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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78066275192556159192014-10-04T23:17:24.406-07:00Ali and Kim's Big AdventureAliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-76305227402397303162010-01-30T13:09:00.000-08:002010-01-30T13:37:27.805-08:00Day 23 - January 29-30, 2010This morning I flew from Wellington to Sydney and noticed I had a 10 hour layover. Can I just say I LOVE Sydney and would move here tomorrow if I could. I will seriously be thinking about coming back here. It is so beautiful and has a good vibe to it. I did not want to leave.

I took the ferry over to Manly Wharf. I went for a walk on the beautiful Manly Beach and then relaxed on the beach and went in the water for a little bit. After my nice walk, I went and got a few souvineers for everyone and then took the ferry back to the city to go explore.

I went over to the Rocks area, famous area of Syndey with a bunch of little, old pubs behind the Opera House. I decided to try some unique food to Australia, so I tried the Kangaroo pizza. They had emus and other rare animals too, but wanted to try the Kangaroo. It was really good and kind of tasted like chicken.

After lunch, I only had a few hours left and walked over to the Opera House. I took a bunch of pics as it is so beautiful! I wish I could see it at night. I didn't have time for a tour so I just walked around. I also watched all of the people climbing the famous Harbour Bridge. The next time I come back, I definitely want to do the climb, looks hard but like so much fun. You can see the climbers in a couple of the pics.

After the Opera House, it was time to take the train back to the airport. I flew from Sydney to Singapore. Stayed the night at the Singapore airport and then went to Tokyo, Japan, and finally arrived back in Portland on Saturday morning. I will have about 60 hours of January 30, 2010, hope it is a good day! This is the last posting of this blog! Thanks for following our adventures!

Here are my Sydney pics!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-26251190894201826002010-01-30T12:22:00.000-08:002010-01-30T13:09:25.620-08:00Day 20-22 - January 26-28, 2010My last three days in Wellington were spent mostly at the Ministry of Education. I interviewed several people from the Ministry of Education as well as their Correspondence school. I am learning a lot for my dissertation which is great.

I have been exhausted at the end of each of these days so pretty much had dinner at a different restaurant each night and a couple of nights I went back to the concerts at the Botanic Gardens.

The weather has been really nice, so it is nice to take a walk and explore more of the city after dinner.

On my last night here, I went to have dinner down on the Queen's Quay at the harbour. I had a delicious dinner and drinks and met up with a few backpacker's who were in town that asked me if I wanted to go to the ACDC concert with them. We went down to the harbor and saw a huge sting ray at the edge (see pics) and then walked over to the concert.

I had a great time, was never a huge ACDC fan, but they put on a great concert. This was the last day in Wellington and I have to get up and go to the airport at 4am! :( See pics of final day below (we couldn't take cameras into the concert so no pics of ACDC)! :(

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Aliooplvhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-31279541086068508652010-01-25T00:04:00.000-08:002010-01-25T00:46:46.063-08:00Day 19 - January 25, 2010Today I got to venture out to wine country in Martinborough. I hopped on the commuter train at 9:30 this morning and took an hour long ride to Featherston. It is a small town that leads to the wineries in Martinborough. From there we had a 20 minute ride to the first winery.

The Martinborough area is famous for their Pinot Noir. I am not normally a big fan of red wine, but the ones we tasted today were so good. After the first winery, we went to lunch at the Village Cafe and took a little tour of the small town. There is not much here except cafes and vineyards. There are over 40 vineyards in Martinborough and the Wairarapa county. After a nice lunch, we went to the next winery.

A lot of the vineyards are one man shops. At the second one, we got to see how everything is done. One man runs the whole thing and we found out how much work actually goes into the delicious bottles of wine we drink! It was very interesting to learn about the process.

From there we were on to our next stop, which was not originally on the tour, but one of the ladies from Sydney who grew up in Wellington really wanted to go, so because we were a small group, Pamela, our guide stopped for an extra tasting. It was well worth it.

We stopped at two more wineries to round out the tour. Hokey Pokey ice cream is a must have for visitors to Wellington (it may be all of New Zealand), so we had to make a stop at the ice cream parlor to try it and it was yummy! However, ice cream and wine do not go well together.

At the end of the day, we stopped at a little cafe and shared a cheese platter to balance out our palates and then headed home. A little old lady, Jo, probably in her 90's was traveling from England and got a little tipsy. She had bought so many bottles of wine, she couldn't carry them, so I had to walk her back to her hotel to make sure she made it ok. She was pretty funny!

I had a great day, and here are the pics!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-33753412646517789662010-01-24T01:54:00.001-08:002010-01-24T11:06:46.313-08:00Day 18 - January 24, 2010Today was a very fun day! I started off with another great breakfast from Neville at the B&B, then it was off to my Lord of the Rings tour. I have never seen any of the movies, but read the books a long time ago. It didn't matter though, we had a great time. There were only two of us girls on the tour, me and Suzanna from Austria who was a major fan of the movies.

Ruffel, was our guide and knows anything and everything about the movies being made. We saw some of the most beautiful places I have ever seen (slide show 3) on earth. The weather started out crappy, but got much better and was beautiful by noon. I don't remember all of the places we saw and what they were in the movies, but it doesn't matter, enjoy the pics. We went to several parks and did a few hikes. In the middle of the tour, we went to the WETA Cave which is a mini museum of the WETA offices which do all of the costumes and special effects for Lord of the Rings and other movies, such as King Kong and Avatar, which were all made in New Zealand. Wellington is very proud of Peter Jackson (we drove by one of his many houses on the island) and they are proud of all of the movies that have been made here.

The next movie they are working on is the Hobbit. We got to see the studio they are building for this as well as a ship from King Kong.

At the end of the day, I went to dinner on the Queens Quay and then went to a summer festival at the Botanic Gardens with a band from Wellington who played Bollywood music. It was a lot of fun!

Here are 3 slideshows from my fun filled day!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-1120170941664148182010-01-24T01:29:00.000-08:002010-01-24T01:39:55.519-08:00Day 17 - January 23, 2010I was hoping to go to the South Island on the ferry to Picton, a small town at the tip of the south island but the weather sucked so bad today. It poured and was so windy. So I decided to go see the last few things in Wellington I wasn't able to see yesterday.

I started at the National Archives to go see the equivalent of New Zealand's Constitution, but they are remodeling! :( Today is not starting off great yet!

So I went over to the "Beehive", and other parliament buildings for a tour instead. I had a great time and got to see the insides of the parliament and other government buildings. We weren't allowed to take pics so I don't have many pics from today, but you can see the outside of the buildings. I just missed Prince William by a day. He was in town Sunday - Tuesday and staying one block from where I am staying, at the Prime Minister's house. They built a new Supreme Court building and he opened it for the city!

After that I went to the Wellington Museum. I was soaked to the bone after walking from the parliament buildings. It was interesting to see how Wellington came about. There was also a really interesting exhibit on a horrible storm that knocked over a boat and killed 51 people back in the late 1960s because of 170 mph winds. It was a very interesting museum and I learned a lot today.

After the museum, I went to go by a coat. It is freezing and pouring rain and so windy today! I had some fish and chips for lunch (a traditional Wellington food) and pondered what to do next.

I have been to every museum and most of the stores are closed today and the weather sucks so I went and saw a Peter Jackson movie, The Lovely Bones, at the famous Empire Theatre. They have an 800 seat theatre (it is assigned seating). This is the theatre where they had the world premiere of this movie and the third Lord of the Rings movie. I will try to get a pic of the theatre tomorrow on my LOTR tour. The Lovely Bones is a great movie and it was a lot of fun to see it in the director's favorite theatre. It was quite the experience.

After the movie, I trekked back to my B&B to shower. I look and eel like a drowned rat! I went to a great Italian restaurant and then came back, did some work and went to bed.

Here are a couple of pics from the day, not too many from today!

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Aliooplvhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-65801933652188504652010-01-24T01:17:00.000-08:002010-01-24T02:09:06.105-08:00Day 16 - January 22, 2010I started this morning off with a couple of interviews and then finally had a chance to do some exploring.

Because I had no idea what I was doing, I decided to take a city and coast tour. I got a brief overview of pretty much every site in the city. We went to St. Paul's, the oldest church in Wellington, downtown and saw all the shops and different sites in the city. Then we went up to Mt. Victoria. It was pretty cloudy and the weather wasn't cooperating, so we didn't get the best views, but there are a few pics of the city from up there.

Along the tour, we saw Penguin Crossing signs, as penguins live along the coast and run across the streets. We didn't see any penguins, but I took a pic of the sign. After the coast and Mt. Victoria part of the tour, I had the driver drop me off downtown to go explore.

I went to the Te Papa museum, which shares the Maori (one of the main groups of people from New Zealand's) history!

After a long day of interviewing, working and exploring, I had a nice steak dinner and crashed pretty early! I am hoping to take the ferry to Picton on the South Island if the weather cooperates tomorrow!

Here are a few pics from the day!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-39003447378960934882010-01-20T23:18:00.000-08:002010-01-20T23:47:36.877-08:00Day 15 - January 21, 2010Haven't posted in a few days because I have been so busy. It took about a day to get from Singapore to Wellington, NZ. On my flight from Singapore to Sydney, I got to fly on the two story plane, which was pretty cool, never been on one of those before. I didn't have a window seat, so I couldn't take any pics of landing in Sydney or New Zealand but both were beautiful places. Maybe on the way home I will get a chance.

The next two days were pretty much spent at the Ministry of Education and in the bathroom. On our last day in Singapore, Declan got really sick with the flu and I think I got it from him. Kim had it the day before we left and Jeffrey and I both got it last night, it was not fun!

I feel much better today and had a great day of interviewing and meeting everyone at the Ministry of Education. My dissertation is off to a great start. One of the staff at the MOE just became a grandfather for the first time a few days ago and the e-Learning team through him a little congratulations party at work this afternoon. We had a great time, but it was very interesting that they are allowed to have alcohol at their work parties. They had wine, beer, and Baileys, and thought it was strange that in America we couldn't drink while we were at work! :)

Tonight at dinner, I planned out my weekend. I am going to take the ferry down to the south island and take a few tours. I am going to go on a Lord of the Rings tour too, even though I have never seen any of the movies, but it should be fun! I will try to keep this up to date with all of my adventures.

The Kiwis are great and New Zealand is beautiful, I don't know if I want to come home!

Here are a few pics of Wellington, I will take better ones this weekend!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-48628693373147314182010-01-18T19:55:00.000-08:002010-01-19T00:44:12.588-08:00Day 13 - January 19, 2010This morning we started with a nice hike up Bukit Timah, the highest peak in Singapore. It is 163.8 M to the top. We saw a huge spider, some ants carrying an earthworm, and some cool birds and trees. Of course, we didn't see monkeys, because there is a curse on Ali who wants to see monkeys, so they are in hiding until she leaves.

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For lunch, we took Kristy to a German Thai restaurant and did a little last minute shopping. Then we came home and finished packing up.

It is off to the airport and Kim is heading home and Ali is heading to New Zealand. Ali will continue to post pics and info about New Zealand over the next two weeks but it might not be on a regular basis! :) Good-bye SE Asia!Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-10706566148879067532010-01-18T00:39:00.000-08:002010-01-19T00:41:12.234-08:00Day 12 - January 18, 2010This morning we woke up and took a taxi to Johor, Malaysia. It was about a 10 minute taxi ride and about 20 minutes through the immigration stop. When we arrived, we walked through Johor to the Sultan Abu Bakar's palace. Along the way, we saw several abandoned houses, it is very rundown, similar to other boarder towns.

We also saw the courthouse, which we managed to stay out of and a TGI Fridays! :) We finally arrived at the palace and saw just how huge it was. The grounds cover a few city blocks. The Sultan had abandoned this house to build a new one, because he thought everything was too old. The palace is still used for different events throughout the year. It was also creepy that members of the royal family who pass, their bodies are placed on the Sultan's old bed for people to pay their respects before the person is buried.

You can see all of the pictures below, but we saw the living quarters, dining hall, where they hold ceremonies, and the sultan was an avid hunter, so we also saw his prize room along with jewelry, clothing, china, and several more things. One of the pics shows Kim sitting at one of the tables. She was a rebel and stepped over the rope, but the pic didn't turn out too well. She managed to stay out of jail though! :)

After the palace tour, we went to lunch at the New Hong Kong restaurant and had a fabulous Chinese meal! Then it was back to Singapore to see Lisa the neighbor's extraordinary fish tank and to start packing up our stuff.

This evening, we went to the Night Safari. We had some dinner and watched a great jungle dance show. We will get the video up on YouTube tomorrow for you. It was a lot of fun. Then we got to see several nocturnal animals. Our camera didn't work taking pictures in the dark with no flash, so we bought some postcard pics. Ali will see if she can scan them in the morning so you can see some of the cool animals we got to see. It is sad, as many of them are going extinct as more and more rain forests are cut down.

After the safari, we came home and went to bed. Only one more day in Singapore. Jeffrey, Kristy, Declan, Keira, Nancy, and Lena have been wonderful hosts and tour guides, we are going to miss them!

Here are our pics and videos from the day!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-20308947636664749072010-01-17T04:51:00.000-08:002010-01-18T00:38:58.661-08:00Day 11 - January 17, 2010Today was our day of rest. We started out the day at the condo pool for coffee and gossip with the "Real Housewives of Dairy Farm"(Dairy Farm is the name of the condos); however, Lisa (one of the housewives) was supposed to bring coffee, but slept in with a hangover from too much fun at our dinner last night. We had fun hanging by the pool and then came back and showered.

We went to a nice lunch at Picotoin, a little bar/restaurant/family fun center. We had a delicious meal and then walked by the horse stables and saw a couple of horses. Kristy and Jeff's kids are going to take riding lessons there this spring.

After lunch we napped and read, just had a nice day of being lazy. We ate leftover chicken from last night for dinner and a few of the neighborhood kids came over and we made smores on the bbq. Most people here have never heard of smores and only one store in all of Singapore sells graham crackers so the kids had a blast. Declan lost a tooth eating a smore and accidentally swallowed it, but he wrote the tooth fairy a letter so she should still be coming tonight.

After dinner, we all watched the movie "Saint Jack" which shows Singapore, before it became a big metropolis. It was an interesting movie to see the old Singapore and see some of the traditions of her people.

Here are a couple of pics from our day of relaxation!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-73879266442246002402010-01-16T07:16:00.000-08:002010-01-16T08:27:50.930-08:00Day 10 - January 16, 2010This morning we woke up to a yummy American breakfast cooked by Nancy! Then we went on a tour of Little India this morning. They were having their harvest fest today and had some different activities going on.

We started at the largest wet market in Singapore. They call it this because the floor is usually wet. There were a little less than 100 meat, fruit and vegetable, spices, and fish stores that sold fresh food for the local restaurants and anyone else who wanted to buy it. They had almost every kind of fish, mutton, fruit, vegetable, pork, and spice you could imagine from all over the world in this market. It was interesting to watch them butcher the meats, but we were beginning to think about becoming vegetarians after a couple of hours in the market.

Then we walked around the shops of Little India. It is amazing to see the various, textiles, shoes, religious gods, souvineers, and more spices. They favor the color gold and pretty much all of the jewelry and religious items were made of 24K gold.

After walking around, we went into an Indian Temple. It was very interesting to watch them pray to their various gods. They have several and depending on what is happening in your life you can pray to specific ones. We saw a couple of different ceremonies as well. You can see all of the various gods in our pictures below.

After the temple we walked over to an Indian restaurant for lunch. There are several types of Indian food based on the part of India you are from. Jeff really wanted us to try a fish head and this restaurant has served the most fish heads out of any restaurant in the world. We were told this is a Singapore meal and you won't find it in many other countries. We ordered a small fish head in curry and also tried some Naan Bread, Spinach, and some type of Indian flavored chicken. It was all really good, even the fish head (even though, we mostly ate the neck and the end of the fish head). Kim is now calling Ali the fish head queen because she ate part of the actual head behind the eye ball. It was just a white fish and just tasted like fish, not as bad as the Durien.

After lunch, we came back and relaxed. We got caught up on uploading all of our pics from the trip so far and helped Kristy with her scrapbooking stuff. For dinner, Jeff and Declan bbq'd a Beer Butt Chicken and a couple other chickens, and a couple of the neighborhood families came over. We had a great evening of food and fun!

Below are the pics from the day!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-12852238268526218242010-01-15T06:27:00.000-08:002010-01-16T08:15:44.105-08:00Day 9 - January 15, 2010We are back in Singapore now, we got in late last night. Ali was up at the crack of dawn and enjoyed a nice breakfast cooked by the wonderful Nancy while Kim slept in all morning! We were exhausted and kind of lazy this morning, although, we did get caught up on uploading more of our pics, hopefully by tomorrow we will have them all up for everyone.

After we finally got ready, we went to lunch with our cousin Jeffery and five of his old co-workers. We had a great lunch of beer and fish and chips at a local microbrewery on the water. It was a lot of fun to meet true Singaporeans (and one Malaysian). They were all lawyers from a firm that works with pesticides around the world. We learned a lot, had a good lunch and a good time!

Then it was off to explore Sentosa Island. This is a small island off of the Singapore mainland. We took the monorail over and explored the island. It is starting to look like a Disneyland for adults and will soon be a mini Las Vegas. They are building two new casinos on the island and six hotels and lots of shopping. The worlds largest dual track roller coaster is also being built. Most of the things open next Wednesday, too bad we leave on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning! :( Right now there are still a lot of things to do, especially for kids. They have a few 4D movie adventures, a butterfly and bug habitat, a nature walk, etc. We rode to the top of the Tiger Tower and were able to get a great view of the city. (The tower kind of reminds us a little of the Space Needle, but it is just a rotating room that goes up and down every ten minutes).

After our ride, we took a hike down to the beaches of Sentosa. There were a couple of resorts that we visited. On our way to the beach, we saw a peacock roaming around, it was beautiful. When we got to the beach, we discovered they had built two new surfing/wave machines where you could practice surfing. It looked like a lot of fun, but we didn't have our swim suits, so we couldn't try it out! :( So we decided to walk down to the beach instead. We stuck our toes in the Indian Ocean and then looked out on the coast and got to see Indonesia.

Also, there were millions of boats, oil rigs. There are a ton of refineries just off of the coast of Singapore. It was interesting to learn that Singapore has added an extra 15% to the country's landmass with sand from Indonesia and Malaysia. So the country is physically growing in size and population. As you will see in the pictures, they are very protective of the oil and refineries and there are boats that roam the sea with machine guns protecting everything.

After our history lesson from Jeffrey, we walked up through another resort and then took a taxi to Chinatown. It was amazing. They are getting ready for the Chinese new year which starts in 3 weeks. Today is the first day of the last month of the year. 2010 is the year of the tiger! Chinatown was filled with red decorations for people to hang in their houses. We learned that the new year celebration started when a monster used to scare people. They found out he was scared of the color red and loud noises so the following year they decided to have a large celebration with a lot of red and loud fireworks to keep the monster away! We ate at a traditional Chinese Sheshwan Restaurant. It was delicious and makes American Chinese restaurants look bad! :)

After some people watching and shopping, we went on a tour of the Red Light District in Chinatown. Our tour guide gave us the history of prostitution in Singapore and then took us all throughout Chinatown, giving us some history of the area as well as how prostitution has affected it over the years. Then we saw a few brothels and went to a meat market (this was a little joke at the end). It was very interesting and a different side of Singapore which we were not aware of. Prostitution is legal within the four red light districts (we only visited the one). The brothels are very discreet (you can see them in our pictures, the little buildings at the end with the lighted numbers).

On our way home, Jeffrey had the great idea that we try some durian fruit. It kind of looks like a round pineapple on the outside with prickly spikes all over the outside, and on the inside is a gooey, yellow fruit with a big nut in the middle. People here think this is a delicious exotic fruit. It smells like garbage that a cat has peed on and it pretty much tastes like that too as you will see in our pictures. The little old toothless lady that sold it to us, brought us some mangosteens (small little mango type fruit that was delicious) to take the taste out of our mouths! This is an experience we never want to relive!

We had a very interesting and history filled day. The solar eclipse was supposed to happen at 4:25pm today, but it was a cloudy day, so we were unable to see it, but we tried! :( We are exhausted and off to bed now so we can have some energy to visit Little India tomorrow!

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Aliooplvhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-20124051115689114372010-01-14T15:20:00.000-08:002010-01-16T00:37:20.344-08:00Day 8 - January 14, 2010Today we decided to take it easy and shop the street markets of Phuket. We slept in (until 6:30am ☺) and then had a nice breakfast at the hotel. When we came back we got to talk to our families through Skype and packed our bags.

We headed on a shopping adventure through the crowded and somewhat smelly streets of downtown Patong. The vendors reminded Ali of other third world countries like Tijuana, Mexico and on Nassau, Bahamas. They do not understand the concept of supply and demand. Each little shop is similar and sells anything from little plastic elephants, t-shirts, bootleg DVDs, and suits. One of the t-shirts put it best "I don't want a f*@cking Tuk Tuk, Suit or Sarong!" We almost bought one so they would leave us alone. The Tuk Tuk (mini cabs) drivers wanted to take us everywhere, the tailors wanted to make us suits and dresses and they had a ton of beachwear and knock off designer clothes and bags. We got a few souvenirs for family with our excellent bartering skills, but were worn out by the end of the day.

We pretty much walked every inch of Patong, Phuket today. We really enjoyed Thailand, but are ready for some more adventures in Singapore and Malaysia!

Here are a few pics from the day!

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Today we arrived in paradise. We spent the day in the Similan Islands. These are 9 islands off the coast of Thailand that are one of their national parks. We got to visit 4 of the islands.

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We had to get up at 6am for an hour-long shuttle to the jet boats up in northern Phuket (next to the bridge to the mainland). From there, we took a jet boat for a 2-hour ride to the islands. It was a bumpy but beautiful ride.

Nobody lives on the Similan Islands and they are closed for 6 months of the year during the monsoon and typhoon seasons (May through October). The islands are owned by the Thailand government as part of their national park system. People can camp on the islands when they are open, but tours are only available 3 days a week during the 6 months they are open to the public.<o:p></o:p>

The first island we visited, Island 4, we relaxed on the beach and swam in the crystal clear ocean. Ali got stung by something, but it wasn't a jellyfish like her trip in Hawaii, she was ok after a few minutes, and Kim didn't even have to pee on her! We also found a little lagoon on the island and we climbed some rocks that surrounded the beach. The white, fine sand was the most luxurious sand either of us had had ever set foot on (if there is such a thing as "luxurious" sand, this was it!)<o:p></o:p>

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A two-minute boat ride to the second island brought us to our first snorkeling adventure. We saw some beautiful fish and got to swim around in the Andaman Sea. <o:p></o:p>

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The third island brought us a yummy Thai lunch. We had a couple of different kinds of fresh fish, some fish/noodle dish, rice, fried eggs, and soup. During lunch we watched a cheesy Asian soap opera that they had playing on the TVs in the eating area. A local man was also hanging out holding a bat he found in one of the trees. It just slept hanging upside down while he was holding, it, amazing!! After lunch, we sunbathed on the beach and swam in the Andaman Sea some more. The water was beautiful shades of green and blue and was crystal clear. <o:p></o:p>

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The final island was another snorkeling adventure. We had more time to swim and see some amazing fish and sea creatures under the sea.

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Then it was time to head back to the beaches of Phuket, which are not as great as we had first thought after seeing the Similan Islands. When we arrived back at the hotel, we were exhausted. We watched the Heartbreak Kid on TV while we got ready for dinner. While we were getting ready, we both realized the great pain we were in from being burnt to a crisp. Kim's shoulders and legs are fried, and pretty much every inch of Ali's body is glowing red! We made a quick stop for some Aloe and then had a nice dinner and drinks at a local restaurant on the beach. Ali had crab and Kim stepped out of her box and ate a Thai dinner of beef and fried noodles.

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We had planned to go out on the town and party it up tonight, but we were in so much pain from the sunburns that we just had a couple of drinks at dinner and went home and passed out. What a wonderful day in paradise!

Here are pics from Paradise!

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  Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-76073760573466699802010-01-12T06:30:00.000-08:002010-01-15T05:51:42.229-08:00Day 6 - January 12, 2010We woke up bright and early this morning to start a new adventure in Phuket. We had a nice breakfast at the hotel overlooking the grounds.

Then we went on an elephant ride in the jungle of Phuket. We rode about thirty minutes from our hotel to the safari place where Kim and I got to ride Lucky. We went with two other girls who thought the best outfits for riding elephants are swimsuits??? We went through the jungle with Lucky and our guide and got to see the jungle forest. We saw several rubber trees (yes, where they get the rubber to make latex.). The rubber peels right off and is white and wet. Along our ride, we also saw the largest spider ever (it was bigger than our hands). You should be able to see it in the pics.

Halfway through the ride, the guide jumped off the elephant and let Kim and I take the reigns. Kim was a natural being a great horse back rider, but Ali was a big wimp with no balance and the guide saw that and had the elephant going up and down steep hills.

We had a great time. At the end of the ride, we saw a baby elephant "Phuket" who danced and played the harmonica. He even bowed for us at the end of his show. Here is the video.

After the elephant ride and tour through other beaches in Phuket. Along the way home, we saw the Special Ops Unit for Thailand all drinking and having a great time at a local bar while working. It is nice to know we are being protected here! :)

After the ride we decided to have a relaxing day. We had hour long massages and foot massages as well as pedicures by the pool. We laid out in the warm sun for the rest of the day and finished up our trashy novels.

We set out to explore some new terrain for dinner and found a nice Thai restaurant. They had a cheesy Thai/Hawaiian show that the waiter made us stay and watch. They had some guy who twirled fire and some hula dancers. They even called it a Hawaiian show rather than a traditional Thai show which was a little cheesy.

We are exhausted from going non-stop for the past week so are calling it an early night as we have to get up extra early tomorrow for our next adventure!

Here are some pics from the day!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-46244879642474725832010-01-11T08:58:00.000-08:002010-01-14T18:13:26.676-08:00Day 5 - January 11, 2010Phuket, Thailand here we come! This morning we left Singapore for Thailand on Tiger Airways. It was about an hour and a half long flight. After we got through immigration and customs, we headed straight for the resort. We had about a 30 minute taxi ride and got to see a lot of the non-touristy sites of the island. The people of Thailand worship their king and every building must have a picture or shrine of the king as you will see in several of our pictures.

Once we arrived at the hotel this morning, we unpacked and picked the concierge's brain about what we should do in the four days we are hear. You will find out what we decided on over the next few days in our posts.

Today we decided to be beach bums on Patong Beach which is right outside our hotel. We laid on the beach and read trashy novels and watched all of the old men walk around in banana hammocks! The beach is beautiful, but we haven't seen Leo yet! ;)

After we were burnt to a crisp, we showered and walked around town. There are vendors everywhere who are very persistent, wanting you to buy anything and everything they sell from cheap elephant hooks to tailored suits. We finally found a yummy Thai restaurant for dinner and had some great food and drinks while we people watched. There were 6 "Massage Therapists" across the street (anytime you see a place advertising for massages on the streets of Phuket, you should be aware that they are really prostitutes). I am sure you can just get a massage, but the working girls are everywhere advertising for massages. We didn't realize how bad it was until dinner time.

After dinner we went on our first adventure in Phuket. Our aunt and uncle recommended we go to the Phuket Simon Cabaret. This was an all tranvestite cabaret show and it was very funny and entertaining. We had a great time and would highly recommend it to anyone who ever visits Thailand.

After the show, we came back to the hotel to relax and get some sleep before our exciting day tomorrow! Talk to you all then!

Here are our pics from the day!

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Aliooplvhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-84285933601168578812010-01-11T08:39:00.000-08:002010-01-16T00:10:40.898-08:00Day 4 - January 10, 2010Today we got to see the entire country of Singapore via subway, foot and taxi.

We started with a hike through a neighborhood near the Watkin's condo and got to see all of the huge mansions in Singapore. From there we saw the exact opposite which was the public housing. These buildings of apartments are everywhere in Singapore as you can see in the slide show. I would think over 1/2 of the country is public housing. Our cousin's live in a condo, which is a step up from the public apartments and then the very few extremely rich Chinese live in mansions on the end of the island. The four c's all Singaporean's strive for are "Cash, Car, Condo, and Club". We got to see this on our tour today.

The country is set up so you do not need a car to get around. It is very expensive to have a car, $30,000 to get your license, plus the cost of the car which is priced a lot higher than in the US. For example a Toyota Camry in Singapore would cost about $50,000 USD. Most people take taxis or the MRT (subway) everywhere. The subway pretty much runs from one end of the country to the other (Singapore is about the size of Chicago).

After our tour of the housing, we walked through a local market and saw all of the interesting things you can eat. They have black chickens, chicken feet, duran (which is a super stinky fruit), and fish heads. Our cousin Jeff said we had to try a fish head before we left. We will see how that adventure goes down when the time comes. Another interesting thing is the cigarette packages, they have pictures of people with mouth cancer and other disgusting pictures to discourage people from smoking. All you smokers out there in Richmond, expect a pack of cigarettes to help you stop smoking as a souvenir! :)

After the market, we took the MRT across Singapore and pretty much saw more housing. It seems that there are houses, schools, and shopping malls in Singapore, outside of the downtown business area and not much else. The interesting thing about the subway was that in some areas when the train was above ground and near the public housing the windows of the subway would immediately go dark so you could not see out in order to protect the residents privacy.

After the subway ride, we did a walking tour of downtown. We saw all of the new developments down by the ocean. Gambling became legal a few years ago and two large casinos (Integrated Resorts) are being built as well as some other tourist attractions which look like a lot of fun. We went to the Raffles (Raffles discovered and helped develop Singapore) Hotel. We went to the Long Bar in the hotel where the Singapore Sling drink was created. We are not big fans, but got it down! We had lunch on the river and then walked downtown some more and saw some interesting architecture and the location where all of the transvestites in Singapore used to parade around in the streets.

To end the day we walked down Arab Street and visited a Mosque and did some shopping. We were exhausted by then so went to a local microbrewery to rest up for a yummy sushi dinner in Japan town. We did a lot today (we heard we broke another record by seeing more in one day (I didn't do this post justice) than any other visitors they have had.

We are off to bed and to pack for our next big trip in Phuket tomorrow!

Here are 2 slideshows of our pics from today!

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Aliooplvhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-10422637964968230142010-01-09T01:08:00.000-08:002010-01-15T23:59:48.276-08:00Day 3 - January 9, 2010This morning we woke up to an American breakfast cooked by the live in maid, Nancy who is an awesome cook!

Then we were on to our Excellent Adventure for the day, the Singapore Zoo, led by our 8 year old tour guide, Declan. This was the best zoo we have ever been to. Animals and reptiles were freely roaming throughout the zoo and we got to pet and feed several animals throughout the day. We saw several exotic animals that are indigenous to Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries. For those of you from Richmond, Ali got to see several of the animals from our monthly Animal dinners, including turtles and a Sun Bear!

We had a traditional Singapore lunch at the Ahmeng Restaurant which translates to "red monkey" which also is slang for a tourist here in Singapore. We had chicken, rice and Chinese cabbage which is a very popular meal here.

After lunch we fed some 70 kilo tortoises apples for lunch. As we were feeding them a green whip snake fell out of a tree and landed on the ground right next to us. Declan and Keira got to ride Candy the pony around the Children's area of the zoo and then they had a surprise for us. They took us to a water playground in the zoo and had us stand in a spot where a bucket of water the size of an elephant poured tons of water all over us. We had a blast and got to cool down for a little while in the hot and humid weather.

We ended the day at the zoo with some yummy American Ben and Jerry's ice cream and then went home to a Singapore luxury dinner of Tillamook cheeseburgers (Tillamook Cheese is not available here) on the bbq with a bunch of Asian beer! It was an excellent adventure again today!

Here are 3 slideshows of pics from the zoo!

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Aliooplvhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-87920918785280611912010-01-08T16:50:00.000-08:002010-01-11T09:14:53.799-08:00Day 2 - January 8, 2010Today we got a tour of Dairy Farm, which is where our cousins live. We met a couple of ex-Pats who live in the same condo estate. There are a ton of trees and beautiful flowers here. The complex has its own little mini mall with a bar, hair salon, grocery store, etc. all within a two minute walk. We also learned that there are pythons and cobras that live in the bushes in their complex. Scary, one of them ate a dog a few weeks ago, scary!!

We also went on a hike to see some of the rain forests of Singapore. Our cousin Jeffrey lives near the highest peak in Singapore which is Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Which is stands at an altitude of 164m. Bukit Timah is located near the centre of the Singapore main island. We didn't hike up it yet, but went on a nature walk at the base of the peak and then had to go to 7-Eleven to get Kiera, their 6 year old daughter a slurpee. The machine exploded on the poor girl and as we were paying for the Slurpees we noticed you can buy mashed potatoes and gravy out of a slurpee like machine. YUCK!!!

After our hike, we relaxed for a little while and then went down to Orchard Road which is a main street in Singapore which was where all of the prostitutes and transvestites used to hang out. Now this is limited to one building Orchard Towers which is known as the "Four Floors of Whores" on the street. We did however still see a bunch of transvestites walking around the street. We picked up some new Tivas to help our sore feet and then got stuck in a torrential downpour so got some coffee at Starbucks to wait out the storm.

When we got back to the Watkins, Nancy, their live in maid had deboned a chicken and stuffed it. It was delicious. We had some wine and talked with Jeffrey and Kristy for hours and broke their visitors record of staying up past 9:30pm on the first night of the trip. At 9:40pm we were exhausted and passed out!

Here are some pics from the day!

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Aliooplvhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806627519255615919.post-85360358040704737982010-01-08T16:44:00.000-08:002010-01-11T09:19:10.137-08:00Day 1 - January 6, 2010Today was our travel days. We flew from Portland to Seattle and got to see Mario Lopez aka SLATER at the Portland Airport. Then from Seattle our adventure began. We flew to Tokyo and pretty much just slept the whole way with some help from Ambian. The trip from Tokyo to Singapore was the most eventful with Kim getting sick and Ali sitting next to the stinkiest guy on the planet. Ali's seat neighbor also hawked a huge lugie in his sleep that landed on his tv screen in front of him which was the most disgusting thing ever!!! She had to stare at it for hours while he slept! :) We safely arrived in Singapore with no problems around 1 in the morning and then passed out once we got to the Watkins household!

Here are a couple of pics from the day!

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Problems every time I upgrade
Every time I upgrade WordPress, new problems show up. this one is a repeat.
all my names with eacutes, quotes and other special characters show up badly (degrade) on my blog. This is in posted stories, on Title, names, links, etc.
I had to spend hours re-editing everything.
Is there a simple way to correct this?
Or do I have to do this every time there is a new version/upgrade?
I upgrade through my cPanel's Fantastico, and I do deactivate all plugins first and backup too.
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The Toys"R"Us Pets Mountable Automatic Teaser is an electronic cat toy that provides mental and physical stimulation. The toy securely mounts on smooth, flat surfaces with variable time settings and automatic shut-off. Only at PetSmart. Features: Single and multiple play settings Includes: 1 Electronic toy 1 Teaser attachment w/ string Intended For: Cats Activity: Interactive stimulation Pet Size: Small and Medium Dimensions: 3 in dia. X 3.25 in H Warning: Intended for indoor use by cats only. Not a child's toy. Contains small parts. Ingestion of this product can result in serious injury. String poses a potential strangulation hazard. Keep out of reach of children. Toys are meant for you and your pet to enjoy together. Observe your pet™s behavior with the toy for suitability. Some toys may be inappropriate for your pet. Remove and replace the toy if it becomes damaged. Follow each play session with tangible reward for your pet, such as a treat or plush toy, to stimulate a "catch." Two Ways to Play: 1. Press the button for single, 10 minute play sessions. 2. Press and hold the button to preset the toy automatically run multiple sessions throughout the day. Size: Medium. Color: Multi-color.
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| BlackRainWolf chapter 1 . 10/28/2016
need a sequel
| RaggingLightningWolf chapter 1 . 9/14/2015
Damn Wesker!
| BettyBoo16 chapter 1 . 4/12/2015
I loved every
| NIKO's little Weaselette chapter 1 . 9/24/2014
Thanks for the read!
| xX-HeartbreakMeetsDarkness-Xx chapter 1 . 6/3/2013
Wow, just wow. That was freaking amazing. Best Yaoi I've ever read. [Insert nosebleed]
| Fawkespryde chapter 1 . 1/22/2013
he always need to get the last word in...damn wesker why are you so evil..so crazy...so damn hot XD i love this story, you know what im going to do with it? its going riiiight in my favs ;D
| safira chapter 1 . 9/24/2012
fucking love it!
| Guest chapter 1 . 7/5/2012
wow i really enjoyed it! :3
| Guest chapter 1 . 8/3/2011
This was a good story
| JuxtaposedAlbatross chapter 1 . 7/4/2011
-drools- That was pretty goddamn hot. I think you did a good job of pitting their personalities together and maintaining tension...it's hard to do so in a one-shot, but you've done it. Great job! ;)
| Polariss chapter 1 . 5/13/2011
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| Wesker Chick chapter 1 . 5/4/2011
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| tobi the blarg monster chapter 1 . 10/25/2010
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| K.Henderson chapter 1 . 8/15/2010
...I know he said "I love you not" but I get the strong feeling that he does, in his own way he does love him. I really enjoyed the story, of course it wasn't actually for the yaoi that I read it (since I didn't look at the rating) but it added to the feeling of the story. It set everything into stone, making love with Captain Wesker and not the monster and traitor he had become, it was a way for Chris to finally have who he really wanted. And Wesker dominating Chris only to really be the one who was dominated (in a way).
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|Faction: CCA
|Name: Lightning Power Planet
|Built By: Erector
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|Health: 4000
|Range: 100m
The CCA's Lightning Power Plant powers any structure within 100 meters that needs it.
Lightning power plants are seen on Venus and Titan, where they can function more effectively than other forms as a result of their electrically active atmospheres. Its high scrap cost balances the significant amount of armor that protects it; it is the strongest of the CCA's generators.
The Lightning Power Plant only appears in singleplayer missions set on Venus and Titan and the occasional Instant Action mission. Despite its significant cost (seven units of biometal instead of the usual four), it is much better protected than either alternative. Its sheer size can be a disadvantage, but since its stem is so thin it is difficult to hit at range. This power plant doesn't need protecting as much as the solar or wind plants, but it is wise to protect it regardless. Paks are not ideal for this as the wide base can obstruct their view, but the Gun Tower is capable of both seeing over this and, with good placement, obscuring a large portion of the generator itself.
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21 acres in Lake County, California
Set between Paradise Cove and Glenhaven this beautiful 21 acres consists of 4 parcels. 1 lake side parcel just east of Paradise Cove and 3 parcels up off Hwy 20 with spectacular views! There is a cleared and level building site on the hill with a water storage tank on the property. County records show a well on the property however seller does not know where it is specifically located.
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X-men team based in Los Angeles, California.
The X-Men west coast were tasked with two missions: haulting magneto's influence in the western United States and acting as liason's for mutants seeking safety and acceptance. The team was originally comprised of ten young and inexperienced graduates of Xavier's school. For two years the team ran routine PR campaigns to change the public's view on mutants. By their second year they had persuaded a multi-billion dollar PR company to sponsor them. The team's new sponsor provided the team with a base of operations on the top floor of the company building, 55 stories up and dubbed by the public the "X-Tower" . The team Operated unopposed for another six months before the newly established MRD launched an assault on their headqurters. Six of the ten team member's were killed in the ambush, leaving the survivors to run for their lives.
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Can Microsoft Pull Off a Tablet?
Microsoft is famous for predicting the rise of the tablet every year apart from the one year when it actually did rise. Steve Ballmer must cry into his pillow every night over that one.
But, says PC World, fear not. The boat hasn't sailed and there is still time for Microsoft to jump on board.
The biggest problem obviously is the operating system itself. So far, iOS is really the only platform that has been optimized for tablet use. Android is only just now able to provide a decent experience through the release of Honeycomb, so Microsoft wouldn't be too far behind.


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Reaganites in Soviet gulags
June 8, 2004: While the certainty with which Ronald Reagan distilled the complexities of the Cold War down to a matter of good versus evil embarrassed and infuriated U.S. liberals, the former president had one group of fans in the evil empire who were "ecstatic" over his willingness to tell the truth – Russian dissidents locked away in the USSR's gulags.
Natan Sharansky, once a Jewish Russian prisoner and later an Israeli cabinet member, recalled the thrill of reading in his prison cell Reagan's 1983 "evil empire" speech.
"We dissidents were ecstatic," he said. "Finally, the leader of the free world had spoken the truth – a truth that burned inside the heart of each and every one of us."
"Reagan may have confused names and dates, but his moral compass was always good," Sharansky said.
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Tournament held last weekend in Mississippi
Travels to Washington, D.C. next week
11 Gloucester special needs students attend the center
Petsworth Elementary School students will begin their summer break a day before other students in the county.
The dinner was sponsored by the GCPS Educational Foundation.
The program spurs cross-industry economic development throughout coastal Virginia.
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- Place of Origin: Zhejiang, China (Mainland)
- Brand Name: vermont
- Model Number: VT-ME002
- Style: Modern
- Type: Vanity Combo
- Installation Type: Floor Mounted, Wall Mounted
- Carcase Material: MDF, Solid Wood
- Door Material: Solid Wood
- Door Panel Surface Treatment: veneer
- Include Basin: Yes
- Include Countertop: No
- Include Mirror: No
- Include Faucet: Yes
- bathroom vanity components: base cabinet,side cabinet,mirror cabinet,basin
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- bathroom vanity side cabinet material: solid wood
- bathroom vanity basin material: ceramic
- bathroom vanity base cabinet size: 900*460mm
- bathroom vanity mirror size: 900*500mm
- bathroom vanity door material: Solid wood
- bathroom vanity door surface: health lacqure
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3-layer brown carton/plywood crate outside
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c.change the one draw and two doors to two doors cabinet etc..
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|7.Basin Style: Choose your favorite style.
|8.Mirror&Handle&Faucet: Choose your favorite one or from our list.
|9.Hardware: Normal or soft-close/normal or brand
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2.Can I buy bathroom vanity seperately or must buy complete one set?
Answer:You can buy main cabinet or side cabinet or mirror seperately.Meanwhile,
you can also buy complete vanity set including mirror, side cabinet and faucet
3.What is your minimum order quantity?can I buy sample to test quality firstly?
Answer: Normally our MOQ is 5 sets of each model.If you need sample to test our quality,
please contact our sales to confirm the model avaliable and sample cost
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Answer: It depends on your quantity and complexity of your cabinet.
Noramlly the delivery time is around 25- 30 days for container order.
5.Do you have latest and nice modern bathroom vanity?
Answer:Yes, we relase new modern bathroom vanity every month,
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The Universal Medical Center Groningen
Platform Gras
Stimuleringsfonds Architectuur
Tjeerd Veernhoven
Michel Doens (DHV)
Thijs Feenstra (PEZY)
Anette Ströh
Renée van Heck
Simone Vermaning
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The Universal Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) is one of the largest hospitals in the Netherlands and it is the biggest employer in the north of the country. In the upcoming years, the UMCG is going to build a new building with several new operating rooms. As they are planning to built the most modern and patient-centered OR area, the UMCG invited in collaboration with the Platform Gras, the Stimuleringsfonds Architectuur and the research and innovation organization TNO architects, designers, doctors, care specialists and engineers to participate in an open-minded design workshop. The whole architecture, organization, structure, management and processes around the OR area have been worked over.
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Gorgeous but not accurately shown!
First off, this necklace is absolutely lovely and feels solid. I've worn it all day comfortably and got so many compliments! However, I'm only giving it 3/5 stars due to the color. The model photo definitely upped the contrast because my "stone" is pale orange/nearly nude and not the lovely vibrant color shown. I was disappointed in the color, but ordered this for an event and didn't have time to find something else. I really wish it was more vibrant, but maybe I got a dud?


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A Notice of Commencement is a legal document available to property owners and general contractors that signifies the date of the formal start of construction on the project. The Notice of Commencement may also include other pertinent project information* including the property owner's name and address, and the project address. Notice of Commencement is required in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio. It is optional (though still available) in South Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas.
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Happy October! It's the official kick-off to fall fashion! If you're like me, fall means denim jeans with high heels and leather handbags. Don't get me wrong, I loved wearing my shorts with my Tory Burch sandals and Michael Kors crossbody bag this summer; but when the temperatures start cooling off, there's nothing like putting your soft denim jeans back on with your favorite pumps (or flats if heels are not your things) and taking out your fall handbag out of the closet. I personally welcome the first half of fall with layers and progressively transition into sweaters when it starts getting really cold. I'm always on the go so layers work perfectly.
This year, I added a few essentials to my fall weekend wardrobe:
- Bodysuits. One with stripes, featured below and one black, both available at H&M. I love the fitted look, especially with skinny jeans. It helps those of us with curves have a slender figure :-).
- Distressed skinny jeans with a light blue denim wash. Nordstrom Rackck has a great selection of skinny jeans including two of my favorite brands: Articles of Society and BlankNYC (featured here). Both brands are premium denim at an affordable price.
#StyleTip: wear a statement piece you already own with a worn-out feel, like a jacket or a handbag, and mix it with new staples to give your outfit a chic look.
What I love about this outfit is mixing the black stripe bodysuit with a light wash denim, brown leather belt and olive jacket. Earth colors work great for fall staples. The pumps add a nice fall touch as well with the tweed texture. I love dressing up jeans with heels. You can also update this look for a night out. Replace the brown belt with a black belt and change the jacket with a black blazer and you're all set to go out!
What about you? Are denim jeans your go-to fall staples?
I'd love to hear your comments!
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Body Image Movement
Targeting Real Beauty from the Inside Out
Our role is to harness and facilitate positive body image activism by encouraging women to be more accepting of who they are, to use positive language regarding their bodies and others, and to prioritise health before beauty. Our goal is to reach as many women as possible around the world and speak to them about how we can learn to fully embrace and love our bodies.
Check out the Embrace Project which has been seen by over 7 million people around the world!
Join Taryn in the Body Image Movement wave, Wave 5, at the Sydney Skinny on the 28th February 2016.
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Connecticut is one of 49 states that require drivers to have auto insurance. However, the Constitution State has some of the highest auto insurance rates in the country. That is why it is important for residents to find cheap car insurance in Connecticut to lower their costs.
Minimum Connecticut Liability Limits
Each Connecticut driver must carry a mandatory minimum of liability insurance or suffer a hefty fine or penalty. The minimum payout requirements are as follows: $20,000 per person, $40,000 per accident for bodily injury and $10,000 per accident for property damage.
Drivers must at a minimum meet these requirements but drivers are wise to purchase optional higher liability limits. A person can easily incur $20,000 in medical bills with the price of health care. If you are found responsible for a collision, you could be held personally responsible for payment above your insurance limits.
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Driving uninsured can lead to financial ruin. Additionally, Connecticut registers all uninsured vehicles with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The Connecticut DMV pulls random files for verification. The DMV gives each uninsured motorist a warning notice.
The notice contains an Insurance Compliance Consent Agreement that indicates the driver must obtain coverage or pay a $200 fine. If the driver does not comply, their registration will be suspended or the registration may be taken from the user.
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The average auto insurance premiums in Connecticut are approximately $990.75 according to 2008 figures. Liability coverage averaged approximately $625.61 and collision coverage averaged $343.44. The average price for comprehensive insurance is $133.37.
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Maxwelton - Porlock, Somerset, Exmoor, England - Sleeps 6Group bookings available: This property is one of 2 properties which, when rented together, can accommodate up to 8 guests
Maxwelton is the perfect place to enjoy a relaxing holiday and offers a high standard of accommodation enhanced by breathtaking sea views. It can accommodate parties of up to six guests or larger groups of seven to eight if Bracken (one bed apartment) on the ground floor is also rented at the same time.
Located in the traditional Exmoor village of Porlock, in West Somerset, this stunningly unspoilt part of England lots on offer in terms of wildlife, history, outstandingly beautiful and diverse landscapes.
Both Porlock and nearby by Porlock Weir offer a great selection of fine restaurants, country pubs and cafes for a meal out or tasty cream tea. Porlock has a good range of interesting shops, church, museums and a tourist information centre where you can find all the information you need to help you plan your holiday.
Exmoor's stunning national park has immense appeal and is a great location for anyone who enjoys outdoor activities or wildlife, with Exmoor being home to not only the famous Exmoor ponies but also Red Deer. Porlock has a landscape that is diverse with heather covered moors, pretty historic villages, rivers and sparkling streams, ancient woodlands, beaches, archaeological sites and a stunning coastline that is as picturesque as it is dramatic.
There are plenty of footpaths, cycling routes and bridleways throughout the national park providing an ideal location for enjoying a host of activities including bird and wildlife watching, mountain biking, cycling, hiking and more gentle walking, horse riding, sailing and fishing.
Porlock Weir is just two miles from Porlock village and is a charming unspoilt harbour with a few small shops, Aquarium and The Boat Shed Museum - a lovely place to spend the evening at the pub or restaurant.
Steeped in history, the picturesque village of Dunster is only eight miles away. Its castle dates back to Norman times and today it hosts many events throughout the year. Another National Trust property within the village is an 18th century restored watermill and there are at least two hundred listed buildings which all add to its charm.
A scenic car ride from Porlock takes you a little further afield to Lynmouth (ten miles) and Lynton (twelve miles) which are linked by the cliff railway. Here you will find a good selection of places for a meal out, as well as a tennis court and putting green at Lynmouth.
- Internet Access
- Log Burner
- Pub/Restaurant Nearby
- Beach Nearby
- Garden/Outside Area
- Off-Road Parking
- Washing Machine
- Tumble Dryer
- Microwave
- Dishwasher
- CD Player
- Shower
- Bath
- Cot
- Kingsize Bed
- Horse Riding Nearby
- Accessible via Public Transport
Maxwelton Continued
Maxwelton offers first floor holiday accommodation for up to six guests (plus baby in travel cot). As mentioned above, Bracken can also be rented (located in the ground floor of the property) sleeping two additional guests (see owners website for full details on Bracken).
Accommodation within Maxwelton comprises:-
- Bedroom one with a double four poster bed, drawers beside the bed, dressing table, wardrobe, en-suite with WC, hand basin and lovely views out over the sea.
- Bedroom two with super-king size bed, wardrobe, drawers beside the bed, dressing table and pleasant view over the garden.
- Bedroom three providing flexible sleeping with two single beds that can be joined together to provide a super-king (by prior arrangement). Drawers under the bed, wardrobe and bedside drawers provide plenty of storage space.
- Spacious sitting/dining room with log burner, piano, Freeview television/DVD player, comfy leather seating and dining table with leather chairs seating six. This room affords glorious views over the garden and sea, and there are patio doors leading out to the terrace, barbecue area and garden.
- Well equipped kitchen fitted with cooker (electric), breakfast bar with two stools, microwave and plenty of worktop space, along with more of those lovely views over the garden and sea!
- Lobby (directly off kitchen) containing the dishwasher, large fridge/freezer and washing machine. You can also access the patio and garden from here.
- Bathroom with shower, WC, bath and hand basin.
- Additional cloakroom with hand basin and WC at the bottom of the stairs.
- Free Wi-Fi.
Outside: The garden is large, enclosed and offers privacy with a secluded sunny terrace with outdoor seating and barbecue. There is also another small patio area where you can enjoy fabulous views over Porlock Bay. Free off road car parking.
Additional information: Access to Maxwelton is via the front door adjacent to the car parking space in front of the house. There is a cloakroom downstairs with WC, but the living area is upstairs which is also where you access the garden and patio. A welcome pack is provided upon arrival and included in the price along with bed linen and towels. Oil fired central heating and electricity are also included in the rental cost. A travel cot, highchair and stair gate can be provided by arrangement (please notify the owner at the point of booking and please note that cot bedding is not provided so please bring your own). Maxwelton and Bracken Annexe operate a "No Smoking" Policy. Two dogs by prior agreement.
Low Season from £349
Peak Season £875
Star Rating: 4 Star
Pets: Yes, 2 dogs allowed
Smoking: No
Children: Yes
Changeover Day: Flexible
Cheque, Bank Transfer
Bedroom configuration:
Sleeps 6 people in 3 bedrooms (4 Poster Double, Super King + Twin that can be made up as super king)
Group booking details:
Please note: Maxwelton sleeps 6 people. The owner has 2 properties which, when booked together, can accommodate up to 8 guests. Dining capacity: 8 (Guests can be seated together for meals).
Prices from: £650 to £1200
All male groups: Please enquire with owner
All female groups: Please enquire with owner
Catering Available: No
Owner's details:
Owner: Jacquie Haylett, click Contact Details for owner´s phone number and email address.
Maxwelton joined Independent Cottages in Aug 2010
Owner's Other Properties
Owner Noticeboard
Discounted rates for up to 8 guests + travel cot when Maxwelton & Bracken are rented together. Reduced occupancy discount offered to 2 guests sleeping in super-king bedroom with garden views.
Availability Calendar
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Calendar last updated: 18th August 2017