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Lesson Plan
The Magic School Bus Goes to Mussel Beach
Teach about life in the intertidal zone with Ms. Frizzle and the gang!
1–2, 3–5
Field Trip Notes
The class is enjoying a normal day at the beach until Ms. Frizzle discovers a letter from Uncle Shelby. He needs the class to look after his beachfront property. The kids soon discover that his supposedly luxurious accommodation is actually a tiny spot on the shoreline. Why would anyone live in a spot where youre battered by waves at high tide and baked by the sun at low tide? To find out the answer, Ms. Frizzle turns the kids into...mussels!
Going Hands-On: Life in the Intertidal Zone
Time: 20 minutes for tide; 45 minutes for tidal zone
Recommended Group Size: 4 students
Ms. Frizzles class explores the intertidal zone as mussels. Your class simulates a tide, and then populates a tidal zone.
What You Need
- 18 inches of clear plastic aquarium tubing
- Glass of water
- Food coloring
- Rectangular glass casserole dish
- Rocks, sand
- Tape
- Copies of Life in the Intertidal Zone page, one per student
- Animal models from the Life in the Intertidal Zone page
- Books, magazines, or other resources about intertidal critters
Set Up and Prepare: Tidal Resources
Gather a Between-the-Tides library of pictures, shells, books, and other materials.
Talk About it
Ask students:
- What are tides? (Twice-a-day, the ocean waters rise and fall.)
- Do they affect ocean shore critters? (Tides cover, then uncover the shore. They also batter the shore with waves.)
What To Do
Create a Tide
- Create a "shoreline" in the dish. Prop it to make a sloping "beach." Arrange rocks and sand in dish for a shore.
- Create a "tide." Color the water. Position the glass so that the glass water level is near the bottom of the beach dish - "low-tide zone."
- Put one end of the tubing in the glass. Tape in place. Suck on the tube to fill it with water. Pinch shut while you place it in the dish. Tape in place.
- Raise or lower the glass to siphon water to or from the dish, creating "tides." Ask: Are shore animals always covered with water? How can they survive tide changes? (experiment graphic) Raise and lower glass for tides.
Create an Intertidal Zone
- Assign each group an activity-sheet critter.
- Arrange furniture to create an intertidal zone - floor, low zone; chairs and tables, mid-zone; chalkboard, high and splash zone.
- Let groups arrange their animals in the proper part of the intertidal zone. Ask: Why is this the best place for you? How do you survive when the tide is out?
Next Stop
Have groups select another intertidal zone animal to learn about and draw. Add it to your intertidal zone tableau.
Teach your students about underwater life and the science of the world's oceans with this collection of resources.


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Nanotech 2003 Vol. 1
Technical Proceedings of the 2003 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 1
Chapter 11: MEMS Design and Application
Coupling Spring Design and Insertion Loss Minimization of Second Order MicroElectroMechanical Filters
|M. Naseer, M. Parlak, T. Bechteler, Y. Gurbuz
|Sabanci University, TR
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|RF MEMS, filters, coupling spring design, micromechanical resonators
|Micromechanical resonators based filters are considered as potential replacements of prevalent tank circuits due to their high selectivity and on chip integration compatibility. Micromachined bandpass filters have been operated both in HF and IF regions with percent bandwidths in the order of 0.2% and 0.09% respectively and insertion losses as small as 1dB. For these high Q designs both the coupling spring as well as insertion loss should be taken into consideration. Design of the coupling spring is studied for mechanically coupled micromechanical filters. Tuning coupling spring, either maximally flat response or maximum bandwidth can be obtained. Tuning criteria is presented theoretically and tested with simulations. Insertion loss is also studied and minimization techniques supported by theory and simulated by the HPADS software are applied using properly designed input/output matching networks. This study assumes identical resonating structures with same resonance frequencies which simplifies the fabrication process.
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Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia
The Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia is a Saudi Non-governmental organization founded to provide activism for women's rights. It was founded by Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Uyyouni, and grew out of a 2007 movement to gain women the right to drive. The association is not officially licensed by the government of Saudi Arabia, and has been warned not to mount demonstrations.[1] In a 2007 interview, al-Huwaider described the goals:[2]
The association will consist of a number of leagues, with each league pursuing a different issue or right... representation for women in shari'a courts; setting a [minimum] age for girls' marriages; allowing women to take care of their own affairs in government agencies and allowing them to enter government buildings; protecting women from domestic violence, such as physical or verbal violence, or keeping her from studies, work, or marriage, or forcing her to divorce…
The association's first campaign gathered signatures to petition King Abdullah to allow women to drive.[3] The petition was ignored.
In 2008, the association launched a "No to the Oppression of Women" campaign. The campaign recorded Saudi women speaking about the oppression or violence to which they had been subjected, with complete assurance of confidentiality and put the recordings on YouTube. The association described its campaign as giving victims a voice.[4]
- ^ "2008 Human Rights Report: Saudi Arabia". United States State Department. 2009-02-25. Archived from the original on 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ^ http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2383.htm
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-06-20.


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The word also has it the downscale hardware equates to a price difference of almost $40 between the Samsung Corby S3650 and Corby Pop, meaning the more affordable version will probably roll out with a retail price tag of about $150. We still do not have any information on whether or not the manufacturer plans to offer the cheaper handset outside of India.
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Social Security And You
On August 26, America observes Women's Equality Day. Historically, this date marks the passage of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
Today, women have challenging choices to make.
Some may spend their entire adulthood in a career or job outside the home.
Some may work for a few years, leaving the workforce to raise children and eventually return to work.
And some may choose not to work outside the home.
Whether they work, have worked or have never worked outside the home, it is essential that women understand how Social Security can help them and their families.
That is also why Social Security has a special web page on our Internet site at www.socialsecurity.gov/women entitled "For Women." Here is a sampler of the information that is available there, conveniently categorized by the different "roles" that women may play throughout their lives.
Working Women — A "Benefits Planner" explains how you qualify for Social Security benefits, which members of your family may get benefits based on your earnings record, and how and when to apply.
Women also can use links to outside web sites that discuss other sources of retirement income and post-retirement concerns such as housing, medical care and leisure activities.
Bride — Brides may find the information about "Changing Your Name" especially useful. If a woman marries and changes her name, she must be sure to tell Social Security and her employer about it. It can help ensure that she will get the benefits she is entitled to when she applies for Social Security. Visitors also can get an application for a new Social Security card on this web page.
New Mother — Learn about the importance of Social Security numbers for newborns and about benefits for children.
Divorced Spouse — At this link, visitors can learn if they would be entitled to divorced spouse's benefits, and also what happens to benefit entitlement if a woman remarries.
Widow — Here visitors can read about the requirements for widow's benefits, and also learn about the importance of Social Security survivors benefits in family financial planning.
As the site notes, "If you are married and both you and your spouse are wage earners, you should consider survivors benefits from two perspectives. For one, when you die, members of your family could be eligible for benefits based on your earnings.
You also should consider the benefits you and your family would be eligible to receive if your spouse died."
Visitors can click on convenient links to learn more about each situation.
Social Security plays an important role in providing economic security to all Americans.
Security offers a basic level of protection to all women covered by the programs.
With nearly 60 percent of the people receiving benefits today being women, it is important that all women understand the benefits to which they may be entitled.
Regardless of what a woman's life situation may be, Social Security's web page "For Women" at www.socialsecurity. gov/women can offer useful, practical information.


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English: Ardboe is a small village in the north east of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland owned by the Quinn family. It is near the western shore of Lough Neagh and lies within the Cookstown District Council area. The village has recently been in the news due to extensive local objections to British military activity in the area,
Italiano: Ardboe è il nome di una località della contea di Tyrone, in Irlanda del Nord, che si trova sulle sponde del Lough Neagh.
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Cyprus, Limassol Perfect day
Located between the shores of the Mediterranean and Asia, Aphrodite's Cyprus is where east meets west. It's hard not to fall for the island of sand, sun and shopping. Lose yourself in the luxury of Limassol's fashion boutiques on Archbishop Makarios avenue where you'll find designers from Hermès to Roberto Cavalli.


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Purdue band to march in Ireland St. Patty's parade
Purdue University's marching band will travel to Ireland next month during spring break to participate in Dublin's St. Patrick's Day Parade.
This will be the first time the band's 91-year-old Big Bass Drum will travel abroad. The drum hasn't accompanied the band on previous overseas trips to because of challenges surrounding its size and weight.
More than 200 family members and band boosters will travel with the 300-person band to Ireland on March 10. The public is invited to a celebration at Nine Irish Brothers on March 3. The West Lafayette and Lafayette locations will donate 10 percent of their proceeds that day to the band's travel fund. The event will include Irish music and giveaways as well as appearances by the Big Bass Drum and Purdue's twirlers.
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We can't think of a better way to spend a summer's afternoon than at the Villa Maria Estate in South Auckland listening to Tim Finn, Bic Runga and Dave Dobbyn with opening act Boh Runga and her special guest Che Fu.
Add to that a premium, fully catered experience - food and award-winning wines - for you and three friends, and we guarantee a feeling of total joy. Viva is delighted to have an exclusive prize package to give away for the MoreFM Winery Tour at Villa Maria Estate on Saturday March 6.
The total prize is valued at $950 and includes a signed copy of the Finn, Runga and Dobbyn album Together in Concert. To go into the draw for this fabulous prize, write your name, address and phone number on the back of an envelope and send it to: Villa Maria Estate Winery Tour Competition, Viva, NZ Herald, PO Box 3290, Auckland. Entries close February 10, winner announced February 17.
If, like us, you love the trend at restaurants and cafes to buy fresh New Zealand produce, then you might want to check out White restaurant at Auckland's Hilton.
Award-winning executive chef Cristiano De Martin has just launched a new summer menu featuring homegrown goodies such as Hawkes Bay lamb, Marlborough clams, Leigh snapper and seasonal vegetables, fruit and herbs. "Fresh, light and full of flavour" is how he describes dishes such as the entree of Budino of Crescent Dairy goat cheese ricotta with grilled zucchini and roast pepper dressing. Sounds delicious.
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The A320 New Engine Option
The market-leading A320neo (new engine option) Family is the world's best-selling single-aisle aircraft product line – providing unbeatable efficiency and comfort to its global customer base.
As a reference for traditional airlines and low-cost carriers alike, NEO aircraft benefit from Airbus' reputation for continuous innovation. Among the enhancements incorporated on A320neo Family jetliners – which comprise the A319neo, A320neo and A321neo – are two latest-generation powerplant choices (Pratt & Whitney's PurePower PW1100G-JM and the CFM International LEAP-1A), the incorporation of Sharklets wingtip devices and additional cabin optimisation.
These improvements will result in 20 per cent fuel savings per seat compared with current engine option (CEO) aircraft by 2020, along with two tonnes more payload, up to 500 nautical miles additional range, lower operating costs, and reductions in engine noise and emissions.
In January 2016, this new era in single-aisle efficiency officially opened with the delivery of the first A320neo Family aircraft – and A320neo equipped with Pratt & Whitney PurePower® Geared Turbofan™ engines – to launch operator Lufthansa. Airbus followed this with another milestone NEO handover: the no. 1 LEAP-1A powered A320neo version, which was received by Turkey's Pegasus Airlines during July 2016.
A key programme achievement was reached in February 2016 with first flight of the A321neo equipped with CFM International LEAP-1A engines, which was followed one year later by joint Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
As of February 2017, the A320neo Family has received more than 5,000 orders from over 90 customers.
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4 months of my life have now been spent living in Senegal, yet this country doesn't fail to vex, amaze and surprise me. Just the other day Amee & I went for a bike ride down a deserted track to find a beautiful but rugged, empty expanse of beach where we flew the kite Amee's dad sent and gobbled up some locally grown bananas. It's the precious instances like this that stick in my mind, the moments when I think 'if I hadn't chosen to take this year out, I would never have known…'
You can't beat the moment when a student catches on and the smile crosses their face, picking up Marieme from school and her running into your arms, successfully gutting, scaling and cooking a fish (something you were previously terrified of), clapping your hands in time to the drumming circle where the locals shout and dance carefree, the laugh of a local as you struggle along in Wolof – yet their delighted that you're even trying
December was a whirlwind of teaching, clubs, choir practice and basketball. Teaching is going really well, last week I started teaching my year 12 class. The majority of the students are older and taller than me, and there are 60 of them! It was daunting at first but is fast becoming my favourite. We get to discuss 'real' topics in English such as gender equality which contrast so heavily to the topics studied in the lower level classes. Their opinions on such topics are fascinating to hear.
Fas Jom, the group for teaching uneducated girls, is going from strength to strength as Connie is formalising it into a 'proper' organisation and last week we welcomed 15 students. It's challenging as you have to be really patient but so fulfilling when the student that couldn't hold a pencil learns to write their name. I have now established a daily routine, I teach between 4-6 hours in the morning, bike home to chomp down some Thieboudienne before skipping off to a club or basketball. This is followed by choir practice - Church is beginning to feel like home from home, I think I should bring a sleeping bag and call a pew my own. There are choir practices 3 times week (though we usually only sing on 1 of these and just procrastinate for the others, turns out the conductors does a mean impression of the queen!), mass twice a week and after Christmas I joined a prayer group 'Charismatique' that involves shouting, dancing, singing and praising in such a liberal way that you struggle to associate the same people with the Sunday Morning mass
December saw us attend a 'prize giving ceremony' for the best students in Joal – however this seemed to consist of 3 hours of speeches, drummers constantly interrupting the speeches and grannies dancing granny-ish-ly and throwing their head-scarves at important men.
On top of this we made the '5-hour-crammed-into-the-back-of-a-sept-place-with-your-knees-under-your-chin' journey to Saint Louis for an English teachers conference. With more enthusiastic English speakers than you could dare to dream of, this weekend was slightly bizarre with every conversation beginning 'Are you fine?' 'Yes I'm fine, are you fine?' 'Yes I'm fine!' We were staying in the Lycee there, West Africa's first official High School. Amee and I dared to venture up a rickety old ladder attached to the wall onto the roof of the school. The view was spectacular, Saint Louis is an incredibly beautiful city, albeit of course with Senegal's trademark: litter.
December also saw us stay at the British Embassy for the Christmas Carol Service. I ate some amazing gingerbread, had a hot(!!!!) shower, curled up on a sofa(!!!!!!!) with Dickens and sang Away in a Manger, 2 days of paradise before hitting reality on the return to Joal.
We didn't stay in Joal long however as our travels and the Christmas Holidays swept us away; first stop Thies where we attended Aicha's niece's wedding
The next morning I found myself back in that same place – the back of a sept-place. We swerved, off-roaded and pot-holed our way to the Gambian border where Senegalese politics truly came to light.
"You've overstayed your visa. You'll have to pay a fine. Where do you live?"
"In Joal."
"Oh wow, I'm from Joal too!" proceed a drilling of a map of Joal, including locations of the schools and churches, and we were free to continue! The Gambian border guard, Mouhamed, was equally friendly and took one hour to take our details, chill a while and slip his phone number into my hand – I was going to avoid this offer, Tom however crossed the border later, took his number and invited him around for drinks on Christmas Eve.
We spent our time in Bakau, The Gambia with all 8 volunteers, lapping up the sun, eating imported Cadbury chocolate and speaking Gambian Wolof, which is frankly, just a little weird: 'Yangi nice? Yangi cool? Yangi alright?' Amee and I even ventured to Serekunda market where we bought fish which I later made edible – perhaps one of my greatest moments so far
Amee and I then waved goodbye to our fellow English speakers and set off for Abene, a tiny village on the coast of the Casamance region (south of the Gambia). The Abene Festivalo is a percussion festival that takes place over Christmas and New Year, attracting zany travellers, locals and Gambians who think they're Rastafarians. We spent a couple of blissful days there, exploring by foot and Jakarta, basking in the beauty of the Casamance region. The campement where we stayed was owned by a joker named 'Cherif' who serenaded us with 'Who shot the Sheriff?' whenever we saw him. Incidentally, he spoke French, Wolof, German and broken English which made my mornings all the more interesting; guessing which language he was going to greet me in and working my brain into gear to splurt out the correct response. Our fellow guests included some Belgians who made the most of the local sex tourism opportunities and a middle aged German man who wore hot pants and baseball cap. (I told you they were zany!) At the festival, we looked on as the musicians drummed, clapped, strung and sang until they dropped
Our journey back to Joal was definitely one of a kind; due to Abene being so remote and travelling on New Year's Day. The 14 hour expedition included half an hour on the back of a Jakarta, a crammed 'car rapide' (minibus), several sept-places, taxis and a ferry. Tiring, but SO worth it. I'm coming to learn that nothing happens fast in Senegal, Aesop's old tale gets me through the day: 'slow and steady wins the race'.
The rentree was much easier than expected and more than I ever thought possible, I love Joal. This small fishing town where the people are so welcoming, the fish come in fresh and the sun always shines, it's my home. Time is flying quicker than you can say 'Alhamdoulilah', before you know it I'll be back in Kirkby, that small trundling town where the people aren't so welcoming, the fish are only fresh thanks to Morrison's and the sun rarely shines – though of course, it will always be my home.
P.s. Thank you all for your prayer, messages, Christmas cards and support – you are all WONDERFUL.


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He was warned about drugs as his flight approached Changi Airport. But the die was cast for Nguyen Tuong Van. Connie Levett reports from Singapore.
Friday is hanging day in Singapore, at first light. Barring a major concession by the Singapore Government, that day is not far off for Australian former Scout and convicted drug trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van.
Only presidential clemency can save the 24-year-old now and the likelihood of that is tiny. Should his life be spared, he will spend most of it behind bars.
On December 12, 2002, as SilkAir flight MI622 from Phnom Penh began its descent into Changi Airport, the flight director issued the standard warning: "Passengers are reminded that the penalty for illegal importation of drugs into Singapore is a mandatory death sentence."
With a packet of heroin strapped to his back and another in his backpack, Nguyen disembarked just after 3pm. Backing out was not an option; the "mule run" was to pay his twin brother's debts. Five hours later he was detained as he boarded Qantas QF10 for Melbourne.
With every appeal avenue now exhausted, his only hope lies in the close ties between the Singapore and Australian governments, says his Melbourne barrister Lex Lasry. The President can, at his discretion, grant clemency.
But precedent is against a successful appeal. In 1986 the Hawke government tried to stop Malaysia from hanging Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers. In 1993, Michael McAuliffe, a third Australian, was executed there.
The Howard Government has indicated it will do all in its power to save Nguyen's life: relations with Singapore are much closer than with Malaysia under Mahathir Mohamad.
The high commissioner to Singapore, Gary Quinlan, will not discuss the case. He spoke briefly with reporters after the appeal hearing on Wednesday, speaking of the "very specific compassionate and humanitarian grounds surrounding the case". He reiterated Canberra's "close and strong interest" and emphasised it "does not serve anyone to speculate on the case".
This low-key approach acknowledges that if Singapore feels pressured or publicly chastised on the issue, it will not budge. The small island state is sensitive to any perception that it can be pushed around.
In 1995, the pending execution of Filipina maid Flor Contemplacion for murder caused huge street demonstrations in the Philippines. The Philippine ambassador was recalled and state visits were cancelled. Singapore was surprised and deeply offended by what it saw as outside interference in its domestic affairs.
There is little public debate in Singapore on the merits of the death penalty. It was introduced in 1975 after the drug problem in Singapore in the late 1960s and early 1970s reached "alarming proportions", according to the Court of Appeal.
When then prime minister Goh Chok Tong was questioned by the BBC in September 2003 about the number of people executed so far that year, he said he believed it was "in the region of about 70 to 80". Asked why he did not know the precise number he said: "I've got more important things to worry about." Two days later he revised the figure down to 10.
Singapore does not release statistics on the people it hangs. Amnesty International estimates that more than 400 have been hanged since 1991, many for drug trafficking.
It is done without fanfare, and only occasionally acknowledged in the government-controlled press. When a small article does appear, it is usually to record the less controversial execution of a murderer, rather than a drug trafficker.
For Nguyen, the appeal for clemency may take months but every indication is that this bright, foolish young Australian is a dead man walking.


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With the Bonaroo lineup announcement coming later today, it feels like festival lineup season has officially kicked into high gear, if it wasn't there already. Today Dover's Firefly Music Festival announced the lineup for its second year. Headliners for the fest, which takes place from June 21-23 in Dover, Delaware, include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Vampire Weekend and Foster The People.
The lineup for the three-day festival also includes Kendrick Lamar, Matt And Kim, Calvin Harris, Toro Y Moi, Krewella, Passion Pit, Public Enemy, MGMT, Azealia Banks and many more. Will it live up to last year's Firefly Fest? We'll have to wait and see.
Early bird tickets go on sale on February 21. For more info on the performers, venue, or tickets you can check out the festival's website.


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German-Beating Czech Government Debt May Fall as Cabinet Spars Over Budget
Bickering within the Czech Republic's ruling coalition may prevent the government from overhauling state finances, undermining investor confidence that has helped the country's bonds outperform German debt.
Prime Minister Petr Necas in July pledged to cut the budget deficit after assembling the largest majority since independence in 1993 in a country plagued by political squabbling. Now the smallest party in his coalition is threatening to quit over appointments to the Cabinet, leaving Necas with a minority government. Party leaders will discuss the issue next week.
"We are priced as if they delivered everything they have said, and we know the internal divisions," said Lars Christensen, chief emerging-markets analyst at Danske Bank A/S in Copenhagen. "It's not going as fast as one could have hoped," he said, adding that Czech yields may rise as much as 1 percentage point if the government program faces further delays.
The yield on five-year Czech government debt has risen 6 basis points to 2.785 percent in the past year, the third-best performance among European Union members, behind the U.K. and Hungary, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The yield on German debt of similar maturity rose 90 basis points in the period.
Necas' goals include overhauling the deficit-plagued pay- as-you-go pension system, boosting private savings for retirement, and revamping the state health insurance program. Progress has been slow.
'Turbulence' Not Favorable
While the coalition parties agreed that workers will be able to divert part of their mandatory pension insurance payments into private accounts beginning in 2013, the ministries have yet to draft the required legislation. The Cabinet will send laws overhauling spending to parliament by the end of June and will tie them to a confidence vote, Necas said April 19.
"Investors' sensitivity to such events may rise in the coming weeks," because "necessary fiscal reforms must be approved before the summer holidays," said Jan Vejmelek, an economist at Komercni Banka AS in Prague, the Czech unit of Societe Generale SA. "The recent situation and turbulence on the political scene are not favorable for koruna investors."
The Czech currency has weakened 2.1 percent against the euro since April 26, the first trading day after Necas said his government would have no reason to stay in power unless efforts to cut public spending were passed by the end of June. It was the biggest decline of all currencies of post-communist EU members in that period.
The koruna is still up 5.45 percent since the May 2010 elections, the best performance among 25 emerging-market currencies tracked by Bloomberg. It was little changed at 24.573 per euro as of 10:44 a.m. in Prague today.
The Czech Republic has a history of political infighting. The EU's second largest ex-communist economy had two minority governments and two interim Cabinets in the past 13 years, stalling budget measures. In 2009, the administration of Mirek Topolanek lost a no-confidence motion halfway through the country's six-month term as EU president.
Coalition Tensions
Tensions inside the Cabinet flared this month when the leader of Public Affairs, smallest of the three coalition parties, demanded that Necas dismiss Defense Minister Alexander Vondra and Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek, saying the prime minister had interfered with his right to select his own team. Radek John quit as deputy prime minister on May 11, setting up a debate between leaders of the coalition next week.
Public Affairs may leave the coalition while continuing to support its legislative program, John said May 12. Necas says he expects the government to continue implementing its agenda.
"I strongly hope that political responsibility will prevail and the ruling coalition will focus on tasks it was elected to achieve, which means reforms," Necas said May 20, after submitting John's resignation to President Vaclav Klaus.
Coalition Support Wanes
The coalition parties may not want to trigger early elections because their popularity has declined since the 2010 elections, said Jiri Pehe, a political analyst and director of New York University in Prague.
Public Affairs would get 2.3 percent of the vote if elections were held this month, below the 5 percent needed to gain seats in parliament, according to a poll by Prague-based Stem conducted May 2-9. Public Affairs won 10.9 percent in last year's elections.
Necas' Civic Democrats were backed by 13.8 percent of those surveyed, compared with 20.2 percent during the elections. Support for TOP09, the third coalition member, was 10.3 percent, down from 16.7 percent. The poll of 1,219 people had a margin of error of 1.5 to 2.5 percentage points.
The three parties, which hold 115 votes in the 200-seat lower house of parliament, wouldn't be able to form a majority government if elections were held today, according to the poll. The opposition Social Democrats were the most popular party in the poll, garnering the support of 27.8 percent of those surveyed, up from 22.1 percent last year.
The ruling parties "are rightly afraid of an election fiasco," Pehe said.
'Substantial' Risks
While it is in the interests of the coalition parties to remain in government, government stability is a concern for investors, said Peter Attard Montalto, an economist at Nomura International Plc in London.
"The worry is that we see a slowing down of the reform process," he said in a phone interview. "Political risks are substantial and questions about the momentum in fiscal consolidation are being raised."
Moody's Investors Service says threats to the government's program are "relatively low." Still, Moody's is waiting to see progress before it raise the country's A1 credit rating, the fifth-highest investment grade.
"We've taken on board the measures, we've taken on board the government's commitment," Anthony Thomas, a Moody's analyst, said in a May 4 interview in Prague. "We just now want to see some delivery."
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The Same Night -- The Fir Plantation
AMONG the multifarious duties which Bathsheba had voluntarily imposed upon
herself by dispensing with the services of a bailiff, was the particular one of
looking round the homestead before going to bed, to see that all was right and
safe for the night. Gabriel had almost constantly preceded her in this tour every
evening, watching her affairs as carefully as any specially appointed officer of
surveillance could have done; but this tender devotion was to a great extent
unknown to his mistress, and as much as was known was somewhat thanklessly
received. Women are never tired of bewailing man's fickleness in love, but they
only seem to snub his constancy.
As watching is best done invisibly, she usually carried a dark lantern in her hand,
and every now and then turned on the light to examine nooks and corners with
the coolness of a metropolitan policeman. This coolness may have owed its
existence not so much to her fearlessness of expected danger as to her freedom
from the suspicion of any; her worst anticipated discovery being that a horse
might not be well bedded, the fowls not all in, or a door not closed.
This night the buildings were inspected as usual, and she went round to the farm
paddock. Here the only sounds disturbing the stillness were steady munchings of
many mouths, and stentorian breathings from all but invisible noses, ending in
snores and puffs like the blowing of bellows slowly. Then the munching would
recommence, when the lively imagination might assist the eye to discern a group
of pink-white nostrils, shaped as caverns, and very clammy and humid on their
surfaces, not exactly pleasant to the touch until one got used to them; the mouths
beneath having a great partiality for closing upon any loose end of Bathsheba's
apparel which came within reach of their tongues. Above each of these a still
keener vision suggested a brown forehead and two staring though not unfriendly
eyes, and above all a pair of whitish crescent- shaped horns like two particularly
new moons, an occasional stolid "moo!" proclaiming beyond the shade of a doubt
that these phenomena were the features and persons of Daisy, Whitefoot,
Bonny-lass, Jolly-O, Spot, Twinkle-eye, etc., etc. -- the respectable dairy of
Devon cows belonging to Bathsheba aforesaid.
Her way back to the house was by a path through a young plantation of tapering
firs, which had been planted some years earlier to shelter the premises from the
north wind. By reason of the density of the interwoven foliage overhead, it was
gloomy there at cloudless noontide, twilight in the evening, dark as midnight at
dusk, and black as the ninth plague of Egypt at midnight. To describe the spot is
to call it a vast, low, naturally formed hall, the plumy ceiling of which was
supported by slender pillars of living wood, the floor being covered with a soft
dun carpet of dead spikelets and mildewed cones, with a tuft of grass-blades
here and there.
This bit of the path was always the crux of the night's ramble, though, before
starting, her apprehensions of danger were not vivid enough to lead her to take a
companion. Slipping along here covertly as Time, Bathsheba fancied she could
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Now in his fourth season as UTEP's jumps and multi-events coach, Calvin Robinson looks to carry on the school's grand tradition of All-Americans and national champions. Robinson also oversees UTEP's domestic recruiting.
Robinson has gained much success since joining the Miners staff. He has trained seven NCAA All- Americans, had eight athletes qualify for the NCAA Midwest Regional, produced 15 conference titles and had an athlete compete at the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
Last year, Robinson's athletes helped the Miners take Conference USA runner-up honors both indoor and outdoor on the men's and women's sides.
Jumpers Nelly Tchayem and Mickael Hanany were shining stars for the Miners in 2007. Both gained All-America status during the indoor season. Hanany was named the C-USA Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row after placing first in the long, triple and high jump events at the conference championship meet. He placed eighth at the NCAA Championships in the high jump with a mark of 2.14m. Tchayem posted a fifth-place finish at nationals in the triple jump after posting provisional marks thrice during the season. She was also the C-USA triple jump champion with a mark of 13.08.
Hanany also gained two All-America honors outdoors and one indoors in 2006. He was the C-USA High Point Award Winner and had the Performance of the Meet both indoor and outdoor during that year. He was the C-USA Indoor Athlete of the Year and was honored by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Assocation as the indoor and outdoor Mountain Region Field Event Athlete of the Year.
Hanany took fourth in the long jump and sixth in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. He won the long jump, triple jump and high jump at the C-USA Outdoor Championships. Hanany took fourth in the high jump at the indoor national meet and captured the gold in the high jump, long jump and triple jump at the C-USA Indoor Championships.
Hanany had the school's second-best high jump (2.30; 7-6 3/4), third-best long jump (7.89; 25-10 3/4) and fifth-best triple jump (16.39; 53-9 1/4) during the 2006 outdoor season. He also jumped 7-4 1/4 (2.24) in the indoor high jump, which ranks as the third-best jump in school history.
Robinson also worked with two-sport star Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jr., who scored in both the high jump and long jump at the C-USA Outdoor Championships and Daniel Lujan, who scored in the decathlon and heptathlon. Desiree Crichlow finished her career taking third in the high jump and triple jump at the C-USA Outdoor Championships and sixth in the high jump at the conference indoor championships.
In 2005, Robinson trained Hanany who went on to gain NCAA All-America honors in the high jump at both the indoor and outdoor championships. Hanany was the national runner-up outdoors and fifth indoors.
Under Robinson, Hanany was the Western Athletic Conference Male Performer of the Year and the Male High Point Award Winner at both the indoor and outdoor championships in 2005. He became the first-ever conference athlete to win the long jump, triple jump and high jump at both the indoor and outdoor championships. He posted provisional marks indoors and regional qualifying standards with each of his conference-winning jumps.
Hanany went on to compete at the European Championships, the European Junior Championships and the World Championships for France.
Hanany was not the only Miner to have success under Robinson. Higgins scored 19 points at the indoor conference meet and was an NCAA provisional qualifier in the long jump -- his first-ever year competing in the event. Higgins was an NCAA regional qualifier in the long jump outdoors and scored 12.5 points at the conference meet. Crichlow additionally competed at the NCAA regional in the high jump.
UTEP won both men's WAC indoor and outdoor titles, largely due to Robinson's jumpers. His unit scored 59 out of 184 (32.1 percent) of UTEP's points indoors and 48.5 out of the team's 208.5 points (23.3 percent) outdoors.
Prior to arriving on campus at UTEP, Robinson spent the previous four years as the jumps coach at Sam Houston State. He also assisted with the sprints, hurdles and relays as well as served as recruiting coordinator in 2003.
During the 2004 season, he coached the Southland Conference champions in the men's 400-meter relay, the women's high jump and the women's 400-meter dash.
He tutored Precious Madison, Sam Houston State's first NCAA Division I All- American, in the long jump in 2001. She was also an NCAA qualifier in the long jump and the 100-meter dash in 2002. He trained Alisha Fowler, the 2003 Southland Conference champion in the high jump. Fowler was also an NCAA Midwest Regional Qualifier.
During his SHSU coaching career, Robinson produced the school record holders in the women's indoor long jump and the outdoor long jump.
He also was the meet director for the UIL Region III-4A Track Championships, the UIL Region III Cross Country Championships and the York Relays.
Robinson holds Level I and Level II (sprints/hurdles) certification from the United States of American Track and Field Association.
In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Robinson was an instructor in the Sam Houston State kinesiology department.
A 2000 graduate of Sam Houston State, he completed his master's degree in kinesiology in 2004.
While a student-athlete, he was an NCAA qualifier in the long jump in 1998 and All-Southland Conference in both the long and triple jumps in 1998 and 1999. He holds the SHSU school record in the long jump with a best of 25-5 1/2 (7.76) and ranks in the school's top 10 in the triple jump (50-8/15.44). He was also a three-year starter on the football team.
Robinson is the father of twin sons Kendall and Kamron, who were born in June of 2001.
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Eden Hazard will reject a move to Tottenham if the club fail to secure Champions League football for next season.
The Belgian playmaker, regarded as one of the best young footballers in Europe, will leave Lille at the end of the season and sources close to the 21-year-old hinted he was keen on the switch to White Hart Lane earlier in the campaign.
But Hazard, who would cost about £30million, would not consider joining a side who will not play in Europe's main club competition next term. Spurs looked certainties for next year's Champions League for most of the season, but a disastrous run of form, which has brought only one win from nine league matches, has seen Harry Redknapp's team slip to fifth in the Premier League.
Yet if Spurs can recover and somehow finish third or fourth, they would have a strong chance of signing Hazard, despite interest from Manchester United.
Redknapp and Sir Alex Ferguson are just two senior bosses in English football to watch Hazard in action this season, while Chelsea sent scouts to Lille games five times before Christmas.
Last season, Hazard was one of three key attackers who helped Lille to the French title last year. Two of those, Moussa Sow and Gervinho, have since left the club and despite their best efforts, Lille are resigned to Hazard following them.
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There's been a lot of buzzing in the past 24 hours about some pictures that were leaked of a prototype iPod Nano that has a camera. The latest reports are showing that there is still a good amount of work to be done to make it final.
This is the latest from M.I.C. Gadget:
This isn't the first time an iPod Nano prototype with a camera has been rumored. Back in May there were pictures of a prototype that eliminated the clip. In November Apple filed a patent on a clip that had a hole in the clip to allow the camera to see through it.
Anyone interested in this? Does anyone here even have an iPod Nano? (Kinda joking....)


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Author of two Amazon best–selling books (in six categories) – '79 Network Marketing Tips' and 'The Prospecting Game'.
Wes Linden has never had a conventional job, having failed to complete his degree and drop-out long before completing his teacher-training course. Yet he came across a network-marketing business and has worked with that same company for over 18 years. Having built one of the largest and most successful organisations with an expected team turnover of £90m (over $125m), Wes has become a highly-coveted speaker and consultant for network-marketing businesses outside of the UK in various parts of Europe and both 2013 and 2014 has seen him become the first ever Brit to speak at the 3-day Mastermind event in Orlando, alongside such big names as Randy Gage, Jordan Adler, Orrin Woodward, Art Jonak, Sarah Robbins and Tom 'Big Al' Schreiter. In 2015, Wes was honoured to be the host & MC for the entire Mastermind Event weekend. Wes also had a mini-tour of America speaking alongside Big Al and appeared as a speaker in the Caribbean on the MLM Cruise.
What Wes is most proud of is the fact he's still an actively-business Leader within his network marketing business, having reached the top position in his compensation plan.


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For years Burke has harbored an outlaw's hard love for Wolfe, the beautiful, driven former sex-crimes prosecutor who was fired for refusing to "go along to get along." So when Wolfe is arrested for the attempted murder of John Anson Wychek, a vicious rapist she once prosecuted, Burke deals himself in. That means putting together a distrustful alliance between his underground "family of choice," Wolfe's private network, anda rogue NYPD detective who has his own stake in the outcome.
Burke knows that Wolfe's alleged "victim," although convicted only once, is actually a serial rapist. The deeper he presses, the more gaping holes he finds in the prosecution's case, but shadowy law enforcement agencies seem determined to protect Wychek at all costs, no matter who it sacrifices. Burke ups the ante by re-opening all the old "cold case rape investigations, calls in a lot of markers from both sides of the law, and finally shows all the players why "down here" is no place for tourists.
About the Author
Andrew Vachss has been a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a social services caseworker, and a labor organizer, and has directed a maximum-security prison for youthful offenders. Now a lawyer in private practice, he represents children and youths exclusively. He is the author of numerous novels, including the Burke series, two collections of short stories, and a wide variety of other material including song lyrics, graphic novels, and a "children's book for adults." His books have been translated into twenty languages and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, the New York Times, and numerous other forums. A native New Yorker, he now divides his time between the city of his birth and the Pacific Northwest. The dedicated Web site for Vachss and his work is www.vachss.com.
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"His greatest literary accomplishment to date and his most powerful statement yet on the choice between good and evil." --The Jackson Sun
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"Vachss's writing is like a dark rollercoaster ride of fear, love and hate." – The New-Orleans Times-Picayune
"Vachss's writing remains raw and hungry, with an epidermis of rage barely containing an infinite core of sadness." –The Seattle Times
"Sheer narrative drive is only part of what has kept readers coming back for more. . . . [Burke] is a hero of our times . . . lord of the asphalt jungle." --Washington Post Book World
"Vachss's style is personal, laconic, shaded and, of course, creepy. If you like hard-boiled punk narrative, this is a read for you." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The Burke books make the noir-film genre look practically pastel. . . . The plot-driven stories churn with energy and a memorable gallery of the walking wounded." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
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"The New York Burke inhabits is not borrowed from anybody and shimmers on the page as gaudily and scarily as it does on the streets." --New York magazine
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
12 Days of Holiday Cheer Giveaway Day 6: HSN Gift Card
Day 4 Winner Announcement: First, let me announce our winner (via Random.org) of this giveaway series from Day 4. Congratulations to Angie D! She will receive the Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit. I'm still enjoying reading all of your answers to the Question of the Day, and I thank you for playing along! Our Day 4 Question was What's the best thing that's happened to you since last Christmas/Holiday Season? Our winner answered I became an Auntie...again!
Day 6 of our 12 Days of Holiday Cheer Giveaway features a $25.00 HSN Gift Card, which will be electronically eMailed to the winner. HSN offers a wide variety of products, but I shop there most often for beauty products. Deborah Lippmann, Lorac, Lancome, Shiseido, and Paula Dorf are some of my favorite brands I shop for at HSN. I always play their Spin to Win game (see the "arcade" icon in the upper right corner of their home page) and it's an easy way to end up with free shipping or 15% off your order. Here's a reminder of the rules: Just answer the day's question (below) and leave your eMail in the comments (or check back to see if you've won if you don't feel comfortable leaving your address. You can then eMail me at email@example.com). U.S. residents only, Followers only (includes Google Friend Connect, subscribers, social media followers).
Happy Holidays, from me, to you!
12 Days of Holiday Cheer Question Day 6: Let's pretend...I do a lot of pretending about these kinds of scenarios! You've won a $500.00 gift card from the office Holiday party, but you can only use it to purchase products from one brand of higher end cosmetics (just not drug store cosmetics, but anything that you consider higher end). What brand do you choose?
My Answer: I would probably say Tom Ford. I do buy some higher end make up like Chanel and Guerlain, but I try to be selective for financial purposes. I don't have anything from Tom Ford, and I do like what I see from that line. I just haven't been able to justify $48.00 for one lip stick! But then again, I could step it down a notch and buy a lot more pieces for $500.00 from Hourglass or Becca than I could Tom Ford. Nope, I'm going to indulge myself and stick with my original answer. Tom Ford it is!
(note: I personally celebrate the Christmas Holiday, but I hope my questions are able to be interpreted for whatever Holiday you celebrate, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.).
Each day's giveaway will be open for 48 hours. I know some of you subscribe via eMail and don't receive posts until a day or two later. Winners will be announced approximately 48 hours after each giveaway is posted.
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I'd spend it all at Cle de Peau!ReplyDelete
Definitely Jill Stuart! The packaging is absolutely gorgeous, but with that price, it's such a splurge item!///ReplyDelete
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What a hard question! I would say Estee Lauder because I found that it also owns MAC cosmetics :)ReplyDeleteReplies
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It would probably be Shiseido. I think they're a little plain with their marketing, but a good chunk of my essentials are shiseido so I definitely wouldn't mind stocking up on those! heheReplyDelete
Hard to choose but I'd say Urban Decay :)ReplyDelete
If I had to choose one brand it would be Perricone. I love their moisturizer.ReplyDelete
That's easy for me! I'd choose MAC. I consider them high-end and could get a huge variety of products for that amount.ReplyDelete
Hmm. Probably Guerlain. Everything they make is beautiful!ReplyDelete
I would spend it on Dior or Chanel.ReplyDelete
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I would choose Guerlain! Their products are like works of art. :)ReplyDelete
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- Jennifer DysartDecember 9, 2012 at 1:00 PM
I would choose Chanel <3 It's classy!ReplyDelete
Either Cle de Peau or Le Metier de Beaute!ReplyDelete
Hourglass or Sunday Riley- they have beautiful textures- I'd have to do a comparison before I bought...ReplyDelete
oops so excited just thinking forgot my email antonsen-fomai (at) comcast (dot) netReplyDelete
Dior. I have one of their eyeshadow palettes (a splurge!) and it's like butter. I'd love to have some others, and their foundation, and nail polish....and right there my champagne tastes are over my beer budget!ReplyDelete
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I would have to choose Dio!ReplyDelete
I'd choose Tarte. Their selection isn't the largest but I love all their products so much!ReplyDelete
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I'd definitely stock up on MAC. They have such a great selection of both basics and unique, trendy colors.ReplyDelete
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Theres a Prada perfume that I want, so either that or Givenchy. I've seen some lovely nail polishes by them lately!ReplyDelete
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MAC all the way! There is so much that I want to try from MAC and they also have gorgeous polishes. Runner-up would be Urban Decay.ReplyDelete
I would choose either Burberry or Dior.ReplyDelete
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I'd say Perricone, one of wife's favesReplyDelete
I'd go with Tarte all the way... Love their stuff. They need to start making nail polish!ReplyDelete
I think YSL, but then I haven't gotten to try them much because of the prices!ReplyDelete
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I really would want to spend it on laura mercier products but my wishlist of urban decay is soooooo long! I'll have to choose UD!ReplyDelete
I would spend it all on Clinique!ReplyDelete
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- Valerie LDecember 11, 2012 at 11:33 PM
I will have to go for MAC and CliniqueReplyDelete
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Oh I would go for Dior all the way! :) Such a magnificent treat!ReplyDelete
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This new arrival from Mt. Hill Silver is custom made for Snake Oil Provisions. As are all Mt. Hill pieces, this ring is designed and completely hand made by Take. Because each ring is handmade, there will be subtle differences and variations that make every piece unique.
-Made of Sterling Silver with antiqued finish
-Large "statement" ring that's quite comfortable to wear
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-Filigree stamped "Mt Hill" inside ring & includes boutique packaging
-Size 10
Stone is smooth bright blue/ green (Fox) turquoise
Men's ring size 10
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World Cup fever is sweeping Auckland - restaurants turned hundreds away at the new-look waterfront yesterday, while more than 1000 fans swamped the All Blacks at a public session last night.
Maitre d's turned away customer upon customer from packed restaurants at Wynyard Quarter, while other people were content to stroll along the water's edge in sporadic sunshine.
Keen rugby fans Karen and Jim McGiffen were checking out the area's $120 million redevelopment for the first time and said it felt as though the World Cup had finally arrived.
"I think we've got something to be proud of here," Mrs McGiffen said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for us all. And now this last week, everyone's starting to get psyched up, we're building up, it's happening. A week today, it's going to be full-on."
The couple attended the welcome for the All Blacks on Saturday and said they planned to visit the fanzones and busier areas around Auckland during the tournament.
"I think you've got to do that," Mr McGiffen said. "It's seven weeks of soaking everything up. We won't see it here for a good few years, maybe not again in our lifetime."
More than 1000 fans turned out to meet the full All Blacks squad in Pakuranga last night.
The team were given a taste of the public's growing excitement - and expectation - as fans mobbed their heroes in chaotic scenes.
The event followed the official welcome in Aotea Square on Saturday and visits by players to 11 small towns across the country on Friday.
The "Stand in Black" fan day at Pakuranga Rugby Club will be followed by similar events in Christchurch and Wellington this month.
Back at Wynyard Quarter, barrister Geoffrey McDonald - in his Wallabies jersey - was over from Sydney for the weekend and said the area had a "great buzz".
"I think everyone is conscious of how they're going to go when they put on a big event, but it's looking good. The facilities look really good."
Mr McDonald said he had travelled extensively and Auckland's waterfront area was world-class - and a lingering hangover was evidence the Viaduct's nightlife was up to scratch too.
Daniel Herran and his son Federico were sharing a special Father's Day, having flown in from Buenos Aires only hours earlier.
The pair have attended two previous World Cups together and will visit Wellington, Rotorua, Hamilton and Dunedin during their 17-day trip.
Both wore the distinctive blue and white striped jerseys of Argentina, and said they were determined to make their support count.
But while Wynyard Quarter has received largely rave reviews, the same cannot be said for some of its restaurants and cafes.
Herald on Sunday critic Peter Calder was told the kitchen at gastropub Jack Tar was closed at 4.30pm on a Sunday, and was scathing of the food at tapas restaurant Pescado.
"If this is what we are offering diners ... we might as well put up a sign at the airport saying 'Country Closed Owing To Lack of Interest'," he wrote yesterday.
One patron of The Conservatory bar and restaurant spoke of poor service and planning.
"We got there to find people balancing huge plates of eggs and sausages on their laps because the tables inside the 'restaurant' weren't actually dining tables. We waited 20 minutes for a coffee and longer for our meal.
"The table next to us had been waiting longer still and when their waiter finally turned up he admitted the food on the plates was potluck as he couldn't track down the original order.
"Our food wasn't bad, I guess, and at least we got what we ordered."
Another diner, who asked not to be named, went to a cafe at the fish market and was asked: "Will you need a knife because we haven't got any left?"
When told a knife was required, the waiter said he would "see what he could do".


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Hi again guys can someone please explain this iv done what i think is right but its not having none of it,i have two email accounts one is Hotmail and the other is Yahoo,Hotmail or Outlook as it is now is my main email addy the Yahoo is for all other,ie password reset both accounts are active and used,iv one message in the action center about this so im probably not doing things right as i seem to be going around in circles,
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Not understanding your question. Could you brake it down in more simple terms? What exactly is the problem?
Hi Xhi im on a brand new pc with Windows 8 part of the set up is signing into, or creating, a Microsoft account, i use Hotmail so signed in as normal this then gave me access to my mail,it then goes on to request a second email account this they will use to send information for you to reset your password if you should forget it or your account is compromised,the next part involves signing back into your MS account then you have to confirm both addresses and that the pc is a trusted pc, iv got my email running so iv left it at that for the mo as im not sure myself just what it is im supposed to be doing,
I have Widows 8 on two machines and what you experience is why I use Windows 7 more than I use Windows 8.
Windows 8 can become a "hassle" at times just to do simple things.
You don't need to setup Windows 8 with a Microsoft account, you can just create a local account as you normally would
I didnt have much choice gedstar as i use Hotmail,i hear you rapoenix its got me baffled a few times,and i expect it wont be the first either, iv spent the day learning how to do the most simplest of tasks,has know one else come across Trust This Pc the message in my action center reads,your saved passwords for applications,websites,and networks wont synchronise until you trust this pc,
Windows 8 gives users the option of having an honest-to-goodness real roaming profile called a Microsoft account that can be easily used from one Windows 8 computer to another. Having a Microsoft account means you can sync your home computer's settings, look, feel, browser favorites, history, etc. so whether you log-in at home or half a world away, your profile will be there. Pretty neat!
Klein, Matthew; Heddings, Lowell (2012-10-23). The How-To Geek Guide to Windows 8 (Kindle Locations 517-520). How-To Geek. Kindle Edition.
From the Geeks book. This might be why you have to trust this PC.
I set up a Microsoft account with Windows 8. It syncs everything down to my personalizations across my laptop, desktop and my ten year old daughter's desktop. I had to confirm each PC as a Trusted PC. Works pretty well here. As gedstar mentioned you have the option of setting up a local account if you don't want to set up or use a Microsoft account
@secretmechanism: When gedstar said you can set up a local acount he was referring to your User account in Windows, not an email account. You have the choice of setting up a local account without the email address, pretty much like you would set up a User account in previous windows versions.
My Yahoo email prompts me for a 2nd email account in case of lost or a compromised account. I close it because it's just another way you can get more junk mail and another way "Big Brother" is able to keep an eye on you.
Thank you for the replys guys,@ presence1960 yep i can see what gedstar was talking about now,windows 8 does that to a person lol, iv sort of accidentally set it up, only because i wanted to retrieve my Hotmail account i though this was the only way of doing it,it then prompts you to add a second email this you are led to believe is for password recovery then you get the trust this pc thing, im not great with computers and find myself quite often being drowned in gobbldegook, someone mentioned using two windows pc's and i think trust this pc is for doing that? so i cant trust this pc because thats not what i wanted plus i dont want to link a second pc the only reason i went along with it is because i thought is was a way for Microsoft to sent you a password reset should you forget it or whatever, under each email address is a confirm button so im thinking its to confirm the two addresses that iv given, i think its a case of mistaken identity, should i scrap Microsoft and start again?
I would create a new user account that is not linked to hotmail (outlook.com or whatever it calls itself). Then you can log-in using a non Microsoft account and compare the Win8 interface that way. You will need to be logged in as a administrator, which, if you only have one user account, will already be an admin: Press the Windows button + C > click on the settings "gear" charm > click PC settings > click Users > Click Add new user and then select a user account which is not bound by a hotmail addy.
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A good number of the Springboks who take the field against New Zealand in the Tri-Nations test tomorrow will not be making another trip to these shores in a month for the rugby World Cup but skipper John Smit sees them as the future of South African rugby.
With 21 players left at home to get themselves in the right shape for the World Cup, and another three forced out of the tour through injury, the side are vastly short on test experience compared to their opponents.
It is something hooker Smit concedes has provided him with an added role on tour.
"My biggest job or challenge has been just to get the guys to keep renewing their own self belief in what they can do and what got them here against the continual struggle of people telling them that they don't have that ability," he said today.
"With all that had been read and said, I think it is very difficult to keep renewing that belief in themselves and in each other because of what they can do and what their talents are.
"We need to keep building on these guys because they're going to playing tests for some time after the World Cup - they are going to be the future of rugby in this country."
The match will mark Smit's 104th test, but take away his experience and the remaining 14 players can only contribute 168 caps between them compared to the All Blacks' 640 test caps.
But Smit was optimistic the future of the Springboks was looking rosy with the new breed getting ready to step into the shoes vacated by those, including Smit, who are set to call time on their international careers after the World Cup.
"This will be the core group that goes on for the next couple of years.
"It's not like the entire team will retire after the World Cup -- there will be a large proportion of the guys that they leave behind -- which would have had a taste of what the environment of Springbok rugby is.
"That will filter through to these youngsters and with that I think the potential of this young team will just get better and better."
Young fullback Patrick Lambie will make his first start for the Springboks and Smit said his 20-year-old Sharks teammate was set to steer the side in the future.
"He has a composure that is not the norm for a guy of his age. I think he'll be around for a long time.
"As quiet as he is, he's got a huge amount of potential for leadership as well and it will be wonderful to watch him grow even more.
"The short amount of time he's had at a high level, he's just slotted in really quickly."
There had been criticism of holding a Tri-Nations series in a World Cup year but Smit, who is making his third trip to New Zealand this year, said the Springboks would only benefit from the experience.
"We've got a young team here that hopefully can understand what the Tri-Nations is about and what kind of a jump it is to play in a test match against Australia or New Zealand.
"I'm hoping that they're not just here to learn, but they're here to play and do well," he said.
Against Australia last Saturday Smit led a side out who featured three debutants and he had been sought out for advice in the lead-up to their 20-39 defeat but this week, with only lock Gerhard Mostert making his debut, his counsel had not been in demand as much.
"The dust has settled a bit. The guys have had a bit of a taste, they seem far more settled this week and a lot less antsy."


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I would just like to say that having a food blog is a lot of work. Sure, it's insanely gratifying, and I love "meeting" all of you and consider you all friends. But still. Having to cook blog worthy food all of the time, take blog worthy pictures, and come up with blog worthy witty words, can be a challenge.
Sometimes I just want to be normal. Cook a normal simple meal, maybe take it's picture, maybe not. Tonight was one of those nights. Nothing special. I found a big bag of bell peppers in my fridge from the CSA and some brats in the freezer. Bingo.
Grill or pan fry the brats (with or without a beer soak and simmer). Grill or saute some bell peppers and onions, which were tossed with a little olive oil, salt and pepper and fresh thyme. Spoon peppers over brats. Snap a pic. Eat.
This will be my entry for Foodie Friday at Designs by Gollum!


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This one went through quite a bit of changes but here it is. I'm happy with how it came out. Another small piece to a bigger puzzle. Hope you guys enjoy it!
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Reminds me on Halo a bit well done
haha thanks. I played through it a little before I painted this. I loved their use of verticals. It made for a really iconic shape language.
some nice concept work here and in your other items
Intriguing. Nice colors too!
Nice work as usual. Keep it coming dude.
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From March 20 - April 10, the Calvin College Department of Art and Art History presents an exhibition of artwork at the (106) South Division Gallery from Associate Professor of Art, Jennifer Steensma Hoag's Advanced Photography class.
The artists are: Sarah Buhr, Andrea Everhart, Joshua Fox, Doh Young Kim, Brent Klein-Horsman, Ahren Myers, Kathrin Stahl, and Sarah States.
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I was taken to this delightful attraction by my parents when I was a very little boy on trips to Macinaw City in the late 1940s or early 1950s (am now 63), so this spot is ancient. The "man-eating clam" sign out has been out front for over 50 years. Inside there are rows and aisles of seashell trinkets and the "man-eating clam" with a pair of human legs sticking out of the rim.
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So I'm kind of afraid to ask this for fear it might be stupid. But I've been having very vivid nightmares that consist of very old type houses, always in a past generation such as the 40's-60's and such. I'm never in the nightmare. It's like I'm watching it, they present themselves kind of like a movie. But I can feel the fear. They always have families in them. And the houses are haunted I can hear growls and screams, feel cold spots, see entities that are particularly frightening, and often the families in the nightmare get attacked by these spirits and it's very vivid. For instance last night I had one where this family (mom, son, and daughter) were living in a rather large house and it was very old. The mother wore an old school dress and the house was haunted by something. I could gear growls coming from the vents, I felt this cold breeze coming from something and I heard screams. I saw red eyes in closets. I could see the daughter and mother crying, and then the mother went to the window and there was an entity there, a little girl with red eyes and scratches all over her, she screamed and jumped and then all chaos broke loose. The daughter ran into the bathroom where the son was laying on the floor covered in blood. The daughter ran to this hidden door that led to the basement and a voice was saying 'don't open the door' and then I saw the daughter run out of the house to a very old cop car and escaped while watching the house in the distance. That is just one dream I've had. It was longer than that with more paranormal happenings but I shortened it. I have various dreams of different families and houses. I'm worried as to why I'm having them? What do they mean? And should I be concerned? Thank you for your time.
Greetings: While it is true that you are seeing something I do not believe that you have anything to worry about. The dreams are helping you to tune in to a gift. and your ability to see enabled you to be involved, but nothing is threatening you. You are having these dreams in order to develop yourself so that you can be of service to others.


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Galax citizens are working together to express their frustrations over the recent change in speed limits throughout the city.
Posts about an online petition have been circling on social media. The petition asks the city to reverse the speed limit changes on portions of U.S. 58 that were recently lowered to 35 mph from 45 mph. Other streets in the city, like West Stuart Drive, were lowered from 35 mph to 25 mph.
The petition was created last Wednesday, and by Friday afternoon it had already reached 156 signatures.
HILLSVILLE — Police and emergency officials have plans in place to help safeguard the hundreds of thousands people expected to attend the Labor Day Gun Show and Flea Market this weekend.
These efforts spearheaded by the Hillsville Police Department and Carroll County rescue squads have been designed to decrease response times and address the flea market's greatest health risks, such as injuries through overheating, overexertion and falling.
The Gazette is partnering with local police departments to publish photos of suspects arrested and charged.
HILLSVILLE — Tens of thousands of people will head to Hillsville over Labor Day weekend to experience flea market shopping heaven, creating the potential of traffic hell for others.
The Labor Day Gun Show and Flea Market will open for business Friday at 7 a.m. and wrap up Monday at 5 p.m.
While Hillsville does its best to accommodate crowds estimated at more than half a million in the past, the Virginia Department of Transportation has issued its annual statement, warning those who might not want to be ensnared in the shopping bonanza to steer clear.
A Virginia state trooper who was involved in a rear-end collision that occurred on Elk Creek Parkway near Independence on Aug. 5, will not face traffic charges.
First Sgt. Mike Musser said State Police Sgt. Scott Todd conducted the investigation and will charge Trooper Jessie Tilson administratively.
INDEPENDENCE – The first bells of the school year rang last week in Grayson County as students returning to the division were greeted by numerous improvements in security measures.
Division Superintendent Kevin Chalfant provided the school board with an update on summer projects during the board's regular meeting earlier this month, which included upgrades to the safety and security, technology and pay raises for faculty.
Joshua Lee Crockett, 31, of Galax was arrested and received several charges following a traffic stop on Aug. 2.
Crockett was stopped by Officer Andrew Burnett for suspicion of driving under the influence, according to Galax Police Chief Rick Clark.
After a series of field tests, Crockett was charged with DUI, possession of marijuana and felony possession of a schedule II substance.
Crockett is being held in the New River Valley Regional Jail, and was to appear in the Galax General District Court.
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