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A truly splendid and much-needed piece by Stefan Stern (21 August) on the whole Civil Service situation. It is a profound problem, especially with the decline in the credibility of politicians. We live in a different age now from that which faced Harold Wilson in 1964, yet many of the problems remain, unresolved.
Thatcher is certainly to blame for a good deal of the slippage in the quality of the Civil Service; her contempt for what she regarded as a statist bureaucracy did enormous damage to morale and recruitment.
That doesn't mean the Whitehall bureaucracy was beyond reproach. It had its inherited weakness of suspecting any intrusion from "outside" as an insult to Civil Service traditions. Yet there was always a quality of honesty and integrity which singled out the UK Civil Service as something to respect.
Blair had no real concept of the problem nor the potential for progressive reform; Harold Wilson, who had worked inside the Whitehall "whale", knew the scene so much better than most prime ministers. His handling of delicate problems was exceptionally skilled. My own experience, when I worked for him, demonstrated an understanding of what is needed to overcome bureaucratic negativity without upsetting the applecart. Few prime ministers have that will, or skill.
Geoffrey Goodman
London NW7
Stefan Stern's article raises important questions about the role of the Civil Service, including the high turnover of permanent secretaries which the Institute for Government has recently highlighted.
I believe he exaggerates the impact of the Iraq war on Whitehall, however flawed the decision-making process turned out to be. The key is the fiscal pressures forcing Whitehall to change its ways of working, as most senior officials fully accept.
Mr Stern is therefore right to argue that there needs to be "a complete reappraisal, from first principles, of the relationship between ministers of the Crown and the independent Civil Service".
Indeed, the Institute for Government has already started exactly such a reappraisal, examining the New Zealand model of a contractual relationship between ministers and civil servants, the latter's legal position, the appointment of senior officials and their accountability to Parliament. We welcome widespread participation in our year-long inquiry.
Peter Riddell
Director, Institute for Government, London SW1
Harry was doing no wrong in his private room
It's not my practice to defend the monarchy, but I can't help wondering why there seems to be so much interest in Prince Harry's recent activities (report, 23 August). He was in a private room, doing nothing immoral, illegal or particularly interesting; he was simply wearing no clothes.
One must assume that the present outrage and fascination are expressed by people who have never seen a naked young man before. Or perhaps they had assumed that royalty's bits were different from those of the rest of us.
Susan Alexander
Frampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire
I am no fan of the Royal Family, considering it to be an expensive, pointless anachronism. But I have no grudge against individual members of the Windsor family. After all, they are no more responsible for the family into which they are born than are any of us.
In the case of Prince Harry, and the publication on the internet of his personal "crown jewels", I have to say I have a good deal of sympathy with the Prince. He was in Las Vegas on holiday, in a private capacity and in his own hotel room, which should also be a private place.
If opprobrium is to be placed anywhere, it should be on the shoulders of the individual who took the photographs and then passed them, possibly for money, to the website that published them.
Robert S P Jenkins
London W2
All we need to know from Prince Harry after his naked billiards session in what he thought was the privacy of his hotel room, is how many did he score.
Those responsible for taking the photos and publishing them should be arrested, extradited to the UK and banged up in the Tower or, alternatively, with Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy.
Trevor Cooper
Truro, Cornwall
£35,000 cap may help the children
If a £35,000 cap for an individual's contribution towards elderly care is introduced, there may be unintended but beneficial consequences for the children of the squeezed middle languishing in high-cost rented accommodation.
I tell my children that they might inherit, depending on what happens to my wife and myself in old age. With a cap, unless we blow it all on a crazy spending spree, I can tell them that they will be able to inherit. In my case, this means that one of them, who wants to step on the housing ladder, has the assurance that she will be able to eventually. There will be thousands of people in their twenties and early thirties in her position.
Banks and building societies could respond by developing new mortgage products based on an assessment of the applicant's finances plus those of his/her parents'. Not only will this provide the confidence to lend, but it could also mean that monthly repayments are lower to begin with when salaries are lower and the costs of starting a family are disproportionately high. By rear-loading much of the loan, the mortgagee will be able to repay it more easily after inheritance.
Patrick Cosgrove
Bucknell, Shropshire
Efforts to introduce clarity into the financing of care for the elderly are welcome, but why should the taxpayer subsidise other people's inheritances?
Barry Corbett
A bronze medal for the Government for finally moving on long-overdue reform of care for older and vulnerable people. The move to press ahead and implement the Dilnot Commission's report is excellent news.
We have long advocated that the suggested cap of £35,000 on how much anyone should be expected to pay for their own care and the threshold of £100,000 before they began to pay at all, should be implemented. What cheats the Coalition out of a gold medal is timing. It has taken a long time to get a commitment and reports say it could be 2017 before it is implemented. With such a great prize in sight, can't we speed to the finishing line?
Mike Padgham
Chair, United Kingdom Homecare Association, Sutton, Surrey
Olympic Park is a triumph
The Independent argues convincingly for the Olympic Park to be opened to all for a couple of weeks after the Paralympic Games (18 August). The creation of the Olympic Park is a triumph for the landscape architecture profession, and is Europe's most significant landscape project for a generation.
A part of east London has been transformed into a vibrant, sustainable park. It is a catalyst for wider regeneration and an exemplar for future restoration projects.
Created over four years, work on the Park included: extensive demolition and the decontamination of nearly two million tonnes of soil; the largest wildflower meadow ever planted in the UK; more than 4,000 semi-mature trees planted; wetland planting on a massive scale (more than 300,000 plants including reeds, rushes; regeneration of the rivers and canals which weave through the site), creating green corridors for wildlife, and transformation of the River Lee into waterside, swales, wet woodland, dry woodland and meadow to form sustainable flood defences.
There is a great deal to celebrate; we urge the opening of the Park to the public for a few weeks so these achievements can be appreciated by as many as possible.
Sue Illman
President, Landscape Institute, London, WC1
How police can hunt evidence
As a former criminal defence solicitor, I was surprised and dismayed to see that police felt they didn't have the power to enter premises, without a warrant, to search for a mobile phone stolen during a knifepoint robbery ("Rise of the digi-lantes", 20 August).
It would have been better to at least seek permission to a search. I am sure justification for a search could have been made.
Robbery is an indictable offence, triable only in Crown court. The knife element makes it more grave. Police can enter premises to search without a warrant in such circumstances.
Better to search and perhaps have evidence ruled inadmissible than to not try at all. In my experience, the chance of such evidence being ruled inadmissible is extremely slim.
Tristan Clappe
Glencore boast disgraces us all
As one of the creators of a modest project in Kenya to shelter parentless children and encourage and develop self-sufficiency, your front page revelation of the greed of the food giant Glencore (23 August) left me feeling ashamed to be a member of the human race. No point lauding humanity's triumph in staging the Olympic Games if we can't as humans take the simple step of feeding and sheltering the world's orphan children and erase the universal disgrace of this kind of poverty. We are all guilty of the most demeaning spiritual poverty.
John Hunwicks
Marnhull, Dorset
Spark of darkness
The West Bank is to have its electricity cut off for unpaid bills owed to the Israeli Electric Corporation. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency pays for water, education and health in the refugee camps but not electricity. The Palestinian economy is stifled by the illegal occupation, so the West Bank will always struggle to pay all its bills. The IEC also plans to start legal measures to take over the Jerusalem District Electricity Company with all its assets and bank accounts. Creeping colonialism strikes again.
Susan Walpole
Dorchester, Dorset
My 'Oops' app
The problem of smartphone users crashing into people and things (letter, 23 August) is easily solved. I am developing a smartphone app called "Up Periscope", using a system of mirrors, levers and pulleys to show the user on the screen of their smartphone what they would be seeing ahead if only they would bloody well look where they are going. I just need some crowdsourced seed-capital to make it happen. Facebook me, yeah?
Anthony Fitzgerald
Enfield, Middlesex
Got the number
Further to the recent letters about invented verbs, I've just had a conversation with my partner about a missed phone call. I said, "I had to 1471 it." We all know what that means but I can't see it finding its way into the Oxford English Dictionary.
Louise Thomas
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Air of rudeness
You say Luton is Britain's rudest airport (22 August). That's only the staff. Try walking against the flow of passengers.
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Too often our morning spritz of perfume has long since faded by the time the workday is over. Since it's not very practical to lug a full-size bottle of perfume around in your already overstuffed purse, the FLO Atomizer allows you to carry around an extra dose of fragrance. They're slim, portable, easily refillable, and 100% leak proof.
this is easily the most stylish and highest quality atomizer I've ever used, however there is one tricky aspect to using it as you can easily spill the perfume inside when trying to refill it. Its important to always open the bottom part of the atomizer with the atomizer upside down or else the perfume inside will spill all over your hands (which has happened to me once). its worth it for the quality and makes traveling with your favorite perfume easy.4


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Opera: Link Target to open in New window/Topmost Window not working
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|IBM Opera
|damo, jamescun, tmonahan
To reproduce the defect:
- Open CK Editor and click on Link icon.
- Select Link type as URL,Protocol as http://, enter URL www.bbc.co.uk
- Go to Target tab and select Target as New window(_blank) and click OK button.
- Remove the Editor or click on Preview button and click on the link that was inserted.
Expected Result: website BBC opens in a new window.
Actual Result: website BBC opens in the same window.
Same issue happens when we select Topmost Window(_top) as the link Target
Change History (2)
comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by j.swiderski
- Keywords Opera added
- Status changed from new to confirmed
- Version set to 3.0
The web site doesn't open in a new window but it opens in a new tab. I don't think this has anything to do with CKEditor but rather with how Opera is handling newly opened links.
By default Opera is opening new pages in tabs.
_blank means always new tab.
_top current tab.
If you use Tools->Preferences->Advanced->Tabs->Additional tab options-> Open windows instead of tabs.
_blank means always new window.
_top current window.
For a minute there I thought that option "Reuse current tab" may have some impact on how newly opened pages are displayed but it doesn't seem to work, at not always.
I'm confirming the ticket just in case if anyone from CKSource team has different view on this. If not and this is Opera dependable please close this issue.
comment:2 Changed 6 years ago by fredck
- Resolution set to invalid
- Status changed from confirmed to closed
Confirmed. This is just the natural browser behavior. The editor is outputting the HTML properly (<a target="_blank">).


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So are most of the Western Sizzlins in our area.
This is a discussion on Free meal for Veterans within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Applebee's is offering a free entrée for veterans tomorrow 11 Nov. Welcome to Applebee's®...
Applebee's is offering a free entrée for veterans tomorrow 11 Nov.
Welcome to Applebee's®
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
Hóka-héy! Crazy Horse
So are most of the Western Sizzlins in our area.
That's right. I'm taking some of my employees (prior service) to Applebee's for the free lunch - I'm buying the beverages.
Duty, Honor, Country...MEDIC!!!
¡Cuánto duele crecer, cuan hondo es el dolor de alzarse en puntillas y observar con temblores de angustia, esa cosa tremenda, que es la vida del hombre! - René Marqués
Watch the fineprint. I saw an ad in my area that limited the offer to 200 or so per restaurant. Ask if its free before you order.
I can no longer keep track of threads as I used to. If you need to contact me, PM me instead of asking me something in the thread. Disclaimer - No legal advice issued anywhere. Take care.
Outback is giving all Vets a Bloomin Onion today.
Went to Applebys today with another vet! Wonderful FREE meal. We had a choice of six entres. Bill came to about $5.00 due to the fact that the drinks were not free.
I believe that I will throw some more business their way.
Nice to be recognised/remembered.
I tried to get in for my meal but the line was waaaaaay too long.
My name is Frogman46 and I'm tougher than you.
Just got back like half an hour ago from getting my free meal. 15 minute wait, pretty good service, a little crowded when we went. 5 meals, and 3 people where vets in our group so total was 22 and some change. Then again we had two meals and 5 drinks to pay for out of the group.
I know not what this "overkill" means.
Honing the knives, Cleaning the longguns, Stocking up ammo.


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UK electronic producer Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (a.k.a. Orlando Higginbottom) has unveiled another track from his upcoming Trouble. The new track is called "Stronger" and it's a spaced-out track with an '80s pop hook.
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaur's debut full-length is due out June 12 in the U.S. (a day earlier in the UK) via Casablanca Records. Listen to a Soundcloud edit of the track and take a look at the Trouble track list below. [A Heart is a Spade]
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Configuration of Jumpstart clients requires creating a profile as well as adding the client's hostname, IP address and MAC address to the appropriate files on the
jumpstart server. A client profile can include the type of installation being performed (e.g., an upgrade or initial install), the system type (standalone or server), partitioning information, the particular cluster you want installed (e.g., the entire distribution or end user support) and particular packages that you want to omit or include beyond the specified cluster. Profiles can be extremely skimpy or can include a lot of detail.
Only the install_type is required for Solaris 10 jumpstart installations, plus the root_device specification if the system contains more than one root file system (e.g., if you have an alternate root you can boot from and want both upgraded).
Profiles are simple text files created with your favorite text editor. In the example shown below, we are requesting an initial install using the default partitioning. We are installing the developer cluster, but omitting man pages.
install_type initial_install system_type standalone partitioning default filesys any 1024 swap cluster SUNWCprog package SUNWman delete
You can start with the sample_profile provided with the jumpstart setup if you wish. It will look something like this:
install_type initial_install cluster SUNWCXall partitioning explicit filesys c0t0d0s0 14000 / filesys c0t0d0s1 4096 swap system_type standalone
Note that this default profile specifies a specific layout of the file systems.
Client profiles can also include patches, though many sysadmins install patches in scripts that are run following the basic installation. Patches are specified with the patch keyword. In this example, the patch is obtained from another system.
patch 118855-33 nfs 10.2.10.1:/jumpstart/patches
The layput_constraint keyword specifies limits you want to place on auto-layout. For example, you can specify a minimal size for file systems as shown in this example in which two file systems must be allocated at least 2 GB each:
layout_constraint c0t0d0s4 changable 2000 layout_constraint c0t0d0s5 changable 2000
Profiles must be referenced in your rules file to tell jumpstart when to use then. In this example, we are telling jumpstart to use the profile boson_profile for the client boson and fermion_profile for fermion. You do not not need to build a profile for every system you are going to jumpstart. If a number of systems are to be installed identically, you can use the same profile for all of them. You might, for example, have a netrax1 profile or an sunfirex4540 profile.
hostname boson - boson_profile - hostname fermion - fermion_profile -
If you want to run scripts prior to and after the OS installation, but as part of the jumpstart procedure, your rules file might look like this instead:
hostname boson begin boson_profile finish hostname fermion begin fermion_profile finish
In this example, "begin" and "finish" are the names of your scripts. You might want to have a set of begin and finish scripts for each type of system you are setting up. You could, for example, use a finish script to set up your
/etc/resolv.conf file and set up your /etc/nsswitch.conf file:
#!/bin/sh # finish_dns echo "domain mydomain.com" > /etc/resolv.conf echo "nameserver 10.3.4.5" > /etc/resolv.conf echo "nameserver 10.10.0.1" > /etc/resolv.conf echo "search mydomain.com lab.mydomain.comt" > /etc/resolv.conf cp /etc/nsswitch.dns /etc/nsswitch.conf
Once your rules file is ready, run the check script to verify your rules file and create the rules.ok file. If you specify begin and end scripts, but check doesn't find them, you will see an error such as this:
# ./check Validating rules... Error in file "rules", line 1 hostname boson begin boson_profile finish ERROR: Begin script missing: begin
If check finds no errors, it will generate output like this and create a rules.ok file. The rules.ok file looks almost identical to the rules file, but contains a checksum.
# ./check Validating rules... Validating profile boson_profile... Validating profile fermion_profile... The custom JumpStart configuration is ok. # cat rules.ok hostname boson begin boson_profile finish hostname fermion begin fermion_profile finish # version=2 checksum=8608
When you boot your client with a "boot net - install" command at the ok prompt, a number of things will happen.
First, your client will issue a RARP request to get its IP address from the boot server (it will be running in.rarpd daemon). The server will look in its /etc/ethers and /etc/hosts files to get the hostname and IP address of the
client. RARP cannot be routed, so the boot server needs to be on same subnet as the client.
Next, the client gets boot image from the boot server using tftp. It gets its bootparameters from rpc.bootparamd running on the server.
Next, the client mounts its root file system from the server and loads the kernel.
The client then connects to llthe insta server and initiates the OS installation.
Client profiles can be extremely terse or can include a lot of detail about the install. In general, the more you put into your profiles, the less information you will have to provide during the install and the easier a time you will have
reinstalling the system back to its original state if you replace a disk or need to start again from a predictable state.
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|Explorations on template-directed genetic repair using ancient ancestors and other templates
|Donagh Hatton, Diarmuid P. O'Donoghue, 2011
|Handling constraints for combinatorial optimization problems is a classic challenge faced by genetic and evolutionary algorithms. This paper explores a naturally inspired genetic repair process to enforce constraints on evolutionary search. Lolle et al. (2005) controversially claim that the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana appears to repair genetic errors using information inherited from ancestors other than the immediate parents [10] (i.e. non-Mendelian inheritance). We adapt this natural template-driven genetic repair process (GeneRepair) to help solve constraint problems. Building upon previous results [6][7][8] this paper explores repair templates that originate across a range of ancestors, between one and many thousands of generations old. The fitness of resulting populations are presented and compared to a benchmark technique using a random repair template [9]. The results show that very ancient (ancestral) repair templates perform best for larger problems, significantly outperforming the benchmark. The impact of background mutation rates on solution quality is also explored. Results suggest that ancestral repair is a good general-purpose constraint handling technique - helping to explain why this strategy might have evolved in nature.
|ICHEC Project:
|Genetic Repair in Genetic Algorithms
|Proceedings of the 13th annual conference companion on Genetic and evolutionary computation (GECCO '11), pp. 325-332, 2011
|constraint search, evolutionary optimization, genetic algorithms, genetic repair


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That's all. I just don't get it. I guess I just do better with the written instructions.
I prefer written too - I could understand the symbols, but couldn't follow them in my knitting, and for a long time would avoid a charted pattern. Then I found a few I really really liked, so I translated them into text. Soon it got a little easier to understand the charts. You could try that, though there's quite a few that are given both ways.
That's too bad. I try to chart every pattern I can. Have you read any books that explains how charts work? My favorite is Barbara Walker's Charted Knitting Designs. I think I saw it at Amazon books for less than $20. I agree that some charts are so confusing and hard to read. Those I usually convert to BW"s symbols. The reason I like her system is that her charts of cables look just like the finished product. There are vertical lines below and above the cable so you know where the crossed stitches are coming from and where they are going.
I'm much slower when I use them, too. I have to keep referring to the symbol guide. :zombie: I prefer written, too. I do have this page bookmarked so maybe it'll help some.
Thank you, I'll look that over.
It is MUCH MUCH easier to read your charts if you color-code the symbols! You will memorize the symbols and their meaning after just a few repeats. I do this color-coding on ALL of my charts...which I prefer hands down over word-for-word instructions!
See below...I color-coded the copy of a recent chart, and also color-coded the symbol KEY, too, and taped the KEY symbols on the sides of the chart. Also, i added some shorthand terms, more meaningful to me, about what the symbol is telling me to do.
Chart knitting goes much quicker than line-by-line, word-for-word knitting. Not that we are in a RACE to finish. That's not the point. But it is quicker.
Also PREPARATION is also a key component to finishing a project sooner than later. By preparing your chart, and preparing your notes, ahead of time...before casting on one stitch...you will have much less time spent with frogging, and tinking, and running around trying to figure out what went wrong. :??
People ask me "how do you get so much done?"...and part of my answer is PREPARATION. Know exactly what you're going to do, and when you're going to do it BEFORE casting on. Solve all mysteries before casting on.
There have been times when I've TANKED a project before casting on due to what I discovered about the pattern. There are just too many pattern/design choices out there to chose from. I don't need a poorly written pattern, full of errors, and mysterious directions. I just tank it and find another design, or work out a PLAN B for the design if I have my heart set on it.
[B]My advice: if a pattern offers a chart, learn to use it.
[/B]IMHO, a designer that doesn't produce a chart when she should (or could) is not on her "A Game".
Here isa small partof another chart KEY that I color-coded...and of course, color-coded the chart symbols to match! I would have GONE STARK RAVING MAD if I'd tried to knit from this chart in black-and-white. And also, this sweater would have been IMPOSSIBLE to knit in a line-by-line, word-for-word format. The pattern would have been 50 pages long!
Here's just a small part of the chart:I wrote the numbers 4, 5, 6 in the symbols myself so that I could easily glance at the chart symbol and know exactly how many stitches were involved in the cable. This is all about advance preparation. The knitting sailed along, no glitches.
It is MUCH MUCH easier to read your charts if you color-code the symbols!
For some people. Your picture and chart confuse my brain!
It's still much easier to work the chart IN COLOR than the original black-n-white.Coloring the symbols makes them stand out.
BTW: the partial KEY and partial CHART that I posted was, by far, the most challenging, crazy, complex charted design I've EVER worked or ever seen. If it weren't for the color-coding I did, I would have gone NUTS. I've never seen so many different symbols in a KEY before.
Maybe my color-coded chart still looks confusing to you because you're not a chart knitter in the first place. If you ever change your mind, or if you ever get your back up against the wall and are forced to either knit by the chart or call it quits, use the color coding to color your chart symbols. I'd be happy to help you on it. With all the help you give people every single day, you deserve some pay back!
It's the colors that interfere with my interpretation is what I mean. I do knit from charts now, though I still prefer written most of the time. But having the colors would confuse me, I'm able to read the symbols fine.
I've always understood the symbols, I just had a hard time doing my knitting by reading the charts. I was used to reading a pattern from L to R, so it was switching to the R to L reading that messed me up. After translating a few charts to words I got better at it and can use charts now. But I don't like them as much for some knitting as other patterns.
Charts cause a HUGE problem for us left-handed knitters...I don't think many designers appreciate this when they do not also offer written instructions.
If I'm following written instructions, that's fine, my finished item just turns out a mirror image of what a right hander would do. Its more complicated when following charts as I need to work out whether the cables and increases/decreases will go the right way and re-write these before I start.
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Before 14-year-old Miyah Collier got a chance to sit in the pilot's seat and fly above Jacksonville, she was on the ground alongside eight Cirrus airplanes, waiting with a group of jittery campers and their parents, many of whom have never set foot on a plane.
"I'm scared and I'm nervous," said Shontae Johnson, who was flying a plane for the first time.
"I'm kind of excited because that's my biggest fear, and now my kids are doing things I've never experienced," said Tonia Bell, Shontae's mom.
The campers and their parents gathered Friday as part of the Aviation Career Education Academy Program, in which teens learn to fly after a weeklong camp.
The camp is run by volunteers, and students as young as 13 must pay just $20.
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Charlton said he's working on establishing a permanent camp at Ribault High School. For more information about the camps, go to the Charlton Camp for Aviation, Science & Technology Training's website.


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Spacious living room with double bed-settee and TV, there are a double bed and double bed-settee in the bedroom. Handily designed and fully equipped kitchen with oven, fridge, dishwasher, electric kettle, microvave oven. There are cutlery, plates, pots in the apartment. Comfy bathroom with bathtub, basin and wc.
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great apartment lived up to expectations. The area is nice although a bit far from the center, but public transport makes it easy.
I recommend!
Lovely apartment and great location!
7 ladies, 60 yrs +, lived in the apartment for one week. We are very satisfied with its location and the nearness to the bakery shop and the butcher close to our entrance.They supplied us with good products for our breakfast.
It was a little more than 10 minutes walk to the Old Town.
The apartment is well equipped, but we missed an extra towel per person when we stayed as long as one week. The service of your office in Miodowa street was very good with helpful personell assisting us.
Very good apartment in secured building. Next to sluzew metro station. you don't need to rent a car. You can buy almost everything in small markets around. we enjoyed very much our vacation in warsaw. But you have to check the arrival time. The company is placed near the old town, far from the apartment and they will give you the key there as written (1600). Also, you have to bring everything needed to operate the washing machine and dishwasher. The dishwasher is leaking. The temperature is warm in september. I guess its hot there during summer. The kitchen is almost empty, you have to bring everything.
Everything was perfect! The appartment is comfortable and clean and it has a great view. The owners are really kind. I recommend it for your stay in Warsaw
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The location of the apartment is ok, it is within 30 min walks to the important places and it feels safe. Supermarket is close by. In the evening it is a bit noisy. The kitchen has no ventilation and very hot in the Summer.
The apartment has no ac and in the Summer ac is a must for this apartment.
What we missed beside the ac was a place to put the kitchen towel in the kitchen and a holder for the toiletpaper
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The fossil in the image above belongs to a genus of trilobites that lived from the Mid-Ordovician to the end of the Silurian. Distinguishing characters of Sphaerexochus include the massive inflation of the glabella, the central section of the trilobite head, which became almost spherical. The cheeks on either side of the glabella, in contrast, remained fairly small. The inflated glabella was marked on each side in the posterior part by a deep furrow that run in a curve from the side to the posterior margin. In the photo above, this furrow marks out the circular section that looks a bit like a large eye; the actual eye can just be made out in the photo (I think) as a crescent-shaped structure on the cheek below the glabella. The rear outer corners of the cheeks were more or less blunt in adult individuals, generally lacking the prominent cheek-spines of many other trilobites (small spines were present in juveniles). The spines on the trilobite's rear end (the pygidium) were also blunt and stout.
Přibyl et al. (1985) recognised four subgenera within Sphaerexochus, and this classification was largely supported by Congreve & Lieberman (2011) in a phylogenetic analysis (one of the subgenera, Onukia, is not known from well-preserved material and hence could not be analysed by Congreve & Lieberman). One of the subgenera, Korolevium, retained short cheek-spines as adults; they were absent in other subgenera. The remaining two subgenera, Sphaerexochus and Parvixochus, were distinguished by features of the hypostome, a plate on the underside of the head that covered the mouth in life. Korolevium and Parvixochus were both extinct by the end of the Middle Ordovician, but the Sphaerexochus subgenus sailed on and passed through the mass extinction event at the end of the Ordovician apparently unscathed (Congreve & Lieberman 2011).
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March 2, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Realtor Ryan Brown has joined the Sarasota office of RE/MAX Alliance Group as a team member with his father, veteran real estate professional Glenn Brown.
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Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Modean Stone, 85, of Roswell, who passed away on Nov. 21, 2012. Interment will follow at South Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bill Bird, Earl Haas, Jason Heritage, Bryce Smith, Randy Spear, and Kyle Traylor. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, and from noon to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, as well as up until the service on Nov. 26, 2012.
Modean was born on July 21, 1927, in Lohn, Texas, to Robert Long Butler and Grace Roberts Butler. She was the second of 10 children. The family moved to [auth] Kerrville, Texas, when she was very young and she grew up there. She married Preston Lee Stone on Dec. 24, 1943, in Kerrville, Texas. Although reared in town, she quickly adapted to the ranch life that came with marriage to Preston and grew to love it. They lived in Texas until moving to New Mexico in 1957. Preston and Modean were married a few months less than 60 years when he died in 2003.
Modean was known for her delicious meals and enjoyed cooking for others. Her desserts and fresh baked breads were a favorite of those who joined her table, a result of the time she spent working in a bakery as a teenager. She enjoyed playing dominoes and card games, especially canasta, with friends and family, and seldom turned down an invitation to play. Although she had not sewed in the last several years, she was a talented seamstress making anything from formals to suits. She enjoyed reading, especially non-fiction. If asked what was important to her, she would tell you, after her faith, her family was most important. She also cherished her friends and considered them extended family.
Modean was preceded in death by her parents, as well as two sisters, Lola May Butler and Roberta Butler Robinett, and a brother Robert L. Butler Jr.
She is survived by her son Preston Stone Jr., and wife Willa, of Capitan; daughter Gail and husband Kenneth Brinson, of Hillsborough, N.J.; her brother Frank Butler, of Kerrville; sisters, Collene Baker, of San Angelo, Texas, Rachel Calentine, of Prosper, Texas, Catharine Butler, of El Paso, Texas, Lila and husband Wayne Crow, of El Paso, Ruthie and husband Richard Staley, of El Paso; grandson Troy Stone and wife Kimberly, of Capitan, granddaughter Tracey Stone, of Stevensville, Mont.; and great-grandsons Eleck and Bryce Stone. Modean is also survived by brother-in-law Robert L. Stone and wife Annie, of Kerrville, and sister-in-law Pauline Stone, of Amarillo, Texas, as well as many nieces and nephews.
Friends may pay respects online at lagronefuneralchapels.com.
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In the opening chapters of The Great Gatsby, how does F. Scott Fitzgerald establish the role money will play in the novel as he develops the characters?
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In the opening chapter of the novel the narrator, Nick Carraway, explains the circumstances surrounding his move to New York, including a description of his rental home, which stands in stark contrast to a home, or rather mansion nearby:
". . .squeezed between two huge places that rented for twelve or fifteen thousand a season.The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard. . .with a tower on one side. . .and a marble swimming pool, and more than forty acres of lawn and garden. . . .My own home was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore. . .for eighty dollars a month."
The opening page of Chapter Two contains one of the most famous quotations of the entire novel, as Carraway describes the location where he will meet Tom Buchanan's mistress, an area whose poverty and hopelessness stands in stark contrast to the mansions and manicured gardens that Carraway had earlier described:
". . .a certain desolate area of land. This is a valley of ashes. . .where ashes take the form of houses and chimneys and rising smoke. . .powdery air. . .bounded on one side by a small foul river. . . ."
Carraway gives an extended description of the preparations made for one of Gatsby's parties, which includes "buffet tables garnished with glistening hors d'oevres, spiced baked beans crowded against salads of harlequin designs. . .a bar stocked with gins and liquors. . . ."
Another indicator of the great wealth that Fitzgerald juxtaposes against poverty is when Carraway observes the day that Gatsby picked him up in his "gorgeous car" that "It was the first time he had called on me though I had gone to two of his parties, mounted on his hydroplane. . .and made frequent use of his beach."
One thing that Fitzgerald is skillfully setting up as the reader gets to know the characters is that with great wealth apparently comes a great moral vacuum; Gatsby, the one whose wealth is supposedly the product of a tainted and shady past, ends up seeming to be the most sympathetic of all of the objectionable characters Carraway will encounter. By contrast, the people who consider themselves society's superiors with their claims of "real money" are the ones who are completely morally bankrupt.
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GREENVILLE - The East Carolina women's basketball team is looking to rebound from its recent loss at UTEP as it heads to Memphis for a Thursday evening conference game.
The Pirates and Tigers will face off on January 17, at 8 p.m. (ET) at Elma Roane Fieldhouse.
The Pirates and Tigers will meet for the 21st time in program history and the all-time series is knotted at 10-10. Last season, the Tigers swept ECU in a pair of contests, edging the Pirates, 62-59, in Memphis, Tenn., before defeating them, 69-56, in Greenville, N.C.
East Carolina is looking for its first victory over Memphis since March 9, 2010, when the Pirates held off the Tigers, 73-66, at the Conference USA Tournament in Tulsa, Okla.
East Carolina will enter Elma Roane Fieldhouse with an 11-4 overall record and a 1-1 C-USA mark. The Pirates are averaging 66.7 points per game, while limiting their opponents to 53.5.
The ECU defense has been solid this season as it is forcing 24.1 turnovers per game, while collecting 13.9 steals per game, which is good for third in the nation.
Memphis comes into the game against the Pirates with a 10-6 overall record and a 1-1 conference ledger.
The Tigers opened C-USA action with a 77-74 loss at Houston before defeating Southern Miss, 63-57, last Sunday.
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Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.
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God Is Truth
Postmodern philosophy looks at how each person perceives things differently and concludes that no ultimate standards exist. The fact that we all have different perspectives only shows that we are not omniscient; yet it does not follow that no being ...Read More
The Crown of Life
What are the trials in your life? Are you currently facing some sort of persecution for your faith in Christ? Do you find yourself suffering from an illness? Is a lack of money causing you to doubt, or is the ...Read More
From Jacob to Israel
When God sends trials our way, He is not working against us. He also delivers us from the travails He permits (Pss. 18:2; 74; 79; 1 Cor. 10:13). Calvin writes that "inasmuch as he supplies us with more strength to ...Read More
Inspiration, Infallibility, Inerrancy
Today, there is an assault on the inerrancy of Scripture that tells us the bible is a mixture of both truth and error. ultimately, however, this reflects a low view not only of Scripture but also of God. If God ...Read More
Counting It All Joy
To be able to count it all joy, you have to be able to trust God. Do you have that kind of confidence in the sovereignty and goodness of God? Do you look to Christ in the midst of your ...Read More
The Purpose of the Parables
We should marvel at God's grace every time we recall that we have trusted Christ alone for our salvation. Before the Lord quickened us, we were dead in sin and had no desire at all to know or serve Him. ...Read More
Means of Grace
The sacraments are mysteries in that we cannot explain fully what God accomplishes through them. We do know, however, that they are more than memorial observations. They become effectual means of grace to those with faith by the working of ...Read More
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How likely is it that the acknowledged leaders of the church today could come to such unanimous theological agreement? It was no less difficult then, yet it was achieved. What would it require for such accord in our generation? Pray ...Read More
The High Priest's Purpose
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Differences between Hamas, Israel are vast
Following are some truths regarding Hamas and Israel. Hamas honors death by targeting civilians, using their own civilians as human shields, and themselves becoming suicide bombers. Israel, on the other hand, honors life by warning the Palestinian civilians that they are in a military target zone. Israel phones them and tests them as well as dropping by plane hundreds (thousands?) of leaflets in various languages warning them to flee — quickly. Hamas, on the other hand, urges them not to flee. Hamas uses their own civilians to protect their own rockets. Israel, on the other hand, uses their own rockets to protect their own people.
"If Hamas can get away with using their own people as human shields, you're next," said Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commenting on those who desire Israel not to defend themselves because of the high civilian death toll caused by human shields.
Israel supplied the Palestinians with cement to build homes, schools, etc. Hamas, on the other hand, used the cement to build dozens of underground tunnels to smuggle arms and terrorists into Israel with the sole purpose of killing Israelis.
Hamas hasn't kept one cease fire — one of which was broken in two hours when a suicide bomber and company came through an underground tunnel into Israel, killing two Israeli soldiers who were honoring the cease fire. Israel, on the other hand, has kept all cease fires. With dozens of rockets flying over their heads, the Israelis have no desire to play patty-cake with terrorists.
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My Name is Khan is being touted as the most awaited releases of the year. Shahrukh Khan and Kajol will return to the screen together after a gap of eight long years. They were last seen together in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001. Film analysts are banking on the fact that it was the trio of Shahrukh, Kajol and director Karan Johar which had delivered the superhit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
This deal will serve as a personal satisfaction for Shahrukh has not only has his movie bagged a huge deal it has superseded the previous one held by Aamir Khan. It may be recalled that Shahrukh's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Aamir's Ghajini has clashed at the box office last year. On that occasion Aamir had emerged as the clear winner.
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So, growing season is well and truly upon us. If your garden plot isn't starting to yield the bounty you planned, could the soil be to blame? You should test the pH of your soil to make sure it's prepared for planting vegetables and fruit – but who seriously knows how to do that? What make a good soil for planting, anyway?
Understanding pH – in 30 seconds
Think back to 7th grade science class…remember learning about pH? I know, it's probably a distant memory, so I'll help you out. Potential Hydrogen (pH) is a measure of how acidic or basic/alkaline aqueous solutions are. It's a logarithmic function of the hydrogen-ion concentration, which I won't go into in further detail (you're welcome). PH is measured on a scale of 1-14—a pH of 7.0 is considered neutral, while anything higher is alkaline and anything lower is acidic. In the classic science-textbook illustration of a pH test strip, milk and pure water sit at the center of the spectrum with a pH of 7.0. Battery acid has an acidity of about 1.5, while lye sits on opposite end of the strip with an alkalinity of about 13.5. Is it coming back to you now?
Your soil's pH level determines nutrient availability for your plants as well as the absorption rates of those nutrients. In other words, taking the time to make sure your soil is in the correct pH range means happier plants and a hardier, more bountiful, and tastier harvest. Most fruits and vegetables grow best in more neutral soil with a pH of about 6.2-7.2, so if you're within that range, you're probably all set. Be sure to check the specifications for your particular plants, though, as some prefer soils outside of this range (blueberries, for example, thrive in more acidic soil with a lower pH). Check out the table that follows to find out the best pH for what you're growing.
What changes a soil's pH?
Soil is made up of crushed up parent rock, and the composition of this parent rock plays a role in determining the resultant soil's pH. If the parent rock was a calcium carbonate-rich material, like limestone, the soil will likely be alkaline. Soils made up of silica-rich material tend to be more acidic. Rainfall helps leach basic (alkaline) materials like calcium from the soil, so areas prone to heavy rainfall tend to have more acidic soils. Rainwater itself tends to be a bit on the acid side, which is another contributing factor to acidic soils. If you live in an arid climate, it's likely your soil is on the alkaline side since rain doesn't have a chance to leach any of the basic materials out. All this goes someway to explain the regional differences in crops grown in different parts of the same country.
How to Test your Soil's pH the easy way
It's suggested that you test your soil every 2-3 years for sandy soils or 3-4 years for clay-rich soils. But, if your garden is growing happily with no problems, you probably don't need to worry too much. If you seem to have inexplicably lost your green thumb, it could be time for a pH test.
There's a few options for measuring your soil's pH. For the most accurate measurements and precise advice on how to amend your soil, send samples from your garden to a soil testing laboratory for analysis. They'll send you back information on your soil's pH level and advice on how much lime or sulfur should be used to properly amend your soil. A fancy store-bought at-home test kit or an even fancier electronic soil meter from your local garden store will yield less reliable results and no amendment advice, but will give you a good place to start.
Alternatively, you could do a quick-and-dirty (literally) at-home science experiment that will give you a rough estimate of your soil's condition: Scoop a soil sample from your garden into a cup. Add some vinegar. If it fizzes, it's alkaline (basic). If it doesn't, scoop some fresh soil into another cup. This time, add a mixture of water and baking soda. If it fizzes, your soil's acidic. If your soil doesn't react in either case, the pH is already balanced and ready for planting and you're all set. Adding soil amendments – how to change your soil pH
If you find your soil is too basic or too acidic, you may have to add soil amendments to get a healthy harvest. Adding lime to acidic soil or sulfur to alkaline soil will balance the pH, but it takes time for the amendments to be thoroughly mixed in, so be sure to test your soil about three months prior to planting.
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Loyola University Health System Child Safety Expert Gives Winter Safety Tips
MAYWOOD, Ill. – Cold winds, icy rain and, in some places, snow—Old Man Winter is here. With the snowball fights, snow forts and snowy hills come some serious dangers. In addition to ducking from flying snowballs and avoiding out-of-control skiers, parents need to be on the lookout for dangerously low body temperatures and frostbite.
"Kids love to be outside, but they also are more vulnerable to cold weather than adults," said Dr. Tony Pangan, pediatrician at Loyola University Health System and assistant professor of pediatrics at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. "Most kids won't notice changes in their bodies related to cold exposure. As a parent your goal should be to be prepared and equipped to help kids have safe winter fun."
Pangan offers some tips to keep kids safe while playing outside in the cold:
- Dress your child in layers. If one layer gets wet, the child can remove it to keep moisture away from the skin.
- Avoid cotton clothes as they will not insulate if wet. Fleece and wool are better options.
- Wear a hat. Children can lose 60 percent of their body heat if their heads are not covered.
- Remember the ears, nose, hands and feet. These areas are most vulnerable to frostbite, so keep them covered up.
- Make sure kids come inside often to limit exposure to the elements.
- Change children out of wet clothing as soon as possible. And, fire up the hot chocolate for some winter warmth.
Two of the most dangerous winter conditions for children are hypothermia and frostbite.
"These occur more frequently in children because their bodies are different. They have larger heads and large body surface area compared to their body mass, which leads to rapid heat loss," Pangan said. "Compared to adults they just don't have as much energy reserves to burn when it comes to being cold. This is particularly true for babies who are unable to shiver to generate heat."
Pangan shares some tips to help keep kids safe:
Hypothermia occurs when the body temperature is lower than 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
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If the body temperature drops further you might see:
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"If a child exhibits these more serious symptoms, get them inside immediately, out of wet clothes and into warm, dry clothes. Wrap the child in a blanket and call 911 immediately," Pangan said.
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BERLIN SEES LONDON BLOCKING ACCORD IN DESIRE FOR TRADE; Locarno, Thoiry and League Covenant Are Declared Imperiled in Deadlock on Arms. CONTENTION OVER EXPORTS Britain Declares War Goods Reach to China -- German Say Ban Would Ruin Industries. AMBASSADORS CAN'T DECIDE They Pass Question of Ending the Allied Control to Geneva, Which Sends It Back to Them. BERLIN SEES LONDON BLOCKING ACCORD
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BERLIN, Dec. 10. -- In circles close to the German Government it was asserted here tonight that the struggle behind the scenes in Geneva was no longer a political battle by Germany against the combined forces of Britain. France, Italy and Belgium, but had shifted into commercial warfare between Britain and Germany.
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