagging a runner out by hitting him with the ball.
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- Red & blue waxed linen thread
- Assembled in the historical "lemon peel" style
- Slightly smaller and softer than today's regulation baseballs
- Magnificent to look at, but intended to be used
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Mark Webber takes his Williams into fifth place in yesterday's grand prix, a result he later said was "not what you are aiming for and we need more".
Photo: Ray Kennedy
Mark Webber equalled the best grand prix finish of his career, but unlike three years ago there was no spontaneous outbreak of emotion, no dancing in the pit lane or any impromptu podium appearance to celebrate a fifth-place finish.
As the Williams driver pointed out, his fifth back in 2002 was on his grand prix debut in a car that no one considered to have a chance and for a team that was only making up the numbers.
This time around he was driving for one of the top teams, in his 51st grand prix, and he knew that rather than celebrating a fifth place he might have had cause to rue the loss of a chance to have done even better.
Webber had qualified third, but was overtaken by the Red Bull car of David Coulthard - ironically the 2005 version of the Jaguar team's car he himself was driving last season - by the first turn.
After that he was always pushing for a podium place, but never quite managed to overhaul the Scot, who surprised many with his competitiveness.
A slow lap 40 after a pit stop also cost Webber track position, and he was not able to get any closer than where he finished. The Williams team said that he had made a mistake under pressure from Michael Schumacher and that had cost him crucial seconds.
While disappointed, Webber said that the team could take plenty of heart from the reliability shown by the car.
"Coming fifth is not a bad start at all, but I think that we actually had an opportunity for a better result today," Webber said.
"I lost one position to Coulthard at the first corner when I was looking after my tyres and trying not to lock my wheels. After that I was stuck behind him, which was frustrating.
"We have put the first race behind us and we have learnt a lot about the car and the tyres. The car has proved to be reliable and this is very important.
"I didn't expect to get fifth today, so that's not too bad but always you want more. We got done in the pits and it should have been a better result. Fifth is not what you are aiming for and we need more."
Asked how this result felt in comparison with his debut performance, Webber said there was little comparison. "Obviously I'm very experienced now, I've done four seasons in formula one and this is my 51st grand prix. In your first race you finish fifth and you are very happy.
"I don't know how far I finished behind the leader but obviously this is a much more competitive showing from me. I'm looking foward to next year and improving on this."
Williams technical boss Sam Williams said: "At the end of the day, to be on the podium we would have had to be second or third into the first corner and we weren't. We spent the whole of the first stint behind a car that we were faster than."
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Merold Westphal
Merold Westphal (born 1940) is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus at Fordham University.
History and Truth in Hegel's Phenomenology (1979)Edit
- Hegel's lack of charity toward the instrument metaphor is not arbitrary. It represents his disenchantment with the assumption that knowledge is power and that method is the means to this end. ... Descartes' conception of method, like Bacon's, is linked to this idea of knowledge as an instrument of power. ... The same could be said of Locke. Hegel can rightly claim that the instrument metaphor pervades the epistemological tradition he is seeking to transcend.
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- Hegel's ... deepest objections to the view of knowledge as method and power, as "controlling knowledge" (Scheler, Tillich) or "the logic of domination" (Marcuse), are moral. He agrees with Schiller that "utility is the great idol of the times."
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- Knowledge conceived as an instrument is a means to the end of power. The goal of philosophy, however, is not to gain power over the Absolute but to know it as it truly is.
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- It is precisely the acceptance of political, ethical, and religious heteronomy which leads Hegel to label Judeo-Christian culture a slave culture.
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Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason and Society (1992)Edit
- Kierkegaard seeks to un-socialize the individual in order to un-deify society.
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- To assume that one's existential task is completed when the individual is brought into right relation with society, that is, when the individual has been socialized, is to absolutize society and confuse society with God.
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- The question concerns the texture of daily life. Does the individual live with the assurance, conscious or unconscious, that We are absolute—or with the challenge of being, both as I and as We, finite and human?
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- To a society that inarticulately and thoughtlessly takes itself to be divine, Hegel says, Yes, we are indeed divine, and philosophy can show how this is both possible and necessary.
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- [For Hegel] it is the ethical task of the individual to transcend particularity and conform to the universal, to exhibit as a matter of character and behavior the values expressed in the laws and customs of his or her people. The problem is that the universal … is itself without moral obligations as soon as it has been absolutized. As divine, its will is law and its deeds are good.
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- In a revolutionary age talk of equality may well have represented a passion to provide full human dignity to those who had previously been denied it by systems of political and economic domination; but in the present age it softens the spiritual requirements that are an essential ingredient in human dignity. Thus the slogans of equality serve not so much to elevate individuals to the dignity of being human as to free them from the responsibility of rising to this vocation.
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- It is the shared bad faith by which individuals help each other sustain the illusion that they can shirk their spiritual destiny by joining the public.
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- For the amoral herd that fears boredom above all else, everything becomes entertainment. Sex and sport, politics and the arts are transformed into entertainment. … Nothing is immune from the demand that boredom be relieved (but without personal involvement, for mass society is a spectator society).
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Symphony Orchestra Augusta concludes Aiken season with concert on April 27
By Dr. TOM MACK, Columnist
For the last offering of its annual three-concert series at the Etherredge Center, the Symphony Orchestra Augusta's music director Shizuo Kuwahara has planned a program that he has titled "Dramatic Voices." Not all the "voices" in this April 27 concert will be human - most, in fact, will be instrumental - but there is no doubt that all of them will be "dramatic."
The program will begin with Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Egmont Overture." Composed in 1810 as one of a number of pieces of incidental music for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play titled "Egmont," the overture can be divided into three parts, roughly corresponding to the trajectory of any classic struggle: opposition, conflict and (one hopes) victory.
The program will begin with Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Egmont Overture." Composed in 1810 as one of a number of pieces of incidental music for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play titled "Egmont," the overture can be divided into three parts, roughly corresponding to the trajectory of any classic struggle: opposition, conflict and (one hopes) victory.
In this case, the "victory" signaled in the conclusion is largely symbolic since Goethe's play is based on the tragic life of Count Egmont, who fought against the Spanish occupation of his native Holland in the 16th century. Egmont and his mistress Klarchen, who commits suicide after failing to save her lover's life, stand in Goethe's eyes - and Beethoven's, too - as martyrs in the fight for freedom.
Following this dramatic overture by Beethoven, the program shifts to three pieces for soprano and orchestra. The first is by Samuel Barber, one of my favorite modern composers - in part because he lived close to where I spent my undergraduate years in Pennsylvania. It is his "Knoxville, Summer of 1915," composed in 1947 and revised in 1950, and based on a text by James Agee from his classic memoir "A Death in the Family."
Essentially, this work is a 15-minute monologue describing a family gathering on the lawn behind the house, all of them lying on quilts laid out on the grass and gazing up at the stars. It is a piece of prose that aspires to the condition of poetry.
Although the speaker is male - Agee's younger self, the composition has nearly always been sung by a soprano. In the case, the honor goes to Laquita Mitchell. A graduate of Westminster Choir College and the Manhattan School of Music, Mitchell won the Grand Prize in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2004. Since then, she has appeared around the world; her most notable success, however, was probably her role as Bess in "Porgy and Bess" with the San Francisco Opera.
Her two remaining vocal selections, however, are also relevant to her ongoing career. She is, for example, scheduled to sing the role of Leonora in an upcoming production of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" or "The Troubadour." From that opera, she will perform on the Etherredge Center stage the aria "Tachea la note placida" or "Peaceful is the Night." In this piece, Leonora ponders over her attraction to an unknown knight who has just serenaded her.
Along with this aria from Verdi, Mitchell will perform a selection from Mozart's "Le Nozze (The Marriage) of Figaro." "Dove Sono" or "They Are Over" is the Countess Rosina's mournful acknowledgment that her days of happiness are over since she has discovered the unfaithfulness of her husband.
After an intermission, the orchestra returns to the stage to play Johannes Brahms' monumental "Symphony No. 1," which, appropriately enough is said to be a worshipful homage to Beethoven, the composer whose work opens this evening's concert.
Famous is the story of how Brahms postponed the writing of his first symphony until he was over 40 years of age because he was so intimidated by the thought of trying to compete with Beethoven. "I will never compose a symphony," he once asserted. "You have no conception of how the likes of us feel when we hear the tramp of a giant like him behind us."
Finished in 1876, Brahms' "Symphony No. 1" has, in certain key places, echoes of Beethoven's major work, especially the Fifth and Ninth Symphonies.
For more information on the Friday, April 27, concert of the Symphony Orchestra Augusta, call the Etherredge Center Box Office at 641-3305.
A Carolina Trustee Professor, Dr. Mack holds the G.L. Toole Chair at the University of South Carolina Aiken.
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Marshfield Clinic and Ministry Health Care recently contributed $250 each to support the Lakeland Pantry's Bear Cupboard Run scheduled for Saturday, July 17, starting at 9 a.m., on the Bearskin Trail, beginning in Torpy Park, Minocqua.
There will be 5K and 10K professionally timed runs, as well as a non-timed 5K walk for all age groups. A 1K Cubby Run for kids 12 and under will take place at 8:15 a.m.
"The Lakeland Pantry provides individuals and families with a dependable source of supplemental food, household and hygiene products, plus offers programs designed to improve the quality of life for those in need," said John Winkelman, Lakeland Pantry. "We are very pleased to have the support of Marshfield Clinic and Ministry Health Care for our Bear Cupboard Run that will ultimately benefit over 1,200 registered families at the pantry and the Kids Against Hunger program."
"Ministry Health Care is proud to partner with the pantry for this run, and further works with pantry clients to offer many valuable services on a monthly basis," said Laurie Oungst, Vice President of Operations, Ministry Howard Young Health Care. "Clinical services such as blood pressure checks and cholesterol screenings have been provided, along with education on depression and other behavioral health services. In addition, we have been able to share information on a Medication Assistance Program that assists clients, particularly the elderly, in payment of their prescription drugs."
"Marshfield Clinic contributes annually to the Food Pantry through monetary donations as well as food drives. This run is one way that community members can help support the Lakeland Pantry," said Dr. Laura Nelson, Marshfield Clinic Northern Division Administrator and Medical Director. "By running or walking and improving your health, attendees will help contribute to the distribution of food and services for up to 450 families that utilize the pantry weekly."
For pre registration by Thursday, July 15, registration forms are available at www.tandhtiming.com, www.active.com, www.WMQA.com, the Minocqua Chamber and other area businesses. Pre-registration cost is $25 (age 19 and over), $20 (age 13-18), $15 (age 12 and under), and $10 (for 1K Cubby Run).
Participants can also register the night before and morning of at Torpy Park Pavilion. Cost for day-of registration is $30 (age 19 and over), $25 (age 13-18) with fees for age 12 and under and for the Cubby Run remaining at pre-registration prices.
For more information, call 715-358-2222.
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This review is from: split fish GAMEWARE Split Fish Wireless Dual Frag Pro for PS3
I finally got it after much anticipation. I read the reviews, I googled for optimal settings (didn't find any), and I charged it to my newegg card. Everything is going to work out, right?
Upgrading the firmware is a little complicated for a console user. I could do it, but it just doesn't feel right. This is a controller for a console. OK so after upgrading the firmware and playing with this, it truly does feel like it emulates the analog stick movement. In no way did I ever get the feeling I was playing with a mouse. I felt like I had a mouse sitting on top of the PS3 joystick. Quick and smooth motions are nonexistent. I think playing with this new controller made me better at using the analog sticks. I spent $30 on batteries, $100 on this controller. I move my mouse up in the game, it goes up and to the right. I move it down, it goes down and to the left. Changing settings hardly fixed this problem at all.
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This thing sucks and I feel like an idiot for every trying. A mouse controller for the PS3 IS too good to be true. It feels nothing like a mouse on the PC. I used it for a couple hours and I have given up. I think I spent more time with the firmware than actually playing with it. I came back to it after one use and now it's dead. Now I have to ship it back. Once you know...you newegg...or you try to.
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Homestead Scenes ~ 13
After over 10 months of absence, I am happy to say that Homestead Scenes (by Evenstar) is back again! So here is # 13:
~Summer Joys~
This beautiful rose was captured on our visit to Bok Tower gardens. We now have rose bushes planted that should bloom like this soon!
A harmless little black racer snake entwined around an aloe vera plant.
We had tons of cool yellow and black Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars eating our parsley, but we didn't mind because we love the butterflies! Blossom spotted this one over by the sunflowers and got a few pictures right after it hatched from its chrysalis! You can see the gorgeous colors and patterns on the underside (above) and inside (below) of the wings. God is such a master designer to be able to create something as splendid and amazing as the butterfly!
And now for the two ending shots: Little Bird and Farmer Boy after a hard day of work (and a lot of playing) looking like they just came out of the depression (of course the sepia color gives it even more of that effect)!
Blessings and a happy, hot, rest-of-the-summer!
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Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing! I love Bok Tower, so pretty!
Enjoyed popping in to check on you again after not finding time to do so for awhile! God continue to bless and prosper you!
I loved your pictures and your children are adorable!!
Your photos are absolutely beautiful. I especially like the bunnies. They are so sweet, and so are the children. Visiting from the From the Farm blog hop.
Oh my. The picture of that black racer gave me chills! The black swallowtail butterfly is beautiful! We have something similar here in California. Finally, I loved the picture of the kids – yes, it does look like a picture from the depression, but those kids look so happy and healthy! Thanks for sharing your pictures!
I'm not sure about the snake, but the other photos are stellar. And I love the black and white of your children…how cute!
Lovely shots. The two little ones look so adorable.
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing over at the Homeacre Hop!


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Dark Data Center
A Dark Data Center is a computer facility that remains in a 'lights out' condition the majority of the time, with all monitoring and administration of the facility being done remotely. The only time a Dark Data Center has people active in it is to conduct maintenance or repair work.
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Old Type Bath Drain
I'm remodeling my bathroom, everything except the tub. The existing tub has the type of drain that is connected to a long tube on the outside of the tub. When you want to drain the tub you pull up on the tube handle. It is somewhat of an eye sore and i would like to replace with a standard drain control.. My questions are:
Is that device used not only as a drain control but also as a vent? I doubt it, so shouldn't I be able to just rip it out and install a new drain under the tub?
Second is I wouldnt mind leaving it but installing a "foot" activated plug at the drain. I tried installing one but it does not fit the existing thread pattern, does anyone knoe of one that may fight this older type of drain/
Thanks again, tis is a great web site!
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Is the sink vented?
I went through this planning process with a bath remodel two years ago, and was going to replace everything but the tub.
I'm really glad I changed my mind and took a sledge to the old tub. Your old tub will stick out in the brand new bathroom, and you won't be able to replace it later, without messing up your new floor and wall tiles.
Also, to update the drain in that tub, you'll need to unthread the drain fitting from the tub, and that's gonna be somewhere between damn hard, and impossible. With a new tub, it'll take you 15 minutes to put in whatever new drain fixtures you like.
For $300, replace the tub while you're doing this major project. I promise you'll be glad you did.
These drains work just like a popup drain on the sink. Has nothing to do with venting. If it was a vent, it'd stink up your bathroom. And no, it cannot be one of those recently introduced air admittance valves cause those were well, only recently introduced.
You should be able to rip it out and replace with a drain of your choice. My personal favorite is a Hansgrohe Exafill.
Yes the sink is vented. I can try and post a picture when I get back home.
thanks for you attention to this!
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Floor No.0(with elevator)
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Accommodation summary
Decorated using bright furnishings, the bedroom consists of a double bed, adequate storage space and a dressing table. Guests are permitted to use a kitchen fitted with modern appliances, and also have access to a shared bathroom with a bathtub and a shower head.
The quirky Shoreditch High Street is a 7-minute walk away where designer boutiques, indie shops and unusual souvenir shops are all rolled into one. St. Paul's Cathedral is 20 minutes' away by bus.
Every Sunday the Columbia Road Flower Market transforms the area into an oasis of flowers with vendors selling everything from bedding plants to banana trees.
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Room was good budget friendly
Don't go There! me and my husband booked for a week but we had to leave after 5 days because there was no hot water in the bathroom, we couldn't take a shower for 5 days!! We contacted kazzos(the host) he offered to refund us but he has disappered and left us with no place to go.we are still waiting for a response from him but it is obvious that he has no intention to refund us. We also contacted Wimdu staff but they just didn't do anything about it. The place isn't in a nice neighbourhood and it's not easy to find. The building outside doesn't look good at all, so it's the place inside! I wouldn't reccomend this place neither to my worst enemy! Wimdu just take money and they don't any offer any kind of service!
Really enjoyed our stay, nice sized room, kitchen and bathroom shared with a couple of other rooms.
Loved Shoreditch & was impressed by how close the flat was to the heart of Shoreditch but was still quiet and peaceful at night.
Don't be put of by the reviews which say isn't clean think they mean the furniture needs to be pulled out for a deep clean anything you'd come in contact with on a daily basis is clean. Also building work outside seemed to be coming to an end during our stay.
Would book again if staying in Shoreditch.
Summary: We cannot recommend a flat from the owner Kaz. Further information are downside.
Pro: - Clean kitchen & bathroom
Contra: - Dirty places: Many other foreign hairs in our bed, much dust at the
top of the room´s cupboards
- Loud and rowdy place: we had to share the apartment with three other people, on one floor there are four separated rooms close to each other and quite thin walls and doors so that you hear everything.
- heater & hot water: When we arrived the heater & warm water did not
work. We had to search and to start the manual boiler on our own
without any instruction or advices. First night we had a very cold room
because the heater was quite weak
- owner´s behaviour: at our last day when we waked up to spend our last half day in London the warm water did not work any more. Before a long day of travelling we wanted to take a shower but we could not. We tried to call him over 5 times (by losing more than 100 EUR of mobile fees). He promised us to send help but we had to wait more than 3 hours until the cleaning lady came to get the water warm. Next to the money we lost a lot of our valuable time. He promised us to give us money back for this last day.
Until today, nearly 3 weeks later, he did not answer my emails even I wrote him about 5,6 times. In our opinion he seems to be somebody who is answering your emails but after booking the flat we could not reach him and he did not help us at all.
Vey impolite and egoistic behaviour.
perfect: nice room, clean house. highly recommended!
The flat is only 10 minutes walk from Stepney Green tube station and it's nice and clean (the kitchen is amazing),but my room(nr.2) was cold. I hope Kazzos can fix the problem.
Nice room in the East End. Close to the subway. We had a pleasant stay. Kaz gave us clear and good information (where to find the key, maps, websites for tourists etc.). The shower in the room didn't work very well, but eventually was ok (setting temperature was the problem).
Nice place! Easy walk to two different tube stations. I'd definitely stay here again. One downside, I did get chilly and couldn't figure out how to use the heater in my room. Next time I'll ask!
Excellent room. Great host.
nice cosy place to stay. De big kitchen is Great for dining with three persons. We liked the location, neighbourhood of bricklane. Quote Street . We slept Very good in The Nice beds.
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Glad to hear things have taken a turn for the better Auralie. The holiday
season can be stressful enough without all you've been going through thrown
into the mix. So glad to hear your boys chipped in. Take it easy, relax
with a nice (I'm sure the others will list their alcohol of choice, but..)
hot cocoa. Watch an old movie and breathe a sigh as we usher out 2005.
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> Thanks for asking Donna. Things are looking better. They
> sent Chet home from the hospital on Christmas Eve. I was
> upset because didn't feel he was ready to come home, but
> it has worked out. My son from upstate came down the night
> before and helped me get him home, but he had to go back
> to his family for Christmas. My youngest came from Colorado
> on Wednesday and has been a great help, but he has to go
> back this afternoon. It has been a great comfort for me to
> have them both, even though I am so sorry to disrupt their
> family events.
> We're hanging in there. Chet is stronger each day - on an
> incredible amount of medications. Andy took him for blood
> tests yesterday, and he'll see his cardiologist on Tuesday.
> He is sleeping well and his appetite is improving, so things
> are really on the upswing. I felt totally rotten, too, but a couple
> of good nights sleep seem to be helping. Thanks for your
> concern.
> Auralie
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> Auralie,
> How is Chet doing? Did your sons decide to come? Everyone OK?
> Donna
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Well I don't want $10 a gallon gas an that's were were heading fast ..There taking over a major refinery as we speak.
IMO we either need to figure oil is going to get real expensive or were going just say screw it an take it . personally Im sick of all of this its time the US went an took some thing they wanted instead of paying. We have poured billions in the mideast an all they do is fight with us an each other ..
If that refinery is in jeopardy then in the interest of the world it needs to be protected an that means we bomb the crap pout of anything that moves near it regardless of there politics . Our president will decide to do something after the region is in the middle of a ecological disaster an millions more die.
We need to quit pussy footing around an just take what we want we have paid for it with money an lives far to long .
Dont give them a dime for oil just take it, stop leaving our equipment an arms for them to use .
If we did not need oil that region would not amount to more than a pile of camel shit to the rest of the world .
IMO Its time that america declared war on some one first an just do it . screw protecting them take the toy away there all fighting over .
Or we need to get used to walking an hitching up horses


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Property Location
With a stay at Hotel Excelsior, you'll be centrally located in Dubrovnik, steps from Museum of Modern Art and minutes from Banje Beach. This 5-star hotel is within close proximity of Lazareti and Dubrovnik Maritime Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 158 individually furnished guestrooms, featuring minibars and plasma televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and free valet parking is available onsite.
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Steamboat Springs It's the U.S. men's hockey team getting crushed 10-3 before their "miracle" in the 1980 Olympic Games. It's the Broncos losing to the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1997 regular season and then beating those teams in the playoffs. It may be the only second chance we get in life: the rematch.
It's a second chance for every team and every player. The rematch is a path to redemption, a way to avenge your past and to prove that it is possible to improve your performance.
I guess that's why the National Football League scheduled two games against division opponents. The rematch is the perfect way to build those long-lasting rivalries that have become the backbone for many professional and collegiate sports teams. The rematch helped turn athletes like Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier into legends and their time in the ring into the fiber that holds sports together.
The cool thing about the rematch is it gives fans of losing teams the fuel they need to make it through a season and the drive they need to hold on to their faith in the team.
Sure, the Oakland Raiders have owned the Denver Broncos at home recently, but when the Broncos rolled over the black and silver last weekend, the faithful held their heads high thanks to the power of the rematch.
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But the rematch is about a lot more than a second chance. It demands that the athletes live by a code on the playing fields and courts. It requires winners to show respect to the athletes of the other team, and it restrains some teams' excitement when running the score at the end of the game might seem like a good idea.
It controls our actions because most athletes understand what goes around just as easily could come around when you face that other team down the road.
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Without the rematch, we would not have rivalries like the Broncos and Raiders or the Celtics and Lakers. When the University of Colorado left the Big 12, I was depressed because I realized there would be no more Husker rematches for this Buffs fan.
Without the rematch, a team and its fans never might know when things were improving, and without the rematch, teams could float through the sports world with little concern for what their actions on the field really mean.
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Arsène Wenger handed Eduardo the captain's armband as a "tribute" to his personality but maintains that Cesc Fabregas will continue as skipper when he returns from injury.
Eduardo had been unavailable since sustaining a hamstring strain in his 'comeback' match against Cardiff in February but was named in the starting line-up for Sunday's FA Cup clash with Burnley.
More surprising was Wenger's decision to name the Croatian as the Gunners' captain. After the game, the manager explained his decision and once again discussed the advantages of a 'shared leadership' on the pitch.
"It was a tribute to his personality and how well he has behaved during the nine months [he was injured]," said the Frenchman. "He never complained and I think in our world that says a lot.
"Fabregas is still our captain and then it is Kolo Toure. I have said many times that I am for a shared leadership in the team.
"The big modern game demands a lot of turnover when you are involved in many competitions. That turnover means you need a few leaders to have an efficient team."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source