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While the local Malaysian media are applauding Budget 2006, with the same phrases that has been used since the mid 1990s, the average guy on the street is getting sick and tired of hearing the same old things which was supposed to solve the same old problems, but in the end, there doesn't seem to be much progress.
The "sin taxes" has risen again (booze and fags, 13% and 9% respectively), and the bloody government workers (I refuse to call them "civil servants", because the last thing they don't think of themselves as servants, especially to the public) gets bonuses… and for the life of me I can't understand why. Most government agencies are slow, inefficient, and wasteful. Contrary to being the driving force of Malaysia's economy, these agencies are what slows it down.
Before you bombard me with calls of "bullshit" and what not, answer these few questions first;
- Have you ever had to deal with government agencies with regards to setting up businesses?
- Have you ever had to hunt for a government officer for days just to sort up some minor issue which in other civilised countries is just a matter of minutes?
- Have you found out how bloody painful the process of dealing with government agencies without knowing "someone inside"?
- Are you a registered voter?
If you can't answer "yes" to all the questions above, then you definitely have lived a very sheltered life. Please visit this page again after you have experienced the things I've mentioned above and you might appreciate my reasonings that government workers do not deserve a bonus of any kind considering how they've managed to successfully screw this country up since time immemorial.
When people have been in the government all their life, they tend to forget that there is a real country out there, that's being run mostly by the efforts of the private sector. These people represents the majority of actual productivity in this nation, and not just pay lip service whenever there're "issues" that need to be addressed. While the governmental cats get fatter, what can the private sector worker expect from Budget 2006?
Now if you think that I'm venting because Budget 2006 has little to no good news for the average Malaysian, let me just say that this is not the reason for my rant. I'm just majorly pissed that every bloody year, our inefficient government workers keep getting undeserved bonuses from their bosses. Sure, there are road tax reductions and whatnots… a goo overview can be found here. However, the cream just keeps on piling for government workers… RM 1.1 billion will be spent to build more housing for some government agencies… haven't these people stolen enough of the public's money already by cheating on their housing loans?
When you think things couldn't get worse… we have bloody useless opposition to "balance off" our incompetent ruling coalition. How I pray that I'll see the day when Malaysia is run by academics and technocrats. Technocracy wouldn't be bad system of governance at all… At least those people should have a clue or two, instead of spending hours upon hours just spewing bullshit in front of journalists and TV cameras. And it sure beats the tired race-based politics that is ohh so early 1900s!


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One of life's most pleasing experiences is running into a financial windfall. They can be expected (bonus, exgratia) or unexpected (inheritance, striking the lottery, gifts). While the windfall is great, it can create a problem: what do you do with the money (other than spending it, of course)?
Now one of the first things most people would do is to take some of that money and splurge on something to reward themselves. In other words, give themselves a treat. These could be a fancy watch, a gold ring, a new car or perhaps an overseas vacation.
Some people would then use part of the money to do up their house. Make that much needed repairs, extend the kitchen, buy a new sofa set and perhaps change the curtains. As the money is spent on the house, it is not overspending (at least not in their eyes).
Some people may even hold a small party as a gesture of thanks for the windfall, and share their good fortune with their friends, family and neighbours.
If there is some money left over, then they would start looking at a few investment opportunities. They want to make the most out of the windfall and grow the money into a bigger pie. Finally, they bought an insurance policy and also a unit trust fund. As some parts of the money did go into investments, it ought to rid themselves of the nagging thought that they have blown away the money. So they were not spendthrifts after all.
Sadly though, the investments went nowhere in the weeks ahead.
Six months later, the money is all gone. There is no trace and no evidence of the money at all. It is as if the money never came into their world at all. Which as you know is not the case. They did receive the windfall – a substantial fortune at that. But where is the money now? Where did it go to? Gone for the most part but the recipients' lives are no better off. So all that money did not do much to increase the quality of their lives.
Which you have to admit is pretty sad and tragic even.
Now that I've told the sad tale, I will also share the steps you should take to make the most out of any financial windfall that may come your way. In the hope that none of the above will happen to you.
The first and indeed the most important step you should do is this – do nothing. Yes, do nothing with that money. Leave the money in your Savings Account and leave it alone. Forget about the windfall and go on with your life as if it never happened.
Now while doing nothing is a poor strategy and a big no-no for living an extraordinary life, this is the way to go in this particular instance.
Why do I recommend doing nothing as the first step? See, when you run into a financial windfall, your mind doesn't think it is your money. It's still thinking the money is other people's money, and therefore doesn't require much care. So your mind is thinking that you can spend as much as you want and pretty much do whatever you want to do with the money. After all, it is money from the sky.
But the reality is that the money is your money, whether it was expected or not. And because it is yours, it requires the same care as the rest of your money. In other words, you must plan, manage and care for it just as you would any other money. But for this to happen, you must allow your mind to accept that the money is yours first. So this is why I recommend you to leave the money in the Savings Account for a few months. Leave it there and leave it alone.
As the days go by, your mind will gradually begin to see the money as yours. Once your mind has accepted the money as yours, only then you will treat the money as your own. Only then you will give it the same care and management as the rest of your money.
Of course, you would read a few books on money matters, learn about investments and refer to money professionals in the meantime. While waiting for your mind to see the money as yours, you would educate yourself on financial matters in the months in between. That way, when you are ready to make use of the money, you will have a better idea on what is needed to become a better investor and how to make the most out of the windfall. Even if you carry out some similar steps – give yourself a treat, repair the house and hold a party – you are doing so with full knowledge of what you are doing and more importantly, in full control of the situation.
If you do this, then you will be blessed with many financial windfalls in your life.


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To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
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Review by Planning Perspectives
To-Morrow: a peaceful path to real reformEbenezer Howard, Original edition with commentary by Peter Hall, Dennis Hardy and Colin Ward, London: Routledge, 2003.
To-Morrow, readers of will need no telling, is widely considered as the most important book ever published in the field of planning. Originally appearing in 1898, it is better known through the slightly revised second edition Garden Cities of To-Morrow, marked by some updating of the footnotes and, most importantly, variations in the diagrams [1]. The revised version was first published in 1902 and has in this basic form been reprinted in several subsequent editions, these differing mainly in their introductory texts and accompanying commentaries written by later followers of Howard. The second edition (not least its title) also provided the primary basis for the many translations which began to appear from the early twentieth century.
The original edition has, in contrast, been rather neglected, although it is not true, as David Lock claims in his foreword, that it has never before been reprinted. An American facsimile reprint, also published by Routledge in conjunction with Thoemmes Press, appeared in 1998 as the second volume of a nine volume collection of important early planning works [2]. Yet the technical quality of the present facsimile reprint is much superior to that of 1998. In particular, this version includes Howard's 1898 diagrams in their original delicate colours, something which proved far too expensive for the 1902 and subsequent editions of the book. Apart from being an exceptionally handsome volume, the present reprint also benefits by having a very full parallel and well illustrated commentary by Britain's most distinguished historians of the entire Howardian tradition. Overall, it richly deserves a place on planning library shelves and in the personal collections of readers of this journal.
The idea of making a fine volume of this type, befitting the intrinsic importance of the work, is not new. One of the founding editors of this journal and of the best known book series in planning history, the late Gordon Cherry, long cherished the hope of realising such a project. What has finally made it possible has been the active support of two bodies that deserve our particular thanks: the Town and Country Planning Association (founded in 1899 by Howard and his followers as the Garden City Association) and the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation, celebrating its own highly successful centenary in 2003. Both have been eager to ensure that Howard's original vision is properly understood and that its continuing lessons are recognised.
The three commentators do a fine job fulfilling both these aims. At the most basic level they do extraordinarily well in identifying the many people quoted in Howard's text. In doing this, and through their page-by-page discussion and analysis of the substance of Howard's arguments, they make important new contributions to our understanding of the vision. This is no easy task because of the paucity of sources about Howard's life and work before 1898, the result of his widow unhelpfully burning most of his papers shortly after his death in 1928. But the diligence with which the commentators here pursue all the clues which Howard leaves in his text certainly adds to our knowledge.
Inevitably, though, like all attempts to understand Howard's original formulation, some points simply cannot be proven one way or the other. For example, Howard's choice of the very name 'garden city' must remain a matter of speculation. The commentators here repeat (on page 2) the common claim that it was copied from Chicago, where Howard lived for a few years as a young man. That city then certainly had the motto 'urbs in horto' (city in a garden), but Howard himself always denied the connection (as the commentators also recognise). Moreover, despite his palpable generosity in acknowledging the many sources of his inspiration, however obscure, he completely ignored the city in his book.
Another source of speculation must be what Howard would think of what has followed from his vision. The commentators here provide a thoughtful and informative postscript on the Howard legacy. The familiar limitations of all the many international exercises in planning 'along garden city lines' are discussed, along with the qualified successes of Britain's post-war New Towns. Not so long ago, the latter would have been portrayed as the crowning glory of the garden city tradition. Now there is, quite properly, a greater awareness of the limitations of the monolithic planning approach they represented, in contrast to the participatory basis for local community life which Howard wanted. In a larger sense, Howard's holistic vision and the concern to balance human needs in the widest sense and environmental sensitivity make him a precursor of our contemporary concerns with sustainable development. His remains a vision of great potency and salience, not just in Britain but on a world scale. In this respect, though, the key battles remain to be fought. The saddest point about the Howard legacy is that the majority of the world's population remain disinherited from it.
Stephen V Ward, Department of Planning, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 OBP, UK
[1] E. Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow, London: Swan Sonnenschein (1902).
[2] R. LeGates and F. Stout (eds) Early Urban Planning: 1870-1940, 9 vols, New York/London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press (1998). Howard's To-Morrow is Volume 2.
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The impact of Health Information Technology (I-HIT) scale : the Australian results
Cook, Robyn & Foster, Joanne (2009) The impact of Health Information Technology (I-HIT) scale : the Australian results. In Saranto , K., Brennan, P., Park, H-A., Tallberg, M., & Ensio, A. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Nursing Informatics : Connecting Health and Humans, IOS Press BV, Helsinki, pp. 400-404.
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One of role of the nurse in the clinical setting is that of coordinating communication across the healthcare team. On a daily basis nurses interact with the person receiving care, their family members, and multiple care providers thus placing the nurse in the central position with access to a vast array of information on the person. Through this nurses have historically functioned as "information repositories". With the advent of Health Information Technology (HIT) tools there is a potential that HIT could impact interdisciplinary communication, practice efficiency and effectiveness, relationships and workflow in acute care settings [1][3]. In 2005, the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Community developed the IHITScale to measure the impact of HIT on the nursing role and interdisciplinary communication in USA hospitals. In 2007, nursing informatics colleagues from Australia, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and the USA formed a research collaborative to validate the IHIT in six additional countries. This paper will discuss the background, methodology, results and implications from the Australian IHIT survey of over 1100 nurses. The results are currently being analyzed and will be presented at the conference.
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In fact, so confident is the Monaco 80 about its ability to be used in a typical living room environment that it even offers a (£900 extra) 'TV' option comprising an additional AV 'hub' or switching box that's either external or built into the screen.
This hub has its own built-in TV tuners, and sockets for attaching your AV source gear. Then a single cable can carry video from the switchbox to your projector.
An extra benefit of the TV box is that it allows you to control potentially your entire AV system via one remote. What's more, impressively the switchbox comes equipped with Pixelworks video processing, so that you can scale the image it outputs to suit your projector's resolution.
So much for the theory: does the screen really deliver on its outrageous ambient-light promises? You know what? It really does.
I actually started off my tests, though, by checking if the Monaco 80 was actually any good as a 'proper' screen running in a darkened room. And I'm happy to say it is. I was hugely impressed by the white balance and colour tone it produced with a Sky HD broadcast of Steven Spielberg's Munich, for instance. In fact, at times the image took on an almost luminous quality that really reminded me to an uncanny degree of the experience of watching a film at a real cinema.
The Monaco 80 also showed a perfect touch with detailing, especially as it avoids the common trap some (especially PC oriented) screens fall into of overcooking the sharpness until the picture looks noisy or bitty. It's clear already that the Xscreen is made by film enthusiasts, for film enthusiasts.
Also remarkable is how little unwanted 'bounce-back' the screen puts out. With many screens, the light from the projector can be refracted out from over quite a wide angle, causing bright reflections on your walls and ceilings, which can really reduce the black levels you see on the screen - unless you happen to be a Goth-head with a complete black felt-covered room. But the Monaco 80 somehow manages to keep the reflected light remarkably focussed straight back out at you, rather than spilling it all over the room.
This helps the Monaco 80's picture look exceptionally bright for a dedicated home theatre screen. Yet crucially this extreme brightness has seemingly been achieved with only the slightest compromise to black level performance.
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I was/am a big polymer pistol fan...but, After a couple months of owning and shooting one I'm begining to appreciate the genius of John Moses Browning's design. Along with my shotguns for my home defense...I found out a 1911 seats just fine and perfectly balanced in a belt..no holster required...even around town!...and with a Wilson Combat 47D, I've got 9 total rounds of .45 ACP in a full-sized, take aim, and knock their butt off pistol...if I can't get it done with that then I'm in trouble. Just pure genius, and yes I wear an overshirt...although the dog is as little apprehensive ...
I would be afraid of that falling out if I had to run down a flight of stairs.
The 1911 makes a fine carry pistol. However, holsterless carry has several problems:
1. From the photos, you clearly can't take a firing grip on the pistol while it is tucked in the belt. This will inhibit draw speed and promote fumbling.
2. If you get a hand-to-hand tussle, you stand a much greater chance of losing the gun than if it was in a proper holster.
3. You can't safely carry the pistol in Condition One, once again inhibiting speed of getting the gun into action and once again promoting fumbling.
A good IWB holster from any maker will solve all these problems while still maintaining good concealment. Galco also makes a holster (called the Jak Slide) that is specifically designed to replicate the carry you have pictured here - between the belt and pants.
Yes, JB was a firearms genius! I love to disassemble and reassemble the 1911.
It's just that my "plastic fantastic" Walther P99 is soooo much more practical for defensive carry, that my 1911's became second drawer...
Yup, it's all a matter of choice... And I choose, lighter, smaller, higher magazine capacity, DA/SA trigger, no external safeties to have to fumble with and a extremely high degree of reliability! It certainly won't kill you any deader!
I carried the 1911 for years, and felt very comfortable with it. I just choose the more modern designs now...
There is NOTHING wrong with the 1911!
I agree about the holster, I definately plan on getting a holster for it when I start leaving my house with it (my "even around town comment was more to illustrate how comfortable I feel about it, haven't had it out yet)....I was just marveling about the balance of it, I could wear it all day inside my belt like that, a feat I would not attempt with any of my polymer pistols, they just wouldn't "hang" right.
Buckeye, remember that many have learned to sing castrato after carrying a 1911 in a similar manner. Consider a Milt Sparks Mirage, I like mine so well I have three. Regards, Richard
....why oh why are you messin' with the finish on my SA Milspec?????
I'm still a bit utilitarian about my guns, don't have enough nice ones to be a collector yet...with that being said, I don't abuse them, just don't baby them either. I'll try to be a little nicer from now on
I need both. I use my XD45 Tactical as much as my 1911's. I cant pick the best one. It is like tools. Sometimes you need a open end wrench & sometimes you need a socket. It is a good idea to have both! (does that make any sence?) How about this....... sometimes you need a Corvette & sometimes you need a 4WD pick-up. OR how about............... AW never mind. There isn't a answer for the question.
I was never realy a fan of the 1911, but 4 days ago I went to a gunshow and held one..... the feeling of holding that gun was amazing, it didnt feel as good in my hand as the p99 by just a smidge but it was more of a feeling of power. Think there could b a 1911 in my future one day.. far away..
Hey Rection47.Wait till you start shooting one. Then if you are like me you be asking yourself. Why didn't I get one a long time ago? I still shoot all my revolvers, but I always put a 100rds through my .45 every time I go to the range. I now carry a .45 instead of my .357s that I carried for 40 some years.
Hello and I hope that you enjoy your 1911 as much as I have mine. If you like or enjoy it even half as much as I have mine, it will have been money well spent.
I am not "welded" to one particular handgun or the other, though I readily admit being somewhat nuts over 9mm Hi Powers, 1911-pattern pistols, and certain S&W Pre-lock revolvers.
Best and good shooting.


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North Carolina's Realtors spent $700,000 on a media campaign against the "home tax." The campaign failed. Why?
The Realtors had a good idea: Mobilize public opinion to change legislative votes. But they didn't go far enough.
Carter is the master of this strategy. He did it for Farmers for Fairness (hog farmers) in the '90s.
But Carter – and his clients – were willing to do something the Realtors didn't do: target individual legislators.
Farmers for Fairness literally went into four legislative races and targeted candidates. All four lost. And the rest of the legislature paid heed: I don't want that to happen to me.
The Realtors never threatened an individual legislator's political life. In fact, when rumors flew that the Realtors were threatening to target legislators, the Realtors denied it.
The lesson for future "outside game" campaigns is simple: If you're not willing to make an example of a specific legislator, the generalized threat won't work.
Fortune favors the bold. But most campaigns, considering a bold strategy, inevitably water it down. Someone in the strategy meeting says, "We don't want to go too far." So the plan gets dialed back, less aggressive. And it loses.
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Eptesicus fuscus
The big brown bat is a large copper or chocolate brown bat with long fur, rounded ears and a broad nose.
The big brown bat is a large bat with long, glossy fur that is oily in texture. Its dorsal (back) fur ranges in color from light copper to chocolate brown; its ventral (abdominal) fur is lighter, from pinkish to olive buff. Its naked face, ears, wings and tail membrane are black. The bat has short, rounded ears, a broad nose, fleshy lips, large and bright eyes and sharp, heavy teeth capable of causing severe bites. Adults have an average wingspan of about 13 inches; females are slightly larger than males.
Found in cities, towns, rural areas and deciduous forests. Often hangs upside down to roost during day or to hibernate during winter in homes, barns, silos, churches, tree cavities and caves. Some remain loyal to their chosen over-wintering site for their entire lives.
Found throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed; range extends from southern Canada through North and Central America to the southern tip of Mexico. They do not migrate.
The big brown bat feeds after sunset on beetles and other flying insects, including moths, flies, flying ants, lacewing flies, dragonflies and crop and forest pests. Adults use echolocation (the echoes of their calls) to locate insect prey in flight. Efficient feeders can fill their stomachs in about an hour; they often rest between meals.
Flying bats are sometimes captured by owls and falcons. Secluded roosts can protect adults from predators. Young are sometimes taken from roosts by snakes, raccoons and cats, particularly if the young have fallen to the ground.
Adults fly strong, straight courses at 20 to 30 feet high.
Adults use echolocation to avoid obstacles and locate insect prey in flight. Adults will squeak and hiss at each other in their roost. Young separated from their mothers squeak continuously to call for help. Loud squeaks can be heard from more than 30 feet away.
Adults mate in fall before hibernation. Females give birth to one or two "pups" in late May or early June. Females raise young in "maternity colonies" that range in size from five to several hundred animals. During this time, males roost alone or in small groups. Mothers will transport young from one roost to another, but leave young behind in clusters while hunting for food. Mothers are able to recognize their own young in clusters and will lick pups around their lips and face before nursing. Pups learn to fly within 18 to 35 days and are weaned two weeks later. Pups will continue to join their mother on foraging flights for two to three weeks after learning to fly. Adults can survive up to 19 years in the wild. A number of adults die during their first winter, particularly if individuals have not accumulated enough fat to survive hibernation. Males tend to live longer than females.
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Obviously, i have checked and i dont have any unread messages.
I have tried deleting all messages and this doesnt help.
I have tried deleting all message application data - this doenst help either.
When i turn the phone off and on again it goes, but then returns as soon as i receive a new message!
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Ice cream sandwiches just scream "Summer!" to me. This summer I want to share so many things with my preschooler – crafts, cooking, learning and cleaning up after herself. Making ice cream sandwiches can be a little bit of all those things. But most of all it can be F.U.N. Here are 25 ice cream sandwich recipes you need to make this summer. Whether you want to connect with you kids or just make a delicious ice cream sandwich, this is the place to start.
25 Ice Cream Sandwiches You Need To Make This Summer
Cake Mix Waffle Ice Cream Sandwiches from Come Together Kids
Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches from True Aim
Snickerdoodle Ice Cream Sandwiches from Meaningful Mama
Frozen Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches from A Mom With A Lesson Plan
Strawberry Waffle Ice Cream Sandwich from B-Inspired Mama
Healthier Ice-Cream Sandwiches Recipe from I heart Arts n Crafts
Peanut Butter Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches from Sunshine and Hurricanes
Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches from Happiness is Homemade
The Ultimate Ice Cream Sandwich from Delicate Construction
Bite Sized Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream Sandwiches from Real, the Kitchen & Beyond
Leon Raspberry Shortbread Ice Cream Cook Sandwich from Eazy Peazy Meals
Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches from Grown Ups Mag
Snickerdoodle with Sprinkles Ice Cream Sandwiches from The Gracious Wife
A Scoop of Mom Guilt with Chocolate Cherry Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches from Real, the Kitchen & Beyond
Semi-Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches from Women Living Well
Festive Frozen Yogurt Sandwiches from Inner Child Fun
Almond Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies from The Gardening Cook
Chocolate Graham Cracker Surprise from Moms Confession
Ice Cream Sandwich: Vanilla Ice Cream and Chocolate Sugar Cookie from A Life In Balance
Thin Mint Ice Cream Sandwiches from Baby Loving Mama
Patriotic Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches from Thrifty DIY Diva
Homemade Ice Cream Sandwiches from Cincy Shopper
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They look so amazing! I can't wait to try one of them. Pinned and tweeted! Thanks for being a part of our party. I hope to see you, tonight at 7 pm. Lou Lou Girls
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Oh my goodness, oh my goodness!! This might be the best thing I've ever seen on the internet! I gained about 6 lbs. just drooling over these yummy treats! I can't wait to make some of them (ok, let's be honest…ALL of them!)
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Just thinking about the 2007-08 season while relaxing down here in Florida at the Broken Egg...
There were a number of quality programs that fell short of the NCAA tournament last season. My friends, I have come up with 10 schools that didn't make the big dance last season. I feel that these schools will make a run at the field of 65 this time around. I'll call it my bounceback 10 (with last year's record):
Clemson (25-11): Oliver Purnell had to be happy with the news of James Mays pulling out of the NBA draft. The Tigers were 17-0 and looked like a tournament lock before struggling down the stretch. Clemson will learn from that experience. K. C. Rivers and company will make some noise in the ACC.
NC State (20-16): I was so impressed with the toughness of Sidney Lowe's kids in the ACC tournament. Yes, the Wolfpack won't have tenacious guard Engin Atsur, but the future is bright. Brandon Costner will be a big-time factor for Lowe's club this season.
Syracuse (24-11): Jim Boeheim was stunned when his team was left out of the field of 65. The Orange will simply reload after losing the likes of Demetris Nichols, Terrence Roberts and Darryl Watkins. Eric Devendorf will be one key after averaging almost 15 ppg. last season. Paul Harris has to keep working on his shooting. Boeheim welcomes an excellent class of diaper dandies, including Jonny Flynn and Donte Greene.
Connecticut (17-14): The corp nucleus of Jim Calhoun's squad returns with a year of experience under their belts. Hasheem Thabeet decided the NBA could wait and that was a wise decision. Jeff Adrien will be tough inside, and AJ Price will be better after shaky off the rust. Anybody in the Big East writing off the Huskies will be making a mistake.
Missouri (18-12): Mike Anderson's team went on a rollercoaster ride last season, opening 9-0 (including wins over Davidson and Arkansas). Unfortunately the Tigers were derailed, going 9-12 the rest of the way, including a loss to Baylor in the Big 12 tournament. Anderson's team will be better as the top nine scorers from a season ago return, led by Stefhon Hannah, Matt Lawrence, Marshall Brown and Keon Lawrence. Add in forward DeMarre Carroll, a 6-8 transfer from Vanderbilt and this squad has depth and should make noise in the Big 12.
Wichita State (17-14): The MVC will be difficult again but the Shockers have new coach Gregg Marshall ready to compete. Wichita State will be tested early by competing in the Paradise Jam down in the Virgin Islands, plus LSU, UAB, Wyoming and Appalachian State in non-conference play. While several veterans from last year's squad are gone, the cupboard isn't totally bare. PJ Couisnard (11.8 pts, 5.8 reb.) and Matt Braeuer lead the returning talent.
Washington (19-13): Huskies fans may have been disappointed that it was one and done for Spencer Hawes, but Lorenzo Romar's team will be dangerous in the loaded Pac-10. Jon Brockman is a All-Rolls Royce candidate while 6-6 Quincy Pondexter can put points on the board. Add in Ryan Appleby, Justin Dentmon and Stanford transfer Tim Morris and the Huskies will be heard from.
Auburn (17-15): Jeff Lebo has a sleeper team to keep an eye on. There is a lot of talent on this roster, including guard Frank Tolbert, along with forwards Korvotney Barber and Josh Dollard. Several players impressed during a summer tour of China and there is added enthusiasm with word that the University Board of Trustees approved the building of a new $92.5 million basketball arena and practice facility. The future is bright down at the school Charles Barkley used to attend.
Alabama (20-12): The Tide fell short of expectations last season. With a healthy Ronald Steele running the point and Richard Hendrix up front, Alabama will be a factor in the SEC West this season. Throw in Alonzo Gee and Mykal Riley and Mark Gottfried will be smiling more in 2007-08.
Mississippi St. (21-14): Rick Stansbury had to be ecstatic when All-SEC forward Charles Rhodes pulled out of the NBA draft. His return to Starkville, along with Jamont Gordon, gives the Bulldogs a dynamite 1-2 punch. The addition of Brian Johnson, the transfer from Louisville, will also help.


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My wife and I agree on pretty much everything. We want joing managing conservatorship and joint custody split 50/50 with alternating one week periods. Each Monday morning at 8 AM you drop them off at school and the other parent will pick them up that afternoon. I've setup a calendar for holidays etc and it boils down to 45% time for me and 55% time for her but next year that will flip because of the holidays going to the other parent. All the calculators for child support seem to only be for sole custody cases. But I read one article written by a lawyer that tried to explain a little more. I understand that even though we will share time with the kids equally it doesn't mean I won't have to pay support. From what I understand they will take what she would pay in child support given her current income, compare it to what I would pay (if either side had sole custody) and find the difference. Then the difference is what the person with more pays the person with less. I'm not a deadbeat dad and don't have a problem paying for it because I don't want to leave my wife in a situation where she can't care for the kids during her 50% of the time she has them. But what about the other factors I read about that the judge considers like the age of the kids (4, 8, 10)? Or the fact that we don't have any health insurance right now. We can't afford private insurance and we make too much for CHIPS, etc. Here are the two scenarios I have come up with:
Scenario 1: Current income after taxes - 3 children - 30% base guideline
Mother - $1000 per month Father - $6500 per month $1000 x .30 = $300 $6500 x .30 = $1950
$1950 - $300 = $1650 payable to the Mother
Scenario 2: Estimated income after taxes IF she gets the full time job she applied for - 3 children - 30% base
Mother - $3000 per month Father $6500 per month $3000 x .30 = $900 $6500 x .30 = $1950
$1950 - $900 = $1050 payable to the Mother
Do those calculations work? What about daycare, etc? I just know there has to be more to it than a lump 30%. We are going to try and do everything on our own and only use a lawyer for reviewing the final divorce decree so I have to be sure to do my homework on this stuff. Thanks in advance for the help.
If you mutually agree to a reasonable number and that is not inconsistent with childs needs--why would court not approve same?
I might suggest there be a preset formula as to who pays for kids medical--say 75/25 and how--easier now than after a "problem" surfaces.
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Nov 28 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index looked set to open lower on Wednesday, tracking its biggest trading partner, as concerns over U.S. lawmakers' lack of progress in dealing with the U.S. fiscal cliff dented investor sentiment.
* Euro zone central banks may decide to roll over their holdings of Greek debt to reduce by 5.6 billion euros the amount governments will need to provide Athens by 2016, according to a document obtained by Reuters.
* Abu Dhabi National Energy Co will buy a number of BP's North Sea assets for over $1.3 billion in a sign relations between Britain and the Gulf emirate are on the mend.
* President Barack Obama on Tuesday launched a public relations push for his bid to raise taxes on wealthy Americans, but U.S. lawmakers remained deadlocked over dramatic, year-end tax increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff."
* Canadian IT services company CGI Group Inc reported a fourth-quarter loss due to costs associated with its acquisition of Logica.
* Canada's Research In Motion Ltd has lost a contract dispute over the use of Nokia patents in a case which could halt sales of its BlackBerry phones if it does not reach a deal to pay royalties to the Finnish company.
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Each year nine out of 10 retirees buy a conventional life-time annuity - one that pays out a defined amount each year until the policy-holder dies.
Now more than 1,000 independent financial advisors have backed a campaign to promote awareness of greater choice.
They say two thirds of people are failing to take advantage of their right to buy an annuity from a provider other than the company with whom they have built up their pension pot.
A new industry association has been formed to address this issue in the autumn.
Paul Lewis spoke to Kim Lerche-Thomsen, of annuity provider Living Time.
This item was first broadcast on Radio 4's Money Box on Saturday, 12 September 2009.
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Patchouli learns that it is much harder to go down a tree than it is to go up one.
You know in those old "Dick and Jane" readers, Jane's kitten (I think it was named Fluff), was always stuck in a tree. Then the nice firemen would come and rescue the kitten. I always thought that was made up, that cat's were too smart to get stuck in a tree. But after I spent 45 minutes coaxing Patchouli down the tree, I'm not so sure. I was so afraid that I was going to have to call the fire department. Can you do that? Does the fire department really come rescue kitty cats?
This will be my entry for this week's Weekend Cat Blogging which is hosted by Niko and Cloud at Cats in Maryland.


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ShoreTel has enhanced its enterprise contact center solution with the release of ShoreTel Enterprise Contact Center 8. The changes are designed to help enterprises improve customers' communications by offering customers a greater freedom of choice in how and when they communicate. Agents can now more effectively handle emails, chats and calls, both inbound and outbound. Customers can also schedule callbacks so they can be contacted at a time that is convenient.
When we followed up on the announcement with Steve McElderry, ShoreTel's director for contact center product management, he noted that "consumers want more choices on how to connect with a business." McElderry added, "While we've had email and Web chat for quite some time, we've significantly enhanced the capability while keeping it simple for the enterprise deploying the solution, making it easier for the agent, the supervisor and the managers."
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ShoreTel Enterprise Contact Center release 8 also provides features like interaction reports and real-time reporting designed to give greater business insight on the customer experience, thus allowing businesses to continually fine tune customer interactions and provide more responsive service.
In a statement, Pejman Roshan, vice president product management, ShoreTel, said, "ShoreTel is being selected by more large enterprises than ever before, for which the multi-channel contact center is a key part of their evaluation for their overall communications strategy. We're realizing the significant investments we've made in channel programs and certifications, and integrated innovation partner solutions to bring a sophisticated yet brilliantly simple contact center solution to market. We will continue to focus on this strategic communication segment driven by the adoption of mobile users demanding multiple ways to communicate, and in parallel evolve our solutions to incorporate more unique hybrid cloud solutions over time."


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The Quaternary Volcanic Fields of the East and West Eifel (Germany)
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The two Quaternary volcanic fields in the Eifel region of Germany (West Eifel Volcanic Field - WEVF; East Eifel Volcanic Field - EEVF) resemble each other in their temporal, spatial, structural and compositional evolution but also differ significantly in several parameters. Most volcanoes in both fields erupted foiditic potassic (K2O/Na2O >1) lavas with phenocrystic phlogopite and microlitic leucite being mineralogically most diagnostic as are the corresponding major and trace element characteristics. Volcanoes are dominantly scoria cones, of which about half erupted lava flows, and maars, their formation being partly governed by magma-water interaction. Phreatomagmatic eruptive activity reflecting variable degrees of magma/water mixing occurred during the growth of many scoria cones especially during the initial growth stage.
Volcanic activity in the WEVF started slowly less than 700 ka ago after the Rhenish shield had begun an accelerated phase of uplift with highly silica-undersaturated foiditic magmas near Ormont at the border with Belgium in the NW and peaked in the central part of the field between ca. 600 and 450 ka. Following a subsequent lull in activity, volcanism migrated to the SE, the frequency of volcano formation increasing during the past <100 ka, the youngest eruption having occurred at 11 ka. Most lavas are mafic with rare intermediate and local small highly evolved centers in the eastern central part of the field. Magma fractionation at high pressure, such as near the crust/mantle boundary, is reflected in common green-core clinopyroxene phenocrysts in many types of lavas - in both fields - and high temperature overprinting, partial melting and metasomatism of lower/middle crustal granulites. Very mafic and much less silica-undersaturated sodic olivine nephelinites and relatively LILE-poor sodic basanites with groundmass plagioclase, both being distinctly less isotopically enriched than the foidites, erupted in the southeastern WEVF during the past <50 ka side-by-side with foidites.
Distinct suites of ultramafic xenoliths, each with many variants, are recognized: (1) depleted and enriched peridotites (lherzolites, dunites, harzburgites and wehrlites) comprising several groups (highly deformed porphyroclastic xenoliths in the periphery and high-temperature recrystallized anhydrous types and metasomatized types near the center) and (2) cumulate- textured hornblendites, glimmerites and pyroxenites. The fact that clastic maar deposits are especially rich in peridotite and other ultramafic xenoliths is explained by xenolith-rich mafic volatile-rich magmas rising from greater depth coupled with high expulsion speeds during phreatomagmatic explosions. The near-absence of peridotite xenoliths and the abundance of clinopyroxene-, phlogopite- and amphibole-rich ultramafic cumulates containing remnants of peridotites in maar deposits in the southeastern part of the WEVF is probably due to more efficient filtering and dissolution of mantle peridotite fragments in subcrustal to lower crustal magma reservoirs in which the cumulates formed.
Volcanic activity in the EEVF started about 460 ka ago or slightly earlier. As in the WEVF, early activity in the western part of the EEVF is dominated by mafic foiditic lava compositions. A prominent phonolitic complex in its center (Rieden, ca. 430-360 ka) is represented by intrusions, domes, ignimbrites, and widespread fallout tephra. A younger eastern subfield beginning with the partly trachytic highly evolved phonolitic Wehr crater complex at about 215 ka ago was followed soon by the emplacement of potassic basanitic to tephritic scoria cones chiefly in the Neuwied tectonic basin. Volcanism extended east as far as Rhine River and south to close to the Moselle. Most EEVF basanite volcanoes formed ca. 215-190 ka ago. These lavas differ from the young sodic basanites in the WEVF by higher concentrations of Al, K, Ba, Rb and lower concentrations of Fe, Na, P, Sr, LREE, Zr/Nb ratios exceeding 3 for a given Mg#. The EEVF basanites are also less mafic and commonly evolved to early-erupted tephrite, volcanic edifices being generally larger than those in the WEVF. Volcanic activity was minor until 12,900 years BP when the phonolitic Laacher See Volcano (LSV) erupted >6 km3 magma, mostly during a few days, resulting in a Plinian fallout tephra layer recognized from southern Sweden to northern Italy. This is the most important very late Pleistocene stratigraphic marker bed in Central Europe. The partially evacuated strongly zoned reservoir was located ca. 5–8 km beneath the surface. The eruption, like many scoria cones in both fields, started phreatomagmatically. Rhine River was dammed during the eruption by massive tephra accumulation, forming a 20 m deep lake. The uncontrolled rupture of the tephra dam generated flood waves recognizable in deposits at least as far north as Bonn. The sulfur-rich LSV magma coupled with eruption columns at least 25 km high probably impacted climate significantly in the northern hemisphere.
The degree of melting based on CaO/Al2O3 ratios is lowest in the melilite nephelinites that abound in the WEVF but are rare in the EEVF (resembling EM 1) and highest for the basanites in both fields, possibly also reflected in their higher eruptive volume and more common differentiation to intermediate lavas. At least three compositionally distinct mantle domains can be distinguished from each other in the Eifel fields based on available radiogenic Sr-, Nd-, and Pb- ratios of mafic lavas and many incompatible element concentrations and ratios. The dominant foidites in both fields and especially the potassic EEVF basanites are the most radiogenic magmas compared to other Cenozoic volcanic fields in central Europe. These magmas may have been derived from the base of the metasomatized lithosphere. The spatial overlap of the highly alkalic Quaternary magmas, erupted during the early/main stages in both fields, with the southern part of the Eocene Hocheifel field suggests that the geologically young metasomatism that may have affected the base of the lithosphere could have largely resulted from Tertiary magmatic activity. The lack of indicators for metasomatism in the much more widespread Tertiary Eifel lavas is difficult to explain otherwise. The much less radiogenic young basanites and even less radiogenic olivine nephelinites of the WEVF fall close to the broad field of Tertiary lavas in central Europe and may have been derived from a similar possibly asthenospheric mantle source.
In the WEVF, a foiditic magma source was reactivated during the past ca. 100 ka or less. Simultaneously, magmas from a new compositional mantle domain supplied sodic basanites and olivine nephelinites to the surface during the past about 50 ka erupting in the southeastern part of the field side-by-side with foiditic lavas. The two compositionally distinct but spatially adjacent melting domains were probably stacked vertically. In the EEVF, the compositional mantle domain supplying foiditic magmas to the surface terminated between about 350 and 215 ka ago, after which time compositionally different less foiditic but more potassic and enriched basanites and minor tephrites erupted in the eastern subfield, locally evolving to voluminous phonolite. The youngest volcano in the Eifel, Ulmener Maar of extremely LILE-enriched intermediate composition, formed about 11,000 a BP, 2000 years after LSV erupted.
Mantle source regions beneath the fields are chemically distinct on different scales, larger domains differing in isotopic and smaller-scale domains in trace element ratios. Compositionally contrasting, but closely spaced, compositional domains in the mantle a few km across - representing heterogeneous compositions within, and/or differential rise of portions of, a mantle diapir - were activated successively with time or even released magma nearly simultaneously. A prominent example is the practically synchronous eruption of the ol-nephelinitic Mosenberg center followed immediately by the nearby melilite nephelinitic Meerfelder Maar, the largest in the Eifel. An example on a larger scale is the juxtaposition of the leucitite and plagioclase-free phonolitic Rieden and the adjacent Wehr- Laacher See basanite/plagioclase-bearing phonolite systems.
Volcano field analysis shows that magma mass eruption rates increased toward the center of both fields, coupled with an increasing degree of differentiation. The central parts of the fields show the highest erupted volumes and the highest flux of magmatic gases. These and other parameters are interpreted to mirror the central part of one or more magma collection zones in the upper mantle/Moho at least 30 (EEVF) to 50 km (WEVF) in length resulting in magma focusing in the center of both fields. Fields are dominantly oriented NW-SE, reflecting lithosphere cracking in response to the present lithospheric SW-NE-oriented tensional stress field north of the Alps which however was probably strongly enhanced by the similarly-oriented Paleozoic stress field. Cracks acting as magma pathways thus formed most easily perpendicular to the minimum compressional principal stress (σ 3) in a NW-SE direction with σ 1 (the maximum compressional principal stress) being vertical. Magma collection zones underlying both fields probably extended significantly laterally beyond the surface area of the volcanic fields because the most mafic magmas were erupted in the periphery of the fields. Magmas generated beyond the surface fields may have only risen as far as the crust/mantle transition zone in view of the abundant evidence for high-pressure fractionation at and below the crust/mantle boundary as well as surface degassing extending beyond the fields. Lithosphere cracking extended to the southeast during a lull in activity in the WEVF (between ca. 450-100 ka) as reflected in a migration of melt supply and surface volcanic activity. Migration of surface volcanism in the EEVF from W to ESE also occurred during a pause in surface volcanism between 350 and 215 ka and was associated with activation of a compositionally distinct melting domain. Both fields developed on either side, and in the hinge zones, of the area of maximum Quaternary uplift, magmas in the WEVF and western EEVF rising in uplifted parts of the Rhenish Massif while the eastern EEVF lavas erupted in the downfaulted Neuwied basin, part of the Rhine Rift structure.
Major Paleozoic structural discontinuities in both fields such as the Eifel N-S graben zone in the western and the Siegen thrust in the eastern field, and Tertiary faults in the Neuwied Basin, appear to have caused deviations in dike orientations and regionally significant boundaries in magma composition and xenolith suites. This suggests that some upper crustal fractures (zones of weakness) extend significantly downward into the lithosphere.
The total mass of magma supplied to the base of the crust and crustal reservoirs (estimated to have been between 300 and 500 km3) — and possibly rates of magma risen from the melting anomalies — was probably higher in the EEVF than in the WEVF. This is indicated by the volume of parent magmas that have to be postulated to generate the relatively voluminous highly evolved phonolite centers and possibly also by the much higher CO2-flux in the EEVF provided present flux rates are representative. Magma supply to the crust — and possibly magma production — was strongly focused beneath several centers in the EEVF contrasting with more diffuse magma-leaking in the WEVF, a more typical intraplate volcanic field. It is uncertain, however, whether magma focusing in the EEVF was entirely due to higher magma supply from the mantle — possibly resulting from higher degrees of partial melting — or to lower rates of lithosphere extension allowing for higher crack and dike coalescence (Takada 1994) and thus magma focusing. Volcanic activity in the Eifel is presently dormant but not extinct judging from the past temporal pattern of eruptions. Future volcanoes are likely to grow in the southeastern part of both Eifel fields.
The absence of a shear-wave anomaly between 170 and 240 km in the seismic low velocity anomaly in the mantle (Eifel Plume) may be due to separation of an upper diapir ("blob") providing thermal energy and melt to the basal lithosphere. The upper part (30–140 km) of the seismic low velocity anomaly in the mantle has a diameter of more than 100 km and thus extends significantly beyond both volcanic fields. This upper part may correspond to the magma migration or collection zone culminating between about 37 and 30 km below the surface where the crust-mantle boundary is not sharply defined and may be the site of voluminous magma underplating. The shapes, sizes, directions and volcano concentrations of both fields do not mirror the subcircular shape of the anomaly. Provided the present mantle anomaly (plume) represents the deep mantle roots to the Quaternary volcanism, two smaller dimensions of spatially and compositionally distinct ascending "magma supply fingers" are evident. The smaller ones are a few km across and have life times on the order of several 100 ka. Two or more of these make up a volcanic field, a deep plume source (mantle diapir) spawning one or more surface field.
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Haldia, Jan. 16: Most of the retrenched Haldia Bulk Terminals workers arrested yesterday have been charged under non-bailable sections such as attempt to murder, destroying police vehicles and voluntarily causing grievous hurt using dangerous weapons.
The sacked workers, who were arrested during a rally to protest the government's alleged role in mechanical cargo handler HBT's exit, and lawyers appearing for them said the charges were "politically motivated". They said the workers neither attacked the policemen nor broke their vehicles.
Sixteen retrenched workers were arrested 25km from the venue of Bengal Leads.
Two of those arrested were, however, granted bail today by the subdivisional officer's court.
"The police have brought false charges against us. None of us tried to attack the police or any vehicle. We were not armed," arrested worker Sheikh Noor-e Alam said.
All 14 workers were remanded in two weeks' judicial custody.
One of the three lawyers appearing for the arrested workers, Bimal Majhi, said: "The arrests are politically motivated. The police have brought severe charges, including attempt to murder. But in the seizure list, the police did not mention any arms. All they could produce before the court were a few INTUC flags and some bricks, which could have been collected from the road."
Another lawyer appearing for the arrested workers, Gopal Das, said that despite bringing the charge of "grievous hurt", the police could not cite a single example of any policeman being hospitalised.
Assistant public prosecutor Taragati Ghatak said: "The police repeatedly asked the protesters to disperse but they hurled stones and bricks. Four policemen were injured."
The circle inspector of Mahishadal, Subhankar Dey, said the four policemen were treated and released from Haldia sub-divisional hospital. "The mob also ransacked a police vehicle. We will submit all documents to the court during the next hearing," Dey said.
Many sacked workers have decided to approach governor M.K. Narayanan at the Bengal Leads venue tomorrow "to seek justice".


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Facts about the ENHA.
Today, malnutrition is not given the place it deserves on national or European policy agendas. Nutrition strategy has all too often concentrated on dealing with the problem of over-nutrition (i.e. obesity) which is indeed very important; however, the equally important problem of malnutrition has been largely neglected.
The Alliance is co-chaired by Olle Ljungqvist, representing the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) and Jean-Pierre Baeyens, representing the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) and has a board of trustees who are responsible for decision making. The ENHA also has members known as partners. For more information on the governance of the Alliance, please see our Governance Page.
ENHA does not solely focus its activities on changing political priorities. Aiming further than this, the Alliance is dedicated to implementing change across Europe. In order to achieve this, ENHA strives to serve as a bridge across professional and sectoral divides and to unite and support physicians and other health care professionals, hospitals, healthcare managers, health insurers, industry, advocacy institutions, and policy-makers in the fight against malnutrition.
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Last time I wrote about how much I love flats and all the different ways I use them. This time I'm going to write about the brands of flats I've tried. The measurements given will be in "I've run these through hot water washes and hot dries to see if I can shrink them" measurements, rather than new. 😉
These are the brands I'm comparing. Left to right, they are:
- OsoCozy unbleached
- Swaddlebees print
- Flour sack towel from Target
- GMD "Cloth-eez" large
- Orange Diaper Company Infant
- Orange Diaper Company Toddler
- Sustainablebabyish (not pictured here)
So let's look at them in this order.
OsoCozy Birdseye Cotton Flats. My measurements: 24×23 unstretched
I bought these for $22.95 a dozen on Kelly's Closet
These flats are the bulk of my flats stash. I have 3 dozen of them, and they are stuffed in all of my pocket diapers and I use these folded in my GroVia shells. They're sturdy, absorbent, and they can take a beating. They're smaller than some flats, so they don't work as well for larger babies if you want to fold them in an origami fold or kite fold, but are pretty ideal for pad-folding to stuff pockets or lay in covers.
*As a side note, I also have the Cloth-eez small birdseye cotton flats from Green Mountain Diapers, and I can't tell the difference between these two brands at ALL- I had to give up and not review the smaller size of the Cloth-eez because I couldn't pick them out from the others. 😉
Swaddlebees Flat Diapers. My measurements: 28×28 unstretched
These were $15.95 for a pack of 6 on Kelly's Closet- 4 prints, 2 solids
I was actually surprised when I measured these diapers. I had assumed they were the same size as the OsoCozy brand, but apparently they're quite a bit bigger! Huge kudos to Swaddlebees, too, because these are almost an exact square, which I really appreciate! And ummm… have you seen the prints? Giraffes, elephants, polka dots… Oh my! If you like prints, then these diapers don't disappoint. The cost is higher than the OsoCozy, but let's face it- the prints make it worth it. And if prints aren't your thing, the extra size may be what pulls you in this direction for bigger babies.
Flour Sack Towel from Target. My measurements: 28×27 unstretched
These are $3.99 plus tax, I believe, for a package of 4.
Really? You can buy flat diapers at Target? Apparently so! These are softer than the birdseye cotton, but you sort of lose absorbency with the thinner fabric. I don't find these to be as absorbent as the birdseye- quite a bit fluffier, though! The size is bigger than OsoCozy, so they're better for folding ON a baby, but not as good for stuffing pockets- the thirds are pretty big. I had to try these so I could say I've tried all the options, but I do prefer the birdseye fabric over these. These are great in a pinch or for very frugal diapering, though!
GMD (Green Mountain Diapers) Cloth-eez Flats. My measurements: 34×31 unstretched
These are $25 per dozen or $12.50 per 6-pack plus shipping.
These are the biggest flats! I think they could double as a small tablecloth. 😉 When I first opened the package, I had to laugh. But they're GREAT if you want to use them in a fold- origami or kite, etc- on a toddler or larger baby. The fabric is almost identical to the OsoCozy and Swaddlebees birdseye cotton- they feel the same as far as thickness and softness go. The absorbency is the same as well, except you have more fabric to absorb liquid because of the size.
Orange Diaper Company Organic Bamboo Terry Squares. Infant: 23×23 Toddler: 28×28
These are $10.95 each for Infant and $12.95 each for Toddler
I had been eying these flats for a while, but they are a bit hard to come by. Blissfully, Jennifer at Orange Diaper is completely awesome and sent me some to try out! She even let me pick my thread color- of which there are 11 colors to choose from. Here's a picture of the diapers when they came- packaged all prettily with a card included- it felt like my birthday.
These diapers are SUPER soft and squishy. Bamboo terry, while not being thicker than the birdseye fabric, has a cushy feeling to it- you want to wrap yourself in it. Hmmm… maybe she'll make me a blanket… But anyway, these diapers are a perfect square with rounded corners, which is unlike the other diapers. It makes a NICE-looking front to your flats when you pin/Snappi them in front. And the absorbency is typical of bamboo- which is more absorbent than cotton. These are the flats I "save" for when I want to use a diaper I love. If you have a chance to try these (they're stocking on Hyenacart on the 15th!) definitely do! They're so worth it… I may be slightly in love with them.
Now, a shout-out to sustainablebabyish. Medium: 14×15 Large 15×18
These are $10 for XS-M and $12.95 for Large
These diapers aren't true flats- they're more in the style of prefolds- but they are called flats on the sloomb website, so I'm including them. I can do that, because it's my review. 😉 These diapers are made of bamboo terry and have the colored stitching at the edges. They're soft, they're cushy, and they're absorbent. Not only that, but they're easier to fold on a baby than traditional cotton flats OR prefolds- the edges roll in better, so that when I use the angel wing on my babies, the sides make a really nice poo fence that contains well. These flats are also hard to get your hands on, but they can be ordered now and will ship when available. Squishy softness in an absorbent flat/prefold- whatever you want to call it. I call it "awesome".
So those are the brands I have and use. I wanted to try Little Lions, but they aren't selling them right now. I also didn't do any hemp flats for this review- namely because I don't use them the same way I use my other flats. What I use mostly are my cotton birdseye flats- and those are a staple in a flats stash- and the limited bamboo terry I can get my mitts on. Whichever fabric or brand you choose, flats are awesome diapers. I'm a convert. 🙂
From blog contributor, Stacy:Stacy is a stay-at-home mom to four kids ranging in age from 1 to 8. She has been cloth-diapering for almost 3 years and is a self-proclaimed "diaper addict". She loves trying new diapers and discussing all things diaper-related. She's also striving to live more "greenly" in her home and loves finding new ways to do so. Disclosure: The blog contributor was compensated monetarily for writing this post. The review is honest and written from the blog contributor's view point.


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Cutting maple butcher block with skill saw
I would like to trim the end of a 9 foot long maple butcher block. To make my plan work out I need to cut a thin wedge off that starts off at 3/8" and angles down to zero. The only saw that I have that might be up to this is a skill saw which has a carbide blade that says it is for "two sided melamine, veneer, and fine cross cut". Would trimming a butcher block qualify as "fine cross cut"? The butcher block design is such that I would be cutting across the grain all the way across. I have a piece that came off the end of this that I can do some trial cuts. If I can avoid flipping it over I will. I've taped the line I want to cut along on the trial piece. Will this blade be up to the task?
The brand is Forrest and it says Dura-line High A/T on it.
Oh yes, all comments/suggestions welcomed! I don't want to screw this up!
Way to many teeth on that blade for that material and that thickness.
It will just over heat the blade and cause it to warp or burn up the saw.
It also needs to be cut from the back side to prevent splinters on the top side.
Just about any framing blade will cut it no trouble.
Any butcher block I've seen is made out of Maple. A really hard material. Hard woods cause a lot of friction to cut so the less teeth the less friction.
More slow when cutting.
The trick we were taught in trade school, when you can't cut from the back, was to mark your line using a straight edge and a very sharp pencil. Then cut into the line with a sharp knife, (like a utility or razor knife). Be very careful to keep the saw kerf on the outside of the cut to avoid any splintering. Sand cut smooth with a belt sander.
I didn't see these responses before I cut it but thanks! I cut from the top because flipping it would've required more manpower than I could muster. I taped the entire area where the saw was running both to keep the wood from chipping and to keep the saw from scratching the butcher block. I did it in three passes. The first pass about 1/16-1/8". The second was under 1/4". The third pass was all the rest. I tested it on my "scrap" piece and it worked fine for my purposes. I did the same thing on the actual butcher block. It did get a little hot and there was a little burning but the cut edge won't be visible. I think it was slightly hard on the saw but for a one off cut I think it is ok. It'll be years if I ever have to do anything like that again.
'The brand is Forrest and it says Dura-line High A/T on it'
That is a high quality blade, btw. Not many guys running a Forrest on their skil saw.
Good to hear the cut went well, congrats.
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We had this in our old flat. It was a one bedroom flat and so space was at a premium. Money was also at a premium to be honest. So when we needed somewhere to keep all our (my) lotions and potions, we had a look in our local B and Q for efficient and cheap storage solutions and came home with this.
It isn't the biggest thing on the planet, but it is a good enough size that it fits a few bottles and other bits and pieces on. I would say that you can get about seven or eight average sized lotion bottles on it. The two shelves are conveniently spaced so that you can fit fairly tall bottles on both shelves but the top shelf is particularly useful as there is no restriction there. The only problem is that you can't fit any particularly wide bottles in there. For example the Tresemme big bottles of shampoo and conditioner don't fit in there unfortunately.
The shelves are also convenient in that they can be free standing (for example, by propping them on the side of the bath) but also can be easily attached to the bathroom wall. It's so long ago that we got it that I can't remember if the fixtures and fittings were included, but it doesn't need anything particularly fancy or expensive.
The only thing that I will say about it in terms of negative things is that it is pretty ugly. It is very much a case of function over form. None the less, I would recommend it because it is very handy to have, especially in a small bathroom.
The other half loves B & Q and there are a hundred and one different items in the store that he feels would enhance his life. Admittedly the DIY store do have a good selection to offer but you do have to watch the prices. Our bathroom has recently undergone a mini makeover, it has been freshly painted, new flooring has been laid and now it looks fresh and clean.
Bathroom storage is a big issue for us. There is no room on the walls for any cupboards and there is no floor space for any free-standing shelving. The airing cupboard houses the clean towels but finding space for the toiletries has presented some problems. The bath foam, soap and shampoo can sit on the side of the bath but they do get knocked off into the bath water. Considering we enter the bathroom only to come out feeling fresh and clean it is surprising how much dust and grime a bathroom gathers.
The 2 tier bathroom caddy caught my eye. It is not the most beautiful thing in the world but it does have a purpose. The chrome caddy is not huge (length 250mm/width 120mm/ depth 355mm) but it is just large enough to hold all of the bathroom essentials. It looks fairly modern and it is easy to fix to the wall. The only reservation that I had at the time I bought it was its ability to remain rust free. Having had a chrome bath tub caddy that rusted quite badly I was a little bit wary.
B & Q have the chrome caddy on offer for just under £12, so by purchasing it I was not going to lose a packet even if it did rust through time. The chrome bathroom storage unit looked good when it was unpacked and it comes complete with two fixing screws. Two holes were drilled ( the screw fitments sit directly under the first shelf) , two raw plugs inserted and the caddy was screwed into the wall. Unfortunately the only available space we have in our bathroom is directly above the bath at the tap end, so it is always going to be a case of removing and replacing the contents of the chrome caddy with care.
The top storage shelf takes the smaller bottles and boxes and the bottom shelf holds the larger shampoo and conditioner bottles. The caddy is high enough up on the wall so we can safely store antiseptic cream, TCP and Dettol in it. It is quite a surprise to see how much the little storage shelves hold and all of our day to day requirements fit into it nicely.
Now for the mildly annoying part. The chrome caddy looks good and it is highly useful but it is a dust collector! The shiny chrome rungs attract the dust like bees to a honey pot. If the caddy was covered in white plastic then the dust would not show but the chrome shows it badly. I have vented my spleen and now I am over it.
Would I have purchased the B& Q chrome caddy if I had known what I know now?
Yes, is the simple answer. I will put up with trying to remove the dust so long as it continues to hold my cosmetics and toiletries in the style that they have become accustomed to.
About this time last year, as Christmas was fast approaching, my husband and I (I sound like the queen!) decided that the bathroom needed a quick and not too expensive, make over. It wasn't that long before that it had been decorated but, as we tend to get a lot of condensation in this room, it doesn't stay looking good for very long. Because of this we tend to not go for expensive fittings and accessories. It simply just isn't worth paying out for expensive items that won't look good for very long. However good they are they won't last for long and will need replacing often. The walls were alright, so hubby simply painted the ceiling and the paintwork. We bought new PVC blinds and some accessories to brighten everything up.
The first accessory we looked for was something to go on the wall at the end of the bath, where the shower is housed. We opted for the two tier chrome shower caddy from B & Q, as it goes with the look we have in there. I would say it's a bit hotel bathroom in style.
Really, because of the damp it would probably be best if we had white plastic fittings but these aren't to be seen very often nowadays. Chrome or wood seem to be the most popular choices. I like the chrome look but knew it would rust in the not too distant future.
We purchased this from Band Q visiting the store to complete the purchase. I had already perused their website to see what was on offer.
This shower caddy looks good. It is a simple, modern design. We already have a chrome towel rail and some other chrome items so it fits in with everything already in the bathroom. Both shelves are enclosed buy chrome effect wiring with the top shelf shallower than the lower shelf.
My husband fitted this on the bathroom wall using an electric drill. It fits onto the wall with screws needing to be fixed into the wall. It took about fifteen to twenty minutes to secure. Screws and fittings are supplied with the caddy and instructions given. Really it is so simple that instructions aren't necessary.
Once fitted it's a great item to have. It holds a good selection of items on its two shelves. I manage to fit into the lower shelf, which has a higher guard around it, a few large bottles of shampoo and conditioner and shower gels. On the top shelf I will put anything of a smaller size as it isn't held as securely on this top shelf. It's ideal for smaller containers of shampoo and shower gels and creams. Any tubes fit here nicely.
We have it placed on the same wall as the shower, but in a position where the shower spray goes above it and misses directly wetting it.
I like the shower caddy because, obviously, it's is ideal to have any necessary toiletries for use in the shower to hand, in an easy to reach position. Also, I personally don't like bottles and containers left on the sides and ends of the bath. I've got to say though, that few of my family actually manage to replace a shampoo or shower gel in its rightful place on the caddy's shelves. It's the same with the towels. We have hooks and towel rails, but has my daughter discovered the best way to hang up a towel? No, they are all bundled up on one rail, and usually fall on the floor, that's if they actually leave her room! Moan over, just those of you with male offspring and no daughters don't think being undomesticated is solely a man thing!
Anyway, back to the item under scrutiny. Now we have had this in our bathroom for nearly a year and it is just beginning to rust a little. I think it will last a fair bit longer and still look smart.
(Taken from B & Q's website- www.diy.com)
Width (mm): 120
Depth (mm): 355
Length (mm): 250
Colour: Chrome
Fixings included: Yes
Waterproof (Y/N): No
Material: Steel Wire
B & Q / chrome bathroom shelf/caddy


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I'm not a historian, but I think most of the old gangs (Coulter Young, James Gang) tried to do the same thing. The Coulter gang actually got shot up real bad (and got caught) while robbing a bank in Minnesota (?) I believe, but "lived" in Missouri.
Makes sense.
We're 1 to 1.5 hours outside of the DFW Metro - and that proximity concerns me somewhat. Plus, they might consider us "country folk" that are "easier" marks!


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Tour Guide Talk - Epic Proportions: Titanic and Intrepid - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Hours: 12-12:15pm & 2-2:15pm
Ages: All
Price: $33-$44
Pier 86, W. 46th St. and 12th Ave. - 212-245-0072
New York, NY 10036
Description: To mark the 101st anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum presents the free Tour Guide Talk "Epic Proportions: Titanic and Intrepid" that will run Saturdays and Sundays from April 6th - 14th. One of the most frequently asked questions about the USS Intrepid is how it compares to one of the most famous ships in history, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic. Join this interactive talk to see how these two historic ships stack up in size, propulsion and survivability. This Tour Guide Talk is open to the public and free with the price of admission to the museum.


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Tip: if you want to look more alien-esque rather than a robot, try to do some cool effects with your makeup. Check out this video tutorial for some ideas.
You could also try to find some green clothes instead of silver, but while I was shopping silver was MUCH easier to find.
Check back soon for some more Halloween costume ideas! :) Let me know if you have a suggestion or let me know what you are going to be this year!


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JenEno's recommendation
Amenity Design Duvets & Pillows. LA design duo Nicole Chiala and Kristina de Corpo design eco-friendly objects of high quality that reflect the warmth and beauty of nature. Very chic designs!! My new duvet is in the Leaf pattern: gorgeous color & design. It's given my bedroom a whole new feel.
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I love this. I want to crawl into it and go back to sleep.
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I just wish we had these products in the UK. I keep seeing Amenity bedding on US design blogs and i am so envious.
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love the modern, bold silhouette!
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Gimme that!!! I've seen somewhere before...it's nice.
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Inspired by nature, Amenity modern bedroom linens are designed to capture the warmth and beauty of the outside and bring it into your home. Amenity's modern bedding features large-scale organic silhouettes that create a beautiful focal point to any bedroom. The collection of duvets and shams are made from a 400 thread count 100 percent virgin cotton.
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it's so beautiful. i love clean designs like this. really makes you want to just snuggle in your bed and sleep away the day
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large prints have been "in" for the last couple of years and it doesn't look like the trend will fade away.
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I love this set! The design is simple yet bold. It makes a statement. Brings a sense of nature into the room, while staying modern & stylish!
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Beautiful gold color, elegant and simple design.
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Sleeping under a leaf coverlet...
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I love this, but it I had it, I'd feel like everything I did would somehow violate its beauty - no eating in bed, no sleeping with books all over the place, and certainly no...jumping on the bed.
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This duvet has a very simple pattern and would match so much! It definately makes a statement but is rather.. peaceful.
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A great alternative to the everpresent flowered duvet - looks amazing
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Leaves are in this season. I actually have a leaf motif on my wedding registry at Target. Very nice. Love the earth tones.
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Four ways to see the best of paris – the west australian
The Louvre Pyramid after sunset. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Stephen Scourfield recommends different styles to make the most of the romantic capital.
The late sun reflects off The Louvre Pyramid and glitters gold on the old palace's windows. Paris. Do you dash around and do everything or have time to stay still and let it revolve around you? It prompts me to reflect on four different approaches …
Do everything. Tick the Paris
List. Go to Notre Dame cathedral, mingle with the crowds under the Eiffel Tower (queue for lifts or stairs, and its new first level has a transparent floor), then do a River Seine sightseeing boat cruise. Get a one-day hop-on, hop-off bus ticket, and see 50 sights from the open-air top deck (bigbustours. com or hop-on-hop-off-bus. com, for example). Walk the embankment by the Seine. Go to the Moulin Rouge dinner show (moulinrouge. fr) . Go to the Bastille, the Champs Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe.
For a little Parisian shopping (or, at least, window shopping), wander down Rue de Rennes, Rue de Four then into Boulevard Saint-Germain, and the lovely backstreets there.
Go to The Louvre Museum (set your sights on Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio, the sculpture Rebellious Slave by Michelangelo, Venus de Milo — and, if there's any sort of romantic in you, the sculpture Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss by Antonio Canova; the perfect romantic embrace in this romantic city).
D'Orsay Museum. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Don't miss the D'Orsay museum, just the other side of the Seine, which has mainly French art from 1848-1915: Cezanne, Degas, Duval, Monet, Manet, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin and Van Gogh, who was his most prolific during 15 months at Arles in France. (The D'Orsay is my favourite.)
At many places, you're going to have to be prepared to queue, or pay extra where you can to "skip the line", the phrase to use in Paris. Paris is busy. People wait in queues — whether it's to go inside Notre Dame cathedral or visit the Paris Catacombs, under the city and where more than 6 million people are buried. It seems this always has a big queue.
There are ways round this. They are called planning, commitment and money. Plan where you want to go, commit to the day and even time you are going to do it and consider paying extra to skip the queues. For individual "skip the line" tickets, it's good to ask the concierge at big hotels. One trick with The Louvre, though, is to get there early and use the Porte des Lions, or Lions Gate, entrance.
Queue at the front of Notre Dame cathedral. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
A Paris Pass covers entry to more than 60 museums, art galleries and historic monuments in Paris and at some, such as The Louvre, it lets you pass the queues. It is $180 (€122 actually) for a two – day adult pass. There are other passes, such as City Discovery, which also allow you to "skip the line". (See parispass. com and city-discovery. com.)
Peel back the skin and see the next layer of Paris.
Look for themes: pick your interests. Following themes takes you deeper into a place, and off into peripheral vision; to places and thoughts you might otherwise have missed.
As just one example, use movies as prompts.
Watch Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (starring Owen Wilson) and visit the locations. It leads us to places just off the usual tourist track, including the Rodin Museum, which has the world's biggest collection of French artist Auguste Rodin's drawings and sculptures; then on to Musee des Arts Forains, the private collection of actor and antiques dealer Jean-Paul Favand; then out to Monet's garden at Giverny (it's easy to take a shuttle bus from Paris).
Dodge 'em cars in Tuileries Garden by The Louvre Museum at night. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
I was going to suggest rounding one evening off by walking the embankment at D'Orsay, where there are bars and restaurants, art installations and lots of games to play — swing ball or shuttlecock, and board and family games on the tables. In August, it's light until way after 9pm, and everyone goes out late and stays out late. Lovely on a warm, mellow summer evening.
Of course, Owen Wilson (Gil) and Rachel McAdams (Inez) walk the Quai de la Tournelle, a pretty cobbled road on the Seine's south bank.
Another exercise: Watch the movie Marie Antoinette (with Kirsten Dunst), reliving the turquoise-silk French opulence of the Palace of Versailles in its heyday, then go out to the palace, a masterpiece of 18th century architecture and art set in 100ha of gardens.
Then do a French Revolution Walking Tour of Paris (for example, at city-discovery. com), which will visit the Bastille and other key sights. In all of this, the importance of the 1789 revolution, and the execution of Louis XVI and wife Marie Antoinette, can take on a real sense of life. It was a seminal moment. As Paris local Sabrina Parisot explains to me: "When they killed the king it meant they didn't believe in God any more." For the kings had been thought of as holy entities.
Then reflect upon the painting Liberty Leading the People, by Eugene Delacroix, in The Louvre.
Just stay still and let Paris revolve around you for a whole day. Just do one thing really well. Here's the suggestion …
Spend the whole day around The Louvre.
Let's remember first that this huge building on the Right Bank of the Seine, between Tuileries Gardens and the Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois church, was not only a royal palace but the centre of power in France until Louis XIV moved to the Palace of Versailles in 1682. So you are not just visiting a gallery and museum but immersing yourself in the pre-revolution French palace experience.
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in the Tuileries gardens by The Louvre. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Today The Louvre Museum contains 35,000 masterpieces. As you have the whole day, you have time to take a guided tour, or be guided by the museum's expert curators and specialist lecturers on an audio tour. You can rent an audioguide at The Louvre, or download the Louvre Audio Guide app before you go.
OK. We've enjoyed the outside of the building, exhausted the inside, and ourselves.
Something to eat? There are 15 options for eating at The Louvre itself but perhaps, having had breakfast at somewhere authentic such as Louise Cafe (8 Rue Croix des Petits Champs), we might turn to Le Cafe Diane, in the Tuileries Gardens next to The Louvre (it has a view of the Eiffel Tower one way, The Louvre the other).
Better still, we'd settle down for at least a couple of hours with a baguette, some French cheese and a bottle of rosé wine — a simple yet almost spiritual combination for Parisians, Sabrina Parisot explains. We'd find a nice spot in the beautiful Tuileries Gardens and do what the locals do … spread it all out, lie back, relax, daydream. We'd read a book — and if you haven't read the original story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo (of Les Miserables fame), this may be the moment. Forget the film; this is accessible French literature, with a message.
And so, Paris revolves around us, rather than us spinning around within it.
Alexandre III bridge on River Seine by the D'Orsay embankment. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
As the light fades, we wander back over to The Louvre Pyramid, to watch gold bounce off it.
Watch the people. Watch the wedding couples being photographed. Watch the two young people lost in books. Watch the day playing out.
It's quite dark now, so walk towards the lit-up Paris Eye ferris wheel. This takes you to the fair rides on the side of the park away from the Seine.
You don't have to drive a dodgem car, or while around with the Pirates of the Caribbean, or catapult yourself in the air on a big sling but you can enjoy the lights, the movement, other people enjoying them.
We've watched the full day play out. Paris has revolved around us.
If you're not really a Big City Type, and don't like big crowds and lots of people but still want to tick Paris off your list, consider this.
You spend a day and a night in Paris. You do a huge day — the hop-on, hop-off bus and Seine river cruise or river hop-on, hop-off boat giving you glimpses of most sights, and enough snaps to say you've been there. You stay out late, see the illuminations, eat outside at a cafe, exhaust yourselves …
Eiffel Tower viewed down Rue de Monttessy. Picture: Stephen Scourfield
Then get up early, go to Gare de Lyon station in Paris and catch the TGV high-speed train the two hours to Lyon.
There, 480,000 Lyonnaise, rather than 2.2 million Parisians, are waiting to share with you a pleasant, easily walkable, intimate French city experience.
Stephen Scourfield was in France as a guest of Avalon Waterways and Cathay Pacific.
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Many Avalon Waterways' French river cruises include Paris in the itinerary. The 11-day Provence and Burgundy cruise includes two nights at Pullman Montparnasse Hotel and various tours. avalonwaterways. com. au or 1300 230 234.