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A BIKER died in a horror crash on the A352 near Wool.
The man, a 52-year-old and from Wool, died after his red Kawasaki Z550 bike was in collision with a Skoda Citigo car at the Water Lane junction outside the Red Lion pub at Winfrith Newburgh about 3pm yesterday.
The motorcyclist, who had been travelling towards Dorchester, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dorset Police initially told the Echo that the man was aged in his 30s but it was later confirmed that he was actually 52.
The car, containing two people on holiday, had been travelling in the opposite direction and was due to turn right towards Winfrith village and Lulworth. The occupants suffered minor injuries. Police are appealing for witnesses.
The A352 was closed for several hours between the Warmwell Cross and Burton Cross roundabouts while emergency services dealt with the incident and the vehicles were recovered. A road and vehicle examination was carried out by police experts.
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It came on a day when there were two other serious accidents on Dorset's roads – a car crashed on the A30 at Babylon Hill near Sherborne and a motorcyclist was injured in a crash on the Dorset Way in Poole.
Speaking at the scene of the A352 crash at Winfrith yesterday, Inspector Colin Bell from Dorset Police's traffic unit said: "We believe the car was waiting to turn right at the Water Lane junction by the Red Lion and collided head on with the motorcyclist, who was overtaking a small blue car which was waiting to turn left.
"The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the next of kin have been informed.
"We are now appealing for witnesses to the crash, and anyone who may have seen either of the two vehicles travelling prior to the collision.
"We are especially keen to talk to the driver of the small blue car."
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service sent one crew from Bere Regis but they were released when it was discovered that no-one was trapped.
The ambulance service sent four vehicles including the air ambulance, a first response car and two ambulances.
A man who works in the area said he understood people tried to resuscitate the biker at the side of the road but that he sadly died.
He said he saw the air ambulance at the scene.
Lizzie Harris, who works at the Countryman Inn at East Knighton, said: "I didn't see anything but I know that the road has been closed from the roundabout by the police headquarters all the way up to the end of the dual carriageway."
The First bus company diverted its X53 service onto the A35 so it didn't serve stops between Preston and Wool.
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Seems a bit silly to me. Please help me understand.
You can do that in the [Marketplace and/or the [url=http://www.sitepoint.com/jobboard/]Job Board](http://sitepointmarket.com/).
what job board is this can some one told me?
I posted a link to it, simply click the link.
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You might be able to utilize the marketplace to find people who can work with you. There is the Find People section on the bottom right of the page, that would be where I would start.
The thing is, that's not what the forums are for, and not why people come here; and if such posts were allowed, the forums would fill up with them. You have to see it from that point of view.
Once you've been a member for 90 days, you can post a signature that features your project. Then, if you become a regular member, plenty of people will see your signature. You give to the community and receive from the community.
I kind of understand but I am engaging with the forum, not using it as a ad platform. I want feedback and opinions and all I really want to find is like minded people who might be interested contributing to a new site. What would be the best way to do this? I have big plans and cannot wait until the weekend let alone 90 days
Is there another forum that could cater for my requirements? Would it not be beneficial to have a board for this type of thing then? Non-profit collaborative work? Seems a waste to lose out on exciting project proposals...
For yours and others benefit your original post is a General Advertising Violation defined as (see red text):
This is when a user makes a post that belongs in the marketplace. In general, any form of solicitation falls into this category. Examples include (but are not limited to):
There is a difference between a community project that is formed within this community as a collective effort, as it supports our members who join such an endeavour. However your project, while it may interest other developers does not directly benefit the member here in this way. As previously mentioned you can either move this to the Marketplace or you can wait 90 days until you can put a link to your project in your signature and allow 'natural' unadvertised traffic you may get.
Hi beasthe As Steve pointed out, we try to keep the forums focused on learning and helping rather than project collaboration and/or jobs boards. You could have a look at DigitalPoint as they have a more relaxed policy on that kind of thing.
I wouldn't want to lose you as a contributing member and it would be great if you could stick around, add a link in your sig and get involved.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion CPU Performanceby Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/28/2006 10:00 AM EST
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feraltoad - Friday, May 05, 2006 - linkI would have like to seem some High Resolution Benchmarks, or at least one. At 1680*1050 would this show that the CPU was no longer the weakest link with the Video Card Scrambling to render the scene? Would the exra mhz of the cpus still have a marked effect? Maybe you see the answers to these questions as obvious but not me. :( I play at this resolution. I'm sure some people complain but I've tried running around with fraps in different places and as long as the FPS doesn't seem to drop below 24fps then it isn't bad at all. If I look at an Oblivion gate I get 39 fps steady, granted this isn't with Dremoras trying to club me. I find that long views in towns (anvil) are rougher than the Oblivion gates. Perhaps its all the NPCs or shadows of buildings?
However, very nice article, and VERY DEPRESSING! Sad to see the Kings of the Video Cards struggle with a game this much. Also insanely pathetic to see that a fx60 will net you a whopping 9 fps in the most demanding part of the game. 9FPS?!? That's a frickin' $1000 dollar chip. You could buy it a $115 dollar A643000+ and OC it (just 250htt) to just 3500+ speeds and you only have a 9 fps difference from a $100 to a $1000 chip? That is messed up. (yeah I know you can OC the fx too, but still at $1000 would you expect that to be necessary? It should brew coffee w/the other core while using office apps. also I don't believe anybody buys a 3000+ w/out planning to OC) So much for "getting what you pay for". I guess it is comforting to normal people who can't drop a grand on the cpu alone.
I too would have like to seen if a Aegia Phyx chip would have made a difference by freeing up the cpu for other things. Aegia could have really gained some momentum if they could have had this game support their chip & had a board for around ~$150.
People keep talking about patches. Can a patch really signifigantly optimize a game anyway than decreasing quality for performance?
Jarred what is the biggest increase in performance in a single game that you have seen with new video card drivers? Can we expect Nvidia or ATI to dramatically increase performance with a drive update?
After all, this will hurt vid card sales if people can expect sub-mediocre performance from the best graphics cards. It will also boost 360 sales if they can't increase performance. Especially, when I release my patent pending super dongle that will allow two Xbox 360s to be used together in a SLI/Crossfire configuration. haha (j/k. but my dongle is quite super, I assure you. ;) Reply
moletus - Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - link2 months ago, i was about to go shop 1900xtx for 600euros. Than i saw Xbox360.
Guess what! (hint: it costed with all the bells and whistles 550eur :)
Why on earth burn so much money when you can have all the chocolate(+AA and HDR) in the world for 1/3 of the money and still cant run the game?
Im no MickeySoft fanboy but the 360-ride has been surprinsinly smooth. Reply
The Black Cursor - Monday, May 01, 2006 - linkBoth articles were quite informative, but I don't quite have enough information to make a decision between the upper-mid range GPUs and CPUs at similar price points,
ATI X1800XT vs. NVIDIA 7900GT
AMD A64 3700+ vs. AMD A64 X2 3800+
Any opinions?
Be seeing you...
---> TBC (To Buy Components) Reply
xFlankerx - Monday, May 01, 2006 - linkI say the X2 3800+ with the 7900GT. While the X2 most likely will not make a difference in the game itself, as noted by my last comment, it WILL provide for an overall smoother experience from your PC. Reply
xFlankerx - Sunday, April 30, 2006 - linkI just came from reading the Anandtech Oblivion CPU testing. I beg to differ with the conclusion that you need a fast CPU to get the most out of your GPU. I'm more of the opinion that the CPU and GPU handle different tasks. We know that the CPU is much stronger than the GPU in MOST cases. Now the CPU is what provides the GPU with instructions for what the GPU needs to do. If the CPU is already feeding the GPU more instructions than it can handle, then there is no point in having a faster CPU. See, there was hardly a difference in the FPS even with a 1.8GHz A64 when compared to a 2.6GHz A64, in areas where it's GPU-intensive. The Oblivion gates are by far the most intesive part of the game, GPU-wise. Now every single one of the single-card solutions bottlenecked the CPU in these cases. Only Dual X1900XTXs were able to take advantage of the CPU.
On the other hand, the Town benchmarks are influenced quite a bit by the CPU. This is easily explained when you notice that in a town, there is a lot for the CPU to calculate that is not in the Oblivion Gates. There are hordes of NPCs in a city, and the CPU has to control every single one of them (oblivion NPCs lead lives of their own, by far the most complicated AI in a game yet). Thus, the stronger the CPU, the better your frames per second in a crowded area will be. The clumpiness of all the videocards performance here somewhat reinforces the point.
The Dungeon benchmarks did surprise me. There is a decent amount for the GPU to render, though not as much as the other areas. However, there is very little for the CPU to render. And yet, we see quite a bit of improvement with a faster CPU. I'm not entirely sure how to explain that.
My point is, basically, that "You don't need a fast CPU to get the most out of your GPU." If anything, it should be the other way around, since the GPU is what can't keep up with the CPU. I think that the conclusion should be more like, "You need a fast GPU to handle the graphics of the game, but you will suffer a drop if FPS if your CPU cannot keep up with the AI in the game in crowded areas." Reply
kuk - Sunday, April 30, 2006 - linkAny idea on how a Core Duo setup would perform? Reply
ballero - Sunday, April 30, 2006 - linkAnand, are you sure that the performance increases are due to the game?
AFAIK Catalyst are multithreading driver. Reply
RyanHirst - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkOk, I was just needling a bit about the opteron servers; I didn't really think they'd be a part of the test. :>
First, PCI-X x16 is standard on all dual-socket940 NForce professional boards, and several have 2 16x slots. I did forget that you can't do CrossFire on an Nvidia board-- but even just checking a server board with one, two, and four cores as a different test, would that not be worth a look?
Hyperthreading doesn't really answer the question. A (perhaps) 5% improvement with HT is consistent with the "6 of one...." results HT gives in dynamic multithread envirnonments (chess, say, or video games -- where the thread results must be compared to values from other threads, or completed within a certain time). There never has been any reason to assume that, because a progam does not get a boost from HyperThreading, it will not benifit from an additional full processor.
I'm not arguing that a dual socket-940 rig is mainstream, but should we argue about which is less relevant to 99.9% of the gaming public, an Opteron or a $1200 cross-fire setup? The point I'm trying to make is that regardless of how common it is, a multicore system could answer some questions that remain open. Namely,
--What are the maximal advantages of multithreading in this first generation of games?
Every review site seemed happy to pontificate on this subject when there was virtually no data, but now that there is a test candidate, no one seems interested in actually testing it.
Was it ever in doubt that you can improve a game's performance by throwing a CrossFire x1900xtx at it? No one would argue with this premise. *THE* question that chipmakers are taking revolutionary stands on for video games... is about cores. And I would just REALLY like someone to take a look at it.
Sorry that was long; I realized the first post sounded grumpy because I didn't explain my reasoning. Cheers, and I take the time to write this because your reviews are always the best; when I ask myself what information I would need to make an objective judgement about something, it's always information you present and analyze. Thanks again! Reply
RyanHirst - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkOh, yeah and about the small boost in performance of the second core: since the multithread coding in Oblivion is (by their own statements) a result of their XBox360 version, I was assuming that the game would be generating low-complexity, nearly branchless threads, none of which would tax the extra processor at anything close to 100%... but that the game engine can generate a LOT of them. Is that not more or less the model of the XBox360 processor? Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkXbox 360 processor is quite a bit different, and handling up to six threads over three cores. The problem is, it runs a completely different machine architecture, so it runs through different compiler. Even if their code to take full advantage of the Xbox 360 capabilities, they might not bother porting the entire spectrum over to x86. More likely -- and as far as I know there's no way to prove this -- the Xbox 360 version doesn't use more than about half the potential of the Xenon CPU. (Go ahead and call me "doubting Thomas". LOL)
Anyway, maybe Anand will find a time to try running a few tests on a quad core versus dual core setup. I unfortunately don't have access to any quad core systems. :( Reply
RyanHirst - Sunday, April 30, 2006 - linkhehe it's ok. Just chompin' at the bit curious, that's all. If anyone on eBay wanted the collectible books I no longer need, I'd have turned them into a magic pair of 275s and I'd know. Alas. Pantone 072 Blue. Reply
bob661 - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkI guess this round of testing only applies to ATI video cards. I guess us Nvidia owners are left to guess how CPU performance affects GPU performance. Oh well. :( Reply
PrinceGaz - Sunday, April 30, 2006 - linkJust refer to part 1 of the Oblivion article and find out where your nVidia card of choice lies in relation to the four ATI cards tested this time and it is easy to see how it will perform with various CPUs. Reply
Bladen - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkMy guess as to why CPUs help so much in towns is because the Radiant AI takes a fair amount of power. Reply
BitByBit - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkI don't know why, but the benchmark graphs didn't appear at all in that review, nor did they in the previous Oblivion review; I get nothing where the graphs should be.
Has anyone else had this problem? Reply
blackbrrd - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkIf you have turned off refering you won't see any images. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkSomeone else had a problem with Norton Internet Security blocking images for some reason. Reply
Madellga - Monday, May 01, 2006 - linkThat was me. Turn off privacy control. Reply
RyanHirst - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkThis article still left me with the nagging question about multithread performance. The oblivion team made reference to th game being heavily optimized for multithread performance because they knew from the beginning they'd be writing it simultaneously for the XBox360.
So the debate about the potential of multithread code in games has been going on for awhile, and here we have the perfect game test, and we happen to know AnandTech had a couple of four-way servers in the shop over the last few weeks.... but the CPU guide leaves that question unanswered.
If it's not unreasonable to heap $1200 in graphics hardware onto a M/B for a game that is GPU bound only half of the time (outdoors), is it too much to ask that a $1200 pair of Opteron 275's be tested to see how multithread the first advertised multithread game really is? Is it not possible that the game can offload a large number of threads to extra cores?
If we can talk about throwing over $1K at a game, isn't anyone the least bit curious how a 4-core opteron rig with 4 gigs of RAM in NUMA might handle this game? Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkP4 EE 955 runs up to four threads, and it doesn't seem to get any help from the extra capability. It could be that further INI tweaks would allow Oblivion to run better on multi-core (more than 2 core) systems, but if going from 1 to 2 cores gives 10 to 20% more performance, there's a very good chance that moving from 2 to 4 cores wouldn't give more than another 5%. Ideally, a CPU-limited game should be able to get as much as 50% or more performance from multi-threading, but rarely can we realize the ideal case.
Also, FYI, the servers are at a completely different location than the GPUs for this testing. They also don't support dual X1900 cards in CrossFire - they might not even have X16 PCIe slots, let alone two of them. Servers are, quite simply, not interested in improving gaming performance. There are a few out there targeting the 3D graphics workstation that might support SLI, but not CrossFire. Multi-core will really only become important when we have multi-core CPUs. The desktop/home PC market isn't interested in multiple socket motherboards (other than a few extreme enthusiasts). Reply
goku - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkIt' really ticks me off that oblivion couldn't incorporate support for the new ageia physics processor. It would have been nice to see all those calculations being offloaded onto the PPU instead so that the CPU wouldn't have such an effect on performance. Reply
DigitalFreak - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkSince they are using the Havock physics engine, it was never going to happen. Reply
DigitalFreak - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkOops, Havok Reply
Madellga - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkI don't think that was supposed to happen, but when I clicked on the link under the tittle:
SMP - enhacing performance , it goes to http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2747">http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2747 , which is the same Oblivion CPU article we are reading.
I think the idea is to take us to the guide you are using, isn't it?
//s Reply
kristof007 - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkSame here. Please fix it Anand when you get a chance. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkDone. That page was my doing - Anand ran the tests, I wrote page 5. I forgot to paste in the link. (Actually, I ran into some issues with undo/redo and apparently lost the link in the process. I had to rewrite two paragraphs at the time.)
Jarred Walton
Hardware Editor
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shortylickens - Friday, April 28, 2006 - linkThis makes me feel pretty good. I went out of my way to get the cheapest Socket 939 CPU I could find.
Now that I've had the system for a while, I feel OK about doing one big CPU upgrade and I can actually see a performance boost. Reply
bloc - Friday, April 28, 2006 - linkThe sempron line is amd's answer to intels celeron line.
Might it be possible to see the benches for the Sempron S754 as they're budget cpu's with huge overclocks? Reply
kmmatney - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkA Sempron 2800+ overclocked to 2.4 GHz performs about the same as an Athlon 64 3700+ clocked at 2.2 GHz. So for a rough estimate, lower the Athlon64 speed by 10% to get the speed of a Sempron.
My Sempron overclock at 2.45 Ghz was 100% stable for all games and applications I'd ever used until Oblivion. With Oblivion, the game was crashing until a lowered the spu speed to 2.35 GHz. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkPart of the problem is that there's only one SLI motherboard for socket 754, and honestly I think that's more of a novelty product than something truly useful. Anyone spending the money on multiple GPUs is better off buying a faster processor as well.
Anyway, looking at how cache seems to affect performance of the other chips, I would guess that a Sempron 128K/256K would be equivalent to an Athlon 64 512K running 200 to 400 MHz slower. (i.e., Athlon 64 2.0 GHz -- 3200+ -- would probably be about equal to a Sempron 2.3-2.4 GHz.) Single channel memory plus a reduction in cache size should cause a moderate performance hit, clock for clock.
Of course, none of that means that Sempron chips aren't worth considering, especially with overclocking. Assuming you're not running super high end graphics configurations, though, you can probably reached the point where you're GPU limited to the same performance, whether you have an Athlon X2 or a Sempron. Reply
kmmatney - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkIf you look at the Tom Hardware charts, plot the performance of the 256K cache Semprons on a chart, and then extrapolate to higher frequencies, a Sempron at 2.45 GHz will perform better than the Athlon 3500+, and closer to the Athlon 3700+. It does start to fall back a little in the heavy multitasking benchmarks, but for gaming and content creation its very close to an Athlon 3700+.
For instance, if you take the Far Cry benchmark at 1280 x 1024 (other benchmarks behave the same):
Sempron 256K 1.4 Ghz = 126.9
Sempron 256K 1.6 Ghz = 140.0
Sempron 256K 1.8 Ghz = 151.6
Sempron 256K 2.0 Ghz = 162.7
This forms a linear curve with very little drop-off with speed increase
Now extrapolate to 2.4 GHz
Sempron 256K 2.4 GHz = 186.95 (predicted)
Sempron 256K 2.45 GHz = 189.95 (predicted)
Sempron 256K 2.5 GHz = 192.9
Athlon 3700+ San Diego: 190.9
Athlon 3500+ Venice : 186.2
Athlon 3200+ Venice : 176.5
For a given amount of money, an overclocked Sempron paired with a high end video card will give you the best bang-for-buck for gaming.
JarredWalton - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkI'm not talking about as an overall platform; I'm talking specifically about Oblivion performance. Clearly, looking at the 3500+ vs. 3700+, the jump from 512K to 1024K L2 helps quite a bit. Looking at Celeron D, 256K and a lower FSB kills performance. It's not too much of a stretch to guess that Sempron chips will do proportionately worse in Oblivion than in many other games/applications. Reply
kmmatney - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkAlso, the low end S939 Athlon 64s have come down in price, with the cheapest now at $109, so right now, I would agree that Socket 939 is the way to go now, even for a low end system.
If you look in the area of the game that counts, the outdoor scenes, the extra 512K of cache gives you an extra 2 fps. An educated guess would put a Sempron 3100+ running at stock speeds at 28.5 fps. Overclocked to 2.4 Ghz it would be around 35 fps. Not great, but very playable. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkTrue, you won't notice 2 FPS difference. The thing is, a few people are talking about overclocked Sempron versus stock clock speed Athlon 64. If you're going to overclock one, you have to overclock the other. My experience is that socket 939 overclocks far better than socket 754, the so a lot of those Athlon 64 3000+ chips can hit 2.5 to 2.7 GHz on air cooling. Reply
JarredWalton - Saturday, April 29, 2006 - linkOops -- posted too soon.
You might be talking about five to 10 frames per second difference at that point, which would definitely be noticeable. Of course, if you're looking at running a Sempron with the typical PCI express or AGP card, you will likely be GPU limited anyway. Even a GeForce 7600 GT is going to struggle with the outdoor scenes. Reply
Powermoloch - Friday, April 28, 2006 - linkYeah, I was wondering about that too :). My gaming rig is being powered by 3100 sempron paris and I did overclocked it @ 2.069 Ghz. Oblivion went out pretty fine at most times, and I'm really enjoying the game. Reply


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The spring and fall months constitute Ohios fire season when the worst problems involving outdoor burning occur. The weather patterns are difficult to predict, the wind speeds are usually higher and the humidity levels lower, factors which contribute to unsafe outdoor burning conditions. Statistics show most escaped fires in this area are caused by people who simply fail to take the proper precautions when burning trash.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency also has additional regulations concerning outdoor burning. For further information concerning outdoor burning, contact a local fire department or Blue Rock State Forest at (740) 674-4035.
For information, contact the firehouse, 432-3232, or any volunteer fire department.


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It sucks being fashionable in the dead of winter here in New York City. I'm one of those individuals who will suck it up when it's thirty degrees out just so I could wear a polyester 70's reject prom tuxedo. But, this is ridiculous. "Christ, these nipples could cut glass right now," I spouted to the girl waiting in line behind me. The things we all do for a fabulous event and this one was well worth it. Sunday night saw Le Poisson Rouge invaded for Oh! You Pretty Things' "BOWIE-ELVIS Birthday Bash" presented by Michael T, Benjamin Ickies, Shien Lee, Twig the Wonderkid, and Laura Rebel Angel. Woof! Yes, a lot of names came out to bring us this flawless event and that's not counting the hosts, performers, artists, and attendees in general who all arrived dressed to the nines.
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"City Nights" boogies at 'Oh! You Pretty Things' BOWIE-ELVIS Birthday Bash'
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Irina is a 105 lb, 22 year old beauty from Tyumen, Russia. She is 5'5 and her favorite position is cowgirl.
All models found on this website were OVER 18 years of age when photographed. All paperwork pertaining to Title 18 U.S.C. 2257 is on file and available for inspection.
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Dog-friendly Glenfinnan, 3 Dogs & Satellite Television
In the historic hamlet of Glenfinnan on the famous 'Road to the Isles', this terraced holiday cottage is ideal for touring the West Highlands. A short walk leads to Loch Shiel where guests can climb the Glenfinnan monument or see the Jacobite steam train. This area is a paradise for wildlife enthusiasts,…
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SHOPPERS were stopped in their tracks when performers from a Radcliffe dance school brought Bury town centre alive with a surprise flash mob.
On Saturday, 29 dancers took members of the public by surprise in St John's Square on The Rock as they performed three flashmobs to a mix of eight songs.
The performers, aged six to 21, who attend Freak Dance, in Dale Street, captivated onlookers as part of an I Will If You Will event aimed at getting more women and girls involved in sport and exercise.
Studio owner Aeron Lloyd- Booth said: "The flashmob was fantastic because these things really do make people stop and want to know more about what is going on.
"Getting more people involved was our aim, and curiosity pulled in passersby."
The I Will If You Will event saw women and girls from the borough light up a giant exercise-powered projection across the front of Debenhams, with Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote leading the way.
Bury is a pilot area for the pioneering £2.8 million initiative, funded by Sport England, which is hoped will be used as best practice in other parts of the country.
Freak Dance is holding classes in association with the I Will If You Will campaign.
These include adult fitness classes from 7.15pm until 8pm on Mondays and Thursdays, hiphop dancing on Tuesdays between 7pm and 8pm, pilates sessions on Tuesdays at 11am to noon and piloxing on Wednesdays between 7pm and 8pm.
Aeron added: "We jumped on board with I Will If You Will classes to show them it is not just for young people and adults are welcome too.
"It's all about subscribing to that I Will If You Will vibe – if you rope someone else in you tend to feel more confident going along."
For more information go to iwillifyouwill.co.uk or freak-dance.co.uk or call 07814384689.


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Pecan Pie
I think I've decided to do a "Week of" every month. I did Cupcakes back in August, Pumpkin in October, and Cranberries in November. This month, I'm doing Family Favorites. Living away from my family makes me all nostalgic at the holidays. One way that I like to remember them is to make foods that I remember eating growing up. I already have a Family Favorites tag in my blog, but I sent an email out to our immediate families and asked what everyone's favorite family recipe was. I got a pretty good response and will be highlighting five of those recipe this week. Be sure to check back every day to check them out.
My older brother C loves pecan pie. He usually is the one who makes it on Thanksgiving. Since we didn't spend that holiday together and instead we had C and his wife over for dinner a couple weeks later, I decided to make this favorite dessert of his.
We like to keep things simple in our family. This recipe comes from the back of the Karo syrup container. It never fails. We also like to chop our pecans for our pecan pie. I know some people like to leave them whole, but I grew up eating pecan pie like this, so this is definitely how I prefer it.
This was actually the first time I've ever made pecan pie because like I said, C always makes it for Thanksgiving. I was nervous that it wouldn't set up properly. I think the key is allowing the pie enough time to cool. I baked this pie a day in advance and let it cool overnight.
A tip about the crust on this pie. I'm sure we've all seen it happen where the pie crust does not want to come out of the pie plate. That's because of the high sugar content of this pie. Here's what I do – first spray the pie plate with non stick spray, then flour the pie plate. Roll the pie crust into the pie plate and flour the pie crust. This will help to create a barrier between the very sugary filling and the pie crust so it will come out easily.
Pecan Pie
Yield: 1 pie
1 cup Light or Dark Corn Syrup
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) pecans, chopped
9-inch unbaked deep-dish pie crust
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Mix corn syrup, eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla using a spoon. Stir in pecans. Pour filling into pie crust.
Using foil strips, cover the edges of the pie crust. Place pie onto a cookie sheet for easy handling.
Bake on center rack of oven for 25 minutes. Remove foil strips and bake another 35 to 45 minutes. Cool for 2 hours on wire rack before serving.
Recipe from Karo Syrup
Check out my week of Family Favorites here.
5 Responses to "Pecan Pie"
I love the idea of a week of family favorites! Can't wait to see them all. And you started off with a bang with this lovely pie. I love the tip about the flour too – I will definitely remember that one.
yum! i love pecan pie!
I just made a fabulous pecan pie and this one looks great as well! For my crust I actually had no trouble taking it out. I didn't butter or flour it or anything extra. It was a no roll crust from Joy the Baker and tasted fabulous!
Oh my this pie look fabulous! I'm not a huge pecan pie fan but I know it's my boyfriends favorite. He will love it 🙂
That pie looks scrumptious! We used to have one every year at Thanksgiving dinner, but somehow no one made one this year – it was so sad.


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Thanks LJ. This will be a big help for me as a mother.
Thanks LJ. This will be a big help for me as a mother.
Hi! I'm jellyace. 33 years of age. Married for two years and a half and got pregnant twice but they both didn't complete the pregnancy period. Is there a relation in my case of miscarriage that my husband has hernia that's why the result is always blighted ovum?
Hello to our newest forum members David and jellyace!
David - a warm welcome to our forum. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing our parenting experiences here.
Jellyace - I'm so very sorry to hear of your two pregnancy losses. You have my thoughts. I personally know how difficult it is to experience a loss early in pregnancy. It's actually extremely rare to experience two blighted ovums so I'm so sorry to hear this. Were both pregnancies confirmed by a doctor to be a blighted ovum rather than a 'straightforward' miscarriage? A blighted ovum is where an egg is fertilised but does not develop into a baby (i.e. it does not develop into an embryo).
Generally speaking, a hernia in a man should not cause you problems conceiving. Indeed, a hernia in a man would not cause you to have a blighted ovum. Sometimes if a man has had a hernia repair operation that can cause problems with the sperm pathway becoming blocked but again would not make a blighted ovum more likely (in this case it may mean it is harder to conceive at all). You could have your husband's fertility tested just to rule this out to be on the safe side.
I will reply to your other posts about conception in more detail jellyace.
Warm wishes to both of you,
thanks for all your advised LJ.
You are very welcome jellyace. I hope you are able to conceive very soon.
Best wishes,
Hi everyone,
I'm Tess, I am a mum of 4 (almost 7yo, 4yo, 3yo & 17mths).
I've been meaning to join this forum for a while, ever since my birth story & video were featured (breech vbac).
I love birth, am a birth junkie, and birth activist as well as an aspiring doula (one day I'll get around to completing that course!). I'm also a huge supporter of breastfeeding, and am currently tandem-nursing my two youngest girls.
I'm not usually good at forums, tend to read rather than post, but hopefully I'll manage to post when I can. Look forward to getting to know you all & sharing my parenting experiences.
Nice to meet you Tess Where's your birth video at? I'd like to have a look
Thank you.
It's in the birth article page on the main site here, under breech birth.
Otherwise here's my birth story with video at the bottom. Warning though, it is graphic (but then it is a birth, ha!)
Hi Tess,
Welcome to the forum - I've already been enjoying your posts hugely.
'Birth junkie' made me laugh - I think I may be turning into one of those
Thanks so much for sharing your fourth birth story - wonderful to see a vaginal breech birth and I'm very sorry to hear your felt pressured into having a c-section with your third baby. I'm sure that your birth story will help to spread sound birthing information and encourage women on our forum with your positive birth story.
Thank you,
Thanks LJ!
You're welcome, I'm so happy I can inspire others with my birth & breastfeeding experiences. Vaginal breech birth needs to become a normal thing, which is why I decided to share my video & story, to show that is CAN be done.
Hello everybody! It is nice to be a member here.
I am singlemom. A mother of a 6year old son and a 2year old daughter.
It is great to know that a website exist for us women to gain knowledge about pregnancy, motherhood and things or questions we want answers to, that we are embarrassed to ask others about it in fear that they won't understand us. I am a nurse but haven't been in a hospital duty since I gave birth to my son. And I still lack knowledge about motherhood since you can only learn about it through experience and hearing about it through others experiences. And I'm really thankful for aussiemidwife for creating this website.
Hello everyone! I'm so glad to be here. I have two boys, a toddler (who's two years old) and a newborn (two months old). I would love to learn more about parenting and breastfeeding.
Dear Singlemom and Mom Me,
A huge welcome to you both to our forum! It is great to have you both join us.
I hope you find us to be a supportive, informative and friendly community and I look forward to reading your posts.
Warm wishes,
Thank you LJ! I'm really happy to be part of the forum. I've already posted a few questions and I'm excited to read the replies.
Thank you so much LJ for welcoming us..
Indeed you are very supportive, informative and very friendly..
Thank you so much for your help.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
Most salespeople are encouraged to take whatever business is out there in a flat economy. The truth is this: If you begin a relationship with a new prospect in a one-down position, you'll never regain ground. By saying "No" to unrealistic expectations and setting solid parameters right from the start, the relationship becomes reciprocal and respectful.
Day in and day out salespeople hear "no" from prospects and either move on or, if wise, create a strategy to convert "No" into "Yes." What I'm referring to by telling the prospect "no" is to say "no" in those situations where stringent rules are laid out by unrealistic prospects or clients that almost always end in a downward spiral.
Turning down business is not easy. It's normal – although not advisable – to cave on pricing issues or agree to provide more and more value without raising fees. Normal or not, I'm telling you to hold your ground.
When working with clients, the relationship has to be reciprocal. As with any good connection, one party can't be in a subservient position. You can't relinquish your power and forego what you know to be true: That what you provide is valuable and that you matter.
Don't Be 'The Discount Guy'
Too often salespeople concentrate solely on the sale. They believe the sale can come at any cost and that they can justify the means to achieve the end. If you work with prospects or clients who are only interested in "winning," then someone has to lose. That someone is usually you. When you lose, you feel badly about yourself and discover your commission check is smaller than it could have been had you been dealing with a reputable prospect or client all along. Ultimately, you are positioning yourself to repeat your negative behaviors, because now these behaviors may not seem so bad. You begin to rationalize that business is business and hence position yourself to be known as the "low-cost solution provider."
Some managers focus solely on the metrics. I learned the hard way that there is much more to a sale than the numbers – such as what behaviors or activities lead to healthy numbers. When I began to focus on behaviors as a prelude to results, my sales team found that they felt less imprisoned to do deals just to meet quota. The quality of the business they brought in improved tremendously.
How we tell a prospect or client "no" is important. If the requests made of us are unreasonable or unsustainable from a profitability standpoint, we must turn away. In turning away, we are saying to our prospect or client (and, most importantly, to ourselves) that this arrangement is not a reciprocal arrangement. We are defining when securing the business comes at too great of a price.
If a prospect makes an unreasonable request for a low price or sets high expectations for you to meet by expanding the originally agreed upon scope of work, it's time for a discussion. Understand that you are being tested by your prospect to see how serious you are about the reciprocity you require. If you crumble on price or agree to provide extra services without additional compensation, you are failing. Your choices will always determine your outcomes.
When bringing in new business, be sure to heed to the following rules:
Clearly define in the service agreement or proposal what the scope of the work will include and won't include so there are no misunderstandings.
Put in writing what your expectations are for your client under the current scope of work in order for the deliverables to be met. If your client can't provide what you're requesting, it's time to talk about what you both believe are reasonable requests and if you want to move forward.
Be sure your can justify your costs and scope of services without being defensive. If your costs and what you are providing for those costs are fair and competitive, the conversation should be short.
Always look for a win-win solution that respects everyone involved. There is usually a middle-ground out there that all parties can live with. Once you provide services that your client appreciates, your value will far exceed any costs.
Most prospects and clients are fair and reputable. They draw salespeople to them like magnets because they understand the importance of long-term business relationships. Opposites may attract, but when pursuing new business, continue to discover those who have similar values and work ethics. You'll sleep easier at night.
Kathy Maixner is Chief Outcome Strategist at The Maixner Group, a sales consultancy specializing in top-line growth.


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AAJA SF: 2013 Lunar New Year Banquet
Sunday, February 24, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM (PST)
Event Details
Join us at the Asian American Journalists Association San Francisco chapter's annual Lunar New Year banquet and celebrate the Year of the Snake.
This year's speaker is Tim Kawakami, a Mercury News sports columnist who will talk about covering the Giants and the 49ers.
Catch up with friends and make some new ones as we kick off the new year. Hope to see you there!
Vegetarian Dim Sum
Minced chicken lettuce wraps
Sauteed shrimp balls and scallops
Vegetarian Hot and Sour soup
House Special Chicken
Peking Duck
Braised Tofu with Mushroom and Vegetables
Vegetarian Fried Rice
To RSVP and pay without transaction fees, please contact board treasurer
Quynh Tran at qghtran (at) gmail (dot) com
Payment in the form of cash or check made out to "AAJA SF" also will be accepted at the door.
Door prices:
When & Where
Fu Lam Mum
153 Castro Street
Mountain View,
Sunday, February 24, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM (PST)
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jaguars will not offer cornerback Rashean Mathis a contract this year. Mathis confirmed the news on his twitter account last night.
General Manager David Caldwell made the announcement in response to a fan's inquiry at a Jaguars fan forum last night at the stadium. The forum was closed to the media but with fans in attendance the news spread quickly.
Mathis, who joined twitter last night, said he felt lucky to spend 10 years with his hometown team. Mathis said, "10 years. Wow what can I say but thank you. Thank you fans, community, and organization. It's been a blessed ride."
Mathis ends his career with the Jaguars as the team's all time leader in take aways (35) and interceptions (30). He played in 137 games (5th in team history) and started 129 (4th in team history).
Mathis, a Jacksonville native, played high school football at Englewood and went on to play college football at Bethune-Cookman where he was the Division II defensive player of the year. The Jaguars selected Mathis in the 2nd round in 2003. He was named to the All Pro team in 2006 and elected to the Pro Bowl in the same year.
Mathis also co-hosted the End Zone for four years on Channel 4 with Sports Director Sam Kouvaris. "It's unusual in our business but Rashean became a good friend of mine and he still is," Kouvaris said. "Rashean is a better guy than he is a player and considering he was an All Pro that gives us some kind of indication of what kind of person he is. He'll be successful in anything he wants to do."
Speculation in the league is that several teams will have an interest in signing Mathis and have him compete for a roster spot.
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This Forum has been archivedVisit the new Forums
A proposal. We currently structure our character articles with an untitled lead, a Season 1 section, an appearances section (recently added to all season 1 characters by me), an in the books section, a see also section and a references section. The lead currently starts with a paragraph of behind the scenes information to contextualise the article and then a section introducting the background of the character. For some of our major characters (still wondering about the definition of this term in another thread here) this section can be quite long. The lead does not attempt to summarise the later content of the article. I think we should change the structure of the articles somewhat. I have worked up an example using Robert Baratheon in my sandbox. For comparison the current article is here. I would appreciate any feedback or suggestions.
I believe this approach has three main advantages:
- Better reading with a clearly linear approach to the characters storyline in the Biography section.
- A clear place for pre-series information in the Background section.
- A more concise lead section that can adequately summarise the whole article without focusing on pre-series information.
I am going to be working on bringing all of our character articles in line with User:Werthead's suggestion that we remove the episode subsections and instead have references to the episodes where events take place. I would be happy to work on matching the articles to this proposal at the same time. I will begin doing so in one week if there are no objections. --Opark 77 14:52, February 9, 2012 (UTC)
- I have completed an overhaul of our character images to bring them all in line with this proposal.--Opark 77 07:26, March 19, 2012 (UTC)


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Stockholm looks bright and brisk today, unlike some of the scientists and government officials who were heading into a large brick conference centre on the city's waterfront at 8am this morning.
They had been working through the night until 2:30am to finalise the most comprehensive climate science report in six years for the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The bulk of the report is finished, having been drafted by 259 scientists from 39 countries over the last four years, with the help of more than 600 contributing authors.
The Stockholm meeting, which started on Monday and is closed to the public and journalists, is finishing its most widely-read section: a 31-page summary for policymakers that governments have to approve before release, in consultation with some of the scientists who wrote it.
The summary is based on the larger report and its basic conclusion – that human influence on the climate caused most of the global warming recorded since 1951 – cannot change.
But the way its many findings are expressed are very much up for debate and with just one day left before the summary is due to be released on Friday morning, delegates are braced for another long night tonight. Read more


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Room W/Priv Entrance/ArtDeco Villa
Anzahl von Gästen2
Größe15 m²
- Klimaanlage
- Internet/WLAN
- Abschließbarer Raum
- Handtücher
- Küche
- Waschmaschine / Trockner
- Spülmaschine
Über diese Unterkunft
|Espanola Way, 33139 Miami Beach, Vereinigte Staaten
|Privates Zimmer
|In wenigen Stunden
|Kalender aktualisiert
|Vor einer Woche
NO cleaning fee, NO surcharges.
Villa: Marble floors, exotic landscape, décor and plants, Swarovski crystals chandeliers.
Room: private entrance and private toilet/sink (shared shower with another room), queen size bed, hard wood floor, air conditioning, free WiFi, big closet.
We now rent cars, please contact us in advance to get the best rating.
For our guests we now rent BIKES (Special price $15 per day, see "house rules" for details). We also provide parking permits ($15 per day, subject to availability)
Full access to kitchen, dining room. You may also use washing/drying machine ($15 full washing/drying cycle including the cost of detergent, see house rules for details).
Two blocks away from Lincoln road mall and Ocean Drive.
Close to beach.
Miami Beach Convention Center is in 6 blocks from the house.
Flamingo Park is right across the street. In Flamingo park you can enjoy gym and swimming pools (free for locals, $10 for everybody else, but nobody is asking ID).
Lots of clubs and restaurants in the neighborhood will make your vocation most enjoyable. The most beautiful house in the street!!!!!!!
Espanola Way is the most charming street on South Beach.
We provide parking permits (subject to availability), $15 per day.
Welcome to South Beach, home to a variety of cultures, the arts, and ocean town living!
The house is located on Espanola Way, a charming street modeled after Mediterranean villages found in France and Spain.
This 5 bedroom house is within walking distance to beaches with chair and umbrellas rental for your lounging pleasure; hike along the walking trails, play volleyball or enjoy a variety of water sports.
Just down the road is the lush outdoor Flamingo Park and Pool that offers tennis, racketball, and basketball courts. Two blocks away from Lincoln road mall and Ocean Drive.
There is something for everyone! Premier shops at Lincoln Road pedestrian mall; Ocean Drive's historic Art Deco District; restaurants with reputations for serving the finest international cuisine and casual dining venues; the Jackie Gleason Theater, operated by Live Nation, known for having the biggest names in the music industry; the state-of-the-art Colony Theater featuring local and national artists from the world of theater, dance, music, comedy and film; dance clubs, and a plethora of bustling nightlife venues.
The house is conveniently located in 4 blocks from the Shuttle bus stop that is on the corner of of Washington Ave and Lincoln Road. The ride from Miami Airport (Airport flyer 150) takes 30 min, $2 per ride. There is a shuttle bus to South Beach from Ft. Lauderdale Int. Airport that also stps at Lincoln Road ($21 per ride).
Many companies offer bus, boat or combo tours to Everglades, Biscayne Bay and other wonderful places of interst from South Beach. Tours start from hotels located on Washingtom or Collins Ave (4 blocks from the house).
Miami Beach is operated by Miami-Dade Transit (MDT). Along with neighborhoods such as Downtown and Brickell, public transit is heavily used in Miami Beach, and is a vital part of city life. Although Miami Beach has no direct Metrorail stations, numerous Metrobus lines, connect to Downtown Miami and Metrorail (i.e., the 'S' bus line). The 'South Beach Local' or 'SBL' is one of the most heavily-used lines in Miami, and connects all major points of South Beach to other major bus lines in the city. Metrobus ridership in Miami Beach is high, with some of the routes, such as the L and S alone being the busiest Metrobus routes.
Check our Face book page: Villa-Santa-Barbara-Miami-Beach-Fl. On Facebook you will find out the link to our web page with more pictures, description of all rooms and additional info including guide.
Gay friendly. Everybody welcome.☺ ☺
HausregelnPlease send me a message BEFORE sending your booking request to make sure the property is available on your dates.
No children under 18 years allowed in the property.
Please keep in mind that the room that is occupied by the house owner is also might be rented. Therefore, PLEASE CALL OR TEXT OR LEAVE A NOTE ON THE DINNING TABLE if you have any questions or concerns. Please DO NOT KNOCK ON THE DOOR; DO NOT DISTURB.
ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE time
We are welcome our guests not earlier than 9AM. We ask our guests to leave by noon. If you arrive early (before noon) please expect that your room might still be occupied by the previous guest. You may leave your luggage and take a walk or have a rest in the garden or living room until your room becomes available.
ROOM CLEANING: Since we do not charge our gests cleaning fee, we expect them to clean after themselves upon departure. The following fees will be withheld from the security deposit: room cleaning $60; bathroom cleaning $50; stove cleaning $40.
When using public places including kitchen, dining room, garden or living room, please do not leave a mess when you finish with your activities. When cooking, please stay away from using exotic cuisines with offensive smells. Our other guests might be allergic for these smells.
SHEETS, TOWELS, BLANKETS: We provide sheets, towels and blankets. There is a stock of clean sheets/towels in the walk-in closet on the second floor next to the "Presidential suite". You are welcome to change your sheets/towels whenever you need to do so.
KITCHEN USE. NO COOKING after 9-30PM.
REVIEWS: All reviews and comments are welcomed and will be replied the same way that they were received, according to your comments. Thanks.
A NOTE TO OUR GUESTS: Please do not let in the house people whom you do not know. Our neighborhood is the safest in Miami Beach and we will appreciate if you will help us keeping it safe in the future.
KEYS: You will get a separate set of keys, so you will get in and out of the house any time you like. Upon departure, please do not forget to leave the key on the table in the dining room or bring it directly to Rico. We reserve rights to charge $20 for the lost keys.
PETS: No pets
SMOKING: No smocking.
NOISE: Please respect our neighbors by minimizing the noise. We do not let more than 3 persons per this room to avoid large crowds.
MINORS: We do not allow minors in the house.
PARKING: We have parking permits, $15 per day. Discounts are available. Guest must inform in advance, before arrival, if he/she would like to get parking permit.
Please be advised that if we provide permit for a street parking, we are not responsible for the safety of your vehicle parked on the street since we rent rooms, not parking space.
ACCIDENTS: When travelling, please purchase insurance. We are not responsible for accidents that might occur when you are visiting us. We are not responsible for the cost of recovery from these accidents.
DINING ROOM: please use table clothes or mat (check kitchen drawers) under plates and glasses when using dinning table to avoid scratching; please wipe dinning table with windex and paper towels after use (check the kitchen counter)
CANDLE USE: please do not light candles at all ...all candles are for the villa decoration
MARBLE FLOOR: We advise all our guests to be very careful during raining season. Some parts of our house have marble floor that might be very slippery when wet. Please use shoes all the time when in the house, we are not responsible for any accidents. We advise all guests have insurance.
BIKE RENT. We now have 3 bikes for rent that include racing bike and mountain bike. You may use bike all day long for $15 fee. We are not responsible for any accidents that may happen with you when using bikes. Bikes are rented for use in South Beach area only. Guest is responsible for fixing any damages to the bike. If guest refuse to fix damages, $45 charge will be withheld from the security deposit to cover repair. A $60 charge will be withheld from the security deposit for lost bike. $20 fee will be withheld for the loss of lock. We do not rent bikes by hour.
In the case of emergency (e.g., flat tire) please use bus to get back to the house. In Miami most busses equipped with special racks for bikes. You can take your bike anywhere you want using regular bus. The cost of bus ride is $2 one way. The following is a quote from miamidade.gov web page that describes in detailes the use of bikes when boarding public busses: "Bike & Ride. Bicycling, a popular South Florida pastime, is a fun way to exercise. And it's a clean-air commute, too. Now, cyclists can take a single-seat two-wheeler on extended trips anytime and just about anywhere in Miami-Dade County on many Metrobus routes, Metrorail, and also Metromover. Use caution when stepping off the curb to load or unload your bike. Wait for the bus to leave before crossing the street. Observe all local traffic laws while riding your bike. Be patient while others load or remove bikes from the rack. Load and unload quickly. Helmets have high visibility and provide protection for your head during a crash. Wear one whenever you bike. Florida law requires lights on your bike for night riding. Wear bright clothing during daylight hours and reflective clothing at night."
WASHING/DRYING MACHINES. If you would like to wash your close before your departure, you may use washing and drying machines. There is $5 fee for the use of each machine and also, $5 for the use of detergent. .
LEFT/ABUNDANT ITEMS: At the end of your stay, please do not leave any belongings with us for storage. All items left upon departure of the guest, we consider unwanted trash and dispose appropriately.
Updates to House Rules (Dec 04, 2012)
1. Due to changes in regulation of parking permits by Miami City, we have to raise the cost of the parking permits to $15 per day.
2. Please sign all food that you put in refrigerator/freezer.
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Besser kann man am South Beach kaum wohnen – die Lage ist absolut perfekt: Strand, Cafés, Restaurants und Einkaufsmöglichkeiten sind schnell zu Fuß zu erreichen. Rico ist ein perfekter Gastgeber, immer hilfsbereit, immer freundlich. Ich habe mich extrem wohlgefühlt und komme sehr gern wieder. Thanks Rico!!
Hübsches Zimmer mit eigenem Waschbecken/WC und separatem Eingang in super Lage! Die Lage der tollen Villa ist wirklich sensationell. Man kann fußläufig die Hot-Spots von Miami Beach erreichen. Genial. Rico ist ein super Gastgeber, man findet alles Wichtige vor Ort und kann sich im Haus frei bewegen. Falls man Ricos Hilfe oder Rat benötigt, dann reagiert er sehr schnell und ist total nett. Top und absolut professionell! Wir haben uns dort sehr wohl gefühlt und kommen sehr, sehr gerne wieder.
Stayed 3 nights at Rico's homely villa on Espanola way. It was a nice experience and a good stay. Rico is a warm, friendly host and made us feel at home. All arrangements for keys, wifi info, etc. was well prepared in advance. Our stay was a smooth one and we'd definitely recommend this to those looking for a good layover with easy access to all places in South beach. We'll definitely return to stay here if we visit Miami again. Thank you Rico for being such a great host and for having us. Rex and Lily--Frankfurt, Germany
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I live for adventure. As a filmmaker, I work tirelessly to find unique, authentic stories and interesting people that take us to the far corners of our planet. It's a challenging concept that keeps me searching, discovering, and learning to find the truth within the idea, ultimately crafting entertaining, informative pieces of art that are equally engaging and fun as they are memorable. As a Director, whether the idea is scripted or documentary, I pull the best performances out of my talent so I can essentially become them for a day, and experience the story through their eyes. For me, the actor or subject is the root of the idea, and then my lense naturally explores the atmosphere around them to paint the portrait.
I had my first son, River James, last year. To watch him grow and see "everything" for the first time is completely mind boggling, and a total inspiration as I continue to create. As a kid, I was raised in a movie theater because my Dad was a marketing executive for a giant theater chain. I didn't have babysitters – I went to the movies. I remember those early celluloid adventures through time and space, absorbing a steady diet of Spielberg, Lucas, Ridley and Tony Scott. I remember the way I felt…and about how River feels seeing something for the very first time…and I bring that to work with me as I approach a new project. The audience needs to not only see what we are capturing, but experience it completely. That's my goal.
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Amber – Glowing Color from Pyramid Studios, Jewelers of Ellsworth
In researching, I found amber is not "tree sap" as I once believed. It is actually a glowing band-aid. Ancient trees, either damaged or reacting to abrupt climate exuded a resin as protection or to cover the hurt area. Fossilized, this resin becomes a gem. My esteem for amber jumped a couple notches when I found this out.
Yellow golden amber has a soft shimmering glow giving it a sunny disposition. Although amber is fossilized material from prehistoric trees and therefore softer than most gemstones, amber is a fine material for earrings, pendants and necklaces. Unlike faceted gems, Amber is generally shaped into cabochons and polished.
Back to amber's most striking quality-the range of different colors that compliment any complexion. As well as the usual yellow-orange-brown that is associated with the color "amber", amber itself can range from a whitish color through a pale lemon yellow, to brown and almost black. Other uncommon colors include red amber (sometimes known as "cherry amber"), green amber, and even blue amber, which is rare and highly sought after.
Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of custom jewelry (it's also an ingredient in perfumes). The bulk of amber in the world is found in the Baltic region of Poland and Russia. These origins help trace trade routes by how the gem found it's way to all corners of the earth.
In some instances, like the Americas, Amber actually floated across the ocean and found itself in the hands on Native Americans. They recognized amber's glowing, magical quality and, of course, fashioned their finds into jewelry.
At Pyramid Studios we find amber a glowing addition to any jewelry box.
We are Pyramid Studios at 10 State Street in Downtown Ellsworth and when it comes to jewelry, we rock. And when it comes to Jurassic Jewelry like Amber we are the folks using extinct material to make distinct jewelry ahead of it's time. To view our amber and other Jurassic Jewelry just travel right here.
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Matt Garstka Clinic at Sam Ash Music, King of Prussia, PA TODAY!!!
Meinl Cymbal artist and Animals As Leaders drummer Matt Garstka will be at Sam Ash Music in King of Prussia, PA this evening, Thursday, April 17, for a drum clinic at 7pm. Do not miss this one folks! (-Chris)


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Now that the Champagne has been popped, the turkey leftovers are thankfully done with and the decorations are due to come down, we reach the last milestone of the year – New Year's resolutions.
Traditionally this is a time to reflect on the changes we want or need to make.
Ambitious plans are laid to cut down the booze or chocolate and to step up the exercise, but most are doomed to fail within weeks.
That is when the body's urge for its old tempting friends overrides the mental plans we resolved to stick to.
A study by the University of Bristol involving 3,000 people showed that 88 per cent of those who set New Year resolutions fail.
But New Year's resolutions don't have to fail — that is, if they are realistic in the first place.
People often fail because they try to make too big a leap too quickly or rely on just willpower. Instead people need to change the way they think about their desired goal.
If you rely on willpower alone, the changes won't last. It is a change of perspective that allows us to make personal breakthroughs. As Albert Einstein said "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them".
Follow these tips for keeping to those resolutions:
1. Be realistic
Focus on one resolution rather than trying to change everything at once! To give yourself the best possible chance to follow through on your resolution, start with the one that's most important to you.
Focusing on the most important goal may actually help you to achieve the others naturally; when some habits change they can have the knock-on effect of also changing other habits almost unconsciously.
For example, if you start to exercise regularly you can find you also begin to eat better. You can break down a resolution into "mini-resolutions" so wanting to lose four stone becomes "I'm going to lose X lbs this month".
2. Make it a positive and present
People often design resolutions incorrectly; state it positively.
For example, instead of saying "I'm cutting out fat and sugar" make this "I am going to include more vegetables with my meal".
Phrasing goals in the present tense will also help because it will help to convince your brain you have already achieved your goal!
3. Get a step-by-step plan down
Goals can seem intimidating if you write them down as a list.
They are less daunting when you write down a list of actions to take to achieve success. Studies show that you will have greater success if you structure your aim in this way. Breaking a goal down into steps can help, over time, to turn these into a habitual behaviour.
So if you have a goal in mind, try restructuring this: turn the goal into an activity, and then break it down into actions needed. For an exercise goal this could be 'buy new trainers, setting aside days / time you will go on walks, plan where you could walk, ask friend to join you' etc.
4. Anticipate obstacles to stay on track
There will often be barriers en route to achieving your goal.
So anticipate these and make the time to devise strategies to tackle any possible hurdles.
This time investment is crucial; if you know how to deal with obstacles before meeting them you are much more likely to keep your focus and follow through on your aim. Be committed to your goal by…
5. Focusing on the benefits
Regularly remind yourself of the benefits associated with achieving your goals.
Consider writing or imagining a checklist of how life will be better once you achieve your aim. For example, "I will feel happier being able to breathe easily and enjoy playing with my kids if I stop smoking".
Finally, it is likely that you are making health goals this time of year. Have you ever considered how incredible the human body is and what it does for you?
This is the real reason to make a commitment to health. You do not need to look like catwalk material; you can also be skinny and unhealthy.
The basics for good health are exercise and eating well which may well mean making changes.
Imagine your body as a car. You wouldn't put the wrong fuel in – petrol into a diesel engine. Nor would you leave the exhaust to hang off. The same should apply to your body. So remember why our bodies deserve the best choices and commit to taking better care of yourself in the New Year.
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This article was published 5/8/2014 (1113 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It's an image that still causes many to vigorously give their head a shake and rub their eyes before a second look.
Right there in the black and white of the CFL standings are the Winnipeg Blue Bombers atop the West Division with a 5-1 record. This is the same organization, it bears reminding here, that won all of three games last season and was an absolutely pathetic 9-27 over the last two seasons.
And so as this squad has reached the one-third mark of the 2014 campaign there are any number of theories being floated as to what has sparked the Bombers' astonishing turnaround.
The easy answer is to point at quarterback Drew Willy, named Tuesday as the CFL's Offensive Player of the Week for the second time already this season.
Lots of folks, and rightfully so, are also tipping their caps in the direction of head coach Mike O'Shea, GM Kyle Walters and big boss man Wade Miller for their imprint at the top of the football operations department.
But here's another take, courtesy of defensive tackle Bryan Turner, a man who survived last year's disaster to offer an intriguing comparison:
"This really is one of the best group of guys I've ever been around," began Turner after practice Tuesday.
"We have no cancers. We have no one going against the system. Whatever we say we want to do, no one goes against it. Everybody is hands in and for it.
"You can say that's happening just because we're winning, but I don't think that. Everybody here has been around football teams all our lives. You can find the guys that go against things whether you're winning or losing. We don't have those guys. We've looked for them in our room, but we haven't found them and we won't find them.
"We just don't have them."
It's true, losing can bring out the ugly in folks. And winning can be contagious. So while it might seem like early-season hyperbole, excuse some of those who have survived the nightmares of the last couple of campaigns if they don't wish to soak up these moments for all they're worth right now.
"It's night and day. It's fun this year," said receiver Clarence Denmark. "Coming to work every day is fun. It has to be, even though it's a job and it's stressful.
"The whole atmosphere was changed right from the first day of training camp. You could see a change, you could see things being done differently.
"Our attitude this year, it's a winning attitude. It's way better. We work hard in practice and then on game day we expect to win."
That's been a common refrain through the first six weeks of the season, as the Bombers have touched on immeasurable intangibles such as buy-in and work ethic.
It's the kind of stuff that gets tossed out when a ship is riding high and is lost when the crew is panicking to plug holes in the hull.
But as the club is through a third of the season, here are some of the more-concrete numbers behind the Bombers' 5-1 start:
-- Pardon us for playing the role of Captain Obvious here, but Drew Willy has done in six games what the Bombers have spent the last couple of years desperately seeking: he's brought stability to the most-important spot on the depth chart.
Willy has already thrown for 1,662 yards with seven TDs against four picks. A year ago, the Bombers headed into their seventh game by handing the starting QB chores to Max Hall -- this after Buck Pierce (4) and Justin Goltz (2) had started in the first six games.
No one player better represents the upward arrow than the Bombers' new QB1.
-- The quote that best described 2013 -- and helps explain the start of 2014 -- came from former Bomber coach Tim Burke last summer when he said, "You can't win the Kentucky Derby with a mule."
Management made the deal to land Willy this winter, traded for shutdown corner Chris Randle, welcomed back defensive lineman Jason Vega and signed receiver Nick Moore in free agency to bring in some 'name' CFL talent. But it's the play of some of the less-heralded additions -- Matt Bucknor, Bruce Johnson, Moe Leggett, Nic Grigsby, Lirim Hajrullahu, among others -- that has considerably cranked up the overall talent level.
-- Building a dominant defence isn't complicated, although the Bombers certainly made it seem so over the past couple of years. Teams need a shutdown corner -- hello, Chris Randle -- they need to pressure the quarterback -- Winnipeg's 20 sacks is second to Saskatchewan's 21 -- and be solid up the middle to stop the run -- the Bombers are third-best against the rush.
Gary Etcheverry's defence may be difficult to describe, but it's a nightmare to line up against.
The Bombers are -1 in the takeaway/giveaway category, a surprising total in their 5-1 start. There's a playing-with-fire element to this number, based on history. Consider that the Bombers are 3-1 in games in which they've committed more turnovers than they've forced this year. And what's significant about that total? All told, the nine CFL teams are a combined 3-21 this year in games in which they've turned the ball over more.
-- Winnipeg averages 85 yards per game in penalties, the fewest in the CFL. That's a good thing. What's disturbing is this: of the 57 infractions the Bombers have committed, 25 have come on special teams (17 on offence; 15 on defence). That's a whole pile of field position lost.
-- Willy & Co. have flashed a flair for the dramatic, twice passing for late scores in wins over Montreal and Hamilton. But when the leaves turn, running attacks are critical and the Bomber ground game has been spotty. In fact, Winnipeg ranks dead last in rushing yards per game at 73.8 and it's not just the inability to consistently move the ball along the ground that has been an issue, it's moving the pile in those critical short-yardage situations.
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The minor in Russian language, done entirely in Russian, requires a total of five courses: four semesters of language courses, and one semester chosen from RUSS 351, RUSS 352 or RUSS 370.
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The minor in Russian language and literature allows you to do part of the course work in English. It consists of three language courses and two courses in Russian literature or culture. (The latter courses include RUSS 101, RUSS 200 or RUSS 300, RUSS 201 or RUSS 301, RUSS 203, RUSS 281, RUSS 284, RUSS 305, RUSS 351, RUSS 352. Substitutions possible with departmental approval.)
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UF women's golf wins third team title at Florida Challenge
Published: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 12:02 a.m.
The third-ranked Florida women's golf team earned its third team title of the 2012-13 season at the Florida Challenge in Lecanto.
The tournament was scheduled for only 36 holes, but the Gators made the most out of their outing by taking a three-shot lead after round one (292) and then built that lead even bigger in the second round to win by nine strokes (586) over second-place finisher, Florida State (595).
UF is continuing to have its best year since winning the SEC title in 2008 season with its third win in five outings as a team.
The honors didn't end with the team title as sophomore Camilla Hedberg was named the co-winner of the tournament along with UCF's Monifa Sealy.
Hedberg and Sealy both shot identical rounds of 72-71 to finish at 143 (1-under) for the day.
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A weekend in Venice
I was in Venice earlier this month, I started my trip in Tuscany and decided what a better place to end my travels then in Venice. I had never been before and it was on my list of must see cities. I stayed at Hotel Danieli, a lovely hotel which was the former palace of the Dandolos, a noble Venetian family. Built in the late 14th century, it didn't become a hotel until 1906. One of my favorite parts was having breakfast on their beautiful rooftop patio overlooking the grand canal and Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. It was nice being so central and close to everything but I admit San Marco is the world's largest tourist trap. It's a must see but damn there are a a lot of people. While I get it, Venice is by far one of the most magical places on earth. If I were to go back I would stay in one of the outer less touristy areas.
I got into the habit of waking up super early so I could miss the crowds and take photos in decent light. I'd get lost wandering the canals, listening to the church bells in a distance. I imagined what it would been like to be there in the 18th century, dressed in gowns and reaching my home by boat. The details that went into building Venice are truly spectacular. Saint Mark's Basilica is by far the most beautiful church I've ever been in. It literally gutted me knowing I couldn't sneak a photo in there, or any of the churches rather! Boo! While I didn't spend much time there I do have a list going with a couple recommendations. Luckily I had some local insight and friends who have spent more time there. So they shared their lists with me. You can check it out here.
The Kinfolk Home | Mjölk Toronto
Last February I flew to Toronto for a quick shoot for Kinfolk's new book The Kinfolk Home. I photographed the home of John and Juli, owners of the beautiful store Mjölk. I loved their minimalistic home with Scandi and Japanese influences. It's a gorgeous book you should pick up a copy if you haven't. Above some outtakes and photos from the book.
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Marion Miami
I was in Miami last week shooting the beautiful newly opened Marion Miami, a restaurant designed by my pal and client Robert McKinely. It's such a beautiful space, I was thrilled to be included in bringing it to life. The details are on point, bringing touches of France to Miami. They offer a table side cheese cart, raw bar, freshly baked bread all made in house, table side filleting of salt baked fish and rotisserie chicken. It's a place to impress. Afterwards go next door to El Tucán for a 1940's Cuban inspired cabaret and live music. Be sure to check them out next time you're in Miami!
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Proenza Schouler Spring 2012
The dreary mustard shag-pile carpet that served as the Proenza Schouler runway signaled a collection that provided an edgy take on mid-century American kitsch.
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez have been looking at Googie architecture—the Jetsons Moderne style that found expression in 1950s Southern California diners and Miami Beach hotels—and worked their own special magic on elements of the genre.
This meant jackets engineered like Esther Williams' swimsuits, with elasticated panels to shape them to the body, and parabolic seams like the profile of a Morris Lapidus swimming pool. There were even bodices literally fashioned like those cantilevered swimsuits, worn over pencil-leg pants and high-collar shirts. Overt fifties references also included poodle skirts in woven raffia, laminated to sheen like the leatherette seats in a diner, and animalier zebra and croc prints right out of a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, and others of palm fronds or curling plumes in lugubrious shades of ochre, burnt orange, and Bakelite green—like motel wallpaper (these motifs were luxuriously embroidered in silk thread and rhinestones on translucent net for the dazzling finale pieces). There were even skirts draped like Dorothy Lamour pareos, and boxy purses constructed like old-fashioned camera cases.
Yet somehow Messrs. McCollough and Hernandez managed to shake all this Jayne Mansfield playfulness up in a cocktail shaker and end up with something that looked achingly of-the-moment and far from swing-dancer retro. Those artfully pieced jackets worn over shorts, the gleaming eel-skin side-wrap skirts, the poodle skirts that slyly revealed the swimsuit body beneath, and even the shoes—which tumbled together all sorts of Eisenhower-era tropes including faux bois and 3-D zebra stripes—looked like seductive propositions for the modern-minded Proenza girl.
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Bag Of Flour
Dir: Kadija Leclere. Belgium-Morocco-France. 2012. 92mins
A gently powerful real-life story, Kadija Leclere's feature debut Bag Of Flour (Le sac de farine) is an elegantly shot film tracing the unusual life of a young woman from her early years in Belgium through to her times as an adult in a remote Moroccan town, featuring impressive performances from Hafsia Herzi and the always reliable Hiam Abbass.
Leclere has attracted a strong cast to this impressively shot and gently watchable drama.
The film traces the young life of Sarah, who is wrenched from her childhood in a Catholic orphanage in 1975 and summarily transplanted by her father to a village in the Atlas mountains of Morocco where is presented with a radically different life to the one she had grown used to. The film premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival.
As a studious child, Sarah (played as a youngster by Rania Mellouli) is a challenge to the nuns and makes weekly visits to the priest to confess, with her indiscretions mainly based around the fact that she has no mother or father. She is stunned when a man claiming to be her father arrives to take her to Paris, but things take a real change of direction when he drugs her and she wakes to find herself in remote Moroccan village.
With her father – who seems to have little interest in her - promptly leaving once again to look for work she is brought up by his sister Yasmine (another strong performance from Hiam Abbass) who cares for her as if she were her own daughter. She even takes Sarah to meet a woman she says is Sarah's mother. The woman – played by director Kadija Leclere) – is patently unwell and mutters that she has "no money and no flour".
The film that switches to follow an older Sarah (the terrific Hafsia Herzi) as she struggles against hunger and poverty before finding that she can make money through knitting and selling clothes. She is attracted to the rebellious Nari (Mehdi Dehbi), but also has to try and fend off a series of proposals of marriage before eventually finding that decisions are being made for her and she may well return to Europe.
Leclere – a former casting director for films such as Indigenes and Mr Nobody – first pitched this project at DIFF's co-production market Dubai Film Connection in 2007, and has attracted a strong cast to this impressively shot and gently watchable drama.
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Screenplay: Kadija Leclere, Pierre Oliver Mornas
Cinematography: Gilles Porte
Main cast: Hafsia Herzi, Mehdi Dehbi, Hiam Abbass, Rania Mellouli, Smain Fairouze, Kadija Leclere


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