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Segmented Turning: Where Precision Partners With Turned Elegance with Malcolm Tibbetts [2016]
Nobody is doing more exquisite segmented work than Malcolm Tibbetts. He shares his techniques with this class and they all get right to work creating their own segmented masterpieces. They leave with lots of experience and some beautiful pieces!
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Weekend of 9/17/2016
This weekend's classes included "Fixing Woodworking Mistakes with Tim Puro" and "Embellishing Your Work with Michael Fortune." Didn't matter which class our students chose, they came away knowing how to make their projects look better!
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Making an "A" Style Mandolin with John Ressler
John's stringed instruments are always works of art and this one is no exception. His class takes on an extra-challenging project this time - making a mandolin! While it was a challenge, everyone came away from this seven day class with a working instrument and lots of new experience.
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Making a Number 1 Chair; Part II, with Michael Fortune [2016]
Michael's class returned this week to complete their Number 1 chair in this two-part class. Last time they were here they did the bending and now it's time to shape and assemble this instant classic!
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Turning and Burning with Jennifer Shirley & Cynthia Gibson
If one instructor is good, it's no surprise to find that two can be even better. Such was the case as Jennifer and Cynthia pooled their substantial talents to devote a week to teach the art of turing and surface embellishment. Combining the two can take a good piece and make it a great one, as these lucky participants were quick to find out.
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Through the Narrow Gate with Bill Spencer & Marc Adams [2016]
This week we complete a three year run of a class devoted to the charitable Narrow Gate foundation. Not only did students get to make a specially designed document box, they helped raise over $150,000 for the foundation!
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Managers more hesitant to let their starters go the distance
Complete games have become something of a rarity in the major leagues, and no team has exemplified that trend over the past few seasons better than the Milwaukee Brewers.
Since Ron Roenicke was named manager, the Brewers have recorded exactly one - and that happened just five games into his tenure.
They were one of only two teams to go without a complete game in 2012 (Colorado was the other) and rank last overall in the past two seasons with that lone effort, which was recorded by Yovani Gallardo on April 5, 2011.
Milwaukee had a talented staff in both 2011 and 2012 led by Gallardo and Zack Greinke, veteran workhorses with the physical ability and know-how to work deep into games.
So why not let them?
Roenicke had his reasons. And they're the same reasons it's unlikely this year's staff - a less experienced one, save for Gallardo and Kyle Lohse - is going to have a shot at recording one or more of its own.
The proliferation of the bullpen is one. In each of the last two years the Brewers have had a bullpen featuring a big-time closer and setup man in John Axford and Francisco Rodriguez and a handful of other relievers who'd had previous success.
Admittedly, the bullpen was much better in 2011 than in 2012, when a series of games blown by the bullpen ultimately submarined Milwaukee's playoff chances. So it's been turned over heading into this year, aside from Axford in the ninth inning, with an expectation of more flexibility and consistency.
"I think the game has changed so much to the bullpen being so specialized that you use them more," Roenicke said. "You don't ask a starter to go that deep because you've got seven or eight guys down in the bullpen that you're paying pretty good money to, and it must be for a reason.
"You know by going to them, it keeps the starters a little fresher for the season."
Teams, especially those in small markets like Milwaukee that need to draft and develop pitchers to compete, are also much less willing to expose their starters to risk by stretching their pitch counts when it can usually be avoided.
Even teams with multiple horses in their rotation have backed off riding them too hard in recent years. Last season, Detroit and Cincinnati tied for the major-league lead with only nine complete games. Justin Verlander, one of the game's best, had six for the Tigers.
"Some of it is our fault; it used to be we'd prepare a guy to complete a lot of games," said Roenicke. "I don't think we prepare guys anymore to complete games, whether that's right or wrong. And I say that maybe it's right because you are able to go to more specialized relievers in a game."
Roenicke pointed to the effect stretching a pitcher to the limit can have by highlighting Gallardo's 2011 gem.
He threw 111 pitches in a 1-0 shutout of the Atlanta Braves that snapped a season-opening, four-game losing streak. Then in his next five starts, Gallardo managed to go as many as six innings just once while posting a 1-2 record.
He won six consecutive starts after that stretch and finished the season 17-10. But Roenicke seemingly hasn't forgotten how long it took Gallardo to bounce back.
"It is pushing guys," Roenicke said. "It may not have been before, because they were prepared for it, but now you are pushing guys. If I think pitching in September and hopefully into October is just as important or more important, how do we get guys fresh to get to that point?
"If you push them early, I think when you get to the end of the season they're physically exhausted."
Gallardo, who has four complete games in a six-year career, sees both sides of the argument.
"That's the mind-set we should all have - go out there and go all nine innings," Gallardo said. "But you look at a starter, you're going to get 30-something starts, you want to stay fresh and as close to 100 percent as you can every time out. The pitch counts are a big deal.
"You get into the seventh, eighth and let (the bullpen) finish it off."
Greinke came tantalizingly close to a complete game last June 22 against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. He allowed three hits and a walk over nine innings, but the game went into the 10th tied, 1-1.
The Brewers scored a run in the top of the 10th, and Roenicke went to Axford, who ultimately saved it.
"None. None," Roenicke said when asked how much though he'd given to allowing Greinke to throw the 10th.
"I think the risk that I would put on Zack was not even worth losing a game. Certainly Zack could have gone out for the 10th, and his pitch count wasn't so high that I would have said no way. It was just flat-out, I'm not going to put a player at risk doing something that he is capable of doing but could physically put him at risk of an injury."
Three different starters - Mike Fiers, Wily Peralta and Marco Estrada - each went eight innings to tie for the team's longest outing last season.
Chris Narveson has never pitched a complete game in the major leagues, and the newest member of the rotation, Lohse, has eight but just two since he had two for the Reds in 2007.


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How to reset the Rubicon Speed Limiter...?
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a friend wants to use his TJ rubicon on competitions and trophys. for that he wants to reset the stock speed limiter. he wants to go faster than the about 90 mph in the desert.
do you know how he can reset this limiter...?
Thanks in advance.
nicolas-eric :)
Most aftermarket "chips" such as Edge and Hypertech will allow you to adjust the rev limiter and top speed.
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theres a reason why no one uses a TJ for high speed wheeling.
going 90mph in the desert is a death wish. in my opinion. a XJ is a better choice
bahahahahahaha crop duster
tooo funny jerry. i dont even like getting my tj up to 80 on the freeway let alone in the desert. going 40mph is fast in the desert. tell him to acomplish that first. :D
Unless its a Rubicon Unlimted :p
put a gear on the speedo that is made for 17s when u got 33s? so that should make the computer read that ur going 180 or so to limit it?
The rubicon doesn't have a speedo gear. It's e-tronic. POS :D.
oh well first thing is i wouldnt spend 20some grand on a rubi and take it in the desert with +90 :) Good luck though I rather find one of those sand buggies and race that there.
post pics i wanna see the baja jeep
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it´s a rubicon unlimited
before he had a 1.3 meters stretched TJ with a 5.9 V8 that was +140 mph fast.
at the moment he adds a compressor to his rubicon unlimited. he´ll have about 300 HP after that. and he wants to be able to go faster than the slow 90 mph.
quick wheres the BS flag????
Have you been in or seen any the TJ or LJ. adding a blower to a 4.0 wont give it 300 hp
90mph isnt slow in a jeep its actually pretty unstable and not safe.
dont get me wrong im not calling you a liar but your buddy im thinking is lieing to you
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take a look at this diagram. it´s from a stock 4.0L with this compressor. the upper line is the torque (newton-meters), the lower line the HP (kilowatts):
but all your comments did not tell me how to reset the speed limiter.
Good luck
they already told you how to get rid of the limiter. go buy a hypertec programmer
Sounds like your buddy has m oney to waste, so really the best way to do it is with a Superlift "tru-speed" box. It will fool the computer and its adjustable. The hypertech will change the limiter to 119 MPH. Now, It sounds like your buddy must know wiring, since he's adding a blower to a OBD 2 equipped vehicle, so tell him to check the wires at the "grey" connector on the pcm. I wont go into detail, but if he does some research, there is a wire there that feeds the speed signal to the PCM and it can be disabled fully. But, damn, Does he have a death wish???:D
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every stock TJ here in europe can go about 115 mph. i don´t know why the rubicon is limited.
my buddy drives rallys and other high-speed offroad competitions for over 10 years. most of the time with toyotas and landrovers. now he wants to do the same with a rubicon unlimited.
the company that adds the blower offers that as a full package. it comes with all parts and installation parts and adds to the power of a stock 4.0 engine some additional 100 HP. i don't know how much my buddy will have when he is ready. he still has a 4.7L stroker with about 270 HP.
The speed limiter on my yj is that it is shaped like a box and has a 4banger...
Anything over 75 in a jeep gets really sketchy.....
Unless your in this
Can the owners of the message board be added as the receipient of his life insurance if he dies at over 90mph on the desert with his TJ. That way when he does bite it, the life insurance can go to pay for this forum for many years to come.
Odd is he hopefully he doesnt use it to tow the trailer :)
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he only uses it as a sports utility for competitions/rallys. it will be traiilered there or send there in a container by ship.
for the street he has another TJ.
Anything is possible. May be not always pluasible. I say damn the torpedos and fall steam ahead. What ever your friend enjoys bless his heart. Because at 115mph a preist is just about what will be needed. Ive done 120mph in a 1970 metal sled and 1962 Desota at about 130mph with a hemi 383 and 4-6 pkg. on the top and it was scary as hell.
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120 mph isn´t fast for a perfect balancedout rubicon unlimited i think.
i go 110 mph on the highway very often with my TJ (4" lift, 32s tires) without any problems.
i think you all have problems with very high speeds over there.
p.e. i drive about 170 mph more than twice a week with my little alpina biturbo. with myfathers s600l mercedes i also drive 170-180 mph very often.
here in germany the average speed of all cars on the highway is about 90-100 mph. we like to go fast over here and as long we are the only country without speed limits in all europe we will enjoy that as often as possible.
p.s. my personal speed record was about 200 mph with a friends twin-loaded +400 HP hayabusa.
holy smokes i guess your right
my dad gets mad when i go over 80
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one more thing. the last car my buddy used on competitions was a modified landrover defender called "bowler wildcat 200 rallye raid". it has a double-charged 5.0L V8 with about 340 HP. with that car he drove +135 mph in the desert sahara over the dunes last spring. ok because of the bad grip and the spinning wheels in the desert it must have been some real 110-120 mph.
You wanna talk fast and scary, it's 180mph in a 69 chevy nova with drum brakes, a fiberglass frontend, 2.73 gears (no I didn't stutter), is it a bad thing when the dotted lines turn into a long solid blur?
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Stocks held moderate gains in the stock market today as the major indexes appeared en route to their fourth straight up day.
The S&P 500 led with a 0.7% pop. The Nasdaq and Dow followed with 0.6% advances. The small-cap S&P 600, which has outperformed the major indexes this year, rose 1.1%.
Volume was running 2% below Monday's pace on the NYSE and 9% above it on the Nasdaq. However, volume has been lackluster during the market's current win streak. For example, Friday's volume was up from the previous trading day's half session, and Monday's up volume rose vs. the lowest, full-session volume of the year.
Below-average volume on up days has been a trend for the indexes over the past four weeks. The Nasdaq has delivered one up day in higher volume in the past 20 sessions, while the S&P 500 has posted four.
Top-rated stocks are in some cases pointing to selective institutional buying. Five stocks in the IBD 50 jumped 1% or more in heavy volume in afternoon trade Tuesday.
Oceaneering (OII) showed one of the better chart moves. The stock thrust about 3% in heavy volume as it notched a 52-week high. The provider of deepwater services and products to the offshore oil and natural gas industry will report quarterly results July 24 after the close. The Street expects earnings to grow 25% to 84 cents a share on a year-ago basis. Revenue is expected to advance 17%.
Blue chips were mostly up with Caterpillar (CAT) leading the way. The maker of construction and mining equipment popped more than 3% in moderately higher volume as it retook its sliding 50-day moving average.
Housing starts play a role in Caterpillar's results. The stock might've been reacting to a report from CoreLogic that said the shadow inventory of homes was down. Shadow inventory refers either to homes in foreclosure or homes that owners refuse to put on the market until prices improve. As the housing market works through its shadow inventory, demand for new homes, and heavy equipment to construct homes, should increase.


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With those results, the Phenom II would have equal or even better overclocking capabilities than current Core 2 processors which rarely reach more than 6 GHz. According to AMD normal Phenom II CPUs have been used for the overclocking attempts and they only chose the best out of ten. With this the company wants to invalidate rumors from several forums that say the retail Phenom II will have a noticeably lower OC capability than the prerelease versions.
Being confident AMD even directs a little side blow at the competition: Intel is supposed to try their best in order to select CPUs with high OC capabilities.
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Here's a quick fact about me: I'm horrible with dates. Yet I will always remember May 7. It's a special kind of day for me. It's my birthday, and it's the anniversary to my most recently past relationship with Sean, and it was on our four year anniversary that I retired from romance.
Sean was the nicest guy I ever met, and probably one of the nicest people. Coming from a previously emotionally and physically abusive relationship, he was a balm to my blistered heart. Our love was pure, and beautiful, and utterly uncomplicated, and though we were both only eight-teen, I think I can speak for both of us that we thought it would last forever.
At the beginning of April, I went to Africa for a couple weeks. When I returned, it was as though a light had been switched. Before this, Sean and I had been basically joined at the hip for the three years we lived together, save a few holidays here and there. I came back expecting cuddles and "I missed you". Instead, I got cold shoulders and fighting. Sean and I had spats before, but never like this. It was the first time I said "Fuck you" to anyone and meant it. It was awful. At this point, we were also doing a lot of drugs and rarely sober.
After week after week of hell, we had "the talk", and went over all our problems, vowing to fix things, saying that because this was our "first real fight" it would blow over. But it didn't. Looking back, if I had tried harder, I could have saved it, and maybe then we could have very well gotten married and walked down the road of memories together. But I was tired. I had been trying for so long, and I was done.
On what would have been our four year anniversary, I ran a razor blade down my wrists because it was the only way I knew how to get his attention. That red flag was too big even for me, a hopeless romantic who clings to relationships like life lines, to ignore.
The morning of May 7th we kissed goodbye and said "see you later", and I think we actually intended to see each other again, but we never did.
Maybe it was because I was out of cigarettes, or because I got up early, or because I was actually sober for a whole day ... something in me changed. I looked at my life and what I was doing with it and realized I was not happy; I had not been happy for a long time. I had stopped growing. I used to journal feverously every day, and I hadn't picked up a pen in months. I used to run marathons, and I was forty pounds over-weight, chain smoking every day. I used to judge junkies like the scum of the earth, and now I had become one. I used to love Sean, now I had grown comfortable. It was like I was living an ingrown life, all red and angry because it wanted out and I wouldn't allow it. I was addicted to security, to my safety blanket. I thought of things in terms of "I'm unhappy with this, but I would be much more unhappy without it".
On May 7th, I stopped thinking like that. Well, actually that's not true. I still think like that, sometimes, but that day I vowed I would take that hard road because I knew I could be happier. I started to think of things in terms of "What do I, as a basic living being, deserve?". Every time I thought about smoking, about drugs, about eating unhealthy, about returning to Sean's open arms, I thought "What do I deserve?". My lungs deserve clean air, not smoke. My brain deserves real stimulation, not artificial realities. My body deserves proper nourishment. My heart deserves to be whole. So that night, I texted Sean saying we needed a break, and stayed over at my friend's apartment. By the time I had returned, he was already gone.
I'm not going to pretend like it was easy; it wasn't. In fact, it was the hardest thing I have ever done. In one day, I decided to quit myself as I knew for the past four years and start over. And the only thing that stopped me from flopping back into smoking and drugs and being useless was the fact I could not flip flop back to Sean. I probably could have, but I was too proud. There were still days I smoked. There were days I did drugs. I cried myself to sleep every night for about the first year because it had been ages since I had slept alone. I had been in relationships since I was young, and the absence ached.
When I started smoking, it was so I could show people that I wasn't a good girl anymore, and then I found I could not stop because I didn't know how to define myself as who I was without the smoking. Same went for relationships. But slowly, and surely, I saw change, similar to the process of losing weight. It sucks and sucks and you are hungry and grumpy and sore and tired but eventually, inch by painstaking inch, you will lose the weight if you keep trying. That was what I reminded myself over and over. Keep trying. Like Dory in Finding Nemo chanting "Keep Swimming!!!!!"
I didn't know at the time I left Sean I was retiring from romance. It is only now looking back that I see that. And yes, I know it sounds tragic. I met the best guy ever, broke up with him because I wasn't "growing" whatever that means, and then never loved again??? Not a day goes by when I don't think of him. There was no closure, and though we talked about being friends if we broke up before, we believed we would break the same way we believed we would be friends. But my thoughts for Sean were like checking a phone for the time instead of the message. It's still a phone, and you always have it with you, but you aren't looking for love. You're just looking at the past.
One of my friends once wrote a poem for me called "life is good" to help me get through the hard times, but I would amend it with my own version called "life goes on". It's what I have sought solace in all this time. And sure, it may be more pessimistic but at least then when I feel like shit I don't feel the need to find the diamonds. Life goes on. People change. Love fades. But the sun rises. And each new day is exactly that, new. And when all else is said and done, nothing can stay. So no matter how bad things are, they eventually have to end.
If I would ever see Sean again, I do not think I would approach him, because I know my heart would open its arms wide. And when I think back, I know I may not have chosen the happier path, but I chose the one that would make me grow. I chose what I deserved.


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BeschreibungThis collection of essays by one of the pre-eminent Kant scholars of our time transforms our understanding of both Kant's aesthetics and his ethics.
InhaltsverzeichnisPreface; Note on citations; Introduction; Part I. Kant's Aesthetics in Historical Context: 1. Feeling and freedom: Kant on aesthetics and morality; 2. The dialectic of disinterestedness: I. Eighteenth-century aesthetics; 3. The dialectic of disinterestedness: II. Kant and Schiller on interest in disinterestedness; 4. The perfections of art: Mendelssohn, Moritz and Kant; 5. Hegel on Kant's aesthetics: necessity and contingency in beauty and art; Part II. Kant's Aesthetics and Morality: Topical Studies: 6. The beautiful and the sublime; 7. Nature, art and autonomy; 8. Genius and the canon of art: a second dialectic of aesthetic judgement; 9. Duties regarding nature; 10. Duty and inclination; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Pressestimmen'The overall theme of this superb collection (ten of Guyer's papers, half of them previously unpublished) concerns the complex of relations among Kant's views of art and aesthetic experience, the interests of morality and society in the latter, and more generally the connection between morality and human sensibility ... a major contribution to a study of both the ethics and the aesthetics.' Richard E. Aquila, The University of Tennessee
Untertitel: Essays on Aesthetics and Morality. black & white illustrations. Sprache: Englisch.
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The Audi A2 Concept looks ready to tackle the BMW i3
While the original concept drawings released last week made the Audi A2 look more like a sport compact (click here for a look at those drawings), the official company images show a far more reasonable vehicle that will likely offer an electric subcompact that focuses more on luxury and fuel economy than the uber high tech look of the upcoming BMW i3. Up front, we see a grille layout similar to the other current Audi models but in the lack of a gasoline engine, there is less need for cooling openings so the Audi A2 Concept features a front end that is heavily closed off to increase aerodynamics and with that – improved electric range. Large headlights similar in shape to those found on the new A6 with unique LED lighting that stretches out to the fender – with a body line continuing all the way back to the taillights.
Along the side, the new Audi A2 Concept has a massive greenhouse that should make for plenty of headroom with a short bonnet (hood) with the lack of a bulky combustion engine to need more engine bay space. Out back, the A2 has some great looking taillights flanking the Audi logo in the middle of the rear lift gate that completes the super-clean look of this new subcompact electric vehicle. The true beauty of the Audi A2 is that, shy of the lack of exterior door handles it looks as though it is fairly production-ready.
Inside, the Audi A2 features a far more futuristic layout with an extremely minimalist look to the driver information center and the infotainment system mounted just to the right of the steering wheel – all of which looks to be controlled by the many steering wheel mounted controls. The goal of the minimalist interior should allow for optimal seating room for four adults with the super thing seats helping to further make the most of the available interior space. Also, thanks to the use of copious amounts of aluminum, carbon fiber and other lightweight materials, the A2 is said to have a curb weight of just 2,535lbs- making it around 200lbs lighter than the BMW i3 that it will go head to head with when it hits the market.
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People living in some of the most remote parts of the UK could be left without internet access as BT has revealed it will turn off its dial-up service on September 1st.
The company said it has made this decision as only a small number of its customers use the service.
"This is a legacy product that is only used by a tiny number of customers, most of whom can easily transfer on to broadband for a cheaper price," a BT statement said.
It claimed around 1,000 people who currently use dial-up connections will be unable to access broadband services as a result of the change, but these households can to transfer to a dial-up service offered by PlusNet.
However, Oliver Johnson, chief executive of broadband consultancy Point Topic, told the BBC the move will have a negative effect on individuals living in some of the UK's most remote areas.
"They will be too far from the telephone exchange to get any meaningful broadband. The distance means that the broadband signal degrades," he stated.
A spokesperson for telecommunications watchdog Ofcom told the broadcaster around 800,000 people were using dial-up services in 2010, when data on the issue was last collected. However, that figure may now be substantially lower.
The majority of dial-up users are located in remote regions, but this is not the only way people in such areas can get online. Satellite broadband is ideally suited to rural use as it only requires the installation of a small satellite dish and modem to function.
It can provide speeds of up to 20 Mbps, which is far faster than dial-up and many standard broadband connections. Furthermore, this level of service is guaranteed regardless of location, as the connection is provided by a satellite in space rather than phone lines or underground cables.
Satellite broadband was praised by Mr Johnson earlier this year, when he described the technology as a "realistic alternative" for getting people online across Europe.
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Uptown Waterloo is just one of the many communities around the world taking part in this year's International Pillow Fight Day.
Participants are invited to take a soft swing at friends and strangers.
It's usually something that helps create sweet dreams but Saturday thousands of people around the world grabbed their pillows and hit the streets looking for a fight.
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Is Australian boat manufacturing car-eening for fall
by Mark Rothfield on 22 Jun 2013
The government must support our world-class boat builders as it does the car industry. Maritimo Marine
How do you start a small business? These days, you buy a big Australian manufacturing firm and simply wait for a while …In recent weeks the car world has been floored by news that Ford plans to close its manufacturing plants while General Motors is aiming to cut workers' wages to avoid or delay, an inevitable head-on crash.
Should the boating industry be concerned? Absolutely!
The car industry has consistently been a decade ahead of boat manufacturing in its R&D, construction, advertising and retailing. It enjoys a larger market, fewer local rivals, superior economies of scale and deeper pockets courtesy of their global parents.
They also have the undying support of a Labor Government that's thrown millions of dollars at the problem, with Minister of Innovation and Industry Greg Combet insisting that the ability for local manufacturing to design and build a motor vehicle from the ground up is vital for the economy.
Well guess what? We have the ability to design and build boats from the keel up, to the pinnacle of international standards, but if history is any indication the government cares not one whit.
The prestige Australian built marques Riviera, Maritimo, Quintrex, Signature and Seawind, among others, have all struggled in recent years, slicing their workforces without raising so much as an eyebrow at federal level. We're dispensable it seems.
So if an international conglomerate like Ford can't build a family car in Australia, how the heck can we continue to build boats? The same market threats apply – a flood of imports built at a fraction of the labour cost, a dollar that for too long refused to be tempered, and nervous cattle. Perhaps the recent drop in the Australian dollar might help a little but it will have to keep falling to make any significant difference.
The Seawind solution was to shut shop and relocate.
'Probably five years ago it was apparent that Australia had a limited future as a manufacturer,' owner Richard Ward says. 'We have a strong domestic market but we're a long way from the world market – our boats are horrendously expensive to ship.'
Ward investigated options in China and Thailand but delayed a decision at his increasing peril. Then, in 2010, Seawind acquired Corsair Marine, which was building Farrier trimarans in Vietnam, and the die was cast.
'It was sad, this process of closing our Wollongong factory, and unbelievably difficult,' Ward adds. 'People see that you're selling out, that you don't care about your workers … but it's a short-sighted and mistaken way of looking at it.
'Governments should be helping us to become a global company. That's what we've done but entirely on our own. Seawind is 100 per cent Australian owned, we will continue doing all the design here, and the profits will come back to Australia. The alternative is to die.'
The Boating Industries Alliance Australia, the national peak body for the recreational and light commercial boating industry in Australia is working hard to explain the value of the Australian boat building industry to politicians, we hope they listen.
If not, the spectre of an Australian boat show without an Australian boat, once unthinkable looms as large as the prospect of a Bathurst race without a Falcon or Commodore.
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FRISCO -- Dallas Stars defenseman Alex Goligoski knows Eric Godard well from when the two played together in Pittsburgh.
"He is probably the toughest guy I know," said Goligoski. "He's a pretty big guy, but he's definitely not the biggest guy. He's as tough as they come. He's just got that characteristic about him. I don't know what it is. But he's a great guy … and kind of an eccentric guy too."
Among those eccentricities - his car.
"I can't wait to get it here. It's on the way now. It's a '64 Galaxie," said Godard. "My uncle has a couple and he drag races them. My cousin has two. It's like my family always ends up with Galaxies. It runs great. It's mint. The interior is perfect. The only thing that doesn't work is the radio."
And then there is his wardrobe.
"He's got this all red velvet suit that he'll wear to games from time to time," said Goligoski.
Godard needed to provide some clarification on this one.
"No, the blue one is velvet," Godard said. "The red is corduroy."
The bottom line: Godard is a little different.
"He's probably got a couple of screws loose," said Goligoski. "He's just kind of a funny guy like that."
But there's nothing funny about the role Godard will play for the Stars when they are on the ice. Dallas signed him to a two-year contract to add toughness, an elite toughness that the Stars haven't had in recent years. The 6-4, 214 pound right wing is considered one of the best fighters in the NHL.
"I think everybody knows what his role is, but I didn't go out and sign him just to be a fighter. My goal in free agency was to add quality, first class people to our organization," said Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk. "I think Eric Godard fits into that category. Goligoski played with him in Pittsburgh and raved about him. I know a lot of people in the Pittsburgh organizatioin that indicated to us that we're going to love this guy. There's no question that he brings that toughness element."
If you want to put numbers to Godard's toughness you can turn to a place like hockeyfights.com. The site, which tracks fighting in hockey and who wins the bouts, listed Godard as having an impressive 21-10-5 record in his 36 fights over the last three seasons. The site's message board, which has a running poll on the league's top fighters, ranked him as the fifth best in the NHL last season.
Godard knows his role and is more than willing.
"It's worked for me so far. I'll keep it up," he said. "I like to get out there and crash and bang."
And it's a role that the Stars say that will fit in well with the team's overall objective of being tougher to play against this season. Stars head coach Glen Gulutzan said a guy like Godard can help some of the Stars more abrasive, in your face players like Steve Ott, Vernon Fiddler, Adam Burish, Jake Dowell and Sheldon Souray.
"It's a little easier for those guys to play that type of game when you have a guy like Godard around," Gulutzan said. "We're asking our defense in (Adam) Pardy, (Mark) Fistric, (Nicklas) Grossman and all of our D to play a hard, more physical game. It's a lot easier to do that when you have a guy like him around."
Goligoski added that Godard is a great guy to have around as a teammate as a well.
"I think he just loves the team aspect of everything and the role he gets put into it. With his characteristics it maybe makes him that much better of a teammate," Goligoski said. "He loves when the team does well whether he's contributing or if he is up in the press box watching the game. It doesn't matter. He's the ultimate team guy, for sure."
And he'll arrive for the job in his own style, driving his '64 Galaxie and possibly wearing that red corduroy suit.
"It will make an appearance," Godard said. "It's a warm suit actually. It's thick. Maybe Christmastime."


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London, Feb 01 (ANI): At 82, when many of her contemporaries are turning their backs on technology, the Queen is determined to make her website more user friendly and relevant to modern-day society.
With the help of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, the Queen is re-launching her website, according to reports.
The website, first launched 12 years ago, will be significantly improved and expanded on February 12 when the Queen will link up with Google, the world's most popular search engine, to bring in a wave of new technological advances.
Senior royal sources say that the Queen has been "hands on" over the redesign and her husband Prince Philip, who is 87, has been equally interested in the re-launch because he embraced computers and the Internet well before his wife.
"The new website is going to look significantly different. We have completely rebuilt the site for a new media environment in the 21st century," the Telegraph quoted one senior royal source, as saying.
"We are putting up archive material that has never been seen before. The site has a new navigation system and there is a lot more video and more integration with YouTube," the source added.
The new home page is cleaner and fresher, with the first service available to users being a gallery of photographs from the Queen's early life.
There are also links to separate websites for the Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry.
The Queen decided her new channel would enable her to be "more personal and more direct" in her worldwide dealings with the public.
One senior royal source said: "In recent years, the Queen has become increasingly familiar with new technology and she has embraced the merits of the Internet. Her children and grandchildren have kept her abreast of various new advances.
"The Duke of York, in particular, is extremely web savvy and he was the first member of the Royal family who insisted on all his staff having Blackberrys. He has kept his mother very up-to-speed on new technology."
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who is British, is flying over from his home in America for the website re-launch. (ANI)


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The Guy Walking with Mike Brown Speaks About Details of Shooting [Video]
This past weekend, Mike Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson police officer. This quickly brought on rage from the community as they protested against the unarmed teen being shot. Tempers rose on Saturday night but nothing major happened until Sunday night. There were footages all over the internet as the community broke out into riots, looting and shooting. The friend that was walking with Mike Brown leading up to the incident decides to tell detail information on what really happened. You can check out the video below and make sure to express your thoughts on this sad story.


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What is a Citrus like herb of the mint family?
Probably lemon balm or lemon mint
Apple mint what kind of herb it's use?
Any of numerous usually evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Rhododendron of the North Temperate Zone, having clusters of variously colored, often bell-shaped flowers.
What is the herb fusamagul or the mint basil that goes in sauces?
10 gallons for 5 fills 6 gallons for 3 fills etc.
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A 'Pleasant' GoodbyeMature
The house was deadly silent after Cole had left. I sat, still and quiet on the couch in the living room, flicking through random shows playing on the television. They droned on in the background yet none of the sounds reached my ears as my mind floated off to a different place.
Nadia had left the house, taken the car and zoomed off in the direction of the hospital I presumed. Cole had mentioned some boyfriend-girlfriend drama taking place. I'd decided not to probe into it as a sudden change had taken place when Nadia had gotten back from her 'friends'. She certainly wasn't acting normal and whatever it was, my asking questions might only provoke her to feel worse.
And Dakota. He was a whole other and completely different case. I still had no idea how to interact with him after our last fight. It was clear that he continued to harbor negative feelings towards me, with him acting so cold and distant but that was no reason for a silence to exist between us. If at all, we should be patching things up.
Just when I was about to get up and head over to his room, in an attempt to fix things, he stormed down the stairs. He didn't even as give a small glance in my direction, jerking his coat off the hanger, eyes flickering to the watch on his hand.
"Dakota, where are you going?"
All I got in reply was silence. What more could I possibly have expected?
Before I could get a chance to stop him, even though I knew that would haven't changed anything, he opened the front door sharply, walked out and slammed it shut.
Sighing, I headed back to the couch, falling down on it as my hands covered my face in frustration. What now? Nadia was off at the hospital, Dakota had gone God knows where and I was stuck in my stupid house with no idea of what to do. That's when a name popped into my mind.


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Anyone who truly knows me well knows that I have never been a "sports" person. However, having a son changed me in that I have fully participated in every sport out there to see if it brought out any sparks of love in my son. Since he was old enough to take part in special … Continue reading
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Hello and Happy Sunday Dec. 15th….yikes! Time is flying…and boy is time a luxury these days, the holiday crunch is officially on. Notice my new banner? I said I would use both banners for the month of December, so this one will be for the remainder..so pretty and so appropriate given we have snow on the ground.
Yesterday was my birthday! We got a snowstorm which made it awfully cozy and the snow was a great excuse to stay in and enjoy all the birthday phone calls, gifts and even a few flower deliveries:) I felt special and we got out (in the snow) for dinner with friends, last night which was a nice break from the increasingly busy days.? I apologize to my many blog friends whose blogs I haven't had a lot of time to visit…I promise I will be back and will have such fun seeing what I have missed. I will be posting a bit less in the next two weeks as I prepare for family coming in, my family Christmas party and Christmas in general but hope to post at least twice a week. You know blogland is my happy place!
?I must say I am thrilled to be done with the bulk of my decorating and gift buying, that in itself is the biggest Christmas gift I could possibly receive! But still have a good amount to do, having it snow all day yesterday? did not help, on the other hand it forced me inside and I got done nearly all my decorating and am up to date on my gift wrapping so all was not lost.
Excited to announce not but two wonderful giveaways…told you there would be one every week until Christmas and the fun continues. Two of my most favorite things too….chocolate and makeup!
?GIVEAWAY #1. The first is a fabulous new book giveaway form the queen of makeup, Judith August, the makeup artist to the stars. Her new book just came out and is getting all kinds of rave reviews, it shares all of Judith's inside secrets to looking absolutely flawless..now tell me, who wouldn't want to know that! You would be hard pressed to find a top makeup artist who does not count on Judith August products for getting the job done!
?On top of the book,? the lucky winner will get to choose one product from her amazing line of products to be included with the book. Visit Judith by clicking here and take a look at the line, come back here and tell me an item you would love to have. Want a second chance? Visit her Facebook by clicking here and leave a comment (be sure to add your are visiting from The Enchanted Home). Thank you Judith August!
GIVEAWAY #2. The second giveaway is something near and dear to my heart….candy specifically chocolate. Sucre of New Orleans is a New Orleans institution for fine chocolates, macaroons, king cakes and just about any other sweet confection your sweet tooth can dream up. If you are looking for a last minute heavenly gift, then consider giving a box of their famous chocolates or macaroons to a lucky recipient. They have so kindly offered a giveaway for all those sweet lovers out there! One lucky winner will need to adjust her waistband and make room for these delectable goodies!
To enter visit Sucre by clicking here,? come back here and tell us something you would love to try. Want a second chance? Visit Sucre on Facebook here and tell them what you love (be sure to add you are from The Enchanted Home), I will announce a lucky winner for both on Wednesday. Thanks Sucre!!
Of course mostly I am busy with all things Christmas around here but there are some other exciting things going too. The MOST exciting thing to happen in a very long time was drumroll….I GOT MY CARPETING IN MY BEDROOM!!! You cannot imagine how in love with it I am, its a total love affair.
I never knew carpeting could excite me this much. But the room is totally transformed. It feels so warm and cozy now…..not barren and cold. I am going to show you a snippet but will wait for a full reveal when the room is completed. And believe me I am super motivated now that the carpeting has at long last arrived and is installed…….
I LOVE snow pictures. Had to whip out my camera during this last snowfall……
Two posts I really really enjoyed this past week. If you have a few extra minutes, you must read these! One will make you laugh until your belly aches and the other will make you cry from the sheer beauty and the poignant message. I promise you will not be disappointed!!
Lovely Anita from Castles Crowns and Cottages posted on "We are not alone" , it will give you chills, tears of joy and a sense of inner warmth…I promise!! Crank up the music as you read her post, I get goosebumps just thinking of it!
And hysterical Kate of Preppy Empty Nester will have you rolling and laughing hysterically. Click here if you need a great laugh.? I laughed so hard that my son came in from the other room prepared to call 911, wondering who the crazy laughing hyena was in the next room:)
I LOVE when my readers and customers send me their pictures of things they have bought from me. I had to share these recent submissions…just too pretty to not share!
?A reader was inspired after seeing my powder room wallpaper and used it in her gogerous dining room….wow!! I love this paper so much even to this day:)
?Talented Anita bought this cake plateau and transformed it into a work of art featuring a totally charming Christmas scene as only Anita can!
Love the way Emily of Splendid Market packaged the beautiful silver serving pieces she bought from me…who wouldn't want to receive such an elegant gift!
Did some more tweaking with my decor, its a month long process:)? Added a pretty festive feeling vignette to my antique secretary. Got some more gifts wrapped…am up to date until my next batch of gifts arrives to get wrapped. I had fun adding satin ribbon to literally every package and fun pretty little embellishments….I was unstoppable yesterday:)
Added this large blue and white bowl with huge sugar pine cones and a few berries and evergreen
And a picture of my nearly finished Christmas tree with some gifts (at long last) underneath it and love how you can see the shimmering lights beyond my front door…an advantage to putting it in the foyer
?I also want to announce the start of my final contest for 2013, "Christmas magic". I will be collecting pictures as of today through Jan. 1st. I will hold the contest on Jan. 4-6th and announce the winner(s) on Jan 7th. As the name implies….please send your pictures of anything Christmas related, your decorated front door, a beautifully wrapped gift, a table set with your Christmas finest, your darling kids and pets are always a hit, whatever the name "Christmas magic" means to you! Since my "Hooray for the Holidays" post included some Christmas pictures, if you would like to use the entry you used for that please just email me to let me know and I will be happy to include it. I cannot wait to start getting your entries!! Remember-
- 2 entries per person (they must be your pictures, not downloaded from internet)
- Please in subject line when you email me put Christmas Magic (get tons of emails )
Thanks so much for stopping in, wishing you a wonderful, relaxing and calm day…I know it's a crazy time of year but it is so important to afford ourselves little breaks and self imposed "time outs". Enjoy the rest of your weekend….ho ho ho!


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I'd been thinking about getting a steam cleaner for months for my kitchen and hall floor which is covered with cushionfloor. I was shopping in Sainsburys in August, not looking for a cleaner, but I spotted this one, reduced to £29.99. It's currently in Argos at £49.99.
My main criteria had been threefold all along: I didn't want to spend a fortune (£30 budget), it must be lightweight to use and it must either fold down to fit in a cupboard or be slim/flexible enough to fit under my stairs which is a bit of a squeeze. As you'll see, this Vax stick model ticked those boxes plus many more...
In the box, the cleaner and all its bits and bobs are packed in shaped cardboard protection. The handle is separate, and there is a funnel, a water jug complete with hard water filter, two cleaning pads and a plastic "carpet glider" attachment. The carpet glider is not referenced anywhere on the box, so that was a total bonus and surprise! The main body of the unit looks sleek and smart with a curved main body in bright white plastic with minimal branding or fuss to the design.
The floor pad or 'foot', is triangular, with edges approximately 250mm long and the triange is 200mm high at it's apex. The foot is black plastic on the upper surface with a spongey-type material underneath.
Getting ready!
The handle fixes into the body of the cleaner by slotting it into the socket and a push-button clicks through when in place to hold it secure. It's equally easy to push the button to remove the handle again if you want to separate the two parts in order to store in a smaller space. The body of the unit is hinged to the cleaning pad, and stands upright without needing to lean it up against anything, and then it just pulls backwards to operate as any upright vacuum cleaner would. Overall it stands about 1.4m high, which is not too high even for a shortie like me, it's around the same height as my Hoover.
The water tank is filled through a very small nozzle, with the funnel supplied, at the back of the unit. There's a clear panel at the front so that you can see the water level.
The cleaning pads are white and fluffy, with a drawstring around their edge. These are placed over the 'foot' of the cleaner and the drawstring pulled tight and secured with a plastic toggle. This took a few moments to get an accurate and tight, secure fit.
Getting going!
The steamer has a generous 6m length of power chord and when plugged in, it immediately starts to hiss, indicating that things are kicking in, but the cleaner still needs to be switched on by pushing the on-board button to start the serious business of getting the steam up. Within a minute it was ready to go. There is no puffing of steam pouring out, so the room didn't get hot and steamy, which was one thing I was thinking might happen, the cleaner moved really easily over the floor, just leaving a wet track where it went.
My hall and kitchen floor isn't a huge area -10 or so square metres, but it's cleaned - brilliantly and with very little physical effort - in minutes. A full tank will give 10 minutes of steam cleaning, if you have a larger area. In fact it probably takes me longer to sweep the floor, which is necessary, prior to using the cleaner. There is a definite sensation of the cleaner "gliding" over the floor, although you do need to push it around, it's not quite the full hover-cleaner effect I might be portraying!
It's very easy to steer the point of the pad into corners and along edges of skirting boards and cupboards, and the cleaning seemed to be effective right to the edges of the pad. There was no 'finishing' off to be done after I'd used the cleaner.
If there are marks on the floor such as in our case, cat food sometimes, holding the cleaner still for 5 seconds or so over it will easily shift it. I haven't had any marks which the cleaner hasn't been able to deal with.
The box states that the weight of the cleaner is 2.2kg, and it's noticeably light in use, so I was delighted about that.
Previously I cleaned the floor with soapy water or various detergents but this was an altogether different kind of "clean". Drying time naturally varies according to how warm it is, but there is no tackiness to the floor afterwards, which had come to be the norm for some detergents I've used. I like to walk around in bare feet, and the feeling underfoot was quite amazingly different from what I would have previously considered to be a clean floor.
The eco-benefits of steam cleaning without the need for any detergents is a great thing, but I have to be honest and say that this wasn't a priority consideration in my purchase. Nevertheless, to get such fantastic results simply through steam alone without the need for detergents is very satisfying.
When I was all finished I was planning to remove the handle and store under the sink, but I found that the hinged feature on the cleaner meant that I could "wiggle" it into a space under the stairs. Being so light, it's easy to manoeuvre and lift around. The cable is wrapped around the on-board hooks for safe and tidy keeping.
After the event
My front door opens into the hall directly from outside, and my back door also goes directly outside off the kitchen, so with me and two cats in and out all day, this area gets pretty grubby. Needless to say, having reported such brilliant cleaning, the pad gets absolutely embarrassingly filthy every time! However, the unit is supplied with two pads so one can be washed while the other is used if necessary. It's essential that the pads are completely dry before use. The instructions say to wash the pads on a gentle wash with no softener, and I did this at 40 degrees almost immediately and it came out good as new again.
Carpet experiment
Not expecting, or particularly wanting, a carpet attachment I was intrigued, if a little apprehensive about trying it out. On the leaflet inside it is somehow careful not to refer to the carpets being "cleaned" by the unit, it repeatedly mentions "refreshing" carpets and rugs. Before writing my review I gave it a little whirl on my bedroom carpet, which is cream.
The plastic adapter is triangular, measured to fit over the foot pad, it looks like one of those triangles on a snooker table to line the reds up! It clips securely on, and the operation is exactly the same - just plug in, switch on and wait a few seconds. I was dubious about how well the "glider" would actually glide, with the soft pad against the carpet and it wasn't hard work but it did take quite a bit more effort this time.
I wasn't expecting much but it definitely made a difference to the carpet. The only problem was - I suppose to be expected - I didn't pick a warm day, and the carpet took ages to dry. Even though it had been hammered home to me to only expect "refreshment" I would definitely say the carpet looked cleaner.
Any down-sides?
I wrote my initial review soon after purchasing, but needed to wait to get the product listed before I could post. This is a good thing because it's enabled me to report that it was not just the initial excitement that made this such a positive review, it's proved to be a fantastic purchase. The only trouble I have when cleaning the floor is that the pads don't stay exactly in place on the foot, no matter how tight I pull the drawstring, they still go walkies during the process. I generally have to stop and realign once during a clean.
Other than that, my only regret is that I didn't buy one months ago. For now at least, cleaning the kitchen floor has become a pleasure rather than one of the worst putting-it-off chores in the house. For my cats, however, they detest it. They took against it from minute one and are deeply suspicious of it. Hopefully they will get used to it because - sorry girls - I love it, and I expect it will be around for many years to come.
For quite a while I had been hankering after a steam mop/cleaner for my tiled floors so when my step son offered me his I jumped at the opportunity. If you would like a new Vax S88-W1M-B Steam Mop one can be purchased from Amazon uk for £45, wilko.com for £60 and £49.99 from Argos (prices correct Nov 13).
As my Vax Steam Mop is pre-owned it came ready assembled, I would imagine assembly would just be a case of screwing the handle into the body.
The Steam Mop only weighs 2.2kg so is very lightweight and makes cleaning floors effortless. I find the 6 meter cable a little on the short side as I have a tiled hall that runs from one end of my house to the other. It is a minor inconvenience to have to swap sockets half way through cleaning and I would have much preferred to have a 10 meter cable that seems the standard with Vax vacuum cleaners.
The water tank holds 280ml of water. I use filtered tap water in an effort to prevent a build up of lime scale. The Steam Mop is easy to fill via a small inlet on the back of the body of the Steam Mop. The Steam Mop takes less than a minute to heat up and start producing steam. Each tank of water will give you 10 minutes steaming time, the green light on the front of the body of the Steam Cleaner starts to flash red when the water is running low.
The accessories with the Steam Mop are a little lacking and I have already lost the jug and I have replaced the white micro fibre cleaning pads with Vax branded coral pads as these are much better for cleaning tiled and laminated floors.
The Steam Mop is super efficient at cleaning and takes very little effort to lift dirt and debris from the floor. I find I get the best cleaning results if I take the time to sweep the floors before I use the Steam Mop. All mud from the dogs paws and drips and splashes from cooking are easily removed. The floors are left clean and virtually dry.
I love using my Vax Steam Mop it makes keeping my tiled and laminated floors clean so easy and I find that I am happy to clean the floors each day as it is so quick and simple. I can not imagine going back to using my old mop and bucket which did not clean my floors as well and used to take an age to dry.
Another bonus for me is that I have no need to use floor cleaners, disinfectant or bleach to get my floors hygienically clean which is much better for my dog and my asthmatic Husband and children.
The Vax S88-W1M-B is also great for refreshing carpets and rugs and I have used it on my carpets in an effort to kill off dust mites and remove allergens. In all honesty I can not say I have noticed much of a difference in my family's asthma but it is nice to know that I am attempting to improve the air quality for them.
All things considered I highly recommend the Vax S88-W1M-B it is so simple to use and makes my housework go just that little bit easier.
Thank you for reading.
The Vax White steam cleaner is ideal for cleaning a wide range of sealed hard floor surfaces including tiles, lino, sealed laminate and sealed wood flooring. It's also perfect for refreshing carpets and rugs too so you can get your whole home looking spotless. Its easy to use, and its slim design makes it very easy to store / Powerful steam jets hygienically and effectively break down stubborn grease and grime without using any detergent, making it very environmentally friendly and economical too! / It also comes with a carpet glider, 2 microfibre cleaning pads and a measuring jug, to make cleaning your whole home effortless.