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Royal Tower Hamlets Apartment - Times Square 9
お部屋の大きさ60 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- ファミリー/子供と一緒に泊まれる
- インターネット/WiFi
- キッチン
- 洗濯機/乾燥機
- テレビ
- 建物内にエレベーター有り
- タオル
- 食洗器
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This fantastically located apartment sleeps 6 people in two bedrooms with double beds and one foldable sofa bed in living room can sleep other 2 people. Fully equipped kitchen and excellent makes your stay in London more convenient. Apartment located on the 1st floor in the building with elevator.
The nearest station from the apartment is Tower Gateway which is about 5 minutes to the South West.
Iron & Ironing Board, Hair Dryer, Bed Linen & Towels, Washing Machine, Dishwasher, DVD, TV, vacuum cleaner, internet connection, heating
Drying Rack, Hair Dryer, toilet, shower, washbasin , bathtub, Heated towel bar, mirror
Bed Linen & Towels, double bed, night tables, lamp, shelves, wardrobe, mirror
Bed Linen & Towels, double bed, night tables, lamp, shelves, wardrobe, mirror
Bathroom, Kitchen in the living / dining room, Living room, 2 x Bedroom
Cookware & Kitchen Utensils, Crockery & Cutlery, Washing Machine, Dishwasher, DVD, TV, cooking hob, oven, electric kettle, microwave, toaster, plates, pans, fridge / freezer, coffee maker, coffee table, table and chairs, double sofa bed, Complimentary Tea & Coffee, cupboards
ハウスルールCheck in takes place atoffice at Adler Street, London E1. Exact address is mentioned in confirmation voucher.
Check-in is from 15:00 onwards, although early check-in may be possible if the apartment is empty on the previous night.
Check-out is no later then 11 a.m. If you need to stay longer we can offer you extra half day for the half price, or you can store your luggage in our office.
Arrivals between 21:00 and midnight will be subject to a late check-in fee of 20 GBP and 30 GBP from 00:00
We require security deposit for possible damage in the apartment or lost keys.
No Smoking, No Parties in the rented apartment.
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Nice and spacious apartment in the middle of downtown Prague. With the kids in bed upstairs we spent the warm summer evening in the beergarden right underneath our kitchen window! Since the bedrooms where on the other side of the apartment the noise was not much of a problem.
We could park our car at a neat and quiet parking area near the hotel where we had to pick up the keys and walked down to the apartment.
We had a wonderful time!
We had a good time, very supportive staff!
Location could`nt be better. Appartment very spacious, comfortable, and nicely renovated, but is beginning to look i little bit "tired" due to lack of rep/maintanance. Service from our host was very good. We would absolutely revisit, or recommend this to our friends.
Everything perfect!! 100% recommended.
We had the most wonderful time in Prague! Excellent apartment, splendid neighborhood, very friendly staff. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Great apartment. Great host, very friendly to help and answer questions.
We had a wonderful time in Prague! Everything worked perfectly. The apartment is perfectly located in the very center of the city. Apartment is well equipped.
Everything was good - both the service and the apartment. The apartment was spacious and good - we were 12 people and there were a lot of space. I would definitely recommend this place and I would like to come back.
A excelent apartment with a good location.Near markets and the old street station.
A modern apartment which was clean and
well equipped.
It's not necessarily best placed for visiting London (10mins drive from Islington) but we appreciated the ridiculously close vicinity to Jamie Oliver's Fifteen - literally 2mins walk.
Picking up keys and check in is at an alternative location which is not ideal but it does mean a professional service and the staff were efficient.
Cleaner was prompt (friendly) at check out and we were able to leave keys in the apartment.
Quite a large deposit, especially as there was 6 of us - so even higher - which wasn't initially clear. We had concerns about a credit card being taken (out of our sight) along with our ID but this was unfounded. No charges were made.
A nice large living space with two bathrooms (powerful and hot showers with modern design) which meant we had plenty of space - even with two adults on the sofabed.
Some may not like the fact that it's ground floor. Both bedrooms have big ground level windows that face directly on to the alleyway so anyone walking past feels like they're in the room with you! Fortunately it's not a busy route :) For this reason windows are locked shut and the heat can become stifling.
Overall a good stay, hence the 4stars.
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Steve Connolly's book They Touched My Heart will be launched Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Georgian Room at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel.
Steve Connolly once made a living advising young people how best to lead their lives.
For most of his 20 years in education, the 70-year-old Charlottetown resident guided students through a host of challenging hoops and over a string of complicated hurdles.
He was also a teacher for six years, including two in which he split his time between teaching in the classroom and serving as vice-principal of St. Jean Elementary School in Charlottetown.
He also provided plenty of direction as a coach, establishing the first basketball team at St. Jean's.
Today, he is hoping to deliver guidance to a notably older segment of the population: guidance based on first-hand knowledge gathered through hard-earned lessons in health and life.
Connolly had a heart attack in November 2007. He never saw it coming. Nor had he ever seen cause to brace for such a major health event.
His five weeks in hospital, his recovery period, and his ongoing post-heart attack lifestyle provide more than enough fodder to fill a book. So he did.
Connolly says he wrote, They Touched My Heart: A cardio version of a love story, with the goal of having others learn from his nearly life-ending, but eventually life-enhancing, experience.
"My first objective is to keep in mind the impact my experience has had on my life and that of my family, in hopes that I will remain vigilant in avoiding practices that might have me return to a cardiac care unit,'' Connolly writes in his book that will be launched Tuesday in Charlottetown.
"My second objective is to reveal the vulnerabilities involved in a critical illness, and to encourage everyone to prepare for the financial impact a critical illness can have on a family and a business." (He estimates his six-month absence from work at his Connolly Financial Group resulted in a cost of roughly $250,000 to the bottom line).
He is also keen to share his story to help people cope with the emotional, physical and financial stresses a critical illness so easily creates.
The human element of the book is, well, really the heart of Connolly's story.
Sure, he shares his wonderment in both the frailty and resiliency of the human body. "Amazingly, (the heart) beats about 35 million times a year as it contracts to pump a million barrels of blood to the body and lungs,'' he gushes in print. "Even more amazing is the fact that the heart is about the size of your fist and weighs less than one pound.''
Connolly writes glowingly of a health care system he feels works "very well'' and is brimming not only with talented but often personable and caring medical professionals.
"I've met several cardiologists during times of great fear and apprehension,'' he writes in a 64-page book that is a fairly quick, but compelling, read.
"While all were pleasant, competent professionals, strangely, I remember most those who connected with me and offered reassuring smiles and words of encouragement.''
His heart attack turned his life upside down while also creating upheaval for his many loved ones, most notably his wife Marg, and the couple's children Shayne, Kellie and Tracey.
When Connolly entered the hospital in 2007, his future was uncertain. Whether or not he would have a future at all was, in fact, in question. He would receive his last rites on three occasions before finally leaving hospital eager to once again embrace life.
Family played a key role in spurring Connolly through some dark, dark days in hospital.
His son and business partner Shayne refused to accept Connolly's hospital bed declaration that he had nothing left in the tank. Connolly told his son he just did not have enough fight left in him to win this critical battle.
Shayne would not accept his father letting go. Shayne was not ready to let go. He leaned into his father's face, finger wagging, and said: "No way, Dad. You can't give up on us now. You have to dig deeper.''
Connolly did.
He drew on the strength of so many loved ones and the quality care of many others to rebound, to return to work, to return to his life.
"I have never considered myself to be a particularly strong or brave person; however, I am told on repeated occasions that I have to have been pretty tough to survive,'' he states in a chapter called Healing Words.
"My reply to this statement has always been that I owe my survival to the healing words I received from my family, friends, caring medical professionals and the collective prayers of a very supportive community.''
Connolly stresses in the book that transition to a normal lifestyle centres around positive thinking about the future rather than dwelling on the past.
He has moved on. Semi-retired, he still at times will make his way into work five days a week. He is also knocking off item after item on a bucket list that includes travel to places like Ireland and diving into other special activities like taking a river boat cruise on the Danube.
Connolly is a man who always put "high value'' on good health by exercising regularly. He played high school basketball and university hockey.
Leading up to his heart attack, he played plenty of racketball and swam regularly.
"He was always full of energy,'' Marg observed. "I certainly see (today) he is very aware of what he shouldn't do (like) eat the wrong foods.''
One area in which Connolly is more than comfortable over indulging is family. His frightening health ordeal made a tight-knit group even tighter.
For weeks in the hospital, he most feared leaving his family forever and being unable to witness "the awesome potential of six of the greatest grandchildren on the planet.''
"He has the biggest heart around — just an amazing man,'' said Marg.
"That's a mutual admiration thing,'' Steve quickly shoots back.
"I owe my survival to the healing words I received from my family, friends, caring medical professionals and the collective prayers of a very supportive community.'' Steve Connolly in They Touched My Heart
About the Author
Here is a snapshot of Steve Connolly:
• His brothers Postie, Paul, Mike and Dave are all familiar faces to many Islanders. He also has one sister, Mary Murphy.
• He credits his late parents, Steve and Lae, placing a high value on education with leading him to his first career in the school systems of Prince Edward Island.
• In his second career, Connolly joined the Sun Life of Canada sales force in 1983. In 2010, he received the industry's highest honor when he was inducted into the Sun Life Financial Hall of Fame.
• Married 50 years to his "pride and joy'' Marg.


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A technique called size-fractionation performed on a sample of the mother's blood allows researchers to identify fetal DNA molecules separate from maternal DNA as a way to determine which pregnancies may be at risk for genetic disorders, according to a preliminary communication in the February 16 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical applications of biotechnology.
Currently, prenatal diagnosis of hereditary genetic disorders relies on invasive procedures, such as amniocentesis or chorionic villous sampling [prenatal test that detects genetic abnormalities], which are associated with a small, but significant risk of fetal loss, the authors provide as background information.
Ying Li, Ph.D., from University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, and colleagues analyzed a total of 32 blood samples collected at 10 to 12 weeks gestation between February 15, 2003 and February 25, 2004 in Bari, Italy, from women with risk for Beta-thalassemia (a group of inherited blood disorders that occur with high frequency in the Mediterranean population) in their newborns immediately prior to chorionic villous sampling. Samples in which the father and mother did not carry the same mutation were examined. Four distinct point mutations of the Beta-globin gene were examined. Presence or absence of the paternal mutant allele (gene) was correctly determined in 81 percent to 100 percent of the cases with only one false-positive test.
"Our study indicates that fetal genetic traits involving point mutations can be detected from the analysis of circulatory fetal DNA in maternal plasma …" The authors write in conclusion that their approach is relatively simple, does not need complex machinery and is cost-effective. "This low-cost and use of simple equipment is especially suitable for the screening of at-risk pregnancies in developing countries."
(JAMA. 2005; 293:843-849. Available post-embargo at JAMA.com)
Editor's Note: This study was supported by the European Union FP6 Network of Excellence "SAFE," as well as funds from the University Women's Hospital/Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. Please see the JAMA article for financial disclosures.
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European Industrial Heritage Weekend for Volunteers and Associations 2016
European Industrial Heritage Weekend for Volunteers and Associations 2016
Belgium - Flemish Region
E-FAITH, European Federation of Associations of Industrial and Technical Heritage
A weekend where volunteers and voluntary associations from different countries get together, meet and forge relationships across borders.
The meetings are no traditional 'conferences' or congresses.
They are open meetings where organisations and individuals can present and compare their ideas, projects and results - and find out where cooperation or common projects can grow, how they can support the aims of colleagues and how colleagues can support their objectives.
This year at the 'Zuiderpershuis', the hydraulic power station of the Antwerp harbour - now a cultural meeting place run by a non profit trust


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Meanwhile, our cherished native sustenance has been abandoned in favor of edgier fare from foreign lands. What did you have for lunch yesterday? Probably wasn't peanut butter and jelly. Maybe a pescado burrito, or a rajas con queso, or a chorizo torta? Or perhaps you opted for the seductive flavors of the East: did you try some negi hamachi rolls, or spicy salmon maki? Some bar mee rad nar or pad kee mao fried rice?
No one could blame you if you did. They are delicious repasts. But it's hard not to notice that American cuisine has fallen from grace and fallen hard. What have we now but an endless SUV highway of Applebee's and Bennigan's?
And it's not like we're uninterested in food — the ratings at the Food Network are boiling over. But who are the culinary personalities people know and trust? Jamie Oliver (born: Clavering, Essex), Nigella Lawson (daughter of Nigel Lawson, a/k/a Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC), and Gordon Ramsay (born: Johnstone, Scotland — and now starring in an American remake of his hit UK television show). And, uh, Iron Chef (whose English overdubbing is as comical as the bizarro food creations prepared therein). Who's America's ambassador to the world's foodies? Rachael Ray. Fantabulous!
Meanwhile, we eat up whatever foreign countries say we should. One of my favorite baseball bars is now a high-end Italian bistro. Thai food. Tapas bars. And, of course, more sushi than we've ever eaten before.
Why? Well, marketing, sure. But Nick Tosches, in a must-read recent article in June's Vanity Fair, has another, more pernicious theory: "America is addicted to sugar."
Well, we knew that. Look at the skyrocketing obesity in this country. But even when we try to eat healthily, we screw it up. In America, as recently as the 1980s, "the McDonald's Filet-o-Fish sandwich was the real vanguard of fish-eating," Tosches writes. Today, "in a nation that never ate much fresh fish, it's interesting that eel sushi is so very popular. I mean, from fish sticks and Filet-o-Fish sandwiches to conger eels? 'Mommy, Mommy, I want eels, I want eels.' This can't be understood other than in light of the fact that the sauce, anago no tsume, used in confecting eel sushi is a syrupy reduction made with table sugar, sake, soy sauce, and the sweet wine called mirin, and that, during this reduction, caramelizing causes the browning sugar to grow in mass through the formation of fructose and glucose." So now eels are sweeter than candy.
At least we're being shrewd in one regard. With typical Yankee ingenuity, we New Englanders are taking full advantage of the situation. In Japan, when they eat sushi, they're often eating our sushi. Much of the uni (urchins) so prized over there come from Maine.
And "thanks to innovations in modern logistics," writes Sasha Issenberg, author of The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy, "bluefin tuna can be delivered to a Tokyo diner just three days after being reeled in by a fisherman from Gloucester, Massachusetts."
Then again, maybe we're not so smart. Tosches writes of a rather silly phenomenon: apparently, especially for rich folk, it just ain't sushi if it ain't from Japan. "[S]o it is that a bluefin tuna from Gloucester [is] flown from New York to Tokyo, where it is auctioned, bought, and cut into pieces of three hand widths at Tsukiji [fish market], is flown back to New York and delivered — three to nine days after it has left the sea — to a sushi chef there, or even in Boston."
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Still the Worst Show in History
When it first opened on Broadway in 1983, Frank Rich referred to Moose Murders as "the worst play I've ever seen on a Broadway stage." Presumably, the play was "significantly rewritten and revised" for this production and the play's full title on the current program is Moose Murders (Shamelessly Revised) so maybe The Beautiful Soup Theater Collective had reason to believe that they were about to stage something different from the original flop. As it turns out, it clearly wasn't different enough. This play remains absolutely appalling with no redeeming social value. Brittany Velotta, who plays the part of Snooks as if she were Marisa Tomei on steroids, is the only cast member deserving of positive mention. She brings a level of enthusiasm and ebullience to the play that is otherwise lacking. I have posted an expanded version of this review and reviews of several other Broadway, off Broadway, and off off Broadway plays on my blog www.aseatontheaisle.blogspot.com.


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In a previous blog post, I shared some basic tips on how to use social media in your job search. In that post, I pointed out how you can use tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and Hootsuite to enhance your online brand and find job opportunities.
In a recent presentation to SFU Career Services' Backpack to Briefcase conference, I expanded on these tips and provided more advanced tips on how students can take advantage of social media to help them get their food in the door after graduation.
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Here are some highlights:
1. Monitor potential employers, local job opportunities, and industry experts closely.
- Use Hootsuite's geo search to find local job openings. I suggest monitoring keywords such as "hiring," "looking for," and the hashtag #jobs.
- Monitor keywords related to your industry to find professionals in your field. Connect with these professionals by sharing their content and responding to their updates.
- Add potential employers to Twitter lists or Facebook interest lists for a more organized way of keeping track of what they're up to.
- Follow organizations' LinkedIn company pages to learn more about the different products and services that they offer, the people that have recently joined the company, and news about your industry.
2. Use keywords in your profile.
- Think about the keywords that employers and recruiters would use to find talent online and add these in your bio/introduction, summary, and job accomplishments.
- Change your name on Linkedin to make it search-friendly, if extra space is available.
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3. Create a visual portfolio on Slideshare and Pinterest.
Slideshare is essentially the YouTube of presentations. It offers users the ability to upload and share publicly or privately PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF Portfolios. If you can create a PowerPoint presentation, you can take advantage of Slideshare.
Using Slideshare has several benefits: The site is popular with businesses — potential employers could find you on the site. Google loves Slideshare, so your presentations are likely to appear on the search results page. Don't forget to include your real name in your presentation if you want it to appear when a potential employer googles you.
Similarly, Pinterest — which describes itself as a virtual pinboard — also offers a few creative ways help your career:
- Create a board with all your best work, an online portfolio that you could include in your resumé or cover letter.
- Use it as a bookmarking tool to remember all your past work. This might be helpful when you're writing your resumé and need a quick reminder of all the awesome things you've already accomplished.
- Pin projects that inspire you or resources that you can use for your job.
I presented 10 tips in total. Please see the Slideshare below for my tips as well as my notes.
A shorter version of the presentation is also on Prezi.
More resources about the use of social media for job search:
- My Pinterest board on the subject is updated regularly with resources I find on the web
- 4 Secrets For Using LinkedIn to Land a Job
- Using Pinterest to find a job
How are you using social media to find job opportunities and advance your career? Share your tips below.
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By Chris Losh | 19 January 2012
It's the week of forecasts on just-drinks this week. On Tuesday, Ian Buxton considered what 2012 will bring for the world of whisky. Today, Chris Losh looks at what the next 12 months will provide for all you wine producers out there. Note: Some of the following might not happen.
Controversy at the Burgundy en primeur tastings in London, when an influential London wine merchant is discovered to have been dead for a year. "He didn't really do much when he was alive anyway, so we didn't think it'd do any harm to keep wheeling him out for a bit," says a co-worker.
Following the money-raising success of Movember, Diageo makes headlines by kicking off the new year with Ginuary. "We want people to raise money by getting hammered on Gordons," says a spokesman. "But, in a responsible way, of course."
In Brussels the EU leaders toast the success of their latest EU bail-out summit with Clos de Mesnil.
Disillusioned with their inability to get meaningful magazine columns, a group of journalists form The People's Wine Collective website. "Wine is stodgy and boring. The media is in the pay of the big companies. We'll be keeping it real and putting power back where it belongs: in the hands of the wine-loving masses," says founder Reg Mince.
Following the controversial decision by its 'tank of wise squid' to sell off the office furniture last year, Accolade Wines decides to sack the cephalopods and appoint a 'policy tsar'. 'Lord High Priest Wolfsbane is a senior druid and trained haruspex, with an outstanding track record in predicting the future through reading entrails,' reads the press release. "We are sure he'll do a great job in the world of global drinks retailing," the company boasts.
In a move which, it claims, "underlines its commitment to European wine", Tesco buys the Muscadet AC. "We can see a sparkling line, 'Finest', 'Good with shellfish'… all sorts of opportunities to leverage the brand," says Juan Sago, wine buyer. "Failing that, we can always tarmac the vineyards and use the land as a giant trolley park. That was a joke by the way…"
In preparation for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, Sainsbury's launches 'Queen-o Noir' red wine. Sales slow up when it turns out that her majesty "usually prefers white".
Accolade Wines changes its name to CosmicEarthForce. The rebranding costs US$500m.
In Bonn, the EU leaders toast the success of their latest EU summit with Pol Roger 2004.
Treasury Wine Estates announces the appointment of one of the ex-Constellation squid as its new CEO. "He has an outstanding track record and knows the industry well, considering he only drinks seawater," says the press release.
The Greek wine industry engages in an ambitious, multi-million Euro marketing campaign and controversially sends the bill to Berlin. "We thought we'd save time and cut out the middle-man," says Giorgio Runningataloss. "That way, there's a chance we can siphon some off to buy a holiday home before we retire at the age of 48. Is that thing switched on?"
In preparation for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, Tesco launches 'Coronation Cru white Burgundy'. After a good start, sales become sluggish when her majesty is quoted as "having a soft spot for off-dry rosé".
Robert Parker's integrity comes under fire when it is revealed that he once accepted a mint from a wine producer after a tasting. "It just goes to show that he's completely crooked as well as rich," says a jealous journalist. "You can read all about it in my book, website, Facebook page and Twitter feed."
The ether hums as five journalists from the People's Wine Collective engage in a furious twitter spat about free sulphide levels in screwcapped wines. "This is what the man in the street is talking about," says Reg Mince. "We're blowing this whole conspiracy of silence right open."
CosmicEarthForce Wines shocks the wine world with its decision to sell all of its wines in yellow bottles with yellow labels. "It's the colour of sun, of the eternal life-bringer, connecting our wines with the infinite," says Lord High Priest Wolfsbane. "The entrails were very clear on this."
In preparation for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, Asda launches 'Royal Rosé Blush'. Sales grind to a halt when it turns out that her majesty "only drinks English wine".
Following a "disappointing" take up for stands at the London International Wine Fair, producers rally to reaffirm their commitment to the market. "It doesn't mean we're no longer interested in the UK," says an Australian wine producer. "It's still a very good place for dumping cheap dross that nobody else wants."
Treasury Wine Estates rebrands itself as 'Uniqa'. The move costs $600m.
UK supermarkets stock up on English wine ready for the Diamond Jubilee celebratory weekend. Sales tumble when the public realise that the wines are largely undrinkable.
Disgraced ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi launches his own wine brand, Bunga Bunga. It's backed up by a Euro-pop anthem penned by the smooth-skinned philanderer himself, 'Boom Bunga Bung, Crazy Sexy Daddy', and a TV game show.
To attract more Asian visitors, Vinexpo takes place for the first time in an 'auspicious' Feng-shui approved venue. The fair's president defends his decision to hold the expo across three lanes of Bordeaux's ring road: "If you want to do business these days you have to get your Qi right."
With flowering complete, the Bordelais name 2012 the best vintage of the century. "Who cares if the grapes are still tiny – they are nevertheless perfect," says Jocque Cousteau of Chateau Bateau. "God himself could not sink this vintage."
The Pig and Spatchcock chain of pubs is hauled over the coals by the Olympic Association for its 'Drink Decathlon' where contestants have to shoot ten cocktails in as short a time as possible. "There's no way we can sanction such behaviour," says a spokesman. "Only MPs can get away with irresponsible drinking like this."
Controversy in Italy when a Puglian wine is found to contain 3% methyl alcohol. "This is outrageous and irresponsible," says a spokesman for the appellation. "The minimum level for this DO is 5%."
A Californian entrepreneur claims to have invented the world's lightest wine bottle. Made out of Clingfilm, the 'bag-o-vin' receives mixed reviews from the public. "On the downside, the white wines look like a colostomy bag," says one. "But, at least you can wrap your sandwiches in it afterwards."
In Rome, the EU leaders toast their latest plan to rescue the Euro with non-vintage Mumm.
Bordeaux experiences the coldest July on record.
The head of a well-known Champagne house causes outrage when he refers to New World sparkling wines as "the urine-sodden emissions of convicts and retards". "He hasn't quite got the hang of Twitter yet," explained a spokesman. "He thought it was an email to a fellow Champenois. They wouldn't have found it offensive at all."
A piece about Natural Wines on the People's Wine Collective sees two journalists and an importer engaged in furious debate. "Levels of funkiness in wine. To sulphur or not to sulphur. That's what the ordinary consumers are talking about," says Reg Mince. "This stuff is dynamite!"
Wildlife pressure groups lambast retailers in the UK for tipping 1m litres of unsold English 'Diamond Jubilee' wine into the Channel. "The sea is a delicate ecosystem… fish just aren't able to cope with such high levels of natural acidity," says a spokesman.
Bordeaux experiences its stormiest August on record.
Tesco launches a big campaign pairing Muscadet with Beef. "Muscadet has always been about seafood, but only saddoes and foodies get hung up on tradition in this day and age," says category manager Juan Sago.
Bunga Bunga becomes the biggest selling wine brand in Italy. 'Boom Bunga Bung, Crazy Sexy Daddy' celebrates its 12th week at number one.
In Madrid, the EU leaders celebrate the 'definitive Euro rescue package' with premium cava.
Following disappointing sales figures, Germany's wine regions lodge a request to rename themselves 'Eastern France'. "It works for Ryanair," says a DWI spokesman, "so what's the problem? Besides, we are funding everybody so we can do what we like."
Bordeaux experiences its wettest September on record.
Port Shippers combat accusations of being out of touch, by renaming the crusted category. "No wonder nobody bought it with a name like that," says shipper Joao Nao Brao-Cao. "'Fetid Port' has a much better ring to it."
Controversy at CosmicEarthForce Wines, where the decision to sacrifice three virgins and a goat to ensure the success of the pre-Christmas promotional campaign is described as "irresponsible" by the Portman Group.
Early indications from Bordeaux are of an unripe, fruitless, rot-sodden vintage with gum-stripping tannins. "It sounds like 1931," says a letter to the editor of Decanter. "It was so thin and pale you could barely drink it. Marvellous."
A survey into workers' rights in South Africa causes a storm when it "exclusively reveals" that not all workers have access to flat screen TVs and that as many as 85% have "never had a sauna". "Frankly, 20 years after the release of Nelson Mandela, this sort of thing should have been addressed by now," says a spokesman for the Australian Wine Industry.
Supermarkets across Europe begin to re-configure their wine offerings according to the so-called 'Merkel Plan', under which, as of 2013, 50% of all wine facings must be German. "If you don't like it you can always go somewhere else for your money. Ha ha ha ha ha," comments a spokesman.
The US Department of Agriculture bans imports of Bordeaux 2012 on the grounds that it's not fit for human consumption.
Following the dismal failure of its 'Meat with Muscadet' campaign, Tesco sends the diggers into the appellation, with orders to "shoot protesters on sight".
Global outrage, as Youtube footage of US soldiers feeding 2012 claret to suspected terrorists goes viral.
Uniqa denies that its decision to rebrand Lindemans Bin 65 Chardonnay as 'Lucky Gold Dragon 888' means that it is turning its back on Western markets.
The People's Wine Collective decides to "break down the barriers" by asking its subscribers to rate wines not with a 100-point scale, which it describes as 'totally arbitrary wine fascism', but using household furniture. The scale ranges from chest of drawers (bad) all the way up to French dresser (perfect). When all four journalists' votes are counted, Chateau Lafite 1982 comes top with a score of 'sideboard'. "It's about demystifying wine by using ordinary language," says Reg Mince.
On 31st of the month, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and the four other remaining members of the EU herald the 'rebirth of the Euro' with chilled Lambrini.
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REXBURG, Idaho - Any given summer day, Rexburg Rapids is filled with kids cooling off in the summer heat
But looking closely at the crowd this afternoon, people wearing "B" shirts fill the water park, balloons fly in the wind and food is being served for a special party.
"We're really going to miss him. He's a kind of guy that's always happy and barely ever gets sad or mad or anything like that," said Kyson Hill, who came up with the idea for the party.
The kind of guy that can also stay strong when life deals the cancer card to a 13 year old kid.
"I'm going to Utah and they're just going to do checkups and see if I'm going to have any more cancer in my body and all that stuff," said 13 year old Britton Pugh who is battling a rare form of cancer.
With his best friend Kyson by his side, "He's trust worthy, a really good friend," said Pugh.
These two who've spent every summer together since they were two, will spend this summer apart, while Britton gets a bone marrow transplant at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
"He's such a social kid and he loves his friends," said Susie Pugh, Britton's mother.
Britton was diagnosed with central nervous system T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma after going to the hospital in January for a headache.
"So they found out that he has a cancer that's not in children," said Susie Pugh.
A rare cancer only found in adults, chemotherapy and radiation have helped, but a bone marrow transplant is the next step.
The family searched months for a donor, a couple weeks ago they found a match.
"They won't tell us much about him, other than he's a male and he's 25," said Susie Pugh.
A hopeful end to a tough journey, and even tough this is goodbye is bittersweet, a tough kid has a tough team behind him, and for Britton it's all about believing in the superpower of miracles.
"Yeah I can't wait for it to be gone and done with," said Britton Pugh.
Portions of today's sales at Rexburg Rapids will go to help the family.
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Oct 13, 2012 - StaffTheodore "Ted" "Teddy" B. Hungary, of Denver, died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012, in Denver. He was 46 years old.
The funeral service was Friday, Oct. 12, in the Blue Sky Hall. Burial followed in the Yellow Calf Cemetery.
Theodore Barrett Hungary was born July 16, 1966, the son of Burnham Smith Hungary Sr. and Sophia Goggles Hungary.
He was part of the homeless community in Denver for many years but also worked as a gutter installer and in other carpenter and labor positions.
His family said he was fiercely independent and courageous, loved his freedom, helping friends, riding his bike throughout Denver, fixing bikes to give to people and living life with his loyal and constant companion, Lucille, a wolf/lab mix. They said he was a loyal and dedicated man who cherished his Lord and Arapaho beliefs, and he will be remembered for his kindness, simple love of life and his generosity of spirit.
He is survived by his sisters Carol Hopper (Jerry), Joni Ferris (Fred) and Valentina Knutson (Mark); brother Ron (Diane); brothers and sisters Herb Welch, Mary Trumbull, Betty Friday, Jim Large, Steven Hungary, Alicia Hungary-Gancarski, Sharon Hungary-Darr, Ramona Hungary, John Ornelas, Amy Ornelas, Danyal Goggles, Dean Hungary, Harvey Eagle, Lavonne Hungary and Nicole Hungary; numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren and other family members; and many homeless friends and supporters who will miss him dearly.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his oldest brother, Burnham Smith Hungary Jr.
The family asks that remembrances in Mr. Hungary's name be made to homeless populations.
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We are a tiny, tiny rescue. We do not accept owner surrenders, though if you are having trouble keeping your pet we are always happy to talk to you and help you look for solutions to either keep your pet, or find a responsible place for the pet to go.
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This is an experimental project made in blender, the idea behind is was to give the impression of a city that would turn into Estudio Pintamonos's logo, one of the main targets of this was learning blender so all of it was done in blender but the text animation at the end.
It was really great to do it this way because once i had each scene created (in the same file) we edited them in the same file aswel, and then just hit render and the whole piece was outputted as one sequence wich saves a lot of hard drive space on renders and editing / compositing time.
Really a fun project, it took us about 3 days to complete from start to finish.
All the 3D and compositing was done in Blender (www.blender.org), text animation was done in in AE.


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After reading your post on Zen Habits, and your rule #9 about only wearing wool, I have some questions. Hopefully you can answer them based on your experiences.
1) How is wool in hot weather? I'm familiar with the cold weather benefits, but I live in Florida where it's hot and humid. It rarely gets below 90F in the summer.
2) I did a quick search online, and I'm having a hard time finding wool t-shirts that aren't tight fitting and meant to be used as undergarments. Wool is practically non-existent in the local retail stores. Do you have a suggestions for where to shop for warm weather wool clothing?
3) Do you find your wool garments hold up / last longer than their cotton counterparts? They seem to be more expensive, so I'd hope they last longer.
I'm definitely intrigued by the idea of wearing more wool. We took a cold weather vacation and the wool did great keeping us warm and not stinking of sweat. If it can handle the hot weather, then I may try adding a couple pieces to replace some cotton items.
So I have a random question.
I have never actually made jeans, but I think I could potentially make a pair for myself. Now, I say that because I was looking around in my truck today and noticed my wool blanket sitting there and thought about how it almost looks like it'd be a great fabric to use for the project.
The only problem I noticed was the coloring of the Olive green wool. I know wool can be dyed, but I have yet to actually try it. Regardless of that, I'm thinking the blanket is 80wool 20nylon. It's an old US military surplus blanket. I'm assuming someone here might have seen these before.
Before I go tearing my blanket apart to make myself a pair of jeans, is this the same type of material that the wool jeans are made of?
I tried wearing a Smartwool shirt in Thailand in 90 or so weather and it pretty much turned into a sweaty towel. I'm not sure they do too well in humid areas.
Hey Freedom... welcome to the site and thanks for the question.
1. Thin wool isn't hotter than cotton in the summer. It wicks sweat better, so it's probably slightly better than cotton overall.
2. Check out Icebreaker, Smartwool, and NAU. Each of them have t-shirts and polo shirts.
3. No, they hold up slightly less. I only own two shirts and I have to replace them every year (so count on around 180 days of use per shirt).
Try a few shirts from icebreaker to start... I bet you'll like them.
Hey Tynan (or anyone else), I have a related question. Have you washed and dried your Icebreaker clothing in a washing machine/dryer? Did they shrink? I'd love to switch, but I'm afraid I won't want to wear them often if I know I have to hand wash and open air dry them. Might become too much trouble to do regularly.
I always wash them on 40 degrees celsius, air dry on my couch. No shrinkage as of yet.
Wash them on cold and dry on the lowest heat. They also dry extremely quickly so it's very easy to open air dry them just by letting them sit on a chair for a couple hours.
For those of you who were linked here, or who are new to my blog this year, every year I write a gear post which contains every single item I travel with. Despite being minimal, the set of gear is fully functional, allowing me to be comfortable and productive everywhere from the tropical beaches of the Caribbean to the ski mountains of Tahoe.
This year I thought I'd start off by sharing some of the principles behind my gear selection. You can use these principles to guide your own gear search, or simply to evaluate whether my choices match your own needs.
The overriding priority in my search is functionality. I will always choose function over form, even if the difference in form is large and the difference in function is minor. I've simply found that my productivity is not improved when a device I use is prettier, and that my enjoyment of travel is not affected by the style of my clothing. This is why my clothes tend not to be from mainstream brands and why Apple products very rarely make it to my gear list.
Functionality may be my overriding priority, but size and weight are close. Unlike fashion, I have found that having a lighter pack allows me more flexibility and enjoyment. There's a huge difference between having to check in to a hotel to drop off luggage and being able to go straight from a train to a mountain to climb. I also really like stretching out layovers to be a half or full day instead of two hours, so having a light pack allows me to do whatever I want without having to find somewhere to leave my luggage.
Choosing to wear wool has a multitude of benefits. From an environmental standpoint, it is far more sustainable for the earth. Wool is a plentiful resource that is extremely easy to produce. It is also much better for wearing for a number of reasons. It repels odor, dries fast, is warm in the winter, and cool in the summer. In addition, wool naturally has flame retardant properties, which means that it doesn't have to get sprayed down with carcinogenic flame retardant petrochemicals.
When looking at using wool and other animal products, many people will cite the cruelty to animals that is usually practiced by multinational corporations like Cargill or Tyson. I completely agree that these practices are abhorrent and deserve no place in our society. Yet there are ways of farming that are humane for the animals, like letting them out to pasture, eating grass, and getting to be outside. And even when killing the animals, local farmers tend to make it as quick and painless as possible. Moving on from that, I feel like using wool is one of the easiest ways to produce quality materials. You basically can just shave off the wool of the sheep each spring. We get the wool to use for clothing, and they get to stay cool for the summer, while growing back their coat for the winter.
A number of problems are bypassed. No big machinery is needed for farming like you need with cotton. There is no threat of having to deal with GMO's fibers that carry their own toxic load. Raising the sheep on pastures is renewable because their waste fertilizes the ground, and nature grows their food with ease. It also bypasses the whole synthetic clothing industry that is derived from petrochemicals. These products don't usually last as long as natural ones, and are environmentally damaging to create, and have possible hazards of wearing them against your skin all day.
The natural properties of wool are so awesome, I don't know why anybody would choose to wear anything else. You can wear wool clothing for up to two weeks in between washes and not have to worry about your clothing smelling bad. This reduces the amount the amount of time and money we spend washing our clothes, and increases the lifespan of the clothing item. The next benefit is that wool dries way faster than cotton does and works to repel water, instead of absorb it all in. This makes it really easy to air dry your clothes instead of using a dryer, and also means that if you get caught in the rain, it will take less time for your clothes to dry out. I can't say I know how it does this, but wool keeps you warm in the winter, and relatively cool in the summer. Synthetic materials as well as cotton clothes don't really do this.


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I have my home networked with mostly WiFi components but when I got this switch, I ran cable lines everywhere to test it out.
I hooked up my Xbox 360, SmarTV, WD Media Player to the ports without PoE and they all worked great!
I connected 4 cameras with PoE capabilities and I have to say that without having to run that extra line for power makes it super easier because it's just one line from the switch to the cameras. On top of that, even though these were "N" draft capable, the camera furthest away from the router would lag some times. With the ethernet connected via the PoE port, I noticed no lagging anymore.
The product is solid built. It's sturdy and (although I didn't try to), it feels like it can take a pounding or two from a hammer. For the price, this is the kind of solid feel and construction I'd like to see from the manufacturer.
I also appreciate that all the buttons (even the factory reset button) is at the front of the device instead of somewhere hidden or the back. It makes the device great for racks and even sitting on the shelf because you don't have to access the back...but it does NOT come rack mountable. If you wanted it rack mountable, you'd probably have to get some kind of mounting kit.
Lastly, the various colored LED's on the front are super beneficial. With one look, you know what's working (via the blinking) and what's connected. This makes troubleshooting simpler if not better.
Comes with a smaller power adapter, but nontheless it's a power adapter (brick). The cord is (in my opinion) rather short. They should of included a longer cord to compensate for the power brick.
The LED's can be bright in a dark room. I had mine in the living room (near the router) for the first couple of days but had to darken them out with black tape. I'm still investigating if I can turn the LED's on/off when in use.
Other Thoughts:
This is a solid built unit that will handle the workload but I don't think it's for a regular home network...it's just too much for it both in price and features.
I'd recommend this unit for smaller businesses that has IP cameras that require PoE and fast internet speeds.
I happen to be an electronic enthusiast with lots of gadgets so the additional PoE ports are very welcomed, but it's not typical for an average user.
I'd highly recommend for a small business owner to use this product with multiple PoE devices.
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Sep 13, 2013 - By Craig Blumenshine, Staff WriterThe Riverton Wolverines took advantage of the speed and power of their rushing attack and used an opportunistic defense which accounted for two touchdowns and a safety to down the Green River Wolves 41-20 Friday night at Wolverine Field.
It was the first win for first year coach Pat Patterson, and the win evens the Wolverine's season record to 1-1. It was also Riverton's first win over Green River since 2001.
Junior tailback Tristan White rushed for 129 yards on 16 carries and scored two touchdowns. Senior running back Dylan Lewis bashed and bruised for 99 on 16 carries and also scored for Riverton.
Austin Patterson scooped and scored and Brandon Fullerton picked off a pass late in the game and also scored to seal the win for the Wolverines.
Riverton will wrap up its non-conference schedule next Friday night at Wolverine Field when the Cody Broncs come to town.
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Prince Charming meets his Princess in a fairytale romance writing itself in front of their eyes. On paper, it's all they've both ever wanted.
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Problems getting started often involve Cancer turning too mushy or too distant early on – he chooses either one of the flakey extremes to avoid admitting his mistakes when she challenges him. If they do get it together, the arguments won't be pretty. We meet a lot of Aries women who've sworn off Cancer men for life…
Can it work between Aries Woman and Cancer Man?
We know few Aries and Cancers who can be pursuaded they're right for each other. If you're still listening – Cancer Male – you really need to be at a stage in your life (usually at first love stage or a seasoned mid thirties phase will do) where you can put up with what's needed to keep your Aries lady happy. As with most relationships, timing and luck counts for a lot. Still interested? Read on.
Cancer Males are probably laughing right now as we say the timing of this relationship is key – they live their life knowing timing is essential to everything. Here is the place to believe in that more than ever, and we rarely comes across Cancers or Aries who can be persuaded to openly admit they like one another. The intricacies of Fire and Water can easily douse each other out before this romance gets off the ground.
Cancer Male bides his time in love and career – most people know this – yet few get to witness the steely side underneath the Crab that refuses to compromise these values. He's also keeping his love of social glamour and prestige a secret (he doesn't understand why he likes it – but it's there). Being present at the party opens up a door in his life for Aries Woman to walk into, as a socialite herself.
His "disappearing act" routine leads people to mistake him for a bit of a loser or flake when he's a young gun making his way in the world, but Cancer Male won't be deterred from his personal life goals by outside opinion. On the other hand, Aries Woman is prone to let even idle strangers know she is hurt when she feels misunderstood in public and she's been known to go out of her way to try and win approval where it really shouldn't matter.
The nay-sayers are just more names filtering through the Cancer Male net on the way to happiness and success. What he hasn't left room for are his own misconceptions on Aries Woman where he can judge her wrongly based on his own fears and negative emotions.
He'll never get to see all she's capable of (and no amount of hot-and-cold clinging will change that) unless he opens up to the chance for plain heart-to-heart talks with her during the relationship's growth. This goes back to the intricacies of timing – Water is perceptive where Fire is intuitive.
The difference is Fire can sense things that elude most people – but they have to be there in person at the scene of the crime. Water has no such need – they can act off their (often correct) gut feeling from miles away. Because they so often get it right, Water are scarce to admit when their gut feeling has betrayed them or cheated them out of happiness.
You'll find Aries Woman ringing up Cancer Man for another talk when he's stunned her with some home truths or comforting insight via text message – he's secretly hoping she'll once again make the first move and take the initiative. He's been waiting for her call. She doesn't like this role but would do it anyway as long as he keeps surprising her. He awakes emotions she struggles to find by herself but she'll never admit this to him or anyone.
Why? Fire people pride themselves as warm, but Water people are even more intimate by nature. Fire lacks in sensitivity whereas Water can feel out most things. If Water becomes too good at what they do, this leaves Fire feeling emasculated (funny word to use here but Aries Women are from Mars after all!) and controlled. Between two Cardinal signs, power struggles are inevitable.
Cancer Man will always have the lead in pulling the emotional strings and it seems almost unfair he can get his Aries lady to keep making the first move in communication – but eventually he has to give back. The best way is to openly acknowledge his mistakes towards her – it's the best show of strong character.
His mistakes come about from being overly-cautious and quick to accuse when feeling confronted or defensive by Aries' brutal honesty and provocation. He wants a close-knit circle of people he can trust and will do anything to weed out threats. Aries Woman approaches her question of happiness totally differently. So be careful not to weed out Aries Woman as a threat when she's really trying to be a friend and challenging sparring partner.
But while we're at it, Aries, you could really tone down the provocative reactions and defensiveness yourself. Just be sure you're at a stage of maturity where you won't mock someone for openly asking you for forgiveness or rub their mistake in their faces. Cancer Man is the epitomy of the winner and protector you've been hoping for, but Aries Woman can easily talk herself out of a good long-term deal through superficial impulsion.
At a young age, she carelessly wears heart on sleeve and the same social ridicule will (rightly or wrongly) convince her that she has to hide her emotions before she reaches her thirties. In some ways, Cancer is the man who steps into this void when she feels at her lowest but he shouldn't be the person to keep her there on the ground, with his suspicion or accusations holding them back from growing into the world.
The right time to meet each other either is either as very young adolescents (where differences do not prematurely get in the way) or later in Cancer's life where he feels settled in all he offers to a relationship. They have a common need for security and attachment, but they want these elements on completely different terms.
Cancer will simply have to learn to keep accepting Aries for who she is, in the same manner he does when they make love. It makes her feel understood. In the bedroom, she sees something loving in his eyes that makes her open up completely. The sex is a stop-start affair that will not plaster over their differences without healthy communication and some common goals.
Even though they have a wonderful ability to worship each other in public (much to Aries' delight), the truth is Aries values social acceptance whereas Cancer can survive without it. He will indulge her with enough affection, gifts and quality time at the dinner table to make her feel like "The One".
They will both find happiness in settling down, but Aries would prefer to not see it in those terms. She needs a Cancer who can continue to make her feel like her inner child will never die, or she will leave when the arguments get too serious and repetitive.You've made it this far - now you're ready for your compatibility test at the blog. Take your free compatibility test here (right now only the 'For Her' quiz is live for women - but men, I will have your quiz up in the new year). Tiziani.


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After an idea for another crazy device, I decided that being able to control servos with the pyMCU, a real-world Python language interface, would be a good skill to have. Fortunately, I had a few miniature servos on a helicopter frame left over from "Boxie the Creepster," and decided to hook them up.
The pyMCU site has a good tutorial about hooking up a servo to this board. This was a great introduction, and I had one servo tested in no time. One difference between what I did and the tutorial, is that I didn't hook up an external power supply. This didn't appear to be a problem, as there was very little load on the servos. Depending on your servos (mine included) the wire color may be different than the tutorial.
After using only one servo got old, I decided to hook up two at once. This was easy as well, and part of the code was duplicated in order to make the second servo work on a separate pin. Servos currently cannot be controlled simultaneously with the pyMCU; instead one is actuated after another as shown in the first part of the video after the "read more" thing.
The code used in the first part of the video is a modified version of what's on the pyMCU tutorial. The hold time is reduced to "20", which seems to make them switch faster, while still allowing a seemingly full rotation.
After running the servos through their paces, I decided to program a simple GUI (graphical user interface) using Python's "tkinter" module. This can be seen in the second part of the video, where I push a button with the mouse to control whether a servo is up or down. The code is available for download here. It's pretty basic, but maybe someone would like to expand on it. You could really control a lot of things from LED lights to a remote control car using the pyMCU with a simple GUI like what is shown here.


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New Products, Inspiration and Value at Total Home & Gift Market
April 16, 2010,
DALLAS-Dallas Market Center announced that the Dallas Total Home & Gift Market, taking place June 23-29, will offer a record-setting level of smart business opportunities including new products, inspiration and value.
New products will include thousands of product premieres across dozens of categories; inspiration with more than 70 special events including educational seminars; and value with the lowest hotel rates in six years.
Showrooms opening at Dallas Market Center this June include: Coton Colors, Trade Mart (TM) 2212; Forever Gifts, TM 1149; Grace Direct, World Trade Center (WTC) 205; Homestyle/Ivystone Group, WTC 212/236; Kalalou, TM 2010; Papila Design, WTC 10052; and The Royal Standard, TM 2030. In addition, other showrooms have expanded or relocated including: Aromatique, WTC 203; DEMDACO, TM 1418; India's Heritage, WTC 550; India House Brass, WTC 680; Olivia Wongs, TM 1634; Renaissance 2000, International Floral & Gift Center (IFGC), 2F101; SS Sarna, TM 2149; and The Round Top Collection, WTC 346. Also for June is the debut of The Living Room: Collections for the Home. The new 10,000-square-foot showcase is a boutique collection of manufacturer showrooms that will be located in the World Trade Center 521. The Living Room will offer a range of new home resources offering buyers more options than ever before.
Filled with new products, the FINDS Dallas Temp Show will offer more than 500,000 square feet of leading products in: Gift, Paper & Party, Kids, Collegiate, Souvenir, Christmas & Floral, Garden & Outdoor, Design, Home, Bath & Body, Hill Country, Red Haute, Fashion, Furniture, Outdoor Furniture and Cash & Carry.
The Next Big Thing finalists: Clothes to Go, Sand Gone and Sutton Baking Cups, will display their products in FINDS and be judged by industry experts during market. The winner will be announced on Saturday, June 26 at 3 p.m. and will receive a prize package worth more than $15,000 including a new $5,000 cash prize.
Celebrating Dallas Market Center's status as the home of Christmas, the Home for the Holidays exhibit, featuring a spectacular 4,200-square-foot home in The Grand Pavilion at the Trade Mart will be on display. The home features eight rooms fully furnished and completely decorated for Christmas. The display is a juried exhibit of merchandise from Dallas Market Center exhibitors selected by interior designers. Christmas exhibit displays, seminars, and other events during market will also accompany the exhibit. It will be open daily during market 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Friday.
Dallas Market Center will launch InStore LIVE!, The Workshop for Successful Retailers, on Wednesday, June 23 from 1 to 6:30 p.m. in the Expo Area, World Trade Center 1st Floor. This innovative seminar series sponsored by InStore, will offer seminars from industry experts featured in Dallas Market Center's popular magazine, speakers include: Jose Santiago Pedrosa and Fred Munnell, Philip Campbell, Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz, J Schwanke, and Mary Liz Curtin. For more information or to pre-register e-mail email@example.com.
Dallas Market Center will offer a range of special events throughout market including discovery tours, seminars, daily new buyer orientations, hospitalities and networking parties. See a complete list of special events at dallasmarketcenter.com.
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Chicken or grilled salmon are perfect alongside this refreshing salad. Its combination of cucumber and dill tastes great, and couscous makes it a hearty side dish. —Evelyn Lewis of Independence, Missouri
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- 1-1/4 cups water
- 1 cup uncooked couscous
- 2 medium cucumbers, peeled, quartered lengthwise and sliced
- 1 cup chopped sweet red pepper
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh dill
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in couscous. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl, combine the couscous, cucumbers, red pepper and onions. Whisk together the buttermilk, yogurt, dill, vinegar, oil,
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The Vampire and The Flower
Book by: SilverTonguette
Status: Finished
Genre: Fantasy
Chapter17 (v.1)
I lay on the ground as the vampire stood above me, whipping my blood from his face. He smiled at me. "You were delicious. Too bad I was starved from my trip, otherwise, I would have brought you to my friend. He would love to have a taste of you." Friend? Was he talking about Sebastian? I laid, unable to move, as he knelt down. His face hovered above mine. He kissed my forehead and I began to cry. "Oh, no, don't cry. That is so unbecoming of a female. Chin up, at least you won't die in pain." He stood and began to walk away. "I'll be back." He said over his shoulder.
The threat bounced around in my mind. He was going to come back to finish the job! I forced myself to get onto my hands and knees. I had to move! I had to move! I crawled as fast I could, but my blood was pumping so fast, it squirted from my neck. I had to stop it, so I leaned against a tree, took my shirt off, and wrapped it around my neck. I got back to my hands and knees and crawled again.
How far did I walk? Would I ever make it back? The pain of the sticks jabbing into my arms and knees kept me going. I didn't want to collasp on to those. And Stephen. He would be so worried about me right. He's probably just freaking out because it's dark. Sebastian was probably sitting on the couch, eating or watching TV. Both just waiting for me to walk into the door.
Stephen probably expected me to sleep in my room. I tried to laugh, but couldn't. Adreniline pumped through my viens and I crawled faster. I didn't have the strength, or blood, to stand. I had to stick to crawling. I knew that I was bleeding from my hands and knees, as well as my neck. The amount of blood I was losing would either kill me or keep be ridden for weeks.
Thinking of a bed made me so tired. Even with the extra energy, I began to slow down. Maybe dying wouldn't be so bad. I wouldn't be tired. I wouldn't be in pain, and I could get away from the abuse I've suffered over the years. Like the scar on my collar, where my mother cut me for going off wtih my father when I was a toddler. I didn't know it was wrong. I thought he loved.
"He didn't love you." I saw my mother's bare feet standing in the woods. "That man wanted nothing to do with you. Nobody does! You are worthless." Liar, I wanted to shout. Liar, liar! Stephen loves me! Sebastian says I'm The One. "You are The One to die!" I dirty foot came out of no where and kicked me in the face.
I crumpled and lay on my side. The smell of moss and rotted leaves filled my nostriles. So this was how I was going to die. I was naive to think that I would die old in my bed with my husband next to me. It was obivously my love for another to be my undoing. My love for Sebastian had me wandering the dark woods, thinking about this new information, that he was a vampire. I was so jumbled, I needed time alone.
My brain, working slowly, realized something I refused to admit. I'm inlove with Sebastian. Just when I was about to die -a virgin- I realized I finally loved somebody. A vampire somebody. I began to cry. Crying caused more pain, which caused more tears, but really, I was crying because the pain in my heart.
I was about to leave behind my brother, who had protected me against our mother. He had sheltered me from her beatings, until she pushed him aside. He had fed me, and nursed my cuts. He taught me to clean, to cook, to mend my own. He taught me to fight. Fist raised against the enemy. "Never let them see your weakness." He always said. "Don't let them see you weak. Always be strong in the face of someone who wishes to hurt you."
Always be strong.
Even if you're facing death, as I am now. Be strong. My strength had been zapped from my body and I could barely keep my eyes open. This was death. It was painless, enough, as the rouge had said. I looked at the blood on my hands. That I had caused myself, but I could nothing to mend it, as I lay bleeding out on the forest foor. The tears stopped, and I closed my eyes.
I accepted death. I accepted it, like I would a wet slobbery kiss from a puppy, or a hug from my brother. I accepted it like the rays of sunshine.
Death was sweet.
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8 pounds of sugar diluted in 4 pints(2 quarts) of boiled water is what I did for my Fall feeder buckets. Is this correct to make a gallon of 2:1 Fall feed? Thanks, juzzerbee
8 pounds of sugar diluted in 4 pints(2 quarts) of boiled water is what I did for my Fall feeder buckets. Is this correct to make a gallon of 2:1 Fall feed? Thanks, juzzerbee
thats how i did mine
Water weighs ~8.3lbs/gallon. 2quart=1/2gallon or ~4.15lbs. The short answer is close enough - you're not baking a cake. Mike Palmer posted an easy way to make 2:1.
1) draw a line on your bucket
2) fill with sugar to the line
3) fill with water to the line
4) mix
5) top off with water to the line
Adam - Zone 5A
I measure my syrup this way: (this is for 1:1, but it could be modified)
I take a bucket, and put 20 lbs of sugar in it. I mark this level on the outside of the bucket. Next time I want to make 1:1, I can simply fill with water up to the mark, then add two 10-lb bags of syrup to it. No measuring
But if you did it this way you would be over your line, since you reversed filling it the second time as you did when you did the initial marking and the sugar will take up some of the volume. You marked the sugar level 1st and then filled your bucket with water to the line. I think your wording is a bit off, right? I think you would want to mark the water level and THEN add the 20 pounds of sugar. And I assume that you mean that you add 2, 10 pound bags of sugar, not syrup right? Sorry if I am a bit off, sometimes I am not too smrt, I mean S-M-A-R-T.(BTW-That is a joke towards me.) juzzerbee
Ha! You're right, I wasn't clear. Let me try again
To prepare your bucket, put two 10-lb bags of sugar in the bucket. Then mark this level.
This was only for preparation, so now you should dump the sugar out into another bucket (or something).
Now, you have an empty bucket with a mark on the outside, representing the volume of 20lbs of sugar. Any time you need 1:1 syrup, you can fill the empty bucket up to the mark with water. Then add your two 10-lb bags of sugar.
Sometimes things are much clearer in my head than what I type... Happens when I speak, too
Take care,
Ha! I am the same way very often, especially when it comes to talking bees! I am guilty as well though, it just hit me that the level mark made would be the same mark whether you start with water or sugar. If my thinking is correct, is it safe to say the volume in a bucket of water used is equal to the amount of sugar used? It is 1:1. As a newbee, I have found it is important to laugh when working with bees, instead of being too serious, like I find myself to "bee" trying to do everything, "just right", after all it is a hobby!!! juzzerbee
I looked into it last year (I'm a newbee, too), and the ratios were very similar whether it was by weight or by volume.
It's not perfect, but close enough for me. And I'm what my wife refers to as "anally retentive", although I prefer "exacting"
I noticed something interesting regarding the volume of granulated sugar: Fill a quart jar with sugar. Then, quickly rotate it back and forth in your hand, to cause it to settle. It settles much more than I had expected!
Have fun,
25lb bag of sugar to 1 1/2 gal. of water. This makes a little more than 3 gal. of 2:1 sugar water..
Its easy and takes 20 minutes or so to make up.. I use my turkey fryer deep stock pot and heat it up, that way there is no mess in my kitchen.


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New driving service starts giving rides in Colorado Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A ride sharing program that has already had huge success in Denver is rolling out in Colorado Springs.
The inaugural Uber-X ride in the Pikes Peak Region took off Friday (5/2/14).
The company uses a smartphone application to connect drivers to people who need a ride.
Uber-X kicked-off its driving services by picking up Colorado Springs Councilwoman Jan Martin.
A ride from Uber-X cost $2.14 per ride, $1.57 a mile, with a minimum far of $5.70.
In order to be a driver, the company requires that they have a valid Colorado driver's license, insurance, go through a seven year background check, and have a vehicle that is 2005 or newer with four doors and in good condition.
Drivers get to keep 80 percent of what they make. The other 20 percent goes to the company.
Other transportation services, such as Lyft, have been operating in Colorado Springs for awhile, but Uber-X Driver Operations Manager Joe Sanfilippo said he's not worried.
"The difference between Uber-X and Lyft is Lyft is more focused on the community where you can go in the front seat and fist pump, Uber-X we want to be the most reliable service no matter where you are we want to have a driver five minutes from you," he said.
The company is offering five free rides if you download the application until May 16.


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Greenville Area Community Expo a success
GREENVILLE — The Greenville Area Community Expo (GRACE) drew about 1,000 people to the Pavilion at Klackle Orchards on Tuesday.
The chamber sold out of spots for vendors, having about 70 there for the community to experience. The new events were also a hit.
"We have had a good response," said Candy Kerschen, executive director of the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce.
She said many people stopped to watch previews for the Spectrum of Stars, healthy cooking and ATA Integrity Martial Arts demonstrations.
Demonstrations such as the driving while intoxicated simulator, the Oakfield Township Fire Department smoke house and a presentation from the Spectrum Health United Lifestyles on blood alcohol also were a hit.
"This is our first time here and it went very well," said Jacki Scholtens of United Lifestyles. "There was a lot of interest."
The presentation showed how alcohol affects a person's blood level. She said most people do not realize how much a couple of drinks can affect how a person drives and how long they should wait before driving.
"Many people were surprised," Scholtens said.
The booth had a course set up outside for people to test drive a golf cart to show how bad they actually do when driving drunk.
"People are surprised about how poorly they do," said Norma Sower of United Lifestyles. "Here they have drunk eyes and a sober mind. That's not the case in real life."
Kerschen said the community members who attended spent pretty equal time at the vendors and the new events.
Sue Berry, who attended the expo for the second time, brought her daughter, Jennifer Vogel, for the first time to the GRACE.
"We like talking with the vendors," Berry said.
Berry added they have run into people at the vendors they knew and it was fun to see them there.
Dana and Bob Outman have been coming to the expo every year and agreed it is nice talking with vendors.
"We come to see a lot of people we know," Dana Outman said. "It's interesting."
They said they enjoyed the new events such as the stage and activities, but wished more food vendors were there.
"There aren't as many this year," Dana Outman said.
The Turk Lake Bar had samples of its beef sandwiches. Tom Smith, tavern manager, said he was also surprised there were only a few food booths at this year's expo.
"This is an opportunity for local restaurants to get out and show what they got," he said. "I look forward to this."
This year was the tavern's second time participating in the expo, but Smith said he really enjoyed it last year and plans to keep doing for years to come.
As of 7 p.m., Kerschen said donations to Montcalm Community College for local food pantries were going strong.


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