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In a move to protect its margins, Bank of Queensland will no longer sell home loans through mortgage brokers, highlighting signs of caution among the banks as they try to profitably manage their way through the home lending downturn.
BoQ is also accelerating its interstate expansion plan.
Managing director David Liddy said on Friday the bank had already halved its reliance on brokers in recent years so that only 22 per cent of its new home loans were being sold through brokers. The bank planned to withdraw altogether and rely on its own branch network.
The bank has already outlined plans to open 100 interstate branches in the next two years applying its low-cost "owner/manager" model (similar to franchising), particularly in NSW and Victoria. The plan represents the most aggressive bricks-and-mortar expansion plan in the sector.
"I'm a big fan of controlling the customer experience," Mr Liddy said. "We have proved we can expand more efficiently and effectively through our branch model."
BoQ shares have been under pressure on concern that its strong asset growth is forcing it to regularly tap the market for new capital, but the shares rebounded 25c to close at $9.95 on Friday.
The move may be an effective response to this criticism because it places a greater focus on margins and profits and the more effective use of capital resources.
BoQ said the decision to abandon brokers would not affect its forecast of 10 to 12 per cent growth in earnings per share this year, and would improve future profitability. The bank remained committed to growing its housing and business banking book at rates well above the banking system.
"This is a nice way of dealing with that criticism," Hunter Green Institutional Stockbroking's Charlie Green said. "They are getting more asset growth than they can poke a stick at, so why not just hive out the high-margin asset growth? It makes sense."
Mortgage broker Aussie Group's founder John Symond said: "It's fair to say that BoQ's appetite to go national with their mortgages [via brokers] was not as great as some of the larger banks because it meant they would have to have the capacity and infrastructure to support it and it's difficult being one of the smaller regional players.
"I don't believe they felt the cost of the infrastructure to service the large national brokers was worth the return and that's one of the reasons they are not on our panel.
"They are a good outfit but their capacity and appetite are different from the other players."
Mr Symond also said he was not surprised by comments this week by Westpac chief executive David Morgan that there was "some pretty fine pricing" of broker loans and the bank was reluctant to be an aggressive player in that market.
"Without doubt, brokers tend to go for the cheapest interest rate and the giveaways . . . There's no doubt that's something the banks would have their eyes on," Mr Symond said.
Mortgage Choice corporate affairs manager Warren O'Rourke said there was no indication other banks were reducing their commitment to brokers, who offer loans to customers from different lenders.
"The major banks have grown market share through the broker channels and they are still a strong part of their overall mortgage book," he said.


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Airbus has started joining the first 21-metre long front fuselage section for the A350 XWB in Saint-Nazaire, France. This phase will continue over the coming weeks, and once completed, the front fuselage will be transported by Beluga to the A350 XWB Final Assembly Line in Toulouse. It will be the first major section of the A350 XWB to enter the final assembly line. The front fuselage is destined for the A350 XWB static test airframe – the first A350 XWB to be assembled. It will be followed closely by the first "flyable" airframe for MSN1, one of the five flight test aircraft Airbus will build. The static airframe is used solely for ground tests that will demonstrate the aircraft's ability to sustain certification loads and provide key data ahead of the first flight in 2013.
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Elizabeth didn't behave very well at dinner parties, or at least that was what her husband Sebastian told her. He was adamant that this one had to be different.
"For God's sake, Liz. Don't do your usual. Don't get drunk and upset half the guests with your tasteless jokes. You know I'm in line for a promotion and my boss listens to everything his wife says. This is make or break."
Elizabeth was fastening her earrings at the time, half smiling to herself as she pictured the boss' wife. 'A real dog', Sebastian had described her once, and she was, she really was.
"I'm counting on you," Sebastian reiterated. "If you mess up, my wrath will know no bounds."
"I shall be the very model of propriety and wifely modesty," Elizabeth assured him.
Which she was, up until the dessert course, when the male guest next to her had refilled her wine glass for the third time and the boss' wife was telling her for the second time how a wife's support was absolutely crucial for a husband's advancement.
"And how do you support yours?" she heard herself asking, loudly, as if from a long way away. "Do you bring him his slippers?"
The rest was a bit of a blur. She remembered men laughing and women gasping, and Sebastian's eyes glaring at her - two smouldering embers on the other side of the table.
It began to dawn on her what she'd done in the car on the way home.
"Sorry about that!" she tittered, rubbing her cheek affectionately against Sebastian's arm.
The arm stiffened.
"'Sorry' doesn't begin to cover it. You'll find that out when we get home."
Elizabeth gulped. She knew what her husband meant and it was no joke. He hadn't spanked her many times in their married life, but when he did - boy, oh boy.
The rest of the journey passed in silence. Sebastian's spankings were painful in the extreme, but this didn't stop his unique invasive thoroughness from being the biggest turn-on she'd ever known. Her feelings swung between the two opposite poles of dread and excitement.
No-one could be as coldly precise as her husband when he put his mind to it. He drove the car into the garage, applied the handbrake, turned off the engine, got out, closed the garage door, opened her door and allowed her to proceed ahead of him into the kitchen, moving all the while like a robot. He might have been ordering wine in a restaurant when he said calmly:
"Go upstairs, get into your pyjamas, then come down here."
Elizabeth felt like a small child being sent to bed, except that she wasn't being sent to bed. She wished she was. She did as she was told, putting away her jewellery and hanging up her dress with trembling hands. Then she pulled on her flannelette pyjamas, slowly, appreciating the softness of the fabric as it passed over flesh that had not yet been punished. She put on her slippers - God! Why had she ever thought of that joke about slippers! - and walked downstairs, hugging the banister rail as if it was a friend she wouldn't see again.
Sebastian was waiting for her in the living room. He'd removed his dinner jacket and rolled up the right sleeve of his shirt, and he was sitting in the middle of the sofa. Elizabeth knew what he expected her to do. She had to walk over to him and place herself over his lap so that her bottom was presented at exactly the right angle to be the target for his descending hand.
For some reason she felt unable to do it. She stood in the doorway and there was silence for a few moments until Sebastian took command.
"Come here. Stand there. Bend forward ... lie here ... just here ... and take your feet off the ground."
She was in the familiar position. She wasn't comfortable - how could she be comfortable in the circumstances? - but she was supported by Sebastian's thighs in the middle, in a way that made her bottom the highest part of her, and by the sofa at each end. He shifted a little so that she nestled further into her posture of submission. Her torso made complete contact with him as if she'd been a rag doll thrown across his lap. She was both ashamed and thrilled.
He cleared his throat. He was the stern administrator of her punishment.
His fingers slipped expertly under the waistband of her pyjama bottoms and then, two-handed, he slid them up, over and down the curve of her poised buttocks. She felt a frisson of pleasure as the material pulled away from her pubis, and a flood of arousal fluid coincided with the final tug to release the garment from under her. Her body's betrayal was humiliating but Sebastian acted as if he hadn't noticed.
The first rapid slaps, which were divided roughly equally between her buttocks, were almost pleasurable. Involuntarily she thrust her bottom up to meet them. But they continued without abate, sometimes on one buttock only, sometimes on both, sometimes on the round swell of her plumpness and sometimes across her sit spot. They went on and on, leaving nowhere unchastised, rapid and steady. It was their sheer accumulation which wakened the fire in her flesh and made it grow and grow until she couldn't bear it.
She lashed out to try and soothe it but her hand was seized, twisted and tucked under the arm which lay firmly across her waist to hold her down.
The spanking continued. Elizabeth's flesh burned more and more. She began to kick with her legs to provide a distraction to the pain, but Sebastian had an answer to that, too. He swung one thigh wide, half pushed and half dropped her legs down between his own, and gripped her with his knee. Now she couldn't move her lower half at all, but her bottom was still perfectly presented for its punishment.
Sebastian had video recorded one of her spankings once and then sat with her afterwards to watch it. She had been able to see how with each slap he cultivated the rosiness of her buttocks. He was a painter, colouring her bottom red one brushstroke at a time. She'd been horrified to see her own expression - the grimace of pain . She supposed she had it now.
"Please, Seb."
"You've had a fraction of what you deserve."
"But ..."
"I warned you."
There was no stopping him. He was like a machine, delivering pain with every impact, drilling the force of his will into her humbled flesh.
Eventually he landed one harder slap across both her buttocks and stopped. She lay there, feeling the smarting sensation blossom like a flower. She wanted to cry but was only able to moan, softly. His breathing betrayed the effort he had put into the spanking.
"I can only hope my presentation will appease the boss."
"Wha-what presentation?"
"I promised I would punish you severely and he wanted evidence."
"So you ..."
"Yes, all this is being filmed."
"And you're going to show him?!"
"Him and his wife."
"But you can't! It's compromising! It's private between us! I won't be able to show my face at any of their do's ever, ever again!"
"That's perhaps just as well. By your behaviour, you forfeited all say in the matter but I'll tell you this much: if I'm to keep my job, I have to do something a bit exceptional. In any case, the DVD will be there for you to watch whenever you need a reminder. Next time you're tempted to disobey me, perhaps it'll help you remember the consequences."


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With a stay at Condominio El Caracol in San Miguel de Allende, you'll be minutes from Juarez Park and Mirador & Parque Benito Juárez. This aparthotel is within close proximity of Allende Institute and El Mirador Viewpoint.
Make yourself at home in one of the air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with refrigerators and stovetops. Rooms have private balconies. 32-inch flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include microwaves, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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PBS NewsHour Falls Into "Balance" Trap, Provides Megaphone For Anthony Watts [1]
Farron Cousins [2] | September 17, 2012
By Farron Cousins [2] • Monday, September 17, 2012 - 21:04
PBS – the network that conservatives have regularly attacked [3] for "liberal bias" for more than 40 years – finally put that myth to rest tonight by airing a one-sided interview with climate change denier Anthony Watts [4]. The former weatherman-turned business owner and blogger Watts, was given close to ten minutes of uncontested airtime to spout his disinformation about climate change, without any retorts from actual climate scientists.
Update: Forecast The Facts [5] launched a petition calling for PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler to investigate [6] whether the segment met PBS' standards.
Watts freely admitted in the interview [7] that he is not a climate scientist, but said that he has a problem with climate scientists because, as Watts says, they are using "faulty data."
Watts should know a thing or two about faulty data, as he was recommended to PBS [7] reporter Spencer Michels for an interview by the disinformation specialists [8] at the Heartland Institute [9].
Here is a brief snip from the PBS Newshour interview [7]:
SPENCER MICHELS: What's the thing that bothers you the most about people who say there's lots of global warming?
ANTHONY WATTS: They want to change policy. They want to apply taxes and these kinds of things may not be the actual solution for making a change to our society.
SPENCER MICHELS: What are you saying? That they're biased essentially or motivated by something else? What?
ANTHONY WATTS: There's a term that was used to describe this. It's called noble cause corruption. And actually I was a victim of that at one time, where you're so fervent you're in your belief that you have to do something. You're saving the planet, you're making a difference, you're making things better that you're so focused on this goal of fixing it or changing it that you kind of forget to look along the path to make sure that you haven't missed some things.
I started looking into the idea that weather stations have been slowly encroached upon by urbanization and sighting issues over the last century. Meaning that our urbanization affected the temperature. And this was something that was very clear if you looked at the temperature records. But what wasn't clear is how it affected the trend of temperatures. And so that's been something that I've been investigating. Anyone who's ever stood next to a building in the summertime at night, a brick building that's been out in the summer sun, you stand next to it at night, you can feel the heat radiating off of it. That's a heat sink effect. And over the last 100 years our country, in fact the world, has changed. We've gone from having mostly a rural agrarian society to one that is more urban and city based and as a result the infrastructure has increased. We've got more freeways, you know more airports, we've got more buildings. Got more streets, all these things. Those are all heat sinks. During the day, solar insulation hits these objects and these surfaces and it stores heat in these objects. At night it releases that heat. Now if you are measuring temperature in a city that went from having uh maybe 10% of um, non-permeable surface to you know maybe 90% over 100 years, that's a heat sync effect and that should show up in the record. The problem is, is that it's been such a slow subtle change over the last 100 years. It's not easy to detect and that's been the challenge and that's what I've been working on.
SPENCER MICHELS: Well in a way you're saying that the records aren't accurate, the data isn't accurate.
ANTHONY WATTS: I'm saying that the data might be biased by these influences to a percentage. Yes, we have some global warming, it's clear the temperature has gone up in the last 100 years. But what percentage of that is from carbon dioxide? And what percentage of that is from changes in the local and measurement environment?
There's really only one way to take Watts' statements, and that is to infer that he believes climate scientists are fools. For him to be allowed to go on the air and make an unchallenged statement that climate scientists are wrong because they didn't factor in that buildings and asphalt surfaces retain heat is both infuriating and demeaning.
The concept of heat absorption by different surfaces, colors, and objects is a subject that some school systems teach to children as young as 6 years old [10] – and yet Watts believes that climate scientists with years and years of education and real-world experience forgot about this elementary school lesson.
The urban heat island theory has been debunked repeatedly, including by the Koch-funded BEST analysis [11]. Despite his March 2011 statement that, "I'm prepared to accept whatever result they produce, even if it proves my premise wrong," Watts continues to peddle the urban heat island [12] theory to this day, and continues his attacks on the Koch-funded study in the interview.
But that isn't the only jab that Watts took at climate scientists:
SPENCER MICHELS: Has this issue, I know you think it's been oversold and scare tactics have been used. Do you think it's become too politicized?
ANTHONY WATTS: Oh, it's definitely become too politicized. In fact, some of the scientists who are the leaders in the issue have become for lack of a better word, political tools on the issue.
Again, it is ironic that a man recommended by the Heartland Institute would have the audacity to refer to anyone as a "political tool."
Ultimately however, the blame for this shoddy piece of "journalism" lies with PBS. They fell into the trap that says that there are two sides to every story. But that is not always the case, and it certainly isn't the case with climate change [13].
Bill Nye put it best recently when he told CNN [14]: "I appreciate that we want to show two sides of the stories — there's a tradition in journalism that goes back quite a ways, I guess — but the two sides aren't equal here. You have tens of thousands of scientists who are very concerned and you have a few people who are in business of equating or drawing attention to the idea that uncertainty is the same as doubt. When you have a plus or minus percentage, that's not the same thing as not believing the whole thing at all… We in the science education community chip away at this problem all the time. We have an enormous population of people in the United States that don't believe in evolution, the fundamental idea in all of life science. It would be like saying, I don't believe in earthquakes or something. The analogies are disturbing."
Nye is absolutely right with his analysis of media coverage, and PBS has now fallen into the same disgraceful journalistic tactics purveyed on Fox News and, as Nye pointed out, on CNN.
See further reactions to this disturbing development at ClimateProgress [15], Get Energy Smart Now [16], and Media Matters [17].
Update: Watch the Newshour segment below:
Watch Skeptic No Longer Doubts Human Role in Global Warming [18] on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. [19]
Watch PBS Newshour's Spencer Michels interviewing Watts below:


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I am so happy because I was able to get two of my friends to listen to Ed Sheeran's music, and now they love him! I am so happy that they realized that he is actually super talented, and I am not crazy over him for no reason! One of them even played some of his music for us at lunch, and she's been sneaking her headphones in class to listen to his music. This is so cool! There are also many other teens who love Ed Sheeran too, and my friends think I'm the only one. But he's big throughout the school. Now thanks to Taylor's new duet with him, even more people know him. I am so happy he is getting recognized for his talent even more than before!( Wow, 'I said I am so happy' a lot of times in this blog)


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Ogundipe-Leslie is an internationally recognized writer and public speaker. Specializing in gender, feminist and critical theory, she has been invited to give gender perspectives to some of the leading centers for research and policy analysis. She was the director of the women's studies program at Purdue, and the sixth occupant of the Laurie New Jersey Chair in women's studies at Rutgers. She has taught at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Northwestern University; the University of California at Berkeley; and the University of Toronto.
A major figure in academia since the 1960's, Ogundipe-Leslie's writing has appeared in several authoritative anthologies including The UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. 5; The Penguin Book of Modern African Poetry; Voices from 20th Century Africa; and Daughters of Africa. She has also published a book of collected essays titled Recreating Ourselves: African Women and Critical Transformations, and was a co-editor of Moving Beyond Boundaries, an anthology on women of the African diaspora.
As a founding member of the International Women for a Meaningful Summit (WMS), Ogundipe-Leslie has participated at international peace summits, and presented women's perspectives to presidents Reagan and Gorbachev. She is the co-founder of the Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD), and has worked on the African Academy of Sciences' (Kenya) Special Commission on Africa.


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Nov 12 2008
Cold Wind At Dawn
The one good thing about winter is that it's easy for me to be up before the sun. Despite the cold I sit on my front porch and watch the sky, waiting for the birds to wake up.
It is still dark. The wind is cold. The weather has changed.
Silhouetted against the clouds a lone mourning dove shoots for the sky and suddenly dives for cover. He's seen a coopers hawk perched above, invisible to me in the half light. The coopers hawk tries for the dove, misses, and flies away. The idea of a dove for breakfast roused him earlier than he'd planned.
A moment of silence and then I hear a distant caw. The first flock of crows has left the roost. Over a hundred crows in this initial push, flying close together, doubling back on themselves, making a circle above my house. The wind complicates their progress and keeps them focused and silent. For the next twenty minutes flocks of crows pulse by, a hundred at a time.
The sky brightens a little and high above the crows loose flocks of robins fly south. I wonder if they're migrating today or merely going out to forage and return.
Now the dark-eyed juncoes begin to twitter from the hedges while squadrons of starlings pass overhead. More birds call from the underbrush – cardinals and song sparrows. There are so many birds on the move that I can no longer count them, though the sun hasn't risen yet.
Then exactly at dawn a single house sparrow in my neighbor's spruce says "cheep." Soon the entire flock is chattering inside the tree, conducting a long conversation to greet and plan the day.
The cold has penetrated my coat. I've finished my coffee. If I wait any longer I'll be stiff from cold. Time to go indoors and start my day, too.
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The Total Classical Pianist teaches how to recognize patterns within music while learning the "shapes" of chords and intervals to get pianists playing classical pieces—from composers like J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and more—in a fun, fast, and easy-to-understand method. Beginning pianists are progressively led to advance-level material by learning and playing real classical music that is recognizable, tuneful, and pleasurable for both the player and the listener.
The included CD aids as a resource for interpreting and playing the correct rhythm and feel in each piece. Features in the book include numerous compositional styles, proper use of pedals, various ways to play chordal accompaniments, easy methods for transposing and sight-reading, and helpful tips for choosing a piano or keyboard. A variety of helpful appendixes are also included, such as The Circle of 5ths, Chart of Musical Symbols, Major and Minor Scales in Every Key, Anatomy of the Piano, and Glossary.
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States are hungry for Connecticut businesses.
About 25 percent of the companies in the Hartford-Springfield region have been approached by other states to consider relocation or expansion elsewhere, according to the 2011 Hartford-Springfield Business Survey released Friday.
Among manufacturing firms, 39 percent say they have received a recruitment pitch from other states.
And 50 percent of firms employing 50 or more workers said they have considered moving or expanding out of state in the past five years.
Business leaders say the survey results are alarming and underscore the pressures on the area's businesses brought on by economic conditions in the aftermath of the recession.
"A major challenge to this region's competitive ability is its tax and regulatory environment," said Oz Griebel, CEO of the MetroHartford Alliance. "Changes need to be made that support private-sector investment and job retention."
The fact that Connecticut companies are being lured by other states is nothing new. Connecticut's high costs and anti business reputation have placed a bulls eye over businesses operating in the state.
And the survey results are being made public just weeks after Connecticut lawmakers wrapped up a legislative session that was seen by many industry insiders as anti business, with the passage of $1.5 billion in tax increases and the first in the country paid sick leave measure.
Among other findings from the survey:
�� When asked about the greatest benefits of doing business in the interstate region, business respondents praised the area's quality of life as its primary asset (43 percent). Other assets include its proximity to customers (30 percent) and the region's skilled workforce (17 percent).
�� But fewer than half (45 percent) of the companies in the region plan to expand over the next year. Most cited "economic uncertainties" as the primary reason.
�� Another 60 percent said the cost of doing business was a primary barrier, while 37 percent said decreased consumer spending will thwart any expansions. Also on the negative side, 46 percent of firms said the weak economy and another 34 percent said taxes were their greatest concerns about doing business here. Some 10 percent said the regulatory climate posed a problem.
�� The survey found support (58 percent) for transferring the governance of Bradley International Airport from the state Department of Transportation to an independent authority. (The General Assembly recently passed legislation that accomplishes this through the creation of the Connecticut Airport Authority.)
�� Notably, another 41 percent voiced support for the reestablishment of direct international service to Europe from Bradley.
�� Sixty-three percent voiced support for upgraded, interstate rail service that will connect New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, perhaps seeing the rail line as a way to reduce the traffic congestion and deteriorating infrastructure, seen by 45 percent as the most pressing transportation issue facing the region.
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The Old Bachelor HTML version
(Written by the Lord Falkland)
Most authors on the stage at first appear
Like widows' bridegrooms, full of doubt and fear:
They judge, from the experience of the dame,
How hard a task it is to quench her flame;
And who falls short of furnishing a course
Up to his brawny predecessor's force,
With utmost rage from her embraces thrown,
Remains convicted as an empty drone.
Thus often, to his shame, a pert beginner
Proves in the end a miserable sinner.
As for our youngster, I am apt to doubt him,
With all the vigour of his youth about him;
But he, more sanguine, trusts in one and twenty,
And impudently hopes he shall content you:
For though his bachelor be worn and cold,
He thinks the young may club to help the old,
And what alone can be achieved by neither,
Is often brought about by both together.
The briskest of you all have felt alarms,
Finding the fair one prostitute her charms
With broken sighs, in her old fumbler's arms:
But for our spark, he swears he'll ne'er be jealous
Of any rivals, but young lusty fellows.
Faith, let him try his chance, and if the slave,
After his bragging, prove a washy knave,
May he be banished to some lonely den
And never more have leave to dip his pen.
But if he be the champion he pretends,
Both sexes sure will join to be his friends,
For all agree, where all can have their ends.
And you must own him for a man of might,
If he holds out to please you the third night.
(Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle)
How this vile world is changed! In former days
Prologues were serious speeches before plays,
Grave, solemn things, as graces are to feasts,
Where poets begged a blessing from their guests.
But now no more like suppliants we come;
A play makes war, and prologue is the drum.


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Tim Allen has had an ongoing relationship with Disney. Starring as the red-suited fellow in The Santa Clause series, he also provides the voice for Buzz Lightyear in Pixar's Toy Story. Now he's paws-ing to play a pop turned pooch in the studio's remake of The Shaggy Dog.
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As Deputy District Attorney, Dave Douglas (Allen) is ready to argue a case against an alleged arsonist (Joshua Leonard) who set fire to the headquarters of Strickland & Grant. The firebug claims illegal animal testing is going on inside the building but Dave's client, Dr. Kozak (Robert Downey Jr.), vehemently denies it.
Unfortunately the lawyer's daughter Carly (Zena Grey) is siding with the activist by participating in a protest and wearing a T-shirt with an unflattering image of her father on the back. Yet that's not the only family crisis Dave is experiencing. His son Josh (Spencer Breslin) is failing in school. As a consequence, his wife Rebecca (Kristin Davis) wants him to reorder his priorities and spend more time at home. To top it off, the kids have found and adopted a longhaired sheep dog that immediately bites their dad on the hand.
Before long, the ambitious lawyer experiences some unusual sensations--a heightened sense of smell, improved hearing and an uncontrollable urge to fetch. While attending a parent/teacher conference, he spies a cat outside the window. Chasing the feline, the suit wearing professional bowls over an elderly woman and sends her flying into a tree.
However, after licking his wife good-bye in the morning and being dismissed from the courtroom for growling at the judge (Jane Curtin), Dave's pooch proclivities morph even further and turn him into a replica of the family's new pet. From this four-footed perspective, he gets a first hand look at his daughter's passions and finds out his son's feeling about football. Watching his wife from an inconspicuous stance, he starts to appreciate his family in a whole new way.
Updating the premise of the original film, the storyline includes a stronger animal rights theme as well as a workaholic father figure. Still, the married couple and their children are anxious to overcome their occasional differences of opinion.
Along with a few terms of Deity, the script includes some mild sexual comments and implied nudity when Dave turns back into a human. While most aggressive acts are played for humor, the scene with the elderly woman and a later depiction of two unethical scientists (Jarrad Paul, Bess Wohl), who use cattle prods to control the mutant creatures in their underground laboratory, may not be viewed as funny.
Luckily, Allen's comedic talents and computer graphics help capture common canine antics. Panting, barking and tail-wagging his way through the film, Allen makes Shaggy a top dog for family entertainment.Starring Tim Allen, Zena Grey, Spencer Breslin. Theatrical release March 9, 2006. Updated October 6, 2014
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It is relatively newly built and the air conditioning WORKS unlike many other hotels in Rome, Milan, LaSpezia, Siena and other towns we stayed in. It is very far from the main tourist attractions - so take heed that you will be a 20-30 minute metro ride/wait from anything touristy to do.
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Parking and dinning room food at dinner. Pretty Spot... Street signs in Agnano to the hotel; also see comments above
breakfast was scarse
The layout and scenery of the hotel was very nice Internet did not work, and there was no effort to remedy this during my stay. Several requests were simply answered: "Maybe tomorrow" without any apparent concern. I often book hotels based on the internet access, so naturally this is not acceptable.
Convenient for my location. Breakfast was satisfactory. No hot water on one day. Door keys did not work properly. Grounds need upkeep. Often delayed entry at gate.
I had a very nice and spacious room. Everything was clean and the swimming pool was wonderful. Also dinner then breakfast were really so good.............. Just outside the hotel there are a lot of busses for the historical center; there are the underground and a train (called cumana) too!! Superb staff, good price, ultimate comfort - the best hotel I've ever stayed in!!
No service. Pool was'nt in order. Breakfast was bad.
If your looking for a hotel in peaceful surroundings with easy access to one of Italy's major cities, this is the one! Excellent and impressive hotel! The rooms very tasteful and clen. There's a an elegant outdoor swimming pool and a big park around the hotel with orange and lemon trees; flowers and plants eveywhere.Very attending and kind staff. Excellent restaurant too! We ate very good fresh pasta and delicious cakes. I'll shurely come back soon!
Nice Big bedroom. Huge choose of TV channels, mostly in Italian. Free Wi-fi, when available. Internet did not work, and there was no effort to remedy this during my stay. Several requests were simply answered: "Maybe tomorrow" without any apparent concern. I often book hotels based on the internet access, so naturally this is not acceptable.
Clean room & bath, Breakfast was good, Fresh fruit is also served. The staff was kind. No free WiFi in the room
Air cond. doesn't work well
The man at the reception did not speak English. So when I made a call, we could not have a conversation. We had to walk a little bit from the closest metro station but the hotel was good!
Efficiency of staff (e.g. arranging taxis), relatively easy access to public transport. Sparse breakfast selection, intra-hotel noise, shower cubicle in need of upgrade, including partly non-functioning soap dispenser; scarcity of conveniently close restaurants, area unexpectedly dirty (although this cannot be laid at the door of the hotel)
Large room. Nice balcony. Friendly staff. The shower was awful. Literally a standing slot with a curtain and drain. There was no difference between the bathroom floor and the shower floor. Hotel smelt of cigarettes. Wi-Fi was spotty. Bed was very firm.
Nice & clean hotel.Helpful stuff. The hotel is located next to passing train & train station. Therefore noisy & impossible to open windows.
The hotel seemed like quite a lot of money for what you got. It wasn't in a location close to the main attractions, and there weren't any real special services. I paid the same amount for a hotel in Spain and got a lot more for the value. We asked for a non smoking room but there were people smoking in the hall outside our room. The internet was very expensive. 3 euro for an hour. But in general it was clean and very quiet.
Room was clean and spacey. Internet was charged even on web site it says that it is free. One woman on reception was not so friendly and hardly spoke English.
room was clean Matrass not OK .Staff at reception desk was not interested in helping us properly when we asked the best way (public transport) to the citycenter; actually they even gave us the wrong businformation.We do not understand : making up a clear and detailed description of what the transportpossibilities are takes about 4 hours and this would be valid/usable for years ; why doesn't the hotelmanagement take this initiative !!!
The room was quite well presented and had a nice feel to it. The private balcony was nice - complete with decorative rope light! Roof garden was pretty. Hotel and entrance was well kept. I did not enjoy the taste from the automatic coffee machine at breakfast. The surrounding district to the hotel was not overly appealing (suburban Naples)
Quiet location, if you´r not there by car,
Everything was perfect, for example, this hotel has a wonderfull breakfast with fresh croissants, fruit, yogurt and everything else you would like for breakfast (even very good coffee). The staf was extremely helpfull and very friendly, there is free internet, the rooms have a wonderfull balcony. This hotel is perfect if you want to visit Naples, but do not want to be in the city centre (which can be reached easily by public transport from the hotel)
The complimentary car-parking space & the hearty breakfast which was all sweet except eggs which were salty......good relief but check with the staff as sometimes its one day old........to get fresh boiled ones one needs to order at least half an hour before. What I don't like was the swarming crowd of one night-stand couples basically teenagers on Saturday night, I saw many of them spread across corridors i.e. rooms at different floors. It seemed sleazy at first sight but later next day it was cool at the crowd was replaced by chorus of local children rehearsing for Christmas carols.
nice dinner, wifi in room (on 1st floor) they should have fresh bread every morning, in stead of two days old bread for breakfast....noisy rooms.
Free parking and internet. Small room and very poor breakfasst.
Friendly and helpfull reception desk. Nice hotel with Wifi in the room. Good price/quality. Private parking available. Car is recomended as public transport is not that easy.
Very good price-quality ratio, including save parking area and good breakfast. - "airport shuttle service" for guests of booking.com (reduced price) not available on weekend (when we arrived), during the week not before 9:00am (we had to leave at 7:30am). - When we asked by phone how to reach the hotel from the airport by public transport, the information was incorrect: "From Metro Campi Phlegraei to the hotel by taxi or walking (about 2 km)". No info that there is a bus from the metro-station to the hotel. The day after arrival we got this info from an other staff at the reception desk. Normally each staff of the reception desk should be able to give correct information about this.
Value for money. The free internet connection was not available during our stay. I would like to have (next time) suggestions, who could I reach the Hotel with public transport?
Needs refurbishing, new windows and a lot of paint
Unfortunately, we've suffered from mosquitos attack at night. The name of the hotel as externally appears is: "Hotel Delle Terme". The name Charm & Relax does not appear. This can be misleading while searching for the hotel (indeed happened to us).
Distance from any amenity.
Position and once the works are finished it will look good. At the moment a lot of work going on, but unavoidable
Breakfast at the terrace, suggestions from the staff, safe parking space improve the room conditions (WC and Decoration)
Great Pizza place across the road. Hotel was ok, value for money with free WIFI. Close to the football ground and a metro station, but you couldnt walk into the town centre
Napoli soccer stadium is very close. If you like to see Napoli football matches situation is ok.
friendliness of staff
Very friendly staff. Comfortable rooms. Breakfast service was excellent.
Nice breakfast, room with airconditioning, 24h reception, cheap hotel (compared to others in the city), friendly staff At least for the room I had: bathroom not 100% clean, parking slots right in front of the window, hotel is located a bit outside the city center, anyhow, by bus or metro it was easy to reach and there the prices of other hotels are twice as much
I ike the balcon in front of the room ,as I could sit out there and enjoy a beer and relax No...but we took the key to our by mistake and are sending it back sorry
This hotel is located in nice quiet part of city(generally Naples is a dirty city)Connections to city center is very good...right beside hotel is several options how to go to downtown...(bus,metro...etc.)At the same street is lot of restaurants,shops,so you don't need to go anywhere....Hotel is not perfectly cleen,but for that price it's fair enough...Hotel has private parking,nice breakfast(a bit sweet)....so basiclly I would recommend this hotel.... I wouldn't recommend this hotel for non-smokers....We felt smoke in the room,rooms are a bit out of date....but as I said good for that price....
Excellent service from the front desk and parking facilities were a bonus
We really enjoyed our stay in this hotel. We were there for 5 nights, and the staff were really friendly and helpful to us. We enjoyed our breakfasts on the terrace, and our rooms were really clean. The location was great, it was near the metro and we felt very safe in the area. We enjoyed our stay and would certainly choose this hotel again
Service and staff were excellent and very helpful; nice breakfast and clean rooms. The area around the hotel is not nice; it feels a bit unsafe, even for Naples
I was really satisfied, no problems. What concerns breakfasts, sweet food products prevailed over the others (honey, jam, no cheese, sweet croissants only).
Hotel was very close to the Mostra d'Oltremare, which is occasionally used for concerts (as in my case, Laura Pausini). Basic stuff that you need is there, but nothing too fancy. Internet is available, but not in the rooms; and not sure if wi-fi is available to the users, I was directed to the lobby pc. Somewhat larger minibar, so you can cool your own drinks. Larger room with three beds, while I booked a double room, was nice, I like space. Very friendly staff. Breakfast was ok, bit basic, but quite the same as most other hotels I've visited in Italy/France. Paid parking is available just outside the hotel and at the time of my stay (saturday/sunday) plenty of space available at a nice price; also at that time) The room's decoration is very outdated, could use a renovation. Bathroom is quite basic and the shower is quite old (rusty knob, dirty shower curtain). By default there's no clean-my-room/do-not-disturb flyer in the room, perhaps you can get it at the reception. Internet wasn't available in the rooms, but according to the reception guy, they are working on that. Quite difficult to find, even for (Ercolano) local taxi driver. Breakfast was not on the roof, but downstairs.
At least it was basically clean, and a nice location. Other than that all else was horrible Cleaning, geting more staff, fixing the building beacuse it looks it is falling apart, the awfull breakfast (it was almost nonexisting), the rooms that are small, the tv that has 2 channels, the bathroom that is full if holes, the towels that feel like kitchen towels. It needs a serious renovation, all of it.
the sea view of the room the breakfast is so basic, doesn't few like it is 5 star, is more like 3 star hotel
Very clean rooms,always fresh and white towels ,frendly personnel.Not far from the beach and metro station(10 minutes to town center by train).Very good swiming pool. Breakfast can be more various.No fruits and vegetables at all.
The children enjoyed the fact that they could go swimming everyday. The decore and overall condition of the rooms.
Because of the welcome received from the staff it was a very homely atmosphere, and they were always willing to help and assist. The Manager is multi lingual which was a big help, we would be happy to stay there again. It is not a luxury hotel but clean, well appointed and close to the local railway station, shops etc. Well recommended.
The room was far more drab than I thought it would be, but was fairly clean. The terrace is really big, but overlooks train tracks, so quite useless. The best thing is that 4 people fit easily into the junior suite, which makes it quite a bargain. The soaps, towels, and little extras make the room a better deal than the majority for its price -- however, you are FAR from downtown, and thus a car is best.... The bathroom stinks, but the door can be kept shut. The bathroom is very dark, as is the room itself. The train tracks are really terrible, though the noise is not as bad as others have complained of.
The staff was very friendly and extremely helpful, they made the visit in Naples turn out to be a pleasant experience by being the most friendly people in the whole city! Whenever there was a problem, they made everything possible to fix things up. They even ordered us pizzas delivered from a nearby pizzeria for us every night, since we didn´t speak Italian and the people in the pizzeria didn´t speak English! The room was big and tidy, the beds comfortable and the air conditioning was great. The pool and the garden were lovely and peaceful, as was the whole hotel in a loud and crowdy Naples. I would definately recommend this place to anyone staying in Naples and if I came again, I´d book a room in this homelike hotel. The surroundings were not nice at all, but the everything in the hotel made you forget about what is on the other side of the fence. This is definately not an area cleaned up for tourists, but if you want to see real Naples everyday life, this is the place. It was quite far away from the center, but the metro connections were quite fast and frequent, and easy to use.
The hotel itself was ok, somewhat clean but a good value for the room. The hotel is very very very very far from Naples. It takes almost two hours to get there by bus and metro. It is in a bad neighborhood and we often had to pay extra for cabs to take us there at night bc it was unsafe to walk and no one wanted to drive that far out of Naples. The services listed were not available! No airport shuttle!!! Which is one of the reasons we booked the hotel. I would not recommend this hotel for anyone not from Italy coming to vacation!!!
Very helpful staff
Very relaxed atmosphere and outside of city's noice. View of the hypodrome from the breakfast room. Poor public transport connections in the evening.
Nice Hotel, friendly owner. Free car park in front of the hotel, out in the street. It is also possible to park your car inside if asked for and if you return early enough to the hotel. Good value for money if you arrive by car and you want to leave it there while visiting the town. The hotel is very nice but in a quite ugly area, with rubbish in front of the hotel, as usual everywhere in Naples. It is an hour away from town by public transportation (bus + walk + metro).


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#1 Consumer Comment
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SUBMITTED: Saturday, May 03, 2014POSTED: Saturday, May 03, 2014
Anyone can make a mistake. If Fusion lost your laptop, and you didn't have the information backed up, shame on you. I have been using Fusion for years, and I have always found them to be ethical, fair and honest. They give good service at reasonable prices, and they don't take advantage of customers. There are more than 15 computers in regular use in my business, and I depend on Fusion to keep them all running well. For installation and maintenance of specialized software (Lytec), I have for many years used CompSys Group, and I find that the owner and his technicians have also been dependable and trustworty.
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SUBMITTED: Tuesday, November 12, 2013POSTED: Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Never have this customer, Fusion computer repair too low price, some of compititor mad. we have been in business for 8 years with over 50,000 satisfied customers. We do Custom-Built Systems, DATA recovery, DC AC jack repair, Power jack, laptop /notebook LCD flat Screen Monitor, Motherboard. Upgrade Hardware & Software. Computer Maintenance, Repair and Upgrade and System setup Services.
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SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 13, 2013POSTED: Tuesday, August 13, 2013
First and foremost, I feel for the loss of a laptop and the multitude of problems that sre required to replace it.
I would like to give my two cents regarding Fusion Computer. I am a repeat customer and would highly recommend Fusion computer for any computer technical issues. Personally, I would never ship my laptop to any place. Too many risks may result, such as loss, damage or extended delay.
The staff at Fusion, at least in my experience, has always been positive. They are very reliable, provide fast turn around time and provide excellent telephone assessments / advice. They offer an extended service warranty for any repaired computer, at a very reasonable charge. I have had to return for additional technical service and was not charged a dime. On a personal level, in lieu of shipping, if you come to them in person. They are always very friendly and the rates are the best, bar none.
I am a customer, I cannot comment on the situation of the lost laptop and what transpired thereafter. I was not effected by the loss of my laptop. Personally, I would be just as upset or more if my personal laptop was lost.
My feedback is based specifically on the positve service, reasonable rates and my own experience. I would recommend Fusion Computer to anyone, without any hesitation.
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Police are hunting a group of youths, who the teenager claims belong to a rival group of music and culture fans known as Charvers.
Mark is part of a group called Goths, known for their extravagant make-up and who listen to performers like Manson.
From his hospital bed on Tyneside, the teenager condemned his attackers as "having no remorse" as they watched him roll on the ground trying to extinguish flames.
He said: "I think they went for me because I am a Goth and was wearing a Marilyn Manson t-shirt.
"I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"I was attacked because we are different from them [Charvers].
"We are classed as alternative and they call us stinking freaks.
"There's a lot of trouble about Newcastle between Goths and Charvers, the police have been involved a few times.
"It's like the old heavy metal and skinheads and like Sunderland v Newcastle."
Police say Mark was making his way home through the Quayside area of Newcastle on Monday, after a night out with two friends, when the incident took place.
At about 2300 BST on Monday they reached the New Redheugh Bridge road by the Telewest arena, when they saw smoke coming from nearby bushes and went to investigate.
After speaking briefly to a group of four or five male youths, they turned to walk away when Mr Burdis was hit by an object that set him alight.
Mark added: "They had no remorse or feelings and just watched as I burned.
"I was too weak to put out the fire myself so my friend used his hands to put them out. He suffered burns himself."
Chief Inspector Max Black, of Northumbria Police said: "All we can say at this time is that a flammable liquid was used.
"Tests are still being carried out and until then we are not saying anything further."
Detective are studying CCTV pictures from the area in an effort to trace the youths who carried out the attack.
Apart from ages, the only description of the group of youths who ran off was that they were wearing casual jackets and Rockport shoes.


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I was at Oracle's Analyst day today, and spent time with the Customer Experience Team drilling into the technology that allows organizations to deliver consistent, cross-channel, cross-touchpoint experiences across what Oracle terms the buying and owning journey – and which parallels Forrester's viewpoint quite nicely. Here is Oracle's view of this journey:
Most companies cannot deliver consistent customer experiences across the explosion of touchpoints and communication channels. This is, in part, because companies have historically implemented customer-facing technologies in silos, disconnected from each other. Here's some data points about customer service that backs this up. In a survey of eBusiness professionals, only 19% and 21% of the respondents believe that they are effective at multichannel integration and back-end integration, respectively. More than that, companies are not treating this problem as pressing: In our latest Forrsignts survey, only 34% of companies interviewed are planning to do any type of multichannel integration – and again, this is data for customer service only!


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Smartphones, tablets, and ultra notebooks are among the many devices becoming increasingly dependent on flash technology. There's a good reason – flash memory is more rugged (precisely because there are no moving parts), has a better handle on random data access, and consumes less power. In the battle of thinner and lighter, solid-state drives win against hard drives. But once a few other things are factored in, it becomes apparent that SSDs have a lot of catching up to do to offer what HDDs offer in terms of storage capacity and cost.
With so many people touting the advances of flash memory technology, it seems that hard drives (HDDs) are increasingly taking a backseat to solid-state drives (SSDs). Technology experts argue that HDDs' reliance on moving parts is becoming fast and far inferior to the non-moving efficiency of SSDs. With more and more devices relying on the "instant on" quickness of SSDs, it seems that HDDs are inevitably destined for the technology graveyard. Closer scrutiny, however, reveals a very different scenario: with the rise of solid-state drives actually driving the sale of hard drives and the difficulties of developing solid-state drives ensuring a longer future for hard drives.
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For one, it cannot be ignored that SSDs can cost from three up to 30 times more than HDDs. With the demand for huge storage capacities ever increasing, cost becomes one of the most important factors, since an upgrade in capacity usually means a hike in prices. HDDs trump SSDs in this area, regularly offering the same capacities or more for less.
The complexity of developing higher capacity SSDs is another reason why HDDs are still in the game. SSD developers are currently running into problems trying to develop SSDs that match HDD storage only to be plagued by problems concerning controller chips, backplane switches, or system bandwidths.
All these problems cost a lot of money to circumvent, which brings us to another obstacle in SSD domination: the volatility of the flash technology market. There is almost always a great disparity in supply and demand for flash memory because developers try to feel the market for demand. If the demand is insufficient, production slows to cut high development costs. When demand suddenly rises, prices also rise thanks to inadequate supply. This turns into a destructive cycle that benefits HDDs because HDDs are capable of upgrading capacities in smaller installations and are generally more adept in reacting to the ebb and flow of supply and demand.
In this kind of market, HDDs aren't even in retirement. Give us your thoughts on which you think is the best.
I am under the impression that SSD technology still is limited by its silicon chip life. Namely that SSD storage / access stops after 100k reads. Which limits the life of an SSD, if true. A heavy user might reach that threshold in a year or less, a casual user in three. I can't find much in literature on this topic; but I may not be looking in the right places. Responses appreciated.


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Beginning in 1890, Italian-American immigrants settled this area close to the lake, giving the Lower West Side an Italian cultural identification. This can be seen by the two churches of Holy Cross and St. Anthony of Padua. Mass is still celebrated in Italian at St. Anthony's, but the neighborhood has changed and mass is celebrated in Spanish at Holy Cross. The Lower West Side is currently identified with the Buffalo Hispanic Community.


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Sure, your dorm room may only be big enough to hold two beds, two desks, and mini-fridge, but for now it's what you call home. By taking a few simple steps you can create a welcoming space and simultaneously help reduce energy waste on campus. While some of the tips below could certainly fall into the category of common sense, we prefer not to take any for granted. If you have any more to add to the mix, please email us.
Go Natural
- Lift shades to bring in natural light and switch off overheads
- Replace all of your halogen and incandescent lights with compact fluorescents
- Add a few plants to your room. They improve air quality, have been shown to aid in overall mood and stress levels. They'll also show everyone that you're compassionate about the earth
- Considering that around 1/3 of your life is spent asleep, it's best to purchase organic bedding, which uses materials such as cotton and bamboo that have been grown without pesticides
- Instead of using a fan to cool your room, open up the window, when possible
- Avoid air fresheners and air freshener plug-ins as they pollute the air and mask odors instead of getting rid of them
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- Take advantage of energy saving computer settings
- If you have a personal printer, set it to double sided default. If your roommate also has a printer, share just one to save on phantom, or vampire energy loss which occurs when items, such as printers, are plugged in
- Invest in a Smart Strip power strip to further reduce vampire energy loss
- Invest in a solar powered charger for small items such as cell phones and ipods
- Power down your computer before you leave for the day
- Be sure to switch off the light when you leave you room
- Instead of bringing your own television, pool money together for one for your floor's common room. This way, you will significantly cut down on energy usage, and maybe make some new friends. At the end of the year, consider donating it to an organization in need
- If you feel you must have a mini-fridge, be sure that it's Energy Star rated, which saves energy
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- Stock your room with reusable cups, plates, and silverware
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- Inquire about becoming an EcoRep-At-Large/EcoLiaison
- Get off the bottle – ditch the plastic water bottles and carry a reusable one, such as a Sigg, Klean Kanteen or one made from Bisphenol A free (BPA) plastic, like those from Camelbak. Bisphenol A is an endocrine disrupter which can cause serious health problems.
- Donate old office equipment that they can be repurposed, or properly recycled
- Before you pitch anything from your room, determine if someone else such as Goodwill or Big Brother Big Sister Foundation could use it
- When you're ready for a new look, log on to freecycle or Goodwill before heading to a store
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- Hopefully you're making your grandma proud and doing a bit of laundry and cleaning. When shopping, choose 'Green" companies, such as Ecover, Method, or Seventh Generation, that do not use phosphates, which pollute waters and ruin ecosystems, or petrochemicals, which are made from petroleum or carbon.
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Well, I didn't burn the house down yet. Good thing, the relatives needed a place to stay while visiting. I added another cold air return so now both rooms have a cold air return that exit next to the stove. In the cellar I had the two returns join into one line with an inline booster fan (500 cfm). The floors in the two rooms are cool, however, the room temp has been around 65-66 degrees. At the stove where the return exit I deverted some of the air towards the air control on the stove. These changes have almost eliminated the cool air traveling across the floor towards the stove. Standing in the furthest room from the stove I can feel a warm flow of air coming into the room. In the living room where the stove is located I really only feel a cool draft when I get within three to four feet of the stove. I don't think I can eliminate this draft. I think the fan behind the stove is creating this draft. I guess the real test of these changes will be when the temps outside drop back down into the low teens and single digits. I believe I am suppose to be getting these kinds of temps within the next few days. This weekend I am going to pick up some Kimmels coal; I am not happy with the Blaschak I have been burning lately. I have a ton of fines, shale, and very small sized coal. I talked to the dealer with the Kimmels and he stated that he has Kimmels in stove coal size. That is baseball size coal. I am going to pick up a bag of the stove coal size and see how the Jotul likes burning it. I had burned a couple of bags of Kimmels about a month ago and it seemed better than the Blaschak. The only problem with Kimmels is they closed the mine. I read this on the forum. I would burn Superior if I could get it up here on the Tug Hill. I just wanted to bring you and everyone else up to speed as to how I was doing with the cold air return situation. If you have any thoughts let me know. Thanks.
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ELK COUNTY---Volunteers 55 and over have been keeping an eye on Pa's waterways, now the Senior Environment Corps is expanding to Elk Co., and is looking for some help.
Area chapters of the Senior Environmental Corps are coordinated by a Clearfield organization called Nature Abounds. Tuesday, the non-profit agency held an event to train new volunteers in Elk Co., so that they can get started on making sure our water is safe.
James Girty, 85, came to the training meeting, and has been fighting for environmental issues his whole life. He says he's not stopping now.
"Boy, I stepped on some toes, but I'm the first one to ever get Elk Creek stocked," Girty said, "You can't believe what I put into it. I put a lot into it, I really did."
Melinda Hughes-Wert, President of Nature Abounds, said volunteers like Girty have incredible knowledge of the area and the factors that have impacted our environment over the years.
"I had one senior in the Pittsburgh area at one point. He used to work for the nuclear factory, and, actually, part of his job was dumping stuff into the ground," said Hughes Wert, "And then later, it became known that it was a problem, and so he wanted to come back and help solve that problem."
Tuesday, the newly-formed Elk Co. Senior Environment Corps got some training on water monitoring testing kits.
Hughes-Wert said they need all the help they can get because of the limited budget and resources of agencies like the DEP.
"We have a lot of natural resources in the area, a lot of waterways. In Pa alone, there's 86,000 miles of streams, and a lot of them aren't being watched," Hughes-Wert said, "And so actually having people on the ground, you know, they can get out during the day and actually do water monitoring, watch for habitat destruction, it's invaluable."
Water monitoring is especially important in Elk Co. with environmental concerns like acid rain and Marcellus Shale drilling.
"If something in the future does happen, we'll have that baseline data to show what it was doing for years before that to establish a record for that stream," Hughes-Wert said.
And at age 85, Girty is ready for yet another environmental project to tackle.
"You got to get off your fanny, and get out there and do it yourself, you know," said Girty.
The Senior Environmental Corps is expanding to new areas and is always in need of volunteers. To find out if there's a chapter in your area or if you'd like to help start a chapter, contact Nature Abounds at (814)765-1453 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Stresses of Caribbean life
... as we had visions of being stranded here esp as the storms can last a week and another one was forecasted for Sunday. Little Corn is a great place to visit but is not so idyllic when the weather is crap! Had a smooth flight back to Bluefields ...
Episode 15: Vacation and the search for Gilligan
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You must try this! It's 'Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies' and makes 16 huge cookies! Here's the link:
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You must try this! It's 'Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies' and makes 16 huge cookies! Here's the link:
OMG I wander how many calories a bite of one of those is??? LOL
OMG - why did I look!! I knew I shouldn't have. They have got to be delicious. Have saved this recipe.
They are said to be FABULOUS! I can imagine! Also, they finish about the size of a 'small apple!' Some have used mini Oreo's while some have used 'double stuff' Oreos! One girl even added Reese's small peanut butter cups!!!
I'd guess about 1000 calories on this depending on how you finish it off! lol! ;)
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OMG!! Went on the site - WOW!! Will visit there often, and thanks so much for sharing!! YUMMMMM!
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Really great recipes there!! Your welcome!! :-DOriginally Posted by quiltincharlotte
Oh, you have started something now. LOL
Cannot believe all of the great recipes on that site. Thank you. :-D
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I am aware that the survival of adipose tissue depends on the blood supply provided by the different gluteal muscles. So to me it makes sense that if your buttock muscles are bigger, than the grafted fat has more surface area to supply a blood source for graft survival. If this is true than all potential butt augmentation patients would benefit by starting a rigorous butt excercise regiman before their surgery. If my thoery is true than I feel it should be strongly advised upon consultation.
Will Developing Gluteal Muscles Thru Healthy Diet and Butt Excercise Enhance my Buttock Augmentation Via Fat Grafting Results?
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Exercise before Brazilian Butt Lift......?
Your assumption is logical if you do this before surgery. The more muscle and more vascular supply to that area, the better the fat survival should be. But I would not recommend this early after surgery.
If this procedure is done correctly and you follow your surgeons recommendations after surgery, then you should get a great result even without this preparation. I have done this for about 15 years now and believe that getting a GREAT result will depend on many factors (surgeons technique for removing the fat, preparing the fat as well as how they inject the fat. But the most important of all is what you as the patient do afterwards) So, choose your surgeon wisely and follow their instructions precisely!
Good Luck
Web reference: http://www.danielmarkmannmd.com/category/buttocks-augmentation-brazilian-buttocks-lift-fat-grafting/
Diet, Exercise and Fat Grafting
This has not been studied and I appreciate your thought process, but Probably not is the short answer. Exercise and a good diet are great things to do and the larger you buttock muscles (gluteus muscles) the more they will be defined. Fat transfer is mostly done in the fat layer (mostly un-effected by muscle size) as well as in the muscle by some.
Buttocks Augmentation
While in theory your premise sounds reasonable, there are no studies indicating that this will make a significant difference.
Good Luck.
Web reference: http://www.ShaferPlasticSurgery.com
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